Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 102
SkP-RK 102.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ततो गच्छेत् तु राजेन्द्र वरुणेश्वरम् उत्तमम् । यत्र सिद्धः पुरा देवो वरुणो नृपसत्तम
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tato gacchet tu rājendra varuṇeśvaram uttamam / yatra siddhaḥ purā devo varuṇo nṛpasattama
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, O best of kings, one should go to the excellent Varuṇeśvara, where formerly the god Varuṇa attained perfection, O foremost of kings.
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SkP-RK 102.2
पिण्याकशाकपर्णैश् च कृच्छ्रचान्द्रायणादिभिः । आराध्य गिरिजानाथं ततः सिद्धिं गता जनाः
piṇyākaśākaparṇaiś ca kṛcchracāndrāyaṇādibhiḥ / ārādhya girijānāthaṃ tataḥ siddhiṃ gatā janāḥ
And by (living on) oil-cake, vegetables and leaves, and by the kṛcchra and cāndrāyaṇa (fasts) and the like, people, having propitiated the lord of the mountain-born (Pārvatī), have thereupon attained perfection.
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SkP-RK 102.3
तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा संतर्प्य पितृदेवताः । पूजयेच् छङ्करं भक्त्या स गच्छेत् परमं पदम्
tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ / pūjayec chaṅkaraṃ bhaktyā sa gacchet paramaṃ padam
A man who bathes at that shrine, satisfies the fathers and the gods, and worships Śaṅkara with devotion, goes to the supreme abode.
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SkP-RK 102.4
कुण्डिकां वर्धनीं वापि महद्वा जलभाजनम् । अन्नेन सहितं पार्थ तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु
kuṇḍikāṃ vardhanīṃ vāpi mahadvā jalabhājanam / annena sahitaṃ pārtha tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu
(If one gives) a water-pot, or a jar, or a large water-vessel, together with food, O Pārtha, hear the fruit of his merit.
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SkP-RK 102.5
यत्फलं लभते मर्त्यः सत्रे द्वादशवार्षिके । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति नात्र कार्या विचारणा
yatphalaṃ labhate martyaḥ satre dvādaśavārṣike / tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
The fruit a mortal obtains at a twelve-year sacrificial session, that fruit he obtains fully; no doubt should be entertained here.
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SkP-RK 102.6
सर्वेषाम् एव दानानाम् अन्नदानम् अनुत्तमम् । यद्यत् प्रीतिकरं चैव तोयं च नृपसत्तम
sarveṣām eva dānānām annadānam anuttamam / yadyat prītikaraṃ caiva toyaṃ ca nṛpasattama
Of all gifts whatsoever, the gift of food is unsurpassed, and whatever gives pleasure — and water too, O best of kings.
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SkP-RK 102.7
तत्र तीर्थे मृतानां च नराणां भावितात्मनाम् । वारुणे च पुरे वासो यावद् आहूत सम्प्लवम्
tatra tīrthe mṛtānāṃ ca narāṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām / vāruṇe ca pure vāso yāvad āhūta samplavam
And for men of disciplined mind who die at that shrine, there is dwelling in Varuṇa's city until the (final) deluge is called forth.
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SkP-RK 102.8
भुक्त्वा तत्र बहुं कालं मर्त्यलोके ऽभिजायते । अन्नदानप्रदो नित्यं जीवेच् च शरदां शतम्
bhuktvā tatra bahuṃ kālaṃ martyaloke 'bhijāyate / annadānaprado nityaṃ jīvec ca śaradāṃ śatam
Having enjoyed (himself) there a long while, he is born in the world of mortals; the constant giver of the gift of food lives a hundred autumns.
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SkP-RK 102.9
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ततो गच्छेच् च राजेन्द्र अग्नितीर्थम् अनुत्तमम् । यत्र सिद्धो महातेजास् तपः कृत्वा हुताशनः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tato gacchec ca rājendra agnitīrtham anuttamam / yatra siddho mahātejās tapaḥ kṛtvā hutāśanaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, O best of kings, one should go to the excellent Agnitīrtha, where the greatly blazing fire-eater attained perfection by performing austerity.
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SkP-RK 102.10
सर्वभक्षीकृतो यश् च दण्डके मुनिना पुरा । नर्मदातटम् आश्रित्य पूतो जातो हुताशनः
sarvabhakṣīkṛto yaś ca daṇḍake muninā purā / narmadātaṭam āśritya pūto jāto hutāśanaḥ
And he who was made an eater of all things by the sage long ago in the Daṇḍaka (forest) — that fire-eater, resorting to the bank of the Narmadā, became pure.
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SkP-RK 102.11
तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा समभ्यर्च्य जगद्गुरुम् । उमया सहित भक्त्या सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā samabhyarcya jagadgurum / umayā sahita bhaktyā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
A man who bathes at that shrine and reverently worships the teacher of the world, who is together with Umā, with devotion, is released from all sins.
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SkP-RK 102.12
तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा दत्ते वै कांचनं नृप । ब्राह्मणेभ्यो जलं दत्त्वा लभते वार्बुदं फलम्
tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā datte vai kāṃcanaṃ nṛpa / brāhmaṇebhyo jalaṃ dattvā labhate vārbudaṃ phalam
Having bathed in that tīrtha, O king, and having given gold, and having given water to the brahmins, (a man) obtains a fruit (as vast as) a billion (measures of) water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 102.13
दधिच्छन्दे मधुच्छन्दे नन्दीशे वारुणे तथा । आग्नेये तत्फलं तात स्नात्वा मुच्येत किल्बिषैः
dadhicchande madhucchande nandīśe vāruṇe tathā / āgneye tatphalaṃ tāta snātvā mucyeta kilbiṣaiḥ
At Dadhicchanda, at Madhucchanda, at Nandīśa, at Vāruṇa, and likewise at Āgneya — that same fruit, my dear; having bathed (there) one would be freed from sins.
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SkP-RK 102.14
ते वन्द्या मानुषे लोके धन्याश् चाप्तमनोरथाः । यैर् हि दृष्टं महापुण्यं नर्मदातीर्थपञ्चकम्
te vandyā mānuṣe loke dhanyāś cāptamanorathāḥ / yair hi dṛṣṭaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ narmadātīrthapañcakam
They are to be praised in the world of men, and (they are) fortunate, their wishes fulfilled, by whom the greatly meritorious set of five Narmadā fords has been seen.
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SkP-RK 102.15
स्वर्गलोकम् अवापुस्ते यावद् इन्द्राश् चतुर्दश । ततः स्वर्गाच् च्युताश् चापि राजानः सन्ति धार्मिकाः
svargalokam avāpuste yāvad indrāś caturdaśa / tataḥ svargāc cyutāś cāpi rājānaḥ santi dhārmikāḥ
They attained the world of heaven (and remained there) for as long as fourteen Indras (rule); and even when fallen from heaven they become righteous kings.
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SkP-RK 102.16
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्ता भुञ्जते ते ऽचलां महीम् । आखण्डलप्रतापो ऽयं नर्मदातटसेवने
sarvapāpavinirmuktā bhuñjate te 'calāṃ mahīm / ākhaṇḍalapratāpo 'yaṃ narmadātaṭasevane
Freed from all sins, they enjoy the unshakable earth; this is the majesty (of the might) of Indra, (obtained) by serving the bank of the Narmadā.
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SkP-RK 102.17
गङ्गाकनखले पुण्या कुरुक्षेत्रे सरस्वती । ग्रामे वा यदि वारण्ये पुण्या सर्वत्र नर्मदा
gaṅgākanakhale puṇyā kurukṣetre sarasvatī / grāme vā yadi vāraṇye puṇyā sarvatra narmadā
The Gaṅgā is holy at Kanakhala, the Sarasvatī at Kurukṣetra; but whether in a village or in the forest, the Narmadā is holy everywhere.
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SkP-RK 102.18
रेवातीरं वसेन् नित्यं तोयं यस् तु सदा पिबेत् । स्नातो ऽसौ सर्वतीर्थेषु सोमपानं दिने दिने
revātīraṃ vasen nityaṃ toyaṃ yas tu sadā pibet / snāto 'sau sarvatīrtheṣu somapānaṃ dine dine
He who dwells always on the bank of the Revā and always drinks its water — he has bathed in all the sacred fords, and (has) the drinking of soma day after day.
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SkP-RK 102.19
गङ्गाद्याः सरितः सर्वाः समुद्राश् च सरांसि च । कल्पान्ते संक्षयं यान्ति न मृतैका च नर्मदा
gaṅgādyāḥ saritaḥ sarvāḥ samudrāś ca sarāṃsi ca / kalpānte saṃkṣayaṃ yānti na mṛtaikā ca narmadā
— tr. refused: cyber