Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

सर्वभूतमये विष्णौ सर्वगे सर्वधातरि । निपात्य तं पृथग्भूते कुतो रागादिको गुणः

Transliteration

sarvabhūtamaye viṣṇau sarvage sarvadhātari | nipātya taṃ pṛthagbhūte kuto rāgādiko guṇaḥ

Translation

அனைத்து உயிர்களாலும் நிறைந்த, எங்கும் பரவி, அனைத்திற்கும் ஆதாரமான விஷ்ணுவில் வேறுபாடு என்ற எண்ணம் வீழ்த்தப்பட்டபின், ராகம் முதலிய குணங்கள் எங்கிருந்து எழும்?

Word by Word

• सर्वभूतमये: in (him) who is pervaded by all beings
• सर्वभूतमये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; तत्पुरुष (सर्वभूतैः मयः = filled with all beings)

• विष्णौ: in Vishnu
• विष्णौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• सर्वगे: all-pervading
• सर्वगे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (सर्वं गच्छति/व्याप्नोति इति)

• सर्वधातरि: in the sustainer of all
• सर्वधातरि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + धातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सर्वस्य धाता = supporter/creator of all)

• निपात्य: having cast/placed
• निपात्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निपात्य (कृदन्त; √पत् धातु, णिच् causative)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); √पत् (to fall) → निपातयति (to cast down) → निपात्य (having cast/placed)

• तम्: him/that
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• पृथग्भूते: in (a state) become separate
• पृथग्भूते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (पृथक् एव भूतः = become separate)

• कुतः: whence? how could there be?
• कुतः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative: from where/whence; hence how)

• रागादिकः: such as attachment (etc.)
• रागादिकः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राग (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + क (तद्धित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; तत्पुरुष (रागः आदिः यस्य = beginning with attachment)

• गुणः: quality; attribute
• गुणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: devāṅganāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic vision: Viṣṇu as cosmic support containing all beings; the teacher gestures as the illusion of separateness falls away like a veil, with the Revā flowing beneath.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the illusion of separateness is removed and Viṣṇu is known as all-pervading support, attachment and related defects cannot arise.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is named; the verse supplies the inner realization that makes pilgrimage and dharma fruitful in the Revā Khaṇḍa framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it implies an inward practice of negating separative identification.