Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

इति पश्य जगत्सर्वं वासुदेवात्मकं नृप । एतदेव हि कृष्णेन रूपमाविष्कृतं नृप

Transliteration

iti paśya jagatsarvaṃ vāsudevātmakaṃ nṛpa | etadeva hi kṛṣṇena rūpamāviṣkṛtaṃ nṛpa

Translation

Vì thế, hỡi đức vua, hãy chiêm ngưỡng toàn thể thế gian như chính tự tánh của Vāsudeva. Hỡi đức vua, chính chân tướng này đã được Kṛṣṇa hiển lộ.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker (वाक्यसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, इत्यादि-प्रयोगे वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक (quotative/particle)

• पश्य: see; behold
• पश्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वम्: entire; all
• सर्वम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• वासुदेवात्मकम्: consisting of Vāsudeva; of the nature of Vāsudeva
• वासुदेवात्मकम्: Karma-complement (Predicate adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāsudeva + ātmaka (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक निपात (restrictive particle)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Emphasis/Reason (समर्थन/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समर्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• कृष्णेन: by Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णेन: Karana/Agent-in-passive (Instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• आविष्कृतम्: manifested; revealed
• आविष्कृतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेष्य)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + √kṛ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (नृप)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary panorama: the king’s gaze expands to perceive the world—river, mountains, towns, creatures—woven into a single luminous body of Vāsudeva; subtle hints of Kṛṣṇa’s viśvarūpa appear in clouds and light, while the sage anchors the vision.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva
• Kṛṣṇa
• King (listener)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adopt a God-centered worldview: the cosmos is to be seen as pervaded by Vāsudeva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is named; the verse provides a theological lens often applied to all sacred places of Revā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A contemplative practice is implied: “paśya”—train the vision to perceive Vāsudeva everywhere.