Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 181

Devanagari script

ततस्तपःप्रभावेन रेवत्यृक्षं महामुनिः । यथा पूर्वं तथा चक्रे सोमयोगि द्विजोत्तमः । विवाहं दुहितुः कृत्वा जामातरमुवाच ह

Transliteration

tatastapaḥprabhāvena revatyṛkṣaṃ mahāmuniḥ | yathā pūrvaṃ tathā cakre somayogi dvijottamaḥ | vivāhaṃ duhituḥ kṛtvā jāmātaramuvāca ha

Translation

ครั้นแล้ว ด้วยอานุภาพแห่งตบะ มหามุนีผู้นั้น—ผู้ประเสริฐในหมู่ทวิชะและตั้งมั่นในโสมโยคะ—ได้ฟื้นนักษัตรเรวตีให้กลับดังเดิม. ครั้นประกอบพิธีวิวาห์แก่ธิดาแล้ว จึงกล่าวแก่บุตรเขย

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/काल-निर्देशक-अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• तपःप्रभावेन: by the power of austerity
• तपःप्रभावेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपः + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तपसः प्रभावः)

• रेवतीऋक्षम्: the Revati constellation
• रेवतीऋक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवती + ऋक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महामुनिः: the great sage
• महामुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामुनि (प्रातिपदिक: महा + मुनि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् मुनिः)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारार्थक-अव्यय (as)

• पूर्वम्: before / formerly
• पूर्वम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: formerly/before)

• तथा: so
• तथा: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारार्थक-अव्यय (so/thus)

• चक्रे: did / made
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सोमयोगी: the Soma-yogi
• सोमयोगी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम + योगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सोमस्य योगी)

• द्विजोत्तमः: the best of Brahmins
• द्विजोत्तमः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (द्विजानाम् उत्तमः)

• विवाहम्: marriage
• विवाहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दुहितुः: of (his) daughter
• दुहितुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुहितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-भाव (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• जामातरम्: son-in-law
• जामातरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जामातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed
• ह: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: पादपूरण/निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within Nārada’s narration in this adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (with Revatī-kuṇḍa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience within frame (later: king/son-in-law)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A great sage, radiant from austerity, performs a marriage rite; above, the Revatī nakṣatra is shown restored to its rightful lunar mansion; afterward the sage turns to address the son-in-law.

Characters & Entities

• Revati (nakṣatra)
• Revati (figure)
• mahāmuni
• soma-yogī
• jāmātṛ (son-in-law)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas (austerity) is portrayed as a dharmic spiritual force capable of restoring cosmic and worldly order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to the Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya within Prabhāsa, connected with Revati and the Raivataka region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vivāha (marriage rite) is referenced as a dharmic saṃskāra performed in proper order.