Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 38
SkP-RK 38.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: ईदृशं यस्य माहात्म्यं तीर्थस्य च परंतप । तृप्तिं नैवाधिगच्छामि शृण्वन् वेदविदां वर
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: īdṛśaṃ yasya māhātmyaṃ tīrthasya ca paraṃtapa / tṛptiṃ naivādhigacchāmi śṛṇvan vedavidāṃ vara
Yudhiṣṭhira said: Such being the greatness of that holy place, O scorcher of foes, I find no satisfaction as I listen, O best of the knowers of the Veda.
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SkP-RK 38.2
समर्थैः सर्वकार्येषु ब्राह्मणैर् वेदपारगैः । भूयस् तीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं निवेदय महामते
samarthaiḥ sarvakāryeṣu brāhmaṇair vedapāragaiḥ / bhūyas tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ nivedaya mahāmate
(Attended) by brahmins competent in all rites and versed to the end of the Vedas — tell once more the greatness of the holy place, O great-minded one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 38.3
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: अस्ति तीर्थं महाराज लिङ्गम् अन्यं यमेश्वरम् । दर्शनात् पूजनाद् अस्य यमलोकं न पश्यति
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: asti tīrthaṃ mahārāja liṅgam anyaṃ yameśvaram / darśanāt pūjanād asya yamalokaṃ na paśyati
Mārkaṇḍeya said: There is, great king, another holy place, the liṅga called Yameśvara; by seeing and worshipping it one does not behold the world of Yama.
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SkP-RK 38.4
नर्मदादक्षिणे तीरे कपिलायाश् च पश्चिमे । विष्णोस् तत्र पुरी रम्या शक्रस्येवामरावती
narmadādakṣiṇe tīre kapilāyāś ca paścime / viṣṇos tatra purī ramyā śakrasyevāmarāvatī
On the southern bank of the Narmadā and to the west of the Kapilā, there is Viṣṇu's delightful city there, like Śakra's Amarāvatī.
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SkP-RK 38.5
कल्पकोटियुगं चापि तस्यां तिष्ठति माधवः । पुरा देवासुरे युद्धे दानवैर् देवकण्टकैः
kalpakoṭiyugaṃ cāpi tasyāṃ tiṣṭhati mādhavaḥ / purā devāsure yuddhe dānavair devakaṇṭakaiḥ
And for a kalpa, a koṭi of yugas, Mādhava dwells in it. Formerly, in the war of gods and asuras, by the dānavas who are thorns to the gods —
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SkP-RK 38.6
निर्जिता देवताः सर्वास् तदासीच् च धरार्दिता । ब्रह्माद्या देवताः सर्वा क्षीरोदर्णवशायिनम्
nirjitā devatāḥ sarvās tadāsīc ca dharārditā / brahmādyā devatāḥ sarvā kṣīrodarṇavaśāyinam
— all the gods were defeated, and then (the earth) was afflicted; and all the gods, with Brahmā at their head, (approached) him who lies on the milk-ocean.
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SkP-RK 38.7
तुष्टुवुः प्रणिपत्यैनं स्तुत्यं चान्तःस्थम् अव्ययम् । जय देव जगन्नाथ दैत्यान्तक जनार्दन
tuṣṭuvuḥ praṇipatyainaṃ stutyaṃ cāntaḥstham avyayam / jaya deva jagannātha daityāntaka janārdana
Bowing down, they praised him, the praiseworthy, the imperishable one who dwells within: "Victory to you, O god, lord of the world, destroyer of the daityas, Janārdana!"
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SkP-RK 38.8
वाराहरूपमास्थाय प्रोद्धृता वसुधा त्वया । उद्धृता मत्स्यरूपेण वेदाः सागरमध्यतः
vārāharūpamāsthāya proddhṛtā vasudhā tvayā / uddhṛtā matsyarūpeṇa vedāḥ sāgaramadhyataḥ
Taking on the form of a boar, the earth was lifted up by you; in the form of a fish the Vedas were raised up from the midst of the ocean.
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SkP-RK 38.9
कूर्मशेषादिरूपैश् च देवानामार्तिनाशनम् । बलिर् वामनरूपेण त्वया बद्धो ऽसुरारिणा
kūrmaśeṣādirūpaiś ca devānāmārtināśanam / balir vāmanarūpeṇa tvayā baddho 'surāriṇā
And by your forms as tortoise, Śeṣa and the rest, the destruction of the gods' distress (was accomplished); Bali was bound by you in the dwarf's form, O enemy of the asuras.
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SkP-RK 38.10
हिरण्यकशिपुर् दैत्यः सर्वलोकभयंकरः । त्वया नृसिंहरूपेण निहतो देवकण्टकः
hiraṇyakaśipur daityaḥ sarvalokabhayaṃkaraḥ / tvayā nṛsiṃharūpeṇa nihato devakaṇṭakaḥ
Hiraṇyakaśipu, the daitya who terrified all the worlds, that thorn to the gods, was slain by you in the form of the man-lion.
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SkP-RK 38.15
वेदमूल जगन्नाथ रक्ष नः शरणागतान् । श्रुत्वा स्तोत्रम् इदं देवो ब्रह्माणं वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् ॥ र्क्स्_३८।११ ॥ किम् अर्थं च त्वया ब्रह्मन् क्षीरोदे ऽहं प्रबोधित ॥ र्क्स्_३८।१२ ॥ ब्रह्मोवाच: त्वया विना जगन् नाथ क्षोणी छन्ना सुरारिभिः ॥ र्क्स्_३८।१३ ॥ सूर्येण च विहीनं हि निरालोकं जगद्यथा ॥ र्क्स्_३८।१४ ॥ विष्णुर् उवाच: ब्रह्मन् भयं त्यजाशूत्वं दानवो ऽयं दुरासदः । अचिरेणैव कालेन घातयामि च दानवम्
vedamūla jagannātha rakṣa naḥ śaraṇāgatān / śrutvā stotram idaṃ devo brahmāṇaṃ vākyam abravīt // rks_38.11 // kim arthaṃ ca tvayā brahman kṣīrode 'haṃ prabodhita // rks_38.12 // brahmovāca: tvayā vinā jagan nātha kṣoṇī channā surāribhiḥ // rks_38.13 // sūryeṇa ca vihīnaṃ hi nirālokaṃ jagadyathā // rks_38.14 // viṣṇur uvāca: brahman bhayaṃ tyajāśūtvaṃ dānavo 'yaṃ durāsadaḥ / acireṇaiva kālena ghātayāmi ca dānavam
"O root of the Vedas, lord of the world, protect us who have come to you for refuge!" Hearing this hymn the god spoke these words to Brahmā: "For what purpose, Brahman, have I been awakened by you in the milk-ocean?" Brahmā said: "Without you, lord of the world, the earth is overspread by the enemies of the gods, just as the world would be lightless if deprived of the sun." Viṣṇu said: "Brahman, quickly give up your fear; this dānava is hard to withstand, yet in no long time I shall have the dānava slain."
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SkP-RK 38.16
एवमुक्त्वा सुरैः सार्द्धमाजगाम जनार्दनः । सुदर्शनेन चक्रेण दानवानां शिरांसि च
evamuktvā suraiḥ sārddhamājagāma janārdanaḥ / sudarśanena cakreṇa dānavānāṃ śirāṃsi ca
Having spoken thus, Janārdana came along with the gods, and with his discus Sudarśana (he cut off) the heads of the dānavas —
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SkP-RK 38.17
चकर्त भगवान् विष्णुः सर्वलोकहिताय वै । भयार्ता दानवाः सर्वे पलायनपरायणाः
cakarta bhagavān viṣṇuḥ sarvalokahitāya vai / bhayārtā dānavāḥ sarve palāyanaparāyaṇāḥ
The Lord Viṣṇu cut (them off), indeed for the welfare of all the worlds; and all the Dānavas, stricken with fear, were intent on fleeing.
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SkP-RK 38.18
विष्णोस् त्रासात् तु ते सर्वे रसातलतलं ययुः । पुनः प्रवर्तितो यज्ञो द्विजदेवतपस्विनाम्
viṣṇos trāsāt tu te sarve rasātalatalaṃ yayuḥ / punaḥ pravartito yajño dvijadevatapasvinām
Out of terror of Viṣṇu they all went to the floor of Rasātala; and the sacrifice of the twice-born, the gods, and the ascetics was set going again.
