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

      Uski ek beti thi jiska naam Revati tha. Usne beti ko saath lekar Brahma ke paas gaya. Brahma se poocha ki yeh ladki kiske liye sahi hai, shaadi ke liye.

    • 5.38.3

      Phir Revati ne Balaram ki laash ko Gale lagaya. Aur woh bhi aag mein chali gayin. Aag toh badi garam thi, par Revati ke sparsh se thandi ho gayi.

    • 5.25.19

      Bala ne Revati se shaadi ki. Revati Raja Raivata ki beti thi. Unke do bete hue, Nishath aur Ulmuka.

  2. Brahma Purana

    3 verses · 3 chapters

    • 198.19

      Balaram ne Revati se shaadi ki. Woh Raivata raja ki beti thi. Un dono ke do bete hue, Nishath aur Ulmuk.

    • 209.12

      Revati bhi wahan thi, aur uske saath aur bhi achhi auratein thin. Log gaane ga rahe the. Woh khush auratein ke beech ghoom raha tha, unke sir ke paas.

    • 212.3

      Phir Revati ne Ram ka shareer pakda. Woh bhi aag mein chali gayi. Aag toh garam thi, lekin Ram ke saath mil ke use thanda lag raha tha.

  3. Bhagavatam

    2 verses · 2 chapters

    • 9.3.29

      Kakudmi apni beti Revati ko le ke Brahma ke paas Brahmlok gaya. Usne Brahma se poocha ki uski beti ke liye achha varga kahan milega.

    • 10.6.28

      Kotara, Revati, Jyeshtha, Putana, Matrika jaise log hain jo pagalpan aur mirgi jaisi bimari laate hain. Yeh shareer ko kharab karte hain, saans aur senses ko theek nahi rehne dete.

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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