Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 34
SkP-RK 34.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: कथयामि तवाख्यानम् इन्द्रद्युम्नस्य भारत । अयोध्याधिपतिः श्रीमान् सूर्यवंशे महीपतिः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: kathayāmi tavākhyānam indradyumnasya bhārata / ayodhyādhipatiḥ śrīmān sūryavaṃśe mahīpatiḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: I shall tell you the tale of Indradyumna, O Bhārata — the illustrious lord of Ayodhyā, a king in the solar line.
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SkP-RK 34.2
बुभुजे स महीं सर्वां सशैलवनकाननाम् । चक्रवर्ती नृपश्रेष्ठः सत्यसंधो दृढव्रतः
bubhuje sa mahīṃ sarvāṃ saśailavanakānanām / cakravartī nṛpaśreṣṭhaḥ satyasaṃdho dṛḍhavrataḥ
He enjoyed the whole earth with its mountains, woods and forests — an emperor, best of kings, true to his word, firm in his vows.
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SkP-RK 34.3
स शशास महीं सर्वां यथा शक्रो ऽमरावतीम् । यज्ञहोमसहस्रैस् तु ददाह वसुधाम् इमाम्
sa śaśāsa mahīṃ sarvāṃ yathā śakro 'marāvatīm / yajñahomasahasrais tu dadāha vasudhām imām
He ruled the whole earth as Śakra rules Amarāvatī, and with thousands of sacrifices and oblations he made this earth burn (with sacred fires).
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SkP-RK 34.4
यज्ञोत्सवविवाहैस् तु वेदमङ्गलमङ्गलैः । चातुर्वर्ण्यं स्वधर्मस्थं प्राकृता इतरे जनाः
yajñotsavavivāhais tu vedamaṅgalamaṅgalaiḥ / cāturvarṇyaṃ svadharmasthaṃ prākṛtā itare janāḥ
With sacrifices, festivals and weddings, with Vedic blessings and auspicious rites, the four classes stood firm in their own duties, and so did the other, common folk.
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SkP-RK 34.5
कामं कामदुघा धेनुर् धरणी सस्यशालिनी । पप्रच्छ स तु राजर्षिर् वशिष्ठं ब्रह्मवित्तमम्
kāmaṃ kāmadughā dhenur dharaṇī sasyaśālinī / papraccha sa tu rājarṣir vaśiṣṭhaṃ brahmavittamam
The earth, rich with crops, was a cow yielding (every) desire at will. And that royal sage questioned Vasiṣṭha, best of the knowers of brahman —
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SkP-RK 34.6
शक्रश् चाङ्गिरसं यद्वद् अयोध्याधिपतिस् तथा । सोमसूर्यान्वयस्यैकं तारणं च पुरोधसम्
śakraś cāṅgirasaṃ yadvad ayodhyādhipatis tathā / somasūryānvayasyaikaṃ tāraṇaṃ ca purodhasam
— as Śakra questions the son of Aṅgiras, so did the lord of Ayodhyā (question) his household priest, the sole rescuer of the lunar and solar lineages:
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SkP-RK 34.7
हयमेधं महायज्ञं कस्मिंस् तीर्थे यजाम्य् अहम् । कथय त्वं प्रसादेन यथा दृष्टं यथा श्रुतम्
hayamedhaṃ mahāyajñaṃ kasmiṃs tīrthe yajāmy aham / kathaya tvaṃ prasādena yathā dṛṣṭaṃ yathā śrutam
"At what sacred ford am I to offer the horse-sacrifice, the great sacrifice? Tell me graciously, as it has been seen and as it has been heard."
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SkP-RK 34.8
वशिष्ठ उवाच: ब्रह्मर्षयो वेदविदो यथा ते चाब्रुवन् नृप । यज्ञो निवर्तितव्यस् तु ऋत्विग्भिर् ब्राह्मणैस् तव
vaśiṣṭha uvāca: brahmarṣayo vedavido yathā te cābruvan nṛpa / yajño nivartitavyas tu ṛtvigbhir brāhmaṇais tava
Vasiṣṭha said: As the brahman-seers who know the Vedas shall tell you, O king, so is your sacrifice to be carried out by the officiating priests, the brahmins.
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SkP-RK 34.9
मरीचिः कश्यपश् चापि अङ्गिरा गौतमस् तथा । दुर्वासाश् च्यवनो धूम्रः कण्वश् चैव महामुनिः
marīciḥ kaśyapaś cāpi aṅgirā gautamas tathā / durvāsāś cyavano dhūmraḥ kaṇvaś caiva mahāmuniḥ
Marīci and Kaśyapa too, Aṅgiras and likewise Gautama, Durvāsas, Cyavana, Dhūmra, and Kaṇva the great sage —
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SkP-RK 34.10
एते चान्ये च नृपते मुनीन्द्राः शंसितव्रताः । पप्रच्छ तान् महाराज इन्द्रद्युम्नो महीपतिः
ete cānye ca nṛpate munīndrāḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ / papraccha tān mahārāja indradyumno mahīpatiḥ
these and others too, O king, best of sages, of strict vows: these King Indradyumna, lord of the earth, questioned, O great king.
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SkP-RK 34.11
कस्मिंस् तीर्थे कृतो यज्ञः कामभोगफलप्रदः । एतत् सर्वं यथार्थं मे वदन्तु मुनिपुंगवाः
kasmiṃs tīrthe kṛto yajñaḥ kāmabhogaphalapradaḥ / etat sarvaṃ yathārthaṃ me vadantu munipuṃgavāḥ
"At what sacred ford does a sacrifice performed yield the fruit of desires and enjoyments? Let the bulls among sages tell me all this as it truly is."
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SkP-RK 34.12
ऋषय ऊचुः: केचिद् वाराणसीं भूप प्रयागं च तथा परे
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ: kecid vārāṇasīṃ bhūpa prayāgaṃ ca tathā pare
The seers said: Some (say) Vārāṇasī, O ruler of the earth, and others likewise Prayāga;
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SkP-RK 34.13
अन्ये वै नैमिषं तीर्थं पुष्करं च तथापरे । कुब्जाम्रकं तथा चान्ये गङ्गाद्वारमथापरे
anye vai naimiṣaṃ tīrthaṃ puṣkaraṃ ca tathāpare / kubjāmrakaṃ tathā cānye gaṅgādvāramathāpare
others indeed the sacred ford Naimiṣa, and others again Puṣkara; others likewise Kubjāmraka, and others again Gaṅgādvāra;
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SkP-RK 34.14
मायापुरीं तथा चान्ये सर्वदेवनमस्कृताम् । वदन्त्य् अन्ये हिमस्थानं बिल्वकं नीलपर्वतम्
māyāpurīṃ tathā cānye sarvadevanamaskṛtām / vadanty anye himasthānaṃ bilvakaṃ nīlaparvatam
others likewise Māyāpurī, saluted by all the gods; others speak of the snowy region, Bilvaka, the Blue Mountain;
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SkP-RK 34.15
कुशावर्तं तथैवा ऽन्ये तथा रुद्रमहालयम् । ईशानं चैव केदारं सर्वतीर्थम् अयं शुभम्
kuśāvartaṃ tathaivā 'nye tathā rudramahālayam / īśānaṃ caiva kedāraṃ sarvatīrtham ayaṃ śubham
others just so Kuśāvarta, and likewise Rudramahālaya, and Īśāna and Kedāra — this auspicious place of all sacred fords;
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SkP-RK 34.16
और्वतीर्थं वदन्त्य् अन्ये तथा बदरिकाश्रमम् । कालञ्जरं नीलकण्ठं देवदारुवनं तथा
aurvatīrthaṃ vadanty anye tathā badarikāśramam / kālañjaraṃ nīlakaṇṭhaṃ devadāruvanaṃ tathā
others speak of the Aurva ford, and likewise the Badarikā hermitage, Kālañjara, Nīlakaṇṭha, and the forest of deodars;
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SkP-RK 34.17
हेमकूटं विरूपाक्षम् अन्ये चण्डीश्वरं तथा । भूतेश्वरं भस्मगात्रं प्रभासं शशिभूषणम्
hemakūṭaṃ virūpākṣam anye caṇḍīśvaraṃ tathā / bhūteśvaraṃ bhasmagātraṃ prabhāsaṃ śaśibhūṣaṇam
others Hemakūṭa, Virūpākṣa, and likewise Caṇḍīśvara, Bhūteśvara, Bhasmagātra, Prabhāsa, Śaśibhūṣaṇa.
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SkP-RK 34.18
तीर्थान्य् एतानि चान्यानि कथितानि तवानघ । मतान्तरं मुनीनां च विविधं परिकीर्तितम्
tīrthāny etāni cānyāni kathitāni tavānagha / matāntaraṃ munīnāṃ ca vividhaṃ parikīrtitam
These sacred fords and others have been told to you, O sinless one, and the divergence of opinion among the sages has been proclaimed in its variety.
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SkP-RK 34.19
दुर्वासाश् चाब्रवीद् वाक्यं प्रहसन्न् इव तं नृपम् । विप्राणां ज्ञानतो ज्यैष्ठ्यं क्षत्रियाणां तु वीर्यतः
durvāsāś cābravīd vākyaṃ prahasann iva taṃ nṛpam / viprāṇāṃ jñānato jyaiṣṭhyaṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ tu vīryataḥ
And Durvāsas spoke these words to that king, as if laughing: "Among brahmins seniority is by knowledge, but among kṣatriyas by valour;
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SkP-RK 34.20
वैश्यानां धान्यधनतः शूद्राणां चैव जन्मतः । मार्कण्डेये विद्यमाने सप्तकल्पानुवर्तिनि
vaiśyānāṃ dhānyadhanataḥ śūdrāṇāṃ caiva janmataḥ / mārkaṇḍeye vidyamāne saptakalpānuvartini
among vaiśyas by wealth in grain, and among śūdras by birth. While Mārkaṇḍeya is present, who continues on through seven aeons,
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SkP-RK 34.21
भविष्यभूततत्त्वज्ञे त्रिकालज्ञे त्रयीविदि । ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशानप्रमाणज्ञे तपोधने
bhaviṣyabhūtatattvajñe trikālajñe trayīvidi / brahmaviṣṇumaheśānapramāṇajñe tapodhane
who knows the truth of what will be and what has been, who knows the three times, who knows the three Vedas, who knows the measure of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśa, whose wealth is austerity —
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SkP-RK 34.22
कस्यास्ति धर्मकथने सामर्थ्यं धर्मनिश्चये । धर्मारण्ये महाराज गम्यतां कल्पगातटे
kasyāsti dharmakathane sāmarthyaṃ dharmaniścaye / dharmāraṇye mahārāja gamyatāṃ kalpagātaṭe
who else has the competence to expound the dharma, to settle what dharma is? Let us go, great king, to Dharmāraṇya on the bank of the Kalpagā."
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SkP-RK 34.23
इन्द्रद्युम्न उवाच: यथा वदसि देवर्षे तथा कार्यं मयानघ
indradyumna uvāca: yathā vadasi devarṣe tathā kāryaṃ mayānagha
Indradyumna said: As you say, divine seer, so shall I do, O sinless one.
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SkP-RK 34.24
इत्युक्त्वा मुनिभिः सार्द्धं गन्तुं मार्कण्डमाश्रमम् । उवाच वचनं राजा प्रतीहारं सुवर्चसम्
ityuktvā munibhiḥ sārddhaṃ gantuṃ mārkaṇḍamāśramam / uvāca vacanaṃ rājā pratīhāraṃ suvarcasam
Having said this, to go along with the sages to Mārkaṇḍa's hermitage, the king spoke words to the doorkeeper Suvarcas,
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SkP-RK 34.25
मन्त्रिणं देवगर्भं च बृहस्पतिसमं नृप । यज्ञोपस्करसम्भारं सर्वमादाय सत्वरम्
mantriṇaṃ devagarbhaṃ ca bṛhaspatisamaṃ nṛpa / yajñopaskarasambhāraṃ sarvamādāya satvaram
and to the minister Devagarbha, the equal of Bṛhaspati, O king: "Taking up quickly all the equipment and materials for the sacrifice,
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SkP-RK 34.26
आगच्छन्तु भवन्तो ऽत्र ममादेशपरायणाः । साग्निभिर् ब्राह्मणैः सार्द्धं यास्यामः कल्पगातटम्
āgacchantu bhavanto 'tra mamādeśaparāyaṇāḥ / sāgnibhir brāhmaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ yāsyāmaḥ kalpagātaṭam
let your honours come here, intent on carrying out my command; together with the brahmins and their fires we shall go to the bank of the Kalpagā.
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SkP-RK 34.27
शीघ्रं सम्पाद्यतां सर्वं यथा यज्ञः प्रवर्त्यताम् । सर्वेषाम् एव विप्राणां यानम् एषां पृथक् पृथक्
śīghraṃ sampādyatāṃ sarvaṃ yathā yajñaḥ pravartyatām / sarveṣām eva viprāṇāṃ yānam eṣāṃ pṛthak pṛthak
Let everything be arranged swiftly, so that the sacrifice may be set going; and a vehicle for each and every one of these brahmins, separately.
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SkP-RK 34.28
शतानि चाष्टौ राज्ञीनां यानमासां प्रकल्पय । नवखण्डक्षितीशानां समुद्रद्वीपवासिनाम्
śatāni cāṣṭau rājñīnāṃ yānamāsāṃ prakalpaya / navakhaṇḍakṣitīśānāṃ samudradvīpavāsinām
Provide vehicles for these eight hundred queens; and for the lords of the nine regions, dwellers on the islands of the ocean,
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SkP-RK 34.29
नानानृपसहस्राणां घोषणा क्रियतां मुहुः । चन्द्रद्वीपं च सेतुं च ताम्रपात्रं शिलाष्टकम्
nānānṛpasahasrāṇāṃ ghoṣaṇā kriyatāṃ muhuḥ / candradvīpaṃ ca setuṃ ca tāmrapātraṃ śilāṣṭakam
and for the many thousands of kings, let the proclamation be made again and again — Candradvīpa and Setu, Tāmrapātra and Śilāṣṭaka,
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SkP-RK 34.30
भोगद्वीपं च सौम्यं च गान्धर्ववारुणं तथा । कुमारिकाख्यं नवमं नवभेदं प्रवर्तितम्
bhogadvīpaṃ ca saumyaṃ ca gāndharvavāruṇaṃ tathā / kumārikākhyaṃ navamaṃ navabhedaṃ pravartitam
Bhogadvīpa and Saumya, and Gāndharva and Vāruṇa, and the ninth named Kumārikā: thus the ninefold division has been set forth.
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SkP-RK 34.31
जम्बूशाककुशक्रौञ्चशाल्मलिप्लक्षपुष्कराः । सप्तद्वीपाः समाख्याताः समुद्राश् च निबोध मे
jambūśākakuśakrauñcaśālmaliplakṣapuṣkarāḥ / saptadvīpāḥ samākhyātāḥ samudrāś ca nibodha me
Jambū, Śāka, Kuśa, Krauñca, Śālmali, Plakṣa and Puṣkara: these are declared the seven continents; and learn from me the oceans too.
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SkP-RK 34.32
क्षारसर्पिर् दधिक्षीरमदिरेक्षुजलात्मकाः । समुद्राः परिखाकाराः पृथिवीमानकीर्तिताः
kṣārasarpir dadhikṣīramadirekṣujalātmakāḥ / samudrāḥ parikhākārāḥ pṛthivīmānakīrtitāḥ
Consisting of salt, clarified butter, curds, milk, wine and sugarcane juice, the oceans, shaped like moats, are said to be the measure of the earth.
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SkP-RK 34.33
एतेषां घोषणां कार्यां ममादेशानुवर्तिनाम् । गवां च त्रीणि लक्षाणि सवत्सानां पयोमुचाम्
eteṣāṃ ghoṣaṇāṃ kāryāṃ mamādeśānuvartinām / gavāṃ ca trīṇi lakṣāṇi savatsānāṃ payomucām
A proclamation is to be made to these who follow my command; and three hundred thousand cows with calves, yielding milk;
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SkP-RK 34.34
अश्वानां श्यामकर्णानां सपादं लक्षम् एव च । दन्तिनामयुतं चैव घण्टाभरणभूषितम्
aśvānāṃ śyāmakarṇānāṃ sapādaṃ lakṣam eva ca / dantināmayutaṃ caiva ghaṇṭābharaṇabhūṣitam
and a hundred and twenty-five thousand horses with dark ears; and ten thousand tuskers adorned with bells and ornaments;
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SkP-RK 34.35
सहस्राणि च चत्वारि यानानां कामचारिणाम् । लक्षं तु करभाणां वै मणिमाणिक्यम् एव च
sahasrāṇi ca catvāri yānānāṃ kāmacāriṇām / lakṣaṃ tu karabhāṇāṃ vai maṇimāṇikyam eva ca
and four thousand vehicles that go where one wishes; and a lakh of young camels, and gems and rubies as well;
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SkP-RK 34.36
अग्निशौचानि वस्त्राणि ब्राह्मणार्थे तथैव च । नानाभक्षाणि भोज्यानि पानानि विविधानि च
agniśaucāni vastrāṇi brāhmaṇārthe tathaiva ca / nānābhakṣāṇi bhojyāni pānāni vividhāni ca
and garments purified by fire, likewise for the sake of the brahmins; and various foods to chew, foods to eat, and drinks of many kinds;
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SkP-RK 34.37
लक्षं कर्मकराणां तु तिलदर्भादिकं तथा । देवगर्भं समादिश्य मन्त्रिणं वदतां वरः
lakṣaṃ karmakarāṇāṃ tu tiladarbhādikaṃ tathā / devagarbhaṃ samādiśya mantriṇaṃ vadatāṃ varaḥ
and a lakh of workmen, and sesame, darbha grass and the rest." Having thus instructed the minister Devagarbha, the best of speakers,
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SkP-RK 34.38
तत्रस्थैर् ब्राह्मणैः सार्द्धं दिव्यं यानं समाश्रितः । मुदा परमया युक्तः सान्तः पुरपरिच्छदः
tatrasthair brāhmaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ divyaṃ yānaṃ samāśritaḥ / mudā paramayā yuktaḥ sāntaḥ puraparicchadaḥ
together with the brahmins who were there, he mounted a divine vehicle, filled with the highest joy, along with the women of the harem and his retinue.
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SkP-RK 34.39
धर्मारण्यं ततः प्राप्तो यत्रास्ते सप्तकल्पगः । ॐकारं कल्पगां दृष्ट्वा वैदूर्यं पर्वतं तथा
dharmāraṇyaṃ tataḥ prāpto yatrāste saptakalpagaḥ / oṃkāraṃ kalpagāṃ dṛṣṭvā vaidūryaṃ parvataṃ tathā
Then he reached Dharmāraṇya, where the seven-kalpa (tree?) stands, having seen Oṃkāra, the wish-granting tree, and likewise the Vaidūrya mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 34.40
मुक्तो ऽस्मि किल्बिषादद्य सप्तजन्मकृताद् अपि । एवम् उक्त्वोपविष्टो ऽसौ साष्टाङ्गं प्रणिपत्य च
mukto 'smi kilbiṣādadya saptajanmakṛtād api / evam uktvopaviṣṭo 'sau sāṣṭāṅgaṃ praṇipatya ca
"Today I am freed from sin, even from that committed in seven births." Having spoken thus, and having bowed down with the eight limbs, he sat down.
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SkP-RK 34.41
यथार्थं पूजयामास तम् ऋषिं स नृपोत्तमः । दृष्ट्वा तं नृपतिं प्राह मार्कण्डेयो महामुनिः
yathārthaṃ pūjayāmāsa tam ṛṣiṃ sa nṛpottamaḥ / dṛṣṭvā taṃ nṛpatiṃ prāha mārkaṇḍeyo mahāmuniḥ
That best of kings worshipped the sage as was fitting; and seeing that king, the great sage Mārkaṇḍeya said:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.42
कुशलं नृपशार्दूल चिरं दृष्टो ऽसि सुव्रत । किम् आगमनकार्यं ते ब्राह्मणैर् मुनिपुंगवैः
kuśalaṃ nṛpaśārdūla ciraṃ dṛṣṭo 'si suvrata / kim āgamanakāryaṃ te brāhmaṇair munipuṃgavaiḥ
"Is it well (with you), tiger among kings? After long you are seen, O you of good vows. What is the purpose of your coming, with brahmins and with bulls among sages?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.45
इन्द्रद्युम्न उवाच: यज्ञं कर्तुं समायातः कस्मिंस् तीर्थे द्विजोत्तम । शिवेन कथितं यत्ते पुराणं स्कन्दकीर्तितम् ॥ र्क्स्_३४।४३ ॥ तदहं श्रोतुम् इच्छामि यज्ञक्षेत्रफलं महत् ॥ र्क्स्_३४।४४ ॥ मार्कण्डेय उवाच: पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि आसमुद्रान्तगोचरे
indradyumna uvāca: yajñaṃ kartuṃ samāyātaḥ kasmiṃs tīrthe dvijottama / śivena kathitaṃ yatte purāṇaṃ skandakīrtitam // rks_34.43 // tadahaṃ śrotum icchāmi yajñakṣetraphalaṃ mahat // rks_34.44 // mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni āsamudrāntagocare
Indradyumna said: "I have come to perform a sacrifice — at which sacred ford, O best of the twice-born? The Purāṇa proclaimed by Skanda, which was told to you by Śiva — that I wish to hear, (and) the great fruit of a sacrificial ground." Mārkaṇḍeya said: "Whatever sacred fords there are on earth, within the range that ends at the ocean—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.46
स्नानं कर्तुं समायान्ति नर्मदायां नराधिपा । उत्तरे यानि लिङ्गानि यानि तीर्थानि दक्षिणे
snānaṃ kartuṃ samāyānti narmadāyāṃ narādhipā / uttare yāni liṅgāni yāni tīrthāni dakṣiṇe
"—they come to bathe in the Narmadā, O lord of men; the liṅgas that are in the north and the sacred fords in the south—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.47
लीयन्ते कोटितीर्थेषु कोटितीर्थं ततः स्मृतम् । शिवेन कथितं पूर्वं पार्वत्याः षण्मुखस्य च
līyante koṭitīrtheṣu koṭitīrthaṃ tataḥ smṛtam / śivena kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ pārvatyāḥ ṣaṇmukhasya ca
"—they dissolve into the Koṭitīrthas; hence it is called Koṭitīrtha. It was told formerly by Śiva to Pārvatī and to the six-faced one,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.48
ब्रह्मविष्ण्वादिदेवानां शक्रस्यापि प्रकीर्तितम् । तन् मया कथितं राजन् यथोद्दिष्टं तु शम्भुना
brahmaviṣṇvādidevānāṃ śakrasyāpi prakīrtitam / tan mayā kathitaṃ rājan yathoddiṣṭaṃ tu śambhunā
"and it was proclaimed to Brahmā, Viṣṇu and the other gods, and to Śakra also. That has been told by me, O king, just as it was set forth by Śambhu."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.49
ॐकारसन्निधौ रेवाकोटितीर्थं प्रकीर्तितम् । अत्र दत्तं हुतं चेष्टं तपस् तप्तं सुदुष्करम्
oṃkārasannidhau revākoṭitīrthaṃ prakīrtitam / atra dattaṃ hutaṃ ceṣṭaṃ tapas taptaṃ suduṣkaram
"In the presence of Oṃkāra the Revā-Koṭitīrtha is celebrated. What is given here, offered in fire, and sacrificed, and the most difficult austerity practised (here)—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.50
तस्यान्तो नैव विद्यते महेश्वरवचो यथा । राहुसोमसमायोगे कुरुक्षेत्रं प्रशस्यते
tasyānto naiva vidyate maheśvaravaco yathā / rāhusomasamāyoge kurukṣetraṃ praśasyate
"—of that there is no end, as the word of Maheśvara has it. At the conjunction of Rāhu and the moon Kurukṣetra is praised;"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.53
सर्वदा सर्वकार्येषु नर्मदा पुण्यदायिनी । त्रयोदशगुणं विद्धि तीर्थम् आहुर् मनीषिणः ॥ र्क्स्_३४।५१ ॥ शतकोटिगुणं तत् तु कोटितीर्थं प्रचक्षते ॥ र्क्स्_३४।५२ ॥ चन्द्रसूर्योपरागे तु विशेषेण नराधिप । यज त्वं कोटितीर्थेषु यदि स्वर्गम् अभीप्ससि
sarvadā sarvakāryeṣu narmadā puṇyadāyinī / trayodaśaguṇaṃ viddhi tīrtham āhur manīṣiṇaḥ // rks_34.51 // śatakoṭiguṇaṃ tat tu koṭitīrthaṃ pracakṣate // rks_34.52 // candrasūryoparāge tu viśeṣeṇa narādhipa / yaja tvaṃ koṭitīrtheṣu yadi svargam abhīpsasi
"but the Narmadā bestows merit always, in all undertakings. Know it to be thirteenfold (in merit) — so the wise call that sacred ford; but the Koṭitīrtha they declare to be a hundred-crore times as great. Especially at an eclipse of the moon or the sun, O lord of men, sacrifice at the Koṭitīrthas, if you desire heaven."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.54
तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा राजा परमधार्मिकः । पादौ जग्राह तत्रैव मुनेर् अमिततेजसः
tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā rājā paramadhārmikaḥ / pādau jagrāha tatraiva muner amitatejasaḥ
Hearing that speech of his, the supremely righteous king clasped, right there, the feet of the sage of measureless splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.55
अनुग्रहम् इमं मन्ये यत् त्वया कथितं मम । एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे प्राप्ते यज्ञयूपान् उपस्करान्
anugraham imaṃ manye yat tvayā kathitaṃ mama / etasminn antare prāpte yajñayūpān upaskarān
"I count as a favour this that you have told me." In this interval there arrived the sacrificial posts and the implements,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.56
नानादेशान् क्षत्रियांश् च गाश् चाश्वांश् च गजांस् तथा । तत्क्षणाद् देवगर्भश् च प्रतीहारः समार्पयत्
nānādeśān kṣatriyāṃś ca gāś cāśvāṃś ca gajāṃs tathā / tatkṣaṇād devagarbhaś ca pratīhāraḥ samārpayat
and kṣatriyas from various lands, and cows and horses and elephants likewise; that very moment Devagarbha the doorkeeper presented them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.57
त्रिंशद्योजनपर्यन्तं यज्ञयूपांश् च मण्डपम् । चकार स्वप्रमाणानि कुण्डानि विविधानि च
triṃśadyojanaparyantaṃ yajñayūpāṃś ca maṇḍapam / cakāra svapramāṇāni kuṇḍāni vividhāni ca
He had made a pavilion extending thirty yojanas, and sacrificial posts, and fire-pits of various kinds of the proper measures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.58
वेदध्वनितनिर्घोषा दिवं भूमिं समस्पृशन् । निर्धूमश् चाभवद् वह्णिः सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभः
vedadhvanitanirghoṣā divaṃ bhūmiṃ samaspṛśan / nirdhūmaś cābhavad vahṇiḥ sūryakoṭisamaprabhaḥ
The roar of the sounding of the Vedas touched heaven and earth; and the fire became smokeless, with a radiance equal to ten million suns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.59
ब्रह्माणं च तथा विष्णुं रुद्रं चैव समाह्वयत् । रुद्रा एकादश तत्र तथादित्याश् च द्वादश
brahmāṇaṃ ca tathā viṣṇuṃ rudraṃ caiva samāhvayat / rudrā ekādaśa tatra tathādityāś ca dvādaśa
And he summoned Brahmā and Viṣṇu and Rudra too; the eleven Rudras were there, and likewise the twelve Ādityas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.60
विश्वेदेवास् तथासाध्या मरुतश् च तथा वसुः । लोकपालास् तथा चाष्टौ समुद्राः सरितस् तथा
viśvedevās tathāsādhyā marutaś ca tathā vasuḥ / lokapālās tathā cāṣṭau samudrāḥ saritas tathā
the Viśvedevas and the Sādhyas, the Maruts and likewise the Vasu(s), the eight world-guardians, the oceans and the rivers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.61
वनस्पतयस् तथा शैलास् तीर्थानि विविधानि च । दिक्पाला भूतपालाश् च सिद्धगन्धर्वकिन्नराः
vanaspatayas tathā śailās tīrthāni vividhāni ca / dikpālā bhūtapālāś ca siddhagandharvakinnarāḥ
the forest trees and the mountains and the various sacred fords, the guardians of the directions and the guardians of beings, Siddhas, Gandharvas and Kinnaras,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.62
पितरः सोमपाः सर्वे भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदाः । राक्षसा गुह्यका भूता उरगाश् च यथा तथा
