Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 45

SkP-RK 45.1

मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ततो गच्छेत् महाभाग रेवाशल्याविशल्ययोः । तत्र स्नात्वा दिवं याति फलं यज्ञेश्वराज्ञया

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tato gacchet mahābhāga revāśalyāviśalyayoḥ / tatra snātvā divaṃ yāti phalaṃ yajñeśvarājñayā

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, greatly fortunate one, one should go to the Śalyā and Viśalyā of the Revā; bathing there one goes to heaven — such is the fruit, by the command of Yajñeśvara.

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SkP-RK 45.2

तत्र यज्ञेश्वरां लिङ्गं धूपेश्वरमनुत्तमम् । सिद्धिदं मोक्षदं विद्धि न ते पश्यन्ति मानवाः

tatra yajñeśvarāṃ liṅgaṃ dhūpeśvaramanuttamam / siddhidaṃ mokṣadaṃ viddhi na te paśyanti mānavāḥ

There (is) the liṅga of Yajñeśvara, (and) the unsurpassed Dhūpeśvara; know (them) to be givers of accomplishment and of release — (yet some) men do not see them.

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SkP-RK 45.3

तिलोदकप्रदानेन चान्नदानेन भारत । पितरस्तृप्तिम् आयान्ति यावच् चन्द्रार्कतारकम्

tilodakapradānena cānnadānena bhārata / pitarastṛptim āyānti yāvac candrārkatārakam

By the giving of sesame and water and by the giving of food, Bhārata, the ancestors attain satisfaction for as long as moon, sun and stars (endure).

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SkP-RK 45.4

पौर्णमास्यां तु सोमे वै व्यतीपाते च संक्रमे । दानं यत् क्रियते तत्र तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु

paurṇamāsyāṃ tu some vai vyatīpāte ca saṃkrame / dānaṃ yat kriyate tatra tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

But on the full-moon day, on a Monday, at a vyatīpāta (conjunction) and at a solstitial/zodiacal transit — hear the meritorious fruit of the gift that is made there.

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SkP-RK 45.5

भरतेन कृतस् तत्र हयमेधः पुरा यथा । तत् ते ऽहं कथयिष्यामि शृणु कौन्तेय साम्प्रतम्

bharatena kṛtas tatra hayamedhaḥ purā yathā / tat te 'haṃ kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇu kaunteya sāmpratam

How a horse sacrifice was performed there long ago by Bharata — that I shall tell you; listen now, son of Kuntī.

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SkP-RK 45.6

भरतो नाम राजासीत् सूर्यवंशे विशाम्पते । प्रशशास महाराज कृत्स्नं वै स महीतलम्

bharato nāma rājāsīt sūryavaṃśe viśāmpate / praśaśāsa mahārāja kṛtsnaṃ vai sa mahītalam

There was a king named Bharata in the solar lineage, O lord of peoples; that great king ruled the whole surface of the earth.

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SkP-RK 45.7

यावत् तृणं विजानीया यावत्कीर्तिश् च भास्करः । तावद् वै भरतक्षेत्रं सशैलवनकाननम्

yāvat tṛṇaṃ vijānīyā yāvatkīrtiś ca bhāskaraḥ / tāvad vai bharatakṣetraṃ saśailavanakānanam

As far as one may know a blade of grass, and as far as the sun's renown (extends), so far indeed (extended) Bharata's realm, with its mountains, woods and forests.

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SkP-RK 45.8

एकदा स नृपश्रेष्ठो यज्ञकर्मपरायणः । भृगोर् दक्षिणभागे तु कुण्डमण्डपमण्डिताम्

ekadā sa nṛpaśreṣṭho yajñakarmaparāyaṇaḥ / bhṛgor dakṣiṇabhāge tu kuṇḍamaṇḍapamaṇḍitām

Once that best of kings, intent upon the work of sacrifice, (made) on the southern side of Bhṛgu (Bhṛgukaccha) a (ground) adorned with fire-pits and pavilions —

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SkP-RK 45.9

दशयोजनविस्तीर्णां यज्ञभूमिं चकार ह । गवां हि दशलक्षाणि सवत्सानां पयोमुचाम्

daśayojanavistīrṇāṃ yajñabhūmiṃ cakāra ha / gavāṃ hi daśalakṣāṇi savatsānāṃ payomucām

— he made a sacrificial ground ten yojanas in extent; and a million cows with their calves, giving milk,

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SkP-RK 45.10

लक्षम् एकं हयानां च दन्तिनाम् अयुतं तथा । मणिमाणिक्यरत्नानि वासांसि विविधानि च

lakṣam ekaṃ hayānāṃ ca dantinām ayutaṃ tathā / maṇimāṇikyaratnāni vāsāṃsi vividhāni ca

and one hundred thousand horses, and likewise ten thousand tusked elephants, gems, rubies and jewels, and garments of many kinds —

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SkP-RK 45.11

यज्ञोपस्करम् आदाय सर्वसंभारसंवृतः । वेदध्वनिनिनादेन दिवं भूमिं च संस्पृशन्

yajñopaskaram ādāya sarvasaṃbhārasaṃvṛtaḥ / vedadhvanininādena divaṃ bhūmiṃ ca saṃspṛśan

taking up the sacrificial equipment, surrounded by all the requisites, touching heaven and earth with the resounding sound of the Vedas,

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SkP-RK 45.12

होमेन देवतास् तृप्ताः सप्तलोकनिवासिनः । एवं प्रवर्तिते यज्ञे राज्ञश् चामिततेजसः

homena devatās tṛptāḥ saptalokanivāsinaḥ / evaṃ pravartite yajñe rājñaś cāmitatejasaḥ

the deities dwelling in the seven worlds were satisfied by the oblation. While the sacrifice of the king of immeasurable splendour was thus proceeding,

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SkP-RK 45.13

यज्ञविध्वंसनार्थं तु राक्षसा रौद्ररूपिणः । माल्यवांश् च सुमाली च सुकेशी शङ्खदूषणौ

yajñavidhvaṃsanārthaṃ tu rākṣasā raudrarūpiṇaḥ / mālyavāṃś ca sumālī ca sukeśī śaṅkhadūṣaṇau

in order to destroy the sacrifice, rākṣasas of terrible form — Mālyavān and Sumālī and Sukeśī, Śaṅkha and Dūṣaṇa —

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SkP-RK 45.14

राक्षसाना सहस्राणि समायातास्तु सत्वरम् । भग्नानि यज्ञवस्तूनि त्रिषु लोकेषु दारुणैः

rākṣasānā sahasrāṇi samāyātāstu satvaram / bhagnāni yajñavastūni triṣu lokeṣu dāruṇaiḥ

thousands of rākṣasas came swiftly; the sacrificial objects were broken by those cruel ones (renowned) in the three worlds.

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SkP-RK 45.15

प्रणष्टा देवताः सर्वा ऋत्विजश् च निपातिताः । एवं विनाशिते यज्ञे रक्षोभिश् च ततो ऽनघ

praṇaṣṭā devatāḥ sarvā ṛtvijaś ca nipātitāḥ / evaṃ vināśite yajñe rakṣobhiś ca tato 'nagha

All the deities fled and the officiating priests were struck down. When the sacrifice had thus been destroyed by the rākṣasas, then, O sinless one,

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SkP-RK 45.16

कोपाज् जज्वाल राजापि हुताशन इवाहुतः । जघान राक्षसान् सर्वान् गिरीन् वज्रधरो यथा

kopāj jajvāla rājāpi hutāśana ivāhutaḥ / jaghāna rākṣasān sarvān girīn vajradharo yathā

the king too blazed with anger like fire fed with oblations; he slew all the rākṣasas as the wielder of the thunderbolt (shatters) mountains.

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SkP-RK 45.17

प्रणष्टान् भयमीतांश् च पतितान् धरणीतले । राक्षसैर् निहतान् दृष्ट्वा ब्राह्मणान् ऋत्विजस् तथा

praṇaṣṭān bhayamītāṃś ca patitān dharaṇītale / rākṣasair nihatān dṛṣṭvā brāhmaṇān ṛtvijas tathā

Seeing the brahmins and the officiating priests destroyed and gripped by fear, fallen on the surface of the earth, slain by the rākṣasas,

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SkP-RK 45.18

शोकाविष्टस् ततः प्राह भरतो देवमन्त्रिणम् । गुरुस् त्वं सर्वदेवानां त्रिकालज्ञस् त्रिवेदवित्

śokāviṣṭas tataḥ prāha bharato devamantriṇam / gurus tvaṃ sarvadevānāṃ trikālajñas trivedavit

Then Bharata, overcome with grief, said to the counsellor of the gods: "You are the teacher of all the gods, knower of the three times, versed in the three Vedas."

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SkP-RK 45.19

ब्रह्महत्यादिकं पापं ममार्थे देवकण्टकैः । प्रायश्चित्तं मया कार्यं किं त्वं ब्रूहि बृहस्पते

brahmahatyādikaṃ pāpaṃ mamārthe devakaṇṭakaiḥ / prāyaścittaṃ mayā kāryaṃ kiṃ tvaṃ brūhi bṛhaspate

"On my account, by these thorns of the gods (the rākṣasas), the sin of brahmin-slaying and the rest (has been incurred); an expiation must be performed by me — tell me what it is, Bṛhaspati."

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SkP-RK 45.20

बृहस्पतिर् उवाच: विद्यां संजीवनीं ते ऽहं ददामि नृपसत्तम । जीविता ब्राह्मणा देवाः शशंसुर् देवमन्त्रिणम्

bṛhaspatir uvāca: vidyāṃ saṃjīvanīṃ te 'haṃ dadāmi nṛpasattama / jīvitā brāhmaṇā devāḥ śaśaṃsur devamantriṇam

Bṛhaspati said: "I give you the reviving science, best of kings." The brahmins were brought to life, and the gods praised the counsellor of the gods.

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SkP-RK 45.21

ततो निवर्तितो यज्ञः समग्रवरदक्षिणः । यूपमूलसमुद्भूता शल्या चैव विशल्यका

tato nivartito yajñaḥ samagravaradakṣiṇaḥ / yūpamūlasamudbhūtā śalyā caiva viśalyakā

Then the sacrifice was concluded, with full and excellent priestly fees; and Śalyā, arisen at the foot of the sacrificial post, and Viśalyakā too —

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SkP-RK 45.22

प्रविवेश महाराज नर्मदां लोकपावनीम् । ततो देवाः समारुह्य स्वं स्वं यानं दिवं ययुः

praviveśa mahārāja narmadāṃ lokapāvanīm / tato devāḥ samāruhya svaṃ svaṃ yānaṃ divaṃ yayuḥ

— entered, O great king, the Narmadā, purifier of the worlds. Then the gods, each mounting his own vehicle, went to heaven.

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SkP-RK 45.23

भरतो ऽपि द्विजैः सार्द्धं प्रविवेश पुरीं ततः । तेन शल्या विशल्या च विख्याता भुवनत्रये

bharato 'pi dvijaiḥ sārddhaṃ praviveśa purīṃ tataḥ / tena śalyā viśalyā ca vikhyātā bhuvanatraye

Bharata too then entered the city together with the twice-born; by that (event) Śalyā and Viśalyā became renowned in the three worlds.

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