Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
तस्यां सिंहासनं दिव्यं तत्रासीनो बलिर्नृप । दैत्यैः परिवृतः सर्वैः प्रौढिहास्यकथापरैः
tasyāṃ siṃhāsanaṃ divyaṃ tatrāsīno balirnṛpa | daityaiḥ parivṛtaḥ sarvaiḥ prauḍhihāsyakathāparaiḥ
Là, sur un trône divin, siégeait le roi Bali, entouré de tous les Dāityas, absorbés dans des plaisanteries hardies et des propos de vantardise.
Narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa; contextual inference)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (typical frame; not explicit in the verse)
Scene: Bali enthroned on a radiant lion-throne in a jeweled hall; daityas encircle him in animated, swaggering conversation, gesturing and laughing loudly; the atmosphere is opulent yet morally tense.
FAQs
It depicts the atmosphere of pride and frivolity that often precedes downfall when counsel and dharma are ignored.
The episode is embedded in Vastrāpatha-kṣetra-māhātmya (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa), though the verse focuses on Bali’s court scene.
None.