Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 54
SkP-RK 54.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: तेन निर्भर्त्सितैः पापैः कथ्यमानां कथां शृणु
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tena nirbhartsitaiḥ pāpaiḥ kathyamānāṃ kathāṃ śṛṇu
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hear the story that was told by those sinners who had been rebuked by him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 54.2
रक्तो मूढश् च लोको ऽयम् अकार्ये संप्रवर्तते । न चात्मानं विजानाति न परं न च दैवतम्
rakto mūḍhaś ca loko 'yam akārye saṃpravartate / na cātmānaṃ vijānāti na paraṃ na ca daivatam
This world, passion-ridden and deluded, sets out upon what should not be done; and it does not know the self, nor the highest, nor the deity.
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SkP-RK 54.3
न शृणोति परं श्रेयः सति चक्षुषि नेक्षते । समे पथि शनैर् गच्छन् प्लवते स्म पदे पदे
na śṛṇoti paraṃ śreyaḥ sati cakṣuṣi nekṣate / same pathi śanair gacchan plavate sma pade pade
It does not listen to the highest good; though it has eyes it does not see; walking slowly on a level path it stumbles at every step.
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SkP-RK 54.4
एवम् उक्तो धर्मराजः संक्षेपात् पापदेहिनाम् । विस्तरेण यदा चख्यौ तेषां तच् छृणु साम्प्रतम्
evam ukto dharmarājaḥ saṃkṣepāt pāpadehinām / vistareṇa yadā cakhyau teṣāṃ tac chṛṇu sāmpratam
Addressed thus, the King of Dharma (spoke) briefly of the embodied sinners; hear now what he declared of them at length.
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SkP-RK 54.5
यम उवाच: मया मुक्तो न जानाति बोध्यमानो बुधैर् अपि । संसारे क्लिश्यते नाना रागलोभवशात् नरः
yama uvāca: mayā mukto na jānāti bodhyamāno budhair api / saṃsāre kliśyate nānā rāgalobhavaśāt naraḥ
Yama said: Though released by me, and though instructed even by the wise, a man does not understand; he suffers variously in the round of rebirth, under the sway of passion and greed.
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SkP-RK 54.6
गर्भपातेन भावेन शास्त्रम् उक्तं न बुध्यते । नरैर् न श्रूयते कर्म स्वर्गमोक्षप्रसाधकम्
garbhapātena bhāvena śāstram uktaṃ na budhyate / narair na śrūyate karma svargamokṣaprasādhakam
Because of an aborted disposition (of mind) he does not understand what scripture has declared; the act that accomplishes heaven and liberation is not listened to by men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 54.7
सन्तप्यति शिवध्याने सर्वकामार्थसाधने । नरकाद् आत्मनः श्रेयो यदत्र महदद्भुतम्
santapyati śivadhyāne sarvakāmārthasādhane / narakād ātmanaḥ śreyo yadatra mahadadbhutam
He is scorched (with regret) concerning meditation on Śiva, which accomplishes all desires and aims—that here there is, greater than hell, a good for the self, which is a great wonder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 54.8
प्रेतभूता नराः सर्वे यमलोकं समागताः । आख्यानं कथयिष्यामि यथोद्दिष्टं पुरातनम्
pretabhūtā narāḥ sarve yamalokaṃ samāgatāḥ / ākhyānaṃ kathayiṣyāmi yathoddiṣṭaṃ purātanam
All the men who, having become ghosts, have come to the world of Yama—(to them) I shall tell an ancient narrative as it was set forth.
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SkP-RK 54.9
सूर्येण कथितं त्व् आसीन् नर्मदाख्यानम् उत्तमम् । देवतानां पितॄणां च मम पित्रानुकम्पया
sūryeṇa kathitaṃ tv āsīn narmadākhyānam uttamam / devatānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca mama pitrānukampayā
The excellent narrative of the Narmadā was indeed told by the Sun to the gods and to the fathers, out of my father's compassion.
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SkP-RK 54.10
सपादलक्षम् अधिकं ब्रह्मणा कथितं रवेः । तत्र श्रुतं मया कृत्स्नं ब्रह्मणा तु शिवाच् छ्रुतम्
sapādalakṣam adhikaṃ brahmaṇā kathitaṃ raveḥ / tatra śrutaṃ mayā kṛtsnaṃ brahmaṇā tu śivāc chrutam
It was told by Brahmā to the Sun in more than one hundred and twenty-five thousand (verses); there I heard it in full; and Brahmā heard it from Śiva.
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SkP-RK 54.11
शिवेन कथितं पूर्वं पार्वत्याः षण्मुखस्य तु । जम्बूद्वीपं समासाद्य मानुषीं योनिम् आश्रितः
śivena kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ pārvatyāḥ ṣaṇmukhasya tu / jambūdvīpaṃ samāsādya mānuṣīṃ yonim āśritaḥ
It was told formerly by Śiva to Pārvatī and to the six-faced one. Whoever, having reached Jambūdvīpa and taken on a human birth,
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SkP-RK 54.12
नाश्रयेन्नर्मदां देवीं सप्तकल्पवहां तु यः । स्नानावगाहनात् पानात् तथा दानक्रियादिभिः
nāśrayennarmadāṃ devīṃ saptakalpavahāṃ tu yaḥ / snānāvagāhanāt pānāt tathā dānakriyādibhiḥ
does not resort to the goddess Narmadā, who has flowed through seven kalpas, by bathing, by plunging in, by drinking, and likewise by gifts, rites and the rest—
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SkP-RK 54.13
लोके ऽस्मिन् गतिदा कान्या पापोपहतचेतसाम् । ये ध्यायन्ति महादेवीं नर्मदां पापहारिणीम्
loke 'smin gatidā kānyā pāpopahatacetasām / ye dhyāyanti mahādevīṃ narmadāṃ pāpahāriṇīm
What else in this world grants (a good) destination for those whose minds are stricken by sin? Those who meditate on the great goddess Narmadā, the remover of sin —
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SkP-RK 54.14
अघानि तेषां नश्यन्ति तमः सूर्योदये यथा । नर्मदां संस्मरेद् यस् तु कीर्तयेद् यस् तु वा गिरा
aghāni teṣāṃ naśyanti tamaḥ sūryodaye yathā / narmadāṃ saṃsmared yas tu kīrtayed yas tu vā girā
— their sins perish, as darkness does at sunrise. And he who calls Narmadā to mind, or who proclaims (her) aloud,
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SkP-RK 54.15
परलोकं समायातो यमदूतैर् न बाध्यते । नर्मदां कीर्तयेद् यस् तु पापकर्मा नराधमः
paralokaṃ samāyāto yamadūtair na bādhyate / narmadāṃ kīrtayed yas tu pāpakarmā narādhamaḥ
having come to the other world, he is not harried by Yama's messengers. Even the lowest of men, a doer of evil deeds, if he proclaims Narmadā,
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SkP-RK 54.16
नरकान् समयोद्दिष्टान् न च क्रामति कर्हिचित् । गङ्गाद्याः सरितस्तत्र तीर्थकोटिर् अनेकधा
narakān samayoddiṣṭān na ca krāmati karhicit / gaṅgādyāḥ saritastatra tīrthakoṭir anekadhā
never enters the hells appointed by the covenant (of Yama). There the Gaṅgā and other rivers, and tens of millions of holy places in many forms,
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SkP-RK 54.17
रेवातेजः प्रतापेन शुद्धिं गच्छन्ति तत्क्षणात् । नरकस्थः स्मरेद् यस् तु मेकलां तु हरं हरिम्
revātejaḥ pratāpena śuddhiṃ gacchanti tatkṣaṇāt / narakasthaḥ smared yas tu mekalāṃ tu haraṃ harim
attain purity that very instant by the blazing power of Revā's brilliance. And he who, though placed in hell, remembers Mekalā, and Hara, and Hari,
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SkP-RK 54.18
मुच्यते यमदूतैः स तत्क्षणान् नात्र संशयः । यदि तिष्ठति वैदूर्यपर्वते ऽमरकण्टके
mucyate yamadūtaiḥ sa tatkṣaṇān nātra saṃśayaḥ / yadi tiṣṭhati vaidūryaparvate 'marakaṇṭake
he is released from Yama's messengers that very instant — there is no doubt of it — if (the Narmadā) stands on the Vaidūrya mountain, at Amarakaṇṭaka.
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SkP-RK 54.19
ॐकारः परमेशानो भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदः । किमर्थं त्व् इह शोचन्ति पापोपहतचेतसः
oṃkāraḥ parameśāno bhuktimuktiphalapradaḥ / kimarthaṃ tv iha śocanti pāpopahatacetasaḥ
Oṃkāra is the supreme lord, the bestower of the fruits of enjoyment and liberation. Why then do those whose minds are stricken by sin grieve here?
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SkP-RK 54.20
सिद्धेश्वरं सिद्धलिङ्गं लोकानुग्रहकारकम् । यज्ञेश्वरं च मध्ये तु तत्रैव शशिभूषणम्
siddheśvaraṃ siddhaliṅgaṃ lokānugrahakārakam / yajñeśvaraṃ ca madhye tu tatraiva śaśibhūṣaṇam
Siddheśvara, the Siddha-liṅga, which does favour to the world, and Yajñeśvara in the middle, and there itself the moon-adorned one (Śiva) —
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SkP-RK 54.21
नर्मदा दक्षिणे भागे लिङ्गं चैव महेश्वरम् । चतुर्थं कपिलेशं च शिवक्षेत्रं विदुर्बुधाः
narmadā dakṣiṇe bhāge liṅgaṃ caiva maheśvaram / caturthaṃ kapileśaṃ ca śivakṣetraṃ vidurbudhāḥ
and on the southern bank of the Narmadā the liṅga Maheśvara, and fourth Kapileśa — (these) the wise know as the field of Śiva.
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SkP-RK 54.22
ये ऽर्चयन्ति सदा भक्त्या पुष्पधूपार्तितर्पणैः । शिवलोकं तु ते यान्ति नरकान् नात्र संशयः
ye 'rcayanti sadā bhaktyā puṣpadhūpārtitarpaṇaiḥ / śivalokaṃ tu te yānti narakān nātra saṃśayaḥ
Those who always worship (them) with devotion, with flowers, incense, offerings and libations, they go to Śiva's world, (not) to the hells — there is no doubt here.
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SkP-RK 54.24
एतत् ते सर्वम् आख्यातं यथा पृष्टं त्वयानघ । पापिष्ठान् नॄनधर्मस्थान् कथयामास भारत (?) ॥ र्क्स्_५४।२३ ॥ [स्तेह्त् सो दोर्त्] गोदानं हेमदानं च तिलदानं तथैव च । अन्नदानं पयोदानं सर्वोपस्करम् एव च
etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ yathā pṛṣṭaṃ tvayānagha / pāpiṣṭhān nṝnadharmasthān kathayāmāsa bhārata (?) // rks_54.23 // [steht so dort] godānaṃ hemadānaṃ ca tiladānaṃ tathaiva ca / annadānaṃ payodānaṃ sarvopaskaram eva ca
All this has been told to you as you asked, O sinless one; (he) recounted the most sinful men who do not abide in dharma, O Bhārata. Gift of a cow, gift of gold, and likewise gift of sesame, gift of food, gift of milk, and every kind of implement —
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SkP-RK 54.25
प्रासादारामदानं च ये कुर्वन्ति नरोत्तमाः । यमलोकं न ते यान्ति नरकं घोररूपिणम्
prāsādārāmadānaṃ ca ye kurvanti narottamāḥ / yamalokaṃ na te yānti narakaṃ ghorarūpiṇam
and those best of men who make a gift of a temple or a garden — they do not go to Yama's world, to the hell of dreadful form.
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SkP-RK 54.26
मुच्यन्ते सर्वपापेभ्यः शिवस्य वचनं यथा । सन्मानं चापमानेन वियोगेनेष्टसङ्गमम्
mucyante sarvapāpebhyaḥ śivasya vacanaṃ yathā / sanmānaṃ cāpamānena viyogeneṣṭasaṅgamam
They are freed from all sins, according to Śiva's word. Honour (goes) with dishonour, union with the beloved with separation,
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SkP-RK 54.27
यौवनं जरया ग्रस्तं कष्टात् सौख्यमुपद्रुतम् । वलिभिः पलितैश् चापि जर्जरीकृतविग्रहः
yauvanaṃ jarayā grastaṃ kaṣṭāt saukhyamupadrutam / valibhiḥ palitaiś cāpi jarjarīkṛtavigrahaḥ
youth is devoured by old age, comfort is overrun by hardship; and with wrinkles and grey hairs the body is made decrepit.
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SkP-RK 54.28
किं करोति नरः प्राज्ञो जरया जर्जरीकृतः । स्त्रीपुंसोर् यौवनं रूपं यदन्यो ऽन्यं प्रियंकरम्
kiṃ karoti naraḥ prājño jarayā jarjarīkṛtaḥ / strīpuṃsor yauvanaṃ rūpaṃ yadanyo 'nyaṃ priyaṃkaram
What can a wise man do, worn out by old age? That youthful beauty of woman and man which makes them dear to one another —
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SkP-RK 54.29
तद् एव जरया ग्रस्तम् उभयोर् अपि न प्रियम् । अपूर्ववत् तथात्मानं शैथिल्येन समन्वितम्
tad eva jarayā grastam ubhayor api na priyam / apūrvavat tathātmānaṃ śaithilyena samanvitam
that very thing, once devoured by old age, is not dear to either of the two; and (seeing) oneself unlike before, and beset with slackness,
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SkP-RK 54.30
यः पश्यन् न विरज्येत को ऽन्यस् तस्माद् अचेतनः । जराभिभूतः पुरुषः पत्नीपुत्रादिबान्धवैः
yaḥ paśyan na virajyeta ko 'nyas tasmād acetanaḥ / jarābhibhūtaḥ puruṣaḥ patnīputrādibāndhavaiḥ
who, seeing this, would not become dispassionate? Who else is more mindless than he? A man overcome by old age (is slighted) by his wife, sons and other kin,
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SkP-RK 54.31
अशक्तत्वाद् दुराचारैर् भृत्यैश् च परिभूयते । धर्मम् अर्थं च कामं च मोक्षं न जरया युतः
aśaktatvād durācārair bhṛtyaiś ca paribhūyate / dharmam arthaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca mokṣaṃ na jarayā yutaḥ
and because of his weakness he is scorned by ill-behaved servants. Dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation — a man joined with old age is not
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SkP-RK 54.32
शक्तः साधयितुं तस्मात् पुरा धर्मं समाचरेत् । वातपित्तकफादीनां वैषम्यं च युधिष्ठिर
śaktaḥ sādhayituṃ tasmāt purā dharmaṃ samācaret / vātapittakaphādīnāṃ vaiṣamyaṃ ca yudhiṣṭhira
able to accomplish (these); therefore let him practise dharma beforehand. And (there is) the disorder of wind, bile, phlegm and the rest, O Yudhiṣṭhira.
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SkP-RK 54.33
वातादीनां समूहश् च देहजः परिकीर्तितः । तस्माद् व्याधिपरं ज्ञेयं शरीरम् इदम् आत्मनः
vātādīnāṃ samūhaś ca dehajaḥ parikīrtitaḥ / tasmād vyādhiparaṃ jñeyaṃ śarīram idam ātmanaḥ
The aggregate of wind and the rest is declared to be born of the body; therefore this body of the self is to be known as prone to disease.
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SkP-RK 54.34
वातोत्पत्त्य् अतिरेकेण बाधितो वै ज्वरेण च । रोगैर् नानाविधिभवैर् बहुदुःखान्य् अनेकधा
vātotpatty atirekeṇa bādhito vai jvareṇa ca / rogair nānāvidhibhavair bahuduḥkhāny anekadhā
Afflicted by an excess of wind's arising, and by fever, and by diseases of many kinds, (a person suffers) many sufferings in manifold ways.
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SkP-RK 54.35
तानि च स्वात्मवेद्यानि किम् अन्यत् कथयाम्य् अहम् । एकोत्तरं मृत्युशतम् अस्मिन् देहे प्रतिष्ठितम्
tāni ca svātmavedyāni kim anyat kathayāmy aham / ekottaraṃ mṛtyuśatam asmin dehe pratiṣṭhitam
And these are to be known from one's own experience—what more should I say? A hundred and one deaths are established in this body.
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SkP-RK 54.36
अत्रैकं कालरूपं च शेषास्त्वागन्तवः स्मृताः । ये त्व् इहागन्तवः प्रोक्तास्ते प्रशाम्यन्ति भैषजैः
atraikaṃ kālarūpaṃ ca śeṣāstvāgantavaḥ smṛtāḥ / ye tv ihāgantavaḥ proktāste praśāmyanti bhaiṣajaiḥ
Of these, one has the form of Time (i.e. natural death), while the rest are said to be incidental; and those that are here called incidental are quelled by medicines.
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SkP-RK 54.37
जपहोमप्रदानैश् च कालमृत्युर् न शाम्यति । अपमृत्युश् च सर्वस्य विषम् अद्यादिसम्भवः
japahomapradānaiś ca kālamṛtyur na śāmyati / apamṛtyuś ca sarvasya viṣam adyādisambhavaḥ
But death by Time is not quelled by muttered prayers, oblations, or gifts; and untimely death comes to everyone, arising from poison, food, and the like.
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SkP-RK 54.38
न चातिपुरुषस् तस्माद् अपमृत्योर् बभेति वै । विविधा व्याधयः कष्टाः सवैद्याः प्राणिनस् तथा
na cātipuruṣas tasmād apamṛtyor babheti vai / vividhā vyādhayaḥ kaṣṭāḥ savaidyāḥ prāṇinas tathā
And therefore even a superior man is indeed afraid of untimely death; various grievous diseases (afflict) living beings, even those attended by physicians.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 54.39
विषाणि त्व् अभिचाराश् च मृत्योर् द्वाराणि देहिनाम् । पीडितं रोगसर्पाद्यैर् अपि धन्वन्तरिः स्वयम्
viṣāṇi tv abhicārāś ca mṛtyor dvārāṇi dehinām / pīḍitaṃ rogasarpādyair api dhanvantariḥ svayam
Poisons and sorceries are the doors of death for embodied beings; one tormented by disease, snakes and the like—even Dhanvantari himself...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 54.40
स्वस्थं कर्तुं न शक्नोति कालप्राप्तं हि देहिनम् । नैषधं न तपो दानं न मित्राणि न बान्धवाः
svasthaṃ kartuṃ na śaknoti kālaprāptaṃ hi dehinam / naiṣadhaṃ na tapo dānaṃ na mitrāṇi na bāndhavāḥ
...cannot make well an embodied being whose time has come; neither medicinal herbs, nor austerity, nor gift, nor friends, nor kinsmen—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 54.41
परित्रातुं नो समर्थाः कालेन परिपीडितम् । नास्ति मृत्युसमं दुःखं नास्ति मृत्युसमो रिपुः
paritrātuṃ no samarthāḥ kālena paripīḍitam / nāsti mṛtyusamaṃ duḥkhaṃ nāsti mṛtyusamo ripuḥ
—are able to rescue one who is crushed by Time. There is no suffering equal to death, there is no enemy equal to death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 54.42
नास्ति मृत्युसमः कालः सर्वेषाम् एव देहिनाम् । सद्भार्या पुत्रमित्राणि राज्यैश्वर्यसुखानि च
nāsti mṛtyusamaḥ kālaḥ sarveṣām eva dehinām / sadbhāryā putramitrāṇi rājyaiśvaryasukhāni ca
There is no time (or: no destroyer) equal to death for all embodied beings whatsoever. A good wife, sons and friends, and the pleasures of kingship and lordship—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 54.43
मृत्युश्छिनत्ति सर्वाणि विविधान्य् अपि भारत । इदं ते कथितं राजञ्ज्ञातिसंसारदुस्तरम्
mṛtyuśchinatti sarvāṇi vividhāny api bhārata / idaṃ te kathitaṃ rājañjñātisaṃsāradustaram
—death cuts off all these, manifold as they are, O Bhārata. This has been told to you, O king: the hard-to-cross round of birth among kinsmen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 54.44
परिणाम इति ज्ञात्वा सर्वङ्कालस्य भोजनम् । तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन संसेव्या सप्तकल्पगा
pariṇāma iti jñātvā sarvaṅkālasya bhojanam / tasmāt sarvaprayatnena saṃsevyā saptakalpagā
Knowing that transformation (i.e. change) is the whole food of Time, therefore with every effort the seven-eon-flowing (river) should be resorted to.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 54.45
सर्वदुःखापहा नित्यं सर्वशोकविनाशिनी । यो यान् कामयते कामांस्तांस्तान् देवी प्रयच्छति
sarvaduḥkhāpahā nityaṃ sarvaśokavināśinī / yo yān kāmayate kāmāṃstāṃstān devī prayacchati
She is ever the remover of all suffering, the destroyer of all grief; whatever desires anyone desires, the goddess grants him those.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 54.46
इदं ज्ञानम् इदं ध्यानं पाण्डित्यं वेद वेदनम् । निवासः सर्वभूतानां सेव्यते सप्तकल्पगा
idaṃ jñānam idaṃ dhyānaṃ pāṇḍityaṃ veda vedanam / nivāsaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sevyate saptakalpagā
This is knowledge, this is meditation, this is learning, Veda, understanding; she, the dwelling of all beings, the seven-eon-flowing one, is served.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 54.47
यज्ञो दानं तपः सत्यं स्वाध्यायः पितृतर्पणम् । सफलं लभते तेषां यो रेवाम्बु निषेवते
yajño dānaṃ tapaḥ satyaṃ svādhyāyaḥ pitṛtarpaṇam / saphalaṃ labhate teṣāṃ yo revāmbu niṣevate
Sacrifice, gift, austerity, truth, private recitation, the offering to the ancestors—he who resorts to the water of the Revā obtains the fruit of all these.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 54.48
ब्रह्मकूर्चसहस्राणि सोमपानायुतं तथा । नर्मदातोयपानस्य कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्
brahmakūrcasahasrāṇi somapānāyutaṃ tathā / narmadātoyapānasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm
Thousands of brahmakūrca (penance-drinks) and ten thousand drinkings of soma do not amount to a sixteenth part of drinking the Narmadā's water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 54.49
संयुक्तो ऽपि महापापैर् नानाजन्मकृतैर् अपि । ॐकारदक्षिणे घोरं मुच्यते तत्क्षणाज् जपन्
saṃyukto 'pi mahāpāpair nānājanmakṛtair api / oṃkāradakṣiṇe ghoraṃ mucyate tatkṣaṇāj japan
Even one joined with great sins, even those committed in many births, is freed that very instant from the dreadful (sin) by reciting at Oṃkāra's southern (bank).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain