Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 165

Devanagari script

प्रमुच उवाच । रेवती ते वरा भार्या किं न वेत्सि नृपोत्तम । त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरी या तु कथं सा विस्मृता तव

Transliteration

pramuca uvāca | revatī te varā bhāryā kiṃ na vetsi nṛpottama | trailokyasundarī yā tu kathaṃ sā vismṛtā tava

Translation

Pramuca sprach: Revatī ist deine vortreffliche Gemahlin; warum weißt du es nicht, o bester der Könige? Sie, die Schönheit der drei Welten—wie konntest du sie vergessen?

Word by Word

• pramucaḥ: Pramuca (name)
• pramucaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pramuca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• revatī: Revatī
• revatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: revatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• varā: excellent, best
• varā: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण

• bhāryā: wife
• bhāryā: Kriya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• kim: why?/what?
• kim: Sambandha (Question)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक निपात (interrogative particle)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• vetsi: you know
• vetsi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• nṛpottama: O best of kings
• nṛpottama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; समासः नृप + उत्तम (कर्मधारय: 'best of kings')

• trailokyasundarī: the beauty of the three worlds
• trailokyasundarī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri + loka + sundarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः त्रैलोक्य (त्रि+लोक; द्विगु/तत्पुरुष) + सुन्दरी (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'beauty of the three worlds')

• yā: who
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; contrast/emphasis)

• katham: how
• katham: Sambandha (Question)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक अव्यय (interrogative adverb: how)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vismṛtā: forgotten
• vismṛtā: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vismṛta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √smṛ/स्मृ with vi-; PPP)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP)

• tava: by you / of you
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Pramuca (sage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage Pramuca, calm and authoritative, names Revatī as the king’s wife and marvels at the king’s forgetfulness, describing her as ‘beauty of the three worlds.’

Characters & Entities

• Pramuca
• Revatī
• King

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right knowledge is restored through the guidance of sages; forgetfulness is corrected by truthful instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode is situated within the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra māhātmya of the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears in this verse.