Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

जगदेतज्जगन्नाथ तावकं यदि मन्यसे । ज्ञात्वा बलिममर्यादं भवद्भक्तिपराङ्मुखम्

Transliteration

jagadetajjagannātha tāvakaṃ yadi manyase | jñātvā balimamaryādaṃ bhavadbhaktiparāṅmukham

Translation

ഹേ ജഗന്നാഥാ, ഈ സമസ്ത ലോകവും നിന്റേതാണെന്ന് നീ കരുതുന്നുവെങ്കിൽ, ബലിയെ മര്യാദ ലംഘിക്കുന്നവനായി, നിന്റെ ഭക്തിയിൽ നിന്ന് വിമുഖനായവനായി അറിഞ്ഞ്…

Word by Word

• जगत्: world
• जगत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (जगत्-विशेषण)

• जगन्नाथ: O Lord of the world
• जगन्नाथ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगन्नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः नाथः)

• तावकम्: yours
• तावकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; स्वामित्ववाचक-विशेषण

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• मन्यसे: you think, consider
• मन्यसे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• बलिम्: Bali
• बलिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अमर्यादम्: unrestrained, improper
• अमर्यादम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमर्याद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (बलिम्-विशेषण)

• भवद्भक्ति-पराङ्मुखम्: turned away from devotion to you
• भवद्भक्ति-पराङ्मुखम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + पराङ्मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भवतः भक्तिः) + तत्पुरुषः (भक्तेः पराङ्मुखः = ‘turned away from devotion’)

Speaker

Bāṇa (continuing his argument)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A speaker begins a conditional argument: ‘If you deem the world yours… then knowing Bali as transgressive and turned from your devotion…’—depicting a tense pause before a decisive divine response.

Characters & Entities

• Jagannātha (the Lord)
• Bali

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly power without maryādā and without bhakti becomes spiritually flawed; true sovereignty aligns with devotion and restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, where famed episodes reinforce the sanctity of the region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the verse stresses devotional orientation (bhakti) as a core religious duty.