Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 46

SkP-RK 46.1

र्क्स् अध्याय ४६ भृगुं पतन्ति ये शूराः कां गतिं प्राप्नुवन्ति ते । श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं त्वे तत् कथयस्व महामुने

rks adhyāya 46 bhṛguṃ patanti ye śūrāḥ kāṃ gatiṃ prāpnuvanti te / śrotumicchāmyahaṃ tve tat kathayasva mahāmune

Chapter 46: "Those heroes who leap from Bhṛgu (cliff) — what destination do they attain? I wish to hear that from you; tell it, great sage."

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SkP-RK 46.2

मार्कण्डेय उवाच: अनाशकेन भो राजन् भृगुगोग्रहसङ्गरैः । प्राणांस् त्यजन्ति ये शूरा गतिं तेषां निबोध मे

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: anāśakena bho rājan bhṛgugograhasaṅgaraiḥ / prāṇāṃs tyajanti ye śūrā gatiṃ teṣāṃ nibodha me

Mārkaṇḍeya said: "O king, those heroes who give up their lives by fasting, by (leaping from) the Bhṛgu cliff, by fierce eclipses, or in battle — learn from me their destination.

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SkP-RK 46.3

पृथक् पृथङ् निवासांश्च तेषां कर्म्माणि भारत । चतुर्विंशतिकोट्यस् तु सप्तविंशतिर् एव च

pṛthak pṛthaṅ nivāsāṃśca teṣāṃ karmmāṇi bhārata / caturviṃśatikoṭyas tu saptaviṃśatir eva ca

And their separate dwellings, one by one, and their deeds, O Bhārata: twenty-four crores and twenty-seven besides —

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SkP-RK 46.4

उमया तु पुरा ज्ञप्ता मध्यमोत्तमकन्यकाः । अनेन विधिना ये तु प्राणांस् त्यक्ष्यन्ति मानवाः

umayā tu purā jñaptā madhyamottamakanyakāḥ / anena vidhinā ye tu prāṇāṃs tyakṣyanti mānavāḥ

— were formerly made known by Umā as the middling, highest, and lesser maidens: "Those men who will give up their lives by this rite —

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SkP-RK 46.5

तांश्च भुङ्ग्ध्वं मया दत्ता युष्माकं सुप्रसादतः । अमरेशे प्रमृताश्च भ्रंशितुं ये पतन्ति ते

tāṃśca bhuṅgdhvaṃ mayā dattā yuṣmākaṃ suprasādataḥ / amareśe pramṛtāśca bhraṃśituṃ ye patanti te

— enjoy them: they are given by me to you out of my great favour." And those who die at Amareśa, who fall in order to be released —

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SkP-RK 46.6

भृगून् दृष्ट्वा नृपश्रेष्ठ मुच्यन्ते ब्रह्महत्यया । चतुरशीतिभृगवो जम्बूद्वीपे प्रकीर्तिताः

bhṛgūn dṛṣṭvā nṛpaśreṣṭha mucyante brahmahatyayā / caturaśītibhṛgavo jambūdvīpe prakīrtitāḥ

Having seen the Bhṛgu (cliffs), best of kings, they are freed from the sin of brahmin-killing. Eighty-four Bhṛgu cliffs are declared to exist in Jambūdvīpa.

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SkP-RK 46.7

तथा ऽन्ये सप्तनिर्दिष्टाः स्वर्गसोपानम् उत्तमम् । भैरवस् तु भृगुश्रेष्ठो ज्ञेयस्त्व् अमरकण्टके

tathā 'nye saptanirdiṣṭāḥ svargasopānam uttamam / bhairavas tu bhṛguśreṣṭho jñeyastv amarakaṇṭake

So too seven others are pointed out (as) the highest stairway to heaven; and Bhairava is to be known as the foremost Bhṛgu at Amarakaṇṭaka.

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SkP-RK 46.10

शूद्राश्च क्षत्रिया वैश्या अन्त्यजाश्चाधमास्तथा । एते त्यजन्ति प्राणान् वै वर्जयित्वा द्विजं नृप ॥ र्क्स्_४६।८ ॥ पतितो ब्राह्मणस् तत्र ब्रह्महा चात्महा भवेत् ॥ र्क्स्_४६।९ ॥ द्वाविंशतिसहस्राणि राहुसोमसमागमे । वर्षाणां जायते राजन् राजा वैद्याधरे पुरे

śūdrāśca kṣatriyā vaiśyā antyajāścādhamāstathā / ete tyajanti prāṇān vai varjayitvā dvijaṃ nṛpa // rks_46.8 // patito brāhmaṇas tatra brahmahā cātmahā bhavet // rks_46.9 // dvāviṃśatisahasrāṇi rāhusomasamāgame / varṣāṇāṃ jāyate rājan rājā vaidyādhare pure

Śūdras, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, the low-born and the base as well — these indeed may give up their lives (there), excepting the twice-born, O king. (46.8) A brahmin who leaps there becomes a slayer of a brahmin and a slayer of himself. (46.9) At the conjunction of Rāhu and the moon (a lunar eclipse), O king, one is born as a king in the city of the Vidyādharas for twenty-two thousand years.

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SkP-RK 46.11

ग्रस्ते तु राहुणा सूर्ये द्विगुणं फलमश्नुते । अवशः स्ववशो वा ऽपि जलपूरानलाहतः

graste tu rāhuṇā sūrye dviguṇaṃ phalamaśnute / avaśaḥ svavaśo vā 'pi jalapūrānalāhataḥ

But when the sun is seized by Rāhu, he obtains twice the fruit; and whether against his will or of his own will, one struck down by water, flood, or fire —

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SkP-RK 46.12

म्रियते यो भृगुं प्राप्य स विद्याधरराड् भवेत् । भृगुर् भैरवरूपेण विन्ध्यकैलाससन्निभः

mriyate yo bhṛguṃ prāpya sa vidyādhararāḍ bhavet / bhṛgur bhairavarūpeṇa vindhyakailāsasannibhaḥ

— whoever dies having reached the Bhṛgu cliff becomes king of the Vidyādharas. Bhṛgu, in the form of Bhairava, resembles the Vindhya and Kailāsa.

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SkP-RK 46.13

गर्हयन्ति भृगुं ये तु ते लिङ्गब्रह्मभेदिनः । भैरवः क्षमते तेषां नेति स्कन्देन कीर्तितम्

garhayanti bhṛguṃ ye tu te liṅgabrahmabhedinaḥ / bhairavaḥ kṣamate teṣāṃ neti skandena kīrtitam

But those who revile the Bhṛgu cliff are violators of the liṅga and of brahman; Bhairava does not forgive them — so it has been declared by Skanda.

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SkP-RK 46.14

मन्यासाच्च च्युतो विप्रो मातृहा पितृहा तथा । स्वसृगः स्वस्नुषागश्च तथा स्वज्ञातिगस्तथा

manyāsācca cyuto vipro mātṛhā pitṛhā tathā / svasṛgaḥ svasnuṣāgaśca tathā svajñātigastathā

A brahmin fallen from his vows (?), a mother-slayer, likewise a father-slayer, one who has gone to his sister, or to his son's wife, or likewise to his own kinswoman —

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SkP-RK 46.15

एतेषां पतनं शस्तं करीषाग्नौ प्रसाधनम् । मुच्यते तेन पापेन शिवलोकं सगच्छति

eteṣāṃ patanaṃ śastaṃ karīṣāgnau prasādhanam / mucyate tena pāpena śivalokaṃ sagacchati

— for these, leaping (from the cliff) is commended, (or) the ordeal in a fire of dry cow-dung: by that one is freed from that sin and goes to Śiva's world.

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SkP-RK 46.16

हरिश्चन्द्रपुरे चन्द्रे श्रीशैले त्रिपुरान्तिके । त्रैयम्बके धौतपापे वाराहे विन्ध्यपर्वते

hariścandrapure candre śrīśaile tripurāntike / traiyambake dhautapāpe vārāhe vindhyaparvate

At Hariścandra's city, at Candra, at Śrīśaila, at Tripurāntika, at Traiyambaka, at Dhautapāpa, at Vārāha, on the Vindhya mountain —

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SkP-RK 46.17

कावेर्यास् तु तथा कुण्डे पतनात् स्वर्गम् आप्नुयात् । भृगोर् दक्षिणभागे तु लिङ्गं वै चपलेश्वरम्

kāveryās tu tathā kuṇḍe patanāt svargam āpnuyāt / bhṛgor dakṣiṇabhāge tu liṅgaṃ vai capaleśvaram

And likewise, by falling into the pool of the Kāverī one would attain heaven. On the southern side of Bhṛgu (mountain) there is the liṅga called Capaleśvara.

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SkP-RK 46.18

क्षेत्रसंरक्षणायेह विख्यातं पापनाशनम् । धनुः षष्ट्यां ततः क्षेत्रं विज्ञेयं चापलेश्वरम्

kṣetrasaṃrakṣaṇāyeha vikhyātaṃ pāpanāśanam / dhanuḥ ṣaṣṭyāṃ tataḥ kṣetraṃ vijñeyaṃ cāpaleśvaram

For the protection of the sacred field it is here renowned as the destroyer of sins. From there, at sixty bow-lengths, the field is to be known as Cāpaleśvara.

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SkP-RK 46.19

आरोहति गिरिं यस् तु तम् अदृष्ट्वा तु मानवः । तस्य पुण्यफलं सर्वं स गृह्णाति न संशयः

ārohati giriṃ yas tu tam adṛṣṭvā tu mānavaḥ / tasya puṇyaphalaṃ sarvaṃ sa gṛhṇāti na saṃśayaḥ

But the man who climbs the mountain without having seen it — all his fruit of merit that (deity) takes away, no doubt of it.

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SkP-RK 46.20

आलेख्य च पटे सूर्यं पताकादण्डमण्डितम् । वलयं च करे कृत्वा वीज्यमानस् तु चामरैः

ālekhya ca paṭe sūryaṃ patākādaṇḍamaṇḍitam / valayaṃ ca kare kṛtvā vījyamānas tu cāmaraiḥ

Having painted the sun on a cloth adorned with a flagstaff, and having put a bracelet on his hand, being fanned with yak-tail whisks —

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SkP-RK 46.21

वीरस् तु पतितुं गच्छेद् आरोहेद् भृगुपर्वतम् । पदे पदे यज्ञफलं तस्य स्याच्छङ्करो ऽब्रवीत्

vīras tu patituṃ gacched ārohed bhṛguparvatam / pade pade yajñaphalaṃ tasya syācchaṅkaro 'bravīt

the hero should go to throw himself down; he should ascend the Bhṛgu mountain. At every step there would be for him the fruit of a sacrifice — so said Śaṅkara.

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SkP-RK 46.22

प्रतीक्षन्ते सर्वकाले ऽप्सरसः काममोहिताः । दिव्यं यानं समारूढा दिव्या भरणभूषिताः

pratīkṣante sarvakāle 'psarasaḥ kāmamohitāḥ / divyaṃ yānaṃ samārūḍhā divyā bharaṇabhūṣitāḥ

At all times the apsarases, bewildered by desire, wait (for him), mounted on a heavenly vehicle, divine, adorned with ornaments.

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SkP-RK 46.23

वीरस् तु पतितस् तत्र स्वं च त्यक्त्वा कलेवरम् । तत्क्षणाद् दिव्यदेहस् तु शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमः

vīras tu patitas tatra svaṃ ca tyaktvā kalevaram / tatkṣaṇād divyadehas tu śakratulyaparākramaḥ

And the hero, having fallen there and abandoned his own body, that very instant has a divine body and prowess equal to Śakra's.

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SkP-RK 46.24

कामदं यानम् आरुह्य विवादेन परस्परम् । गच्छेच्छिवपुरं सार्द्धम् अप्सरोभिः समन्वितः

kāmadaṃ yānam āruhya vivādena parasparam / gacchecchivapuraṃ sārddham apsarobhiḥ samanvitaḥ

Having mounted the wish-granting vehicle, (won) by their contending with one another, he would go to Śiva's city together with, accompanied by, the apsarases.

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SkP-RK 46.25

क्लीबस्य सत्त्वहीनस्य उत्तीर्णस्य भृगोः पुनः । पदे पदे ब्रह्महत्या भवेत् तस्य न सशयः

klībasya sattvahīnasya uttīrṇasya bhṛgoḥ punaḥ / pade pade brahmahatyā bhavet tasya na saśayaḥ

But for the impotent one, lacking courage, who comes back down from Bhṛgu, at every step there would be for him the (guilt of) brahmin-murder, no doubt.

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SkP-RK 46.26

न चिरायुर् भवेत् मर्त्यः कस्मात् मृत्योर् बिभेत्यसौ । न को ऽपि रक्षितुं शक्तः कालमृत्युवशं गतम्

na cirāyur bhavet martyaḥ kasmāt mṛtyor bibhetyasau / na ko 'pi rakṣituṃ śaktaḥ kālamṛtyuvaśaṃ gatam

A mortal will not be long-lived; why then does he fear death? No one at all is able to protect one who has fallen under the sway of time and death.

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SkP-RK 46.27

स पापिष्ठो दुराचारश्चाण्डालो लोकगर्हितः । सन्यासादिकम् आरुह्य च्यवते यस् तु मानवः

sa pāpiṣṭho durācāraścāṇḍālo lokagarhitaḥ / sanyāsādikam āruhya cyavate yas tu mānavaḥ

That man who, having undertaken renunciation and the like, falls away from it is most sinful, of evil conduct, an outcaste, censured by the world.

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SkP-RK 46.28

सन्यासात् प्रच्युतं विप्रं दृष्ट्वा स्नानार्कवीक्षणम् । कुर्यात् सर्वप्रयतेन स्पर्शाच्चान्द्रायणं स्मृतम्

sanyāsāt pracyutaṃ vipraṃ dṛṣṭvā snānārkavīkṣaṇam / kuryāt sarvaprayatena sparśāccāndrāyaṇaṃ smṛtam

On seeing a brahmin fallen from renunciation, one should by every effort perform bathing and the looking at the sun; on touching (him), the cāndrāyaṇa (penance) is prescribed.

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SkP-RK 46.29

ऋतान् ऋतं न वक्तव्यं तेन सार्द्धं कदाचन । स्थातव्यं चैव मौनेन नो चेत् पापम् अवाप्नुयात्

ṛtān ṛtaṃ na vaktavyaṃ tena sārddhaṃ kadācana / sthātavyaṃ caiva maunena no cet pāpam avāpnuyāt

Neither truth nor untruth is ever to be spoken together with him; one should remain in silence, otherwise one would incur sin.

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SkP-RK 46.30

निश्चिते मरणे प्राप्ते कथं मृत्युर् उपेक्षते । जरामृत्युश्च रोगाश्च संसारोदधि सम्प्लवे

niścite maraṇe prāpte kathaṃ mṛtyur upekṣate / jarāmṛtyuśca rogāśca saṃsārodadhi samplave

When death is certain and has arrived, how does death overlook (anyone)? And old age, death, and diseases (are) in the flood of the ocean of transmigration.

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SkP-RK 46.31

एवं ज्ञात्वा नृपश्रेष्ठ ह्यारोहेद् भृगुपर्वतम् । एतत् ते कथितं राजन् भृगोर् माहात्म्यमुत्तमम्

evaṃ jñātvā nṛpaśreṣṭha hyārohed bhṛguparvatam / etat te kathitaṃ rājan bhṛgor māhātmyamuttamam

Knowing thus, O best of kings, one should indeed ascend the Bhṛgu mountain. This has been told to you, O king — the excellent greatness of Bhṛgu.

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SkP-RK 46.32

न ब्रूयाद् दुष्टबुद्धीनां कलौ पाखण्डकर्म्मणाम् । दिगम्बरश्वेतपटबौद्धादीनां विशेषतः

na brūyād duṣṭabuddhīnāṃ kalau pākhaṇḍakarmmaṇām / digambaraśvetapaṭabauddhādīnāṃ viśeṣataḥ

It should not be told to those of evil mind, doers of heretical acts in the Kali age — especially not to the naked ones, the white-robed ones, the Buddhists and the rest.

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SkP-RK 46.33

असंभाष्या दुराचाराः पुराणस्मृतिनिन्दकाः । न तैः सह प्रकर्तव्यः संवादो हि कदाचन

asaṃbhāṣyā durācārāḥ purāṇasmṛtinindakāḥ / na taiḥ saha prakartavyaḥ saṃvādo hi kadācana

They are not to be conversed with, of evil conduct, revilers of the Purāṇas and the Smṛtis; no discussion whatever should ever be held with them.

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