Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 60
SkP-RK 60.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: वैष्णवं दानधर्मं च कथ्यमानं निबोध मे । विष्णुयोगं समभ्यस्य सर्वक्लेशापनुत्तये
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: vaiṣṇavaṃ dānadharmaṃ ca kathyamānaṃ nibodha me / viṣṇuyogaṃ samabhyasya sarvakleśāpanuttaye
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Learn from me the Vaiṣṇava law of giving as it is being told, having practised the yoga of Viṣṇu for the removal of all afflictions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.2
विष्णुं सम्पूज्य विधिना घृतस्नानादिभिः स्तवैः । द्वादश्यां विष्णुम् उद्दिश्य दद्याद् एकां पयस्विनीम्
viṣṇuṃ sampūjya vidhinā ghṛtasnānādibhiḥ stavaiḥ / dvādaśyāṃ viṣṇum uddiśya dadyād ekāṃ payasvinīm
Having worshipped Viṣṇu according to rule with bathings in ghee and the rest, and with hymns of praise, on the twelfth day, designating Viṣṇu (as recipient), he should give one milch cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.3
नर्मदातीरम् आसाद्य तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु । पूज्यते धर्मराजेन यथा विष्णुस् तथैव सः
narmadātīram āsādya tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu / pūjyate dharmarājena yathā viṣṇus tathaiva saḥ
Having reached the bank of the Narmadā — hear the fruit of his merit: he is honoured by the king of dharma just as Viṣṇu is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.4
शैवानां वैष्णवानां च सहस्रम् भोजयेत् तु यः । गर्भिणी धेनुसंमिश्रं वृषभैर् दशभिर्युतम्
śaivānāṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ ca sahasram bhojayet tu yaḥ / garbhiṇī dhenusaṃmiśraṃ vṛṣabhair daśabhiryutam
And he who feeds a thousand Śaivas and Vaiṣṇavas (gives) a pregnant cow together with milch cows, joined with ten bulls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 60.5
अर्चितं गन्धपुष्पाद्यैर् हेमवस्त्रैर् अलंकृतम् । प्रदक्षिणम् उपाक्रम्य मन्त्रराजं च भक्तितः
arcitaṃ gandhapuṣpādyair hemavastrair alaṃkṛtam / pradakṣiṇam upākramya mantrarājaṃ ca bhaktitaḥ
(The image), worshipped with fragrances, flowers and the rest, adorned with gold and garments — having approached it with circumambulation, and (reciting) the king of mantras with devotion,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.6
ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवयेति समुच्चरन् । वेदविद्भिः समाकीर्णं विष्णोर् आराधनैः शुभैः
oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevayeti samuccaran / vedavidbhiḥ samākīrṇaṃ viṣṇor ārādhanaiḥ śubhaiḥ
uttering "Oṃ, homage to the Lord Vāsudeva" — (the image) thronged with knowers of the Veda, with the auspicious rites of worship of Viṣṇu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 60.7
नर्मदातोयम् आसाद्य दीपमालां प्रबोधयेत् । गावो ममाग्रतो नित्यं गावः पृष्ठत एव च
narmadātoyam āsādya dīpamālāṃ prabodhayet / gāvo mamāgrato nityaṃ gāvaḥ pṛṣṭhata eva ca
having reached the water of the Narmadā, he should kindle a row of lamps: "May cows always be before me, and cows behind me,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.8
गावो मे हृदये वापि गवां मध्ये वसाम्य् अहम् । इमं मन्त्रं समुत्थाय जपेद् आसां पुरो गवाम्
gāvo me hṛdaye vāpi gavāṃ madhye vasāmy aham / imaṃ mantraṃ samutthāya japed āsāṃ puro gavām
cows in my heart too; in the midst of cows I dwell." Rising, he should mutter this mantra before these cows,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.9
गन्धतो याक्षतैर् मिश्रैर् गृहीत्वा ताम्रभाजनम् । शृङ्गपुच्छ जलस्नातः शुक्लवस्त्रसमन्वितः
gandhato yākṣatair miśrair gṛhītvā tāmrabhājanam / śṛṅgapuccha jalasnātaḥ śuklavastrasamanvitaḥ
having taken a copper vessel with scented water mixed with unhusked grains; bathed in the water of (their) horns and tails, clad in white garments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 60.10
नर्मदास्नानपानेन गवां पुच्छाम्भसा तथा । सर्वकल्मषनिर्मुक्तः सुसिद्धः सुचिरव्रतः
narmadāsnānapānena gavāṃ pucchāmbhasā tathā / sarvakalmaṣanirmuktaḥ susiddhaḥ suciravrataḥ
by bathing in and drinking the Narmadā's water, and likewise by the water from the cows' tails, he is freed from all defilement, fully successful, one of long-maintained vow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.11
स्नापयित्वा गतस् तत्र स विप्रो नर्मदातटे । पौर्णमास्यां पूर्णचन्द्रे राहुसोमसमागमे
snāpayitvā gatas tatra sa vipro narmadātaṭe / paurṇamāsyāṃ pūrṇacandre rāhusomasamāgame
Having bathed (them), that brahmin, gone there on the Narmadā's bank, on the full-moon day when the moon is full, at the conjunction of Rāhu and the moon,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.12
तैरेव सार्द्धं विप्रेन्द्रैः संप्रपूज्य हरिं स्मरेत् । भृत्यपुत्रकलत्राद् यैर् युक्तः स्वजनबान्धवैः
taireva sārddhaṃ viprendraiḥ saṃprapūjya hariṃ smaret / bhṛtyaputrakalatrād yair yuktaḥ svajanabāndhavaiḥ
together with those very chief brahmins, having fully worshipped Hari, should call him to mind — joined with servants, sons, wife, and with his own kin and relatives,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.13
निवेदयेत् तु कृष्णाय मन्त्रेण श्रद्धयान्वितः । श्राद्धे दाने च होमे च विवाहे मङ्गले तथा
nivedayet tu kṛṣṇāya mantreṇa śraddhayānvitaḥ / śrāddhe dāne ca home ca vivāhe maṅgale tathā
and he should present (them) to Kṛṣṇa with the mantra, endowed with faith: "At a śrāddha, at a gift, at a homa, at a wedding, and at an auspicious rite,
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SkP-RK 60.14
गोमातरः स्थिता नित्यं विष्णुलोके शिवात्मिकाः । शिवायैता मया दत्ता विष्णवे च महात्मने
gomātaraḥ sthitā nityaṃ viṣṇuloke śivātmikāḥ / śivāyaitā mayā dattā viṣṇave ca mahātmane
the mother-cows, whose essence is Śiva, abide always in Viṣṇu's world; these are given by me to Śiva and to the great-souled Viṣṇu."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.15
एवं विप्राय यो दद्याद् यज्ञार्थं समलंकृताः । एवं निवेद्य पुरुषो गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्
evaṃ viprāya yo dadyād yajñārthaṃ samalaṃkṛtāḥ / evaṃ nivedya puruṣo gosahasraphalaṃ labhet
Whoever should give (cows) thus, fully adorned, to a brahmin for the sake of sacrifice — a man who presents (them) in this way obtains the fruit of a thousand cows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.16
कुलानि त्रिंशदुत्तार्य नरकाद् भृत्यबान्धवान् । स्थापयेद् वैष्णवे लोके शिवस्य च महात्मनः
kulāni triṃśaduttārya narakād bhṛtyabāndhavān / sthāpayed vaiṣṇave loke śivasya ca mahātmanaḥ
Having brought thirty (generations of his) family, together with his dependants and kinsmen, up out of hell, he would establish (them) in the world of Viṣṇu and of great-souled Śiva.
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SkP-RK 60.17
सर्वज्ञः परिपूर्णश् च विशुद्धः सर्वगः प्रभुः । संसारसागरान् मुक्तो हरितुल्यः प्रजायते
sarvajñaḥ paripūrṇaś ca viśuddhaḥ sarvagaḥ prabhuḥ / saṃsārasāgarān mukto haritulyaḥ prajāyate
He becomes all-knowing, complete, wholly pure, all-pervading, a lord; freed from the ocean of transmigration, he is born equal to Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.18
अनेनैव विधानेन गृहस्थाः प्राप्नुयुर् दिवम् । विनापि ज्ञानयोगेन गोसहस्रप्रदानतः
anenaiva vidhānena gṛhasthāḥ prāpnuyur divam / vināpi jñānayogena gosahasrapradānataḥ
By this very procedure householders may reach heaven, even without the discipline of knowledge, simply by the gift of a thousand cows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.19
ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियो वापि शूद्रो ऽथापि च भक्तितः । नर्मदाकपिलायोगे यथा विभवविस्तरैः
brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vāpi śūdro 'thāpi ca bhaktitaḥ / narmadākapilāyoge yathā vibhavavistaraiḥ
A brahmin, or a kṣatriya, or even a śūdra, out of devotion, at the confluence of the Narmadā and the Kapilā, according to the extent of his means —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.20
ब्राह्मणाय दरिद्राय दीक्षितायोपशोभिने । चन्द्रसूर्योपरागे तु व्यतीपाते च संक्रमे
brāhmaṇāya daridrāya dīkṣitāyopaśobhine / candrasūryoparāge tu vyatīpāte ca saṃkrame
— (should give) to a brahmin who is poor, consecrated, and of good appearance, at an eclipse of the moon or the sun, at a vyatīpāta, and at a solstitial/zodiacal transition,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.21
षडशीति मुखे दद्याद् अमासोमसमागमे । कार्त्तिक्या वा युगादौ वा पुण्ये वाहनि भारत
ṣaḍaśīti mukhe dadyād amāsomasamāgame / kārttikyā vā yugādau vā puṇye vāhani bhārata
he should give at the 'eighty-six' juncture, at the conjunction of the new moon with the moon, or on the full moon of Kārttika, or at the beginning of an age, or on any holy day, O Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 60.22
यद्धि गायन्ति पितरो गाथाम् एतां नराधिप । अपि स्यात् स कुले ऽस्माकं पुत्रः परमधार्मिकः
yaddhi gāyanti pitaro gāthām etāṃ narādhipa / api syāt sa kule 'smākaṃ putraḥ paramadhārmikaḥ
For the ancestors sing this song, O lord of men: "Would that there might be in our family a son supremely devoted to dharma,
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SkP-RK 60.23
नर्मदाकपिलायोगे कोटितीर्थे च मुक्तिदे । नरकाद् उद्धरेद् अस्मान् दत्त्वा गा यस् तु संयुताः
narmadākapilāyoge koṭitīrthe ca muktide / narakād uddhared asmān dattvā gā yas tu saṃyutāḥ
who, giving cows fully equipped at the confluence of the Narmadā and the Kapilā and at Koṭitīrtha, the giver of release, would raise us up out of hell!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.24
दशवर्षसहस्राणि लोके क्रीडति वैष्णवे । तस्मात् त्वम् अपि राजेन्द्र गोसहस्रप्रदो भव
daśavarṣasahasrāṇi loke krīḍati vaiṣṇave / tasmāt tvam api rājendra gosahasraprado bhava
For ten thousand years he sports in the world of Viṣṇu; therefore you too, O best of kings, become a giver of a thousand cows,
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SkP-RK 60.25
देववद् दिवि मोदन्ते येन ते पितरः सदा । कथयामि तवाथाहमितिहासं पुरातनम्
devavad divi modante yena te pitaraḥ sadā / kathayāmi tavāthāhamitihāsaṃ purātanam
by which your ancestors rejoice in heaven forever like gods. And now I shall tell you an ancient tale.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.26
युवनाश्वः पुरा राजा चक्रवर्ती महायशाः । शक्राच् छतगणं पुण्यं प्रजापालनतत्परः
yuvanāśvaḥ purā rājā cakravartī mahāyaśāḥ / śakrāc chatagaṇaṃ puṇyaṃ prajāpālanatatparaḥ
Formerly there was a king Yuvanāśva, an emperor of great fame, intent on protecting his subjects, (whose) merit was a hundredfold beyond Śakra's.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 60.27
अयोध्यानगरी यस्य ब्रह्मलोकसमप्रभा । तस्या कृतयुगे चादौ सर्वधर्मपरायणः
ayodhyānagarī yasya brahmalokasamaprabhā / tasyā kṛtayuge cādau sarvadharmaparāyaṇaḥ
His was the city of Ayodhyā, splendid as the world of Brahmā. In it, at the beginning of the Kṛta age, (he,) wholly devoted to all duties,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 60.28
बृहस्पतिब्रह्मसमं वशिष्ठं स्वपुरोहितम् । अभिवाद्य यथान्यायम् उवाच मुनिसत्तमम्
bṛhaspatibrahmasamaṃ vaśiṣṭhaṃ svapurohitam / abhivādya yathānyāyam uvāca munisattamam
having saluted, as is proper, Vaśiṣṭha his own family priest, equal to Bṛhaspati and Brahmā, said to that best of sages:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.29
कस्मिन् स्थाने यजेद् यज्ञं तीर्थे देशे सुरालये । वशिष्ठप्रमुखाः सर्वे मुनयश् चेदम् अब्रुवन्
kasmin sthāne yajed yajñaṃ tīrthe deśe surālaye / vaśiṣṭhapramukhāḥ sarve munayaś cedam abruvan
"In what place should one offer a sacrifice — at what sacred ford, what region, what abode of the gods?" And all the sages, headed by Vaśiṣṭha, said this:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.30
पृथिव्यां नैमिषं तीर्थं सर्वतीर्थमयं शुभम् । सफलो हयमेधस् तु कोटिकोटिगणोत्तरः
pṛthivyāṃ naimiṣaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvatīrthamayaṃ śubham / saphalo hayamedhas tu koṭikoṭigaṇottaraḥ
"On earth the Naimiṣa tīrtha is auspicious, containing all sacred fords; there the horse sacrifice bears fruit, surpassing (that of others) by crores upon crores.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.31
पुराणे कीर्तितं राजन् मत्स्यरूपेण विष्णुना । सूर्येण कीर्तितं राजन् मनुपुत्राय चात्मनः
purāṇe kīrtitaṃ rājan matsyarūpeṇa viṣṇunā / sūryeṇa kīrtitaṃ rājan manuputrāya cātmanaḥ
So it is proclaimed in the Purāṇa by Viṣṇu in the form of a fish, O king; and it was proclaimed by the Sun, O king, to his own son Manu.
