Character

Revati

रेवतीRevatī

wife of Balarama

verses
10
books
3
chapters
9
Consort of
Balarama

What the texts say

In the Vishnu Purana, Revati is the daughter of King Raivata and the wife of Balarama, whose weapon is the plough. Vishnu Purana 4.1.73 The Bhagavata Purana names her father as Kakudmi, who takes her to Brahma in Brahmaloka, his world, to ask about a husband for her. Bhagavatam 9.3.29 There Brahma tells him that twenty-seven catur-yugas, cycles of four ages, have passed, and the men he had in mind are gone. Bhagavatam 9.3.29, 9.3.32 The Vishnu Purana and the Brahma Purana both say that Revati and Balarama had two sons, Nishatha and Ulmuka. Vishnu Purana 5.25.19Brahma Purana 198.19

Where to read

Every verse that names Revati, book by book.

  1. Vishnu Purana

    5 verses · 4 chapters

    • 4.1.45

      He had a daughter named Revatī. Taking her with him, he went to Brahmaloka to ask the Blessed Lord, the lotus-born Brahmā: “Who is worthy to be her husband?”

    • 5.38.3

      Then Revati too—having embraced the body of Rama (Balarama), O best of the virtuous—entered the blazing fire; yet that fire, by the blissful contact of her presence, became cool and soothing.

    • 5.25.19

      Bala took to wife Revatī, the daughter of King Raivata; and from her were born the two sons—Niśaṭha and Ulmuka.

  2. Brahma Purana

    3 verses · 3 chapters

    • 198.19

      And Bala (Balarāma) married Revatī, the daughter of King Raivata; and from her were born Niśaṭha and Ulmuka.

    • 209.12

      And Revatī, the fortunate one, and other noble women as well—while songs were being sung—he moved about amid the shining, playful women, among the crowns/heads of the maidens.

    • 212.3

      And Revatī, the noble lady, embracing Rāma’s body, entered the blazing fire—made cool by the joy of union with him.

  3. Bhagavatam

    2 verses · 2 chapters

    • 9.3.29

      Taking his own daughter, Revatī, Kakudmī went to Lord Brahmā in Brahmaloka, which is transcendental to the three modes of material nature, and inquired about a husband for her.

    • 10.6.28

      The evil witches known as Ḍākinīs, Yātudhānīs and Kuṣmāṇḍas are the greatest enemies of children, and the evil spirits like Bhūtas, Pretas, Piśācas, Yakṣas, Rākṣasas and Vināyakas, as well as witches like Koṭarā, Revatī, Jyeṣṭhā, Pūtanā…

Key chapters

The chapters where Revati matters most.

  1. वंशस्मरण-फलम्, वैशालिका-प्रसङ्गः, रेवती-बलदेव-विवाहः, विष्णु-परतत्त्व-स्तुतिः

    Vishnu Purana 4.1 · 2 verses

    त्रिणबिन्दोः पौत्री/वंशसम्बद्धा कन्या

  2. Śaryāti, Sukanyā, Cyavana Muni, the Aśvinī-kumāras, and Kakudmī-Revatī (Baladeva Marriage)

    Bhagavatam 9.3 · 1 verse

    Dynastic link to the Lord’s descent

  3. अर्जुनस्य अन्त्येष्टि, द्वारकाप्लावनम्, कलिप्रवेशः, कालोपदेशः

    Vishnu Purana 5.38 · 1 verse

    रामस्य (बलरामस्य) देहम् आलिङ्ग्य अग्नौ प्रविशति

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