Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

गुरोर्वचनमाज्ञाय तूष्णींभूतो बलिस्ततः । बभूव देवैः सार्द्धं च यथोचितमकारयत्

Transliteration

gurorvacanamājñāya tūṣṇīṃbhūto balistataḥ | babhūva devaiḥ sārddhaṃ ca yathocitamakārayat

Translation

ഗുരുവിന്റെ ഉപദേശം ഗ്രഹിച്ച് ബലി മൗനമായി; തുടർന്ന് ദേവന്മാരോടൊപ്പം യഥോചിതമായ കര്‍മ്മം വിധിപൂർവ്വം നടത്തിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• guroḥ: of the teacher
• guroḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• vacanam: instruction/words
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ājñāya: having understood
• ājñāya: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√jñā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), ‘having understood/known’

• tūṣṇīm: silently
• tūṣṇīm: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tūṣṇīm (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: ‘silently’)

• bhūtaḥ: having become
• bhūtaḥ: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Active Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘having become’

• baliḥ: Bali
• baliḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: ततः-इत्यव्ययम् (ablatival adverb: ‘then/thereupon’)

• babhūva: became/was
• babhūva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• devaiḥ: with the gods
• devaiḥ: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/सह), बहुवचन

• sārddham: together with
• sārddham: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārddham (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक अव्यय (indeclinable meaning ‘together with’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• yathā: as/according to
• yathā: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारबोधक अव्यय (correlative adverb: ‘as/according to’)

• ucitam: properly
• ucitam: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ucita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (accusative of respect/manner)

• akārayat: caused (it) to be done/arranged
• akārayat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative: ‘caused to be done’)

Speaker

Narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bali, having heard the guru, falls silent in acceptance; devas and daityas together arrange the proper proceedings—an unusual tableau of coordinated ritual order.

Characters & Entities

• Bali
• Guru (Śukra implied)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Respect for the guru’s word and acting ‘as is proper’ (yathocita) are portrayed as stabilizing dharma even amid conflict.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Only a general prescription: actions should be performed according to propriety (yathocita); no named rite here.