Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 146

Devanagari script

प्रमुचो नाम राजर्षिस्तेन दृष्टा वरांगना । पितृवद्रेवतीनाम कृतं तस्या नृपोत्तम

Transliteration

pramuco nāma rājarṣistena dṛṣṭā varāṃganā | pitṛvadrevatīnāma kṛtaṃ tasyā nṛpottama

Translation

ราชฤๅษีนามว่า ปรมุจะได้เห็นนางผู้เลิศนั้น ข้าแต่มหาราช ผู้ประเสริฐยิ่ง เขาได้ตั้งนามให้นางดุจบิดาว่า ‘เรวตี’

Word by Word

• प्रमुचः: Pramuca (name)
• प्रमुचः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमुच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (Appositive marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; नामनिर्देशार्थे (called/named)

• राजर्षिः: royal sage
• राजर्षिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (राजा चासौ ऋषिः); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-एकवचनम् (करण)

• दृष्टा: seen
• दृष्टा: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्तृसमाना)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; ‘वराङ्गना’ इत्यस्य विधेयः

• वराङ्गना: a beautiful woman
• वराङ्गना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + अङ्गना (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (वरा अङ्गना); स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्

• पितृवत्: like a father
• पितृवत्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पितृवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; उपमानार्थे (like a father)

• रेवती: Revatī
• रेवती: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; ‘नाम’ इत्यस्य पूर्वपदम् (name as Revatī)

• नाम: (as) name
• नाम: Sambandha (Appositive marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; नामनिर्देशार्थे

• कृतम्: was made, was given
• कृतम्: Kriya (Passive predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेयम् (was made)

• तस्याः: of her, for her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्गे षष्ठी-एकवचनम् (सम्बन्ध)

• नृपोत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपोत्तम: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (उत्तमः नृपः); पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन-एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revatī (as a sacred presence/name within Vastrāpatha-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpoत्तम (the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rājarṣi Pramuca, austere yet regal, beholds the radiant maiden and, with paternal compassion, bestows the name ‘Revatī’; the scene is calm, ceremonial, and intimate.

Characters & Entities

• Pramuca
• Revatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes protection and rightful social recognition—naming is shown as a fatherly, sanctifying act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revatī-related sacred setting of Vastrāpathakṣetra (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa), where the Revatī tradition becomes established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual; the act is a dhārmic naming (nāmakaraṇa-like) within the narrative.