Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 24

SkP-RK 24.1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच: समुत्पत्तिं च कुब्जाया यस्यां विमलमानसाः । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्ता गन्धर्वो रगराक्षसाः

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: samutpattiṃ ca kubjāyā yasyāṃ vimalamānasāḥ / sarvapāpavinirmuktā gandharvo ragarākṣasāḥ

Yudhiṣṭhira said: "And the origin of the Kubjā, in which gandharvas, serpents and rākṣasas, with minds made pure, are freed from all sins —

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SkP-RK 24.2

एतद् वै श्रोतुम् इच्छामि विस्तरेण महामुने । कथ्यतां मुनिशार्दूल समाख्यानं पुरातनम्

etad vai śrotum icchāmi vistareṇa mahāmune / kathyatāṃ muniśārdūla samākhyānaṃ purātanam

this indeed I wish to hear at length, O great sage; let the ancient account be told, O tiger among sages."

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SkP-RK 24.3

मार्कण्डेय उवाच: शृणु राजन् कथां दिव्यां सर्वपापप्रणाशिनीम् । चित्राङ्गदः शक्रसुतो गन्धर्वः काममोहितः

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: śṛṇu rājan kathāṃ divyāṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm / citrāṅgadaḥ śakrasuto gandharvaḥ kāmamohitaḥ

Mārkaṇḍeya said: "Hear, O king, the divine tale that destroys all sins. Citrāṅgada, son of Śakra, a gandharva, deluded by desire,

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SkP-RK 24.4

समालम्ब्य कुमारीणां दशलक्षाणि भारत । रेमे यथेच्छया सो ऽपि पश्चान् मुक्तश् च किल्विषात्

samālambya kumārīṇāṃ daśalakṣāṇi bhārata / reme yathecchayā so 'pi paścān muktaś ca kilviṣāt

took hold of a million maidens, O Bhārata, and enjoyed (them) at will; yet afterwards he too was released from his sin.

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SkP-RK 24.5

आख्यानं कथयिष्यामि यथावृत्त पुरातनम् । सुवर्णो नाम गन्धर्वस् तस्य भार्या यशस्विनी

ākhyānaṃ kathayiṣyāmi yathāvṛtta purātanam / suvarṇo nāma gandharvas tasya bhāryā yaśasvinī

I shall tell the ancient story as it happened. There was a gandharva named Suvarṇa; his wife was glorious,

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SkP-RK 24.6

हेमगर्भेति विख्याता शक्रस्यैव यथा शची । सुता तस्याः सुकामेति विदितानङ्गमोहिनी

hemagarbheti vikhyātā śakrasyaiva yathā śacī / sutā tasyāḥ sukāmeti viditānaṅgamohinī

known as Hemagarbhā, as Śacī is of Śakra himself. Her daughter was known as Sukāmā, bewitching (even) Anaṅga.

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SkP-RK 24.7

रूपयौवनसम्पन्ना ऊढा वै धनदेन सा । गौर्याराधनयोगेन तस्याः पुत्रो ऽप्य् अजायत

rūpayauvanasampannā ūḍhā vai dhanadena sā / gauryārādhanayogena tasyāḥ putro 'py ajāyata

Endowed with beauty and youth, she was indeed wedded by Dhanada (Kubera); and by means of the worship of Gaurī a son too was born to her.

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SkP-RK 24.8

केतुमाल इति ख्यातो राजा वैद्याधरे पुरे । शशिरेखा प्रिया तस्य भार्व्या वै रूपशालिनी

ketumāla iti khyāto rājā vaidyādhare pure / śaśirekhā priyā tasya bhārvyā vai rūpaśālinī

In the city of the Vidyādharas (there was) a king known as Ketumāla; his beloved wife was Śaśirekhā, indeed a beauty.

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SkP-RK 24.9

द्वे कन्ये जनयामास रतिः प्रीतिर्मनोरमे । ददौ स कामदेवाय पाणिग्रहणपूर्वकम्

dve kanye janayāmāsa ratiḥ prītirmanorame / dadau sa kāmadevāya pāṇigrahaṇapūrvakam

She bore two daughters, Rati and Prīti, delightful ones; he gave (them) to Kāmadeva, with the taking of the hand (i.e. in marriage).

