Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 114
SkP-RK 114.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: एतस्यानन्तरं पार्थ सौवर्णं तीर्थम् उत्तमम् । विख्यातं त्रिषु लोकेषु सर्वपापक्षयंकरम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: etasyānantaraṃ pārtha sauvarṇaṃ tīrtham uttamam / vikhyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Next to this, O son of Pṛthā, is the excellent Sauvarṇa tīrtha, renowned in the three worlds, causing the destruction of all sins.
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SkP-RK 114.2
रेवायां दुर्लभं स्नानं सङ्गमस्य समीपतः । विभक्तं हस्तमात्रं च पुण्यक्षेत्रे नराधिप
revāyāṃ durlabhaṃ snānaṃ saṅgamasya samīpataḥ / vibhaktaṃ hastamātraṃ ca puṇyakṣetre narādhipa
Bathing in the Revā is hard to obtain near the confluence; and it is marked off by only a hand's measure, in the holy field, O lord of men.
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SkP-RK 114.3
सुवर्णशिलके स्नात्वा शान्तिं याति परां शुभाम् । निर्मित्वा भास्करं देवं होतव्यं तु हुताशने
suvarṇaśilake snātvā śāntiṃ yāti parāṃ śubhām / nirmitvā bhāskaraṃ devaṃ hotavyaṃ tu hutāśane
Having bathed at Suvarṇaśilā one attains the highest auspicious peace; having fashioned the god Bhāskara, one should make oblation in the fire,
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SkP-RK 114.4
बिल्वेन घृतमिश्रेण बिल्वपत्रेण भूरिणा । प्रीयतां हि जगन्नाथो व्याधिर् नश्यतु मे सदा
bilvena ghṛtamiśreṇa bilvapatreṇa bhūriṇā / prīyatāṃ hi jagannātho vyādhir naśyatu me sadā
with bilva mixed with ghee, with abundant bilva leaves (saying): 'May the Lord of the world be pleased; may disease ever perish for me.'
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SkP-RK 114.5
द्विजेभ्यश् चेत् प्रयुक्तं स्याद् यागस्य फलम् आप्नुयात् । तत्र दानेन प्रीतात्मा मृतः स्वर्गम् अवाप्नुयात्
dvijebhyaś cet prayuktaṃ syād yāgasya phalam āpnuyāt / tatra dānena prītātmā mṛtaḥ svargam avāpnuyāt
If it be offered to the twice-born, one would gain the fruit of a sacrifice; there, with his self gladdened by giving, one who dies would attain heaven.
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SkP-RK 114.6
शुक्लपक्षे तथाष्टम्यां सोपवासो जितेन्द्रियः । यस् तत्र कुरुते श्राद्धं नृदेवभक्तितो नरः
śuklapakṣe tathāṣṭamyāṃ sopavāso jitendriyaḥ / yas tatra kurute śrāddhaṃ nṛdevabhaktito naraḥ
The man who, in the bright fortnight and on the eighth day, fasting and with senses controlled, performs the śrāddha there out of devotion to men and gods,
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SkP-RK 114.7
समुद्धरेत् कुले तत्र दशपूर्वान् दशापरान् । कांचनं वापि यो दद्याद् धेनुं चैव सुशोभनाम्
samuddharet kule tatra daśapūrvān daśāparān / kāṃcanaṃ vāpi yo dadyād dhenuṃ caiva suśobhanām
He would lift up in that family ten forebears and ten descendants; and whoever should give gold, or a very fine milch-cow —
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SkP-RK 114.8
स याति परमं स्थानं यत्र देवो महेश्वरः । पूजयित्वा शिवं तत्र शत्रूणां विजयो भवेत्
sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra devo maheśvaraḥ / pūjayitvā śivaṃ tatra śatrūṇāṃ vijayo bhavet
— he goes to the highest abode, where the god Maheśvara is. Having worshipped Śiva there, victory over enemies comes about.
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SkP-RK 114.9
पुत्रवान् गुणवांश् चैव सर्वव्याधि विवर्जितः । इत्य् एवं कथितं राजन् सौवर्णं तीर्थम् उत्तमम्
putravān guṇavāṃś caiva sarvavyādhi vivarjitaḥ / ity evaṃ kathitaṃ rājan sauvarṇaṃ tīrtham uttamam
(He becomes) possessed of sons and of virtues, and free from every disease. Thus has the excellent Golden tīrtha been declared, O king.
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SkP-RK 114.10
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे तीर्थं करण्डेश्वरम् उत्तमम् । प्रख्यातं सर्वलोकेषु नर्मदायोत्तरे तटे
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: etasminn antare tīrthaṃ karaṇḍeśvaram uttamam / prakhyātaṃ sarvalokeṣu narmadāyottare taṭe
Mārkaṇḍeya said: In this same region there is the excellent tīrtha Karaṇḍeśvara, renowned in all the worlds, on the northern bank of the Narmadā.
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SkP-RK 114.11
सर्वपापहरं प्रोक्तं सर्वदुःखघ्नम् उत्तमम् । ततो गच्छेच् च राजेन्द्र तीर्थं परमशोभनम्
sarvapāpaharaṃ proktaṃ sarvaduḥkhaghnam uttamam / tato gacchec ca rājendra tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam
It is declared to remove all sins, to destroy all sorrows, supreme. Then, O lord of kings, one should go to that most beautiful tīrtha,
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SkP-RK 114.12
सौभाग्यकरणं दिव्यं नराणां पापनाशनम् । तत्र या दुर्भगा नारी नरो वा नृपनन्दन
saubhāgyakaraṇaṃ divyaṃ narāṇāṃ pāpanāśanam / tatra yā durbhagā nārī naro vā nṛpanandana
divine, producing good fortune, destroying the sins of men. There, whatever woman is unfortunate, or man, O delight of kings —
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SkP-RK 114.13
स्नात्वा ऽर्चयेद् उमां रुद्रं सौभाग्यं तस्य जायते । तृतीयायाम् अहोरात्रं सोपवासो जितेन्द्रियः
snātvā 'rcayed umāṃ rudraṃ saubhāgyaṃ tasya jāyate / tṛtīyāyām ahorātraṃ sopavāso jitendriyaḥ
having bathed, he should worship Umā and Rudra; good fortune arises for him. On the third lunar day, for a day and a night, fasting, with senses subdued,
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SkP-RK 114.14
निमन्त्रयेद् द्विजं तत्र सपत्नीकं सुरूपिणम् । गन्धमाल्यैर् अलंकृत्य पुष्पधूपाधिवासितम्
nimantrayed dvijaṃ tatra sapatnīkaṃ surūpiṇam / gandhamālyair alaṃkṛtya puṣpadhūpādhivāsitam
he should there invite a handsome brahmin together with his wife, adorning (them) with perfumes and garlands, perfumed with flowers and incense;
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SkP-RK 114.15
भोजयेत् पायसान्नेन कृशरेणाथ भक्तितः । भोजयित्वा यथा न्यायं प्रदक्षिणम् अथाचरेत्
bhojayet pāyasānnena kṛśareṇātha bhaktitaḥ / bhojayitvā yathā nyāyaṃ pradakṣiṇam athācaret
he should feed (them) with milk-rice and with kṛśara, with devotion; and having fed (them) according to rule, he should then perform circumambulation.
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SkP-RK 114.16
त्वं तु देवो महादेव सपत्नीको वृषध्वज । यथा ते देव देवेश न वियोगः कदाचन
tvaṃ tu devo mahādeva sapatnīko vṛṣadhvaja / yathā te deva deveśa na viyogaḥ kadācana
"You indeed are the god Mahādeva, together with your wife, O bull-bannered one; as for you, O god, lord of gods, there is never a separation (from her) —"
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SkP-RK 114.17
सोमनाथाख्यकार्पण्यात् तं ध्यायाम् ईह चिन्तयन् । ज्येष्ठे शुक्ले तृतीयायां सौभाग्ये नर्मदाजले
somanāthākhyakārpaṇyāt taṃ dhyāyām īha cintayan / jyeṣṭhe śukle tṛtīyāyāṃ saubhāgye narmadājale
out of the humility (of the invocation) named Somanātha, meditating on him, pondering here — on the third day of the bright half of Jyeṣṭha, in the Narmadā's water, at (the tīrtha) Saubhāgya.
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SkP-RK 114.18
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: न दौर्भाग्यं न दारिद्र्यं न शोको न च दुर्गतिः
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: na daurbhāgyaṃ na dāridryaṃ na śoko na ca durgatiḥ
Yudhiṣṭhira said: (Is there then) no ill fortune, no poverty, no grief, and no misfortune?
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SkP-RK 114.19
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: दौर्भाग्यं दुर्गतिं चैव दारिद्र्यं शोकवर्धनम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: daurbhāgyaṃ durgatiṃ caiva dāridryaṃ śokavardhanam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Ill fortune, misfortune, poverty that increases grief,
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SkP-RK 114.20
वैधव्यं सप्तजन्मनि जायते न युधिष्ठिर । कर्मणा येन पापानां क्षयस् तच् च वदामि ते
vaidhavyaṃ saptajanmani jāyate na yudhiṣṭhira / karmaṇā yena pāpānāṃ kṣayas tac ca vadāmi te
and widowhood do not arise for seven births, Yudhiṣṭhira. And that act by which there is destruction of sins, that too I shall tell you.
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SkP-RK 114.21
ज्येष्ठे मासे सिते पक्षे ततीयायां विशेषतः । तत्र स्नात्वा तु यो भक्त्या पञ्चाग्निं साधयेत् तपः
jyeṣṭhe māse site pakṣe tatīyāyāṃ viśeṣataḥ / tatra snātvā tu yo bhaktyā pañcāgniṃ sādhayet tapaḥ
In the month of Jyeṣṭha, in the bright fortnight, on the third day especially — he who, having bathed there with devotion, practises the austerity of the five fires,
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SkP-RK 114.22
सो ऽपि पापैर् अशेषैस् तु मुच्यते नात्र संशयः । गुग्गुलुं दाहयेद् यस् तु गौरी शिवसमीपतः
so 'pi pāpair aśeṣais tu mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ / gugguluṃ dāhayed yas tu gaurī śivasamīpataḥ
he too is freed from sins without remainder; there is no doubt of this. And he who burns bdellium (incense) near Gaurī and Śiva —
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SkP-RK 114.23
तस्मिन् कर्मणि विप्रस्य उक्तानि भवते ततः । देहपाते कृते स्वर्गम् इत्य् एवं शङ्करो ऽब्रवीत्
tasmin karmaṇi viprasya uktāni bhavate tataḥ / dehapāte kṛte svargam ity evaṃ śaṅkaro 'bravīt
in that rite the (words) of the brahmin are then spoken for him; when the body falls, heaven (is his) — thus Śaṅkara declared.
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SkP-RK 114.24
श्वेतैरक्तैस् तथा पीतैर् वस्त्रैश् च विविधैः शुभैः । ब्राह्मणीर्ब्राह्मणांश् चैव पूजयित्वा यथाविधि
śvetairaktais tathā pītair vastraiś ca vividhaiḥ śubhaiḥ / brāhmaṇīrbrāhmaṇāṃś caiva pūjayitvā yathāvidhi
With white, red, and yellow garments, and with various auspicious ones, having worshipped brahmin women and brahmins according to rule,
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SkP-RK 114.25
पुष्पैर् नानाविधैश् चैव गन्धधूपैः सुशोभनैः । कण्ठे सूत्रं समाधाय कुङ्कुमेन विलेपयेत्
puṣpair nānāvidhaiś caiva gandhadhūpaiḥ suśobhanaiḥ / kaṇṭhe sūtraṃ samādhāya kuṅkumena vilepayet
and with flowers of many kinds and with fine perfumes and incense, having placed a thread on the neck, he should anoint (them) with saffron.
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SkP-RK 114.26
कल्पयित्वा स्त्रियं गौरीं ब्राह्मणं शिवरूपिणम् । ताभ्यां दद्यात् समादृत्य दानम् उत्सृज्य वारिणा
kalpayitvā striyaṃ gaurīṃ brāhmaṇaṃ śivarūpiṇam / tābhyāṃ dadyāt samādṛtya dānam utsṛjya vāriṇā
Having conceived the woman as Gaurī and the brahmin as having the form of Śiva, he should give to those two with reverence, releasing the gift with water.
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SkP-RK 114.27
कर्णवेष्टं त्वङ्गदं च काञ्चनीं मुद्रिकां तथा । सप्तधान्यं तथा देयं भोजनं नृपसत्तम
karṇaveṣṭaṃ tvaṅgadaṃ ca kāñcanīṃ mudrikāṃ tathā / saptadhānyaṃ tathā deyaṃ bhojanaṃ nṛpasattama
An ear-ornament, and an armlet, and likewise a golden ring, and the seven grains, and food too should be given, O best of kings.
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SkP-RK 114.28
अन्यानि चैव दानानि तस्मिंस् तीर्थे नरोत्तम । सर्वदानैश् च यत्पुण्यं तत्पुण्यं त्रिगुणं भवेत्
anyāni caiva dānāni tasmiṃs tīrthe narottama / sarvadānaiś ca yatpuṇyaṃ tatpuṇyaṃ triguṇaṃ bhavet
And other gifts as well (may be given) at that sacred ford, O best of men; and whatever merit comes from all gifts, that merit becomes threefold (there).
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SkP-RK 114.29
तत्र साहस्रगुणितं नात्र कार्या विचारणा । शङ्करेण समं तत्र भुङ्क्ते भोगान् अनुत्तमान्
tatra sāhasraguṇitaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā / śaṅkareṇa samaṃ tatra bhuṅkte bhogān anuttamān
There it is multiplied a thousandfold — no doubt need be entertained about this; there he enjoys unsurpassed delights on a par with Śaṅkara.
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