Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 105
SkP-RK 105.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ततो गच्छेत् तु राजेन्द्र पिङ्गलावर्तकं नृप । सङ्गमस्य समीपस्थं रेवाया उत्तरे तटे
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tato gacchet tu rājendra piṅgalāvartakaṃ nṛpa / saṅgamasya samīpasthaṃ revāyā uttare taṭe
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, O best of kings, one should go to Piṅgalāvartaka, O king, situated near the confluence, on the northern bank of the Revā.
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SkP-RK 105.2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: हव्यवाहेन विप्रेन्द्र स्थापितश् चेश्वरः कथम्
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: havyavāhena viprendra sthāpitaś ceśvaraḥ katham
Yudhiṣṭhira said: O best of brahmins, how was the Lord installed by the fire-god?
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SkP-RK 105.3
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: रेतसा यदि रुद्रेण तर्पितो हव्यवाहनः । प्राप्तो रुद्रेण सौम्येन देहं प्राप्य जगाम सः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: retasā yadi rudreṇa tarpito havyavāhanaḥ / prāpto rudreṇa saumyena dehaṃ prāpya jagāma saḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: If the fire-god was sated with semen by Rudra — reached by the gentle Rudra, having received the (semen into his) body, he went (away).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 105.4
हव्यवाहमुखे क्षिप्ते रुद्रेणामिततेजसा । रुद्रस्य तेजसा दग्धः तीर्थयात्रां करोति सः
havyavāhamukhe kṣipte rudreṇāmitatejasā / rudrasya tejasā dagdhaḥ tīrthayātrāṃ karoti saḥ
When it had been cast into the fire-god's mouth by Rudra of measureless energy, being burnt by Rudra's fiery energy he makes a pilgrimage to the sacred fords.
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SkP-RK 105.5
चचार परया भक्त्या ध्यानम् उग्रं हुताशनः । वायुभक्षः शतं साग्रं यावद् आसीत् हुताशनः
cacāra parayā bhaktyā dhyānam ugraṃ hutāśanaḥ / vāyubhakṣaḥ śataṃ sāgraṃ yāvad āsīt hutāśanaḥ
The fire-god practised fierce meditation with the highest devotion; the fire-god lived on air for a full hundred (years).
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SkP-RK 105.6
तावत् तुष्टो महादेवो हुताशनम् उवाच ह । हव्यवाह वरं ब्रूहि यत् ते मनसि वर्तते
tāvat tuṣṭo mahādevo hutāśanam uvāca ha / havyavāha varaṃ brūhi yat te manasi vartate
Then Mahādeva, being pleased, said to the fire-god: "O fire-god, name the boon that is in your mind."
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SkP-RK 105.7
हुताशन उवाच: नमस्ते सर्वलोकेश उग्ररूप नमो ऽस्तु ते । युष्मद् रेतेन संप्लुष्टः कुब्जो जातो महेश्वर
hutāśana uvāca: namaste sarvalokeśa ugrarūpa namo 'stu te / yuṣmad retena saṃpluṣṭaḥ kubjo jāto maheśvara
The fire-god said: Homage to you, lord of all worlds; homage be to you, O you of terrible form. Scorched by your semen I have become hunched, O Maheśvara.
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SkP-RK 105.8
शरीरार्तो ह्य् अहं कृष्णः संस्थितो नर्मदातटे । इत्युक्त्वान्तर्दधे देवो नीरुजस्त्वं भविष्यसि
śarīrārto hy ahaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ saṃsthito narmadātaṭe / ityuktvāntardadhe devo nīrujastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi
"Afflicted in body and blackened, I have stayed on the bank of the Narmadā." Saying "You shall become free of ailment," the god vanished.
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SkP-RK 105.9
हव्यवाहेन राजेन्द्र स्थापितः पिङ्गलेश्वरः । जितक्रोधो ऽपि यस् तत्र उपवासं समाचरेत्
havyavāhena rājendra sthāpitaḥ piṅgaleśvaraḥ / jitakrodho 'pi yas tatra upavāsaṃ samācaret
By the fire-god, O best of kings, Piṅgaleśvara was installed. And whoever there, having conquered anger, should observe a fast,
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SkP-RK 105.10
अतिरात्रफलं तत्र अन्ते रुद्रम् अवाप्नुयात् । गुणान्विताय दीनाय कपिलां तत्र भारत
atirātraphalaṃ tatra ante rudram avāpnuyāt / guṇānvitāya dīnāya kapilāṃ tatra bhārata
(gains) there the fruit of an Atirātra sacrifice, and at the end attains Rudra. (And) to a virtuous, poor (brahmin), a tawny cow there, O Bhārata —
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SkP-RK 105.11
अलंकृत्वा सवस्त्रां च सवत्सां रूपसंयुताम् । यः प्रयच्छति विप्राय स गच्छेत् परमं पदम्
alaṃkṛtvā savastrāṃ ca savatsāṃ rūpasaṃyutām / yaḥ prayacchati viprāya sa gacchet paramaṃ padam
having adorned her, with a cloth, with her calf, and comely — whoever bestows (her) on a brahmin, he would go to the highest station.
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SkP-RK 105.12
ततो गच्छेत् तु राजेन्द्र तीर्थं परमशोभनम् । स्थापितं ह्य् ऋषिसङ्घैश् च ब्रह्मवंशोद्भवैर् द्विजैः
tato gacchet tu rājendra tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam / sthāpitaṃ hy ṛṣisaṅghaiś ca brahmavaṃśodbhavair dvijaiḥ
Then, O best of kings, one should go to a most splendid sacred ford, established by hosts of seers and by twice-born men sprung from Brahmā's lineage,
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SkP-RK 105.13
ऋणमोचनविख्यातं रेवातटसमाश्रितम् । षण्मासं मनुजो भक्त्या तत्र यस् तर्पयेत् पितॄन्
ṛṇamocanavikhyātaṃ revātaṭasamāśritam / ṣaṇmāsaṃ manujo bhaktyā tatra yas tarpayet pitṝn
renowned as Ṛṇamocana, resting on the bank of the Revā. The man who there with devotion gratifies the ancestors for six months —
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SkP-RK 105.14
दिव्यैः पित्र्यैर् मनुष्यैश् च ऋणैर् आत्मकृतैः सह । मुच्यते तत्क्षणात् सो ऽथ स्नात्वा वै नर्मदाजले
divyaiḥ pitryair manuṣyaiś ca ṛṇair ātmakṛtaiḥ saha / mucyate tatkṣaṇāt so 'tha snātvā vai narmadājale
Together with the debts owed to the gods, to the ancestors and to men, and those incurred by himself, he is freed that very instant; and then, having bathed in the water of the Narmadā—
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SkP-RK 105.15
प्रत्यक्षं पातकं तत्र दृश्यते चैव रूपि च । तत्र तीर्थे तु यो राजन्न् एकचित्तो जितेन्द्रियः
pratyakṣaṃ pātakaṃ tatra dṛśyate caiva rūpi ca / tatra tīrthe tu yo rājann ekacitto jitendriyaḥ
There sin is seen visibly, and even in bodily form. But at that holy ford, O king, he who is single-minded and has subdued his senses—
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SkP-RK 105.16
स्नानं दानं नरो धीमान् कारयेद् भक्तितत्परः । ऋणत्रयविमुक्तस् तु वीर्यवान् मोदते दिवि
snānaṃ dānaṃ naro dhīmān kārayed bhaktitatparaḥ / ṛṇatrayavimuktas tu vīryavān modate divi
—that wise man, intent on devotion, should perform bathing and giving; freed from the three debts, the vigorous one rejoices in heaven.
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SkP-RK 105.17
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: तस्यैवानन्तरं पार्थ कपिलातीर्थम् उत्तमम् । स्थापितं कपिलेनैव सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tasyaivānantaraṃ pārtha kapilātīrtham uttamam / sthāpitaṃ kapilenaiva sarvapāpapraṇāśanam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Immediately after that one, O Pārtha, is the excellent Kapilā-tīrtha, established by Kapila himself, which destroys all sins.
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SkP-RK 105.18
अष्टम्यां च सिते पक्षे चतुर्दश्यां नरेश्वर । स्नापयेत् परया भक्त्या कपिलाक्षीरसर्पिषा
aṣṭamyāṃ ca site pakṣe caturdaśyāṃ nareśvara / snāpayet parayā bhaktyā kapilākṣīrasarpiṣā
On the eighth of the bright fortnight and on the fourteenth, O lord of men, one should bathe (the god) with the highest devotion with the milk and ghee of a tawny cow,
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SkP-RK 105.19
मधुना खण्डयुक्तेन दध्यक्षतफलेन च । कपिलेशं नृपश्रेष्ठ निशीथे तं जगत्प्रभुम्
madhunā khaṇḍayuktena dadhyakṣataphalena ca / kapileśaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha niśīthe taṃ jagatprabhum
with honey mixed with sugar, and with curds, unhusked grains and fruit—(one should bathe) Kapileśa, O best of kings, that lord of the world, at midnight,
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SkP-RK 105.20
श्रीखण्डेन सुगन्धेन गुण्ठयेच् च महेश्वरम् । ततः सुगन्धपुष्पैश् च श्वेतैश् च नृपनन्दन
śrīkhaṇḍena sugandhena guṇṭhayec ca maheśvaram / tataḥ sugandhapuṣpaiś ca śvetaiś ca nṛpanandana
and one should cover Maheśvara over with fragrant sandal paste; then, with fragrant white flowers, O son of a king,
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SkP-RK 105.21
अर्चयन्ति जितक्रोधा न ते यान्ति यमालयम् । असिपत्रवनं घोरं यमवल्लीं सुदारुणाम्
arcayanti jitakrodhā na te yānti yamālayam / asipatravanaṃ ghoraṃ yamavallīṃ sudāruṇām
those who worship (him), having conquered anger, do not go to Yama's abode, to the dreadful sword-leaf forest, to the most terrible creeper of Yama.
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SkP-RK 105.22
ते व्रजन्ति सुखं पार्थ कपिलेशे सुपूजिते । स्नात्वा रेवाजले पुण्ये पूजयेद् ब्राह्मणं शुभम्
te vrajanti sukhaṃ pārtha kapileśe supūjite / snātvā revājale puṇye pūjayed brāhmaṇaṃ śubham
They go happily, O Pārtha, when Kapileśa has been well worshipped. Having bathed in the holy water of the Revā, one should honour an auspicious brahmin.
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SkP-RK 105.23
गोप्रदानेन वस्त्रेण अन्नेन किल भारता । छत्रशय्याप्रदानेन भूमौ राजा भवेत् तु सः
gopradānena vastreṇa annena kila bhāratā / chatraśayyāpradānena bhūmau rājā bhavet tu saḥ
By the gift of a cow, of a garment, of food indeed, O Bhārata, and by the gift of a parasol and a bed, he becomes a king upon the earth,
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SkP-RK 105.24
नीरोगस् तीव्रतेजाश् च जीवत्पुत्रः प्रियंवदः । शत्रवो मित्रतां यान्ति जायते नात्र संशयः
nīrogas tīvratejāś ca jīvatputraḥ priyaṃvadaḥ / śatravo mitratāṃ yānti jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
free of disease, of keen splendour, with sons who live, pleasant of speech; his enemies turn to friendship—so it comes about, there is no doubt here.
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