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SkP-RK 60.32
सर्वेषां तु पुराणानां पुराणं मत्स्यकीर्तितम् । वेदाश्चैव पुरा नष्टा मत्स्यरूपेण चोद्धृताः
sarveṣāṃ tu purāṇānāṃ purāṇaṃ matsyakīrtitam / vedāścaiva purā naṣṭā matsyarūpeṇa coddhṛtāḥ
Of all Purāṇas, the Purāṇa proclaimed by the Fish (is foremost); and the Vedas, which had formerly been lost, were recovered by (him) in fish form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.33
वेदहीनाश् च वर्तन्ते द्विजा वै यज्ञकर्मसु । एवं विधं तु तत् तीर्थं युवनाश्व तवोदितम्
vedahīnāś ca vartante dvijā vai yajñakarmasu / evaṃ vidhaṃ tu tat tīrthaṃ yuvanāśva tavoditam
And brahmins were carrying on in the sacrificial rites bereft of the Vedas. Such is that tīrtha, as told to you, O Yuvanāśva."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.34
एवं श्रुत्वा ततो वाक्यं वशिष्ठस्य पुरोधसः । आदिदेश ततो ऽमात्यान् धर्मिष्ठान् सत्यवादिनः
evaṃ śrutvā tato vākyaṃ vaśiṣṭhasya purodhasaḥ / ādideśa tato 'mātyān dharmiṣṭhān satyavādinaḥ
Having thus heard the speech of Vaśiṣṭha the family priest, he then instructed his ministers, most righteous and truthful:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.35
यज्ञोपस्करम् आदाय समागच्छत सत्वरम् । घोषणा क्रियतां राष्ट्रे दण्डहस्तैश् च किङ्करैः
yajñopaskaram ādāya samāgacchata satvaram / ghoṣaṇā kriyatāṃ rāṣṭre daṇḍahastaiś ca kiṅkaraiḥ
"Take the sacrificial implements and come quickly!" And let a proclamation be made throughout the realm by attendants with staffs in hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.36
आहूतास् तु ततो देवा नृपतेर् यज्ञकर्मणि । ब्रह्मा विष्णुः सुरेशश् च स्कन्दो वैश्रवणस् तथा
āhūtās tu tato devā nṛpater yajñakarmaṇi / brahmā viṣṇuḥ sureśaś ca skando vaiśravaṇas tathā
Then the gods were summoned to the king's sacrificial rite: Brahmā, Viṣṇu, the lord of the gods, Skanda, and Vaiśravaṇa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.37
शम्भुश् चैव विशेषेण सुरासुरनमस्कृतः । धेनूनां दशलक्षाणि हेमरत्नान्वितानि च
śambhuś caiva viśeṣeṇa surāsuranamaskṛtaḥ / dhenūnāṃ daśalakṣāṇi hemaratnānvitāni ca
and Śambhu especially, who is saluted by gods and demons. Ten lakhs of milch cows, furnished with gold and jewels,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.38
लक्षमेकं हयानां च दन्तिनाम् अयुतत्रयम् । मणिमाणिक्यमुक्ताश् च हिरण्यं चाप्य् अनन्तकम्
lakṣamekaṃ hayānāṃ ca dantinām ayutatrayam / maṇimāṇikyamuktāś ca hiraṇyaṃ cāpy anantakam
one lakh of horses, thirty thousand elephants, gems, rubies and pearls, and gold without end,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.39
नानाविधानि द्रव्याणि भक्ष्यभोज्यमलंकृतम् । यज्ञद्रव्यं च यच् चान्यत् तत् सर्वसहितो नृपः
nānāvidhāni dravyāṇi bhakṣyabhojyamalaṃkṛtam / yajñadravyaṃ ca yac cānyat tat sarvasahito nṛpaḥ
goods of many kinds, food and drink set out in fine array, sacrificial material and whatever else there was — with all that the king (set out),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 60.40
नानासहस्रयानैस् तु नानादेशगतैर् नृपैः । नानावाद्यसहस्रैस् तु नानागीतैर् मनोहरैः
nānāsahasrayānais tu nānādeśagatair nṛpaiḥ / nānāvādyasahasrais tu nānāgītair manoharaiḥ
with many thousands of conveyances, with kings come from various lands, with many thousands of various instruments, with various charming songs,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.41
वेदघोषेण महता दिवं भूमिं विनादयन् । विवेश नैमिषं तीर्थं यत्र देवो महेश्वरः
vedaghoṣeṇa mahatā divaṃ bhūmiṃ vinādayan / viveśa naimiṣaṃ tīrthaṃ yatra devo maheśvaraḥ
making heaven and earth resound with the great clamour of the Vedas, he entered the Naimiṣa tīrtha, where the god Maheśvara (dwells),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.42
हरिं सद्यः प्रभुं दृष्ट्वा मुच्यते यत्र किल्बिषात् । स्वर्गसोपानम् एतत् तु प्रत्यक्षं देवलोकवत्
hariṃ sadyaḥ prabhuṃ dṛṣṭvā mucyate yatra kilbiṣāt / svargasopānam etat tu pratyakṣaṃ devalokavat
where, on seeing lord Hari, one is at once released from sin. This is a stairway to heaven, visible to the eye, like the world of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.43
तत्र स्नात्वा ऽभ्यर्च्य हरिं हरं स्वर्गम् अवाप्नुयात् । कीर्तनान् नैमिषस्यास्य नरो दहति तत्क्षणात्
tatra snātvā 'bhyarcya hariṃ haraṃ svargam avāpnuyāt / kīrtanān naimiṣasyāsya naro dahati tatkṣaṇāt
Bathing there and worshipping Hari and Hara, one would attain heaven. By the mere praising of this Naimiṣa a man burns up that very instant
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.44
अनेकभाविकं घोरं तूलराशिम् इवानलः । दीक्षिता ब्राह्मणा देवाः कुतश्चित् तु समागताः
anekabhāvikaṃ ghoraṃ tūlarāśim ivānalaḥ / dīkṣitā brāhmaṇā devāḥ kutaścit tu samāgatāḥ
the dreadful (sin) belonging to many existences, as fire (burns) a heap of cotton. The brahmins were consecrated; the gods assembled from somewhere or other.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 60.45
आर्तानाम् अयुतं तेभ्यो ददौ देवाय चानघ । सहस्रम् एकं नृपतिर्भूषणानां च भारत
ārtānām ayutaṃ tebhyo dadau devāya cānagha / sahasram ekaṃ nṛpatirbhūṣaṇānāṃ ca bhārata
He gave ten thousand (gifts) to them, the afflicted, and to the god, O sinless one; and the king (gave) one thousand ornaments, O Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 60.46
ॐ नमः शङ्करायेति माधवायेति चोत्तमः । जलदर्भौ समादाय पात्रे राजा हिरण्मये
oṃ namaḥ śaṅkarāyeti mādhavāyeti cottamaḥ / jaladarbhau samādāya pātre rājā hiraṇmaye
"Oṃ, homage to Śaṅkara," and "(homage) to Mādhava" — so (said) the excellent king, taking up water and darbha grass in a golden vessel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.47
एवं संकल्प्य राजेन्द्र यज्ञवाटम् अकारयत् । दशयोजनपर्यन्तं यज्ञयूपाश् च हेमजान्
evaṃ saṃkalpya rājendra yajñavāṭam akārayat / daśayojanaparyantaṃ yajñayūpāś ca hemajān
Having made this resolve, O lord of kings, he had a sacrificial enclosure made, ten yojanas in extent, and sacrificial posts made of gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.48
ततो निर्वर्तितो यज्ञो वशिष्ठप्रमुखैर् द्विजैः । मुदिता देवताः सर्वा दिव्ययानसमाश्रिताः
tato nirvartito yajño vaśiṣṭhapramukhair dvijaiḥ / muditā devatāḥ sarvā divyayānasamāśritāḥ
Then the sacrifice was carried through by the twice-born headed by Vasiṣṭha. All the deities were delighted, seated in their celestial vehicles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.49
जयशब्दं प्रचक्रुस् ता राजा नान्यो भवत्समः । नान्यो मम समः कश्चिद् इत्यहंकारवान् नृपः
jayaśabdaṃ pracakrus tā rājā nānyo bhavatsamaḥ / nānyo mama samaḥ kaścid ityahaṃkāravān nṛpaḥ
They raised a shout of victory: "O king, no other is your equal!" — whereupon the king became full of pride, thinking, "There is no one equal to me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.50
यावद् यानं समारुह्य सान्तःपुरपरिच्छदः । निःसृतो नैमिषारण्यात् तावत् पश्यति वानरम्
yāvad yānaṃ samāruhya sāntaḥpuraparicchadaḥ / niḥsṛto naimiṣāraṇyāt tāvat paśyati vānaram
Just as he had mounted his conveyance, with his harem and retinue, and gone out from the Naimiṣa forest, he saw a monkey.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.51
तिष्ठ तिष्ठेत्य् उवाचाथ शृणु राजन् वचो मम । किं ते यज्ञविधानेन देवतादानकर्मणि
tiṣṭha tiṣṭhety uvācātha śṛṇu rājan vaco mama / kiṃ te yajñavidhānena devatādānakarmaṇi
"Stop, stop!" it then said; "hear my words, O king. What is it to you, with your arranging of a sacrifice, in the business of giving to the deities?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.52
अहंकारविमूढात्मा कर्ताहम् इति मन्यसे । पुरामरेश्वरे यज्ञे सत्यधर्मस्य भूपतेः
ahaṃkāravimūḍhātmā kartāham iti manyase / purāmareśvare yajñe satyadharmasya bhūpateḥ
Your mind deluded by egotism, you think, 'I am the doer.' Long ago, at the sacrifice of King Satyadharma at Amareśvara,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.53
वर्जयित्वा मुखम् मे ऽभूत् कण्ठाधो हेमवर्णकम् । ये गताः शिशवस् तेषां सर्वाङ्गाश् च हिरण्मयाः
varjayitvā mukham me 'bhūt kaṇṭhādho hemavarṇakam / ye gatāḥ śiśavas teṣāṃ sarvāṅgāś ca hiraṇmayāḥ
except for my face, from the neck downward I became gold-coloured; and as for the young ones who went (there), all their limbs became golden.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.54
कपिला नर्मदायोगे यज्ञतोयप्रवाहतः । स्नानावगाहनात् पानाल् लोडनात् कर्दमे तथा
kapilā narmadāyoge yajñatoyapravāhataḥ / snānāvagāhanāt pānāl loḍanāt kardame tathā
At the junction of the Kapilā and the Narmadā, from the flowing of the sacrificial water — by bathing, by plunging in, by drinking, and by rolling in the mud,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.55
गन्धर्वलोकं सम्प्राप्तो भूतग्रामश् चतुर्विधः । त्वदीये लुलितं यज्ञे नैमिषारण्यसम्भवे
gandharvalokaṃ samprāpto bhūtagrāmaś caturvidhaḥ / tvadīye lulitaṃ yajñe naimiṣāraṇyasambhave
The fourfold host of beings has reached the world of the Gandharvas; (but I) wallowed about in your sacrifice held in the Naimisha forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 60.56
पङ्केन लिप्तं गात्रं मे क्षालितं चाम्बुना तथा । न किंचित् फलमासीन् मे तव यज्ञो निरर्थकः
paṅkena liptaṃ gātraṃ me kṣālitaṃ cāmbunā tathā / na kiṃcit phalamāsīn me tava yajño nirarthakaḥ
My body was smeared with mud, and washed clean with water; no fruit whatever came to me — your sacrifice was without purpose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.57
गवां त्वयायुते दत्तं धनं धान्यं तथा बहु । भूभुजा सत्यधर्मेण किंतु तावन् निरर्थकम्
gavāṃ tvayāyute dattaṃ dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ tathā bahu / bhūbhujā satyadharmeṇa kiṃtu tāvan nirarthakam
By you were given ten thousand cows, and much wealth and grain, by a king of true dharma — yet even so much was without purpose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.58
दानेन तपसा वापि त्रयो लोकाः समर्जिताः । सर्वेषाम् एव तीर्थानां माता वै मेकला स्मृता
dānena tapasā vāpi trayo lokāḥ samarjitāḥ / sarveṣām eva tīrthānāṃ mātā vai mekalā smṛtā
By giving or by austerity the three worlds are won; and Mekalā is remembered as the mother of all sacred fords.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.59
एतत् ते कथितं राजन् यथाभूद् अमरेश्वरे । स्वस्ति वो ऽस्तु गमिष्यामि त्वं वायोध्या प्रति व्रज
etat te kathitaṃ rājan yathābhūd amareśvare / svasti vo 'stu gamiṣyāmi tvaṃ vāyodhyā prati vraja
This has been told to you, O king, of what happened at Amareśvara. May it be well with you; I shall go — and you, go on toward Ayodhyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.60
अहम् एव गमिष्यामि नर्मदां सप्तकल्पगाम् । श्रुत्वा त्वदीयं यज्ञं हि नैमिषारण्यम् आगतः
aham eva gamiṣyāmi narmadāṃ saptakalpagām / śrutvā tvadīyaṃ yajñaṃ hi naimiṣāraṇyam āgataḥ
I for my part shall go to the Narmadā, who flows through seven aeons; for it was on hearing of your sacrifice that I came to the Naimisha forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.61
निराशो ऽहं गमिष्यामि नाभून् मे कांचनं मुखम् । वानरस्य वचः श्रुत्वा युवनाश्वो ऽब्रवीद् वचः
nirāśo 'haṃ gamiṣyāmi nābhūn me kāṃcanaṃ mukham / vānarasya vacaḥ śrutvā yuvanāśvo 'bravīd vacaḥ
Disappointed I shall go: my face did not turn to gold. Hearing the monkey's words, Yuvanāśva spoke these words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.62
वानर उवाच: अहं जाबालिनः पुत्रः कदम्बो नाम विश्रुतः
vānara uvāca: ahaṃ jābālinaḥ putraḥ kadambo nāma viśrutaḥ
The monkey said: I am the son of Jābāli, well known by the name Kadamba.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.63
तिर्यग्योनौ प्रविष्टश् च प्राकृतैः कर्मभिः स्वकैः । भ्रान्तानि सर्वतीर्थानि वेषेणानेन सुव्रत
tiryagyonau praviṣṭaś ca prākṛtaiḥ karmabhiḥ svakaiḥ / bhrāntāni sarvatīrthāni veṣeṇānena suvrata
And I entered an animal birth through my own common deeds; all the sacred fords have been wandered over (by me) in this guise, O you of good vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.64
परित्राणं परं नाभूत् सत्यधर्ममखोत्तमे । वपुर् हिरण्मयं सर्वं मुखवर्जं ममाभवत्
paritrāṇaṃ paraṃ nābhūt satyadharmamakhottame / vapur hiraṇmayaṃ sarvaṃ mukhavarjaṃ mamābhavat
No further deliverance came about at the excellent sacrifice of Satyadharma: my whole body became golden, except for the face.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.65
वानरस्य वचं श्रुत्वा सन्निवृत्य नृपोत्तमः । आराध्य देवदेवेशं नैमिषे यज्ञपूरुषम्
vānarasya vacaṃ śrutvā sannivṛtya nṛpottamaḥ / ārādhya devadeveśaṃ naimiṣe yajñapūruṣam
Hearing the monkey's words, the best of kings turned back and, having propitiated at Naimisha the Lord of the gods of gods, the Person of the sacrifice,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.66
उवाच वचनं श्लक्ष्णं प्रणिपत्य प्रसाद्य च । मदीययज्ञे दानेन तपसा नियमेन च
uvāca vacanaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ praṇipatya prasādya ca / madīyayajñe dānena tapasā niyamena ca
he spoke smooth words, having bowed down and won (his) favour: "At my sacrifice, by gift, by austerity and by observance —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.67
शमिच्छं छ्रावयामास एको वानररूपधृक् । हिरण्मयं मुखं चास्य यथा स्यात् त्वं तथा कुरु
śamicchaṃ chrāvayāmāsa eko vānararūpadhṛk / hiraṇmayaṃ mukhaṃ cāsya yathā syāt tvaṃ tathā kuru
one who bore the form of a monkey, wishing (his own) welfare, made (this) heard: bring it about that his face too become golden."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 60.68
उवाच वचनं देवो युवनाश्वं महीपतिम् । प्रत्यक्षं नैमिषं तीर्थं सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभम्
uvāca vacanaṃ devo yuvanāśvaṃ mahīpatim / pratyakṣaṃ naimiṣaṃ tīrthaṃ sūryakoṭisamaprabham
The god spoke a word to Yuvanāśva, the lord of the earth: the ford of Naimisha is manifest, with splendour equal to ten million suns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.69
पृथिव्यां नैमिषं तीर्थम् अन्तरिक्षे च पुष्करम् । त्रिषु लोकेषु विख्यातो गिरिश् चामरकण्टकः
pṛthivyāṃ naimiṣaṃ tīrtham antarikṣe ca puṣkaram / triṣu lokeṣu vikhyāto giriś cāmarakaṇṭakaḥ
On earth (there is) the ford of Naimisha, and in the mid-air Puṣkara; and renowned in the three worlds is the mountain Amarakaṇṭaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.70
न च श्रुतं त्वया तात पुराणं स्कन्दकीर्तितम् । माता सा यत्र सरितां तीर्थानां च सरिद्वरा
na ca śrutaṃ tvayā tāta purāṇaṃ skandakīrtitam / mātā sā yatra saritāṃ tīrthānāṃ ca saridvarā
And have you not heard, my dear, the ancient lore proclaimed by Skanda, where (is told of) her who is the mother of rivers and of fords, the best of streams?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.71
नामसंकीर्तनादस्या मुच्यते भवबन्धनात् । विषादं त्यज तीर्थानां प्रधानो ऽमरकण्टकः
nāmasaṃkīrtanādasyā mucyate bhavabandhanāt / viṣādaṃ tyaja tīrthānāṃ pradhāno 'marakaṇṭakaḥ
By the recitation of her name one is released from the bondage of existence. Give up your despondency: Amarakaṇṭaka is the foremost of fords.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.72
सत्यधर्मः पुनस् तत्र करिष्यति मखोत्तमम् । रेवाकपिलयोर् योगे मुखं तत्र हिरण्मयम्
satyadharmaḥ punas tatra kariṣyati makhottamam / revākapilayor yoge mukhaṃ tatra hiraṇmayam
Satyadharma will again perform an excellent sacrifice there, at the confluence of the Revā and the Kapilā; there (your) face will be golden.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.73
भविष्यति न सन्देहस् तव वानरसत्तम । नैमिषं स नमस्कृत्य आदिदेवं हरं हरिम्
bhaviṣyati na sandehas tava vānarasattama / naimiṣaṃ sa namaskṛtya ādidevaṃ haraṃ harim
It will come to be — there is no doubt, O best of monkeys. Having saluted Naimisha, the primal god, Hara, Hari,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.74
स्थानं स्वं च जगामाथ मुदा परमया युतः । नैमिषस्य वचः श्रुत्वा अयोध्याधिपतिस् तथा
sthānaṃ svaṃ ca jagāmātha mudā paramayā yutaḥ / naimiṣasya vacaḥ śrutvā ayodhyādhipatis tathā
(the god) then went to his own abode, filled with the highest joy. And having heard the word of Naimisha, the lord of Ayodhyā likewise
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.75
विवेश नगरीं पुण्यां यथा शक्रो ऽमरावतीम् । वानरो ऽपि गतस् तत्र सत्यधर्मो यतः स्वयम्
viveśa nagarīṃ puṇyāṃ yathā śakro 'marāvatīm / vānaro 'pi gatas tatra satyadharmo yataḥ svayam
He entered the holy city as Śakra enters Amarāvatī. The monkey too went there, where Satyadharma himself (was).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.76
प्रणम्य सत्यधर्माख्यम् इदं वचनम् अब्रवीत् । रेवाकपिलयोर् योगे त्वदीये च महामखे
praṇamya satyadharmākhyam idaṃ vacanam abravīt / revākapilayor yoge tvadīye ca mahāmakhe
Having bowed to (the king) named Satyadharma, he spoke these words: "At the confluence of the Revā and the Kapilā, at your great sacrifice,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.77
अवभृथस्नानजनिते कर्दमे लुठनान् मम । शरीरं काञ्चनीभूतं मुखम् एवावशिष्यते
avabhṛthasnānajanite kardame luṭhanān mama / śarīraṃ kāñcanībhūtaṃ mukham evāvaśiṣyate
"from rolling in the mud produced by the concluding (avabhṛtha) bath, my body has become golden; only my face is left over."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.78
यज्ञमिष्ट्वा पुनस् तत्र मुखं मे काञ्चनं कुरु । गन्धर्वाधिपतिर् भूयो मुक्तो वानरयोनितः
yajñamiṣṭvā punas tatra mukhaṃ me kāñcanaṃ kuru / gandharvādhipatir bhūyo mukto vānarayonitaḥ
"Offer the sacrifice there again and make my face golden too." (Thus) the lord of the gandharvas was once more released from the monkey birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.79
हेमीभूतवपुस् तत्र यदा वानरसत्तमः । देवन्दुन्दुभिनादेन नानालङ्कारभूषितः
hemībhūtavapus tatra yadā vānarasattamaḥ / devandundubhinādena nānālaṅkārabhūṣitaḥ
When the best of monkeys, his body turned to gold, (was) there, adorned with many ornaments, amid the sound of the gods' drums,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 60.80
हंसयुक्तेन यानेन वीज्यमानो ऽप्सरोगणैः । जगाम शाङ्करं लोकं तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावतः
haṃsayuktena yānena vījyamāno 'psarogaṇaiḥ / jagāma śāṅkaraṃ lokaṃ tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ
in a vehicle yoked with geese, fanned by the hosts of apsarases, he went to Śaṅkara's world, through the power of this tīrtha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition