Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

समं पश्यति सर्वेषु स्थावरेषु चरेषु च । ब्राह्मणं श्वपचं चैव तत्र प्रीतो जनार्दनः

Transliteration

samaṃ paśyati sarveṣu sthāvareṣu careṣu ca | brāhmaṇaṃ śvapacaṃ caiva tatra prīto janārdanaḥ

Translation

Wer alle Wesen mit gleichem Blick schaut, die Unbeweglichen wie die Beweglichen, und einen Brāhmaṇa und einen Hundefresser gleichermaßen sieht — an dem hat Janārdana Wohlgefallen.

Word by Word

• समम्: equally
• समम्: Karma (Manner/क्रियाविशेषणार्थ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial accusative)

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• स्थावरेषु: among immovables
• स्थावरेषु: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थावर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• चरेषु: among movables
• चरेषु: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

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

• ब्राह्मणम्: a brāhmaṇa
• ब्राह्मणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• श्वपचम्: a dog-cooker (outcaste)
• श्वपचम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वपच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• प्रीतः: pleased
• प्रीतः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √प्री (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• जनार्दनः: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्दनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (ethical tīrtha within the tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contemplative devotee on the riverbank looks with equal kindness upon a brāhmaṇa and a marginalized outcaste, with Janārdana’s subtle presence (a radiant aura or Vishnu emblem) indicating divine pleasure.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

God is pleased by samadarśana—recognizing equal spiritual worth across all beings beyond social labels.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides a universal dharma teaching within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external ritual; the prescription is an inner discipline of equal vision and non-discrimination.