Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

षष्टिं चैव सहस्राणि त्रिंशच्च नियुतानि च । बले राज्याधिकारस्तु याव त्कालं बभूव ह

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭiṃ caiva sahasrāṇi triṃśacca niyutāni ca | bale rājyādhikārastu yāva tkālaṃ babhūva ha

Translation

بَلی کا حقِ حکومت ساٹھ ہزار اور تیس نیوت تک قائم رہا؛ اتنی ہی مدت تک اس کی سلطنت برقرار رہی۔

Word by Word

• ṣaṣṭim: sixty
• ṣaṣṭim: Karma (Measure/परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• sahasrāṇi: thousands
• sahasrāṇi: Karma (Measure/परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक

• triṃśat: thirty
• triṃśat: Karma (Measure/परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: triṃśat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• niyutāni: niyutas (ten-thousands)
• niyutāni: Karma (Measure/परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक (ten-thousands)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• bale: in/under Bali (i.e., during Bali's reign)
• bale: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• rājyādhikāraḥ: sovereign authority, right to rule
• rājyādhikāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya + adhikāra (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (राज्यस्य अधिकारः)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विशेषार्थक

• yāvat: as long as, until
• yāvat: Sambandha (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधिवाचक अव्यय (until/as long as)

• kālam: time, period
• kālam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Duration/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; अवधिवाचक

• babhūva: was, came to be
• babhūva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ha: indeed (emphatic)
• ha: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: स्मरण/प्रसिद्ध्यर्थक निपात (expletive particle)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: Bali’s reign is depicted with a great ‘time-scroll’ unfurling, marked with numerals and yuga symbols; the king’s insignia appears small against the vastness of time.

Characters & Entities

• Bali

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even immense power measured in vast ages is still bounded by time; dharma alone is enduring.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to the glorification of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, though this verse itself is chronological.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse focuses on duration of sovereignty.