Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 44
SkP-RK 44.1
युधिष्ठिरौवाच: सुकन्यार्थे मुनिः शप्तश् चन्द्रवत्या महामुने । वल्मीकाच् च कथं मुक्तश् च्यवनः काममोहितः
yudhiṣṭhirauvāca: sukanyārthe muniḥ śaptaś candravatyā mahāmune / valmīkāc ca kathaṃ muktaś cyavanaḥ kāmamohitaḥ
Yudhiṣṭhira said: O great sage, the sage was cursed by Candravatī on account of Sukanyā; and how was Cyavana, deluded by desire, released from the ant-hill?
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SkP-RK 44.2
परलोकं कथं प्राप्तो ब्राह्मणो ब्रह्मवित्तमः । कथयस्व महाबाहो परं कौतूहलं हि मे
paralokaṃ kathaṃ prāpto brāhmaṇo brahmavittamaḥ / kathayasva mahābāho paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me
How did the brahmin, best of the knowers of brahman, reach the other world? Tell (me), O mighty-armed one, for my curiosity is great.
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SkP-RK 44.3
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: शृणु त्वं राजशार्दूल कथ्यमानं निबोध मे । निमिः पुत्रं च राज्ये वै सूर्यसेनं निवेश्य च
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: śṛṇu tvaṃ rājaśārdūla kathyamānaṃ nibodha me / nimiḥ putraṃ ca rājye vai sūryasenaṃ niveśya ca
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Listen, O tiger among kings, attend to what is being told by me. Nimi, having installed his son Sūryasena in the kingdom,
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SkP-RK 44.4
आदिदेशाथ मतिमाञ् ज्येष्ठा वै भगिनी तथा । च्यवनाय प्रदातव्या ब्राह्मणाय न संशयः
ādideśātha matimāñ jyeṣṭhā vai bhaginī tathā / cyavanāya pradātavyā brāhmaṇāya na saṃśayaḥ
then, wise as he was, gave this instruction: "Your eldest sister is to be given to the brahmin Cyavana — of this there is no doubt.
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SkP-RK 44.5
एरण्ड्याः सङ्गमे चेष्ट्वा हयमेधं मखोत्तमम् । सर्वयज्ञकृतं पुण्यं ब्राह्मणाय प्रदास्यसि
eraṇḍyāḥ saṅgame ceṣṭvā hayamedhaṃ makhottamam / sarvayajñakṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ brāhmaṇāya pradāsyasi
And having performed at the confluence of the Eraṇḍī the horse-sacrifice, best of rites, you shall bestow on the brahmin the merit produced by all the sacrifices."
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SkP-RK 44.6
उक्त्वैवं सूर्यसेनं तु स गतः शिवमन्दिरे । एवम् अस्त्विति तं चोक्त्वा सूर्यसेनः प्रतापवान्
uktvaivaṃ sūryasenaṃ tu sa gataḥ śivamandire / evam astviti taṃ coktvā sūryasenaḥ pratāpavān
Having spoken thus to Sūryasena, he went to Śiva's abode; and the mighty Sūryasena, having said to him "So be it," —
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SkP-RK 44.7
एवं संचिन्त्य मनसा सर्वसंभारसंवृतः । स जगाम सुरैः सार्द्धं कन्याम् आदाय भूपतिः
evaṃ saṃcintya manasā sarvasaṃbhārasaṃvṛtaḥ / sa jagāma suraiḥ sārddhaṃ kanyām ādāya bhūpatiḥ
thus having pondered in his mind, and provided with all the requisites, that lord of the earth went, together with the gods, taking the girl along.
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SkP-RK 44.8
मण्डपांश् चैव यूपांश् च पञ्चयोजनविस्तरान् । स चकार ततो राजा पितुराज्ञाम् अनुस्मरन्
maṇḍapāṃś caiva yūpāṃś ca pañcayojanavistarān / sa cakāra tato rājā piturājñām anusmaran
Then the king, remembering his father's command, had pavilions and sacrificial posts made, extending five yojanas.
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SkP-RK 44.9
यज्ञस् तेन समारब्धः समाप्तवरदक्षिणः । रममाणा सुकन्या च कन्याभिर् नृपतिस्वसा
yajñas tena samārabdhaḥ samāptavaradakṣiṇaḥ / ramamāṇā sukanyā ca kanyābhir nṛpatisvasā
The sacrifice was begun by him, with the excellent gifts (to the priests) fully provided; and Sukanyā, the king's sister, playing with the (other) girls,
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SkP-RK 44.10
श्रुत्वा शब्दं च वल्मीके कर्तुं क्रीडां समाययौ । तत्रापश्यत् मानुषं सा चक्षुर् हीनमधोमुखम्
śrutvā śabdaṃ ca valmīke kartuṃ krīḍāṃ samāyayau / tatrāpaśyat mānuṣaṃ sā cakṣur hīnamadhomukham
hearing a sound in the ant-hill, came there to play; and there she saw a man, eyeless, with face downcast.
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SkP-RK 44.11
दृष्ट्वा सा कण्टकेनैव विव्याध च गृहं गता । हाहाकारो महानासीत् किम् एतद् इति भारत
dṛṣṭvā sā kaṇṭakenaiva vivyādha ca gṛhaṃ gatā / hāhākāro mahānāsīt kim etad iti bhārata
Having seen (him), she pierced (him) with a thorn and went home. There was a great cry of "Alas! alas! What is this?", O Bhārata.
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SkP-RK 44.12
दुर्मनाः सूर्यसेनस् तु ब्राह्मणैः सह सत्वरम् । आजुहाव ततो देवाव् अश्विनौ पाकशासनम्
durmanāḥ sūryasenas tu brāhmaṇaiḥ saha satvaram / ājuhāva tato devāv aśvinau pākaśāsanam
But Sūryasena, distressed in mind, together with the brahmins, quickly summoned the two gods, the Aśvins, and the chastiser of Pāka (Indra).
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SkP-RK 44.13
यज्ञं निवर्तयामास यथावद् विधिपूर्वकम् । निवर्त्य च ततो यज्ञं राजा परमधार्मिकः
yajñaṃ nivartayāmāsa yathāvad vidhipūrvakam / nivartya ca tato yajñaṃ rājā paramadhārmikaḥ
He caused the sacrifice to be broken off duly, according to the prescribed rule; and having stopped the sacrifice, the supremely righteous king
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SkP-RK 44.14
देवान् अभ्यर्चयामास च्यवनाय महात्मने । दिव्यं चक्षुर् ददध्वं हि वपुः कान्तं नवं वयः
devān abhyarcayāmāsa cyavanāya mahātmane / divyaṃ cakṣur dadadhvaṃ hi vapuḥ kāntaṃ navaṃ vayaḥ
worshipped the gods (saying): "For the great-souled Cyavana grant a divine eye, a handsome body, and fresh youth!"
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SkP-RK 44.15
एवम् अभ्यर्थितैर् देवैर् दत्तं चक्षुर् युधिष्ठिर । रूपयौ वनसंपन्नं कामदेवसमं वपुः
evam abhyarthitair devair dattaṃ cakṣur yudhiṣṭhira / rūpayau vanasaṃpannaṃ kāmadevasamaṃ vapuḥ
Thus entreated, the gods gave (him) an eye, O Yudhiṣṭhira, and a form endowed with youth, a body equal to Kāmadeva's.
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SkP-RK 44.16
ततः प्रसादयित्वा ऽसौ च्यवनं वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् । तत्क्षमस्व महाभाग यत्कृतं ते सुकन्यया
tataḥ prasādayitvā 'sau cyavanaṃ vākyam abravīt / tatkṣamasva mahābhāga yatkṛtaṃ te sukanyayā
Then, having propitiated him, he spoke these words to Cyavana: "Forgive, O greatly fortunate one, what was done to you by Sukanyā."
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SkP-RK 44.17
गृहाण पाणिमस्यास् त्वं मुने कोपं परित्यज । एवम् अभ्यर्थितो राज्ञा मुनिरोमित्य् उवाच ह
gṛhāṇa pāṇimasyās tvaṃ mune kopaṃ parityaja / evam abhyarthito rājñā muniromity uvāca ha
"Take her hand, O sage; give up your anger." Thus entreated by the king, the sage said "Om."
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SkP-RK 44.18
ततश् चावभृथे युग्मं चण्डवेगासमागमे । संस्थाप्य विधिवद् राजा तस्मै दत्त्वा क्रतोः फलम्
tataś cāvabhṛthe yugmaṃ caṇḍavegāsamāgame / saṃsthāpya vidhivad rājā tasmai dattvā kratoḥ phalam
Then, at the concluding ablution (avabhṛtha) at the confluence of the Caṇḍavegā, the king, having duly established the pair (there) and given him the fruit of the sacrifice,
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SkP-RK 44.19
चकार पाणिग्रहणं सुकन्याया मनोहरम् । दिव्यरूपधरौ तौ तु लक्ष्मीनारायणाव् इव
cakāra pāṇigrahaṇaṃ sukanyāyā manoharam / divyarūpadharau tau tu lakṣmīnārāyaṇāv iva
performed the charming taking-of-the-hand of Sukanyā; and those two, bearing divine forms, like Lakṣmī and Nārāyaṇa,
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SkP-RK 44.20
संजातौ दम्पती तत्र हर्षेणोत्फुल्ललोचनौ । दत्त्वा कन्यां मुनेस् तत्र सूर्यसेनः पुरं ययौ
saṃjātau dampatī tatra harṣeṇotphullalocanau / dattvā kanyāṃ munes tatra sūryasenaḥ puraṃ yayau
became husband and wife there, their eyes wide open with joy. Having given the girl to the sage there, Sūryasena went to his city.
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SkP-RK 44.21
बुभुजे विविधान् भोगान् छक्रतुल्यपराक्रमः । सूर्यसेनं सुकन्यां च च्यवनं शक्रम् अश्विनौ
bubhuje vividhān bhogān chakratulyaparākramaḥ / sūryasenaṃ sukanyāṃ ca cyavanaṃ śakram aśvinau
He, whose prowess equalled Indra's, enjoyed manifold pleasures. Sūryasena and Sukanyā, and Cyavana, Śakra, the Aśvins—
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SkP-RK 44.22
भोजनान्ते स्मरेद् यस् तु चक्षुस् तस्य न हीयते । एतत् ते कथितं राजंश् चण्डैरण्डकसङ्गमम्
bhojanānte smared yas tu cakṣus tasya na hīyate / etat te kathitaṃ rājaṃś caṇḍairaṇḍakasaṅgamam
whoever remembers (them) at the end of a meal, his eyesight does not fail. This has been recounted to you, O king: the confluence of the Caṇḍā and the Eraṇḍaka.
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SkP-RK 44.23
तत्र स्नातो दिवं याति न पुनर्गर्भम् आविशेत् । यजेत वाश्वमेधेन नीलं वा वृषम् उत्सृजेत्
tatra snāto divaṃ yāti na punargarbham āviśet / yajeta vāśvamedhena nīlaṃ vā vṛṣam utsṛjet
One who has bathed there goes to heaven and would not enter a womb again; or (else) he should sacrifice with a horse-sacrifice, or release a dark bull.
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SkP-RK 44.24
आख्यानं कथयिष्यामि यथा दृष्टं यथाश्रुतम् । बभ्राम सर्वतीर्थानि दुर्वासाश् चोग्रतापसः
ākhyānaṃ kathayiṣyāmi yathā dṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam / babhrāma sarvatīrthāni durvāsāś cogratāpasaḥ
I shall relate a narrative, as it was seen and as it was heard: Durvāsas, of fierce austerity, wandered to all the tīrthas.
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SkP-RK 44.25
पितृतीर्थं समागम्य पितॄणां हितकाम्यया । तत्र स्नात्वार्चयित्वा च शूलपाणिं पितामहम्
pitṛtīrthaṃ samāgamya pitṝṇāṃ hitakāmyayā / tatra snātvārcayitvā ca śūlapāṇiṃ pitāmaham
Having come to Pitṛtīrtha out of desire for the welfare of the ancestors, and having bathed there and worshipped the Trident-bearer and the Grandfather,
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SkP-RK 44.26
जलाञ्जलिं कुशतिलां पितृपिण्डमवासृजत् । दत्त्वा पिण्डं मुनीन् प्राह परं विस्मयमागतः
jalāñjaliṃ kuśatilāṃ pitṛpiṇḍamavāsṛjat / dattvā piṇḍaṃ munīn prāha paraṃ vismayamāgataḥ
he released a handful of water with kuśa grass and sesame, and the ancestral rice-ball; and having given the rice-ball he spoke to the sages, having fallen into the utmost astonishment:
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SkP-RK 44.27
करे गृह्णन्ति पितरः पिण्डानीह मया श्रुतम् । तद् अद्य भो न पश्यामि तीर्थयात्रा निरर्थिका
kare gṛhṇanti pitaraḥ piṇḍānīha mayā śrutam / tad adya bho na paśyāmi tīrthayātrā nirarthikā
"The ancestors take the rice-balls in their hands here—so I have heard. But today, sirs, I do not see (this); the pilgrimage to tīrthas is pointless."
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SkP-RK 44.28
तम् उग्रतापसं ज्ञात्वा प्रोचुस्ते मुनयस् तदा । करे गृह्णन्ति पितरः पिण्डं दर्शे प्रकल्पितम्
tam ugratāpasaṃ jñātvā procuste munayas tadā / kare gṛhṇanti pitaraḥ piṇḍaṃ darśe prakalpitam
Knowing him to be one of fierce austerity, those sages then said to him: the ancestors take in their hands the rice-ball prepared on the new-moon day.
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SkP-RK 44.29
सत्यम् एतन् मुनिश्रेष्ठ नान्यथा वेदभाषितम् । तद्दर्शं च प्रतीक्ष त्वं तीर्थान्तरदिदृक्षया
satyam etan muniśreṣṭha nānyathā vedabhāṣitam / taddarśaṃ ca pratīkṣa tvaṃ tīrthāntaradidṛkṣayā
"This is true, best of sages; what the Veda has said is not otherwise. So wait for that new moon, with the wish to see other tīrthas meanwhile."
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SkP-RK 44.30
चुकोप वै तदा विप्र ऋषिश् चैवाब्रवीद् वचः । अत्र नो पातये पिण्डं स्नानं दानं करोमि न
cukopa vai tadā vipra ṛṣiś caivābravīd vacaḥ / atra no pātaye piṇḍaṃ snānaṃ dānaṃ karomi na
Then the brahmin grew angry, and the seer spoke these words: "Here I shall not let the rice-ball fall; I do not perform bathing or giving."
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SkP-RK 44.31
दुर्वासास् तु ततः प्राह एरण्डं मुनिपुङ्गवम् । करे कमण्डलुं कृत्वा जलपूर्णं महामुनिम्
durvāsās tu tataḥ prāha eraṇḍaṃ munipuṅgavam / kare kamaṇḍaluṃ kṛtvā jalapūrṇaṃ mahāmunim
Then Durvāsas spoke to Eraṇḍa, the bull among sages, the great sage, having taken in his hand a water-pot filled with water:
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SkP-RK 44.32
शरीरं क्लिश्यसे कस्मात् तवात्र निष्फलं तपः । ॐकारं कल्पगां गच्छ गृहीत्वैकं कमण्डलुम्
śarīraṃ kliśyase kasmāt tavātra niṣphalaṃ tapaḥ / oṃkāraṃ kalpagāṃ gaccha gṛhītvaikaṃ kamaṇḍalum
"Why do you torment your body? Your austerity here is fruitless. Take a single water-pot and go to Oṃkāra, to the Kalpagā."
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SkP-RK 44.33
एकः पितामहः पूज्यो गयायां प्रभुर् अव्ययः । उक्त्वैवम् ऋषिभिः सार्द्धं गिरिं त्व् अमरकण्टकम्
ekaḥ pitāmahaḥ pūjyo gayāyāṃ prabhur avyayaḥ / uktvaivam ṛṣibhiḥ sārddhaṃ giriṃ tv amarakaṇṭakam
"In Gayā one single Grandfather is to be worshipped, the imperishable lord." Having spoken thus, (he set out) with the seers for the mountain Amarakaṇṭaka.
