Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

न क्षमंति सुराः सर्वे तव राज्यं धरातले । स्वर्गे मे तापको जातो देवानां तव विग्रहे

Transliteration

na kṣamaṃti surāḥ sarve tava rājyaṃ dharātale | svarge me tāpako jāto devānāṃ tava vigrahe

Translation

Alle Götter können deine Herrschaft auf Erden nicht ertragen. Wegen der Feindschaft der Götter gegen dich ist selbst im Himmel in mir brennende Sorge entstanden.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Sentence particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)

• kṣamanti: tolerate/forgive
• kṣamanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṣam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• surāḥ: gods
• surāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• rājyam: kingdom
• rājyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• dharā-tale: on the earth's surface
• dharā-tale: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharā (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धरायाः तलम् = surface of the earth)

• svarge: in heaven
• svarge: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• me: my/for me
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• tāpakaḥ: burning distress/torment
• tāpakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāpaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• jātaḥ: has arisen/been born
• jātaḥ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• devānām: of the gods
• devānām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• vigrahe: in the conflict/quarrel
• vigrahe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vigraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Nārada (deduced from immediate context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Statement that devas cannot tolerate Bali’s earthly sovereignty; in svarga, a burning anxiety arises—visualize heaven disturbed, gods uneasy, while Bali’s banner rises on earth.

Characters & Entities

• Bali
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly power can provoke cosmic resistance; dharma requires foresight and restraint even when one is successful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter belongs to the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya in Prabhāsa, but this verse is primarily narrative rather than a direct tīrtha-phala statement.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes the Devas’ intolerance and the resulting tension.