Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 74
SkP-RK 74.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ततो गच्छेच् च राजेन्द्र दारुतीर्थम् अनुत्तमम् । दारुको यत्र संसिद्धिम् इन्द्रस्य दयितः सखा
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tato gacchec ca rājendra dārutīrtham anuttamam / dāruko yatra saṃsiddhim indrasya dayitaḥ sakhā
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, O lord of kings, one should go to the unsurpassed Dārutīrtha, where Dāruka, Indra's dear friend, (attained) full perfection.
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SkP-RK 74.2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: दारुकेण कथं तात तपश्चीर्णं पुरा ऽनघ । विधानं श्रोतुम् इच्छामि सर्वपापक्षयं करम्
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: dārukeṇa kathaṃ tāta tapaścīrṇaṃ purā 'nagha / vidhānaṃ śrotum icchāmi sarvapāpakṣayaṃ karam
Yudhiṣṭhira said: How, dear sinless one, was austerity practised long ago by Dāruka? I wish to hear the procedure, which destroys all sins.
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SkP-RK 74.3
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: अहं ते कथयिष्यामि विचित्रं यत् पुरातनम् । वृत्तं समभवत् तत्र ऋषीणां भावितात्मनाम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: ahaṃ te kathayiṣyāmi vicitraṃ yat purātanam / vṛttaṃ samabhavat tatra ṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām
Mārkaṇḍeya said: I shall tell you the marvellous thing that happened of old — the event that took place there concerning the seers of disciplined souls.
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SkP-RK 74.4
सूतो वज्रधरस्यासीत् मातलिर्नामनामतः । स पुत्रं शप्तवान् पूर्वं कथंचित् कारणान्तरे
sūto vajradharasyāsīt mātalirnāmanāmataḥ / sa putraṃ śaptavān pūrvaṃ kathaṃcit kāraṇāntare
The wielder of the thunderbolt (Indra) had a charioteer, Mātali by name. He had formerly cursed his son, somehow, on some occasion or other.
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SkP-RK 74.5
शापहेतोर् वेपमान इन्द्रस्य चरणौ शुभौ । प्रपीड्य तत्र देवेन्द्रं विज्ञापयति भारत
śāpahetor vepamāna indrasya caraṇau śubhau / prapīḍya tatra devendraṃ vijñāpayati bhārata
Trembling because of the curse, pressing the auspicious feet of Indra, (the son) there makes his plea to the lord of the gods, O Bhārata.
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SkP-RK 74.6
मम ताताभिशप्तस्य अनाथस्य सुरेश्वर । कर्मणा केन शापस्य घोरस्यान्तो भविष्यति
mama tātābhiśaptasya anāthasya sureśvara / karmaṇā kena śāpasya ghorasyānto bhaviṣyati
"I have been cursed by my father, O lord of the gods, and am without a protector; by what act will there be an end of this dreadful curse?"
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SkP-RK 74.7
शक्र उवाच: नर्मदातटम् आश्रित्य तोषय त्वं महेश्वरम् । तिष्ठ यावद् युगस्यान्तं पुनर्जननम् आप्स्यसि
śakra uvāca: narmadātaṭam āśritya toṣaya tvaṃ maheśvaram / tiṣṭha yāvad yugasyāntaṃ punarjananam āpsyasi
Śakra said: "Resorting to the bank of the Narmadā, do you propitiate Maheśvara; remain until the end of the age, (and) you will obtain birth again.
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SkP-RK 74.8
पुनर्भूत्वा यदुकुले दारुको नाम नामतः । आरोहयित्वा देवेशं शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम्
punarbhūtvā yadukule dāruko nāma nāmataḥ / ārohayitvā deveśaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam
Having come into being again in the Yadu family, Dāruka by name, having mounted (as driver) the lord of gods who bears conch, discus and mace—
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SkP-RK 74.9
मानुषं तत्र सम्पन्नं ततः सिद्धिम् अवाप्स्यसि । एवम् उक्तस् तु देवेन सहस्राक्षेण भारत
mānuṣaṃ tatra sampannaṃ tataḥ siddhim avāpsyasi / evam uktas tu devena sahasrākṣeṇa bhārata
—your human (existence) there being completed, you will then attain perfection." Thus addressed by the thousand-eyed god, O Bhārata,
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SkP-RK 74.10
प्रणम्य शिरसा भूमिम् आगतो ऽसौ हतप्रभः । नर्मदा तटम् आश्रित्य कर्शितस्वकलेवरः
praṇamya śirasā bhūmim āgato 'sau hataprabhaḥ / narmadā taṭam āśritya karśitasvakalevaraḥ
having bowed with his head to the ground, he went off, his splendour destroyed; resorting to the bank of the Narmadā, he made his own body emaciated,
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SkP-RK 74.11
व्रतोपवार्सैर् विविधैर् जपहोमपरायणः । महादेवं महात्मानं वरदं शूलपाणिनम्
vratopavārsair vividhair japahomaparāyaṇaḥ / mahādevaṃ mahātmānaṃ varadaṃ śūlapāṇinam
devoted to muttered prayer and oblation, with various vows and fasts, (worshipping) the great god, the great-souled granter of boons who holds the trident in his hand—
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SkP-RK 74.12
अभजत् परया भक्त्या यावद् आहूतसम्प्लवम् । अंशावतरणे विष्णोस् ततो भूत्वा महामतिः
abhajat parayā bhaktyā yāvad āhūtasamplavam / aṃśāvataraṇe viṣṇos tato bhūtvā mahāmatiḥ
he worshipped (him) with the highest devotion until the summoned deluge; then, at the descent of Viṣṇu's portion (as an incarnation), that man of great mind, having been born,
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SkP-RK 74.13
तोषयित्वा जगन्नाथं ततो यातः स सद्गतिम् । एष ते सम्भवस् तात दारुतीर्थस्य सुव्रत
toṣayitvā jagannāthaṃ tato yātaḥ sa sadgatim / eṣa te sambhavas tāta dārutīrthasya suvrata
having propitiated the lord of the world, then went to the good goal. This, my dear, is the origin of the Dārutīrtha for you, O you of good vows,
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SkP-RK 74.14
कथितस् तु मया पूर्वं यथा मे शङ्करो ऽब्रवीत् । ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा विस्मयाविष्टचेतनः
kathitas tu mayā pūrvaṃ yathā me śaṅkaro 'bravīt / tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā vismayāviṣṭacetanaḥ
which has been told by me as Śaṅkara formerly told it to me. Then King Yudhiṣṭhira, his mind filled with amazement,
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SkP-RK 74.15
भ्रान्तो ऽवलोकयामास स्तब्धरोमा मुहुर् मुहुः । तस्मिंस् तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा विधिपूर्वं नरेश्वर
bhrānto 'valokayāmāsa stabdharomā muhur muhuḥ / tasmiṃs tīrthe naraḥ snātvā vidhipūrvaṃ nareśvara
bewildered, gazed again and again, the hair (of his body) standing stiff. A man who bathes at that holy ford according to the rule, O lord of men,
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SkP-RK 74.16
उपास्य सभ्यां तत्रैव संतर्प्य पितृदेवताः । देहत्यागं च तत्रैव यः करोति समाहितः
upāsya sabhyāṃ tatraiva saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ / dehatyāgaṃ ca tatraiva yaḥ karoti samāhitaḥ
and having worshipped in the assembly-hall there itself, having satisfied the ancestors and gods (with libations), and who, composed, gives up his body there itself—
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SkP-RK 74.17
सो ऽश्वमेधफलं प्राप्य रमते शिवसन्निधौ । तस्मिंस् तीर्थे तु यो भक्त्या भोजयेद् ब्राह्मणं शुचिः
so 'śvamedhaphalaṃ prāpya ramate śivasannidhau / tasmiṃs tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā bhojayed brāhmaṇaṃ śuciḥ
he, having gained the fruit of a horse sacrifice, delights in the presence of Śiva. And whoever, pure, feeds a brahmin at that holy ford with devotion—
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