Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 4
SkP-RK 4.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: हिरण्यतेजसा पूर्व राज्ञा वै नर्मदा कथं । मर्त्ये ऽवतारिता देवी तत् सर्वं वक्तुम् अर्हसि
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: hiraṇyatejasā pūrva rājñā vai narmadā kathaṃ / martye 'vatāritā devī tat sarvaṃ vaktum arhasi
Yudhiṣṭhira said: How, formerly, was the goddess Narmadā brought down to the mortal world by King Hiraṇyatejas? You should tell all of that.
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SkP-RK 4.2
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: हिरण्यतेजा राजर्षिः सोमवंशे महीपते । सर्वधर्मभृतां श्रेष्ठः प्रजापतिसमो ऽभवत्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: hiraṇyatejā rājarṣiḥ somavaṃśe mahīpate / sarvadharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ prajāpatisamo 'bhavat
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hiraṇyatejas, a royal sage in the lunar lineage, O lord of the earth, was the foremost of all upholders of dharma, equal to Prajāpati.
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SkP-RK 4.3
एकछत्रां शशासोर्वीं सशैलवनकाननाम् । ख्याता चन्द्रपुरी तस्य शक्रस्येवामरावती
ekachatrāṃ śaśāsorvīṃ saśailavanakānanām / khyātā candrapurī tasya śakrasyevāmarāvatī
He ruled the earth, with its mountains, woods and forests, under a single umbrella; his city Candrapurī was famed, like Śakra's Amarāvatī.
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SkP-RK 4.4
निराबाधाः प्रजास् तत्र भयदारिद्र्यवर्जिताः । चिरायुषो नरास् तत्र समालक्षं तु जीविनः
nirābādhāḥ prajās tatra bhayadāridryavarjitāḥ / cirāyuṣo narās tatra samālakṣaṃ tu jīvinaḥ
There the subjects were untroubled, free from fear and poverty; there men were long-lived, living a full hundred thousand (years).
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SkP-RK 4.5
स्वयं कामदुघा धेनुर् धरणी सस्यशालिनी । कौशेयपट्टवस्त्राश् च वृक्षे वृक्षे समुद्भवा
svayaṃ kāmadughā dhenur dharaṇī sasyaśālinī / kauśeyapaṭṭavastrāś ca vṛkṣe vṛkṣe samudbhavā
The earth was of itself a wish-yielding cow, abounding in grain, and silk and woven garments grew on every tree.
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SkP-RK 4.6
एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे प्राप्ते ह्य् अमावास्यां रविग्रहे । सत्कारो ऽत्रास्ति देवानां पितॄणां च विशेषतः
etasminn antare prāpte hy amāvāsyāṃ ravigrahe / satkāro 'trāsti devānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ
Meanwhile, when the new-moon day arrived with an eclipse of the sun—on it there is honouring of the gods and especially of the ancestors.
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SkP-RK 4.7
वापीकूपसरो दिव्यं जम्बूद्वीपः प्रकीर्तितः । स्रवन्ती निम्नगा काचित् तस्मिन् द्वीपे न विद्यते
vāpīkūpasaro divyaṃ jambūdvīpaḥ prakīrtitaḥ / sravantī nimnagā kācit tasmin dvīpe na vidyate
Jambūdvīpa is celebrated as divine with its tanks, wells and lakes; (yet) no flowing, downward-running stream is found in that island.
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SkP-RK 4.8
गवां शतसहस्राणि हेमरत्नं मणींस् तथा । कोशं हयान् असंख्यातान् मत्तांश् च वरदन्तिनः
gavāṃ śatasahasrāṇi hemaratnaṃ maṇīṃs tathā / kośaṃ hayān asaṃkhyātān mattāṃś ca varadantinaḥ
Hundreds of thousands of cows, gold, jewels and gems, treasure, countless horses, and excellent elephants in rut—
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SkP-RK 4.9
ग्रस्ते च राहुणा सूर्ये ब्राह्मणान् प्रददौ नृपः । पुरो धर्मसहस्राणि हेमरत्नमणींस् तथा
graste ca rāhuṇā sūrye brāhmaṇān pradadau nṛpaḥ / puro dharmasahasrāṇi hemaratnamaṇīṃs tathā
—when the sun was seized by Rāhu, the king gave (these) to the brahmins: thousands of pious foundations, and gold, jewels and gems as well.
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SkP-RK 4.10
अतर्पयत् पितॄंश् चापि हव्यकव्येन भारत । कश्मलं जलपानं चापश्यत् पितृजुगुप्सितम्
atarpayat pitṝṃś cāpi havyakavyena bhārata / kaśmalaṃ jalapānaṃ cāpaśyat pitṛjugupsitam
And he satisfied the ancestors too with oblations for gods and for the dead, O Bhārata; yet he saw their drink of water to be foul, loathed by the ancestors.
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SkP-RK 4.11
क्षुत्क्षामकण्ठताल्वोष्ठान् कश्मलांश्च मृदम्भसा । नग्नान् मलिनवस्त्रांश् च शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः
kṣutkṣāmakaṇṭhatālvoṣṭhān kaśmalāṃśca mṛdambhasā / nagnān malinavastrāṃś ca śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
(He saw them) with throats, palates and lips shrunken from hunger, foul with mud and water, naked and in filthy garments, by hundreds and by thousands.
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SkP-RK 4.12
हिरण्यतेजा उवाच: के यूयं विकृताकाराः प्रेतभूता बुभुक्षिताः
hiraṇyatejā uvāca: ke yūyaṃ vikṛtākārāḥ pretabhūtā bubhukṣitāḥ
Hiraṇyatejas said: Who are you, misshapen in form, become ghosts, famished,
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SkP-RK 4.13
मज्जन्ते नरके घोरे रौरवे लोमहर्षणे । कथयध्वं यथान्यायं कर्म्मणा केन पाविताः
majjante narake ghore raurave lomaharṣaṇe / kathayadhvaṃ yathānyāyaṃ karmmaṇā kena pāvitāḥ
who sink in the dreadful, hair-raising hell Raurava? Tell duly by what deed you have been (thus) afflicted.
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SkP-RK 4.14
पितर ऊचुः: शृणु राजन् महाभाग कथ्यमानं निबोध च । सरिद् धीनम् इदं द्वीपं धर्मकर्मविनाशितम्
pitara ūcuḥ: śṛṇu rājan mahābhāga kathyamānaṃ nibodha ca / sarid dhīnam idaṃ dvīpaṃ dharmakarmavināśitam
The ancestors said: Listen, O king of great fortune, and mark what is told: this island is destitute of a river, and so its dharma and rites are ruined.
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SkP-RK 4.15
न देवास्तृप्तिम् आयान्ति पितरो वा कथञ्चन । पितॄन् मोचयितुम् शक्ता दुराराध्या सुरैर् अपि
na devāstṛptim āyānti pitaro vā kathañcana / pitṝn mocayitum śaktā durārādhyā surair api
Neither the gods nor the ancestors attain satisfaction in any way; (only a river) is able to release the ancestors—(they are) hard to propitiate even by the gods.
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SkP-RK 4.16
आगमिष्यति द्वीपे ऽस्मिन् रेवा मुक्तिर् भविष्यति । एतत् ते कथित राजन् यथेष्टं कर्तुम् अर्हसि
āgamiṣyati dvīpe 'smin revā muktir bhaviṣyati / etat te kathita rājan yatheṣṭaṃ kartum arhasi
When the Revā comes to this island, there will be release. This has been told to you, O king; you should do as you wish.
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SkP-RK 4.17
हिरण्यतेजा उवाच: पितॄणां मोक्षणं कार्यं यथा यान्ति पराङ्गतिम् । मया राज्येन किं कार्यं जीवितश् च निरर्थकम्
hiraṇyatejā uvāca: pitṝṇāṃ mokṣaṇaṃ kāryaṃ yathā yānti parāṅgatim / mayā rājyena kiṃ kāryaṃ jīvitaś ca nirarthakam
Hiraṇyatejas said: The liberation of the ancestors must be accomplished, so that they may go to the highest state. What use to me is kingship, and (my) life too is without purpose.
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SkP-RK 4.18
एवम् उक्त्वा ययौ राजा ह्युदयं सिद्धिपर्वतम् । कन्दमूलफलाहारः शिवध्यानपरायणः
evam uktvā yayau rājā hyudayaṃ siddhiparvatam / kandamūlaphalāhāraḥ śivadhyānaparāyaṇaḥ
Having spoken thus, the king went to Udaya, the mountain of perfection, eating (only) bulbs, roots and fruits, devoted to the meditation on Śiva.
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SkP-RK 4.19
दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं तु उग्रे तपसि संस्थित । राज्ञस् तु परमां भक्तिं ज्ञात्वा वै तत्र त्र्यम्बकः
divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu ugre tapasi saṃsthita / rājñas tu paramāṃ bhaktiṃ jñātvā vai tatra tryambakaḥ
For a thousand divine years he remained in fierce austerity; and there Tryambaka, knowing the king's supreme devotion,
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SkP-RK 4.20
वृषारूढस् त्रिनेत्रश् च देवदेवो महेश्वर । प्रत्यक्ष तस्य राज्ञश् च तद् आत्मानम् अदर्शयत्
vṛṣārūḍhas trinetraś ca devadevo maheśvara / pratyakṣa tasya rājñaś ca tad ātmānam adarśayat
mounted on his bull, three-eyed, the god of gods, the great lord, showed himself visibly there to that king.
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SkP-RK 4.21
स दृष्ट्वा तादृशं रूपं देवदेवस्य भारत । त्रिः प्रदक्षिणमावृत्य साष्टाङ्गं प्रणिपत्य च
sa dṛṣṭvā tādṛśaṃ rūpaṃ devadevasya bhārata / triḥ pradakṣiṇamāvṛtya sāṣṭāṅgaṃ praṇipatya ca
He, O Bhārata, having seen such a form of the god of gods, circumambulating him three times and prostrating himself with the eight limbs (touching the ground),
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SkP-RK 4.22
स्तोत्रं चकार देवस्य शम्भोर् अमिततेजसः । नमस्ते ऽस्तु सुरेशान शूलपाणे नमो ऽस्तु ते
stotraṃ cakāra devasya śambhor amitatejasaḥ / namaste 'stu sureśāna śūlapāṇe namo 'stu te
made a hymn of praise to the god Śambhu of measureless splendour: "Homage be to you, lord of the gods; homage be to you, trident-bearer!
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SkP-RK 4.23
पृथिव्यापश् च तेजश् च वायुर् आकाशम् एव च । शब्दं स्पर्शश् च रूपश् च रसो गन्धश् च पञ्चमः
pṛthivyāpaś ca tejaś ca vāyur ākāśam eva ca / śabdaṃ sparśaś ca rūpaś ca raso gandhaś ca pañcamaḥ
"Earth and water and fire, wind and space as well; sound and touch and form, taste, and smell as the fifth—(these are you);
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SkP-RK 4.24
बुद्धिर् मनस् त्व् अहङ्कारः प्रकृतिश् च गणास्त्रयः । सर्वाक्षः सर्वगो देवसकलो निष्कलो ऽव्यय
buddhir manas tv ahaṅkāraḥ prakṛtiś ca gaṇāstrayaḥ / sarvākṣaḥ sarvago devasakalo niṣkalo 'vyaya
"intellect, mind and the I-sense, and primal nature—the three groups; you of all eyes, all-pervading god, with parts and without parts, imperishable one.
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SkP-RK 4.25
जिह्वाचापल्यभावेन क्लेशितो ऽसि मया प्रभो । ब्रह्मविष्ण्वादि देवैश् च तवाद्यन्त न लभ्यते
jihvācāpalyabhāvena kleśito 'si mayā prabho / brahmaviṣṇvādi devaiś ca tavādyanta na labhyate
"By the fickleness of my tongue you have been troubled by me, O Lord; even by the gods, Brahmā, Viṣṇu and the rest, your beginning and end is not found.
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SkP-RK 4.26
कथं तु मानुषा पापाः स्तोतुं शक्ता उमाधवम् । हिरण्यतेजसः स्तोत्रं श्रुत्वा देवो जगत्पतिः
kathaṃ tu mānuṣā pāpāḥ stotuṃ śaktā umādhavam / hiraṇyatejasaḥ stotraṃ śrutvā devo jagatpatiḥ
"How then are sinful men able to praise the husband of Umā?" Having heard the hymn of Hiraṇyatejas, the god, the lord of the world, (said):
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SkP-RK 4.27
वरं वृणु महाभाग यत् ते मनसि रोचते । उवाच वचनं राजा शूलपाणिं महेश्वरम्
varaṃ vṛṇu mahābhāga yat te manasi rocate / uvāca vacanaṃ rājā śūlapāṇiṃ maheśvaram
"Choose a boon, greatly fortunate one, whatever pleases your mind." The king spoke (these) words to the trident-bearing Maheśvara:
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SkP-RK 4.28
यदि तुष्टो ऽसि देवेश वरं दातुं ममेच्छसि । सप्तकल्पवहां देवीं नर्मदाम् अवतारय
yadi tuṣṭo 'si deveśa varaṃ dātuṃ mamecchasi / saptakalpavahāṃ devīṃ narmadām avatāraya
"If you are pleased, lord of the gods, and wish to grant me a boon, bring down the goddess Narmadā, who flows through seven aeons,
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SkP-RK 4.29
पितॄणां मज्जतां घोरे नरके दारुणे भृशम् । मुच्यन्ते ते यथा प्रेतास् तृप्ता यान्ति पराङ्गातिम्
pitṝṇāṃ majjatāṃ ghore narake dāruṇe bhṛśam / mucyante te yathā pretās tṛptā yānti parāṅgātim
"so that those ancestors, sinking in the terrible, exceedingly cruel hell, are released, and the departed, satisfied, go to the highest state."
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SkP-RK 4.30
ईश्वर उवाच: अयाच्यं याचितं तात ब्रह्मविष्णुसुरासुरैः
īśvara uvāca: ayācyaṃ yācitaṃ tāta brahmaviṣṇusurāsuraiḥ
Īśvara said: What is not to be asked for has been asked, my son—(what) by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, gods and demons
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SkP-RK 4.31
नावतारयितुं शक्या तथान्यैर् अल्पजीविभिः । अन्यं याचस्व भद्रं ते वरं दास्ये ऽधुना तव
nāvatārayituṃ śakyā tathānyair alpajīvibhiḥ / anyaṃ yācasva bhadraṃ te varaṃ dāsye 'dhunā tava
cannot be brought down, nor by others of short life. Ask something else—good fortune to you—and I will grant you that boon now.
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SkP-RK 4.32
राजोवाच: ततो राजा महाभागः प्रोवाच शशिभूषणम् । त्वयि तुष्टे महादेवे लोकनाथे जगद्गुरौ
rājovāca: tato rājā mahābhāgaḥ provāca śaśibhūṣaṇam / tvayi tuṣṭe mahādeve lokanāthe jagadgurau
The king said: Then the greatly fortunate king spoke to him who is adorned with the moon: "When you, the great god, lord of the world, teacher of the universe, are pleased,
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SkP-RK 4.33
साध्यासाध्यं न वक्तव्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु किंचन । जन्मान्तरसहस्रेण वर नान्य वृणोम्यहम्
sādhyāsādhyaṃ na vaktavyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu kiṃcana / janmāntarasahasreṇa vara nānya vṛṇomyaham
"nothing in the three worlds is to be called possible or impossible. Through a thousand further births I would choose no other boon,
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SkP-RK 4.34
त्यक्त्वा चैव सरिच्छ्रेष्ठां नर्मदां सप्तकल्पगाम् । दीयतां मम देवेश भृत्यभृत्यो ऽस्मि शाधि माम्
tyaktvā caiva saricchreṣṭhāṃ narmadāṃ saptakalpagām / dīyatāṃ mama deveśa bhṛtyabhṛtyo 'smi śādhi mām
"leaving aside the best of rivers, Narmadā, who flows through seven aeons: let her be given to me, lord of the gods; I am the servant of your servants—command me."
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SkP-RK 4.35
हिरण्यतेजसो ज्ञात्वा निश्चयं मानसं तदा । आहूता च ततो देवी नर्मदा लोकपावनी
hiraṇyatejaso jñātvā niścayaṃ mānasaṃ tadā / āhūtā ca tato devī narmadā lokapāvanī
Then, knowing the mental resolve of Hiraṇyatejas, the goddess Narmadā, purifier of the worlds, was summoned;
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SkP-RK 4.36
मकरासनमारूढा दिव्याभरणभूषिता । श्यामवर्णा महातेजा शिवस्याग्रे व्यवस्थिता
makarāsanamārūḍhā divyābharaṇabhūṣitā / śyāmavarṇā mahātejā śivasyāgre vyavasthitā
mounted on a crocodile seat, adorned with divine ornaments, dark of hue, of great splendour, she took her place before Śiva.
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SkP-RK 4.37
उमामहेश्वरौ नत्वा पादग्रहणपूर्वकम् । उवाच वचनं देवीं किम् अर्थं देव संस्मृता
umāmaheśvarau natvā pādagrahaṇapūrvakam / uvāca vacanaṃ devīṃ kim arthaṃ deva saṃsmṛtā
Having bowed to Umā and Maheśvara, first clasping (their) feet, she spoke these words — (or rather, Śiva spoke) to the goddess: "For what purpose, O god, have I been called to mind?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 4.38
ईश्वर उवाच: हिरण्यतेजा नृपतिस् त्यक्त्वा राज्य च नर्मदे
īśvara uvāca: hiraṇyatejā nṛpatis tyaktvā rājya ca narmade
Īśvara said: The king Hiraṇyatejas, having abandoned (his) kingdom, O Narmadā —
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SkP-RK 4.39
चतुर्दशं तपस् तेपे घोररूपं सुदारुणम् । दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं तु उग्रे तपसि संस्थितः
caturdaśaṃ tapas tepe ghorarūpaṃ sudāruṇam / divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu ugre tapasi saṃsthitaḥ
— performed austerity for the fourteenth (time), of dreadful form and most terrible; for a thousand divine years he remained fixed in fierce austerity,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 4.40
कन्दमूलफलाहारः शिवध्यानपरायणः । जम्बूद्वीपे ऽवतारं त्वं कुरुष्व धरणीतले
kandamūlaphalāhāraḥ śivadhyānaparāyaṇaḥ / jambūdvīpe 'vatāraṃ tvaṃ kuruṣva dharaṇītale
living on bulbs, roots and fruits, devoted to meditation on Śiva. Do you make (your) descent onto the surface of the earth in Jambūdvīpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.41
क्षिप्रं याहि वरारोहे संसारार्णवतारिणि । प्रेतरूपान् पितॄन् सर्वान् नरकस्थान् समुद्धर
kṣipraṃ yāhi varārohe saṃsārārṇavatāriṇi / pretarūpān pitṝn sarvān narakasthān samuddhara
Go quickly, O fair-hipped one, O carrier-across of the ocean of transmigration; rescue all the ancestors who are in ghost-form and dwelling in hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.42
नर्मदोवाचा: महेश्वरं शूलपाणिम् एवम् अस्त्विति चाब्रवीत्
narmadovācā: maheśvaraṃ śūlapāṇim evam astviti cābravīt
Narmadā said (to) Maheśvara, the trident-bearer — and she said, "Let it be so."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 4.43
निराधारा कथं देव जम्बूद्वीपे समाश्रये । आहूतास् ते ततस् तत्र पर्वताश् च कुलाकुलाः
nirādhārā kathaṃ deva jambūdvīpe samāśraye / āhūtās te tatas tatra parvatāś ca kulākulāḥ
"Without support, how, O god, shall I settle in Jambūdvīpa?" Then the mountains, in their families and hordes, were summoned there by him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 4.44
क्षणमात्रं तु तिष्ठध्वं येन याति सरिद्वरा । ऊचुश् च पर्वतास्तं च अशक्ता धारणे वयम्
kṣaṇamātraṃ tu tiṣṭhadhvaṃ yena yāti saridvarā / ūcuś ca parvatāstaṃ ca aśaktā dhāraṇe vayam
"Stand firm for just a moment, so that the best of rivers may proceed." And the mountains said to him: "We are unable to hold (her)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.45
नर्मदोवाचा: अशक्तान् धारणे चैनान् प्रपश्यामि जगत्पते । मम तोयौघपातेन कल्लोलप्रवणावृताः
narmadovācā: aśaktān dhāraṇe cainān prapaśyāmi jagatpate / mama toyaughapātena kallolapravaṇāvṛtāḥ
Narmadā said: I see these (mountains) unable to hold (me), O lord of the world; by the fall of my flood of water they will be covered by the rush of billows,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.46
शतधा भेदम् आयान्ति गिरयो वज्रदारिताः । तेषां मध्ये समुत्थाय प्राब्रवीद् उदयाचलः
śatadhā bhedam āyānti girayo vajradāritāḥ / teṣāṃ madhye samutthāya prābravīd udayācalaḥ
and the mountains, split as if by a thunderbolt, will break into a hundred pieces. Rising up among them, the Mountain of Sunrise spoke:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.47
शिवप्रसादसम्पन्नो ह्य् अहं धारयितुं क्षमः । ततः प्रचलिता देवी दत्त्वा पादं नगोपरि
śivaprasādasampanno hy ahaṃ dhārayituṃ kṣamaḥ / tataḥ pracalitā devī dattvā pādaṃ nagopari
"Being endowed with Śiva's grace, I am indeed able to hold (her)." Then the goddess set out, setting her foot upon the mountain;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.48
गगनात् प्रच्युता देवी पपात धरणीतले । वायुवेगा पुनर् भूत्वा वारुणीं दिशम् आश्रिता
gaganāt pracyutā devī papāta dharaṇītale / vāyuvegā punar bhūtvā vāruṇīṃ diśam āśritā
fallen from the sky, the goddess dropped onto the surface of the earth, and becoming again swift as the wind, she took to the western quarter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.49
अकालपीडिते लोके जम्बूद्वीपे चराचरे । हाहाकारो महानासीत् त्रिषु लोकेषु भारत
akālapīḍite loke jambūdvīpe carācare / hāhākāro mahānāsīt triṣu lokeṣu bhārata
When the world, moving and unmoving, in Jambūdvīpa was afflicted out of season, there arose a great cry of "alas, alas" in the three worlds, O Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.50
श्रुत्वा च कल्कलाशब्दं भीषणं लोमहर्षणम् । पातालाद् उत्थितं लिङ्गं ज्वलितं दीप्ततेजसम्
śrutvā ca kalkalāśabdaṃ bhīṣaṇaṃ lomaharṣaṇam / pātālād utthitaṃ liṅgaṃ jvalitaṃ dīptatejasam
And hearing the clamorous noise, terrifying and hair-raising, a liṅga rose up from the netherworld, blazing with flaming brilliance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.51
हुङ्कारेणैव तद् भद्रे नर्मदाम् अब्रवीद् वच । सर्वपापहरे देवि मर्यादां वह सुव्रते
huṅkāreṇaiva tad bhadre narmadām abravīd vaca / sarvapāpahare devi maryādāṃ vaha suvrate
With a mere roar of "hum", O good lady, it spoke this word to Narmadā: "O goddess who removes all sins, keep to (your) bounds, O you of good vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.52
त्वद् धारणार्थम् ईशेन निसृष्टाः पर्वतास्त्रयः । विन्ध्यश् चतुर्थकस् तत्र श्रेष्ठः सर्वमहीभृताम्
tvad dhāraṇārtham īśena nisṛṣṭāḥ parvatāstrayaḥ / vindhyaś caturthakas tatra śreṣṭhaḥ sarvamahībhṛtām
For the sake of holding you, three mountains have been released by the Lord; the Vindhya is the fourth there, the best of all the earth-bearers —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.53
मेरुश्च हिमवांस् तत्र कैलासश् च तृतीयकः । तदा भित्त्वा त्रिशूलेन कीलिता वसुधातले
meruśca himavāṃs tatra kailāsaś ca tṛtīyakaḥ / tadā bhittvā triśūlena kīlitā vasudhātale
Meru, and Himavān, and Kailāsa as the third." Then, splitting (the ground) with the trident, she was pinned down on the surface of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 4.54
द्वात्रिंशत् तु सहस्राणि प्रवाह पूर्वपश्चिमे । सहस्रार्द्धश् च विस्तारं दक्षिणोत्तरमानतः
dvātriṃśat tu sahasrāṇi pravāha pūrvapaścime / sahasrārddhaś ca vistāraṃ dakṣiṇottaramānataḥ
Her course is thirty-two thousand (measures) from east to west, and her breadth half a thousand by the measure from south to north.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.55
नृत्यन्ति देवतास् सर्वाः शङ्खवादित्रनिस्वनैः । सिद्धा विद्याधरा यक्षा गन्धर्वा किन्नरा नराः
nṛtyanti devatās sarvāḥ śaṅkhavāditranisvanaiḥ / siddhā vidyādharā yakṣā gandharvā kinnarā narāḥ
All the deities dance to the sounds of conches and instruments — Siddhas, Vidyādharas, Yakṣas, Gandharvas, Kinnaras and men;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.56
आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा विश्वेदेवा मरुद्गणाः । स्तुवन्ति परया भक्त्या नर्मदां सप्तकल्पगाम्
ādityā vasavo rudrā viśvedevā marudgaṇāḥ / stuvanti parayā bhaktyā narmadāṃ saptakalpagām
the Ādityas, Vasus, Rudras, the Viśvedevas and the hosts of Maruts praise with supreme devotion Narmadā, who flows through seven aeons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.57
हिरण्यतेजा राजर्षिर् नर्मदां चेदम् अब्रवीत् । अनुग्रहः कृतो देवि पितॄणां तारणाय मे
hiraṇyatejā rājarṣir narmadāṃ cedam abravīt / anugrahaḥ kṛto devi pitṝṇāṃ tāraṇāya me
The royal sage Hiraṇyatejas said this to Narmadā: "A favour has been done (by you), O goddess, for the deliverance of my forefathers."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.58
उवाच कल्पगा राजंस् त्वत्तो ऽन्यः को नु वै भुवि । प्रभाव ईदृशो यस्य राज्ञश् चामिततेजसः
uvāca kalpagā rājaṃs tvatto 'nyaḥ ko nu vai bhuvi / prabhāva īdṛśo yasya rājñaś cāmitatejasaḥ
The kalpa-flowing (river) said: "O king, who else on earth but you—what king of immeasurable splendour has such power?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.59
तपस्तप्त्वा महेशस्य ममार्थं त्वं यतो ऽनघ । मातृकाः पैतृका ये ये सान्तः पुरपरिग्रहाः
tapastaptvā maheśasya mamārthaṃ tvaṃ yato 'nagha / mātṛkāḥ paitṛkā ye ye sāntaḥ puraparigrahāḥ
Since you, O sinless one, have performed austerity to Maheśa for my sake, (all) those who are your mother's kin and father's kin, together with the household and its dependents—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 4.60
मम प्रभावात् नृपते उमामाहेश्वरं पुरम् । नमस्कृत्य सुरश्रेष्ठां पुत्रो ऽहं ते वरानने
mama prabhāvāt nṛpate umāmāheśvaraṃ puram / namaskṛtya suraśreṣṭhāṃ putro 'haṃ te varānane
—by my power, O king, having bowed to the city of Umā and Maheśvara, (they have gone there); I am your son, O best of the gods, O fair-faced one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 4.61
स्नानं कृत्वा च विधिवत् पितॄन्देवांश् च तर्पयन् । श्राद्धं पिण्डप्रदानं च तत्र सर्वमकल्पयत्
snānaṃ kṛtvā ca vidhivat pitṝndevāṃś ca tarpayan / śrāddhaṃ piṇḍapradānaṃ ca tatra sarvamakalpayat
And having bathed according to the rule and satisfying the forefathers and the gods, he arranged there the whole śrāddha and the offering of rice-balls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.62
नरकादुद्धृतास् सर्वे देवयानपथे स्थिताः । कृमिकीटपतङ्गाश् च पक्षिणश्चाण्डजाश् च ये
narakāduddhṛtās sarve devayānapathe sthitāḥ / kṛmikīṭapataṅgāś ca pakṣiṇaścāṇḍajāś ca ye
All (of them), lifted out of hell, stood on the path of the gods' road—worms, insects, moths, and birds, and those born from eggs,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.63
भूतग्रामः समग्रश् च रेजे विद्याधरे पुरे । एतत् ते कथितं राजन्न् आदिसर्गावकल्पनम्
bhūtagrāmaḥ samagraś ca reje vidyādhare pure / etat te kathitaṃ rājann ādisargāvakalpanam
and the whole host of beings shone in the city of the Vidyādharas. This has been told to you, O king—the ordering of the first creation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.64
कीर्तितानि मया रेवावताराणि विशाम्पते । आगता येन मार्गेण लोकानुग्रहकाम्यया
kīrtitāni mayā revāvatārāṇi viśāmpate / āgatā yena mārgeṇa lokānugrahakāmyayā
The descents of Revā have been recounted by me, O lord of men, and the path by which she came, out of a desire to favour the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.65
एषो ऽवतारः प्रथम आदिकल्पे कृते युगे । द्वितीयस् तु तथा स्कन्ददक्षसावर्णिके ऽन्तरे
eṣo 'vatāraḥ prathama ādikalpe kṛte yuge / dvitīyas tu tathā skandadakṣasāvarṇike 'ntare
This was the first descent, in the first kalpa, in the Kṛta age; and the second likewise in the Skanda-Dakṣa-Sāvarṇika interval.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.66
तृतीयः पुरूरवसा तथा वैष्णवके ऽन्तरे । एतत् ते कथितं राजन् यथा दृष्टं पुरातनम्
tṛtīyaḥ purūravasā tathā vaiṣṇavake 'ntare / etat te kathitaṃ rājan yathā dṛṣṭaṃ purātanam
The third (was) by Purūravas, likewise in the Vaiṣṇava interval. This ancient (account) has been told to you, O king, as it was seen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.67
स्नानावगाहनात् पानात् स्मरणात् कीर्तनाद् अपि । अनेकभाविकं घोरमघं नश्यति तत्क्षणात्
snānāvagāhanāt pānāt smaraṇāt kīrtanād api / anekabhāvikaṃ ghoramaghaṃ naśyati tatkṣaṇāt
By bathing, by immersion, by drinking, by remembering, and even by proclaiming (her name), dreadful sin (accumulated) through many births perishes that very instant.
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SkP-RK 4.68
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: कैलासो हिमवान् मेरुः केन कार्य्येण सुव्रत । नर्मदातीरम् आसाद्य निक्षिप्ताः पर्वतास्त्रयः
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: kailāso himavān meruḥ kena kāryyeṇa suvrata / narmadātīram āsādya nikṣiptāḥ parvatāstrayaḥ
Yudhiṣṭhira said: For what purpose, O you of good vows, were the three mountains Kailāsa, Himavān and Meru set down, having reached the bank of the Narmadā?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.69
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: उन्मार्गगामिनीं रेवां विन्ध्यो वै धर्तुम् अक्षमः । आपगा तोयपूरेण प्लावितं जगतीतलम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: unmārgagāminīṃ revāṃ vindhyo vai dhartum akṣamaḥ / āpagā toyapūreṇa plāvitaṃ jagatītalam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Vindhya was unable to hold back Revā as she ran out of her course; the surface of the earth was flooded by the river's flood of water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 4.70
कृत्वा व्रजन्तीं दृष्ट्वा वै शङ्करो लोकशङ्करः । भित्त्वा भूमि त्रिशूलेन कीलिताः पर्वतास्त्रयः
kṛtvā vrajantīṃ dṛṣṭvā vai śaṅkaro lokaśaṅkaraḥ / bhittvā bhūmi triśūlena kīlitāḥ parvatāstrayaḥ
Seeing her going on, having done (this), Śaṅkara, the benefactor of the world, split the earth with his trident and the three mountains were pinned down (as pegs).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain