Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 107

SkP-RK 107.1

मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ततो गच्छेत् तु राजेन्द्र तीर्थं परमशोभनम् । चन्द्रादित्यं नृपश्रेष्ठ स्थापितं चण्डमुण्डयोः

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tato gacchet tu rājendra tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam / candrādityaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha sthāpitaṃ caṇḍamuṇḍayoḥ

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, O lord of kings, one should go to a most splendid holy place, the Candrāditya, O best of kings, established by Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa.

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SkP-RK 107.2

आसीत्पुरा महाभागौ चण्डमुण्डौ तु दानवौ । तपश् च चेरतुस् तत्र नर्मदायां युधिष्ठिर

āsītpurā mahābhāgau caṇḍamuṇḍau tu dānavau / tapaś ca ceratus tatra narmadāyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira

Formerly there were two greatly fortunate Dānavas, Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa, and they practised austerity there on the Narmadā, Yudhiṣṭhira,

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SkP-RK 107.3

ध्यायतो भास्करं देवं तमो नाशं जगद्गुरुम् । ताभ्यां च तोषितः सो ऽपि सहस्रांशुर् उवाच ह

dhyāyato bhāskaraṃ devaṃ tamo nāśaṃ jagadgurum / tābhyāṃ ca toṣitaḥ so 'pi sahasrāṃśur uvāca ha

meditating on the god Bhāskara, the destroyer of darkness, the teacher of the world; and he, the thousand-rayed one, pleased by the two of them, spoke:

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SkP-RK 107.4

साधुसाध्व् इति तौ पार्थ नर्मदायास् तटे शूभे । चण्डमुण्डौ वरं ब्रूतं विशिष्टं मनसेप्सितम्

sādhusādhv iti tau pārtha narmadāyās taṭe śūbhe / caṇḍamuṇḍau varaṃ brūtaṃ viśiṣṭaṃ manasepsitam

"Well done, well done!" (he said) to those two, O Pārtha, on the auspicious bank of the Narmadā: "Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa, name an excellent boon, whatever is wished in your mind."

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SkP-RK 107.5

चण्डमुण्डाव् ऊचतुः: अजेयौ चैव देवेश सर्वेषां देवतानृणाम् । रोगैश् चेव परित्यक्तौ सविकाशं दिवाकर

caṇḍamuṇḍāv ūcatuḥ: ajeyau caiva deveśa sarveṣāṃ devatānṛṇām / rogaiś ceva parityaktau savikāśaṃ divākara

Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa said: (Make us) unconquerable, O lord of gods, by all gods and men, and free from diseases, together with splendour, O maker of day.

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SkP-RK 107.6

तत् तथेति शुभं वाक्यं भास्करस् ताव् अवीदत् । ततश् चान्तर्दधे भानुर्दानवाभ्यां च भास्करम्

tat tatheti śubhaṃ vākyaṃ bhāskaras tāv avīdat / tataś cāntardadhe bhānurdānavābhyāṃ ca bhāskaram

"So be it" — that auspicious word Bhāskara spoke to those two; then the sun vanished, and by the two Dānavas Bhāskara (was established)...

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SkP-RK 107.7

स्थापितं परया भक्त्या पूजयेद् यो जितेन्द्रियः । गीर्वाणता मनुष्यस्य प्राप्ता तत्रैव वर्तते

sthāpitaṃ parayā bhaktyā pūjayed yo jitendriyaḥ / gīrvāṇatā manuṣyasya prāptā tatraiva vartate

...(the image) established; whoever, with senses subdued, worships (it) with supreme devotion — godhood is attained by that man and abides there itself.

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SkP-RK 107.8

वसते भास्करे लोके वैरञ्चे देवसन्निधौ । घृतेन बोधयेद् दीपं षष्ठ्यां षष्ठ्यां नरेश्वर

vasate bhāskare loke vairañce devasannidhau / ghṛtena bodhayed dīpaṃ ṣaṣṭhyāṃ ṣaṣṭhyāṃ nareśvara

He dwells in the world of Bhāskara, in the presence of the god in Brahmā's (realm). One should kindle a lamp with ghee on every sixth day, O lord of men.

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