Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 2

SkP-RK 2.1

स्कन्द उवाच: श्रोतुकामा इमे सर्वे ब्रह्मविष्णुसुरोत्तमाः । प्रभावमीदृशं यस्य तीर्थस्या ऽस्य महत् फलम्

skanda uvāca: śrotukāmā ime sarve brahmaviṣṇusurottamāḥ / prabhāvamīdṛśaṃ yasya tīrthasyā 'sya mahat phalam

Skanda said: All these — Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and the foremost gods — wish to hear of this ford, whose power is such and whose fruit is great:

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SkP-RK 2.2

नर्मदायास् तथोत्पत्तिं सङ्गमं लिङ्गपूजनम् । पर्वकाले च देवानां पर्वते ऽमरकण्टके

narmadāyās tathotpattiṃ saṅgamaṃ liṅgapūjanam / parvakāle ca devānāṃ parvate 'marakaṇṭake

the origin of the Narmadā, the confluence, the worship of the liṅga, and (the doings) of the gods at festival times on Mount Amarakaṇṭaka —

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SkP-RK 2.3

आख्यानसहितं देव कथयस्व यथार्थतः । तीर्थयात्राफलं सम्यग्वंशो मन्वन्तराणि च

ākhyānasahitaṃ deva kathayasva yathārthataḥ / tīrthayātrāphalaṃ samyagvaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca

tell it, O god, together with the legend, as it truly is: the fruit of pilgrimage in full, the lineage, and the manvantaras.

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SkP-RK 2.4

सूत उवाच: श्रुत्वा ऽख्यानमिदं पुण्य पुराणं स्कन्दकीर्तितम्

sūta uvāca: śrutvā 'khyānamidaṃ puṇya purāṇaṃ skandakīrtitam

Sūta said: Having heard this holy legend, the ancient tale proclaimed by Skanda —

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SkP-RK 2.5

भविष्यभूततत्त्वज्ञः सप्तकल्पानुवर्तकः । आजगामा ऽथमार्कण्डऋषिभिः सहितस्तदा

bhaviṣyabhūtatattvajñaḥ saptakalpānuvartakaḥ / ājagāmā 'thamārkaṇḍaṛṣibhiḥ sahitastadā

— he who knows the truth of what will be and what has been, who continues through seven kalpas, Mārkaṇḍa then came, together with the sages,

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SkP-RK 2.6

सर्वकामसमृद्धात्मा श्रेयान् त्वेनैव पूजितः । सपादलक्षमधिकम् ऋषीणां चोग्रतेजसाम्

sarvakāmasamṛddhātmā śreyān tvenaiva pūjitaḥ / sapādalakṣamadhikam ṛṣīṇāṃ cogratejasām

his self abounding in all he could wish, the excellent one, honoured by you alone — and (with him) more than a hundred and twenty-five thousand sages of fierce splendour,

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SkP-RK 2.7

ब्रह्मर्षयो देवर्षयस् तथा राजर्षयः परे । एतैः परिवृतः श्रीमान् मध्ये ऽरण्याश्रमं प्रति

brahmarṣayo devarṣayas tathā rājarṣayaḥ pare / etaiḥ parivṛtaḥ śrīmān madhye 'raṇyāśramaṃ prati

brahman-sages, divine sages, and others, royal sages: surrounded by these the glorious one (went) toward the hermitage in the midst of the forest.

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SkP-RK 2.8

तीर्थयात्राफलं प्राप्य नर्मदातटमाश्रितः । श्रुत्वा महान्तं मार्कण्डप्रभावं लोमहर्षणः

tīrthayātrāphalaṃ prāpya narmadātaṭamāśritaḥ / śrutvā mahāntaṃ mārkaṇḍaprabhāvaṃ lomaharṣaṇaḥ

Having gained the fruit of pilgrimage, dwelling on the bank of the Narmadā, having heard of the great power of Mārkaṇḍa, Lomaharṣaṇa

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SkP-RK 2.9

आजगाम ततो द्रष्टुमृषिं कल्मषनाशनम् । नर्मदाप्रवाहे पुण्ये सिद्धगन्धर्वसेविते

ājagāma tato draṣṭumṛṣiṃ kalmaṣanāśanam / narmadāpravāhe puṇye siddhagandharvasevite

then came to see the sage who destroys stains — at the holy stream of the Narmadā, frequented by Siddhas and Gandharvas,

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SkP-RK 2.10

यक्षविद्याधराकीर्णे किन्नरैरुपशोभिते । नानादेवगणाकीर्णे नानागणनिषेविते

yakṣavidyādharākīrṇe kinnarairupaśobhite / nānādevagaṇākīrṇe nānāgaṇaniṣevite

thronged with Yakṣas and Vidyādharas, adorned by Kinnaras, thronged with the hosts of many gods, attended by many troops —

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SkP-RK 2.11

रेवावतरणं श्रुत्वा प्रभावं पुण्यसङ्गतम् । ननृतुर् देवतास् तत्र सिद्धविद्याधरा नराः

revāvataraṇaṃ śrutvā prabhāvaṃ puṇyasaṅgatam / nanṛtur devatās tatra siddhavidyādharā narāḥ

hearing of the descent of the Revā, its power joined with merit, the gods danced there, and the Siddhas, Vidyādharas, and men.

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SkP-RK 2.12

कह्लारैः शतपत्रैश्च पुन्नागैर् नागचम्पकैः । आम्रजम्बूकपित्थैश्च दाडिमैः पनसैस्तथा

kahlāraiḥ śatapatraiśca punnāgair nāgacampakaiḥ / āmrajambūkapitthaiśca dāḍimaiḥ panasaistathā

With white water-lilies and hundred-petalled lotuses, with punnāga, nāga and campaka trees, with mangoes, rose-apples and wood-apples, with pomegranates and jackfruits,

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SkP-RK 2.13

निम्बजम्बीरनारङ्गैः कदलीषण्डमण्डितैः । कुमुदैर् नागवल्ल्याद् यैः शालेयैश्च तमालकैः

nimbajambīranāraṅgaiḥ kadalīṣaṇḍamaṇḍitaiḥ / kumudair nāgavallyād yaiḥ śāleyaiśca tamālakaiḥ

with nimba, citron and orange trees, adorned with clumps of plantain, with white lotuses, betel vines and the like, with śāleya plants and tamāla trees,

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SkP-RK 2.14

बीजपूरकखर्जूरैर् द्राक्षामधुरपाटलैः । बिल्वचन्दनपील्वाद्यैः कदम्बकुटजैस्तथा

bījapūrakakharjūrair drākṣāmadhurapāṭalaiḥ / bilvacandanapīlvādyaiḥ kadambakuṭajaistathā

with citrons and dates, with grapes and sweet pāṭala, with bilva, sandal, pīlu and the rest, and with kadamba and kuṭaja trees,

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SkP-RK 2.15

सर्वकामफलैर्वृक्षैः फलितं पुष्पितं भृशम् । हंसकारण्डवाकीर्णं चक्रवाकोपशोभितम्

sarvakāmaphalairvṛkṣaiḥ phalitaṃ puṣpitaṃ bhṛśam / haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇaṃ cakravākopaśobhitam

(the place was) abundantly in fruit and in flower with trees bearing every desired fruit, strewn with geese and karaṇḍava ducks, made lovely by cakravāka birds,

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SkP-RK 2.16

कोकिलाबर्हिणशुकैर् नानापक्षिविनादितम् । जातिस्मरा पक्षिणश्च व्याजह्रुर् मानुषीङ्गिरम्

kokilābarhiṇaśukair nānāpakṣivināditam / jātismarā pakṣiṇaśca vyājahrur mānuṣīṅgiram

resounding with many birds — cuckoos, peacocks and parrots; and the birds, remembering their former births, spoke in human speech.

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SkP-RK 2.17

गन्धर्वकिन्नरयुतैर् यक्षविद्याधरोरगैः । क्रीडते मिथुनं दिव्यं शनैर्गिरिवरोत्तमे

gandharvakinnarayutair yakṣavidyādharoragaiḥ / krīḍate mithunaṃ divyaṃ śanairgirivarottame

On that best of excellent mountains a divine couple played at leisure, together with gandharvas and kinnaras, with yakṣas, vidyādharas and serpents,

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SkP-RK 2.18

दिव्यगन्धर्वनृत्यैश्च वेणुवीणासहस्रशः । दिव्योद्भवैः प्रेक्षणीयैः शोभितैर्गिरिगह्वरे

divyagandharvanṛtyaiśca veṇuvīṇāsahasraśaḥ / divyodbhavaiḥ prekṣaṇīyaiḥ śobhitairgirigahvare

and with divine gandharva dances, with flutes and lutes by the thousand, of divine origin, worth beholding, resplendent in the mountain glen.

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SkP-RK 2.19

गीतध्वनिनिनादेन दिवं भूमिं व्यनादयन् । ब्रह्मर्षयो देवर्षयस् तथा राजर्षयः परे

gītadhvanininādena divaṃ bhūmiṃ vyanādayan / brahmarṣayo devarṣayas tathā rājarṣayaḥ pare

With the sounding of the noise of song they made heaven and earth resound; brahman-seers, god-seers, and likewise other royal seers (were there),

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SkP-RK 2.20

वेदध्वनितयज्ञानाम् अग्निहोत्रप्रकाशतः । ऋग्यजुःसामाथर्वाणि चातुर्वर्ण्या द्विजोत्तमाः

vedadhvanitayajñānām agnihotraprakāśataḥ / ṛgyajuḥsāmātharvāṇi cāturvarṇyā dvijottamāḥ

and, through the light of the agnihotra of the sacrifices sounded with Veda-recitation, the Ṛg, Yajus, Sāma and Atharva (verses, and) the best of twice-born of the four classes (were there);

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SkP-RK 2.21

पुलस्त्यश्च वसिष्ठश्च पुलहश्च क्रतुस्तथा । भृगुरत्रिर्मरीचिश्च भारद्वाजो ऽथ काश्यपः

pulastyaśca vasiṣṭhaśca pulahaśca kratustathā / bhṛguratrirmarīciśca bhāradvājo 'tha kāśyapaḥ

Pulastya and Vasiṣṭha, and Pulaha, and Kratu likewise, Bhṛgu, Atri and Marīci, Bhāradvāja, then Kāśyapa,

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SkP-RK 2.22

मनुर्यमो ऽङ्गिराश्चैव शातातपपराशरौ । आपस्तम्बो ऽथ शम्बश्च काव्यः कात्यायनो मुनिः

manuryamo 'ṅgirāścaiva śātātapaparāśarau / āpastambo 'tha śambaśca kāvyaḥ kātyāyano muniḥ

Manu, Yama, and Aṅgiras, Śātātapa and Parāśara, Āpastamba, then Śamba, Kāvya, the sage Kātyāyana,

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SkP-RK 2.23

गौतमः शङ्खलिखितौ दक्षः कात्यायनिस् तथा । जामदग्न्यो याज्ञवल्क्य ऋष्यशृङ्गो विभाण्डकः

gautamaḥ śaṅkhalikhitau dakṣaḥ kātyāyanis tathā / jāmadagnyo yājñavalkya ṛṣyaśṛṅgo vibhāṇḍakaḥ

Gautama, Śaṅkha and Likhita, Dakṣa, and Kātyāyani likewise, the son of Jamadagni, Yājñavalkya, Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, Vibhāṇḍaka,

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SkP-RK 2.24

गर्गशौनकदाल्भ्या व्यास उद्दालकः शुकः । नारदः पर्वतश्चैव दुर्वासाश्चोग्रतापसः

gargaśaunakadālbhyā vyāsa uddālakaḥ śukaḥ / nāradaḥ parvataścaiva durvāsāścogratāpasaḥ

Garga, Śaunaka and Dālbhya, Vyāsa, Uddālaka, Śuka, Nārada, and Parvata, and Durvāsas of fierce austerity,

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SkP-RK 2.25

शाकल्यो गालवश्चैव जाबालिर्मुद्गलस्तथा । विश्वामित्रः कौशिकश्च ऋषयो देवसम्मताः

śākalyo gālavaścaiva jābālirmudgalastathā / viśvāmitraḥ kauśikaśca ṛṣayo devasammatāḥ

Śākalya and Gālava, Jābāli and Mudgala likewise, Viśvāmitra and Kauśika — seers honoured by the gods,

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SkP-RK 2.26

तथा धर्मशतानन्दवैशम्पायनवैष्णवाः । शाकलायनवार्द्धक्यौ जुहुतिश् चावसुस् तथा

tathā dharmaśatānandavaiśampāyanavaiṣṇavāḥ / śākalāyanavārddhakyau juhutiś cāvasus tathā

and likewise Dharma, Śatānanda, Vaiśampāyana and the Vaiṣṇavas, Śākalāyana and Vārddhakya, and Juhuti and Avasu,

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SkP-RK 2.27

बालखिल्या महात्मानो भूमिमण्डलवासिनः । ब्रह्मदण्डं समारुहा देवलोकं व्रजन्ति ये

bālakhilyā mahātmāno bhūmimaṇḍalavāsinaḥ / brahmadaṇḍaṃ samāruhā devalokaṃ vrajanti ye

and the great-souled Bālakhilyas who dwell on the circle of the earth, who, having ascended the staff of Brahmā, go to the world of the gods —

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SkP-RK 2.28

एते चान्ये ऽव्रजंस्तत्र ऋषयो धार्मिकाः परे । ज्वलन्तस्तेजसा सर्वे निर्धूमा इव पावकाः

ete cānye 'vrajaṃstatra ṛṣayo dhārmikāḥ pare / jvalantastejasā sarve nirdhūmā iva pāvakāḥ

these and other righteous seers besides went there, all blazing with their fiery power like smokeless fires.

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SkP-RK 2.29

मासोपवासिन केचित् केचित् पक्षोपवासिनः । त्रिरात्रकाः सान्तपना निराहारास् तथा परे

māsopavāsina kecit kecit pakṣopavāsinaḥ / trirātrakāḥ sāntapanā nirāhārās tathā pare

Some fasted for a month, some fasted for a fortnight, some for three nights, some performed the sāntapana penance, and others took no food at all;

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SkP-RK 2.30

केचित् पुष्पफलाहाराः शान्ता वाताशनिस्तथा । केचिद् गोमयभक्ष्याश्च जलाहारास्तथापरे

kecit puṣpaphalāhārāḥ śāntā vātāśanistathā / kecid gomayabhakṣyāśca jalāhārāstathāpare

some ate flowers and fruit, some were calm and fed on air, some ate cow-dung, and others again lived on water;

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SkP-RK 2.31

साग्निहोत्राश्च विद्वांसो मोक्षवेदार्थचिन्तकाः । इतिहासपुराणादि श्रुतिस्मृतिविशारदाः

sāgnihotrāśca vidvāṃso mokṣavedārthacintakāḥ / itihāsapurāṇādi śrutismṛtiviśāradāḥ

and there were learned men who kept the agnihotra, who pondered the meaning of the Veda concerning liberation, skilled in the epics, the purāṇas and the rest, in śruti and smṛti.

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SkP-RK 2.32

एते चान्ये च बहवो मार्कण्डेयं प्रियया तपस्विनः । एतैश्च संतिष्ठन् ऋक्षैरिव निशाकरः

ete cānye ca bahavo mārkaṇḍeyaṃ priyayā tapasvinaḥ / etaiśca saṃtiṣṭhan ṛkṣairiva niśākaraḥ

These and many other ascetics (surrounded) Mārkaṇḍeya (who was) with his beloved; and he stood among them like the moon among the stars.

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SkP-RK 2.33

तीर्थयात्राफलं श्रुत्वा धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः । अभिज्ञैर् ब्राह्मणैः सार्धं द्रौपद्या प्रियया सह

tīrthayātrāphalaṃ śrutvā dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ / abhijñair brāhmaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ draupadyā priyayā saha

Having heard the fruit of pilgrimage to the sacred fords, Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Dharma, together with learned brāhmaṇas and with his beloved Draupadī,

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SkP-RK 2.34

विद्वद्भिर्वेदविद्भिश्च ब्रह्मिष्ठैर् ब्रह्मचिन्तकैः । नर्मदातीरम् आयाते मार्कण्डेयाश्रमं प्रति

vidvadbhirvedavidbhiśca brahmiṣṭhair brahmacintakaiḥ / narmadātīram āyāte mārkaṇḍeyāśramaṃ prati

— with the learned, with knowers of the Veda, with those most devoted to Brahman, meditators on Brahman — when (he) had come to the bank of the Narmadā, to the hermitage of Mārkaṇḍeya,

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SkP-RK 2.35

प्रदक्षिणत्रिः प्रणम्य साष्टाङ्गं च पुनः पुनः । उपविष्टस्तदा तत्र भ्रातृभिस्सह धर्मजः

pradakṣiṇatriḥ praṇamya sāṣṭāṅgaṃ ca punaḥ punaḥ / upaviṣṭastadā tatra bhrātṛbhissaha dharmajaḥ

having circled (it) to the right three times and bowed down with the eight limbs, again and again, the son of Dharma then sat down there together with his brothers.

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SkP-RK 2.36

उपविष्टं नृपं दृष्ट्वा मार्कण्डेयो महामुनिः । उवाच वचनं देवं धर्मपुत्रं युधिष्ठिरम्

upaviṣṭaṃ nṛpaṃ dṛṣṭvā mārkaṇḍeyo mahāmuniḥ / uvāca vacanaṃ devaṃ dharmaputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram

Seeing the king seated, Mārkaṇḍeya, the great sage, spoke these words to the divine Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Dharma:

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SkP-RK 2.37

कुशलं नृपशार्दूल भ्रातृभिर् ब्राह्मणैः सह । प्रहस्य सो ऽब्रवीद्वाक्यं मार्कण्डं मुनिसत्तमम्

kuśalaṃ nṛpaśārdūla bhrātṛbhir brāhmaṇaiḥ saha / prahasya so 'bravīdvākyaṃ mārkaṇḍaṃ munisattamam

"Is (all) well, O tiger among kings, with you together with your brothers and the brahmins?" Smiling, he (the king) spoke a word to Mārkaṇḍa, the best of sages:

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SkP-RK 2.38

अद्य मे सफलं जन्म जीवितं च सुजीवितम् । कृतकृत्यो ऽभवं त्वद्य त्वत्पादाम्बुजदर्शनात्

adya me saphalaṃ janma jīvitaṃ ca sujīvitam / kṛtakṛtyo 'bhavaṃ tvadya tvatpādāmbujadarśanāt

Today my birth has borne fruit, and my life is a life well lived; today I have become one whose task is accomplished, through the sight of your lotus feet.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.39

अद्य मे ऽन्तर्मलं नष्टं पापोच्छेदननिर्म्मलम् । दृष्ट्वा तपोवनं सर्वं ज्वलन्तं सूर्यवर्चसम्

adya me 'ntarmalaṃ naṣṭaṃ pāpocchedananirmmalam / dṛṣṭvā tapovanaṃ sarvaṃ jvalantaṃ sūryavarcasam

Today my inner stain is destroyed, (and I am) made spotless by the cutting off of sin, having seen the whole grove of austerity blazing with the brilliance of the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SkP-RK 2.40

निर्मुक्तः किल्बिषादस्मात् सप्तजन्मान्तराद्विभो । रन्त्वा चोत्तरदिग्भागे देवभूमिं मनोहराम्

nirmuktaḥ kilbiṣādasmāt saptajanmāntarādvibho / rantvā cottaradigbhāge devabhūmiṃ manoharām

I am freed from this sin (accumulated) through seven births, O mighty one, having taken delight in the northern quarter, in the lovely land of the gods —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SkP-RK 2.41

गङ्गां त्रिपथगां देवीं यमुनां च सरस्वतीम् । गङ्गाद्वारं हिमस्थानं कुब्जाग्रं ब्रह्मयोनिकम्

gaṅgāṃ tripathagāṃ devīṃ yamunāṃ ca sarasvatīm / gaṅgādvāraṃ himasthānaṃ kubjāgraṃ brahmayonikam

— tr. refused: cyber

SkP-RK 2.42

उग्रं कनखलञ्चैव केदारं भैरवं तथा । नैमिषं च गयातीर्थं कुरुक्षेत्रं च पुष्करम्

ugraṃ kanakhalañcaiva kedāraṃ bhairavaṃ tathā / naimiṣaṃ ca gayātīrthaṃ kurukṣetraṃ ca puṣkaram

Ugra and Kanakhala, Kedāra and likewise Bhairava, Naimiṣa and the Gayā ford, Kurukṣetra and Puṣkara,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.43

वाराणसीं प्रयागं च गङ्गासागरसङ्गमम् । कालञ्जरं चाप्यतीर्थं प्रभासं शशिभूषणम्

vārāṇasīṃ prayāgaṃ ca gaṅgāsāgarasaṅgamam / kālañjaraṃ cāpyatīrthaṃ prabhāsaṃ śaśibhūṣaṇam

Vārāṇasī and Prayāga, and the confluence of the Gaṅgā with the ocean, and Kālañjara too — that (holy) place — and Prabhāsa, (sacred to) the moon-adorned (Śiva).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SkP-RK 2.44

पुण्यान्येतानि चान्यानि त्यक्त्वा क्षेत्राणि सुव्रत । सेव्यते केन कार्व्येण नर्मदैव महानदी

puṇyānyetāni cānyāni tyaktvā kṣetrāṇi suvrata / sevyate kena kārvyeṇa narmadaiva mahānadī

O you of good vows, leaving aside these and other holy places, for what purpose is the Narmadā alone, the great river, resorted to?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.45

भविष्यभूततत्त्वज्ञ त्रिकालज्ञ त्रिवेदिक । श्रोतुकामा इमे सर्वे कथयस्व प्रसादतः

bhaviṣyabhūtatattvajña trikālajña trivedika / śrotukāmā ime sarve kathayasva prasādataḥ

O knower of the truth of what is to come and what has been, knower of the three times, versed in the three Vedas — all these (people here) wish to hear; be gracious and tell (it).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.46

मार्कण्डेय उवाच: शृणु राजन् महाबाहो ब्राह्मणैर् भ्रातृभिः सह । तत्ते ऽहं कथयिष्यामि पुराणं स्कन्दकीर्तितम्

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: śṛṇu rājan mahābāho brāhmaṇair bhrātṛbhiḥ saha / tatte 'haṃ kathayiṣyāmi purāṇaṃ skandakīrtitam

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Listen, O king of mighty arms, together with the brahmins and your brothers; I shall recount to you that ancient lore (purāṇa) as told by Skanda.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.47

स्वायम्भुवे ऽथ मुनय आदिकल्पे कृते युगे । देवानां सङ्गमे तत्र कैलासे च शिवालये

svāyambhuve 'tha munaya ādikalpe kṛte yuge / devānāṃ saṅgame tatra kailāse ca śivālaye

Now, in the Svāyambhuva (manvantara), in the first kalpa, in the Kṛta age, at a gathering of the gods there on Kailāsa, Śiva's abode, the sages (came) —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.48

कार्तिक्यां देवदेवेशं हरं द्रष्टुं समाययुः । प्राक् पृष्टं कार्त्तिकेयेन धर्माधर्मनिदर्शनम्

kārtikyāṃ devadeveśaṃ haraṃ draṣṭuṃ samāyayuḥ / prāk pṛṣṭaṃ kārttikeyena dharmādharmanidarśanam

On the full-moon day of Kārttika they came to see Hara, the lord of the gods of gods. Earlier, Kārttikeya had asked (him) for an exposition of dharma and adharma —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.49

शिवेन कथितं पूर्वं पार्वत्याः षण्मुखस्य च । विष्णुब्रह्मादिदेवानां शृण्वतां यक्षरक्षसाम्

śivena kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ pārvatyāḥ ṣaṇmukhasya ca / viṣṇubrahmādidevānāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ yakṣarakṣasām

— which Śiva had formerly told to Pārvatī and to the six-faced one, while Viṣṇu, Brahmā and the other gods listened, and the yakṣas and rākṣasas (as well).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.50

अष्टलक्षाणि सार्द्धानि शिवलोके च गीयते । तदर्द्धं वैष्णवे लोके चार्द्धार्द्धं ब्रह्मणः पुरे

aṣṭalakṣāṇi sārddhāni śivaloke ca gīyate / tadarddhaṃ vaiṣṇave loke cārddhārddhaṃ brahmaṇaḥ pure

Eight and a half lakhs (of verses) are recited in Śiva's world; half of that in Viṣṇu's world, and half of that half in Brahmā's city.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.51

चतुरशीतिसहस्राणि मर्त्यलोके च गीयते । आराधितः शिवः पूर्वं ब्रह्माद्यैश्च सुरासुरैः

caturaśītisahasrāṇi martyaloke ca gīyate / ārādhitaḥ śivaḥ pūrvaṃ brahmādyaiśca surāsuraiḥ

— tr. refused: cyber

SkP-RK 2.52

देवा ऊचुः: यदि तुष्टो ऽसि देवेश देवानां वरदो भव

devā ūcuḥ: yadi tuṣṭo 'si deveśa devānāṃ varado bhava

The gods said: If you are pleased, O lord of gods, be a granter of boons to the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.53

सप्तद्वीपा वसुमती वसुधा कर्म्मभागिनी । नवमद्वीपपर्य्यन्तं जम्बूद्वीपं प्रचक्षते

saptadvīpā vasumatī vasudhā karmmabhāginī / navamadvīpaparyyantaṃ jambūdvīpaṃ pracakṣate

The earth, bearing wealth, has seven continents, and it apportions (the fruits of) karma; up to the ninth continent they call it Jambūdvīpa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SkP-RK 2.54

वापी कूपसहस्राणि नवार्णः सरितो नहि । न सृताश्चापगाः शर्वपितृघोरावतारिणीः

vāpī kūpasahasrāṇi navārṇaḥ sarito nahi / na sṛtāścāpagāḥ śarvapitṛghorāvatāriṇīḥ

Tanks and thousands of wells (there are), but no rivers ...; nor do streams and flowing waters run that could bring down (deliverance for) Śarva's dreadful ancestors.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SkP-RK 2.55

तिलोदकप्रदानेन पितॄन् पातुं हि साम्प्रतम् । तारिणी सर्वलोकानाम् अवतारय नर्मदाम्

tilodakapradānena pitṝn pātuṃ hi sāmpratam / tāriṇī sarvalokānām avatāraya narmadām

Now, indeed, in order to give drink to the fathers by the offering of water with sesame — bring down Narmadā, the ferry across for all the worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.56

ईश्वर उवाच: दुष्प्राप्यं त्रिदशैः सर्वैर् अयाच्यं याच्यते सुराः । वेगं शक्नोति कः सोढुं तत्तोयभ्रमणस्य च

īśvara uvāca: duṣprāpyaṃ tridaśaiḥ sarvair ayācyaṃ yācyate surāḥ / vegaṃ śaknoti kaḥ soḍhuṃ tattoyabhramaṇasya ca

Īśvara said: What is hard for all the thirty (gods) to obtain, and not to be asked for, is being asked, O gods. Who can endure the force of the swirling of those waters?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.57

तोयं भूतं जगत्सर्वं निपतिष्यज्जवेन तु । याचध्वमन्यां सरितं सुखसाध्यान्तरङ्गिणीम्

toyaṃ bhūtaṃ jagatsarvaṃ nipatiṣyajjavena tu / yācadhvamanyāṃ saritaṃ sukhasādhyāntaraṅgiṇīm

The whole world will become water, falling with (such) speed. Ask for some other river, one easily managed and gentle within.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.58

देवा ऊचुः: का ऽन्या तारयितुं शक्ता पुण्या सोढुं सरिद्वरा । मुक्त्वा त्रिनयनेशानीं नर्मदां शोकतारिणीम्

devā ūcuḥ: kā 'nyā tārayituṃ śaktā puṇyā soḍhuṃ saridvarā / muktvā trinayaneśānīṃ narmadāṃ śokatāriṇīm

The gods said: What other holy best of rivers is able to ferry (us) across and to endure (this), apart from Narmadā, the mistress of the three-eyed one, who carries sorrow away?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.59

देवानां वचनं श्रुत्वा समाहूता सरिद्वरा । आगता च ततो देवी सर्वाभरणभूषिता

devānāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā samāhūtā saridvarā / āgatā ca tato devī sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā

Having heard the gods' words, the best of rivers was summoned; and then the goddess came, adorned with every ornament.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.60

प्रत्यक्षा मकरारूढा देवदेवस्य चाज्ञया । देव मे देहि वक्तव्यं कर्तव्या तु कृपा मयि

pratyakṣā makarārūḍhā devadevasya cājñayā / deva me dehi vaktavyaṃ kartavyā tu kṛpā mayi

visible (in person), mounted on a crocodile, and by the command of the god of gods (she said): "O god, tell me what is to be said; but favour must be shown to me."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.61

निशम्य तद् वचसौम्यं नर्मदायास् त्रिलोचनः । उवाच वचनं श्लक्ष्णं मर्त्यलोके ऽद्य गम्यताम्

niśamya tad vacasaumyaṃ narmadāyās trilocanaḥ / uvāca vacanaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ martyaloke 'dya gamyatām

Having heard that gentle speech of Narmadā, the three-eyed one spoke a soft word: "Go now to the world of mortals."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.62

नर्मदोवाच: तवाज्ञां च करिष्ये ऽहं निराधारा कथं विभो

narmadovāca: tavājñāṃ ca kariṣye 'haṃ nirādhārā kathaṃ vibho

Narmadā said: I will indeed carry out your command — but how, without support, O mighty one?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.63

को मां धर्तुं च शक्नोति मही यास्यति विप्लवम् । आदिदेश ततः सर्वान् पर्वतान् परमेश्वरः

ko māṃ dhartuṃ ca śaknoti mahī yāsyati viplavam / ādideśa tataḥ sarvān parvatān parameśvaraḥ

"And who can hold me? The earth will go to ruin." Then the supreme lord commanded all the mountains.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.64

पर्वता ऊचुः: न शक्नुमो वयं सर्वे धर्तुं वेगं च नार्मदम्

parvatā ūcuḥ: na śaknumo vayaṃ sarve dhartuṃ vegaṃ ca nārmadam

The mountains said: All of us are unable to hold the force of Narmadā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.65

भेदमाप्नोति वै पृथ्वी शतधा यान्ति भूभृतः । ऋक्षवानब्रवीद्देवं देह्याज्ञा त्रिदशेश्वर

bhedamāpnoti vai pṛthvī śatadhā yānti bhūbhṛtaḥ / ṛkṣavānabravīddevaṃ dehyājñā tridaśeśvara

The earth will surely be split apart, and the mountains will go into a hundred pieces. (But) Ṛkṣavān said to the god: Give the command, O lord of the thirty.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.66

धारयामि च सत्येन त्वत्प्रसादादुमापते । ततो ऽवतारिता देवी जम्बूद्वीपे नराधिप

dhārayāmi ca satyena tvatprasādādumāpate / tato 'vatāritā devī jambūdvīpe narādhipa

"By (my) truth I will hold (her), by your grace, O husband of Umā." Then the goddess was brought down into Jambūdvīpa, O king of men,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.67

दारयित्वा महीं सर्वां सशैलवनकाननाम् । ततो देवगणैर् उक्ता मर्यादां वह सुव्रते

dārayitvā mahīṃ sarvāṃ saśailavanakānanām / tato devagaṇair uktā maryādāṃ vaha suvrate

having split the whole earth along with its mountains, woods and forests. Then she was told by the hosts of gods: "Keep to a boundary, O you of good vows."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.68

एकविंशत्सहस्राणि योजनानां प्रमाणतः । सभित्त्वा सप्तपातालान् रसातलतलं ययौ

ekaviṃśatsahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ pramāṇataḥ / sabhittvā saptapātālān rasātalatalaṃ yayau

Twenty-one thousand yojanas in measure, splitting the seven netherworlds, she went to the floor of Rasātala.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.69

देवलोकं जगामा ऽथ प्रलये समुपस्थिते । प्रथमा कथिता राजन्नवतारस्य कल्पना

devalokaṃ jagāmā 'tha pralaye samupasthite / prathamā kathitā rājannavatārasya kalpanā

Then she went to the world of the gods when the dissolution had arrived. Thus, O king, the first ordering of her descent has been told.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.70

स्वारोचिषे द्वितीये तु आदिकल्पे युगे ऽनघ । न सागरा न सरितो न तीर्थानि न सङ्गमः

svārociṣe dvitīye tu ādikalpe yuge 'nagha / na sāgarā na sarito na tīrthāni na saṅgamaḥ

But in the second, the Svārociṣa (Manu's era), in the first kalpa and age, O sinless one, there were no oceans, no rivers, no holy fords, no confluences.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.71

त्रेतायुगे ऽवतीर्णा तु पुरा भागीरथी सरित् । जह्नुना चुलुकेनैव हृदि मध्ये व्यवस्थिता

tretāyuge 'vatīrṇā tu purā bhāgīrathī sarit / jahnunā culukenaiva hṛdi madhye vyavasthitā

In the Tretā age the river Bhāgīrathī descended of old; by Jahnu, with a mere palmful, she was lodged in the middle of his heart.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 2.72

सा कथं सेव्यते राजस्त्यक्त्वा चैव तु कल्पगाम् । अज्ञानतमसाछन्ना विष्णुमायाविमोहिताः

sā kathaṃ sevyate rājastyaktvā caiva tu kalpagām / ajñānatamasāchannā viṣṇumāyāvimohitāḥ

How, O king, is she served, while the Kalpa-river (the ever-flowing one) is abandoned? (Men are) covered by the darkness of ignorance, deluded by Viṣṇu's magic.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SkP-RK 2.73

त्यक्त्वा वै नर्मदां राजन् सेवन्ते ऽन्यां नदीं सुराः । यावृशं सूर्यदेवानां मणिरत्नप्रभासु च

tyaktvā vai narmadāṃ rājan sevante 'nyāṃ nadīṃ surāḥ / yāvṛśaṃ sūryadevānāṃ maṇiratnaprabhāsu ca

Abandoning the Narmadā, O king, the gods resort to another river. As is (the difference) between the sun-gods and (mere) gems and jewels in radiance—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SkP-RK 2.74

अन्तरं तादृशं राजन्नर्मदा ऽन्यापगासु च । श्रुत्वाख्यानम् इदं पुण्यं शङ्करस्य प्रभावतः

antaraṃ tādṛśaṃ rājannarmadā 'nyāpagāsu ca / śrutvākhyānam idaṃ puṇyaṃ śaṅkarasya prabhāvataḥ

—just such is the difference, O king, between the Narmadā and other rivers. Having heard this holy narrative, by the power of Śaṅkara,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SkP-RK 2.75

सेव्यते सप्तगा तत्र पुराणं स्कन्दकीर्तितम् । एतत्ते कथितं राजन् यथादृष्टं यथा श्रुतम्

sevyate saptagā tatra purāṇaṃ skandakīrtitam / etatte kathitaṃ rājan yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathā śrutam

there the seven-streamed one is served—this ancient (account) proclaimed by Skanda. This has been told to you, O king, as it was seen and as it was heard.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SkP-RK 2.76

कृतकृत्यः सर्वकामान् ब्राह्मणैर् वेदपारगैः । प्राप्नोषि परमं स्थानं वंशक्षयविवर्जितम्

kṛtakṛtyaḥ sarvakāmān brāhmaṇair vedapāragaiḥ / prāpnoṣi paramaṃ sthānaṃ vaṃśakṣayavivarjitam

Having done what is to be done, (you obtain) all your desires through brahmins who have gone to the far shore of the Vedas; you attain the supreme station, free from the destruction of your line.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SkP-RK 2.77

श्रुत्वाख्यानम् इदं पुण्यं पवित्रमघनाशनम् । ये शृण्वन्ति सदा नित्यं गोहत्या च प्रणश्यति

śrutvākhyānam idaṃ puṇyaṃ pavitramaghanāśanam / ye śṛṇvanti sadā nityaṃ gohatyā ca praṇaśyati

Having heard this holy narrative, purifying, destroying sin—those who hear it always, constantly, even the killing of a cow perishes (for them).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain