Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 79
SkP-RK 79.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ततो गच्छेत् तु राजेन्द्र पिप्पलेश्वरम् उत्तमम् । यत्र सिद्धो महायोगी पिप्पलादो महातपाः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tato gacchet tu rājendra pippaleśvaram uttamam / yatra siddho mahāyogī pippalādo mahātapāḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, best of kings, one should go to the excellent Pippaleśvara, where Pippalāda, the great yogin of great austerity, attained perfection.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 79.2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: पिप्पलादस्य चरितं श्रोतुमिच्छाम्य् अहं प्रभो । माहात्म्यं तस्य तीर्थस्य यत्र सिद्धो महातपाः
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: pippalādasya caritaṃ śrotumicchāmy ahaṃ prabho / māhātmyaṃ tasya tīrthasya yatra siddho mahātapāḥ
Yudhiṣṭhira said: I wish to hear, lord, the deeds of Pippalāda, and the greatness of that holy place where the man of great austerity attained perfection.
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SkP-RK 79.3
कस्य पुत्रो महाभाग किमर्थं तप्तवांस् तपः । एतद् विस्तरतः सर्वं कथयस्व ममानघ
kasya putro mahābhāga kimarthaṃ taptavāṃs tapaḥ / etad vistarataḥ sarvaṃ kathayasva mamānagha
Whose son was he, O greatly fortunate one, and for what purpose did he perform austerity? Tell me all this in detail, sinless one.
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SkP-RK 79.4
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: मिथिलास्थो महाभाग वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः । याज्ञवल्क्यश् च पुरतश् चचार विपुलं तपः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: mithilāstho mahābhāga vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ / yājñavalkyaś ca purataś cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Formerly, O greatly fortunate one, Yājñavalkya, dwelling in Mithilā, who had gone to the far shore of the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas, practised abundant austerity.
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SkP-RK 79.5
तापसी तस्य भगिनी याज्ञवल्क्यस्य धीमतः । चचार सापि तत्रस्था शुश्रूषन्ती महत्तपः
tāpasī tasya bhaginī yājñavalkyasya dhīmataḥ / cacāra sāpi tatrasthā śuśrūṣantī mahattapaḥ
The sister of that wise Yājñavalkya was an ascetic woman; she too, staying there and serving (him), practised great austerity.
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SkP-RK 79.6
ततस् त्व् एकस्मिन् समये स्नाताहनि रजस्वला । अन्तर्वासं कृतवती दृष्ट्वा कर्कटकं रहः
tatas tv ekasmin samaye snātāhani rajasvalā / antarvāsaṃ kṛtavatī dṛṣṭvā karkaṭakaṃ rahaḥ
Then on one occasion, being in her menses on a day when she had bathed, she made an undergarment (of cloth), having in private seen a crab.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 79.7
याज्ञवल्क्यो ऽपि तद् रात्रौ परिधानेन तेन वै । स्वप्नं दृष्ट्वात्यजच् छुक्रं प्रभाते ऽन्वैषयत् पुनः
yājñavalkyo 'pi tad rātrau paridhānena tena vai / svapnaṃ dṛṣṭvātyajac chukraṃ prabhāte 'nvaiṣayat punaḥ
And Yājñavalkya, that night, with that very garment as his lower cloth, had a dream and released semen; in the morning he searched for it again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 79.8
तत सा ब्राह्मणी तात किम् अन्वेष्यसि भारत । केन कार्यं तव विभो वदस्व मम तत्त्वतः
tata sā brāhmaṇī tāta kim anveṣyasi bhārata / kena kāryaṃ tava vibho vadasva mama tattvataḥ
Then that brāhmaṇa woman (said): "What are you searching for, dear one, O Bhārata? What is your business, lord? Tell me truly."
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SkP-RK 79.9
याज्ञवल्क्य उवाच: अपवित्रो मया भद्रे स्वप्नो दृष्टो ऽद्य वै निशि । शुक्लं मे चात्र वस्त्रं स्वं निक्षिप्तं तन् न दृश्यते
yājñavalkya uvāca: apavitro mayā bhadre svapno dṛṣṭo 'dya vai niśi / śuklaṃ me cātra vastraṃ svaṃ nikṣiptaṃ tan na dṛśyate
Yājñavalkya said: Good lady, an impure dream was seen by me this very night; and my own white garment, deposited here, is not to be seen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 79.10
तच्छ्रुत्वा ब्राह्मणी वाक्यं भीतभीताभवन् नृप । तद्वस्त्रं तु मया ब्रह्मन् स्नात्वान्तर्धानकं कृतम्
tacchrutvā brāhmaṇī vākyaṃ bhītabhītābhavan nṛpa / tadvastraṃ tu mayā brahman snātvāntardhānakaṃ kṛtam
Hearing that speech, O king, the brahmin woman became very frightened: "But that garment, brahmin, I made to disappear after bathing."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 79.11
तस्यास् तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा हाहेत्युक्त्वा महातपाः । पपात सहसा भूमौ छिन्नमूल इव द्रुमः
tasyās tad vacanaṃ śrutvā hāhetyuktvā mahātapāḥ / papāta sahasā bhūmau chinnamūla iva drumaḥ
Hearing that speech of hers, the great ascetic cried "Alas!" and suddenly fell to the ground like a tree whose root has been cut.
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SkP-RK 79.12
किम् एतद् इति जल्पन्तम् आकाशाद् वाग्विनिर्गता । तोषयन्ती च तं विप्रं प्रोवाच नृपते तदा
kim etad iti jalpantam ākāśād vāgvinirgatā / toṣayantī ca taṃ vipraṃ provāca nṛpate tadā
And as he was babbling "What is this?", a voice issued forth from the sky and then, consoling that brahmin, spoke, O king.
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SkP-RK 79.13
नास्य दोषो मया दृष्टस् तव चैव शुभव्रते । तव गर्भोदयो येन तत्र दैवं परायणम्
nāsya doṣo mayā dṛṣṭas tava caiva śubhavrate / tava garbhodayo yena tatra daivaṃ parāyaṇam
No fault of his have I seen, nor of yours, O you of auspicious vows; the conception of your pregnancy is that by which fate is here the highest recourse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 79.14
न विनाशो ऽस्य कर्तव्यो यावत् कालस्य पर्ययः । तथेति व्रीडिता सा च दुर्मनेति विमानतः
na vināśo 'sya kartavyo yāvat kālasya paryayaḥ / tatheti vrīḍitā sā ca durmaneti vimānataḥ
He is not to be destroyed until the turn of (his) time; "So be it," (said) she, ashamed, and downcast as though slighted.
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SkP-RK 79.15
पालयामास तं गर्भं यावत् पुत्रो व्यजायत । जातमात्रं तु तं गर्भं कथयित्वा न कंचन
pālayāmāsa taṃ garbhaṃ yāvat putro vyajāyata / jātamātraṃ tu taṃ garbhaṃ kathayitvā na kaṃcana
She guarded that fetus until a son was born; but that new-born child, without telling anyone,
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SkP-RK 79.16
अश्वस्थवृक्षमासाद्य सोत्ससर्ज महीतले । यानि सत्त्वानि लोकेषु स्थावराणि चराणि वै
aśvasthavṛkṣamāsādya sotsasarja mahītale / yāni sattvāni lokeṣu sthāvarāṇi carāṇi vai
having come to a pipal tree, she abandoned on the surface of the earth: "Whatever beings there are in the worlds, immobile and moving,
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SkP-RK 79.17
तानि वै पालयन्त्व् एनं बालकं त्यजति स्म सा । एवमुक्त्वा ततः साध्वी ब्राह्मणी नृपसत्तम
tāni vai pālayantv enaṃ bālakaṃ tyajati sma sā / evamuktvā tataḥ sādhvī brāhmaṇī nṛpasattama
let them protect this child" — thus she abandoned (him). Having spoken thus, then the virtuous brahmin woman, O best of kings,
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SkP-RK 79.18
यथागतं जगामाथ सावस्थाय मुहूर्तकम् । पादौ पाणी विनिक्षिप्य विमृज्य नयने शूभे
yathāgataṃ jagāmātha sāvasthāya muhūrtakam / pādau pāṇī vinikṣipya vimṛjya nayane śūbhe
went off the way she had come; and he, staying there a little while, flinging out his feet and hands, and rubbing his lovely eyes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 79.19
आस्यं च विकृतं कृत्वा रुरोदोच्चैरनाथवत् । तेन शब्देन वित्रस्ताः स्थावरा जङ्गमाश् च ये
āsyaṃ ca vikṛtaṃ kṛtvā rurodoccairanāthavat / tena śabdena vitrastāḥ sthāvarā jaṅgamāś ca ye
