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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21

भाति सर्वेषु लोकेषु गीयते भूर्भुवादिषु । प्रविष्टः सर्वभूतेषु तेन विष्णुर्भगः स्मृतः

bhāti sarveṣu lokeṣu gīyate bhūrbhuvādiṣu | praviṣṭaḥ sarvabhūteṣu tena viṣṇurbhagaḥ smṛtaḥ

Er leuchtet in allen Welten und wird in Bhūr, Bhuvar und den übrigen besungen. Da Er in alle Wesen eingegangen ist, wird Viṣṇu darum als „Bhaga“ erinnert.

भातिshines
भाति:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभा (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)
सर्वेषुin all
सर्वेषु:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे (masculine; used generically), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचनम् (plural)
लोकेषुworlds
लोकेषु:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचनम्
गीयतेis sung/praised
गीयते:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगै (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive)
भूःin Bhū (earth-world)
भूः:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभू (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्; समासपूर्वपद (as first member in compound)
भुवःin Bhuvaḥ (mid-region)
भुवः:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभुवस्/भुवः (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्; समासपूर्वपद
आदिषुand the rest (etc.)
आदिषु:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootआदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचनम्; ‘भू-भुव-आदि-षु’ इति समाहारार्थे (etc.)
प्रविष्टःentered/pervaded
प्रविष्टः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-विश् (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्
सर्वभूतेषुin all beings
सर्वभूतेषु:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (all + beings)
तेनtherefore/by that (reason)
तेन:
Hetu/Karana (Cause/Instrument/हेतु/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचनम्
विष्णुःViṣṇu
विष्णुः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्
भगःBhaga (the Lord/fortune)
भगः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विष्णोः विशेषणरूपेण (appositional)
स्मृतःis remembered/called
स्मृतः:
Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि भावः (is called/remembered)

Śiva (deduced from immediate continuation where Mahādeva addresses Devī)

Scene: A cosmic Viṣṇu whose light fills the three worlds (Bhūr, Bhuvar, Svar), with subtle streams of radiance entering all beings—gods, humans, animals, plants—signifying immanence.

V
Viṣṇu
B
Bhaga
B
Bhūr
B
Bhuvar

FAQs

The Divine is present within all beings and praised across all realms; remembrance of this nurtures universal devotion.

The setting is Revā-kṣetra; the verse is theological rather than naming a single tīrtha.

No explicit ritual; it supports nāma-smaraṇa (remembering divine names) and stuti (hymnic praise).