Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 21
SkP-RK 21.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: भूयश्चेच्छाम्य् अहं श्रोतुं नर्मदातीर्थकीर्तनम् । तृप्तिं नैवाधिगच्छामि शृण्वन्नपि महामुने
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: bhūyaścecchāmy ahaṃ śrotuṃ narmadātīrthakīrtanam / tṛptiṃ naivādhigacchāmi śṛṇvannapi mahāmune
Yudhiṣṭhira said: I wish to hear again the recital of the fords of the Narmadā; even while listening I reach no satiety, great sage.
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SkP-RK 21.2
इदानीं श्रोतुम् इच्छामि रेवाकुब्जासमागमम् । आख्यानसहितं ब्रह्मन् कथयस्व प्रसादतः
idānīṃ śrotum icchāmi revākubjāsamāgamam / ākhyānasahitaṃ brahman kathayasva prasādataḥ
Now I wish to hear of the meeting of the Revā and the Kubjā; tell it, brahmin, together with its story, out of your grace.
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SkP-RK 21.3
कुब्जिका कर्मणा केन त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुता । एतन्नस्त्वं परं ब्रह्मन् संशयं छेत्तुमर्हसि
kubjikā karmaṇā kena triṣu lokeṣu viśrutā / etannastvaṃ paraṃ brahman saṃśayaṃ chettumarhasi
By what deed is Kubjikā renowned in the three worlds? This further doubt of ours you, brahmin, ought to cut away.
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SkP-RK 21.4
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: शृणु राजन् कथां दिव्यां सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम् । कथितामीश्वरेणैव पार्वत्याः षण्मुखस्य मे
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: śṛṇu rājan kathāṃ divyāṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm / kathitāmīśvareṇaiva pārvatyāḥ ṣaṇmukhasya me
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hear, king, the divine tale that destroys all sins, told to me by the Lord himself, (and) to Pārvatī and the six-faced one.
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SkP-RK 21.5
ऋषीणां ब्रह्ममुख्यानां गणानां चानुचारिणाम् । नानाऋक्षाणि सूर्यस्य जगदुद्योतकारिणः
ṛṣīṇāṃ brahmamukhyānāṃ gaṇānāṃ cānucāriṇām / nānāṛkṣāṇi sūryasya jagadudyotakāriṇaḥ
(As) the various constellations (are) to the sun that illumines the world, (so are) the sages, chief among brahmins, and the attendant hosts (to the Narmadā).
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SkP-RK 21.6
शशिसूर्योपगमने तारा भान्ति नभस्तले । नान्या पयस्विनी शक्ता संसारार्णवतारणे
śaśisūryopagamane tārā bhānti nabhastale / nānyā payasvinī śaktā saṃsārārṇavatāraṇe
When the moon and the sun draw near, the stars (still) shine in the vault of heaven; (but) no other stream-bearing river is able to carry (one) across the ocean of transmigration.
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SkP-RK 21.7
पितृदेवमनुष्याणां मुक्त्वा चैव तु कल्पगाम् । तत्र स्नाता दिवं यान्ति ये मृता न पुनर्भवाः
pitṛdevamanuṣyāṇāṃ muktvā caiva tu kalpagām / tatra snātā divaṃ yānti ye mṛtā na punarbhavāḥ
Excepting the Kalpa-flowing (Narmadā) of the fathers, gods and men — those who have bathed there go to heaven, (and) those who die (there) are not born again.
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SkP-RK 21.8
चान्द्रायणसहस्रं च ब्रह्मकूर्चायुतं तथा । नर्मदातोयपानेन तुल्यं भवति वा न वा
cāndrāyaṇasahasraṃ ca brahmakūrcāyutaṃ tathā / narmadātoyapānena tulyaṃ bhavati vā na vā
Whether a thousand cāndrāyaṇa fasts and ten thousand brahmakūrca rites are equal to a drinking of the Narmadā's water — or not (they are not).
