Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

बलिर्न जानाति सुराधिपं त्वां सुराश्च सर्वे बलियज्ञभोजिनः । त्वमेव तेऽरिं हृदि चिंतय स्वयं युक्तं तवेदं कथितं मयेति

Transliteration

balirna jānāti surādhipaṃ tvāṃ surāśca sarve baliyajñabhojinaḥ | tvameva te'riṃ hṛdi ciṃtaya svayaṃ yuktaṃ tavedaṃ kathitaṃ mayeti

Translation

Bali não te reconhece como Senhor dos deuses, e todos os devas participam dos sacrifícios de Bali. Portanto, tu mesmo reflete no coração sobre o teu inimigo; o que te disse é apropriado.

Word by Word

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

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• jānāti: knows
• jānāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• surādhipam: the lord of the gods
• surādhipam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—सुराधिप (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: सुराणाम् अधिपः)

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• surāḥ: the gods
• surāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

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

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (सुराः)

• bali-yajña-bhojinaḥ: eaters/partakers of Bali’s sacrifice
• bali-yajña-bhojinaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bali (प्रातिपदिक) + yajña (प्रातिपदिक) + bhojin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (सुराः); समासः—बलियज्ञभोजिन् (तत्पुरुषः: बलियज्ञं भोजयन्ति/भुञ्जते ये)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचन (enclitic)

• arim: enemy
• arim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• hṛdi: in (your) heart
• hṛdi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• ciṃtaya: consider/think of
• ciṃtaya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √cint (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• svayam: yourself
• svayam: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वार्थक अव्यय (adverb: oneself)

• yuktam: proper, fitting
• yuktam: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yukta (कृदन्त; √yuj)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), ‘युक्त’ = proper/fit; विधेयविशेषणम् (इदम्)

• tava: for you/of you
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• idam: this
• idam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• kathitam: told, stated
• kathitam: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेयविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kathita (कृदन्त; √kath)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), ‘told/said’; विधेयविशेषणम् (इदम्)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent in passive sense/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अस्मद्-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/कर्ता-करण), एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-समाप्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A counselor (deva/minister/sage figure) addressing the Lord of the gods: devas shown partaking in Bali’s yajña; the addressed deity stands contemplative, hand to heart, eyes lowered in inward reflection; Bali’s grandeur in background.

Characters & Entities

• Bali
• Indra (Surādhipa)
• Devas
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Discernment and inner reflection are required even for the gods; dharma must be defended with wise strategy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is embedded in the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya of Prabhāsa, using divine counsel to heighten the narrative sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bali’s yajñas are referenced; the verse does not prescribe a new rite but comments on sacrificial participation.