Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

उत्पत्तिहेतुरेते च यस्मिन्सर्वं प्रलीयते । सर्वावासीति देवत्वाद्वासुदेवेत्युदाहृतः

Transliteration

utpattiheturete ca yasminsarvaṃ pralīyate | sarvāvāsīti devatvādvāsudevetyudāhṛtaḥ

Translation

Il est la cause de la naissance de tout cela, et en Lui tout se résorbe. Et parce que, en tant que Dieu, Il demeure en tous, Il est donc proclamé Vāsudeva.

Word by Word

• उत्पत्ति-हेतुः: cause of creation
• उत्पत्ति-हेतुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (उत्पत्तेः हेतुḥ)

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; निर्देशार्थ-सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• यस्मिन्: in whom/wherein
• यस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; यहाँ प्रथमा (कर्तृ/विषय)

• प्रलीयते: is dissolved
• प्रलीयते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + लि (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोग (is dissolved)

• सर्व-आवासी: indweller of all
• सर्व-आवासी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आवासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषु आवासी)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/निदर्शन-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• देवत्वात्: because of divinity
• देवत्वात्: Apādāna (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ (because of)

• वासुदेव: Vāsudeva
• वासुदेव: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (नाम)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-अव्यय

• उदाहृतः: is proclaimed/called
• उदाहृतः: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + आ + हृ (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (has been called/declared)

Speaker

Nārāyaṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau: from Vāsudeva emanate worlds and beings; the same light returns them at dissolution. Simultaneously, He is shown seated within the hearts of diverse beings along the Revā riverbank.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva
• Nārāyaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seeing Vāsudeva as the source, support, and final dissolution of all cultivates devotion rooted in cosmic understanding.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse supplies the Purāṇic metaphysics that makes pilgrimage meaningful—God as the indweller everywhere.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the implied practice is remembrance and worship of Vāsudeva as sarvāvāsī (present in all).