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SkP-RK 24.10

कन्यानां दशलक्षाणि भूषणैर् भूषितानि च । तास् तु यानसमारूढाः कामरूपा मनोरमाः

kanyānāṃ daśalakṣāṇi bhūṣaṇair bhūṣitāni ca / tās tu yānasamārūḍhāḥ kāmarūpā manoramāḥ

And ten hundred-thousand maidens, adorned with ornaments — these, mounted on vehicles, taking whatever form they wished, delightful,

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SkP-RK 24.11

विचित्रवस्त्राभरणा गौर्याराधन तत् परा । तावन्न भुज्यते ताभिस् ताम्बूलं भोजनादिकम्

vicitravastrābharaṇā gauryārādhana tat parā / tāvanna bhujyate tābhis tāmbūlaṃ bhojanādikam

wearing variegated garments and ornaments, intent upon that worship of Gaurī — so long as (the vow lasted), betel, food and the rest were not consumed by them,

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SkP-RK 24.12

यावन्न कार्यम् अस्माभिर् इति सङ्कल्पमादधुः । नित्यं तैर्यत्रिकं तास् तु चक्रुः सर्वा समाहिता

yāvanna kāryam asmābhir iti saṅkalpamādadhuḥ / nityaṃ tairyatrikaṃ tās tu cakruḥ sarvā samāhitā

"so long as the task is not done by us" — thus they formed a resolve; and all of them, concentrated, constantly performed the (worship) of the three (times / the musical performance).

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SkP-RK 24.13

वसन्ते समनुप्राप्ते द्रष्टुं प्रेक्षणकं पुरा । पुष्पकेण विमानेन जग्मुस् ता इन्द्रमन्दिरम्

vasante samanuprāpte draṣṭuṃ prekṣaṇakaṃ purā / puṣpakeṇa vimānena jagmus tā indramandiram

When spring had arrived, they went formerly by the Puṣpaka aerial car to Indra's palace, to see a spectacle.

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SkP-RK 24.14

क्रीडयित्वा यथा न्यायं मदिरामदविह्वलाः । अदृष्ट्वैव भवानीं ताश् चक्रे ताम्बूलभक्षणम्

krīḍayitvā yathā nyāyaṃ madirāmadavihvalāḥ / adṛṣṭvaiva bhavānīṃ tāś cakre tāmbūlabhakṣaṇam

Having played as was fitting, overwhelmed by the intoxication of wine, without having seen Bhavānī at all, they engaged in the eating of betel.

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SkP-RK 24.15

चित्राङ्गदस्य चापारं रूपं दृष्ट्वा वराङ्गनाः । मोहिता ना ऽभिजानन्ति मदिरोन्मत्तमानसाः

citrāṅgadasya cāpāraṃ rūpaṃ dṛṣṭvā varāṅganāḥ / mohitā nā 'bhijānanti madironmattamānasāḥ

And having seen the boundless beauty of Citrāṅgada, those excellent women, bewildered, did not recognize (him/anything), their minds maddened by liquor.

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SkP-RK 24.16

तैश् चापि कामिताः सर्वा गन्धर्व्यो मुदिताननाः । नानाविधैस् तथा कार्यैश् चिक्रीडुर्मन्मथाद् दिवि

taiś cāpi kāmitāḥ sarvā gandharvyo muditānanāḥ / nānāvidhais tathā kāryaiś cikrīḍurmanmathād divi

And desired by them, all the Gandharva women, their faces joyful, played in heaven with various sorts of acts out of love-passion.

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SkP-RK 24.17

अतीते वत्सरे तास् तु गन्धर्वपुरमागताः । गौरीं द्रष्टुं समाजग्मुर् उमा माहेश्वरं पुरम्

atīte vatsare tās tu gandharvapuramāgatāḥ / gaurīṃ draṣṭuṃ samājagmur umā māheśvaraṃ puram

When a year had passed, they returned to the Gandharva city, and came together to Umā's city of Maheśvara to see Gaurī.

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SkP-RK 24.18

नमस्कृत्य ततो देवीम् इदं वचनम् अब्रुवन् । रक्षस्वास्माकमीशानि च्युतानां नियमात् स्वकात्

namaskṛtya tato devīm idaṃ vacanam abruvan / rakṣasvāsmākamīśāni cyutānāṃ niyamāt svakāt

Then, having bowed to the Goddess, they spoke this word: "Protect us, O Mistress, who have fallen away from our own observance."

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SkP-RK 24.19

ततश् चुकोप देवी तान् पापकर्मरतान् प्रति । व्रतादिकं हता ये ये परदाराविदूषकाः

tataś cukopa devī tān pāpakarmaratān prati / vratādikaṃ hatā ye ye paradārāvidūṣakāḥ

Then the Goddess grew angry toward those given to sinful deeds: "Whoever have destroyed the vow and the rest, and are defilers of others' wives,

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SkP-RK 24.20

अपत्रपा दुराचाराः सर्वलोकबहिष्कृताः । तद् अधर्मस्य पापस्यानिष्कृतिर् धरणीतले

apatrapā durācārāḥ sarvalokabahiṣkṛtāḥ / tad adharmasya pāpasyāniṣkṛtir dharaṇītale

they are shameless, of evil conduct, cast out from all the worlds; for that unrighteousness, that sin, there is no expiation on the surface of the earth.

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SkP-RK 24.21

कुमारीं कामयेद् यस् तु कामलोभेन मोहितः । षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि विष्ठायां जायते कृमिः

kumārīṃ kāmayed yas tu kāmalobhena mohitaḥ / ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṃ jāyate kṛmiḥ

But whoever, deluded by greed for pleasure, would make love to a virgin girl, he is born as a worm in excrement for sixty thousand years.

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SkP-RK 24.22

एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे राजंस् ततश्चैत्राङ्गदः स्तुवन् । प्रणम्य शिरसा देवीम् इदं वचनम् अब्रवीत्

etasminn antare rājaṃs tataścaitrāṅgadaḥ stuvan / praṇamya śirasā devīm idaṃ vacanam abravīt

In this interval, O king, Citrāṅgada then, praising (her) and bowing with his head to the Goddess, spoke this word.

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SkP-RK 24.23

शापस्य स भयाद् भूरि विललाप नराधिप । अकार्यं कृतम् अस्माभिर् गन्धर्वतनयान्वितैः

śāpasya sa bhayād bhūri vilalāpa narādhipa / akāryaṃ kṛtam asmābhir gandharvatanayānvitaiḥ

Out of fear of the curse he lamented much, O ruler of men: "A deed not to be done has been done by us, together with the sons of the Gandharvas.

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SkP-RK 24.24

प्रायश्चित्तं किम् अस्याद्य पापस्य गद निष्कृतिम् । उवाच वचनं देवी गन्धर्वं काममोहितम्

prāyaścittaṃ kim asyādya pāpasya gada niṣkṛtim / uvāca vacanaṃ devī gandharvaṃ kāmamohitam

What is the penance for this sin now? Tell (us) the expiation." The Goddess spoke a word to the Gandharva who was deluded by desire.

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SkP-RK 24.25

धर्मक्रियाविलुप्तस्य स्वर्गलोकच्युतस्य च । कुमारीदूषणे पापं महतां लोमहर्षणम्

dharmakriyāviluptasya svargalokacyutasya ca / kumārīdūṣaṇe pāpaṃ mahatāṃ lomaharṣaṇam

"For one whose religious practice is destroyed and who has fallen from the world of heaven — in the defiling of a virgin the sin is (such as) makes the hair of great ones stand on end.

