Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

वसन्ते मयि चेन्द्रे च भवतीषु तथा स्मरे । यदा स एव भूतात्मा तदा द्वेषादयः कथम्

Transliteration

vasante mayi cendre ca bhavatīṣu tathā smare | yadā sa eva bhūtātmā tadā dveṣādayaḥ katham

Translation

വസന്തത്തിൽ, എന്നിൽ, ഇന്ദ്രനിൽ, നിങ്ങളായ ദിവ്യസ്ത്രീകളിൽ, സ്മരനിലും—അവൻ തന്നെയാണ് സർവ്വഭൂതങ്ങളുടെ അന്തരാത്മാവ് എങ്കിൽ, ദ്വേഷാദികൾ എങ്ങനെ ഉദ്ഭവിക്കും?

Word by Word

• वसन्ते: in spring
• वसन्ते: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• इन्द्रे: in Indra
• इन्द्रे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• भवतीषु: in you (honorific, plural)
• भवतीषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; आदरार्थ-सम्बोधन-प्रातिपदिक (honorific 'you')

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• स्मरे: in Smara (Kāma)
• स्मरे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• यदा: when
• यदा: Kāla (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal conjunction: when)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• भूत-आत्मा: the Self of beings
• भूत-आत्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भूतानाम् आत्मा)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• द्वेष-आदयः: hatred and the rest
• द्वेष-आदयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वेष (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (द्वेषः आदिः येषाम्)

• कथम्: how (could there be)
• कथम्: Prashna (Interrogative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थ-अव्यय (interrogative adverb: how)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A springtime riverside: blossoms, gentle breeze; Indra in the sky, apsarases nearby, Kāma with sugarcane bow—yet a single subtle inner radiance (Bhūtātman) shines within all, dissolving shadows of hatred.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Indra
• Smara (Kāma)
• Vasanta (Spring)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the Divine is recognized as the indwelling Self in all forces and beings, negative emotions like hatred lose their basis.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tirtha is specified; the verse functions as theological grounding within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s pilgrimage-oriented narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the emphasis is on metaphysical insight (seeing the one Bhūtātmā).