Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 17
SkP-RK 17.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: अथान्यत् परमं तीर्थं कथ्यमानं निबोध मे । सहस्रयज्ञं विख्यातं त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: athānyat paramaṃ tīrthaṃ kathyamānaṃ nibodha me / sahasrayajñaṃ vikhyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Now learn from me of another supreme tīrtha as it is told, the one renowned as Sahasrayajña, famed in the three worlds.
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SkP-RK 17.2
तत्र स्नात्वा च जप्त्वा च पूजयित्वा महेश्वरम् । न तस्य पुनरावृत्तिर् घोरे संसारसागरे
tatra snātvā ca japtvā ca pūjayitvā maheśvaram / na tasya punarāvṛttir ghore saṃsārasāgare
Having bathed there and muttered (prayers) and worshipped Maheśvara, he does not return again into the terrible ocean of transmigration.
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SkP-RK 17.3
कथयामि तवाख्यानम् इतिहासं पुरातनम् । ताराबलिर्नाम नागः कम्बलाश्वतरौ तथा
kathayāmi tavākhyānam itihāsaṃ purātanam / tārābalirnāma nāgaḥ kambalāśvatarau tathā
I shall tell you a narrative, an ancient tale. There was a nāga named Tārābali, and Kambala and Aśvatara likewise,
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SkP-RK 17.4
श्वेतोरगास् तथा चान्ये भुजङ्गाश् च तथा ऽपरे । नागेश्वरं ते ऽर्चयन्ति नानापुष्पविलेपनैः
śvetoragās tathā cānye bhujaṅgāś ca tathā 'pare / nāgeśvaraṃ te 'rcayanti nānāpuṣpavilepanaiḥ
and white serpents, and yet others, and other snakes besides: they worship Nāgeśvara with various flowers and unguents.
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SkP-RK 17.5
नागपूगाः समासाद्य पूजयन्ति महेश्वरम् । गर्गो ऽघमर्षणश् चैव च्यवनः शौनको ऽङ्गिराः
nāgapūgāḥ samāsādya pūjayanti maheśvaram / gargo 'ghamarṣaṇaś caiva cyavanaḥ śaunako 'ṅgirāḥ
Coming in throngs, the nāgas worship Maheśvara. Garga, and Aghamarṣaṇa, Cyavana, Śaunaka, Aṅgiras—
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SkP-RK 17.6
एते चान्ये ऽपि बहवो ब्रह्मविद्याङ्गपारगाः । नागानां चाश्रमं हर्तुं तत्र सर्वे ह्य् उपस्थिताः
ete cānye 'pi bahavo brahmavidyāṅgapāragāḥ / nāgānāṃ cāśramaṃ hartuṃ tatra sarve hy upasthitāḥ
these and many others too, masters of the Vedic lore and its auxiliaries, all presented themselves there to seize the nāgas' hermitage.
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SkP-RK 17.7
ततस्तैः कुपितैर् नागैर् दष्टाश् चैव द्विजोत्तमाः । विषाघ्रातान् मुनीन् दृष्ट्वा कुपितश् चाघमर्षणः
tatastaiḥ kupitair nāgair daṣṭāś caiva dvijottamāḥ / viṣāghrātān munīn dṛṣṭvā kupitaś cāghamarṣaṇaḥ
Then those best of twice-born were bitten by the angered nāgas; and seeing the sages overcome by poison, Aghamarṣaṇa grew wrathful,
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SkP-RK 17.8
वाहनं वासुदेवस्य पक्षिराजं समाह्वयत् । तत्क्षणाद् आगतः पक्षी गरुडः क्रोधमूर्छितः
vāhanaṃ vāsudevasya pakṣirājaṃ samāhvayat / tatkṣaṇād āgataḥ pakṣī garuḍaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ
and summoned the king of birds, the mount of Vāsudeva. That instant the bird Garuḍa came, senseless with rage.
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SkP-RK 17.9
कृताञ्जलिपुटो भूत्वा ब्राह्मणं चेदमब्रवीत् । भुजङ्गान् भक्षयिष्यामि ब्राह्मणा निर्विषास् ततः
kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā brāhmaṇaṃ cedamabravīt / bhujaṅgān bhakṣayiṣyāmi brāhmaṇā nirviṣās tataḥ
Making a hollow of his joined palms, he said this to the brahmin: "I shall devour the snakes, and then the brahmins will be free of poison."
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SkP-RK 17.10
ब्रह्मशापभयार्तेन गरुडेन विषोल्बणाः । भक्षिताः पन्नगाः सर्वे मोचिता मुनयो विषात्
brahmaśāpabhayārtena garuḍena viṣolbaṇāḥ / bhakṣitāḥ pannagāḥ sarve mocitā munayo viṣāt
By Garuḍa, distressed by fear of the brahmin's curse, all the poison-swollen serpents were devoured, and the sages were released from the poison.
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SkP-RK 17.11
पक्षीन्द्रे च गते स्थाने भक्षयित्वा भुजङ्गमान् । अवशिष्टास् तु ये नागा विविशुस्ते रसातलम्
pakṣīndre ca gate sthāne bhakṣayitvā bhujaṅgamān / avaśiṣṭās tu ye nāgā viviśuste rasātalam
And when the lord of birds had gone to his place after eating the snakes, those nāgas who were left entered the nether world.
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SkP-RK 17.12
आप्लवे च सुसंप्राप्ते प्रवाहो नार्मदः क्षणात् । अस्थीनि स्रावयामास ततो नागा दिवं ययुः
āplave ca susaṃprāpte pravāho nārmadaḥ kṣaṇāt / asthīni srāvayāmāsa tato nāgā divaṃ yayuḥ
And when the flooding came on fully, the Narmadā's current in an instant washed away the bones; thereupon the nāgas went to heaven.
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SkP-RK 17.13
सर्पयोनिं परित्यज्य लोके क्रीडन्ति शाम्भवे । नागेश्वरस्य रेवायाः सम्पर्कात् पापमोक्षणम्
sarpayoniṃ parityajya loke krīḍanti śāmbhave / nāgeśvarasya revāyāḥ samparkāt pāpamokṣaṇam
Abandoning the serpent birth, they sport in Śiva's world. From contact with Nāgeśvara and with the Revā comes release from sin.
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SkP-RK 17.14
तत्र नागह्रदश् चास्ते त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतः । तत्र स्नातो दिवं याति यो नागेश्वरमर्चयेत्
tatra nāgahradaś cāste triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ / tatra snāto divaṃ yāti yo nāgeśvaramarcayet
There too stands the Nāga lake, famed in the three worlds. One who bathes there and worships Nāgeśvara goes to heaven.
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SkP-RK 17.15
अयं ते कथितो राजन्नितिहासः पुरातनः । श्रवणात् कीर्तनाद् वा ऽपि मुच्यते भवबन्धनात्
ayaṃ te kathito rājannitihāsaḥ purātanaḥ / śravaṇāt kīrtanād vā 'pi mucyate bhavabandhanāt
This ancient tale has been told to you, O king; by hearing it or by reciting it one is freed from the bondage of existence.
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