Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 19
SkP-RK 19.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: सप्तसारस्वतं तीर्थ शंस मे ऽत्र महामुने । उत्पत्तिं चास्य तीर्थस्य कथयस्व यथार्थतः
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: saptasārasvataṃ tīrtha śaṃsa me 'tra mahāmune / utpattiṃ cāsya tīrthasya kathayasva yathārthataḥ
Yudhiṣṭhira said: Tell me here, O great sage, of the Saptasārasvata sacred ford, and relate the origin of this ford as it truly was.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.2
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: सप्तसारस्वतो नाम गन्धर्वः शिवगायनः । वीणावेणुप्रेक्षणीय यन्त्रगीतविशारदः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: saptasārasvato nāma gandharvaḥ śivagāyanaḥ / vīṇāveṇuprekṣaṇīya yantragītaviśāradaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: There was a gandharva named Saptasārasvata, a singer of Śiva('s praises), worth beholding with lute and flute, skilled in instrumental music and song.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.3
मणिभद्रा सुभद्रा च हेमगर्भा तथा परा । आभिर्वराप्सरोभिश् च चिक्रीडे प्रतिवासरम्
maṇibhadrā subhadrā ca hemagarbhā tathā parā / ābhirvarāpsarobhiś ca cikrīḍe prativāsaram
Maṇibhadrā and Subhadrā, and Hemagarbhā besides — with these excellent apsarases he played day after day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.4
मदिरा नष्टचैतन्यः कामार्तः काममोहितः । विहाय शाङ्करीं पूजां भक्ष्यभोज्यरतो ऽभवत्
madirā naṣṭacaitanyaḥ kāmārtaḥ kāmamohitaḥ / vihāya śāṅkarīṃ pūjāṃ bhakṣyabhojyarato 'bhavat
His awareness lost through liquor, afflicted by desire, deluded by desire, he abandoned the worship of Śiva and became devoted to food and drink.
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SkP-RK 19.5
कियत्यपि गते काले ययौ द्रष्टुम् उमापतिम् । गीतनृत्यैश् च तुष्टाव कैलासे तं नगोत्तमे
kiyatyapi gate kāle yayau draṣṭum umāpatim / gītanṛtyaiś ca tuṣṭāva kailāse taṃ nagottame
When some time had passed, he went to see the Lord of Umā, and on Kailāsa, the best of mountains, he praised him with songs and dances.
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SkP-RK 19.6
गन्धर्वं तं समालोक्य चिरकाले समागतम् । शशाप नन्दी कोपेन शिवभक्तिपराङ्मुखम्
gandharvaṃ taṃ samālokya cirakāle samāgatam / śaśāpa nandī kopena śivabhaktiparāṅmukham
Seeing that gandharva, come after a long time, turned away from devotion to Śiva, Nandin cursed him in anger:
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SkP-RK 19.7
चाण्डालयोनिं गच्छ त्वं पापस्यास्य प्रभावतः । क्षुत्क्षामस्त्वं निराहारो मर्त्यलोके चरिष्यसि
cāṇḍālayoniṃ gaccha tvaṃ pāpasyāsya prabhāvataḥ / kṣutkṣāmastvaṃ nirāhāro martyaloke cariṣyasi
"Go to a birth among Caṇḍālas, by the force of this sin of yours; wasted with hunger, without food, you shall wander in the world of mortals."
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SkP-RK 19.8
प्रसाद्य नन्दिनं सो ऽथ गन्धर्वो वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् । शापस्यान्तं महाभाग दातुं मे त्वमिहार्हसि
prasādya nandinaṃ so 'tha gandharvo vākyam abravīt / śāpasyāntaṃ mahābhāga dātuṃ me tvamihārhasi
Then, propitiating Nandin, that gandharva spoke these words: "O greatly fortunate one, you ought here to grant me an end to the curse."
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SkP-RK 19.9
नन्द्युवाच: नर्मदायां व्यतीपाते स्नात्वा ऽभ्यर्च्य महेश्वरम् । अन्तं शापस्य संप्राप्य पुनस्त्वं चागमिष्यसि
nandyuvāca: narmadāyāṃ vyatīpāte snātvā 'bhyarcya maheśvaram / antaṃ śāpasya saṃprāpya punastvaṃ cāgamiṣyasi
Nandin said: Having bathed in the Narmadā at the vyatīpāta conjunction and worshipped Maheśvara, you will attain the end of the curse and come back again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.10
एवं तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा चाण्डालीं योनिम् आश्रितः । जातिस्मरत्वं संप्राप्य सशैलवनकाननाम्
evaṃ tad vacanaṃ śrutvā cāṇḍālīṃ yonim āśritaḥ / jātismaratvaṃ saṃprāpya saśailavanakānanām
Having thus heard those words, he took on a Caṇḍāla birth; and gaining the recollection of his (former) birth, [he wandered] the earth with its mountains, woods and forests,
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SkP-RK 19.11
बभ्राम धरणीं सर्वां तीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गतः । अथ चक्राङ्गयोगेन नर्मदा तीरमागतः
babhrāma dharaṇīṃ sarvāṃ tīrthayātrāprasaṅgataḥ / atha cakrāṅgayogena narmadā tīramāgataḥ
he roamed the whole earth on the occasion of pilgrimage to sacred fords; then, by the practice of the cakrāṅga (bird?), he came to the bank of the Narmadā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 19.12
शङ्करस्थण्डिले यागं तत्र गत्वा चकार सः । पुष्पोपहारैर् विविधैर् वीणावाद्यैर् मनोहरैः
śaṅkarasthaṇḍile yāgaṃ tatra gatvā cakāra saḥ / puṣpopahārair vividhair vīṇāvādyair manoharaiḥ
Going there, he performed a rite on the altar-ground of Śaṅkara, with various offerings of flowers and with charming music of the lute.
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SkP-RK 19.13
गन्धर्वभक्तिं विज्ञाय प्रत्यक्षो ऽभूत् महेश्वरः । स्थण्डिलादुत्थितं लिङ्गं महापावनमम्भसि
gandharvabhaktiṃ vijñāya pratyakṣo 'bhūt maheśvaraḥ / sthaṇḍilādutthitaṃ liṅgaṃ mahāpāvanamambhasi
Recognizing the gandharva's devotion, Maheśvara became visible; a liṅga, greatly purifying, rose up from the altar-ground into the water.
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SkP-RK 19.14
उवाच तं महादेवो गीतवादित्रतोषितः । वरं वृणु महाभाग यत्ते मनसि वर्तते
uvāca taṃ mahādevo gītavāditratoṣitaḥ / varaṃ vṛṇu mahābhāga yatte manasi vartate
Mahādeva, pleased by the singing and the instruments, said to him: "Choose a boon, O greatly fortunate one, whatever is in your mind."
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SkP-RK 19.15
गन्धर्व उवाच: यदि तुष्टो महेशान वरं दातुमिहेच्छसि
gandharva uvāca: yadi tuṣṭo maheśāna varaṃ dātumihecchasi
The gandharva said: If you are pleased, O great Lord, and wish to grant a boon here —
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SkP-RK 19.16
सप्तसारस्वतं तीर्थं लिङ्गं सारस्वतं तथा । ख्यातिं यातु महादेव त्वत्प्रसादात् महीतले
saptasārasvataṃ tīrthaṃ liṅgaṃ sārasvataṃ tathā / khyātiṃ yātu mahādeva tvatprasādāt mahītale
— may this ford (be) Saptasārasvata and the liṅga likewise Sārasvata, and may it attain fame on the earth, O Mahādeva, by your grace.
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SkP-RK 19.17
तिर्यग् योनिगताः पापाश् चाण्डालाश् च नराधमाः । सर्वे ते त्रिदिवं यान्तु तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावतः
tiryag yonigatāḥ pāpāś cāṇḍālāś ca narādhamāḥ / sarve te tridivaṃ yāntu tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ
May all the sinners who have gone to animal births, and Caṇḍālas, and the lowest of men, go to heaven by the power of this ford.
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SkP-RK 19.18
एवम् अस्त्विति तं चोक्त्वा महेशो ऽन्तरधीयत । दिव्ययान समारूढः सर्वालङ्कारभूषितः
evam astviti taṃ coktvā maheśo 'ntaradhīyata / divyayāna samārūḍhaḥ sarvālaṅkārabhūṣitaḥ
Saying to him "Let it be so," Maheśa vanished; (and the gandharva,) mounted on a divine vehicle, adorned with every ornament,
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SkP-RK 19.19
शिवलोकम् अवाप्यैवं यथापूर्वं तथैव सः । सप्तसारस्वते स्नात्वा अर्चयित्वा वृषध्वजम्
śivalokam avāpyaivaṃ yathāpūrvaṃ tathaiva saḥ / saptasārasvate snātvā arcayitvā vṛṣadhvajam
thus reached the world of Śiva, just as he had been before. Having bathed in the Saptasārasvata and worshipped the Bull-bannered one,
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SkP-RK 19.20
कुलैकविंशम् उद्धृत्य स्वर्गलोके महीयते । तत्र स्नात्वा दिवं यान्ति ये मृता न पुनर्भवाः
kulaikaviṃśam uddhṛtya svargaloke mahīyate / tatra snātvā divaṃ yānti ye mṛtā na punarbhavāḥ
(a man) is honored in the world of heaven, having rescued twenty-one generations of his family; those who bathe there go to heaven, and those who die (there) are not born again.
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SkP-RK 19.21
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: कः स्रष्टा चास्य जगतो हर्ता धर्ता च भो मुने
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: kaḥ sraṣṭā cāsya jagato hartā dhartā ca bho mune
Yudhiṣṭhira said: Who is the creator of this world, and who its destroyer and its sustainer, O sage?
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SkP-RK 19.22
यथार्थम् एतद् आचक्ष्व विस्तरेण तपोधन । त्वत्तो ऽहं श्रोतुमिच्छामि सर्वम् एतन् मुदायुतः
yathārtham etad ācakṣva vistareṇa tapodhana / tvatto 'haṃ śrotumicchāmi sarvam etan mudāyutaḥ
Tell this as it truly is, at length, O you rich in austerity. From you I wish to hear all this, filled with delight.