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SkP-RK 38.19
तस्यां पुर्यां महाभाग देवो ऽभूद् दैत्यसूदनः । तत्र यस् त्यजति प्राणान् अवशः स्ववशो ऽपि वा
tasyāṃ puryāṃ mahābhāga devo 'bhūd daityasūdanaḥ / tatra yas tyajati prāṇān avaśaḥ svavaśo 'pi vā
In that city, O greatly fortunate one, the god became the slayer of the Daityas. Whoever gives up his life-breaths there, whether against his will or of his own will,
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SkP-RK 38.20
वैष्णवेन विमानेन विष्णुलोके महीयते । कपिला पश्चिमायां तु नीलगङ्गासमागता
vaiṣṇavena vimānena viṣṇuloke mahīyate / kapilā paścimāyāṃ tu nīlagaṅgāsamāgatā
is honoured in Viṣṇu's world, (going there) by a Vaiṣṇava celestial car. And to the west (is) the Kapilā, joined with the Nīlagaṅgā.
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SkP-RK 38.21
अष्टायुतानि तीर्थानि विष्णुना प्रेरितानि वै । चक्रतीर्थं वामनं च कोटितीर्थं युगंधरम्
aṣṭāyutāni tīrthāni viṣṇunā preritāni vai / cakratīrthaṃ vāmanaṃ ca koṭitīrthaṃ yugaṃdharam
Eighty thousand sacred fords were set in motion there by Viṣṇu: Cakratīrtha, Vāmana, Koṭitīrtha, Yugaṃdhara —
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SkP-RK 38.22
तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन् कोटितीर्थफलं लभेत् । सुदर्शनं नाम तीर्थं दैत्यसूदनम् एव च
tatra snātvā naro rājan koṭitīrthaphalaṃ labhet / sudarśanaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ daityasūdanam eva ca
having bathed there, O king, a man would obtain the fruit of (bathing at) a crore of tīrthas; and (there is) the tīrtha named Sudarśana, and Daityasūdana as well,
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SkP-RK 38.23
विष्ण्वावर्तं शिवावर्तं लक्ष्म्यावर्तं तथैव च । तत्र यद् दीयते दानं तस्य संख्या न विद्यते
viṣṇvāvartaṃ śivāvartaṃ lakṣmyāvartaṃ tathaiva ca / tatra yad dīyate dānaṃ tasya saṃkhyā na vidyate
Viṣṇvāvarta, Śivāvarta, and likewise Lakṣmyāvarta. Of the gift that is given there, no reckoning exists.
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SkP-RK 38.24
विष्णोस् तु प्रीणनं कृत्वा अनन्तफलम् अश्नुते । क्रोशमात्रप्रमाणं हि विष्णुक्षेत्रं प्रकीर्तितम्
viṣṇos tu prīṇanaṃ kṛtvā anantaphalam aśnute / krośamātrapramāṇaṃ hi viṣṇukṣetraṃ prakīrtitam
Having performed the gratification of Viṣṇu, one enjoys endless fruit. The field of Viṣṇu is proclaimed to be just one krośa in measure.
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SkP-RK 38.25
न विशेद् ब्रह्महत्या च सत्यम् एतच्छिवोदितम् । मासोपवासं यः कुर्याद् अग्निहोत्रं तथैव च
na viśed brahmahatyā ca satyam etacchivoditam / māsopavāsaṃ yaḥ kuryād agnihotraṃ tathaiva ca
And brahmin-murder does not enter (there) — this is true, spoken by Śiva. He who would perform a month's fast, and likewise the fire-offering,
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SkP-RK 38.26
पतिव्रता त्वं सत्यं च स्वाध्यायं यज्ञकर्म च । चान्द्रायणं पराकं च पितॄणां च तिलोदकम्
pativratā tvaṃ satyaṃ ca svādhyāyaṃ yajñakarma ca / cāndrāyaṇaṃ parākaṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ ca tilodakam
(and a wife) devoted to her husband, and truth, private recitation of scripture, and sacrificial rites, the cāndrāyaṇa and the parāka (penances), and the sesame-and-water offering to the ancestors —
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SkP-RK 38.27
पितरस् तस्य तृप्यन्ति लोके क्रीडन्ति वैष्णवे । एकरात्रं त्रिरात्रं च कृच्छ्रं सान्तपनं तथा
pitaras tasya tṛpyanti loke krīḍanti vaiṣṇave / ekarātraṃ trirātraṃ ca kṛcchraṃ sāntapanaṃ tathā
his ancestors are satisfied and sport in the world of Viṣṇu. The one-night and three-night (fasts), the kṛcchra and the sāntapana (penances),
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SkP-RK 38.28
अतिकृच्छ्रं पर्णकृच्छ्रं तथा ऽन्यद् वैष्णवं व्रतम् । एकादश्यां न भुङ्क्ते यः पक्षयोर् उभयोर् अपि
atikṛcchraṃ parṇakṛcchraṃ tathā 'nyad vaiṣṇavaṃ vratam / ekādaśyāṃ na bhuṅkte yaḥ pakṣayor ubhayor api
the atikṛcchra, the parṇakṛcchra, and further the other Vaiṣṇava observance — he who does not eat on the eleventh day of both fortnights,
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SkP-RK 38.29
स गच्छति परं स्थानं यत्रास्ते भगवान् हरिः । अन्यक्षेत्रात् कोटिगुणं फलं वै केशवो ऽब्रवीत्
sa gacchati paraṃ sthānaṃ yatrāste bhagavān hariḥ / anyakṣetrāt koṭiguṇaṃ phalaṃ vai keśavo 'bravīt
he goes to the highest abode, where the Lord Hari dwells. Keśava has declared that the fruit (there) is a crore times that from any other holy field.
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SkP-RK 38.30
तत्र जप्तं तपस् तप्तं सर्वं भवतु चाक्षयम् । श्रवणे द्वादशी पुण्या रोहिण्याम् अष्टमी शुभा
tatra japtaṃ tapas taptaṃ sarvaṃ bhavatu cākṣayam / śravaṇe dvādaśī puṇyā rohiṇyām aṣṭamī śubhā
Let whatever is muttered there and whatever austerity is practised there all become imperishable. The twelfth day is meritorious under Śravaṇa, the eighth auspicious under Rohiṇī.
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SkP-RK 38.31
तत्रोपोष्य महाराज विष्णुलोके महीयते । चाण्डालः श्वपचो वा ऽपि तिर्यग्योनिगतो ऽपि वा
tatropoṣya mahārāja viṣṇuloke mahīyate / cāṇḍālaḥ śvapaco vā 'pi tiryagyonigato 'pi vā
Having fasted there, O great king, one is honoured in Viṣṇu's world — even a Caṇḍāla, or a dog-cooker, or one fallen into an animal womb.
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SkP-RK 38.32
अत्र यस् त्यजति प्राणान् विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति । कार्त्तिके चैव वैशाख उपवासं करोति यः
atra yas tyajati prāṇān viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati / kārttike caiva vaiśākha upavāsaṃ karoti yaḥ
He who gives up his life-breaths here goes to Viṣṇu's world; and he who keeps a fast in Kārttika and in Vaiśākha
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SkP-RK 38.33
दशकोट्य् उपवासानां फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः । शङ्करेण पुरा गीतं पुराणे स्कन्दकीर्तिते
daśakoṭy upavāsānāṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ / śaṅkareṇa purā gītaṃ purāṇe skandakīrtite
— that man obtains the fruit of ten crore fasts. This was sung of old by Śaṅkara in the Purāṇa celebrated as Skanda's.
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SkP-RK 38.34
मासोपवासिनो दृष्ट्वा तत्रैव च पतिव्रताः । धर्मराजः स्वयं गत्वा अर्घं तेभ्यो निवेदयेत्
māsopavāsino dṛṣṭvā tatraiva ca pativratāḥ / dharmarājaḥ svayaṃ gatvā arghaṃ tebhyo nivedayet
Seeing there those who fast for a month, and the wives devoted to their husbands, the King of Dharma himself would go and offer them the welcome-water.
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SkP-RK 38.35
षष्टियानसहस्रैस् तु आगतो भगवान् प्रभुः । सहस्रयोजनं यावद् आयाति भगवान् यमः
ṣaṣṭiyānasahasrais tu āgato bhagavān prabhuḥ / sahasrayojanaṃ yāvad āyāti bhagavān yamaḥ
With sixty thousand vehicles the Lord, the master, has come; the Lord Yama comes for as much as a thousand yojanas.
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SkP-RK 38.36
शुक्लवस्त्रपरीधानो धर्मतेजो वपुर् धरः । स्थित्वा यानस्य चैवाग्रे भक्त्या पादौ च वन्दते
śuklavastraparīdhāno dharmatejo vapur dharaḥ / sthitvā yānasya caivāgre bhaktyā pādau ca vandate
Clad in white garments, bearing a body (that is) the splendour of Dharma, standing before the vehicle he reverences their feet with devotion.
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SkP-RK 38.37
प्रदृश्य वैष्णवं लोकं ततो गत्वा निवर्तते । प्रत्यागतेषु यानेषु अपृच्छन् स्वेच्छया यमम्
pradṛśya vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ tato gatvā nivartate / pratyāgateṣu yāneṣu apṛcchan svecchayā yamam
Having shown (them) the world of Viṣṇu, he then goes and turns back. When the vehicles had come back, they asked Yama of their own accord:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 38.38
ब्रह्मणो मानसाः पुत्राः सप्त चैव महर्षयः । कस्माच् च कारणाद् धर्म पादचारी गतः स्वयम्
brahmaṇo mānasāḥ putrāḥ sapta caiva maharṣayaḥ / kasmāc ca kāraṇād dharma pādacārī gataḥ svayam
The mind-born sons of Brahmā and the seven great seers (asked): "For what reason, O Dharma, have you yourself gone on foot?"
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SkP-RK 38.39
कथयस्व महाभाग परं विस्मयम् आगताः । प्रहस्य चाब्रवीद् धर्मः शृण्वन्तु मुनिसत्तमाः
kathayasva mahābhāga paraṃ vismayam āgatāḥ / prahasya cābravīd dharmaḥ śṛṇvantu munisattamāḥ
"Tell (us), greatly fortunate one; we have come to the utmost astonishment." And Dharma, laughing, said: "Listen, best of sages."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.40
पतिव्रतानां दीप्तिं च दीप्तिं मासोपवासिनाम् । अशक्ता द्रष्टुम् एतासां विमानान् दूरतः स्थितान्
pativratānāṃ dīptiṃ ca dīptiṃ māsopavāsinām / aśaktā draṣṭum etāsāṃ vimānān dūrataḥ sthitān
"The radiance of women devoted to their husbands, and the radiance of those who fast for a month — (my servants) were unable to look upon their celestial cars, standing at a distance."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.41
ताभ्यः प्रत्यागताः सर्वे मम भृत्या भयंकराः । एतस्मात् कारणाद् विप्राः पादचारी गतो ह्य् अहम्
tābhyaḥ pratyāgatāḥ sarve mama bhṛtyā bhayaṃkarāḥ / etasmāt kāraṇād viprāḥ pādacārī gato hy aham
"All my terrifying servants came back from them. For this reason, O brahmins, I have gone on foot."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.42
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: माहात्म्याच् चामरावत्यां हरेर् अमिततेजसः । वासश् च यजनं तत्र कीर्तितं कलिनाशनम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: māhātmyāc cāmarāvatyāṃ harer amitatejasaḥ / vāsaś ca yajanaṃ tatra kīrtitaṃ kalināśanam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Because of the greatness of Hari of measureless splendour in Amarāvatī, dwelling there and sacrificing there is declared to destroy (the evil of) the Kali age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.43
अथान्यः परमो देवो ब्रह्मेश इति विश्रुतः । रेवाया उत्तरे कूले संस्थितः पापनाशनः
athānyaḥ paramo devo brahmeśa iti viśrutaḥ / revāyā uttare kūle saṃsthitaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ
Now another supreme god, renowned as Brahmeśa, is established on the northern bank of the Revā, the destroyer of sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.44
अर्चनात् तस्य देवस्य नश्येतैनो युधिष्ठिर । पितरस् तृप्तिम् आयान्ति ब्रह्मलोकम् अवाप्नुयुः
arcanāt tasya devasya naśyetaino yudhiṣṭhira / pitaras tṛptim āyānti brahmalokam avāpnuyuḥ
By worship of that god sin would perish, Yudhiṣṭhira; (one's) ancestors attain satisfaction and would reach the world of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.45
लङ्केश्वराद् दक्षिणतः सिद्धलिङ्गं प्रकीर्तितम् । अर्चनात् स्पर्शनात् तस्य गाणपत्यम् अवाप्यते
laṅkeśvarād dakṣiṇataḥ siddhaliṅgaṃ prakīrtitam / arcanāt sparśanāt tasya gāṇapatyam avāpyate
To the south of Laṅkeśvara the Siddhaliṅga is proclaimed; by worshipping and touching it the state of being a Gaṇapati (attendant of Śiva) is obtained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.46
विश्वेश्वरं महालिङ्गं सर्वदेवम् अयं शुभम् । शुक्लाष्टम्यां च वैशाखे लिङ्गायुतफलं लभेत्
viśveśvaraṃ mahāliṅgaṃ sarvadevam ayaṃ śubham / śuklāṣṭamyāṃ ca vaiśākhe liṅgāyutaphalaṃ labhet
(There is) Viśveśvara, the great liṅga, auspicious, consisting of all the gods; on the eighth of the bright fortnight in Vaiśākha one would gain the fruit of ten thousand liṅgas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.47
अर्चनात् तस्य लिङ्गस्य शिवस्यानुचरो भवेत् । ततो गच्छेन् महाराज रेवाया उत्तरे तटे
arcanāt tasya liṅgasya śivasyānucaro bhavet / tato gacchen mahārāja revāyā uttare taṭe
By worshipping that liṅga one would become an attendant of Śiva. Then, great king, one should go to the northern bank of the Revā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.48
पापप्रणाशनं चैव लिङ्गं परमसिद्धिदम् । अर्चनात् तर्पणात् स्नानाद् ब्रह्महत्यां व्यपोहति
pāpapraṇāśanaṃ caiva liṅgaṃ paramasiddhidam / arcanāt tarpaṇāt snānād brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati
And (there is) the liṅga called Pāpapraṇāśana ("destroyer of sin"), granting the highest attainment; by worshipping, by offering libations, by bathing, it wipes away (even) the killing of a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.49
ऋणानां मोचनं चैव लिङ्गं पापप्रणाशनम् । अनेकभाविकं चैव ऋणं तस्य प्रणश्यति
ṛṇānāṃ mocanaṃ caiva liṅgaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam / anekabhāvikaṃ caiva ṛṇaṃ tasya praṇaśyati
And (there is) the liṅga Ṛṇamocana ("release from debts"), destroyer of sin; the debt of that (man), (incurred) over many existences, perishes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.50
तिलोदकप्रदानेन ऋणमोचनदर्शनात् । पितरस् तस्य तृप्यन्ति यावच् चन्द्रार्कतारकम्
tilodakapradānena ṛṇamocanadarśanāt / pitaras tasya tṛpyanti yāvac candrārkatārakam
By the giving of sesame and water, and by the sight of Ṛṇamocana, that man's ancestors are satisfied for as long as moon, sun and stars (endure).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.51
अथान्यत् परमं लिङ्गं त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् । दारुवने सिद्धलिङ्गं कथं पश्यन्ति कश्मलाः
athānyat paramaṃ liṅgaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam / dāruvane siddhaliṅgaṃ kathaṃ paśyanti kaśmalāḥ
Now another supreme liṅga, renowned in the three worlds: the Siddhaliṅga in Dāruvana — how should the impure behold it?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.54
नर्मदाचरुसम्भेदे स्नानं कृत्वा यथोदितम् । स्नापयित्वोदकेनेशं बिल्वपत्रैश् च पूजनात् ॥ र्क्स्_३८।५२ ॥ न तस्य पुनर् आवृत्तिर् उमामाहेश्वरात् पुरात् ॥ र्क्स्_३८।५३ ॥ चतुष्केश्वरं सिद्धलिङ्गम् आमलक्याः प्रमाणतः । अर्चितं वै सुरैर् दैत्यैर् न तं पश्यन्ति मानवाः
narmadācarusambhede snānaṃ kṛtvā yathoditam / snāpayitvodakeneśaṃ bilvapatraiś ca pūjanāt // rks_38.52 // na tasya punar āvṛttir umāmāheśvarāt purāt // rks_38.53 // catuṣkeśvaraṃ siddhaliṅgam āmalakyāḥ pramāṇataḥ / arcitaṃ vai surair daityair na taṃ paśyanti mānavāḥ
At the confluence of the Narmadā and the Caru, having bathed as prescribed, having bathed the Lord with water and worshipped him with bilva leaves — for him there is no return from the city of Umā and Maheśvara. Catuṣkeśvara is a self-established liṅga, of the size of an āmalaka fruit; it is worshipped by gods and demons, (but) men do not see it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.55
करोत्य् अत्र तु यः श्राद्धं पुत्रः परमधार्मिकः । पितरस् तस्य तृप्यन्ति यावद् आहूत संप्लवम्
karoty atra tu yaḥ śrāddhaṃ putraḥ paramadhārmikaḥ / pitaras tasya tṛpyanti yāvad āhūta saṃplavam
But the son who is supremely righteous and performs the śrāddha here — his ancestors are satisfied until the dissolution (of the world).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.56
शाकल्यस्याश्रमं पुण्यं योजनायुतविस्तरम् । यज्ञपर्वतम् आसाद्य निःसृता चरुका नदी
śākalyasyāśramaṃ puṇyaṃ yojanāyutavistaram / yajñaparvatam āsādya niḥsṛtā carukā nadī
(There is) the holy hermitage of Śākalya, ten thousand yojanas in extent; having reached the Yajña mountain, the river Carukā issued forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.57
शक्रेणेष्टं पुरा तत्र बृहस्पतिपुरोधसा । एतत् पुण्यतमं लोके गीयते सर्वदैवतैः
śakreṇeṣṭaṃ purā tatra bṛhaspatipurodhasā / etat puṇyatamaṃ loke gīyate sarvadaivataiḥ
There of old Śakra sacrificed, with Bṛhaspati as his officiating priest; this is sung of by all the gods as the most holy (place) in the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.58
चन्द्रसूर्योपरागे तु यत्फलं कुरुजाङ्गले । रेवाचरुकसंयोगे तत्फलं शिवकीर्तितम्
candrasūryoparāge tu yatphalaṃ kurujāṅgale / revācarukasaṃyoge tatphalaṃ śivakīrtitam
The fruit that (is gained) in Kurujāṅgala at an eclipse of the moon or sun — that same fruit is declared by Śiva (to be gained) at the junction of the Revā and the Caruka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.59
तत्राख्यातं दारुवनं भुवि सर्वैर् निषेवितम् । मुनीनां षष्टिसाहस्रैस् त्रेतातपसि संस्थितैः
tatrākhyātaṃ dāruvanaṃ bhuvi sarvair niṣevitam / munīnāṃ ṣaṣṭisāhasrais tretātapasi saṃsthitaiḥ
There the Dāru forest is celebrated, resorted to on earth by all, by sixty thousand sages who were established in ascetic practice in the Tretā age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.60
कन्दमूलफलाहारैर् अग्निहोत्रपरायणैः । एतत् तीर्थप्रभावेण गतास् ते ब्रह्मणः पुरीम्
kandamūlaphalāhārair agnihotraparāyaṇaiḥ / etat tīrthaprabhāveṇa gatās te brahmaṇaḥ purīm
(By those) who fed on bulbs, roots and fruits and were devoted to the fire-offering: by the power of this holy place they went to the city of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.61
निहत्य चान्धकं तत्र ननर्त भगवाञ्छिव । गणानां नायकाः सर्वे नानावाद्यानवादयन्
nihatya cāndhakaṃ tatra nanarta bhagavāñchiva / gaṇānāṃ nāyakāḥ sarve nānāvādyānavādayan
And there, having slain Andhaka, the Lord Śiva danced; all the chiefs of the hosts sounded various instruments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.62
तत्र नृत्यति देवेशः सर्वा नृत्यन्ति देवताः । तेन दारुवनं ख्यातं लिङ्गं पापप्रणाशनम्
tatra nṛtyati deveśaḥ sarvā nṛtyanti devatāḥ / tena dāruvanaṃ khyātaṃ liṅgaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam
There the Lord of gods dances, and all the deities dance; therefore the Dāru forest is renowned, and the liṅga (there) destroys sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.63
अर्चनात् तस्य देवस्य गाणपत्यम् अवाप्नुयात् । विमलेश्वरं तत्र लिङ्गं सर्वदेवम् अयं शुभम्
arcanāt tasya devasya gāṇapatyam avāpnuyāt / vimaleśvaraṃ tatra liṅgaṃ sarvadevam ayaṃ śubham
From worshipping that god one would attain the rank of a Gaṇa lord. There is the auspicious liṅga Vimaleśvara, (which is) all the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 38.64
स्नानात् तत्र दिवं यान्ति ये मृता न पुनर्भवाः । निर्मलीकृतदेहास् तु कृतास् तत्र सुरासुराः
snānāt tatra divaṃ yānti ye mṛtā na punarbhavāḥ / nirmalīkṛtadehās tu kṛtās tatra surāsurāḥ
By bathing there they go to heaven; those who die (there) are not born again. And there gods and demons had their bodies made spotless,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.65
पिनाकिना महाराज नीताः सर्वे त्रिविष्टपम् । तिलोदकैः पिण्डदानैः पितॄन् प्रीणाति यो नरः
pinākinā mahārāja nītāḥ sarve triviṣṭapam / tilodakaiḥ piṇḍadānaiḥ pitṝn prīṇāti yo naraḥ
and all were led to heaven by the Bearer of the Pināka, great king. The man who gratifies the fathers with sesame and water and with offerings of rice-balls—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.66
स गच्छति परं स्थानं यत्र देवो महेश्वरः । चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहे प्राप्ते दानसंख्या न विद्यते
sa gacchati paraṃ sthānaṃ yatra devo maheśvaraḥ / candrasūryagrahe prāpte dānasaṃkhyā na vidyate
he goes to that highest abode where the god Maheśvara is. When an eclipse of the moon or the sun has come, there is no reckoning the (merit of) gifts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.67
शिवम् अभ्यर्च्य तत्रैव गाणपत्यम् अवाप्नुयात् । विमलेश्वरं तत्र लिङ्गं स्वयं विद्धि महेश्वरम्
śivam abhyarcya tatraiva gāṇapatyam avāpnuyāt / vimaleśvaraṃ tatra liṅgaṃ svayaṃ viddhi maheśvaram
Having worshipped Śiva in that very place, one would attain the rank of a Gaṇa lord. Know that the liṅga Vimaleśvara there is Maheśvara himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.68
व्याघ्रेश्वरं यत्र लिङ्गं व्याघ्री यत्र दिवं गता । तिलोदकप्रदानेन हविषा पिण्डदानतः
vyāghreśvaraṃ yatra liṅgaṃ vyāghrī yatra divaṃ gatā / tilodakapradānena haviṣā piṇḍadānataḥ
Where the liṅga Vyāghreśvara is, where the tigress went to heaven—by the gift of sesame and water, by oblation, by the offering of rice-balls,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.69
पितॄन् उद्धरते पुत्रः शतपूर्वांस् तथा परान् । वसेत् स वारुणे लोके यावद् इन्द्राश् चतुर्दश
pitṝn uddharate putraḥ śatapūrvāṃs tathā parān / vaset sa vāruṇe loke yāvad indrāś caturdaśa
a son rescues his fathers, a hundred before him and likewise those after; he would dwell in Varuṇa's world as long as fourteen Indras (endure).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 38.70
अर्चनात् तस्य देवस्य कीर्तनाच् छ्रवणाद् अपि । इन्द्रलोकम् अवाप्नोति सत्यम् एतन् मयोदितम्
arcanāt tasya devasya kīrtanāc chravaṇād api / indralokam avāpnoti satyam etan mayoditam
By worshipping that god, and even by proclaiming or hearing (of him), one attains Indra's world. This that I have said is true.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition