Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

चतुर्युगस्य संजातो गतेस्मिञ्छेषमात्रके । भविष्यति बलिः शक्रो वासुदेवप्रसादतः

Transliteration

caturyugasya saṃjāto gatesmiñcheṣamātrake | bhaviṣyati baliḥ śakro vāsudevaprasādataḥ

Translation

Lorsque se sera écoulée la part restante de ce caturyuga, Bali deviendra Indra (Śakra), par la grâce de Vāsudeva.

Word by Word

• चतुर्युगस्य: of the four-yuga cycle
• चतुर्युगस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास — ‘of the four-yuga (cycle)’

• संजातः: born/produced
• संजातः: Visheshana (Adjectival predicate/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘born/produced’

• गते: when (it) has passed
• गते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘when (it) has gone/passed’

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शेषमात्रके: in the mere remainder
• शेषमात्रके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास — ‘in the mere remainder’

• भविष्यति: will be/become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• बलिः: Bali
• बलिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Predicate nominative (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पदवी/उपाधि (title)

• वासुदेवप्रसादतः: from Vāsudeva’s grace
• वासुदेवप्रसादतः: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास — ‘from the grace of Vāsudeva’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prophetic vision: Bali, crowned yet humble, receiving a boon from Vāsudeva/Vāmana; in the background, the caturyuga wheel turns toward its completion; Indra’s throne symbolically passes to Bali by divine sanction.

Characters & Entities

• Bali
• Śakra (Indra)
• Vāsudeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace can elevate even those once opposed to the gods; devotion and God’s favor ultimately determine true sovereignty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named in this verse; it supports the chapter’s broader sacred-time teaching within a tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is prophetic/cosmological.