Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3
यस्मिन्नानाविधा वृक्षाः प्रकाशंते समंततः । साधुं गृहपतिं प्राप्य पुत्रभार्यादयो यथा
yasminnānāvidhā vṛkṣāḥ prakāśaṃte samaṃtataḥ | sādhuṃ gṛhapatiṃ prāpya putrabhāryādayo yathā
അവിടെ നാനാവിധ വൃക്ഷങ്ങൾ എല്ലാടവും പ്രകാശിച്ച് ശോഭിക്കുന്നു—സദ്ഗുണനായ ഗൃഹപതിയെ പ്രാപിച്ചാൽ പുത്രൻ, ഭാര്യ മുതലായ ആശ്രിതർ പുഷ്ടിയാർന്നതുപോലെ।
Nārada
Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna) is directly addressed in the surrounding narrative voice
Scene: A panoramic sacred hillside with many species of trees radiating vitality in all directions; the grove feels ‘well-kept’ like a righteous household—orderly, shaded, and abundant.
FAQs
Dharma is generative: as a righteous householder supports a thriving family, a sacred place supports abundant life and auspiciousness.
Raivata Giri is being praised through its flourishing groves and auspicious natural abundance.
None; the verse is descriptive, building the māhātmya mood around the sanctity of the mountain.