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SkP-RK 21.9
तिलोदकप्रदानेन पितॄणां प्रीतिरक्षया । गायन्ति पितरो गाथा तथैव च पितामहाः
tilodakapradānena pitṝṇāṃ prītirakṣayā / gāyanti pitaro gāthā tathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ
By the offering of sesame and water the satisfaction of the fathers is imperishable; the fathers sing this song, and so too the grandfathers,
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SkP-RK 21.10
मातामहाद्याः सततं सर्व एव परस्परम् । अपि स्यात् स्वकुले ऽस्माकं पुत्रः परमधार्मिकः
mātāmahādyāḥ satataṃ sarva eva parasparam / api syāt svakule 'smākaṃ putraḥ paramadhārmikaḥ
and the maternal grandfathers and the rest, all of them constantly, to one another: "Might there be in our own family a son supremely devoted to dharma,
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SkP-RK 21.11
हविस् तिलयुतं दद्याद् यो रेवासलिलार्चितम् । वर्षलक्षं तथा तेन तृप्ता यामः परां गतिम्
havis tilayutaṃ dadyād yo revāsalilārcitam / varṣalakṣaṃ tathā tena tṛptā yāmaḥ parāṃ gatim
who would give an oblation mixed with sesame, honoured with the water of the Revā? Satisfied by that for a hundred thousand years, we shall go to the highest goal."
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SkP-RK 21.12
यज्ञक्रिया कृता तेन समग्रा भूरिदक्षिणा । एतत् ते कथितं राजं शिवेनोक्त यथा पुरा
yajñakriyā kṛtā tena samagrā bhūridakṣiṇā / etat te kathitaṃ rājaṃ śivenokta yathā purā
By him a complete sacrificial rite with abundant fees has been performed. This has been told to you, king, as it was formerly spoken by Śiva.
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SkP-RK 21.13
स्वारोचिषे ऽन्तरे प्राप्ते आदिकल्पे कृते युगे । मा गयां गच्छ कौन्तेय मा गङ्गां मा सरस्वतीम्
svārociṣe 'ntare prāpte ādikalpe kṛte yuge / mā gayāṃ gaccha kaunteya mā gaṅgāṃ mā sarasvatīm
When the Svārociṣa interval had come, in the first kalpa, in the Kṛta age — do not go to Gayā, son of Kuntī, nor to the Gaṅgā, nor to the Sarasvatī.
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SkP-RK 21.14
तत्र गच्छ नृपश्रेष्ठ यत्र कुब्जा सनर्मदा । वाराणसीं प्रयागं च गङ्गासागरसङ्गमम्
tatra gaccha nṛpaśreṣṭha yatra kubjā sanarmadā / vārāṇasīṃ prayāgaṃ ca gaṅgāsāgarasaṅgamam
Go there, best of kings, where the Kubjā is joined with the Narmadā — (and to) Vārāṇasī and Prayāga and the confluence of the Ganges with the ocean,
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SkP-RK 21.15
केदारं कनखलं च प्रभासं शशिभूषणम् । हरिश्चन्द्रपुरं चान्द्रं श्रीशैलं त्रिपुरान्तकम्
kedāraṃ kanakhalaṃ ca prabhāsaṃ śaśibhūṣaṇam / hariścandrapuraṃ cāndraṃ śrīśailaṃ tripurāntakam
Kedāra and Kanakhala, and Prabhāsa, (and) Śaśibhūṣaṇa, Hariścandrapura and Cāndra, Śrīśaila, Tripurāntaka,
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SkP-RK 21.16
माहेन्द्र मलयं चैव गोकर्णं च महाबलम् । कालञ्जरं नीलकण्ठं त्र्यम्बकं धूतकिल्बिषम्
māhendra malayaṃ caiva gokarṇaṃ ca mahābalam / kālañjaraṃ nīlakaṇṭhaṃ tryambakaṃ dhūtakilbiṣam
Māhendra and Malaya, and Gokarṇa and Mahābala, Kālañjara, Nīlakaṇṭha, Tryambaka, Dhūtakilbiṣa,
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SkP-RK 21.17
रुद्रकोटिं हिमस्थानं भैरवं च महापथम् । तीर्थान्य् एतानि चान्यानि कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्
rudrakoṭiṃ himasthānaṃ bhairavaṃ ca mahāpatham / tīrthāny etāni cānyāni kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm
Rudrakoṭi, Himasthāna, and Bhairava, (and) Mahāpatha — these sacred fords and the others do not amount to a sixteenth part (of it).
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SkP-RK 21.18
नानातीर्थसहस्राणि पुराणे कीर्तितानि च । ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवोक्तं हि तत्प्रमाणं हि सिद्धये
nānātīrthasahasrāṇi purāṇe kīrtitāni ca / brahmaviṣṇuśivoktaṃ hi tatpramāṇaṃ hi siddhaye
And the many thousands of sacred fords are celebrated in the Purāṇa; for what is spoken by Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva — that indeed is the authority for attainment.
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SkP-RK 21.19
सोमे प्रसिद्धा ऽमावास्या रेवाकुब्जासमागमे । एरण्ड्यां चण्डवेगायां रेवया सह संगमे
some prasiddhā 'māvāsyā revākubjāsamāgame / eraṇḍyāṃ caṇḍavegāyāṃ revayā saha saṃgame
The new-moon day is renowned when the moon is (in conjunction) at the meeting of the Revā and the Kubjā, and on the Eraṇḍī and the Caṇḍavegā at their confluence with the Revā,
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SkP-RK 21.20
राजन् दर्शे यदा सोमः संविशेद् रविमण्डले । व्यतीपाते च संक्रान्तौ वैधृतौ विषुवे तथा
rājan darśe yadā somaḥ saṃviśed ravimaṇḍale / vyatīpāte ca saṃkrāntau vaidhṛtau viṣuve tathā
O king, when the moon enters the sun's orb at the new moon, and at a Vyatīpāta, at a saṃkrānti (the sun's passage into a new sign), at a Vaidhṛti, and likewise at an equinox,
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SkP-RK 21.21
दक्षोत्तरायणे चैव षडशीतिमुखे तथा । दर्शे स्याद् विंशतिगुणं व्यतीपाते समां शतः
dakṣottarāyaṇe caiva ṣaḍaśītimukhe tathā / darśe syād viṃśatiguṇaṃ vyatīpāte samāṃ śataḥ
and at the southern and northern courses (of the sun), and likewise at the Ṣaḍaśītimukha — at the new moon it would be twentyfold, at a Vyatīpāta a hundred times as much,
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SkP-RK 21.22
संक्रमे वैधृतौ राजं छतार्धं परिकीर्तितम् । अमासोमसमायोगे राहुसोमसमागमे
saṃkrame vaidhṛtau rājaṃ chatārdhaṃ parikīrtitam / amāsomasamāyoge rāhusomasamāgame
at a saṃkrama (passage) and at a Vaidhṛti, O king, half a hundred is declared; at the conjunction of the new moon with the moon, at the meeting of Rāhu and the moon,
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SkP-RK 21.23
कुरुक्षेत्राच् छतगुणं पुण्यम् आह शिवः स्वयम् । बिल्वाम्रकं सिद्धलिङ्गं ब्रह्महत्याव्यपोहनम्
kurukṣetrāc chataguṇaṃ puṇyam āha śivaḥ svayam / bilvāmrakaṃ siddhaliṅgaṃ brahmahatyāvyapohanam
the merit is a hundred times that of Kurukṣetra — Śiva himself said so. (There is) Bilvāmraka, the Siddhaliṅga, which removes the killing of a brahmin.
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SkP-RK 21.24
दर्शनात् स्पर्शनात् तस्य शिवलोके महीयते । कुब्जेश्वरं तथैवान्यत् न तत् पश्यन्ति मानवाः
darśanāt sparśanāt tasya śivaloke mahīyate / kubjeśvaraṃ tathaivānyat na tat paśyanti mānavāḥ
By seeing it, by touching it, one is honoured in Śiva's world. Likewise there is another, Kubjeśvara: men do not see it.
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SkP-RK 21.25
नर्मदाकुब्जिकामध्ये नागकन्याभिर् अर्च्यते । स्वारोचिषे ऽन्तरे प्राप्ते आदिकल्पे कृते युगे
narmadākubjikāmadhye nāgakanyābhir arcyate / svārociṣe 'ntare prāpte ādikalpe kṛte yuge
In the middle between the Narmadā and the Kubjikā it is worshipped by the serpent-maidens. When the Svārociṣa interval had arrived, in the first aeon, in the Kṛta age,
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SkP-RK 21.26
कालाग्निरुद्रसंकाशं भित्त्वा पातालसङ्गमम् । सूर्यकोटिसमप्रख्यं प्रदीप्तज्वलनप्रभम्
kālāgnirudrasaṃkāśaṃ bhittvā pātālasaṅgamam / sūryakoṭisamaprakhyaṃ pradīptajvalanaprabham
resembling Kālāgnirudra, having split open the junction with the netherworld, looking like ten million suns, with the radiance of a blazing fire,
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SkP-RK 21.27
उत्थितं कल्पगामध्ये देवा ऽवाहनकाम्यया । ॐकारस्य यवैकेन हीनं लिङ्गं नृपोत्तम
utthitaṃ kalpagāmadhye devā 'vāhanakāmyayā / oṃkārasya yavaikena hīnaṃ liṅgaṃ nṛpottama
it rose up in the middle of the Kalpagā, out of the gods' desire to invoke (it): a liṅga falling short of the Oṃkāra by a single barley-grain, O best of kings.
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SkP-RK 21.28
पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि लोके ऽस्मिन् सचराचरे । हीनान् यस्माद् यवार्द्धेन सत्यम् एतच् छिवोदितम्
pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni loke 'smin sacarācare / hīnān yasmād yavārddhena satyam etac chivoditam
Whatever sacred fords there are on earth, in this world with its moving and unmoving beings — since they fall short by half a barley-grain: this, spoken by Śiva, is the truth.
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SkP-RK 21.29
तत्र यस् त्यजति प्राणानमासोमसमागमे । दिव्ययानसमारूढः स्तूयमानो ऽप्सरोगणैः
tatra yas tyajati prāṇānamāsomasamāgame / divyayānasamārūḍhaḥ stūyamāno 'psarogaṇaiḥ
Whoever gives up his life-breaths there at the conjunction of the new moon and the moon, mounted on a celestial vehicle, praised by throngs of apsarases,
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SkP-RK 21.30
धृतदिव्यातपत्रस् तु सर्वालङ्कारभूषितः । त्रिंशच्छतसहस्राणि वसेच् छिवपुरे शुभे
dhṛtadivyātapatras tu sarvālaṅkārabhūṣitaḥ / triṃśacchatasahasrāṇi vasec chivapure śubhe
holding a divine parasol and adorned with all ornaments, he dwells three million (years) in the auspicious city of Śiva.
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SkP-RK 21.31
त्यजेद्धि तत्र यः प्राणान् न वशः स्ववशो ऽपि वा । दशवर्षसहस्राणि राजा विद्याधरे पुरे
tyajeddhi tatra yaḥ prāṇān na vaśaḥ svavaśo 'pi vā / daśavarṣasahasrāṇi rājā vidyādhare pure
Whoever gives up his life-breaths there, whether not by his own will or by his own will, (dwells) ten thousand years as a king in the city of the Vidyādharas.
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SkP-RK 21.32
रन्तिदेवश् चक्रवर्ती शक्रतुल्यो महीपतिः । अयोध्याधिपतिः श्रीमान् सर्वधर्मभृतां वरः
rantidevaś cakravartī śakratulyo mahīpatiḥ / ayodhyādhipatiḥ śrīmān sarvadharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ
Rantideva, an emperor, a ruler of the earth equal to Indra, the illustrious lord of Ayodhyā, best of all upholders of dharma —
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SkP-RK 21.33
कण्वाश्रमपदे रम्ये सुरासुरनिषेविते । आख्यानसहितं राजं छृणु वेद यथाक्रमम्
kaṇvāśramapade ramye surāsuraniṣevite / ākhyānasahitaṃ rājaṃ chṛṇu veda yathākramam
in the delightful precinct of Kaṇva's hermitage, frequented by gods and demons — hear, O king, know it in due order, together with the story,
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SkP-RK 21.34
तीर्थसंख्याप्रमाणं च इतिहासं पुरातनम् । हरन्ति के च कार्त्तिक्यां कैलासे पर्वतोत्तमे
tīrthasaṃkhyāpramāṇaṃ ca itihāsaṃ purātanam / haranti ke ca kārttikyāṃ kailāse parvatottame
(Hear) the reckoning and measure of the sacred fords and the ancient tale — and who they are that take (it) away on the full moon of Kārttika on Kailāsa, best of mountains.
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SkP-RK 21.35
ब्रह्मादयो गतास् तत्र विष्णुशक्रपुरोगमाः । उमया सहितो रुद्रो गणकोटिसमन्वितः
brahmādayo gatās tatra viṣṇuśakrapurogamāḥ / umayā sahito rudro gaṇakoṭisamanvitaḥ
There went Brahmā and the rest, with Viṣṇu and Śakra at their head, and Rudra together with Umā, accompanied by ten million (of his) hosts.
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SkP-RK 21.36
नन्दिस्कन्दमहाकालसुरासुरनिषेवितः । सरितः सागराः शैलास् तीर्थानां कोटयस् तथा
nandiskandamahākālasurāsuraniṣevitaḥ / saritaḥ sāgarāḥ śailās tīrthānāṃ koṭayas tathā
(He was) attended by Nandin, Skanda, Mahākāla, and by gods and asuras; (there came) rivers, oceans, mountains, and likewise ten millions of sacred fords.
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SkP-RK 21.37
तेषां मध्ये समुत्थाय स्कन्दो वचनम् अब्रवीत् । कस्यैतानि विमानानि दीव्यन्ते दिवि शङ्कर
teṣāṃ madhye samutthāya skando vacanam abravīt / kasyaitāni vimānāni dīvyante divi śaṅkara
Rising up in the midst of them, Skanda spoke these words: "Whose are these celestial cars that shine in the sky, O Śaṅkara,
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SkP-RK 21.38
साप्तभौमा गृहा रम्या हेमप्राकारतोरणाः । गीतनृत्यनिनादेन कामिनीनां मनोहराः
sāptabhaumā gṛhā ramyā hemaprākāratoraṇāḥ / gītanṛtyaninādena kāminīnāṃ manoharāḥ
these lovely seven-storeyed houses with golden walls and archways, charming with the sound of the song and dance of beautiful women?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 21.39
ईश्वर उवाच: शृणु स्कन्द महाभाग कथ्यमानं यथोदितम् । तीर्थदानप्रभावेण तीर्थज्येष्ठक्रमेण तु
īśvara uvāca: śṛṇu skanda mahābhāga kathyamānaṃ yathoditam / tīrthadānaprabhāveṇa tīrthajyeṣṭhakrameṇa tu
Īśvara said: Hear, Skanda, greatly fortunate one, what is being told as it has been declared, by the power of gifts (given) at sacred fords, and in the order of seniority of the fords.
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SkP-RK 21.40
ये मृता नर्मदातीरे पर्वते ऽमरकण्टके । माहेश्वरादितीर्थेषु भृगुकच्छावसानतः
ye mṛtā narmadātīre parvate 'marakaṇṭake / māheśvarāditīrtheṣu bhṛgukacchāvasānataḥ
Those who have died on the bank of the Narmadā, on the mountain Amarakaṇṭaka, at the fords beginning with Māheśvara and ending at Bhṛgukaccha —
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SkP-RK 21.41
इमानि यानि तीर्थानि लिङ्गमूर्तिधराणि च । सरितश्चापि गङ्गाद्यास् तासु दानप्रभावतः
imāni yāni tīrthāni liṅgamūrtidharāṇi ca / saritaścāpi gaṅgādyās tāsu dānaprabhāvataḥ
these fords which are here, which bear the form of the liṅga, and also the rivers beginning with the Gaṅgā — (and those who die) there, by the power of gifts (made) in them...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 21.42
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: एवं पुरा महाराज कैलासे पर्वतोत्तमे
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: evaṃ purā mahārāja kailāse parvatottame
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Thus of old, great king, on Kailāsa, best of mountains,
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SkP-RK 21.43
ब्रह्मा पप्रच्छ तीर्थानां शङ्करं विधिपूर्वकम् । देवखातानि सर्वाणि सरितः सागरास् तथा
brahmā papraccha tīrthānāṃ śaṅkaraṃ vidhipūrvakam / devakhātāni sarvāṇi saritaḥ sāgarās tathā
Brahmā asked Śaṅkara about the sacred fords according to due form: all the god-dug (pools), and the rivers, and the oceans as well —
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SkP-RK 21.44
नद्यः सर्वाश् च भूपृष्ठे गङ्गाद्या गिरिसम्भवाः । उत्तमाः कतिचिद् देव कथयस्व प्रसादतः
nadyaḥ sarvāś ca bhūpṛṣṭhe gaṅgādyā girisambhavāḥ / uttamāḥ katicid deva kathayasva prasādataḥ
"And all the rivers on the earth's surface, the Gaṅgā and the rest, born of the mountains — which few (of them) are the highest, O god? Tell (me), out of your grace."
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SkP-RK 21.45
हर उवाच: कथयामि परं तीर्थं पवित्रं पापनाशनम् । कौतुकेन त्वया पृष्टा नदीनामुत्तमा नदी
hara uvāca: kathayāmi paraṃ tīrthaṃ pavitraṃ pāpanāśanam / kautukena tvayā pṛṣṭā nadīnāmuttamā nadī
Hara said: I shall tell of the supreme ford, purifying, destroying sins. Out of curiosity you have asked which river is the best of rivers.
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SkP-RK 21.46
सर्वासां सरितां मध्य उत्तमा सप्तकल्पगा । सर्वेषां जननी चेह नदी त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरी
sarvāsāṃ saritāṃ madhya uttamā saptakalpagā / sarveṣāṃ jananī ceha nadī trailokyasundarī
Among all rivers the best is she who flows through seven kalpas, and she is here the mother of all, the river that is the beauty of the three worlds.
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SkP-RK 21.47
ब्रह्मोवाच: सुरसिन्धुं परित्यज्य नर्मदा वर्ण्यते कथम् । विरुद्धं सर्वलोकानां देवानां च विशेषतः
brahmovāca: surasindhuṃ parityajya narmadā varṇyate katham / viruddhaṃ sarvalokānāṃ devānāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ
Brahmā said: How is the Narmadā praised, leaving aside the river of the gods (the Gaṅgā)? This is contrary to all the worlds, and to the gods especially.
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SkP-RK 21.48
ब्रह्मणस् तु वचः श्रुत्वा अगस्त्यो वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् । मध्ये पदे नियुक्तश् च वक्तुम् एव न युज्यते
brahmaṇas tu vacaḥ śrutvā agastyo vākyam abravīt / madhye pade niyuktaś ca vaktum eva na yujyate
But having heard Brahmā's speech, Agastya spoke these words: "Though appointed (to speak) in the middle of the matter, it is not fitting to speak at all.
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SkP-RK 21.49
धर्माः सर्वे वेदमूला ब्राह्मणा वेदसम्भवाः । वेदहीना न सिध्यन्ति यज्ञदानविधिक्रियाः
dharmāḥ sarve vedamūlā brāhmaṇā vedasambhavāḥ / vedahīnā na sidhyanti yajñadānavidhikriyāḥ
All duties have the Veda as their root; brahmins arise from the Veda; without the Veda the rites of sacrifice, giving and prescribed observance do not succeed.
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SkP-RK 21.50
स्वयम्भूर् भगवां छम्भुः शम्भुश् च भगवान् हरिः । वेदाश् च भगवां छम्भुः कल्पगा शम्भुसम्भवा
svayambhūr bhagavāṃ chambhuḥ śambhuś ca bhagavān hariḥ / vedāś ca bhagavāṃ chambhuḥ kalpagā śambhusambhavā
The Self-existent one is the lord Śambhu, and Śambhu is the lord Hari; the Vedas too are the lord Śambhu, and she who flows through the kalpas is born of Śambhu.
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SkP-RK 21.51
अव्यक्ताव्यक्तरूपेण जगतः कारणेच्छया । संहारसृष्टिरूपेण प्रलयोत्पत्तिकारिणी
avyaktāvyaktarūpeṇa jagataḥ kāraṇecchayā / saṃhārasṛṣṭirūpeṇa pralayotpattikāriṇī
By her unmanifest and manifest form, through the will to be the cause of the world, in the form of destruction and creation, she brings about dissolution and origination.
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SkP-RK 21.52
भगीरथनेमिनीता हरिणा ऽत्रावतारिता । गङ्गा सा जह्नुना पीता मुनिना चुलुकेन च
bhagīrathaneminītā hariṇā 'trāvatāritā / gaṅgā sā jahnunā pītā muninā culukena ca
Led by Bhagīratha's chariot-rim, brought down here by Hari — that Gaṅgā was drunk by Jahnu, by the sage, in a single handful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 21.53
क्रुद्धः पीत्वा मुनिस्तां तु स्थितो ध्यानपरायणः । दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं तु सा तु तस्योदरे स्थिता
kruddhaḥ pītvā munistāṃ tu sthito dhyānaparāyaṇaḥ / divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu sā tu tasyodare sthitā
Having drunk her, the angered sage remained devoted to meditation; and for a thousand divine years she stayed in his belly.
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SkP-RK 21.54
विस्मयो देवतानां हि समापेदे कुतूहलम् । ब्रह्माद्या देवताः सर्वा गत्वा तस्याश्रमं प्रति
vismayo devatānāṃ hi samāpede kutūhalam / brahmādyā devatāḥ sarvā gatvā tasyāśramaṃ prati
Astonishment came upon the gods, and curiosity (as well). All the gods, headed by Brahmā, went to his hermitage,
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SkP-RK 21.55
शापशङ्काकुलात्मानो मुनिं विज्ञापयन्ति ते । महानदीं मुने मुञ्च पवित्रां पापनाशिनीम्
śāpaśaṅkākulātmāno muniṃ vijñāpayanti te / mahānadīṃ mune muñca pavitrāṃ pāpanāśinīm
and, their minds troubled by fear of a curse, they informed the sage: "Release the great river, O sage, the pure destroyer of sins!
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SkP-RK 21.56
मर्त्ये वहतु सा नित्यं लोकसन्तापहारिणी । देवता ऋषिप्रोक्तेन मुक्ता तेन महानदी
martye vahatu sā nityaṃ lokasantāpahāriṇī / devatā ṛṣiproktena muktā tena mahānadī
Let her flow forever in the mortal world, taking away the world's affliction." By that (sage), at the gods' request spoken (through the seers), the great river was released.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 21.57
मुक्ता तु जह्नुना तत्र तेन सा जाह्नवी स्मृता । सा तु किं वर्ण्यते ब्रह्मन् पीताया जह्नुना पुरा
muktā tu jahnunā tatra tena sā jāhnavī smṛtā / sā tu kiṃ varṇyate brahman pītāyā jahnunā purā
And since she was released there by Jahnu, she is therefore remembered as Jāhnavī. But what is to be said of her, O brahmin, she who was formerly drunk by Jahnu?
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SkP-RK 21.58
मया चुलुकमात्रेण शोषिताः सप्तसागराः । हरिश् च भगवान् शम्भुश् शम्भुश् च भगवान् इति
mayā culukamātreṇa śoṣitāḥ saptasāgarāḥ / hariś ca bhagavān śambhuś śambhuś ca bhagavān iti
"By me the seven seas were dried up with (no more than) a handful of water, and Hari is the Lord, and Śambhu—and Śambhu is the Lord"—thus (he spoke).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 21.59
विन्ध्यः सप्तशैलराजो नर्मदायाः प्रभावतः । तेनोद्धता देवमार्गा वर्तमानानि वारिताः
vindhyaḥ saptaśailarājo narmadāyāḥ prabhāvataḥ / tenoddhatā devamārgā vartamānāni vāritāḥ
The Vindhya, king of the seven mountains, (rose up) by the power of the Narmadā; by it the paths of the gods were obstructed and the (heavenly) courses were blocked.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 21.60
यज्ञपर्वतपर्यङ्कावुभौ विन्ध्यस्तौ पुरा । मया निवारितौ बुद्ध्या देवमार्ग प्रवृत्तये
yajñaparvataparyaṅkāvubhau vindhyastau purā / mayā nivāritau buddhyā devamārga pravṛttaye
Both the Yajña mountain and the Paryaṅka, and those two Vindhyas, were of old restrained by me deliberately, for the sake of setting in motion the path of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 21.61
एवं विगर्हितो ब्रह्मा संवादेन परस्परम् । ततस् तुष्टाः सुराः सर्वे ह्य् अगस्त्यं प्रति भारत
evaṃ vigarhito brahmā saṃvādena parasparam / tatas tuṣṭāḥ surāḥ sarve hy agastyaṃ prati bhārata
Thus Brahmā was rebuked in the course of their mutual conversation; thereupon all the gods were pleased with Agastya, O Bhārata.
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SkP-RK 21.62
देवदुन्दुभयो नेदुः पुष्पवृष्टिः पपात च । इति ते कथितो राजन्न् इतिहासः पुरातनः
devadundubhayo neduḥ puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ papāta ca / iti te kathito rājann itihāsaḥ purātanaḥ
The gods' drums sounded, and a rain of flowers fell. Thus, O king, this ancient tale has been told to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition