Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 62
SkP-RK 62.1
रन्तिदेव उवाच: यथा शप्तास् तु ताः कन्यास् तासां नामानि कल्पग । श्रोतुम् इच्छामि तत्त्वेन केषु स्थानेषु पूजिता
rantideva uvāca: yathā śaptās tu tāḥ kanyās tāsāṃ nāmāni kalpaga / śrotum icchāmi tattvena keṣu sthāneṣu pūjitā
Rantideva said: How those maidens were cursed, and their names, O Kalpaga — I wish to hear truly, and in which places they are worshipped.
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SkP-RK 62.2
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: वाराणस्यां विशालाक्षी नैमिषे लिङ्गधारिणी । प्रयागे ललितादेवी कामुका गन्धमादने
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: vārāṇasyāṃ viśālākṣī naimiṣe liṅgadhāriṇī / prayāge lalitādevī kāmukā gandhamādane
Mārkaṇḍeya said: In Vārāṇasī, Viśālākṣī; in Naimiṣa, Liṅgadhāriṇī; in Prayāga, goddess Lalitā; on Gandhamādana, Kāmukā;
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SkP-RK 62.3
मानसे कुमुदा नाम विश्वयोनिस् तथाम्बरे । गोमन्ते गोमती नाम मन्दरे कामचारिणी
mānase kumudā nāma viśvayonis tathāmbare / gomante gomatī nāma mandare kāmacāriṇī
In Mānasa (she is) Kumudā by name, and in the sky Viśvayoni; on Gomanta she is Gomatī by name, on Mandara Kāmacāriṇī.
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SkP-RK 62.4
मदोत्कटा चैत्ररथे तपन्ती हस्तिनापुरे । कान्यकुब्जे तथा गौरी प्रभा कमलपर्वते
madotkaṭā caitrarathe tapantī hastināpure / kānyakubje tathā gaurī prabhā kamalaparvate
In Caitraratha (she is) Madotkaṭā, in Hastināpura Tapantī; and in Kānyakubja Gaurī, on Kamala mountain Prabhā.
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SkP-RK 62.5
एकाग्रे कीर्तिमत्याख्या विश्वा विश्वेश्वरे तथा । पुष्करे पुरुहूतेति केदारे मार्गदायिनी
ekāgre kīrtimatyākhyā viśvā viśveśvare tathā / puṣkare puruhūteti kedāre mārgadāyinī
In Ekāgra (she is) called Kīrtimatī, and in Viśveśvara Viśvā; in Puṣkara she is Puruhūtā, in Kedāra Mārgadāyinī (the giver of the path).
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SkP-RK 62.6
नन्दा हिमवतः पृष्ठे गोकर्णे भद्रकार्णिका । स्थानेश्वरे भवानीति बिल्वके बिल्वपत्रिका
nandā himavataḥ pṛṣṭhe gokarṇe bhadrakārṇikā / sthāneśvare bhavānīti bilvake bilvapatrikā
On the back of Himavat (she is) Nandā, in Gokarṇa Bhadrakārṇikā; in Sthāneśvara she is Bhavānī, in Bilvaka Bilvapatrikā.
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SkP-RK 62.7
श्रीशैले माधवी नाम भद्रा भद्रेश्वरे तथा । जया वाराहशैले तु कमला कमलालये
śrīśaile mādhavī nāma bhadrā bhadreśvare tathā / jayā vārāhaśaile tu kamalā kamalālaye
On Śrīśaila (she is) Mādhavī by name, and in Bhadreśvara Bhadrā; on Varāha mountain Jayā, in Kamalālaya Kamalā.
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SkP-RK 62.8
रुद्रकोट्यां तु रुद्राणी कोटिः कालञ्जरे तथा । महालिङ्गे तु कपिला माकोटे मुकुटेश्वरी
rudrakoṭyāṃ tu rudrāṇī koṭiḥ kālañjare tathā / mahāliṅge tu kapilā mākoṭe mukuṭeśvarī
But in Rudrakoṭi (she is) Rudrāṇī, and in Kālañjara Koṭi; in Mahāliṅga Kapilā, in Mākoṭa Mukuṭeśvarī.
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SkP-RK 62.9
शालग्रामे महादेवी शिवलिङ्गे जलप्रिया । मायापुर्यां कुमारी तु सन्ताने ललिता तथा
śālagrāme mahādevī śivaliṅge jalapriyā / māyāpuryāṃ kumārī tu santāne lalitā tathā
In Śālagrāma (she is) Mahādevī, in Śivaliṅga Jalapriyā; in Māyāpurī Kumārī, and in Santāna Lalitā.
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SkP-RK 62.10
उत्पलाख्ये सहस्राक्षी हिरण्याक्षे महोत्पला । तीर्थायां मङ्गला नाम विमला पुरुषोत्तमे
utpalākhye sahasrākṣī hiraṇyākṣe mahotpalā / tīrthāyāṃ maṅgalā nāma vimalā puruṣottame
In the place called Utpala (she is) Sahasrākṣī, in Hiraṇyākṣa Mahotpalā; in Tīrthā she is Maṅgalā by name, in Puruṣottama Vimalā.
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SkP-RK 62.11
विपाशायाममोघाक्षी पाटला पुण्ड्रवर्धने । नारायणी सुपार्श्वे च त्रिकूटे भद्रसुन्दरी
vipāśāyāmamoghākṣī pāṭalā puṇḍravardhane / nārāyaṇī supārśve ca trikūṭe bhadrasundarī
On the Vipāśā (she is) Amoghākṣī, in Puṇḍravardhana Pāṭalā; and in Supārśva Nārāyaṇī, on Trikūṭa Bhadrasundarī.
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SkP-RK 62.12
विपुले विपुला नाम कल्याणी प्रलयाचले । कोटीविकोटि तीर्थे तु यमुनायां मृगावती
vipule vipulā nāma kalyāṇī pralayācale / koṭīvikoṭi tīrthe tu yamunāyāṃ mṛgāvatī
In Vipula (she is) Vipulā by name, on Pralaya mountain Kalyāṇī; but in the Koṭīvikoṭi shrine and on the Yamunā, Mṛgāvatī.
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SkP-RK 62.13
करवीरे महालक्ष्मीर् उमादेवी विनायके । आरोग्या वैद्यनाथे तु महाकाले महेश्वरी
karavīre mahālakṣmīr umādevī vināyake / ārogyā vaidyanāthe tu mahākāle maheśvarī
In Karavīra (she is) Mahālakṣmī, in Vināyaka Umādevī; in Vaidyanātha she is Ārogyā, in Mahākāla Maheśvarī.
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SkP-RK 62.14
अभया कृष्णतीर्थे तु अमृता विन्ध्यकन्दरे । माण्डव्ये माण्डुका नाम स्वाहा माहेश्वरे पुरे
abhayā kṛṣṇatīrthe tu amṛtā vindhyakandare / māṇḍavye māṇḍukā nāma svāhā māheśvare pure
In Kṛṣṇatīrtha (she is) Abhayā, in the Vindhya cave Amṛtā; in Māṇḍavya she is Māṇḍukā by name, in the city of Māheśvara Svāhā.
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SkP-RK 62.15
छागलम्बा प्रचण्डे च चण्डिका ऽमरकण्टके । सोमेश्वरे वराही तु प्रभासे पुष्करावती
chāgalambā pracaṇḍe ca caṇḍikā 'marakaṇṭake / someśvare varāhī tu prabhāse puṣkarāvatī
And in Pracaṇḍa (she is) Chāgalambā, in Amarakaṇṭaka Caṇḍikā; in Someśvara Vārāhī, in Prabhāsa Puṣkarāvatī.
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SkP-RK 62.16
देवमाता सरस्वत्यां पारा पारावते तथा । महालये महाभागा पयोष्ण्यां पिङ्गलेश्वरी
devamātā sarasvatyāṃ pārā pārāvate tathā / mahālaye mahābhāgā payoṣṇyāṃ piṅgaleśvarī
On the Sarasvatī (she is) Devamātā, and in Pārāvata Pārā; in Mahālaya Mahābhāgā, on the Payoṣṇī Piṅgaleśvarī.
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SkP-RK 62.17
संहिता कृतशौचे तु कार्त्तिकेये तु शाङ्करी । उत्पला वर्षके लोला सुभद्रा शोणसङ्गमे
saṃhitā kṛtaśauce tu kārttikeye tu śāṅkarī / utpalā varṣake lolā subhadrā śoṇasaṅgame
In Kṛtaśauca (she is) Saṃhitā, and in Kārttikeya Śāṅkarī; in Varṣaka Utpalā, at the confluence of the Śoṇa, Lolā Subhadrā.
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SkP-RK 62.18
मालासिद्धतले लक्ष्मीरनन्ता भारताश्रमे । जालन्धरे सिद्धमुखी तारा किष्किन्धपर्वते
mālāsiddhatale lakṣmīranantā bhāratāśrame / jālandhare siddhamukhī tārā kiṣkindhaparvate
In Mālāsiddhatala (she is) Lakṣmī, in the Bhārata hermitage Anantā; in Jālandhara Siddhamukhī, on Mount Kiṣkindha Tārā.
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SkP-RK 62.19
देवदारुवने पुष्टिर् मेधा कश्मीरमण्डले । भीमादेवी हिमाद्रौ तु तुष्टिर् वस्त्रेश्वरे तथा
devadāruvane puṣṭir medhā kaśmīramaṇḍale / bhīmādevī himādrau tu tuṣṭir vastreśvare tathā
In the Devadāru forest (she is) Puṣṭi, in the region of Kaśmīra Medhā; on the snowy mountain Bhīmādevī, and in Vastreśvara Tuṣṭi.
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SkP-RK 62.20
कपालमोचने सिद्धिर् माता कायावरोहणे । शङ्खोद्धारे धृतिर् नाम ध्वनिः पिण्डारके तथा
kapālamocane siddhir mātā kāyāvarohaṇe / śaṅkhoddhāre dhṛtir nāma dhvaniḥ piṇḍārake tathā
In Kapālamocana (she is) Siddhi, in Kāyāvarohaṇa Mātā; in Śaṅkhoddhāra she is Dhṛti by name, and in Piṇḍāraka Dhvani.
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SkP-RK 62.21
कला तु चन्द्रभागायाम् अक्षोदे शिवधारिणी । वैजयन्त्य् अमृता नाम बदर्याम् ओषधी तथा
kalā tu candrabhāgāyām akṣode śivadhāriṇī / vaijayanty amṛtā nāma badaryām oṣadhī tathā
On the Candrabhāgā (she is) Kalā, in Akṣoda Śivadhāriṇī; in Vaijayantī she is Amṛtā by name, and in Badarī Oṣadhī.
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SkP-RK 62.22
ओषधी चोत्तरकुरौ कुशद्वीपे कुशोदका । मन्मथा हिमकूटे तु प्रमते सत्यवादिनी
oṣadhī cottarakurau kuśadvīpe kuśodakā / manmathā himakūṭe tu pramate satyavādinī
And in Uttarakuru (she is) Oṣadhī, in Kuśadvīpa Kuśodakā; on Himakūṭa Manmathā, in Pramata Satyavādinī.
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SkP-RK 62.23
अश्वत्थे वन्दिनी नाम निधिर्वैश्रवणे तथा । गायत्री वेदवदने पार्वती शिवसन्निधौ
aśvatthe vandinī nāma nidhirvaiśravaṇe tathā / gāyatrī vedavadane pārvatī śivasannidhau
In the aśvattha tree (she is) named Vandinī, and in Vaiśravaṇa she is Nidhi (Treasure); in the mouth of the Veda she is Gāyatrī, and in Śiva's presence Pārvatī.
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SkP-RK 62.24
देवलोके तथेन्द्राणी ब्रह्मणास्ये सरस्वती । सूर्यबिम्बे प्रभा नाम मातृका वैष्णवी तथा
devaloke tathendrāṇī brahmaṇāsye sarasvatī / sūryabimbe prabhā nāma mātṛkā vaiṣṇavī tathā
In the world of the gods she is Indrāṇī, in Brahmā's mouth Sarasvatī; in the disc of the sun she is named Prabhā, and (in the Mothers) she is the Mother Vaiṣṇavī.
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SkP-RK 62.25
अरुन्धती सतीनां च अप्सरस्सु तिलोत्तमा । चितिर्ब्रह्मकला नाम शक्तिः सर्वशरीरिणाम्
arundhatī satīnāṃ ca apsarassu tilottamā / citirbrahmakalā nāma śaktiḥ sarvaśarīriṇām
Among chaste wives she is Arundhatī, among the apsarases Tilottamā; she is consciousness, called Brahmakalā, the power of all embodied beings.
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SkP-RK 62.26
एतद् उद्देशतः प्रोक्तं नामाष्टशतम् उत्तमम् । अष्टोत्तरं तु तीर्थानां शतम् एकं ह्य् उदाहृतम्
etad uddeśataḥ proktaṃ nāmāṣṭaśatam uttamam / aṣṭottaraṃ tu tīrthānāṃ śatam ekaṃ hy udāhṛtam
This excellent set of one hundred and eight names has been declared in summary; and one hundred and eight of the sacred fords have likewise been recounted.
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SkP-RK 62.27
यः पठेत् प्रातरुत्थाय स याति परमां गतिम् । एषु तीर्थेषु ये स्नात्वा एताः पश्यान्ति मानवाः
yaḥ paṭhet prātarutthāya sa yāti paramāṃ gatim / eṣu tīrtheṣu ye snātvā etāḥ paśyānti mānavāḥ
He who recites (it), rising at dawn, goes to the supreme goal; and those men who, having bathed in these fords, behold these (goddesses)—
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SkP-RK 62.28
सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तास् ते यान्ति परमां गतिम् । यः करोति तनुत्यागम् उमास्थानेषु मानवः
sarvapāpavinirmuktās te yānti paramāṃ gatim / yaḥ karoti tanutyāgam umāsthāneṣu mānavaḥ
—they, freed from all sins, go to the supreme goal. The man who gives up his body at the abodes of Umā,
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SkP-RK 62.29
स भित्त्वा ब्रह्मसदनं पदमाप्नोति शाङ्करम् । नामाष्टकशतं यस् तु श्रावयेच् छिवसन्निधौ
sa bhittvā brahmasadanaṃ padamāpnoti śāṅkaram / nāmāṣṭakaśataṃ yas tu śrāvayec chivasannidhau
he, breaking through the seat of Brahmā, attains Śaṅkara's station. And he who has the hundred and eight names recited in Śiva's presence
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SkP-RK 62.30
तृतीयायां तथाष्टम्यां बहुपुत्रो भवेन् नरः । गोदाने श्राद्धकाले च विवाहे मङ्गले तथा
tṛtīyāyāṃ tathāṣṭamyāṃ bahuputro bhaven naraḥ / godāne śrāddhakāle ca vivāhe maṅgale tathā
on the third or on the eighth (lunar day) becomes a man of many sons; and at the giving of a cow, at the time of the śrāddha, at a wedding, and at an auspicious rite,
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SkP-RK 62.31
देवार्चनविधौ वापि पठन् ब्रह्मत्वम् आप्नुयात् । श्रुत्वैतत् स्तोत्रमतुलं नमस्कृत्य च पर्वतम्
devārcanavidhau vāpi paṭhan brahmatvam āpnuyāt / śrutvaitat stotramatulaṃ namaskṛtya ca parvatam
or in the procedure of worshipping the gods—reciting (it), he would attain the state of Brahman. Having heard this incomparable hymn of praise and having bowed to the mountain,
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SkP-RK 62.32
राजा स्वपितृमोक्षाय यज्ञार्थं प्राह कल्पगम् । कस्मिंस् तीर्थे भवेद् यज्ञः पितॄणां मोक्षदायकः
rājā svapitṛmokṣāya yajñārthaṃ prāha kalpagam / kasmiṃs tīrthe bhaved yajñaḥ pitṝṇāṃ mokṣadāyakaḥ
the king, for the liberation of his own forefathers, spoke to Kalpagā about a sacrifice: "At which sacred ford would a sacrifice be one that grants liberation to the forefathers?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain