Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 36
SkP-RK 36.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: वसुदानस् तु राजर्षिश् चक्रवर्ती पुरा ऽभवत् । अयोध्याधिपतिः श्रीमान् छक्रतुल्यपराक्रमः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: vasudānas tu rājarṣiś cakravartī purā 'bhavat / ayodhyādhipatiḥ śrīmān chakratulyaparākramaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: There was of old a royal sage named Vasudāna, a universal emperor, the illustrious lord of Ayodhyā, equal in valour to Indra.
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SkP-RK 36.2
बुभुजे पृथिवी सर्वां ग्रामम् एकम् इवाथ सः । ईजे यागसहस्रेण हयमेधकृतेन च
bubhuje pṛthivī sarvāṃ grāmam ekam ivātha saḥ / īje yāgasahasreṇa hayamedhakṛtena ca
He enjoyed the whole earth as though it were a single village, and he sacrificed with a thousand sacrifices, including horse-sacrifices.
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SkP-RK 36.3
सपादलक्षमधिकं सर्वा जीवन्ति च प्रजाः । न तत्र दीनो दुःखी वा दरिद्रो वा ऽपि कश्चन
sapādalakṣamadhikaṃ sarvā jīvanti ca prajāḥ / na tatra dīno duḥkhī vā daridro vā 'pi kaścana
More than a hundred and twenty-five thousand—all his subjects—lived (there); and there was no one wretched or sorrowful or poor.
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SkP-RK 36.4
स्वयं कामदुघा धेनुः पृथिवी सस्यशालिनी । एव पालयतस् तस्य पृथिवीं पृथिवीपते
svayaṃ kāmadughā dhenuḥ pṛthivī sasyaśālinī / eva pālayatas tasya pṛthivīṃ pṛthivīpate
Of itself the earth was a cow yielding all desires, abounding in crops, while he was protecting the earth, O lord of the earth.
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SkP-RK 36.5
नर्मदादक्षिणे कूले दैत्यास् त्रिदशकण्टकाः । केतुमाली सुकेतुश् च सुमुखो दुन्दुभिस् तथा
narmadādakṣiṇe kūle daityās tridaśakaṇṭakāḥ / ketumālī suketuś ca sumukho dundubhis tathā
On the southern bank of the Narmadā (were) demons, thorns to the thirty gods: Ketumālī and Suketu, Sumukha and likewise Dundubhi.
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SkP-RK 36.6
धर्मविघ्नं च कर्तारः समुद्भूताः सुरालये । के ऽपि नो शक्नुवन्तीह यज्ञं कर्तुं भयात् तदा
dharmavighnaṃ ca kartāraḥ samudbhūtāḥ surālaye / ke 'pi no śaknuvantīha yajñaṃ kartuṃ bhayāt tadā
And they arose as makers of obstruction to dharma in the abode of the gods; out of fear no one then was able here to perform a sacrifice.
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SkP-RK 36.7
वसुदानो ऽब्रवीद् वाक्यं वशिष्ठं ब्रह्मवित्तमम् । कस्मिंस् तीर्थे हि निर्विघ्नो हयमेधो विधीयते
vasudāno 'bravīd vākyaṃ vaśiṣṭhaṃ brahmavittamam / kasmiṃs tīrthe hi nirvighno hayamedho vidhīyate
Vasudāna spoke this word to Vasiṣṭha, the best of the knowers of brahman: "At what sacred ford, then, can a horse-sacrifice be performed without obstruction?
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SkP-RK 36.8
यज्ञविद्या विधानेन निर्दिश्य मम कथ्यताम् । तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा वसुदानस्य धीमतः
yajñavidyā vidhānena nirdiśya mama kathyatām / tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā vasudānasya dhīmataḥ
Let it be told to me, pointing (it) out according to the rule of the sacrificial science." Hearing that speech of his, of the wise Vasudāna,
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SkP-RK 36.9
वशिष्ठश् चाब्रवीद् वाक्यं राजानं प्रति भारत । न शक्यते मुखः कर्तुं हयमेधो विशेषतः
vaśiṣṭhaś cābravīd vākyaṃ rājānaṃ prati bhārata / na śakyate mukhaḥ kartuṃ hayamedho viśeṣataḥ
Vasiṣṭha too spoke a word to the king, O Bhārata: "It is not possible to perform (it) easily, a horse-sacrifice especially.
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SkP-RK 36.10
अमरेश्वरस्य मूर्तिर् वै दक्षिणाशामुखे स्थिता । दानवैर् निर्जितास् तत्र सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः
amareśvarasya mūrtir vai dakṣiṇāśāmukhe sthitā / dānavair nirjitās tatra sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ
The image of the lord of the immortals stands facing the southern quarter; there all the gods together with Vāsava were vanquished by the Dānavas.
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SkP-RK 36.11
यज्ञभागं ग्रहीतुं न शक्नुवन्ति कदाचन । एतस्मात् कारणाद् राजन् सत्यम् एतत् तवोदितम्
yajñabhāgaṃ grahītuṃ na śaknuvanti kadācana / etasmāt kāraṇād rājan satyam etat tavoditam
They are never able to receive their share of the sacrifice. For this reason, O king, this that has been said to you is the truth."
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SkP-RK 36.12
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा वशिष्ठस्य महात्मनः । चुकोप वसुदानश् च प्रत्याह च पुरोधसम्
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā vaśiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ / cukopa vasudānaś ca pratyāha ca purodhasam
Hearing that speech of his, of the great-souled Vasiṣṭha, Vasudāna grew angry and replied to the household priest:
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SkP-RK 36.13
हत्वैतान् राक्षसान् पापानद्य वै देवकण्टकान् । देवानां च प्रसादेन करिष्ये यागम् उत्तमम्
hatvaitān rākṣasān pāpānadya vai devakaṇṭakān / devānāṃ ca prasādena kariṣye yāgam uttamam
"Having slain today these evil rākṣasas, thorns to the gods, and by the favour of the gods, I shall perform the highest sacrifice."
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SkP-RK 36.14
एवमुक्त्वा ययौ राजा सर्वसम्भारसंवृतः । ब्राह्मणैः सहितो विद्वान् ऋत्विग्भिर् वेदपारगैः
evamuktvā yayau rājā sarvasambhārasaṃvṛtaḥ / brāhmaṇaiḥ sahito vidvān ṛtvigbhir vedapāragaiḥ
Having said this the king set out, surrounded by all the requisites, the learned one accompanied by brahmins and by officiating priests who had mastered the Vedas,
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SkP-RK 36.15
गवां च पञ्चलक्षाणि सवत्सानां पयोमुचाम् । सपादलक्षमश्वानां दन्तिनाम् अयुतं तथा
gavāṃ ca pañcalakṣāṇi savatsānāṃ payomucām / sapādalakṣamaśvānāṃ dantinām ayutaṃ tathā
and five hundred thousand milk-giving cows with their calves, a hundred and twenty-five thousand horses, and ten thousand elephants,
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SkP-RK 36.16
मणिमाणिक्यरत्नानि हेमरूप्यवसूनि च । विविधं भक्ष्यभोज्यं च आज्यं व्रीहितिलांस् तथा
maṇimāṇikyaratnāni hemarūpyavasūni ca / vividhaṃ bhakṣyabhojyaṃ ca ājyaṃ vrīhitilāṃs tathā
gems, rubies and jewels, and treasures of gold and silver, various foods hard and soft, clarified butter, rice and sesame,
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SkP-RK 36.17
मण्डपान् यज्ञयूपांश् च समादाय नृपोत्तमः । एवं प्रवर्तिते यज्ञे निर्विघ्नेन तु भारत
maṇḍapān yajñayūpāṃś ca samādāya nṛpottamaḥ / evaṃ pravartite yajñe nirvighnena tu bhārata
taking pavilions and sacrificial posts, that best of kings. When the sacrifice was thus set in motion without obstruction, O Bhārata,
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SkP-RK 36.18
आवभृत्योदकैः क्लिन्ना वसुधा हेमनिर्मिता । बभूवुर् लुलिता ये तु कर्दमे मृगपक्षिणः
āvabhṛtyodakaiḥ klinnā vasudhā hemanirmitā / babhūvur lulitā ye tu kardame mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ
the ground, made of gold, was drenched with the waters of the final ablution; and the beasts and birds that were rolling about in the mud
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SkP-RK 36.19
ते हेमवर्णकाः सर्वे बभूवुस् तत्र भारत । युगपत् पूजिता यत्र ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः
te hemavarṇakāḥ sarve babhūvus tatra bhārata / yugapat pūjitā yatra brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ
all became gold-coloured there, O Bhārata—where Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara were worshipped at one and the same time.
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SkP-RK 36.20
होमाच् च पृथक् क्षीराज्यप्रवाहास् तत्र निर्गताः । गवां मूत्रप्रवाहश् च तत्राभूत् नृपसत्तम
homāc ca pṛthak kṣīrājyapravāhās tatra nirgatāḥ / gavāṃ mūtrapravāhaś ca tatrābhūt nṛpasattama
And from the fire-offering separate streams of milk and ghee flowed forth there, and there arose there a stream of cows' urine, O best of kings.
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SkP-RK 36.21
स्नानोदकं च देवानाम् ऋषिभिर् वेदपारगैः । यत् कृतं तत् प्रवाहश् च तत्रासीत् नृपसत्तम
snānodakaṃ ca devānām ṛṣibhir vedapāragaiḥ / yat kṛtaṃ tat pravāhaś ca tatrāsīt nṛpasattama
And the bathing-water of the gods, which was made by the seers who had gone to the far shore of the Vedas — a stream of that too was there, O best of kings.
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SkP-RK 36.22
प्रवाहेषु च सर्वेषु मिलितेषु तदा नृप । आपगा कपिला नाम दृष्टा ब्रह्मर्षिदैवतैः
pravāheṣu ca sarveṣu militeṣu tadā nṛpa / āpagā kapilā nāma dṛṣṭā brahmarṣidaivataiḥ
And when all the streams had then joined together, O king, a river named Kapilā was seen by the brahmin-seers and the deities.
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SkP-RK 36.23
नर्मदासङ्गमस् तत्र रुद्रावर्तः प्रकीर्तितः । ततस् तु ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे दक्षिणाभिः प्रपूजिताः
narmadāsaṅgamas tatra rudrāvartaḥ prakīrtitaḥ / tatas tu brāhmaṇāḥ sarve dakṣiṇābhiḥ prapūjitāḥ
Its confluence with the Narmadā is there proclaimed as Rudrāvarta; and thereupon all the brahmins were honoured with sacrificial fees.
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SkP-RK 36.24
गजाश्वरथमारूढा नानाभरणभूषिताः । तुष्टा देवगणाः सर्वे ऊचुस् तं पार्थिवं तदा
gajāśvarathamārūḍhā nānābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ / tuṣṭā devagaṇāḥ sarve ūcus taṃ pārthivaṃ tadā
Mounted on elephants, horses and chariots, adorned with various ornaments, all the hosts of gods, being pleased, then said to that king:
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SkP-RK 36.25
वसुदान उवाच: रेवाकपिलसम्भेदे स्नात्वा ऽभ्यर्च्य महेश्वरम्
vasudāna uvāca: revākapilasambhede snātvā 'bhyarcya maheśvaram
Vasudāna said: Having bathed at the junction of the Revā and the Kapilā and worshipped Maheśvara —
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SkP-RK 36.26
विमानैस् त्रिदिवं यान्तु ये मृता न पुनर्भवाः । इमं वरम् अहं मन्ये दीयतां मदनुग्रहात्
vimānais tridivaṃ yāntu ye mṛtā na punarbhavāḥ / imaṃ varam ahaṃ manye dīyatāṃ madanugrahāt
— let those who have died go by celestial cars to the third heaven, with no rebirth. This is the boon I have in mind: let it be given, by favour to me.
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SkP-RK 36.27
देवा ऊचुः: कामं कामं फलिष्यन्ति चिन्तितास् ते मनोरथाः । वरं दत्त्वा च भो राजन् प्रीता वै देवतास् ततः
devā ūcuḥ: kāmaṃ kāmaṃ phaliṣyanti cintitās te manorathāḥ / varaṃ dattvā ca bho rājan prītā vai devatās tataḥ
The gods said: These wishes of yours, just as you conceived them, shall bear fruit. And having given the boon, O king, the deities were then pleased.
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SkP-RK 36.28
स्वं स्वं विमानम् आरुह्य मुदितास् त्रिदिवं ययुः । वसुदानो ऽपि राजर्षिर् ब्राह्मणैर् वेदपारगैः
svaṃ svaṃ vimānam āruhya muditās tridivaṃ yayuḥ / vasudāno 'pi rājarṣir brāhmaṇair vedapāragaiḥ
Each mounting his own celestial car, they went joyfully to the third heaven. And the royal seer Vasudāna too, with the brahmins versed in the Vedas,
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SkP-RK 36.29
मुदा परमया युक्तो ह्ययोध्याम् आययौ तदा । तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावेण सान्तः पुरपरिच्छदः
mudā paramayā yukto hyayodhyām āyayau tadā / tīrthasyāsya prabhāveṇa sāntaḥ puraparicchadaḥ
filled with the highest joy, then came to Ayodhyā, together with his harem and his retinue, by the power of this holy place.
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