Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 14
SkP-RK 14.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: अथान्यत् कथयिष्यामि तीर्थं पापविमोक्षणम् । मत्स्यायाः शुभताप्याश्च सङ्गमे सुरसेवितम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: athānyat kathayiṣyāmi tīrthaṃ pāpavimokṣaṇam / matsyāyāḥ śubhatāpyāśca saṅgame surasevitam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Now I shall tell of another tīrtha that releases from sin, frequented by the gods, at the confluence of the Matsyā and the auspicious Tāpī.
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SkP-RK 14.2
देवो मत्स्येश्वरो नाम नागकन्याभिरर्चितः । तत्र स्नात्वा दिवं यान्ति ये मृता न पुनर्भवाः
devo matsyeśvaro nāma nāgakanyābhirarcitaḥ / tatra snātvā divaṃ yānti ye mṛtā na punarbhavāḥ
There is a god named Matsyeśvara, worshipped by the Nāga maidens. Having bathed there they go to heaven; those who die (there) are not born again.
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SkP-RK 14.3
पञ्चवक्त्रास्त्रिनेत्राश्च मत्स्यतीर्थप्रभावतः । कलहंस इति ख्यातो देवर्षिर् ध्यानतत्परः
pañcavaktrāstrinetrāśca matsyatīrthaprabhāvataḥ / kalahaṃsa iti khyāto devarṣir dhyānatatparaḥ
And (they become) five-faced and three-eyed by the power of the Matsya-tīrtha. There was a divine sage renowned as Kalahaṃsa, devoted to meditation.
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SkP-RK 14.4
तस्याश्रमं परं रम्यं ब्रह्मर्षि विनिषेवितम् । शाकमूलफलाहारो जपध्यानपरायणः
tasyāśramaṃ paraṃ ramyaṃ brahmarṣi viniṣevitam / śākamūlaphalāhāro japadhyānaparāyaṇaḥ
His hermitage was exceedingly lovely, frequented by brahmin sages; he ate greens, roots and fruits, and was given over to muttered prayer and meditation.
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SkP-RK 14.5
सो ऽतिष्ठद् अयुतं सार्द्धम् एकपादेन भारत । शिवध्यानपरो भूत्वा सर्वभूतहिते रतः
so 'tiṣṭhad ayutaṃ sārddham ekapādena bhārata / śivadhyānaparo bhūtvā sarvabhūtahite rataḥ
He stood for ten thousand and a half (years) on one foot, O Bhārata, being intent on the meditation of Śiva and delighting in the welfare of all beings.
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SkP-RK 14.6
ततस् तु ध्यानयोगेन तस्य देवः शतक्रतुः । चकम्पे तपसा चासौ देवराजो भविष्यति
tatas tu dhyānayogena tasya devaḥ śatakratuḥ / cakampe tapasā cāsau devarājo bhaviṣyati
Then, because of his practice of meditation, the god of a hundred sacrifices trembled at his austerity: "This one will become king of the gods,
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SkP-RK 14.7
हरिष्यति न सन्देहो पुरीं चैवामरावतीम् । ब्राह्मणश्च सुरेशानः कुब्जो वामनरूपधृक्
hariṣyati na sandeho purīṃ caivāmarāvatīm / brāhmaṇaśca sureśānaḥ kubjo vāmanarūpadhṛk
he will seize the city Amarāvatī — there is no doubt." And the lord of the gods, (becoming) a brahmin, hunchbacked, taking on the form of a dwarf,
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SkP-RK 14.8
जगाम वृद्धरूपेण कलहंसाश्रमम् प्रति । उवाच वचनं शक्रो ब्राह्मणं तपसि स्थितम्
jagāma vṛddharūpeṇa kalahaṃsāśramam prati / uvāca vacanaṃ śakro brāhmaṇaṃ tapasi sthitam
went in the form of an old man to Kalahaṃsa's hermitage. Śakra spoke these words to the brahmin who stood in austerity:
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SkP-RK 14.9
किमर्थं तपसे शीघ्रं कामम् एतद् ब्रवीहि मे । आराधयसि कं देवं सत्यम् एतत् तपोधन
kimarthaṃ tapase śīghraṃ kāmam etad bravīhi me / ārādhayasi kaṃ devaṃ satyam etat tapodhana
"For what purpose do you practise austerity? Tell me this wish quickly. Which god are you propitiating? (Tell me) this truly, O you whose wealth is austerity."
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SkP-RK 14.10
संहृत्य तपसा योगं प्रहसन्नब्रवीद् वचः । जानामि त्वां महाभाग शक्रस् त्वं त्रिदशेश्वरः
saṃhṛtya tapasā yogaṃ prahasannabravīd vacaḥ / jānāmi tvāṃ mahābhāga śakras tvaṃ tridaśeśvaraḥ
Withdrawing his yogic concentration from the austerity, he said with a laugh: "I know you, greatly blessed one — you are Śakra, the lord of the thirty.
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SkP-RK 14.11
न कामये ऽहम् इन्द्रत्वं राज्यं कुरु यथेप्सितम् । आराधयाम्यहं देवं नान्यं देवं कथञ्चन
na kāmaye 'ham indratvaṃ rājyaṃ kuru yathepsitam / ārādhayāmyahaṃ devaṃ nānyaṃ devaṃ kathañcana
I do not desire Indra-hood; rule your kingdom as you please. I am propitiating (that) god, and no other god by any means."
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SkP-RK 14.12
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस् तस्य महर्षेर् अब्रवीद् वृषः । वरं वृणु महाभाग यथा द्रक्ष्यसि शङ्करम्
etacchrutvā vacas tasya maharṣer abravīd vṛṣaḥ / varaṃ vṛṇu mahābhāga yathā drakṣyasi śaṅkaram
Hearing this speech of the great sage, the Bull said: "Choose a boon, greatly blessed one, such that you will behold Śaṅkara."
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SkP-RK 14.13
कलहंस उवाच: विना ऽहं त्र्यम्बकं याचे नान्याद् देवादहो वरम् । विजयी भव शक्र त्वं नान्यं वृणे वरं त्वहम्
kalahaṃsa uvāca: vinā 'haṃ tryambakaṃ yāce nānyād devādaho varam / vijayī bhava śakra tvaṃ nānyaṃ vṛṇe varaṃ tvaham
Kalahaṃsa said: "Apart from Tryambaka I ask no boon at all from any other god. Be victorious, Śakra; I choose no other boon."
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SkP-RK 14.14
एवमुक्तो ययौ शक्रः सर्वकामसमन्वितः । ज्ञात्वा तस्य परां भक्तिं देवदेवो महेश्वरः
evamukto yayau śakraḥ sarvakāmasamanvitaḥ / jñātvā tasya parāṃ bhaktiṃ devadevo maheśvaraḥ
Thus addressed, Śakra departed, possessed of all he wished. Knowing his supreme devotion, Maheśvara, the god of gods,
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SkP-RK 14.15
अदर्शयद् अथात्मानं नीलकण्ठं त्रिलोचनम् । दृष्ट्वा रूपं महेशस्य साष्टाङ्गं प्रणिपत्य च
adarśayad athātmānaṃ nīlakaṇṭhaṃ trilocanam / dṛṣṭvā rūpaṃ maheśasya sāṣṭāṅgaṃ praṇipatya ca
then showed himself, the blue-throated, three-eyed one. Seeing the form of Maheśa, and having bowed down with the eight limbs (touching the ground),
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SkP-RK 14.16
कलहंसो मुनिश्रेष्ठः स्तोतुं समुपचक्रमे । नमो ऽस्तु ते महादेव नीलकण्ठत्रिलोचन
kalahaṃso muniśreṣṭhaḥ stotuṃ samupacakrame / namo 'stu te mahādeva nīlakaṇṭhatrilocana
Kalahaṃsa, the best of sages, began to praise (him): "Homage be to you, O Mahādeva, O blue-throated, three-eyed one!"
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SkP-RK 14.17
नमः शिवाय शान्ताय शूलहस्त नमो ऽस्तु ते । नमः शिवाय शम्भवाया ऽनाथाय नमो नमः
namaḥ śivāya śāntāya śūlahasta namo 'stu te / namaḥ śivāya śambhavāyā 'nāthāya namo namaḥ
Homage to Śiva, the peaceful one; homage be to you, O trident-in-hand. Homage to Śiva, to Śambhu, to the one who has no master — homage, homage!
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SkP-RK 14.18
त्र्यम्बकाय महादेवेत्यादि नामादिभिःस्तुत ॐ नमो देवाय शम्भवाय भूर्भुवः स्वः । सोमरुद्रध्वान्तसूर्याय नमो रुद्राग्नये नमः
tryambakāya mahādevetyādi nāmādibhiḥstuta oṃ namo devāya śambhavāya bhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ | somarudradhvāntasūryāya namo rudrāgnaye namaḥ
He was praised with names and the like beginning "To the three-eyed one, to Mahādeva": Oṃ, homage to the god, to Śambhu, bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ; homage to Soma, to Rudra, to the sun (that dispels) darkness; homage to Rudra-Agni.
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SkP-RK 14.19
नमः शम्भो पञ्चवक्त्र महाशिव नमो ऽस्तु ते । स्वयम्भूवन पाताल नीलकण्ठ नमो ऽस्तु ते
namaḥ śambho pañcavaktra mahāśiva namo 'stu te / svayambhūvana pātāla nīlakaṇṭha namo 'stu te
Homage, O Śambhu, O five-faced one, O great Śiva, homage be to you! O self-existent one, (lord of) the world and the netherworld, O blue-throated one, homage be to you!
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SkP-RK 14.20
ब्रह्मशर्वसुरेशानहरिहराय नमो नमः । ज्ञानशक्तिक्रियाशक्तिचराचर नमो ऽस्तु ते
brahmaśarvasureśānahariharāya namo namaḥ / jñānaśaktikriyāśakticarācara namo 'stu te
Homage, homage to Brahmā, Śarva, the lord of the gods, Hari and Hara; O you who are the power of knowledge and the power of action, (you who are) the moving and the unmoving, homage be to you!
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SkP-RK 14.21
हाटकाय नमस् तुभ्यम् उमानाथ नमो ऽस्तु ते । ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशाय सर्वज्ञाय नमो नमः
hāṭakāya namas tubhyam umānātha namo 'stu te / brahmaviṣṇumaheśāya sarvajñāya namo namaḥ
Homage to you, the golden one; homage be to you, O lord of Umā! Homage, homage to Brahmā-Viṣṇu-Maheśa, to the all-knowing one!
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SkP-RK 14.22
सद्योजातस् तथा घोरस् तत् पुरुषाय नमो नमः । त्वया व्याप्तम् इदं सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्
sadyojātas tathā ghoras tat puruṣāya namo namaḥ / tvayā vyāptam idaṃ sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram
Sadyojāta, and likewise Ghora, and Tatpuruṣa — homage, homage! By you this whole triple world, with all that moves and does not move, is pervaded.
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SkP-RK 14.23
आदिमध्यान्तरूपाय कलिकाल नमो ऽस्तु ते । उमाकान्तार्धदेहाय श्रीकण्ठोरगभूषण
ādimadhyāntarūpāya kalikāla namo 'stu te / umākāntārdhadehāya śrīkaṇṭhoragabhūṣaṇa
To the one whose form is beginning, middle and end; O Time of the Kali (age), homage be to you! To the one half of whose body is the beloved Umā, O Śrīkaṇṭha adorned with serpents!
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SkP-RK 14.24
अनन्तगणरूपाय नागयज्ञोपवीतिने । शब्दः स्पर्शश् च गन्धश्च रसो रूपं च पञ्चमम्
anantagaṇarūpāya nāgayajñopavītine / śabdaḥ sparśaś ca gandhaśca raso rūpaṃ ca pañcamam
To the one whose form is the endless hosts (of attendants), to the one whose sacred thread is a serpent: sound, touch, and smell, taste, and form as the fifth —
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SkP-RK 14.25
बुद्धिर् मनस्त्व् अहङ्कारो ह्य् अष्टमूर्ते नमो ऽस्तु ते । सूर्यो ऽर्यमा भगस् त्वष्टा पूषार्कः सविता रविः
buddhir manastv ahaṅkāro hy aṣṭamūrte namo 'stu te / sūryo 'ryamā bhagas tvaṣṭā pūṣārkaḥ savitā raviḥ
and intellect, mind, and ego indeed — O you of eight forms, homage be to you! Sūrya, Aryaman, Bhaga, Tvaṣṭṛ, Pūṣan, Arka, Savitṛ, Ravi,
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SkP-RK 14.26
गभस्तिमांश् च त्वं कालो मृत्युर् धाता प्रकाशकः । पृथिव्यापस् तथा तेजो वायुराकाशम् एव च
gabhastimāṃś ca tvaṃ kālo mṛtyur dhātā prakāśakaḥ / pṛthivyāpas tathā tejo vāyurākāśam eva ca
and the radiant one — you are Time, Death, the Ordainer, the Illuminator; earth, water, and likewise fire, air, and space as well.
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SkP-RK 14.27
सोमो बृहस्पतिः शुक्रो बुधो ऽङ्गारक एव च । इन्द्रो विवस्वान् दीप्तांशुः शुचिः शौरिर्जनेश्वरः
somo bṛhaspatiḥ śukro budho 'ṅgāraka eva ca / indro vivasvān dīptāṃśuḥ śuciḥ śaurirjaneśvaraḥ
Soma, Bṛhaspati, Śukra, Budha, and Aṅgāraka too; Indra, Vivasvat, the one of blazing rays, Śuci, Śauri, the lord of people.
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SkP-RK 14.28
कलास्ते विष्णुब्रह्माद्या वेदो वैश्रवणो यमः । कलाकाष्ठामुहूर्ताश् च पक्षमासर्तवस् तथा
kalāste viṣṇubrahmādyā vedo vaiśravaṇo yamaḥ / kalākāṣṭhāmuhūrtāś ca pakṣamāsartavas tathā
Viṣṇu, Brahmā and the rest are your portions; (you are) the Veda, Vaiśravaṇa, Yama; and the kalās, kāṣṭhās and muhūrtas, and the fortnights, months and seasons too.
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SkP-RK 14.29
संवत्सरस् त्वम् एवासि कालचक्रो विभावसुः । पुरुषः शाश्वतो योगो व्यक्ताव्यक्तः सनातनः
saṃvatsaras tvam evāsi kālacakro vibhāvasuḥ / puruṣaḥ śāśvato yogo vyaktāvyaktaḥ sanātanaḥ
You alone are the year, the wheel of time, the shining one; the Person, the everlasting, yoga, manifest and unmanifest, eternal.
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SkP-RK 14.30
लोकाध्यक्षः सुराध्यक्षो विश्वकर्मा तमोनुदः । वरुणः शीतभारश् च जीमूतो जीवनो ऽरिहा
lokādhyakṣaḥ surādhyakṣo viśvakarmā tamonudaḥ / varuṇaḥ śītabhāraś ca jīmūto jīvano 'rihā
Overseer of the worlds, overseer of the gods, maker of all, dispeller of darkness; Varuṇa, the bearer of cold, the raincloud, the giver of life, the slayer of foes.
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SkP-RK 14.31
भूतो यज्ञो भूतपतिर् लोकपालैर् निषेवितः । मनः सुपर्णो भूतादिः सदाशिव नमो ऽस्तु ते
bhūto yajño bhūtapatir lokapālair niṣevitaḥ / manaḥ suparṇo bhūtādiḥ sadāśiva namo 'stu te
(You are) what has come to be, the sacrifice, the lord of beings, attended by the guardians of the quarters; mind, the fair-winged one, the origin of beings — O Sadāśiva, homage be to you!
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SkP-RK 14.32
जिह्वाचापल्यभावेन खेदितो ऽसि मया प्रभो । ब्रह्मविष्ण्वादिभिर् देवैर् यस्यान्तो नैव लभ्यते
jihvācāpalyabhāvena khedito 'si mayā prabho / brahmaviṣṇvādibhir devair yasyānto naiva labhyate
By the fickleness of my tongue you have been wearied by me, O Lord — you whose limit is not found even by Brahmā, Viṣṇu and the other gods.
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SkP-RK 14.33
भवसागरमग्नानां कः स्तोतुं शक्तिमान् भवेत् । अज्ञानाञ्ज्ञानतो वा ऽपि शूलपाणे क्षमस्व तत्
bhavasāgaramagnānāṃ kaḥ stotuṃ śaktimān bhavet / ajñānāñjñānato vā 'pi śūlapāṇe kṣamasva tat
Who among those sunk in the ocean of existence would be able to praise (you)? Whether from ignorance or from knowledge, O trident-bearer, forgive that.
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SkP-RK 14.34
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: श्रुत्वा स्तोत्रम् इदं देवः कलहंसस्य भारत । वरं वृणु महाप्राज्ञप्रीतः स्तोत्रेण ते ऽनघ
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: śrutvā stotram idaṃ devaḥ kalahaṃsasya bhārata / varaṃ vṛṇu mahāprājñaprītaḥ stotreṇa te 'nagha
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having heard this hymn of Kalahaṃsa, O Bhārata, the god (said): "Choose a boon, O greatly wise one; I am pleased by your hymn, O sinless one."
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SkP-RK 14.35
कलहंस उवाच: यदि तुष्टो ऽसि मे देव वरं दातुम् इहेच्छसि । कलहंसेश्वरं नाम तीर्थलिङ्गं सुरेश्वर
kalahaṃsa uvāca: yadi tuṣṭo 'si me deva varaṃ dātum ihecchasi / kalahaṃseśvaraṃ nāma tīrthaliṅgaṃ sureśvara
Kalahaṃsa said: If you are pleased with me, O god, and wish to grant a boon here, (then let there be) a sacred liṅga named Kalahaṃseśvara, O lord of the gods.
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SkP-RK 14.36
अक्षया देवदेवा ऽत्र होमदानबलिक्रियाः । अत्राक्षयं कृतं सर्वं त्वत् प्रसादात् महेश्वर
akṣayā devadevā 'tra homadānabalikriyāḥ / atrākṣayaṃ kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ tvat prasādāt maheśvara
Here, O god of gods, the acts of oblation, gift, and offering are imperishable; here everything done is made imperishable by your grace, O Maheśvara.
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SkP-RK 14.37
शिवाज्ञा वर्तते ते ऽत्र नरः स्वर्गमवाप्नुयात् । उत्क्रान्तिं कुरुते यस् तु अवशः स्ववशो ऽपि वा
śivājñā vartate te 'tra naraḥ svargamavāpnuyāt / utkrāntiṃ kurute yas tu avaśaḥ svavaśo 'pi vā
Let Śiva's command hold here (that) a man may attain heaven; and whoever performs the departure (of the breath, i.e. dies) here, whether against his will or of his own will —
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SkP-RK 14.38
स्तवेनानेन य स्तौतियस्त्वा स्तोष्यति शङ्कर । ब्रह्महा वा सुरापो वा स्तेयी च गुरुतल्पगः
stavenānena ya stautiyastvā stoṣyati śaṅkara / brahmahā vā surāpo vā steyī ca gurutalpagaḥ
whoever praises you with this hymn, or will praise you, O Śaṅkara — even a slayer of a brahmin, a drinker of liquor, a thief, or one who violates his guru's bed —
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SkP-RK 14.39
तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावेण सर्वे यान्तु शिवालयम् । इदं वरमहं मन्ये सर्वकामसमृद्धये
tīrthasyāsya prabhāveṇa sarve yāntu śivālayam / idaṃ varamahaṃ manye sarvakāmasamṛddhaye
let them all go to Śiva's abode by the power of this holy place. This I consider the boon, for the fulfilment of all desires.
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SkP-RK 14.40
ईश्वर उवाच: यं यं कामयते कामं त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे । मत्प्रसादान् न सन्देह सर्वम् एतद् भविष्यति
īśvara uvāca: yaṃ yaṃ kāmayate kāmaṃ trailokye sacarācare / matprasādān na sandeha sarvam etad bhaviṣyati
The Lord said: Whatever desire (a man) desires in the three worlds with their moving and unmoving (beings), by my grace all this shall come to be — there is no doubt.
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SkP-RK 14.41
एवमुक्त्वा ययौ देवः कैलासनिलयं नृप । कलहंसो ऽथ मुनिभिर् ब्रह्मिष्ठैः सजितेन्द्रियः
evamuktvā yayau devaḥ kailāsanilayaṃ nṛpa / kalahaṃso 'tha munibhir brahmiṣṭhaiḥ sajitendriyaḥ
Having spoken thus, the god went to his dwelling on Kailāsa, O king; and then Kalahaṃsa, with his senses well subdued, together with sages devoted to brahman,
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SkP-RK 14.42
वर्षायुतानि साग्राणि भुङ्क्ते भोगाञ्छिवालये । दिव्ययानसमारूढः स्तूयमानो ऽप्सरोगणैः
varṣāyutāni sāgrāṇi bhuṅkte bhogāñchivālaye / divyayānasamārūḍhaḥ stūyamāno 'psarogaṇaiḥ
enjoys pleasures in Śiva's abode for more than ten thousand years, mounted on a divine vehicle, praised by throngs of apsarases,
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SkP-RK 14.43
वेणुवीणानिनादेन सर्वालङ्कारभूषितः । दश वर्षसहस्राणि तथैव शिवसन्निधौ
veṇuvīṇāninādena sarvālaṅkārabhūṣitaḥ / daśa varṣasahasrāṇi tathaiva śivasannidhau
amid the sound of flutes and lutes, adorned with every ornament, for ten thousand years, likewise in Śiva's presence.
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SkP-RK 14.44
दक्षिणोत्तरदिग्भागपञ्चक्रोशप्रमाणतः । स्नानात् तत्र दिवं याति म्रियते विबुधो भवेत्
dakṣiṇottaradigbhāgapañcakrośapramāṇataḥ / snānāt tatra divaṃ yāti mriyate vibudho bhavet
For a measure of five krośas in the southern and northern quarters — by bathing there one goes to heaven; if one dies (there) one becomes a god.
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SkP-RK 14.45
एतत् ते कथितं राजन् कलहंसस्य कीर्तनम् । स्वारोचिषे ऽन्तरे प्राप्ते आदिकल्पे कृते युगे
etat te kathitaṃ rājan kalahaṃsasya kīrtanam / svārociṣe 'ntare prāpte ādikalpe kṛte yuge
This celebration of Kalahaṃsa has been told to you, O king, (as it happened) when the Svārociṣa interval had arrived, in the first kalpa, in the Kṛta age.
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SkP-RK 14.46
कलहंसस्य चाख्यानान् न सीदन्ति कलौ जनाः । पुत्रदारावृतानाघ मायामोहसमन्विताः । आख्यानसहितं देवं कर्मणा मनसा गिरा
kalahaṃsasya cākhyānān na sīdanti kalau janāḥ / putradārāvṛtānāgha māyāmohasamanvitāḥ / ākhyānasahitaṃ devaṃ karmaṇā manasā girā
And through the story of Kalahaṃsa people do not sink down in the Kali age, O sinless one — (people) surrounded by sons and wives and beset by delusion and confusion — (worshipping) the god together with the story, by act, mind, and speech.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain