Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 78

SkP-RK 78.1

मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ततो गच्छेच् च राजेन्द्र कुण्डलेश्वरम् उत्तमम् । यत्र सिद्धिं गतो देवः कुण्डधारो नृपोत्तम

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tato gacchec ca rājendra kuṇḍaleśvaram uttamam / yatra siddhiṃ gato devaḥ kuṇḍadhāro nṛpottama

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, O best of kings, one should go to the excellent Kuṇḍaleśvara, where the god Kuṇḍadhāra attained perfection, O foremost of kings.

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SkP-RK 78.2

तपः कृत्वा तु विपुलं सुरासुरभयं करम् । कुण्डधारो मन्दरस्थः क्रीडते स नृपोत्तम

tapaḥ kṛtvā tu vipulaṃ surāsurabhayaṃ karam / kuṇḍadhāro mandarasthaḥ krīḍate sa nṛpottama

Having performed vast austerity that caused fear to gods and demons, that Kuṇḍadhāra dwells on Mandara and sports there, O foremost of kings.

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SkP-RK 78.3

युधिष्ठिर उवाच: कस्यान्वये समुत्पन्नः कस्य पुत्रो महामतिः । तपस् तप्त्वा सुविपुलं तोषितो येन शङ्करः

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: kasyānvaye samutpannaḥ kasya putro mahāmatiḥ / tapas taptvā suvipulaṃ toṣito yena śaṅkaraḥ

Yudhiṣṭhira said: In whose lineage was he born, whose son was that greatly wise one, by whom Śaṅkara was pleased after practising very vast austerity?

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SkP-RK 78.4

मार्कण्डेय उवाच: पुरा त्रेतायुगे राजन् पौलस्त्यो नाम विश्रवाः

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: purā tretāyuge rājan paulastyo nāma viśravāḥ

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Formerly, in the Tretā age, O king, there was Pulastya's son named Viśravas.

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SkP-RK 78.5

उपये मे महाभाग भरद्वाजसुतां नृप । पुत्रः पुत्रगुणैर्युक्तस् तस्यां जातो धनं जयः

upaye me mahābhāga bharadvājasutāṃ nṛpa / putraḥ putraguṇairyuktas tasyāṃ jāto dhanaṃ jayaḥ

He married, O greatly fortunate king, the daughter of Bharadvāja; a son endowed with the virtues of a son was born to her, a winner of wealth.

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SkP-RK 78.6

जातमात्रं सुतं ज्ञात्वा ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । चकार नाम सुप्रीत ऋषिदेवसमन्वितः

jātamātraṃ sutaṃ jñātvā brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ / cakāra nāma suprīta ṛṣidevasamanvitaḥ

Knowing that the son was just born, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, greatly pleased and accompanied by the sages and gods, gave (him) a name.

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SkP-RK 78.7

यस्माद् विश्रवसो जातो मम पौत्रत्वम् आगतः । तस्माद् वैश्रवणो नाम मया दत्तं तवानघ

yasmād viśravaso jāto mama pautratvam āgataḥ / tasmād vaiśravaṇo nāma mayā dattaṃ tavānagha

"Since you are born of Viśravas and have come to be my grandson, therefore the name Vaiśravaṇa is given by me to you, O sinless one,

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SkP-RK 78.8

यः स्वयं सर्वदेवानां धनगोप्ता भविष्यति । चतुर्थो लोकपालानाम् अक्षयो यक्षपो ऽपि वा

yaḥ svayaṃ sarvadevānāṃ dhanagoptā bhaviṣyati / caturtho lokapālānām akṣayo yakṣapo 'pi vā

who yourself shall become the guardian of the wealth of all the gods, the fourth of the world-protectors, imperishable, and also lord of the yakṣas."

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SkP-RK 78.9

यक्षो यक्षाधिपः श्रेष्ठः कुण्डधारो ऽभवत् सुतः । सुस्वंरूपवयः प्राप्य मातापित्रोरनुज्ञया

yakṣo yakṣādhipaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ kuṇḍadhāro 'bhavat sutaḥ / susvaṃrūpavayaḥ prāpya mātāpitroranujñayā

His son was Kuṇḍadhāra, a yakṣa, the foremost lord of yakṣas; having attained fine form and (mature) age, with the permission of his mother and father,

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SkP-RK 78.10

तपश् चकार विपुलं नर्मदातीरम् आश्रितः । यत्र व्याघ्रेश्वरं लिङ्गं व्याघ्रखेटकम् उत्तमम्

tapaś cakāra vipulaṃ narmadātīram āśritaḥ / yatra vyāghreśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ vyāghrakheṭakam uttamam

he performed vast austerity, resorting to the bank of the Narmadā, where (stands) the liṅga Vyāghreśvara and the excellent Vyāghrakheṭaka.

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SkP-RK 78.11

कुण्डधारेण तत्रैव तपस् तप्तं सुदारुणम् । ग्रीष्मे पञ्चाग्निमध्यस्थो वर्षास्वासारथारणः

kuṇḍadhāreṇa tatraiva tapas taptaṃ sudāruṇam / grīṣme pañcāgnimadhyastho varṣāsvāsārathāraṇaḥ

There indeed most terrible austerity was practised by Kuṇḍadhāra: in the hot season standing amid five fires, in the rains enduring the downpours,

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SkP-RK 78.12

शिशिरे जलमध्यस्थो वायुभक्षः शतं समाः । एवं वर्षशते पूर्णे एकाङ्गुष्ठो ऽभवत् ततः

śiśire jalamadhyastho vāyubhakṣaḥ śataṃ samāḥ / evaṃ varṣaśate pūrṇe ekāṅguṣṭho 'bhavat tataḥ

in the cold season standing in the midst of water, feeding on air, for a hundred years; thus, when a hundred years were complete, he then stood on a single toe.

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SkP-RK 78.13

चक्रवद् भ्रमते सूर्यमभितो भरतर्षभ । चतुर्थे पञ्चमे तावत् तुतोष वृषवाहनः

cakravad bhramate sūryamabhito bharatarṣabha / caturthe pañcame tāvat tutoṣa vṛṣavāhanaḥ

He revolves like a wheel, facing the sun, O bull of the Bharatas; in the fourth and the fifth (century) the bull-rider became pleased.

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SkP-RK 78.14

वरं वृणीष्व हे वत्स यत् ते मनसि रोचते । तद् ददामि न सन्देहस् तपसा तोषितो ह्य् अहम्

varaṃ vṛṇīṣva he vatsa yat te manasi rocate / tad dadāmi na sandehas tapasā toṣito hy aham

"Choose a boon, O child, whatever pleases your mind; that I give — there is no doubt — for I am pleased by your austerity."

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SkP-RK 78.15

कुण्डधार उवाच: यदि तुष्टो ऽसि मे देव वरदित्सुर् इहागतः । ततो मन्नामकं लिङ्गं तीर्थं चैतद् भवत्व् इति

kuṇḍadhāra uvāca: yadi tuṣṭo 'si me deva varaditsur ihāgataḥ / tato mannāmakaṃ liṅgaṃ tīrthaṃ caitad bhavatv iti

Kuṇḍadhāra said: If you are pleased with me, O god, and have come here wishing to grant a boon, then let this liṅga and this sacred ford bear my name.

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SkP-RK 78.16

तथेत्युक्त्वा महादेवः सोमो ऽन्तर्धानमागमत् । जगामा काशम् आविश्य कैलासं धरणिधरम्

tathetyuktvā mahādevaḥ somo 'ntardhānamāgamat / jagāmā kāśam āviśya kailāsaṃ dharaṇidharam

Saying "So be it," the great god, together with (the moon) Soma, vanished; entering the sky he went to Kailāsa, the upholder of the earth.

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SkP-RK 78.17

गते चादर्शन देव सो ऽपि यक्षो मुदान्वितः । स्थापयामास देवेशं कुण्डलेश्वरमुत्तमम्

gate cādarśana deva so 'pi yakṣo mudānvitaḥ / sthāpayāmāsa deveśaṃ kuṇḍaleśvaramuttamam

And when the god had gone out of sight, that yakṣa too, filled with joy, installed the lord of gods as the excellent Kuṇḍaleśvara.

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SkP-RK 78.18

अलंकृत्वा गजं धेनुं धूपपुष्पविलेपनैः । वितानैश् चामरैश् छत्रैस् तथैव लिङ्गपूजनैः

alaṃkṛtvā gajaṃ dhenuṃ dhūpapuṣpavilepanaiḥ / vitānaiś cāmaraiś chatrais tathaiva liṅgapūjanaiḥ

Having adorned an elephant and a cow with incense, flowers and ointments, with canopies, yak-tail fans and parasols, and likewise with worship of the liṅga,

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SkP-RK 78.19

तर्पयित्वा द्विजान् सम्यग् अन्नपानादि भूषणैः । प्रीणयित्वा महादेवं ततः स्वभवनं ययौ

tarpayitvā dvijān samyag annapānādi bhūṣaṇaiḥ / prīṇayitvā mahādevaṃ tataḥ svabhavanaṃ yayau

having duly satisfied the twice-born with food, drink and the rest, and with ornaments, and having gratified Mahādeva, he then went to his own dwelling.

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SkP-RK 78.20

तदा प्रभृति तत् तीर्थं त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतम् । युधिष्ठिर परं पुण्यं कुण्डलेश्वरसंज्ञकम्

tadā prabhṛti tat tīrthaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam / yudhiṣṭhira paraṃ puṇyaṃ kuṇḍaleśvarasaṃjñakam

From that time on, Yudhiṣṭhira, that holy place, supremely meritorious and named Kuṇḍaleśvara, has been renowned in the three worlds.

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SkP-RK 78.21

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः कश्चिद् उपवासपरायणः । अर्चयेद् देवम् ईशानं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ kaścid upavāsaparāyaṇaḥ / arcayed devam īśānaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

And whoever at that holy place, devoted to fasting, should worship the god Īśāna, is released from all sins.

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SkP-RK 78.22

सुवर्णं रजतं वापि मणिं मौक्तिकम् एव च । ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददात्यत्र स मुख्यो मोदते दिवि

suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ vāpi maṇiṃ mauktikam eva ca / brāhmaṇebhyo dadātyatra sa mukhyo modate divi

Whoever gives gold, or silver, or a gem, or indeed a pearl to brāhmaṇas there, he rejoices foremost in heaven.

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SkP-RK 78.23

तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा ऋग्यजुः सामसु द्विजः । ऋचम् एकां जपित्वा च चतुर्वेदफलं लभेत्

tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā ṛgyajuḥ sāmasu dvijaḥ / ṛcam ekāṃ japitvā ca caturvedaphalaṃ labhet

A man—a twice-born versed in the Ṛg, Yajus and Sāman—having bathed at that holy place and recited a single verse (ṛc), would obtain the fruit of (mastering) the four Vedas.

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SkP-RK 78.24

तस्मिंस् तीर्थे तु गोदानम् अन्नदानम् अथापि वा । यः प्रयच्छति विप्रेभ्यस् तत्फलं शृणु पाण्डव

tasmiṃs tīrthe tu godānam annadānam athāpi vā / yaḥ prayacchati viprebhyas tatphalaṃ śṛṇu pāṇḍava

But as for him who bestows at that holy place the gift of a cow, or else the gift of food, upon brāhmaṇas—hear the fruit of that, Pāṇḍava.

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SkP-RK 78.25

यावन्ति तस्य रोमाणि तत्प्रसूतिकुलेषु च । तावद् वर्षसहस्राणि स्वर्गलोके महीयते

yāvanti tasya romāṇi tatprasūtikuleṣu ca / tāvad varṣasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate

As many as are the hairs on it (the cow) and on those of its offspring's lines, for that many thousands of years he is honoured in the world of heaven.

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SkP-RK 78.26

स्वर्गवासो भवेत् तस्य पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वितः । तस्मिंस् तीर्थे महाभाग व्याघ्रश् चैव पिपासितः

svargavāso bhavet tasya putrapautrasamanvitaḥ / tasmiṃs tīrthe mahābhāga vyāghraś caiva pipāsitaḥ

His dwelling in heaven would be together with his sons and grandsons. At that holy place, O greatly fortunate one, a tiger too, being thirsty—

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SkP-RK 78.27

निषादानां भयेनैव अटव्यामटति स्वयम् । निषादानां भर्यैर् नष्टः पतितो नर्मदाजले

niṣādānāṃ bhayenaiva aṭavyāmaṭati svayam / niṣādānāṃ bharyair naṣṭaḥ patito narmadājale

out of fear of the Niṣādas it was roaming about the forest by itself; destroyed by the Niṣādas' arrows(?) it fell into the water of the Narmadā.

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SkP-RK 78.28

जलप्लुतो महाभाग लिङ्गरूपधरो ऽभवत् । उक्तश्चाकाशवाण्या वै व्याघ्रेश्वरम् अनुत्तमम्

jalapluto mahābhāga liṅgarūpadharo 'bhavat / uktaścākāśavāṇyā vai vyāghreśvaram anuttamam

Submerged in the water, O greatly fortunate one, it took on the form of a liṅga, and it was declared by a voice from the sky to be the unsurpassed Vyāghreśvara:

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SkP-RK 78.29

पूज्यं वै त्रिषु लोकेषु ख्यातिं यास्यत्य् असंशयम् । तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा तल् लिङ्गम् अर्चयेत् तु यः

pūjyaṃ vai triṣu lokeṣu khyātiṃ yāsyaty asaṃśayam / tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā tal liṅgam arcayet tu yaḥ

"It is to be worshipped in the three worlds and will without doubt attain renown"—(hear the fruit of) the man who bathes at that holy place and worships that liṅga.

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