Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

भवन्त्यः स च देवेन्द्रो लोकाश्च ससुरासुराः । समुद्राद्रिवनोपेता मद्देहान्तरगोचराः

Transliteration

bhavantyaḥ sa ca devendro lokāśca sasurāsurāḥ | samudrādrivanopetā maddehāntaragocarāḥ

Translation

Auch ihr, und jener Herr der Götter (Indra), und die Welten mit ihren Devas und Asuras—samt Ozeanen, Bergen und Wäldern—sind alles Gegenstände, die im weiten Raum meines eigenen Leibes erscheinen.

Word by Word

• भवन्त्यः: you (ladies)
• भवन्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• देवेन्द्रः: Indra, lord of the gods
• देवेन्द्रः: Apposition (सम्बन्ध/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: 'देवानाम् इन्द्रः'

• लोकाः: worlds
• लोकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• स-सुर-असुराः: (with) gods and demons
• स-सुर-असुराः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ 'सहित') + सुर (प्रातिपदिक) + असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); 'सुराः च असुराः च' इति द्वन्द्वः, 'स-' उपपदेन 'सहित' अर्थः

• समुद्र-अद्रि-वन-उपेताः: endowed with oceans, mountains, and forests
• समुद्र-अद्रि-वन-उपेताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + वन (प्रातिपदिक) + उपेत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) 'उपेत' = endowed/possessed; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (समुद्र-अद्रि-वन) + तत्पुरुष-भावः 'समुद्राद्रिवनैः उपेताः'

• मत्-देह-अन्तर-गोचराः: existing within my body
• मत्-देह-अन्तर-गोचराः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + देह (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + गोचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: 'मम देहस्य अन्तरम्' + तत्पुरुषः 'अन्तर-गोचर' = within the range/inside

Speaker

Unspecified (Revā-khaṇḍa narrative voice; a yogic/expanded-self declaration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra as inner-cosmos gateway (generalized)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic-bodied being/teacher whose torso contains miniature worlds: oceans, mountains, forests, devas and asuras; Indra appears as a small figure within the vast body, emphasizing scale and immanence.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Devas
• Asuras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The cosmos can be contemplated as contained within the Self—supporting the vision of non-separation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; it is a cosmic statement within the Revā-khaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it points to contemplative realization rather than ritual action.