Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

भगवानुवाच । सुतलंगच्छ दैत्येन्द्र मा विलंबितुमर्हसि । सर्वैश्चासुरसंघैश्च चिरं जीव सुखी भव

Transliteration

bhagavānuvāca | sutalaṃgaccha daityendra mā vilaṃbitumarhasi | sarvaiścāsurasaṃghaiśca ciraṃ jīva sukhī bhava

Translation

خداوندِ برکت والے نے فرمایا: اے دَیتیوں کے سردار! سُتَل کو جاؤ، تاخیر تمہیں زیب نہیں دیتی۔ تمام اسوروں کے جتھوں کے ساتھ دیر تک جیو اور خوش رہو۔

Word by Word

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• सुतलं: Sutala (netherworld)
• सुतलं: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• दैत्येन्द्र: O lord of the Daityas
• दैत्येन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('of daityas' + 'lord'); पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• मा: do not
• मा: Sambandha (Prohibition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक निपात (prohibitive particle)

• विलंबितुम्: to delay
• विलंबितुम्: Karma (Complement of 'arhasi'/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-लम्ब् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), अव्ययभाव

• अर्हसि: you ought; you are fit
• अर्हसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• सर्वैः: with all
• सर्वैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine/neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (plural); विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• असुरसंघैः: with the groups of Asuras
• असुरसंघैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर + संघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'asura' + 'group'); पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• चिरं: for a long time
• चिरं: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिरम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• जीव: live
• जीव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• सुखी: happy
• सुखी: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); विधेय-विशेषणम् (predicative adjective)

• भव: be
• भव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Bhagavān (Trivikrama/Vāmana—Viṣṇu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (narrative locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame-audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord instructs Bali to depart to Sutala without delay, blessing him and the asura hosts with long life and happiness—an authoritative yet compassionate dismissal.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān
• Daityendra (Bali)
• Sutala
• Asuras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when power is surrendered, the Lord’s grace protects the devotee and grants well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific Kedāra tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues a Purāṇic dialogue about Bali’s destiny.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the context implies the merit of dāna and surrender.