Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

गते मन्वन्तरे बाण श्राद्धदेवस्य साम्प्रतम् । सावर्णिके त्वागते च बलिरिन्द्रो भविष्यति

Transliteration

gate manvantare bāṇa śrāddhadevasya sāmpratam | sāvarṇike tvāgate ca balirindro bhaviṣyati

Translation

Ô Bāṇa, lorsque le Manvantara actuel de Śrāddhadeva sera passé et que viendra le Manvantara Sāvarṇika, Bali deviendra Indra.

Word by Word

• gate: when (it) has passed
• gate: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु) → gata (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त/past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; 'गते' = when (it is) gone/passed

• manvantare: in the manvantara
• manvantare: Adhikaraṇa (Location/time frame/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manvantara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; 'मन्वन्तरे' = in the manvantara

• bāṇa: O Bāṇa
• bāṇa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• śrāddha-devasya: of Śrāddhadeva (Vaivasvata Manu)
• śrāddha-devasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha-deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास: 'श्राद्धः देवः' (name/epithet)

• sāmpratam: now, at present
• sāmpratam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāmprata (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययप्राय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): 'साम्प्रतम्' = now/at present

• sāvarṇike: in the Sāvarṇika (manvantara)
• sāvarṇike: Adhikaraṇa (Location/time frame/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāvarṇika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; 'सावर्णिके (मन्वन्तरे)' = in the Sāvarṇika (manvantara)

• tu: but, indeed
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): contrast/emphasis 'तु'

• āgate: when it has come
• āgate: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√gam (गम् धातु) → āgata (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त/past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; 'आगते' = when (it) has come/arrived

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): 'च' = and

• baliḥ: Bali
• baliḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• indraḥ: Indra
• indraḥ: Pradhāna-nāmavidhāna (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; predicate noun with 'bhaviṣyati'

• bhaviṣyati: will become
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Janārdana / Trivikrama (Viṣṇu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bāṇa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Trivikrama prophesies to Bāṇa: after Vaivasvata (Śrāddhadeva) Manvantara ends and Sāvarṇi begins, Bali will become Indra; the scene blends intimate dialogue with a visionary cosmic timeline.

Characters & Entities

• Bāṇa
• Bali
• Śrāddhadeva (Vaivasvata Manu)
• Sāvarṇika Manvantara
• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma frames destiny across cosmic cycles: righteousness and surrender can culminate in exalted future office.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The māhātmya setting remains Vastrāpathakṣetra in Prabhāsa; the verse itself emphasizes cosmic time rather than a local tirtha detail.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a prophetic/cosmological assurance about Manvantara succession.