Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 35
SkP-RK 35.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: वैदूर्यपर्वतं रम्यं सुरसिद्धनिषेवितम् । मान्धाता केन कार्येण गतो वै सप्तकल्पगाम्
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: vaidūryaparvataṃ ramyaṃ surasiddhaniṣevitam / māndhātā kena kāryeṇa gato vai saptakalpagām
Yudhiṣṭhira said: For what purpose did Māndhātā go to the delightful Vaidūrya mountain, frequented by gods and siddhas, (and) to the Saptakalpagā?
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SkP-RK 35.2
तथा पाशुपतास्त्रेण हत्वा वै त्रिपुरं हरः । पातालं भेदयित्वा तु रसातलतलं ययौ
tathā pāśupatāstreṇa hatvā vai tripuraṃ haraḥ / pātālaṃ bhedayitvā tu rasātalatalaṃ yayau
And likewise, having destroyed Tripura with the Pāśupata weapon, Hara, having split open Pātāla, went to the floor of Rasātala.
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SkP-RK 35.3
जालेश्वरं तथा लिङ्गम् उत्थितं केन हेतुना । नीलगङ्गा कथं तत्र कल्पगा भेदमागता
jāleśvaraṃ tathā liṅgam utthitaṃ kena hetunā / nīlagaṅgā kathaṃ tatra kalpagā bhedamāgatā
And for what reason did the liṅga Jāleśvara arise? How did the Nīlagaṅgā, the Kalpagā, come to a splitting there?
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SkP-RK 35.4
बाणासुरः शिवे भक्तः शिवलब्धवरः शुचिः । लिङ्गानि तानि तेनेह पूजितानि महामुने
bāṇāsuraḥ śive bhaktaḥ śivalabdhavaraḥ śuciḥ / liṅgāni tāni teneha pūjitāni mahāmune
Bāṇāsura, devoted to Śiva, having obtained a boon from Śiva, pure — those liṅgas were worshipped by him here, O great sage.
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SkP-RK 35.5
संख्यया नवकोट्यस् तु तानि क्षिप्तानि तत्र वै । एतत् सर्वं समासेन कथयस्व महामुने
saṃkhyayā navakoṭyas tu tāni kṣiptāni tatra vai / etat sarvaṃ samāsena kathayasva mahāmune
In number they were nine crores, and they were indeed cast down there. Tell all this in brief, O great sage.
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SkP-RK 35.6
यथाश्रुतं पुराकल्पे पुराणे स्कन्दकीर्तिते । ब्रह्मविष्ण्वादिदेवानां पार्वत्याः षण्मुखस्य च
yathāśrutaṃ purākalpe purāṇe skandakīrtite / brahmaviṣṇvādidevānāṃ pārvatyāḥ ṣaṇmukhasya ca
As it was heard in the former age, in the Purāṇa proclaimed by Skanda, (told) by Brahmā, Viṣṇu and the other gods, by Pārvatī and by the six-faced one.
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SkP-RK 35.7
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: शृणु राजन् महाबाहो कथ्यमानं निबोध मे
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: śṛṇu rājan mahābāho kathyamānaṃ nibodha me
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Listen, O king of mighty arms; attend to what is being told by me.
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SkP-RK 35.8
स्वारोचिषे ऽन्तरे प्राप्ते आदिकल्पे कृते युगे । देवानां सङ्गमं यत्र कैलासे पर्वतोत्तमे
svārociṣe 'ntare prāpte ādikalpe kṛte yuge / devānāṃ saṅgamaṃ yatra kailāse parvatottame
When the Svārociṣa interval had come, in the first kalpa, in the Kṛta age, (there was) an assembly of the gods on Kailāsa, best of mountains.
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SkP-RK 35.9
कार्त्तिक्यां च सुराः सर्वे हरं द्रष्टुम् उपागताः । तत्र देवगणान् सर्वान् स्कन्दो वचनम् अब्रवीत्
kārttikyāṃ ca surāḥ sarve haraṃ draṣṭum upāgatāḥ / tatra devagaṇān sarvān skando vacanam abravīt
And on the full-moon day of Kārttika all the gods came to see Hara; there Skanda spoke a word to all the hosts of gods.
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SkP-RK 35.10
मया श्रुतं च दृष्टं च शिवेन कथितं पुरा । अष्टलक्षाणि सार्धानि ग्रन्थे ऽस्मिन् कीर्तितानि च
mayā śrutaṃ ca dṛṣṭaṃ ca śivena kathitaṃ purā / aṣṭalakṣāṇi sārdhāni granthe 'smin kīrtitāni ca
"What was heard and seen by me, and told formerly by Śiva — eight and a half lakhs (of verses) are proclaimed in this work.
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SkP-RK 35.13
शिवलोके शिवेनैव निबद्धानि यथा यथा । तद् अर्धं वैष्णवे लोके तद् अर्द्धं ब्रह्मणः पुरे ॥ र्क्स्_३५।११ ॥ सपादलक्षं सूर्यस्य लोके चैव व्यवस्थितम् ॥ र्क्स्_३५।१२ ॥ चतुर्भिरधिकाशीतिसहस्राणि तथा क्रमम् । ख्यातानि मर्त्यलोके च नात्र कार्या विचारणा
śivaloke śivenaiva nibaddhāni yathā yathā / tad ardhaṃ vaiṣṇave loke tad arddhaṃ brahmaṇaḥ pure // rks_35.11 // sapādalakṣaṃ sūryasya loke caiva vyavasthitam // rks_35.12 // caturbhiradhikāśītisahasrāṇi tathā kramam / khyātāni martyaloke ca nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
Just as they were composed by Śiva himself in Śiva's world: half of that in Viṣṇu's world, half of that in Brahmā's city (35.11); and a lakh and a quarter is established in the sun's world (35.12); and likewise in order eighty thousand increased by four are declared in the world of mortals — no doubt is to be entertained here.
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SkP-RK 35.14
सूतः संग्रहकर्ता च संहितास् तत्र एव च । कल्पस्कन्दो महास्कन्दः पुराणं सप्तधा विदुः
sūtaḥ saṃgrahakartā ca saṃhitās tatra eva ca / kalpaskando mahāskandaḥ purāṇaṃ saptadhā viduḥ
The Sūta is the compiler, and the Saṃhitās are there too; the Kalpaskanda, the Mahāskanda — they know the Purāṇa as sevenfold.
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SkP-RK 35.15
सर्गश् च प्रतिसर्गश् च वंशो मन्वन्तराणि च । वंशानुचरितं चेति पुराणं पञ्चलक्षणम्
sargaś ca pratisargaś ca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca / vaṃśānucaritaṃ ceti purāṇaṃ pañcalakṣaṇam
Creation, and re-creation, lineage, and the Manu-intervals, and the deeds of the lineages — thus the Purāṇa has five marks.
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SkP-RK 35.16
अशक्ता मानुषा लोके अल्पजीवेन जीविकाः । युद्धिहीना दुराचारा भविष्यन्ति कलौ युगे
aśaktā mānuṣā loke alpajīvena jīvikāḥ / yuddhihīnā durācārā bhaviṣyanti kalau yuge
In the Kali age men in the world will be incapable, living by a short life, devoid of fighting-power, of bad conduct.
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SkP-RK 35.17
न स्वाध्यायो वषट्कारो न तपो न च याजनम् । स्त्रीकामा लोलुपा विप्राः काम्यकृत्यास् तु याचकाः
na svādhyāyo vaṣaṭkāro na tapo na ca yājanam / strīkāmā lolupā viprāḥ kāmyakṛtyās tu yācakāḥ
There will be no private recitation (of the Veda), no ritual call of vaṣaṭ, no austerity and no sacrificing; the brahmins will be lustful for women, greedy, performers of rites for selfish desires, and beggars.
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SkP-RK 35.18
प्रतिग्रहपरा नित्यं कुटुम्बभरणार्थिनः । आत्मानं नैव बुध्यन्ते स्त्रीणां स्नेहवशंगता
pratigrahaparā nityaṃ kuṭumbabharaṇārthinaḥ / ātmānaṃ naiva budhyante strīṇāṃ snehavaśaṃgatā
Always intent on receiving gifts, seeking the support of their households, they do not know themselves at all, having fallen under the sway of affection for women.
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SkP-RK 35.19
कुकर्माणि करिष्यन्ति धर्मिष्ठास्तापसास् तथा । कलौ युगे तथा प्राप्ते काले कौला दिगम्बराः
kukarmāṇi kariṣyanti dharmiṣṭhāstāpasās tathā / kalau yuge tathā prāpte kāle kaulā digambarāḥ
The most righteous and likewise the ascetics will do evil deeds; when the Kali age has thus arrived, in that time (there will be) Kaulas and naked ones.
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SkP-RK 35.20
एकवर्णाः प्रजाः सर्वा राजा म्लेच्छो भविष्यति । हीने युगे तथा प्राप्ते बौद्धस्थे चैव केशवे
ekavarṇāḥ prajāḥ sarvā rājā mleccho bhaviṣyati / hīne yuge tathā prāpte bauddhasthe caiva keśave
All the people will be of one class, (and) the king will be a barbarian, when the degenerate age has thus arrived and Keśava abides as the Buddha.
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SkP-RK 35.21
अल्पायुषश् चैव मर्त्या अल्पवीर्यपराक्रमाः । नानादेशोपद्रवाश् च भविष्यन्ति महामुने
alpāyuṣaś caiva martyā alpavīryaparākramāḥ / nānādeśopadravāś ca bhaviṣyanti mahāmune
And mortals will be short-lived, of little strength and prowess, and there will be calamities in various lands, O great sage.
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SkP-RK 35.22
वेदान् वै प्रार्पयिष्यन्ति द्विजाश् चाण्डालवंशिनः । वेदावेशं करिष्यन्ति वेदविक्रयणं तथा
vedān vai prārpayiṣyanti dvijāś cāṇḍālavaṃśinaḥ / vedāveśaṃ kariṣyanti vedavikrayaṇaṃ tathā
Twice-born men of Caṇḍāla stock will impart the Vedas; they will make (others) enter the Veda, and likewise will sell the Veda.
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SkP-RK 35.23
राजद्वारे गमिष्यन्ति धनप्राप्तिसमीहया । विक्रयं चाग्निहोत्राणां कन्यानां विक्रयं तथा
rājadvāre gamiṣyanti dhanaprāptisamīhayā / vikrayaṃ cāgnihotrāṇāṃ kanyānāṃ vikrayaṃ tathā
They will go to the king's door with the wish to obtain wealth, and (they will practise) the selling of the Agnihotra rites and likewise the selling of daughters —
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SkP-RK 35.24
करिष्यन्ति द्विजाः सर्वे श्रोत्रिया व्रतवर्जिताः । पूर्णे तु द्वादशे वर्षे नराः पलितयौवनाः
kariṣyanti dvijāḥ sarve śrotriyā vratavarjitāḥ / pūrṇe tu dvādaśe varṣe narāḥ palitayauvanāḥ
— all the twice-born, though learned in scripture, will do (this), being devoid of vows; and when the twelfth year is complete men will (already) have grey-haired youth.
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SkP-RK 35.25
दश द्वादशवर्षा तु नारी गर्भधरा भवेत् । नारी न पुरुषं मन्येत् न मातापितरौ सुतः
daśa dvādaśavarṣā tu nārī garbhadharā bhavet / nārī na puruṣaṃ manyet na mātāpitarau sutaḥ
A woman of ten or twelve years would become pregnant; a woman would not respect her husband, nor a son his mother and father.
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SkP-RK 35.26
नस्नुषा मन्यते श्वश्रूं दुहिता मातरं तथा । एतद् उद्देशतः प्रोक्तं प्रकृतं शृणु भारत
nasnuṣā manyate śvaśrūṃ duhitā mātaraṃ tathā / etad uddeśataḥ proktaṃ prakṛtaṃ śṛṇu bhārata
The daughter-in-law will not respect her mother-in-law, nor the daughter her mother. This has been told (only) by way of indication; now hear the matter at hand, O Bhārata.
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SkP-RK 35.27
यज्ञं कर्तुं महाराज मान्धाता नृपसत्तमः । वैदूर्यपर्वतं प्राप्तं पितॄणां तारणाय च
yajñaṃ kartuṃ mahārāja māndhātā nṛpasattamaḥ / vaidūryaparvataṃ prāptaṃ pitṝṇāṃ tāraṇāya ca
To perform a sacrifice, O great king, Māndhātā, best of kings, came to the Vaidūrya mountain, and for the deliverance of his ancestors.
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SkP-RK 35.28
देवतानां हितार्थं वै जघान त्रिपुरं हरः । ज्वलत् पाशुपतास्त्रेण तद् दग्धम् अभवत् पुरा
devatānāṃ hitārthaṃ vai jaghāna tripuraṃ haraḥ / jvalat pāśupatāstreṇa tad dagdham abhavat purā
For the welfare of the gods Hara slew Tripura; by the blazing Pāśupata weapon it was burnt of old.
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SkP-RK 35.29
पातालात् तेन चानीतं लिङ्गं जालेश्वरं तथा । कामदं मोक्षदं चैव सदादेवनमस्कृतम्
pātālāt tena cānītaṃ liṅgaṃ jāleśvaraṃ tathā / kāmadaṃ mokṣadaṃ caiva sadādevanamaskṛtam
And by him was brought up from the netherworld the liṅga called Jāleśvara, granting desires and granting liberation, ever saluted by the gods.
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SkP-RK 35.30
लोकानां तारणार्थाय नीलगङ्गा समागता । मेघराजसमुद्भूता सर्वपापहरा परा
lokānāṃ tāraṇārthāya nīlagaṅgā samāgatā / megharājasamudbhūtā sarvapāpaharā parā
For the deliverance of the worlds the Nīlagaṅgā came there, arisen from the king of clouds, supreme, remover of all sins.
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SkP-RK 35.31
तस्यां श्राद्धं प्रकुर्वीत पितॄणाम् अक्षयेच्छया । बाणासुरस्य लिङ्गानि कोटितीर्थे शिवालये
tasyāṃ śrāddhaṃ prakurvīta pitṝṇām akṣayecchayā / bāṇāsurasya liṅgāni koṭitīrthe śivālaye
In her one should perform the śrāddha for the ancestors, with the wish for the inexhaustible (fruit). The liṅgas of Bāṇāsura, at Koṭitīrtha in the abode of Śiva —
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SkP-RK 35.32
पतितानि जले चैव नर्मदाया नराधिप । पूजितानि पवित्राणि भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदानि तु
patitāni jale caiva narmadāyā narādhipa / pūjitāni pavitrāṇi bhuktimuktipradāni tu
— have fallen into the water of the Narmadā, O ruler of men; when worshipped they are purifying and bestow enjoyment and liberation.
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SkP-RK 35.33
बाणलिङ्गानि राजेन्द्र ख्यातानि भुवनत्रये । न प्रतिष्ठा न संस्कारः तेषामावाहनादि च
bāṇaliṅgāni rājendra khyātāni bhuvanatraye / na pratiṣṭhā na saṃskāraḥ teṣāmāvāhanādi ca
The Bāṇa-liṅgas, O lord of kings, are renowned in the three worlds; for them there is no installation, no consecration rite, nor invocation and the rest.
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SkP-RK 35.34
एवम् एव प्रपूज्यानि शिवरूपाणि भारत । एतत् ते कथितं सर्वं यत्पृष्टो ऽहं त्वया ऽनघ
evam eva prapūjyāni śivarūpāṇi bhārata / etat te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ yatpṛṣṭo 'haṃ tvayā 'nagha
Just as they are, the forms of Śiva are to be worshipped, O Bhārata. All this has been told to you, what you asked of me, O sinless one.
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SkP-RK 35.35
शृणु राजन् कथां दिव्याम् अन्यां पापप्रणाशिनीम् । अघघ्नी या प्रतीता मे कीर्तयिष्यामि ते ऽनघ
śṛṇu rājan kathāṃ divyām anyāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm / aghaghnī yā pratītā me kīrtayiṣyāmi te 'nagha
Hear, O king, another divine tale that destroys sin; that (tale) known to me as sin-slaying I shall recite to you, O sinless one.
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SkP-RK 35.36
अस्तीह पर्वतः श्रीमान् वैदूर्यो नाम नामतः । तत्र पुण्यानि तीर्थानि तिष्ठन्त्यायतनानि च
astīha parvataḥ śrīmān vaidūryo nāma nāmataḥ / tatra puṇyāni tīrthāni tiṣṭhantyāyatanāni ca
There is here a glorious mountain, Vaidūrya by name; there stand holy bathing-places and sanctuaries,
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SkP-RK 35.37
कामं कामफलैर् वृक्षैः पुष्पितैः फलितैस् तथा । दिव्यपक्षिनिनादैश् च वानीरवनराजिभिः
kāmaṃ kāmaphalair vṛkṣaiḥ puṣpitaiḥ phalitais tathā / divyapakṣininādaiś ca vānīravanarājibhiḥ
(the mountain) is at will (abundant) with trees bearing desired fruits, in flower and in fruit, with the cries of divine birds and with rows of reed-thickets and groves,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 35.38
शालैस् तालैश् च सरलैस् तमालैर् उपशोभिता । नदी पापहरा पुण्या नर्मदा तत्र भारत
śālais tālaiś ca saralais tamālair upaśobhitā / nadī pāpaharā puṇyā narmadā tatra bhārata
adorned with śāla, palm, sarala and tamāla trees — there is the sin-removing, holy river Narmadā, O Bhārata.
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SkP-RK 35.39
त्रैलोक्ये यानि तीर्थानि पुण्यान्यायतनानि च । सरितः सागराः शैलादेवाश् च सपितामहाः
trailokye yāni tīrthāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca / saritaḥ sāgarāḥ śailādevāś ca sapitāmahāḥ
Whatever bathing-places there are in the three worlds, and holy sanctuaries, rivers, oceans, mountains, and the gods together with the Grandfather —
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SkP-RK 35.40
नर्मदायां नृपश्रेष्ठ सिद्धगन्धर्वचारणाः । स्नातुम् आयान्ति ते सर्वे सर्वसिद्धिस् तु भारत
narmadāyāṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha siddhagandharvacāraṇāḥ / snātum āyānti te sarve sarvasiddhis tu bhārata
they all come to bathe in the Narmadā, O best of kings, (as do) the Siddhas, Gandharvas and Cāraṇas; and there is complete success there, O Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 35.41
किं तत्र पर्वते राजन् यत्र विश्वावसुर्मुनिः । न यक्षाधिपतिर् यत्र कुबेरो नरवाहनः
kiṃ tatra parvate rājan yatra viśvāvasurmuniḥ / na yakṣādhipatir yatra kubero naravāhanaḥ
What is (not) there on that mountain, O king, where the sage Viśvāvasu (dwells), where Kubera, lord of the Yakṣas, borne by men, (is not)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 35.42
वैदूर्यशिखरे पुण्ये तत्र साक्षाद् विवस्वतः । नित्यं पुष्पफला यत्र पादपा हरितच्छदाः
vaidūryaśikhare puṇye tatra sākṣād vivasvataḥ / nityaṃ puṣpaphalā yatra pādapā haritacchadāḥ
There on the holy peak of Vaidūrya (is) the Sun in person; there the trees, green-leaved, bear flowers and fruit perpetually.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 35.43
बह्वाश्चर्यं तथा तत्र दृश्यते पर्वतोत्तमे । पुण्ये स्वर्गोपमे दिव्ये नित्यं देवर्षिसेविते
bahvāścaryaṃ tathā tatra dṛśyate parvatottame / puṇye svargopame divye nityaṃ devarṣisevite
Many a marvel, too, is seen there on that best of mountains, holy, like heaven, divine, ever frequented by gods and seers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 35.44
ह्लादिनी पुण्यतीर्थानां राजर्षे तत्र वै सरित् । वैवस्वतान्तरे प्राप्ते राजन्नादिकृते युगे
hlādinī puṇyatīrthānāṃ rājarṣe tatra vai sarit / vaivasvatāntare prāpte rājannādikṛte yuge
Hlādinī is the river there among the holy bathing-places, O royal sage. When the Vaivasvata interval had come, O king, in the first, the Kṛta age,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 35.45
ॐकारस्यावतारेण सवैदूर्यमयो गिरिः । त्रेतायुगे मणिमयो द्वापरे हैमरूपकः
oṃkārasyāvatāreṇa savaidūryamayo giriḥ / tretāyuge maṇimayo dvāpare haimarūpakaḥ
by the descent of Oṃkāra the mountain became made of beryl; in the Tretā age (it was) made of gems, in the Dvāpara of golden form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 35.46
कलौ पापहरः प्रोक्तो यथा देवस् तथा गिरिः । एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं यथादृष्टं पुरातनम्
kalau pāpaharaḥ prokto yathā devas tathā giriḥ / etat te sarvamākhyātaṃ yathādṛṣṭaṃ purātanam
In the Kali age (it) is called the remover of sin; as the god is, so is the mountain. All this ancient (account) has been told to you as it was seen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition