Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

एवमस्मासु युष्मासु सर्वभूतेषु चाबलाः । तन्मथैकत्वभूतेषु रागाद्यवसरः कुतः

Transliteration

evamasmāsu yuṣmāsu sarvabhūteṣu cābalāḥ | tanmathaikatvabhūteṣu rāgādyavasaraḥ kutaḥ

Translation

ഹേ സൌമ്യസ്ത്രീകളേ! ഞങ്ങളിലുമ് നിങ്ങളിലുമ് സർവ്വജീവികളിലുമ് ഒരേ ആത്മാവാണ്; എല്ലാം ഏകസാരമായിരിക്കെ രാഗാദികൾക്ക് അവസരം എവിടെ?

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारार्थ (thus/in this way)

• अस्मासु: in us
• अस्मासु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन

• युष्मासु: in you
• युष्मासु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन

• सर्वभूतेषु: in all beings
• सर्वभूतेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वाणि भूतानि)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अबलाḥ: O women; O gentle ones
• अबलाḥ: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अबला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे अपि (addressing women)

• तन्मथैकत्वभूतेषु: in those that have become one (in essence)
• तन्मथैकत्वभूतेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + मथ (प्रातिपदिक) + एकत्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष; विशेषणम् (those that have become one with that 'matha'/churning/essence—contextual unity)

• रागाद्यवसरः: occasion for attachment etc.
• रागाद्यवसरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राग (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + अवसर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (रागादीनाम् अवसरः = occasion for attachment etc.)

• कुतः: whence? how?
• कुतः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (whence/how)

Speaker

Unspecified (Revā-khaṇḍa narrative voice; context suggests a realized teacher addressing women/apparitions)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ābalāḥ / devāṅganāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A gentle admonition to celestial women: the teacher indicates a circle of diverse beings—humans, animals, ascetics—united by a single inner light.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When one recognizes the One Self in all beings, passion and attachment lose their basis.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader context is the Revā-khaṇḍa (Narmadā/Revā sacred region), though this verse itself teaches philosophical oneness rather than naming a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; the emphasis is on wisdom (oneness) and dispassion.