Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

बलादानय तं बद्ध्वा ममाग्रे बहुशालिनम्

Transliteration

balādānaya taṃ baddhvā mamāgre bahuśālinam

Translation

จงจับเขาด้วยกำลัง มัดไว้ แล้วนำผู้อุดมด้วยคุณนั้นมาสู่เบื้องหน้าของเรา

Word by Word

• बलात्: by force
• बलात्: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/रीति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः ‘बलात्’ = forcibly

• आनय: bring
• आनय: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-नी (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• बद्ध्वा: having bound
• बद्ध्वा: Kriya (Subordinate action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध् (धातु) → बद्ध्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having bound’ (पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• अग्रे: in front
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘in front’

• बहुशालिनम्: very splendid/wealthy
• बहुशालिनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु + शालिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘बहु-शालिन्’ = possessing much (splendour/wealth)

Speaker

Tālamēgha (continuation of speech)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Messengers/guards rush out with ropes and shackles; the daitya leader’s command hangs in the air; the ‘endowed one’ remains off-frame, heightening suspense.

Characters & Entities

• Tālamēgha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma attempts to chain what it cannot understand; coercion is shown as the reflex of fear and arrogance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.