Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

राजन्नेवं विशेषेण भूतेषु परमेश्वरम् । वासुदेव कथं दोषांल्लोभादीन्न प्रहास्यसि

Transliteration

rājannevaṃ viśeṣeṇa bhūteṣu parameśvaram | vāsudeva kathaṃ doṣāṃllobhādīnna prahāsyasi

Translation

«أيها الملك، إذا أدركتَ على هذا النحو وبتمييزٍ خاصّ حضورَ الربّ الأعلى فاسوديفا في الكائنات، فكيف لا تطرح العيوبَ كالجشع وما شابهه؟»

Word by Word

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• एवम्: thus; in this manner
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• विशेषेण: especially; in particular
• विशेषेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• भूतेषु: in beings
• भूतेषु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• परमेश्वरम्: the Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parama + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वासुदेव: O Vāsudeva
• वासुदेव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कथम्: how?
• कथम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रश्नार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (interrogative adverb)

• दोषान्: faults; defects
• दोषान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: doṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• लोभादीन्: greed and the like
• लोभादीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lobha + ādi (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)

• प्रहास्यसि: will you not laugh off / dismiss
• प्रहास्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हस् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्; उपसर्ग: प्र-

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (didactic continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrthas (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (राजन्)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage points to a spectrum of beings—poor, rich, enemy, ally—while the king’s face shifts from pride to humility; a faint lotus-heart glow indicates Vāsudeva recognized within each, and greed symbolized as a dark knot loosening from the king’s chest.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva
• King (listener)
• Lobha (greed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Recognition of God in all beings naturally weakens greed and other moral defects.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external ritual; it prescribes ethical transformation through spiritual perception.