Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 27
SkP-RK 27.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: गौरीखण्डं ततो गच्छेत् सर्वदेवनमस्कृतम् । तत्र स्नानेन लभते सर्वतीर्थफलं नरः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: gaurīkhaṇḍaṃ tato gacchet sarvadevanamaskṛtam / tatra snānena labhate sarvatīrthaphalaṃ naraḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then one should go to Gaurīkhaṇḍa, saluted by all the gods; by bathing there a man obtains the fruit of all tīrthas.
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SkP-RK 27.2
तिलोदकप्रदानेन पितॄणां तृप्तिरक्षया । जायते च नृपश्रेष्ठ नात्र कार्या विचारणा
tilodakapradānena pitṝṇāṃ tṛptirakṣayā / jāyate ca nṛpaśreṣṭha nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
And by the giving of sesame and water an imperishable satisfaction of the ancestors arises, O best of kings; no doubt should be entertained about this.
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SkP-RK 27.3
गौरीखण्डेश्वरं नाम लिङ्गं पापहरं परम् । तत्रज्ञेयं मणिमयं जलमध्ये व्यवस्थितम्
gaurīkhaṇḍeśvaraṃ nāma liṅgaṃ pāpaharaṃ param / tatrajñeyaṃ maṇimayaṃ jalamadhye vyavasthitam
There is the supreme sin-removing liṅga named Gaurīkhaṇḍeśvara; it is to be known there as made of gem, standing in the midst of the water.
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SkP-RK 27.4
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: गौरीखण्डेश्वरं नाम तस्मिंस् तीर्थे कथं मुने
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: gaurīkhaṇḍeśvaraṃ nāma tasmiṃs tīrthe kathaṃ mune
Yudhiṣṭhira said: How (did the liṅga) named Gaurīkhaṇḍeśvara (come to be) in that tīrtha, O sage?
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SkP-RK 27.5
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: पुरादेवगणैः सर्वैः कुमारः शङ्करात्मज
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: purādevagaṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ kumāraḥ śaṅkarātmaja
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Formerly, by all the hosts of gods, Kumāra, the son of Śaṅkara,
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SkP-RK 27.6
सैनापत्ये नियुक्तश् च तारकस्य वधं प्रति । कामितास् तेन तत्रैव सर्वास् ताः सुरयोषितः
saināpatye niyuktaś ca tārakasya vadhaṃ prati / kāmitās tena tatraiva sarvās tāḥ surayoṣitaḥ
was appointed to the office of general for the killing of Tāraka; and there he desired all those wives of the gods.
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SkP-RK 27.9
उपालब्धास् ततः सर्वा उमामाहेश्वरे पुरे । उपालब्धं तु तं श्रुत्वा विषण्णा चैव पार्वती ॥ र्क्स्_२७।७ ॥ कामितं यत्र यत्रैव तत्र तत्रेश्वरेश्वरी ॥ र्क्स्_२७।८ ॥ दृष्ट्वा ऽथ लज्जितः सो ऽपि पक्षिणा ऽसौ समाययौ । देवैः परिवृतः श्रीमान् मयूरस्थो महाबलः
upālabdhās tataḥ sarvā umāmāheśvare pure / upālabdhaṃ tu taṃ śrutvā viṣaṇṇā caiva pārvatī // rks_27.7 // kāmitaṃ yatra yatraiva tatra tatreśvareśvarī // rks_27.8 // dṛṣṭvā 'tha lajjitaḥ so 'pi pakṣiṇā 'sau samāyayau / devaiḥ parivṛtaḥ śrīmān mayūrastho mahābalaḥ
Then they were all reproached in the city of Umā-Māheśvara; and Pārvatī, hearing that he was reproached, became dejected. [27.7] Wherever he desired (a woman), there the goddess, mistress of the Lord, (appeared). [27.8] Seeing (her), he too was ashamed, and he came away with his bird: the glorious, mighty one, surrounded by the gods, seated on his peacock.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 27.10
पृष्ठतो ऽनुगता माता रुदतीव सुरेश्वरी । उत्तीर्णा कल्पगां देवी पूजयित्वा महेश्वरम्
pṛṣṭhato 'nugatā mātā rudatīva sureśvarī / uttīrṇā kalpagāṃ devī pūjayitvā maheśvaram
The mother, the mistress of the gods, followed behind, as if weeping; the goddess, having crossed the Kalpagā, worshipped Maheśvara.
