Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 3
SkP-RK 3.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: रेवा ऽवतरणं पुण्यं सङ्गमं लिङ्गमर्चितम् । तीर्थयात्राप्रमाणश् च युगमन्वन्ताराणि च
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: revā 'vataraṇaṃ puṇyaṃ saṅgamaṃ liṅgamarcitam / tīrthayātrāpramāṇaś ca yugamanvantārāṇi ca
Yudhiṣṭhira said: The holy descent of the Revā, the confluence, the liṅga that is worshipped, the measure of pilgrimage to the sacred fords, and the ages and the Manu-intervals,
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SkP-RK 3.2
पर्वतस्यतु माहात्म्यं तत्र नद्यां यथोचितम् । पर्वकालस्तु देवानां तीर्थे तीर्थे विशेषतः
parvatasyatu māhātmyaṃ tatra nadyāṃ yathocitam / parvakālastu devānāṃ tīrthe tīrthe viśeṣataḥ
and the greatness of the mountain, and there, as is fitting, of the river; and the time of the (sacred) junctures of the gods, at each ford in particular,
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SkP-RK 3.3
पत्तनस्य तु माहात्म्यं तत्र वासं यथोचितम् । भृगोस् तु कीर्तनं पुण्यं ब्रह्महत्याविमोचनम्
pattanasya tu māhātmyaṃ tatra vāsaṃ yathocitam / bhṛgos tu kīrtanaṃ puṇyaṃ brahmahatyāvimocanam
and the greatness of the town, and dwelling there as is fitting; and the holy recital of Bhṛgu, which releases from the killing of a brahmin—
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SkP-RK 3.4
केना ऽवतीर्य कार्येण जम्बूद्वीपे सरिद्वरा । शिवलोकं गता सा तु तन् मे वद महामुने
kenā 'vatīrya kāryeṇa jambūdvīpe saridvarā / śivalokaṃ gatā sā tu tan me vada mahāmune
for what purpose did that best of rivers descend into Jambūdvīpa, and (how) did she go to Śiva's world? Tell me that, great sage.
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SkP-RK 3.5
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: श्रूयतां राजराजेन्द्र कथ्यमानं निबोध मे
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: śrūyatāṃ rājarājendra kathyamānaṃ nibodha me
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Let it be heard, O king of kings; attend to what is being told by me.
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SkP-RK 3.6
हिरण्यकशिपुश्चासीद् युगे चाद्ये महा ऽसुरः । शिवप्रसादसम्पन्नो ह्यलं मातृबलोत्कटः
hiraṇyakaśipuścāsīd yuge cādye mahā 'suraḥ / śivaprasādasampanno hyalaṃ mātṛbalotkaṭaḥ
In the first age there was a great demon, Hiraṇyakaśipu, endowed with Śiva's favour, exceedingly puffed up with the power of the Mothers.
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SkP-RK 3.7
निर्जिता देवतास् तेन पलायनपरायणाः । जग्मुः शरणमुद्विग्ना भयार्ता भयविह्वलः
nirjitā devatās tena palāyanaparāyaṇāḥ / jagmuḥ śaraṇamudvignā bhayārtā bhayavihvalaḥ
Conquered by him, the gods, intent on flight, went agitated for refuge, afflicted with fear, overcome with fear.
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SkP-RK 3.8
शङ्खचक्रधरं देवं ससारार्णवतारणम् । शरणश्च प्रपन्नाः स्मो माधवं मधुसूदन
śaṅkhacakradharaṃ devaṃ sasārārṇavatāraṇam / śaraṇaśca prapannāḥ smo mādhavaṃ madhusūdana
(They) approached the god who bears the conch and the discus, the ferryer across the ocean: "We have come for refuge, Mādhava, Madhusūdana!"
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SkP-RK 3.9
अग्निहोत्राश् च वेदाश्च न देवानां च याजनम् । न स्वाध्यायो न यज्ञाश्च न हुतं पितृतर्पणम्
agnihotrāś ca vedāśca na devānāṃ ca yājanam / na svādhyāyo na yajñāśca na hutaṃ pitṛtarpaṇam
"The fire-offerings and the Vedas (are gone), and there is no sacrificing for the gods; no private recitation, no sacrifices, no oblation, no refreshing of the ancestors.