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SkP-RK 44.34
आजगाम महातेजा गत्वा तत्र च भारत । ॐकारस्यार्चनं कृत्वा स्तोत्रम् एतद् उदाहरत्
ājagāma mahātejā gatvā tatra ca bhārata / oṃkārasyārcanaṃ kṛtvā stotram etad udāharat
The one of great splendour came, and having gone there, O Bhārata, having performed the worship of Oṃkāra, he uttered this hymn of praise:
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SkP-RK 44.35
नमः कालाय देवाय त्रिदेवाय त्रिमूर्तये । अव्यक्ताव्यक्तरूपाय अनन्तानन्तगामिने
namaḥ kālāya devāya tridevāya trimūrtaye / avyaktāvyaktarūpāya anantānantagāmine
Homage to Kāla, to the god, to the triple god, to him of three forms, to him whose form is both unmanifest and manifest, to the endless one who goes to the endless.
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SkP-RK 44.36
ऋग्यजुः सामरूपाय सर्वज्ञाय नमो ऽस्तु ते । भवोद्भव जगन्नाथ उमाकान्त नमो ऽस्तु ते
ṛgyajuḥ sāmarūpāya sarvajñāya namo 'stu te / bhavodbhava jagannātha umākānta namo 'stu te
Homage be to you whose forms are the Ṛg, the Yajus and the Sāman, to the all-knowing one; O source of being, lord of the world, beloved of Umā, homage be to you.
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SkP-RK 44.37
असुरघ्नाय देवाय त्रिपुरघ्नाय ते नमः । सद्योजातस् तथा घोरः पुरुषेशाय ते नमः
asuraghnāya devāya tripuraghnāya te namaḥ / sadyojātas tathā ghoraḥ puruṣeśāya te namaḥ
Homage to you, the god who slays the asuras, the slayer of Tripura; (you are) Sadyojāta and likewise Ghora — homage to you, lord of the Puruṣa.
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SkP-RK 44.38
जयकालाग्निरुद्राय संवर्ताय नमो नमः । हृषीकेश्वररुद्राय पुरुषेशाय ते नमः
jayakālāgnirudrāya saṃvartāya namo namaḥ / hṛṣīkeśvararudrāya puruṣeśāya te namaḥ
Homage, homage to Jaya, to Kālāgnirudra, to Saṃvarta; homage to you, Hṛṣīkeśvara-Rudra, lord of the Puruṣa.
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SkP-RK 44.39
नमः शम्भवाय मयोभवाय शङ्कराय नमो ऽस्तु ते । ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्रवरद त्रिनेत्राय नमो ऽस्तु ते
namaḥ śambhavāya mayobhavāya śaṅkarāya namo 'stu te / brahmaviṣṇvindravarada trinetrāya namo 'stu te
Homage to Śambhava, to Mayobhava; homage to you, Śaṅkara. O granter of boons to Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Indra, homage to you, the three-eyed one.
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SkP-RK 44.40
श्रीकण्ठनीलकण्ठाय नमः सोमार्धधारिणे । कपालमालिने तुभ्यं नमः खट्वाङ्गधारिणे
śrīkaṇṭhanīlakaṇṭhāya namaḥ somārdhadhāriṇe / kapālamāline tubhyaṃ namaḥ khaṭvāṅgadhāriṇe
Homage to Śrīkaṇṭha, the blue-throated one, to him who wears the half-moon; homage to you who wear a garland of skulls, who bear the skull-topped staff.
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SkP-RK 44.41
नमः त्रिशूलहस्ताय नागाभरणभूषिणे । नमः पिनाकिने तुभ्यं महानाथ नमो ऽस्तु ते
namaḥ triśūlahastāya nāgābharaṇabhūṣiṇe / namaḥ pinākine tubhyaṃ mahānātha namo 'stu te
Homage to him who holds the trident in his hand, who is adorned with snakes for ornaments; homage to you, the bearer of the Pināka bow — great lord, homage to you.
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SkP-RK 44.42
शर्वाय सर्वरूपाय चराचर नमो ऽस्तु ते । जिह्वाचापल्यभावेन खेदितो ऽसि मया प्रभो
śarvāya sarvarūpāya carācara namo 'stu te / jihvācāpalyabhāvena khedito 'si mayā prabho
Homage to Śarva, whose form is all things; homage to you, (who are) the moving and the unmoving. Through the fickleness of my tongue you have been wearied by me, O Lord.
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SkP-RK 44.43
क्षमस्व मे सुरेशान इह लोके परत्र च । त्वत्समो नास्ति देवेश कश्चिद् अन्य उमापते
kṣamasva me sureśāna iha loke paratra ca / tvatsamo nāsti deveśa kaścid anya umāpate
Forgive me, O ruler of the gods, in this world and in the next; there is no other, O lord of gods, equal to you, O husband of Umā.
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SkP-RK 44.44
श्रुत्वा स्तोत्रम् इदं दिव्यं शिव ॐकाररूपधृक् । वरं वृणु महाभाग इति वाक्यम् उवाच ह
śrutvā stotram idaṃ divyaṃ śiva oṃkārarūpadhṛk / varaṃ vṛṇu mahābhāga iti vākyam uvāca ha
Having heard this divine hymn, Śiva, bearing the form of the syllable Oṃ, spoke these words: "Choose a boon, greatly fortunate one."
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SkP-RK 44.45
दुर्वासा उवाच: यदि तुष्टो ऽसि देवेश यदि देयो वरो मम । पितृतीर्थसमं तीर्थम् एतद् अस्त्व् इति देहि मे
durvāsā uvāca: yadi tuṣṭo 'si deveśa yadi deyo varo mama / pitṛtīrthasamaṃ tīrtham etad astv iti dehi me
Durvāsas said: If you are pleased, O lord of gods, if a boon is to be given to me, then grant me this: let this tīrtha become equal to the tīrtha of the ancestors (Gayā).
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SkP-RK 44.46
ॐकार उवाच: एतत् सर्वं भवत्वद्य मत्प्रसादात् तपोधन । असाध्यम् अपि साध्यं ते त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे
oṃkāra uvāca: etat sarvaṃ bhavatvadya matprasādāt tapodhana / asādhyam api sādhyaṃ te trailokye sacarācare
Oṃkāra said: Let all this be so from this day by my favour, O you whose wealth is austerity; even what cannot be accomplished is accomplishable for you in the three worlds with all that moves and does not move.
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SkP-RK 44.47
एवं लब्ध्वा वरं विप्रो गिरेर् वै पूर्वभागतः । उवास मुनिभिः सार्द्धं दुर्वासा उग्र तापसः
evaṃ labdhvā varaṃ vipro girer vai pūrvabhāgataḥ / uvāsa munibhiḥ sārddhaṃ durvāsā ugra tāpasaḥ
Having thus obtained the boon, the brahmin dwelt on the eastern side of the mountain together with the sages — Durvāsas, the fierce ascetic.
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SkP-RK 44.48
अत्रान्तरे नृपश्रेष्ठ ब्रह्माणं प्राह नारदः । पितृतीर्थं गया नष्टा दुर्वाससः कोपतस् ततः
atrāntare nṛpaśreṣṭha brahmāṇaṃ prāha nāradaḥ / pitṛtīrthaṃ gayā naṣṭā durvāsasaḥ kopatas tataḥ
Meanwhile, O best of kings, Nārada said to Brahmā: "The ancestors' tīrtha, Gayā, has been destroyed by the wrath of Durvāsas; and he now
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SkP-RK 44.49
आस्ते स नर्मदातीरे ॐकारे ऽमरकण्टके । नारदस्य वचः श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मा लोकानुकम्पया
āste sa narmadātīre oṃkāre 'marakaṇṭake / nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā brahmā lokānukampayā
dwells on the bank of the Narmadā, at Oṃkāra on Amarakaṇṭaka." Having heard Nārada's words, Brahmā, out of compassion for the world,
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SkP-RK 44.50
हंसयानं समारूढो देवैः सह नृपोत्तम । आजगामाश्रमं तत्र दुर्वासा यत्र संस्थितः
haṃsayānaṃ samārūḍho devaiḥ saha nṛpottama / ājagāmāśramaṃ tatra durvāsā yatra saṃsthitaḥ
mounted on his goose-vehicle together with the gods, O best of kings, came to the hermitage there where Durvāsas was staying.
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SkP-RK 44.51
दृष्ट्वा पितामहं देवमेरण्डो मुनिपुंगवः । कमण्डलुं समादाय पादमूले तु ब्रह्मणः
dṛṣṭvā pitāmahaṃ devameraṇḍo munipuṃgavaḥ / kamaṇḍaluṃ samādāya pādamūle tu brahmaṇaḥ
Seeing the god, the Grandfather, Eraṇḍa, the bull among sages, took up his water-pot, and at Brahmā's feet
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 44.52
विनिक्षिप्य यथा न्यायम् अर्घं दत्त्वा च तस्थिवान् । कमण्डलुजलोद्भूतः प्रवाहो नर्मदां गतः
vinikṣipya yathā nyāyam arghaṃ dattvā ca tasthivān / kamaṇḍalujalodbhūtaḥ pravāho narmadāṃ gataḥ
setting it down, he offered the guest-water according to rule and stood by; a stream arisen from the water of the pot went to the Narmadā.
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SkP-RK 44.53
ब्रह्मोवाच: उद्भवेद् यदि ते तीर्थममासोमसमागमे
brahmovāca: udbhaved yadi te tīrthamamāsomasamāgame
Brahmā said: If your tīrtha should arise at the conjunction of the moon with the new moon —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 44.54
इदानीं पितृतीर्थं तु जनैर् नेहोपदृश्यते । अनिवर्त्यस् तु शापस्ते तत्पूर्णं कुरु सांप्रतम्
idānīṃ pitṛtīrthaṃ tu janair nehopadṛśyate / anivartyas tu śāpaste tatpūrṇaṃ kuru sāṃpratam
but now the ancestors' tīrtha is not seen by people here; your curse cannot be revoked, so make it complete (fulfilled) now.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 44.55
दुर्वासा उवाच: मया निवर्तितः शापो वचनात् ते पितामह । पितॄणां दर्शनं तत्र गयापितृविसर्जिनी
durvāsā uvāca: mayā nivartitaḥ śāpo vacanāt te pitāmaha / pitṝṇāṃ darśanaṃ tatra gayāpitṛvisarjinī
Durvāsas said: The curse has been withdrawn by me at your word, O Grandfather; there shall be the sight of the ancestors there, (and) the dismissal of the ancestors as at Gayā
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SkP-RK 44.56
भविष्यति प्रसादात् ते तस्मिंस् तीर्थे पितामह । एवम् अस्त्व् इति तं चोक्त्वा दिवं ब्रह्मा ययौ नृप
bhaviṣyati prasādāt te tasmiṃs tīrthe pitāmaha / evam astv iti taṃ coktvā divaṃ brahmā yayau nṛpa
— it shall be so by your favour, O Grandfather, in that tīrtha. And having said to him "Let it be so," Brahmā went to heaven, O king.
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SkP-RK 44.57
नमस्कृत्य महेशानं सुरासुरनमस्कृतम् । हर्षेण महताविष्टः पूज्यमानो द्विजोत्तमैः
namaskṛtya maheśānaṃ surāsuranamaskṛtam / harṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭaḥ pūjyamāno dvijottamaiḥ
Having bowed to the great lord Maheśāna, who is saluted by gods and asuras, (he was) possessed by great joy and honoured by the best of the twice-born.
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SkP-RK 44.58
दुर्वासास् तु मुनिश्रेष्ठस् तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । तेन पुण्यतमं लोके तत्रैरण्डी समागता
durvāsās tu muniśreṣṭhas tatraivāntaradhīyata / tena puṇyatamaṃ loke tatrairaṇḍī samāgatā
But Durvāsas, the best of sages, vanished right there; through him (that place became) the most meritorious in the world, and there the Eraṇḍī (river) came together (with the Revā).
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SkP-RK 44.59
एरण्डीश्वरलिङ्गं तु सुरासुरनमस्कृतम् । पुण्यकर्मानुपश्येद् अमासोमसमागमे
eraṇḍīśvaraliṅgaṃ tu surāsuranamaskṛtam / puṇyakarmānupaśyed amāsomasamāgame
And (one) whose deeds are meritorious should look upon the Eraṇḍīśvara liṅga, saluted by gods and asuras, at the conjunction of the new moon (with the moon).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain