Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 104
SkP-RK 104.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: आश्चर्यं कथितं तात यदभून् नर्मदातटे । सोमनाथस्यतीर्थं हि वाराणस्या समं नृप
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: āścaryaṃ kathitaṃ tāta yadabhūn narmadātaṭe / somanāthasyatīrthaṃ hi vārāṇasyā samaṃ nṛpa
Mārkaṇḍeya said: A marvel has been told, my dear, of what happened on the bank of the Narmadā; for the tīrtha of Somanātha is equal to Vārāṇasī, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: निमग्नो दुःखसंसारे हृतराज्यो द्विजोत्तम । युष्मद् वाणी जलैः स्नातो निर्दुःखो ऽहं सबान्धवः
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: nimagno duḥkhasaṃsāre hṛtarājyo dvijottama / yuṣmad vāṇī jalaiḥ snāto nirduḥkho 'haṃ sabāndhavaḥ
Yudhiṣṭhira said: Sunk in the round of sorrow, my kingdom taken from me, O best of the twice-born — bathed in the waters of your speech, I am free of sorrow, together with my kinsmen.
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SkP-RK 104.3
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: साधु साधु महाबाहो सोमवंश विभूषण । पृष्टं ते दुर्लभं तीर्थं गुह्याद् गुह्यतरं यथा
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: sādhu sādhu mahābāho somavaṃśa vibhūṣaṇa / pṛṣṭaṃ te durlabhaṃ tīrthaṃ guhyād guhyataraṃ yathā
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Well asked, well asked, O mighty-armed one, ornament of the lunar line! The tīrtha you have asked about is hard to obtain, more secret, as it were, than the secret.
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SkP-RK 104.4
आदौ पितामहस् तात समस् तस्य जनस्य च । मनसा तस्य संजाता ऋषयो दश पुङ्गवाः
ādau pitāmahas tāta samas tasya janasya ca / manasā tasya saṃjātā ṛṣayo daśa puṅgavāḥ
In the beginning, my dear, (there was) the Grandfather, and likewise of that being; from his mind were born ten bull-like sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 104.5
मरीचिरत्र्यङ्गिरसौ पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः । प्रचेताश् च वशिष्ठश् च भृगुर् नारद एव च
marīciratryaṅgirasau pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ / pracetāś ca vaśiṣṭhaś ca bhṛgur nārada eva ca
Marīci, Atri and Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, and Pracetas and Vaśiṣṭha, Bhṛgu, and Nārada too.
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SkP-RK 104.6
जज्ञे प्रचेतसो दक्षो महातेजाः प्रजापतिः । दक्षस्यापि सुता जाताः पञ्चाशत् कन्यकाः किल
jajñe pracetaso dakṣo mahātejāḥ prajāpatiḥ / dakṣasyāpi sutā jātāḥ pañcāśat kanyakāḥ kila
From Pracetas was born Dakṣa, of great splendour, a lord of creatures; and to Dakṣa were born fifty daughters, it is said.
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SkP-RK 104.7
ददौ स दश धर्माय कश्यपाय त्रयोदश । तथैव च महाभाग सप्तविंशतिम् इन्दवे
dadau sa daśa dharmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa / tathaiva ca mahābhāga saptaviṃśatim indave
He gave ten to Dharma, thirteen to Kaśyapa, and likewise, O greatly fortunate one, twenty-seven to the Moon.
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SkP-RK 104.8
तासां हि रोहिणी चन्द्रस्याभीष्टा साभवत् तदा । तस्याश् च कारणं कृत्वा शप्तो दक्षेण चन्द्रमाः
tāsāṃ hi rohiṇī candrasyābhīṣṭā sābhavat tadā / tasyāś ca kāraṇaṃ kṛtvā śapto dakṣeṇa candramāḥ
Of these, Rohiṇī became the Moon's favourite at that time; and making her the occasion, the Moon was cursed by Dakṣa.
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SkP-RK 104.9
क्षयरोग्यभवच् चन्द्रो विवक्षायाः प्रजापतेः । दक्षशापप्रभावेण निस्तेजाः शर्वरीपतिः
kṣayarogyabhavac candro vivakṣāyāḥ prajāpateḥ / dakṣaśāpaprabhāveṇa nistejāḥ śarvarīpatiḥ
The Moon became afflicted with wasting disease through ... of Prajāpati; by the power of Dakṣa's curse the lord of night lost his radiance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 104.10
गतः पितामहं सोमो वेपमानः प्रणम्य च । ब्रह्मयोने नमस् तुभ्यं वेदगर्भ नमो ऽस्तु ते
gataḥ pitāmahaṃ somo vepamānaḥ praṇamya ca / brahmayone namas tubhyaṃ vedagarbha namo 'stu te
Soma went to the Grandfather and, trembling, bowed down: "Homage to you, source of Brahman; homage be to you, womb of the Veda."
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SkP-RK 104.11
ब्रह्मोवाच: सर्वत्र दुर्लभा रेवा त्रिषु स्थानेषु भारत । ॐकारे च भृगुक्षेत्रे नर्मदा ह्य् उरगेश्वरे
brahmovāca: sarvatra durlabhā revā triṣu sthāneṣu bhārata / oṃkāre ca bhṛgukṣetre narmadā hy urageśvare
Brahmā said: Revā is hard to obtain everywhere, (but accessible) in three places, O Bhārata: at Oṃkāra, at Bhṛgu's field, and the Narmadā at Urageśvara.
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SkP-RK 104.12
काष्ठवत् संस्थितः सोमो ध्यायते परमेश्वरम् । यावद् वर्षशतं पूर्णं तावत् तुष्टो महेश्वरः
kāṣṭhavat saṃsthitaḥ somo dhyāyate parameśvaram / yāvad varṣaśataṃ pūrṇaṃ tāvat tuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ
Soma stood motionless like a log, meditating on the Supreme Lord; when a full hundred years had passed, Maheśvara was pleased.
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SkP-RK 104.13
प्रेत्यक्षः सोमनाथस्य वृषासन उमार्धगः । साष्टाङ्गं प्रणतो भूत्वा जय देव नमो ऽस्तु ते
pretyakṣaḥ somanāthasya vṛṣāsana umārdhagaḥ / sāṣṭāṅgaṃ praṇato bhūtvā jaya deva namo 'stu te
(He became) visible to Somanātha, seated on the bull, with Umā at his side; prostrating himself with the eight limbs, (Soma said:) "Victory, O god, homage be to you!"
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SkP-RK 104.14
जय शङ्कर पापकृतान्त नमो जय ईश्वर नाथ नमो ऽस्तु नमः । जय वासुकिभूषण भूतपते जय शूलकपालधराय नमः
jaya śaṅkara pāpakṛtānta namo jaya īśvara nātha namo 'stu namaḥ / jaya vāsukibhūṣaṇa bhūtapate jaya śūlakapāladharāya namaḥ
Victory, O Śaṅkara, ender of sin, homage! Victory, O Īśvara, O Lord, homage, homage be to you! Victory, O you adorned with Vāsuki, lord of beings! Victory — homage to the bearer of trident and skull!
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SkP-RK 104.15
जय अन्धकदेहविनाश नमो जय दानवदेहवधाय नमः । जय निष्कलसकलकलाय नमो जय कालकलादमनाय नमः
jaya andhakadehavināśa namo jaya dānavadehavadhāya namaḥ / jaya niṣkalasakalakalāya namo jaya kālakalādamanāya namaḥ
Victory, O destroyer of Andhaka's body, homage! Victory — homage to the slayer of the demons' bodies! Victory, O you who are partless and yet the parts of the whole, homage! Victory — homage to the subduer of the portions of Time!
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SkP-RK 104.16
जय नीलकण्ठ उमापते जय सूक्ष्मनिरञ्जनशब्द नमः । जय आद्य अनाद्य अनन्त नमो जय पाणिपिनाकत्रिशूल नमः
jaya nīlakaṇṭha umāpate jaya sūkṣmanirañjanaśabda namaḥ / jaya ādya anādya ananta namo jaya pāṇipinākatriśūla namaḥ
Victory, O blue-throated one, lord of Umā! Victory, O subtle, stainless Sound, homage! Victory, O first, beginningless, endless one, homage! Victory — homage to you with the Pināka and trident in hand!
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SkP-RK 104.17
एवं स्तुतो महादेवः सोमनाथेन पाण्डव । तुष्टस् तस्य नृपश्रेष्ठ उमया सह शङ्करः
evaṃ stuto mahādevaḥ somanāthena pāṇḍava / tuṣṭas tasya nṛpaśreṣṭha umayā saha śaṅkaraḥ
Thus praised by Soma, the great god — O Pāṇḍava, O best of kings — Śaṅkara, together with Umā, was pleased with him.
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SkP-RK 104.18
सोम उवाच: दक्षशापेन दग्धो ऽहं क्षीणदेहो महेश्वर
soma uvāca: dakṣaśāpena dagdho 'haṃ kṣīṇadeho maheśvara
Soma said: I have been burned by Dakṣa's curse, O Maheśvara, my body wasted away.
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SkP-RK 104.19
महेश्वर उवाच: भवद्भक्तिगृहीतो ऽहं तूष्टश् चैवोमया सह
maheśvara uvāca: bhavadbhaktigṛhīto 'haṃ tūṣṭaś caivomayā saha
Maheśvara said: I have been won over by your devotion, and I am pleased, together with Umā.
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SkP-RK 104.20
निष्पापः सोमनाथस्य संजातस् तीर्थसेवनात् । इत्य् उक्त्वान्तर्दधे देवः सोमो ध्यात्वा क्षणं नृप
niṣpāpaḥ somanāthasya saṃjātas tīrthasevanāt / ity uktvāntardadhe devaḥ somo dhyātvā kṣaṇaṃ nṛpa
— tr. refused: cyber
SkP-RK 104.21
स्थापयामास लिङ्गं तु सिद्धिदं प्राणिनां भुवि । सर्वदुःखहरं देवं ब्रह्महत्याविनाशनम्
sthāpayāmāsa liṅgaṃ tu siddhidaṃ prāṇināṃ bhuvi / sarvaduḥkhaharaṃ devaṃ brahmahatyāvināśanam
And he established the liṅga on earth, granting attainment to living beings — the god who removes all suffering and destroys (the sin of) brahmin-slaying.
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SkP-RK 104.22
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: सोमनाथप्रभावं च संक्षेपात् कथयामि ते । शम्बरो नाम राजाभूत् तस्य पुत्रस् त्रिलोचनः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: somanāthaprabhāvaṃ ca saṃkṣepāt kathayāmi te / śambaro nāma rājābhūt tasya putras trilocanaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
SkP-RK 104.23
त्रिलोचनसुतः कण्ठः पापनिष्ठो महाधमः । वने विभ्रमतस् तस्य मृगयूथं त्व् अदृश्यत
trilocanasutaḥ kaṇṭhaḥ pāpaniṣṭho mahādhamaḥ / vane vibhramatas tasya mṛgayūthaṃ tv adṛśyata
— tr. refused: cyber
SkP-RK 104.24
मृगयूथं हतं सर्वं त्रिलोचनसुतेन च । मृगरूपी द्विजो मध्ये विचरन् निर्जने वने
mṛgayūthaṃ hataṃ sarvaṃ trilocanasutena ca / mṛgarūpī dvijo madhye vicaran nirjane vane
The whole herd of deer was slain by Trilocana's son; and in the midst (of it) a brahmin in the form of a deer was roaming in the deserted forest.
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SkP-RK 104.25
तदा हतस् तु शस्त्रेण कण्ठेन ऋषिसत्तमः । ब्रह्महत्यायुतः कण्ठो निस्तेजा व्यचरन् महीम्
tadā hatas tu śastreṇa kaṇṭhena ṛṣisattamaḥ / brahmahatyāyutaḥ kaṇṭho nistejā vyacaran mahīm
Then that best of sages was slain with a weapon by Kaṇṭha; and Kaṇṭha, joined with the murder of a brahmin, wandered the earth bereft of splendour.
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SkP-RK 104.26
विचरन्न् अपि संप्राप्तो नर्मदानागसंगमे । कदम्बपाटलाकीर्णे बिल्वनारङ्गशोभिते
vicarann api saṃprāpto narmadānāgasaṃgame / kadambapāṭalākīrṇe bilvanāraṅgaśobhite
Even as he wandered, he arrived at the confluence of the Narmadā and the Nāgā, strewn with kadamba and pāṭala trees, adorned with bilva and orange trees,
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SkP-RK 104.27
चिञ्चिनी चम्पकोपेते अगस्तितरुशोभिते । उन्मत्तभृङ्गसंयुक्ते तथा सर्वत्र शोभिते
ciñcinī campakopete agastitaruśobhite / unmattabhṛṅgasaṃyukte tathā sarvatra śobhite
(a place) set about with tamarind and campaka, adorned with agasti trees, thronged with bees maddened (with nectar), and thus beautiful in every part,
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SkP-RK 104.28
चित्रकैर् मृगमार्जारैः सिंहैः सर्वत्र शूकरैः । शशकैर् गवयैर् युक्ते शिखण्डिरवनादिते
citrakair mṛgamārjāraiḥ siṃhaiḥ sarvatra śūkaraiḥ / śaśakair gavayair yukte śikhaṇḍiravanādite
(The forest) filled everywhere with leopards, deer, wildcats, lions, and boars, with hares and gavayas, and resounding with the cries of peacocks.
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SkP-RK 104.29
प्रविष्टस् तद्वने कण्ठस् तृषार्तः श्रमकर्षितः । स्नातो रेवाजले पुण्ये सङ्गमे पापनाशने
praviṣṭas tadvane kaṇṭhas tṛṣārtaḥ śramakarṣitaḥ / snāto revājale puṇye saṅgame pāpanāśane
Kaṇṭha, thirsty and worn out by exertion, entered that forest and bathed in the holy water of the Revā, at the confluence that destroys sins.
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SkP-RK 104.30
पत्राणि च विचित्राणि भक्षयन् सह किङ्करैः । सुप्तः पादपछायायां श्रान्तो मृगवधेन च
patrāṇi ca vicitrāṇi bhakṣayan saha kiṅkaraiḥ / suptaḥ pādapachāyāyāṃ śrānto mṛgavadhena ca
And eating various leaves together with his attendants, he slept in the shade of a tree, weary from the killing of deer.
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SkP-RK 104.31
आनर्च परया भक्त्या सोमनाथं युधिष्ठिर । पीत्वा तोयं कण्ठमात्रं सर्वपापक्षयंकरम्
ānarca parayā bhaktyā somanāthaṃ yudhiṣṭhira / pītvā toyaṃ kaṇṭhamātraṃ sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram
He worshipped Somanātha with the highest devotion, O Yudhiṣṭhira, having drunk water — just a throatful — which destroys all sins.
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SkP-RK 104.32
तावत् तीर्थवरे विप्रः स्नानार्थं संगमं प्रति । मार्गगो ब्राह्मणो भूयस् ततस् तद् गतमानसः
tāvat tīrthavare vipraḥ snānārthaṃ saṃgamaṃ prati / mārgago brāhmaṇo bhūyas tatas tad gatamānasaḥ
Meanwhile a brahmin (was going) to the confluence at that best of holy places for the sake of bathing; the brahmin, travelling along the road, (went) on further, his mind fixed on that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 104.33
मार्गे वृक्षे समारूढा स्त्री चैका च भयङ्करी । उवाच ब्राह्मणं सा हि तिष्ठ तिष्ठ द्विजोत्तम
mārge vṛkṣe samārūḍhā strī caikā ca bhayaṅkarī / uvāca brāhmaṇaṃ sā hi tiṣṭha tiṣṭha dvijottama
— tr. refused: cyber
SkP-RK 104.34
त्रस्तो निरीक्षते यावद् दिशः सर्वा नरेश्वर । तावद् वृक्ष समारूढां स्त्रियं रक्ताम्बरावृताम्
trasto nirīkṣate yāvad diśaḥ sarvā nareśvara / tāvad vṛkṣa samārūḍhāṃ striyaṃ raktāmbarāvṛtām
While, terrified, he looked in all directions, O lord of men, (he saw) a woman perched up in the tree, wrapped in red garments—
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SkP-RK 104.35
रक्तपुष्पधरां वालां रक्तचन्दनचर्चिताम् । रक्ताभरणशोभाढ्यां पाशहस्तां ददर्श ह
raktapuṣpadharāṃ vālāṃ raktacandanacarcitām / raktābharaṇaśobhāḍhyāṃ pāśahastāṃ dadarśa ha
He saw a young woman wearing red flowers, smeared with red sandal-paste, richly adorned with the splendour of red ornaments, with a noose in her hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.36
स्त्र्य् उवाच: सन्देशं शृणु मे विप्र यदि गच्छसि संगमम् । मद्भर्ता तिष्ठते तत्र शीघ्रम् एव विसर्जय
stry uvāca: sandeśaṃ śṛṇu me vipra yadi gacchasi saṃgamam / madbhartā tiṣṭhate tatra śīghram eva visarjaya
The woman said: Hear my message, brahmin, if you are going to the confluence. My husband is staying there; send him off quickly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.37
एकाकिनी च ते भार्या तिष्ठते वनमध्यगा । इत्याकर्ण्य गतो विप्रः सङ्गमं सुरदुर्लभम्
ekākinī ca te bhāryā tiṣṭhate vanamadhyagā / ityākarṇya gato vipraḥ saṅgamaṃ suradurlabham
"And your wife stays alone, dwelling in the midst of the forest." Having heard this, the brahmin went to the confluence, hard for even the gods to reach.
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SkP-RK 104.38
ब्राह्मण उवाच: वनान्ते च मया दृष्टा बाला कमललोचना
brāhmaṇa uvāca: vanānte ca mayā dṛṣṭā bālā kamalalocanā
The brahmin said: At the edge of the forest I saw a young woman with lotus eyes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.39
रक्ताम्बरधरा तन्वी रक्तचन्दनर्चर्चिता । रक्तमाल्या सुशोभाढ्या पाशहस्ता मृगेक्षणा
raktāmbaradharā tanvī raktacandanarcarcitā / raktamālyā suśobhāḍhyā pāśahastā mṛgekṣaṇā
wearing red garments, slender, smeared with red sandal paste, wearing red garlands, richly beautiful, with a noose in her hand, with the eyes of a doe.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.40
कण्ठ उवाच: कस्मिन् स्थाने तु विप्रेन्द्र तिष्ठते मृगलोचना
kaṇṭha uvāca: kasmin sthāne tu viprendra tiṣṭhate mṛgalocanā
Kaṇṭha said: In what place, best of brahmins, does the doe-eyed one stand?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.41
ब्राह्मण उवाच: संगमाद् अर्धक्रोशे च उद्यानान्ते प्रशोभिते
brāhmaṇa uvāca: saṃgamād ardhakrośe ca udyānānte praśobhite
The brahmin said: Half a krośa from the confluence, at the edge of a lovely garden—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.42
तत्र तिष्ठति सा नारी सोत्कण्ठितमना विभो । ततो भृत्यम् उवाचेदं कण्ठो राजा युधिष्ठिर
tatra tiṣṭhati sā nārī sotkaṇṭhitamanā vibho / tato bhṛtyam uvācedaṃ kaṇṭho rājā yudhiṣṭhira
there that woman stands, her mind full of longing, O lord. Then King Kaṇṭha said this to a servant, Yudhiṣṭhira:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.43
पृच्छ त्वं गच्छ का चासि आगता क्व गमिष्यसि । ततः क्षिप्रं गतस् तत्र यत्र नारी स्थिताभवत्
pṛccha tvaṃ gaccha kā cāsi āgatā kva gamiṣyasi / tataḥ kṣipraṃ gatas tatra yatra nārī sthitābhavat
"Go and ask: who are you, and having come, where will you go?" Then he went quickly to the place where the woman was standing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.44
वृक्षस्थां ददृशे बालाम् उवाच नृपसत्तम । त्वां राजा पृच्छते बाले कासि त्वं क्व गमिष्यसि
vṛkṣasthāṃ dadṛśe bālām uvāca nṛpasattama / tvāṃ rājā pṛcchate bāle kāsi tvaṃ kva gamiṣyasi
He saw the young woman standing by a tree and said, O best of kings: "The king asks you, girl—who are you, and where will you go?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.45
स्त्र्य् उवाच: गुरुर् आत्मवतां शास्ता राजा शास्ता दुरात्मनाम् । इह प्रच्छन्नपापानां शास्ता वैवस्वतो यमः
stry uvāca: gurur ātmavatāṃ śāstā rājā śāstā durātmanām / iha pracchannapāpānāṃ śāstā vaivasvato yamaḥ
The woman said: The teacher is the chastiser of the self-controlled, the king is the chastiser of the evil-minded; here, of those whose sins are concealed, the chastiser is Yama, son of Vivasvat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.46
ब्रह्महत्यास्य संजाता मृगरूपद्विजोद्वधात् । मया युक्तो ऽपि राजासौ मुक्तस् तीर्थप्रभावतः
brahmahatyāsya saṃjātā mṛgarūpadvijodvadhāt / mayā yukto 'pi rājāsau muktas tīrthaprabhāvataḥ
Brahmin-murder arose for him from the slaying of a brahmin in the form of a deer; though that king was joined with me, he was freed by the power of the sacred ford.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.47
अत्रार्धक्रोशमात्रं वै ब्रह्महत्या न संविशेत् । सोमनाथप्रभावाच् च तीर्थं वाराणसीसमम्
atrārdhakrośamātraṃ vai brahmahatyā na saṃviśet / somanāthaprabhāvāc ca tīrthaṃ vārāṇasīsamam
Here, within just half a krośa, brahmin-murder cannot enter; and by the power of Somanātha this tīrtha is equal to Vārāṇasī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.48
गच्छ त्वं प्रेषयेः कण्ठं शीघ्रम् एव न संशयः । समस्तं कथयामास तद् वृत्तान्तं नृपं प्रति
gaccha tvaṃ preṣayeḥ kaṇṭhaṃ śīghram eva na saṃśayaḥ / samastaṃ kathayāmāsa tad vṛttāntaṃ nṛpaṃ prati
"Go, you should send Kaṇṭha here quickly indeed, without doubt." He reported the whole account to the king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.49
भृत्य उवाच: कस्मात् त्वं शोचसे नाथ पूर्वजातं शूभाशुभम्
bhṛtya uvāca: kasmāt tvaṃ śocase nātha pūrvajātaṃ śūbhāśubham
The servant said: Why do you grieve, lord, over the good and evil produced in a former birth?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.50
इत्याकर्ण्य वचस् तस्य स राजा त्विदम् अब्रवीत् । प्राणत्यागं करोम्य् अत्र सोमनाथ समीपतः
ityākarṇya vacas tasya sa rājā tvidam abravīt / prāṇatyāgaṃ karomy atra somanātha samīpataḥ
Hearing that speech of his, the king said this: "I will give up my life here, in the presence of Somanātha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.51
शीघ्रम् आनीयतां वह्णिर् इन्धनानि बहून्य् अपि । आनीतं तत्क्षणात् सर्वं भृत्यैः स्वैर् वशवर्तिभिः
śīghram ānīyatāṃ vahṇir indhanāni bahūny api / ānītaṃ tatkṣaṇāt sarvaṃ bhṛtyaiḥ svair vaśavartibhiḥ
Let fire be brought quickly, and much fuel too." All of it was brought that very moment by his own obedient servants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.52
स्नानं कृत्वा शुभे तोये संगमे पापनाशने । अर्चित्वा परया भक्त्या सोमनाथं नरेश्वर
snānaṃ kṛtvā śubhe toye saṃgame pāpanāśane / arcitvā parayā bhaktyā somanāthaṃ nareśvara
Having bathed in the auspicious water at the confluence that destroys sin, and having worshipped Somanātha with supreme devotion, O lord of men,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.53
त्रिःप्रदक्षिणकं कृत्वा ज्वलिते जातवेदसि । प्रविष्टः कण्ठराजस् तु हृदि कृत्वा जनार्दनम्
triḥpradakṣiṇakaṃ kṛtvā jvalite jātavedasi / praviṣṭaḥ kaṇṭharājas tu hṛdi kṛtvā janārdanam
having made three circumambulations, King Kaṇṭha entered the blazing fire, holding Janārdana in his heart—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.54
पीताम्बरधरं देवं महामुकुटधारिणम् । विष्णोर् ध्यानेन चात्रैव सुगतिर् मे भवत्व् इति
pītāmbaradharaṃ devaṃ mahāmukuṭadhāriṇam / viṣṇor dhyānena cātraiva sugatir me bhavatv iti
the god who wears yellow garments and bears the great diadem—(saying) "by this meditation on Viṣṇu may a good destiny be mine right here."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.55
पपात पुष्पवृष्टिश् च साधु साधु नृपात्मज । आश्चर्यमतुलं दृष्ट्वा निरीक्ष च परस्परम्
papāta puṣpavṛṣṭiś ca sādhu sādhu nṛpātmaja / āścaryamatulaṃ dṛṣṭvā nirīkṣa ca parasparam
And a rain of flowers fell, (with cries of) "well done, well done," O son of a king; seeing the incomparable marvel, they looked at one another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.56
हुतं तैः पावके भृत्यैर् हृदि ध्यात्वा गदाधरम् । विमानस्था दिवं सर्वे सङ्गताः पाण्डुनन्दन
hutaṃ taiḥ pāvake bhṛtyair hṛdi dhyātvā gadādharam / vimānasthā divaṃ sarve saṅgatāḥ pāṇḍunandana
By those servants an offering was made in the fire, having meditated on the mace-bearer in their hearts; all of them, seated in celestial cars, went together to heaven, O son of Pāṇḍu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.57
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: सोमनाथप्रभावो ऽयं शृणुष्वैकमना नृप । अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां सर्वकाले शुभे दिने
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: somanāthaprabhāvo 'yaṃ śṛṇuṣvaikamanā nṛpa / aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ sarvakāle śubhe dine
Mārkaṇḍeya said: This is the power of Somanātha—listen with a single mind, O king. On the eighth and on the fourteenth day, at every time, on an auspicious day,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.58
विशेषाच् छुक्लपक्षे च सूर्यवारेण सप्तमी । उपोष्य यो नरो भक्त्या रात्रौ कुर्वीत जागरम्
viśeṣāc chuklapakṣe ca sūryavāreṇa saptamī / upoṣya yo naro bhaktyā rātrau kurvīta jāgaram
Especially in the bright fortnight, when the seventh (day) falls on a Sunday — the man who fasts with devotion and keeps vigil through the night,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.59
पञ्चामृतेन गव्येन स्नापयेत् परमेश्वरम् । श्रीखण्डलेपनं कुर्यात् पुष्पधूपादिकं तथा
pañcāmṛtena gavyena snāpayet parameśvaram / śrīkhaṇḍalepanaṃ kuryāt puṣpadhūpādikaṃ tathā
he should bathe the Supreme Lord with the five nectars of the cow; he should make an anointing with sandalwood paste, and (offer) flowers, incense and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.60
घृतेन बोधयेद् दीपं गीतं नृत्यं च कारयेत् । सोमवारेण चाष्टम्यां प्रभाते पूजयेद् द्विजम्
ghṛtena bodhayed dīpaṃ gītaṃ nṛtyaṃ ca kārayet / somavāreṇa cāṣṭamyāṃ prabhāte pūjayed dvijam
He should kindle a lamp with ghee, and have singing and dancing performed; and on the eighth day falling on a Monday he should honour a brahmin at dawn —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.61
आत्मवन्तं जितक्रोधं द्विजनिन्दाविवर्जितम् । सर्वाङ्गरुचिरं शान्तं स्वदारपरिपालकम्
ātmavantaṃ jitakrodhaṃ dvijanindāvivarjitam / sarvāṅgaruciraṃ śāntaṃ svadāraparipālakam
one who is self-possessed, who has conquered anger, free of reviling brahmins, handsome in every limb, calm, a protector of his own wife,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.62
गायत्रीं पठमानं च विकर्मरहितं सदा । पुनर् भूर्वृषली शूद्री वर्तते यस्य मन्दिरे
gāyatrīṃ paṭhamānaṃ ca vikarmarahitaṃ sadā / punar bhūrvṛṣalī śūdrī vartate yasya mandire
reciting the Gāyatrī, always free of forbidden acts. But further: (excluded is he) in whose house a remarried woman, a vṛṣalī, or a śūdra woman lives.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 104.63
हीनाङ्गास् त्व् अतिरिक्ताङ्गा येषां पूर्वापरे न हि । व्रते श्राद्धे तथा दाने द्विजा वर्ज्याः सदा बुधैः
hīnāṅgās tv atiriktāṅgā yeṣāṃ pūrvāpare na hi / vrate śrāddhe tathā dāne dvijā varjyāḥ sadā budhaiḥ
But those lacking a limb or having a limb in excess, and those whose forebears and descendants are lacking — such brahmins are always to be avoided by the wise in a vow, in a śrāddha, and in a gift.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 104.64
पुंश्चली तरुणी भार्या द्विजः स्वाध्यायवर्जितः । आत्मना सह दातारमधो नयति पाण्डव
puṃścalī taruṇī bhāryā dvijaḥ svādhyāyavarjitaḥ / ātmanā saha dātāramadho nayati pāṇḍava
A brahmin whose young wife is unchaste and who is without Vedic study leads the donor, along with himself, downward, O Pāṇḍava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.65
शाल्मली नौकया तुल्याः स्वधर्मनिरता द्विजाः । दातारं चैवम् आत्मानं तारयन्ति तरन्ति च
śālmalī naukayā tulyāḥ svadharmaniratā dvijāḥ / dātāraṃ caivam ātmānaṃ tārayanti taranti ca
Brahmins devoted to their own duty are like a boat of śālmalī wood: thus they carry the donor and themselves across, and they cross over (themselves).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.66
श्राद्धं सोमेश्वरे पार्थ यः कुर्यादुत मानवः । पितरस् तस्य तृप्यन्ति यावद् आभूतसम्प्लवम्
śrāddhaṃ someśvare pārtha yaḥ kuryāduta mānavaḥ / pitaras tasya tṛpyanti yāvad ābhūtasamplavam
The man who performs a śrāddha at Someśvara, O Pārtha — his ancestors are satisfied until the dissolution of beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.67
अन्नं वस्त्रं हिरण्यं च यो दद्याद् अग्रजन्मने । स याति शाङ्करं लोकम् इति मे सत्यभाषितम्
annaṃ vastraṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca yo dadyād agrajanmane / sa yāti śāṅkaraṃ lokam iti me satyabhāṣitam
He who gives food, clothing and gold to a brahmin goes to Śaṅkara's world — this is my true utterance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.68
हयं यो वै ददात् यत्र सम्पूर्णाभरणान्वितम् । रक्तं वा पीतवर्णं वा सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम्
hayaṃ yo vai dadāt yatra sampūrṇābharaṇānvitam / raktaṃ vā pītavarṇaṃ vā sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam
And he who there gives a horse furnished with complete adornments, red or yellow in colour, marked with all (auspicious) marks,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.69
कुङ्कुमेन विलिप्ताङ्गम् अप्रजं च ददेद् इति । स्रग्दामभूषितं कण्ठे सितवस्त्रावगुण्ठितम्
kuṅkumena viliptāṅgam aprajaṃ ca daded iti / sragdāmabhūṣitaṃ kaṇṭhe sitavastrāvaguṇṭhitam
its limbs smeared with saffron — and he should give it without offspring, so it is said — decorated with a garland-wreath on its neck, draped with white cloth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 104.70
अङ्घ्रिराधीयतां स्कन्धे मदीयं हयम् आरुह । आरूढे ब्राह्मणे भूयो भास्करः प्रीयताम् इति
aṅghrirādhīyatāṃ skandhe madīyaṃ hayam āruha / ārūḍhe brāhmaṇe bhūyo bhāskaraḥ prīyatām iti
"Let the foot be set upon the shoulder; mount my horse" — and when the brahmin has mounted, "May the Sun be further pleased."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 104.71
स याति शाङ्करं लोकं सर्वपापविवर्जितः । तस्माल् लोकाच् च्युतश् चापि राजा भवति धार्मिकः
sa yāti śāṅkaraṃ lokaṃ sarvapāpavivarjitaḥ / tasmāl lokāc cyutaś cāpi rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ
He goes to Śaṅkara's world, freed of all sins; and even when fallen from that world he becomes a righteous king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.72
तस्य वंशे सदा राज्यं न नश्यति कदाचन । दीर्घायुर् जायते पुत्रो भार्या च वशवर्तिनी
tasya vaṃśe sadā rājyaṃ na naśyati kadācana / dīrghāyur jāyate putro bhāryā ca vaśavartinī
In his lineage kingship never at any time perishes; a long-lived son is born to him, and his wife is obedient to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.73
जीवेद् वर्षशतं साग्रं सर्वदुःखविवर्जितः । सोमस्य चोपरागे तु यो गच्छेद् विजितेन्द्रियः
jīved varṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ sarvaduḥkhavivarjitaḥ / somasya coparāge tu yo gacched vijitendriyaḥ
He would live a full hundred years, free of all sorrow. And he who, with his senses subdued, should go (there) at an eclipse of the moon,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.74
सोपवासो जितक्रोधो गां तु दद्याद् द्विजन्मने । सवत्सां क्षीरसंयुक्तां श्वेतवर्णां बलान्विताम्
sopavāso jitakrodho gāṃ tu dadyād dvijanmane / savatsāṃ kṣīrasaṃyuktāṃ śvetavarṇāṃ balānvitām
fasting, with anger conquered, should give a cow to a brahmin — one with a calf, yielding milk, white in colour, endowed with strength,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.75
शबलीं पीतवर्णां वा धूम्रां वा नीलकन्धराम् । कपिलां वा सवस्त्रां वा घण्टाभरणभूषिताम्
śabalīṃ pītavarṇāṃ vā dhūmrāṃ vā nīlakandharām / kapilāṃ vā savastrāṃ vā ghaṇṭābharaṇabhūṣitām
or dappled, or yellow in colour, or smoke-grey, or dark-necked, or tawny, or with a cloth on it, adorned with a bell as ornament,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.76
रौप्यखुरां कांस्यदोहां स्वर्णशृङ्गीं नरेश्वर । श्वेतया वर्धते वंशो रक्ता सौभाग्यवर्धिनी
raupyakhurāṃ kāṃsyadohāṃ svarṇaśṛṅgīṃ nareśvara / śvetayā vardhate vaṃśo raktā saubhāgyavardhinī
with silver-plated hooves, with a bronze milking-pail, with gilded horns, O lord of men. By a white one the lineage increases; a red one increases good fortune;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.77
शबली ताम्रवर्णा च दुःखघ्ना च प्रकीर्तिता । कपिला तु हरेत् पापं त्रिजन्मभिर् उपार्जितम्
śabalī tāmravarṇā ca duḥkhaghnā ca prakīrtitā / kapilā tu haret pāpaṃ trijanmabhir upārjitam
and a dappled and a copper-coloured one are declared destroyers of sorrow; but a tawny one removes the sin accumulated over three births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.78
तस्य लोकम् अवाप्नोति मान्धातुश् च जनेश्वर । पक्षान्ते च व्यतीपाते वैधृतौ रविसंक्रमे
tasya lokam avāpnoti māndhātuś ca janeśvara / pakṣānte ca vyatīpāte vaidhṛtau ravisaṃkrame
He attains his world, and that of Māndhātā, O lord of men. And at the end of a fortnight, at a vyatīpāta, at a vaidhṛti, at the sun's transit (into a new sign),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.79
दिनक्षये गजच्छाया ग्रहणे भास्करस्य च । ये व्रजन्ति विशुद्धाङ्गा वैरञ्च्ये सुरदुर्लभे
dinakṣaye gajacchāyā grahaṇe bhāskarasya ca / ye vrajanti viśuddhāṅgā vairañcye suradurlabhe
at the day's waning, at the "elephant's shadow" (conjunction), and at an eclipse of the sun — those who, with wholly purified bodies, go (there attain) Brahmā's world, hard for the gods to reach.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 104.80
मातृहा गुरुहा यो हि आत्महा तु विशेषतः । द्रुपदाद्यं जपेन् नित्यं प्राणायामं तथा नृप
mātṛhā guruhā yo hi ātmahā tu viśeṣataḥ / drupadādyaṃ japen nityaṃ prāṇāyāmaṃ tathā nṛpa
He who is a slayer of his mother, a slayer of his teacher, and especially a slayer of himself — let him constantly recite the (verse) beginning with "drupada," and likewise practise breath-control, O king,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.81
गायत्रीं वैष्णवीं चैव सौरीं शैवीं यदृच्छया । सो ऽपि पापैः प्रमुच्येत इत्य् एवं शङ्करो ऽब्रवीत्
gāyatrīṃ vaiṣṇavīṃ caiva saurīṃ śaivīṃ yadṛcchayā / so 'pi pāpaiḥ pramucyeta ity evaṃ śaṅkaro 'bravīt
and the Gāyatrī, the Vaiṣṇava, the Saura and the Śaiva (mantras), as he pleases: even he would be released from his sins — thus did Śaṅkara declare.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.82
यः कुर्यात् सोमनाथस्य तत्र कर्ता प्रदक्षिणम् । प्रदक्षिणीकृतं तेन जम्बूद्वीपं नरेश्वर
yaḥ kuryāt somanāthasya tatra kartā pradakṣiṇam / pradakṣiṇīkṛtaṃ tena jambūdvīpaṃ nareśvara
Whoever performs there a circumambulation of Somanātha, by him, O lord of men, Jambūdvīpa has been circumambulated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.83
ब्रह्महत्या सुरापानं गुरुदारनिषेवणम् । भ्रूणहा शुध्यते तत्र एवम् एव न संशयः
brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ gurudāraniṣevaṇam / bhrūṇahā śudhyate tatra evam eva na saṃśayaḥ
Brahmin-murder, drinking of liquor, resorting to the teacher's wife — (even) the killer of an embryo is purified there, just so, there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 104.84
तीर्थाख्यानम् इदं पुण्यं यः शृणोति जितेन्द्रियः । व्याधितो राजरोगेन अतुलां श्रियम् आप्नुयात्
tīrthākhyānam idaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti jitendriyaḥ / vyādhito rājarogena atulāṃ śriyam āpnuyāt
He who, with his senses subdued, hears this holy account of the sacred ford, though afflicted with consumption, would obtain incomparable prosperity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition