Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 101
SkP-RK 101.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: भीमेश्वरं ततो गच्छेत् सर्वपापक्षयंकरम् । सेव्यते ऋषिसङ्घैश् च भीमव्रतधरैर् अपि
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: bhīmeśvaraṃ tato gacchet sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram / sevyate ṛṣisaṅghaiś ca bhīmavratadharair api
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then one should go to Bhīmeśvara, which brings about the destruction of all sins; it is frequented by throngs of sages and by those who keep the terrible vow.
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SkP-RK 101.2
तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा सोपवासो जितेन्द्रियः । जपंश् चैकाक्षरं मन्त्रम् ऊर्ध्वबाहुर् दिवाकरम्
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā sopavāso jitendriyaḥ / japaṃś caikākṣaraṃ mantram ūrdhvabāhur divākaram
He who, having bathed at that holy place, fasting and with senses subdued, with arms raised, muttering the one-syllabled mantra, (worships) the sun—
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SkP-RK 101.3
तस्य जन्मार्जितं पापं तत्क्षणाद् एव नश्यति । सप्तजन्मार्जितं पापं गायत्र्या नश्यते ध्रुवम्
tasya janmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇād eva naśyati / saptajanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ gāyatryā naśyate dhruvam
his sin accumulated in (this) birth perishes that very instant; sin accumulated over seven births surely perishes by the Gāyatrī.
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SkP-RK 101.4
दशभिर् जन्मजनितं शतेन च पुराकृतम् । त्रिजन्मना सहस्रेण गायत्री हन्ति किल्बिषम्
daśabhir janmajanitaṃ śatena ca purākṛtam / trijanmanā sahasreṇa gāyatrī hanti kilbiṣam
With ten (recitations, sin) produced in (this) birth, with a hundred what was done before, with a thousand the sin of three births—(so) the Gāyatrī destroys transgression.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 101.5
वैदिकं लौकिकं चापि जाप्यं जप्तं जनेश्वर । तत्क्षणाद् दहते पापं तृणं च ज्वलनो यथा
vaidikaṃ laukikaṃ cāpi jāpyaṃ japtaṃ janeśvara / tatkṣaṇād dahate pāpaṃ tṛṇaṃ ca jvalano yathā
Whatever is to be muttered, Vedic or worldly, when muttered, O lord of men, it burns up sin that very instant, as fire (burns) grass.
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SkP-RK 101.6
तदेव बलमाश्रित्य कदाचित् पापम् आचरेत् । अज्ञानात् तस्य तत्क्षिप्रं न फलं हि कदाचन
tadeva balamāśritya kadācit pāpam ācaret / ajñānāt tasya tatkṣipraṃ na phalaṃ hi kadācana
Relying on just that power one might sometimes commit sin; (but) for one (who does so) out of ignorance there is quickly no fruit (of the recitation) at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 101.7
तत्र तीर्थे तु गोदानं शक्तिमात्रेण दापयेत् । तद् अक्षयं फलं सर्वं जायते पाण्डुनन्दन
tatra tīrthe tu godānaṃ śaktimātreṇa dāpayet / tad akṣayaṃ phalaṃ sarvaṃ jāyate pāṇḍunandana
At that holy place one should have a cow given, merely according to one's means; all that becomes imperishable fruit, O son of Pāṇḍu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 101.8
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ततो गच्छेत् तु राजेन्द्र नारदेश्वरम् उत्तमम् । तीर्थानां परमं तीर्थं निर्मितं नारदेन तु
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tato gacchet tu rājendra nāradeśvaram uttamam / tīrthānāṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ nirmitaṃ nāradena tu
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, O best of kings, one should go to the excellent Nāradeśvara, the highest holy place among holy places, established by Nārada.
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SkP-RK 101.9
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: नारदेन मुनिश्रेष्ठ कस्य तीर्थं विनिर्मितम् । एतद् आख्याहि मे सर्व प्रसन्नो यदि सत्तम
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: nāradena muniśreṣṭha kasya tīrthaṃ vinirmitam / etad ākhyāhi me sarva prasanno yadi sattama
Yudhiṣṭhira said: O best of sages, whose holy place was established by Nārada? Tell me all this, O most excellent one, if you are pleased (with me).
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SkP-RK 101.10
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: परमेष्ठिसुतश्चापि नारदो भगवानृषिः । नर्मदायोतरे कूले तपस् तेपे पुराकृते
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: parameṣṭhisutaścāpi nārado bhagavānṛṣiḥ / narmadāyotare kūle tapas tepe purākṛte
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Nārada, the venerable seer, son of Parameṣṭhin (Brahmā), performed austerity in ancient times on the northern bank of the Narmadā.
