Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

दानवेश पिता ते हि ददौ लोकत्रयं हरेः । वाक्पाशबद्धः पाताले राज्यं चक्रे महीपतिः

Transliteration

dānaveśa pitā te hi dadau lokatrayaṃ hareḥ | vākpāśabaddhaḥ pātāle rājyaṃ cakre mahīpatiḥ

Translation

اے دانوؤں کے سردار! تمہارے باپ نے ہری کے تینوں لوک دان کر دیے تھے۔ اپنی ہی بات کی رسی میں بندھ کر وہ راجا پاتال میں حکومت کرتا رہا۔

Word by Word

• दानवेश: O lord of the Dānavas
• दानवेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानवेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (genitive: 'your')

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (reason/emphasis particle)

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• लोकत्रयम्: the three worlds
• लोकत्रयम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक-त्रय (प्रातिपदिक); लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• हरेः: of Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• वाक्पाशबद्धः: bound by a noose of words
• वाक्पाशबद्धः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाक्-पाश-बद्ध (प्रातिपदिक); वाक् (प्रातिपदिक) + पाश (प्रातिपदिक) + बद्ध (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘bound by the noose of speech/words’

• पाताले: in Pātāla (netherworld)
• पाताले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• राज्यम्: kingdom/rule
• राज्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• चक्रे: made/established
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• महीपतिः: the king/lord of the earth
• महीपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही-पति (प्रातिपदिक); मही (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (narrative admonition; inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pātāla (Bali-rājya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dānavendra (addressed as ‘Dānavēśa’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Trivikrama’s cosmic stride implied; Bali, bound by the ‘noose of his word’, stands resolute; the three worlds symbolized as spheres offered to Hari; Pātāla shown as a jeweled subterranean kingdom.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Pātāla
• Dānaveśa
• Father of the Dānava (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A vow or promise (vāk) binds even kings; truthfulness and integrity in giving (dāna) are upheld as dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse references Pātāla as a cosmological realm rather than a pilgrimage site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (giving) is alluded to, along with the dhārmic obligation to honor one’s pledged word.