Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

अहमद्यात्मभूतस्य वासुदेवस्य योगिनः । अस्मात्परतरं नास्ति योऽनन्तः परिपथ्यते

Transliteration

ahamadyātmabhūtasya vāsudevasya yoginaḥ | asmātparataraṃ nāsti yo'nantaḥ paripathyate

Translation

เรานี้คืออาตมันภายในของวาสุเทวะ ผู้เป็นโยคี; ไม่มีสิ่งใดสูงยิ่งกว่านี้. ผู้เป็นอนันต์นั้นย่อมถูกรู้แจ้งว่าเป็นที่พึ่งสูงสุด

Word by Word

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

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• आत्मभूतस्य: of (him) who has become the Self / whose essence is the Self
• आत्मभूतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत्मन् + भूत (प्रातिपदिक; भूत = √भू (धातु) क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; 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

• योगिनः: of the yogin
• योगिनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th case, genitive); एकवचन (योगिनः = gen. sg. of योगिन्)

• अस्मात्: than this/from this
• अस्मात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पञ्चमी (5th case, ablative); एकवचन

• परतरम्: higher/greater (something)
• परतरम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परतर (प्रातिपदिक; तऱ-प्रत्ययान्त तुलनात्मक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case); एकवचन; तुलनात्मक-विशेषण (comparative)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

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

• अनन्तः: the Infinite (Ananta)
• अनन्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case, nominative); एकवचन

• परिपथ्यते: is followed/ is traversed/ is pursued
• परिपथ्यते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + √पथ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present); आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे-प्रयोग (passive/intransitive sense)

Speaker

Nārāyaṇa (as ‘I’ in direct speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

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

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Tridaśāṅganāḥ (celestial maidens)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene teaching moment on a riverbank: a radiant deity or sage indicates the heart (antarātman) while the endless river flows behind, suggesting Ananta as boundless refuge.

Characters & Entities

• Nārāyaṇa
• Vāsudeva
• Ananta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Supreme is the highest reality and the inner Self; realizing the Endless (Ananta) is presented as the ultimate attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified; the verse is theological within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the emphasis is on realization (jñāna/yoga) rather than rite.