[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 1.3.34.19 # Skandapurana 1.3.34.19 Skandapurāṇa 1.3.34.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.3.34.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.34.19) 18 baleḥ svarga āgamanaṃ dṛṣṭvā bṛhaspatipreraṇayendrādisarvadevānāṃ mayūrādipakṣirūpāṇi vidhāya svargānnirgatya kaśyapāśramaṃ pratyetya nijamātaramaditiṃ prati nijaduḥkhanivedanam , devarakṣārthamadityā prārthitena kaśyapenādityai śravaṇadvādaśīvratena vipṇūpāsanavarṇanam, adityā tadvratācaraṇena viṣṇuprādurbhāvaḥ, adityā devarakṣārthaṃ stutena bhagavatā balidamanārthaṃ nijagadācakrābhyāmājñāpitābhyāṃ tasya damane svasyāsāmarthyeṃ kathite ciṃtākaraṇama devendrāsane śukrakṛtābhiṣekeṇa balinā brāhmaṇebhyaḥ samagrendrasampattipradānavarṇanam, tatprasaṃgena-indrāsanasthitasya yasya kasyāpīndrasya dānābhāvātpuṇyasamāptya nantaramindrakṛmitvaprāptivarṇanam, baleḥ pūrvajanmavṛttāntavarṇane kasyacitkitavasya gaṇikārthamupanītaṃ puṣpatāṃbūlādikaṃ praskhalena bhūmau patitaṃ vīkṣya śivārpaṇamastu iti buddhyā niścayena sarvapāpanivṛttiḥ, tato maraṇottaraṃ yamoktyā sārdhatrighaṭikāparyaṃtaṃ tasya śatakratupadaprāptau tena tasminnavasare'gastyādimaharṣibhya airāvatādidānavarṇanam, sārdhaghaṭikātritayottaraṃ pūrvapuraṃdarasya svasthāne sthitvā śacīnirbhartsanādanantaraṃ śacīkṛtatannirbhartsanapūrvakakitavendrapraśaṃsanam pūrvendrasya lajjāprāptiḥ, kitavapradattai- rāvatādikanijadhanaṃ samavekṣya yamaṃ prati gatvendreṇa kitavanirbhartsanam, tadā yamādi- ṣṭena citraguptena śivoddeśena kṛtasya dānasya mahimnā kitavasya narakānarhatvavarṇanam, tacchrutvā lajjitasya śakrasya svargagamanam, tasya kitavasya prahlādātmajavirocana- patnyāḥ surucyākhyāyā garbhe praveśaḥ, indreṇa viprarūpeṇa virocanaṃ balitātaṃ pratyabhyetya śiroyācanam, virocanasya kapaṭakṛtavipraveṣāya śakrāya svaśira utkṛtya pradānavarṇa- nam, virocanākhyasya piturmaraṇottaraṃ surucyāḥ sakāśādbalerjanma, surucyāḥ prasūtyanantaraṃ patilokaṃ prati gamanam, bhārgaveṇa baleḥ piturvirocanasya rājyāsane'bhiṣecanam , athendrādīnāṃ baliparājitānāṃ nirgamanottaraṃ baleḥ svarge'dhiṣṭhānārthaṃ sarveṣāmā- jñāpanam, tataḥ śu'kravacanena svarge sthātumanarhatāṃ vicārya baleḥ sarvadaityaiḥ saha śukreṇa ca saha vasudhātale narmadātīre gurukulyatīrthaṃ pratyāgatyāśvamedhādibahuyajñakaraṇavarṇanam- tasminneva baleryajñasamaye'ditikṛtavratasaṃtuṣṭasya bhagavato baṭurūpeṇāvataraṇam, tatasta- syopanayanādividheranantaraṃ baleryajñavāṭaṃ prati gamanam, balikṛtavāmanabadusatkāravarṇa- nam, vāmanavaṭubhagavatā baliṃ prati tadāgraheṇa tripādabhūmiyācanam, balinā tasmai bhūmidānapratijñāyāṃ kṛtāyāṃ tadguruṇā śukreṇa tasya baṭorviṣṇutvavarṇanapūrvakaṃ bhūmidāna- niṣedhakaraṇam. ................ 36 > 18. Seeing Bali's arrival in heaven, all the gods headed by Indra, prompted by Bṛhaspati, assuming the forms of peacocks and other birds, departing from heaven, going to Kaśyapa's hermitage, and relating their sorrow to their mother Aditi; Kaśyapa, entreatt by Aditi to protect the gods, describing the worship of Viṣṇu through the Śravaṇadvādaśī vow to Aditi; Viṣṇu's manifestation due to Aditi's performance of that vow; the Lord, praised by Aditi for the protection of the gods, commanding His mace and discus to subdue Bali, but feeling concern when they declared their inability to subdue him; the description of Bali, consecrated by Śukra on the throne of the king of the gods, giving away the entire wealth of Indra to brahmins; in that context, the description of any Indra on the throne of Indra, due to the lack of giving, becoming an insect in Indra's realm after the exhaustion of his merit; in the description of Bali's past life, a certain gambler seeing the flowers, betel, and other offerings brought for a courtesan fall onto the ground from a slip, and, thinking with resolve, 'May it be offered to Śiva,' becoming freed from all sins; then, after his death, by Yama's word, his gaining the station of the performer of a hundred sacrifices for three and a half ghaṭikās, and during that time his giving away of Airāvata and other gifts to Agastya and other great seers; after three and a half ghaṭikās, the former Purandara, staying in his own place, rebuking Śacī, followed by Śacī's rebuking him and praising the gambler-Indra; the former Indra's feeling of shame; Indra, seeing his own wealth such as Airāvata given away by the gambler, going to Yama and rebuking the gambler; then Citragupta, instructed by Yama, declaring that the gambler did not deserve hell owing to the greatness of the gift made with Śiva as its object; hearing this, Śakra, embarrassed, going to heaven; that gambler's entering into the womb of Suruci, the wife of Prahlāda's son Virocana; Indra, in the guise of a brahmin, approaching Bali's father Virocana and begging for his head; the description of Virocana cutting off his own head and giving it to Śakra, who was disguised as a deceitful brahmin; after the death of the father named Virocana, the birth of Bali from Suruci; Suruci, after giving birth, going to her husband's realm; Bali being consecrated by the descendant of Bhṛgu on the royal throne of his father Virocana; then, after the departure of Indra and the others defeated by Bali, Bali's command to all regarding their stay in heaven; then, considering the unsuitability of residing in heaven according to the word of Śukra, Bali, together with all the daityas and Śukra, coming to the Gurukulyatīrtha on the bank of the Narmadā on the surface of the earth and performing many sacrifices such as the horse-sacrifice; at that very time of Bali's sacrifice, the Lord, pleased by the vow performed by Aditi, incarnating as a celibate youth; then, after the rites of his sacred-thread investiture and the like, his going to Bali's sacrificial enclosure; the description of Bali's hospitable reception of the dwarf-youth; the Lord in the form of the dwarf-youth begging Bali for three paces of land upon his insistence; when Bali made a promise to give the land, his guru Śukra, declaring that youth to be Viṣṇu, forbidding the gift of land. \[36\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.3.34.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.34.18) - [Next: 1.3.34.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.34.20) - [Up: 1.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.34) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.3.34.19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.34.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.34.19) · Pramāṇa