Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

सर्वभूतानि गोविन्दाद्यदा नान्यानि भूपते । तदा वैरादयो भावाः क्रियतां न तु पुत्रक

Transliteration

sarvabhūtāni govindādyadā nānyāni bhūpate | tadā vairādayo bhāvāḥ kriyatāṃ na tu putraka

Translation

„O König, wenn alle Wesen als nichts anderes denn Govinda erkannt werden, dann dürfen Regungen wie Feindschaft und dergleichen nicht genährt werden — niemals, mein Kind.“

Word by Word

• सर्वभूतानि: all beings
• सर्वभूतानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• गोविन्दात्: from Govinda
• गोविन्दात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: govinda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (temporal conjunction/adverb)

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

• अन्यानि: other (ones)
• अन्यानि: Karta-complement (Predicate adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• वैरादयः: enmity and the like
• वैरादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaira + ādi (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• भावाः: states; dispositions
• भावाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• क्रियताम्: let (it) be done; should be made
• क्रियताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

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

• तु: but
• तु: Contrast (विरोध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विरोधार्थक/अन्वर्थक निपात (adversative particle)

• पुत्रक: O dear son
• पुत्रक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (contextual)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (भूपते)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king is shown lowering his sword or royal staff, symbolically renouncing hostility; around him, former adversaries stand peacefully as a shared Govinda-light unites them; the sage’s compassionate gaze underscores ‘na tu putraka’—a tender admonition.

Characters & Entities

• Govinda
• King (listener)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

If all are seen as Govinda, hostility and divisive emotions lose their basis.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A behavioral discipline is implied: refrain from enmity and similar states.