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SkP-RK 19.23
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: यथा श्रुतं मया पूर्वं पुराणं स्कन्दकीर्तितम् । तथा ते कथयिष्यामि शृणु राजन् यथार्थतः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: yathā śrutaṃ mayā pūrvaṃ purāṇaṃ skandakīrtitam / tathā te kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇu rājan yathārthataḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: As I formerly heard the ancient tale as told by Skanda, so I shall relate it to you; listen, O king, as it truly is.
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SkP-RK 19.24
स्कन्देन तु पुरा पृष्टो हरः कल्पान्तकारकः । चराचरम् इदं सर्वं कथं गच्छति संलयम्
skandena tu purā pṛṣṭo haraḥ kalpāntakārakaḥ / carācaram idaṃ sarvaṃ kathaṃ gacchati saṃlayam
Formerly Hara, the maker of the end of the aeon, was asked by Skanda: how does all this, moving and unmoving, go to dissolution?
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SkP-RK 19.25
कुत्र गच्छन्त्यमी देवाः कथं चैषां स्थितिर् भवेत् । क्वच गच्छति वै ब्रह्मा कुत्र गच्छति केशवः
kutra gacchantyamī devāḥ kathaṃ caiṣāṃ sthitir bhavet / kvaca gacchati vai brahmā kutra gacchati keśavaḥ
Where do these gods go, and how does their continued existence come about? And where indeed does Brahmā go, where does Keśava go?
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SkP-RK 19.26
वेदास् तु कुत्र गच्छन्ति सषडङ्गपदक्रमाः । अग्नयः पर्वताः सर्वे समुद्रद्वीपसंयुताः
vedās tu kutra gacchanti saṣaḍaṅgapadakramāḥ / agnayaḥ parvatāḥ sarve samudradvīpasaṃyutāḥ
And where do the Vedas go, together with the six auxiliary sciences and the word-by-word and sequential recitations? (Where go) the fires, all the mountains, together with the oceans and the islands?
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SkP-RK 19.27
सिद्धाः सर्वे सनक्षत्राः सूर्याद्याश् च तथा ग्रहाः । पातालभुवनादीनि देवलोकाश् च शाश्वताः
siddhāḥ sarve sanakṣatrāḥ sūryādyāś ca tathā grahāḥ / pātālabhuvanādīni devalokāś ca śāśvatāḥ
All the Siddhas together with the constellations, and likewise the planets beginning with the sun, the nether regions and the worlds and so forth, and the everlasting realms of the gods?
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SkP-RK 19.28
हर उवाच: कथयामि परं गुह्यं सृष्टिसंहारकारकम्
hara uvāca: kathayāmi paraṃ guhyaṃ sṛṣṭisaṃhārakārakam
Hara said: I shall tell (you) the supreme secret, that which brings about creation and destruction.
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SkP-RK 19.29
प्रलये सर्वभूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च । शिवलिङ्गे विलीयन्ते नष्टे जगति शाश्वते
pralaye sarvabhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca / śivaliṅge vilīyante naṣṭe jagati śāśvate
At the dissolution all beings, unmoving and moving, are dissolved in the Śiva-liṅga, when the everlasting world has perished.
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SkP-RK 19.30
शून्यं चैतज् जगत् सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् । आतिष्ठति यदा वह्णिर् विस्फुरन् सर्वतोमुखः
śūnyaṃ caitaj jagat sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram / ātiṣṭhati yadā vahṇir visphuran sarvatomukhaḥ
And this whole world, the three realms with all that moves and does not move, becomes empty, when the fire stands blazing, facing in all directions.
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SkP-RK 19.31
ततो बृहस्पतिर् गायन् वेदत्रयसमन्वितम् । तदैवातिबलो देवः कूर्मरूपो महाद्युतिः
tato bṛhaspatir gāyan vedatrayasamanvitam / tadaivātibalo devaḥ kūrmarūpo mahādyutiḥ
Then Bṛhaspati, singing that which is accompanied by the three Vedas; and at that very moment the exceedingly mighty god in the form of a tortoise, of great splendour—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 19.32
नरकांश्चादहत् सर्वास् ततः प्रज्वलितो महान् । सर्वं दग्धं तु पातालं नागानां भुवनानि च
narakāṃścādahat sarvās tataḥ prajvalito mahān / sarvaṃ dagdhaṃ tu pātālaṃ nāgānāṃ bhuvanāni ca
And it burned up all the hells; then the great (fire), blazing forth—the whole nether world was burned, and the worlds of the Nāgas.
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SkP-RK 19.33
कालरूपेण दग्धानि भुवनानि चतुर्दश । ज्वालामालाकुलीभूते वाङ्मये सचराचरे
kālarūpeṇa dagdhāni bhuvanāni caturdaśa / jvālāmālākulībhūte vāṅmaye sacarācare
The fourteen worlds are burned by (him in) the form of Time, when all that moves and does not move, consisting of speech, has become crowded with garlands of flame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 19.34
नष्टे त्रिविष्टपे सर्वे सशैलवनकानने । मायामये तु सर्वे ऽस्मिंस् त्रैगुण्ये प्रलयं गते
naṣṭe triviṣṭape sarve saśailavanakānane / māyāmaye tu sarve 'smiṃs traiguṇye pralayaṃ gate
When heaven has perished entirely, along with its mountains, woods and forests, and when all this, made of māyā, consisting of the three guṇas, has gone to dissolution—
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SkP-RK 19.35
विनश्यति ततो ब्रह्मा सहितः सर्वदैवतैः । नाशयित्वा च भूतानि ब्रह्माण्डैः सह दैवतैः
vinaśyati tato brahmā sahitaḥ sarvadaivataiḥ / nāśayitvā ca bhūtāni brahmāṇḍaiḥ saha daivataiḥ
then Brahmā perishes together with all the gods; and having destroyed the beings, together with the world-eggs and the gods—
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SkP-RK 19.36
स्थिता तु नर्मदा चैका सुतीर्था सुरपूजिता । नर्मदाया ऽवतारो ऽयं मर्त्यलोके व्यवस्थितः
sthitā tu narmadā caikā sutīrthā surapūjitā / narmadāyā 'vatāro 'yaṃ martyaloke vyavasthitaḥ
But the Narmadā alone remains, a fine place of pilgrimage, worshipped by the gods; this is the descent of the Narmadā, established in the world of mortals.
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SkP-RK 19.37
गतमिन्द्रसहस्रं तु यावद् वै दशपञ्च च । अतीतं ब्रह्मणः षट्कं सप्तमो ऽयं प्रजापतिः
gatamindrasahasraṃ tu yāvad vai daśapañca ca / atītaṃ brahmaṇaḥ ṣaṭkaṃ saptamo 'yaṃ prajāpatiḥ
A thousand Indras have passed away, indeed as many as fifteen (more); six sets of Brahmā have gone by, and this is the seventh Prajāpati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 19.38
तद् एवम् अग्निमध्यस्थं तेन सर्वम् अचेतनम् । अव्यक्ते सर्वभूतानाम् ईशे जागर्ति जाग्रति
tad evam agnimadhyasthaṃ tena sarvam acetanam / avyakte sarvabhūtānām īśe jāgarti jāgrati
Thus that stands in the midst of fire; by that everything is without consciousness. When the unmanifest lord of all beings wakes, (all beings) wake.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 19.39
यदा स्वपिति शान्तात्मा तदा सर्वं निमीलितम् । स विष्णुः सृष्टिकर्ता च हर्ता च जगतः प्रभुः
yadā svapiti śāntātmā tadā sarvaṃ nimīlitam / sa viṣṇuḥ sṛṣṭikartā ca hartā ca jagataḥ prabhuḥ
When, tranquil of self, he sleeps, then everything is closed up. He is Viṣṇu, the maker of creation, and the destroyer, the lord of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.40
एकीभूतेषु भूतेषु व्यपास्यन् सर्वतेजसाम् । पुनः सृष्टिं प्रकुरुते देवदेवः सदाशिवः
ekībhūteṣu bhūteṣu vyapāsyan sarvatejasām / punaḥ sṛṣṭiṃ prakurute devadevaḥ sadāśivaḥ
When the beings have become one, casting off (the light) of all the luminaries, the god of gods, Sadāśiva, brings about creation again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 19.41
ब्रह्मा भूत्वा ऽसृजल्लोकं विष्णुर् भूत्वा ह्यपालयत् । रुद्रः कालाग्निरूपेण हरत्यन्ते स एव हि
brahmā bhūtvā 'sṛjallokaṃ viṣṇur bhūtvā hyapālayat / rudraḥ kālāgnirūpeṇa haratyante sa eva hi
Becoming Brahmā he created the world, becoming Viṣṇu he protected it; and it is he alone who, as Rudra in the form of the fire of time, destroys it at the end.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.42
तन्मया कथितं सर्वं किम् अन्यत् परिपृच्छसि । इडा नाम कला ह्येषा शम्भोर् वै सप्तकल्पगा
tanmayā kathitaṃ sarvaṃ kim anyat paripṛcchasi / iḍā nāma kalā hyeṣā śambhor vai saptakalpagā
All that has been told by me; what else do you ask? This indeed is the digit (kalā) of Śambhu named Iḍā, which passes through seven kalpas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 19.43
अक्षया तेन लोके ।# अष्टौ युगसहस्राणि अहोरात्रं प्रजापतेः
akṣayā tena loke /# aṣṭau yugasahasrāṇi ahorātraṃ prajāpateḥ
(It is) imperishable; thereby in the world ... Eight thousand yugas are a day and night of Prajāpati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 19.44
अनेनैव तु मानेन शतं ब्रह्मा स जीवति । पितामहशतेनैव विष्णोर् मानं विधीयते
anenaiva tu mānena śataṃ brahmā sa jīvati / pitāmahaśatenaiva viṣṇor mānaṃ vidhīyate
By this very measure Brahmā lives a hundred (years); by a hundred (lifetimes) of the Grandfather the measure of Viṣṇu is fixed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.45
निमेषार्द्धं च शम्भोस् तु सहस्राणि चतुर्दश । एतावति विनश्यन्ति ह्य् असंख्याताः पितामहाः
nimeṣārddhaṃ ca śambhos tu sahasrāṇi caturdaśa / etāvati vinaśyanti hy asaṃkhyātāḥ pitāmahāḥ
But half a moment of Śambhu is fourteen thousand (such spans); in that much time innumerable Grandfathers perish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 19.46
तत्र द्वादशसाहस्रं दैवतं युगम् उच्यते । तद् एकसप्ततियुगं मन्वन्तरम् इहोच्यते
tatra dvādaśasāhasraṃ daivataṃ yugam ucyate / tad ekasaptatiyugaṃ manvantaram ihocyate
Therein twelve thousand (years) is called a divine yuga; that (multiplied by) seventy-one yugas is here called a manvantara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.47
एतच् चतुर्दशगुणं कल्पम् आहुर् मनीषिणः । हरार्कचन्द्रमनवः शक्रस्यायुः प्रकीर्तितम्
etac caturdaśaguṇaṃ kalpam āhur manīṣiṇaḥ / harārkacandramanavaḥ śakrasyāyuḥ prakīrtitam
This multiplied fourteenfold the wise call a kalpa. (?) Hara, the sun, the moon, and the Manus — the lifespan of Śakra is declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 19.48
लोकपालादयो देवाः साध्याश् चैव मरुद्गणाः । अष्टाविंशतिपर्यन्त युगानां सन्ति ते ऽपि च
lokapālādayo devāḥ sādhyāś caiva marudgaṇāḥ / aṣṭāviṃśatiparyanta yugānāṃ santi te 'pi ca
The world-guardians and the other gods, the Sādhyas and the troops of Maruts — they too last for a term of twenty-eight yugas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 19.49
एतत् ते कल्पगा कालमानं निगदितं मया । ये मृताः कल्पगातीरे दानयज्ञतपः स्थिताः
etat te kalpagā kālamānaṃ nigaditaṃ mayā / ye mṛtāḥ kalpagātīre dānayajñatapaḥ sthitāḥ
This measure of time, spanning a kalpa, has been declared to you by me. Those who have died on the bank of the Kalpagā (river), being established in giving, sacrifice and austerity —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 19.50
दुर्गमं यमलोकं च न पश्यन्ति कदाचन । तपसा ध्यानयोगेन ब्रह्मार्चनपरायणाः
durgamaṃ yamalokaṃ ca na paśyanti kadācana / tapasā dhyānayogena brahmārcanaparāyaṇāḥ
— they never see the impassable world of Yama, (being) devoted to the worship of Brahman by austerity and the practice of meditation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.51
नर्मदातीरमासाद्य ये ऽत्र प्रासादकारकाः । दारुणं नरकं घोरं नाश्रयन्ते यमालयम्
narmadātīramāsādya ye 'tra prāsādakārakāḥ / dāruṇaṃ narakaṃ ghoraṃ nāśrayante yamālayam
Those who, having come to the bank of the Narmadā, build temples here do not resort to the harsh, dreadful hell, the abode of Yama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.52
नर्मदां तु निषेवन्ते वार्द्धक्ये तु सुबुद्धयः । एतद् एव परं ध्यानं शेषम् अन्यन् निरर्थकम्
narmadāṃ tu niṣevante vārddhakye tu subuddhayaḥ / etad eva paraṃ dhyānaṃ śeṣam anyan nirarthakam
But the wise resort to the Narmadā in old age; this alone is the supreme meditation, all the rest is fruitless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.53
नर्मदादक्षिणे तीरे अशोकवनिकासु च । अशोकजननं नाम तीर्थ तत्र व्यवस्थितम्
narmadādakṣiṇe tīre aśokavanikāsu ca / aśokajananaṃ nāma tīrtha tatra vyavasthitam
On the southern bank of the Narmadā, among the aśoka groves, a tīrtha named Aśokajanana is established there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.54
अशोकेश्वरलिङ्गं तु सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् । तत्र गोलक्षदानेन यत्फलं तत्र गच्छतः
aśokeśvaraliṅgaṃ tu sarvapāpapraṇāśanam / tatra golakṣadānena yatphalaṃ tatra gacchataḥ
And the Aśokeśvara liṅga destroys all sins; the fruit that (comes) from the gift of a hundred thousand cows, that (accrues) to one who goes there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.55
सप्तसारस्वतं लिङ्गं तथा लिङ्गं सुरार्चितम् । साप्तर्षं नाम लिङ्गं च लिङ्गं योगेश्वरं तथा
saptasārasvataṃ liṅgaṃ tathā liṅgaṃ surārcitam / sāptarṣaṃ nāma liṅgaṃ ca liṅgaṃ yogeśvaraṃ tathā
The Saptasārasvata liṅga, and the liṅga worshipped by the gods, and the liṅga named Sāptarṣa, and likewise the Yogeśvara liṅga —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.56
चन्द्रकान्तं तथा लिङ्गं वरुणेश्वरम् एव च । अभ्यर्च्य परया भक्त्या यमलोकं न पश्यति
candrakāntaṃ tathā liṅgaṃ varuṇeśvaram eva ca / abhyarcya parayā bhaktyā yamalokaṃ na paśyati
— and the Candrakānta liṅga and Varuṇeśvara too: having worshipped (these) with supreme devotion, one does not see the world of Yama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.57
