Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

सर्वो विष्णुसमासो हि भावाभावौ च तन्मयौ । सदसत्सर्वमीशोऽसौ महादेवः परं पदम्

Transliteration

sarvo viṣṇusamāso hi bhāvābhāvau ca tanmayau | sadasatsarvamīśo'sau mahādevaḥ paraṃ padam

Translation

Car tout, en somme, est Viṣṇu ; l’être et le non-être sont tous deux pénétrés de Lui. Il est le Seigneur de tout—du réel comme de l’irréel—Lui, Mahādeva, est la demeure suprême.

Word by Word

• sarvaḥ: all, entire
• sarvaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• viṣṇu-samāsaḥ: a compendium/summary of Viṣṇu (i.e., centered on Viṣṇu)
• viṣṇu-samāsaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + samāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (viṣṇoḥ samāsaḥ)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/हेतौ (particle: indeed/for)

• bhāva-abhāvau: existence and non-existence
• bhāva-abhāvau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāva (प्रातिपदिक) + abhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (द्वन्द्वे समाहार/इतरेतर; प्रायः पुं), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (Dual)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction: and)

• tan-mayau: consisting of that (i.e., of Him)
• tan-mayau: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; तदर्थे ‘तन्मय’ (made of that)

• sat-asat-sarvam: all that is and is not; everything
• sat-asat-sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + asat (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (the totality of being and non-being, everything)

• īśaḥ: lord
• īśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• asau: that (he)
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संकेतार्थक सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• mahādevaḥ: Mahādeva (the great god)
• mahādevaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् देवः)

• param: supreme
• param: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• padam: state, abode, goal
• padam: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate noun/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-cycle (contextual)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūpāla (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A metaphysical proclamation: the cosmos (real/unreal, manifest/unmanifest) dissolves into the single Lord; iconographically, Hari-Hara or a universal form is suggested.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Mahādeva
• Īśa (Lord)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All categories—being and non-being—are encompassed by the one Lord; the supreme goal is that highest divine state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is named; it is a culminating theological statement within the Revā-khaṇḍa discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it offers a comprehensive doctrinal conclusion for contemplation.