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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 12

प्रातरुत्थाय ये केचित्पश्यन्ति बलकेशवौ । तेनैव सदृशाः सर्वे देवदेवेन चक्रिणा

prātarutthāya ye kecitpaśyanti balakeśavau | tenaiva sadṛśāḥ sarve devadevena cakriṇā

Ceux qui, se levantant au matin, contemplent Bala et Keśava, par cet acte même deviennent tous semblables au Seigneur des seigneurs, le Dieu porteur du disque.

प्रातर्in the morning
प्रातर्:
Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रातर् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — time adverb
उत्थायhaving risen
उत्थाय:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउत् + स्था (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त — having risen
येwho (those who)
ये:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Relative pronoun, nominative plural
केचित्some
केचित्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् + चित् (सर्वनाम + निपात)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Indefinite pronoun ‘some’
पश्यन्तिsee
पश्यन्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपश् (धातु)
Formलट्, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — they see
बलकेशवौBala and Keśava
बलकेशवौ:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootबल + केशव (प्रातिपदिके)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन — Accusative dual
तेनby that/thereby
तेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात) — emphasis ‘only/indeed’
सदृशाःsimilar/equal
सदृशाः:
Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Predicate adjective
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘all’ (qualifying implied people)
देवदेवेनby the God of gods
देवदेवेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव + देव (प्रातिपदिके)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘देवानां देवः’
चक्रिणाby the discus-bearer
चक्रिणा:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootचक्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular; epithet ‘wheel/discus-bearer’

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate context continuing into 144.1)

Tirtha: Bala–Keśava-darśana at Revā-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Scene: Dawn at the shrine: the first sunlight touches the deity images of Bala and Keśava; devotees stand with folded hands after waking, the discus emblem prominent; the scene conveys a ‘becoming like’ through shared radiance.

B
Bala
K
Keśava
V
Viṣṇu (Cakrin)
D
Devadeva

FAQs

Morning darśana of the deity transforms the devotee, granting likeness to the divine through devotion and grace.

A Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha where Bala and Keśava are worshipped/seen is being praised.

Rising early and taking darśana of Bala and Keśava is presented as the key devotional act.