Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 1
SkP-RK 1.1
र्क्स् अध्याय १ मज्जनमातङ्गगण्डच्युतमदमदिरामोदमत्तालिजालम् । स्नानैः सिद्धाङ्गनानां कुचयुगविगलत्कुङ्कुमासङ्गपिङ्गम्
rks adhyāya 1 majjanamātaṅgagaṇḍacyutamadamadirāmodamattālijālam / snānaiḥ siddhāṅganānāṃ kucayugavigalatkuṅkumāsaṅgapiṅgam
Revākhaṇḍa, chapter 1: (The water) in which the swarm of bees is drunk with the fragrance of the wine-like ichor dripping from the cheeks of bathing elephants, and which is tawny from the clinging of the saffron that slips from the pair of breasts of Siddha women through their bathing —
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SkP-RK 1.2
सायं प्रातर्मुनीनां कुशकुसुमचयाच्छन्नतीरस्थनीरम् । पायाद्वो नर्मदाम्भः करिकरभकराक्रान्तरहस्तरङ्गम्
sāyaṃ prātarmunīnāṃ kuśakusumacayācchannatīrasthanīram / pāyādvo narmadāmbhaḥ karikarabhakarākrāntarahastaraṅgam
whose water at the bank is covered, evening and morning, with the heaps of kuśa grass and flowers of the sages — may that water of the Narmadā protect you, its waves overrun by the trunks of elephants and young elephants.
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SkP-RK 1.3
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: हिमवच्छिखरे रम्ये सिद्धगन्धर्वसेविते । यक्षविद्याधराकीर्णे नानागणसमन्विते
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: himavacchikhare ramye siddhagandharvasevite / yakṣavidyādharākīrṇe nānāgaṇasamanvite
Mārkaṇḍeya said: On the lovely peak of Himavat, frequented by Siddhas and Gandharvas, thronged with Yakṣas and Vidyādharas, attended by hosts of many kinds —
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SkP-RK 1.4
ब्रह्मविष्णुसुराः सर्वे स्कन्दनन्दिगणेश्वराः । चन्द्रादित्यौ ग्रहैः सार्धं नक्षत्रध्रुवमण्डलम्
brahmaviṣṇusurāḥ sarve skandanandigaṇeśvarāḥ / candrādityau grahaiḥ sārdhaṃ nakṣatradhruvamaṇḍalam
Brahmā, Viṣṇu and all the gods, Skanda, Nandin and the lords of the hosts, the moon and the sun together with the planets, the circle of the constellations and the pole star,
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SkP-RK 1.5
वायुश्च वरुणश्चैव कुबेरो ऽथ यमस्तथा । इन्द्राद्या देवतास् सर्वे गन्धर्वगण एव च
vāyuśca varuṇaścaiva kubero 'tha yamastathā / indrādyā devatās sarve gandharvagaṇa eva ca
And Vāyu and Varuṇa, and Kubera, and Yama likewise, and all the deities headed by Indra, and the host of Gandharvas as well.
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SkP-RK 1.6
ब्राह्म्याद्या मातरश्च ऋषयश्च तपोधनाः । मूर्तिमन्तश्च तीर्थानि चण्डभृङ्गिमहाबलाः
brāhmyādyā mātaraśca ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ / mūrtimantaśca tīrthāni caṇḍabhṛṅgimahābalāḥ
And the Mothers, Brāhmī and the rest, and the sages rich in austerity, and the sacred fords in embodied form, and Caṇḍa, Bhṛṅgi and Mahābala—
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SkP-RK 1.7
दानवासुरदैत्याश्च पिशाचा भूतराक्षसाः । सूर्यकोटिसमप्रख्यं मणिमाणिक्यशोभितम्
dānavāsuradaityāśca piśācā bhūtarākṣasāḥ / sūryakoṭisamaprakhyaṃ maṇimāṇikyaśobhitam
And the Dānavas, Asuras and Daityas, the Piśācas, Bhūtas and Rākṣasas — (they reached the place) whose splendour equals ten million suns, adorned with gems and rubies,
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SkP-RK 1.8
रत्नवैदूर्यसोपानवापीकूपसहस्रकम् । पद्मनीलोत्पलोपेतं नानावृक्षसमन्वितम्
ratnavaidūryasopānavāpīkūpasahasrakam / padmanīlotpalopetaṃ nānāvṛkṣasamanvitam
With thousands of tanks and wells with steps of jewels and beryl, furnished with lotuses and blue water-lilies, provided with manifold trees,
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SkP-RK 1.9
काम्यकामफलैर् वृक्षैः पुष्पितैः फलितैर् युतम् । हंसकारण्डवाकीर्णं चक्रवाकोपकूजितम्
kāmyakāmaphalair vṛkṣaiḥ puṣpitaiḥ phalitair yutam / haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇaṃ cakravākopakūjitam
Endowed with trees (bearing) desired fruits at will, in flower and in fruit, thronged with geese and kāraṇḍava ducks, resounding with the calls of cakravāka birds,
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SkP-RK 1.10
कोककोकिलसंघुष्टं नानापक्षिसमाकुलम् । स्थानं सर्वे हरस्यापुः सिद्धैश्च परिसेवितम्
kokakokilasaṃghuṣṭaṃ nānāpakṣisamākulam / sthānaṃ sarve harasyāpuḥ siddhaiśca parisevitam
Loud with cuckoos and koels, crowded with many kinds of birds — that place of Hara, attended by the Siddhas, they all reached.
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SkP-RK 1.11
तत्रासीनं महादेवं शङ्करं लोकशङ्करम् । स्तुवन्तः के ऽपि देवेशं केचिन् नृत्यन्ति चाग्रतः
tatrāsīnaṃ mahādevaṃ śaṅkaraṃ lokaśaṅkaram / stuvantaḥ ke 'pi deveśaṃ kecin nṛtyanti cāgrataḥ
There sat the Great God Śaṅkara, the benefactor of the world; some praise the Lord of gods, and some dance before (him).
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SkP-RK 1.12
दिव्यसिंहासनासीनम् उमया सहितं हरम् । तेषां मध्ये समुत्थाय स्कन्दो वचनम् अब्रवीत्
divyasiṃhāsanāsīnam umayā sahitaṃ haram / teṣāṃ madhye samutthāya skando vacanam abravīt
(Beholding) Hara seated on the divine lion-throne together with Umā, Skanda rose up in the midst of them and spoke these words.
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SkP-RK 1.13
कृताञ्जलिपुटो भूत्वा साष्टाङ्गं प्रणिपत्य च । सृष्टिसंहारकर्त्तारं सुरासुरनमस्कृतम्
kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā sāṣṭāṅgaṃ praṇipatya ca / sṛṣṭisaṃhārakarttāraṃ surāsuranamaskṛtam
Having made the hollow of his joined palms and having bowed down with the eight limbs (touching the ground), (he praised) the maker of creation and destruction, saluted by gods and demons,
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SkP-RK 1.14
ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्रवरदं भक्तानां भक्तवत्सलम् । त्र्यम्बकसितकण्ठाय ज्ञाताज्ञातस्वरूपिणे
brahmaviṣṇvindravaradaṃ bhaktānāṃ bhaktavatsalam / tryambakasitakaṇṭhāya jñātājñātasvarūpiṇe
The granter of boons to Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Indra, loving toward his devotees among the devout: to the three-eyed one with the white throat, to him whose form is both known and unknown,
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SkP-RK 1.15
ईश्वरायाविनाशाय गजचर्मावगुण्ठिने । कपालमालाभरणद्वीपिचर्मधराय च
īśvarāyāvināśāya gajacarmāvaguṇṭhine / kapālamālābharaṇadvīpicarmadharāya ca
To the Lord, to the imperishable one, to him who is wrapped in an elephant's hide, and to him who wears a garland of skulls as ornament and a tiger's skin,
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SkP-RK 1.16
भस्मोद्धूलितदेहाय नमस्ते ऽस्तु पिनाकिने । अनन्तानन्तरूपाय कालाय परमेष्ठिने
bhasmoddhūlitadehāya namaste 'stu pinākine / anantānantarūpāya kālāya parameṣṭhine
To him whose body is dusted with ashes—homage be to you, bearer of the Pināka bow—to him of endless, endless forms, to Time, to the supreme lord,
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SkP-RK 1.17
सद्यो वामस् तथा घोरस् तत्पुरुषाय ते नमः । ईशानाय परेशाय सदाशिव नमो ऽस्तु ते
sadyo vāmas tathā ghoras tatpuruṣāya te namaḥ / īśānāya pareśāya sadāśiva namo 'stu te
Sadyojāta, Vāmadeva, and Aghora—homage to you as Tatpuruṣa; to Īśāna, to the supreme Lord—Sadāśiva, homage be to you.
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SkP-RK 1.18
ऋग्यजुः सामरूपाय अथर्वाय नमो ऽस्तु ते । नमः कालाग्निरूपाय सर्वलोकनिवासिने
ṛgyajuḥ sāmarūpāya atharvāya namo 'stu te / namaḥ kālāgnirūpāya sarvalokanivāsine
Homage be to you whose forms are the Ṛg, Yajus and Sāma, and to (you as) the Atharva; homage to him whose form is the fire of time, to him who dwells in all worlds.
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SkP-RK 1.19
नमः कान्तार्द्धदेहाय वर्षिष्ठाय च ते नमः । ॐ नमः शिवाय रूपाय भीमाय भवरूपिणे
namaḥ kāntārddhadehāya varṣiṣṭhāya ca te namaḥ / oṃ namaḥ śivāya rūpāya bhīmāya bhavarūpiṇe
Homage to him half of whose body is his beloved, and homage to you, the mightiest; Oṃ, homage to Śiva, to Form, to the Terrible one, to him whose form is Bhava.
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SkP-RK 1.20
शिवाय भवरूपाय भीमरूपकपर्दिने । त्वया व्याप्तं जगत् सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्
śivāya bhavarūpāya bhīmarūpakapardine / tvayā vyāptaṃ jagat sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram
To Śiva, to him whose form is Bhava, to him of terrible form with matted hair: by you is pervaded this whole world, the three realms with all that moves and does not move.
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SkP-RK 1.21
जिह्वाचापल्यभावेन खेदितो ऽसि मया प्रभो । क्षमस्व मम ईशान अज्ञानाञ्ज्ञानतो ऽपि वा
jihvācāpalyabhāvena khedito 'si mayā prabho / kṣamasva mama īśāna ajñānāñjñānato 'pi vā
Through the fickleness of my tongue you have been wearied by me, O Lord; forgive me, Īśāna, (whether it was) out of ignorance or even knowingly.
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SkP-RK 1.22
ईश्वर उवाच: वरं वृणीष्व भद्रं ते स्तवेनानेन सुव्रत । ददामि ते न सन्देहो वरं मनसि काङ्क्षितम्
īśvara uvāca: varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te stavenānena suvrata / dadāmi te na sandeho varaṃ manasi kāṅkṣitam
The Lord said: Choose a boon—blessings on you—for this hymn, O you of good vows; I grant you, without doubt, the boon desired in your mind.
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SkP-RK 1.23
स्कन्द उवाच: यदि तुष्टो ऽसि मे देव वरं दातुममेच्छसि । उत्तरे तु दिशाभागे हर्म्या हेममयाः शुभाः
skanda uvāca: yadi tuṣṭo 'si me deva varaṃ dātumamecchasi / uttare tu diśābhāge harmyā hemamayāḥ śubhāḥ
Skanda said: If you are pleased with me, O god, and wish to grant a boon—(let there be) in the northern quarter fair mansions made of gold,
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SkP-RK 1.24
सप्तभौमास्तु विस्तीर्णहेमप्राकारतोरणाः । नानामणिसमुक्ताद्या वज्रवैदूर्यमण्डिताः
saptabhaumāstu vistīrṇahemaprākāratoraṇāḥ / nānāmaṇisamuktādyā vajravaidūryamaṇḍitāḥ
Seven-storeyed, with extensive golden ramparts and archways, strung with many kinds of gems and pearls and the rest, set with diamond and beryl,
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SkP-RK 1.25
तत्रैव मधुरा वाणी वेणुवीणाः सहस्रशः । प्रेक्षणीयैर् नृत्यगीतैर् दिव्यकान्तिमनोहरैः
tatraiva madhurā vāṇī veṇuvīṇāḥ sahasraśaḥ / prekṣaṇīyair nṛtyagītair divyakāntimanoharaiḥ
There too (is) sweet song, flutes and lutes by the thousand, with dances and songs worth watching, charming with a divine loveliness.
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SkP-RK 1.26
कस्यैतानि गृहाणीति मेरोरुत्तरतः शिव । त्वत्प्रसादात् तु पृच्छामि परं कौतूहलं हि मे
kasyaitāni gṛhāṇīti meroruttarataḥ śiva / tvatprasādāt tu pṛcchāmi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me
Whose are these houses, north of Meru, O Śiva? By your grace I ask, for my curiosity is very great.
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SkP-RK 1.27
ईश्वर उवाच: शृणु स्कन्द सुरश्रेष्ठ कथ्यमानं निबोध मे । भृगुस्थाने पुरे ये वै राहुसूर्व्यसमागमे
īśvara uvāca: śṛṇu skanda suraśreṣṭha kathyamānaṃ nibodha me / bhṛgusthāne pure ye vai rāhusūrvyasamāgame
The Lord said: Listen, Skanda, best of the gods, and mark what I tell. Those who, in the place of Bhṛgu, in the city, at the conjunction of Rāhu and the sun (i.e. an eclipse) —
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SkP-RK 1.28
कुरुक्षेत्रे प्रभासे च मोक्षे रुद्रपदे तथा । केदारक्षेत्रके स्थाने रुद्रे कनखले तथा
kurukṣetre prabhāse ca mokṣe rudrapade tathā / kedārakṣetrake sthāne rudre kanakhale tathā
— at Kurukṣetra and at Prabhāsa, at Mokṣa, at Rudrapada likewise, at the holy field of Kedāra, at the site Rudra, and at Kanakhala,
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SkP-RK 1.29
भैरवे ललिताक्षेत्रे शिव ध्यात्वा च पुत्रक । ये पृताः शिवनद्यां तु शिवध्यानपरायणा
bhairave lalitākṣetre śiva dhyātvā ca putraka / ye pṛtāḥ śivanadyāṃ tu śivadhyānaparāyaṇā
— at Bhairava, in Lalitā's field, having meditated on Śiva, my son, those who die in the river of Śiva, intent upon meditation on Śiva —
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SkP-RK 1.30
तेषां गृहाणि रम्याणि स्वयं कर्मफलार्जितैः । सप्तभौमैर् गृहैर् दिव्यैर् वस्त्रभोगाश् च पुष्कलाः
teṣāṃ gṛhāṇi ramyāṇi svayaṃ karmaphalārjitaiḥ / saptabhaumair gṛhair divyair vastrabhogāś ca puṣkalāḥ
— theirs are these delightful houses, earned by the fruit of their own deeds: divine seven-storeyed houses, and abundant garments and enjoyments.
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SkP-RK 1.31
स्कन्द उवाच: सहस्रशतभौमाश्च वैदूर्यमाणमण्डिताः
skanda uvāca: sahasraśatabhaumāśca vaidūryamāṇamaṇḍitāḥ
Skanda said: And (there are mansions) of a hundred thousand storeys, adorned with beryl gems.
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SkP-RK 1.32
कूटैः कपाटकैर् नद्धसिद्धद्वाराण्यनेकशः । नित्योत्सवैर् नृत्यगीतैः काम्यैर् दिव्यैर् मनोहरैः
kūṭaiḥ kapāṭakair naddhasiddhadvārāṇyanekaśaḥ / nityotsavair nṛtyagītaiḥ kāmyair divyair manoharaiḥ
With pinnacles and door-panels, many perfected gateways fastened (shut), with perpetual festivals, with dances and songs, desirable, divine, delightful —
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SkP-RK 1.33
असंख्याता गृहा रम्याः सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभाः । कस्यैतानीह हर्म्याणि पूर्वभागे महेश्वर
asaṃkhyātā gṛhā ramyāḥ sūryakoṭisamaprabhāḥ / kasyaitānīha harmyāṇi pūrvabhāge maheśvara
— countless delightful houses, bright as ten million suns: whose are these mansions here in the eastern quarter, O Maheśvara?
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SkP-RK 1.34
दक्षिणे पश्चिमे चैव नानाभोगाः सहस्रशः । सुरेन्द्रभवने भोगाः कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्
dakṣiṇe paścime caiva nānābhogāḥ sahasraśaḥ / surendrabhavane bhogāḥ kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm
And in the south and in the west, manifold enjoyments by the thousands — the enjoyments in the palace of the lord of the gods do not equal a sixteenth part (of them).
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SkP-RK 1.35
केन कर्म्मविपाकेन शूभेनाप्यशुभेन वा । कूष्माण्डवासिनश्चक्रे घोरे मज्जन्ति तामसे
kena karmmavipākena śūbhenāpyaśubhena vā / kūṣmāṇḍavāsinaścakre ghore majjanti tāmase
By the ripening of what deed, whether good or bad, do the dwellers among the Kūṣmāṇḍas sink in the dreadful dark wheel,
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SkP-RK 1.36
पूयशोणितकूपेषु कृमिकीटपतङ्गिनः । तिर्यग्योनिगताः पापैः पीड्यमानास् तु मानुषाः
pūyaśoṇitakūpeṣu kṛmikīṭapataṅginaḥ / tiryagyonigatāḥ pāpaiḥ pīḍyamānās tu mānuṣāḥ
(and become) worms, insects and moths in pits of pus and blood, gone to animal wombs, while human beings are tormented by their sins,
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SkP-RK 1.37
दारिद्र्यदुःखिता दीनाः पच्यमाना बुभुक्षिताः । केन कर्म्मविपाकेन शूभाशुभगति प्रभो
dāridryaduḥkhitā dīnāḥ pacyamānā bubhukṣitāḥ / kena karmmavipākena śūbhāśubhagati prabho
wretched, afflicted by poverty, burning, starving? By the ripening of what deed (comes) a good or bad destiny, O Lord?
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SkP-RK 1.38
ईश्वर उवाच: ये मृता नर्मदातीरे सङ्गमे तिग्मदार्शिते
īśvara uvāca: ye mṛtā narmadātīre saṅgame tigmadārśite
The Lord said: Those who have died on the bank of the Narmadā, at the confluence, where the fierce sun is seen —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 1.39
तेषां गृहाणि रम्याणि पूर्वभागे च षण्मुख । ॐकारदक्षिणे भागे पूर्वतो ऽमरकण्टके
teṣāṃ gṛhāṇi ramyāṇi pūrvabhāge ca ṣaṇmukha / oṃkāradakṣiṇe bhāge pūrvato 'marakaṇṭake
— theirs are the delightful houses in the eastern quarter, O six-faced one, in the southern part of Oṃkāra, to the east at Amarakaṇṭaka.
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SkP-RK 1.40
नर्मदाकोटितीर्थे च ये मृताः स्कन्दमानुषाः । हर्म्ये मनोरमे रम्ये ते वसन्ति नरोत्तमाः
narmadākoṭitīrthe ca ye mṛtāḥ skandamānuṣāḥ / harmye manorame ramye te vasanti narottamāḥ
And those men who have died at the Koṭi-tīrtha of the Narmadā, O Skanda — those best of men dwell in a mansion charming and delightful.
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SkP-RK 1.41
भृगावग्नौ जले वापि रेवाकपिलसङ्गमे । दानं दत्तं तपस्तप्तं ते वसन्ति गृहैर् इमैः
bhṛgāvagnau jale vāpi revākapilasaṅgame / dānaṃ dattaṃ tapastaptaṃ te vasanti gṛhair imaiḥ
By whom a gift was given or austerity performed at the Bhṛgu cliff, in fire, or in water, at the confluence of the Revā and the Kapilā — they dwell in these houses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 1.42
गोदावर्य्यां पयस्विन्यां तपत्यां चैव सङ्गमे । त्र्यम्बके धौतपापे च हिमाद्रौ विन्ध्यपर्वते
godāvaryyāṃ payasvinyāṃ tapatyāṃ caiva saṅgame / tryambake dhautapāpe ca himādrau vindhyaparvate
At the Godāvarī, at the Payasvinī, and at the confluence with the Tāpī, at Tryambaka and at Dhautapāpa, on the Himālaya and on the Vindhya mountain,
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SkP-RK 1.43
महेश्वरमये सह्ये गोकर्णे च महाबले । हरिश्चन्द्रपुरे चन्द्रे श्रीशैले त्रिपुरान्तके
maheśvaramaye sahye gokarṇe ca mahābale / hariścandrapure candre śrīśaile tripurāntake
in the Sahya range full of Maheśvara, and at Gokarṇa and Mahābala, at Hariścandrapura, at Candra, at Śrīśaila, at Tripurāntaka,
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SkP-RK 1.44
कृष्णायां ससमुद्रायाम् एकादश्यां महानदे । कार्तिके योनिकुण्डे च ये म्रियन्ते च पुत्रक
kṛṣṇāyāṃ sasamudrāyām ekādaśyāṃ mahānade / kārtike yonikuṇḍe ca ye mriyante ca putraka
at the Kṛṣṇā (river) together with the ocean, on the eleventh day, in the great river, in Kārttika, and at the Yonikuṇḍa — those who die (there), my son,
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SkP-RK 1.45
याम्ये हर्म्ये हेममये तेषां श्रेष्ठास् स्वयम्भुवः । नाना भोगांश्च भुञ्जन्ति यथा शक्रस् त्रिविष्टपे
yāmye harmye hemamaye teṣāṃ śreṣṭhās svayambhuvaḥ / nānā bhogāṃśca bhuñjanti yathā śakras triviṣṭape
In the southern mansion made of gold, the best of them (dwell) as self-existent (beings), and they enjoy pleasures of many kinds, as Śakra does in heaven.
