Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
Devanagari script
विष्णुप्रसादाद्भक्त्या च तस्य राज्ये प्रतिष्ठितः । विरोचनस्तस्य सुतस्तस्यापि बलिरेव च
Transliteration
viṣṇuprasādādbhaktyā ca tasya rājye pratiṣṭhitaḥ | virocanastasya sutastasyāpi balireva ca
Translation
ด้วยพระกรุณาแห่งพระวิษณุและด้วยภักติ เขาจึงตั้งมั่นในราชอาณาจักรของตน บุตรของเขาคือ วิโรจน และบุตรของวิโรจนก็คือ พลี (บลี) นั่นเอง
Word by Word
विष्णुप्रसादात्from/through Viṣṇu’s grace
विष्णुप्रसादात्:
Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु-प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक; विष्णु + प्रसाद)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन
भक्त्याby devotion
भक्त्या:
Karana (Instrument/Means)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
राज्येin the kingdom
राज्ये:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootराज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन
प्रतिष्ठितःwas established
प्रतिष्ठितः:
Karta (Subject complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-स्था (धातु) से निष्पन्न ‘प्रतिष्ठित’ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘स्थापित/स्थित’ अर्थे
विरोचनःVirocana
विरोचनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविरोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सुतःson
सुतः:
Karta (Appositional subject)
TypeNoun
Rootसुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अप्यर्थ (also/even)
बलिःBali
बलिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootबलि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Emphatic particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis: indeed/just)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
Speaker
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kambukeśvara
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A genealogical procession: Prahlāda enthroned by Viṣṇu’s grace; behind him the lineage markers—Virocana and Bali—shown as successive royal figures, indicating continuity of fate and dharma.
Characters & Entities
V
ViṣṇuP
PrahlādaV
VirocanaB
BaliFAQs
Legitimate rule is portrayed as stabilized by divine grace and bhakti, even within complex asura lineages.
Kambukeśvara is the chapter’s tīrtha focus, though this verse provides the lineage backdrop.
None.