Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ऐकात्म्यं पश्य कौन्तेय मयि चात्मनि नान्तरम् । नरनारायणाभ्यां हि कृतं बदरिकाश्रमम्

Transliteration

aikātmyaṃ paśya kaunteya mayi cātmani nāntaram | naranārāyaṇābhyāṃ hi kṛtaṃ badarikāśramam

Translation

Vois l’unité du Soi, ô fils de Kuntī : entre Moi et l’Ātman il n’y a nulle différence. En vérité, Badarikāśrama fut établi par Nara et Nārāyaṇa.

Word by Word

• ऐकात्म्यम्: oneness, unity
• ऐकात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐकात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पश्य: see
• पश्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• कौन्तेय: O son of Kuntī
• कौन्तेय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• आत्मनि: in the Self
• आत्मनि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• अन्तरम्: difference, interval
• अन्तरम्: Karma (Predicate nominal/कर्म-प्रत्यय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भेदवाचक

• नरनारायणाभ्याम्: by Nara and Nārāyaṇa
• नरनारायणाभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/Agentive means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + नारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha (Reason/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/अवधारणे निपात (causal/emphatic particle)

• कृतम्: made, established
• कृतम्: Karta (Predicate adjective of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कृ (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; कर्मणि प्रयोगे कर्तृ-निर्देशः तृतीया

• बदरिकाश्रमम्: Badarikā-āśrama (hermitage)
• बदरिकाश्रमम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बदरी + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (बदऱ्याः आश्रमः)

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Badarikāśrama

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (outer frame) and ‘Kaunteya’ (inner addressed figure within quoted teaching)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-voice addresses ‘Kaunteya’ with a luminous assertion of oneness; in the background, Badarikāśrama appears—snow peaks, badarī trees, ascetic twins Nara-Nārāyaṇa establishing the hermitage.

Characters & Entities

• Kaunteya (Arjuna epithet)
• Nara
• Nārāyaṇa
• Badarikāśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Realization of inner oneness (aikātmya) is upheld as the heart of spiritual understanding, harmonized with devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Badarikāśrama (Badaryāśrama), attributed to the sanctifying foundation by Nara-Nārāyaṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is specified; the verse prescribes contemplative realization of oneness.