Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

वयमंशांशकास्तस्य चतुर्व्यूहस्य मानिनः । तदादेशितवार्त्मानौ जगद्बोधाय देहिनाम्

Transliteration

vayamaṃśāṃśakāstasya caturvyūhasya māninaḥ | tadādeśitavārtmānau jagadbodhāya dehinām

Translation

« Nous ne sommes que d’infimes parcelles de la quadruple manifestation de ce Seigneur (Caturvyūha). Nous ne suivons que la voie qu’Il prescrit, pour l’éveil des êtres incarnés à la vérité du monde. »

Word by Word

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• अंश-अंशकाः: parts of a part (fractional portions)
• अंश-अंशकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंश (प्रातिपदिक) + अंशक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अंशस्य अंशकाः = partial portions)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• चतुर्-व्यूहस्य: of the fourfold emanation
• चतुर्-व्यूहस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + व्यूह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (चत्वारः व्यूहाः यस्य/चतुर्-व्यूहः)

• मानिनः: considering (ourselves), deeming
• मानिनः: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (स्वाभिमान/सम्मान-युक्त)

• तत्-आदेशित-वार्त्मानौ: the two whose path is instructed by him
• तत्-आदेशित-वार्त्मानौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + आदेशित (आ + दिश् धातु, क्त-प्रातिपदिक) + वार्त्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (तद्-आदेशितं वार्त्म यस्यौ)

• जगत्-बोधाय: for awakening the world
• जगत्-बोधाय: Sampradāna (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + बोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (जगतः बोधः)

• देहिनाम्: of embodied beings
• देहिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

Speaker

Celestial women (Apsarās / Amarāṅganāḥ), speaking collectively (contextual deduction within Revā Khaṇḍa narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of celestial or semi-divine speakers bow inwardly to an unseen Vāsudeva; behind them a symbolic fourfold radiance (Caturvyūha) appears, while pilgrims listen and awaken to discernment.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Caturvyūha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Recognize oneself as a dependent part of the Divine and follow the God-ordained path that awakens spiritual understanding in embodied life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate emphasis is philosophical instruction within the Revā Khaṇḍa; the broader setting reveres the Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape rather than naming a single tirtha in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse stresses divine guidance and spiritual awakening.