Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

ततो वनेषु चित्रेषु निम्नगापुलिनेषु च । रेमे सह तया भैमिर्मंदोदर्येव रावणः

Transliteration

tato vaneṣu citreṣu nimnagāpulineṣu ca | reme saha tayā bhaimirmaṃdodaryeva rāvaṇaḥ

Translation

それから、麗しき森々と川の砂洲のほとりにて、バイミは彼女と戯れた――ラーヴァナがマンドーダリーと共にあるがごとく。

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/देश-काल-निर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्/adverb): ‘ततः’ = ‘तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्’

• vaneṣu: in forests
• vaneṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन

• citreṣu: variegated; beautiful
• citreṣu: Adhikarana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: citra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (vaneṣu)

• nimnagā-pulineṣu: on river-banks
• nimnagā-pulineṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nimnagā (प्रातिपदिक) + pulina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (निम्नगायाः पुलिनानि)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• reme: he enjoyed; he sported
• reme: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ram (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (postposition) — तृतीया-सहयोगे

• tayā: with her
• tayā: Sahakaraka (Companion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhaimiḥ: (with) Bhīmī (Draupadī)
• bhaimiḥ: Sahakaraka (Companion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaimī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘भैमी’ (भीमस्य/भीमसेनस्य पत्नी—द्रौपदी इत्यर्थे) इति नाम

• maṃdodaryā: with Mandodarī
• maṃdodaryā: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃdodarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; उपमान-प्रयोगे (इव सह)

• iva: like; as if
• iva: Upamana (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमावाचक-निपात (comparative particle)

• rāvaṇaḥ: Rāvaṇa
• rāvaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A couple sporting in a lush, variegated forest beside pale sandbanks of a flowing river; playful movement, flowering trees, birds, and rippling water; the simile evokes regal, intense conjugal enjoyment.

Characters & Entities

• Bhaimi
• Rāvaṇa
• Mandodarī
• river-banks
• forests

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even worldly enjoyment is depicted within the ordered frame of companionship and place—nature becoming a stage for narrative dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha; the verse evokes sacred landscape motifs—forests and river-banks—common to Purāṇic sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.