pitaraḥ somapāḥ sarve bhuktimuktiphalapradāḥ / rākṣasā guhyakā bhūtā uragāś ca yathā tathā
the Fathers, all the soma-drinkers who grant the fruits of enjoyment and liberation, and Rākṣasas, Guhyakas, Bhūtas and serpents, just as they are,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.63
सद्मवातास् तथाकाशवासिनश् च तथोत्सवे । घृतक्षीरवहा नद्यो दधिपायसकर्दमाः
sadmavātās tathākāśavāsinaś ca tathotsave / ghṛtakṣīravahā nadyo dadhipāyasakardamāḥ
(There were) winds of the dwellings, and likewise dwellers in the sky at that festival; rivers flowed with ghee and milk, with mire of curds and milk-rice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 34.64
बभूव नृपतेस् तस्य तस्मिन् यज्ञे महोत्सवे । भक्षभोज्यैश् च विविधैः काम्ययानदिभिस् तथा
babhūva nṛpates tasya tasmin yajñe mahotsave / bhakṣabhojyaiś ca vividhaiḥ kāmyayānadibhis tathā
So it was at that great festival, the sacrifice of that king, with foods and eatables of many kinds, and likewise with desirable vehicles and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 34.65
तृप्ता देवाश् च मुनयो भूतग्रामं चतुर्विधम् । एवं निवर्तितो यज्ञो ब्राह्मणैर् भूरिदक्षिणैः
tṛptā devāś ca munayo bhūtagrāmaṃ caturvidham / evaṃ nivartito yajño brāhmaṇair bhūridakṣiṇaiḥ
The gods and the sages were satisfied, and the fourfold host of beings. Thus the sacrifice was brought to its conclusion by brahmins (given) abundant fees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.66
सुरासुरैस् तथा दिव्यैर् इन्द्रद्युम्नः स्तुतस् तदा । यज्ञभागांश् च देवानां पृथक् पृथग् अकल्पयत्
surāsurais tathā divyair indradyumnaḥ stutas tadā / yajñabhāgāṃś ca devānāṃ pṛthak pṛthag akalpayat
Then Indradyumna was praised by gods and asuras and by the divine ones; and he apportioned the sacrificial shares of the gods, each one separately.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.67
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: रुद्रादित्यवसूतां च विश्वेदेवहविर्भुजाम्
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: rudrādityavasūtāṃ ca viśvedevahavirbhujām
Yudhiṣṭhira said: And of the Rudras, Ādityas and Vasus, and of the All-gods who consume the oblation (tell me).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 34.68
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: अत्रिश्चाङ्गिरसः सर्पिर्मरुतश् च बृहस्पतिः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: atriścāṅgirasaḥ sarpirmarutaś ca bṛhaspatiḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Atri, Āṅgirasa, Sarpi, Marut and Bṛhaspati,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 34.69
ध्रुवो धूम्रश् च केतुश् च धरो धाता हरस् तथा । एकादश स्मृता रुद्राः सर्वे कामफलप्रदाः
dhruvo dhūmraś ca ketuś ca dharo dhātā haras tathā / ekādaśa smṛtā rudrāḥ sarve kāmaphalapradāḥ
Dhruva, Dhūmra, Ketu, Dhara, Dhātṛ and Hara — these are remembered as the eleven Rudras, all bestowers of the fruit of one's desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.70
अर्यमा वरुणश् चेन्द्र पूषा चैव गभस्तिमान् । मित्रश् चैव समाख्यातो जघन्यो जलकृत् तथा
aryamā varuṇaś cendra pūṣā caiva gabhastimān / mitraś caiva samākhyāto jaghanyo jalakṛt tathā
Aryaman, Varuṇa, Indra, Pūṣan, and Gabhastimat, and Mitra is named, and last of all Jalakṛt,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.71
विवस्वांश् चैव पर्जन्यो धाता वै द्वादश स्मृताः । कश्यपस्याश्रमे जातास् तेजोनिधय उत्थिता
vivasvāṃś caiva parjanyo dhātā vai dvādaśa smṛtāḥ / kaśyapasyāśrame jātās tejonidhaya utthitā
and Vivasvat and Parjanya and Dhātṛ — these are remembered as the twelve; born in Kaśyapa's hermitage, they arose as storehouses of radiance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.72
मासावरप्रयोगेण संचरन्ति परेच्छया । अहोरात्रमिमे सर्वे स्वर्लोकं च समन्ततः
māsāvaraprayogeṇa saṃcaranti parecchayā / ahorātramime sarve svarlokaṃ ca samantataḥ
By an application of a month at the least they move about at another's will; all these (traverse) day and night and the world of heaven on every side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 34.73
वसूनष्टौ महाराज कथ्यमानां शृणुष्व वै । ध्रुवो धरश् च सोमश् च सावित्रो ह्यनिलो ऽनल
vasūnaṣṭau mahārāja kathyamānāṃ śṛṇuṣva vai / dhruvo dharaś ca somaś ca sāvitro hyanilo 'nala
Hear, great king, the eight Vasus as they are recounted: Dhruva, Dhara, Soma, Sāvitra, Anila, Anala,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.74
प्रत्यूषश् चैव कल्पश् च अष्टौ ते वसवः स्मृताः । विश्वायाश् च तथा पुत्रा विश्वेदेवाः प्रकीर्तिताः
pratyūṣaś caiva kalpaś ca aṣṭau te vasavaḥ smṛtāḥ / viśvāyāś ca tathā putrā viśvedevāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
and Pratyūṣa and Kalpa — these are remembered as the eight Vasus. And the sons of Viśvā are proclaimed to be the Viśvedevas:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.75
क्रतुर्दक्षस् तथा सत्यः कालः कामो घ्ननिस् तथा । पुरूरवोमार्द्रवसौ रोचमानश् च ते दश
kraturdakṣas tathā satyaḥ kālaḥ kāmo ghnanis tathā / purūravomārdravasau rocamānaś ca te daśa
Kratu, Dakṣa, Satya, Kāla, Kāma, Ghnani, Purūravas, Ārdrava, Vasu and Rocamāna — those ten.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 34.76
मुहूर्तायास् तथा पुत्राः साध्या देवाः प्रकीर्तिता । एकहीनास् तु पञ्चाशत् मरुतश् चैव कीर्तिताः
muhūrtāyās tathā putrāḥ sādhyā devāḥ prakīrtitā / ekahīnās tu pañcāśat marutaś caiva kīrtitāḥ
And the sons of Muhūrtā are proclaimed the Sādhya gods; and the Maruts are declared to be fifty less one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.77
एषां नामानि सर्वेषां ख्यातान्य् एव युधिष्ठिर । एतत्ते कथितं सर्वं यत्पृष्टो ऽहं त्वया ऽनघ
eṣāṃ nāmāni sarveṣāṃ khyātāny eva yudhiṣṭhira / etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ yatpṛṣṭo 'haṃ tvayā 'nagha
The names of all these are indeed well known, Yudhiṣṭhira. All this that you asked me has been told to you, O sinless one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.78
ततो ध्रुवं विसृज्याथ मुनींश् च ब्रह्मनन्दनान् । ॐकारं च ततो ज्ञात्वा राजा पूजां चकार ह
tato dhruvaṃ visṛjyātha munīṃś ca brahmanandanān / oṃkāraṃ ca tato jñātvā rājā pūjāṃ cakāra ha
Then, having taken leave of Dhruva and of the sages, the sons of Brahmā, and having then come to know the syllable Oṃ, the king performed the worship.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 34.79
मणिमाणिक्यरत्नैश् च लिङ्गस्याभरणं कृतम् । गन्धधूपैश् च विविधैः कर्पूरागरुचन्दनैः
maṇimāṇikyaratnaiś ca liṅgasyābharaṇaṃ kṛtam / gandhadhūpaiś ca vividhaiḥ karpūrāgarucandanaiḥ
With gems, rubies and jewels the adorning of the liṅga was done, and with fragrances and incenses of many kinds, with camphor, aloewood and sandal,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.80
ध्वजछत्रवितानैश् च व्यजनैर् दिव्यचामरैः । पूजयित्वा विधानेन स्तोत्रं मे तद् उदाहृतम्
dhvajachatravitānaiś ca vyajanair divyacāmaraiḥ / pūjayitvā vidhānena stotraṃ me tad udāhṛtam
with banners, parasols and canopies, with fans and heavenly yak-tail whisks — having worshipped according to the rule, that hymn was uttered by me (i.e. as I shall recite):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 34.81
ॐकारं बिन्दुसंयुक्तं नित्यं ध्यायन्ति योगिनः । कामदो मोक्षदश् चैव ॐकाराय नमो नमः
oṃkāraṃ bindusaṃyuktaṃ nityaṃ dhyāyanti yoginaḥ / kāmado mokṣadaś caiva oṃkārāya namo namaḥ
The yogins constantly meditate on Oṃkāra joined with the bindu; it grants desires and grants liberation — homage, homage to Oṃkāra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.82
ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्रवरद सर्वदेव नमो ऽस्तु ते । कद्रुदाय प्रचेतसे सहस्राक्षायमीढुषे
brahmaviṣṇvindravarada sarvadeva namo 'stu te / kadrudāya pracetase sahasrākṣāyamīḍhuṣe
O giver of boons to Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Indra, O god of all, homage be to you — to Rudra, to the wise one, to the thousand-eyed, to the bountiful one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 34.83
या ते रुद्र शिवा तनूरघोरा पापकाशिनी । सर्वाननशिरोग्रीव सर्वभूतशिवाय च
yā te rudra śivā tanūraghorā pāpakāśinī / sarvānanaśirogrīva sarvabhūtaśivāya ca
That form of yours, Rudra, which is auspicious, not terrible, which drives away sin — O you whose faces, heads and necks are all (faces, heads and necks) — and for the welfare of all beings (be it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 34.86
सर्वव्यापी च भगवांस् तस्मै सर्वगते नमः । सर्वतः पाणिपादान्तः सर्वतो ऽक्षिशिरोमुखः ॥ र्क्स्_३४।८४ ॥ सर्वतः श्रुतिमांल् लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति ॥ र्क्स्_३४।८५ ॥ जिह्वाचापल्यभावेन खेदितो ऽसि महेश्वर । कृतं स्तोत्रम् इदं देवस्येन्द्रद्युम्नेन भारत
sarvavyāpī ca bhagavāṃs tasmai sarvagate namaḥ / sarvataḥ pāṇipādāntaḥ sarvato 'kṣiśiromukhaḥ // rks_34.84 // sarvataḥ śrutimāṃl loke sarvamāvṛtya tiṣṭhati // rks_34.85 // jihvācāpalyabhāvena khedito 'si maheśvara / kṛtaṃ stotram idaṃ devasyendradyumnena bhārata
And the Lord is all-pervading; homage to him who goes everywhere. He has hands and feet on every side, eyes, heads and faces on every side; (34.84) having ears on every side, he stands in the world, enveloping all. (34.85) By the mere frivolity of my tongue you have been wearied, O Maheśvara. Thus was this hymn to the god made by Indradyumna, O Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.89
लिङ्गमध्ये परं लिङ्गं ज्वलत्कालानलप्रभम् । यद् दृष्टं तदुवाचैनं राजानं प्रति भारत ॥ र्क्स्_३४।८७ ॥ वरं वृणीष्व भद्रं ते यत् ते मनसि वर्तते ॥ र्क्स्_३४।८८ ॥ इन्द्रद्युम्न उवाच: यदि तुष्टो ऽसि मे देव वरं दातुं ममेच्छसि
liṅgamadhye paraṃ liṅgaṃ jvalatkālānalaprabham / yad dṛṣṭaṃ taduvācainaṃ rājānaṃ prati bhārata // rks_34.87 // varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te yat te manasi vartate // rks_34.88 // indradyumna uvāca: yadi tuṣṭo 'si me deva varaṃ dātuṃ mamecchasi
In the midst of the liṅga (there was) a supreme liṅga, with the radiance of the blazing fire of time; when it had been seen, it spoke to that king, O Bhārata: (34.87) "Choose a boon — blessings on you — whatever is in your mind." (34.88) Indradyumna said: "If you are pleased with me, O god, and wish to grant me a boon..."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.90
अत्रत्वमुमया सार्धं देवद्रोण्यां समर्चितः । आवासं कुरु देवेश सर्वदा यज्ञपर्वते
atratvamumayā sārdhaṃ devadroṇyāṃ samarcitaḥ / āvāsaṃ kuru deveśa sarvadā yajñaparvate
"Here, worshipped together with Umā in the valley of the gods, make your dwelling, O lord of gods, forever on the mountain of sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.91
अवशः स्ववशो वापि प्राणत्यागं करोति यः । तीर्थे ऽस्मिन् देवदेवेश शिवलोकं प्रयातु सः
avaśaḥ svavaśo vāpi prāṇatyāgaṃ karoti yaḥ / tīrthe 'smin devadeveśa śivalokaṃ prayātu saḥ
"Whoever gives up his life at this holy place, whether unwillingly or of his own will — O lord of the gods of gods, let him go to Śiva's world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.92
सहस्रयाजी धर्मज्ञो दानयज्ञाधिपस् तथा । अन्धाश् च वामनाश् चैव तिर्यग्योनिगतानराः
sahasrayājī dharmajño dānayajñādhipas tathā / andhāś ca vāmanāś caiva tiryagyonigatānarāḥ
"He who has sacrificed a thousand times, who knows dharma, who is a master of gifts and sacrifices, and also the blind, the dwarfish, and men fallen into animal births —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.93
मरणाद् उभयोः साम्यं भवेद् अत्र महेश्वर । पर्वतं वेष्टयेद् यस् तु सूत्रेणैकेन पर्वणि
maraṇād ubhayoḥ sāmyaṃ bhaved atra maheśvara / parvataṃ veṣṭayed yas tu sūtreṇaikena parvaṇi
"— by dying here, O Maheśvara, both would become equal. And whoever should encircle the mountain with a single thread on a full-moon day,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.94
पृथिवी वेष्टिता तेन सशैलवनकानना । सर्वतीर्थफलावाप्तिः शिवलोके प्रयात्य् असौ
pṛthivī veṣṭitā tena saśailavanakānanā / sarvatīrthaphalāvāptiḥ śivaloke prayāty asau
"by him the earth, with its mountains, woods and forests, has been encircled; (his is) the obtaining of the fruit of all holy places, and he goes to Śiva's world."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.95
ॐकार उवाच: सर्वम् एतत् नृपश्रेष्ठ कामः सम्पद्यतां तव
oṃkāra uvāca: sarvam etat nṛpaśreṣṭha kāmaḥ sampadyatāṃ tava
Oṃkāra said: "All this, O best of kings — let your desire be fulfilled."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.96
एवमुक्त्वा ततो देवः तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । सुरासुरैरथादित्यैः साध्यैः सार्द्धं युधिष्ठिर । स्वकीयं यानमारुह्य कैलासनिलयं ययौ
evamuktvā tato devaḥ tatraivāntaradhīyata / surāsurairathādityaiḥ sādhyaiḥ sārddhaṃ yudhiṣṭhira / svakīyaṃ yānamāruhya kailāsanilayaṃ yayau
Having spoken thus, the god then vanished on the very spot; and together with the gods and demons, the Ādityas and the Sādhyas, O Yudhiṣṭhira, mounting his own vehicle he went to his abode on Kailāsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.97
राजा ऽपि श्रावयामास भूतग्रामं चतुर्विधम् । मम यज्ञप्रभावेण सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः
rājā 'pi śrāvayāmāsa bhūtagrāmaṃ caturvidham / mama yajñaprabhāveṇa sarve santu nirāmayāḥ
The king too proclaimed to the fourfold host of beings: "By the power of my sacrifice, may all be free of disease;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.98
सर्वे तु तृप्तिम् आयान्तु मम यज्ञप्रभावतः । इन्द्रद्युम्नस् तु ब्रह्माणं ततस् तुष्टाव भारत
sarve tu tṛptim āyāntu mama yajñaprabhāvataḥ / indradyumnas tu brahmāṇaṃ tatas tuṣṭāva bhārata
"and may all attain satisfaction through the power of my sacrifice." Then Indradyumna praised Brahmā, O Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.99
राजोवाच: तुष्टो ऽसि यदि मे देव वरं दातुम् इहेच्छसि
rājovāca: tuṣṭo 'si yadi me deva varaṃ dātum ihecchasi
The king said: "If you are pleased with me, O god, and wish to grant me a boon here,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.100
नर्मदादक्षिणे कूले लिङ्गमूर्तिधरो भव । इमं वरम् अहं मन्ये यदि तुष्टो ऽसि मे प्रभो
narmadādakṣiṇe kūle liṅgamūrtidharo bhava / imaṃ varam ahaṃ manye yadi tuṣṭo 'si me prabho
"become one bearing the form of a liṅga on the southern bank of the Narmadā. This is the boon I have in mind, if you are pleased with me, O lord:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.101
प्राणत्यागे कृते तत्र ब्रह्मलोकं प्रयातु वै । एवं भवतु राजेन्द्र ब्रह्मा प्रोवाच सत्वरम्
prāṇatyāge kṛte tatra brahmalokaṃ prayātu vai / evaṃ bhavatu rājendra brahmā provāca satvaram
"when one gives up his life there, let him surely go to Brahmā's world." "So be it, O lord of kings," Brahmā said at once.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.102
एवमुक्त्वा ययौ ब्रह्मा रुद्रलोकं सुरैः सह । विष्णुं चैव ततो राजा साष्टाङ्गं च युधिष्ठिर
evamuktvā yayau brahmā rudralokaṃ suraiḥ saha / viṣṇuṃ caiva tato rājā sāṣṭāṅgaṃ ca yudhiṣṭhira
Having said this, Brahmā went with the gods to Rudra's world; and then the king (praised) Viṣṇu, prostrating with the eight limbs, O Yudhiṣṭhira:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.103
केशवं माधवं विष्णुं गोविन्दं मधुसूदनम् । पद्मनाभं हृषीकेशं श्रीधरं च त्रिविक्रमम्
keśavaṃ mādhavaṃ viṣṇuṃ govindaṃ madhusūdanam / padmanābhaṃ hṛṣīkeśaṃ śrīdharaṃ ca trivikramam
"Keśava, Mādhava, Viṣṇu, Govinda, Madhusūdana, Padmanābha, Hṛṣīkeśa, Śrīdhara and Trivikrama,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.104
दामोदरं वासुदेवं हरिं च प्रणमाम्य् अहम् । शङ्खचक्रगदाशार्ङ्गवनमालाविभूषणम्
dāmodaraṃ vāsudevaṃ hariṃ ca praṇamāmy aham / śaṅkhacakragadāśārṅgavanamālāvibhūṣaṇam
"Dāmodara, Vāsudeva and Hari — to him I bow, adorned with conch, discus, mace, the Śārṅga bow and forest-garland;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.105
लोकनाथं जगन्नाथं श्रीनाथं सर्ववित्तमम् । श्रीकान्तं श्रीधरं श्रीशं श्रीनिवासं नमाम्यहम्
lokanāthaṃ jagannāthaṃ śrīnāthaṃ sarvavittamam / śrīkāntaṃ śrīdharaṃ śrīśaṃ śrīnivāsaṃ namāmyaham
"the lord of the world, the lord of the universe, the lord of Śrī, the best knower of all, the beloved of Śrī, the bearer of Śrī, the master of Śrī, the abode of Śrī — I bow (to him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.106
अच्युतानन्तयज्ञेश यज्ञाधिप नमो ऽस्तु ते । ऋक्सामाथर्वरूपाय यज्ञरूपाय ते नमः
acyutānantayajñeśa yajñādhipa namo 'stu te / ṛksāmātharvarūpāya yajñarūpāya te namaḥ
"O Acyuta, O Ananta, O lord of sacrifice, O master of sacrifice, homage be to you. Homage to you whose form is the Ṛk, Sāma and Atharva (Vedas), whose form is sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.107
नृसिंहमत्स्यवाराहकूर्मरूपाय ते नमः । तीर्थयानसमारूढ गरुडध्वज ते नमः
nṛsiṃhamatsyavārāhakūrmarūpāya te namaḥ / tīrthayānasamārūḍha garuḍadhvaja te namaḥ
Homage to you, who have the forms of the man-lion, the fish, the boar, and the tortoise. Homage to you, mounted upon the vehicle of the sacred fords, bearer of the Garuda banner.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 34.108
सहस्रशिरसं देवं सकलं निष्कलं परम् । वेद्यं पुरुषमध्यक्षमाद्यं नारायणं प्रभुम्
sahasraśirasaṃ devaṃ sakalaṃ niṣkalaṃ param / vedyaṃ puruṣamadhyakṣamādyaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum
(I bow to) the god of a thousand heads, the divided and the undivided, the supreme, the one to be known, the Person, the overseer, the primal one, Nārāyaṇa the lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.109
प्रणतो ऽस्मि सदा देवं दैत्यान्तकरणं हरिम् । हिरण्यगर्भं भूगर्भं यज्ञगर्भामृतोद्भवम्
praṇato 'smi sadā devaṃ daityāntakaraṇaṃ harim / hiraṇyagarbhaṃ bhūgarbhaṃ yajñagarbhāmṛtodbhavam
I am ever bowed down to the god Hari, the maker of the end of the demons, him whose womb is gold, whose womb is the earth, whose womb is the sacrifice, the source of the nectar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.110
श्रीगर्भज्ञानगर्भाय वासुदेव नमो ऽस्तु ते । त्वया सृष्टं जगत्सर्वं चराचरम् इदं प्रभो
śrīgarbhajñānagarbhāya vāsudeva namo 'stu te / tvayā sṛṣṭaṃ jagatsarvaṃ carācaram idaṃ prabho
Homage be to you, Vāsudeva, whose womb is Śrī and whose womb is knowledge. By you was created this whole world, moving and unmoving, O lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.111
स्रष्टा पालयिता त्वं वै हर्ता त्वं च युगे युगे । विश्वतश्चक्षुरव्यक्तो विज्ञेयो विश्वतो मुखः
sraṣṭā pālayitā tvaṃ vai hartā tvaṃ ca yuge yuge / viśvataścakṣuravyakto vijñeyo viśvato mukhaḥ
You indeed are the creator, the protector, and you are the destroyer, age after age; eyed on all sides, unmanifest, to be known, faced on all sides.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.112
विश्वात्मा विश्वतो देवो वासुदेवो नमो ऽस्तु ते । त्वमादित्यश् च वायुश् च त्वमग्निस् त्वं च चन्द्रमाः
viśvātmā viśvato devo vāsudevo namo 'stu te / tvamādityaś ca vāyuś ca tvamagnis tvaṃ ca candramāḥ
Self of all, god (turned) in every direction — homage be to you, Vāsudeva. You are the sun and the wind, you are the fire, and you are the moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.115
त्वं धाता देवदेवेश त्वम् इन्द्रस् त्वं प्रजापतिः । त्वत्प्रसादात् सुरश्रेष्ठ यज्ञसिद्धिर् ममाभवत् ॥ र्क्स्_३४।११३ ॥ श्रुत्वा स्तोत्रम् इदं देवः शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः ॥ र्क्स्_३४।११४ ॥ उवाच वचनं सत्यं वरं वृणु विशाम्पते । ददामि ते न संदेहो यज्ञसिद्धिम् अवाप्स्यसि
tvaṃ dhātā devadeveśa tvam indras tvaṃ prajāpatiḥ / tvatprasādāt suraśreṣṭha yajñasiddhir mamābhavat // rks_34.113 // śrutvā stotram idaṃ devaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ // rks_34.114 // uvāca vacanaṃ satyaṃ varaṃ vṛṇu viśāmpate / dadāmi te na saṃdeho yajñasiddhim avāpsyasi
You are the ordainer, O lord of the gods of gods; you are Indra, you are Prajāpati. By your grace, O best of the gods, the success of my sacrifice came about. // 113 // Having heard this hymn of praise, the god who bears conch, discus and mace // 114 // spoke a true word: "Choose a boon, O lord of the people; I grant it to you — there is no doubt, you will obtain the success of the sacrifice."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.116
राजोवाच: ॐकारसौम्यभागे तु लिङ्गरूपी जनार्दनः । वैदूर्यशिखरस्याग्रे भव त्वं लोकपावनः
rājovāca: oṃkārasaumyabhāge tu liṅgarūpī janārdanaḥ / vaidūryaśikharasyāgre bhava tvaṃ lokapāvanaḥ
The king said: On the northern side of Oṃkāra, at the front of the Vaidūrya peak, be you Janārdana in the form of a liṅga, the purifier of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.117
इमं वरम् अहं मन्ये यदि दातुम् इहेच्छसि । यास्यन्ति वैष्णवं स्थानम् इहाभ्यर्च्य विधानतः
imaṃ varam ahaṃ manye yadi dātum ihecchasi / yāsyanti vaiṣṇavaṃ sthānam ihābhyarcya vidhānataḥ
This is the boon I have in mind, if you are willing to grant it here: that (people), having worshipped here according to the rule, will go to the Vaiṣṇava abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.118
तिर्यग्योनिं न गच्छन्ति यमलोकं तथा नराः । प्राणत्यागे कृते तत्र नरा गच्छन्ति ते पदम्
tiryagyoniṃ na gacchanti yamalokaṃ tathā narāḥ / prāṇatyāge kṛte tatra narā gacchanti te padam
That men should not go to an animal birth nor to the world of Yama; and that when they give up their breath there, those men should go to your station.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.119
पितॄणाम् अन्नदानेन पितरो वैष्णवं पदम् । प्रसादात्ते च गच्छन्तु सत्यं सत्यं वदाम्य् अहम्
pitṝṇām annadānena pitaro vaiṣṇavaṃ padam / prasādātte ca gacchantu satyaṃ satyaṃ vadāmy aham
And that by the giving of food to the ancestors, the ancestors may by your grace go to the Vaiṣṇava station — this I say as truth, as truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.120
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा राज्ञश्चामिततेजसः । उवाच वचनं विष्णुर् इन्द्रद्युम्नं विशाम्पते
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rājñaścāmitatejasaḥ / uvāca vacanaṃ viṣṇur indradyumnaṃ viśāmpate
Having heard that speech of his, of the king of measureless splendour, Viṣṇu spoke a word to Indradyumna, O lord of the people.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.121
अवतारं करिष्यामि इहैव नृपसत्तम । सर्वमेव नृपश्रेष्ठ मत्प्रसादाद् भविष्यति
avatāraṃ kariṣyāmi ihaiva nṛpasattama / sarvameva nṛpaśreṣṭha matprasādād bhaviṣyati
"I will make a descent here itself, O most excellent of kings; all this indeed, O best of kings, will come about by my grace."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.122
एवमुक्त्वा ययौ देवः शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः । सुरासुरैः स्तूयमानस् त्रिदिवं प्रति भारत
evamuktvā yayau devaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ / surāsuraiḥ stūyamānas tridivaṃ prati bhārata
Having spoken thus, the god who bears conch, discus and mace went off toward heaven, praised by gods and demons, O Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.123
एष ते कथितो राजन्न् इन्द्रद्युम्न महाध्वरः । तेनासौ पर्वतः पुण्यः सर्वलोकेषु विश्रुतः
eṣa te kathito rājann indradyumna mahādhvaraḥ / tenāsau parvataḥ puṇyaḥ sarvalokeṣu viśrutaḥ
This great sacrifice has been told to you, O King Indradyumna; by it that mountain became holy and renowned in all the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.124
सिद्धेश्वरं च ब्रह्माणं विद्धि नारायणं हरिम् । श्रवणात् कीर्तनाद् अस्य विष्णुलोके महीयते
siddheśvaraṃ ca brahmāṇaṃ viddhi nārāyaṇaṃ harim / śravaṇāt kīrtanād asya viṣṇuloke mahīyate
And know Siddheśvara and Brahmā to be Nārāyaṇa, Hari. From hearing and from proclaiming this (account), one is honoured in Viṣṇu's world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.125
ततस् तुष्टाव तीर्थानि राजा सत्यव्रते स्थितः । पितृणां तारणार्थाय तीर्थेभ्यश् च नमो नमः
tatas tuṣṭāva tīrthāni rājā satyavrate sthitaḥ / pitṛṇāṃ tāraṇārthāya tīrthebhyaś ca namo namaḥ
Then the king, standing firm in the vow of truth, praised the sacred fords for the sake of ferrying across his ancestors: "Homage, homage to the sacred fords!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.126
तीर्थान्य् ऊचुः: वरं वृणु महाभाग यत्ते मनसि वर्तते । तीर्थानां वचनं श्रुत्वा इन्द्रद्युम्न उवाच ह
tīrthāny ūcuḥ: varaṃ vṛṇu mahābhāga yatte manasi vartate / tīrthānāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā indradyumna uvāca ha
The sacred fords said: "Choose a boon, greatly fortunate one, whatever is in your mind." Having heard the speech of the fords, Indradyumna said:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.127
ॐकारसन्निधौ तीर्थे स्थातव्यं मदनुग्रहात् । एवम् अस्त्व् इति राजानम् उक्त्वा चक्रुः सरित्स्तुतिम्
oṃkārasannidhau tīrthe sthātavyaṃ madanugrahāt / evam astv iti rājānam uktvā cakruḥ saritstutim
"By my favour, you must abide in the sacred ford in the presence of Oṃkāra." Saying to the king "So be it," they made a praise of the river.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.128
कल्पगां त्वां नमस्कुर्मो हरस्य परमां कलाम् । अतीव सर्वलोकानां भुवि ख्यातां सरिद्वराम्
kalpagāṃ tvāṃ namaskurmo harasya paramāṃ kalām / atīva sarvalokānāṃ bhuvi khyātāṃ saridvarām
"We bow to you, the Kalpa river, the highest portion of Hara, best of rivers, exceedingly famed on earth among all the worlds."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 34.129
नास्मत् प्रभावतः पूता किंतु पूता स्वभावतः । यद्वत्सूर्यप्रभा पुण्या वह्णेश् चापि प्रभा यथा
nāsmat prabhāvataḥ pūtā kiṃtu pūtā svabhāvataḥ / yadvatsūryaprabhā puṇyā vahṇeś cāpi prabhā yathā
"(We tīrthas) are not purified by our own power, but you are pure by your very nature — just as the sun's radiance is holy, and as is the radiance of fire,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.130
हिमांशोश् चैव राजेन्द्र तथैवेयं महानदी । इत्युक्त्वा तं च राजानं तीर्थान्य् अन्तर्दधुस्तदा
himāṃśoś caiva rājendra tathaiveyaṃ mahānadī / ityuktvā taṃ ca rājānaṃ tīrthāny antardadhustadā
"and (the radiance) of the cool-rayed moon, O best of kings — just such is this great river." Having spoken thus to that king, the tīrthas then vanished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.131
ततस्तुष्टाव गङ्गां वा अर्घं दत्त्वा नृपोत्तमः । गङ्गा भागीरथी देवी तथा भोगवती शुभा
tatastuṣṭāva gaṅgāṃ vā arghaṃ dattvā nṛpottamaḥ / gaṅgā bhāgīrathī devī tathā bhogavatī śubhā
Then the best of kings, having offered arghya, praised the Gaṅgā: "(You are) Gaṅgā, Bhāgīrathī, the goddess, and likewise the auspicious Bhogavatī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.132
जाह्नवी मोक्षदा भद्रा तारिणी पापनाशिनी । स्वर्गे मन्दाकिनी चैव देवदेवनमस्कृता
jāhnavī mokṣadā bhadrā tāriṇī pāpanāśinī / svarge mandākinī caiva devadevanamaskṛtā
Jāhnavī, giver of liberation, the gracious one, the ferrier across, destroyer of sins, and in heaven Mandākinī, saluted by the god of gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.133
गायत्री वेदमाता त्वम् उमा कात्यायनी तथा । किम् अन्यद् अपि ते देवि हरेण शिरसा धृता
gāyatrī vedamātā tvam umā kātyāyanī tathā / kim anyad api te devi hareṇa śirasā dhṛtā
You are Gāyatrī, the mother of the Vedas, Umā and likewise Kātyāyanī. What more (is there to say), O goddess, since you are borne on Hara's head?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.134
गङ्गोवाच: तुष्टा ऽस्मि ते महाराज वरं याचस्व सुव्रत
gaṅgovāca: tuṣṭā 'smi te mahārāja varaṃ yācasva suvrata
Gaṅgā said: "I am pleased with you, great king; ask for a boon, O you of good vows."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.137
राजोवाच: यदि तुष्टा ऽसि देवेशि वरं दातुम् इहेच्छसि ॥ र्क्स्_३४।१३५ ॥ इहैव क्रियतां वासो वर एष प्रदीयताम् ॥ र्क्स्_३४।१३६ ॥ गङ्गोवाच: एवं भवतु राजेन्द्र भागेनैव वहाम्य् अहम्
rājovāca: yadi tuṣṭā 'si deveśi varaṃ dātum ihecchasi // rks_34.135 // ihaiva kriyatāṃ vāso vara eṣa pradīyatām // rks_34.136 // gaṅgovāca: evaṃ bhavatu rājendra bhāgenaiva vahāmy aham
The king said: "If you are pleased, O mistress of the gods, and wish to grant a boon here, (34.135) then let your dwelling be made right here — let this be the boon bestowed." (34.136) Gaṅgā said: "So be it, O best of kings; I shall flow here with a portion (of myself)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.138
ततस् तुष्टाव गङ्गा तु कल्पगां सरितां वराम् । श्रेष्ठा त्वं कल्पगे देवि नमस्कार्ये चिरायुषि
tatas tuṣṭāva gaṅgā tu kalpagāṃ saritāṃ varām / śreṣṭhā tvaṃ kalpage devi namaskārye cirāyuṣi
Then Gaṅgā praised the Kalpagā, best of rivers: "You are the most excellent, O goddess Kalpagā, worthy of homage, long-lived.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.139
त्वत् तोयस्य प्रभावेण पावित्र्यम् अभवच् च मे । कल्पान्ते तु क्षयं यान्ति सरितः सागरादयः
tvat toyasya prabhāveṇa pāvitryam abhavac ca me / kalpānte tu kṣayaṃ yānti saritaḥ sāgarādayaḥ
By the power of your water my purity came about. At the end of the aeon the rivers, the oceans and the rest, come to destruction,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.140
तीर्थानि चैव सर्वाणि त्वम् एवात्रैव तिष्ठसि । पूज्या त्रिदशवन्द्या च सुभगे चिरगमिनी
tīrthāni caiva sarvāṇi tvam evātraiva tiṣṭhasi / pūjyā tridaśavandyā ca subhage ciragaminī
and all the tīrthas too — (but) you alone remain right here, to be worshipped and revered by the thirty (gods), O fortunate one, long-flowing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.141
गौरीसमा जटाग्रे वै हरमूर्तिर् भविष्यसि । एवम् उक्त्वा ततो गङ्गा नमस्कृत्य च मेकलाम्
gaurīsamā jaṭāgre vai haramūrtir bhaviṣyasi / evam uktvā tato gaṅgā namaskṛtya ca mekalām
Equal to Gaurī, on the tip of (Hara's) matted hair, you will become the very form of Hara." Having spoken thus, Gaṅgā then, having saluted the Mekalā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.142
सरस्वत्य् उवाच: दुहिता ऽहं तव ह्येषा धर्मतः परिपालिता
sarasvaty uvāca: duhitā 'haṃ tava hyeṣā dharmataḥ paripālitā
Sarasvatī said: "I am indeed this daughter of yours, cherished according to dharma,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.143
सप्तकल्पवहे धन्ये त्वच्छुश्रूषापरायणा । आगताहं महाभागे त्वत् पादाब्जदिदृक्षया
saptakalpavahe dhanye tvacchuśrūṣāparāyaṇā / āgatāhaṃ mahābhāge tvat pādābjadidṛkṣayā
O blessed one who flows through seven aeons; intent on serving you I have come, O greatly fortunate one, out of a desire to see your lotus feet,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.144
स्नानं कर्तुं तथा देवि चतुर्विंशतिवत्सरैः । किं न वेत्सि महाभागे मां धरेश्वरि वाहिनि
snānaṃ kartuṃ tathā devi caturviṃśativatsaraiḥ / kiṃ na vetsi mahābhāge māṃ dhareśvari vāhini
and to bathe, O goddess, after twenty-four years. Do you not know me, O greatly fortunate one, O mistress of the earth, O flowing one?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.145
करिणीरूपम् आस्थाय कोटितीर्थे समागता । सपादकोटितीर्थानि चन्द्रसूर्ये समे ग्रहे
kariṇīrūpam āsthāya koṭitīrthe samāgatā / sapādakoṭitīrthāni candrasūrye same grahe
Taking on the form of a she-elephant I came to Koṭitīrtha; (there are) a crore and a quarter of tīrthas when moon and sun are in the same asterism.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 34.146
स्नानार्थं कल्पगे देवि आदिष्टा विष्णुना स्वयम् । द्वापरस्य चतुर्थांशे कुरुपाण्डवसेनयोः
snānārthaṃ kalpage devi ādiṣṭā viṣṇunā svayam / dvāparasya caturthāṃśe kurupāṇḍavasenayoḥ
For the sake of bathing, O goddess Kalpagā, I was directed by Viṣṇu himself. In the fourth part of the Dvāpara (age), of the Kuru and Pāṇḍava armies
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.147
युद्धार्थं समितौ पुञ्जं सर्वतीर्थमये शुभे । तत्र यद् दीयते दानं तप्यते ऽथ तपस् तथा
yuddhārthaṃ samitau puñjaṃ sarvatīrthamaye śubhe / tatra yad dīyate dānaṃ tapyate 'tha tapas tathā
for the sake of battle, in the assembled host, in the auspicious (place) made of all tīrthas — whatever gift is given there, and whatever austerity is practised,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 34.148
सर्वं शतगुणं तद्धि त्वत् तोये कल्पगे पुनः । तद् एव कोटिगुणितं राहुग्रस्ते दिवाकरे
sarvaṃ śataguṇaṃ taddhi tvat toye kalpage punaḥ / tad eva koṭiguṇitaṃ rāhugraste divākare
all that is indeed hundredfold, and again in your water, O Kalpagā, that very same is multiplied a crore-fold when the sun is seized by Rāhu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.149
एवम् उक्त्वा महाराज कल्पगां च सरस्वती । इन्द्रद्युम्नं च राजानं स्वस्थानं चाभ्यगात् पुनः
evam uktvā mahārāja kalpagāṃ ca sarasvatī / indradyumnaṃ ca rājānaṃ svasthānaṃ cābhyagāt punaḥ
Having thus spoken, O great king, to the Kalpagā and to King Indradyumna, Sarasvatī went back again to her own place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.150
इन्द्रद्युम्नस् ततो राजा स्वयं तुष्टाव भारत । त्वत् तोयस्य प्रभावेण पितृदेवाश् च तार्पिताः
indradyumnas tato rājā svayaṃ tuṣṭāva bhārata / tvat toyasya prabhāveṇa pitṛdevāś ca tārpitāḥ
Then King Indradyumna himself offered praise, O Bhārata: "By the power of your water the ancestors and the gods have been satisfied,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.151
पवित्रं च त्वया देवि त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् । त्वं माता सर्वभूतानां नृणां संसारतारिणी
pavitraṃ ca tvayā devi trailokyaṃ sacarācaram / tvaṃ mātā sarvabhūtānāṃ nṛṇāṃ saṃsāratāriṇī
And by you, O Goddess, the three worlds with all that moves and does not move are made pure; you are the mother of all beings, who carries men across the cycle of rebirth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.152
मेकलासि महादेवि कल्पगा नर्मदा तथा । जलपूर्णेति विख्याता विन्ध्यपर्वतभूषणम्
mekalāsi mahādevi kalpagā narmadā tathā / jalapūrṇeti vikhyātā vindhyaparvatabhūṣaṇam
You are Mekalā, O great Goddess, and the Kalpagā, the Narmadā, renowned as "the one filled with water," the ornament of the Vindhya mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.153
अपि वर्षसहस्रेण कः स्तोतुं च क्षमः शुभे । श्रुत्वा स्तोत्रम् इदं देवी नृपस्यास्य तदा ऽब्रवीत्
api varṣasahasreṇa kaḥ stotuṃ ca kṣamaḥ śubhe / śrutvā stotram idaṃ devī nṛpasyāsya tadā 'bravīt
Even in a thousand years, who is able to praise (you), O auspicious one? Having heard this hymn of the king, the Goddess then spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.154
क्षत्रियाणां सहस्रैस् तु कृतो यज्ञो ऽत्र पार्थिव । सदृशस् ते महाराज न भूतो न भविष्यति
kṣatriyāṇāṃ sahasrais tu kṛto yajño 'tra pārthiva / sadṛśas te mahārāja na bhūto na bhaviṣyati
By thousands of kṣatriyas a sacrifice has been performed here, O prince; your equal, great king, has not been and will not be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.155
वरं ददामि ते राजन् येन सिद्धिम् अवाप्स्यसि । तस्यास् तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा कल्पगाया युधिष्ठिर
varaṃ dadāmi te rājan yena siddhim avāpsyasi / tasyās tad vacanaṃ śrutvā kalpagāyā yudhiṣṭhira
I grant you a boon, O king, by which you will obtain success. Having heard that speech of hers, of the Kalpagā, O Yudhiṣṭhira—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.156
प्रहसन्न् अब्रवीद् राजा ब्राह्मणैः सहितस् तदा । शिवभक्तिपरो नित्यं सप्तकल्पवहे शुभे
prahasann abravīd rājā brāhmaṇaiḥ sahitas tadā / śivabhaktiparo nityaṃ saptakalpavahe śubhe
the king, laughing, then spoke, together with the brahmins, ever devoted to Śiva, to the auspicious Saptakalpavahā:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.157
यदि तुष्टा ऽसि मे देवि वरं दातुं त्वमिच्छसि । प्रवाहान् कुरु सप्त त्वं दक्षिणोत्तरकूलयोः
yadi tuṣṭā 'si me devi varaṃ dātuṃ tvamicchasi / pravāhān kuru sapta tvaṃ dakṣiṇottarakūlayoḥ
"If you are pleased with me, O Goddess, and wish to grant me a boon, make seven streams on the southern and northern banks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.158
सर्वतः सर्वगे देवि यदि मां बहु मन्यसे । इमं वरम् अहं मन्ये यदि तुष्टा ऽसि सुव्रते
sarvataḥ sarvage devi yadi māṃ bahu manyase / imaṃ varam ahaṃ manye yadi tuṣṭā 'si suvrate
On all sides, O all-pervading Goddess, if you hold me in high regard—this is the boon I have in mind, if you are pleased, O you of good vows."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.159
तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा इन्द्रद्युम्नस्य भारत । नर्मदा चाब्रवीद् वाक्यम् इन्द्रद्युम्नं नराधिप
tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā indradyumnasya bhārata / narmadā cābravīd vākyam indradyumnaṃ narādhipa
Having heard that speech of his, of Indradyumna, O Bhārata, the Narmadā spoke these words to Indradyumna, O lord of men:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.160
सर्वम् एतत् प्रभावेण मत्प्रसादाद् भविष्यति । अत्रान्तरे च यद् दानं दीयते ना ऽत्र संशयः
sarvam etat prabhāveṇa matprasādād bhaviṣyati / atrāntare ca yad dānaṃ dīyate nā 'tra saṃśayaḥ
"All this will come about by (my) power, through my grace; and whatever gift is given in this region—there is no doubt here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.161
तस्य संख्या न विद्यते सत्यम् एतद् ब्रवीमि ते । न तेषां पुनर् आवृत्तिर् इत्य् आह भगवान् नृप
tasya saṃkhyā na vidyate satyam etad bravīmi te / na teṣāṃ punar āvṛttir ity āha bhagavān nṛpa
Of that there is no counting; this I tell you truly. For them there is no returning again—so said the Lord, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.162
अन्त्यजाः श्वपचा वापि मृगाश् चैव सरीसृपाः । सर्वे ते त्रिदिवं यान्ति नीलगङ्गासमागमे
antyajāḥ śvapacā vāpi mṛgāś caiva sarīsṛpāḥ / sarve te tridivaṃ yānti nīlagaṅgāsamāgame
Even the lowest-born, the dog-cookers, and beasts and creeping things—all of them go to heaven at the confluence of the Nīlagaṅgā."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.163
यज्ञम् इष्ट्वा नृपश्रेष्ठ इन्द्रद्युम्नो विशाम्पते । नर्मदां च नमस्कृत्य ॐकारं चैव भारत
yajñam iṣṭvā nṛpaśreṣṭha indradyumno viśāmpate / narmadāṃ ca namaskṛtya oṃkāraṃ caiva bhārata
Having offered the sacrifice, O best of kings, Indradyumna, O lord of the people, and having bowed to the Narmadā and to Oṃkāra, O Bhārata,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.164
स्वकीयं यानम् आरुह्य सत्यधर्मपरायणः । वृतो नृप सहस्रेण स्तूयमानो ऽप्सरोगणैः
svakīyaṃ yānam āruhya satyadharmaparāyaṇaḥ / vṛto nṛpa sahasreṇa stūyamāno 'psarogaṇaiḥ
mounting his own vehicle, devoted to truth and dharma, surrounded, O king, by a thousand (attendants), praised by throngs of apsarases,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.165
विवेश नगरीं पुण्याम् अयोध्यां देवनिर्मिताम् । एतत् ते कथितं राजन्न् इतिहासं पुरातनम्
viveśa nagarīṃ puṇyām ayodhyāṃ devanirmitām / etat te kathitaṃ rājann itihāsaṃ purātanam
entered the holy city Ayodhyā, built by the gods. This ancient tale has been told to you, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.166
ततः कालेन महता राज्यं कृत्वा महाबलः । अयुतं साग्रम् एवेह स राजा त्रिदिवं गतः
tataḥ kālena mahatā rājyaṃ kṛtvā mahābalaḥ / ayutaṃ sāgram eveha sa rājā tridivaṃ gataḥ
Then, after a long time, having ruled the kingdom—that mighty king, for a full ten thousand (years) here—went to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 34.167
श्रवणात् कीर्तनाद् अस्य गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् । यमलोकं न पश्येच् च पापयोनिं न गच्छति
śravaṇāt kīrtanād asya gosahasraphalaṃ labhet / yamalokaṃ na paśyec ca pāpayoniṃ na gacchati
From hearing and reciting this, one would gain the fruit of (giving) a thousand cows; he would not see the world of Yama, and does not go to an evil birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition