Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

रम्ये रैवतकोद्याने नानाद्रुमविभूषिते । सर्वर्तुकुसुमैर्नित्यं वासिते सर्वकामने

Transliteration

ramye raivatakodyāne nānādrumavibhūṣite | sarvartukusumairnityaṃ vāsite sarvakāmane

Translation

دلکش رَیوتک اُدیان میں—جو طرح طرح کے درختوں سے آراستہ تھا—ہر موسم کے پھولوں کی دائمی خوشبو سے معطر، اور ہر آرزو پوری کرنے والا تھا۔

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.