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SkP-RK 101.11
नवनाडीनिरोधेन काष्ठावस्थां गतेन च । तोषितः श्रीमहादेवो नारदेन युधिष्ठिर
navanāḍīnirodhena kāṣṭhāvasthāṃ gatena ca / toṣitaḥ śrīmahādevo nāradena yudhiṣṭhira
By blocking the nine channels and by having attained the state of a log (of wood), the glorious Mahādeva was gratified by Nārada, Yudhiṣṭhira.
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SkP-RK 101.12
ईश्वर उवाच: तुष्टो ऽहं तव विप्रेन्द्र योगीश्वर अयोनिज । वरं प्रार्थय हे देव यत् ते मनसि वर्तते
īśvara uvāca: tuṣṭo 'haṃ tava viprendra yogīśvara ayonija / varaṃ prārthaya he deva yat te manasi vartate
Īśvara said: I am pleased with you, chief of brahmins, lord of yogins, not born from a womb; ask for a boon, O god, whatever is in your mind.
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SkP-RK 101.13
ईश्वर उवाच: योगो भवतु भक्तिस् ते सर्वकालं ममैव तु
īśvara uvāca: yogo bhavatu bhaktis te sarvakālaṃ mamaiva tu
Īśvara said: Let there be yoga for you, and devotion to me alone at all times.
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SkP-RK 101.14
स्वेच्छाचारो भवे गच्छ स्वर्गपातालगोचरे । मर्त्ये च भ्रमसे योगिन् न केनापि निवार्यसे
svecchācāro bhave gaccha svargapātālagocare / martye ca bhramase yogin na kenāpi nivāryase
"Go, acting as you wish, in the world — in the range of heaven and the underworld; and you roam in the mortal (world) too, O yogin: you are hindered by no one."
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SkP-RK 101.15
सप्तस्वरास्त्रयो ग्रामा मूर्छनास् त्व् एकविंशतिः । मम प्रियकरं दिव्यं नृत्यं गीतं च योगिना
saptasvarāstrayo grāmā mūrchanās tv ekaviṃśatiḥ / mama priyakaraṃ divyaṃ nṛtyaṃ gītaṃ ca yoginā
"The seven notes, the three scales, and the twenty-one mūrchanās — divine dancing and singing by a yogin are what is dear to me."
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SkP-RK 101.16
कलिं च पश्यसे नित्यं देवदानवकिन्नरैः । त्वत् तीर्थं भूतले पुण्यं मत्प्रसादाद् भविष्यति
kaliṃ ca paśyase nityaṃ devadānavakinnaraiḥ / tvat tīrthaṃ bhūtale puṇyaṃ matprasādād bhaviṣyati
"And you shall constantly see quarrel (or: the Kali age) with the gods, demons and kinnaras; by my grace your holy place on the surface of the earth will become meritorious."
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SkP-RK 101.17
इत्युक्त्वान्तर्दधे देवो नारदस् तत्र लिङ्गिनम् । स्थापयामास राजेन्द्र सर्वसत्त्वोपकारकम्
ityuktvāntardadhe devo nāradas tatra liṅginam / sthāpayāmāsa rājendra sarvasattvopakārakam
Having said this the god vanished, and Nārada set up there, O best of kings, a liṅga-bearing (image) that benefits all creatures.
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SkP-RK 101.18
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: पृथिव्याम् उत्तमं तीर्थं निर्मितं नारदेन तु । तस्मिंस् तीर्थे नरश्रेष्ठ नागच्छेद् विजितेन्द्रियः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: pṛthivyām uttamaṃ tīrthaṃ nirmitaṃ nāradena tu / tasmiṃs tīrthe naraśreṣṭha nāgacched vijitendriyaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: The supreme holy place on earth was made by Nārada; to that holy place, O best of men, one should go with the senses subdued.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 101.19
मासि भाद्रपदे रम्ये कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दशीम् । उपोष्य परया भक्त्या रात्रौ कुर्वीत जागरम्
māsi bhādrapade ramye kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśīm / upoṣya parayā bhaktyā rātrau kurvīta jāgaram
In the pleasant month of Bhādrapada, in the dark fortnight, having fasted on the fourteenth with the highest devotion, one should keep a vigil at night.
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SkP-RK 101.20
छत्रं तत्र प्रदातव्यं ब्राह्मणे शुभलक्षणम् । शस्त्रेण निहता ये तु तेषां श्राद्धं प्रदापयेत्
chatraṃ tatra pradātavyaṃ brāhmaṇe śubhalakṣaṇam / śastreṇa nihatā ye tu teṣāṃ śrāddhaṃ pradāpayet
There an umbrella is to be given to a brahmin of auspicious marks; and for those who have been slain by a weapon one should have a śrāddha performed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 101.21
यान्ति ते परमं लोकं पिण्डदानप्रभावतः । कपिला चैव दातव्या तत्र देशे नराधिप
yānti te paramaṃ lokaṃ piṇḍadānaprabhāvataḥ / kapilā caiva dātavyā tatra deśe narādhipa
They go to the highest world by the power of the offering of the rice-balls; and a tawny cow is to be given in that place, O ruler of men.
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SkP-RK 101.22
अस्य श्राद्धप्रभावेण ब्राह्मणानां नराधिप । नर्मदातोयपानस्य न्यायार्जितधनस्य च
asya śrāddhaprabhāveṇa brāhmaṇānāṃ narādhipa / narmadātoyapānasya nyāyārjitadhanasya ca
By the power of this śrāddha, O ruler of men, and of the brahmins, and of the drinking of the Narmadā's water, and of wealth justly earned —
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SkP-RK 101.23
एतेषां च प्रभावेण प्रेता यान्तु परां गतिम् । इत्युच्चार्य द्विजे देया दक्षिणा च स्वशक्तितः
eteṣāṃ ca prabhāveṇa pretā yāntu parāṃ gatim / ityuccārya dvije deyā dakṣiṇā ca svaśaktitaḥ
"— and by the power of these, may the departed go to the highest state": having said this aloud, a fee is to be given to the brahmin according to one's ability.
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SkP-RK 101.24
हविष्यान्नं विशालाक्ष द्विजानां चैव दापयेत् । विद्यादानेन चैकेन अक्षया गतिराप्यते
haviṣyānnaṃ viśālākṣa dvijānāṃ caiva dāpayet / vidyādānena caikena akṣayā gatirāpyate
O wide-eyed one, he should have sacrificial food given to the brahmins as well; and by the single gift of knowledge an imperishable state is attained.
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SkP-RK 101.25
तस्मिंस् तीर्थे तु राजेन्द्र यो दद्याद् अग्रजन्मने । कांचनं स तिलं चैव स गच्छेच् च त्रिविष्टपम्
tasmiṃs tīrthe tu rājendra yo dadyād agrajanmane / kāṃcanaṃ sa tilaṃ caiva sa gacchec ca triviṣṭapam
But at that holy place, O best of kings, whoever gives to a twice-born gold and sesame — he goes to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 101.26
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ततो गच्छेत्तु राजेन्द्र तीर्थद्वयम् अनुत्तमम् । दधिछन्दं मधुछन्दं सर्वपापक्षयं करम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tato gacchettu rājendra tīrthadvayam anuttamam / dadhichandaṃ madhuchandaṃ sarvapāpakṣayaṃ karam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, O best of kings, one should go to the unsurpassed pair of holy places, Dadhichanda and Madhuchanda, which bring about the destruction of all sins.
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SkP-RK 101.27
दधिच्छन्दे नरः स्नात्वा यो दद्याच् च द्विजे दधि । उपतिष्ठति तस्यैतत् सप्तजन्मसु भारत
dadhicchande naraḥ snātvā yo dadyāc ca dvije dadhi / upatiṣṭhati tasyaitat saptajanmasu bhārata
The man who, having bathed at Dadhicchanda, gives curds to a twice-born — this is at hand for him through seven births, O Bhārata.
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SkP-RK 101.28
न व्याधिर् न जरा तस्य न शोको न च मत्सरः । दशचन्द्रशतं यावज् जायते विपुले कुले
na vyādhir na jarā tasya na śoko na ca matsaraḥ / daśacandraśataṃ yāvaj jāyate vipule kule
He has no disease, no old age, no grief and no envy; for a thousand moons he is born in an ample family.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 101.29
मधुच्छन्दे तु मधुना मिश्रितं च तिलोदकम् । न च वैवस्वतं देवं पश्यते सप्तजन्मसु
madhucchande tu madhunā miśritaṃ ca tilodakam / na ca vaivasvataṃ devaṃ paśyate saptajanmasu
But at Madhucchanda (one should offer) sesame-water mixed with honey, and he does not see the god Vaivasvata (Yama) through seven births.
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SkP-RK 101.30
मधुना सह मिश्रं च तिलं यस् तु प्रयच्छति । तस्य पुत्रस्य पौत्रस्य दारिद्र्यं नैव जायते
madhunā saha miśraṃ ca tilaṃ yas tu prayacchati / tasya putrasya pautrasya dāridryaṃ naiva jāyate
Whoever presents sesame mixed together with honey — for him, for his son and for his grandson poverty never arises.
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SkP-RK 101.31
मधुना सह संमिश्रं तिलं यस् तु प्रयच्छति । मधुना सह संमिश्रं यस् तु पिण्डं प्रदापयेत्
madhunā saha saṃmiśraṃ tilaṃ yas tu prayacchati / madhunā saha saṃmiśraṃ yas tu piṇḍaṃ pradāpayet
Whoever presents sesame mingled together with honey, (and) whoever has a rice-ball mingled together with honey given —
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SkP-RK 101.32
तस्मिंस् तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा विधिवद् दक्षिणामुखः । पिता पितामहश् चैव तथैव प्रपितामहः
tasmiṃs tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā vidhivad dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ / pitā pitāmahaś caiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ
And whoever, at that holy place, having bathed according to rule facing south — (his) father and grandfather and likewise great-grandfather (are satisfied) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 101.33
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ततो गच्छेत् तु राजेन्द्र नन्दितीर्थम् अनुत्तमम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tato gacchet tu rājendra nanditīrtham anuttamam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, O best of kings, one should go to the unsurpassed Nandi-tīrtha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 101.34
यत्र सिद्धश् च वै नन्दी तत् सर्वं कथयाम्य् अहम् । नर्मदां पुरतः कृत्वा पुरा नन्दी महेश्वरम्
yatra siddhaś ca vai nandī tat sarvaṃ kathayāmy aham / narmadāṃ purataḥ kṛtvā purā nandī maheśvaram
Where indeed Nandin attained perfection — all that I shall tell. Long ago Nandin, placing the Narmadā before him, (worshipped) Maheśvara.
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SkP-RK 101.35
तपस् तप्तं जपंश् चैव तीर्थात् तीर्थं जगाम ह । दधिच्छन्दं मधुच्छन्दं यावत् त्यक्त्वा च गच्छति
tapas taptaṃ japaṃś caiva tīrthāt tīrthaṃ jagāma ha / dadhicchandaṃ madhucchandaṃ yāvat tyaktvā ca gacchati
He performed austerity and, muttering prayers, went from shrine to shrine; abandoning Dadhicchanda and Madhucchanda, he goes on as far as (he can).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 101.36
महेश्वर उवाच: भो भोः प्रसन्नो नन्दीश वरं वृणु यथेप्सितम्
maheśvara uvāca: bho bhoḥ prasanno nandīśa varaṃ vṛṇu yathepsitam
Maheśvara said: Ho, ho, Nandīśa, I am pleased; choose a boon as you desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 101.37
नन्द्य् उवाच: न चाहं कामये वित्तं न चाहं कुलसन्ततिम्
nandy uvāca: na cāhaṃ kāmaye vittaṃ na cāhaṃ kulasantatim
Nandin said: I do not desire wealth, nor do I desire offspring for my line,
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SkP-RK 101.38
मुक्तिं न कामये चान्यद् देवेश चरणाम्बुजम् । कृमिकीटपतङ्गेषु तिर्यग्योनिगतेषु च
muktiṃ na kāmaye cānyad deveśa caraṇāmbujam / kṛmikīṭapataṅgeṣu tiryagyonigateṣu ca
nor do I desire liberation, nor anything else, O lord of gods, (but only) your lotus-feet; and among worms, insects and moths, and among those born in animal wombs,
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SkP-RK 101.39
जन्मजन्मनि यास्यामि त्वद्भक्तिरचला च मे । तथेति चोक्तो देवेन परमेशेन नन्दिकः
janmajanmani yāsyāmi tvadbhaktiracalā ca me / tatheti cokto devena parameśena nandikaḥ
birth after birth I shall go (there) — and let my devotion to you be unshaken. "So be it," said the god, the supreme lord, to Nandin;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 101.40
गृहीत्वा तं करे शीघ्रं जगाम निलयं हरः । तस्मिंस् तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा भक्त्या त्र्यक्षं प्रपूजयेत्
gṛhītvā taṃ kare śīghraṃ jagāma nilayaṃ haraḥ / tasmiṃs tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā bhaktyā tryakṣaṃ prapūjayet
and taking him by the hand, Hara went swiftly to his abode. Whoever, having bathed at that shrine, worships the three-eyed one with devotion
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 101.41
अग्निष्टोमे च यत्पुण्यं फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः । तत्र तीर्थे महापुण्ये प्राणत्यागं करोति यः
agniṣṭome ca yatpuṇyaṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ / tatra tīrthe mahāpuṇye prāṇatyāgaṃ karoti yaḥ
— that man obtains the merit and fruit that is in the Agniṣṭoma (sacrifice). Whoever gives up his life at that greatly meritorious shrine,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 101.42
शिवस्यानुचरो भूत्वा मोदते कल्पमक्षयम् । ततः कालेन महता जायते विपुले कुले
śivasyānucaro bhūtvā modate kalpamakṣayam / tataḥ kālena mahatā jāyate vipule kule
he becomes an attendant of Śiva and rejoices for an undiminishing kalpa; then after a long time he is born in a great family.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition