Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 159

Devanagari script

यत्र बालः स च प्राणाञ्जहौ जपपरायणः । बालादित्यमिति ख्यातं तत्रास्थापयत प्रभुम्

Transliteration

yatra bālaḥ sa ca prāṇāñjahau japaparāyaṇaḥ | bālādityamiti khyātaṃ tatrāsthāpayata prabhum

Translation

جہاں وہ لڑکا—جپ میں ثابت قدم—اپنے پران چھوڑ گیا، اسی جگہ اس نے پرَبھو کو قائم کیا؛ اور وہ ‘بالادِتیہ’ کے نام سے مشہور ہوا۔

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• बालः: the boy
• बालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

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

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• प्राणान्: life-breaths
• प्राणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• जहौ: gave up
• जहौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• जपपरायणः: devoted to japa
• जपपरायणः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जप (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (जपे परायणः/जपस्य परायणः)

• बालादित्यम्: (as) Bālāditya
• बालादित्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक) + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (बालः आदित्यः इव/बाल-आदित्यः) नामरूपे

• इति: thus (named)
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: नामनिर्देश/उक्तिसूचक-अव्यय

• ख्यातम्: known (as)
• ख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ख्या (धातु) → ख्यात (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘known’—(स्थानं/लिङ्गं) इत्यस्य विधेयविशेषणम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• अस्थापयत्: installed
• अस्थापयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + स्था (धातु) (णिच् causative: स्थापय)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative): ‘he caused to be placed/installed’

• प्रभुम्: the Lord (deity)
• प्रभुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

Speaker

Nārada

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bālāditya (site within Bahūdaka area)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the exact place of the boy’s passing, Nandabhadra establishes the Lord; a newly installed deity/shrine appears with radiance, devotees and brāhmaṇas performing consecration rites; the name ‘Bālāditya’ becomes associated with the spot, suggesting a youthful-solar brilliance in the icon’s aura.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Bālāditya
• Āditya (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast japa sanctifies a place, and devotion culminates in establishing divine presence for the welfare of others.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The place where the boy passed away becomes a sacred spot marked by the installation of Bālāditya, within the Bahūdaka tīrtha account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Deity installation (pratiṣṭhā/āsthāpana) of Āditya at the sacred location.