Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

प्रविश्य सहिताः सर्वे संविष्टा दैत्यदानवाः । शुक्रेण सहितो दैत्यो बभाषे नारदं बलिः

Transliteration

praviśya sahitāḥ sarve saṃviṣṭā daityadānavāḥ | śukreṇa sahito daityo babhāṣe nāradaṃ baliḥ

Translation

เมื่อเข้าไปพร้อมกันแล้ว เหล่าไทตยะและทานวะทั้งปวงก็นั่งลง ครั้นแล้วพญาพลี ราชาแห่งไทตยะ ผู้มีศุกราจารย์อยู่ด้วย จึงกราบทูลสนทนากับท่านนารท

Word by Word

• प्रविश्य: having entered
• प्रविश्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थे ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्यय (gerund) ‘प्र + विश्’ (having entered)

• सहिताः: together
• सहिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (धातु √सह् ‘सहने/सहभावे’ क्त-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (सर्वे)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• संविष्टाः: seated
• संविष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संविष्ट (धातु √विश् ‘प्रवेशने’ उपसर्ग सम् + क्त-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (they) seated/settled

• दैत्यदानवाः: Daityas and Dānavas
• दैत्यदानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्वः (दैत्याश्च दानवाश्च)

• शुक्रेण: with Śukra
• शुक्रेण: Sahakari (Associate/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सहितः: accompanied
• सहितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (धातु √सह् ‘सहभावे’ क्त-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (दैत्यः/बलिः)

• दैत्यः: the Daitya (demon)
• दैत्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• बभाषे: spoke
• बभाषे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भाष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नारदम्: to Nārada
• नारदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• बलिः: Bali
• बलिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषण/अपपद-सम्बन्धः (दैत्यः = बलिः)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (audience of the māhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Daityas and dānavas enter and sit in a grand hall; Bali sits with Śukra beside him; Bali addresses Nārada formally.

Characters & Entities

• Bali
• Nārada
• Śukra
• Daityas
• Dānavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Counsel on dharma is sought in assembly; even powerful rulers turn to sages for right guidance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode is embedded in the Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it sets the stage for ethical instruction about giving and conduct.