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SkP-RK 27.11
गौरीखण्डं तु विख्यातं त्रिषु लोकेषु तेन तत् । लिङ्गं प्रतिष्ठितं तत्र कुमारेश्वरसंज्ञितम्
gaurīkhaṇḍaṃ tu vikhyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu tena tat / liṅgaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ tatra kumāreśvarasaṃjñitam
For that reason that place became renowned in the three worlds as Gaurīkhaṇḍa; and there a liṅga was established, named Kumāreśvara.
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SkP-RK 27.12
मयूरेश्वरलिङ्गं तु भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदम् । यस्य देवस्य माहात्म्यात् मयूरास् त्रिदिवङ्गताः
mayūreśvaraliṅgaṃ tu bhuktimuktiphalapradam / yasya devasya māhātmyāt mayūrās tridivaṅgatāḥ
And the Mayūreśvara liṅga bestows the fruit of enjoyment and liberation—by the greatness of which god peacocks went to heaven.
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SkP-RK 27.13
अर्चनात् तस्य देवस्य तिर्यग्योनिर्न जायते । ततो गच्छेत् महाराज करमर्दासमागमम्
arcanāt tasya devasya tiryagyonirna jāyate / tato gacchet mahārāja karamardāsamāgamam
From worshipping that god one is not born in an animal womb. Then, O great king, one should go to the confluence of the Karamardā.
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SkP-RK 27.14
तत्र स्नातो महाराज स भवे न पुनर् भवेत् । करमर्देश्वरं लिङ्गं पूजयेत् तत्र भारत
tatra snāto mahārāja sa bhave na punar bhavet / karamardeśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ pūjayet tatra bhārata
Bathed there, O great king, he is not born again in existence; there he should worship the liṅga Karamardeśvara, O Bhārata.
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SkP-RK 27.15
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: कथयस्व महाभाग करमर्दासमुद्भवम्
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: kathayasva mahābhāga karamardāsamudbhavam
Yudhiṣṭhira said: Tell (me), greatly fortunate one, the origin of the Karamardā.
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SkP-RK 27.16
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: कथयामि यथादृष्टं शृणु चैकमना नृप
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: kathayāmi yathādṛṣṭaṃ śṛṇu caikamanā nṛpa
Mārkaṇḍeya said: I shall tell it as it was seen; listen with a single mind, O king.
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SkP-RK 27.17
मैत्रेयस्याश्रमं पुण्यं ऋषिभिस् तु निषेवितम् । मुनीनां तु सहस्राणि कन्दामूलफलाशिनाम्
maitreyasyāśramaṃ puṇyaṃ ṛṣibhis tu niṣevitam / munīnāṃ tu sahasrāṇi kandāmūlaphalāśinām
There is the holy hermitage of Maitreya, frequented by seers; and thousands of sages who eat bulbs, roots and fruits
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SkP-RK 27.18
निवसन्ति यदा तत्र तपः कर्तुं निरन्तरम् । कस्मिंश्चिद् अन्यकाले तु तस्मिन् मुनिवराश्रमे
nivasanti yadā tatra tapaḥ kartuṃ nirantaram / kasmiṃścid anyakāle tu tasmin munivarāśrame
dwell there, to perform austerity without interruption. Now at some other time, in that hermitage of the best of sages,
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SkP-RK 27.19
राजा कुशध्वजो नाम एकच्छत्राधिपो नृप । आगमत् कलातीरं राहुसूर्यसमागमे
rājā kuśadhvajo nāma ekacchatrādhipo nṛpa / āgamat kalātīraṃ rāhusūryasamāgame
a king named Kuśadhvaja, a sole sovereign, O king, came to the bank of the Kalā at a conjunction of Rāhu and the sun (an eclipse).
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SkP-RK 27.20
अवतीर्णान् मुनीन्सर्वान् यथार्हं प्रणिपत्य च । पितॄणां श्राद्धकालो ऽद्य प्रसादः क्रियतां मयि
avatīrṇān munīnsarvān yathārhaṃ praṇipatya ca / pitṝṇāṃ śrāddhakālo 'dya prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ mayi
And having bowed as was fitting to all the sages who had come down (to the water, he said): "Today is the time for the śrāddha of the ancestors; let favour be shown to me."
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SkP-RK 27.21
ऋषय ऊचुः: गवां दशायुतान्येकप्रसूतानां पयोमुचाम् । सवत्सानां सुवर्णानां घण्टाभरणशोभिनाम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ: gavāṃ daśāyutānyekaprasūtānāṃ payomucām / savatsānāṃ suvarṇānāṃ ghaṇṭābharaṇaśobhinām
The sages said: Ten myriads of cows that have calved but once, yielding milk, with their calves, golden-hued, resplendent with bell-ornaments —
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SkP-RK 27.22
यदि शक्नोषि दातुं त्वं होमार्थे पितृदेवयोः । तत्र प्रवर्ततां श्राद्धं सत्यम् एतत् तवोदितम्
yadi śaknoṣi dātuṃ tvaṃ homārthe pitṛdevayoḥ / tatra pravartatāṃ śrāddhaṃ satyam etat tavoditam
if you are able to give (them) for the sake of the oblation to the ancestors and the gods, then let the śrāddha proceed; what has been said to you is the truth.
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SkP-RK 27.23
तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा मुनीनामूर्ध्वरेतसाम् । कुशध्वजो ऽब्रवीद् वाक्यं ब्राह्मणांस् तान् यथार्थतः
teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā munīnāmūrdhvaretasām / kuśadhvajo 'bravīd vākyaṃ brāhmaṇāṃs tān yathārthataḥ
Having heard that speech of theirs, of those sages whose seed was drawn upward, Kuśadhvaja spoke words to those brahmins in accordance with the matter:
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SkP-RK 27.24
अनुग्रहमिमं मन्ये यथोक्तं ब्रह्मचारिभिः । ददाम्यहं न सन्देह इहैव मुनिपुङ्गवाः
anugrahamimaṃ manye yathoktaṃ brahmacāribhiḥ / dadāmyahaṃ na sandeha ihaiva munipuṅgavāḥ
"I consider this a favour, (to do) as has been said by the celibates; I shall give (them), there is no doubt, right here, O bulls among sages."
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SkP-RK 27.25
भोजयित्वा ततः श्राद्धे ब्राह्मणांस् तान् नृपोत्तमः । सकुशं जलम् आदाय तेभ्यो दत्ता तु गास् तदा
bhojayitvā tataḥ śrāddhe brāhmaṇāṃs tān nṛpottamaḥ / sakuśaṃ jalam ādāya tebhyo dattā tu gās tadā
Then, having fed those brahmins at the śrāddha, that best of kings took water together with kuśa grass and gave the cows to them.
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SkP-RK 27.26
दत्त्वा दान मुदायुक्तः स जगाम स्वकं पुरम् । स्थितास् तु ब्राह्मणास् तत्र होमकार्यार्थसिद्धये
dattvā dāna mudāyuktaḥ sa jagāma svakaṃ puram / sthitās tu brāhmaṇās tatra homakāryārthasiddhaye
Having given the gift, filled with joy, he went to his own city; but the brahmins remained there for the accomplishment of the business of the oblation.
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SkP-RK 27.27
एकस्मिन् वासरे प्राप्ता राक्षसा घोररूपिणः । बुभुक्षिता महादंष्ट्रा विकृतास्या भयानकाः
ekasmin vāsare prāptā rākṣasā ghorarūpiṇaḥ / bubhukṣitā mahādaṃṣṭrā vikṛtāsyā bhayānakāḥ
On one day there arrived rākṣasas of dreadful form, hungry, with great fangs, with distorted mouths, terrifying,
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SkP-RK 27.28
ब्राह्मणानां तदा गा वै भक्षितुं समुपागतान् । दृष्ट्वा तान् विकृताकारांस् तीव्रनादपरायणान्
brāhmaṇānāṃ tadā gā vai bhakṣituṃ samupāgatān / dṛṣṭvā tān vikṛtākārāṃs tīvranādaparāyaṇān
who had then come to devour the cows of the brahmins. Seeing those (rākṣasas), misshapen in form, given over to shrill howling,
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SkP-RK 27.29
प्रणष्टास् तु ततः स्थानान् नर्मदाजलम् आविशन् । तत्क्षणाद् दिव्यलोकस्थाः सर्वास् ताः कामधेनवः
praṇaṣṭās tu tataḥ sthānān narmadājalam āviśan / tatkṣaṇād divyalokasthāḥ sarvās tāḥ kāmadhenavaḥ
(the cows) vanished from that place and entered the water of the Narmadā; from that very moment all those wish-granting cows dwelt in the divine world.
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SkP-RK 27.30
ततस् ते क्षुधितास् सर्वे ब्राह्मणान् भक्षितुं गताः । हरिं स्मरन्ति ते सर्वे ब्राह्मणाः शंसितव्रताः
tatas te kṣudhitās sarve brāhmaṇān bhakṣituṃ gatāḥ / hariṃ smaranti te sarve brāhmaṇāḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ
Then all those hungry ones went to devour the brahmins; and all those brahmins, of praiseworthy vows, remembered Hari.
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SkP-RK 27.31
रेवाजलं प्रविष्टा वै राक्षसैः परिपीडिताः । विष्णोः प्रस्वेदजस् तत्र प्रवाहो नर्मदां गतः
revājalaṃ praviṣṭā vai rākṣasaiḥ paripīḍitāḥ / viṣṇoḥ prasvedajas tatra pravāho narmadāṃ gataḥ
Sorely oppressed by the rākṣasas, they entered the water of the Revā; and there a stream born of Viṣṇu's sweat flowed into the Narmadā.
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SkP-RK 27.32
गोपदं दृश्यते तत्र सर्वामरनमस्कृतम् । करमर्देश्वरं लिङ्गं विष्णुचक्राद् विनिःसृतम्
gopadaṃ dṛśyate tatra sarvāmaranamaskṛtam / karamardeśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ viṣṇucakrād viniḥsṛtam
There a cow's hoofprint is seen, saluted by all the immortals, and the liṅga called Karamardeśvara, which came forth from Viṣṇu's discus,
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SkP-RK 27.33
प्रतिष्ठितं च तत्रैव विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । गावश् च ब्राह्मणाश् चैव सत्यम् एतद् ब्रवीमि ते
pratiṣṭhitaṃ ca tatraiva viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā / gāvaś ca brāhmaṇāś caiva satyam etad bravīmi te
and it was installed right there by Viṣṇu, the mighty lord; and the cows and the brahmins too — this I tell you as the truth.
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SkP-RK 27.34
ब्रह्मलोकं गताः सर्वे तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावतः । करमर्देश्वरं तीर्थं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् । कीर्तितं कर्मणा तेन मह्याम् अमिततेजसा
brahmalokaṃ gatāḥ sarve tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ / karamardeśvaraṃ tīrthaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam / kīrtitaṃ karmaṇā tena mahyām amitatejasā
All went to the world of Brahmā by the power of this holy place. The Karamardeśvara sacred place destroys all sins; it was made famous on earth by that deed of him of measureless splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 27.35
तत्र स्नाता दिवं यान्ति ये मृता न पुनर्भवाः । श्रवणात् कीर्तनाद् अस्य गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्
tatra snātā divaṃ yānti ye mṛtā na punarbhavāḥ / śravaṇāt kīrtanād asya gosahasraphalaṃ labhet
Those who bathe there go to heaven; those who die (there) are not born again. From hearing and reciting of this (place) one would obtain the fruit of (giving) a thousand cows.
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