Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 64
SkP-RK 64.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: अथान्यत् कथयिष्यामि तीर्थं तीर्थवरं शुभम् । याम्यप्रदेशे रेवाया आश्रमः सुरपूजितः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: athānyat kathayiṣyāmi tīrthaṃ tīrthavaraṃ śubham / yāmyapradeśe revāyā āśramaḥ surapūjitaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Now I shall tell of another holy ford, auspicious and best of fords: in the southern region of the Revā there is a hermitage honoured by the gods,
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SkP-RK 64.2
सुवर्णद्वीपपविख्यातो देवद्रोणीसमावृतः । हारीतो गौतमो विष्णुः सावर्णिः कौशिकस् तथा
suvarṇadvīpapavikhyāto devadroṇīsamāvṛtaḥ / hārīto gautamo viṣṇuḥ sāvarṇiḥ kauśikas tathā
renowned as Suvarṇadvīpa, surrounded by the Devadroṇī. Hārīta, Gautama, Viṣṇu, Sāvarṇi, and Kauśika —
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SkP-RK 64.3
एते चान्ये च बहवो मुनयः शंसितव्रताः । मासोपवासिनः केचिद् अन्ये पक्षोपवासिनः
ete cānye ca bahavo munayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ / māsopavāsinaḥ kecid anye pakṣopavāsinaḥ
these and many other sages of praiseworthy vows: some fasting for a month, others fasting for a fortnight,
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SkP-RK 64.4
चान्द्रायणपराश् चान्ये तथान्ये कृच्छ्रचारिणः । फलमूलाशिनः केचित् तथान्ये वायुभक्षकाः
cāndrāyaṇaparāś cānye tathānye kṛcchracāriṇaḥ / phalamūlāśinaḥ kecit tathānye vāyubhakṣakāḥ
others devoted to the cāndrāyaṇa observance, and others practising the kṛcchra penances; some eating fruits and roots, and others feeding on air,
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SkP-RK 64.5
कणधूमं पिबन्त्य् अन्ये जलाहारास् तथा परे । एकपादाः स्थिताः केचिद् अन्ये चार्धपदाः स्थिताः
kaṇadhūmaṃ pibanty anye jalāhārās tathā pare / ekapādāḥ sthitāḥ kecid anye cārdhapadāḥ sthitāḥ
others drink in chaff-smoke, and others again take water as food; some stand on one foot, and others stand on half a foot,
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SkP-RK 64.6
दन्तोलूखलिनः केचिदन्ये सूर्यावलोकिनः । ब्राह्मणाश् च ब्रह्मविदः श्रुतिस्मृतिविशारदाः
dantolūkhalinaḥ kecidanye sūryāvalokinaḥ / brāhmaṇāś ca brahmavidaḥ śrutismṛtiviśāradāḥ
Some (crush their food) using their teeth as a mortar, others gaze at the sun; and (there are) brahmins who know brahman, expert in śruti and smṛti,
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SkP-RK 64.7
इतिहासपुराणानि मोक्षोपायविचिन्तकाः । अग्निहोत्रपरा नित्यं जपयज्ञक्रियापराः
itihāsapurāṇāni mokṣopāyavicintakāḥ / agnihotraparā nityaṃ japayajñakriyāparāḥ
(and who recite) the itihāsas and purāṇas, who ponder the means of liberation, devoted to the agnihotra, always intent on the rites of muttered prayer and sacrifice.
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SkP-RK 64.8
वेदध्वनितनिर्घोषैस् तारयन्ति जगत्त्रयम् । न तस्मिन् संचरेत् पापं तमः सूर्योदये यथा
vedadhvanitanirghoṣais tārayanti jagattrayam / na tasmin saṃcaret pāpaṃ tamaḥ sūryodaye yathā
By the resounding noise of their Vedic chanting they carry the three worlds across. In that place evil cannot move about, as darkness cannot at sunrise.
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SkP-RK 64.9
मेकलादक्षिणे तीरे ब्रह्मलोक इव स्थितः । आम्रजम्बूकदम्बैश् च कपित्थैर् बिल्वदाडिमैः
mekalādakṣiṇe tīre brahmaloka iva sthitaḥ / āmrajambūkadambaiś ca kapitthair bilvadāḍimaiḥ
On the southern bank of the Mekalā (Narmadā) it stands like the world of Brahmā, with mangoes, rose-apples and kadambas, with wood-apples, bilvas and pomegranates,
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SkP-RK 64.10
कदलीबीजपूराद्यैर् जम्बीरैः पनसैस् तथा । न्यग्रोधबदरैर् मुख्यैर् बहुवृक्षविभूषितम्
kadalībījapūrādyair jambīraiḥ panasais tathā / nyagrodhabadarair mukhyair bahuvṛkṣavibhūṣitam
with plantains, citrons and the rest, with limes and jackfruits, with banyans and jujubes—adorned with many excellent trees;
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SkP-RK 64.11
पुन्नागैर् नागबकुलैर् अशोकैस् तिलकैस् तथा । मन्दारैश् चम्पकैश् चाम्रातकैर् नीलोत्पलोत्पलैः
punnāgair nāgabakulair aśokais tilakais tathā / mandāraiś campakaiś cāmrātakair nīlotpalotpalaiḥ
with punnāgas, nāgas and bakulas, with aśokas and tilakas, with mandāras, campakas, hog-plums, blue lotuses and (other) lotuses;
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SkP-RK 64.12
पत्रपुष्पफलोपेतैर् वृक्षैः सर्वैर् अलंकृतम् । नानापक्षिगणोपेतं सिद्धगन्धर्वसेवितम्
patrapuṣpaphalopetair vṛkṣaiḥ sarvair alaṃkṛtam / nānāpakṣigaṇopetaṃ siddhagandharvasevitam
decorated with all (these) trees, furnished with leaves, flowers and fruit; frequented by flocks of many kinds of birds, attended by siddhas and gandharvas.
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SkP-RK 64.13
व्याहरत्यण्डजाः सर्वे मानुषाणां गिरा नृप । एतद् गुणसमायुक्तं सुवर्णद्वीपम् उत्तमम्
vyāharatyaṇḍajāḥ sarve mānuṣāṇāṃ girā nṛpa / etad guṇasamāyuktaṃ suvarṇadvīpam uttamam
All the birds there speak with the speech of men, O king. This Golden Island (Suvarṇadvīpa), endowed with such qualities, is the finest (of places).
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SkP-RK 64.14
स्वायम्भुवे ऽन्तरे राजन्न् आदिकल्पे कृते युगे । अर्चनाद् देवदेवस्य सुवर्णद्वीपवासिनः
svāyambhuve 'ntare rājann ādikalpe kṛte yuge / arcanād devadevasya suvarṇadvīpavāsinaḥ
In the Svāyambhuva interval (manvantara), O king, in the first kalpa, in the Kṛta age, through worship of the god of gods, the dwellers on the Golden Island,
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SkP-RK 64.15
अपहाय तमः कृत्स्नं लोके क्रीडन्ति शाङ्करे । पितॄणाम् अन्नदानेन तिलतोयप्रदानतः
apahāya tamaḥ kṛtsnaṃ loke krīḍanti śāṅkare / pitṝṇām annadānena tilatoyapradānataḥ
having cast off all darkness, sport in the world of Śaṅkara. By the gift of food to the ancestors and by the offering of sesame and water,
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SkP-RK 64.16
मलापकर्षणं कृत्वा वसन्ति ब्रह्मणः पुरे । पुण्यायां भूपकार्तिक्यां सर्वतीर्थफलप्रदः
malāpakarṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā vasanti brahmaṇaḥ pure / puṇyāyāṃ bhūpakārtikyāṃ sarvatīrthaphalapradaḥ
having performed the removal of impurity, they dwell in the city of Brahmā. On the holy full-moon day of Kārttika, O lord of the earth, (this place) grants the fruit of all sacred fords.
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SkP-RK 64.17
नैतत् पश्यन्ति मनुजाः कलौ मायाविमोहिताः । कल्पगा याम्यभागे तु तीर्थकोटिरनेकधा
naitat paśyanti manujāḥ kalau māyāvimohitāḥ / kalpagā yāmyabhāge tu tīrthakoṭiranekadhā
Men in the Kali age, bewildered by māyā, do not see this. But in the southern quarter (flows) the Kalpagā, and a crore of sacred fords of many kinds.
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SkP-RK 64.18
प्रसिद्धं सिद्धमुनिभिर् ज्ञायते केवलं हि तत् । नास्तिकैर् भिन्नमर्यादैः पुराणस्मृतिनिन्दकैः
prasiddhaṃ siddhamunibhir jñāyate kevalaṃ hi tat / nāstikair bhinnamaryādaiḥ purāṇasmṛtinindakaiḥ
It is well known to the perfected sages, and only they know it—not by unbelievers, by those who have broken the bounds (of conduct), by revilers of the purāṇas and smṛtis,
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SkP-RK 64.19
तैलाभ्यक्तैर् न वेदोक्तकरै रेवातटे तथा । कलिमायाविमूढैश् च स्थानं तन्न प्रदृश्यते
tailābhyaktair na vedoktakarai revātaṭe tathā / kalimāyāvimūḍhaiś ca sthānaṃ tanna pradṛśyate
nor by those smeared with oil, who do not perform what the Veda prescribes, on the bank of the Revā, nor by those stupefied by the māyā of the Kali age—to them that place is not shown.
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SkP-RK 64.20
हिरण्यगर्भास्थाने तु यस्मिन् वहति कल्पगा । यज्ञगर्भेश्वरं नाम शिवलिङ्गं प्रकीर्तितम्
hiraṇyagarbhāsthāne tu yasmin vahati kalpagā / yajñagarbheśvaraṃ nāma śivaliṅgaṃ prakīrtitam
But at the place of Hiraṇyagarbha, where the Kalpagā flows, there is proclaimed a Śiva-liṅga named Yajñagarbheśvara,
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SkP-RK 64.21
पूज्यते सिद्धगन्धर्वैः सुरासुरमहोरगैः । यत्र वैवस्वतो राजा सूर्यपुत्रो महायशाः
pūjyate siddhagandharvaiḥ surāsuramahoragaiḥ / yatra vaivasvato rājā sūryaputro mahāyaśāḥ
which is worshipped by siddhas and gandharvas, by gods, asuras and great serpents—where the illustrious king Vaivasvata, son of the Sun,
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SkP-RK 64.22
तस्य तीर्थस्य माहात्म्याच् चन्द्रबिम्बाननो ऽभवत् । चैत्रस्यैव तु मासस्य शुक्लपक्षे नराधिप
tasya tīrthasya māhātmyāc candrabimbānano 'bhavat / caitrasyaiva tu māsasya śuklapakṣe narādhipa
by the greatness of that sacred ford came to have a face like the orb of the moon. In the bright fortnight of the month of Caitra itself, O ruler of men,
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SkP-RK 64.23
चतुर्दश्यां पौर्णमास्यां यत्र सन्निहितो हरः । तिलोदकप्रदानेन पिण्डदानेन भारत
caturdaśyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ yatra sannihito haraḥ / tilodakapradānena piṇḍadānena bhārata
on the fourteenth and on the full-moon day, Hara is present there; by the giving of sesame and water and by the offering of piṇḍas, O Bhārata,
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SkP-RK 64.24
पितॄन् समुद्धरेत् तत्र नरकाद् भूरिदक्षिणः । निवसेद् वैष्णवे लोके यावच् चन्द्रार्कदर्शनम्
pitṝn samuddharet tatra narakād bhūridakṣiṇaḥ / nivased vaiṣṇave loke yāvac candrārkadarśanam
a man who gives abundant priestly fees may there rescue his ancestors from hell; he would dwell in the world of Viṣṇu as long as the moon and sun are seen.
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SkP-RK 64.25
तत्र यद्दीयते दानं कुरुक्षेत्रसमं हि तत् । प्राणत्यागे कृते तत्र न पश्यन्ति यमालयम्
tatra yaddīyate dānaṃ kurukṣetrasamaṃ hi tat / prāṇatyāge kṛte tatra na paśyanti yamālayam
Whatever gift is given there is equal to (one given at) Kurukṣetra; when life is laid down there, they do not see the abode of Yama.
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SkP-RK 64.26
रेवाया उत्तरे कूले पर्यङ्को नाम पर्वतः । स च विन्ध्यसुतः श्रीमान् सर्वदेवमयः शुभः
revāyā uttare kūle paryaṅko nāma parvataḥ / sa ca vindhyasutaḥ śrīmān sarvadevamayaḥ śubhaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
SkP-RK 64.27
तत्र पापहरो विष्णुः स्वयं तिष्ठति केशवः । नरपापहरो यस् तु नर्मदातटम् आश्रितः
tatra pāpaharo viṣṇuḥ svayaṃ tiṣṭhati keśavaḥ / narapāpaharo yas tu narmadātaṭam āśritaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
SkP-RK 64.28
तत्र स्नात्वा महाराज गोसहस्रफलं लभेत् । तर्पिताः पितरस् तस्य तृप्ता यान्ति हरेः पुरम्
tatra snātvā mahārāja gosahasraphalaṃ labhet / tarpitāḥ pitaras tasya tṛptā yānti hareḥ puram
Having bathed there, great king, one would obtain the fruit of (giving) a thousand cows; his ancestors, gratified (by the offering), go satisfied to the city of Hari.
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SkP-RK 64.29
एकादशीं द्वादशीं वा तत्र यः कुरुते नरः । न तस्य पुनरावृत्तिर् मर्त्यलोके दुरासदे
ekādaśīṃ dvādaśīṃ vā tatra yaḥ kurute naraḥ / na tasya punarāvṛttir martyaloke durāsade
The man who observes the eleventh or the twelfth (lunar day) there has no return again to the mortal world, hard to escape.
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SkP-RK 64.30
क्रोशमात्रप्रमाणं च हरिक्षेत्रं प्रकीर्तितम् । अपमृत्युमृता ये च ते यान्ति परमां गतिम्
krośamātrapramāṇaṃ ca harikṣetraṃ prakīrtitam / apamṛtyumṛtā ye ca te yānti paramāṃ gatim
And Hari's field (Harikṣetra) is declared to be a krośa in extent; and those who have died an untimely death (there) go to the highest goal.
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