Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

बलिनोक्तं वचः श्रुत्वा शुक्रो वचनमब्रवीत् । मनस्विनो हि ये शूराः पतंति समरे बुधा

Transliteration

balinoktaṃ vacaḥ śrutvā śukro vacanamabravīt | manasvino hi ye śūrāḥ pataṃti samare budhā

Translation

バリの言葉を聞くと、シュクラは答えた。「まことに、志高き勇者が戦場に倒れるなら、賢者はそれを真の高貴として認める。」

Word by Word

• बलिना: by Bali
• बलिना: Karta (Agent in passive/attributive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• उक्तम्: spoken
• उक्तम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; PPP ‘spoken’

• वचः: words/speech
• वचः: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √श्रु (धातु) → श्रुत्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय — gerund ‘having heard’

• शुक्रः: Śukra
• शुक्रः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वचनम्: a statement
• वचनम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Imperfect, 3rd person, Singular

• मनस्विनः: high-spirited
• मनस्विनः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural; ‘high-spirited’

• हि: indeed
• हि: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात — particle ‘indeed/for’

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural (relative pronoun)

• शूराः: heroes/brave men
• शूराः: Karta (Relative subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पतन्ति: fall
• पतन्ति: Kriyā (Verb in relative clause)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद — Present, 3rd person, Plural

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular

• बुधाः: the wise
• बुधाः: Karta (Predicate nominative/descriptor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

Lomāśa (narrator) reporting Śukra’s speech

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śukra speaks with calm authority, right hand raised in teaching gesture; Bali listens, posture straightening; disciples form a witness-circle; the mood shifts from grief to steadiness.

Characters & Entities

• Bali
• Śukra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast courage aligned with dharma is honored; the wise praise the resolute who do not shrink from righteous battle.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s broader Kedāra sacred-geography frame, though this particular line focuses on dharma in battle rather than a site-description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated in this verse.