Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

तमजं सर्वभूतेशं जानीत परमं पदम् । अहं भवत्यो देवाश्च मनुष्याः पशवश्च ये । एतत्सर्वमनन्तस्य वासुदेवस्य वै कृतम्

Transliteration

tamajaṃ sarvabhūteśaṃ jānīta paramaṃ padam | ahaṃ bhavatyo devāśca manuṣyāḥ paśavaśca ye | etatsarvamanantasya vāsudevasya vai kṛtam

Translation

അജനും സർവ്വഭൂതേശ്വരനുമായ അവനെ പരമപദമായി അറിയുക. ഞാൻ, നിങ്ങൾ ദേവാംഗനകൾ, ദേവന്മാർ, മനുഷ്യർ, മൃഗങ്ങൾ—ഇതെല്ലാം അനന്തനായ വാസുദേവന്റെ കൃത്യമത്രേ।

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case, accusative); एकवचन

• अजम्: unborn
• अजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case, accusative); एकवचन

• सर्वभूतेशम्: lord of all beings
• सर्वभूतेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + भूत + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वभूतानाम् ईशः); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case, accusative); एकवचन

• जानीत: know (you all)
• जानीत: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative); मध्यमपुरुष; बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case, accusative); एकवचन

• पदम्: state/abode/position
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case, accusative); एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; एकवचन; प्रथमा (1st case, nominative)

• भवत्यः: you (ladies)
• भवत्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक/आदरार्थ)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case, nominative); बहुवचन (honorific: you ladies)

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case, nominative); बहुवचन

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

• मनुष्याः: humans
• मनुष्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case, nominative); बहुवचन

• पशवः: animals
• पशवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case, nominative); बहुवचन

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

• ये: who/which
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case, nominative); बहुवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case); एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case); एकवचन; समस्त-वाचक

• अनन्तस्य: of Ananta (the Infinite)
• अनन्तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th case, genitive); एकवचन

• वासुदेवस्य: of Vāsudeva
• वासुदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th case, genitive); एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• कृतम्: made/created
• कृतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु) क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (कृत)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; (अस्ति इति अध्याहार्य)

Speaker

Nārāyaṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

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

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Celestial women (surastṛyaḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic-vision tableau: the Unborn Lord as luminous center, with concentric rings of beings—gods, humans, animals—emanating as His ‘kṛtam’, while the river flows as a terrestrial mirror of cosmic continuity.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa
• Vāsudeva
• Ananta
• Devas
• Manuṣyas
• Paśus

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Unborn Lord of all beings is the highest goal; recognizing all existence as Vāsudeva’s work grounds devotion, humility, and dharmic living.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it serves a universal theological climax within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; the command is to ‘know’ (jānīta) the Supreme as the highest refuge.