Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तथा दैत्य गताः सर्वे भृगुणा च प्रचोदिताः । पातालमवसन्सर्वे बलिमुख्याः सुखेन वै

Transliteration

tathā daitya gatāḥ sarve bhṛguṇā ca pracoditāḥ | pātālamavasansarve balimukhyāḥ sukhena vai

Translation

پس بھِرگو (یعنی شُکر) کی ترغیب سے بَلی کی قیادت میں سب دَیتی پاتال کو گئے اور بے شک آرام و آسودگی سے وہیں بس گئے۔

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, then
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘thus/so’

• दैत्याः: the Daityas
• दैत्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative/1st), बहुवचन (plural)

• गताः: went, departed
• गताः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु) + क्त (past passive participle)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘gone’ (used predicatively with implied ‘आसन्’)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण of ‘दैत्याः’

• भृगुणा: by Bhṛgu
• भृगुणा: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/coord. conjunction)

• प्रचोदिताः: impelled, urged
• प्रचोदिताः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√चुद् (धातु) + क्त (PPP)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘urged/impelled’ (predicative)

• पातालम्: to Pātāla (netherworld)
• पातालम्: Karman (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• अवसन्: dwelt, stayed
• अवसन्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural); परस्मैपद

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण of ‘बलिमुख्याः’/subject

• बलिमुख्याः: the chiefs led by Bali
• बलिमुख्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘बलेः मुख्याः’ = ‘chiefs headed by Bali’

• सुखेन: with ease, comfortably
• सुखेन: Karaṇa (Manner/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; manner-instrument

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipāta (Emphatic particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle; emphasis)

Speaker

Lomāśa (narrator)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession of Daityas led by Bali descends through a cavernous passage into jeweled subterranean halls; Śukra gestures forward as guide; the mood is calm relief—‘sukhenāvasan’—amid otherworldly architecture.

Characters & Entities

• Daityas
• Bali
• Bhṛgu
• Pātāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Leadership and guidance shape collective destiny; the narrative shows a strategic withdrawal and settlement under the counsel of a preceptor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No terrestrial tīrtha is praised here; the verse references Pātāla as a cosmological realm within the Purāṇic universe.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.