Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 57
SkP-RK 57.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: आख्यानं कथयिष्यामि ख्यातं मृगवनं यथा । व्याध कश्चिद् दुराचारः सर्वभूतेषु निर्दयः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: ākhyānaṃ kathayiṣyāmi khyātaṃ mṛgavanaṃ yathā / vyādha kaścid durācāraḥ sarvabhūteṣu nirdayaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: I shall tell the tale of how Mṛgavana became renowned. There was a certain hunter, of evil conduct, merciless toward all beings.
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SkP-RK 57.2
पाशहस्तो धनुष्पाणिर् विचरन् गिरिकन्दरे । आजघान मृगान् सर्वान् कुटुम्बार्थे नृपोत्तम
pāśahasto dhanuṣpāṇir vicaran girikandare / ājaghāna mṛgān sarvān kuṭumbārthe nṛpottama
With a snare in his hand and a bow in his grip, roaming in the mountain glen, he struck down all the deer for the sake of his family, O best of kings.
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SkP-RK 57.3
ज्येष्ठे मासि तु संप्राप्ते निदाघे ज्वलनप्रभे । भ्रमति स्म तृषार्तश् च वृक्षमूले समाश्रितः
jyeṣṭhe māsi tu saṃprāpte nidāghe jvalanaprabhe / bhramati sma tṛṣārtaś ca vṛkṣamūle samāśritaḥ
When the month of Jyeṣṭha had come, in the hot season blazing like fire, he wandered about, tormented by thirst, and took shelter at the root of a tree.
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SkP-RK 57.4
रात्रौ स्वपिति निश्चेष्टो दुःखार्तश् च क्षुधान्वितः । वनसंघर्षजो वह्निर् उत्थितो गिरिकन्दरात्
rātrau svapiti niśceṣṭo duḥkhārtaś ca kṣudhānvitaḥ / vanasaṃgharṣajo vahnir utthito girikandarāt
At night he slept motionless, afflicted with pain and beset with hunger. A fire, born of the friction (of trees) in the forest, arose from the mountain glen.
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SkP-RK 57.5
प्रदग्धं च वन तेन मृगव्याघ्रसमावृतम् । भस्मीभूतं च तत्सर्वं रेणुभूतं च कृत्स्नशः
pradagdhaṃ ca vana tena mṛgavyāghrasamāvṛtam / bhasmībhūtaṃ ca tatsarvaṃ reṇubhūtaṃ ca kṛtsnaśaḥ
And by it the forest, filled with deer and tigers, was burned up; and all that became ash and turned entirely to dust.
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SkP-RK 57.6
मेघागमोक्तकाले तु प्रवाहे नार्मदे शुभे । कन्याराशिगते भानौ द्वादश्यां श्रवणेन तु
meghāgamoktakāle tu pravāhe nārmade śubhe / kanyārāśigate bhānau dvādaśyāṃ śravaṇena tu
But at the time said to be the coming of the clouds, when the Narmadā was in fine flood, with the sun gone into the sign of Virgo, on the twelfth day under (the asterism) Śravaṇa—
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SkP-RK 57.7
नर्मदातोय संसर्गाद् यक्षा जातास् तु पन्नगाः । तत्क्षणाद् दिव्यदेहास् तु वैष्णवं यानमास्थिताः
narmadātoya saṃsargād yakṣā jātās tu pannagāḥ / tatkṣaṇād divyadehās tu vaiṣṇavaṃ yānamāsthitāḥ
from contact with the water of the Narmadā the serpents became yakṣas; that very instant, with divine bodies, they mounted the vehicle of Viṣṇu.
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SkP-RK 57.8
स व्याधश् चाभवद् राजा तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावतः । दशवर्षसहस्राणि भोगान् भुङ्क्ते मनोहरान्
sa vyādhaś cābhavad rājā tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ / daśavarṣasahasrāṇi bhogān bhuṅkte manoharān
And that hunter became a king through the power of this tīrtha; for ten thousand years he enjoys delightful pleasures.
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SkP-RK 57.9
ये ऽपि दग्धा मृगास् तत्र ते ऽपि गन्धर्वतां गताः । वैष्णवेनैव यानेन प्राप्तास् तु वैष्णवं पदम्
ye 'pi dagdhā mṛgās tatra te 'pi gandharvatāṃ gatāḥ / vaiṣṇavenaiva yānena prāptās tu vaiṣṇavaṃ padam
And those deer too that were burned there attained the state of gandharvas, and by that very vehicle of Viṣṇu they reached the abode of Viṣṇu.
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SkP-RK 57.10
अवशः स्ववशो वापि यस् तु प्राणान् परित्यजेत् । दिव्यवर्षसहस्रं तु विष्णुलोके स मोदते
avaśaḥ svavaśo vāpi yas tu prāṇān parityajet / divyavarṣasahasraṃ tu viṣṇuloke sa modate
Whoever gives up his life (there), whether against his will or of his own will, rejoices in Viṣṇu's world for a thousand divine years.
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SkP-RK 57.11
तिलोदकप्रदानेन पितॄणां परमा गतिः । मनोरथं नाम तीर्थम् अन्यत् परमसिद्धिदम्
tilodakapradānena pitṝṇāṃ paramā gatiḥ / manorathaṃ nāma tīrtham anyat paramasiddhidam
By the offering of sesame and water there is the highest course for the ancestors. Another tīrtha, granting the highest perfection, is named Manoratha,
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SkP-RK 57.12
त्रिषु लोकेषु विख्यातं रेवातीरसमुद्भवम् । यं यं प्रार्थयते कामं तं तं स्नात्वापि मानवः
triṣu lokeṣu vikhyātaṃ revātīrasamudbhavam / yaṃ yaṃ prārthayate kāmaṃ taṃ taṃ snātvāpi mānavaḥ
famed in the three worlds, arisen on the bank of the Revā. Whatever desire a man longs for, that, merely by bathing,
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SkP-RK 57.13
सर्व च समवाप्नोति तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावतः । अङ्गरावर्तसंभेदो गोसहस्रफलप्रदः
sarva ca samavāpnoti tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ / aṅgarāvartasaṃbhedo gosahasraphalapradaḥ
he wholly obtains, through the power of this tīrtha. The confluence of Aṅgarāvarta gives the fruit of a thousand cows.
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SkP-RK 57.14
अङ्गारेश्वरदेवश् च तत्र तिष्ठति सङ्गमे । स्नानमात्रो नरस् तत्र गाणपत्यम् अवाप्नुयात्
aṅgāreśvaradevaś ca tatra tiṣṭhati saṅgame / snānamātro naras tatra gāṇapatyam avāpnuyāt
And the god Aṅgāreśvara dwells there at the confluence; a man who merely bathes there would attain the state of a gaṇapati (attendant of Śiva).
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SkP-RK 57.15
अङ्गारश् च चतुर्थ्यां च यदा भवति भारत । हिरण्यपुरुषं कृत्वा रक्तवस्त्रेण वेष्टयेत्
aṅgāraś ca caturthyāṃ ca yadā bhavati bhārata / hiraṇyapuruṣaṃ kṛtvā raktavastreṇa veṣṭayet
And when Aṅgāra (Mars) falls on the fourth day, O Bhārata, one should make a golden figure of a man and wrap it in a red cloth.
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SkP-RK 57.16
घृतपूर्णं ताम्रपात्रं गुडेनापि प्रपूरितम् । तत्सर्वं विधिवद् दद्याच् छ्रोत्रियाय विशेषतः
ghṛtapūrṇaṃ tāmrapātraṃ guḍenāpi prapūritam / tatsarvaṃ vidhivad dadyāc chrotriyāya viśeṣataḥ
A copper vessel filled with clarified butter, and also one filled full with molasses — all that he should give according to the rule, and especially to a Vedic scholar.
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SkP-RK 57.17
दानतीर्थप्रभावेण शक्रार्द्धासनभाग् भवेत् । यस्मात् पापानि दुःखानि तीव्राण्य् अपि बहून्यपि
dānatīrthaprabhāveṇa śakrārddhāsanabhāg bhavet / yasmāt pāpāni duḥkhāni tīvrāṇy api bahūnyapi
By the power of the gift (and) of the sacred ford he becomes one who shares half of Indra's seat — since sins (bring) sufferings, sharp ones and many too,
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SkP-RK 57.18
तस्मात् पापं न कर्तव्यम् आत्मपीडाकरं हि तत् । यस्मिन् काले च देशे च वयसा यादृशेन च
tasmāt pāpaṃ na kartavyam ātmapīḍākaraṃ hi tat / yasmin kāle ca deśe ca vayasā yādṛśena ca
therefore sin should not be committed, for it brings pain to oneself. At whatever time and in whatever place, and at whatever age (a deed is done) —
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SkP-RK 57.19
कृतं शुभाशूभं कर्म तत् तथा तेन भुज्यते । तस्मात् सदैव दातव्यम् अविच्छिन्न तयार्थिने
kṛtaṃ śubhāśūbhaṃ karma tat tathā tena bhujyate / tasmāt sadaiva dātavyam avicchinna tayārthine
the good or bad deed done, that is enjoyed by him just so. Therefore one should always give to the petitioner, unceasingly.
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SkP-RK 57.20
विच्छिद्यन्ते ऽन्यथा भोगा ग्रीष्मे कुसरितो यथा । संसेव्यते यथा देवी सप्तकल्पवहा शुभा
vicchidyante 'nyathā bhogā grīṣme kusarito yathā / saṃsevyate yathā devī saptakalpavahā śubhā
Otherwise enjoyments are cut off, as bad streams are in the hot season. Just as the auspicious Goddess, flowing through seven aeons, is served —
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SkP-RK 57.21
संसारस्य समुच्छित्त्यै ज्ञानयोगं ब्रवीमि ते । शिवप्रकाशकं ज्ञानं योगस् तत्रैव चिन्तितः
saṃsārasya samucchittyai jñānayogaṃ bravīmi te / śivaprakāśakaṃ jñānaṃ yogas tatraiva cintitaḥ
For the complete cutting off of the round of rebirth I declare to you the yoga of knowledge: knowledge is what reveals Śiva, and yoga is contemplated in that very (knowledge).
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SkP-RK 57.22
दुर्विज्ञेय गतिर् योगो नर्मदाशिवसन्निधौ । शिवाज्ञा वर्तते तत्र स्नानपूजाविधिर् यथा
durvijñeya gatir yogo narmadāśivasannidhau / śivājñā vartate tatra snānapūjāvidhir yathā
Yoga, whose course is hard to know, (is) in the presence of Śiva on the Narmadā; there Śiva's command holds, as (does) the rule for bathing and worship.
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SkP-RK 57.23
स सिद्धान्ता ऽविरोधेन पुस्तकैर् न विरोधयेत् । धर्मज्ञानापवर्गार्थं सहितं विन्दते नरः
sa siddhāntā 'virodhena pustakair na virodhayet / dharmajñānāpavargārthaṃ sahitaṃ vindate naraḥ
By non-contradiction of those doctrines, one should not set (them) at odds with the books; for the sake of dharma, knowledge, and release, a man obtains (them) together.
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SkP-RK 57.24
पूर्वोत्तरविरोधेन कुत्रार्थो ऽभिमतो भवेत् । दृष्ट्वाद्यमूलतस् तर्कं श्रुत्या सह विवर्जयेत्
pūrvottaravirodhena kutrārtho 'bhimato bhavet / dṛṣṭvādyamūlatas tarkaṃ śrutyā saha vivarjayet
Where, through contradiction between the earlier and the later (portions), might a meaning be accepted? Having seen (that it is) rooted in the first, one should reject reasoning along with the scriptural text.
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SkP-RK 57.25
तस्माद् आगमयुक्तेन सदात्मार्थविचारणम् । कर्तव्यं नानुमानेन केवलेन विपश्चिता
tasmād āgamayuktena sadātmārthavicāraṇam / kartavyaṃ nānumānena kevalena vipaścitā
Therefore the wise man should always carry out reflection on the meaning of the self in accordance with the received scripture, not by inference alone.
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SkP-RK 57.26
हीनोत्तमाद्यस्य फलं बहुधा स्वं च तत्स्मृतम् । तस्मात् परीक्षां कुर्वीत पुण्यं साधु महत्फलम्
hīnottamādyasya phalaṃ bahudhā svaṃ ca tatsmṛtam / tasmāt parīkṣāṃ kurvīta puṇyaṃ sādhu mahatphalam
The fruit of what is inferior, superior, and so on is remembered as manifold and as one's own; therefore one should make examination — merit that is sound has great fruit.
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SkP-RK 57.27
पाखण्डिनो विकर्मस्थान् वैडालव्रतिकां शठान् । वर्जयेद् दूरतो धीमान् हैतुक्यान् तीर्थनिन्दकान्
pākhaṇḍino vikarmasthān vaiḍālavratikāṃ śaṭhān / varjayed dūrato dhīmān haitukyān tīrthanindakān
The wise man should avoid from afar heretics, those established in forbidden acts, those of cat-like vows, cheats, mere logicians, and revilers of sacred fords.
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SkP-RK 57.28
दिगम्बरान् श्वेतपटान् ये चान्ये हेतुवादिनः । एतैः सह न संवादं संसर्गं न कथंचन
digambarān śvetapaṭān ye cānye hetuvādinaḥ / etaiḥ saha na saṃvādaṃ saṃsargaṃ na kathaṃcana
The naked ones, the white-robed ones, and whatever others are arguers from mere reason — with these (there should be) no conversation, and no association in any way.
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SkP-RK 57.29
विपरीतं कलौ धर्मं नग्ना मुण्डा मलाशिनः । तस्मात् तं च परित्यज्य त्रेताधर्मं समाचरेत्
viparītaṃ kalau dharmaṃ nagnā muṇḍā malāśinaḥ / tasmāt taṃ ca parityajya tretādharmaṃ samācaret
In the Kali age dharma is inverted — (men) naked, shaven-headed, eating filth; therefore, abandoning that, one should practise the dharma of the Tretā age.
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SkP-RK 57.30
प्रमाणं सर्वधर्मेषु ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवोदितम् । अन्यथा कुरुते यस् तु नरके पतति ध्रुवम्
pramāṇaṃ sarvadharmeṣu brahmaviṣṇuśivoditam / anyathā kurute yas tu narake patati dhruvam
In all matters of dharma the authority is what has been declared by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva; but he who acts otherwise falls into hell for certain.
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SkP-RK 57.31
सर्वेषाम् एव शास्त्राणाम् एवं शास्त्रविनिश्चयः । सेव्यतां कल्पगा देवी शिवपूजारतैः सदा
sarveṣām eva śāstrāṇām evaṃ śāstraviniścayaḥ / sevyatāṃ kalpagā devī śivapūjārataiḥ sadā
Such is the settled conclusion of the scriptures, of all of them indeed: let the Goddess who flows through the aeon be served always by those devoted to the worship of Śiva.
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SkP-RK 57.32
पितॄणां तर्पणं कुर्याद् भिक्षां दद्याच् च भिक्षवे । कारुण्यं सर्वभूतेषु नर्मदाख्यानचिन्तनम्
pitṝṇāṃ tarpaṇaṃ kuryād bhikṣāṃ dadyāc ca bhikṣave / kāruṇyaṃ sarvabhūteṣu narmadākhyānacintanam
One should make the libation to the ancestors and should give alms to the mendicant; (and there should be) compassion toward all beings and reflection on the story of the Narmadā.
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SkP-RK 57.33
इदं ज्ञानमशेषं च सर्वकर्मविशोधनम् । आदिमध्यान्तरहितः स्वभावविमलः प्रभुः
idaṃ jñānamaśeṣaṃ ca sarvakarmaviśodhanam / ādimadhyāntarahitaḥ svabhāvavimalaḥ prabhuḥ
This knowledge is entire and purifies all deeds. The Lord is without beginning, middle, or end, pure by his own nature;
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SkP-RK 57.34
सर्वज्ञः परिपूर्णश् च शिवो ज्ञेयः शिवागमे । सर्वार्थसाधकं ज्ञानं तत्प्रणीतम् असंशयम्
sarvajñaḥ paripūrṇaś ca śivo jñeyaḥ śivāgame / sarvārthasādhakaṃ jñānaṃ tatpraṇītam asaṃśayam
Śiva is to be known in the Śaiva scripture as omniscient and wholly complete; the knowledge that accomplishes every aim is composed by him, without doubt.
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SkP-RK 57.35
यः सर्वज्ञः सुसम्पूर्णः स्वभावविमलः शिवः । सर्वदोषविनिर्मुक्तः स ब्रूयात् कथम् अन्यथा
yaḥ sarvajñaḥ susampūrṇaḥ svabhāvavimalaḥ śivaḥ / sarvadoṣavinirmuktaḥ sa brūyāt katham anyathā
He who is Śiva, omniscient, fully complete, pure by his own nature, wholly freed from all faults — how should he speak otherwise?
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SkP-RK 57.36
शिवाज्ञाम् अन्तरेणापि जगत्सृष्टिः कथम् भवेत् । अचैतन्यात् प्रधानेन अज्ञत्वात् पुरुषस्य च
śivājñām antareṇāpi jagatsṛṣṭiḥ katham bhavet / acaitanyāt pradhānena ajñatvāt puruṣasya ca
Even apart from Śiva's command, how could the creation of the world come to be? — since the pradhāna is without consciousness, and the puruṣa is without knowledge.
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SkP-RK 57.37
प्रधानं परमाण्वादि यावत् किंचिद् अचेतनम् । तन्न कर्तृ स्वयं द्रष्टृ बुद्धिमत्करणं विना
pradhānaṃ paramāṇvādi yāvat kiṃcid acetanam / tanna kartṛ svayaṃ draṣṭṛ buddhimatkaraṇaṃ vinā
The pradhāna, atoms and the rest, whatever is non-sentient — that is not an agent, nor itself a seer, without the instrumentality of an intelligent being.
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SkP-RK 57.38
न यथा घटम् आनेन मृत्पिण्डः स्वयम् ऋच्छति । तथाज्ञाबुद्धिभावेन न तिष्ठेत् प्रकृतिः स्वयम्
na yathā ghaṭam ānena mṛtpiṇḍaḥ svayam ṛcchati / tathājñābuddhibhāvena na tiṣṭhet prakṛtiḥ svayam
Just as a lump of clay does not of itself proceed to (become) a pot, so prakṛti would not of itself persist, (except) through the presence of command and intelligence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 57.39
धर्माधर्मोपदेशो न धर्माधर्मविचारणम् । सर्वज्ञेन विना जातु नादिसर्गे प्रसिद्ध्यति
dharmādharmopadeśo na dharmādharmavicāraṇam / sarvajñena vinā jātu nādisarge prasiddhyati
The teaching of dharma and adharma, (and) the discrimination of dharma and adharma, is never established at the first creation without an omniscient one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 57.40
यथानादि प्रवृत्तो ऽयं घोरः संसारसागरः । शिवो ऽपि हि तथानादिः संसारान् मोचकः स्मृतः
yathānādi pravṛtto 'yaṃ ghoraḥ saṃsārasāgaraḥ / śivo 'pi hi tathānādiḥ saṃsārān mocakaḥ smṛtaḥ
As this terrible ocean of saṃsāra is beginningless in its course, so too Śiva is beginningless, and is held to be the releaser from saṃsāra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 57.41
व्याधीनां भैषजं यद्वत् प्रतिपक्षं स्वभावतः । तद्वत्संसारघोराणां प्रतिपक्षः शिवः स्मृतः
vyādhīnāṃ bhaiṣajaṃ yadvat pratipakṣaṃ svabhāvataḥ / tadvatsaṃsāraghorāṇāṃ pratipakṣaḥ śivaḥ smṛtaḥ
As medicine is by its own nature the counteragent of diseases, so Śiva is held to be the counteragent of the terrors of saṃsāra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 57.42
वैद्यं विना निराक्रन्दाः क्लिश्यन्ते रोगिणो यथा । शिवेन तु विना सर्वं निराक्रन्दं जगत् तथा
vaidyaṃ vinā nirākrandāḥ kliśyante rogiṇo yathā / śivena tu vinā sarvaṃ nirākrandaṃ jagat tathā
As sick men, having none to cry out to, suffer without a physician, so without Śiva the whole world has none to cry out to.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 57.43
तस्माद् अनादिः सर्वज्ञः परिपूर्णः परः शिवः । अस्ति नातः परित्राता पुमान् संसारसागरे
tasmād anādiḥ sarvajñaḥ paripūrṇaḥ paraḥ śivaḥ / asti nātaḥ paritrātā pumān saṃsārasāgare
Therefore beginningless, omniscient, wholly complete, supreme Śiva exists; other than him there is no being who rescues (one) in the ocean of saṃsāra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 57.44
ये ऽभ्यसन्ति शिवज्ञानं हृदये शिवभाविताः । यदि वेदाः प्रमाणं तु तेषां ज्ञानं प्रजायते
ye 'bhyasanti śivajñānaṃ hṛdaye śivabhāvitāḥ / yadi vedāḥ pramāṇaṃ tu teṣāṃ jñānaṃ prajāyate
Those who practise the knowledge of Śiva, being intent on Śiva in the heart — if the Vedas are authoritative, knowledge arises for them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 57.45
इयं च सर्वभूतानां शरणं भुवि नर्मदा । अपां रूपतया देवी लोकानुग्रहकारिणी
iyaṃ ca sarvabhūtānāṃ śaraṇaṃ bhuvi narmadā / apāṃ rūpatayā devī lokānugrahakāriṇī
And this Narmadā is the refuge of all beings on earth, a goddess in the form of water, who shows grace to the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 57.46
स्थावरं जङ्गमं चैव भूतग्रामं चतुर्विधम् । भगवत्य् उद्धरत्य् एषां पतन्तं नरके ध्रुवम्
sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ caiva bhūtagrāmaṃ caturvidham / bhagavaty uddharaty eṣāṃ patantaṃ narake dhruvam
The fourfold host of beings, both immobile and mobile — the Blessed Lady lifts up such of them as are certainly falling into hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 57.47
एवंज्ञात्वा नरश्रेष्ठ शिवम् अन्वीक्ष्य कल्पगाम् । उच्चैर्गृहाणि दिव्यानि धनधान्यान्वितानि च
evaṃjñātvā naraśreṣṭha śivam anvīkṣya kalpagām / uccairgṛhāṇi divyāni dhanadhānyānvitāni ca
Knowing this, best of men, and looking to Śiva and to the river that endures for an aeon, (one should provide) lofty, splendid houses, furnished with wealth and grain,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 57.48
सर्वोपस्करदिव्यानि ब्राह्मणेभ्यो निवेदयेत् । अनाथायातिवृद्धाय विकलाय कुटुम्बिने
sarvopaskaradivyāni brāhmaṇebhyo nivedayet / anāthāyātivṛddhāya vikalāya kuṭumbine
splendid with every furnishing — he should present (them) to brahmins: to one without a protector, to the very aged, to the crippled, to the man with a household.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 57.49
काष्ठमृन्मयगेहं च यो द्विजाय प्रयच्छति । एवं विधान् गृहान् रम्यान् सर्वतो ऽमरकण्टके
kāṣṭhamṛnmayagehaṃ ca yo dvijāya prayacchati / evaṃ vidhān gṛhān ramyān sarvato 'marakaṇṭake
And he who bestows a house of wood and clay upon a twice-born; (and) such delightful houses everywhere at Amarakaṇṭaka —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 57.50
कारयेद् यः पुमान् दिव्यांस् तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु । किं तस्य बहुभिर् दत्तैर् दानैर् भवति भारत
kārayed yaḥ pumān divyāṃs tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu / kiṃ tasya bahubhir dattair dānair bhavati bhārata
the man who has splendid ones built — hear the fruit of his merit. What (further) comes to him from many gifts given, O Bhārata?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 57.51
एतद् एव परं दानं सर्वकामार्थसाधकम् । यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
etad eva paraṃ dānaṃ sarvakāmārthasādhakam / yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
This alone is the supreme gift, accomplishing all desires and aims; the man who hears (of) it with devotion is released from all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition