Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 67
SkP-RK 67.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: अथातः कथयिष्यामि तीर्थं पापप्रणाशनम् । रेवाया उत्तरे कूले पुरं वागीश्वराभिधम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: athātaḥ kathayiṣyāmi tīrthaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam / revāyā uttare kūle puraṃ vāgīśvarābhidham
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Now, next, I shall tell of a tīrtha that destroys sin. On the northern bank of the Revā (there is) a city named Vāgīśvara.
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SkP-RK 67.2
वागुर्नाम नदी तत्र रेवया सह संगता । तत्र स्नाता दिवं यान्ति ये मृता न पुनर्भवाः
vāgurnāma nadī tatra revayā saha saṃgatā / tatra snātā divaṃ yānti ye mṛtā na punarbhavāḥ
There a river named Vāgu is joined with the Revā. Those who bathe there go to heaven; those who die (there) are not born again.
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SkP-RK 67.3
वागीशा तत्र चामुण्डा दानवक्षयकारिणी । मणिभद्रो वीरभद्रस् तथा ऽन्ये शतशो नृपाः
vāgīśā tatra cāmuṇḍā dānavakṣayakāriṇī / maṇibhadro vīrabhadras tathā 'nye śataśo nṛpāḥ
There (dwells) Vāgīśā Cāmuṇḍā, who works the destruction of the dānavas. Maṇibhadra, Vīrabhadra, and likewise other kings by the hundreds
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SkP-RK 67.4
बभूवुर् मुक्तशापास् ते तीर्थस्यास्य प्रभावतः । तिलपिण्डप्रदानेन पितॄणां परमा गतिः
babhūvur muktaśāpās te tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ / tilapiṇḍapradānena pitṝṇāṃ paramā gatiḥ
became freed from curses through the power of this tīrtha. By the offering of sesame-balls (there), the highest course is (obtained) for the ancestors.
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SkP-RK 67.5
ब्रह्मदत्तश्चक्रवर्ती सूर्यवंशे महीपतिः । अयोध्याधिपतिः श्रीमान् चक्रतुल्यपराक्रमः
brahmadattaścakravartī sūryavaṃśe mahīpatiḥ / ayodhyādhipatiḥ śrīmān cakratulyaparākramaḥ
Brahmadatta was a universal sovereign, a lord of the earth in the solar lineage, ruler of Ayodhyā, illustrious, whose valour equalled (that of) the discus.
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SkP-RK 67.6
धनधान्यसमायुक्तो भयदारिद्र्यवर्जितः । प्रजास् तस्मिन् महीपाले सर्वा ऽपि मुदान्विताः
dhanadhānyasamāyukto bhayadāridryavarjitaḥ / prajās tasmin mahīpāle sarvā 'pi mudānvitāḥ
(He was) possessed of wealth and grain, free of fear and poverty; under that protector of the earth all the subjects too were filled with joy.
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SkP-RK 67.7
इष्टः क्रतुवरस्तेन नर्मदावागुसङ्गमे । ब्रह्माद्या देवताः सर्वाः शक्रविष्णुपुरोगमाः
iṣṭaḥ kratuvarastena narmadāvāgusaṅgame / brahmādyā devatāḥ sarvāḥ śakraviṣṇupurogamāḥ
By him the best of sacrifices was performed at the confluence of the Narmadā and the Vāgu; all the gods, Brahmā and the rest, with Śakra and Viṣṇu at their head, (came there).
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SkP-RK 67.8
प्रत्यक्षश् च महेशानो गणेश्वरसमन्वितः । लोकपालाश् च मरुतश्चन्द्रादित्यौ ध्रुवस् तथा
pratyakṣaś ca maheśāno gaṇeśvarasamanvitaḥ / lokapālāś ca marutaścandrādityau dhruvas tathā
And the great lord Maheśāna was there in visible form, together with Gaṇeśvara, and the guardians of the world-quarters, the Maruts, the Moon and the Sun, and Dhruva as well.
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SkP-RK 67.9
ऋक्षाणि योगसिद्धाश् च सोममुख्याश् च सर्वशः । वशिष्ठो मुनिभिः सार्द्धं विदेहाधिपतिस् तथा
ṛkṣāṇi yogasiddhāś ca somamukhyāś ca sarvaśaḥ / vaśiṣṭho munibhiḥ sārddhaṃ videhādhipatis tathā
The constellations (of stars), those perfected in yoga, and those with Soma at their head, all of them; Vasiṣṭha along with the sages, and likewise the lord of Videha.
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SkP-RK 67.10
एवमाद्याः समाहूता मित्रावरुण एव च । सर्वे हिरण्मयास् तत्र यज्ञयूपाश् च मण्डपाः
evamādyāḥ samāhūtā mitrāvaruṇa eva ca / sarve hiraṇmayās tatra yajñayūpāś ca maṇḍapāḥ
These and others were invited, and Mitra and Varuṇa too; and there all the sacrificial posts and pavilions were made of gold.
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SkP-RK 67.11
दशयोजनपर्यन्तं यज्ञभूमिर् महीभृतः । स्वारोचिषे ऽन्तरे राजन्न् आदिकल्पे कृते युगे
daśayojanaparyantaṃ yajñabhūmir mahībhṛtaḥ / svārociṣe 'ntare rājann ādikalpe kṛte yuge
The sacrificial ground of that king (extended) to a limit of ten yojanas — in the Svārociṣa interval (manvantara), O king, in the first kalpa, in the Kṛta age.
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SkP-RK 67.12
गवां शतसहस्राणि हेमभारान्वितानि च । हयानां श्यामकर्णानाम् अयुतं साग्रम् एव च
gavāṃ śatasahasrāṇi hemabhārānvitāni ca / hayānāṃ śyāmakarṇānām ayutaṃ sāgram eva ca
Hundreds of thousands of cows, laden with loads of gold, and fully ten thousand horses with dark ears,
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SkP-RK 67.13
दन्तिनाम् अयुतं चैव घण्टाभरणभूषितम् । मणिमाणिक्यम् उक्ताश् च भक्ष्यभोज्यान्य् अनेकधा
dantinām ayutaṃ caiva ghaṇṭābharaṇabhūṣitam / maṇimāṇikyam uktāś ca bhakṣyabhojyāny anekadhā
and ten thousand tusked elephants adorned with bells and ornaments, and gems and rubies, and foods and edibles of many kinds were declared (as gifts).
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SkP-RK 67.14
एवं राजा ब्रह्मदत्तः सर्वभूपालसत्तमः । यज्ञं प्रवर्तयामास सर्वसम्भारसंभृतः
evaṃ rājā brahmadattaḥ sarvabhūpālasattamaḥ / yajñaṃ pravartayāmāsa sarvasambhārasaṃbhṛtaḥ
Thus King Brahmadatta, the best of all rulers of the earth, set the sacrifice in motion, provided with all the requisites.
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SkP-RK 67.15
वेदनिर्घोषशब्देन गीतवाद्यरवेण च । नानायानसमारूढैः स्तूयमानो मरुद्गणैः
vedanirghoṣaśabdena gītavādyaraveṇa ca / nānāyānasamārūḍhaiḥ stūyamāno marudgaṇaiḥ
With the sound of the loud chanting of the Vedas and with the noise of song and instrumental music, he was praised by the hosts of Maruts mounted on various vehicles.
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SkP-RK 67.16
ब्रह्मदत्तस्य यज्ञेन वागीशस्य प्रसादतः । नर्मदायाः प्रसादेन प्रेतास् तृप्तिं परां गताः
brahmadattasya yajñena vāgīśasya prasādataḥ / narmadāyāḥ prasādena pretās tṛptiṃ parāṃ gatāḥ
By Brahmadatta's sacrifice, by the favour of Vāgīśa, and by the grace of the Narmadā, the departed spirits attained the highest satisfaction.
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SkP-RK 67.17
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: कथं तु ब्रह्मदत्तस्य कल्पगातीरयाजनम् । कथं प्रेता विनिर्मुक्ताः प्रेतास् ते केन कर्मणा
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: kathaṃ tu brahmadattasya kalpagātīrayājanam / kathaṃ pretā vinirmuktāḥ pretās te kena karmaṇā
Yudhiṣṭhira said: But how did Brahmadatta's sacrificing on the bank of the Kalpagā (come about)? How were the departed spirits released, and by what deed had they become departed spirits?
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SkP-RK 67.18
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: शृणु राजन् यथा न्यायम् इतिहासं पुरातनम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: śṛṇu rājan yathā nyāyam itihāsaṃ purātanam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hear, O king, the ancient story as it properly is.
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SkP-RK 67.19
कार्त्तिक्याम् उत्सवं प्राप्य पुष्करे ज्येष्ठपुष्करे । अयोगन्धः स्वयंभूश् च पुण्डरीकाक्ष एव च
kārttikyām utsavaṃ prāpya puṣkare jyeṣṭhapuṣkare / ayogandhaḥ svayaṃbhūś ca puṇḍarīkākṣa eva ca
Having reached the festival on the full-moon day of Kārttika at Puṣkara, at Jyeṣṭha-puṣkara, Ayogandha and Svayambhū and Puṇḍarīkākṣa too,
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SkP-RK 67.20
पितामहः स्वयं तत्र सुरासुरगुरुः पिता । काव्यश् च होतृसदनौ वेदगर्भः कृतध्वनः
pitāmahaḥ svayaṃ tatra surāsuraguruḥ pitā / kāvyaś ca hotṛsadanau vedagarbhaḥ kṛtadhvanaḥ
and there the Grandfather himself, the father and preceptor of gods and demons, and Kāvya, and the two Hotṛsadanas, Vedagarbha, Kṛtadhvana,
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SkP-RK 67.21
स्वस्तिकश् चैव सावित्रो वामदेवो ऽघमर्षणः । एते चान्ये च मुनयो ब्रह्मतेजो ऽशसंभवाः
svastikaś caiva sāvitro vāmadevo 'ghamarṣaṇaḥ / ete cānye ca munayo brahmatejo 'śasaṃbhavāḥ
and Svastika and Sāvitra, Vāmadeva, Aghamarṣaṇa — these and other sages, arisen from a portion of Brahmā's radiance.
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SkP-RK 67.22
तथा ते हि यथाशक्ता ऋतुकालाभिगामिनः । गार्हस्थ्ये च स्थिता भार्या भर्तृशुश्रूषणे रताः
tathā te hi yathāśaktā ṛtukālābhigāminaḥ / gārhasthye ca sthitā bhāryā bhartṛśuśrūṣaṇe ratāḥ
And so they, according to their capacity, went (to their wives) at the fertile season; and their wives, established in the householder's life, were devoted to serving their husbands.
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SkP-RK 67.23
चीरवल्कलधारिण्यः शाकस्यामाकभक्षिकाः । विषण्णास् तेन धर्मेण सत्यस्ता अप्यगर्हयन्
cīravalkaladhāriṇyaḥ śākasyāmākabhakṣikāḥ / viṣaṇṇās tena dharmeṇa satyastā apyagarhayan
Wearing rags and bark, eating vegetables and wild śyāmāka grain, they were dejected by that way of life, and though virtuous they found fault (with it).
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SkP-RK 67.24
द्विजस्य षट् च कर्माणि यजनं याजनं तथा । अध्यापनं चाध्ययनं दानं चैव प्रतिग्रहः
dvijasya ṣaṭ ca karmāṇi yajanaṃ yājanaṃ tathā / adhyāpanaṃ cādhyayanaṃ dānaṃ caiva pratigrahaḥ
The twice-born has six duties: sacrificing and officiating at sacrifices, teaching and studying, giving and receiving gifts.
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SkP-RK 67.25
भूषणं परिधानं च योषितां भर्तृसेवनम् । एवं च गर्हिता राजन् योषिद्भिः पतयस् तथा
bhūṣaṇaṃ paridhānaṃ ca yoṣitāṃ bhartṛsevanam / evaṃ ca garhitā rājan yoṣidbhiḥ patayas tathā
But for women, (their duty is) ornament and clothing and the service of the husband; and thus, O king, the husbands were blamed by the women.
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SkP-RK 67.26
भीतास् ते विस्मिताः सर्वे विषण्णवदनास् तथा । हरिश्चन्द्रः पुरा राजा न भूतो न भविष्यति
bhītās te vismitāḥ sarve viṣaṇṇavadanās tathā / hariścandraḥ purā rājā na bhūto na bhaviṣyati
They were all frightened and astonished, and their faces were downcast. (They said:) "Formerly there was King Hariścandra — none such has been, nor will be,
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SkP-RK 67.27
दानेन निर्जितं येन त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् । राहुसूर्यसमायोगे कुरुक्षेत्रं जगाम ह
dānena nirjitaṃ yena trailokyaṃ sacarācaram / rāhusūryasamāyoge kurukṣetraṃ jagāma ha
(He) by whom the three worlds, with all that moves and does not move, was conquered by giving — at the conjunction of Rāhu and the sun he went to Kurukṣetra.
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SkP-RK 67.28
त्यक्त्वा ते पुष्करं तीर्थं धनलोभेन मोहिताः । सहस्रसंख्यामुनयः सभार्याः ससुताश् च ते
tyaktvā te puṣkaraṃ tīrthaṃ dhanalobhena mohitāḥ / sahasrasaṃkhyāmunayaḥ sabhāryāḥ sasutāś ca te
Deluded by greed for wealth, they abandoned the holy place Puṣkara — sages numbering a thousand, together with their wives and with their sons.
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SkP-RK 67.29
यत्र राजा हरिश्चन्द्रः प्रतिग्रहविलिप्सया । मुनीनाह हरिश्चन्द्रो मुदा परमया युतः
yatra rājā hariścandraḥ pratigrahavilipsayā / munīnāha hariścandro mudā paramayā yutaḥ
There, where King Hariścandra (was), out of a longing to receive gifts; and Hariścandra, filled with the highest joy, said to the sages:
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SkP-RK 67.30
धन्या मे सफला यात्रा कुरुक्षेत्रे रविग्रहे । क्षुधार्ता दुःखिताश् चैव बाला वृद्धाः कृशातुराः
dhanyā me saphalā yātrā kurukṣetre ravigrahe / kṣudhārtā duḥkhitāś caiva bālā vṛddhāḥ kṛśāturāḥ
"Blessed am I, my journey is fruitful, here at Kurukṣetra at the eclipse of the sun — (you who are) afflicted by hunger and suffering, children, old men, thin and ailing,
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SkP-RK 67.31
वल्कलाजिनवस्त्राश् च यौवने प्रेतरूपिणः । यन्नो यूयम् अभिप्राप्ताः पत्नीपुत्रैश् च संयुताः
valkalājinavastrāś ca yauvane pretarūpiṇaḥ / yanno yūyam abhiprāptāḥ patnīputraiś ca saṃyutāḥ
clothed in bark and hides, in your youth (yet) looking like ghosts — since you have come to us, together with your wives and sons" —
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SkP-RK 67.32
उवाच वचनं राजा साष्टाङ्गं प्रणिपत्य च । आदेशो दीयतां मह्यं किं करोमि भवत्कृते
uvāca vacanaṃ rājā sāṣṭāṅgaṃ praṇipatya ca / ādeśo dīyatāṃ mahyaṃ kiṃ karomi bhavatkṛte
the king spoke these words, having prostrated himself with the eight limbs: "Let a command be given to me; what shall I do for you?"
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SkP-RK 67.33
एवमुक्त्वा ददौ श्रीमानेकैकस्य पृथक् पृथक् । लक्षं लक्षं हिरण्यस्य तथा गावः सहस्रशः
evamuktvā dadau śrīmānekaikasya pṛthak pṛthak / lakṣaṃ lakṣaṃ hiraṇyasya tathā gāvaḥ sahasraśaḥ
Having spoken thus, the illustrious one gave to each one separately a hundred thousand of gold, and cows by the thousand,
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SkP-RK 67.34
सहस्रं तुरगाणां च दन्तिनां शतम् एव च । साप्तभौमान् गृहान् रम्यान् हेमप्राकारतोरणान्
sahasraṃ turagāṇāṃ ca dantināṃ śatam eva ca / sāptabhaumān gṛhān ramyān hemaprākāratoraṇān
and a thousand horses, and a hundred tuskers, and lovely seven-storeyed houses with golden walls and archways,
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SkP-RK 67.35
नानाविधविलासांश् च यथा धनपतिः स्वयम् । कल्पान्तरे मृता जाताः प्रेतरूपा भयङ्कराः
nānāvidhavilāsāṃś ca yathā dhanapatiḥ svayam / kalpāntare mṛtā jātāḥ pretarūpā bhayaṅkarāḥ
and delights of many kinds, as though he were the lord of wealth himself. In another kalpa, having died, they were born as ghosts, terrifying,
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SkP-RK 67.36
लम्बोष्ठा लम्बवृषणा विकृताननसंयुताः । प्रतिग्रहप्रभावेण द्विजस्य पतनं ध्रुवम्
lamboṣṭhā lambavṛṣaṇā vikṛtānanasaṃyutāḥ / pratigrahaprabhāveṇa dvijasya patanaṃ dhruvam
with hanging lips, with hanging testicles, having distorted faces — through the power of accepting gifts the fall of a brahmin is certain.
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SkP-RK 67.37
जातिस्मराः स्वं शोचन्ति एकाकीनास् तु ते बहिः । न भार्या न च मे पुत्रा न भृत्या न च बान्धवाः
jātismarāḥ svaṃ śocanti ekākīnās tu te bahiḥ / na bhāryā na ca me putrā na bhṛtyā na ca bāndhavāḥ
Remembering their former births they grieve for themselves, being alone and outside (society): "I have no wife, nor sons, nor servants, nor kinsmen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 67.38
न ते प्रतिग्रहैर् दग्धा यथा पूर्वं तथैव च । वयम् एकाकिनो दग्धा वृक्षा इव हविर्भुजा
na te pratigrahair dagdhā yathā pūrvaṃ tathaiva ca / vayam ekākino dagdhā vṛkṣā iva havirbhujā
They were not burnt by gifts received, (and remain) just as they were before; we alone have been burnt, like trees by the fire that eats the oblations.
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SkP-RK 67.39
राजप्रतिग्रहैर् दग्धा न प्ररोहन्ति मानवाः । वैश्वानरेण दग्धानां पुनर्जन्म प्रजायते
rājapratigrahair dagdhā na prarohanti mānavāḥ / vaiśvānareṇa dagdhānāṃ punarjanma prajāyate
Men burnt by gifts received from a king do not sprout again; for those burnt by Vaiśvānara (fire) there is a birth once more.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 67.40
न माता न पिता पुत्रो द्रविणं न च बान्धवाः । यमदूतैर् गृहीतानां धर्म एकः सहानुगः
na mātā na pitā putro draviṇaṃ na ca bāndhavāḥ / yamadūtair gṛhītānāṃ dharma ekaḥ sahānugaḥ
For those seized by Yama's messengers there is no mother, no father, no son, no wealth, and no kinsmen: dharma alone goes along with (them).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 67.41
शोचित्वा सुचिरं कालं भार्यापुत्रविवर्जिताः । भ्रमित्वा च महीं सर्वां पुष्करं तीर्थमागताः
śocitvā suciraṃ kālaṃ bhāryāputravivarjitāḥ / bhramitvā ca mahīṃ sarvāṃ puṣkaraṃ tīrthamāgatāḥ
Having grieved for a very long time, deprived of wives and sons, and having wandered over the whole earth, they came to the holy place Puṣkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 67.42
प्रेतरूपान् मुनीन् दृष्ट्वा विषादं परमं गतः । तान् उवाच मुनिश्रेष्ठः कथं प्रेतत्वम् आगताः
pretarūpān munīn dṛṣṭvā viṣādaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ / tān uvāca muniśreṣṭhaḥ kathaṃ pretatvam āgatāḥ
Seeing the sages in ghost-form, (he) fell into the greatest dejection; the best of sages said to them: "How have you come to the state of ghosts?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 67.43
प्रेता ऊचुः: हरिश्चन्द्रः सत्यधर्म सूर्यवंशे महीपतिः । अयोध्याधिपतिः श्रीमान् देवतुल्यपराक्रमः
pretā ūcuḥ: hariścandraḥ satyadharma sūryavaṃśe mahīpatiḥ / ayodhyādhipatiḥ śrīmān devatulyaparākramaḥ
The ghosts said: "Hariścandra, whose dharma is truth, a king in the solar lineage, lord of Ayodhyā, illustrious, of prowess equal to a god's —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 67.44
तस्य प्रतिग्रहो ऽस्माभिराप्तः सूर्यग्रहे स्थिते । तेन प्रेतत्वम् आपन्नाः सर्वे ब्रह्मर्षयो मुने
tasya pratigraho 'smābhirāptaḥ sūryagrahe sthite / tena pretatvam āpannāḥ sarve brahmarṣayo mune
his gift was accepted by us while an eclipse of the sun stood (in the sky); by that all of us brahmin seers came to the state of ghosts, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 67.45
एतत् ते कथितं ब्रह्मन् मोक्षो ऽस्माकं विधीयताम् । भविष्यभूततत्त्वज्ञो ब्रह्मपुत्रस् तपोनिधिः
etat te kathitaṃ brahman mokṣo 'smākaṃ vidhīyatām / bhaviṣyabhūtatattvajño brahmaputras taponidhiḥ
This has been told to you, O brahmin; let release be arranged for us." The knower of the truth of what will be and what has been, Brahmā's son, a treasury of austerity,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 67.46
उवाच वचनं श्रीमान् नारदस् तांस् तपोधनान् । कस्मिन्नवसरे पुण्ये कार्त्तिक्यां दिव्यपर्वणि
uvāca vacanaṃ śrīmān nāradas tāṃs tapodhanān / kasminnavasare puṇye kārttikyāṃ divyaparvaṇi
the illustrious Nārada, spoke words to those whose wealth is austerity: "At which holy occasion — on the Kārttika full moon, the divine festival day..."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 67.47
शिवेन कीर्तितं पूर्वं पार्वत्याः षण्मुखस्य च । श्रुतं मयापि तत्रैव पुराणं स्कन्दकीर्तितम्
śivena kīrtitaṃ pūrvaṃ pārvatyāḥ ṣaṇmukhasya ca / śrutaṃ mayāpi tatraiva purāṇaṃ skandakīrtitam
(This) was formerly proclaimed by Śiva to Pārvatī and to the six-faced one; and there too I heard the Purāṇa as recited by Skanda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 67.48
कान्या पापक्षयं कर्तुं शक्ता रेवां विना नृप । गङ्गाद्याः सरितो विप्राः पुण्यतीर्थास् तथापि च
kānyā pāpakṣayaṃ kartuṃ śaktā revāṃ vinā nṛpa / gaṅgādyāḥ sarito viprāḥ puṇyatīrthās tathāpi ca
What other (river) is able to destroy sin apart from the Revā, O king? — although the Gaṅgā and the other rivers, O brahmins, are likewise holy tīrthas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 67.49
वागीशं च पुरं तत्र नर्मदातटमाश्रितम् । अध्वरे ब्रह्मदत्तस्य मोक्षणं तु भविष्यति
vāgīśaṃ ca puraṃ tatra narmadātaṭamāśritam / adhvare brahmadattasya mokṣaṇaṃ tu bhaviṣyati
And there is the city Vāgīśa, situated on the bank of the Narmadā; at the sacrifice of Brahmadatta the release (of you) will come about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 67.50
उद्देशं तु ततो दत्त्वा नारदस्त्रिदिवं गतः । ते ऽपि प्रेता महाभाग ध्यात्वा शिवम् उमापतिम्
uddeśaṃ tu tato dattvā nāradastridivaṃ gataḥ / te 'pi pretā mahābhāga dhyātvā śivam umāpatim
Having then given (them) the direction, Nārada went to heaven; and those ghosts too, O greatly fortunate one, having meditated on Śiva, the lord of Umā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 67.51
अभिजग्मुस् तम् उद्देशं वागीशपुरम् उत्तमम् । तत्र स्नात्वाभ्यर्च्य शिवं हरिं भास्करम् एव च
abhijagmus tam uddeśaṃ vāgīśapuram uttamam / tatra snātvābhyarcya śivaṃ hariṃ bhāskaram eva ca
went to that place, the excellent city Vāgīśa; and having bathed there and worshipped Śiva, Hari and the Sun,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 67.52
अध्वरे ब्रह्मदत्तस्य मुक्ताः सर्वे ऽपि किल्बिषात् । ब्रह्मयानं समारुह्य ब्रह्मलोकं समागताः
adhvare brahmadattasya muktāḥ sarve 'pi kilbiṣāt / brahmayānaṃ samāruhya brahmalokaṃ samāgatāḥ
at the sacrifice of Brahmadatta they were all freed from their guilt, and mounting the vehicle of Brahmā they reached the world of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 67.53
प्रतपन्ति यथादित्या ब्रह्मतेजोवपुर्धराः । तस्योपरि नरेशस्य पुष्पवृष्टिः पपात वै
pratapanti yathādityā brahmatejovapurdharāḥ / tasyopari nareśasya puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ papāta vai
They blaze like suns, bearing bodies made of the splendour of brahman; and upon that lord of men a rain of flowers fell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 67.54
एतत् ते कथितं राजन् यथावृत्तं पुरातनम् । श्रवणात् कीर्तनाद् अस्य गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्
etat te kathitaṃ rājan yathāvṛttaṃ purātanam / śravaṇāt kīrtanād asya gosahasraphalaṃ labhet
This ancient (tale) has been told to you, O king, just as it happened; from hearing and reciting it one would obtain the fruit of (giving) a thousand cows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition