Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

सर्वभूतमये विष्णौ सर्वगे सर्वधातरि । निपात्य तं पृथग्भूते कुतो रागादिको गुणः

Transliteration

sarvabhūtamaye viṣṇau sarvage sarvadhātari | nipātya taṃ pṛthagbhūte kuto rāgādiko guṇaḥ

Translation

En Viṣṇu—constitué de tous les êtres, omniprésent et soutien de tout—une fois abattue la notion de séparation, d’où pourrait naître une qualité telle que l’attachement et le reste ?

Word by Word

• सर्वभूतमये: in (him) who is pervaded by all beings
• सर्वभूतमये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; तत्पुरुष (सर्वभूतैः मयः = filled with all beings)

• विष्णौ: in Vishnu
• विष्णौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• सर्वगे: all-pervading
• सर्वगे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (सर्वं गच्छति/व्याप्नोति इति)

• सर्वधातरि: in the sustainer of all
• सर्वधातरि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + धातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वस्य धाता = supporter/creator of all)

• निपात्य: having cast/placed
• निपात्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निपात्य (कृदन्त; √पत् धातु, णिच् causative)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); √पत् (to fall) → निपातयति (to cast down) → निपात्य (having cast/placed)

• तम्: him/that
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• पृथग्भूते: in (a state) become separate
• पृथग्भूते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (पृथक् एव भूतः = become separate)

• कुतः: whence? how could there be?
• कुतः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative: from where/whence; hence how)

• रागादिकः: such as attachment (etc.)
• रागादिकः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राग (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + क (तद्धित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; तत्पुरुष (रागः आदिः यस्य = beginning with attachment)

• गुणः: quality; attribute
• गुणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Celestial women (Apsarās / Amarāṅganāḥ), speaking collectively (contextual deduction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: devāṅganāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic vision: Viṣṇu as cosmic support containing all beings; the teacher gestures as the illusion of separateness falls away like a veil, with the Revā flowing beneath.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the illusion of separateness is removed and Viṣṇu is known as all-pervading support, attachment and related defects cannot arise.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is named; the verse supplies the inner realization that makes pilgrimage and dharma fruitful in the Revā Khaṇḍa framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it implies an inward practice of negating separative identification.