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SkP-RK 1.46
सरस्वत्यां त्यजेत् प्राणान् प्रभासे शशिभूषणे । पारियात्रे महाकाले प्रयागे च महापथे
sarasvatyāṃ tyajet prāṇān prabhāse śaśibhūṣaṇe / pāriyātre mahākāle prayāge ca mahāpathe
One should give up one's life-breaths in the Sarasvatī, at Prabhāsa, at Śaśibhūṣaṇa, at Pāriyātra, at Mahākāla, at Prayāga, and on the Great Path —
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SkP-RK 1.47
तेषां गृहाणि रम्याणि नानाभोगाश्च पुष्कलाः । मणिमाणिक्यदीप्ताभाः सौम्ये कोटित्रयोदश
teṣāṃ gṛhāṇi ramyāṇi nānābhogāśca puṣkalāḥ / maṇimāṇikyadīptābhāḥ saumye koṭitrayodaśa
— their houses are delightful and their enjoyments of many kinds abundant, shining with the radiance of gems and rubies; in the north (there are) thirteen crores (of them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 1.48
एवं तथैकाविंशत्या भूर्वे चैवोपवेशिताः । दक्षिणे नवकोट्यस्तु भृता हर्म्या हिरण्मयाः
evaṃ tathaikāviṃśatyā bhūrve caivopaveśitāḥ / dakṣiṇe navakoṭyastu bhṛtā harmyā hiraṇmayāḥ
So too, twenty-one (crores) have been settled in the east; but in the south nine crores of golden mansions are filled (with them).
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SkP-RK 1.49
गृहा मौक्तिकसंकाशाः कोट्यः षोडश वारुणे । तीर्थयात्राविशेषेण दानधर्मविशेषतः
gṛhā mauktikasaṃkāśāḥ koṭyaḥ ṣoḍaśa vāruṇe / tīrthayātrāviśeṣeṇa dānadharmaviśeṣataḥ
In the west (there are) sixteen crores of houses resembling pearl; by the special merit of pilgrimage to holy fords and by the special merit of gifts and religious duty,
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SkP-RK 1.50
भुञ्जन्ति विविधान् भोगान् मया तुष्टेन पुत्रक । मेरोरुत्तरतो भागे दक्षिणे वारुणे तथा
bhuñjanti vividhān bhogān mayā tuṣṭena putraka / meroruttarato bhāge dakṣiṇe vāruṇe tathā
they enjoy manifold pleasures, since I am pleased (with them), O son — in the region north of Meru, and in the south and the west likewise.
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SkP-RK 1.51
क्रीडन्ति च मनोहारिमन्दिरे देवनिर्मिते । देवानां वार्द्धकिस्तत्र कर्ता विश्वस्य कर्मणः
krīḍanti ca manohārimandire devanirmite / devānāṃ vārddhakistatra kartā viśvasya karmaṇaḥ
And they play in a heart-delighting palace built by the gods; there is the gods' builder, the maker of every work.
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SkP-RK 1.52
सर्वरत्नमयं हर्म्यं भुवनोपरि पश्यसि । पूर्वभागे महासेन नार्मदः फलमश्नुते
sarvaratnamayaṃ harmyaṃ bhuvanopari paśyasi / pūrvabhāge mahāsena nārmadaḥ phalamaśnute
You see the mansion made all of jewels above the world; in the eastern region, O Mahāsena, the man of the Narmadā enjoys (that) fruit.
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SkP-RK 1.53
एतत्ते कथितं स्कन्द परिपृष्टं त्वया च यत् । देवानां च हितार्थाय तुभ्यं सर्वं मयानघ
etatte kathitaṃ skanda paripṛṣṭaṃ tvayā ca yat / devānāṃ ca hitārthāya tubhyaṃ sarvaṃ mayānagha
This has been told to you, Skanda, what you asked about, and for the benefit of the gods all of it (has been told) by me to you, O sinless one.
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