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SkP-RK 3.10
व्यावितं दानवैर् दुष्टैर् धर्मकर्म च नाशितम् । एतस्मिन्नन्तरे राजन् विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना
vyāvitaṃ dānavair duṣṭair dharmakarma ca nāśitam / etasminnantare rājan viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā
Everything has been thrown into confusion by the wicked Dānavas, and the practice of dharma has been destroyed." At that juncture, O king, by Viṣṇu, the mighty lord,
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SkP-RK 3.11
दैत्याश्च निहतास् सर्वे नृसिंहवपुषा तु ते । पुनःप्रवर्तते धर्मो देवब्राह्मणयाजनम्
daityāśca nihatās sarve nṛsiṃhavapuṣā tu te / punaḥpravartate dharmo devabrāhmaṇayājanam
all those Daityas were slain, by (him) in the body of the man-lion; and dharma proceeds again, and the sacrificing of gods and brahmins.
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SkP-RK 3.12
क्षयिता दानवास् सर्वे पापकर्म्मरता ऽधमाः । गता तेनैव कार्येण नर्मदा लोकधारिणी
kṣayitā dānavās sarve pāpakarmmaratā 'dhamāḥ / gatā tenaiva kāryeṇa narmadā lokadhāriṇī
All the Dānavas, base and given to evil deeds, were destroyed; and for that very purpose the Narmadā, upholder of the worlds, had gone.
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SkP-RK 3.13
स्वारोचिषे ऽन्तरे प्राप्ते आदिकल्पे कृते युगे । अवतारं पुनर्मर्त्ये देवी त्रिदशपूजिता
svārociṣe 'ntare prāpte ādikalpe kṛte yuge / avatāraṃ punarmartye devī tridaśapūjitā
When the Svārociṣa interval had arrived, in the first kalpa, in the Kṛta age, the goddess honoured by the thirty (gods) will again make her descent into the mortal world,
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SkP-RK 3.14
करिष्यति नरश्रेष्ठलोकानां हितकाम्यया । धर्मकर्मरतं ज्ञात्वा मर्त्यं सुरगणार्चितः
kariṣyati naraśreṣṭhalokānāṃ hitakāmyayā / dharmakarmarataṃ jñātvā martyaṃ suragaṇārcitaḥ
she will do so, best of men, out of desire for the welfare of the worlds; knowing the mortal world devoted to the practice of dharma, (he) who is worshipped by the host of gods—
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SkP-RK 3.15
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: आसीत्पुरा चक्रवर्ती सोमवंशे पुरूरवाः । शशास पृथिवीं सर्वां यथाशक्रस्त्रिविष्टपम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: āsītpurā cakravartī somavaṃśe purūravāḥ / śaśāsa pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ yathāśakrastriviṣṭapam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Long ago there was an emperor in the lunar dynasty, Purūravas; he ruled the whole earth as Śakra rules heaven.
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SkP-RK 3.16
एकदा स नृपश्रेष्ठः सभामध्ये पुरूरवाः । पप्रच्छ ब्राह्मणान् वृद्धान् वृद्धसेवी धृतव्रतः
ekadā sa nṛpaśreṣṭhaḥ sabhāmadhye purūravāḥ / papraccha brāhmaṇān vṛddhān vṛddhasevī dhṛtavrataḥ
Once that best of kings, Purūravas, who served elders and kept his vows, asked the aged brahmins in the midst of the assembly:
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SkP-RK 3.17
यज्ञादिभिर्विना केन मानवाः पापमोहिताः । स्वर्गं प्रापुरुपायेन तन्मे वद यथातथम्
yajñādibhirvinā kena mānavāḥ pāpamohitāḥ / svargaṃ prāpurupāyena tanme vada yathātatham
"By what means may men, deluded by sin, attain heaven without sacrifices and the like? Tell me that exactly as it is."
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SkP-RK 3.18
ब्राह्मणा ऊचुः: आस्ते स्वर्गे महाराज नर्मदा लोकपावनी । अवतारयतां स्वर्गाल्लोकानां पापहारिणीम्
brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ: āste svarge mahārāja narmadā lokapāvanī / avatārayatāṃ svargāllokānāṃ pāpahāriṇīm
The brahmins said: "In heaven, great king, dwells the Narmadā, purifier of the worlds; let (someone) bring her down from heaven, the remover of the sins of the worlds."
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SkP-RK 3.19
तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा द्विजानां विधृतामनाम् । आराधयामास देवमयुतं साग्रमेव च
teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā dvijānāṃ vidhṛtāmanām / ārādhayāmāsa devamayutaṃ sāgrameva ca
Having heard that speech of those twice-born ones, with mind resolved, he propitiated the god for ten thousand (years) and more.
