Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

गत्वा ते तस्य नगरं विविशुर्भवनोत्तमम् । दूरादेव स तान्दृष्ट्वा बलिर्वैरोचनिस्तदा । प्रत्युत्थायार्हयाञ्चक्रे प्रह्लादेन समन्वितः

Transliteration

gatvā te tasya nagaraṃ viviśurbhavanottamam | dūrādeva sa tāndṛṣṭvā balirvairocanistadā | pratyutthāyārhayāñcakre prahlādena samanvitaḥ

Translation

ครั้นไปถึงนครของเขาแล้ว พวกเขาเข้าไปยังพระราชวังอันประเสริฐ ครั้นบลี ไวโรจนิ เห็นพวกเขาแต่ไกล ก็ลุกขึ้นต้อนรับ และพร้อมด้วยปรหลาทะได้ถวายการบูชาและให้เกียรติอย่างสมควร

Word by Word

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: गम्; अर्थे: पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having gone)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नगरम्: city
• नगरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• विविशुः: entered
• विविशुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; धातु: विश्

• भवनोत्तमम्: the best palace
• भवनोत्तमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्धारणार्थः (best of mansions)

• दूरात्: from afar
• दूरात्: Adhikarana (Adverbial/देश-निर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial use of ablative form), अर्थे: दूरदेशात् (from afar)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधारणार्थक (emphatic)

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

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: दृश्; अर्थे: पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having seen)

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

• वैरोचनिः: son of Virocana
• वैरोचनिः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैरोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; पितृनाम्ना अपत्य (patronymic)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• प्रत्युत्थाय: having risen up (to receive)
• प्रत्युत्थाय: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-उत्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: स्था (with prefixes प्रति+उत्); अर्थे: पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having risen to greet)

• अर्हयाम्: honoured
• अर्हयाम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; धातु: अर्ह्; रूपम्: अर्हयाम् (in periphrastic/irregular perfect usage)

• चक्रे: did/performed
• चक्रे: Kriya (Auxiliary/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; धातु: कृ

• प्रह्लादेन: with Prahlāda
• प्रह्लादेन: Sahakari (Instrument/सहकारी-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रह्लाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• समन्वितः: accompanied/attended
• समन्वितः: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आन्-वि-इ (धातु) → समन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying बलिः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sutala (Bali-nagara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Jeweled city and a grand palace hall; sages enter; Bali, seeing them from afar, rises from his throne and steps forward with respectful posture; Prahlāda stands beside him, serene and devotional.

Characters & Entities

• Bali Vairocanī
• Prahlāda
• Sutala (implied)
• Sages (Dvijāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hospitality to guests (atithi-satkāra) is upheld as dharma—even by Daitya kings—showing that virtue and devotion can shine anywhere.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No terrestrial tirtha is praised; the scene is set in Sutala, a significant purāṇic realm associated with Bali.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Reception and honoring of guests—rising to greet and offering due respect—are indicated as proper conduct.