Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

गते तु भार्गवे तस्मिन्बलिर्विरोचनात्मजः । वामनं चार्चयित्वा स महीं दातुं प्रचक्रमे

Transliteration

gate tu bhārgave tasminbalirvirocanātmajaḥ | vāmanaṃ cārcayitvā sa mahīṃ dātuṃ pracakrame

Translation

ครั้นเมื่อภารควะ (ปรศุราม) จากไปแล้ว พลีโอรสแห่งวิโรจนะได้บูชาพระวามนะ แล้วเริ่มประกอบกุศลทานถวายแผ่นดินเป็นทาน

Word by Word

• गते: when (he) had gone
• गते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; लोकेटिव्-अब्सोल्यूट (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• भार्गवे: in/when Bhārgava (Paraśurāma)
• भार्गवे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: in that (time/place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

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

• विरोचनात्मजः: son of Virocana
• विरोचनात्मजः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरोचन (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘विरोचनस्य आत्मजः’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• वामनम्: Vāmana
• वामनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अर्चयित्वा: having worshipped
• अर्चयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• महीम्: the earth/land
• महीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• दातुम्: to give
• दातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (तुमुन्-प्रत्यय, infinitive); परस्मैपदी-धातु

• प्रचक्रमे: began/undertook
• प्रचक्रमे: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa per Māheśvara-khaṇḍa convention)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bali, crowned and resplendent, stands before the small brahmacārin Vāmana; after Bhārgava’s departure, Bali completes worship and begins the formal act of gifting the earth.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārgava (Śukrācārya)
• Bali
• Virocana
• Vāmana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True giving is framed as worship—Bali’s dāna follows arcana (devotional honoring), making charity an act of bhakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; the verse advances the Vāmana–Bali account embedded in Kedārakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arcana (worship) preceding dāna (charity), specifically mahī-dāna (gift of land/earth).