Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 7

SkP-RK 7.1

मार्कण्डेय उवाच: अन्यत्तीर्थं महापुण्यं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् । अश्वमेधसमुद्भूता नदी यत्र वराङ्गना

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: anyattīrthaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam / aśvamedhasamudbhūtā nadī yatra varāṅganā

Mārkaṇḍeya said: There is another very holy sacred place, destroying all sins, where the river, a lovely woman, arose from a horse-sacrifice.

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SkP-RK 7.2

स्नात्वा च सङ्गमे यत्र हयमेधफलं लभेत् । व्याधिभिर् मुच्यते यत्र नारी वा यदि वानरः

snātvā ca saṅgame yatra hayamedhaphalaṃ labhet / vyādhibhir mucyate yatra nārī vā yadi vānaraḥ

And bathing at the confluence there, one would obtain the fruit of a horse sacrifice; there one is freed from diseases, whether a woman or a monkey.

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SkP-RK 7.3

श्राद्धं तत्र प्रकुर्वन्तः पितॄणां प्रीतिवर्धनम् । त्रिपुर्यां पूर्वभागे तु दिशि याम्यां शिवः स्थितः

śrāddhaṃ tatra prakurvantaḥ pitṝṇāṃ prītivardhanam / tripuryāṃ pūrvabhāge tu diśi yāmyāṃ śivaḥ sthitaḥ

Those performing the ancestral rite there increase the delight of the forefathers. In Tripurī, in the eastern part, in the southern direction, Śiva is established,

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SkP-RK 7.4

अनुग्रहार्थं लोकानां शैवक्षेत्रं विदुर्बुधाः । पञ्चाशीतिः कुरुक्षेत्रे पश्चाशीतिर् इवात्र तु

anugrahārthaṃ lokānāṃ śaivakṣetraṃ vidurbudhāḥ / pañcāśītiḥ kurukṣetre paścāśītir ivātra tu

for the sake of favouring the worlds—the wise know it as a Śaiva field. As there are eighty-five (holy spots) at Kurukṣetra, so are there eighty-five here.

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SkP-RK 7.5

राहुसूर्यसमायोगे समानं कीर्तितं सुरैः । श्राद्धे त्रीणि च लक्षाणि पुराणे कीर्तितानि वै

rāhusūryasamāyoge samānaṃ kīrtitaṃ suraiḥ / śrāddhe trīṇi ca lakṣāṇi purāṇe kīrtitāni vai

At the conjunction of Rāhu and the sun it is declared equal (in merit) by the gods; and in the ancestral rite three hundred thousand (merits) are indeed proclaimed in the Purāṇa.

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SkP-RK 7.6

तीर्थानां तानि अत्रैव तिष्ठन्ति नृपसत्तम । यत्र तिष्ठति देवेशो माधवो मधुसूदनः

tīrthānāṃ tāni atraiva tiṣṭhanti nṛpasattama / yatra tiṣṭhati deveśo mādhavo madhusūdanaḥ

Those (merits) of all the sacred fords abide right here, O best of kings, where the lord of gods, Mādhava Madhusūdana, dwells.

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SkP-RK 7.7

उत्पलावर्तनामा च सहस्रमस्तको हरिः । हरश्च द्विविधावे तौ तृतीया चैव नर्मदा

utpalāvartanāmā ca sahasramastako hariḥ / haraśca dvividhāve tau tṛtīyā caiva narmadā

And (the tīrtha) named Utpalāvarta, and Hari the thousand-headed, and Hara — those two in twofold form, and third the Narmadā.

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SkP-RK 7.8

तस्याः किं वर्ण्यते राजन् देवैर् अपि सवासवैः । तत्र स्नात्वा महाराज सम्भवो न पुनर् भवेत्

tasyāḥ kiṃ varṇyate rājan devair api savāsavaiḥ / tatra snātvā mahārāja sambhavo na punar bhavet

What can be said in praise of her, O king, even by the gods together with Indra? Having bathed there, O great king, one would not come into being again.

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SkP-RK 7.9

पापयोनिं च न विशेद् यमलोकं न पश्यति । अर्चनाद् देवदेवस्य गाणपत्यम् अवाप्यते

pāpayoniṃ ca na viśed yamalokaṃ na paśyati / arcanād devadevasya gāṇapatyam avāpyate

And he would not enter an evil womb, nor does he behold the world of Yama; by worshipping the god of gods, the state of a gaṇa-lord is obtained.

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SkP-RK 7.10

उत्पन्नो हि हरिर् यत्र शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः । उपास्यते सुरैः सर्वैर् ब्रह्मशक्रपुरोगमैः

utpanno hi harir yatra śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ / upāsyate suraiḥ sarvair brahmaśakrapurogamaiḥ

For (there) where Hari, bearer of conch, discus and mace, arose, he is worshipped by all the gods, with Brahmā and Śakra at their head.

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SkP-RK 7.11

क्रोशमात्रं हरिक्षेत्रं कथं शोचन्ति मानवाः । अत्रान्तरे मृता ये च कृमिकीटपतङ्गमाः

krośamātraṃ harikṣetraṃ kathaṃ śocanti mānavāḥ / atrāntare mṛtā ye ca kṛmikīṭapataṅgamāḥ

Hari's field is but a krośa in extent — why then do men grieve? And those worms, insects and moths that die within it,

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SkP-RK 7.12

ते ऽपि यान्ति हरेर् लोकं किं पुनर्वैष्णवा नृप । अवशः स्ववशो ऽपि स्यात् प्राणत्यागं करोति यः

te 'pi yānti harer lokaṃ kiṃ punarvaiṣṇavā nṛpa / avaśaḥ svavaśo 'pi syāt prāṇatyāgaṃ karoti yaḥ

even they go to Hari's world — how much more the Vaiṣṇavas, O king. Whether helpless or of his own will, he who gives up his life (here) —

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SkP-RK 7.13

दशवर्षसहस्राणि राजा वैद्याधरे पुरे । तिलोदकप्रदानेन पिण्डदानेन भारत

daśavarṣasahasrāṇi rājā vaidyādhare pure / tilodakapradānena piṇḍadānena bhārata

(dwells) ten thousand years as a king in the city of the Vidyādharas; by the offering of sesame and water and by the giving of piṇḍas, O Bhārata,

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SkP-RK 7.14

पितरस् तस्य तृप्यन्ति तृप्ता यान्ति परा गतिम् । एकादश्यां निराहारो गन्धपुष्पैः समर्चयेत्

pitaras tasya tṛpyanti tṛptā yānti parā gatim / ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāro gandhapuṣpaiḥ samarcayet

his ancestors are satisfied, and satisfied they go to the highest goal. On the eleventh (lunar day) one should, fasting, worship (him) with perfumes and flowers.

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SkP-RK 7.15

रात्रौ जागरणं कृत्वा दीपमालां प्रबोधयेत् । द्वादश्यां पञ्चगव्यं तु हविष्यान्नेन पारणम्

rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā dīpamālāṃ prabodhayet / dvādaśyāṃ pañcagavyaṃ tu haviṣyānnena pāraṇam

Having kept vigil at night, one should light a row of lamps; on the twelfth (one should take) the five products of the cow, and break the fast with sacrificial food.

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SkP-RK 7.17

भक्त्या तु भोजयेद् विप्रान् सहस्रं च सदक्षिणाम् । ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय ॥ इमं मन्त्रं जपन् यस्तु शुचिर् भूत्वा समाहितः ॥ र्क्स्_७।१६ ॥ न तस्य पुनराधानं जन्म चैव युधिष्ठिर । अनेकभाविकं घोरं तूलराशिम् इवानलः

bhaktyā tu bhojayed viprān sahasraṃ ca sadakṣiṇām / oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya || imaṃ mantraṃ japan yastu śucir bhūtvā samāhitaḥ // rks_7.16 // na tasya punarādhānaṃ janma caiva yudhiṣṭhira / anekabhāvikaṃ ghoraṃ tūlarāśim ivānalaḥ

And with devotion he should feed a thousand brahmins, along with the priestly fee. "Oṃ, homage to the Blessed Vāsudeva" — whoever, having become pure and collected, recites this mantra, for him there is no rekindling of the sacred fire nor (further) birth, O Yudhiṣṭhira; (it consumes) the dreadful (evil) accruing from many existences, as fire (consumes) a heap of cotton,

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SkP-RK 7.18

तत्क्षणाद् दहते कृत्स्नमेधांसीवहुताशनः । कल्पकल्पानुगौ देवौ नारायणमहेश्वरौ

tatkṣaṇād dahate kṛtsnamedhāṃsīvahutāśanaḥ / kalpakalpānugau devau nārāyaṇamaheśvarau

and that very instant it burns it all up, as the fire-eater (burns) fuel. The two gods Nārāyaṇa and Maheśvara, who follow on kalpa after kalpa,

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SkP-RK 7.19

दक्षिणां दिशमास्थाय रेवातीरे व्यवस्थितौ । अर्चितौ च तौ देवेशौ सुरासुरगणैस् तथा

dakṣiṇāṃ diśamāsthāya revātīre vyavasthitau / arcitau ca tau deveśau surāsuragaṇais tathā

having taken up the southern quarter, are stationed on the bank of the Revā; and those two lords of gods are worshipped by the hosts of gods and asuras,

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SkP-RK 7.20

सिद्धविद्याधरैर् यक्षैर् गन्धर्वैः किन्नरैर् नरैः । स्थाणुः पुण्यजलावर्ते ह्यवतार पुराकृतः

siddhavidyādharair yakṣair gandharvaiḥ kinnarair naraiḥ / sthāṇuḥ puṇyajalāvarte hyavatāra purākṛtaḥ

by siddhas and vidyādharas, by yakṣas, gandharvas, kinnaras and men. Sthāṇu, in the holy Jalāvarta, indeed made a descent in olden times,

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SkP-RK 7.21

अनुग्रहाय लोकानां देवानां हितकाम्यया । ननाद सुमहानादं घोररूपं भयानकम्

anugrahāya lokānāṃ devānāṃ hitakāmyayā / nanāda sumahānādaṃ ghorarūpaṃ bhayānakam

for the favouring of the worlds and out of desire for the welfare of the gods; he roared a very great roar, dreadful in form and terrifying.

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SkP-RK 7.22

पिनाकिना च शूलेन भित्त्वा चैव रसातलम् । समानीता च सावित्री स्वर्गसोपानपद्धतिः

pinākinā ca śūlena bhittvā caiva rasātalam / samānītā ca sāvitrī svargasopānapaddhatiḥ

And by the Pināka-bearer, having split open the nether world with his trident, Sāvitrī was brought up, a stairway-path to heaven.

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SkP-RK 7.23

मानवाः क्षीणपापाश् च तथा यान्ति परां गतिम् । अज्ञानतम सा ध्वस्ता नावरोहान्ति ये जनाः

mānavāḥ kṣīṇapāpāś ca tathā yānti parāṃ gatim / ajñānatama sā dhvastā nāvarohānti ye janāḥ

And men whose sins are worn away thus go to the highest goal; that darkness of ignorance is destroyed, and those people do not descend (again).

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SkP-RK 7.24

आत्मानं नावमन्यन्ते पापोपहतचेतसः । कल्पगां ये न सेवन्ते तेषां जन्म निरर्थकम्

ātmānaṃ nāvamanyante pāpopahatacetasaḥ / kalpagāṃ ye na sevante teṣāṃ janma nirarthakam

Those whose minds are stricken by sin do not (rightly) hold themselves in contempt; those who do not resort to the Kalpagā, their birth is fruitless.

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SkP-RK 7.25

अष्टाविंशतिर् अत्रैव लिङ्गानां तु स्वयम्भुवाम् । पूजने संस्थिता राजन् छिवस्य च महात्मनः

aṣṭāviṃśatir atraiva liṅgānāṃ tu svayambhuvām / pūjane saṃsthitā rājan chivasya ca mahātmanaḥ

Just here are twenty-eight self-existent liṅgas, established for the worship, O king, of the great-souled Śiva:

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SkP-RK 7.26

स्थानेश्वरं महादेवं शूलपाणिं तथा परम् । सप्तेश्वरं च कल्पेशं हिरण्यं जातवेदसम्

sthāneśvaraṃ mahādevaṃ śūlapāṇiṃ tathā param / sapteśvaraṃ ca kalpeśaṃ hiraṇyaṃ jātavedasam

Sthāneśvara, Mahādeva, and likewise Śūlapāṇi the supreme, and Sapteśvara, Kalpeśa, Hiraṇya, Jātavedas,

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SkP-RK 7.27

प्राजापत्यं सिद्धनाथं शशाङ्कनयनं तथा । अनुकेशं तथा स्कन्दम् आश्विनं तैजसं तथा

prājāpatyaṃ siddhanāthaṃ śaśāṅkanayanaṃ tathā / anukeśaṃ tathā skandam āśvinaṃ taijasaṃ tathā

(and) Prājāpatya, Siddhanātha, and Śaśāṅkanayana ("moon-eyed"), Anukeśa, and Skanda, Āśvina, and Taijasa,

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SkP-RK 7.28

ब्रह्मेश्वरं चाग्निगर्भं श्रीकण्ठं च उमापतिम् । नीलकण्ठं च खट्वाङ्गं महाकालं घटेश्वरम्

brahmeśvaraṃ cāgnigarbhaṃ śrīkaṇṭhaṃ ca umāpatim / nīlakaṇṭhaṃ ca khaṭvāṅgaṃ mahākālaṃ ghaṭeśvaram

and Brahmeśvara, Agnigarbha, Śrīkaṇṭha, and Umāpati, Nīlakaṇṭha, Khaṭvāṅga, Mahākāla, Ghaṭeśvara,

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SkP-RK 7.29

त्रिलोचनं त्र्यम्बकं च देवदेवं महेश्वरम् । एतान्य् अन्यानि चैवेह सिद्धलिङ्गानि भारत

trilocanaṃ tryambakaṃ ca devadevaṃ maheśvaram / etāny anyāni caiveha siddhaliṅgāni bhārata

Trilocana and Tryambaka, Devadeva, Maheśvara — these and yet others here are perfected liṅgas, O Bhārata.