and twisting his mouth, wailed aloud like one without a protector; terrified by that sound were all things immobile and moving,
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SkP-RK 79.20
अकम्पयत् महीं तात सशैलवनकन्दराम् । ततो ज्ञात्वा महद्भूतं क्षुधाविष्टं द्विजर्षभम्
akampayat mahīṃ tāta saśailavanakandarām / tato jñātvā mahadbhūtaṃ kṣudhāviṣṭaṃ dvijarṣabham
and it made the earth tremble, dear one, together with its mountains, forests and caves. Then, knowing that great being, that bull among brahmins, to be afflicted with hunger,
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SkP-RK 79.21
न जहाति नगश् छायामार्पयच् च ततः पयः । आप्यायितस् ततस् तेन अमृतेनैव भारत । ततः स चिन्तयाविष्टो निर्ममे ग्रहगोचरम्
na jahāti nagaś chāyāmārpayac ca tataḥ payaḥ / āpyāyitas tatas tena amṛtenaiva bhārata / tataḥ sa cintayāviṣṭo nirmame grahagocaram
the tree did not withdraw its shade, and thereupon gave him milk; and being nourished by that, as if by the nectar of immortality, O Bhārata, then, filled with reflection, he laid out the course of the planets.
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SkP-RK 79.22
तेन क्रूरसम् आचारः क्रूरदृष्ट्या निरीक्षितः । पपात सहसा भूमौ शनैश्चारी शनैश्चरः
tena krūrasam ācāraḥ krūradṛṣṭyā nirīkṣitaḥ / papāta sahasā bhūmau śanaiścārī śanaiścaraḥ
By him, cruel in conduct, looked upon with a cruel gaze, Śanaiścara, the slow-mover, suddenly fell to the ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 79.23
शनैश्चरं बालको ऽपि पादेनैव परामृशत् । पीडितः सो ऽपि बालेन उवाच वचनं तदा
śanaiścaraṃ bālako 'pi pādenaiva parāmṛśat / pīḍitaḥ so 'pi bālena uvāca vacanaṃ tadā
And the boy touched Śanaiścara with his very foot; and he, oppressed by the boy, then spoke these words:
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SkP-RK 79.24
किं मया ऽपकृतं विप्र पिप्पलाद महामुने । निष्क्रामन् गगने चैव पातितो धरणीतले
kiṃ mayā 'pakṛtaṃ vipra pippalāda mahāmune / niṣkrāman gagane caiva pātito dharaṇītale
"What harm have I done, brahmin, Pippalāda, great sage? Moving along in the sky, I have been cast down on the surface of the earth."
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SkP-RK 79.25
सौरिणाप्य् एवम् उक्तस् तु पिप्पलादो महामुनिः । क्रोधरूपो ऽब्रवीद् वाक्यं तच् छृणुष्व नराधिप
sauriṇāpy evam uktas tu pippalādo mahāmuniḥ / krodharūpo 'bravīd vākyaṃ tac chṛṇuṣva narādhipa
Though addressed thus by the son of the Sun, Pippalāda the great sage, in the form of wrath, spoke a word — hear it, O ruler of men:
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SkP-RK 79.26
पितृमातृविहीनस्य बालभावस्य दुर्मते । पीडां करोषि कस्मात् त्वं सौरे त्वम् अवशेषितः
pitṛmātṛvihīnasya bālabhāvasya durmate / pīḍāṃ karoṣi kasmāt tvaṃ saure tvam avaśeṣitaḥ
"Why do you inflict pain, evil-minded one, on a child bereft of father and mother? O son of the Sun, you are (all that is) left of you!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 79.27
शनैश्चर उवाच: क्रूरस्वभावसंजाता मम दृष्टि द्विजोत्तम । मुञ्च त्वं मां च कर्ताहं यद् ब्रवीषि न संशयः
śanaiścara uvāca: krūrasvabhāvasaṃjātā mama dṛṣṭi dvijottama / muñca tvaṃ māṃ ca kartāhaṃ yad bravīṣi na saṃśayaḥ
Śanaiścara said: My gaze is born of a cruel nature, O best of brahmins; release me, and I will do what you say, without doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 79.28
पिप्पलाद उवाच: अद्य प्रभृतिबालानां जन्मतः षोडशीः समाः । पीडा त्वया न कर्तव्या एष ते समयः परः
pippalāda uvāca: adya prabhṛtibālānāṃ janmataḥ ṣoḍaśīḥ samāḥ / pīḍā tvayā na kartavyā eṣa te samayaḥ paraḥ
Pippalāda said: From today on, for sixteen years from birth, no pain is to be inflicted by you on children; this is your supreme agreement.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 79.29
एवम् अस्त्व् इति तं चोक्त्वा प्रजगाम यथागतः । देवमार्गं शनैश्चारी प्रणम्य ऋषिसत्तमम्
evam astv iti taṃ coktvā prajagāma yathāgataḥ / devamārgaṃ śanaiścārī praṇamya ṛṣisattamam
And saying to him, "So be it," the slow-moving one (Saturn), having bowed to that best of sages, went along the path of the gods as he had come.
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SkP-RK 79.30
ततश् चादर्शनं तत्र गतवान् स महाग्रहः । विचिन्तयानश् चैकाकी क्रोधेन कलुषीकृतः
tataś cādarśanaṃ tatra gatavān sa mahāgrahaḥ / vicintayānaś caikākī krodhena kaluṣīkṛtaḥ
And then that great planet passed out of sight there, brooding alone, made turbid with anger.
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SkP-RK 79.31
आग्नेयीं हि दिशं ध्यात्वा जनयामास पावकम् । कृत्त्वा मांसं जुहावाग्नौ क्रियासम्भवतत्त्वतः
āgneyīṃ hi diśaṃ dhyātvā janayāmāsa pāvakam / kṛttvā māṃsaṃ juhāvāgnau kriyāsambhavatattvataḥ
Meditating on the southeastern quarter, he generated fire; and cutting off flesh, he offered it into the fire in accordance with the true procedure of the rite.
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SkP-RK 79.32
तावच् च जनिता कृत्या ज्वालामालाविभूषिता । हुतभुक्सदृशाकारा किंकरोमीति चाब्रवीत्
tāvac ca janitā kṛtyā jvālāmālāvibhūṣitā / hutabhuksadṛśākārā kiṃkaromīti cābravīt
And at that moment a Kṛtyā (a destructive female spirit) was born, adorned with garlands of flame, her form like that of the fire that consumes oblations, and she said, "What shall I do?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 79.33
शोषयामि समुद्रं किं चूर्णयामि च पर्वतम् । भूमिं च वेष्टयामीह पातयित्वा नभस्तलम्
śoṣayāmi samudraṃ kiṃ cūrṇayāmi ca parvatam / bhūmiṃ ca veṣṭayāmīha pātayitvā nabhastalam
"Shall I dry up the ocean? Shall I pulverize a mountain? Or shall I, having thrown down the vault of heaven, wrap up the earth here?"
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SkP-RK 79.34
कस्य मूर्ध्नि पतिष्यामि घातयामि च कं द्विज । शीघ्रमादिश मे कार्यं न कालातिक्रमो भवेत्
kasya mūrdhni patiṣyāmi ghātayāmi ca kaṃ dvija / śīghramādiśa me kāryaṃ na kālātikramo bhavet
"On whose head shall I fall, and whom shall I slay, O twice-born? Command me my task quickly; let there be no passing of the (right) time."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 79.35
तस्यास् तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा पिप्पलादो महातपाः । क्रोधरक्तान्तनयन इदं वचनम् अब्रवीत्
tasyās tad vacanaṃ śrutvā pippalādo mahātapāḥ / krodharaktāntanayana idaṃ vacanam abravīt
Hearing that speech of hers, Pippalāda of great austerity, his eyes red at the corners with anger, spoke these words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 79.36
महता क्रोधवेगेन मया त्वं चिन्तिता शुभे । पिता मे याज्ञवल्क्यस् तु तं त्वं घातय माचिरम्
mahatā krodhavegena mayā tvaṃ cintitā śubhe / pitā me yājñavalkyas tu taṃ tvaṃ ghātaya māciram
"With a great surge of anger you were conceived by me, O fair one. My father is Yājñavalkya — slay him, without delay."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 79.37
एवमुक्ता तु सा शीघ्रं स्फुटन्तीव नभस् तलम् । मिथिलास्थो महाप्राज्ञो यत्र तेपे महातपाः
evamuktā tu sā śīghraṃ sphuṭantīva nabhas talam / mithilāstho mahāprājño yatra tepe mahātapāḥ
Addressed thus, she swiftly (went), as though splitting the vault of the sky, to where the greatly wise one of great austerity, dwelling in Mithilā, was performing his penance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 79.38
यावत् पश्यति दिङ्मार्गं ज्वलनार्कसमप्रभम् । याज्ञवल्क्यो महातेजास् तद्भूतं समुपस्थितम्
yāvat paśyati diṅmārgaṃ jvalanārkasamaprabham / yājñavalkyo mahātejās tadbhūtaṃ samupasthitam
Meanwhile Yājñavalkya of great splendour saw the path of the quarter (of the sky) blazing with a radiance like the sun's, and that being arrived close at hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 79.39
तां दृष्ट्वा सहसायान्तीं भीतभीतो महामुनिः । भूतेनाक्रमितो विप्रो जनकं नृपतिं ययौ
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasāyāntīṃ bhītabhīto mahāmuniḥ / bhūtenākramito vipro janakaṃ nṛpatiṃ yayau
Seeing her coming on suddenly, the great sage, utterly terrified — the brahmin, assailed by the being — went to King Janaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 79.40
शरणार्थम् अनुप्राप्तं विद्धि मां नृपसत्तम । महाभूताच् च मां रक्ष यदि शक्नोषि मानद
śaraṇārtham anuprāptaṃ viddhi māṃ nṛpasattama / mahābhūtāc ca māṃ rakṣa yadi śaknoṣi mānada
"Know me, O best of kings, to have come seeking refuge; and protect me from the great being, if you are able, O giver of honour."
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SkP-RK 79.41
राजोवाच: ब्रह्मतेजोभवम् भूतम् अनिवार्यं दुरासदम् । प्रभुर् नैवाद्य शक्नोमि अन्यं गच्छ महामते
rājovāca: brahmatejobhavam bhūtam anivāryaṃ durāsadam / prabhur naivādya śaknomi anyaṃ gaccha mahāmate
The king said: "The being, arisen from brahmanical fire-energy, is unstoppable and unassailable; I am not master enough today, I cannot. Go to another, O greatly wise one."
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SkP-RK 79.42
ततश् चान्यं नृपश्रेष्ठं शरणार्थी महातपाः । जगाम तेन चैवोक्त इन्द्रस्य शरणं ययौ
tataś cānyaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭhaṃ śaraṇārthī mahātapāḥ / jagāma tena caivokta indrasya śaraṇaṃ yayau
Then the greatly austere one, seeking refuge, went to another, the best of kings; and told the same by him, he went to Indra for refuge.
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SkP-RK 79.43
देवराज नमस्ते ऽस्तु महाभूताच् च रक्ष माम् । तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वाब्रवीद् इन्द्रस् तदा वचः
devarāja namaste 'stu mahābhūtāc ca rakṣa mām / tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvābravīd indras tadā vacaḥ
"O king of the gods, homage be to you; protect me from the great being!" Hearing that speech of his, Indra then spoke these words:
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SkP-RK 79.44
न च शक्तः परित्रातुं ब्रह्मतेजो हि दुःसहम् । ततश् च ब्रह्मभवनं ब्राह्मणो ब्रह्मवित्तमः
na ca śaktaḥ paritrātuṃ brahmatejo hi duḥsaham / tataś ca brahmabhavanaṃ brāhmaṇo brahmavittamaḥ
"I am not able to rescue (you), for brahmanical fire-energy is hard to bear." Then the brahmin, best of the knowers of Brahman, (went) to Brahmā's abode,
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SkP-RK 79.45
जगाम विष्णुभवनं शक्तो ऽपि त्यक्तवान् भयात् । ततः स परमोद्विग्नो निराशो जीविते नृप
jagāma viṣṇubhavanaṃ śakto 'pi tyaktavān bhayāt / tataḥ sa paramodvigno nirāśo jīvite nṛpa
(and) went to Viṣṇu's abode; (Viṣṇu,) though able, abandoned him out of fear. Then he, deeply agitated, without hope for his life, O king,
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SkP-RK 79.46
अनुगम्यमानो भूतेन अगच्छच् च महेश्वरम् । तस्य योगबलोपेतो महादेवस्य पाण्डव
anugamyamāno bhūtena agacchac ca maheśvaram / tasya yogabalopeto mahādevasya pāṇḍava
being pursued by the being, went to Maheśvara. And, O Pāṇḍava, endowed with the power of yoga, of that Mahādeva
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SkP-RK 79.47
नखमांसान्तरे लुप्तो यथा देवो न पश्यति । अदृष्टम् अगमद् भूतं ज्वलनार्कसमप्रभम्
nakhamāṃsāntare lupto yathā devo na paśyati / adṛṣṭam agamad bhūtaṃ jvalanārkasamaprabham
he was hidden between nail and flesh, so that the god did not see (him); (and) the being, blazing with a radiance like the sun's, went unseeing (of him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 79.48
मुञ्च मुञ्चेति पुरुष मुञ्चेश्वरम् उवाच ह । एवम् उक्तो महादेवस् तेन भूतेन भारत
muñca muñceti puruṣa muñceśvaram uvāca ha / evam ukto mahādevas tena bhūtena bhārata
"Release, release him, O Puruṣa, release him!" — thus it said to Īśvara. Addressed thus by that being, O Bhārata, Mahādeva
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SkP-RK 79.49
योगीन्द्रं दर्शयाम् आस नखमांसान्तरे स्थितम् । संस्थाप्य कृत्यां भूतेशो ज्वलत्कालानलप्रभाम्
yogīndraṃ darśayām āsa nakhamāṃsāntare sthitam / saṃsthāpya kṛtyāṃ bhūteśo jvalatkālānalaprabhām
(The being) showed (him) the lord of yogins, lodged between the nail and the flesh; and the lord of beings, having held back the Kṛtyā, whose glow was like the blazing fire of time —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 79.50
उवाच मा भैस्त्वं विप्र मा च गच्छ महामुने । ततस् तं सूक्ष्मदेहस्थं महादेवो ऽब्रवीद् इदम्
uvāca mā bhaistvaṃ vipra mā ca gaccha mahāmune / tatas taṃ sūkṣmadehasthaṃ mahādevo 'bravīd idam
— said: "Do not fear, brahmin, and do not go away, great sage." Then Mahādeva said this to him who stood in a subtle body:
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SkP-RK 79.51
कृत्योवाच: क्रोधदीप्तेन देवेश पिप्पलादेन चिन्तिता
kṛtyovāca: krodhadīptena deveśa pippalādena cintitā
The Kṛtyā said: "O lord of gods, I was conceived by Pippalāda, who blazed with anger.
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SkP-RK 79.52
अस्य देहे पतिष्यामि अहिंस्यां विद्धि मां प्रभो । एतच् छ्रुत्वा महादेवो भूतस्य वदनाच् च्युतम्
asya dehe patiṣyāmi ahiṃsyāṃ viddhi māṃ prabho / etac chrutvā mahādevo bhūtasya vadanāc cyutam
"I shall fall upon his body; know me, lord, to be one who may not be slain." Hearing this, Mahādeva (bound) that (Kṛtyā) which had issued from the being's mouth,
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SkP-RK 79.53
वरिष्ठं बन्धयामास याज्ञवल्क्यस्य घातकम् । योगीश्वरं तं विप्रेन्द्रं दत्त्वाभीतिं युधिष्ठिर
variṣṭhaṃ bandhayāmāsa yājñavalkyasya ghātakam / yogīśvaraṃ taṃ viprendraṃ dattvābhītiṃ yudhiṣṭhira
the mighty slayer of Yājñavalkya, he had bound; and having granted fearlessness to that lord of yogins, that foremost of brahmins, O Yudhiṣṭhira,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 79.54
विसर्जयित्वा देवस् तं तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । प्रेषयित्वा तु तं भूतं पिप्पलादो ऽपि दुर्मनाः
visarjayitvā devas taṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata / preṣayitvā tu taṃ bhūtaṃ pippalādo 'pi durmanāḥ
and dismissed him, the god vanished on that very spot. But Pippalāda too, having sent forth that being, being downcast,
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SkP-RK 79.55
मातापितृविहीनस् तु नर्मदातटम् आश्रितः । एकनिष्ठो निराहारो वर्षाणि षोडशैव तु
mātāpitṛvihīnas tu narmadātaṭam āśritaḥ / ekaniṣṭho nirāhāro varṣāṇi ṣoḍaśaiva tu
and bereft of mother and father, took refuge at the bank of the Narmadā, single-minded and without food, for a full sixteen years.
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SkP-RK 79.56
हर उवाच: परितुष्टो ऽस्मि ते विप्र तपसानेन सुव्रत
hara uvāca: parituṣṭo 'smi te vipra tapasānena suvrata
Hara said: "I am well pleased with you, brahmin, by this austerity, O you of good vows."
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SkP-RK 79.57
पिप्पलाद उवाच: यदि मे भगवांस् तुष्टो यदि देयो वरो मम
pippalāda uvāca: yadi me bhagavāṃs tuṣṭo yadi deyo varo mama
Pippalāda said: "If the Lord is pleased with me, if a boon is to be granted me,
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SkP-RK 79.58
अत्र सन्निहितो देव मम नाम्ना च शङ्कर । एवम् उक्तस् तथेत्य् उक्त्वा पिप्पलादं महामुनिम्
atra sannihito deva mama nāmnā ca śaṅkara / evam uktas tathety uktvā pippalādaṃ mahāmunim
"then be present here, O god, and under my name, O Śaṅkara." Thus addressed, having said "So be it" to Pippalāda the great sage,
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SkP-RK 79.59
जगामादर्शनं देवो भूतसङ्घैर् निषेवितः । पिप्पलादो गते देवे स्नात्वा तत्र महाम्भसि
jagāmādarśanaṃ devo bhūtasaṅghair niṣevitaḥ / pippalādo gate deve snātvā tatra mahāmbhasi
the god, attended by throngs of beings, passed out of sight. When the god had gone, Pippalāda bathed there in the great waters,
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SkP-RK 79.60
स्थापयित्वा महदेवं जगामोत्तरपर्वतम् । तत्र तीर्थे नरो भक्त्या स्नात्वा मन्त्रयुतो नृप
sthāpayitvā mahadevaṃ jagāmottaraparvatam / tatra tīrthe naro bhaktyā snātvā mantrayuto nṛpa
and having installed Mahādeva, he went to the northern mountain. At that tīrtha, O king, a man who bathes with devotion, equipped with the mantra,
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SkP-RK 79.61
तर्पयित्वा पितॄन् देवान् पूजयित्वा महेश्वरम् । अश्वमेधस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोत्य् अनुत्तमम्
tarpayitvā pitṝn devān pūjayitvā maheśvaram / aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoty anuttamam
and having satisfied the ancestors and the gods (with libations) and worshipped Maheśvara, obtains the unsurpassed fruit of the horse sacrifice.
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SkP-RK 79.62
मृतो रुद्रपुरं याति पिप्पलेश्वरसन्निधौ । अथवा भोजयेद् विप्रान् पितॄन् उद्दिश्य भक्तितः
mṛto rudrapuraṃ yāti pippaleśvarasannidhau / athavā bhojayed viprān pitṝn uddiśya bhaktitaḥ
One who dies in the presence of Pippaleśvara goes to Rudra's city. Or else one should feed brahmins with devotion, dedicating (the offering) to the ancestors:
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SkP-RK 79.63
द्वादशाब्दसहस्राणि तृप्ता गच्छन्ति सद्गतिम् । संन्यासेन तु यः कश्चित् तत्र तीर्थे तनुं त्यजेत्
dvādaśābdasahasrāṇi tṛptā gacchanti sadgatim / saṃnyāsena tu yaḥ kaścit tatra tīrthe tanuṃ tyajet
satisfied, (the ancestors) go to a good state for twelve thousand years. And whoever gives up his body at that tīrtha by renunciation,
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SkP-RK 79.64
अनिवर्तिका गतिस् तस्य यथा मे शङ्करो ऽब्रवीत् । एतत् सर्वं समाख्यातं यत् त्वं मां परिपृष्टवान्
anivartikā gatis tasya yathā me śaṅkaro 'bravīt / etat sarvaṃ samākhyātaṃ yat tvaṃ māṃ paripṛṣṭavān
his going is one from which there is no return, as Śaṅkara told me. All this that you asked me has been fully declared.
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