Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 108
SkP-RK 108.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ततो गच्छेत् तु राजेन्द्र यमहासमनुत्तमम् । सर्वपापहरं पार्थ रेवायास्तटम् आश्रितम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tato gacchet tu rājendra yamahāsamanuttamam / sarvapāpaharaṃ pārtha revāyāstaṭam āśritam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, O lord of kings, one should go to the unsurpassed Yamahāsa, remover of all sins, Pārtha, situated on the bank of the Revā.
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SkP-RK 108.2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: यमहासं कथं जातं पृथिव्यां मुनिपुङ्गव । एतत् सर्वं समाख्याहि मम कौतूहलं परम्
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: yamahāsaṃ kathaṃ jātaṃ pṛthivyāṃ munipuṅgava / etat sarvaṃ samākhyāhi mama kautūhalaṃ param
Yudhiṣṭhira said: How did Yamahāsa come to be on earth, O foremost of sages? Tell me all this; my curiosity is very great.
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SkP-RK 108.3
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: साधु साधु महाभाग पृष्टं ते धर्मनन्दन । स्नानार्थं नर्मदायां तु आगतस् ते पिता पुरा
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: sādhu sādhu mahābhāga pṛṣṭaṃ te dharmanandana / snānārthaṃ narmadāyāṃ tu āgatas te pitā purā
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Well, well asked by you, greatly fortunate son of Dharma! Formerly your father came to the Narmadā for the sake of bathing.
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SkP-RK 108.4
रजकेन यथा धौतं निर्मलं वसनं भवेत् । तथैव पश्यता राजन् रेवाजलम् अनुत्तमम्
rajakena yathā dhautaṃ nirmalaṃ vasanaṃ bhavet / tathaiva paśyatā rājan revājalam anuttamam
As a garment washed by a washerman becomes spotless, just so (it seemed) to him as he looked, O king, at the unsurpassed water of the Revā.
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SkP-RK 108.5
हास्यं कृतं यमेनाथ उत्थितं लिङ्गम् उत्तमम् । ततस् तदा हि राजेन्द्र वागुवाचा ऽशरीरिणी
hāsyaṃ kṛtaṃ yamenātha utthitaṃ liṅgam uttamam / tatas tadā hi rājendra vāguvācā 'śarīriṇī
Then laughter was made by Yama, and an excellent liṅga rose up; and then, O lord of kings, a bodiless voice spoke.
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SkP-RK 108.6
यमहासम् इदं तीर्थं ख्यातिं यास्यति सर्वदा । स्नापयित्वा शिवं तत्र यमः स्वर्गं जगाम ह
yamahāsam idaṃ tīrthaṃ khyātiṃ yāsyati sarvadā / snāpayitvā śivaṃ tatra yamaḥ svargaṃ jagāma ha
"This sacred ford shall for all time bear the name Yamahāsa." Having bathed Śiva there, Yama went to heaven.
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SkP-RK 108.7
यमहासे तु राजेन्द्र जितक्रोधो जितेन्द्रियः । विशेषादाश्विने मासि कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दशीम्
yamahāse tu rājendra jitakrodho jitendriyaḥ / viśeṣādāśvine māsi kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśīm
But at Yamahāsa, O lord of kings, (a man) with anger conquered and senses subdued—especially in the month of Āśvina, on the fourteenth of the dark fortnight—
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SkP-RK 108.8
उपोष्य परया भक्त्या सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते । रात्रौ जागरणं कृत्वा दीपं देवस्य बोधयेत्
upoṣya parayā bhaktyā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate / rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā dīpaṃ devasya bodhayet
having fasted with the highest devotion, is released from all sins; keeping vigil at night, he should kindle a lamp for the god.
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SkP-RK 108.9
घृतेन चैव राजेन्द्र शृणु तस्यैव यत्फलम् । मुच्यते सर्वपापैस् तु अगम्यागमनोद्भवैः
ghṛtena caiva rājendra śṛṇu tasyaiva yatphalam / mucyate sarvapāpais tu agamyāgamanodbhavaiḥ
And with ghee (kindle it), O best of kings; hear the fruit of that very (act): (the doer) is freed from all sins, (even) those arising from intercourse with forbidden women,
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SkP-RK 108.10
अभक्ष्यभक्षणैः पापैः पापैर् वा पेयसम्भवैः । अवाह्यवाहनेयच् च अद्रोह्य द्रोहणे तथा
abhakṣyabhakṣaṇaiḥ pāpaiḥ pāpair vā peyasambhavaiḥ / avāhyavāhaneyac ca adrohya drohaṇe tathā
from the sins of eating what must not be eaten, or the sins arising from drinking (what must not be drunk), and from riding what must not be ridden, and likewise from doing harm to one who must not be harmed.
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SkP-RK 108.11
स्नानमात्रेण तच् चैव नश्येत् पापमनेकधा । यमलोकं न पश्येच् च न त्यजेत् पाण्डुनन्दन
snānamātreṇa tac caiva naśyet pāpamanekadhā / yamalokaṃ na paśyec ca na tyajet pāṇḍunandana
By the mere act of bathing that manifold sin is destroyed; and (such a one) does not see the world of Yama, nor does (Yama) abandon (him?), O son of Pāṇḍu.
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SkP-RK 108.12
बहूनां परमं गुप्तं तीर्थं भूम्यां नृपात्मज । तद् अक्षयफलं तेषां यमहासे प्रदायिनाम्
bahūnāṃ paramaṃ guptaṃ tīrthaṃ bhūmyāṃ nṛpātmaja / tad akṣayaphalaṃ teṣāṃ yamahāse pradāyinām
For many (people) it is the supreme hidden holy place on earth, O prince; that fruit of theirs is imperishable, for those who give at the Yama festival(?).
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SkP-RK 108.13
अमावास्यां जितक्रोधो यस् तु पूजयते द्विजान् । भूमिदानेन यो भक्त्या तिलदानेन भारत
amāvāsyāṃ jitakrodho yas tu pūjayate dvijān / bhūmidānena yo bhaktyā tiladānena bhārata
Whoever, with anger conquered, honours brahmins on the new-moon day, and who (does so) with devotion by the gift of land and by the gift of sesame, O Bhārata,
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SkP-RK 108.14
कृष्णाजिनप्रदानेन तिलधेनुप्रदानतः । वसुभे वृद्धियोगे च ये प्रदास्यन्ति भक्तितः
kṛṣṇājinapradānena tiladhenupradānataḥ / vasubhe vṛddhiyoge ca ye pradāsyanti bhaktitaḥ
by the gift of a black antelope skin, by the gift of a sesame-cow — and those who will give with devotion at the auspicious eighth(?) and at the Vṛddhi conjunction —
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SkP-RK 108.15
ओदनं वारि धूर्वाहं हयं चापि महाबलम् । कन्यां वस्त्रमजां गां वै महिषीम् अथवाश्विनीम्
odanaṃ vāri dhūrvāhaṃ hayaṃ cāpi mahābalam / kanyāṃ vastramajāṃ gāṃ vai mahiṣīm athavāśvinīm
boiled rice, water, a yoke-bearing (ox), and also a very strong horse, a maiden, cloth, a she-goat, a cow, or a buffalo-cow, or a mare —
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SkP-RK 108.16
ये यच्छन्ति नृपश्रेष्ठ नोपसर्पन्ति ते यमम् । यमो ऽपि भवति प्रीतो जन्मजन्म युधिष्ठिर
ye yacchanti nṛpaśreṣṭha nopasarpanti te yamam / yamo 'pi bhavati prīto janmajanma yudhiṣṭhira
those who give (these), O best of kings, do not go near Yama; and Yama too becomes pleased, birth after birth, O Yudhiṣṭhira.
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SkP-RK 108.17
यमस्य वाहनं स्त्रीं च महिषीं तत्र भारत । तस्य दानेन सततं यमः प्रीतो भवेन् नृप
yamasya vāhanaṃ strīṃ ca mahiṣīṃ tatra bhārata / tasya dānena satataṃ yamaḥ prīto bhaven nṛpa
The vehicle of Yama is a female, a buffalo-cow, in that (matter), O Bhārata; by the gift of that, Yama is ever pleased, O king.
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SkP-RK 108.18
न स याति यमे लोके यदि पापैः समाश्रितः । एतस्मात् कारणात् पार्थ महिषीदानं उत्तमम्
na sa yāti yame loke yadi pāpaiḥ samāśritaḥ / etasmāt kāraṇāt pārtha mahiṣīdānaṃ uttamam
He does not go to Yama's world, even if he is beset with sins; for this reason, O Pārtha, the gift of a buffalo-cow is the best.
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SkP-RK 108.19
और्णवस्त्रद्वयं कार्यं लोहवर्णं च वेष्टितम् । दापयेद् धर्मराजाय प्रीयतां मे द्विजोत्तम
aurṇavastradvayaṃ kāryaṃ lohavarṇaṃ ca veṣṭitam / dāpayed dharmarājāya prīyatāṃ me dvijottama
A pair of woollen garments should be made, iron-coloured and wrapped up; he should have (them) given for the sake of the King of Dharma (saying), "O best of brahmins, may he be pleased with me."
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SkP-RK 108.20
अनेनैव तु दानेन यमः प्रीतो ऽस्तु मे सदा । इत्युच्चार्य द्विजस्याग्रे यमलोकं भयावहम्
anenaiva tu dānena yamaḥ prīto 'stu me sadā / ityuccārya dvijasyāgre yamalokaṃ bhayāvaham
"By this very gift may Yama always be pleased with me" — having pronounced this before a brahmin, (he does not see) the fearsome world of Yama,
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SkP-RK 108.21
असिपत्रवने घोरे यमवल्ली सुदारुणा । रौद्रा वैतरणी चेति कुम्भीपाकः सुदारुणः
asipatravane ghore yamavallī sudāruṇā / raudrā vaitaraṇī ceti kumbhīpākaḥ sudāruṇaḥ
In the dreadful forest of sword-leaves, the terrible Yama-creeper, and the fierce Vaitaraṇī, and the dreadful Kumbhīpāka (cauldron-cooking hell),
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SkP-RK 108.22
कालसूत्रं महाभीमं तथा यमलपर्वतौ । क्रकचं तैलयन्त्रं च स्थाने गृध्राः सुदारुणाः
kālasūtraṃ mahābhīmaṃ tathā yamalaparvatau / krakacaṃ tailayantraṃ ca sthāne gṛdhrāḥ sudāruṇāḥ
Kālasūtra, greatly frightful, and the twin mountains, the Saw, and the Oil-press, and in (their) place the most terrible vultures,
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SkP-RK 108.23
अनिश्वासो महारौद्रो भीषणो रौरवस् तथा । एते घोराश् च नरकाः श्रूयन्ते द्विजसत्तम
aniśvāso mahāraudro bhīṣaṇo rauravas tathā / ete ghorāś ca narakāḥ śrūyante dvijasattama
Aniśvāsa (the breathless), the very fierce, the terrifying, and Raurava — these dreadful hells are heard of, O best of the twice-born.
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