Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 80

SkP-RK 80.1

मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ततो गच्छेत् तु राजेन्द्र विमलेश्वरम् उत्तमम् । तत्र देवशिला रम्या महादेवेन भाषिता

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tato gacchet tu rājendra vimaleśvaram uttamam / tatra devaśilā ramyā mahādevena bhāṣitā

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, O best of kings, one should go to the excellent Vimaleśvara. There is the lovely Divine Rock, spoken of by Mahādeva.

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SkP-RK 80.2

गर्जनं खेटकं नाम तत्र देवशिला शुभा । तत्र स्नात्वा तु यो भक्त्या तर्पयेत् पितृदेवताः

garjanaṃ kheṭakaṃ nāma tatra devaśilā śubhā / tatra snātvā tu yo bhaktyā tarpayet pitṛdevatāḥ

(The place) is called Garjana Kheṭaka; there is the auspicious Divine Rock. Whoever bathes there and with devotion satisfies the ancestral deities with libations —

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SkP-RK 80.3

तस्य ते द्वादशाब्दानि सुतृप्ता दिवि मोदिताः । तस्मिंस् तीर्थे तु यो भक्त्या ब्राह्मणान् पूजयेन् नृप

tasya te dvādaśābdāni sutṛptā divi moditāḥ / tasmiṃs tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā brāhmaṇān pūjayen nṛpa

— his (forefathers), well satisfied, rejoice in heaven for twelve years. And whoever with devotion honours brahmins at that tīrtha, O king —

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SkP-RK 80.4

युधिष्ठिर उवाच: कानि दानानि विप्रेन्द्र शस्तानि धरणीतले

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: kāni dānāni viprendra śastāni dharaṇītale

Yudhiṣṭhira said: Which gifts, O best of brahmins, are commended on the face of the earth?

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SkP-RK 80.5

मार्कण्डेय उवाच: सुवर्णं रजतं ताम्रं मणिं मौक्तिकम् एव च

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ tāmraṃ maṇiṃ mauktikam eva ca

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Gold, silver, copper, gems, and pearls too,

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SkP-RK 80.6

भूमिदानं तथा गावो मोचयन्त्य् अंशुमान् नरम् । तत्र तीर्थे तु यः कश्चित् कुरुते प्राणसंक्षयम्

bhūmidānaṃ tathā gāvo mocayanty aṃśumān naram / tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ kaścit kurute prāṇasaṃkṣayam

the gift of land, and cows — these set a man free, O radiant one (Aṃśumān). But whoever brings about the destruction of his life at that holy ford,

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SkP-RK 80.7

रुद्रलोके वसेत् तावद् यावद् आहूतसंप्लवम् । ततः पुष्करिणीं गच्छेत् कुरुक्षेत्रसमां नृप

rudraloke vaset tāvad yāvad āhūtasaṃplavam / tataḥ puṣkariṇīṃ gacchet kurukṣetrasamāṃ nṛpa

he dwells in the world of Rudra as long as until the deluge that has been summoned. Then, O king, he should go to Puṣkariṇī, which is equal to Kurukṣetra.

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SkP-RK 80.8

पूर्वं पुष्करिणी नाम कुरुक्षेत्रं कलौ स्मृतम् । तत्र स्नात्वा यजेद् देवं तेजोराशिं दिवाकरम्

pūrvaṃ puṣkariṇī nāma kurukṣetraṃ kalau smṛtam / tatra snātvā yajed devaṃ tejorāśiṃ divākaram

Formerly it was called Puṣkariṇī; in the Kali age it is remembered as Kurukṣetra. Having bathed there, one should worship the god, the mass of radiance, the maker of day (the sun).

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SkP-RK 80.9

ऋचम् एकां जपेत् सौम्यः सामवेदफलं लभेत् । यजुर्वेदस्य जपनं ऋग्वेदस्य तथैव च

ṛcam ekāṃ japet saumyaḥ sāmavedaphalaṃ labhet / yajurvedasya japanaṃ ṛgvedasya tathaiva ca

Let the gentle-minded man recite a single verse (ṛc): he gains the fruit of the Sāmaveda, and likewise (that) of the recitation of the Yajurveda and of the Ṛgveda.

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SkP-RK 80.10

त्र्यक्षरं वा जपेन् मन्त्रं ध्यायमानो दिवाकरम् । आदित्यहृदयं जप्त्वा मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः

tryakṣaraṃ vā japen mantraṃ dhyāyamāno divākaram / ādityahṛdayaṃ japtvā mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ

Or he may recite the three-syllabled mantra while meditating on the sun; having recited the Ādityahṛdaya, he is released from all defilements.

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SkP-RK 80.11

तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा विधिना पूजयेद् द्विजान् । तस्य कोटिगुणं दानं जायते नात्र संशयः

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā vidhinā pūjayed dvijān / tasya koṭiguṇaṃ dānaṃ jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

And whoever, having bathed at that holy ford, worships brahmins according to the rule — his gift becomes ten million times (as great); there is no doubt about this.

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SkP-RK 80.12

कार्तिक्यां च तथा माध्यां वैशाख्यां तु विशेषतः । अमावास्यां व्यतीपाते संक्रमे वैधृतौ रवौ

kārtikyāṃ ca tathā mādhyāṃ vaiśākhyāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ / amāvāsyāṃ vyatīpāte saṃkrame vaidhṛtau ravau

On the full moon of Kārttika, and likewise of Māgha, and especially of Vaiśākha; on the new moon, at a vyatīpāta, at the sun's passage (into a new sign), at a vaidhṛti —

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SkP-RK 80.13

कुरुक्षेत्रे नरः स्नात्वा रुद्रस्यानुचरो भवेत् । अनाशके जले ह्य् अग्नौ पञ्चाग्नौ वा तथापि वा

kurukṣetre naraḥ snātvā rudrasyānucaro bhavet / anāśake jale hy agnau pañcāgnau vā tathāpi vā

a man who bathes at Kurukṣetra becomes an attendant of Rudra — whether by fasting, in water, in fire, or among the five fires.

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SkP-RK 80.14

तस्मिंस् तीर्थे मृतो यस् तु स याति परमां गतिम् । ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियो वैश्यः शूद्रो वा नृपसत्तम

tasmiṃs tīrthe mṛto yas tu sa yāti paramāṃ gatim / brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vaiśyaḥ śūdro vā nṛpasattama

But whoever dies at that holy ford goes to the highest goal — be he brahmin, kṣatriya, vaiśya, or śūdra, O best of kings.

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SkP-RK 80.15

युधिष्ठिर उवाच: किं जपन् मुच्यते व्याधेर् ज्ञात्वा वर्णं द्विजोत्तम

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: kiṃ japan mucyate vyādher jñātvā varṇaṃ dvijottama

Yudhiṣṭhira said: By reciting what is one freed from disease, once the class (varṇa) is known, O best of the twice-born?

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SkP-RK 80.16

मार्कण्डेय उवाच: शृणु राजन्न् अवहित इतिहासं पुरातनम्

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: śṛṇu rājann avahita itihāsaṃ purātanam

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Listen attentively, O king, to an ancient story,

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SkP-RK 80.17

गुह्यतीर्थे समासाद्य ब्राह्मणो मुक्तवान् यथा । पुरा द्विजवरश् चासीद् गोविन्दो नाम नामतः

guhyatīrthe samāsādya brāhmaṇo muktavān yathā / purā dvijavaraś cāsīd govindo nāma nāmataḥ

how a brahmin, having reached the Guhya ford, was liberated. Long ago there was a foremost brahmin, Govinda by name.

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SkP-RK 80.18

तस्य भार्या सुसम्पन्ना ब्राह्मणी च पतिव्रता । तस्यां संजनयामास पुत्रम् एकं च सुन्दरम्

tasya bhāryā susampannā brāhmaṇī ca pativratā / tasyāṃ saṃjanayāmāsa putram ekaṃ ca sundaram

His wife was well endowed, a brahmin woman devoted to her husband. Upon her he begot one handsome son.

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SkP-RK 80.19

स बाल एव भवने क्रीडते शिशुलीलया । कदाचिद् ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठः काष्ठमानयितुं गतः

sa bāla eva bhavane krīḍate śiśulīlayā / kadācid brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhaḥ kāṣṭhamānayituṃ gataḥ

While still a child he was playing in the house with childish play. Once the best of brahmins went to fetch firewood.

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SkP-RK 80.20

वनान् नीत्वा काष्ठभारं गृहे पश्चाच् च क्षिप्तवान् । क्रीडन्न् आस्ते शिशुस् तत्र काष्ठभारेण पीडितः

vanān nītvā kāṣṭhabhāraṃ gṛhe paścāc ca kṣiptavān / krīḍann āste śiśus tatra kāṣṭhabhāreṇa pīḍitaḥ

Having brought the load of wood from the forest, he afterwards threw it down in the house. The child was there at play and was crushed by the load of wood.

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SkP-RK 80.23

ममार बालकस् तत्र द्विजो न ज्ञातवांस् तदा । ब्राह्मण्य् अपि तदा तस्मै न शशंस भयात् तथा ॥ र्क्स्_८०।२१ ॥ पुर्नद्विजः स गोविन्दो विपिनं संजगाम ह ॥ र्क्स्_८०।२२ ॥ ब्राह्मण्य् उवाच: रावणो ब्रह्मणः पौत्रस् त्रैलोक्यं यस्य शङ्कते । स हतो रामचन्द्रेण सपुत्रामात्यबान्धवः

mamāra bālakas tatra dvijo na jñātavāṃs tadā / brāhmaṇy api tadā tasmai na śaśaṃsa bhayāt tathā // rks_80.21 // purnadvijaḥ sa govindo vipinaṃ saṃjagāma ha // rks_80.22 // brāhmaṇy uvāca: rāvaṇo brahmaṇaḥ pautras trailokyaṃ yasya śaṅkate / sa hato rāmacandreṇa saputrāmātyabāndhavaḥ

The boy died there, and the brahmin did not know it then; and the brahmin's wife, out of fear, did not tell him. [80.21] ... the brahmin Govinda went off to the forest. [80.22] The brahmin woman said: Rāvaṇa was Brahmā's grandson, before whom the three worlds trembled; he was slain by Rāmacandra together with his sons, ministers, and kinsmen.

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SkP-RK 80.24

एवं पुत्रं विना सौख्यं मर्त्ये नाके न विद्यते । यश आख्यायितं यस्य स्वर्गार्थं यस्य भारती

evaṃ putraṃ vinā saukhyaṃ martye nāke na vidyate / yaśa ākhyāyitaṃ yasya svargārthaṃ yasya bhāratī

Thus without a son there is no happiness, either among mortals or in heaven. He whose fame is recited, whose speech is (directed) toward heaven —

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SkP-RK 80.25

मिष्टान्नं ब्राह्मणस्यार्थे स्वर्गवासो ऽपि विद्यते । पुत्रोत्पत्तिविनाशाभ्यां नापरं सुखदुःखयोः

miṣṭānnaṃ brāhmaṇasyārthe svargavāso 'pi vidyate / putrotpattivināśābhyāṃ nāparaṃ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ

sweet food given for a brahmin's sake — even a dwelling in heaven is obtained (thereby). Than the birth and the loss of a son there is nothing greater in pleasure and in pain.

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SkP-RK 80.26

ब्रह्महत्याश्वमेधाभ्यां नापरं पापपुण्ययोः । किं ब्रवीमीति हे वत्स नानुसौख्यं सुतं विना

brahmahatyāśvamedhābhyāṃ nāparaṃ pāpapuṇyayoḥ / kiṃ bravīmīti he vatsa nānusaukhyaṃ sutaṃ vinā

Than the killing of a brahmin and the horse sacrifice there is nothing greater in sin and in merit. What shall I say, O child? There is no happiness that follows without a son.

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SkP-RK 80.27

एवं बहुविधं दुःखं प्रलपित्वा पुनः पुनः । बालं गृहगते विप्रे संगोप्य ब्राह्मणी तथा

evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ duḥkhaṃ pralapitvā punaḥ punaḥ / bālaṃ gṛhagate vipre saṃgopya brāhmaṇī tathā

Having thus lamented her manifold grief again and again, the brahmin woman likewise hid the child when the brahmin came home.

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SkP-RK 80.28

एवं तस्यां विलपन्त्यां गता रात्रिर् युधिष्ठिर । भूम्यां प्रसुप्तं गोविन्दं पुत्रशोकेन पीडिता

evaṃ tasyāṃ vilapantyāṃ gatā rātrir yudhiṣṭhira / bhūmyāṃ prasuptaṃ govindaṃ putraśokena pīḍitā

While she was lamenting thus, the night passed, Yudhiṣṭhira; and she, afflicted by grief for her son, (looked at) Govinda asleep on the ground.

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SkP-RK 80.29

यावन् निरीक्षते भार्या भर्तारं दुःखपीडितम् । कृमिराशिम् अयं तावद् गोविन्दं नृपसत्तम

yāvan nirīkṣate bhāryā bhartāraṃ duḥkhapīḍitam / kṛmirāśim ayaṃ tāvad govindaṃ nṛpasattama

As soon as the wife looked at her husband, tormented by grief, at that moment (she saw) Govinda as a mass of worms, O best of kings.

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SkP-RK 80.30

दुःखाद् दुःखतरे मग्ना दृष्ट्वा तं पातकान्वितम् । एवं दुःखनिमग्नायाः शर्वरी विगता तदा

duḥkhād duḥkhatare magnā dṛṣṭvā taṃ pātakānvitam / evaṃ duḥkhanimagnāyāḥ śarvarī vigatā tadā

Seeing him beset by sin, she sank from grief into deeper grief; and thus, for her who was plunged in grief, the night then passed away.

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SkP-RK 80.31

पुनः प्रातस् तु गोविन्दो दर्भाय च वनं गतः । एवं न ज्ञातवान् विप्रः काष्ठेन च हतं सुतम्

punaḥ prātas tu govindo darbhāya ca vanaṃ gataḥ / evaṃ na jñātavān vipraḥ kāṣṭhena ca hataṃ sutam

And again in the morning Govinda went to the forest for darbha grass; thus the brahmin did not know that his son had been killed by the log of wood.

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SkP-RK 80.32

गताश् च दिवसाः पञ्चब्राह्मण्या गोपितं च यत् । पशुपालः पञ्चमे ऽह्नि महिषीरुत्तमाश् च गाः

gatāś ca divasāḥ pañcabrāhmaṇyā gopitaṃ ca yat / paśupālaḥ pañcame 'hni mahiṣīruttamāś ca gāḥ

And five days passed, and it was concealed by the brahmin woman; on the fifth day the herdsman (came with) the buffalo-cows and the excellent cattle.

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SkP-RK 80.33

अरण्ये महिषीर् मुक्त्वा गाश् च भोक्तुं गृहं गतः । विज्ञप्तः पशुपालेन गोविन्दो ब्राह्मणोत्तमः

araṇye mahiṣīr muktvā gāś ca bhoktuṃ gṛhaṃ gataḥ / vijñaptaḥ paśupālena govindo brāhmaṇottamaḥ

Having released the buffalo-cows and the cows in the forest, he went home to eat; Govinda, best of brahmins, was addressed by the herdsman:

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SkP-RK 80.34

यावद् भक्षाम्य् अहं स्वामिन् महिषीर् गाश् च रक्षय । ततः स त्वरितो गाश् च ब्राह्मणो महिषीः प्रति

yāvad bhakṣāmy ahaṃ svāmin mahiṣīr gāś ca rakṣaya / tataḥ sa tvarito gāś ca brāhmaṇo mahiṣīḥ prati

"Master, guard the buffalo-cows and the cows while I eat." Then that brahmin went in haste after the cows and the buffalo-cows,

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SkP-RK 80.35

जगाम महिषीर् गाश् च विप्रस्य तस्य रक्षतः । धावमानस्य गावश् च महिष्यः सङ्गमं गताः

jagāma mahiṣīr gāś ca viprasya tasya rakṣataḥ / dhāvamānasya gāvaś ca mahiṣyaḥ saṅgamaṃ gatāḥ

he went (after them); and while that brahmin was guarding them and running, the cows and the buffalo-cows reached the confluence.

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SkP-RK 80.36

तत्र प्रविष्टास् तु जले नद्या रेवासुसङ्गमे । तज् जलं पीतमात्रं तु त्वरया तेन वारिताः

tatra praviṣṭās tu jale nadyā revāsusaṅgame / taj jalaṃ pītamātraṃ tu tvarayā tena vāritāḥ

There they entered into the water at the confluence of the river Revā; but they had only just drunk that water when they were quickly driven back by him.

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SkP-RK 80.37

अकामात् सलिलं पीत्वा प्रक्षाल्य नयने शुभे । आजगाम ततः पश्चाद् भवनं दिनसंक्षये

akāmāt salilaṃ pītvā prakṣālya nayane śubhe / ājagāma tataḥ paścād bhavanaṃ dinasaṃkṣaye

Having drunk the water unwillingly and washed his fair eyes, he afterwards came home at the close of the day.

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SkP-RK 80.38

भुक्त्वा दुःखान्वितो रात्रौ गोविन्दः शयनं ययौ । निद्राभिभूतो दुःखेन श्रमेणैव तु खेदितः

bhuktvā duḥkhānvito rātrau govindaḥ śayanaṃ yayau / nidrābhibhūto duḥkhena śrameṇaiva tu kheditaḥ

Having eaten, filled with sorrow, Govinda went to bed at night; overcome by sleep through grief, and worn out by fatigue.

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SkP-RK 80.39

पुनस् तं चार्धरात्रे तु तस्य भार्या निरीक्षते । कृमिभिर् वेष्टितं गात्रं क्वचित् पश्यत्य् अवेष्टितम्

punas taṃ cārdharātre tu tasya bhāryā nirīkṣate / kṛmibhir veṣṭitaṃ gātraṃ kvacit paśyaty aveṣṭitam

And again at midnight his wife looked at him: she sees his body wrapped about with worms, and in some places unwrapped.

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SkP-RK 80.40

पुनः सा विस्मयाविष्टा तस्य भार्या गुणान्विता । उवाच दुष्कृतं तस्य साध्वसाविष्टचेतना

punaḥ sā vismayāviṣṭā tasya bhāryā guṇānvitā / uvāca duṣkṛtaṃ tasya sādhvasāviṣṭacetanā

Again his virtuous wife, filled with amazement, her mind seized with alarm, spoke of that misdeed of his.

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SkP-RK 80.41

भार्योवाच: अतीते पञ्चमे चाह्णि इन्धनं क्षिपता तु ते । गृहे पश्चात् स्थितो बालस् त्व् अज्ञातो घातितस् त्वया

bhāryovāca: atīte pañcame cāhṇi indhanaṃ kṣipatā tu te / gṛhe paścāt sthito bālas tv ajñāto ghātitas tvayā

The wife said: On the fifth day past, when you were throwing in the firewood, the boy who was standing behind in the house was unknowingly killed by you.

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SkP-RK 80.42

मया तत् पातकं घोरं त्वत् कृतं न प्रकाशितम् । तेन प्रच्छन्नपापेन दह्यमाना दिवानिशम्

mayā tat pātakaṃ ghoraṃ tvat kṛtaṃ na prakāśitam / tena pracchannapāpena dahyamānā divāniśam

That dreadful sin committed by you I did not make known; and being burned day and night by that concealed sin,

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SkP-RK 80.43

न सुखं तव गात्रस्य न च पश्यामि चात्मनः । निद्रा प्रणष्टा मे नाथ रतिश् चैव त्वया सह

na sukhaṃ tava gātrasya na ca paśyāmi cātmanaḥ / nidrā praṇaṣṭā me nātha ratiś caiva tvayā saha

I see no well-being for your body nor for myself; my sleep is destroyed, my lord, and my delight in being with you as well.

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SkP-RK 80.44

श्रूयते मानवे शास्त्रे श्लोको गीतो महर्षिभिः । स्मृत्वा स्मृत्वा च तं रात्रौ परितापो न शाम्यति

śrūyate mānave śāstre śloko gīto maharṣibhiḥ / smṛtvā smṛtvā ca taṃ rātrau paritāpo na śāmyati

There is heard in the Code of Manu a verse sung by the great sages; and remembering it again and again at night, my anguish does not subside:

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SkP-RK 80.45

कीर्तनान् नश्यते ऽधर्मो वर्धते ऽसौ च गूहनात् । इह लोके परे चैव पापस्यान्तो न विद्यते

kīrtanān naśyate 'dharmo vardhate 'sau ca gūhanāt / iha loke pare caiva pāpasyānto na vidyate

"By being declared, wrongdoing perishes; by being hidden it grows. In this world and in the next there is no end to the sin."

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SkP-RK 80.46

एवं संचिन्त्यमानाहं स्थिता रात्रौ भयातुरा । कृमिराशिमयं त्वां तु पश्यामि कथयामि किम्

evaṃ saṃcintyamānāhaṃ sthitā rātrau bhayāturā / kṛmirāśimayaṃ tvāṃ tu paśyāmi kathayāmi kim

Thinking thus I have remained at night sick with fear; and I see you consisting of a mass of worms — what am I to say?

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SkP-RK 80.47

पुनश् च कान्त त्वद् देहं भ्रूणहत्याकृमिप्लुतम् । क्वचित् तुदन्ति ते चैव क्वचिन्नष्टाः समन्ततः

punaś ca kānta tvad dehaṃ bhrūṇahatyākṛmiplutam / kvacit tudanti te caiva kvacinnaṣṭāḥ samantataḥ

"And again, my husband, (I saw) your body swarming with the worms of the killing of an embryo; in some places they were piercing you, and in some places they had disappeared all around."

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SkP-RK 80.48

एतत्संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य विमृशन्ती पुनः पुनः । न जाने कारणं किंचित् पृच्छामि कथयस्व मे

etatsaṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya vimṛśantī punaḥ punaḥ / na jāne kāraṇaṃ kiṃcit pṛcchāmi kathayasva me

"Recalling this again and again and pondering it over and over, I do not know any cause at all; I ask you—tell me!"

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SkP-RK 80.49

तडागं वापि सरितं तीर्थं वा देवतालयम् । यं गतो ऽसि प्रभावो ऽयं तस्य नान्यस्य मे मतिः

taḍāgaṃ vāpi saritaṃ tīrthaṃ vā devatālayam / yaṃ gato 'si prabhāvo 'yaṃ tasya nānyasya me matiḥ

"A tank, or a river, or a sacred ford, or a temple of a god—whichever you went to, this power is that (place's); my thought is that it is no other's."

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SkP-RK 80.50

एवम् उक्तस् त्व् असौ विप्रः कथयामास भारत । भार्यया पूर्ववृत्तान्तं रममाणो नृपोत्तम

evam uktas tv asau vipraḥ kathayāmāsa bhārata / bhāryayā pūrvavṛttāntaṃ ramamāṇo nṛpottama

Thus addressed, that brahmin, O Bhārata, recounted to his wife the earlier events, taking pleasure (in her company), O best of kings.

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SkP-RK 80.51

गोलुलायी निवृत्त्यर्थं नर्मदा सङ्गमं गतः । नाभिमात्रे जले मग्नस् तोयं पीतं यथेष्टतः

golulāyī nivṛttyarthaṃ narmadā saṅgamaṃ gataḥ / nābhimātre jale magnas toyaṃ pītaṃ yatheṣṭataḥ

"In order to bring back the cows and buffaloes I went to the confluence of the Narmadā; sunk in water only navel-deep, I drank the water as much as I wished."

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

SkP-RK 80.52

नान्यत् तीर्थं विजानामि नर्मदा च सरिद्वरा । एवं श्रुत्वा च तत्सर्वम् उपवासः कृतः क्षणात्

nānyat tīrthaṃ vijānāmi narmadā ca saridvarā / evaṃ śrutvā ca tatsarvam upavāsaḥ kṛtaḥ kṣaṇāt

"I know no other sacred ford, and the Narmadā is the best of rivers." Having heard all that, (she) at once undertook a fast.

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SkP-RK 80.53

भर्त्रा सह गता तत्र सङ्गमे वरवर्णिनी । स्नात्वा विधिप्रयुक्तेन सङ्गमे सुरपूजिते

bhartrā saha gatā tatra saṅgame varavarṇinī / snātvā vidhiprayuktena saṅgame surapūjite

The fair-complexioned woman went there with her husband to the confluence, and having bathed according to the prescribed rite at that confluence honoured by the gods,

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SkP-RK 80.54

तर्पयामास देवेशं शङ्करं च सहोमया । पञ्चामृतैः स्नापयित्वा ब्राह्मण्या सहितो द्विज

tarpayāmāsa deveśaṃ śaṅkaraṃ ca sahomayā / pañcāmṛtaiḥ snāpayitvā brāhmaṇyā sahito dvija

she gratified the lord of gods, Śaṅkara, together with Umā; and the twice-born, together with his brahmin wife, bathed (the liṅga) with the five nectars,

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SkP-RK 80.55

गन्धमाल्यादिधूपैश् च नैवेद्यैश् च सुशोभनैः । अपूजयत् तत्र लिङ्गं देवीं कात्यायनीं शुभाम्

gandhamālyādidhūpaiś ca naivedyaiś ca suśobhanaiḥ / apūjayat tatra liṅgaṃ devīṃ kātyāyanīṃ śubhām

and with perfumes, garlands and the rest, with incense, and with very fine food-offerings, he worshipped the liṅga there and the auspicious goddess Kātyāyanī.

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SkP-RK 80.56

रात्रौ जागरणं कृत्वा भर्त्रा तेन सहैव सा । ततः प्रभाते विमले द्विजं सम्पूज्य यत्नतः

rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā bhartrā tena sahaiva sā / tataḥ prabhāte vimale dvijaṃ sampūjya yatnataḥ

Having kept vigil through the night together with that husband of hers, then, when the morning was clear, having carefully honoured a brahmin—

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SkP-RK 80.57

गोदानेन हिरण्येन वस्त्रेणान्नेन भारत । गोविन्दः पूजयामास स्वशक्त्या ब्राह्मणं शुभम्

godānena hiraṇyena vastreṇānnena bhārata / govindaḥ pūjayāmāsa svaśaktyā brāhmaṇaṃ śubham

with the gift of a cow, with gold, with a garment, with food, O Bhārata, Govinda honoured the excellent brahmin according to his means.

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SkP-RK 80.58

उक्तश् चाकाशवाण्या तु तीर्थं गुह्यावती त्व् इदम् । गुह्येश्वरं तत्र लिङ्गं पातालादुत्थितं तदा

uktaś cākāśavāṇyā tu tīrthaṃ guhyāvatī tv idam / guhyeśvaraṃ tatra liṅgaṃ pātālādutthitaṃ tadā

And he was told by a voice from the sky: "This ford here is Guhyāvatī; there the liṅga Guhyeśvara then rose up out of the netherworld."

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SkP-RK 80.59

गुह्यावतीनर्मदयोः सङ्गमो गुणवानभूत् । मुक्तपापो गृहं यातः स्वभार्यासहितो द्विजः

guhyāvatīnarmadayoḥ saṅgamo guṇavānabhūt / muktapāpo gṛhaṃ yātaḥ svabhāryāsahito dvijaḥ

The confluence of the Guhyāvatī and the Narmadā became endowed with virtue; freed of his sin the twice-born went home together with his own wife.

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SkP-RK 80.60

एतत् तीर्थं पापहरं बालहत्याप्रणाशनम् । तत्र स्नात्वा च जप्त्वा च दत्त्वा ब्राह्मणभोजनम्

etat tīrthaṃ pāpaharaṃ bālahatyāpraṇāśanam / tatra snātvā ca japtvā ca dattvā brāhmaṇabhojanam

This ford removes sin and destroys the killing of a child. Having bathed there, and recited (prayers), and given a feeding of brahmins,

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SkP-RK 80.61

उपास्य श्राद्धकरणात् तिलोदकप्रदानतः । निवसेच्छिवलोके हि यावद् आहूत संप्लवम्

upāsya śrāddhakaraṇāt tilodakapradānataḥ / nivasecchivaloke hi yāvad āhūta saṃplavam

and by worshipping, by the performance of the śrāddha, by the offering of sesame and water, one dwells indeed in Śiva's world until the deluge that is called (the end).

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