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

饮罢之后，他前往富丽昌盛的赖瓦塔园；手执钉锤，偕同蕾瓦蒂等人一同前行。

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.