Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

रम्ये रैवतकोद्याने नानाद्रुमविभूषिते । सर्वर्तुकुसुमैर्नित्यं वासिते सर्वकामने

Transliteration

ramye raivatakodyāne nānādrumavibhūṣite | sarvartukusumairnityaṃ vāsite sarvakāmane

Translation

രമ്യമായ റൈവതക ഉദ്യാനത്തിൽ—നാനാവൃക്ഷങ്ങളാൽ അലങ്കരിക്കപ്പെട്ട—സകല ഋതുക്കളിലെ പുഷ്പങ്ങളുടെ നിത്യസൗരഭ്യം നിറഞ്ഞ, എല്ലാ ആഗ്രഹങ്ങളും നിറവേറ്റുന്ന സ്ഥലത്ത്.

Word by Word

• रम्ये: in the beautiful
• रम्ये: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying 'उद्याने')

• रैवतकोद्याने: in the Raivataka garden
• रैवतकोद्याने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रैवतक-उद्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: रैवतक + उद्यान (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: 'garden of Raivataka'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• नाना: various
• नाना: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; बहुविधार्थक (various)

• द्रुम: trees
• द्रुम: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural); समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• विभूषिते: adorned
• विभूषिते: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-भूष् (धातु)
• Form: कृत-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); 'उद्याने' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• सर्वर्तुकुसुमैः: with all-season flowers
• सर्वर्तुकुसुमैः: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-ऋतु-कुसुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: सर्व + ऋतु + कुसुम (तत्पुरुषः: 'flowers of all seasons'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययभावे द्वितीया-एकवचन (adverbial accusative); कालवाचक (always)

• वासिते: perfumed/scented
• वासिते: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वास् (धातु)
• Form: कृत-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); 'उद्याने' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• सर्वकामने: in the all-desire-fulfilling (garden)
• सर्वकामने: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-कामन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: सर्व + कामन (बहुव्रीहिः: 'having all desires (fulfilled)' / 'granting all desires'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); 'उद्याने' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raivataka (contextual)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luxuriant grove at Raivataka: layered trees, creepers, and constant blossoms of all seasons; the air visibly perfumed, with pathways leading to pavilions and lotus ponds.

Characters & Entities

• Raivataka-udyāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are portrayed as ‘sarvakāmana’—spaces where devotion and merit align, making the landscape itself a vehicle of grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Raivataka-udyāna within the Prabhāsa sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the verse offers a māhātmya-style praise of the site’s auspicious qualities.