तिलोदकप्रदानेन पिण्डपातेन भारत । पितॄन् समुद्धरत्याशुघोरात् पूर्वं परं शतम्
tilodakapradānena piṇḍapātena bhārata / pitṝn samuddharatyāśughorāt pūrvaṃ paraṃ śatam
By the offering of water with sesame and by the casting of rice-balls, O Bhārata, one swiftly rescues from the dreadful (hell) a hundred ancestors before and after.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 19.58
तत्र दत्तं हुतं यच् च तस्य संख्या न विद्यते । पुरा देवगणाः सर्वे तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावतः
tatra dattaṃ hutaṃ yac ca tasya saṃkhyā na vidyate / purā devagaṇāḥ sarve tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ
What is given and offered there — of that there is no counting. Formerly all the hosts of gods, through the power of this tīrtha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.59
संसिद्धिं परमां प्राप्य दिवि देवत्वम् आययुः । संसारसागरे राजन् सञ्चरन्ति न दारुणे
saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ prāpya divi devatvam āyayuḥ / saṃsārasāgare rājan sañcaranti na dāruṇe
having attained the highest perfection, went to godhood in heaven; they do not wander, O king, in the terrible ocean of transmigration.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.60
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: लिङ्गानि कीर्तितानीह तथा तीर्थानि यानि च । नानाख्यानसमेतानि प्रसादात् कथयस्व मे
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: liṅgāni kīrtitānīha tathā tīrthāni yāni ca / nānākhyānasametāni prasādāt kathayasva me
Yudhiṣṭhira said: The liṅgas that have been proclaimed here and the tīrthas as well — tell me of them, by your favour, together with their various narratives.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.61
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: शृणु राजन् महाभाग इतिहासं पुरातनम् । नागेश्वरं सिद्धलिङ्गं स्थितं नागह्रदे शुभे
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: śṛṇu rājan mahābhāga itihāsaṃ purātanam / nāgeśvaraṃ siddhaliṅgaṃ sthitaṃ nāgahrade śubhe
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hear, O king of great fortune, an ancient tale. The Lord of Serpents, a self-established (siddha) liṅga, stands in the auspicious Nāga lake.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.62
सिद्धिदं सर्वलोकानां नागकन्याभिरर्चितम् । ब्रह्मतेजोवपुः श्रीमान् नाम्ना चैवाघमर्षणः
siddhidaṃ sarvalokānāṃ nāgakanyābhirarcitam / brahmatejovapuḥ śrīmān nāmnā caivāghamarṣaṇaḥ
It grants success to all the worlds and is worshipped by the serpent maidens. (There was) an illustrious (sage) whose body was the radiance of brahman, Aghamarṣaṇa by name,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.63
द्वादशादित्यसंकाशो दीप्यमान इवानलः । आपस्तम्बो ऽथ मैत्रेयः संवर्तश्चात्रिर् एव च
dvādaśādityasaṃkāśo dīpyamāna ivānalaḥ / āpastambo 'tha maitreyaḥ saṃvartaścātrir eva ca
resembling the twelve suns, blazing like fire. And Āpastamba, Maitreya, Saṃvarta, and Atri too—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.64
एते चान्ये ऽपि बहव ऋषयः संशितव्रताः । अयुतानि मुनीन्द्राणाम् अष्टौ तत्राश्रमे नृप
ete cānye 'pi bahava ṛṣayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ / ayutāni munīndrāṇām aṣṭau tatrāśrame nṛpa
these and many other seers of strict vows—eighty thousand of the best of sages (were) there in that hermitage, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.65
कन्दमूलफलाहाराः शाकाहारास् तथा ऽपरे । जलाहारास् तथैवा ऽन्ये केचिद् गोमयभक्षिणः
kandamūlaphalāhārāḥ śākāhārās tathā 'pare / jalāhārās tathaivā 'nye kecid gomayabhakṣiṇaḥ
Some lived on bulbs, roots and fruits, others on vegetables, others again on water, and some ate cow-dung.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.66
चान्द्रायणपराश्चा ऽन्ये श्रुतिस्मृतिविशारदाः । मोक्षोपायं विचिन्वन्ति ब्रह्मिष्ठा ब्रह्मवित्तमा
cāndrāyaṇaparāścā 'nye śrutismṛtiviśāradāḥ / mokṣopāyaṃ vicinvanti brahmiṣṭhā brahmavittamā
Others, devoted to the cāndrāyaṇa fast, skilled in śruti and smṛti, deeply devoted to brahman and best of the knowers of brahman, sought out the means of liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.67
अघमर्षा ऽश्रमपदं ब्रह्मलोकसमंनृप । धर्मस् तु वैश्यरूपेण जिज्ञासार्थं समागमत् । सप्तसारस्वते तीर्थे सो ऽर्चित्वा वृषभध्वजम्
aghamarṣā 'śramapadaṃ brahmalokasamaṃnṛpa / dharmas tu vaiśyarūpeṇa jijñāsārthaṃ samāgamat / saptasārasvate tīrthe so 'rcitvā vṛṣabhadhvajam
Aghamarṣaṇa's hermitage-site was equal to the world of Brahmā, O king. But Dharma, in the form of a Vaiśya, came there in order to test (them); at the Saptasārasvata sacred ford he worshipped the Bull-bannered god,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.68
गन्धपुष्पैस् तथा दीपैर् उपहारैर् मनोरमैः । वर्तेरन् ऋषयस् तत्र शतमष्टोत्तरं तथा
gandhapuṣpais tathā dīpair upahārair manoramaiḥ / varteran ṛṣayas tatra śatamaṣṭottaraṃ tathā
with perfumes and flowers, with lamps and with delightful offerings; and the seers there, a hundred and eight (in number), were (thus) attended to.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 19.69
भिक्षा च भिक्षवे दत्ता कौपीनं मृगचर्म च । साष्टाङ्गं च नमस्कृत्य तान् देवर्षिगणान् मुनीन्
bhikṣā ca bhikṣave dattā kaupīnaṃ mṛgacarma ca / sāṣṭāṅgaṃ ca namaskṛtya tān devarṣigaṇān munīn
And alms were given to a mendicant, and a loincloth and a deerskin; and having bowed with the eight-limbed prostration to those hosts of divine seers and sages,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.70
मासोपवासनिरतो नाशिकारण्यम् आगमत् । पुत्रदारस्नुषास् तस्य नित्यं तद् गातगमानसाः
māsopavāsanirato nāśikāraṇyam āgamat / putradārasnuṣās tasya nityaṃ tad gātagamānasāḥ
devoted to month-long fasting, he came to the Nāsika forest; his sons, wives and daughters-in-law had their minds always set on going there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 19.71
मासे मासे त्वतिक्रान्ते रविसंक्रमणे नृप । ऋतवः षडतिक्रान्ता निराहारं तपस्यत
māse māse tvatikrānte ravisaṃkramaṇe nṛpa / ṛtavaḥ ṣaḍatikrāntā nirāhāraṃ tapasyata
As month after month passed by at the sun's transit, O king, six seasons went by while he performed austerity without food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.72
न भोगो न च कार्पण्यं न मानो न च मत्सरः । न कामक्रोधलोभाश् च निर्जितास् तेन भारत
na bhogo na ca kārpaṇyaṃ na māno na ca matsaraḥ / na kāmakrodhalobhāś ca nirjitās tena bhārata
There was no indulgence, no meanness, no pride and no envy; and desire, anger and greed were conquered by him, O Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.73
वेदार्थे ब्राह्मणार्थे च मम वित्तस्य चार्जनम् । विष्णुधर्मपरो नित्यं विष्ण्वाराथन तत् परः
vedārthe brāhmaṇārthe ca mama vittasya cārjanam / viṣṇudharmaparo nityaṃ viṣṇvārāthana tat paraḥ
"My acquiring of wealth is for the sake of the Veda and for the sake of brahmins"—(so) he was always devoted to the dharma of Viṣṇu, intent upon the worship of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 19.74
उत्तरे चायने मासे सप्तसारस्वते तथा । स्नात्वा देवं समभ्यर्च्य लिङ्गरूपं जनार्दनम्
uttare cāyane māse saptasārasvate tathā / snātvā devaṃ samabhyarcya liṅgarūpaṃ janārdanam
And in the northern course of the sun, in the (proper) month, at Saptasārasvata, having bathed and fully worshipped the god Janārdana in liṅga form—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.75
हर उवाच: वरं ब्रूहि महाभाग सिद्धस्त्वं धर्मतो यतः
hara uvāca: varaṃ brūhi mahābhāga siddhastvaṃ dharmato yataḥ
Hara said: Ask for a boon, O greatly fortunate one, since you are perfected through dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.76
महाराज महाभाग यत् ते मनसि वर्तते । इदं विमानम् आरुह्य दिव्यभोगसुखं कुरु
mahārāja mahābhāga yat te manasi vartate / idaṃ vimānam āruhya divyabhogasukhaṃ kuru
O great king, O greatly fortunate one, whatever is in your mind (ask it); mount this celestial car and enjoy the happiness of divine pleasures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.77
शार्ङ्ग उवाच: यदि तुष्टो ऽसि मे देव वरं दातुं यथेप्सितम्
śārṅga uvāca: yadi tuṣṭo 'si me deva varaṃ dātuṃ yathepsitam
Śārṅga said: If you are pleased with me, O god, so as to grant a boon as I wish—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.78
वरं दशसहस्राणि लोकं यान्तु द्विजोत्तमाः । इदं वरमहं मन्ये हरेर् नान्यं कदाचन
varaṃ daśasahasrāṇi lokaṃ yāntu dvijottamāḥ / idaṃ varamahaṃ manye harer nānyaṃ kadācana
(then let) the boon (be that) these ten thousand best of twice-born go to (that) world. This I consider the boon (worth asking) of Hari, and never any other.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 19.79
ऋषय ऊचुः: वैश्यः पापो दुराचारो महतां लाघवं यतः । सर्वेषाम् एव वर्णानां ब्राह्मणो गुरुर् उच्यते
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ: vaiśyaḥ pāpo durācāro mahatāṃ lāghavaṃ yataḥ / sarveṣām eva varṇānāṃ brāhmaṇo gurur ucyate
The seers said: A Vaiśya is sinful, of bad conduct, since (this is) a belittling of the great. The brahmin is called the guru of all the classes indeed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.80
त्रीन् वर्णान् याजयित्वा च त्वं यदा दिवमानयेः । न दृष्टं न श्रुतं चासीद् एवं श्रुतिपुराणयोः
trīn varṇān yājayitvā ca tvaṃ yadā divamānayeḥ / na dṛṣṭaṃ na śrutaṃ cāsīd evaṃ śrutipurāṇayoḥ
When you would lead to heaven (only) after having had the three classes sacrifice—such a thing has neither been seen nor heard of in śruti or in the Purāṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 19.81
ब्राह्मणस्यापमानेन धर्मो वै जायते क्वचित् । तपसा ध्यानधर्माभ्यां न यास्यसि दिवमुने
brāhmaṇasyāpamānena dharmo vai jāyate kvacit / tapasā dhyānadharmābhyāṃ na yāsyasi divamune
"Does merit ever arise from insulting a brahmin? By austerity and by the practice of meditation you will not go to heaven, O sage."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 19.82
अपि वर्षसहस्रेण दुर्गमस्ते सुरालयः । व्रज त्वं वैश्यधर्मेण स्वगृहं प्रति साम्प्रतम्
api varṣasahasreṇa durgamaste surālayaḥ / vraja tvaṃ vaiśyadharmeṇa svagṛhaṃ prati sāmpratam
"Even in a thousand years the abode of the gods is hard for you to reach. Go now to your own house, (living) by the duty of a vaiśya."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.83
स एवम् उक्तो विप्रैस्तान् साष्टाङ्गं प्रणिपत्य च । उवाच वचनं वैश्यो विमुक्तं मुनिपुङ्गवम्
sa evam ukto vipraistān sāṣṭāṅgaṃ praṇipatya ca / uvāca vacanaṃ vaiśyo vimuktaṃ munipuṅgavam
Thus addressed by the brahmins, the vaiśya, prostrating before them with the eight limbs, spoke these words to the liberated bull among sages:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.84
अज्ञानाञ्ज्ञानतो वा ऽपि कोपं कर्तुं न युज्यते । अज्ञातं त्वां न गृह्णीयाच् छ्रद्धाहीनं च देवता
ajñānāñjñānato vā 'pi kopaṃ kartuṃ na yujyate / ajñātaṃ tvāṃ na gṛhṇīyāc chraddhāhīnaṃ ca devatā
"Whether out of ignorance or knowingly, it is not fitting to give way to anger. The deity would not accept you, (being) unknown and devoid of faith."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 19.85
सक्रोधेन तपस् तप्तं सर्वं भवति निष्फलम् । दैवतैर् अपि दुर्ज्ञेया गहना कर्मणो गतिः
sakrodhena tapas taptaṃ sarvaṃ bhavati niṣphalam / daivatair api durjñeyā gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ
Austerity practised by an angry man becomes wholly fruitless; the course of action (karma) is deep, hard to know even for the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.86
सत्येन ध्रियते धर्मस् ततः स्वर्गः प्रजायते । स्वकर्मनिरतं चैवम् उद्धरन्तं तथा द्विजम्
satyena dhriyate dharmas tataḥ svargaḥ prajāyate / svakarmanirataṃ caivam uddharantaṃ tathā dvijam
By truth is dharma upheld, and from that heaven is born; (and so too) one devoted to his own duty, and likewise a twice-born who lifts (others) up—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 19.87
वैश्यं ब्राह्मणम् इत्याहुर् ब्राह्मणं वैश्यमेव च । निष्ठुरं निर्घृणं क्रूरं कृतघ्नं दीर्घकोपिनम्
vaiśyaṃ brāhmaṇam ityāhur brāhmaṇaṃ vaiśyameva ca / niṣṭhuraṃ nirghṛṇaṃ krūraṃ kṛtaghnaṃ dīrghakopinam
—a vaiśya they call a brahmin, and a brahmin (they call) merely a vaiśya (if he is) harsh, pitiless, cruel, ungrateful, and long-holding in anger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 19.88
ब्राह्मणा ऊचुः: को भवान् वैश्यरूपेण ब्रह्मा शक्रो जनार्दनः
brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ: ko bhavān vaiśyarūpeṇa brahmā śakro janārdanaḥ
The brahmins said: Who are you in the form of a vaiśya—Brahmā, Śakra, (or) Janārdana?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.89
शार्ङ्ग उवाच: धर्मो ऽहं वैश्यरूपेण जिज्ञासा ऽर्थम् इहागतः
śārṅga uvāca: dharmo 'haṃ vaiśyarūpeṇa jijñāsā 'rtham ihāgataḥ
Śārṅga said: I am Dharma; in the form of a vaiśya I have come here for the sake of testing (you).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 19.90
इदं विमानमारुह्य गम्यतां वैष्णवं पदम् । एते विमानम् आरुह्य सम्प्राप्तास् त्रिदशालयम्
idaṃ vimānamāruhya gamyatāṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ padam / ete vimānam āruhya samprāptās tridaśālayam
"Mounting this celestial car, let (you) go to the station of Viṣṇu." They, having mounted the celestial car, reached the abode of the thirty (gods).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition