Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 110
SkP-RK 110.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ततो गच्छेत् तु राजेन्द्र प्रभासेश्वरम् उत्तमम् । विख्यातां त्रिषु लोकेषु स्वर्गसोपानम् उत्तमम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tato gacchet tu rājendra prabhāseśvaram uttamam / vikhyātāṃ triṣu lokeṣu svargasopānam uttamam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, O lord of kings, one should go to the excellent Prabhāseśvara, famed in the three worlds, the best stairway to heaven.
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SkP-RK 110.2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: प्रभासं नाम तीर्थं तु यथाजातं महाफलम् । स्वर्गसोपानमार्गं च संक्षेपात् कथयस्व मे
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: prabhāsaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ tu yathājātaṃ mahāphalam / svargasopānamārgaṃ ca saṃkṣepāt kathayasva me
Yudhiṣṭhira said: Tell me in brief how the sacred ford named Prabhāsa came to be, (that place) of great fruit, and the path that is the stairway to heaven.
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SkP-RK 110.3
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: दुर्भगा रविपत्नी च प्रभा नामेति विश्रुता । तया चाराधितः शम्भुर् उग्रेण तपसा पुरा
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: durbhagā ravipatnī ca prabhā nāmeti viśrutā / tayā cārādhitaḥ śambhur ugreṇa tapasā purā
Mārkaṇḍeya said: The sun's wife, ill-favoured, was known by the name Prabhā; formerly Śambhu was propitiated by her with fierce asceticism.
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SkP-RK 110.4
वायुभक्षा स्थिता वर्षं शिवध्यानपरायणा । ततस् तुष्टो महादेवः प्रभां तां पाण्डुनन्दन
vāyubhakṣā sthitā varṣaṃ śivadhyānaparāyaṇā / tatas tuṣṭo mahādevaḥ prabhāṃ tāṃ pāṇḍunandana
Feeding on air she remained for a year, devoted to meditation on Śiva; then Mahādeva, pleased, (said) to that Prabhā, O son of Pāṇḍu:
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SkP-RK 110.5
उवाच क्लिश्यते कस्माद् बाले त्वं ब्रूहि चेष्टितम् । अहं च भास्करोपेतश् चान्तरं नैव विद्यते
uvāca kliśyate kasmād bāle tvaṃ brūhi ceṣṭitam / ahaṃ ca bhāskaropetaś cāntaraṃ naiva vidyate
He said: "Why do you torment yourself, girl? Tell (me) what you are striving for. I and the Sun are joined; there is no difference (between us) at all."
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SkP-RK 110.6
प्रभोवाच: नान्यो देवस् तथा शम्भो भर्ता पुष्यति न क्वचित् । सगुणो वापि चाख्यातो निर्गुणो द्रव्यवर्जितः
prabhovāca: nānyo devas tathā śambho bhartā puṣyati na kvacit / saguṇo vāpi cākhyāto nirguṇo dravyavarjitaḥ
Prabhā said: "There is no other god like (you), Śambhu; a husband nowhere nourishes (his wife)—whether he is called endowed with qualities or without qualities and devoid of substance."
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SkP-RK 110.7
प्रियो वा यदि वा द्वेष्यः स्त्रीणां भर्ता हि देवता । दुर्भगा त्वेन दग्धाहं लोकमध्ये महेश्वर
priyo vā yadi vā dveṣyaḥ strīṇāṃ bhartā hi devatā / durbhagā tvena dagdhāhaṃ lokamadhye maheśvara
"Whether dear or hateful, the husband is indeed the deity of women. Being ill-favoured, I am burnt (with shame) in the midst of the world, O Maheśvara."
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SkP-RK 110.8
देव उवाच: वल्लभा भास्करस्य त्वं मत्प्रभावाद् भविष्यसि
deva uvāca: vallabhā bhāskarasya tvaṃ matprabhāvād bhaviṣyasi
The god said: "By my power you shall become the beloved of the Sun."
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SkP-RK 110.9
पार्वत्य् उवाच: वल्लभा तव वाक्येन भास्करे न भविष्यति । वृथा क्लेशो भवेद् एव प्रभायास् तत्र का कथा
pārvaty uvāca: vallabhā tava vākyena bhāskare na bhaviṣyati / vṛthā kleśo bhaved eva prabhāyās tatra kā kathā
Pārvatī said: "By your word she will not become beloved to the Sun; there would only be useless suffering—what then is to be said of Prabhā?"
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SkP-RK 110.10
देवीवाक्येन रुद्रेण ध्यातस् तिमिरनाशनः । आगतो गगनाद् भानुर् नर्मदायोत्तरे तटे
devīvākyena rudreṇa dhyātas timiranāśanaḥ / āgato gaganād bhānur narmadāyottare taṭe
At the Goddess's word, the destroyer of darkness was meditated upon by Rudra; the Sun came from the sky to the northern bank of the Narmadā.
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SkP-RK 110.11
देव उवाच: प्रभां पालय हे भानो सन्तोषेण परेण च
deva uvāca: prabhāṃ pālaya he bhāno santoṣeṇa pareṇa ca
The god said: O Sun, protect Prabhā, with the utmost satisfaction,
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SkP-RK 110.12
प्रभाया मन्दिरे नित्यं स्थीयतां हिमनाशन । एवं लब्धवरा देवात् प्रभा स्थाप्याह शङ्करम्
prabhāyā mandire nityaṃ sthīyatāṃ himanāśana / evaṃ labdhavarā devāt prabhā sthāpyāha śaṅkaram
and let (you) dwell always in Prabhā's temple, O destroyer of cold. Thus, having obtained a boon from the god, Prabhā, being established (there), addressed Śaṅkara:
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SkP-RK 110.13
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: सर्वदेवम् अयं लिङ्गं स्थापितं पाण्डुनन्दन
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: sarvadevam ayaṃ liṅgaṃ sthāpitaṃ pāṇḍunandana
Mārkaṇḍeya said: This liṅga, (comprising) all the gods, was established (there), O son of Pāṇḍu.
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SkP-RK 110.14
प्रभासेश्वरनामेदं सर्वलोके च दुर्लभम् । अन्यानि यानि तीर्थानि काले ते ऽपि फलन्ति वै
prabhāseśvaranāmedaṃ sarvaloke ca durlabham / anyāni yāni tīrthāni kāle te 'pi phalanti vai
This one, named Prabhāseśvara, is hard to obtain in all the worlds. Whatever other holy fords there are, they too indeed bear fruit (only) in (due) time.
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SkP-RK 110.15
प्रभासंचापि राजेन्द्र सद्यः पुण्यफलप्रदम् । माघमासे च सप्तम्यां विशेषफलदं भवेत्
prabhāsaṃcāpi rājendra sadyaḥ puṇyaphalapradam / māghamāse ca saptamyāṃ viśeṣaphaladaṃ bhavet
But Prabhāsa, O best of kings, bestows the fruit of merit at once; and in the month of Māgha, on the seventh day, it becomes a giver of special fruit.
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SkP-RK 110.16
अश्वं यो दापयेत् तत्र यथोक्तं ब्राह्मणे नृप । इन्द्रस्य प्राप्यते लोकम् अथवा भास्करं व्रजेत्
aśvaṃ yo dāpayet tatra yathoktaṃ brāhmaṇe nṛpa / indrasya prāpyate lokam athavā bhāskaraṃ vrajet
He who has a horse given there to a brāhmaṇa as prescribed, O king, attains the world of Indra, or else goes to the sun.
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SkP-RK 110.17
दौर्भाग्यं नश्यते तत्र स्नानमात्रेण पाण्डव । तत्र तीर्थे तु यो भक्त्या कन्यादानं प्रयच्छति
daurbhāgyaṃ naśyate tatra snānamātreṇa pāṇḍava / tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā kanyādānaṃ prayacchati
There ill-fortune is destroyed merely by bathing, O Pāṇḍava. And he who with devotion makes the gift of a maiden at that ford—
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SkP-RK 110.18
ब्राह्मणाय विवाहार्थे दापेयत् पाण्डुनन्दन । समानवयसे विप्रे कुलीने धनिने तथा
brāhmaṇāya vivāhārthe dāpeyat pāṇḍunandana / samānavayase vipre kulīne dhanine tathā
—should have (her) given to a brāhmaṇa for marriage, O son of Pāṇḍu, to a brahmin of equal age, of good family, and wealthy;
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SkP-RK 110.19
यो ददाति महाराज महापातकसंयुतः । तस्य पापं च नश्येत उदके लवणं यथा
yo dadāti mahārāja mahāpātakasaṃyutaḥ / tasya pāpaṃ ca naśyeta udake lavaṇaṃ yathā
he who gives (her), O great king, even if joined with a great sin—his sin is destroyed, as salt (dissolves) in water.
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SkP-RK 110.20
स्वामिद्रोहोद्भवं पापं यत्पापं स्तेयसम्भवम् । कूटसाक्ष्यप्रदं पापं चाण्डालव्रतचारिणाम्
svāmidrohodbhavaṃ pāpaṃ yatpāpaṃ steyasambhavam / kūṭasākṣyapradaṃ pāpaṃ cāṇḍālavratacāriṇām
The sin arising from betraying one's master, the sin arising from theft, the sin of giving false testimony, (the sin) of those who follow the practices of a Caṇḍāla,
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SkP-RK 110.21
दाम्भिकं वृक्षकच्छेदम् अगम्यागमनोद्भवम् । ग्रामकूटोद्भवं यच् च गरदं वा प्रवारकम्
dāmbhikaṃ vṛkṣakacchedam agamyāgamanodbhavam / grāmakūṭodbhavaṃ yac ca garadaṃ vā pravārakam
(the sin) of hypocrisy, the cutting of trees, (the sin) arising from intercourse with forbidden women, that which arises from cheating a village, and (that of) a poisoner or an abductor—
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SkP-RK 110.22
विद्याविक्रयणे यच् च संसर्गोद्भवपातकम् । पत्नीद्रोहोद्भवं घोरं सर्वद्रोहोद्भवं नृप
vidyāvikrayaṇe yac ca saṃsargodbhavapātakam / patnīdrohodbhavaṃ ghoraṃ sarvadrohodbhavaṃ nṛpa
and the sin in selling knowledge, the offence arising from (evil) association, the dreadful (sin) arising from betraying one's wife, that arising from betraying anyone at all, O king;
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SkP-RK 110.23
ब्रह्महत्या च यत्पापं यत्पापं भूमिहारिणः । गोवधे चैव यत्पापं गुर्वग्निब्राह्मणेषु च
brahmahatyā ca yatpāpaṃ yatpāpaṃ bhūmihāriṇaḥ / govadhe caiva yatpāpaṃ gurvagnibrāhmaṇeṣu ca
and the sin that is the killing of a brahmin, the sin of one who seizes land, and the sin in the slaying of a cow, and (sins committed) against teachers, the sacred fire, and brahmins;
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SkP-RK 110.24
जम्बूप्लक्षाह्वयौ द्वीपौ शाल्मलिश् च भवेन् नृप । कुशक्रौञ्चस् तथा शाकः पुष्करश् चैव सप्तमः
jambūplakṣāhvayau dvīpau śālmaliś ca bhaven nṛpa / kuśakrauñcas tathā śākaḥ puṣkaraś caiva saptamaḥ
the two continents named Jambū and Plakṣa, and Śālmali, O king, Kuśa, Krauñca, and Śāka, and Puṣkara as the seventh—
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SkP-RK 110.25
तत्पापं विलयं याति कन्यादानेन पाण्डव । भित्त्वाथ भास्करं लोकं शुभं व्रजेत्
tatpāpaṃ vilayaṃ yāti kanyādānena pāṇḍava / bhittvātha bhāskaraṃ lokaṃ śubhaṃ vrajet
that sin goes to dissolution by the gift of a maiden, O Pāṇḍava; and having pierced (through) the world of the sun, he goes to the auspicious (world).
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SkP-RK 110.26
क्रीडते रुद्रलोकस्थो यावद् इन्द्राश् चतुर्दश । सर्वपापक्षये जाते शिवो भवति भावतः
krīḍate rudralokastho yāvad indrāś caturdaśa / sarvapāpakṣaye jāte śivo bhavati bhāvataḥ
Dwelling in the world of Rudra he sports for as long as fourteen Indras (last); and when the destruction of all sins has come about, he becomes Śiva in his very being.
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SkP-RK 110.27
तावद् भ्रमति तत्तीर्थं प्रभासं पाण्डुनन्दन । सो ऽश्वमेधफलं प्राप्य सत्यम् ईश्वरभाषितम्
tāvad bhramati tattīrthaṃ prabhāsaṃ pāṇḍunandana / so 'śvamedhaphalaṃ prāpya satyam īśvarabhāṣitam
For so long does that ford Prabhāsa wander, O son of Pāṇḍu; having obtained the fruit of a horse-sacrifice—this is true, spoken by the Lord.
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SkP-RK 110.28
गोदानं च महत्पुण्यं सर्वपापक्षयंकरम् । प्रत्यक्षं सुरभीं तत्र जलधेनुं तथादृतः
godānaṃ ca mahatpuṇyaṃ sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram / pratyakṣaṃ surabhīṃ tatra jaladhenuṃ tathādṛtaḥ
And the gift of a cow is of great merit, causing the destruction of all sins; (one should give) a cow there visibly, and likewise a water-cow, with reverence.
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SkP-RK 110.29
तिलधेनुप्रदाता च अश्वदाता तथैव च । कन्याविद्याप्रदाता च अक्षयं लोकम् आप्नुयात्
tiladhenupradātā ca aśvadātā tathaiva ca / kanyāvidyāpradātā ca akṣayaṃ lokam āpnuyāt
And the giver of a sesame-cow, and likewise the giver of a horse, and the giver of a maiden and of knowledge, would attain an imperishable world.
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SkP-RK 110.30
भूरिवस्त्रां क्षीरयुक्तां धान्योपस्करसंयुताम् । दापयेत् सर्वकामो ऽथ सुरभीं नृपसत्तम
bhūrivastrāṃ kṣīrayuktāṃ dhānyopaskarasaṃyutām / dāpayet sarvakāmo 'tha surabhīṃ nṛpasattama
Then, O best of kings, one who desires all things should have a cow given, (adorned) with abundant cloth, together with milk, and furnished with grain and utensils.
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