Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 51

SkP-RK 51.1

युधिष्ठिर उवाच: द्वीपसंख्या भुवो मानं सागराणां च कीर्तनम् । पाताललोकसंख्यानं सर्वतो विदितं कुरु

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: dvīpasaṃkhyā bhuvo mānaṃ sāgarāṇāṃ ca kīrtanam / pātālalokasaṃkhyānaṃ sarvato viditaṃ kuru

Yudhiṣṭhira said: The number of the continents, the measure of the earth, and the enumeration of the oceans, and the reckoning of the netherworlds — make (all this) fully known.

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SkP-RK 51.2

नरकं स्वर्गमानं च यत्किंचिद् अन्यदीदृशम् । उक्तानुक्तं यत्किंचित् कर्माकर्मशुभावहम्

narakaṃ svargamānaṃ ca yatkiṃcid anyadīdṛśam / uktānuktaṃ yatkiṃcit karmākarmaśubhāvaham

And hell, and the measure of heaven, and whatever else is of such a kind; whatever, spoken or unspoken, of action and inaction brings good —

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SkP-RK 51.3

एतत् सर्वं समासेन स्कन्दपृष्टेन शम्भुना । कथितं तु पुराणं वै यथावृत्तं पुरातनम्

etat sarvaṃ samāsena skandapṛṣṭena śambhunā / kathitaṃ tu purāṇaṃ vai yathāvṛttaṃ purātanam

all this was told in brief by Śambhu, when asked by Skanda — indeed the ancient Purāṇa, as it happened of old.

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SkP-RK 51.4

भविष्यभूततत्त्वज्ञस् त्रिकालज्ञस् त्रिवेदवित् । त्वम् एव वेत्सि सर्वं च प्रसादाद् वक्तुम् अर्हसि

bhaviṣyabhūtatattvajñas trikālajñas trivedavit / tvam eva vetsi sarvaṃ ca prasādād vaktum arhasi

You know what is to come and the truth of what has been, you know the three times, you know the three Vedas; you alone know everything, and by (your) grace you ought to speak.

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SkP-RK 51.5

मार्कण्डेय उवाच: शृणु राजन् महाभाग कथ्यमानं निबोध मे । अनेकानि सहस्राणि मया दृष्टानि भारत

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: śṛṇu rājan mahābhāga kathyamānaṃ nibodha me / anekāni sahasrāṇi mayā dṛṣṭāni bhārata

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Listen, O king of great fortune, attend to what is told by me: many thousands (of kings) have been seen by me, O Bhārata,

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SkP-RK 51.6

युगे युगे क्षत्रियाणां दानयज्ञक्रियाणि च । नान्यस् तु त्वादृशो राजा दृष्टस् तेषां तु मध्यतः

yuge yuge kṣatriyāṇāṃ dānayajñakriyāṇi ca / nānyas tu tvādṛśo rājā dṛṣṭas teṣāṃ tu madhyataḥ

and in age after age the gift-giving and sacrificial rites of the kṣatriyas; but no other king like you has been seen among them.

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SkP-RK 51.7

एतत् सर्वं समासेन स्कन्दपृष्टेन शम्भुना । कथितं तु पुराणं वै सर्वं ते कथयाम्य् अहम्

etat sarvaṃ samāsena skandapṛṣṭena śambhunā / kathitaṃ tu purāṇaṃ vai sarvaṃ te kathayāmy aham

All this was told in brief by Śambhu, when asked by Skanda — the ancient Purāṇa indeed; all of it I shall tell you.

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SkP-RK 51.8

चन्द्रद्वीपः प्रभासे तु ताम्रपर्णिर् गभस्तिमान् । नागद्वीपश् च सौम्यश् च गन्धर्वो वरुणस् तथा

candradvīpaḥ prabhāse tu tāmraparṇir gabhastimān / nāgadvīpaś ca saumyaś ca gandharvo varuṇas tathā

Candradvīpa at Prabhāsa, Tāmraparṇi, Gabhastimān, Nāgadvīpa, Saumya, Gandharva, and likewise Vāruṇa,

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SkP-RK 51.9

नवमः कुमारिकाख्यस् तु इति द्वीपाः प्रकीर्तिताः । नवखण्डवती चैषा कथिता ते समासतः

navamaḥ kumārikākhyas tu iti dvīpāḥ prakīrtitāḥ / navakhaṇḍavatī caiṣā kathitā te samāsataḥ

and the ninth, called Kumārikā — thus the continents have been proclaimed; and this (land) consisting of nine sections has been described to you in brief.

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SkP-RK 51.10

खण्डेष्व् एतेषु सर्वेषु प्रवाहो नार्मदः स्मृतः । जम्बूशाककुशक्रौञ्चशाल्मल्यश् च युधिष्ठिर

khaṇḍeṣv eteṣu sarveṣu pravāho nārmadaḥ smṛtaḥ / jambūśākakuśakrauñcaśālmalyaś ca yudhiṣṭhira

In all these sections the stream of the Narmadā is recorded. Jambū, Śāka, Kuśa, Krauñca, Śālmali, O Yudhiṣṭhira,

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SkP-RK 51.11

प्लक्षश् च पुष्करश्चैव सप्तद्वीपाः प्रकीर्तिताः । क्षारं क्षीरं दधि सर्पिस् तथैवेक्षुरसो ऽपि च

plakṣaś ca puṣkaraścaiva saptadvīpāḥ prakīrtitāḥ / kṣāraṃ kṣīraṃ dadhi sarpis tathaivekṣuraso 'pi ca

and Plakṣa and Puṣkara: these are proclaimed as the seven continents. Salt, milk, curds, ghee, and likewise sugarcane juice,

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SkP-RK 51.12

सुरोदो मधुरोदश् च समुद्राः सप्तकीर्तिताः । भूर्लोकश् च भुवर्लोकः स्वर्लोकश् च महस् तथा

surodo madhurodaś ca samudrāḥ saptakīrtitāḥ / bhūrlokaś ca bhuvarlokaḥ svarlokaś ca mahas tathā

(the sea) of liquor and (the sea) of sweet water: the oceans are proclaimed as seven. Bhūrloka, Bhuvarloka, Svarloka, and likewise Mahas,

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SkP-RK 51.13

जनलोकस् तपोलोकः सत्यलोकस् तथा परः । भूर्लोकादित्ययोर् विद्धि त्व् अन्तरालं युधिष्ठिर

janalokas tapolokaḥ satyalokas tathā paraḥ / bhūrlokādityayor viddhi tv antarālaṃ yudhiṣṭhira

Janaloka, Tapoloka, and beyond that Satyaloka. Know the space between Bhūrloka and the sun, O Yudhiṣṭhira.

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SkP-RK 51.14

योजनानां चतुर्लक्ष पातालं यत्प्रमाणतः । रुद्राश् च वसवश् चाष्टौ निवसन्त्य् अत्र भारत

yojanānāṃ caturlakṣa pātālaṃ yatpramāṇataḥ / rudrāś ca vasavaś cāṣṭau nivasanty atra bhārata

The netherworld is four hundred thousand yojanas in measure; the Rudras and the eight Vasus dwell here, O Bhārata.

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SkP-RK 51.15

कथिताश् च मया लोकाः पातालानि निबोध मे । अतलं वितलं चैव शर्करं च गभस्तिकम्

kathitāś ca mayā lokāḥ pātālāni nibodha me / atalaṃ vitalaṃ caiva śarkaraṃ ca gabhastikam

And the worlds have been described by me; learn from me the netherworlds: Atala and Vitala, and Śarkara and Gabhastika,

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SkP-RK 51.16

महातलं च सुतलं रसातलम् अतः परम् । सौवर्णमष्टमं विद्धि सर्वकामसमन्वितम्

mahātalaṃ ca sutalaṃ rasātalam ataḥ param / sauvarṇamaṣṭamaṃ viddhi sarvakāmasamanvitam

and Mahātala and Sutala, and beyond that Rasātala; know the eighth to be the Golden one, furnished with all objects of desire.

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SkP-RK 51.17

वह्नेर्दाहो ह्य् अपां शैत्यं मरुतां वहनं तथा । काठिन्यं च तथा धात्र्या गगने शुषिरं तथा

vahnerdāho hy apāṃ śaityaṃ marutāṃ vahanaṃ tathā / kāṭhinyaṃ ca tathā dhātryā gagane śuṣiraṃ tathā

Burning belongs to fire, coldness to the waters, motion to the winds, hardness to the earth, and hollowness to the sky.

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SkP-RK 51.18

स्वभाव एव भूतानां स्वस्वभावानुसारतः । प्रकृतिं यान्ति भूतानि नात्र कार्या विचारणा

svabhāva eva bhūtānāṃ svasvabhāvānusārataḥ / prakṛtiṃ yānti bhūtāni nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

It is simply the innate nature of beings; in accordance with each one's own nature beings arrive at their (proper) constitution — no deliberation is needed here.

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SkP-RK 51.19

लक्षाणि चतुरशीतिर्योनीनां पापकर्मणाम् । नरकेषु च घोरेषु दारुणा यमयातनाः

lakṣāṇi caturaśītiryonīnāṃ pāpakarmaṇām / narakeṣu ca ghoreṣu dāruṇā yamayātanāḥ

There are eighty-four lakhs of wombs for those of evil deeds, and in the terrible hells there are the cruel torments of Yama.

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SkP-RK 51.20

निरुद्धाः प्राणिनः सर्वे नीतास् तु यमकिङ्करैः । यातना विविधा रौद्रास्तत्रस्थैर् अनुभूयते

niruddhāḥ prāṇinaḥ sarve nītās tu yamakiṅkaraiḥ / yātanā vividhā raudrāstatrasthair anubhūyate

All living beings, confined and led away by Yama's servants — manifold fearsome torments are experienced by those who dwell there.

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SkP-RK 51.21

स्वकर्मफलयोगेन प्राप्नुवन्ति शुभाशूभम् । एतद् अर्थं तपो होमं दानं ध्यानं च पावनम्

svakarmaphalayogena prāpnuvanti śubhāśūbham / etad arthaṃ tapo homaṃ dānaṃ dhyānaṃ ca pāvanam

Through the linkage with the fruit of their own deeds they obtain good and bad. For this purpose (there are) austerity, oblation, giving, and purifying meditation,

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SkP-RK 51.22

कारुण्यं सर्वभूतेषु नर्मदाश्रयणं तथा । रेवायाः स्तवनं पूजा सूर्यस्य प्रभवो यथा

kāruṇyaṃ sarvabhūteṣu narmadāśrayaṇaṃ tathā / revāyāḥ stavanaṃ pūjā sūryasya prabhavo yathā

compassion toward all beings, and likewise resort to the Narmadā, praise of the Revā, and worship — as (great as) the arising of the sun.

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SkP-RK 51.23

आख्यानं कथयिष्यामि यथावृत्तं पुरातनम् । मुचुकुन्दस्य संवादो दानवेन्द्रस्य भारत

ākhyānaṃ kathayiṣyāmi yathāvṛttaṃ purātanam / mucukundasya saṃvādo dānavendrasya bhārata

I shall relate an ancient tale as it happened: the conversation of Mucukunda, lord of the Dānavas, O Bhārata.

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SkP-RK 51.24

कुवलयाश्वो ऽथ राजर्षिश् चक्रवर्ती महायशाः । आसीत् कृतयुगे राजन् अन्तरे चाक्षुषे किल

kuvalayāśvo 'tha rājarṣiś cakravartī mahāyaśāḥ / āsīt kṛtayuge rājan antare cākṣuṣe kila

Now there was Kuvalayāśva, a royal sage, an emperor of great fame, in the Kṛta age, O king, in the Cākṣuṣa (manv)antara, so it is said.

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SkP-RK 51.25

शक्रादष्टगुणं राज्यं राज्ञश् चामिततेजसः । अनेकानि सहस्राणि दानानि विविधानि च

śakrādaṣṭaguṇaṃ rājyaṃ rājñaś cāmitatejasaḥ / anekāni sahasrāṇi dānāni vividhāni ca

The kingdom of that king of measureless energy was eightfold (greater) than Śakra's; and (there were) many thousands of gifts of various kinds,

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SkP-RK 51.26

दत्तानि तेन राज्ञा वै सर्वतीर्थेष्व् अनुत्तमम् । इष्टाश्च क्रतवश् चापि वर्जयित्वा तु कल्पगाम्

dattāni tena rājñā vai sarvatīrtheṣv anuttamam / iṣṭāśca kratavaś cāpi varjayitvā tu kalpagām

given by that king, indeed most excellent, at all the sacred fords; and sacrifices too were offered — excepting (the rites at) the Kalpagā.

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SkP-RK 51.27

दानवो मुचुकुन्दश् च सर्वधर्मपरायणः । ब्रह्मण्यः शिवभक्तश् च विष्णुभक्तो जितेन्द्रियः

dānavo mucukundaś ca sarvadharmaparāyaṇaḥ / brahmaṇyaḥ śivabhaktaś ca viṣṇubhakto jitendriyaḥ

And the Dānava Mucukunda, devoted to all duties, a friend of brahmins, a devotee of Śiva and a devotee of Viṣṇu, with senses subdued —

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SkP-RK 51.28

राहुसोमसमायोगे वैदूर्ये सिद्धपर्वते । ॐकारनाथसहिता यत्रास्ते कल्पगा सरित्

rāhusomasamāyoge vaidūrye siddhaparvate / oṃkāranāthasahitā yatrāste kalpagā sarit

at the conjunction of Rāhu and the moon, on Vaidūrya, the mountain of the Siddhas, where the river Kalpagā abides together with Oṃkāranātha;

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SkP-RK 51.29

अन्यानि यानि लिङ्गानि लोके चैव चराचरे । कल्पान्ते तानि लीयन्त ॐकारे वै न संशयः

anyāni yāni liṅgāni loke caiva carācare / kalpānte tāni līyanta oṃkāre vai na saṃśayaḥ

whatever other liṅgas there are in the world, moving and unmoving, at the end of the aeon they dissolve into Oṃkāra — of this there is no doubt.

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SkP-RK 51.30

शिवेन कथितं ह्य् एतद् विष्णोश् चैव शतक्रतोः । पार्वत्याः षण्मुखस्यापि पुराणे स्कन्दकीर्तिते

śivena kathitaṃ hy etad viṣṇoś caiva śatakratoḥ / pārvatyāḥ ṣaṇmukhasyāpi purāṇe skandakīrtite

For this was told by Śiva to Viṣṇu and to the Hundred-Sacrificer (Indra), to Pārvatī and to the six-faced one, in the Purāṇa called Skanda's.

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SkP-RK 51.31

आगतः कल्पगां देवीं कोटितीर्थे नराधिपः । नर्मदाकपिलायोगे सर्वसम्भारसंवृतः

āgataḥ kalpagāṃ devīṃ koṭitīrthe narādhipaḥ / narmadākapilāyoge sarvasambhārasaṃvṛtaḥ

The ruler of men came to the goddess Kalpagā at Koṭitīrtha, to the confluence of the Narmadā and the Kapilā, surrounded by all his equipage,

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SkP-RK 51.32

लक्षमेकं तु दोग्ध्रीणां समादाय गवां नृप । अयुतं च हयानां च सहस्रं दन्तिनां तथा

lakṣamekaṃ tu dogdhrīṇāṃ samādāya gavāṃ nṛpa / ayutaṃ ca hayānāṃ ca sahasraṃ dantināṃ tathā

having brought along one lakh of milch cows, O king, and ten thousand horses and a thousand elephants,

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SkP-RK 51.33

कामिकानां तु यानानां सहस्रं हेममालिनाम् । धनं धान्य च वासांसि रत्नानि विविधानि च

kāmikānāṃ tu yānānāṃ sahasraṃ hemamālinām / dhanaṃ dhānya ca vāsāṃsi ratnāni vividhāni ca

and a thousand pleasure-carriages garlanded with gold, and wealth and grain and garments and jewels of many kinds.

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SkP-RK 51.34

स्नानं कृत्वा यथान्यायं ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ तदा । मूर्तौ तु दक्षिणां चापि ॐकारस्य नराधिप

snānaṃ kṛtvā yathānyāyaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo dadau tadā / mūrtau tu dakṣiṇāṃ cāpi oṃkārasya narādhipa

Having bathed according to rule, he then gave (these) to the brahmins, and also a sacrificial fee at the image of Oṃkāra, O ruler of men.

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SkP-RK 51.35

यो यं कामयते कामं तं तस्मै स प्रयच्छति । राजा कुवलयाश्वस् तु धर्मकर्मपरायणः

yo yaṃ kāmayate kāmaṃ taṃ tasmai sa prayacchati / rājā kuvalayāśvas tu dharmakarmaparāyaṇaḥ

Whoever desires whatever object of desire, that he grants to him. But King Kuvalayāśva, intent on righteous action,

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SkP-RK 51.36

राहुसूर्यसमायोगे कुरुक्षेत्रं ययौ किल । सान्तःपुरपरीवारो ह्य् अयोध्याधिपतिः स्वयम्

rāhusūryasamāyoge kurukṣetraṃ yayau kila / sāntaḥpuraparīvāro hy ayodhyādhipatiḥ svayam

at the conjunction of Rāhu and the sun went, it is said, to Kurukṣetra — the lord of Ayodhyā himself, together with the retinue of his harem,

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SkP-RK 51.37

राजपुत्रसहस्रैस् तु वृतः स्नानेप्सया किल । लक्षमेकं हयानान् च दन्तिनाम् अयुतं तथा

rājaputrasahasrais tu vṛtaḥ snānepsayā kila / lakṣamekaṃ hayānān ca dantinām ayutaṃ tathā

surrounded by thousands of princes, out of a wish to bathe; and one lakh of horses and ten thousand elephants,

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SkP-RK 51.38

हेममाणिक्यरत्नानि वासांसि विविधानि च । श्रद्धया परया युक्तो ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ नृप

hemamāṇikyaratnāni vāsāṃsi vividhāni ca / śraddhayā parayā yukto brāhmaṇebhyo dadau nṛpa

Gold, rubies and gems, and garments of many kinds — filled with the highest faith, the king gave (them) to the brahmins.

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SkP-RK 51.39

शेषं निर्वापितं क्षेत्रे स्थाने वायनपूर्वकम् । कालान्तरे ततः प्राप्ते कुरुक्षेत्रप्रभावतः

śeṣaṃ nirvāpitaṃ kṣetre sthāne vāyanapūrvakam / kālāntare tataḥ prāpte kurukṣetraprabhāvataḥ

What remained was expended in the (holy) field, at the (sacred) spot, beginning with the vāyana offering; then, when a later time came, through the power of Kurukṣetra —

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SkP-RK 51.40

नानायानसहस्रैस् तु सान्तः पुरपरिग्रहः । ध्रियमाणा तपत्रस् तु वीज्यमानो ऽप्सरोगणैः

nānāyānasahasrais tu sāntaḥ puraparigrahaḥ / dhriyamāṇā tapatras tu vījyamāno 'psarogaṇaiḥ

with many thousands of conveyances, together with his harem and his retinue, a parasol being held (over him), fanned by throngs of apsarases,

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SkP-RK 51.41

शङ्खवादित्रघोषेण नानाभरणभूषितः । विचचार च तत्रस्थो विद्याधर इवापरः

śaṅkhavāditraghoṣeṇa nānābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ / vicacāra ca tatrastho vidyādhara ivāparaḥ

adorned with various ornaments, amid the sound of conches and musical instruments, he moved about, staying there like a second Vidyādhara.

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SkP-RK 51.42

मुचुकुन्दो ऽपि दैत्येन्द्रः सर्वकामसमन्वितः । कामिकैश् च महायानैर् हेमरत्नविभूषणैः

mucukundo 'pi daityendraḥ sarvakāmasamanvitaḥ / kāmikaiś ca mahāyānair hemaratnavibhūṣaṇaiḥ

Mucukunda too, the lord of the daityas, provided with all he could wish, and with great vehicles that went at will, decked with gold and jewels —

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SkP-RK 51.43

श्रुत्वा वाद्यसहस्राणि धर्मराजो विशाम्पते । जगाम विस्मयं घोरं किम् एतद् इति चाब्रवीत्

śrutvā vādyasahasrāṇi dharmarājo viśāmpate / jagāma vismayaṃ ghoraṃ kim etad iti cābravīt

Hearing the thousands of instruments, O lord of peoples, Dharmarāja fell into terrible amazement and said, "What is this?"

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SkP-RK 51.44

ततः कुवलयाश्वो ऽपि तस्मिन् अहनि तत्पुरम् । उभौ निवेदितौ दूतैर्धर्मराजस्य धीमतः

tataḥ kuvalayāśvo 'pi tasmin ahani tatpuram / ubhau niveditau dūtairdharmarājasya dhīmataḥ

Then Kuvalayāśva also (came) to that city on that same day; both were announced by the messengers to the wise Dharmarāja:

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SkP-RK 51.45

कुवलयाश्वो ऽथ राजर्षिर् मुचुकुन्दो महाबलः । लोकान्तरम् उभाव् एतौ विमानस्थौ समागतौ

kuvalayāśvo 'tha rājarṣir mucukundo mahābalaḥ / lokāntaram ubhāv etau vimānasthau samāgatau

"Kuvalayāśva the royal seer, and Mucukunda of great strength — these two, seated in celestial cars, have come together to the other world."

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SkP-RK 51.46

तावद् उत्पतितं यानं मुचुकुन्दस्य चोपरि । योजनानां सहस्रेण ह्युपर्य् उपरि संस्थितम्

tāvad utpatitaṃ yānaṃ mucukundasya copari / yojanānāṃ sahasreṇa hyupary upari saṃsthitam

Meanwhile Mucukunda's vehicle rose up and stood higher and higher, by a thousand yojanas, above (the other).

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SkP-RK 51.47

अयोध्याधिपतेर् यानम् अधोभागे व्यवस्थितम् । पप्रच्छ धर्मराजो ऽपि चित्रगुप्तं तु लेखकम्

ayodhyādhipater yānam adhobhāge vyavasthitam / papraccha dharmarājo 'pi citraguptaṃ tu lekhakam

The vehicle of the lord of Ayodhyā was positioned in the lower place; and Dharmarāja questioned Citragupta, the scribe:

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SkP-RK 51.48

किं तु यानं समासाद्य अर्घपाद्येन पूजये । सप्तर्षीन् ऋषिमुख्यांश् च धर्माधर्मविचारकान्

kiṃ tu yānaṃ samāsādya arghapādyena pūjaye / saptarṣīn ṛṣimukhyāṃś ca dharmādharmavicārakān

"Which vehicle, then, should I approach and honour with water for welcome and for the feet?" — (so he asked) the seven seers and the foremost of sages, the examiners of dharma and adharma.

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SkP-RK 51.49

चित्रगुप्तो ऽब्रवीद् वाक्यं तथा सप्तर्षयो ऽब्रुवन् । मुचुकुन्दं समासाद्य त्वर्घपाद्येन पूजय

citragupto 'bravīd vākyaṃ tathā saptarṣayo 'bruvan / mucukundaṃ samāsādya tvarghapādyena pūjaya

Citragupta spoke his word, and so too the seven seers said: "Approach Mucukunda and honour him with water for welcome and for the feet.

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SkP-RK 51.50

दानेन कापिलेनेज्यो दानवेन्द्रो न चापरः । अधः कुवलयाश्वश्च मुचुकुन्दस् तथोपरि

dānena kāpilenejyo dānavendro na cāparaḥ / adhaḥ kuvalayāśvaśca mucukundas tathopari

By the gift (made) at Kāpila he is the one to be worshipped, the lord of the dānavas, and no other; below is Kuvalayāśva, and above, accordingly, Mucukunda."

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SkP-RK 51.51

एवमुक्तो धर्मराजो दानवेन्द्रम् उपाश्रयत् । श्वेतवस्त्रपरीधानो ज्वलत्कुण्डलभूषणः

evamukto dharmarājo dānavendram upāśrayat / śvetavastraparīdhāno jvalatkuṇḍalabhūṣaṇaḥ

Thus addressed, Dharmarāja betook himself to the lord of the dānavas, clothed in white garments, adorned with blazing earrings,

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SkP-RK 51.52

अञ्जलिं च ततो बद्ध्वा यानस्याग्रे व्यवस्थितः । कुशलं ते ऽद्य दैत्येन्द्र सर्वधर्मभृतां वर

añjaliṃ ca tato baddhvā yānasyāgre vyavasthitaḥ / kuśalaṃ te 'dya daityendra sarvadharmabhṛtāṃ vara

and then, folding his hands, he stood before the vehicle: "May it be well with you today, O lord of the daityas, best of all who uphold dharma!

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SkP-RK 51.53

निर्जितास्ते त्रयो लोका दानेना ऽनेन सुव्रत । ॐकारदक्षिणस्यान्ते मूर्तौ कापिलसङ्गमे

nirjitāste trayo lokā dānenā 'nena suvrata / oṃkāradakṣiṇasyānte mūrtau kāpilasaṅgame

These three worlds have been won by you through this gift, O man of good vows, at the southern extremity of Oṃkāra, at the image, at the Kāpila confluence."

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SkP-RK 51.54

मुचुकुन्द उवाच: धर्माधर्मे त्वम् एवाद्य स्वर्गद्वारार्गलो यतः

mucukunda uvāca: dharmādharme tvam evādya svargadvārārgalo yataḥ

Mucukunda said: "In (the matter of) dharma and adharma it is you alone today, since you are the bolt of heaven's door."

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SkP-RK 51.55

एवम् उक्तो यमस् तत्र दैत्येन्द्रेण महात्मना । पन्थानं दर्शयामास दैत्येन्द्रस्य युधिष्ठिर

evam ukto yamas tatra daityendreṇa mahātmanā / panthānaṃ darśayāmāsa daityendrasya yudhiṣṭhira

Thus addressed there by the great-souled lord of the daityas, Yama showed the lord of the daityas the path, O Yudhiṣṭhira.

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SkP-RK 51.56

ततस् तु प्रेषितस् तेन मुचुकुन्दो जगाम ह । मुदा परमया युक्त उमामाहेश्वरं पुरम्

tatas tu preṣitas tena mucukundo jagāma ha / mudā paramayā yukta umāmāheśvaraṃ puram

Then, sent on by him, Mucukunda went, filled with the highest joy, to the city of Umā and Maheśvara.

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SkP-RK 51.57

संस्मारयित्वा विधिवद् दैत्येन्द्रं धर्मराट् ततः । आसाद्य कुवलयाश्वं धर्मराजो ऽब्रवीद् इदम्

saṃsmārayitvā vidhivad daityendraṃ dharmarāṭ tataḥ / āsādya kuvalayāśvaṃ dharmarājo 'bravīd idam

Then, having duly bidden the lord of the daityas farewell, Dharmarāja, the king of dharma, approached Kuvalayāśva and said this:

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SkP-RK 51.58

कुवलयाश्व उवाच: परस्परविरोधत्वं देवदानवयोः सदा

kuvalayāśva uvāca: parasparavirodhatvaṃ devadānavayoḥ sadā

Kuvalayāśva said: Between gods and dānavas there is always mutual enmity.

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SkP-RK 51.59

मां त्यक्त्वा दानवेन्द्रस् तु पाद्यार्घेण त्वयार्चितः । विपरीतं च तत्सर्वं धर्मराज कृतं कथम्

māṃ tyaktvā dānavendras tu pādyārgheṇa tvayārcitaḥ / viparītaṃ ca tatsarvaṃ dharmarāja kṛtaṃ katham

Yet, passing me over, it was the lord of the dānavas whom you honoured with water for the feet and the guest-offering. And all that was done backwards, Dharmarāja — how (is this)?

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SkP-RK 51.60

यम उवाच: विषादं त्यज राजेन्द्र गहना कर्मणां गतिः । नाहं दाता च हर्ता च शुभाशुभफलस्य वै

yama uvāca: viṣādaṃ tyaja rājendra gahanā karmaṇāṃ gatiḥ / nāhaṃ dātā ca hartā ca śubhāśubhaphalasya vai

Yama said: Give up your dejection, best of kings; the course of (past) deeds is unfathomable. I am not the giver or the taker of the fruit of good and evil deeds.

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SkP-RK 51.61

कर्मसाक्षी च सर्वेषां देवासुरनृणां नृप । सरस्वत्यां कुरुक्षेत्रे दानं दत्तं त्वयानघ

karmasākṣī ca sarveṣāṃ devāsuranṛṇāṃ nṛpa / sarasvatyāṃ kurukṣetre dānaṃ dattaṃ tvayānagha

I am (only) the witness of the deeds of all — gods, asuras and men, O king. On the Sarasvatī, at Kurukṣetra, a gift was given by you, sinless one.

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SkP-RK 51.62

द्वापरान्ते तु दानं वै रेवादानं समं नहि । शिवेन कथितं चासीद् ब्रह्मविष्णुमरुद्गाणान्

dvāparānte tu dānaṃ vai revādānaṃ samaṃ nahi / śivena kathitaṃ cāsīd brahmaviṣṇumarudgāṇān

But a gift at the end of the Dvāpara (age) is not equal to a gift (made) on the Revā; and so it was declared by Śiva to Brahmā, Viṣṇu and the hosts of Maruts.

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SkP-RK 51.63

कलां नार्हन्ति तीर्थानि सार्द्धं कल्पगया क्वचित् । अनृतं न मया चोक्तं पुराणं श्रुतिसम्मतम्

kalāṃ nārhanti tīrthāni sārddhaṃ kalpagayā kvacit / anṛtaṃ na mayā coktaṃ purāṇaṃ śrutisammatam

The (other) sacred fords are not worth a fraction, together (even) with Kalpagayā, anywhere. Nor has an untruth been spoken by me: the Purāṇa is in agreement with the Veda.

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SkP-RK 51.64

एतस्मिन् अन्तरे राजन् द्वयोः संवदतोस् तयोः । उक्तः कुवलयाश्वस् तु तदाकाशगिरा स्वयम्

etasmin antare rājan dvayoḥ saṃvadatos tayoḥ / uktaḥ kuvalayāśvas tu tadākāśagirā svayam

In the meanwhile, O king, while the two of them were conversing, Kuvalayāśva was addressed by a voice from the sky itself:

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SkP-RK 51.65

धर्मश् चेत्थं महाराज मा कृथास् त्वं कथंचन । कल्पगा तोयसंस्पृष्टो दैत्यः शिवम् अवाप्तवान्

dharmaś cetthaṃ mahārāja mā kṛthās tvaṃ kathaṃcana / kalpagā toyasaṃspṛṣṭo daityaḥ śivam avāptavān

"Do not in any way, great king, make (an accusation against) Dharma thus: the daitya, touched by the water of the Kalpagā, has attained welfare."

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