Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

बलिप्रभृतयः सर्वे संभ्रमेणोत्थिताः पुनः । विमानैः सूर्यसंकासैरनेकैश्च समन्विताः

Transliteration

baliprabhṛtayaḥ sarve saṃbhrameṇotthitāḥ punaḥ | vimānaiḥ sūryasaṃkāsairanekaiśca samanvitāḥ

Translation

พญาพลีและเหล่าอื่น ๆ ลุกขึ้นอีกครั้งด้วยความตระหนก พร้อมด้วยวิมานมากมายส่องประกายดุจดวงอาทิตย์มาประกอบขบวน

Word by Word

• बलि-प्रभृतयः: Bali and the rest
• बलि-प्रभृतयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रभृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (बलिः प्रभृतिः येषाम्/बलिप्रभृतयः = ‘Bali and others’); पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• संभ्रमेण: with agitation/haste
• संभ्रमेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संभ्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• उत्थिताः: arisen/stood up
• उत्थिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत् + स्था (धातु √स्था) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: उपसर्गपूर्वक भूतकर्मणि क्त; पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Avyaya (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (again)

• विमानैः: with aerial chariots
• विमानैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• सूर्यसंकासैः: sun-bright
• सूर्यसंकासैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + संकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (सूर्यस्य संकाशाः = sun-like); पुल्लिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; ‘विमानैः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अनेकैः: many
• अनेकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; ‘विमानैः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात

• समन्विताः: accompanied/endowed
• समन्विताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अन्वि/इ (धातु √इ ‘to go/follow’) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: उपसर्गपूर्वक भूतकर्मणि क्त; पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bali and allied Asura leaders rise again, rallying troops; multiple vimānas blaze like miniature suns overhead; banners whip in high wind; the battlefield brightens with metallic glare.

Characters & Entities

• Bali

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Material splendor and power (sun-bright vimānas) can accompany adharma too; brilliance is not the same as righteousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra sacred landscape is the section’s context, but the verse spotlights Bali’s renewed mobilization.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.