Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 111
SkP-RK 111.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ततो गच्छेत् तु राजेन्द्र नर्मदादक्षिणे तटे । स्थापितं वासुकेर् नाम्ना अशेषाघौघनाशनम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tato gacchet tu rājendra narmadādakṣiṇe taṭe / sthāpitaṃ vāsuker nāmnā aśeṣāghaughanāśanam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, best of kings, one should go to the southern bank of the Narmadā, (where there is a liṅga) established under the name of Vāsuki, destroyer of the whole flood of sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 111.2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: आः कस्मात् कारणात् तात स्थापितं दक्षिणे तटे । तत्त्वं सर्वं ममाख्याहि त्व् अशेषं धर्मकारणम्
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: āḥ kasmāt kāraṇāt tāta sthāpitaṃ dakṣiṇe taṭe / tattvaṃ sarvaṃ mamākhyāhi tv aśeṣaṃ dharmakāraṇam
Yudhiṣṭhira said: Ah, for what reason, sir, was it established on the southern bank? Tell me the whole truth of it entirely, the ground of dharma.
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SkP-RK 111.3
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: शृणु त्वं कुरुशार्दूल यः प्रश्नः क्रियते त्वया । भैरवं रूपमास्थाय नृत्यं शम्भुश् चकार ह
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: śṛṇu tvaṃ kuruśārdūla yaḥ praśnaḥ kriyate tvayā / bhairavaṃ rūpamāsthāya nṛtyaṃ śambhuś cakāra ha
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Listen, tiger of the Kurus, to (the answer to) the question you ask. Taking on the fearsome (Bhairava) form, Śambhu performed the dance.
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SkP-RK 111.4
तच् छ्रमाज् जायते स्वेदो गङ्गातोयविमिश्रितः । तत्रैव पन्नगः स्नातो हरतोयविमिश्रिते
tac chramāj jāyate svedo gaṅgātoyavimiśritaḥ / tatraiva pannagaḥ snāto haratoyavimiśrite
From that exertion sweat arose, mingled with the water of the Gaṅgā; and right there the serpent bathed in (that water) mixed with Hara's water.
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SkP-RK 111.5
मन्दाकिनी ततः क्रुद्धा व्यालस्योपरि भारत । अजगरत्वमाप्नोषि उरगं चाब्रवीत् तदा
mandākinī tataḥ kruddhā vyālasyopari bhārata / ajagaratvamāpnoṣi uragaṃ cābravīt tadā
Then Mandākinī, angered at the snake, O Bhārata, said to the serpent: "You shall obtain the state of a python."
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SkP-RK 111.6
वासुकिर् उवाच: अनुग्राह्यो ऽस्म्य् अहं पापो भवत्या हरसम्भृते । त्रैलोक्यपावनी पुण्या सरित् त्वं शुभलक्षणे
vāsukir uvāca: anugrāhyo 'smy ahaṃ pāpo bhavatyā harasambhṛte / trailokyapāvanī puṇyā sarit tvaṃ śubhalakṣaṇe
Vāsuki said: I, a sinner, am to be favoured by you, O you who arose from Hara; you are the auspicious-marked, holy river that purifies the three worlds.
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SkP-RK 111.7
संसारच्छेदनकरी आर्ता नामार्तिनाशिनी । स्वर्गद्वारस्थिते देवि दयां कुरु ममोपरि
saṃsāracchedanakarī ārtā nāmārtināśinī / svargadvārasthite devi dayāṃ kuru mamopari
You who cut off transmigration, who destroy the affliction of the afflicted by (your very) name—O goddess standing at the door of heaven, show mercy upon me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 111.8
गङ्गोवाच: चर त्वं विपुलं नाग तपो वै शङ्करं प्रति । ततस् तपश् चचारासाव् ईश्वराराधनं परम्
gaṅgovāca: cara tvaṃ vipulaṃ nāga tapo vai śaṅkaraṃ prati / tatas tapaś cacārāsāv īśvarārādhanaṃ param
Gaṅgā said: Practise abundant austerity, O serpent, directed to Śaṅkara. Then he practised austerity, the highest worship of the Lord.
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SkP-RK 111.9
ततश् च ध्यायतो देवं दमयुक्तो ऽभवत् स च । ततो वर्षशते पूर्णे उपरुद्धो जगद्गुरुः
tataś ca dhyāyato devaṃ damayukto 'bhavat sa ca / tato varṣaśate pūrṇe uparuddho jagadguruḥ
And then, meditating on the god, he became possessed of self-restraint; then, when a hundred years were complete, the teacher of the world was constrained (by it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 111.10
आगत्य तत्समीपस्थः श्लक्ष्णां वाणीम् उदाहरत् । वरं वरयतु श्रेष्ठं पन्नग त्वं महाबल
āgatya tatsamīpasthaḥ ślakṣṇāṃ vāṇīm udāharat / varaṃ varayatu śreṣṭhaṃ pannaga tvaṃ mahābala
Coming and standing near him, he uttered gentle speech: "Let (you) choose the best boon, O serpent of great strength."
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SkP-RK 111.11
पन्नग उवाच: यदि तुष्टो ऽसि मे देव वरं दातुं त्रिशूलभृत् । तदा मे दीयतां स्थानं स्वकीयं वृषवाहन
pannaga uvāca: yadi tuṣṭo 'si me deva varaṃ dātuṃ triśūlabhṛt / tadā me dīyatāṃ sthānaṃ svakīyaṃ vṛṣavāhana
The serpent said: If you are pleased with me, O god, trident-bearer, so as to grant a boon, then let your own abode be given to me, O bull-rider.
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SkP-RK 111.12
ईश्वर उवाच: प्रसन्नो ऽहं महाबाहो रेवां गच्छ शुभां त्वरम् । याम्ये चैव तटे पुण्ये स्नानं कृत्वा विधानतः
īśvara uvāca: prasanno 'haṃ mahābāho revāṃ gaccha śubhāṃ tvaram / yāmye caiva taṭe puṇye snānaṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ
The Lord said: I am pleased, O mighty-armed one; go quickly to the auspicious Revā, and on the holy southern bank bathe according to the rite.
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SkP-RK 111.13
इत्युक्त्वा ऽन्तर्दधे देवो वासुकिस् त्वरितान्वितः । रूपेणाजगरेणाथ विवेश नर्मदाजले
ityuktvā 'ntardadhe devo vāsukis tvaritānvitaḥ / rūpeṇājagareṇātha viveśa narmadājale
Having said this the god vanished; and Vāsuki, filled with haste, then in the form of a python entered the water of the Narmadā.
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SkP-RK 111.14
मार्गेण तस्य तज् जातं जाह्नव्याः स्रोत उत्तमम् । निर्धूतकल्मषः सर्पः स जातो नर्मदाजले
mārgeṇa tasya taj jātaṃ jāhnavyāḥ srota uttamam / nirdhūtakalmaṣaḥ sarpaḥ sa jāto narmadājale
By his path there arose that excellent stream of the Jāhnavī; the serpent, his impurity washed away, was (re)born in the water of the Narmadā.
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SkP-RK 111.15
स्थापितश् चेश्वरस् तत्र नर्मदाया युधिष्ठिर । तेन नागेश्वरो भूम्यां सर्वपापविनाशनः
sthāpitaś ceśvaras tatra narmadāyā yudhiṣṭhira / tena nāgeśvaro bhūmyāṃ sarvapāpavināśanaḥ
And the Lord was established there at the Narmadā, Yudhiṣṭhira; by him (was established) Nāgeśvara on earth, destroyer of all sins.
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SkP-RK 111.16
अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां मधुना स्नापयेच् छिवम् । विमुक्तः सर्वपापेभ्यो जायते ह्य् अनलो यथा
aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ madhunā snāpayec chivam / vimuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyo jāyate hy analo yathā
On the eighth and the fourteenth (lunar days) one should bathe Śiva with honey; freed from all sins one becomes like fire.
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SkP-RK 111.17
अपुत्रा ये नराः पार्थ स्नानं कुर्वन्ति संगमे । ते लभन्ते शुभान् पुत्रान् कार्तवीर्योपमान् अपि
aputrā ye narāḥ pārtha snānaṃ kurvanti saṃgame / te labhante śubhān putrān kārtavīryopamān api
Those men who are sonless, Pārtha, and bathe at the confluence, they obtain fine sons, even equal to Kārtavīrya.
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SkP-RK 111.18
श्राद्धं तत्रैव ये भक्त्या उपवासपरायणाः । कुर्वन्ति तारयन्ति स्वान् नरकान् नृपनन्दन
śrāddhaṃ tatraiva ye bhaktyā upavāsaparāyaṇāḥ / kurvanti tārayanti svān narakān nṛpanandana
Those who, devoted to fasting, perform the śrāddha right there with devotion, they rescue their own (ancestors) from the hells, O delight of kings.
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SkP-RK 111.19
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ततो गच्छेच् च राजेन्द्र मार्कण्डेश्वरम् उत्तमम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tato gacchec ca rājendra mārkaṇḍeśvaram uttamam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, best of kings, one should go to the excellent Mārkaṇḍeśvara.
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SkP-RK 111.20
नर्मदादक्षिणे कूले गीर्वाणैर् वन्दितं शुभम् । गुह्याद् गुह्यतरं तीर्थं नाख्यातं कस्यचिन् मया
narmadādakṣiṇe kūle gīrvāṇair vanditaṃ śubham / guhyād guhyataraṃ tīrthaṃ nākhyātaṃ kasyacin mayā
On the southern bank of the Narmadā, an auspicious (shrine) revered by the gods—a sacred site more secret than the secret, which I have told to no one.
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SkP-RK 111.21
स्थापितं च मया पुण्यं स्वर्गभोगं च मुक्तिदम् । ज्ञानं तत्रैव मे जातं प्रसादाच् छङ्करस्य च
sthāpitaṃ ca mayā puṇyaṃ svargabhogaṃ ca muktidam / jñānaṃ tatraiva me jātaṃ prasādāc chaṅkarasya ca
— tr. refused: cyber
SkP-RK 111.22
अन्यसूक्तं च यो ध्यायेद् द्रुपदं च जले जपेत् । सो ऽपि घोराद् अघौघाच् च मुच्यते पाण्डुनन्दन
anyasūktaṃ ca yo dhyāyed drupadaṃ ca jale japet / so 'pi ghorād aghaughāc ca mucyate pāṇḍunandana
— tr. refused: cyber
SkP-RK 111.23
वाचिकैर् मानसैश् चापि कर्मजैर् अपि पाण्डव । पञ्चेन्द्रियाण्यवष्टभ्य याम्यामाशां च संस्थितः
vācikair mānasaiś cāpi karmajair api pāṇḍava / pañcendriyāṇyavaṣṭabhya yāmyāmāśāṃ ca saṃsthitaḥ
From (sins) verbal, mental, and also those arising from deeds, O Pāṇḍava — (he who,) having restrained the five senses and standing facing the southern quarter (of Yama),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 111.24
यो जपेत् सलिले भक्त्या इत्येवं शङ्करो ऽब्रवीत् । श्राद्धं तत्रैव यो भक्त्या कुरुते नृपनन्दन
yo japet salile bhaktyā ityevaṃ śaṅkaro 'bravīt / śrāddhaṃ tatraiva yo bhaktyā kurute nṛpanandana
— he who recites (it) in the water with devotion: thus did Śaṅkara declare. And he who with devotion performs the śrāddha rite in that very place, O son of the king,
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