Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

पीतपानो जगामाथ रैवतोद्यानमृद्धिमत् । हस्ते गृहीत्वा स गदां रेवत्यादिभिरन्वितः

Transliteration

pītapāno jagāmātha raivatodyānamṛddhimat | haste gṛhītvā sa gadāṃ revatyādibhiranvitaḥ

Translation

مے نوشی کے بعد وہ پھر شاندار اور خوشحال رَیوَت اُدیان کی طرف گیا۔ ہاتھ میں گدا لیے، ریوَتی وغیرہ کے ساتھ ہمراہ ہو کر آگے بڑھا۔

Word by Word

• pītapānaḥ: having drunk (intoxicant); drunk
• pītapānaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pīta (कृदन्त, √pā पा ‘पाने’) + pāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (पीतं पानं यस्य/पानं पीतम् इति)

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/सम्बन्धसूचक (then/now)

• raivata-udyānam: Raivata’s garden
• raivata-udyānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raivata (प्रातिपदिक) + udyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (रैवतस्य उद्यानम्)

• ṛddhimat: prosperous, splendid
• ṛddhimat: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṛddhimat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (udyānam)

• haste: in (his) hand
• haste: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• gṛhītvā: having taken/holding
• gṛhītvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √grah (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• gadām: a mace
• gadām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gadā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• revatyādibhiḥ: with Revatī and others
• revatyādibhiḥ: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: revatī (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (आदि-शब्दः), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (रेवती-आदि = Revatī and others)

• anvitaḥ: accompanied, attended
• anvitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anvita (कृदन्त, √i/√anv-i ‘अन्वेति’)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (saḥ)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raivata-udyāna

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Balarāma, slightly flushed from drink, walks to the opulent Raivata Garden holding his mace; Revatī and attendants follow amid flowering trees and manicured paths—beauty edged with martial readiness.

Characters & Entities

• Raivata Udyāna (Raivata Garden)
• Revatī
• Balarāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred landscapes (udyānas/vanas) are portrayed as extensions of dharma—places where divine figures move, making geography spiritually meaningful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Raivata Udyāna is introduced as a notable sacred/prosperous grove within the Dvārakā-linked narrative in Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the verse sets scene and movement.