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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

बलेस्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा उशना प्रत्युवाच तम् । अश्वमेधशतेनैव सुरराज्यं भविष्यति । दीक्षितस्य न संदेहस्तस्माद्भोक्त स एव च

Transliteration

balestadvacanaṃ śrutvā uśanā pratyuvāca tam | aśvamedhaśatenaiva surarājyaṃ bhaviṣyati | dīkṣitasya na saṃdehastasmādbhokta sa eva ca

Translation

بَلی کے کلام کو سن کر اُشنا (شُکر) نے جواب دیا: ‘سو اشومیدھ یَجْن کرنے سے ہی دیو راجیہ یقینا حاصل ہوگا۔ جو دیكشت ہے اس کے لیے کوئی شک نہیں؛ لہٰذا اسی کو اس کا بھوگ نصیب ہوگا۔’

Word by Word
baleḥof Bali
baleḥ:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootbali (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
tatthat
tat:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying vacanam)
vacanamstatement/words
vacanam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvacana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन
śrutvāhaving heard
śrutvā:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√śru (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having heard’
uśanāUśanā (Śukra)
uśanā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootuśanā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन
pratyuvācareplied
pratyuvāca:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootprati-√vac (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
tamto him
tam:
Sampradana/Karma (Addressee/Object)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
aśvamedhaśatenaby (performing) a hundred Aśvamedhas
aśvamedhaśatena:
Karana (Means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootaśvamedha + śata (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘a hundred of aśvamedhas’)
evaindeed/only
eva:
Sambandha (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणबोधक अव्यय (emphatic particle)
surarājyamthe sovereignty of the gods
surarājyam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsura + rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘kingdom of the gods’)
bhaviṣyatiwill be/will come to be
bhaviṣyati:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु)
Formलृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
dīkṣitasyaof the consecrated one (initiated sacrificer)
dīkṣitasya:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootdīkṣita (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
nanot/no
na:
Sambandha (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधबोधक अव्यय (negation)
saṃdehaḥdoubt
saṃdehaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃdeha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
tasmāttherefore
tasmāt:
Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतस्मात्-इत्यव्ययप्रयोगः (ablatival adverb: ‘therefore/from that’)
bhoktāthe enjoyer (will be)
bhoktā:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Root√bhuj (धातु)
Formतृच्-प्रत्ययान्त कर्तृवाचक कृदन्त (Agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘enjoyer/one who will enjoy’
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणबोधक अव्यय (emphasis)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
Speaker

Uśanā (Śukra), guru of Bali

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śukra (Uśanā), the daitya-guru, calmly instructs Bali: perform a hundred Aśvamedhas to secure Indra’s sovereignty; ritual certainty emphasized by authoritative gesture.

Characters & Entities
B
Bali
U
Uśanā/Śukra
A
Aśvamedha
S
Sura-rājya (Indra’s sovereignty)

FAQs

Ritual power in the Purāṇic worldview is tied to proper consecration (dīkṣā) and disciplined dharma; results follow ordained rites.

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it focuses on sacrificial means to sovereignty.

The performance of a hundred Aśvamedha sacrifices, undertaken with proper dīkṣā (consecration).

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