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SkP-RK 24.26

कुमारीदूषणे पापे निष्कृतिर् न विधीयते । मम गन्धर्वकन्याश् च मधुपानैर् विडम्बिताः

kumārīdūṣaṇe pāpe niṣkṛtir na vidhīyate / mama gandharvakanyāś ca madhupānair viḍambitāḥ

For the sin of defiling a virgin no expiation is ordained; and my Gandharva maidens have been mocked through the drinking of liquor.

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SkP-RK 24.27

यूयं त्व् अनेन पापेन गन्धर्वाः काममोहिताः । कुब्जावामनहीनाङ्गा भविष्यथ सहस्रशः

yūyaṃ tv anena pāpena gandharvāḥ kāmamohitāḥ / kubjāvāmanahīnāṅgā bhaviṣyatha sahasraśaḥ

"But you, gandharvas, deluded by lust, by this sin shall become hunchbacked, dwarfish and defective of limb, by the thousands.

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SkP-RK 24.28

दिव्यवर्षसहस्रं तु मर्त्यलोके चरिष्यथ । कन्याविकृतदोषेण कुब्जामर्कटकाननाः

divyavarṣasahasraṃ tu martyaloke cariṣyatha / kanyāvikṛtadoṣeṇa kubjāmarkaṭakānanāḥ

For a thousand divine years you shall wander in the world of mortals, hunchbacked and with monkey faces, through the offence of violating the maiden.

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SkP-RK 24.29

स्वकर्मकृतदोषेण पापं भुञ्जन्तु भूतले । एव शप्तास् तु ते देव्या सर्वे मर्त्य समागमन्

svakarmakṛtadoṣeṇa pāpaṃ bhuñjantu bhūtale / eva śaptās tu te devyā sarve martya samāgaman

Through the fault done by their own deeds, let them consume (the fruit of) their sin on earth." Thus cursed by the goddess, they all came to the mortal world.

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SkP-RK 24.30

शोचन्तः स्वानि कर्माणि पूर्वजन्मकृतानि च । बभ्रमुः सर्वतीर्थानि लोके चैव चराचरे

śocantaḥ svāni karmāṇi pūrvajanmakṛtāni ca / babhramuḥ sarvatīrthāni loke caiva carācare

Grieving over their own deeds and those done in former births, they wandered through all the sacred fords, and through the world with its moving and unmoving beings.

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SkP-RK 24.31

विषण्णवदनास् सर्वे पापेना ऽनेन कार्षिताः । शापस्या ऽन्तं न विन्दन्ति सर्वतीर्थान् भ्रमन्त्यपि

viṣaṇṇavadanās sarve pāpenā 'nena kārṣitāḥ / śāpasyā 'ntaṃ na vindanti sarvatīrthān bhramantyapi

All with dejected faces, worn down by this sin, they do not find an end of the curse, though they roam through all the sacred fords.

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SkP-RK 24.32

एकविंशतिलक्षाणि गन्धर्वाणि तथा ऽनघ । न देवा न च तीर्थानि पापस्या ऽस्य विशुद्धये

ekaviṃśatilakṣāṇi gandharvāṇi tathā 'nagha / na devā na ca tīrthāni pāpasyā 'sya viśuddhaye

Twenty-one lakhs of gandharvas (were there), O sinless one; neither the gods nor the sacred fords (suffice) for the cleansing of this sin.

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SkP-RK 24.33

नान्यद् वा युज्यते कर्म मुक्त्वा चैव हुताशनम् । कर्मणां दोषदाहेन मुञ्चामः पापकर्मणः

nānyad vā yujyate karma muktvā caiva hutāśanam / karmaṇāṃ doṣadāhena muñcāmaḥ pāpakarmaṇaḥ

Nor does any other rite avail, except fire; by the burning away of the fault of (our) deeds we free ourselves from the evil deed.

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SkP-RK 24.34

दत्तो ऽस्माकं महाशापो पापमार्गनिवर्तकः । एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे प्राप्तः सकुबेरः पुराधिपः

datto 'smākaṃ mahāśāpo pāpamārganivartakaḥ / etasminn antare prāptaḥ sakuberaḥ purādhipaḥ

"A great curse has been given to us, one that turns back the path of sin." In this interval there arrived the lord of the city, together with Kubera.

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SkP-RK 24.35

सम्प्राप्तो नैमिषारण्ये यत्र चित्राङ्गदादयः । तान् दृष्ट्वा सो ऽब्रवीद् देवः क्षणमात्रं प्रतीक्षत

samprāpto naimiṣāraṇye yatra citrāṅgadādayaḥ / tān dṛṣṭvā so 'bravīd devaḥ kṣaṇamātraṃ pratīkṣata

He arrived in the Naimisha forest, where Chitrangada and the others were. Seeing them, that god said, "Wait just a moment."

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SkP-RK 24.36

उमामाहेश्वरे यावद् वच्मि गत्वा यथोदितम् । एवम् उक्त्वा ययौ देवः कैलासं पर्वतोत्तमम्

umāmāheśvare yāvad vacmi gatvā yathoditam / evam uktvā yayau devaḥ kailāsaṃ parvatottamam

"Until I go and tell Umā and Maheśvara what has been said (here) — " Having spoken thus, the god went to Kailāsa, the best of mountains.

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SkP-RK 24.37

साष्टाङ्गं च नमस्कृत्य उमया सहितं हरम् । जय देवि सुरेशानि संसारार्णवतारिणि

sāṣṭāṅgaṃ ca namaskṛtya umayā sahitaṃ haram / jaya devi sureśāni saṃsārārṇavatāriṇi

And having bowed with the eight limbs (prostration) to Hara together with Umā, (he said:) "Hail, O Goddess, mistress of the gods, who carries (beings) across the ocean of saṃsāra!"

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SkP-RK 24.38

त्वया सृष्टम् इदं सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् । व्यापिनी शक्तिरूपेण सर्वेषां प्राणिनाम् अपि

tvayā sṛṣṭam idaṃ sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram / vyāpinī śaktirūpeṇa sarveṣāṃ prāṇinām api

By you was all this created — the three worlds with their moving and unmoving (beings); you pervade, in the form of power (śakti), all living creatures too.

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SkP-RK 24.39

इत्येवम् आदिभिर् वाक्यैर् देवीं तुष्टाव वासवः । स्तोत्रैः स्तुता महादेवी शक्रं वचनम् अब्रवीत्

ityevam ādibhir vākyair devīṃ tuṣṭāva vāsavaḥ / stotraiḥ stutā mahādevī śakraṃ vacanam abravīt

With these words and others like them Vāsava (Indra) praised the Goddess; and the Great Goddess, praised with (his) hymns, spoke this word to Śakra:

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SkP-RK 24.40

आर्तिः का ते समुत्पन्ना यथार्थं कथयस्व मे । उवाच वचनं शक्रः पार्वतीं प्रति भारत

ārtiḥ kā te samutpannā yathārthaṃ kathayasva me / uvāca vacanaṃ śakraḥ pārvatīṃ prati bhārata

"What distress has arisen for you? Tell me truly." Śakra spoke these words to Pārvatī, O Bhārata.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 24.41

वरदा यदि मे देवि वरं दातुं त्वम् इच्छसि । चित्राङ्गदादिपापस्य मोक्षणं क्रियतां शुभे

varadā yadi me devi varaṃ dātuṃ tvam icchasi / citrāṅgadādipāpasya mokṣaṇaṃ kriyatāṃ śubhe

"If you, O goddess, being a granter of boons, wish to give me a boon, then, O auspicious one, let the release from the sin (incurred by the slaying) of Citrāṅgada and the others be brought about."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 24.42

देव्युवाच: शिवाज्ञा वर्तते लोके पापस्यास्य विशुद्धये । तस्मात् पापविशुद्ध्यर्थं त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम्

devyuvāca: śivājñā vartate loke pāpasyāsya viśuddhaye / tasmāt pāpaviśuddhyarthaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam

The Goddess said: In the world it is Śiva's authority that governs the cleansing of this sin; therefore, for the sake of purification from sin, (turn to him who is) renowned in the three worlds—

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

SkP-RK 24.43

देवदेवं महादेवं याचस्व परमेश्वरम् । एवं देव्या वचः श्रुत्वा शक्रः प्रोवाच शङ्करम्

devadevaṃ mahādevaṃ yācasva parameśvaram / evaṃ devyā vacaḥ śrutvā śakraḥ provāca śaṅkaram

"Entreat the God of gods, the Great God, the Supreme Lord." Having thus heard the Goddess's words, Śakra spoke to Śaṅkara.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 24.44

शङ्कर उवाच: यज्ञपाकाश्रमं गत्वा मेकलातीरम् आश्रितम्

śaṅkara uvāca: yajñapākāśramaṃ gatvā mekalātīram āśritam

— tr. refused: cyber

SkP-RK 24.45

यज्ञपर्वतमासाद्य विन्ध्यस्यैव सुतोत्तमम् । तत्र यज्ञेश्वरं देवं लिङ्गं परमसिद्धिदम्

yajñaparvatamāsādya vindhyasyaiva sutottamam / tatra yajñeśvaraṃ devaṃ liṅgaṃ paramasiddhidam

Having reached the Yajña mountain, the finest son of Vindhya himself, (one finds) there the god Yajñeśvara, a liṅga that grants the highest attainment.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 24.46

बिल्वाम्रकं तथा चान्यत् कल्पगा तीरम् आश्रितम् । पुण्यस्थाने तु तत्रास्य शापस्यान्तो भविष्यति

bilvāmrakaṃ tathā cānyat kalpagā tīram āśritam / puṇyasthāne tu tatrāsya śāpasyānto bhaviṣyati

— tr. refused: cyber

SkP-RK 24.47

एकविंशतिलक्षाणि तत्र मुक्तानि सङ्गमे । गन्धर्वाणां महाराज कुब्जभावम् उपेयुषाम्

ekaviṃśatilakṣāṇi tatra muktāni saṅgame / gandharvāṇāṃ mahārāja kubjabhāvam upeyuṣām

Twenty-one lakhs (of beings) were liberated there at the confluence — of gandharvas, O great king, who had fallen into a hunchbacked condition.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 24.48

महानदी नृपश्रेष्ठ कुब्जा तेन प्रकीर्तिता । दिव्ययानसमारूढाः स्तूयमाना मरुद्गणैः

mahānadī nṛpaśreṣṭha kubjā tena prakīrtitā / divyayānasamārūḍhāḥ stūyamānā marudgaṇaiḥ

For that reason, O best of kings, the great river is proclaimed as Kubjā. Mounted upon celestial vehicles, praised by the hosts of Maruts,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 24.49

मुदा परमया युक्ता गान्धर्वं लोकम् आप्नुयुः । बिल्वाम्रकं पूजयित्वा गन्धर्वा गतकिल्बिषाः

mudā paramayā yuktā gāndharvaṃ lokam āpnuyuḥ / bilvāmrakaṃ pūjayitvā gandharvā gatakilbiṣāḥ

joined with the highest gladness, they would attain the world of the gandharvas; having worshipped Bilvāmraka, the gandharvas (became) free of sin.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 24.50

यथा पूर्वं तथेदानी तीर्थस्या ऽस्य प्रभावतः । हर्षेण महता युक्तः शक्रो ऽपि त्रिदिवालयम्

yathā pūrvaṃ tathedānī tīrthasyā 'sya prabhāvataḥ / harṣeṇa mahatā yuktaḥ śakro 'pi tridivālayam

As it was before, so it is now, by the power of this tīrtha. Endowed with great joy, Śakra too (went) to his dwelling in the third heaven,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 24.51

जगाम त्रिदशैः सार्धं परिपूर्णमनोरथः । षडस्य चोत्तरे भागे षडस्य दक्षिणे तथा

jagāma tridaśaiḥ sārdhaṃ paripūrṇamanorathaḥ / ṣaḍasya cottare bhāge ṣaḍasya dakṣiṇe tathā

he went together with the thirty (gods), his wish entirely fulfilled. And six of it (are) on the northern side, and six likewise on the southern.

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