Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 16
SkP-RK 16.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: अथान्यं संप्रवक्ष्यामि सङ्गमं लोकविश्रुतम् । बृहत्या नर्मदायास् तु सुरासुरनिषेवितम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: athānyaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi saṅgamaṃ lokaviśrutam / bṛhatyā narmadāyās tu surāsuraniṣevitam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Now I shall proclaim another confluence, famed in the world, of the great Narmadā, frequented by gods and demons,
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SkP-RK 16.2
नानाद्रुमलताकीर्णं विन्ध्यपर्वतसेवितम् । चम्पकैर् बकुलैर् युक्तमशोकैः स्तबकैर् अपि
nānādrumalatākīrṇaṃ vindhyaparvatasevitam / campakair bakulair yuktamaśokaiḥ stabakair api
strewn with various trees and creepers, frequented by the Vindhya mountain, furnished with campakas, bakulas, and also with clustered aśokas,
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SkP-RK 16.3
पुन्नागैः किङ्किरातैश् च सुगन्धैर् नागकेशरैः । मल्लिकोत्पलजातीभिः पाटलैः पारिजातकैः
punnāgaiḥ kiṅkirātaiś ca sugandhair nāgakeśaraiḥ / mallikotpalajātībhiḥ pāṭalaiḥ pārijātakaiḥ
(and) with punnāga trees and kiṅkirātas, and with fragrant nāgakeśaras, with jasmines, blue lotuses and jātī-jasmines, with pāṭalas and pārijātas,
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SkP-RK 16.4
आम्रजम्बूकपित्थैश् च श्रीफलैः पनसैस् तथा । खर्जूरैर् बदरीभिश् च दाडिमैर् बीजपूरकैः
āmrajambūkapitthaiś ca śrīphalaiḥ panasais tathā / kharjūrair badarībhiś ca dāḍimair bījapūrakaiḥ
and with mangoes, rose-apples and wood-apples, with bilva fruits and jackfruits, with dates and jujubes, with pomegranates and citrons,
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SkP-RK 16.5
अरुष्करैः क्षीरवृक्षैर् नारङ्गैर् उपशोभितैः । भरणायात्मवर्गस्य संविधाय वनेचरः
aruṣkaraiḥ kṣīravṛkṣair nāraṅgair upaśobhitaiḥ / bharaṇāyātmavargasya saṃvidhāya vanecaraḥ
with marking-nut trees, milk-trees, and orange trees adorning (the place) — the forest-dweller, having arranged (all this) for the sustenance of his own band,
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SkP-RK 16.6
मुखगण्डूषसलिलं शिवाय स समाहरत् । अज्ञानभक्तिगर्भस् तु स्नापयित्वा फलं ददौ
mukhagaṇḍūṣasalilaṃ śivāya sa samāharat / ajñānabhaktigarbhas tu snāpayitvā phalaṃ dadau
he brought water held in his own mouth for Śiva; and, filled with a devotion born of ignorance, having bathed (the liṅga), he offered fruit.
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SkP-RK 16.7
वासरे वासरे चैव निषादो धर्मतत्परः । सौम्यायने च चक्षुर् वै दत्त्वा सौम्यं तथात्मनः
vāsare vāsare caiva niṣādo dharmatatparaḥ / saumyāyane ca cakṣur vai dattvā saumyaṃ tathātmanaḥ
And day after day the Niṣāda, intent upon dharma, in the southern course (of the sun) gave his own eye — a fair one — (to the god).
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SkP-RK 16.8
एवं सम्पूजयामास त्र्यम्बकं विधिपूर्वकम् । एतत् ते कथितं राजन् कल्पगा नेत्रसङ्गमम्
evaṃ sampūjayāmāsa tryambakaṃ vidhipūrvakam / etat te kathitaṃ rājan kalpagā netrasaṅgamam
Thus he worshipped Tryambaka according to the prescribed rite. This, O king, has been told to you — the eye-union at Kalpagā.
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SkP-RK 16.9
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: भगवन् छ्रोतुम् इच्छामि महाकौतूहलं हि मे । संजातो मुनिशार्दूल स कथं नेत्रसङ्गमः
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: bhagavan chrotum icchāmi mahākautūhalaṃ hi me / saṃjāto muniśārdūla sa kathaṃ netrasaṅgamaḥ
Yudhiṣṭhira said: Venerable one, I wish to hear, for my curiosity is great: how, O tiger among sages, did that union of the eye come about?
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SkP-RK 16.10
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: एकस्मिन् वासरे प्राप्ते व्यतीपाते च संक्रमे । स पुष्पभारमादाय प्रविवेश शिवालये
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: ekasmin vāsare prāpte vyatīpāte ca saṃkrame / sa puṣpabhāramādāya praviveśa śivālaye
Mārkaṇḍeya said: On a certain day, when a vyatīpāta and a solstitial passage had arrived, he took up a load of flowers and entered Śiva's shrine.
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SkP-RK 16.11
तृतीयम् ईक्षणं तत्र देवस्य च न पश्यति । तदा तु चिन्तयामास विस्मयाविष्ट चेतनः
tṛtīyam īkṣaṇaṃ tatra devasya ca na paśyati / tadā tu cintayāmāsa vismayāviṣṭa cetanaḥ
There he does not see the third eye of the god; then, his mind seized by astonishment, he thought:
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SkP-RK 16.12
केनापहृतम् एतस्य नेत्रं देवस्य पाप्मना । इत्य् उक्त्वा च स्वकं नेत्रं तीक्ष्णबाणेन भारत
kenāpahṛtam etasya netraṃ devasya pāpmanā / ity uktvā ca svakaṃ netraṃ tīkṣṇabāṇena bhārata
"By what evildoer has this god's eye been carried off?" And having said this, (he took) his own eye with a sharp arrow, O Bhārata,
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SkP-RK 16.13
ललाटे देवदेवस्य उत्कृत्य संन्यवेशयत् । न कम्पो न च कार्पण्यं ना ऽन्यथा तस्य मानसम्
lalāṭe devadevasya utkṛtya saṃnyaveśayat / na kampo na ca kārpaṇyaṃ nā 'nyathā tasya mānasam
and, having cut it out, set it in place on the forehead of the god of gods. There was no trembling in him, no weakness, nor was his mind otherwise (than resolved).
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SkP-RK 16.14
ततस् तुष्टः सुरेशानो निषादं प्रति भारत । प्रहसन् न ब्रवीद् देवो वरं वृणु यथेप्सितम्
tatas tuṣṭaḥ sureśāno niṣādaṃ prati bhārata / prahasan na bravīd devo varaṃ vṛṇu yathepsitam
Then the lord of the gods, pleased, O Bhārata, laughing, said to the Niṣāda: "Choose a boon, whatever you wish."
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SkP-RK 16.15
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: श्रुत्वा तु वचनं शम्भोः साष्टाङ्गं प्रणिपत्य सः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: śrutvā tu vacanaṃ śambhoḥ sāṣṭāṅgaṃ praṇipatya saḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: But having heard Śambhu's speech, he, prostrating with the eight limbs (said):
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SkP-RK 16.16
यदि तुष्टो ऽसि देवेश वरं दातुं ममेच्छसि । निषादास्त इमे सर्वे मृगपक्षिगणैः सह
yadi tuṣṭo 'si deveśa varaṃ dātuṃ mamecchasi / niṣādāsta ime sarve mṛgapakṣigaṇaiḥ saha
"If you are pleased, lord of gods, and wish to grant me a boon: (may) all these Niṣādas, together with the flocks of beasts and birds,
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SkP-RK 16.17
सपुत्रदारपशवो ये चान्ये पापयोनयः । त्वत् प्रसादान् महेशान शिवलोकं प्रयान्तु ते
saputradārapaśavo ye cānye pāpayonayaḥ / tvat prasādān maheśāna śivalokaṃ prayāntu te
with their sons, wives and cattle, and whatever others are of sinful birth — by your grace, O great lord, may they go to Śiva's world.
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SkP-RK 16.18
एतद् वरम् अहं मन्ये भूतानां हितकाम्यया । एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस् तस्य निषादाधिपतेः शिवः
etad varam ahaṃ manye bhūtānāṃ hitakāmyayā / etacchrutvā vacas tasya niṣādādhipateḥ śivaḥ
This is the boon I have in mind, out of a desire for the welfare of (all) beings." Having heard this speech of his, of the chief of the Niṣādas, Śiva
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SkP-RK 16.19
उवाच सर्वकामाप्तिं मत्प्रसादात् त्वमाप्स्यसि । एवम् उक्त्वा शिवो राजंस् तत्रैवान्तरधीयत
uvāca sarvakāmāptiṃ matprasādāt tvamāpsyasi / evam uktvā śivo rājaṃs tatraivāntaradhīyata
said: "By my grace you will obtain the attainment of all desires." Having spoken thus, O king, Śiva vanished on that very spot.
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SkP-RK 16.20
दिव्ययानसमारूढो निषादो ऽनुचरैः सह । धृतस्वर्णातपत्रं तु वीज्यमानो ऽप्सरोगणैः
divyayānasamārūḍho niṣādo 'nucaraiḥ saha / dhṛtasvarṇātapatraṃ tu vījyamāno 'psarogaṇaiḥ
Mounted on a heavenly vehicle, the Niṣāda together with his followers, with a golden parasol held (over him), fanned by throngs of apsarases,
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SkP-RK 16.21
दिव्याभरणशोभाढ्यः सर्वालङ्कारभूषितः । दिव्यवस्त्रपरीधानो दिव्यगन्धानुलेपनः
divyābharaṇaśobhāḍhyaḥ sarvālaṅkārabhūṣitaḥ / divyavastraparīdhāno divyagandhānulepanaḥ
rich in the splendour of divine ornaments, adorned with every decoration, clothed in divine garments, anointed with divine perfumes,
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SkP-RK 16.22
सुरासुरैः स्तूयमानो वेणुवीणापुरस् सरः । प्रायाच्छिवपुरं क्षिप्रं तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावतः
surāsuraiḥ stūyamāno veṇuvīṇāpuras saraḥ / prāyācchivapuraṃ kṣipraṃ tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ
praised by gods and asuras, preceded by flutes and lutes, went swiftly to Śiva's city, by the power of this tīrtha.
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SkP-RK 16.23
एतत् ते कथितं राजन् छिवनेत्रह्रदाश्रितम् । अनेकशतसंख्याताः पापयोनिरता नराः
etat te kathitaṃ rājan chivanetrahradāśritam / anekaśatasaṃkhyātāḥ pāpayoniratā narāḥ
This has been told to you, O king, concerning the lake of Śiva's eye. Men numbering many hundreds, given to sinful births,
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SkP-RK 16.24
नर्मदाशिवसंयोगे संसिद्धिं परमां गताः । अवश स्ववशो वा ऽपि यस् तु प्राणान् परित्यजेत्
narmadāśivasaṃyoge saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ gatāḥ / avaśa svavaśo vā 'pi yas tu prāṇān parityajet
have attained the highest perfection at the confluence of the Narmadā with Śiva('s lake). And whoever gives up his life-breaths there, whether helplessly or of his own will,
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SkP-RK 16.25
वसेद् वर्षसहस्राणि उमामाहेश्वरे पुरे । श्रवणात् कीर्तनाच् चापि मुच्यते भवबन्धनात्
vased varṣasahasrāṇi umāmāheśvare pure / śravaṇāt kīrtanāc cāpi mucyate bhavabandhanāt
dwells for thousands of years in the city of Umā and Maheśvara; and by hearing and by reciting (this) too one is freed from the bondage of existence.
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SkP-RK 16.26
धन्यास् ते पुरुषा राजन् ये म्रियन्ते शिवायने । न तेषां गर्भभूतिश् च जन्म चैव युधिष्ठिर
dhanyās te puruṣā rājan ye mriyante śivāyane / na teṣāṃ garbhabhūtiś ca janma caiva yudhiṣṭhira
Blessed are those men, O king, who die in the abode of Śiva; for them there is no coming to be in a womb and no birth, Yudhiṣṭhira.
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SkP-RK 16.27
पुत्रदारपरिग्रस्ता मोहजालसमावृताः । कल्पगां तु न पश्यन्ति पापोपहतचेतसः
putradāraparigrastā mohajālasamāvṛtāḥ / kalpagāṃ tu na paśyanti pāpopahatacetasaḥ
Seized by sons and wife, enveloped in the net of delusion, their minds struck down by sin, they do not see the (river) that goes on through the kalpa.
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