Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 41
SkP-RK 41.1
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: कीर्तनं कोटितीर्थस्य मानसंख्याप्रमाणतः । तीर्थानि चोत्तरे याम्ये प्राकारे संस्थितानि च
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: kīrtanaṃ koṭitīrthasya mānasaṃkhyāpramāṇataḥ / tīrthāni cottare yāmye prākāre saṃsthitāni ca
Yudhiṣṭhira said: The praise of Koṭitīrtha, in terms of its measure, number and extent, and the sacred fords that are situated in the northern and the southern enclosure-wall —
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SkP-RK 41.2
कथयस्व प्रसादेन तानि मे मुनिसत्तम । तेषां तु दर्शनाद् एव पापं दुष्कृतकर्मिणाम्
kathayasva prasādena tāni me munisattama / teṣāṃ tu darśanād eva pāpaṃ duṣkṛtakarmiṇām
— tell me of them graciously, best of sages; for by the mere sight of them the sin of those who have done evil deeds
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SkP-RK 41.3
प्रणश्येत् तत्क्षणाद् एव तमः सूर्योदये यथा । मार्कण्डेय उवाच: उत्तरे यानि तीर्थानि यानि तीर्थानि दक्षिणे
praṇaśyet tatkṣaṇād eva tamaḥ sūryodaye yathā / mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: uttare yāni tīrthāni yāni tīrthāni dakṣiṇe
(that sin) would perish that very instant, as darkness does at sunrise. Mārkaṇḍeya said: The sacred fords that are in the north and the sacred fords that are in the south —
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SkP-RK 41.4
लीयन्ते कोटितीर्थे तु साक्षाच् छिवपदे नृप । पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि आसमुद्रान्तगोचरे
līyante koṭitīrthe tu sākṣāc chivapade nṛpa / pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni āsamudrāntagocare
— they dissolve into Koṭitīrtha, which is directly the abode of Śiva, O king. Whatever sacred fords are on the earth, within the range extending to the ocean's end,
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SkP-RK 41.5
तानि साक्षात् कोटितीर्थे लीयन्ते परमे पदे । कपिला ऽमरयोर् मध्ये नर्मद्ॐकारमध्यतः
tāni sākṣāt koṭitīrthe līyante parame pade / kapilā 'marayor madhye narmadoṃkāramadhyataḥ
Those (tīrthas) merge directly into Koṭitīrtha, the highest abode — between the Kapilā and the Amarā, in the middle of the Narmadā and Oṃkāra.
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SkP-RK 41.6
अत्रान्तरे नृपश्रेष्ठ कोटितीर्थं व्यवस्थितम् । दशायुतानि तीर्थानां पातालतलवासिनाम्
atrāntare nṛpaśreṣṭha koṭitīrthaṃ vyavasthitam / daśāyutāni tīrthānāṃ pātālatalavāsinām
In this interval, O best of kings, Koṭitīrtha is established; and ten myriads of the tīrthas that dwell in the depths of the netherworld —
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SkP-RK 41.7
कपिलानर्मदामध्ये शिवेन स्थापितानि च । अत्रान्तरे महाराज रुद्रावर्तजलेन तु
kapilānarmadāmadhye śivena sthāpitāni ca / atrāntare mahārāja rudrāvartajalena tu
— tr. refused: cyber
SkP-RK 41.8
स्नात्वा विधानतस् ते वै गच्छन्ति शिवमन्दिरम् । ये वसन्त्य् उत्तरे कूले रुद्रलोके वसन्ति ते
snātvā vidhānatas te vai gacchanti śivamandiram / ye vasanty uttare kūle rudraloke vasanti te
Having bathed according to the prescribed rule with (that water), they indeed go to Śiva's temple; those who dwell on the northern bank dwell in Rudra's world.
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SkP-RK 41.9
वसन्ति वामभागे वै ते लोकं यान्ति वैष्णवम् । ये पूर्वपश्चिमे भागे वसन्त्य् अमरकण्टके
vasanti vāmabhāge vai te lokaṃ yānti vaiṣṇavam / ye pūrvapaścime bhāge vasanty amarakaṇṭake
Those who dwell on the left side go to the world of Viṣṇu; and those who dwell in the eastern and western parts at Amarakaṇṭaka —
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SkP-RK 41.10
रुद्रस्य ब्रह्मणो लोकं ते प्रयान्ति च वैष्णवम् । जले चैकादशाग्नौ तु पतने षोडशैव तु
rudrasya brahmaṇo lokaṃ te prayānti ca vaiṣṇavam / jale caikādaśāgnau tu patane ṣoḍaśaiva tu
they go to the world of Rudra, of Brahmā, and to that of Viṣṇu. In (dying by) water, eleven; in fire and in falling (from a height), sixteen —
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SkP-RK 41.11
सहस्राणि तथाशीतिर् मरणाद् गोगृहे तथा । अनशने ब्रह्मलोकः सार्द्धं लक्षमुदाहृतः
sahasrāṇi tathāśītir maraṇād gogṛhe tathā / anaśane brahmalokaḥ sārddhaṃ lakṣamudāhṛtaḥ
(And) likewise eighty thousand (years) from dying in a cowshed; by fasting to death (one attains) Brahmā's world — a lakh and a half is declared (as the reckoning).
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SkP-RK 41.12
कपिलानर्मदातोये जलाग्नी साधयन्ति ये । चतुर्युगसहस्राणि रुद्रलोके वसन्ति ते
kapilānarmadātoye jalāgnī sādhayanti ye / caturyugasahasrāṇi rudraloke vasanti te
Those who accomplish (death by) water and fire in the waters of the Kapilā and the Narmadā dwell in Rudra's world for a thousand four-yuga (cycles).
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SkP-RK 41.13
अवशः स्ववशो वा ऽपि मृगपक्षिसरीसृपाः । तिर्यग्योनिगताः पापा म्रियन्ते ये युधिष्ठिर
avaśaḥ svavaśo vā 'pi mṛgapakṣisarīsṛpāḥ / tiryagyonigatāḥ pāpā mriyante ye yudhiṣṭhira
Whether helplessly or of their own accord, O Yudhiṣṭhira, those sinful beings who have entered animal wombs — beasts, birds, and reptiles — who die (there),
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SkP-RK 41.14
राजानस् ते प्रजायन्ते शुभे वैद्याधरे पुरे । राहुसोमसमायोगे कोटितीर्थे नराधिप
rājānas te prajāyante śubhe vaidyādhare pure / rāhusomasamāyoge koṭitīrthe narādhipa
Those (creatures) are born as kings in the fair city of the Vidyādharas, O lord of men, (if they die) at Koṭitīrtha at the conjunction of Rāhu and the moon (i.e. a lunar eclipse).
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SkP-RK 41.15
पुण्यं यत् कीर्तितं पुंसां तस्य संख्या न विद्यते । गयायां च कुरुक्षेत्रे पुष्करे ऽमरकण्टके
puṇyaṃ yat kīrtitaṃ puṃsāṃ tasya saṃkhyā na vidyate / gayāyāṃ ca kurukṣetre puṣkare 'marakaṇṭake
The merit that has been declared for men — of it there is no counting; and at Gayā, at Kurukṣetra, at Puṣkara, at Amarakaṇṭaka —
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SkP-RK 41.16
तुल्यं फलमवाप्नोति राहुग्रस्ते दिवाकरे । प्राची सरस्वती यत्र स्थाणुः सारस्वतं जलम्
tulyaṃ phalamavāpnoti rāhugraste divākare / prācī sarasvatī yatra sthāṇuḥ sārasvataṃ jalam
— (he) obtains a fruit equal (to that), when the sun is seized by Rāhu; (and) where the east-flowing Sarasvatī is, (where) Sthāṇu is, (where) the Sārasvata water is —
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SkP-RK 41.17
सार्द्धं द्वादश लक्षं तु दत्तं तत्र प्रवर्तते । तत् तुल्यं तु भवेत् सर्वं कोटितीर्थे न संशयः
sārddhaṃ dvādaśa lakṣaṃ tu dattaṃ tatra pravartate / tat tulyaṃ tu bhavet sarvaṃ koṭitīrthe na saṃśayaḥ
— whatever is given there, twelve and a half lakhs, comes to pass; but all that would be equal (to what is given) at Koṭitīrtha, (there is) no doubt.
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SkP-RK 41.18
न्यायोपार्जितवित्तस्य राहुग्रस्ते दिवाकरे । नानाविधं तु पुण्यं च मतं वै परिकीर्तितम्
nyāyopārjitavittasya rāhugraste divākare / nānāvidhaṃ tu puṇyaṃ ca mataṃ vai parikīrtitam
When the sun is seized by Rāhu, the manifold merit of one whose wealth is earned by lawful means is held (to be great) and has been fully proclaimed.
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SkP-RK 41.19
ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवोक्तं च प्रमाण सर्वसम्मतम् । अल्पसत्त्वा नरा राजन् काले मायाविमोहिताः
brahmaviṣṇuśivoktaṃ ca pramāṇa sarvasammatam / alpasattvā narā rājan kāle māyāvimohitāḥ
And what is spoken by Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva is authoritative, agreed to by all. Men of little strength, O king, are in (this) time deluded by māyā —
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SkP-RK 41.20
ॐकारं ये न पश्यन्ति तथा वै सप्तकल्पगाम् । गोछागयोर् महाराज हेमरूप्ये यद् अन्तरम्
oṃkāraṃ ye na paśyanti tathā vai saptakalpagām / gochāgayor mahārāja hemarūpye yad antaram
— (those) who do not behold the Oṃkāra, nor likewise the seven-kalpa-flowing (river). O great king, the difference that there is between a cow and a goat, between gold and silver,
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SkP-RK 41.21
शूद्रब्राह्मणयोर् यद्वद् यथा वद्दधितक्रयोः । अमरेश्वरतीर्थं हि ज्ञेयं तीर्थान्तरैः सह
śūdrabrāhmaṇayor yadvad yathā vaddadhitakrayoḥ / amareśvaratīrthaṃ hi jñeyaṃ tīrthāntaraiḥ saha
just as (the difference) between a śūdra and a brahmin, and as between curds and buttermilk — so is the Amareśvara tīrtha to be understood in relation to other tīrthas.
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SkP-RK 41.22
दीयते कोटितीर्थे यद्गुञ्जामात्रं हिरण्यकम् । तस्य संख्या न विद्यते यावद् आहूत संप्लवम्
dīyate koṭitīrthe yadguñjāmātraṃ hiraṇyakam / tasya saṃkhyā na vidyate yāvad āhūta saṃplavam
Whatever bit of gold, even the measure of a guñjā berry, is given at Koṭitīrtha — of it there is no counting, up to the (final) deluge that has been proclaimed.
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SkP-RK 41.23
चतुर्हस्तप्रमाणं तु कोटितीर्थं न संशयः । हस्तमात्रं तथा चान्ये वितस्तिं च तथा ऽपरे
caturhastapramāṇaṃ tu koṭitīrthaṃ na saṃśayaḥ / hastamātraṃ tathā cānye vitastiṃ ca tathā 'pare
Koṭitīrtha is of the measure of four cubits, (there is) no doubt; and others (say) just a cubit, and others again a span;
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SkP-RK 41.24
चतुरङ्गुलमयं के ऽपि केचिद् अङ्गुलमानतः । अर्द्धाङ्गुलं यवमात्रं ब्रह्मसूत्रप्रमाणतः
caturaṅgulamayaṃ ke 'pi kecid aṅgulamānataḥ / arddhāṅgulaṃ yavamātraṃ brahmasūtrapramāṇataḥ
some (say) it consists of four fingerbreadths, some by the measure of a fingerbreadth, (some) half a fingerbreadth, (some) the measure of a barleycorn, (some) by the measure of a brahma-thread.
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SkP-RK 41.25
चतुर्विंशे द्वादशाब्दे कुरुक्षेत्रात् सरस्वती । कोटितीर्थे तथा स्नातुं राहुग्रस्ते दिवाकरे
caturviṃśe dvādaśābde kurukṣetrāt sarasvatī / koṭitīrthe tathā snātuṃ rāhugraste divākare
In the twenty-fourth twelve-year (period), the Sarasvatī (comes) from Kurukṣetra to Koṭitīrtha, to bathe there when the sun is seized by Rāhu;
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SkP-RK 41.26
करिणीरूपमास्थाय आयात् स्वपुण्यकक्षयात् । स्नानं कृत्वा पुनर्याति कुरुक्षेत्रं न संशयः
kariṇīrūpamāsthāya āyāt svapuṇyakakṣayāt / snānaṃ kṛtvā punaryāti kurukṣetraṃ na saṃśayaḥ
assuming the form of a cow-elephant she comes, because of the diminution of her own store of merit; and having bathed she goes again to Kurukṣetra, (there is) no doubt.
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SkP-RK 41.27
कावेरीसङ्गमं यावद् आरभ्यो दधिसङ्गमम् । अत्रान्तरे महाराज तीर्थकोट्यो दश स्मृताः
kāverīsaṅgamaṃ yāvad ārabhyo dadhisaṅgamam / atrāntare mahārāja tīrthakoṭyo daśa smṛtāḥ
From the Kāverī confluence up to the Dadhi confluence — in that interval, O great king, ten crores of tīrthas are traditionally reckoned.
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SkP-RK 41.28
कोटितीर्थं समारभ्य नीलगङ्गावसानतः । अष्टलक्षाणि तीर्थानां ब्रह्मसूत्रप्रमाणतः
koṭitīrthaṃ samārabhya nīlagaṅgāvasānataḥ / aṣṭalakṣāṇi tīrthānāṃ brahmasūtrapramāṇataḥ
Beginning from Koṭitīrtha and ending at the Nīlagaṅgā, (there are) eight lakhs of tīrthas, (each) of the measure of a brahma-thread.
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SkP-RK 41.29
कावेर्याः पूर्वभागे च यावत् पर्यङ्कपर्वतः । दश लक्षाणि तीर्थानां संख्या च कथिता तव
kāveryāḥ pūrvabhāge ca yāvat paryaṅkaparvataḥ / daśa lakṣāṇi tīrthānāṃ saṃkhyā ca kathitā tava
And on the eastern side of the Kāverī, as far as Mount Paryaṅka, (there are) ten lakhs of tīrthas — the number has been told to you.
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SkP-RK 41.30
नर्मदायां समासाद्य जमदग्नेर् महाश्रमम् । श्रीकण्ठं नीलकण्ठं च लिङ्गं पापप्रणाशनम्
narmadāyāṃ samāsādya jamadagner mahāśramam / śrīkaṇṭhaṃ nīlakaṇṭhaṃ ca liṅgaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam
Having reached, on the Narmadā, the great hermitage of Jamadagni, (and) Śrīkaṇṭha and Nīlakaṇṭha, the liṅga that destroys sin,
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SkP-RK 41.31
कन्यातीर्थं महापुण्यं कपिलेश्वरम् उत्तमम् । कपिलावर्तसंज्ञं तु तीर्थं पापहरं परम्
kanyātīrthaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ kapileśvaram uttamam / kapilāvartasaṃjñaṃ tu tīrthaṃ pāpaharaṃ param
(and) the greatly meritorious Kanyātīrtha, the excellent Kapileśvara, and the tīrtha named Kapilāvarta, supreme, remover of sin —
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SkP-RK 41.32
तत्र पूषा च सूर्यस् तु शिवध्यानपरायणः । दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं तु तपस् तेपे सुदुष्करम्
tatra pūṣā ca sūryas tu śivadhyānaparāyaṇaḥ / divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu tapas tepe suduṣkaram
There Pūṣan, the sun, intent on meditation upon Śiva, practised most difficult austerity for a thousand divine years.
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SkP-RK 41.33
ततस् तुष्टः सुरेशानस् तम् उवाच तदा नृप । वरं वृणीष्व भद्रं ते यत् ते मनसि वर्तते
tatas tuṣṭaḥ sureśānas tam uvāca tadā nṛpa / varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te yat te manasi vartate
Then the lord of the gods, pleased, said to him at that time, O king: "Choose a boon — blessings on you — whatever is in your mind."
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SkP-RK 41.34
पूषोवाच: यदि तुष्टो ऽसि देवेश वरं दातुं त्वम् इच्छसि । सूर्यपिङ्गलसंज्ञं तु लिङ्गं परमसिद्धिदम्
pūṣovāca: yadi tuṣṭo 'si deveśa varaṃ dātuṃ tvam icchasi / sūryapiṅgalasaṃjñaṃ tu liṅgaṃ paramasiddhidam
Pūṣan said: "If you are pleased, O lord of gods, and wish to give a boon, (then let there be) the liṅga named Sūryapiṅgala, granting the highest attainment,
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SkP-RK 41.35
आकाशे प्रतपद्रश्मिसहस्रांशु समप्रभम् । मासे मासे ऽन्यमित्रस् तु संक्रमश् चान्यराशिषु
ākāśe pratapadraśmisahasrāṃśu samaprabham / māse māse 'nyamitras tu saṃkramaś cānyarāśiṣu
In the sky, blazing with its rays, equal in splendour to the thousand-rayed (sun); month by month (there is) another friend(?), and the passage (of the sun) into the other zodiacal signs.
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SkP-RK 41.36
ईश्वर उवाच: सर्वसम्पत्समृद्धिस् ते मत्प्रसादाद् भविष्यति
īśvara uvāca: sarvasampatsamṛddhis te matprasādād bhaviṣyati
The Lord said: By my grace there shall be for you abundance of every prosperity.
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SkP-RK 41.37
कृते युगे महाराज मयैतद् दृष्टम् एव च । चतुर्दश्यां तथा ऽष्टम्यां पिङ्गलेश्वरपूजनात्
kṛte yuge mahārāja mayaitad dṛṣṭam eva ca / caturdaśyāṃ tathā 'ṣṭamyāṃ piṅgaleśvarapūjanāt
In the Kṛta age, great king, this very thing was seen by me: from worshipping Piṅgaleśvara on the fourteenth and likewise on the eighth (lunar day) —
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SkP-RK 41.38
कोटियज्ञफलं प्राप्य शिवलोके महीयते । रेवातीरेषु ये देवाः क्रोशमात्रं स्वयंभुवः
koṭiyajñaphalaṃ prāpya śivaloke mahīyate / revātīreṣu ye devāḥ krośamātraṃ svayaṃbhuvaḥ
— having obtained the fruit of a crore of sacrifices, one is honoured in the world of Śiva. Those gods on the banks of the Revā that are self-existent, within the extent of a krośa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.39
सर्वे ते सिद्धिदा ज्ञेयाः कामभोगफलप्रदाः । केचित् कूष्माण्डमात्रा वै केचिद्वै पुष्पमात्रकाः
sarve te siddhidā jñeyāḥ kāmabhogaphalapradāḥ / kecit kūṣmāṇḍamātrā vai kecidvai puṣpamātrakāḥ
all of them are to be known as bestowers of attainment, granting the fruit of desire and enjoyment. Some are only the size of a gourd, some only the size of a flower,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.40
एरण्डफलमात्राश् च वज्रमौक्तिकमानतः । कृते मणिमयाः प्रोक्तास् त्रेतायां तु हिरण्मयाः
eraṇḍaphalamātrāś ca vajramauktikamānataḥ / kṛte maṇimayāḥ proktās tretāyāṃ tu hiraṇmayāḥ
and some the size of a castor-plant fruit, (some) of the measure of a diamond or a pearl. In the Kṛta (age) they are said to be made of jewels, but in the Tretā of gold,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.41
द्वापरे रौप्यताम्राश् च कलौ चाश्ममयाः स्मृताः । ब्राह्मं कृतयुगं प्राहुस् त्रेतां वै क्षत्रियं तथा
dvāpare raupyatāmrāś ca kalau cāśmamayāḥ smṛtāḥ / brāhmaṃ kṛtayugaṃ prāhus tretāṃ vai kṣatriyaṃ tathā
in the Dvāpara of silver and copper, and in the Kali they are held to be of stone. They call the Kṛta age brahmin, and the Tretā indeed kshatriya,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.42
द्वापरं वैश्यम् इत्य् एवं कलिं शूद्रं तथैव च । नापुण्यालिङ्गमासाद्य म्रियते ऽमरकण्टके
dvāparaṃ vaiśyam ity evaṃ kaliṃ śūdraṃ tathaiva ca / nāpuṇyāliṅgamāsādya mriyate 'marakaṇṭake
the Dvāpara vaiśya, thus, and the Kali likewise śūdra. Not without merit (is he who), having approached the liṅga, dies at Amarakaṇṭaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 41.43
को न मुच्येत कौन्तेय सप्तजन्मजकिल्बिषात् । यादृशो ऽयं गिरिः पुण्यः सर्वतो ऽमरकण्टकः
ko na mucyeta kaunteya saptajanmajakilbiṣāt / yādṛśo 'yaṃ giriḥ puṇyaḥ sarvato 'marakaṇṭakaḥ
Who, son of Kuntī, would not be freed from the sin arisen in seven births? Such as this mountain Amarakaṇṭaka is, holy on every side,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.44
तादृशं नानुपश्यामि त्रिषु लोकेषु भारत । पर्वतस्य समन्तात् तु तीर्थकोटिर् व्यवस्थिता
tādṛśaṃ nānupaśyāmi triṣu lokeṣu bhārata / parvatasya samantāt tu tīrthakoṭir vyavasthitā
such a one I do not behold in the three worlds, Bhārata; and all around the mountain a crore of holy fords is established.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.45
स्वर्गसोपानमासाद्य प्रात्यक्षं शिवदर्शनम् । सुपुण्यं कोटितीर्थं वै तथा चामरकण्टकम्
svargasopānamāsādya prātyakṣaṃ śivadarśanam / supuṇyaṃ koṭitīrthaṃ vai tathā cāmarakaṇṭakam
Having reached the stairway to heaven, the sight of Śiva is direct. Truly of great merit is Koṭitīrtha, and likewise Amarakaṇṭaka:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.46
स्वर्गदं मोक्षदं विद्धि सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकम् । वैदूर्यपर्वते सिद्धो मान्धाता च कृते युगे
svargadaṃ mokṣadaṃ viddhi sarvasiddhipradāyakam / vaidūryaparvate siddho māndhātā ca kṛte yuge
know it as granting heaven, granting release, bestowing every attainment. And on the Vaidūrya mountain Māndhātā attained perfection in the Kṛta age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.47
कथितो नृपशार्दूल तथान्यत् कथयामि ते । कावेरीसङ्गमः पुण्यः सर्वलोकेषु विश्रुतः
kathito nṛpaśārdūla tathānyat kathayāmi te / kāverīsaṅgamaḥ puṇyaḥ sarvalokeṣu viśrutaḥ
(This) has been told, tiger among kings; now I shall tell you another (matter). Holy is the confluence of the Kāverī, famed in all the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.48
तत्र स्नात्वा दिवं यान्ति ये मृता न पुनर्भवाः । कावेर्यां भूतजाभौमे व्यतीपातो यदा भवेत्
tatra snātvā divaṃ yānti ye mṛtā na punarbhavāḥ / kāveryāṃ bhūtajābhaume vyatīpāto yadā bhavet
Having bathed there they go to heaven; those who die (there) are not born again. When on the Kāverī a vyatīpāta (conjunction) occurs on a Tuesday (falling on a bhūta day?),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 41.49
सहस्रगुणितं पुण्यं भवेत् तस्यास् तु सङ्गमे । शस्त्रेण निहता ये वै तिलमिश्राम्बुदानतः
sahasraguṇitaṃ puṇyaṃ bhavet tasyās tu saṅgame / śastreṇa nihatā ye vai tilamiśrāmbudānataḥ
the merit becomes thousandfold at her confluence. Those who have been slain by a weapon — through the gift of water mixed with sesame,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.50
ते चैकोद्दिष्टश्राद्धेन स्वर्गलोकम् अवाप्नुयुः । चाण्डालाद् गुहकात् सर्पाद् विद्युतो ब्राह्मणाद् अपि
te caikoddiṣṭaśrāddhena svargalokam avāpnuyuḥ / cāṇḍālād guhakāt sarpād vidyuto brāhmaṇād api
they too, by a śrāddha directed to a single (deceased person), would attain the world of heaven. (Death) from a Cāṇḍāla, from a Guhaka, from a snake, from lightning, even from a brahmin,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.51
दंष्ट्रिभ्यश् च पशुभ्यश् च मरणं पापकर्मिणाम् । सर्वे ते नृपशार्दूल कावेरीसङ्गमे शुभे
daṃṣṭribhyaś ca paśubhyaś ca maraṇaṃ pāpakarmiṇām / sarve te nṛpaśārdūla kāverīsaṅgame śubhe
and death of evil-doers from fanged beasts and from cattle — all those, tiger among kings, at the auspicious confluence of the Kāverī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.52
श्राद्धस्य करणात् सत्यं तृप्ता यान्ति परां गतिम् । कुबेरेण तपस् तप्तं दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रकम्
śrāddhasya karaṇāt satyaṃ tṛptā yānti parāṃ gatim / kubereṇa tapas taptaṃ divyaṃ varṣasahasrakam
by the performance of the śrāddha, truly go satisfied to the highest goal. By Kubera austerity was performed for a thousand divine years,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.53
आराधितः पूजितश् च लोकनाथ उमापतिः । शिवप्रसादसम्पन्नो लोकपालत्वमाप्तवान्
ārādhitaḥ pūjitaś ca lokanātha umāpatiḥ / śivaprasādasampanno lokapālatvamāptavān
and the lord of the world, Umā's husband, was propitiated and worshipped; endowed with Śiva's grace he obtained the office of a guardian of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.54
तत्र यस् त्यजति प्राणांस् तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु । षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि देवराज्यम् अवाप्नुयात्
tatra yas tyajati prāṇāṃs tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu / ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi devarājyam avāpnuyāt
Whoever gives up his life-breaths there, hear the fruit of his merit: for sixty thousand years he would obtain the kingship of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.55
अवशः स्ववशो वा ऽपि प्राणत्यागं करोति यः । दशवर्षसहस्राणि राजा वैद्याधरे पुरे
avaśaḥ svavaśo vā 'pi prāṇatyāgaṃ karoti yaḥ / daśavarṣasahasrāṇi rājā vaidyādhare pure
Whoever gives up his life there, whether helplessly or of his own will, (becomes) a king in the city of the Vidyādharas for ten thousand years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.56
रेवाकावेरिकैस् तोयैस् तिलैर् आरण्यकैस् तथा । पितरस् तर्पितास् तत्र तृप्ता यान्ति परां गतिम्
revākāverikais toyais tilair āraṇyakais tathā / pitaras tarpitās tatra tṛptā yānti parāṃ gatim
With the waters of the Revā and the Kāverī, and with sesame seeds and wild (fruits), the fathers, gratified there, go satisfied to the highest goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.57
नानामुखसहस्रैस् तु कावेरी प्रथिता भुवि । चराचरं यथा व्याप्तं वायुना सूर्यरश्मिभिः
nānāmukhasahasrais tu kāverī prathitā bhuvi / carācaraṃ yathā vyāptaṃ vāyunā sūryaraśmibhiḥ
With thousands of various mouths the Kāverī is renowned on earth; as the moving and unmoving (world) is pervaded by the wind and by the sun's rays,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.58
तथा तोयेन कावेर्या व्याप्तं च वसुधातलम् । नर्मदादक्षिणे कूले वाराहे विन्ध्यपर्वते
tathā toyena kāveryā vyāptaṃ ca vasudhātalam / narmadādakṣiṇe kūle vārāhe vindhyaparvate
so is the surface of the earth pervaded by the water of the Kāverī. On the southern bank of the Narmadā, on the Vārāha peak of the Vindhya range,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.59
प्रत्यक्षा सर्वदेवानां पयोष्णी निर्गता यतः । सोमस्य दुहिता चासीत् हिमगर्भेन्दुशीतला
pratyakṣā sarvadevānāṃ payoṣṇī nirgatā yataḥ / somasya duhitā cāsīt himagarbhenduśītalā
visible to all the gods, the Payoṣṇī issued forth from there; and she was the daughter of Soma, cool as the moon, with snow in her womb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.60
हरेणाराधिता पूर्वम् उमामूर्तिः पयस्विनी । लोकानां तारणार्थाय सोमगङ्गेति गीयते
hareṇārādhitā pūrvam umāmūrtiḥ payasvinī / lokānāṃ tāraṇārthāya somagaṅgeti gīyate
Worshipped of old by Hara, a form of Umā, rich in water, she is sung of as the Somagaṅgā, for the sake of ferrying the worlds across.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.61
विनिष्क्रान्ता शरीराच् च वाराहस्य यशस्विनः । तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन् भवे वै न पुनर् भवेत्
viniṣkrāntā śarīrāc ca vārāhasya yaśasvinaḥ / tatra snātvā naro rājan bhave vai na punar bhavet
And she came forth from the body of the glorious Vārāha; having bathed there, O king, a man is not born again into existence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.62
तिलोदकप्रदानेन पितरस् तस्य भारत । दशायुतसहस्राणि लोके क्रीडन्ति शाङ्करे
tilodakapradānena pitaras tasya bhārata / daśāyutasahasrāṇi loke krīḍanti śāṅkare
By the gift of sesame and water, O Bhārata, his fathers sport in Śaṅkara's world for ten thousand myriads (of years).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.63
कार्त्तिक्यां यत्फलं तस्य वाराहे विन्ध्यपर्वते । संख्या न शक्यते स्नानाद् अत्र वर्षशतैर् अपि
kārttikyāṃ yatphalaṃ tasya vārāhe vindhyaparvate / saṃkhyā na śakyate snānād atra varṣaśatair api
Of the fruit that (accrues) to him on the full moon of Kārttika at Vārāha on the Vindhya mountain — the count cannot be made here, from bathing, even in a hundred years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 41.64
शिवेन कथितं पूर्वं पुराणे स्कन्दकीर्तिते । तत्र यद् दीयते दानं तस्य संख्या न विद्यते
śivena kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ purāṇe skandakīrtite / tatra yad dīyate dānaṃ tasya saṃkhyā na vidyate
It was told of old by Śiva in the Purāṇa celebrated by Skanda: of the gift that is given there, no count exists.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.65
ये चार्चयन्ति वाराहं न ते प्राकृतमानुषाः । प्राणत्यागे कृते तत्र शिवलोकम् अवाप्नुयुः
ye cārcayanti vārāhaṃ na te prākṛtamānuṣāḥ / prāṇatyāge kṛte tatra śivalokam avāpnuyuḥ
And those who worship Vārāha are not ordinary men; if death is undergone there, they would attain the world of Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.66
राहुसोमसमायोगे वाराहे विन्ध्यपर्वते । कुरुक्षेत्रसमं पुण्यं पुरा वै शङ्करो ऽब्रवीत्
rāhusomasamāyoge vārāhe vindhyaparvate / kurukṣetrasamaṃ puṇyaṃ purā vai śaṅkaro 'bravīt
At the conjunction of Rāhu and the moon (an eclipse), at Vārāha on the Vindhya mountain, the merit equals that of Kurukṣetra — so Śaṅkara declared of old.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.67
गिरेर् आरभ्य वाराहात् पयोष्ण्याः सङ्गमावधि । अत्रान्तरे नृपश्रेष्ठ तीर्थकोटिर् उदाहृता
girer ārabhya vārāhāt payoṣṇyāḥ saṅgamāvadhi / atrāntare nṛpaśreṣṭha tīrthakoṭir udāhṛtā
Beginning from the Vārāha mountain up to the confluence of the Payoṣṇī — in this stretch, O best of kings, ten million sacred fords are said (to lie).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.68
पयोष्णीसङ्गमे तत्र सोमावर्तः स उच्यते । स देशः सर्वतः पुण्यः सत्यम् एतत् तवोदितम्
payoṣṇīsaṅgame tatra somāvartaḥ sa ucyate / sa deśaḥ sarvataḥ puṇyaḥ satyam etat tavoditam
There, at the confluence of the Payoṣṇī, that (place) is called Somāvarta; that region is holy on all sides — this that has been told to you is true.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.69
पयोष्णीसङ्गमे पापहरे लिङ्गस्य दर्शनात् । तत्र स्नानस्य दानस्य संख्या कर्तुं न शक्यते
payoṣṇīsaṅgame pāpahare liṅgasya darśanāt / tatra snānasya dānasya saṃkhyā kartuṃ na śakyate
At the sin-removing confluence of the Payoṣṇī, from the sight of the liṅga, and from bathing and giving there, the count cannot be made.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.70
तापीपयोष्णीसंभेदश् चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहे नृप । कुरुक्षेत्राच्छतगुणः शिवेन परिकीर्तितः
tāpīpayoṣṇīsaṃbhedaś candrasūryagrahe nṛpa / kurukṣetrācchataguṇaḥ śivena parikīrtitaḥ
The junction of the Tāpī and the Payoṣṇī at an eclipse of the moon or the sun, O king, has been proclaimed by Śiva to be a hundred times (greater) than Kurukṣetra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.71
चतुर्भुजो हरिर् यत्र श्रीपतिः पुरुषोत्तमः । विष्णुक्षेत्रं तु विज्ञेयं क्रोशमात्रं तु तन्नृप
caturbhujo harir yatra śrīpatiḥ puruṣottamaḥ / viṣṇukṣetraṃ tu vijñeyaṃ krośamātraṃ tu tannṛpa
Where four-armed Hari, the lord of Śrī, the highest Person (dwells) — that is to be known as Viṣṇu's field, a mere krośa (in extent), O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.72
आश्विनस्य तु मासस्य कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दशी । अमावास्या सिनीवाली पर्वाण्य् एतान्य् अनुक्रमात्
āśvinasya tu māsasya kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśī / amāvāsyā sinīvālī parvāṇy etāny anukramāt
In the dark fortnight of the month of Āśvina: the fourteenth, the new moon, the sinīvālī — these are the parvas in order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.73
चतुर्दश्यां चतुर्योगे पीयूषं वहते नृप । पितरस् तृप्तिम् आयान्ति दिने तस्मिन् न संशयः
caturdaśyāṃ caturyoge pīyūṣaṃ vahate nṛpa / pitaras tṛptim āyānti dine tasmin na saṃśayaḥ
On the fourteenth, at the fourfold conjunction, (the river) carries nectar, O king; on that day the fathers attain satisfaction — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.74
सुर्यग्रहे कुरुक्षेत्रे यत्फलं परिकीर्तितम् । तापीपयोष्णीसम्पर्के तत्फलं परिकीर्तितम्
suryagrahe kurukṣetre yatphalaṃ parikīrtitam / tāpīpayoṣṇīsamparke tatphalaṃ parikīrtitam
The fruit that is proclaimed for a solar eclipse at Kurukṣetra — that fruit is proclaimed for (bathing at) the meeting of the Tāpī and the Payoṣṇī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.75
दीपोत्सर्गे तु कौमुद्यां फलं संख्या न विद्यते । पुरुषश् चक्रवर्ती स्याद् दीपं तत्र चकार यः
dīpotsarge tu kaumudyāṃ phalaṃ saṃkhyā na vidyate / puruṣaś cakravartī syād dīpaṃ tatra cakāra yaḥ
But at the setting out of lamps on the Kaumudī (full-moon night), there is no reckoning of the fruit; whoever made a lamp there becomes a man who is a universal sovereign.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.76
कार्त्तिक्याम् आश्विने मासि पक्षयोर् उभयोर् अपि । मासम् एकं न भुञ्जीत तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु
kārttikyām āśvine māsi pakṣayor ubhayor api / māsam ekaṃ na bhuñjīta tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu
On the Kārttikī, in the month of Āśvina, in both fortnights alike — should (one) not eat for one whole month, hear the fruit of his merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.77
यावच् चन्द्रश् च सूर्यश् च हिमवांश् च महोदधिः । तावत् कालं वसेत् स्वर्गे विष्णुलोके च भारत
yāvac candraś ca sūryaś ca himavāṃś ca mahodadhiḥ / tāvat kālaṃ vaset svarge viṣṇuloke ca bhārata
As long as the moon and the sun and the Himālaya and the great ocean (endure), for that length of time he dwells in heaven and in the world of Viṣṇu, O Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.78
नर्मदादक्षिणे भित्त्वा पातालात् तु समुत्थितम् । कावेरी कुण्डम् इत्य् एवं त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम्
narmadādakṣiṇe bhittvā pātālāt tu samutthitam / kāverī kuṇḍam ity evaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam
South of the Narmadā, having split (the earth), risen up from the netherworld, (there is) the Kāverī pool — thus is it famed in the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.79
स्नातमात्रो नरस् तत्र गाणपत्यम् अवाप्नुयात् । कुण्डेश्वरं सिद्धलिङ्गं सुरसिद्धनिषेवितम्
snātamātro naras tatra gāṇapatyam avāpnuyāt / kuṇḍeśvaraṃ siddhaliṅgaṃ surasiddhaniṣevitam
A man there, merely by bathing, would attain the state of a Gaṇa (attendant of Śiva). (There is) Kuṇḍeśvara, a self-established liṅga, frequented by gods and Siddhas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.80
प्रमादात् कुरुते यस् तु पूतलिङ्गस्य पूजनम् । न तत्पुण्यस्य संख्यास्ति यावच् चन्द्रार्कतारकम्
pramādāt kurute yas tu pūtaliṅgasya pūjanam / na tatpuṇyasya saṃkhyāsti yāvac candrārkatārakam
And whoever, even inadvertently, performs the worship of the purifying liṅga — there is no reckoning of his merit, as long as moon, sun, and stars (endure).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.81
तिलोदकप्रदानेन पिण्डपातेन भारत । असंख्यकालिका तृप्तिः पितॄणां नास्ति संशयः
tilodakapradānena piṇḍapātena bhārata / asaṃkhyakālikā tṛptiḥ pitṝṇāṃ nāsti saṃśayaḥ
By the gift of water with sesame and by the offering of rice-balls, O Bhārata, there is satisfaction of the ancestors for an incalculable time — of this there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.82
कावेर्यास् तु प्रभावेण नर्मदासङ्गमात् पुनः । यज्ञावर्तो ऽभवद् देशः सत्यम् एतच्छिवोदितम्
kāveryās tu prabhāveṇa narmadāsaṅgamāt punaḥ / yajñāvarto 'bhavad deśaḥ satyam etacchivoditam
And again, by the power of the Kāverī, from its confluence with the Narmadā, the region became a place of sacrificial performance — this is true, spoken by Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 41.83
स्वयम्भुवानि लिङ्गानि स्वर्गमोक्षप्रदानि तु । यत्र तत्र नरः स्नात्वा कावेर्या नृपसत्तम
svayambhuvāni liṅgāni svargamokṣapradāni tu / yatra tatra naraḥ snātvā kāveryā nṛpasattama
There are self-born liṅgas that bestow heaven and liberation; a man having bathed at any place whatever of the Kāverī, O best of kings,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.84
अश्वमेधफलं प्राप्य विष्णुलोके महीयते । त्यक्त्वा प्राणांस् तु कौवेर्यां कौबेरं लोकम् आप्नुयात्
aśvamedhaphalaṃ prāpya viṣṇuloke mahīyate / tyaktvā prāṇāṃs tu kauveryāṃ kauberaṃ lokam āpnuyāt
obtains the fruit of a horse-sacrifice and is honoured in the world of Viṣṇu; and giving up his life-breaths at the Kāverī he would attain the world of Kubera.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.85
कौबेरेश्वरलिङ्गं तु सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकम् । कावेरीनर्मदामध्ये न तत्पश्यन्ति मानवाः
kaubereśvaraliṅgaṃ tu sarvasiddhipradāyakam / kāverīnarmadāmadhye na tatpaśyanti mānavāḥ
And the Kaubereśvara liṅga is the giver of all attainments; between the Kāverī and the Narmadā — men do not see it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.86
पूज्यते सुरदैत्यैस् तु नागकन्याभिर् अर्च्यते । अर्चनात् तस्य देवस्य द्वादशादित्यसन्निभः
pūjyate suradaityais tu nāgakanyābhir arcyate / arcanāt tasya devasya dvādaśādityasannibhaḥ
It is worshipped by gods and demons, it is honoured by the Nāga maidens; from worship of that god (a man becomes) like the twelve suns,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.87
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः शिवलोके महीयते । कावेरीनर्मदाभेदे बाणलिङ्गं प्रतिष्ठितम्
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śivaloke mahīyate / kāverīnarmadābhede bāṇaliṅgaṃ pratiṣṭhitam
freed from all sins, he is honoured in the world of Śiva. At the parting of the Kāverī and the Narmadā a Bāṇa-liṅga is established,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.88
कुबेरेण पुरा दृष्टं सङ्गमेश्वरनामतः । अर्चनात् तस्य देवस्य लोकपुरे वसेत्
kubereṇa purā dṛṣṭaṃ saṅgameśvaranāmataḥ / arcanāt tasya devasya lokapure vaset
seen long ago by Kubera, by the name Saṅgameśvara; from worship of that god (one) would dwell in the city of (that) world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 41.89
गङ्गायमुनसंभेदे यत्फलं परिकीर्तितम् । भौमे तु भूतजायोगे व्यतीपाते च संक्रमे
gaṅgāyamunasaṃbhede yatphalaṃ parikīrtitam / bhaume tu bhūtajāyoge vyatīpāte ca saṃkrame
The fruit that is proclaimed at the junction of the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā — on a Tuesday, in the Bhūtajā conjunction, at a Vyatīpāta, and at a solstitial passage,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 41.90
राहुसोमसमायोगे तद् एवाष्टगुणं स्मृतम् । अशीतिश् च गुणाः प्रोक्ता गङ्गायमुनसङ्गमे
rāhusomasamāyoge tad evāṣṭaguṇaṃ smṛtam / aśītiś ca guṇāḥ proktā gaṅgāyamunasaṅgame
at the conjunction of Rāhu and the moon, that same (fruit) is held to be eightfold; and eighty times the merit is declared at the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 41.91
कावेरीनर्मदायोगे बाणा अष्टगुणाः स्मृताः । गङ्गाषष्टिसहस्रैस् तु क्षेत्रपालैः प्रपूज्यते
kāverīnarmadāyoge bāṇā aṣṭaguṇāḥ smṛtāḥ / gaṅgāṣaṣṭisahasrais tu kṣetrapālaiḥ prapūjyate
At the junction of the Kāverī and the Narmadā the Bāṇa (liṅgas) are held to be eightfold; and the Gaṅgā is worshipped by sixty thousand field-guardians.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 41.92
तदर्धैरन्यतीर्थानि रक्षन्ते नात्र संशयः । अमरेश्वरयाम्ये तु लिङ्गं चैव जलेश्वरम्
tadardhairanyatīrthāni rakṣante nātra saṃśayaḥ / amareśvarayāmye tu liṅgaṃ caiva jaleśvaram
By half of those the other holy places are guarded — there is no doubt here. And to the south of Amareśvara (there is) the liṅga called Jaleśvara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.93
दर्शनात् तस्य लिङ्गस्य गाणपत्यमवाप्नुयात् । लक्षैश् च रक्षिता देवैर् नर्मदा सप्तकल्पगा
darśanāt tasya liṅgasya gāṇapatyamavāpnuyāt / lakṣaiś ca rakṣitā devair narmadā saptakalpagā
From the sight of that liṅga (one) would attain the state of a Gaṇa. And the Narmadā, which flows through seven aeons, is guarded by hundreds of thousands of gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 41.94
धन्विभिः षष्टिपुरुषैः सहस्रैश् च युधिष्ठिर । ॐकारं शतसाहस्र्या पर्वतो लिङ्गम् एव च
dhanvibhiḥ ṣaṣṭipuruṣaiḥ sahasraiś ca yudhiṣṭhira / oṃkāraṃ śatasāhasryā parvato liṅgam eva ca
by sixty thousand men bearing bows, O Yudhiṣṭhira; and Oṃkāra by a hundred thousand — the mountain itself is indeed a liṅga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain