Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

यच्च किंचिददृश्यं वा दृश्यं वा त्रिदशाङ्गनाः । मन्यध्वं जातमेकस्य तत्सर्वं परमात्मनः

Transliteration

yacca kiṃcidadṛśyaṃ vā dṛśyaṃ vā tridaśāṅganāḥ | manyadhvaṃ jātamekasya tatsarvaṃ paramātmanaḥ

Translation

Was immer es sei—ob unsichtbar oder sichtbar—o himmlische Frauen, erkennt: Alles, was ihr für „geboren“ haltet, ist aus dem Einen geboren, dem höchsten Selbst (Paramātman).

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘किंचित्’ इत्यनेन सह सम्बन्धः

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• किंचित्: anything, something
• किंचित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (indefinite)

• अदृश्यम्: invisible
• अदृश्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदृश्य (प्रातिपदिक; a- + √दृश् (धातु) + यत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• दृश्यम्: visible
• दृश्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश्य (प्रातिपदिक; √दृश् (धातु) + यत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• त्रिदशाङ्गनाः: O celestial maidens
• त्रिदशाङ्गनाः: Sambodhana/Addressed (Vocative sense though nominative form)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश-अङ्गना (प्रातिपदिक; त्रिदश + अङ्गना)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘त्रिदशानां अङ्गनाः’ (देवाङ्गनाः)

• मन्यध्वम्: consider, think
• मन्यध्वम्: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मन् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• जातम्: born, arisen
• जातम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात (प्रातिपदिक; √जन् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, ‘किंचित्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• एकस्य: of the One
• एकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘सर्वम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण (अन्वयः: तत् सर्वम्)

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st)/द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• परमात्मनः: of the Supreme Self
• परमात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम-आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; परम + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘परमः आत्मा’

Speaker

Celestial women (Apsarās / Amarāṅganāḥ), addressing their group (contextual deduction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrthas

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Tridaśāṅganāḥ (celestial ladies)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A revelation scene: the teacher addresses celestial ladies; behind them, a cosmic backdrop shows both visible forms (world, beings) and subtle/ethereal forms (light, elements, unseen realms) emerging from a single luminous source labeled by symbolism as Paramātman.

Characters & Entities

• Paramātman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All phenomena—visible and invisible—arise from the One Supreme Self; this insight steadies devotion and dissolves fragmentation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in the verse; it underwrites the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred geography by affirming one divine source behind all manifestations.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a doctrinal instruction about the Paramātman as the single origin.