Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 76

SkP-RK 76.1

मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ततोगच्छेच् च राजेन्द्र गुहावासीति चोत्तमम् । यत्र सिद्धो महादेवो गुहावासीति शङ्करः

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tatogacchec ca rājendra guhāvāsīti cottamam / yatra siddho mahādevo guhāvāsīti śaṅkaraḥ

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, O best of kings, one should go to the excellent (place) called Guhāvāsin, where Mahādeva, Śaṅkara, became established as Guhāvāsin ("cave-dweller").

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SkP-RK 76.2

युधिष्ठिर उवाच: केन कार्येण विप्रेन्द्र गुहावासीति शङ्करः । एतद् विस्तरतः सर्व कथयस्व ममानघ

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: kena kāryeṇa viprendra guhāvāsīti śaṅkaraḥ / etad vistarataḥ sarva kathayasva mamānagha

Yudhiṣṭhira said: For what reason, best of brahmins, is Śaṅkara (called) Guhāvāsin? Tell me all this in detail, O sinless one.

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SkP-RK 76.3

मार्कण्डेय उवाच: महाप्रश्नः कृतो मां यो महाप्राज्ञ नरेश्वर

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: mahāpraśnaḥ kṛto māṃ yo mahāprājña nareśvara

Mārkaṇḍeya said: A great question has been put to me, O greatly wise lord of men.

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SkP-RK 76.4

पुराणे विस्तरो ऽप्य् अस्य न शक्यो हि मयाधुना । वृद्धभावात् कथयितुम् अहं च बहुकालिकः

purāṇe vistaro 'py asya na śakyo hi mayādhunā / vṛddhabhāvāt kathayitum ahaṃ ca bahukālikaḥ

Its full extent is in the Purāṇa, but it cannot be told by me now, because of (my) aged condition — and I am of many ages.

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SkP-RK 76.5

पूर्व दारुवने विप्रा वसन्ति स्म सुरैः समाः । ब्रह्मचारी गृहस्थश् च वानप्रस्थो यतिस् तथा

pūrva dāruvane viprā vasanti sma suraiḥ samāḥ / brahmacārī gṛhasthaś ca vānaprastho yatis tathā

Formerly in the Dāru forest there dwelt brahmins equal to the gods: the student, the householder, the forest-dweller, and likewise the ascetic.

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SkP-RK 76.6

स्वधर्मनिरतानां च कथितं परमं पदम् । तावद्वसन्तसमये कस्मिंश्चित् कारणान्तरे

svadharmaniratānāṃ ca kathitaṃ paramaṃ padam / tāvadvasantasamaye kasmiṃścit kāraṇāntare

And for those devoted to their own duty the supreme state was declared. Meanwhile, at springtime, on some occasion or other,

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SkP-RK 76.7

विमानस्थो महादेवो गम्यमानोमया सह । ददर्श च जनावासं वेदध्वनिनिनादितम्

vimānastho mahādevo gamyamānomayā saha / dadarśa ca janāvāsaṃ vedadhvaninināditam

Mahādeva, seated in a celestial car, travelling together with Umā, saw the dwelling-place of those people, resounding with the sound of the Vedas,

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SkP-RK 76.8

अगतागतसंवासं सर्वपापक्षयं करम् । तद्दृष्ट्वा मुदितां देवीं हर्षगद्गदया गिरा

agatāgatasaṃvāsaṃ sarvapāpakṣayaṃ karam / taddṛṣṭvā muditāṃ devīṃ harṣagadgadayā girā

(He saw) that dwelling of comers and goers, which brings about the destruction of all sins; and seeing it, (he addressed) the delighted Goddess with a voice choked with joy —

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SkP-RK 76.9

उवाच वचनं देवो दृष्ट्वा तापसयोषितः । नान्यं देवं न वै धर्मं ध्यायन्ति हिमनन्दिनि

uvāca vacanaṃ devo dṛṣṭvā tāpasayoṣitaḥ / nānyaṃ devaṃ na vai dharmaṃ dhyāyanti himanandini

— the god spoke these words, having seen the wives of the ascetics: "They meditate on no other god and on no other duty (than their husbands), O daughter of Himavat."

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SkP-RK 76.10

एतच् छ्रुत्वा परं वाक्यं देवदेवेन भाषितम् । कौतूहलसमाविष्टा शङ्करं पुनर् अब्रवीत्

etac chrutvā paraṃ vākyaṃ devadevena bhāṣitam / kautūhalasamāviṣṭā śaṅkaraṃ punar abravīt

Having heard this supreme speech uttered by the God of gods, she, seized with curiosity, spoke to Śaṅkara again:

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SkP-RK 76.11

यत् त्वयोक्तं महादेव पतिधर्मपरास्त्रियः । तासाम् अनङ्गो भूत्वा त्वं चरित्रं क्षोभय प्रभो

yat tvayoktaṃ mahādeva patidharmaparāstriyaḥ / tāsām anaṅgo bhūtvā tvaṃ caritraṃ kṣobhaya prabho

"Since you have said, O Mahādeva, that these women are devoted to the duty owed their husbands — becoming (Kāma) the bodiless one, do you shake their conduct, O Lord!"

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SkP-RK 76.12

महादेव उवाच: त्वयोक्तं वचनं देवि न चैतद् रोचते प्रिये । ब्राह्मणा हि महाभागा न तेषां विप्रियं चरेत्

mahādeva uvāca: tvayoktaṃ vacanaṃ devi na caitad rocate priye / brāhmaṇā hi mahābhāgā na teṣāṃ vipriyaṃ caret

Mahādeva said: "The words you have spoken, O Goddess, do not please me, my dear; for brahmins are of great fortune, and one should not do what is displeasing to them.

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SkP-RK 76.13

मन्युप्रहरणा विप्राश् चक्रप्रहरणो हरिः । चक्रात् तीक्ष्णतरो मन्युस् तस्माद् विप्रं न कोपयेत्

manyupraharaṇā viprāś cakrapraharaṇo hariḥ / cakrāt tīkṣṇataro manyus tasmād vipraṃ na kopayet

Brahmins have wrath as their weapon; Hari has the discus as his weapon. Wrath is sharper than the discus; therefore one should not anger a brahmin.

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SkP-RK 76.14

न ते देवा न ते लोकास् ते नागा नासुरास् तथा । दृश्यन्ते च त्रिभिर् लोकैर् एतैर् उष्टैर् न वञ्चिताः

na te devā na te lokās te nāgā nāsurās tathā / dṛśyante ca tribhir lokair etair uṣṭair na vañcitāḥ

Not those gods, not those worlds, not those nāgas nor those asuras — among these three worlds none are seen who have not been cheated (?) by them when they are angered.

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SkP-RK 76.15

तेषां क्षोभकरः प्रायः स्वर्गभोगफलच्युतः । येषां तुष्टा महाभागा ब्राह्मणाः क्षितिदेवताः

teṣāṃ kṣobhakaraḥ prāyaḥ svargabhogaphalacyutaḥ / yeṣāṃ tuṣṭā mahābhāgā brāhmaṇāḥ kṣitidevatāḥ

He who disturbs them is generally cast down from the enjoyment and fruit of heaven; but those with whom the greatly fortunate brahmins, the gods on earth, are pleased —

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SkP-RK 76.16

तेषां धर्मस् तथार्थश् च कामो मोक्षो न संशयः । एवं ज्ञात्वा महाभागे आग्रहस्त्यज्यताम् अयम्

teṣāṃ dharmas tathārthaś ca kāmo mokṣo na saṃśayaḥ / evaṃ jñātvā mahābhāge āgrahastyajyatām ayam

— for them there is dharma, and wealth, and pleasure, and liberation, without doubt. Knowing this, O greatly fortunate one, let this insistence be abandoned."

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SkP-RK 76.17

देव्य् उवाच: नाहं ते दयिता देव नाहं ते वशवर्तिनी

devy uvāca: nāhaṃ te dayitā deva nāhaṃ te vaśavartinī

The Goddess said: "I am not dear to you, O God; I am not one who is subject to your will.

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SkP-RK 76.18

अन्यायधर्षणां चात्र सर्वासां कुरु सुव्रत । लोकालोके महादेव अशक्यं नास्ति ते विभो

anyāyadharṣaṇāṃ cātra sarvāsāṃ kuru suvrata / lokāloke mahādeva aśakyaṃ nāsti te vibho

Do here an unlawful assault upon them all, O you of good vows! In the world and beyond the world, O Mahādeva, there is nothing impossible for you, O all-pervading one.

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SkP-RK 76.19

क्रियतां मम देवैतत्परं कौतूहलं प्रभो । एवम् उक्तो महादेवो देव्याः प्रियहिते रतः

kriyatāṃ mama devaitatparaṃ kautūhalaṃ prabho / evam ukto mahādevo devyāḥ priyahite rataḥ

Let this be done for me, O God — this is my greatest curiosity, O Lord." So addressed, Mahādeva, intent on the Goddess's pleasure and welfare,

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SkP-RK 76.20

कृत्वा कापालिकं रूपं ययौ दारुवनं प्रति । महाहिनां जटाजूटं नियम्य शशिभूषणः

kṛtvā kāpālikaṃ rūpaṃ yayau dāruvanaṃ prati / mahāhināṃ jaṭājūṭaṃ niyamya śaśibhūṣaṇaḥ

took on the form of a Kāpālika and went toward the Dāru forest; he who is adorned with the moon, having bound up his mass of matted hair with great serpents,

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SkP-RK 76.21

कङ्कत्राणं परं कृत्वा तथा सौवर्णकुण्डले । व्याघ्रचर्मपरीधानो हारकेयूरभूषितः

kaṅkatrāṇaṃ paraṃ kṛtvā tathā sauvarṇakuṇḍale / vyāghracarmaparīdhāno hārakeyūrabhūṣitaḥ

having made a splendid armlet-guard, and likewise golden earrings, clothed in a tiger's skin, adorned with necklace and armlets,

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SkP-RK 76.22

नूपुरारावनिर्घोषैः कम्पयंश् च वसुन्धराम् । महाडमरुघोषेण वीरघण्टानिनादिना

nūpurārāvanirghoṣaiḥ kampayaṃś ca vasundharām / mahāḍamarughoṣeṇa vīraghaṇṭāninādinā

making the earth tremble with the ringing sounds of his anklets, with the great booming of his ḍamaru drum and the ringing of the hero's bell,

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SkP-RK 76.23

प्रभातसमये प्राप्ते तत्र दारुवनं गत । तावद् विप्रजनः सर्वः पुष्पमूलफलाशनः

prabhātasamaye prāpte tatra dāruvanaṃ gata / tāvad viprajanaḥ sarvaḥ puṣpamūlaphalāśanaḥ

he arrived at the Dāru forest there when daybreak came. Just then the whole company of brahmins, who eat flowers, roots and fruits,

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SkP-RK 76.24

निर्गतो बहुभिः सार्धं पठ्यमान इतस् ततः । तद्दृष्ट्वा महदाश्चर्यरूपं देवस्य भारत

nirgato bahubhiḥ sārdhaṃ paṭhyamāna itas tataḥ / taddṛṣṭvā mahadāścaryarūpaṃ devasya bhārata

had gone out together with many others, reciting here and there. Seeing that greatly wondrous form of the god, O Bhārata,

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SkP-RK 76.25

युवतीजनः प्रमत्तश् च कामेन कलुषीकृतः । सुरूपं परमं दृष्ट्वा सर्वास् ताश् च वराननाः

yuvatījanaḥ pramattaś ca kāmena kaluṣīkṛtaḥ / surūpaṃ paramaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvās tāś ca varānanāḥ

the company of young women became intoxicated and was made turbid by desire; and all those fair-faced ones, seeing that supremely beautiful form,

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SkP-RK 76.26

क्लेशभावं तदागच्छन् याश् च दारुवने स्त्रियः । विकारा बहवस् तासां देवं दृष्ट्वा मनोजवम्

kleśabhāvaṃ tadāgacchan yāś ca dāruvane striyaḥ / vikārā bahavas tāsāṃ devaṃ dṛṣṭvā manojavam

then fell into a state of distress — those women who were in the Dāru forest. Many were the alterations in them at seeing the god who moved with the speed of thought,

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SkP-RK 76.27

संजाता विप्रपत्नीनां तां शृणुष्व नृपोत्तम । परिधानं न जानन्ति परिभ्रष्टं करोद्यताः

saṃjātā viprapatnīnāṃ tāṃ śṛṇuṣva nṛpottama / paridhānaṃ na jānanti paribhraṣṭaṃ karodyatāḥ

—these arose in the brahmins' wives; hear of that, O best of kings. They do not notice their garment slipping off, their hands being busy (elsewhere).

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SkP-RK 76.28

दातुकामा तथा भैक्ष्यं चेष्टितुं नैव शक्यते । काचिद् दृष्ट्वा महादेवं रूपयौवनगर्विता

dātukāmā tathā bhaikṣyaṃ ceṣṭituṃ naiva śakyate / kācid dṛṣṭvā mahādevaṃ rūpayauvanagarvitā

(One woman,) wishing to give alms, is quite unable even to move; another, seeing Mahādeva, proud of her beauty and youth—

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SkP-RK 76.29

उत्सङ्गे संस्थितं वालं पतितं व्यस्मरत् ततः । कामबाणहता चान्या बाहुभ्यां पीडति स्तनौ

utsaṅge saṃsthitaṃ vālaṃ patitaṃ vyasmarat tataḥ / kāmabāṇahatā cānyā bāhubhyāṃ pīḍati stanau

—forgot the child seated in her lap when it had fallen; and another, struck by the arrow of Kāma, presses her breasts with both arms.

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SkP-RK 76.30

निःश्वसन्ती तथा चान्या न किंचित् परिजल्पते । एवम् अक्षोभयत् सर्वा महेशः पतिदेवताः

niḥśvasantī tathā cānyā na kiṃcit parijalpate / evam akṣobhayat sarvā maheśaḥ patidevatāḥ

And another, sighing, says nothing at all. Thus Maheśa stirred up all those (women) whose husbands were their gods.

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SkP-RK 76.31

चालितास्ता विदित्वा तु निर्जग्मुर् द्वारिसत्वराः । संचिताः परमं कृत्वा सर्वा देवो महेश्वरः

cālitāstā viditvā tu nirjagmur dvārisatvarāḥ / saṃcitāḥ paramaṃ kṛtvā sarvā devo maheśvaraḥ

Knowing that they had been shaken, they went out, hurrying to the door; all of them (were) gathered together, and the god Maheśvara, having done the utmost—

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SkP-RK 76.32

क्षोभयित्वा गणं स्त्रीणां गतश् चादर्शनं च तम् । ततो विप्रगणः सर्वः समायातो ददर्श ह

kṣobhayitvā gaṇaṃ strīṇāṃ gataś cādarśanaṃ ca tam / tato vipragaṇaḥ sarvaḥ samāyāto dadarśa ha

Having agitated the company of women, he passed out of sight; then the whole company of brahmins, arriving, saw (it).

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SkP-RK 76.33

क्षोभितं स्त्रीजनं सर्वं हरेण क्रोधमाविशत् । क्रोधाविष्टो द्विजः कश्चिद् दण्डम् उद्यम्य धावति

kṣobhitaṃ strījanaṃ sarvaṃ hareṇa krodhamāviśat / krodhāviṣṭo dvijaḥ kaścid daṇḍam udyamya dhāvati

Anger entered (them, at the sight of) all the womenfolk agitated by Hara; one twice-born, possessed by anger, runs up raising a staff,

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SkP-RK 76.34

कुठारहस्तो ह्य् अपरस् तथान्यो दर्भमुष्टिमान् । इतश्चेतश्च ते सर्वे भ्रमित्वा तच् च काननम्

kuṭhārahasto hy aparas tathānyo darbhamuṣṭimān / itaścetaśca te sarve bhramitvā tac ca kānanam

another with an axe in his hand, and yet another holding a fistful of darbha grass; all of them, having roamed here and there through that forest,

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SkP-RK 76.35

एकीभूता महात्मानो व्याजहुश् च रुषा गिरम् । यदि दत्तं हुतं किंचिद् गुरवस्तोषिता यदि

ekībhūtā mahātmāno vyājahuś ca ruṣā giram / yadi dattaṃ hutaṃ kiṃcid guravastoṣitā yadi

become one, those great-souled ones uttered a speech in wrath: "If anything has been given (in charity), anything offered in the fire, if the teachers have been satisfied,

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SkP-RK 76.36

तेन सत्येन देवस्य लिङ्गं पततु भूतले । एवं सत्यप्रभावेण वचनेन द्विजन्मनाम्

tena satyena devasya liṅgaṃ patatu bhūtale / evaṃ satyaprabhāveṇa vacanena dvijanmanām

by that truth let the liṅga of the god fall to the ground!" Thus, by the power of truth, by the utterance of the twice-born,

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SkP-RK 76.37

देवस्य पश्यतो लिङ्गं पतितं धरणीतले । हाहाकारो महानासील् लोकालोके तु भारत

devasya paśyato liṅgaṃ patitaṃ dharaṇītale / hāhākāro mahānāsīl lokāloke tu bhārata

the god's liṅga fell to the surface of the earth while he looked on. There was a great cry of "Alas! Alas!" in the world and beyond the world, O Bhārata.

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SkP-RK 76.38

देवस्य पतितं लिङ्गं जगत्य् एव महाक्षयम् । पतमानस्य लिङ्गस्य शब्दो ऽभूत् तत्र दारुणः

devasya patitaṃ liṅgaṃ jagaty eva mahākṣayam / patamānasya liṅgasya śabdo 'bhūt tatra dāruṇaḥ

The god's liṅga, having fallen, (was) indeed a great destruction for the world; as the liṅga fell there was a terrible sound there.

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SkP-RK 76.39

पतन्ति पर्वताग्राणि शोषम् आयान्ति सागराः । देवस्य पतिते लिङ्गे विमानैर् देवदानवाः

patanti parvatāgrāṇi śoṣam āyānti sāgarāḥ / devasya patite liṅge vimānair devadānavāḥ

The peaks of mountains fall, the oceans go dry; when the god's liṅga had fallen, the gods and dānavas, with their flying chariots,

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SkP-RK 76.40

समेत्य सहिताः सर्वे ब्रह्मणा परमेष्ठिना । कृताञ्जलिपुटा देवं स्तुवन्ति विविधैः स्तवैः

sametya sahitāḥ sarve brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā / kṛtāñjalipuṭā devaṃ stuvanti vividhaiḥ stavaiḥ

all coming together, joined with Brahmā Parameṣṭhin, with cupped hands folded, praise the god with hymns of many kinds.

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SkP-RK 76.41

ततस् तुष्टो जगन्नाथो देवानां वरदो ऽभवत् । देवो ऽपि पतिते लिङ्गे शापेन धरणीतले

tatas tuṣṭo jagannātho devānāṃ varado 'bhavat / devo 'pi patite liṅge śāpena dharaṇītale

Then the Lord of the world, being pleased, became the giver of boons to the gods; and the god too, his liṅga having fallen to the surface of the earth by the curse,

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SkP-RK 76.42

गत्वा दारुवनं विप्रांस् तोषयामास भारत । विश्वामित्रो वशिष्ठाद्या जाबालिर् अथ काश्यपः

gatvā dāruvanaṃ viprāṃs toṣayāmāsa bhārata / viśvāmitro vaśiṣṭhādyā jābālir atha kāśyapaḥ

went to the Dāru forest and satisfied the brahmins, O Bhārata. Viśvāmitra, Vasiṣṭha and the rest, Jābāli, and then Kāśyapa,

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SkP-RK 76.43

समेत्य सहिताः सर्वे तम् ऊचुस् त्रिपुरान्तकम् । महाजनो ऽपि बलवान् नावज्ञेयः सुरेश्वरः

sametya sahitāḥ sarve tam ūcus tripurāntakam / mahājano 'pi balavān nāvajñeyaḥ sureśvaraḥ

all assembling together said to him, the destroyer of Tripura: "A great multitude too is powerful; (yet) the lord of the gods is not to be slighted.

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SkP-RK 76.44

क्षान्तियुक्तो ऽपि भूत्वा च भविष्यसि गतक्लमः । विध्वंसिता विप्रदारा यद् एतल् लिङ्गम् उत्तमम्

kṣāntiyukto 'pi bhūtvā ca bhaviṣyasi gataklamaḥ / vidhvaṃsitā vipradārā yad etal liṅgam uttamam

"Becoming possessed of forbearance, you shall be freed from distress. Since the brahmins' wives were undone, this supreme liṅga

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SkP-RK 76.45

पतितं ते महादेव एतत् पुण्यं भविष्यति । तत्पुण्यं नाग्निहोत्रेण अग्निष्टोमैर् न लभ्यते

patitaṃ te mahādeva etat puṇyaṃ bhaviṣyati / tatpuṇyaṃ nāgnihotreṇa agniṣṭomair na labhyate

of yours has fallen, Mahādeva; this shall become (a source of) merit. That merit is not obtained by the agnihotra, nor by agniṣṭoma sacrifices—

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SkP-RK 76.46

यच्छर्म रुद्र प्राप्स्यन्ति मानवा लिङ्गपूजया । देवानां चैव यक्षाणां गन्धर्वोरगरक्षसाम्

yaccharma rudra prāpsyanti mānavā liṅgapūjayā / devānāṃ caiva yakṣāṇāṃ gandharvoragarakṣasām

—that refuge which men shall obtain, Rudra, through worship of the liṅga. And of gods and yakṣas, of gandharvas, serpents and rākṣasas,

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SkP-RK 76.47

वचनेन तु विप्राणाम् एतत् पुण्यं भविष्यति । ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्ररुद्राणां दर्शनेन च यत्फलम्

vacanena tu viprāṇām etat puṇyaṃ bhaviṣyati / brahmaviṣṇvindrarudrāṇāṃ darśanena ca yatphalam

by the word of the brahmins this merit shall come to be. And whatever fruit (comes) from the sight of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Indra and Rudra,

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SkP-RK 76.48

तत्फलं तस्य लिङ्गस्य दर्शने सकलं लभेत् । एवम् उक्तो जगन्नाथः प्रणिपत्य द्विजोत्तमान्

tatphalaṃ tasya liṅgasya darśane sakalaṃ labhet / evam ukto jagannāthaḥ praṇipatya dvijottamān

That whole fruit one obtains upon seeing that liṅga. Addressed thus, the Lord of the world bowed to the best of the twice-born,

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SkP-RK 76.49

मुदा परमया युक्तस् तांश् चैव प्रत्यभाषत । ब्राह्मणा जङ्गमं तीर्थं निर्जलं सर्वकामिकम्

mudā paramayā yuktas tāṃś caiva pratyabhāṣata / brāhmaṇā jaṅgamaṃ tīrthaṃ nirjalaṃ sarvakāmikam

and, filled with the highest joy, spoke to them in reply: "Brahmins are a moving place of pilgrimage, waterless, granting all desires,

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SkP-RK 76.50

येषां वाक्योदयेनैव शुद्ध्यन्ति मलना जनाः । किंचित् तीर्थं न हि क्षेत्रमूषरं गह्वराणि च

yeṣāṃ vākyodayenaiva śuddhyanti malanā janāḥ / kiṃcit tīrthaṃ na hi kṣetramūṣaraṃ gahvarāṇi ca

by the mere utterance of whose speech defiled people are purified. There is no sacred ford, no holy field—(only) barren land and chasms—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SkP-RK 76.51

ब्राह्मणाच् छ्रेष्ठम् उद्दिष्टं यत्र गत्वा विशुद्ध्यति । पृथिव्यां यानि तीर्थानि गङ्गाद्याः सरितस् तथा

brāhmaṇāc chreṣṭham uddiṣṭaṃ yatra gatvā viśuddhyati / pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni gaṅgādyāḥ saritas tathā

better than a brahmin, going to which one becomes purified. Whatever tīrthas there are on earth, and the rivers beginning with the Gaṅgā,

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SkP-RK 76.52

एकस्या विप्रवाक्यस्य कला नार्हन्ति षोडशीम् । अभिनन्द्य द्विजान् सर्वान् अनुज्ञातो महानृषिः

ekasyā vipravākyasya kalā nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm / abhinandya dvijān sarvān anujñāto mahānṛṣiḥ

they are not worth a sixteenth part of a single utterance of a brahmin." Having praised all the twice-born, the great sage, given leave (by them),

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SkP-RK 76.53

ततो ऽगाच् च महादेवो नर्मदातटम् उत्तमम् । परम व्रतम् आस्थाय गुहावासं महार्बुदम्

tato 'gāc ca mahādevo narmadātaṭam uttamam / parama vratam āsthāya guhāvāsaṃ mahārbudam

then Mahādeva went to the excellent bank of the Narmadā, and undertaking the supreme vow, dwelling in a cave, (for) a great many (years),

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SkP-RK 76.54

मौनं चचार भगवाञ्जपध्यानरतः सदा । समाप्ते नियमे तात स्थापयित्वा महेश्वरम्

maunaṃ cacāra bhagavāñjapadhyānarataḥ sadā / samāpte niyame tāta sthāpayitvā maheśvaram

the Lord practised silence, ever devoted to recitation and meditation. When the observance was completed, my dear, having installed Maheśvara (there),

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SkP-RK 76.55

वन्द्यमानः सुरैः सार्धं कैलासम् अगमत् प्रभुः । नर्मदायास् तटे येन स्थापितः परमेश्वरः

vandyamānaḥ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ kailāsam agamat prabhuḥ / narmadāyās taṭe yena sthāpitaḥ parameśvaraḥ

being praised by the gods, the Lord went together (with them) to Kailāsa. Since Parameśvara was installed by him on the bank of the Narmadā,

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SkP-RK 76.56

तेनैव कारणेनासौ नर्मदेश्वरमुत्तमम् । यद् यद् आचरति श्रेष्ठस् तत्तद् एवेतरो जनः

tenaiva kāraṇenāsau narmadeśvaramuttamam / yad yad ācarati śreṣṭhas tattad evetaro janaḥ

for that very reason it is (called) Narmadeśvara, the excellent. Whatever the best of men does, just that the other people (do too);

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SkP-RK 76.57

स यत्प्रमाणं कुरुते लोकस् तद् अनुवर्तते । तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा विधिना सुजितेन्द्रियः

sa yatpramāṇaṃ kurute lokas tad anuvartate / tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā vidhinā sujitendriyaḥ

whatever standard he sets, the world follows it. Bathing at that tīrtha according to the rule, a man with senses well subdued,

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SkP-RK 76.58

अर्चयित्वा महादेवम् अश्वमेधफलं लभेत् । पितृभ्यो ददते यस् तु तिलपुष्पकुशोदकम्

arcayitvā mahādevam aśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet / pitṛbhyo dadate yas tu tilapuṣpakuśodakam

having worshipped Mahādeva, obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice. And he who gives to the fathers sesame, flowers, kuśa grass and water—

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SkP-RK 76.59

त्रिसप्तपुरुषास् तस्य स्वर्गे पाण्डव मोदन्ते । यस् तु भोजयते विप्रान् यथाशक्त्या नरोत्तमः

trisaptapuruṣās tasya svarge pāṇḍava modante / yas tu bhojayate viprān yathāśaktyā narottamaḥ

thrice seven generations of his forefathers rejoice in heaven, O Pāṇḍava. And that best of men who feeds brahmins according to his ability—

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SkP-RK 76.60

तस्य तीर्थप्रभावेण दत्तं भवति चाक्षयम् । सुवर्णं रजतं वापि ब्राह्मणेभ्यो युधिष्ठिर

tasya tīrthaprabhāveṇa dattaṃ bhavati cākṣayam / suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ vāpi brāhmaṇebhyo yudhiṣṭhira

by the power of the tīrtha what he has given becomes imperishable. Whether gold or silver, O Yudhiṣṭhira, (whoever)

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 76.61

ददते तोयम् आस्पृश्य सो ऽग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत् । अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां पूजयेच् च विशेषतः

dadate toyam āspṛśya so 'gniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet / aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ pūjayec ca viśeṣataḥ

gives (it) to brahmins after touching water, he obtains the fruit of an agniṣṭoma. And on the eighth and the fourteenth day one should worship (him) especially.

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SkP-RK 76.62

नर्मदेश्वरम् आसाद्य अवाप्तं जन्मनः फलम् । अग्निवेशे जले वापि अनाशकमृतश् च यः

narmadeśvaram āsādya avāptaṃ janmanaḥ phalam / agniveśe jale vāpi anāśakamṛtaś ca yaḥ

Having reached Narmadeśvara, the fruit of (one's) birth has been won. And he who dies by entering fire or water, or by fasting (there)—

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