Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 159

Devanagari script

यत्र बालः स च प्राणाञ्जहौ जपपरायणः । बालादित्यमिति ख्यातं तत्रास्थापयत प्रभुम्

Transliteration

yatra bālaḥ sa ca prāṇāñjahau japaparāyaṇaḥ | bālādityamiti khyātaṃ tatrāsthāpayata prabhum

Translation

ആ ബാലൻ ജപപരായണനായി പ്രാണൻ വിട്ട സ്ഥലത്തുതന്നെ അദ്ദേഹം പ്രഭുവിനെ പ്രതിഷ്ഠിച്ചു; അവൻ ‘ബാലാദിത്യൻ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധനായി।

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• बालः: the boy
• बालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• प्राणान्: life-breaths
• प्राणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• जहौ: gave up
• जहौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• जपपरायणः: devoted to japa
• जपपरायणः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जप (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (जपे परायणः/जपस्य परायणः)

• बालादित्यम्: (as) Bālāditya
• बालादित्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक) + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (बालः आदित्यः इव/बाल-आदित्यः) नामरूपे

• इति: thus (named)
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: नामनिर्देश/उक्तिसूचक-अव्यय

• ख्यातम्: known (as)
• ख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्या (धातु) → ख्यात (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘known’—(स्थानं/लिङ्गं) इत्यस्य विधेयविशेषणम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• अस्थापयत्: installed
• अस्थापयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + स्था (धातु) (णिच् causative: स्थापय)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative): ‘he caused to be placed/installed’

• प्रभुम्: the Lord (deity)
• प्रभुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bālāditya (site within Bahūdaka area)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the exact place of the boy’s passing, Nandabhadra establishes the Lord; a newly installed deity/shrine appears with radiance, devotees and brāhmaṇas performing consecration rites; the name ‘Bālāditya’ becomes associated with the spot, suggesting a youthful-solar brilliance in the icon’s aura.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Bālāditya
• Āditya (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast japa sanctifies a place, and devotion culminates in establishing divine presence for the welfare of others.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The place where the boy passed away becomes a sacred spot marked by the installation of Bālāditya, within the Bahūdaka tīrtha account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Deity installation (pratiṣṭhā/āsthāpana) of Āditya at the sacred location.