Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 81

SkP-RK 81.1

मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ततो गच्छेत् तु राजेन्द्र उत्तरे नर्मदातटे । मेघनादसमीपे तु विश्वरूपा सरिद्वरा

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tato gacchet tu rājendra uttare narmadātaṭe / meghanādasamīpe tu viśvarūpā saridvarā

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, O lord of kings, one should go to the northern bank of the Narmadā; near Meghanāda is Viśvarūpā, the best of rivers.

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SkP-RK 81.2

निर्गता विश्वरूपस्य शरीराद् उपकुर्वतः । पुरा दारुवने देवो लिङ्गहीनः कृतो द्विजैः

nirgatā viśvarūpasya śarīrād upakurvataḥ / purā dāruvane devo liṅgahīnaḥ kṛto dvijaiḥ

She came forth from the body of Viśvarūpa while he was doing (a favour). Formerly, in the Dāru forest, the god was made liṅga-less by the brahmins;

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SkP-RK 81.3

नर्मदातटम् आश्रित्य तपः कुर्वंस् तदा नृप । विश्वरूपो ऽभवद् देवो निर्गता सरितां वरा

narmadātaṭam āśritya tapaḥ kurvaṃs tadā nṛpa / viśvarūpo 'bhavad devo nirgatā saritāṃ varā

resorting to the bank of the Narmadā and performing austerity then, O king, the god became Viśvarūpa (all-formed), and the best of rivers issued forth.

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SkP-RK 81.4

गता सा नर्मदातोयं सङ्गमो गुणवान् अभूत् । तस्मिंस् तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा स भवे न पुनर् भवेत्

gatā sā narmadātoyaṃ saṅgamo guṇavān abhūt / tasmiṃs tīrthe naraḥ snātvā sa bhave na punar bhavet

She went to the water of the Narmadā, and the confluence became endowed with virtue. A man who bathes at that ford is not born again in existence.

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SkP-RK 81.5

तत्र यत् क्रियते कर्म सर्वं तदक्षयं भवेत् । सारिका सिद्धिम् आयाता पतिता तीर्थसङ्गमे

tatra yat kriyate karma sarvaṃ tadakṣayaṃ bhavet / sārikā siddhim āyātā patitā tīrthasaṅgame

Whatever rite is performed there, all of it becomes imperishable. A myna bird attained perfection, having fallen at the confluence of the fords.

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SkP-RK 81.6

पूर्वम् अप्सरसां श्रेष्ठा शक्रशापाद् अकामतः । चित्राङ्गदेन रमिता काचित् कष्टमवाप ह

pūrvam apsarasāṃ śreṣṭhā śakraśāpād akāmataḥ / citrāṅgadena ramitā kācit kaṣṭamavāpa ha

Formerly a certain one, the foremost of the apsarases, unwillingly, through Śakra's curse, was enjoyed by Citrāṅgada and came to grief.

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SkP-RK 81.7

सारिका भव कल्याणि वर्षाणां सा ऽग्रविंशतिम् । मृत्वा त्वं नर्मदातोये विश्वरूपा सुसङ्गमे

sārikā bhava kalyāṇi varṣāṇāṃ sā 'graviṃśatim / mṛtvā tvaṃ narmadātoye viśvarūpā susaṅgame

"Become a myna, good lady, for a full twenty years; and dying in the water of the Narmadā at the auspicious confluence, you (shall become) of (your) full/universal form."

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SkP-RK 81.8

विचित्रा बहुचार्वङ्गी सञ्जाता सारिका नृप । जातिस्मरा सुराभावा नर्मदातटम् आश्रिता

vicitrā bahucārvaṅgī sañjātā sārikā nṛpa / jātismarā surābhāvā narmadātaṭam āśritā

She was born, O king, as a mynah bird, many-hued and with many lovely limbs, remembering her former birth and having the nature of a god(dess), and she dwelt on the bank of the Narmadā.

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SkP-RK 81.9

ततः काले च संप्राप्ते प्रज्वाल्य पावकं शुभम् । प्रविष्टा सा शुभाचारा विश्वरूपा सुसङ्गमे

tataḥ kāle ca saṃprāpte prajvālya pāvakaṃ śubham / praviṣṭā sā śubhācārā viśvarūpā susaṅgame

Then, when the time had come, having kindled an auspicious fire, she of good conduct entered (it) at the fair confluence, (having become) Viśvarūpā.

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SkP-RK 81.10

दिव्यदेहधरी राजन् प्राप्ता शक्रस्य मन्दिरम् । एतद् अन्तरम् आसाद्य सारिकातीर्थमुच्यते

divyadehadharī rājan prāptā śakrasya mandiram / etad antaram āsādya sārikātīrthamucyate

Bearing a divine body, O king, she reached Indra's palace; and this intervening place, once one has come to it, is called Sārikā-tīrtha.

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SkP-RK 81.11

तत्र यत् क्रियते कर्म श्राद्धं यज्ञः शिवार्चनम् । सर्वं कोटिगुणं विद्यान् मेघनादस्य दर्शनात्

tatra yat kriyate karma śrāddhaṃ yajñaḥ śivārcanam / sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ vidyān meghanādasya darśanāt

— tr. refused: cyber

SkP-RK 81.12

अवशः स्ववशो वापि यस् तु प्राणान् परित्यजेत् । न तस्य पुनरावृत्तिर्घोरे संसारसागरे

avaśaḥ svavaśo vāpi yas tu prāṇān parityajet / na tasya punarāvṛttirghore saṃsārasāgare

But whoever gives up his life-breaths there, whether involuntarily or of his own will, has no return again into the terrible ocean of transmigration.

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SkP-RK 81.13

ख्यातानि पञ्चलिङ्गानि यानि दृष्ट्वा शिवं व्रजेत् । मानवो मनुजश्रेष्ठ शृणु तानि युधिष्ठिर

khyātāni pañcaliṅgāni yāni dṛṣṭvā śivaṃ vrajet / mānavo manujaśreṣṭha śṛṇu tāni yudhiṣṭhira

There are five famed liṅgas, upon seeing which a man goes to Śiva; hear of them, Yudhiṣṭhira, best of men.

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SkP-RK 81.14

मेघनादं च गोष्ठेशं वागीशं काकडेश्वरम् । लक्षेश्वरं पञ्चलिङ्गान्य् एकाहे यस् तु पूजयेत्

meghanādaṃ ca goṣṭheśaṃ vāgīśaṃ kākaḍeśvaram / lakṣeśvaraṃ pañcaliṅgāny ekāhe yas tu pūjayet

Meghanāda, Goṣṭheśa, Vāgīśa, Kākaḍeśvara, and Lakṣeśvara — whoever worships these five liṅgas in a single day,

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SkP-RK 81.15

अनेनैव शरीरेण स नरो हि शिवं व्रजेत् । कोटियज्ञफलं प्राप्य पश्चान् मोक्षमवाप्नुयात्

anenaiva śarīreṇa sa naro hi śivaṃ vrajet / koṭiyajñaphalaṃ prāpya paścān mokṣamavāpnuyāt

that man goes to Śiva in this very body; having gained the fruit of ten million sacrifices, he afterwards attains liberation.

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SkP-RK 81.16

आख्यानं कथयिष्यामि पुरावृत्तं तवानघ । धर्मसेनः पुरा राजा अयोध्याधिपतिर्बली

ākhyānaṃ kathayiṣyāmi purāvṛttaṃ tavānagha / dharmasenaḥ purā rājā ayodhyādhipatirbalī

I shall tell (you) a tale of what happened long ago, O sinless one: formerly there was a king named Dharmasena, a mighty lord of Ayodhya.

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SkP-RK 81.17

धर्मेण राज्यं कृतवान् यज्ञांश् च बहुदक्षिणान् । शृण्वन् स धर्मशास्त्राणि नर्मदाचरितं तथा

dharmeṇa rājyaṃ kṛtavān yajñāṃś ca bahudakṣiṇān / śṛṇvan sa dharmaśāstrāṇi narmadācaritaṃ tathā

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SkP-RK 81.18

श्रुत्वा विनिर्गतो राजा रेवाया उत्तरे तटे । मेघनादं समभ्यर्च्य स्नात्वा वै नर्मदाजले

śrutvā vinirgato rājā revāyā uttare taṭe / meghanādaṃ samabhyarcya snātvā vai narmadājale

Having heard (them), the king went out to the northern bank of the Revā, and having duly worshipped Meghanāda, having bathed in the water of the Narmadā —

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SkP-RK 81.19

उद्गच्छति दिनकरे अश्वारूढो नरेश्वरः । उत्तरां दिशमाश्रित्य गतो गोष्ठेश्वरं शिवम्

udgacchati dinakare aśvārūḍho nareśvaraḥ / uttarāṃ diśamāśritya gato goṣṭheśvaraṃ śivam

— as the sun was rising, the lord of men, mounted on a horse, taking the northern direction, went to Śiva Goṣṭheśvara.

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SkP-RK 81.20

यथाविधानं सम्पूज्य वागीश्वरं गतस् ततः । तत्र स्नात्वा विधानेन पूजयित्वा शिवं नृपः

yathāvidhānaṃ sampūjya vāgīśvaraṃ gatas tataḥ / tatra snātvā vidhānena pūjayitvā śivaṃ nṛpaḥ

Having worshipped (Śiva) according to the prescribed rite, he then went to Vāgīśvara; there the king bathed and worshipped Śiva according to the rule,

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SkP-RK 81.21

चन्दनागुरुकर्पूरैर् धूपैर् दीपैर् विधानकैः । अश्वारूढो नृपश्रेष्ठः काकडेश्वरम् आगतः

candanāgurukarpūrair dhūpair dīpair vidhānakaiḥ / aśvārūḍho nṛpaśreṣṭhaḥ kākaḍeśvaram āgataḥ

with sandal, aloe-wood and camphor, with incense and lamps, as prescribed; then the best of kings, mounted on his horse, came to Kākaḍeśvara.

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SkP-RK 81.22

तं प्रपूज्य ततो राजा गत्वा वै नार्मदे जले । लक्षेश्वरं पूजयित्वा स्थितं वै विधिपूर्वकम्

taṃ prapūjya tato rājā gatvā vai nārmade jale / lakṣeśvaraṃ pūjayitvā sthitaṃ vai vidhipūrvakam

Having worshipped him, the king then went to the waters of the Narmadā and, according to the rules, worshipped Lakṣeśvara, who abides there.

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SkP-RK 81.23

मेघनादं ततो गत्वा सूर्यश्चास्तम् उपागमत् । ध्यात्वा स्वयं कालरूपं यावत् तिष्ठति वै नृपः

meghanādaṃ tato gatvā sūryaścāstam upāgamat / dhyātvā svayaṃ kālarūpaṃ yāvat tiṣṭhati vai nṛpaḥ

Then, having gone to Meghanāda, (he stayed) and the sun went to its setting. While the king remains there, himself meditating on the form of Kāla —

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SkP-RK 81.24

तावद् घोरो ऽपि तुरगो ह्य् अन्तरिक्षचरस् तदा । दिव्यदेहधरः सश्चाप्य् अप्सरोभिः समावृतः

tāvad ghoro 'pi turago hy antarikṣacaras tadā / divyadehadharaḥ saścāpy apsarobhiḥ samāvṛtaḥ

At that moment even that dreadful horse became a traveller of the sky, bearing a divine body, and he too was surrounded by apsarases.

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SkP-RK 81.25

विमाने देवराजस्य ययाविन्द्रपुरीं स्थितः । शुनी पृष्ठे तु या राज्ञस्तीर्थयात्रां प्रकुर्वती

vimāne devarājasya yayāvindrapurīṃ sthitaḥ / śunī pṛṣṭhe tu yā rājñastīrthayātrāṃ prakurvatī

Standing in the chariot of the king of the gods, he went to Indra's city; and the bitch who (had been) at the king's back, making the pilgrimage (with him) —

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SkP-RK 81.26

दिव्यदेहधरा सापि विमानेन गता दिवि । धर्मसेनो ऽपि तां दृष्ट्वा विस्मयाविष्टचेतनः

divyadehadharā sāpi vimānena gatā divi / dharmaseno 'pi tāṃ dṛṣṭvā vismayāviṣṭacetanaḥ

She too, bearing a divine body, went to heaven by the celestial car; and Dharmasena, seeing her, his mind filled with amazement,

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SkP-RK 81.27

अश्वरूपं जगादाथ किम् एतद् इति भारत । उवाचाकाशगो वाचं कथं त्वं खिद्यसे नृप

aśvarūpaṃ jagādātha kim etad iti bhārata / uvācākāśago vācaṃ kathaṃ tvaṃ khidyase nṛpa

then spoke to the horse-form: "What is this?" — O Bhārata. The sky-goer uttered these words: "Why do you grieve, O king?"

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SkP-RK 81.28

शरीरजेन कष्टेन तपः साध्या विभूतयः । पादचारी हि गच्छ त्वं परपादैर् गतो ह्यसि

śarīrajena kaṣṭena tapaḥ sādhyā vibhūtayaḥ / pādacārī hi gaccha tvaṃ parapādair gato hyasi

"Austerity and (its) powers are to be won by hardship born of the body. Go on foot, then, for you have travelled by another's feet.

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SkP-RK 81.29

भूयो यात्रां प्रकुरुषे तदा सिद्धिम् अवाप्स्यसि । ततो राजा च तस्याथ श्रुत्वा तद्वचनं तदा

bhūyo yātrāṃ prakuruṣe tadā siddhim avāpsyasi / tato rājā ca tasyātha śrutvā tadvacanaṃ tadā

If you make the pilgrimage again, then you will obtain success." Then the king, having heard that speech of his,

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SkP-RK 81.30

पुनर् द्वितीयदिवसे प्रस्थितो लिङ्गपूजनम् । पञ्चलिङ्गान् समभ्यर्च्य समायातस् तु नर्मदाम्

punar dvitīyadivase prasthito liṅgapūjanam / pañcaliṅgān samabhyarcya samāyātas tu narmadām

again on the second day set out for the worship of the liṅgas; having duly worshipped the five liṅgas, he came to the Narmadā.

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SkP-RK 81.31

मेघनादं यदापश्यद् द्वारे देवं च दृष्टवान् । पञ्चवक्त्रं दशभुजं त्रिनेत्रं शूलपाणिनम्

meghanādaṃ yadāpaśyad dvāre devaṃ ca dṛṣṭavān / pañcavaktraṃ daśabhujaṃ trinetraṃ śūlapāṇinam

When he heard a thunder-like roar, at the gate he also saw the god: five-faced, ten-armed, three-eyed, holding the trident in his hand,

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SkP-RK 81.32

वृषारूढं जगद्गर्भं शशाङ्ककृतशेखरम् । दृष्ट्वा तं देवदेवेशं तुष्टाव परमेश्वरम्

vṛṣārūḍhaṃ jagadgarbhaṃ śaśāṅkakṛtaśekharam / dṛṣṭvā taṃ devadeveśaṃ tuṣṭāva parameśvaram

mounted on the bull, the womb of the world, with the moon made his crest — having seen him, the lord of the gods of gods, he praised the supreme lord:

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SkP-RK 81.33

जय देव महादेव महापातकनाशन । संसारसागरे मग्नं मां समुद्धर साम्प्रतम्

jaya deva mahādeva mahāpātakanāśana / saṃsārasāgare magnaṃ māṃ samuddhara sāmpratam

"Victory to you, O god, great god, destroyer of great sins! I am sunk in the ocean of transmigration — lift me out now."

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SkP-RK 81.34

हर उवाच: वरं वृणु महाभाग यत् ते मनसि वर्तते । तद् ददामि न सन्देहश् श्विभक्तो हि पुत्रक

hara uvāca: varaṃ vṛṇu mahābhāga yat te manasi vartate / tad dadāmi na sandehaś śvibhakto hi putraka

Hara said: "Choose a boon, greatly fortunate one, whatever is in your mind; that I grant, there is no doubt, for you are (my) devotee, my son."

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SkP-RK 81.35

यदि तुष्टो ऽसि मे देव तन्मां सहचरं कुरु । एकाहे पञ्चलिङ्गानि पूजयिष्यति यो नरः

yadi tuṣṭo 'si me deva tanmāṃ sahacaraṃ kuru / ekāhe pañcaliṅgāni pūjayiṣyati yo naraḥ

"If you are pleased with me, O god, then make me your companion. Whatever man shall worship the five liṅgas in a single day,

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SkP-RK 81.36

स तवानुचरो देव भवत्व् एष वरो मम । धर्मसेनवचः श्रुत्वा भवत्व् एवं हरो ऽब्रवीत्

sa tavānucaro deva bhavatv eṣa varo mama / dharmasenavacaḥ śrutvā bhavatv evaṃ haro 'bravīt

let him be your attendant, O god — this is my boon." Having heard Dharmasena's words, Hara said, "So be it."

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SkP-RK 81.37

तं गृहीत्वा तु राजानं कैलासं स जगाम ह । स्वदेहस्थं चकारासौ धर्मसेनं नृपं नृप

taṃ gṛhītvā tu rājānaṃ kailāsaṃ sa jagāma ha / svadehasthaṃ cakārāsau dharmasenaṃ nṛpaṃ nṛpa

And taking that king he went to Kailāsa, and he made king Dharmasena abide in his own body, O king.

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SkP-RK 81.38

एतत् ते कथितं राजन्न् इतिहासं पुरातनम् । श्रवणात् कीर्तनाद् अस्य अश्वमेधफलं लभेत्

etat te kathitaṃ rājann itihāsaṃ purātanam / śravaṇāt kīrtanād asya aśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

This ancient tale has been told to you, O king; from hearing it, from reciting it, one would obtain the fruit of a horse sacrifice.

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