Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

तन्मयान्यविभक्तानि यदा सर्वेषु जन्तुषु । सर्वेश्वरेश्वरो विष्णुः कुतो रागादयस्ततः

Transliteration

tanmayānyavibhaktāni yadā sarveṣu jantuṣu | sarveśvareśvaro viṣṇuḥ kuto rāgādayastataḥ

Translation

Wenn in allen Wesen alles von Ihm durchdrungen ist und wahrhaft nicht getrennt—wenn Viṣṇu der Herr der Herren ist—woher sollten dann Anhaftung und die übrigen Regungen entstehen?

Word by Word

• तन्मयानि: consisting of That (Brahman), absorbed in That
• तन्मयानि: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तन्मय (प्रातिपदिक; तत्+मय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘अविभक्तानि’ इत्यस्य

• अविभक्तानि: undivided, not differentiated
• अविभक्तानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविभक्त (प्रातिपदिक; a- + वि√भज् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (past passive participle)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; ‘जन्तुषु’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• जन्तुषु: in living beings
• जन्तुषु: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन

• सर्वेश्वरेश्वरः: the Lord of all lords
• सर्वेश्वरेश्वरः: Viśeṣaṇa (Appositional epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-ईश्वर-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + ईश्वर + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘सर्वेषाम् ईश्वराणाम् ईश्वरः’

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• कुतः: whence?, how could there be?
• कुतः: Hetu-prashna (Cause-question)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• रागादयः: attachment and the like
• रागादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राग-आदि (प्रातिपदिक; राग + आदि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘आदि’-समासः (rāga and the rest)

• ततः: from that (state/condition), then
• ततः: Apādāna (Source/अपाादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्-अर्थे अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

Speaker

Celestial women (Apsarās / Amarāṅganāḥ), speaking collectively (contextual deduction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrthas

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Tridaśāṅganāḥ (celestial ladies)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contemplative teaching scene on the banks of the Revā: celestial women listening as the speaker points to the river and the living world, illustrating the One pervading all; the mood is serene and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seeing all beings as pervaded by the one Supreme removes the very ground for attachment and other inner impurities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it serves as doctrinal support within the Revā (Narmadā) sacred context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse teaches contemplative recognition of Viṣṇu’s sovereignty and pervasion.