Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 32
SkP-RK 32.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: गुह्यातिगुह्यरूपाणि पवित्राणि युधिष्ठिर । श्राद्धकार्यस्य सिद्धानि तीर्थानीह निबोध मे
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: guhyātiguhyarūpāṇi pavitrāṇi yudhiṣṭhira / śrāddhakāryasya siddhāni tīrthānīha nibodha me
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Learn from me here, Yudhiṣṭhira, of the sacred places, secret and more than secret in nature, pure, and effective for the performance of śrāddha.
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SkP-RK 32.2
अतिगुह्यस्य पुण्यस्य सर्वतो ऽमरकण्टके । तम् आरभ्य गिरिश्रेष्ठं सर्वं पुण्यतरं स्मृतम्
atiguhyasya puṇyasya sarvato 'marakaṇṭake / tam ārabhya giriśreṣṭhaṃ sarvaṃ puṇyataraṃ smṛtam
Of that which is more than secret and holy — everywhere at Amarakaṇṭaka; beginning from that best of mountains, all (of it) is held to be more holy.
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SkP-RK 32.3
यावत् सा नर्मदा मध्ये पुण्यस्रोता महानदी । नास्ति तस्मात् परं पुण्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु भारत
yāvat sā narmadā madhye puṇyasrotā mahānadī / nāsti tasmāt paraṃ puṇyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu bhārata
As far as that great river Narmadā, of holy stream, (flows) in the midst — there is nothing more holy than that in the three worlds, Bhārata.
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SkP-RK 32.4
तस्योत्तरविभागे ऽस्ति नामतो यज्ञपर्वतः । कनिष्ठो विन्ध्यपुत्रस् तु भ्राता पर्यङ्कभूभृतः
tasyottaravibhāge 'sti nāmato yajñaparvataḥ / kaniṣṭho vindhyaputras tu bhrātā paryaṅkabhūbhṛtaḥ
In its northern part there is (a mountain) called Yajñaparvata by name, the youngest son of Vindhya and brother of the Paryaṅka mountain.
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SkP-RK 32.5
स्वयंभुवा पुरा तस्मिन्न् इष्टः सौत्रामणिर्मखः । तत्रैवेष्टं मघवता हयमेधेन भारत
svayaṃbhuvā purā tasminn iṣṭaḥ sautrāmaṇirmakhaḥ / tatraiveṣṭaṃ maghavatā hayamedhena bhārata
Long ago the Self-existent (Brahmā) offered the Sautrāmaṇi sacrifice on it; there too Maghavan (Indra) sacrificed with a horse sacrifice, Bhārata.
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SkP-RK 32.6
दधीचिना ऽथ देवैश् च तत्रैवेष्टं महामखैः । निश्क्रान्ता पर्वतात् तस्माच् चतुर्नामा महानदी
dadhīcinā 'tha devaiś ca tatraiveṣṭaṃ mahāmakhaiḥ / niśkrāntā parvatāt tasmāc caturnāmā mahānadī
And there too Dadhīci and the gods sacrificed with great sacrifices; from that mountain there issued forth a great river with four names.
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SkP-RK 32.7
पतिता नर्मदायां तु सङ्गमो लोकविश्रुतः । तस्यास् तीरे तु ये दर्भाः पीतवर्णाः क्षितिं गताः
patitā narmadāyāṃ tu saṅgamo lokaviśrutaḥ / tasyās tīre tu ye darbhāḥ pītavarṇāḥ kṣitiṃ gatāḥ
It fell into the Narmadā, and (that) confluence is famed in the world; and the darbha grasses on its bank that have gone into the ground yellow in colour —
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SkP-RK 32.8
ते श्राद्धकरणे भूप पितॄणां मोक्षदायकाः । स यावत् सङ्गमो नद्याः स यावद् यज्ञपर्वतः
te śrāddhakaraṇe bhūpa pitṝṇāṃ mokṣadāyakāḥ / sa yāvat saṅgamo nadyāḥ sa yāvad yajñaparvataḥ
— those, O king, when used in the performing of śrāddha, grant release to the ancestors. As far as the confluence of the river (extends), as far as the Yajña mountain (extends),
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SkP-RK 32.9
एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे राजन् श्राद्धं यः परिकल्पयेत् । पितरस् तस्य तृप्यन्ति स्नानं कुर्यात् प्रदक्षिणम्
etasminn antare rājan śrāddhaṃ yaḥ parikalpayet / pitaras tasya tṛpyanti snānaṃ kuryāt pradakṣiṇam
within this space, O king, whoever arranges a śrāddha — his ancestors are satisfied; let him bathe and make a circumambulation.
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SkP-RK 32.10
सिद्धेश्वरं नामलिङ्गं चतुष्केश्वरम् एव च । संख्या न भूयो लोकेषु ख्यातमात्रं मया ऽनघ
siddheśvaraṃ nāmaliṅgaṃ catuṣkeśvaram eva ca / saṃkhyā na bhūyo lokeṣu khyātamātraṃ mayā 'nagha
Siddheśvara is the name of the liṅga, and Catuṣkeśvara too; their number is beyond count in the worlds — it has only been named by me, O sinless one.
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SkP-RK 32.11
सङ्गमे विद्यते देवो न तं पश्यन्ति मानवाः । पूज्यते नागकन्याभिः सदेवासुरसत्तमैः
saṅgame vidyate devo na taṃ paśyanti mānavāḥ / pūjyate nāgakanyābhiḥ sadevāsurasattamaiḥ
At the confluence the god is present, but men do not see him; he is worshipped by the Nāga maidens together with the best of gods and demons.
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SkP-RK 32.12
कथयामि तवाख्यानम् इतिहासं पुरातनम् । ऋषिः सुपर्णो यत्रासीद् ब्रह्मयोनिर् जितेन्द्रियः
kathayāmi tavākhyānam itihāsaṃ purātanam / ṛṣiḥ suparṇo yatrāsīd brahmayonir jitendriyaḥ
I shall tell you a tale, an ancient history, of where there was a seer, Suparṇa, born of Brahmā, his senses subdued.
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SkP-RK 32.13
पुरुहूता तस्य भार्या धर्मपत्नी पतिव्रता । नैमिषारण्यवासस्य कन्दमूलफलाशिनः
puruhūtā tasya bhāryā dharmapatnī pativratā / naimiṣāraṇyavāsasya kandamūlaphalāśinaḥ
Puruhūtā was his wife, his lawful spouse, devoted to her husband — (the wife) of him who dwelt in the Naimiṣa forest and ate bulbs, roots and fruits.
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SkP-RK 32.14
कृष्णाजिनपरीधानवल्कलादिकवाससः । त्रिकालवह्णिहोतारो वेदाध्ययनतत्पराः
kṛṣṇājinaparīdhānavalkalādikavāsasaḥ / trikālavahṇihotāro vedādhyayanatatparāḥ
(They were) clothed in black antelope skins, bark garments and the like, offering into the fire at the three times of day, intent on the study of the Vedas,
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SkP-RK 32.15
वेदस्मृतिपुराणोक्तमोक्षोपायविचिन्तकाः । ऋषयो दशलक्षाणि नैमिषारण्यवासिनः
vedasmṛtipurāṇoktamokṣopāyavicintakāḥ / ṛṣayo daśalakṣāṇi naimiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ
reflecting on the means of liberation declared in the Vedas, the Smṛtis and the Purāṇas — ten hundred thousand seers dwelling in the Naimiṣa forest.
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SkP-RK 32.16
बालखिल्याश् च तत्रैव ब्रह्मणो मानसाः सुताः । ब्रह्मदण्डं समारुह्य देवलोकं प्रयान्ति ते
bālakhilyāś ca tatraiva brahmaṇo mānasāḥ sutāḥ / brahmadaṇḍaṃ samāruhya devalokaṃ prayānti te
And there too were the Bālakhilyas, the mind-born sons of Brahmā; mounting the staff of Brahmā, they go to the world of the gods.
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SkP-RK 32.17
मासोपवासिनस् तत्र जलाहारास् तथापरे । तिष्ठन्ति बहवः केचिद् एकपादेन चापरे
māsopavāsinas tatra jalāhārās tathāpare / tiṣṭhanti bahavaḥ kecid ekapādena cāpare
Some there fasting for a month, and others taking only water; many stand (in penance), and some others on one foot.
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SkP-RK 32.18
तस्मिंस् तपोवने रम्ये सिद्धगन्धर्वसेविते । प्रसाद्य चाब्रवीद् वाक्यं पुरुहूता निजं पतिम्
tasmiṃs tapovane ramye siddhagandharvasevite / prasādya cābravīd vākyaṃ puruhūtā nijaṃ patim
In that lovely penance-grove, frequented by Siddhas and Gandharvas, Puruhūtā, having pleased her own husband, spoke these words:
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SkP-RK 32.19
ऋतुकाले तु पर्वणि मांभजस्व महामुने । जायते मे यथा पुत्रः सर्वसन्तानपावनः
ṛtukāle tu parvaṇi māṃbhajasva mahāmune / jāyate me yathā putraḥ sarvasantānapāvanaḥ
"At the time of my fertile season, on the (proper) day, make love to me, great sage, so that a son may be born to me who will purify the whole lineage."
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SkP-RK 32.20
पुत्रेण लोकान् जयते तृप्यन्ति पितृदेवताः । अपुत्रस्य गतिर् नास्ति तस्मात् पुत्रम् अजीजनः
putreṇa lokān jayate tṛpyanti pitṛdevatāḥ / aputrasya gatir nāsti tasmāt putram ajījanaḥ
By a son one wins the worlds, and the ancestral deities are satisfied; for one without a son there is no course (hereafter) — therefore beget a son.
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SkP-RK 32.21
ब्राह्मण उवाच: अमावास्याद्य गोत्रे ऽस्मिन् मैथुनं वर्जितं प्रिये । अकर्तव्यम् इदं भद्रे पितॄणां वार्जितं ध्रुवम्
brāhmaṇa uvāca: amāvāsyādya gotre 'smin maithunaṃ varjitaṃ priye / akartavyam idaṃ bhadre pitṝṇāṃ vārjitaṃ dhruvam
The brahmin said: Today is the new moon, and in this lineage intercourse is forbidden, my dear; this is not to be done, good lady — it is certainly forbidden by (or: for the sake of) the ancestors.
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SkP-RK 32.22
पितरस्तस्य तन् मांसं भुञ्जते ऋतुगामिनः । दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं तु तप्तं मे दुष्करं तपः
pitarastasya tan māṃsaṃ bhuñjate ṛtugāminaḥ / divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu taptaṃ me duṣkaraṃ tapaḥ
The ancestors of one who goes (to a woman) out of season eat that flesh of his; and (yet) for a thousand divine years I performed austerity hard to perform.
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SkP-RK 32.23
स्नात्वा तत्क्षणमात्रेण चाण्डालस् त्रिदिवङ्गतः । धिक् धिक् धिग् ईरितं सर्वं न वेदो न च याजनम्
snātvā tatkṣaṇamātreṇa cāṇḍālas tridivaṅgataḥ / dhik dhik dhig īritaṃ sarvaṃ na vedo na ca yājanam
Yet a Caṇḍāla, merely by bathing, in that very instant went to the third heaven. Shame, shame, shame! All that is declared — neither the Veda nor the offering of sacrifice (avails).
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SkP-RK 32.24
प्रहस्य चाब्रवीद् वाक्यं निषादी तं मुनिं प्रति । विषादं त्यज विप्रर्षे सत्यम् एतद् ब्रवीम्य् अहम्
prahasya cābravīd vākyaṃ niṣādī taṃ muniṃ prati / viṣādaṃ tyaja viprarṣe satyam etad bravīmy aham
And the Niṣāda woman laughed and spoke this word to that sage: Abandon your despondency, O brahmin seer; I speak this truly.
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SkP-RK 32.25
अहंकारविमूढात्मा त्वत् समो नास्ति तापसः । न स्नानं न जपो होमो न स्वाध्यायः शिवार्चनम्
ahaṃkāravimūḍhātmā tvat samo nāsti tāpasaḥ / na snānaṃ na japo homo na svādhyāyaḥ śivārcanam
There is no ascetic like you, your self deluded by egotism: (for you there is) no bathing, no muttered prayer, no oblation, no private recitation, no worship of Śiva.
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SkP-RK 32.26
निष्कलं क्लेशमापन्नो वायुभक्षो निराश्रयः । त्वत् तपो ध्यानयोगश् च स्वर्गप्राप्तिश् च तत् कथम्
niṣkalaṃ kleśamāpanno vāyubhakṣo nirāśrayaḥ / tvat tapo dhyānayogaś ca svargaprāptiś ca tat katham
You have undergone fruitless hardship, feeding on air, without support; your austerity and your yoga of meditation — and (from these) attainment of heaven: how is that (to come about)?
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SkP-RK 32.27
जाबालिर् उवाच: का ऽसि त्वं च वरारोहे निषादी रूपमाश्रिता । उमा सरस्वती गङ्गा मां जिज्ञासितुम् आगता
jābālir uvāca: kā 'si tvaṃ ca varārohe niṣādī rūpamāśritā / umā sarasvatī gaṅgā māṃ jijñāsitum āgatā
Jābāli said: And who are you, fair-hipped one, who have assumed the form of a Niṣāda woman? (Are you) Umā, Sarasvatī, or Gaṅgā, come to test me?
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SkP-RK 32.28
अनुग्रहम् इमं मन्ये धर्मं ब्रूहि शुचिस्मिते । निषादो नैमिषारण्ये ममासीत् मुनिपुंगव
anugraham imaṃ manye dharmaṃ brūhi śucismite / niṣādo naimiṣāraṇye mamāsīt munipuṃgava
I consider this a favour; tell me the law, O you of bright smile. — (She said:) I had a Niṣāda husband in the Naimiṣa forest, O best of sages.
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SkP-RK 32.29
कामार्तया मया दर्शे भर्ता पुत्राय याचितः । अकाले याचमाना ऽहं तेन शप्ता महात्मना
kāmārtayā mayā darśe bhartā putrāya yācitaḥ / akāle yācamānā 'haṃ tena śaptā mahātmanā
Afflicted by desire, I asked my husband on the new-moon day for a son; asking at the wrong time, I was cursed by that great-souled one.
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SkP-RK 32.30
स च भर्ता मया शप्तस्ततो ऽन्यो ऽन्यं समागते । अस्य तीर्थस्य महात्म्यादावां मुक्तौ तु किल्बिषात्
sa ca bhartā mayā śaptastato 'nyo 'nyaṃ samāgate / asya tīrthasya mahātmyādāvāṃ muktau tu kilbiṣāt
And that husband was cursed by me; thereupon, when we two had come together, by the greatness of this tīrtha we were both freed from our sin.
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SkP-RK 32.31
तस्मात् त्वं हि मुनिश्रेष्ठ शिवाराधनतत्परः । मदर्थं कुरु कर्माणि होमजाप्यादिकं मुहुः
tasmāt tvaṃ hi muniśreṣṭha śivārādhanatatparaḥ / madarthaṃ kuru karmāṇi homajāpyādikaṃ muhuḥ
Therefore, best of sages, be intent upon the worship of Śiva; for my sake perform rites — oblation, muttered recitation and the rest — again and again.
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SkP-RK 32.32
यास्यसे त्वं समे देशे सत्यम् एतद् ब्रवीम्य् अहम् । इत्य् उक्त्वा सा ययौ स्वर्गं निजभर्त्रा समन्विता
yāsyase tvaṃ same deśe satyam etad bravīmy aham / ity uktvā sā yayau svargaṃ nijabhartrā samanvitā
You shall go to the same place (as we); I speak this truly. Having said so, she went to heaven together with her own husband.
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SkP-RK 32.33
त्यक्त्वा स्वकल्पं जाबालिः शिवाराधनतत्परः । अचिरेणैव कालेन ब्रह्मलोकम् उपागतः
tyaktvā svakalpaṃ jābāliḥ śivārādhanatatparaḥ / acireṇaiva kālena brahmalokam upāgataḥ
Abandoning his own practice, Jābāli became intent upon the worship of Śiva, and in no long time reached the world of Brahmā.
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