Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

स्थापयित्वेश्वरं श्वेतशैले बलिविरोचनौ । उभावपि हि संजातावमरौ बलिनां वरौ

Transliteration

sthāpayitveśvaraṃ śvetaśaile balivirocanau | ubhāvapi hi saṃjātāvamarau balināṃ varau

Translation

Sau khi an vị Đức Chúa trên núi Śvetaśaila, Bali và Virocana—cả hai—đều trở nên bất tử, bậc tối thắng trong hàng những kẻ hùng mạnh.

Word by Word

• स्थापयित्वा: having स्थापित (set up)
• स्थापयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; णिच्-प्रयोगार्थ (causative sense) — ‘having caused to be established’

• ईश्वरम्: Īśvara (Śiva)
• ईश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• श्वेतशैले: on the White Mountain
• श्वेतशैले: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक) + शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘श्वेतः शैलः’ (white mountain)

• बलिविरोचनौ: Bali and Virocana
• बलिविरोचनौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक) + विरोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्वः—‘बलिः च विरोचनः च’

• उभाव्: both
• उभाव्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• संजातौ: were born/became
• संजातौ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकालिक-कर्तरि क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle used predicatively); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• अमरौ: immortals/devas
• अमरौ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

• बलिनाम्: of the strong
• बलिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• वरौ: excellent/best
• वरौ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; विशेषण (अमरौ) / विधेयविशेषण

Speaker

Deductive: Narratorial voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya (speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śvetaśaila-īśvara (liṅga at Śvetaśaila)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī/Umā (implied by surrounding address in chapter)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a pale-white hill (Śvetaśaila), Bali and Virocana perform solemn liṅga-pratiṣṭhā with offerings; the installed Śiva radiates, conferring deathlessness; attendants hold kalaśas, lamps, and bilva leaves.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Śvetaśaila
• Bali
• Virocana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva worship transcends birth and lineage; even famed mighty beings gain exalted states through devotion and installation of the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śvetaśaila, highlighted as a locale sanctified by Īśvara-pratiṣṭhā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Īśvara-sthāpana (establishing the Lord/Śiva) at Śvetaśaila.