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SkP-RK 7.30

अनङ्गं कामदेवं च रतिप्रीतिसमन्वितम् । सिद्धमन्वन्तरं चैव यत्रानङ्गत्रयोदशी

anaṅgaṃ kāmadevaṃ ca ratiprītisamanvitam / siddhamanvantaraṃ caiva yatrānaṅgatrayodaśī

And Anaṅga, and Kāmadeva accompanied by Rati and Prīti, and the perfected Manvantara, where the Anaṅga-thirteenth (day) is (observed).

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SkP-RK 7.31

रम्भातृतीय तत्रैव तथा कृष्णाष्टमी नृप । विद्याधरी च तत्रैव उर्वशी च तिलोत्तमा

rambhātṛtīya tatraiva tathā kṛṣṇāṣṭamī nṛpa / vidyādharī ca tatraiva urvaśī ca tilottamā

There too, O king, (is) the Rambhā-third (lunar day), and likewise the dark-fortnight eighth; and there too Vidyādharī, and Urvaśī and Tilottamā.

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SkP-RK 7.32

अहल्या मेनका चैव तथा ऽन्याश् च वराङ्गनाः । दाक्षायणी चानुमती चम्पका संभरायणी

ahalyā menakā caiva tathā 'nyāś ca varāṅganāḥ / dākṣāyaṇī cānumatī campakā saṃbharāyaṇī

And Ahalyā and Menakā, and likewise other lovely women; and Dākṣāyaṇī and Anumatī, Campakā, Saṃbharāyaṇī.

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SkP-RK 7.33

एताश्चा ऽन्याश्च तत्रैव बह्व्यः सिद्धा विशाम्पते । केशवस्य पुरी रम्या पुण्या पापहरा नृप

etāścā 'nyāśca tatraiva bahvyaḥ siddhā viśāmpate / keśavasya purī ramyā puṇyā pāpaharā nṛpa

— tr. refused: cyber

SkP-RK 7.34

सुरासुराणां सर्वेषां दानवानां च भारत । स्वर्गमार्गप्रदा देवी तथा हरिहरात्मिका

surāsurāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ dānavānāṃ ca bhārata / svargamārgapradā devī tathā hariharātmikā

— tr. refused: cyber

SkP-RK 7.35

एतत् ते कीर्तितं राजन् यथा वृष्टं पुरातनम् । स्नानावगाहनात् पानाच्छ्रवणात् कीर्तनाद् अपि

etat te kīrtitaṃ rājan yathā vṛṣṭaṃ purātanam / snānāvagāhanāt pānācchravaṇāt kīrtanād api

This has been proclaimed to you, O king, as (it was) of old; by bathing, by immersion, by drinking (the water), by hearing (of it), and by reciting (of it) too —

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SkP-RK 7.36

अनेकभाविकं घोरमघं नश्यति तत्क्षणात् । ततस् तस्मिन् महाभाग कपिलातीर्थमुत्तमम्

anekabhāvikaṃ ghoramaghaṃ naśyati tatkṣaṇāt / tatas tasmin mahābhāga kapilātīrthamuttamam

— terrible sin, (accumulated) through many births, perishes that very instant. Then, in that place, O greatly fortunate one, (is) the excellent Kapila-tīrtha,

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SkP-RK 7.37

रेवाया उत्तरे कूले सर्वपापहरं परम् । तत्र स्नात्वा नरो राजन् नारी वापि जितेन्द्रिया

revāyā uttare kūle sarvapāpaharaṃ param / tatra snātvā naro rājan nārī vāpi jitendriyā

On the northern bank of the Revā (it stands), supreme, remover of all sins; having bathed there, O king, a man, or a woman too, with senses subdued —

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SkP-RK 7.38

तर्पयित्वा पितॄन् देवान् मुच्यते च ऋणत्रयात् । ब्राह्मणान् भोजयित्वा तु लभते परमाङ्गतिम्

tarpayitvā pitṝn devān mucyate ca ṛṇatrayāt / brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā tu labhate paramāṅgatim

— having satisfied the ancestors and the gods (with libations), is freed from the three debts; and by feeding brahmins one attains the highest station.

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