Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 68
तत्सर्वभूतं सर्वेशं सर्वत्र समदर्शिनम् । कुतः पश्यन्तौ रागादीन्करिष्यामो विभेदिनः
tatsarvabhūtaṃ sarveśaṃ sarvatra samadarśinam | kutaḥ paśyantau rāgādīnkariṣyāmo vibhedinaḥ
« Quand nous Le contemplons comme l’être même de toutes les créatures, le Seigneur de tout, et Celui que l’on voit également partout, comment pourrions-nous, le voyant ainsi, nourrir des passions telles que l’attachement et le reste, et devenir artisans de séparation ? »
Celestial women (Apsarās / Amarāṅganāḥ), speaking collectively (contextual deduction)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims of varied backgrounds at a ghat; the seer’s vision overlays a single luminous form within each—human, animal, and tree—while dark wisps labeled rāga/dveṣa dissolve into the river light.
FAQs
Equal vision of God in all beings dissolves attachment, aversion, and divisive thinking.
No specific tirtha is named; the verse supports the Revā Khaṇḍa’s broader sacred-geography ethos by grounding pilgrimage in right vision.
None directly; it teaches an inner discipline—sama-darśana that uproots rāga and related faults.