Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 48

SkP-RK 48.1

मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ब्रह्मणे कथितो मन्त्र ॐकारेण ततो ऽनघ । ब्रह्मापि तद्वचः श्रुत्वा स्तोत्रमेतद् उदाहरत्

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: brahmaṇe kathito mantra oṃkāreṇa tato 'nagha / brahmāpi tadvacaḥ śrutvā stotrametad udāharat

Mārkaṇḍeya said: The mantra was then declared to Brahmā by Oṃkāra, O sinless one; and Brahmā too, having heard that speech, uttered this hymn.

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SkP-RK 48.2

ॐ व्योमसंख्यायिते व्योमहराय सर्वव्यापिने । अनन्ताय अनाथाय अमृताय ध्रुवाय च

oṃ vyomasaṃkhyāyite vyomaharāya sarvavyāpine / anantāya anāthāya amṛtāya dhruvāya ca

Oṃ — to him who is reckoned as (vast as) the sky, to the bearer of the sky, to the all-pervading, to the endless, to the masterless, to the immortal, and to the constant;

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SkP-RK 48.7

शम्भवाय शाश्वताय योगपीठसंस्थिताय । नित्यं योगयोगिने व्योमहराय ॥ र्क्स्_४८।३ ॥ ॐ नमः शिवाय सर्वप्रभवाय शिवाय ईशानाय ॥ र्क्स्_४८।४ ॥मूर्धाय तत्पुरुषाय वक्त्राय अघोराय हृदयाय वासुदेवाय गुह्याय सद्योजाताय मूर्तये ॐकाराय नमो नमः ॥ र्क्स्_४८।५ ॥कलातीतो ऽव्ययो बुद्धो वज्रदेहोपमर्दनः ॥ र्क्स्_४८।६ अध्यक्षश् च विधुः शास्ता पिनाकी त्रिदशाधिपः । अग्नी रुद्रो हुताशश् च पिङ्गलः पावनो हर

śambhavāya śāśvatāya yogapīṭhasaṃsthitāya / nityaṃ yogayogine vyomaharāya // rks_48.3 // oṃ namaḥ śivāya sarvaprabhavāya śivāya īśānāya // rks_48.4 //mūrdhāya tatpuruṣāya vaktrāya aghorāya hṛdayāya vāsudevāya guhyāya sadyojātāya mūrtaye oṃkārāya namo namaḥ // rks_48.5 //kalātīto 'vyayo buddho vajradehopamardanaḥ // rks_48.6 adhyakṣaś ca vidhuḥ śāstā pinākī tridaśādhipaḥ / agnī rudro hutāśaś ca piṅgalaḥ pāvano hara

to Śambhava, to the eternal, to him seated on the seat of yoga, to the constant yogin of yoga, to the bearer of the sky. (48.3) Oṃ, homage to Śiva, to the source of all, to Śiva, to Īśāna. (48.4) To the head, to Tatpuruṣa, to the face, to Aghora, to the heart, to Vāsudeva, to the secret (part), to Sadyojāta, to the form, to Oṃkāra, homage and homage. (48.5) Beyond the parts (of time), unchanging, awakened, crusher (of foes) with a body (hard) as adamant. (48.6) And the overseer, the moon, the chastiser, the bearer of the Pināka bow, lord of the thirty (gods); Fire, Rudra, the oblation-eater, the tawny one, the purifier, Hara;

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SkP-RK 48.8

ज्वलनो दहनो वस्तुर् भस्मान्तश् च क्षमान्तकः । अपमृत्युहरो धाता विधाता कर्तृसंज्ञकः

jvalano dahano vastur bhasmāntaś ca kṣamāntakaḥ / apamṛtyuharo dhātā vidhātā kartṛsaṃjñakaḥ

the blazing one, the burner, the substance(?), he who ends in ashes, the ender of the earth, remover of untimely death, the ordainer, the disposer, the one named 'Maker';

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SkP-RK 48.9

कालो धर्मपतिः शास्ता वियोक्ता नवमः प्रियः । निर्मित्तो वारुणो हन्ता क्रूरदृष्टिर् भयावहः

kālo dharmapatiḥ śāstā viyoktā navamaḥ priyaḥ / nirmitto vāruṇo hantā krūradṛṣṭir bhayāvahaḥ

Time, lord of dharma, the chastiser, the separator, the ninth, the beloved; the causeless(?), the one of Varuṇa, the slayer, the cruel-eyed, the bringer of fear;

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SkP-RK 48.10

ऊर्ध्वदृष्टिर् विरूपाक्षो दंष्ट्रावान् धूम्रलोचनः । वालो ह्यतिबलश्चैव पाशहस्तो महाबलः

ūrdhvadṛṣṭir virūpākṣo daṃṣṭrāvān dhūmralocanaḥ / vālo hyatibalaścaiva pāśahasto mahābalaḥ

the upward-gazing, the misshapen-eyed, the tusked, the smoke-eyed; the boy(?), and indeed the exceedingly strong, the noose-in-hand, of great strength;

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SkP-RK 48.11

श्वेतो विरूपो रुद्रश् च दीर्घबाहुर्जडान्तकः । शीघ्रो लघुर्वायुवेगो भीमश् च वडवामुखः

śveto virūpo rudraś ca dīrghabāhurjaḍāntakaḥ / śīghro laghurvāyuvego bhīmaś ca vaḍavāmukhaḥ

the white, the deformed, and Rudra, the long-armed, the ender of the dull; the swift, the light, of wind's speed, the terrible, and the mare-faced;

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SkP-RK 48.12

पञ्चशीर्षा कपर्दी च सूक्ष्मस्तीक्ष्णः क्षपान्तकः । निधीशो रौद्रवान् धन्वी सौम्यदेहः प्रमर्दनः

pañcaśīrṣā kapardī ca sūkṣmastīkṣṇaḥ kṣapāntakaḥ / nidhīśo raudravān dhanvī saumyadehaḥ pramardanaḥ

the five-headed, and the matted-haired, the subtle, the sharp, the ender of night; lord of treasures, the fierce one, the archer, of gentle body, the crusher;

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SkP-RK 48.13

अनन्तपालको धारः पातालेशो वृषध्वजः । सधूम्रः शाश्वतः शर्वः सर्वपिङ्गः करालवान्

anantapālako dhāraḥ pātāleśo vṛṣadhvajaḥ / sadhūmraḥ śāśvataḥ śarvaḥ sarvapiṅgaḥ karālavān

the endless protector, the supporter, lord of the underworld, the bull-bannered; the smoky, the everlasting, Śarva, the wholly tawny, the gaping-jawed;

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SkP-RK 48.14

विष्णुर् ईशो महात्मा च सुखो मृत्युविवार्जितः । शम्भुर् विभुर् गणाध्यक्षस् त्र्यक्षश्चैव दिवस्पतिः

viṣṇur īśo mahātmā ca sukho mṛtyuvivārjitaḥ / śambhur vibhur gaṇādhyakṣas tryakṣaścaiva divaspatiḥ

Viṣṇu, the lord, and the great-souled, the happy, free from death; Śambhu, the pervader, overseer of the hosts, and the three-eyed, lord of heaven;

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SkP-RK 48.15

संवादश् च विवादश् च प्रभविष्णुर् विवर्धनः । शतमेकोत्तरं यावद् रुद्राणां संख्यया स्मृतम्

saṃvādaś ca vivādaś ca prabhaviṣṇur vivardhanaḥ / śatamekottaraṃ yāvad rudrāṇāṃ saṃkhyayā smṛtam

and Concord and Discord, the powerful lord, the increaser — thus up to a hundred and one is recorded as the number of the Rudras.

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SkP-RK 48.16

शतमेकोत्तरं सर्वम् ॐकारे च प्रतिष्ठितम् । स्तोत्रं कृत्वा तथा ब्रह्मा देवदेवं महेश्वरम्

śatamekottaraṃ sarvam oṃkāre ca pratiṣṭhitam / stotraṃ kṛtvā tathā brahmā devadevaṃ maheśvaram

All hundred and one are established in Oṃkāra. Brahmā, having thus made the hymn to Maheśvara, the god of gods,

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SkP-RK 48.17

भूमौ प्रणम्य साष्टाङ्गं कृत्वा चैव प्रदक्षिणम् । मनसा संस्मरन् देवं तस्थौ लोकपितामहः

bhūmau praṇamya sāṣṭāṅgaṃ kṛtvā caiva pradakṣiṇam / manasā saṃsmaran devaṃ tasthau lokapitāmahaḥ

bowing to the ground with the eight limbs and making a circumambulation, remembering the god in his mind, the grandfather of the worlds stood (there).

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SkP-RK 48.18

स्तोत्रं श्रुत्वा भगवतो ब्रह्मणो लोमहर्षणम् । देवदेवो ऽब्रवीद् वाक्यं ब्रह्माणं प्रति भारत

stotraṃ śrutvā bhagavato brahmaṇo lomaharṣaṇam / devadevo 'bravīd vākyaṃ brahmāṇaṃ prati bhārata

Having heard the hair-raising hymn of the venerable Brahmā, the god of gods spoke a speech to Brahmā, O Bhārata:

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SkP-RK 48.19

स्तोत्रेणानेन दिव्येन तुष्टो ऽहं ते वरं वृणु । ददामि ते न सन्देहो दुष्प्राप्यं त्रिदशैर् अपि

stotreṇānena divyena tuṣṭo 'haṃ te varaṃ vṛṇu / dadāmi te na sandeho duṣprāpyaṃ tridaśair api

"By this divine hymn I am pleased; choose a boon. I give (it) to you — there is no doubt — though it be hard to obtain even for the thirty gods."

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SkP-RK 48.20

ब्रह्मोवाच: यदि तुष्टो ऽसि देवेश यदि देयो वरो मम । पञ्चवक्त्रेषु यजनं ब्रह्म नाम भवत्व् इह

brahmovāca: yadi tuṣṭo 'si deveśa yadi deyo varo mama / pañcavaktreṣu yajanaṃ brahma nāma bhavatv iha

Brahmā said: If you are pleased, lord of gods, if a boon is to be granted me, let there be worship at the five faces here under the name "brahma."

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SkP-RK 48.21

हर उवाच: एवम् भवतु वै ब्रह्मन् सत्यम् एतत् तवोदितम् । ब्रह्मणो धर्मपूजा वै तदा प्रभृति भारत

hara uvāca: evam bhavatu vai brahman satyam etat tavoditam / brahmaṇo dharmapūjā vai tadā prabhṛti bhārata

Hara said: Let it be so, Brahmā; what you have said is true. From then onward, O Bhārata, there is indeed the rightful worship belonging to Brahmā.

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SkP-RK 48.22

ब्रह्मोवाच: पठिष्यन्ति स्तवं रौद्रम् ॐकारस्य तवाग्रतः । ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः सदा तद्गतमानसाः

brahmovāca: paṭhiṣyanti stavaṃ raudram oṃkārasya tavāgrataḥ / brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ sadā tadgatamānasāḥ

Brahmā said: Brahmins, kṣatriyas and vaiśyas, their minds ever fixed on that, will recite the hymn to Rudra before you, the Oṃ-syllable.

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SkP-RK 48.23

सर्वकामम् अवाप्स्यन्ति चेह लोके परत्र च । यं यं कामयते कामं तं तं प्राप्नोति मानवः

sarvakāmam avāpsyanti ceha loke paratra ca / yaṃ yaṃ kāmayate kāmaṃ taṃ taṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

And they will obtain every desire, in this world and the next; whatever desire a man desires, that very one he obtains.

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SkP-RK 48.24

शतमेकोत्तरं नित्यं पठित्वा च दिवं व्रजेत् । एवम् उक्त्वा तदा ब्रह्मा नमस्कृत्य महेश्वरम्

śatamekottaraṃ nityaṃ paṭhitvā ca divaṃ vrajet / evam uktvā tadā brahmā namaskṛtya maheśvaram

And having recited (it) a hundred and one times constantly, one would go to heaven. Having spoken thus, Brahmā then, bowing to Maheśvara,

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SkP-RK 48.25

दिव्ययानसमारूढो ब्रह्मलोकं मुदा ययौ । चतुर्युगसहस्रेण ब्रह्मणो ऽहः प्रकीर्तितम्

divyayānasamārūḍho brahmalokaṃ mudā yayau / caturyugasahasreṇa brahmaṇo 'haḥ prakīrtitam

mounted on a heavenly vehicle, went joyfully to Brahmā's world. A day of Brahmā is declared to consist of a thousand sets of four ages.

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SkP-RK 48.26

अनेनैव तु मानेन शतं ब्रह्मा हि जीवति । पितामहशतं यावद् विष्णोर् मानं विधीयते

anenaiva tu mānena śataṃ brahmā hi jīvati / pitāmahaśataṃ yāvad viṣṇor mānaṃ vidhīyate

By this same measure Brahmā lives a hundred (years); Viṣṇu's measure is laid down as lasting a hundred (lifetimes) of the Grandfather.

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SkP-RK 48.27

ॐकारनिमिषार्धेन सहस्राणि चतुर्दश । विनश्यन्ति परं विष्णोरसंख्याताः पितामहाः

oṃkāranimiṣārdhena sahasrāṇi caturdaśa / vinaśyanti paraṃ viṣṇorasaṃkhyātāḥ pitāmahāḥ

In half a blink of the Oṃ-syllable (i.e. Śiva) fourteen thousand (Viṣṇus) perish, and beyond Viṣṇu, countless Grandfathers.

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SkP-RK 48.28

एवं ब्रह्मगतिं ज्ञात्वा शिवम् अन्तः सदार्चयेत् । शिवाज्ञा वर्तते लिङ्गे तस्माल् लिङ्गं सदार्चयेत्

evaṃ brahmagatiṃ jñātvā śivam antaḥ sadārcayet / śivājñā vartate liṅge tasmāl liṅgaṃ sadārcayet

Knowing thus the destiny of Brahmā, one should always worship Śiva inwardly. Śiva's command abides in the liṅga; therefore one should always worship the liṅga.

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SkP-RK 48.29

द्वेष्टि लिङ्गं तु यो मोहात् सर्वदेवनमस्कृतम् । स याति नरकं घोरं शिवस्य वचनं यथा

dveṣṭi liṅgaṃ tu yo mohāt sarvadevanamaskṛtam / sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ śivasya vacanaṃ yathā

But he who out of delusion hates the liṅga, saluted by all the gods, goes to a dreadful hell, according to Śiva's word.

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SkP-RK 48.30

बौद्धक्षपणपाखण्डा मिथ्यातत्त्वविचक्षणाः । नष्टास् तु नाशिता ये वै शिवाराधनवार्जिताः

bauddhakṣapaṇapākhaṇḍā mithyātattvavicakṣaṇāḥ / naṣṭās tu nāśitā ye vai śivārādhanavārjitāḥ

The Buddhists, the Kṣapaṇakas (Jains) and the heretics, clever in false doctrines, are ruined and have been destroyed, they who are devoid of the worship of Śiva.

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SkP-RK 48.31

जन्मजन्मान्तराभ्यासात् ते प्रयान्ति रसातलम् । पुराणेषु तथा युद्ध्वा शिवोक्तं धर्मम् आचरेत्

janmajanmāntarābhyāsāt te prayānti rasātalam / purāṇeṣu tathā yuddhvā śivoktaṃ dharmam ācaret

By the practice (of that) through birth after birth they go down to Rasātala. So too, having understood (this) in the Purāṇas, one should follow the dharma taught by Śiva.

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