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SkP-RK 3.20
कन्दमूलफलैः शाकैर्जलाहारैस् तथापि सः । शिवभक्तिपरो नित्यं विशुद्धेनान्तरात्मना
kandamūlaphalaiḥ śākairjalāhārais tathāpi saḥ / śivabhaktiparo nityaṃ viśuddhenāntarātmanā
With bulbs, roots and fruits, with greens, and with water alone as food, even so he remained ever devoted to Śiva with a wholly purified inner self.
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SkP-RK 3.21
ततस्तुष्टो महादेवो वरं वरय पुत्रक । ददामि ते न सन्देहो यथेष्टं मनसेप्सितम्
tatastuṣṭo mahādevo varaṃ varaya putraka / dadāmi te na sandeho yatheṣṭaṃ manasepsitam
Then Mahādeva, pleased, (said): "Choose a boon, my son; I grant you, without doubt, whatever you wish, whatever is desired in your mind."
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SkP-RK 3.22
पुरूरवा उवाच: यदि तुष्टो महादेव वरं दातुं ममेच्छसि । हिताय सर्वलोकानाम् अवतारय नर्मदाम्
purūravā uvāca: yadi tuṣṭo mahādeva varaṃ dātuṃ mamecchasi / hitāya sarvalokānām avatāraya narmadām
Purūravas said: "If you are pleased, Mahādeva, and wish to grant me a boon, then for the welfare of all the worlds bring the Narmadā down.
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SkP-RK 3.23
नवखण्डास् सप्तद्वीपास् त्व् आपगास् सरितः तथा । निमग्नं नरके घोरे जगत्सर्वं मया श्रुतम्
navakhaṇḍās saptadvīpās tv āpagās saritaḥ tathā / nimagnaṃ narake ghore jagatsarvaṃ mayā śrutam
The nine regions, the seven continents, and the streams and rivers as well — I have heard that the whole world is sunk in a terrible hell.
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SkP-RK 3.24
लक्षयोजनपर्य्यन्तं जम्बूद्वीपं निराश्रयम् । न देवास्तृप्तिमायान्ति न मातृपितृमानुषाः
lakṣayojanaparyyantaṃ jambūdvīpaṃ nirāśrayam / na devāstṛptimāyānti na mātṛpitṛmānuṣāḥ
Jambūdvīpa, extending a hundred thousand yojanas, is without support; the gods do not attain satisfaction, nor do the mothers, the fathers, and men."
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SkP-RK 3.25
हर उवाच: उवाच दुर्लभं देवैरयाच्यं याच्यते नृप
hara uvāca: uvāca durlabhaṃ devairayācyaṃ yācyate nṛpa
Hara said: "You ask, O king, for what is hard to get and not to be asked for (even) by the gods."
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SkP-RK 3.26
पुरूरवा उवाच: नान्यं वरं महादेव प्राणत्यागे ऽपि प्रार्थये
purūravā uvāca: nānyaṃ varaṃ mahādeva prāṇatyāge 'pi prārthaye
Purūravas said: "I ask for no other boon, Mahādeva, even at the cost of my life."
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SkP-RK 3.27
ज्ञात्वा तु निश्चयं राज्ञस्तपसोग्रेण साधनम् । आज्ञापिता मेकला सा ऽवतर त्वं सुरेश्वरि
jñātvā tu niścayaṃ rājñastapasogreṇa sādhanam / ājñāpitā mekalā sā 'vatara tvaṃ sureśvari
But knowing the king's resolve, and (his) accomplishment through fierce austerity, she of Mekalā was commanded: "Descend, O mistress of the gods!"
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SkP-RK 3.28
पुरूरवाविपाकेन मर्त्यलोकहितं कुरु । आज्ञापितागता सा च शिवस्याग्रे व्यवस्थिता
purūravāvipākena martyalokahitaṃ kuru / ājñāpitāgatā sā ca śivasyāgre vyavasthitā
"By the ripening (of the austerity) of Purūravas, do good to the world of mortals." And she, so commanded, came and stood before Śiva.
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SkP-RK 3.29
हर उवाच: स्वर्गात् प्रयाहि रेवे त्वं मर्त्यलोकं ममाज्ञया
hara uvāca: svargāt prayāhi reve tvaṃ martyalokaṃ mamājñayā
Hara said: "Go from heaven, O Revā, to the world of mortals by my command."
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SkP-RK 3.30
नर्मदोवाच: कथमीश निराधारा स्वर्गाद् यास्याम्यहं धराम्
narmadovāca: kathamīśa nirādhārā svargād yāsyāmyahaṃ dharām
The Narmadā said: "How, O Lord, without support, shall I go from heaven to the earth?"
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SkP-RK 3.31
ततस्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा देवदेव उमापतिः । आवाहयामास सर्वानष्टौ कुलनगोत्तमान्
tatastadvacanaṃ śrutvā devadeva umāpatiḥ / āvāhayāmāsa sarvānaṣṭau kulanagottamān
Then, hearing that speech, the god of gods, the husband of Umā, summoned all eight of the foremost of the principal mountains.
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SkP-RK 3.32
पर्वता ऊचुः: शतधा भेदम् आयान्ति जलाघातान् महाद्रयः
parvatā ūcuḥ: śatadhā bhedam āyānti jalāghātān mahādrayaḥ
The mountains said: "Great mountains are split into a hundred pieces by the blows of the water."
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SkP-RK 3.33
अभाषत ततो विन्ध्यो धर्तुमुत्सहते नदीम् । मम पुत्रः सुरेशाग्र्य त्वत्प्रसादान् न संशयः
abhāṣata tato vindhyo dhartumutsahate nadīm / mama putraḥ sureśāgrya tvatprasādān na saṃśayaḥ
Then the Vindhya spoke: "My son is able to bear the river, foremost lord of gods, by your grace — there is no doubt.
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SkP-RK 3.34
पर्यङ्क इति विख्यातः कन्दर्पदृढविक्रमः । ज्येष्ठः सर्वगणैर् युक्तो मान्यः सर्वमहीभृताम्
paryaṅka iti vikhyātaḥ kandarpadṛḍhavikramaḥ / jyeṣṭhaḥ sarvagaṇair yukto mānyaḥ sarvamahībhṛtām
He is known as Paryaṅka, of firm valour like Kandarpa, the eldest, attended by all his troops, honoured by all the mountains.
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SkP-RK 3.35
देवैरपि च दुर्ज्ञेयः शिवायाश् चर्चने रतः । सन्त्येव पर्वतास् सर्वे यद्यपीह महेश्वर
devairapi ca durjñeyaḥ śivāyāś carcane rataḥ / santyeva parvatās sarve yadyapīha maheśvara
Hard to know even for the gods, (he is) devoted to the worship of Śivā. Even though, O Maheśvara, all the mountains are indeed here,
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SkP-RK 3.36
तथापि धारणे शक्तः स एवेह न संशयः । अशक्ता विकला वृद्धास् सर्व एव महीधराः
tathāpi dhāraṇe śaktaḥ sa eveha na saṃśayaḥ / aśaktā vikalā vṛddhās sarva eva mahīdharāḥ
still, he alone here is capable of bearing (her) — there is no doubt. All the other mountains are incapable, defective, and old.
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SkP-RK 3.37
अनुज्ञां देहि पर्यङ्कः क्षमस् तां धर्तुम् आपगाम् । अनुज्ञातश् च देवेन पर्यङ्कः स नगोत्तमः
anujñāṃ dehi paryaṅkaḥ kṣamas tāṃ dhartum āpagām / anujñātaś ca devena paryaṅkaḥ sa nagottamaḥ
Grant permission: Paryaṅka is able to bear that river. And Paryaṅka, that best of mountains, being given leave by the god,
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SkP-RK 3.38
उवाच धारयिष्ये ऽहं त्वत् प्रसादान् महेश्वर । ततः प्रचलिता देवी मूर्ध्नि पर्यङ्कभूभृत
uvāca dhārayiṣye 'haṃ tvat prasādān maheśvara / tataḥ pracalitā devī mūrdhni paryaṅkabhūbhṛta
said: "I shall bear (her), O Maheśvara, by your grace." Then the goddess set forth upon the head of the mountain Paryaṅka.
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SkP-RK 3.39
जलौघवेगभ्रमणात् सशैलवनकानना । प्लाविता वसुधा सर्वा अकालकलितं जगत्
jalaughavegabhramaṇāt saśailavanakānanā / plāvitā vasudhā sarvā akālakalitaṃ jagat
By the whirling force of the flood of water the whole earth, with its hills, woods and forests, was inundated; the world was overtaken out of season.
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SkP-RK 3.40
स्तुता देवगणैः सर्वैस् तदा मेकलकन्यका । मर्यादां वह कल्याणि लोकानां हितकारिणी
stutā devagaṇaiḥ sarvais tadā mekalakanyakā / maryādāṃ vaha kalyāṇi lokānāṃ hitakāriṇī
Then the maiden of Mekala was praised by all the hosts of gods: "Keep to a boundary, auspicious one, you who work the welfare of the worlds!
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SkP-RK 3.41
त्वया व्याप्तम् इदं सर्व त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् । ततः संवृतरूपेण शिवाज्ञातश् च मेकला
tvayā vyāptam idaṃ sarva trailokyaṃ sacarācaram / tataḥ saṃvṛtarūpeṇa śivājñātaś ca mekalā
This whole triple world, with all that moves and does not move, has been covered by you." Then, with her form contracted, Mekalā, commanded by Śiva,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.42
प्रमाणतो योजनानां सहस्राण्येकविंशति । रसातलं सा विविशे तर्पयित्वा पितामहान्
pramāṇato yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇyekaviṃśati / rasātalaṃ sā viviśe tarpayitvā pitāmahān
twenty-one thousand yojanas in measure, entered Rasātala, having gratified the forefathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.43
स्पृश मां त्वं स्वहस्तेन इत्युक्तः स पुरूरवाः । पीत्वा च सलिलं दत्ते पितृभ्यश् च तिलोदकम्
spṛśa māṃ tvaṃ svahastena ityuktaḥ sa purūravāḥ / pītvā ca salilaṃ datte pitṛbhyaś ca tilodakam
"Touch me with your own hand" — so addressed, that Purūravas, having drunk the water, gives also sesame-water to the fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 3.44
अगमन् परमं स्थानं यत् सुरैर् अपि दुर्लभम् । पवित्रं परितस् सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्
agaman paramaṃ sthānaṃ yat surair api durlabham / pavitraṃ paritas sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram
They went to the highest station, which is hard to attain even for the gods. All around, the entire triple world with its moving and unmoving (beings) was purified.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.45
सेव्यते तेन कार्य्येण नर्मदा सप्तकल्पगा । एतत् ते कथितं राजन्न् आख्यानं च शिवोदितम्
sevyate tena kāryyeṇa narmadā saptakalpagā / etat te kathitaṃ rājann ākhyānaṃ ca śivoditam
For that reason the Narmadā, who runs through seven kalpas, is attended upon. This narrative, spoken by Śiva, has been told to you, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.46
वैवस्वतम् इदानीं तु द्वापरान्ते समुद्यते । त्वं राजा भ्रातृभिः सार्द्धं सत्यसंधो दृढव्रतः
vaivasvatam idānīṃ tu dvāparānte samudyate / tvaṃ rājā bhrātṛbhiḥ sārddhaṃ satyasaṃdho dṛḍhavrataḥ
But now, at the end of the Dvāpara (age), the Vaivasvata (era?) having arisen, you are king together with your brothers, true to your word, firm in your vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 3.47
त्रेतायाः प्रथमे पादे गङ्गा भागीरथी स्मृता । अदहत् कपिलश् चास्य पितॄणाम् अयुतानि षट्
tretāyāḥ prathame pāde gaṅgā bhāgīrathī smṛtā / adahat kapilaś cāsya pitṝṇām ayutāni ṣaṭ
In the first quarter of the Tretā (age), the Gaṅgā is remembered as Bhāgīrathī; and Kapila burned up sixty thousand of his forefathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.48
मोहिताम् आयया विष्णोर् गता सप्तरसातलम् । एव मन्दाकिनी नाम त्वन्या गङ्गा सरिद्वरा
mohitām āyayā viṣṇor gatā saptarasātalam / eva mandākinī nāma tvanyā gaṅgā saridvarā
...deluded by the māyā of Viṣṇu, she went to the seventh Rasātala. This one is named Mandākinī, while the other, the Gaṅgā, is the best of rivers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 3.49
मेकलातोयसम्पूर्णास् सागरास् सप्तयन्त्रिताः । तृतीये च तथा पादे अवतीर्णा सरस्वती
mekalātoyasampūrṇās sāgarās saptayantritāḥ / tṛtīye ca tathā pāde avatīrṇā sarasvatī
The seven seas, held in check, were filled with the water of Mekalā; and likewise in the third quarter (of the age) the Sarasvatī came down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 3.50
स्थानेश्वरगता सा तु पुनर्गङ्गा समागमे । गङ्गाकनखले पुण्या गङ्गासागरसङ्गमे
sthāneśvaragatā sā tu punargaṅgā samāgame / gaṅgākanakhale puṇyā gaṅgāsāgarasaṅgame
And she, having gone to Sthāneśvara, (is) again Gaṅgā at the confluence: holy Gaṅgā at Kanakhala, at the meeting of Gaṅgā and the ocean,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.51
ऊर्ध्वतीर्थे प्रयागे च वाराणस्यां विशेषतः । प्राची सरस्वती यत्र कुरुक्षेत्रे च पुण्यदा
ūrdhvatīrthe prayāge ca vārāṇasyāṃ viśeṣataḥ / prācī sarasvatī yatra kurukṣetre ca puṇyadā
at the upper ford, at Prayāga, and especially at Vārāṇasī; where the eastward-flowing Sarasvatī is, and at Kurukṣetra, she is a giver of merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.52
प्रणष्टे द्वावशादित्ये प्रलये समुपस्थिते । सप्तकल्पक्षये वृत्ते न मृता तेन नर्मदा
praṇaṣṭe dvāvaśāditye pralaye samupasthite / saptakalpakṣaye vṛtte na mṛtā tena narmadā
When the twelve suns have perished and the dissolution has arrived, when the destruction of seven kalpas has occurred, even then the Narmadā has not died.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.53
सरितश् च क्षयं यान्ति गङ्गाद्याश् च सहस्रशः । नर्मदा तिष्ठते देवी सप्तकल्पानुगामिनी
saritaś ca kṣayaṃ yānti gaṅgādyāś ca sahasraśaḥ / narmadā tiṣṭhate devī saptakalpānugāminī
And the rivers, the Gaṅgā and the others, go to destruction by the thousands; (but) the goddess Narmadā abides, continuing on through seven kalpas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.54
ब्राह्मी सरस्वती मूर्तिवैष्णवी त्रिपथा स्मृता । नर्मदा शाङ्करी मूर्तिर् नद्यस् तिस्रस्त्रिदेवताः
brāhmī sarasvatī mūrtivaiṣṇavī tripathā smṛtā / narmadā śāṅkarī mūrtir nadyas tisrastridevatāḥ
Sarasvatī is the form of Brahmā; the three-pathed (Gaṅgā) is remembered as the Vaiṣṇava form; the Narmadā is Śaṅkara's form — the three rivers are the three deities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.55
गङ्गा च यमुना चैव सरयूश् च सरस्वती । शतभागा चन्द्रभागा रम्या सिन्धुर् महानदी
gaṅgā ca yamunā caiva sarayūś ca sarasvatī / śatabhāgā candrabhāgā ramyā sindhur mahānadī
And the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā, and the Sarayū and the Sarasvatī, the Śatabhāgā, the Candrabhāgā, and the lovely Sindhu, the great river.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.56
इरावती च कपिला नर्मदा सवितस्तिका । दण्डकी गण्डकी चैव घर्घरा च महानदी
irāvatī ca kapilā narmadā savitastikā / daṇḍakī gaṇḍakī caiva ghargharā ca mahānadī
And the Irāvatī and the Kapilā, the Narmadā, the Savitastikā, the Daṇḍakī and the Gaṇḍakī, and the Ghargharā, a great river.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.57
शोणो महानदश् चैव वेदिका च तरङ्गिणी । ब्रह्मवाहा विष्णुवाहा सारङ्गा गौतमी तथा
śoṇo mahānadaś caiva vedikā ca taraṅgiṇī / brahmavāhā viṣṇuvāhā sāraṅgā gautamī tathā
And the Śoṇa, the great river, and the Vedikā, the Taraṅgiṇī, the Brahmavāhā, the Viṣṇuvāhā, the Sāraṅgā, and likewise the Gautamī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.58
विश्ववाहा धेनुमती अपारा अपरा तथा । वेत्रवती च कुमुदा महातापी पयोष्णिका
viśvavāhā dhenumatī apārā aparā tathā / vetravatī ca kumudā mahātāpī payoṣṇikā
The Viśvavāhā, the Dhenumatī, the Apārā and likewise the Aparā, and the Vetravatī, the Kumudā, the Mahātāpī, the Payoṣṇikā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.59
वेणा च दुग्धिका शिप्रा ऽजहासा ऽभ्रमती तथा । कृष्णा भीमरथी चैव तुङ्गभद्रा महानदी
veṇā ca dugdhikā śiprā 'jahāsā 'bhramatī tathā / kṛṣṇā bhīmarathī caiva tuṅgabhadrā mahānadī
And the Veṇā, the Dugdhikā, the Śiprā, the Ajahāsā, and likewise the Abhramatī, and the Kṛṣṇā, the Bhīmarathī, and the Tuṅgabhadrā, a great river.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.60
गोदावरीति विख्याता गङ्गा सा दक्षिणा स्मृता । नद्यश् चैव तथा चान्यास् सर्वतीर्थानि सागराः
godāvarīti vikhyātā gaṅgā sā dakṣiṇā smṛtā / nadyaś caiva tathā cānyās sarvatīrthāni sāgarāḥ
(The river) renowned as Godāvarī — she is held to be the southern Gaṅgā; and (there are) rivers and likewise others, all the sacred fords and the seas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.61
सर्वास्ताः प्रलयं यान्ति वर्जयित्वा तु कल्पगाम् । गङ्गा किं वर्ण्यते देवी हरेण शिरसा धृता
sarvāstāḥ pralayaṃ yānti varjayitvā tu kalpagām / gaṅgā kiṃ varṇyate devī hareṇa śirasā dhṛtā
All of these go to destruction, excepting only her who lasts through the aeon (kalpa). What can be said of the goddess Gaṅgā, borne by Hara upon his head?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.62
गौरी वार्द्धशरीरस्था शिवस्य परमेष्ठिनः । नर्मदा वर्ण्यते देवी सप्तकल्पानुगामिनी
gaurī vārddhaśarīrasthā śivasya parameṣṭhinaḥ / narmadā varṇyate devī saptakalpānugāminī
Gaurī abides in the aged body of Śiva, the supreme lord; the goddess Narmadā is proclaimed as one who continues through seven aeons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 3.63
ते देशाः पर्वताः पुण्यास्ते ग्रामास्ते ऽपि चाश्रमाः । यत्र याता सरिच्छ्रेष्ठा नर्मदा सप्तकल्पगा
te deśāḥ parvatāḥ puṇyāste grāmāste 'pi cāśramāḥ / yatra yātā saricchreṣṭhā narmadā saptakalpagā
Those lands, those mountains are holy, those villages too and those hermitages, wherever the best of rivers, the Narmadā who runs through seven aeons, has gone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.64
त्रिभिः सारस्वतं पुण्यं सप्ताहेन तु यामुनम् । सद्यः पुनाति गाङ्गेयं दर्शनाद् एव नर्मदा
tribhiḥ sārasvataṃ puṇyaṃ saptāhena tu yāmunam / sadyaḥ punāti gāṅgeyaṃ darśanād eva narmadā
The holy water of the Sarasvatī (purifies) in three days, that of the Yamunā in a week, that of the Gaṅgā at once — but the Narmadā purifies by the mere sight (of her).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.65
रेवातटेषु ये वृक्षाः पतिताः कालपर्यये । नर्मदातोयसंस्पृष्टास् ते ऽपि यान्ति पराङ्गतिम्
revātaṭeṣu ye vṛkṣāḥ patitāḥ kālaparyaye / narmadātoyasaṃspṛṣṭās te 'pi yānti parāṅgatim
Those trees on the banks of the Revā that have fallen in the course of time — they too, being touched by the water of the Narmadā, go to the highest state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.66
रेवाया यत्र कुत्रापि सङ्गमे भरतर्षभ । स्नानं दानं जपो होमः स्वाध्यायः पितृपूजनम्
revāyā yatra kutrāpi saṅgame bharatarṣabha / snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ svādhyāyaḥ pitṛpūjanam
At any confluence whatsoever of the Revā, O bull of the Bharatas: bathing, giving, muttered prayer, oblation, private recitation, worship of the ancestors,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.67
देवताराधनं दीक्षा न्यासो देहविसर्जनम् । यत् किंचित् क्रियते मर्त्यैस् तद् अनन्तफलं स्मृतम्
devatārādhanaṃ dīkṣā nyāso dehavisarjanam / yat kiṃcit kriyate martyais tad anantaphalaṃ smṛtam
worship of the gods, initiation, renunciation (nyāsa), laying down the body — whatever is done by mortals, that is held to have endless fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.68
गोसहस्रशतं धेनु महादानानि कृत्स्नशः । वैशाख्याम् अथवा माध्यां कार्त्तिक्यां ग्रहणायने
gosahasraśataṃ dhenu mahādānāni kṛtsnaśaḥ / vaiśākhyām athavā mādhyāṃ kārttikyāṃ grahaṇāyane
A hundred thousand cows, a milch-cow, the great gifts entirely — on the full moon of Vaiśākha, or of Māgha, or of Kārttika, at an eclipse or a solstice,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 3.69
विषुवे संक्रमे भानोर् व्यतीपाते च वैधृतौ । दर्शे दिनक्षये वृद्धौ मन्वादिषु युगादिषु
viṣuve saṃkrame bhānor vyatīpāte ca vaidhṛtau / darśe dinakṣaye vṛddhau manvādiṣu yugādiṣu
at an equinox, at the sun's passage (into a new sign), at a vyatīpāta and at a vaidhṛti (conjunction), at the new moon, at the loss or increase of a day, at the beginnings of the Manu-periods and of the ages,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.70
कल्पादौ च युगादौ च मातापित्रोः क्षये ऽहनि । ॐकारे वा भृगौ क्षेत्रे विशेषाद् उपसङ्गमे
kalpādau ca yugādau ca mātāpitroḥ kṣaye 'hani / oṃkāre vā bhṛgau kṣetre viśeṣād upasaṅgame
and at the beginning of an aeon and of an age, on the death-day of mother and father, at Oṃkāra or at Bhṛgu-kṣetra, and especially at a confluence —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.71
रेवायां स्नानदानानि जपहोमार्चनादिकम् । यः कुर्यान् मनुजश्रेष्ठः सो ऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत्
revāyāṃ snānadānāni japahomārcanādikam / yaḥ kuryān manujaśreṣṭhaḥ so 'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet
whoever, best of men, performs bathing and giving, muttered prayer, oblation, worship and the rest at the Revā, he obtains the fruit of a horse-sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.72
ब्रह्महत्यादिभिः पापैर् मुच्यते ना ऽत्र संशय । कुलानां शतम् आगामि समतीतं तथा शतम्
brahmahatyādibhiḥ pāpair mucyate nā 'tra saṃśaya / kulānāṃ śatam āgāmi samatītaṃ tathā śatam
He is freed from the sins beginning with the killing of a brahmin — there is no doubt here; and a hundred generations to come and likewise a hundred past
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.73
उद्धरेदात्मना सार्द्धं रेवातीर्थावगाहनात् । ग्रामार्द्धं ग्रामम् एकं वा यो दद्यान् नर्मदातटे
uddharedātmanā sārddhaṃ revātīrthāvagāhanāt / grāmārddhaṃ grāmam ekaṃ vā yo dadyān narmadātaṭe
he would rescue, along with himself, by immersion at the Revā's ford. Whoever should give half a village or a whole village on the bank of the Narmadā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.74
स लभेद् विपुलां लक्ष्मीमत्यन्तफलम् अश्नुते । नर्मदातीरसम्भूतां मृदं मूर्ध्नि बिभर्ति यः
sa labhed vipulāṃ lakṣmīmatyantaphalam aśnute / narmadātīrasambhūtāṃ mṛdaṃ mūrdhni bibharti yaḥ
he obtains abundant wealth and enjoys the utmost fruit. Whoever bears on his head the clay that has arisen from the bank of the Narmadā —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.75
बिभर्ति मूर्तिम् अर्कस्यतमोनाशाय केवलम् । यत्र यत्र नरः स्नायात् नर्मदाया युधिष्ठिर
bibharti mūrtim arkasyatamonāśāya kevalam / yatra yatra naraḥ snāyāt narmadāyā yudhiṣṭhira
(He) bears the form of the sun solely for the destruction of darkness. Wherever a man may bathe in the Narmadā, Yudhiṣṭhira—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 3.76
प्राप्नुयाद् अश्वमेधस्य फलम् एतच् छिवोदितम् । नर्मदातोयपानस्य स्नानस्य प्रेक्षणस्य च
prāpnuyād aśvamedhasya phalam etac chivoditam / narmadātoyapānasya snānasya prekṣaṇasya ca
—he would obtain the fruit of a horse sacrifice: this has been declared by Śiva, of the drinking of Narmadā's water, of bathing (in it), and of beholding (it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 3.77
अपि चान्द्रायणशत तुल्यं भवति वा न वा । नर्मदा कीर्तयेद् यस् तु प्रातर् उत्थाय मानवः
api cāndrāyaṇaśata tulyaṃ bhavati vā na vā / narmadā kīrtayed yas tu prātar utthāya mānavaḥ
And whether or not it equals a hundred cāndrāyaṇa (fasts)—but the man who, rising at dawn, should proclaim (the name of) Narmadā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 3.78
सप्तजन्मकृतं पापं तत्क्षणाद् एव नश्यति । सङ्गमेन समायुक्ता नर्मदालिङ्गसङ्गता । हयमेधफलं तत्र स्नात्वा शिवपुरं व्रजेत्
saptajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇād eva naśyati / saṅgamena samāyuktā narmadāliṅgasaṅgatā / hayamedhaphalaṃ tatra snātvā śivapuraṃ vrajet
—the sin committed in seven births perishes that very instant. (The place) united with the confluence, joined with the Narmadā-liṅga: having bathed there, one gains the fruit of a horse sacrifice and goes to Śiva's city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain