Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

देवैः कृतं विप्रियं ते किंचित्पश्याम्यहं बले । त्वया संपूज्यमानोऽपि देवराजो न तुष्यति

Transliteration

devaiḥ kṛtaṃ vipriyaṃ te kiṃcitpaśyāmyahaṃ bale | tvayā saṃpūjyamāno'pi devarājo na tuṣyati

Translation

Ô Bali, je vois que les dieux ont fait quelque chose qui t’est déplaisant. Bien que tu honores comme il se doit le roi des dieux, il n’en est pas satisfait.

Word by Word

• devaiḥ: by the gods
• devaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• kṛtam: done, made
• kṛtam: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• vipriyam: something displeasing
• vipriyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• kiṃcit: something, a little
• kiṃcit: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kiṃcit (अव्यय/सर्वनाम-नपुंसक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (indefinite particle)

• paśyāmi: I see
• paśyāmi: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bale: O Bali
• bale: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• saṃpūjyamānaḥ: being duly worshipped
• saṃpūjyamānaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + pūj (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (शानच्-प्रत्यय, वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि/आत्मनेपद-भावे; present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• api: even/although
• api: Sambandha (Sentence particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अपि-कार (concessive particle)

• devarājaḥ: king of the gods (Indra)
• devarājaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां राजा = king of the gods)

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

• tuṣyati: is pleased
• tuṣyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tuṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Nārada (deduced from immediate context; Bali speaks at 83 and Nārada replies at 84)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine figure warns Bali: the gods have acted against him; Indra remains unsatisfied despite Bali’s honors—an atmosphere of uneasy counsel.

Characters & Entities

• Bali
• Devas
• Indra (Devarāja)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer honor alone does not guarantee harmony; motives and unseen divine intentions can shape outcomes in Purāṇic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, though this verse itself focuses on the political-spiritual tension with the Devas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it alludes to proper worship/pujā (saṃpūjā) offered to the king of the gods.