Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 5

SkP-RK 5.1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच: राज्ञा ऽवतारिता रेवा कथं वै पुरुकुत्सुना । तत् सर्व श्रोतुम् इच्छामि त्वत् तो ब्रह्मविदां वर

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: rājñā 'vatāritā revā kathaṃ vai purukutsunā / tat sarva śrotum icchāmi tvat to brahmavidāṃ vara

Yudhiṣṭhira said: How indeed was Revā brought down by King Purukutsa? I wish to hear all that from you, O best of the knowers of brahman.

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SkP-RK 5.2

मार्कण्डेय उवाच: शृणु राजन् कथां दिव्यां पुरा स्कन्दस्य कीर्तिताम् । तत् ते ऽहं कथयिष्यामि शिवेनोक्तं श्रुतं मया

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: śṛṇu rājan kathāṃ divyāṃ purā skandasya kīrtitām / tat te 'haṃ kathayiṣyāmi śivenoktaṃ śrutaṃ mayā

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hear, O king, the divine story proclaimed of old by Skanda; I shall tell you that, spoken by Śiva and heard by me.

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SkP-RK 5.3

क्षत्रियस्य कुलोत्पन्नः पुरुकुत्सुर् महायशाः । तेन वर्षसहस्रं वै पूर्वमाराधितो हरः

kṣatriyasya kulotpannaḥ purukutsur mahāyaśāḥ / tena varṣasahasraṃ vai pūrvamārādhito haraḥ

Purukutsa of great fame was born in a kṣatriya's family; by him Hara was formerly worshipped for a thousand years.

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SkP-RK 5.4

तपसा च भवेनोक्तं कस् त्वया प्रार्थितो वरः । ददामि ते वरं ह्य् एतद् येन त्वं सुखमेधसे

tapasā ca bhavenoktaṃ kas tvayā prārthito varaḥ / dadāmi te varaṃ hy etad yena tvaṃ sukhamedhase

And by (his) austerity Bhava was made to say: "What boon is sought by you? I grant you that boon by which you will prosper in happiness."

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SkP-RK 5.5

एवम् उक्तस् तदा राजा प्रार्थये ऽहं तवाज्ञया । यदि तुष्टो ऽसि मे देव कार्यं तत् कथयाम्य् अहम्

evam uktas tadā rājā prārthaye 'haṃ tavājñayā / yadi tuṣṭo 'si me deva kāryaṃ tat kathayāmy aham

Addressed thus, the king then (said): "I make my request at your command; if you are pleased with me, O god, I shall tell that business."

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SkP-RK 5.6

आस्ते नदी महाभागा नर्मदा नाम विश्रुता । अवतारयतां शम्भो कुमारीं दिव्यरूपिणीम्

āste nadī mahābhāgā narmadā nāma viśrutā / avatārayatāṃ śambho kumārīṃ divyarūpiṇīm

"There is a most blessed river, renowned by the name of Narmadā; let (you) bring down that maiden of divine form, O Śambhu."

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SkP-RK 5.7

तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा शम्भुर् विस्मयम् आगतः । सुचिरं क्लिश्यमानेन क्षत्रियेण महात्मना

tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā śambhur vismayam āgataḥ / suciraṃ kliśyamānena kṣatriyeṇa mahātmanā

Hearing that speech of his, Śambhu was filled with astonishment: "By this great-souled Kṣatriya, who has afflicted himself (with austerities) for a very long time,

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SkP-RK 5.8

अप्रार्थ्यं प्रार्थितं स्कन्द दुःसाध्यं त्रिदशैर् अपि । उक्ताशयः स राजर्षिः साध्यं किंचिन् निषेवय

aprārthyaṃ prārthitaṃ skanda duḥsādhyaṃ tridaśair api / uktāśayaḥ sa rājarṣiḥ sādhyaṃ kiṃcin niṣevaya

what should not be asked for has been asked for, O Skanda — a thing hard to accomplish even for the thirty gods." (Thus) his intention having been stated, (Śiva said:) "O royal sage, resort to something that can be accomplished."

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SkP-RK 5.9

मम वाक्यं तु तच् छ्रुत्वा क्षत्रियस् तु स विह्वलः । अपतत् स महाभागो मूर्छितो धरणीतले

mama vākyaṃ tu tac chrutvā kṣatriyas tu sa vihvalaḥ / apatat sa mahābhāgo mūrchito dharaṇītale

But hearing that speech of mine, the Kṣatriya, overcome, fell — that greatly fortunate one — swooning to the ground.

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SkP-RK 5.10

आश्वासितो मया तत्र स्वस्थो भव विशाम्पते । मर्त्यलोके सरिच्छ्रेष्ठां नर्मदाम् अवतारये

āśvāsito mayā tatra svastho bhava viśāmpate / martyaloke saricchreṣṭhāṃ narmadām avatāraye

He was revived by me there: "Be well, lord of men! I shall bring down to the world of mortals the Narmadā, best of rivers."

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SkP-RK 5.11

तस्यास् त्व् आगमनं श्रुत्वा त्रस्ता देवाः सवासवाः । कः शक्नुयाद् इमं भारं सोढुं वेगश् च नार्मदम्

tasyās tv āgamanaṃ śrutvā trastā devāḥ savāsavāḥ / kaḥ śaknuyād imaṃ bhāraṃ soḍhuṃ vegaś ca nārmadam

But hearing of her coming, the gods together with Vāsava were terrified: "Who could bear this weight, and the rush of the Narmadā?

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SkP-RK 5.12

धरणी भारभूता च नष्टा भ्रष्टाश् च पर्वताः । अशक्तास् तोयवर्षस्य धारणे सरितस् तथा

dharaṇī bhārabhūtā ca naṣṭā bhraṣṭāś ca parvatāḥ / aśaktās toyavarṣasya dhāraṇe saritas tathā

The earth, becoming a burden-bearer, is destroyed, and the mountains are broken; the rivers too are incapable of holding such a downpour of water.

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SkP-RK 5.13

अस्ति सिद्धो महापुण्यः पर्यङ्को नाम पर्वतः । स सहेत महाभारं वोढुं वेगश्च नार्मदम्

asti siddho mahāpuṇyaḥ paryaṅko nāma parvataḥ / sa saheta mahābhāraṃ voḍhuṃ vegaśca nārmadam

There is a perfected, highly holy mountain named Paryaṅka; he could endure bearing the great weight and the rush of the Narmadā."

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SkP-RK 5.14

सर्वे देवा ऽगतास् तत्र प्रार्थितुं तं नगोत्तमम् । पृष्टास् तु पर्वतेन्द्रेण केन कार्य्येण चागता

sarve devā 'gatās tatra prārthituṃ taṃ nagottamam / pṛṣṭās tu parvatendreṇa kena kāryyeṇa cāgatā

All the gods went there to petition that best of mountains; and they were asked by the lord of mountains, "On what business have you come?"

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SkP-RK 5.15

देवा ऊचुः: इक्ष्वाकुवंशसम्भूतः पुरुकुत्सुर् नराधिपः । तेनावतारिता पुण्या नदी नामा तु नर्मदा

devā ūcuḥ: ikṣvākuvaṃśasambhūtaḥ purukutsur narādhipaḥ / tenāvatāritā puṇyā nadī nāmā tu narmadā

The gods said: "Purukutsa, a ruler of men, born in the line of Ikṣvāku — by him has the holy river named Narmadā been brought down.

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SkP-RK 5.16

तेजः शब्दम् च भारं च तस्याः पातं रयं तथा । असमर्था नगा वोढुं त्वामृते गिरिसत्तम

tejaḥ śabdam ca bhāraṃ ca tasyāḥ pātaṃ rayaṃ tathā / asamarthā nagā voḍhuṃ tvāmṛte girisattama

Her fiery force, her sound, her weight, her fall and her speed the mountains are unable to bear — apart from you, O best of mountains."

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SkP-RK 5.17

पर्यङ्क उवाच: आगच्छतु महादेवी धारयामि न संशयः । आगच्छन्तीं महापुण्यां धारयामि च साम्प्रतम्

paryaṅka uvāca: āgacchatu mahādevī dhārayāmi na saṃśayaḥ / āgacchantīṃ mahāpuṇyāṃ dhārayāmi ca sāmpratam

Paryaṅka said: "Let the great goddess come; I shall hold her, there is no doubt. As she comes, that greatly holy one, I shall hold her at once."

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SkP-RK 5.18

चलिता नर्मदा शीघ्रं वेगेन समुपस्थिता । कृत्वा तस्योत्तमाङ्गेषु पर्यङ्कस्यैव भूभृतः

calitā narmadā śīghraṃ vegena samupasthitā / kṛtvā tasyottamāṅgeṣu paryaṅkasyaiva bhūbhṛtaḥ

The Narmadā set out and swiftly, with force, arrived, placing (herself) upon the highest parts of that very mountain Paryaṅka.

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SkP-RK 5.19

राज्ञा तु सहिता देवी त्रिदशैर् अपि संयुता । वैन्येन तु पुरा चेष्टम् अश्वमेधेन भूभुजा

rājñā tu sahitā devī tridaśair api saṃyutā / vainyena tu purā ceṣṭam aśvamedhena bhūbhujā

The goddess, accompanied by the king and joined too by the thirty gods — and formerly by Vainya, the ruler of the earth, a horse-sacrifice was performed.

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SkP-RK 5.20

मखस्थाने च वैन्यस्य वेणस्तम्बो महानभूत् । यं दृष्ट्वा विस्मयं प्राप्तास् सर्वे देवास् सवासवाः

makhasthāne ca vainyasya veṇastambo mahānabhūt / yaṃ dṛṣṭvā vismayaṃ prāptās sarve devās savāsavāḥ

And at the place of Vainya's sacrifice there arose a great bamboo clump, seeing which all the gods with Vāsava were amazed.

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SkP-RK 5.21

वेणोस्तस्यैव मूलात् तु निर्गता सा महानदी । कृताञ्जलिपुटा देवास्थिताः सर्वे ऽत्र संस्थिताः

veṇostasyaiva mūlāt tu nirgatā sā mahānadī / kṛtāñjalipuṭā devāsthitāḥ sarve 'tra saṃsthitāḥ

From the root of that very bamboo the great river came forth; the gods, with their palms joined in reverence, all stood there.

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SkP-RK 5.22

जय शब्दं प्रकुर्वन्तस् त्रिदशा ब्रह्मवादिनः । गणगन्धर्वयक्षाश् च मरुतश् च तथा ऽश्विनौ

jaya śabdaṃ prakurvantas tridaśā brahmavādinaḥ / gaṇagandharvayakṣāś ca marutaś ca tathā 'śvinau

Uttering the cry "Victory!" (were) the thirty gods, reciters of the Veda, and the troops, Gandharvas and Yakṣas, and the Maruts, and the two Aśvins,

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SkP-RK 5.23

पिशाचा राक्षसा नागा ऋषयश् च तपोधनाः । सर्वे पाद्येन चार्ध्येण भीतास् ते किङ्करा इव

piśācā rākṣasā nāgā ṛṣayaś ca tapodhanāḥ / sarve pādyena cārdhyeṇa bhītās te kiṅkarā iva

the Piśācas, Rākṣasas, Nāgas, and the sages rich in austerity — all of them, with water for the feet and with offering-water, afraid, like servants.

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SkP-RK 5.24

पाद्योपसंग्रहं कृत्वा नर्मदां शरणं गताः । अद्यः नः सफलं जन्म तपो ऽद्य सफलश् च नः

pādyopasaṃgrahaṃ kṛtvā narmadāṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ / adyaḥ naḥ saphalaṃ janma tapo 'dya saphalaś ca naḥ

Having made the reception of water for (her) feet, they took refuge with the Narmadā: "Today our birth has borne fruit, and today our austerity has borne fruit for us.

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SkP-RK 5.25

कृतार्था देवताः सर्वा देवि त्वद् दर्शनाद् इह । तम् एव पुरुषं मन्ये येनैषा ह्य् अवतारिता

kṛtārthā devatāḥ sarvā devi tvad darśanād iha / tam eva puruṣaṃ manye yenaiṣā hy avatāritā

All the deities have attained their purpose, O goddess, from the sight of you here. Him alone do I consider a (true) man, by whom she has been brought down."

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SkP-RK 5.26

वदन्ति देवतास् सर्वा मर्त्यलोकः परं गतः । ऋषिभिर् दैवतैः प्रोक्ता स्पृश हस्तेन देवताः

vadanti devatās sarvā martyalokaḥ paraṃ gataḥ / ṛṣibhir daivataiḥ proktā spṛśa hastena devatāḥ

All the deities say: "The world of mortals has gone beyond (us)." By the sages and the gods she was addressed: "Touch the deities with your hand,

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SkP-RK 5.27

येन पूतत्वम् आयान्ति नर्मदे नष्टकिल्विषाः । नर्मदा तु वदत्येवं न स्पृशामि सुरान् गणान्

yena pūtatvam āyānti narmade naṣṭakilviṣāḥ / narmadā tu vadatyevaṃ na spṛśāmi surān gaṇān

"By (you) they attain purity, O Narmadā, their sins destroyed." But Narmadā speaks thus: "I do not touch the gods and their hosts."

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SkP-RK 5.28

कुमारी ह्य् अहम् अद्या ऽपि मम भर्ता न विद्यते । अहो कष्टं तु देवाश् च चिन्तया विह्वलीकृताः

kumārī hy aham adyā 'pi mama bhartā na vidyate / aho kaṣṭaṃ tu devāś ca cintayā vihvalīkṛtāḥ

"For I am a maiden even now; I have no husband. Alas, this is hard!" And the gods were overwhelmed with worry.

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SkP-RK 5.29

त्वतुल्यो रूपसम्पन्नः कुतः प्राप्यो वरोत्तमः । येन त्वं दर्शिता लोके स ते भर्ता भविष्यति

tvatulyo rūpasampannaḥ kutaḥ prāpyo varottamaḥ / yena tvaṃ darśitā loke sa te bhartā bhaviṣyati

"Where is an excellent bridegroom to be found, endowed with beauty equal to yours?" "He by whom you are shown to the world, he shall be your husband."

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SkP-RK 5.30

ब्रह्मणस् तु पुरा शापात् समुद्रः पुरुकुत्सुकः । गतो मर्त्ये महाबाहुरिक्ष्वाकुकुलनन्दनः

brahmaṇas tu purā śāpāt samudraḥ purukutsukaḥ / gato martye mahābāhurikṣvākukulanandanaḥ

But long ago, by Brahmā's curse, Samudra (became) Purukutsu, gone into the mortal (world), the mighty-armed delight of the Ikṣvāku line.

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SkP-RK 5.31

पुरुकुत्सुर् वरस् ते ऽस्तु क्षत्रियो देवसन्निभः । उद्वाहिता तदा तेन क्षत्रियेण तु नर्मदा

purukutsur varas te 'stu kṣatriyo devasannibhaḥ / udvāhitā tadā tena kṣatriyeṇa tu narmadā

"Let Purukutsu, a kṣatriya like unto a god, be your bridegroom." Then Narmadā was wedded by that kṣatriya.

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SkP-RK 5.32

उवाच वचनं देवान् नर्मदा सप्तकल्पगा । देवत्वम् ईदृश यस्य प्रजा धर्मे व्यवस्थिताः

uvāca vacanaṃ devān narmadā saptakalpagā / devatvam īdṛśa yasya prajā dharme vyavasthitāḥ

Narmadā, who flows through seven aeons, spoke this word to the gods: "Such is godhood in one whose offspring are established in dharma."

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SkP-RK 5.33

किम् अन्यत् तस्य वाच्यं स्यात् पुरुकुत्सोर् महात्मनः । स्वयम्भुवो यथा पुत्रो मानसः परिकीर्तितः

kim anyat tasya vācyaṃ syāt purukutsor mahātmanaḥ / svayambhuvo yathā putro mānasaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

"What else is there to be said of him, the great-souled Purukutsu, who is proclaimed as the mind-born son of the Self-existent (Brahmā)?"

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SkP-RK 5.34

पुरुकुत्सुस् तथा चा ऽयं सर्वधर्मपरायणः । उवाच वचनं राजा पुरुकुत्सुश् च नर्मदाम्

purukutsus tathā cā 'yaṃ sarvadharmaparāyaṇaḥ / uvāca vacanaṃ rājā purukutsuś ca narmadām

"And this Purukutsu is likewise wholly devoted to all dharma." And King Purukutsu spoke a word to Narmadā:

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SkP-RK 5.35

नर्मदे देवकन्या त्वं प्रसादः क्रियतां मयि । यान्तु मे पितरः स्वर्गं मम चा ऽस्तु महद्यशः

narmade devakanyā tvaṃ prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ mayi / yāntu me pitaraḥ svargaṃ mama cā 'stu mahadyaśaḥ

"O Narmadā, you are a daughter of the gods; let favour be shown to me. Let my fathers go to heaven, and let great fame be mine."

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SkP-RK 5.36

नर्मदोवाच: एव भवतु राजेन्द्र मत्तस्त्वं यद्यदिच्छसि । तत् सर्वं भवतश् चाद्य मत्प्रसादाद् भविष्यति

narmadovāca: eva bhavatu rājendra mattastvaṃ yadyadicchasi / tat sarvaṃ bhavataś cādya matprasādād bhaviṣyati

Narmadā said: So let it be, O lord of kings; whatever you wish from me, all that shall now be yours by my favour.

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SkP-RK 5.37

एवम् उक्त्वा ययौ देवी वारुणीं च दिशां तदा । निष्क्रान्ता पर्वतात् तस्मात् पर्यङ्कात् सरितां वरा

evam uktvā yayau devī vāruṇīṃ ca diśāṃ tadā / niṣkrāntā parvatāt tasmāt paryaṅkāt saritāṃ varā

Having said this, the goddess then went toward the western quarter; the best of rivers departed from that mountain, from (its) couch.

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SkP-RK 5.38

याति वेगात् तथा देवी धनुर् मुक्तः शरो यथा । विदार्य मेदिनीं सर्वा पर्वतां छिखराणि च

yāti vegāt tathā devī dhanur muktaḥ śaro yathā / vidārya medinīṃ sarvā parvatāṃ chikharāṇi ca

The goddess goes with speed, like an arrow released from a bow, splitting the whole earth and the mountains and their peaks,

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SkP-RK 5.39

चूर्णयित्वा च तान् सर्वान् वज्राशनिहतान् इव । यत्र यत्र गता विन्ध्ये तत्र तत्रावगाह्यते

cūrṇayitvā ca tān sarvān vajrāśanihatān iva / yatra yatra gatā vindhye tatra tatrāvagāhyate

and pulverising them all, as if struck by the thunderbolt. Wherever she has gone in the Vindhya, there one bathes.

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SkP-RK 5.40

तत्र गङ्गासहस्रस्य फल स्यात् तीर्थवर्जिते । तदा स्तुता महादेवी नर्मदा लोकपावनी

tatra gaṅgāsahasrasya phala syāt tīrthavarjite / tadā stutā mahādevī narmadā lokapāvanī

There, even in a place lacking a (holy) ford, there would be the fruit of a thousand Gaṅgās. Then the great goddess Narmadā, purifier of the world, was praised

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SkP-RK 5.41

ऋषिभिर् वैदिकैः सर्वैः सुखसन्तानकारिका । वेदा धर्मस्य मूलानि स्मृतिपुष्पफलानि च

ṛṣibhir vaidikaiḥ sarvaiḥ sukhasantānakārikā / vedā dharmasya mūlāni smṛtipuṣpaphalāni ca

by all the Vedic seers — she who brings about a lineage of happiness. The Vedas are the roots of dharma, and the smṛtis its flowers and fruits;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SkP-RK 5.42

भक्षयन्ति द्विजाः पुण्या अग्निहोत्रपरायणाः । सेवन्ते नर्मदा ते ऽपि स्वर्गसोपानपद्धतिम्

bhakṣayanti dvijāḥ puṇyā agnihotraparāyaṇāḥ / sevante narmadā te 'pi svargasopānapaddhatim

these the meritorious twice-born, devoted to the agnihotra, consume; and they too resort to Narmadā, the stairway-path to heaven.

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SkP-RK 5.43

यत्र यत्र गता स्कन्द तत्र तत्रैव दुर्लभा । दर्शने नर्मदायास् तु अग्निष्टोमफल लभेत्

yatra yatra gatā skanda tatra tatraiva durlabhā / darśane narmadāyās tu agniṣṭomaphala labhet

Wherever she has gone, O Skanda, there indeed she is hard to obtain; but by the sight of Narmadā one would gain the fruit of an agniṣṭoma (sacrifice).

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SkP-RK 5.44

ये तु संस्नान्ति सेवन्ते नर्मदाम् अप्य् अकामतः । फलं बहु सुवर्णस्य ते ऽपि प्राप्स्यन्ति मानवाः

ye tu saṃsnānti sevante narmadām apy akāmataḥ / phalaṃ bahu suvarṇasya te 'pi prāpsyanti mānavāḥ

Those men who bathe in and resort to Narmadā, even unintentionally, they too will obtain the great fruit of (a gift of) gold.

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SkP-RK 5.45

यत्र यत्र गता पुण्या शिवस्यायतने शुभे । गङ्गास्नानस्य लक्षेण तत्र स्नाने सम भवेत्

yatra yatra gatā puṇyā śivasyāyatane śubhe / gaṅgāsnānasya lakṣeṇa tatra snāne sama bhavet

Wherever the holy (river) has gone, in an auspicious shrine of Śiva, bathing there would be equal to a hundred thousand baths in the Gaṅgā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 5.46

अग्निहोत्रेण यत्पुण्य पितृश्राद्धेन यत्फलम् । सर्वं सम्पद्यते तस्य नर्मदाया जलेन तु

agnihotreṇa yatpuṇya pitṛśrāddhena yatphalam / sarvaṃ sampadyate tasya narmadāyā jalena tu

Whatever merit (comes) from the agnihotra, whatever fruit from the śrāddha for the fathers — all that is obtained for him by the water of Narmadā.

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SkP-RK 5.47

यत्किंचिद् वैदिकं कर्म्म ब्राह्मणाः कुर्वते सदा । नर्मदायास् तटे शूद्धिर् नात्र कार्य्या विचारणा

yatkiṃcid vaidikaṃ karmma brāhmaṇāḥ kurvate sadā / narmadāyās taṭe śūddhir nātra kāryyā vicāraṇā

Whatever Vedic rite the brahmins always perform, (its) purification (is) on the bank of the Narmadā; no deliberation is to be made about this.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SkP-RK 5.48

नर्मदासङ्गमो यत्र शिवक्षेत्रं विनिर्दिशेत् । गङ्गाया लक्षमात्रेण तत्स्थानन् तु विशिष्यते

narmadāsaṅgamo yatra śivakṣetraṃ vinirdiśet / gaṅgāyā lakṣamātreṇa tatsthānan tu viśiṣyate

Where there is a confluence with the Narmadā, one should point out a field of Śiva there; that place is more excellent than the Gaṅgā by a hundred thousand times.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SkP-RK 5.49

कीर्तनं नर्मदायास् तु दानं तीर्थस्य सङ्गमे । न तेन सदृशं राजन् सत्यम् एतद् ब्रवीम्यहम्

kīrtanaṃ narmadāyās tu dānaṃ tīrthasya saṅgame / na tena sadṛśaṃ rājan satyam etad bravīmyaham

But the proclaiming of the Narmadā, (and) a gift at the confluence of the sacred ford — there is nothing equal to that, O king; this truth I speak.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 5.50

नर्मदां प्रातर् उत्थाय ये स्मरन्ति विचक्षणाः । पूर्वजन्मकृतं पापमैहिकश् च विनश्यति

narmadāṃ prātar utthāya ye smaranti vicakṣaṇāḥ / pūrvajanmakṛtaṃ pāpamaihikaś ca vinaśyati

Those discerning ones who, rising at dawn, remember the Narmadā — the sin committed in a former birth and (that) of this world perishes.

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SkP-RK 5.51

नर्मदां मानवः कश्चित् तत्र यत्रावगाहते । शतजन्मार्जितं पापं तत्क्षणात् नश्यति ध्रुवम्

narmadāṃ mānavaḥ kaścit tatra yatrāvagāhate / śatajanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇāt naśyati dhruvam

Wherever any man bathes in the Narmadā, there the sin accumulated over a hundred births assuredly perishes that very instant.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 5.52

नर्मदायास् तटे चैव प्राणांस्त्यजति मानवः । कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि स्वर्गलोके महीयते

narmadāyās taṭe caiva prāṇāṃstyajati mānavaḥ / kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate

And the man who gives up his life-breaths on the bank of the Narmadā is honoured in the world of heaven for thousands of crores of kalpas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 5.53

ये ऽप्य् अधर्मपराधीना नर्मदायां कथञ्चन । ते ऽपि रुद्रत्वम् आयान्ति सत्यम् एतद् ब्रवीम्य् अहम्

ye 'py adharmaparādhīnā narmadāyāṃ kathañcana / te 'pi rudratvam āyānti satyam etad bravīmy aham

Even those who are subject to unrighteousness (but come) somehow to the Narmadā — they too attain the state of Rudra; this truth I speak.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 5.54

प्रायश्चित्तानि दीयन्ते यत्र रेवा न विद्यते । रेवातोये तु संप्राप्ते प्रायश्चित्तं न विद्यते

prāyaścittāni dīyante yatra revā na vidyate / revātoye tu saṃprāpte prāyaścittaṃ na vidyate

Penances are prescribed where the Revā does not exist; but when the water of the Revā has been reached, no penance exists.

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SkP-RK 5.55

नर्मदां च महापुण्यां सप्तकल्पाधिवासिनीम् । सततं यः स्मरेद् भक्त्या स शिवः परिकीर्तितः

narmadāṃ ca mahāpuṇyāṃ saptakalpādhivāsinīm / satataṃ yaḥ smared bhaktyā sa śivaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

And he who constantly remembers with devotion the greatly meritorious Narmadā, who dwells (through) seven kalpas — he is declared to be Śiva.

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SkP-RK 5.56

तत्र वैण्येश्वरं देवं वेणुमूले व्यवस्थितम् । स्वर्गदं मोक्षदं विद्धिलोकानां पापनाशनम्

tatra vaiṇyeśvaraṃ devaṃ veṇumūle vyavasthitam / svargadaṃ mokṣadaṃ viddhilokānāṃ pāpanāśanam

There (is) the god Vaiṇyeśvara, established at the root of the bamboo, granting heaven, granting release — know (him) as the destroyer of the sin of the worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SkP-RK 5.57

विन्ध्यस्यैव तथा चाष्टौ मानसाः परिकीर्तिताः । पर्यङ्कः प्रथमो ज्ञेयः श्रेष्ठः सर्वमहीभृताम्

vindhyasyaiva tathā cāṣṭau mānasāḥ parikīrtitāḥ / paryaṅkaḥ prathamo jñeyaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvamahībhṛtām

And likewise eight sons of Vindhya's mind are proclaimed; Paryaṅka is to be known as the first, the best of all mountains.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SkP-RK 5.58

असिताङ्गो वराङ्गश् च तथा ऽन्ये चापि पर्वताः । पावको जातवेदाश् च कदम्बः सुरनायकः

asitāṅgo varāṅgaś ca tathā 'nye cāpi parvatāḥ / pāvako jātavedāś ca kadambaḥ suranāyakaḥ

Asitāṅga and Varāṅga, and also the other mountains, Pāvaka and Jātavedas, Kadamba and Suranāyaka.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 5.59

अर्चितास् तैर् महाभागैर् धर्मकर्मपरायणैः । उद्गमात् निर्गमं यावद् वारुणीं दिशमास्थिताः

arcitās tair mahābhāgair dharmakarmaparāyaṇaiḥ / udgamāt nirgamaṃ yāvad vāruṇīṃ diśamāsthitāḥ

They were worshipped by those greatly fortunate ones devoted to righteous works; from (her) rising to (her) outflow they stand facing the western direction.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SkP-RK 5.60

सार्द्धम् एकशतं तस्याः प्रवाहाः परिकीर्तिताः । क्रोशार्द्धस्य त्रिभागश्च विस्तारः परिकीर्तितः

sārddham ekaśataṃ tasyāḥ pravāhāḥ parikīrtitāḥ / krośārddhasya tribhāgaśca vistāraḥ parikīrtitaḥ

Her streams are proclaimed to be a hundred and fifty; and the breadth is declared to be a third of half a krośa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 5.61

शिवस्य वर्तते चात्र ब्रह्मविष्णुं विडौजसाम् । कोटिभिस् त्रिदशानान्तुका ऽन्या धर्तुं प्रशक्यते

śivasya vartate cātra brahmaviṣṇuṃ viḍaujasām / koṭibhis tridaśānāntukā 'nyā dhartuṃ praśakyate

And here belongs to Śiva ... Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Indra (?) — by crores of the thirty (gods) no other could be sustained.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SkP-RK 5.62

आत्मानम् आत्मना सा तु बभार परमेश्वरी । त्रिदशानां हितार्थाय मानवानां च भारत

ātmānam ātmanā sā tu babhāra parameśvarī / tridaśānāṃ hitārthāya mānavānāṃ ca bhārata

But she, the supreme goddess, bore herself by herself, for the welfare of the gods and of men, O Bhārata.

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SkP-RK 5.63

लक्षयोजनपर्य्यन्तं जम्बूद्वीपं प्रचक्षते । द्विगुणः परिवेषस् तु लवणोदस् तु भारत

lakṣayojanaparyyantaṃ jambūdvīpaṃ pracakṣate / dviguṇaḥ pariveṣas tu lavaṇodas tu bhārata

They declare Jambūdvīpa to extend a hundred thousand yojanas; but the encircling (ocean) of salt water is twice that, O Bhārata.

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SkP-RK 5.64

सहस्रयोजनं विद्धिकन्याद्वीपञ्च भारत । तस्याः पञ्चशती गम्या त्वगम्या च तथा ऽपरा

sahasrayojanaṃ viddhikanyādvīpañca bhārata / tasyāḥ pañcaśatī gamyā tvagamyā ca tathā 'parā

Know that Kanyādvīpa is a thousand yojanas, O Bhārata; of it five hundred are accessible, and the other likewise inaccessible.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 5.65

शुभाशुभफलं चात्र पुण्यपापविभागयोः । प्रथमं मानुषो भूत्वा देवत्वमुपपद्यते

śubhāśubhaphalaṃ cātra puṇyapāpavibhāgayoḥ / prathamaṃ mānuṣo bhūtvā devatvamupapadyate

And here (is) the good and bad fruit of the two portions, merit and sin; first having become a man, one attains godhood.

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SkP-RK 5.66

क्षीणे पुण्ये पुनर्याति मानुषत्वं पृथक् पृथक् । कर्म्मभूमिम् इमां विद्धि विदितं तव भारत

kṣīṇe puṇye punaryāti mānuṣatvaṃ pṛthak pṛthak / karmmabhūmim imāṃ viddhi viditaṃ tava bhārata

When the merit is exhausted he goes again to the human state, each severally; know this to be the land of works, (as is) known to you, O Bhārata.

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SkP-RK 5.67

धर्मेण कर्म्मणा स्वर्गः स्याद् एव सुकृते कृते । नद्याः प्रवाहे भूभागे कल्पगाया व्यवस्थितिः

dharmeṇa karmmaṇā svargaḥ syād eva sukṛte kṛte / nadyāḥ pravāhe bhūbhāge kalpagāyā vyavasthitiḥ

By dharma, by (ritual) action, heaven indeed comes to be, once a good deed is done; in the flow of the river, in that tract of land, is the abode of Kalpagā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain