Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 113
SkP-RK 113.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ततो गच्छेत् तु राजेन्द्र एरण्डीसङ्गमेश्वरम् । प्रख्यातं सर्वलोकेषु ब्रह्महत्याप्रणाशनम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tato gacchet tu rājendra eraṇḍīsaṅgameśvaram / prakhyātaṃ sarvalokeṣu brahmahatyāpraṇāśanam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, best of kings, one should go to Eraṇḍīsaṅgameśvara, renowned in all the worlds, the destroyer of the sin of killing a brahmin.
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SkP-RK 113.2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: कारणं नैव जाने ऽहं तत्सर्वं कथयस्व मे । एवम् उक्तस् तु धर्मात्मा धर्मपुत्रेण धीमता
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: kāraṇaṃ naiva jāne 'haṃ tatsarvaṃ kathayasva me / evam uktas tu dharmātmā dharmaputreṇa dhīmatā
Yudhiṣṭhira said: I do not know the reason at all; tell me all of that. Thus addressed by the wise son of Dharma, the righteous-souled one (replied)—
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SkP-RK 113.3
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: कथितं चोमया पूर्वं शम्भुना परमेष्ठिना
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: kathitaṃ comayā pūrvaṃ śambhunā parameṣṭhinā
Mārkaṇḍeya said: And it was formerly told to Umā by Śambhu, the supreme lord.
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SkP-RK 113.4
महेश्वर उवाच: अत्रिर् नामाह्वयो देव मानसो ब्रह्मणः सुतः
maheśvara uvāca: atrir nāmāhvayo deva mānaso brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ
Maheśvara said: There was one called Atri by name, O god, a mind-born son of Brahmā.
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SkP-RK 113.5
अग्निहोत्ररतो नित्यं देवता ऽतिथिपूजकः । सोमः संस्थापितो ऽत्रैव कृतो विप्रेण पर्वते
agnihotrarato nityaṃ devatā 'tithipūjakaḥ / somaḥ saṃsthāpito 'traiva kṛto vipreṇa parvate
Ever devoted to the agnihotra, a worshipper of gods and guests, he set up a soma (sacrifice) right here; it was performed by that brahmin on the mountain.
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SkP-RK 113.6
अनसूयेति नाम्ना वै तस्य भार्या गुणान्विता । पतिव्रता पतिप्राणा पत्युः कार्यहिते रता
anasūyeti nāmnā vai tasya bhāryā guṇānvitā / pativratā patiprāṇā patyuḥ kāryahite ratā
His wife, endowed with virtues, was Anasūyā by name, devoted to her husband, holding her husband as her very life, intent on her husband's business and welfare.
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SkP-RK 113.7
एवं जातः सदा कालो न पुत्रो न च पुत्रिका । अपराह्णे महाबाहो सुखासीनौ तु तौ क्वचित्
evaṃ jātaḥ sadā kālo na putro na ca putrikā / aparāhṇe mahābāho sukhāsīnau tu tau kvacit
So the time passed always, (yet there was) neither a son nor a daughter. Once, O mighty-armed one, in the afternoon, as the two of them sat at ease—
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SkP-RK 113.8
अत्रिर् उवाच: सौम्ये शुभे प्रिये कान्ते सुरूपे प्रियभाषिणि
atrir uvāca: saumye śubhe priye kānte surūpe priyabhāṣiṇi
Atri said: O gentle one, auspicious one, dear one, beloved, lovely of form, sweet of speech,
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SkP-RK 113.9
पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाकारे प्रियकामे निरालसे । न त्वया सदृशी लोके त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे
pūrṇacandranibhākāre priyakāme nirālase / na tvayā sadṛśī loke trailokye sacarācare
O you whose form resembles the full moon, who desires what is dear, who is never idle—there is no woman like you in the world, in the three worlds with all that moves and does not move.
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SkP-RK 113.10
पतिपुत्रप्रिया नारी सुहृज्जनहिते रता । पुत्रेण लोकाज् जयति पुत्रेण परमा गतिः
patiputrapriyā nārī suhṛjjanahite ratā / putreṇa lokāj jayati putreṇa paramā gatiḥ
A woman is dear to her husband and her sons, intent on the good of friends and kin; through a son one wins the worlds, through a son (comes) the highest goal.
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SkP-RK 113.11
नास्ति पुत्रसमो बन्धुः पृथिव्यां चैव दृश्यते । असिपत्रवने घोरे पतन्तं यो ऽभिरक्षति
nāsti putrasamo bandhuḥ pṛthivyāṃ caiva dṛśyate / asipatravane ghore patantaṃ yo 'bhirakṣati
There is no kinsman equal to a son to be seen anywhere on earth, (a son) who protects one falling into the terrible forest of sword-leaves.
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SkP-RK 113.12
दुर्भिक्षेष्व् अपि दैन्यादौ वृद्धकाले ऽपि पुत्रकः । पुत्रं विना च किं भद्रे जीवितैः सधनैर् अपि
durbhikṣeṣv api dainyādau vṛddhakāle 'pi putrakaḥ / putraṃ vinā ca kiṃ bhadre jīvitaiḥ sadhanair api
In famines too, in misery and the like, and in old age too, (there is) the little son. And without a son, good lady, what use are lives, even with wealth?
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SkP-RK 113.13
व्याधिभिः परिभूतो ऽपि निर्विण्णो ऽपि यदा सुतः । लोकलज्जानयत्रस्तः पवित्रं कर्तुम् अर्हति
vyādhibhiḥ paribhūto 'pi nirviṇṇo 'pi yadā sutaḥ / lokalajjānayatrastaḥ pavitraṃ kartum arhati
Even when a son is overcome by diseases, even when he is despondent, being afraid of the world's censure he is able to make (his family) pure.
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SkP-RK 113.14
एतद् गुणसमायुक्तो निर्गुणः सगुणः सुतः । पुत्रहीने कुतः सौख्यम् इह लोके परत्र च
etad guṇasamāyukto nirguṇaḥ saguṇaḥ sutaḥ / putrahīne kutaḥ saukhyam iha loke paratra ca
Joined with this virtue, a son, whether without virtues or with virtues (is a son still); for one lacking a son, whence is there happiness in this world or the next?
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SkP-RK 113.15
अहश् च मध्यरात्रे च चिन्त्यमानश् च सर्वदा । शुष्यन्ति मम गात्राणि ग्रीष्मे कुसरितो यथा
ahaś ca madhyarātre ca cintyamānaś ca sarvadā / śuṣyanti mama gātrāṇi grīṣme kusarito yathā
By day and at midnight, and being thought of always, my limbs wither like a small stream in summer.
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SkP-RK 113.16
अनसूयोवाच: यत् त्वया सूचितं विप्र तत्सर्वं शोचयाम्य् अहम् । तवोद्वेगकरं कार्यं तन् मे दहति चेतसि
anasūyovāca: yat tvayā sūcitaṃ vipra tatsarvaṃ śocayāmy aham / tavodvegakaraṃ kāryaṃ tan me dahati cetasi
Anasūyā said: What you have indicated, O brahmin, over all of that I grieve; that matter which causes you agitation—it burns in my mind.
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SkP-RK 113.17
ये च पुत्रा भविष्यन्ति दीर्घायुर् गुणसंयुताः । तत्कार्यं च समीक्षे ऽहं येन तुष्टः प्रजापतिः
ye ca putrā bhaviṣyanti dīrghāyur guṇasaṃyutāḥ / tatkāryaṃ ca samīkṣe 'haṃ yena tuṣṭaḥ prajāpatiḥ
And (as for) sons who will be long-lived and endowed with virtues—I am considering that act by which the Lord of Creatures is pleased.
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SkP-RK 113.18
अत्रिर् उवाच: तपस् तप्तं मया भद्रे जन्मप्रभृतिदुष्करम् । व्रतोपवासैर् नियमैः शाकाहारेण सुन्दरि
atrir uvāca: tapas taptaṃ mayā bhadre janmaprabhṛtiduṣkaram / vratopavāsair niyamaiḥ śākāhāreṇa sundari
Atri said: Austerity has been practised by me, good lady, hard to perform, from birth onward—with vows, fasts, restraints, and a diet of vegetables, O beautiful one.
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SkP-RK 113.19
क्षीणं देहं तु पश्यामि अशक्तो ऽहं शुभानने । स्थातुं शोचामि चात्मानं रहस्यं कथितं मया
kṣīṇaṃ dehaṃ tu paśyāmi aśakto 'haṃ śubhānane / sthātuṃ śocāmi cātmānaṃ rahasyaṃ kathitaṃ mayā
But I see my body wasted; I am unable, O fair-faced one, to hold out, and I grieve for myself. The secret has (now) been told by me.
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SkP-RK 113.20
अनसूयोवाच: भर्तः पतिव्रता नारी पतिपुत्रविवर्द्धिनी । त्रिवर्गसाधना सा च सेव्या सा विपुले जने
anasūyovāca: bhartaḥ pativratā nārī patiputravivarddhinī / trivargasādhanā sā ca sevyā sā vipule jane
Anasūyā said: Husband, a woman devoted to her husband, who increases husband and sons, she is the means to the three aims, and she is to be honoured among the multitude of people.
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SkP-RK 113.21
जपस्तपस्तीर्थयात्रा पुत्रेज्यामन्त्रसाधनम् । वदन्ति गुरवः सर्वे यथोक्तं गुरुभाषितम्
japastapastīrthayātrā putrejyāmantrasādhanam / vadanti guravaḥ sarve yathoktaṃ gurubhāṣitam
Muttered prayer, austerity, pilgrimage to holy places, worship for a son, the practice of mantras—so all the teachers declare, as it has been said in the teachers' words.
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SkP-RK 113.22
अनुज्ञाता च दुःखे ऽहं तपस् तप्स्यामि दुष्करम् । पुत्रार्थिनी बहुदिनान्य् अहं यामि सुरोत्तमम्
anujñātā ca duḥkhe 'haṃ tapas tapsyāmi duṣkaram / putrārthinī bahudināny ahaṃ yāmi surottamam
And, permitted (by you), in my sorrow I shall perform hard austerity; desiring a son I go for many days to the best of gods.
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SkP-RK 113.23
अत्रिर् उवाच: साधु साधु महाप्राज्ञे मम सन्तोषकारिणि । अनुज्ञाता मया भद्रे पुत्रार्थं तप आचर
atrir uvāca: sādhu sādhu mahāprājñe mama santoṣakāriṇi / anujñātā mayā bhadre putrārthaṃ tapa ācara
Atri said: Well said, well said, O greatly wise one who gives me satisfaction! Permitted by me, good lady, practise austerity for the sake of a son.
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SkP-RK 113.24
देवानां च मनुष्याणां पितॄणाम् अनृणं कुरु । न भार्या सदृशो बन्धुस् त्रिषु लोकेषु विद्यते
devānāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ pitṝṇām anṛṇaṃ kuru / na bhāryā sadṛśo bandhus triṣu lokeṣu vidyate
Make (us) free of debt to the gods, to men, and to the fathers. No kinsman equal to a wife is found in the three worlds.
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SkP-RK 113.25
नहि देवाः प्रशंसन्ति भार्यया रहितं सुखम् । सम्मुखे सम्मुखा याति विलोमे च पराङ्मुखी
nahi devāḥ praśaṃsanti bhāryayā rahitaṃ sukham / sammukhe sammukhā yāti vilome ca parāṅmukhī
For the gods do not commend a happiness that is without a wife; when (the husband) is facing (her) she goes facing him, and when he turns away she too turns her face away.
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SkP-RK 113.26
तेन भार्या प्रशंसन्ति सदेवासुरमानुषाः । महाव्रते महाप्रज्ञे सत्यरूपे शुभे क्षणे
tena bhāryā praśaṃsanti sadevāsuramānuṣāḥ / mahāvrate mahāprajñe satyarūpe śubhe kṣaṇe
Therefore gods, asuras and men together praise a wife. O you of great vows, of great wisdom, whose form is truth, at an auspicious moment
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SkP-RK 113.27
तपश्चरस्व शीघ्रं त्वं पुत्रार्थं च ममाज्ञया । एतद् वाक्यावसाने सा साष्टाङ्गं प्रणता ऽब्रवीत्
tapaścarasva śīghraṃ tvaṃ putrārthaṃ ca mamājñayā / etad vākyāvasāne sā sāṣṭāṅgaṃ praṇatā 'bravīt
perform austerity swiftly, for the sake of a son, and by my command. At the end of this speech she, bowing with the eight limbs, said:
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SkP-RK 113.28
त्वत्प्रसादेन विप्रेन्द्र सर्वम् एतद् अवाप्नुयाम् । हंसलीलागतिर् यान्ती लोलाक्षी वरवर्णिनी
tvatprasādena viprendra sarvam etad avāpnuyām / haṃsalīlāgatir yāntī lolākṣī varavarṇinī
"By your grace, chief of brahmins, may I obtain all this." Moving with the gait of a swan at play, with darting eyes, of lovely colour,
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SkP-RK 113.29
विषमस्थानसूया तु प्राप्तासौ नर्मदां नदीम् । सोमनाथेन तत् तुल्यं नात्र कार्या विचारणा
viṣamasthānasūyā tu prāptāsau narmadāṃ nadīm / somanāthena tat tulyaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
Anasūyā, (passing) through rough terrain, reached the river Narmadā; that is equal to Somanātha — no doubt is to be entertained here.
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SkP-RK 113.30
ये स्मरन्ति दिवा रात्रौ योजनानां शतैर् अपि । मुच्यन्ते सर्वपापेभ्यो रुद्रलोके वसन्ति ते
ye smaranti divā rātrau yojanānāṃ śatair api / mucyante sarvapāpebhyo rudraloke vasanti te
Those who remember (her), by day or by night, even from hundreds of yojanas away, are released from all sins and dwell in the world of Rudra.
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SkP-RK 113.31
नर्मदायाः समीपे तु द्वे तटे द्वे च योजने । प्रविशन्ती तपस् तत्र रेवायां वरवर्णिनी
narmadāyāḥ samīpe tu dve taṭe dve ca yojane / praviśantī tapas tatra revāyāṃ varavarṇinī
But near the Narmadā, on the two banks, for two yojanas — entering there (upon) austerity at the Revā, the fair-complexioned one...
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SkP-RK 113.32
यस्या दर्शनमात्रेण नश्यते पापसंचयम् । ततः तस्योत्तरे तीरे परे पर्णाशना शुभा
yasyā darśanamātreṇa naśyate pāpasaṃcayam / tataḥ tasyottare tīre pare parṇāśanā śubhā
by the mere sight of whom the accumulation of sin is destroyed; then on her northern bank, beyond, (is) the auspicious Parṇāśā.
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SkP-RK 113.33
नियमस्था विशालाक्षी शाकाहारेण सुन्दरी । स्तुवन्ती तु ततो देवाञ् छुभैः स्तोत्रैश् च संयता
niyamasthā viśālākṣī śākāhāreṇa sundarī / stuvantī tu tato devāñ chubhaiḥ stotraiś ca saṃyatā
Steadfast in her observances, large-eyed, beautiful, living on vegetables, and then praising the gods with auspicious hymns, self-controlled,
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SkP-RK 113.34
ग्रीष्मेषु च महादेवी पञ्चाग्निं साधयेत् ततः । वर्षाकाले सार्द्रवासाचरच् चान्द्रायणं व्रतम्
grīṣmeṣu ca mahādevī pañcāgniṃ sādhayet tataḥ / varṣākāle sārdravāsācarac cāndrāyaṇaṃ vratam
and in the summers the great lady would then practise the five-fire (austerity); in the rainy season, wearing wet clothes, she performed the cāndrāyaṇa vow.
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SkP-RK 113.35
हेमन्ते च ततः प्राप्ते तोयवासाभवत् ततः । प्रातः स्नानं ततः सान्ध्यं कुर्याद् देवादितर्पणम्
hemante ca tataḥ prāpte toyavāsābhavat tataḥ / prātaḥ snānaṃ tataḥ sāndhyaṃ kuryād devāditarpaṇam
And then, when winter arrived, she thereupon took to dwelling in the water; she would perform the morning bath, then the evening rite, and the offering of water to the gods and the rest.
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SkP-RK 113.36
देवानाम् अर्चनं कृत्वा होमं कृत्वा यथा विधि । एवं वर्षशते प्राप्ते विष्णुरुद्रपितामहाः
devānām arcanaṃ kṛtvā homaṃ kṛtvā yathā vidhi / evaṃ varṣaśate prāpte viṣṇurudrapitāmahāḥ
having performed the worship of the gods and made the oblation according to rule — thus, when a hundred years had passed, Viṣṇu, Rudra and the Grandfather (Brahmā)
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SkP-RK 113.37
सम्प्राप्ता द्विजरूपेण एरण्ड्याः सङ्गमं प्रति । संस्थिता अग्रतस् तस्या वेदम् अभ्युच्चरन्ति ते
samprāptā dvijarūpeṇa eraṇḍyāḥ saṅgamaṃ prati / saṃsthitā agratas tasyā vedam abhyuccaranti te
arrived in the form of brahmins at the confluence of the Eraṇḍī, and standing before her they recited the Veda aloud.
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SkP-RK 113.38
अनसूया जपं त्यक्त्वा निरीक्षन्ती मुहुर्मुहुः । उत्थिता सा विशालाक्षी अर्घं दत्त्वा यथाविधि
anasūyā japaṃ tyaktvā nirīkṣantī muhurmuhuḥ / utthitā sā viśālākṣī arghaṃ dattvā yathāvidhi
Anasūyā, leaving off her muttered prayer, gazing again and again — she of the large eyes rose up and, having offered the guest-water according to rule (said):
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SkP-RK 113.39
अद्य मे सफलं जन्म अद्य मे सफलं तपः । दर्शनेन तु विप्राणां सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
adya me saphalaṃ janma adya me saphalaṃ tapaḥ / darśanena tu viprāṇāṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
"Today my birth has borne fruit, today my austerity has borne fruit; for by the sight of brahmins one is freed from all sins."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.40
प्रदक्षिणां ततः कृत्वा साष्टाङ्गं प्रणता ऽब्रवीत् । कन्दमूलफलैर् दिव्यैर् अद्याहं तर्पयामि वः
pradakṣiṇāṃ tataḥ kṛtvā sāṣṭāṅgaṃ praṇatā 'bravīt / kandamūlaphalair divyair adyāhaṃ tarpayāmi vaḥ
Then, having circled (them) to the right, bowing with the eight limbs she said: "Today I shall refresh you with divine bulbs, roots and fruits."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.41
विप्रा ऊचुः: तपसा तु विचित्रेण तव सत्येन सुव्रते । तृप्ता वै सर्वकामैस् तु तपस्विन्याश् च दर्शनात्
viprā ūcuḥ: tapasā tu vicitreṇa tava satyena suvrate / tṛptā vai sarvakāmais tu tapasvinyāś ca darśanāt
The brahmins said: By your wondrous austerity and by your truthfulness, O you of good vows, we are indeed satisfied in all our desires, and by the sight of an ascetic woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.42
अस्माकं कौतुकं जातं किम् अर्थं तप्यते त्वया । स्वर्गमोक्षं तु रक्षार्थं तपस् तप्यसि दुष्करम्
asmākaṃ kautukaṃ jātaṃ kim arthaṃ tapyate tvayā / svargamokṣaṃ tu rakṣārthaṃ tapas tapyasi duṣkaram
A curiosity has arisen in us: for what purpose is this austerity practised by you? Is it for the sake of securing heaven and release that you practise this hard austerity?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.43
अनसूयोवाच: तपसा सिध्यते स्वर्गस् तपसा परमा गतिः । तपसा चैव भो विप्राः सर्वकामम् अवाप्नुयात्
anasūyovāca: tapasā sidhyate svargas tapasā paramā gatiḥ / tapasā caiva bho viprāḥ sarvakāmam avāpnuyāt
Anasūyā said: By austerity heaven is won, by austerity the highest goal; and by austerity, O brahmins, one may obtain every desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.44
ब्राह्मणा ऊचुः: तन्वी श्यामा विशालाक्षी स्निग्धाङ्गी रूपसंयुता । हंसलीलागतिस् त्वं हि किं चात्मानं विशोषसि
brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ: tanvī śyāmā viśālākṣī snigdhāṅgī rūpasaṃyutā / haṃsalīlāgatis tvaṃ hi kiṃ cātmānaṃ viśoṣasi
The brahmins said: Slender, dark, large-eyed, smooth-limbed, endowed with beauty, and with the gait of a swan at play are you — why then do you wither yourself away?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.45
अनसूयोवाच: युवत्वे च तपः कार्यं युवत्वे परमा गति । युवत्वे च सुतोत्पत्तिर् वृद्धत्वे सर्वम् अप्रियम्
anasūyovāca: yuvatve ca tapaḥ kāryaṃ yuvatve paramā gati / yuvatve ca sutotpattir vṛddhatve sarvam apriyam
Anasūyā said: Austerity must be practiced in youth; in youth (lies) the highest goal; in youth too (comes) the begetting of sons — in old age everything is disagreeable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.46
विप्रा ऊचुः: साधु साधु महाप्राज्ञे वरं प्रार्थय सुव्रते । यत् त्वया चाभिलषितं तत्सर्वं प्रददाम्य् अहम्
viprā ūcuḥ: sādhu sādhu mahāprājñe varaṃ prārthaya suvrate / yat tvayā cābhilaṣitaṃ tatsarvaṃ pradadāmy aham
The brahmins said: Well done, well done, greatly wise one! Ask for a boon, O you of good vows. Whatever is desired by you, all that I shall grant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.47
अहं विष्णुर् अहं रुद्रो ह्य् अहं साक्षात् पितामहः । गूढरूपधरा लोके स्वचिह्नैर् उपलक्षिताः
ahaṃ viṣṇur ahaṃ rudro hy ahaṃ sākṣāt pitāmahaḥ / gūḍharūpadharā loke svacihnair upalakṣitāḥ
I am Viṣṇu, I am Rudra, and I am the Grandfather (Brahmā) himself — (we are) bearing hidden forms in the world, (yet) recognizable by our own marks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.48
तस्या वाक्यावसाने तु स्वरूपं दर्शयन्ति ते । स्वैः स्वै रूपैः स्थिता देवाः सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभाः
tasyā vākyāvasāne tu svarūpaṃ darśayanti te / svaiḥ svai rūpaiḥ sthitā devāḥ sūryakoṭisamaprabhāḥ
At the conclusion of her speech they showed their own true forms: the gods stood in their several forms, with radiance equal to ten million suns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.49
चतुर्भुजो वासुदेवः शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः । अतसीपुष्पवर्णस् तु पीतवासा जनार्दनः
caturbhujo vāsudevaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ / atasīpuṣpavarṇas tu pītavāsā janārdanaḥ
Vāsudeva four-armed, bearing conch, discus and mace; Janārdana of the color of the flax flower, clad in yellow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.50
गरुत्मान् वाहनं यस्य श्रिया च सहितो हरिः । प्रसन्नवदनः श्रीमाञ् छिवरूपो व्यवस्थितः
garutmān vāhanaṃ yasya śriyā ca sahito hariḥ / prasannavadanaḥ śrīmāñ chivarūpo vyavasthitaḥ
Hari, whose vehicle is Garuḍa, together with Śrī, with a gracious face, glorious — (and) the form of Śiva stood (there too).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.51
सितवासा महाभागश् चतुर्वदनसंयुतः । हंसोपरिसमारूढो ह्य् अक्षमालाकरो ऽनघ
sitavāsā mahābhāgaś caturvadanasaṃyutaḥ / haṃsoparisamārūḍho hy akṣamālākaro 'nagha
Clad in white, greatly blessed, provided with four faces, mounted upon a goose, with a rosary in his hand, O sinless one —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.52
आगतो नर्मदातीरे ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । वृषभं तु समारूढो दशबाहुसमन्वितः
āgato narmadātīre brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ / vṛṣabhaṃ tu samārūḍho daśabāhusamanvitaḥ
Brahmā, the Grandfather of the worlds, came to the bank of the Narmadā; and (Śiva) mounted upon the bull, endowed with ten arms,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.53
भस्मोद्धूलितगात्रस् तु पञ्चवक्त्रस्त्रिलोचनः । जटामुकुटसंयुक्तश् चन्द्रार्धकृतशेखरः
bhasmoddhūlitagātras tu pañcavaktrastrilocanaḥ / jaṭāmukuṭasaṃyuktaś candrārdhakṛtaśekharaḥ
his limbs smeared with ash, five-faced, three-eyed, having a crown of matted hair, with the half-moon made his crest-ornament —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.54
एतद्रूपधरो देवः सर्वव्यापी महेश्वरः । अनसूया तु तत्रैव देवानां दर्शनात् परम्
etadrūpadharo devaḥ sarvavyāpī maheśvaraḥ / anasūyā tu tatraiva devānāṃ darśanāt param
bearing this form (came) the god Maheśvara, the all-pervading. And Anasūyā, there itself, after seeing the gods, further —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.55
वेपमाना रहस्ये तु तान् पश्यन्ती मुहुर् मुहुः । अहं ब्रह्मा ह्य् अहं विष्णुर् अहं रुद्रः प्रकीर्तितः
vepamānā rahasye tu tān paśyantī muhur muhuḥ / ahaṃ brahmā hy ahaṃ viṣṇur ahaṃ rudraḥ prakīrtitaḥ
trembling, in that secret place, looking at them again and again — (and each said:) "I am proclaimed Brahmā, I indeed am Viṣṇu, I am Rudra."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.56
अनसूयोवाच: किं व्यापाराश् च के यूयं विष्णुरुद्रपितामहाः
anasūyovāca: kiṃ vyāpārāś ca ke yūyaṃ viṣṇurudrapitāmahāḥ
Anasūyā said: What are (your) activities, and who are you, Viṣṇu, Rudra and the Grandfather?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.57
ब्रह्मोवाच: प्रावृट्कालो ह्य् अहं प्रोक्त आपश् चैव प्रकीर्तितः
brahmovāca: prāvṛṭkālo hy ahaṃ prokta āpaś caiva prakīrtitaḥ
Brahmā said: I am called the rainy season, and I am declared to be the waters as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.58
मेघरूपो ह्य् अहं प्रोक्तो वर्षामि वसुधातले । अहं सर्वाणि भूतानि प्राक्सन्ध्या ह्युदिते रवौ
megharūpo hy ahaṃ prokto varṣāmi vasudhātale / ahaṃ sarvāṇi bhūtāni prāksandhyā hyudite ravau
I am said to be of the form of the cloud; I rain upon the surface of the earth. I am all beings, (and) the morning twilight when the sun has risen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.59
विष्णुर् उवाच: हेमन्तत्वाच् च विहितं विष्णुरूपं चराचरम्
viṣṇur uvāca: hemantatvāc ca vihitaṃ viṣṇurūpaṃ carācaram
Viṣṇu said: And by being winter, the moving and unmoving (world) is ordained as Viṣṇu's form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 113.60
रुद्र उवाच: ग्रीष्मकालो ह्य् अहं प्रोक्तः सर्वभूतक्षयंकरः
rudra uvāca: grīṣmakālo hy ahaṃ proktaḥ sarvabhūtakṣayaṃkaraḥ
Rudra said: I am declared to be the summer season, the maker of destruction of all beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.61
शोषयामि जगत्सर्वं रुद्ररूपस् तपस्विनि । एवं ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश् च रुद्रश् चैव महीपते
śoṣayāmi jagatsarvaṃ rudrarūpas tapasvini / evaṃ brahmā ca viṣṇuś ca rudraś caiva mahīpate
I dry up the whole world, being of Rudra's form, O ascetic woman. Thus Brahmā and Viṣṇu and Rudra, O lord of the earth —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.62
तिस्रः सन्ध्यास् त्रयो देवास् त्रयः कालास् त्रयो ऽग्नयः । तथा ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश् च रुद्रश् चैकत्वम् आगताः
tisraḥ sandhyās trayo devās trayaḥ kālās trayo 'gnayaḥ / tathā brahmā ca viṣṇuś ca rudraś caikatvam āgatāḥ
the three twilights, the three gods, the three times (seasons), the three fires — so too Brahmā and Viṣṇu and Rudra have come to oneness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.63
अनसूयोवाच: वन्ध्या लोकैर् अहं लोके ख्याप्यमाना च सर्वदा
anasūyovāca: vandhyā lokair ahaṃ loke khyāpyamānā ca sarvadā
Anasūyā said: I am barren, and am always being spoken of so by people in the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.64
ब्रह्मा विष्णुश् च रुद्रश् च प्रसादात् सुमुखा यतः । परितुष्टास् त्रयो देवा दुर्धर्षा ऽपि ममोपरि
brahmā viṣṇuś ca rudraś ca prasādāt sumukhā yataḥ / parituṣṭās trayo devā durdharṣā 'pi mamopari
Since Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Rudra are well-disposed out of grace — the three gods, though hard to assail, are fully pleased with me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.65
देवा ऊचुः: एवं भवतु ते वाक्यं यत् त्वया प्रार्थितं शुभे
devā ūcuḥ: evaṃ bhavatu te vākyaṃ yat tvayā prārthitaṃ śubhe
The gods said: So let it be — that word of yours, what has been asked by you, O auspicious lady.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.66
अनसूयोवाच: यदि तुष्टास् त्रयो देवा मम भक्तिप्रबोधिताः
anasūyovāca: yadi tuṣṭās trayo devā mama bhaktiprabodhitāḥ
Anasūyā said: If the three gods are pleased, awakened by my devotion —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.67
विष्णुर् उवाच: अर्थदाः पुत्रतां यान्ति न कदाचिच् छ्रुतं मया
viṣṇur uvāca: arthadāḥ putratāṃ yānti na kadācic chrutaṃ mayā
Viṣṇu said: That givers of boons should become sons — this has never been heard by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.68
भद्रे ददामि तान् पुत्रान् देवतुल्यपराक्रमान् । पितृतुल्यगुणोपेतान् सोमयाजि बहुश्रुतान्
bhadre dadāmi tān putrān devatulyaparākramān / pitṛtulyaguṇopetān somayāji bahuśrutān
Good lady, I (shall) give you those sons, of prowess equal to the gods, endowed with virtues equal to their father, sacrificers of Soma and deeply learned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.69
अनसूयोवाच: ईप्सितं तु प्रदातव्यं यन् मया प्रार्थितं हरे । नान्यथा तच् च कर्तव्यं निवसन्तु ममोदरे
anasūyovāca: īpsitaṃ tu pradātavyaṃ yan mayā prārthitaṃ hare / nānyathā tac ca kartavyaṃ nivasantu mamodare
Anasūyā said: What is desired must be granted, what has been asked by me, O Hari; it must not be done otherwise — let them dwell in my womb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.70
श्रीभगवान् उवाच: पूर्वं तु भृगुसंवादे गर्भवास उपार्जितः । तस्याहं चैव पारं तु न च पश्यामि शोभने
śrībhagavān uvāca: pūrvaṃ tu bhṛgusaṃvāde garbhavāsa upārjitaḥ / tasyāhaṃ caiva pāraṃ tu na ca paśyāmi śobhane
The Blessed Lord said: Formerly, in the conversation with Bhṛgu, dwelling in a womb was incurred (by me), and I see no end of it, O fair one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 113.71
स्मरमाणः पुरावृत्तं चिन्तयामि पुनः पुनः । एवं संचिन्त्यमानौ हि पितामहमहेश्वरौ
smaramāṇaḥ purāvṛttaṃ cintayāmi punaḥ punaḥ / evaṃ saṃcintyamānau hi pitāmahamaheśvarau
Remembering what happened long ago, I ponder it again and again. While the Grandfather and Maheśvara were thus reflecting —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.72
अयोनिजा भविष्यामस्तव पुत्राः सुशोभने । योनिवासं च वै देवा नैव यान्ति वरानने
ayonijā bhaviṣyāmastava putrāḥ suśobhane / yonivāsaṃ ca vai devā naiva yānti varānane
"We shall become your sons, not born from a womb, O most beautiful one; for the gods never enter dwelling in a womb, O lovely-faced one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.73
इत्य् उक्त्वा च तया सार्धं प्रत्यक्षास्ते ऽभवंस् तदा । त्रयो देवा गताः पार्थ नर्मदायोत्तरे तटे
ity uktvā ca tayā sārdhaṃ pratyakṣāste 'bhavaṃs tadā / trayo devā gatāḥ pārtha narmadāyottare taṭe
And having spoken thus, they then became visible in her presence; the three gods went, O Pārtha, to the northern bank of the Narmadā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.74
प्राप्ता वरं तु सा देवी प्रियं माहेन्द्रपर्वते । क्षीणदेहा च सा नारी शुष्कदेहा सुदारुणा
prāptā varaṃ tu sā devī priyaṃ māhendraparvate / kṣīṇadehā ca sā nārī śuṣkadehā sudāruṇā
That lady obtained the boon she cherished on Mount Mahendra; and that woman was of wasted body, her body dried up, exceedingly severe (in austerity).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.75
कृतयज्ञोपवीता सा तपोनिष्ठा शुभेक्षणा । शिलातले निषण्णा सा ऽपश्यत् कान्ता महाव्रतम्
kṛtayajñopavītā sā taponiṣṭhā śubhekṣaṇā / śilātale niṣaṇṇā sā 'paśyat kāntā mahāvratam
She, wearing the sacred thread she had made, fixed in austerity, of auspicious gaze, seated on a slab of rock — she, the wife, saw (her husband) of the great vow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 113.76
हृष्टा तुष्टा महादेवी तिष्ठ कान्तेति चाब्रवीत् । तां दृष्ट्वा स मुनिर् धीमान् पुनः कान्ताम् उवाच ह
hṛṣṭā tuṣṭā mahādevī tiṣṭha kānteti cābravīt / tāṃ dṛṣṭvā sa munir dhīmān punaḥ kāntām uvāca ha
Delighted and satisfied, the noble lady said, "Stay, beloved"; and seeing her, that wise sage spoke again to his wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.77
अत्रिर् उवाच: साधु साधु महाप्राज्ञे अनसूये महाव्रते । असाध्यं सर्वनारीणां वरं प्राप्तासि दुर्लभम्
atrir uvāca: sādhu sādhu mahāprājñe anasūye mahāvrate / asādhyaṃ sarvanārīṇāṃ varaṃ prāptāsi durlabham
Atri said: Well done, well done, O greatly wise Anasūyā of the great vow! You have obtained a boon hard to win, unattainable for all women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.78
अनसूयोवाच: त्वत्प्रसादान् महर्षे ऽहं वरं प्राप्ता च दुर्लभम् । तेनाहं ते प्रयच्छामि पुत्रान् ऋषितपोधनान्
anasūyovāca: tvatprasādān maharṣe 'haṃ varaṃ prāptā ca durlabham / tenāhaṃ te prayacchāmi putrān ṛṣitapodhanān
Anasūyā said: By your grace, great sage, I have obtained a boon hard to win; therefore I shall give you sons who are seers rich in austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.79
एवम् उक्त्वा ततो देवी हर्षेण महता युता । अलोकयत् तदा कान्तं तेनापि शुभदर्शना
evam uktvā tato devī harṣeṇa mahatā yutā / alokayat tadā kāntaṃ tenāpi śubhadarśanā
Having spoken thus, the lady, filled with great joy, then gazed upon her husband, and by him too she was gazed upon, fair to behold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 113.80
दर्शनाद् एव संजातं ललाटे मण्डलं शुभम् । नवयोजनसाहस्ररश्मि जालसमावृतम्
darśanād eva saṃjātaṃ lalāṭe maṇḍalaṃ śubham / navayojanasāhasraraśmi jālasamāvṛtam
From that very gazing an auspicious disc arose on (his) forehead, enveloped by a net of rays nine thousand yojanas (in extent).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.81
कदम्बगोलकाकारं त्रिगणं परिमण्डलम् । तस्य मध्ये तु देवेशः पुरुषो दिव्यरूपधृक्
kadambagolakākāraṃ trigaṇaṃ parimaṇḍalam / tasya madhye tu deveśaḥ puruṣo divyarūpadhṛk
Round in shape like a kadamba ball, threefold, wholly circular; and in its midst was the lord of gods, a Person bearing a divine form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 113.82
हेमवर्णः स वै देवः सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभः । पूर्वपुत्रो ऽनसूयायाः साक्षाद् देवः पितामहः
hemavarṇaḥ sa vai devaḥ sūryakoṭisamaprabhaḥ / pūrvaputro 'nasūyāyāḥ sākṣād devaḥ pitāmahaḥ
Golden-hued was that god, of splendour equal to ten million suns, the first son of Anasūyā, the god Grandfather (Brahmā) himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.83
चन्द्रमा इति विख्यातः सोमः पुत्रो नृपात्मज । इष्टः पुत्रो वरीयांस् तु कलाषोडशसंयुतः
candramā iti vikhyātaḥ somaḥ putro nṛpātmaja / iṣṭaḥ putro varīyāṃs tu kalāṣoḍaśasaṃyutaḥ
He is renowned as Candra, Soma the son, O son of a king — a cherished son, most excellent, joined with the sixteen portions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.84
प्रतिपच् च द्वितीया च तृतीया च तथा नृप । चतुर्थी पञ्चमी षष्ठी सप्तमी चाष्टमी तथा
pratipac ca dvitīyā ca tṛtīyā ca tathā nṛpa / caturthī pañcamī ṣaṣṭhī saptamī cāṣṭamī tathā
The first day, the second, and likewise the third, O king, the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and likewise the eighth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.85
नवमी दशमी चैव तथा चैकादशी परा । द्वादशी च त्रयोदशी चतुर्दशी ततः परम्
navamī daśamī caiva tathā caikādaśī parā / dvādaśī ca trayodaśī caturdaśī tataḥ param
The ninth and the tenth, and then the eleventh beyond that, the twelfth and the thirteenth, and thereafter the fourteenth;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.86
ततः पञ्चदशी देवी पूर्णमासी प्रकीर्तिता । अमावास्या तु विख्याता अथ सा षोडशी कला
tataḥ pañcadaśī devī pūrṇamāsī prakīrtitā / amāvāsyā tu vikhyātā atha sā ṣoḍaśī kalā
Then the fifteenth goddess is proclaimed to be the full-moon day; but the new-moon day is (also) well known — and that is the sixteenth portion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.87
चतुर्विधस्य लोकस्य सूक्ष्मो भूत्वा वरानने । आप्यायते जगत् सर्वं सोमो ऽयं सचराचरम्
caturvidhasya lokasya sūkṣmo bhūtvā varānane / āpyāyate jagat sarvaṃ somo 'yaṃ sacarācaram
Becoming subtle, O fair-faced one, this Soma nourishes the fourfold world, the whole universe with all that moves and does not move.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.88
सुरासुराश् च गन्धर्वा राक्षसाः पन्नगास् तथा । पिशाचाश् च तथादित्याः पितरश् च पितामहः
surāsurāś ca gandharvā rākṣasāḥ pannagās tathā / piśācāś ca tathādityāḥ pitaraś ca pitāmahaḥ
Gods and demons, gandharvas, rākṣasas and serpents, piśācas and likewise the Ādityas, the fathers, and the Grandfather —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.89
सर्वे तम् उपजीवन्ति हुतं द्रव्यं तु तत्स्थितम् । वनस्पतिगते सोमे यच्छिन्द्याच् च वनस्पतिम्
sarve tam upajīvanti hutaṃ dravyaṃ tu tatsthitam / vanaspatigate some yacchindyāc ca vanaspatim
All these live upon him, upon the offered substance that abides in him. When Soma has entered a tree, whoever should cut down that tree,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.90
भुङ्क्ते दुःखं च वै मूढो दहत्य् अब्दकृतं शुभम् । वनस्पतिगते सोमे यो भक्षेद् दन्तधावनम्
bhuṅkte duḥkhaṃ ca vai mūḍho dahaty abdakṛtaṃ śubham / vanaspatigate some yo bhakṣed dantadhāvanam
that fool undergoes suffering and burns up the merit he has made in a year. When Soma has entered a tree, whoever should chew a tooth-cleaning twig,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.91
चन्द्रमा भक्षितस् तेन पितृवंशस् तु घातितः । अमावास्यां तु राजेन्द्र स्नानं कुर्याद् यथाविधि
candramā bhakṣitas tena pitṛvaṃśas tu ghātitaḥ / amāvāsyāṃ tu rājendra snānaṃ kuryād yathāvidhi
by him the moon has been eaten and his line of ancestors slain. But on the new-moon day, O best of kings, one should bathe according to the rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.92
अब्दम् एकं विशालाक्षि पितॄणां परमा गतिः । हिरण्यं रजतं वस्त्रं यो ददति द्विजातिषु
abdam ekaṃ viśālākṣi pitṝṇāṃ paramā gatiḥ / hiraṇyaṃ rajataṃ vastraṃ yo dadati dvijātiṣu
(This is) for one year, O wide-eyed one, the supreme resort of the fathers. Whoever gives gold, silver, (or) cloth to the twice-born,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 113.93
सर्वं लक्षगुणं राजंल् लभते नात्र संशयः । एतद् गुणविशिष्टो ऽसौ सोमरूपः प्रजापतिः
sarvaṃ lakṣaguṇaṃ rājaṃl labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ / etad guṇaviśiṣṭo 'sau somarūpaḥ prajāpatiḥ
he obtains all of it a hundred-thousandfold, O king; there is no doubt of this. Distinguished by these qualities is he, Prajāpati in the form of Soma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.94
संजातः प्रथमः पुत्रो ऽनसूयायास् तु नन्दनः । द्वितीयस् तु महाभाग दुर्वासा नाम नामतः
saṃjātaḥ prathamaḥ putro 'nasūyāyās tu nandanaḥ / dvitīyas tu mahābhāga durvāsā nāma nāmataḥ
(He) was born as the first son, the delight of Anasūyā; but the second, O greatly fortunate one, was Durvāsas by name,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.95
सृष्टिसंहारकर्ता च स्वयं साक्षान् महेश्वरः । इन्द्रो ऽपि शापितस् तेन द्वितीयेन वरानने
sṛṣṭisaṃhārakartā ca svayaṃ sākṣān maheśvaraḥ / indro 'pi śāpitas tena dvitīyena varānane
the maker of creation and destruction, himself Maheśvara in person; and even Indra was cursed by him, by that second one, O fair-faced one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.96
द्वितीयस्य तु पुत्रस्य सम्भवः कथितो मया । दत्तात्रेयस् तु नाम्ना वै तृतीयो मधुसूदनः
dvitīyasya tu putrasya sambhavaḥ kathito mayā / dattātreyas tu nāmnā vai tṛtīyo madhusūdanaḥ
The birth of the second son has been told by me. Dattātreya by name is the third, the slayer of Madhu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.97
जगद्व्यापी जगन्नाथः स्वयं देवो जनार्दनः । अवतीर्णो महाभागब्रह्मशम्भुसमन्वितः
jagadvyāpī jagannāthaḥ svayaṃ devo janārdanaḥ / avatīrṇo mahābhāgabrahmaśambhusamanvitaḥ
pervading the world, lord of the world, the god Janārdana himself, descended, O greatly fortunate one, together with Brahmā and Śambhu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 113.98
पुत्रप्राप्तिपदं तीर्थं नर्मदायोत्तरे तटे । अनसूयाकृतं पार्थ सर्वपापक्षयं करम्
putraprāptipadaṃ tīrthaṃ narmadāyottare taṭe / anasūyākṛtaṃ pārtha sarvapāpakṣayaṃ karam
The tīrtha called Putraprāptipada is on the northern bank of the Narmadā, made by Anasūyā, O son of Pṛthā, causing the destruction of all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition