Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 82
SkP-RK 82.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: अथान्यत् कथयिष्यामि तीर्थं पापप्रणाशनम् । मयूरकुक्कुटं नाम ब्रह्महत्या व्यपोहनम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: athānyat kathayiṣyāmi tīrthaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam / mayūrakukkuṭaṃ nāma brahmahatyā vyapohanam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Now I shall tell of another sacred place that destroys sin, named Mayūrakukkuṭa, which removes (the guilt of) brahmin-slaying.
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SkP-RK 82.2
मृकण्डस्याश्रमं पुण्यं नर्मदादक्षिणे तटे । मृकण्डो नाम भूपाल ऋषिः परमधार्मिकः
mṛkaṇḍasyāśramaṃ puṇyaṃ narmadādakṣiṇe taṭe / mṛkaṇḍo nāma bhūpāla ṛṣiḥ paramadhārmikaḥ
The holy hermitage of Mṛkaṇḍa (is) on the southern bank of the Narmadā. There was a king named Mṛkaṇḍa, a seer supremely devoted to dharma,
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SkP-RK 82.3
तपस् तेपे महाभाग दिव्यैर् वर्षसहस्रकैः । तस्याश्रमपदे रम्ये मुनयः शंसितव्रताः
tapas tepe mahābhāga divyair varṣasahasrakaiḥ / tasyāśramapade ramye munayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ
who practised austerity, O greatly fortunate one, for a thousand divine years. In his delightful hermitage-ground, sages of praiseworthy vows
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SkP-RK 82.4
वसन्ति स्म जलाहाराः शुष्कपत्रकृताशनाः । केचित् तन्न निराहारा मोक्षोपायविचिन्तकाः
vasanti sma jalāhārāḥ śuṣkapatrakṛtāśanāḥ / kecit tanna nirāhārā mokṣopāyavicintakāḥ
used to dwell, taking water for food, making dry leaves their meal; some there (were) without food at all, pondering the means of liberation.
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SkP-RK 82.5
एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे राजन् गन्धर्वौ शक्रगायनौ । हेतिप्रहेतिनामानौ गतौ शक्रसभां नृप
etasminn antare rājan gandharvau śakragāyanau / hetiprahetināmānau gatau śakrasabhāṃ nṛpa
Meanwhile, O king, two gandharvas, singers of Śakra, named Heti and Praheti, went to Śakra's assembly, O king.
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SkP-RK 82.6
वधूरप्सरसां श्रेष्ठा दृष्टा ताभ्यां युधिष्ठिर । दृष्टमात्रौ तु गन्धर्वौ कामबाणप्रपीडितौ
vadhūrapsarasāṃ śreṣṭhā dṛṣṭā tābhyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira / dṛṣṭamātrau tu gandharvau kāmabāṇaprapīḍitau
A young woman, the best of the apsarases, was seen by those two, Yudhiṣṭhira; and the two gandharvas, the moment they saw her, were sorely afflicted by the arrows of desire.
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SkP-RK 82.9
हेतिः कुक्कुटशब्देन प्रहेतिर् बर्हिणस् तथा । घोष्यमाणौ सुमधुरं सादयामास तु च ताम् ॥ र्क्स्_८२।७ ॥ वृत्रहा तद् अभिप्रायं ज्ञात्वा शापं ददौ तवा ॥ र्क्स्_८२।८ ॥ पूर्णे दिव्यशते वर्षे पश्चाद् अत्रागमिष्यथः । तिर्यग्योनौ तु संप्राप्तौ गन्धर्वौ हि युधिष्ठिर
hetiḥ kukkuṭaśabdena prahetir barhiṇas tathā / ghoṣyamāṇau sumadhuraṃ sādayāmāsa tu ca tām // rks_82.7 // vṛtrahā tad abhiprāyaṃ jñātvā śāpaṃ dadau tavā // rks_82.8 // pūrṇe divyaśate varṣe paścād atrāgamiṣyathaḥ / tiryagyonau tu saṃprāptau gandharvau hi yudhiṣṭhira
Heti with the cry of a cock and Praheti likewise with that of a peacock — the two, sounding very sweetly, won her over. [82.7] The slayer of Vṛtra, knowing that intention (of theirs), then pronounced a curse: [82.8] "When a hundred divine years are complete, afterwards you shall come back here." And so the two gandharvas came to birth in animal wombs, Yudhiṣṭhira.
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SkP-RK 82.10
जातिस्मरौ दुराचारौ पक्षिणौ प्रियदर्शीनौ । सर्वतीर्थान्य् उत्तरन् तौ नारदं च ददर्शतुः
jātismarau durācārau pakṣiṇau priyadarśīnau / sarvatīrthāny uttaran tau nāradaṃ ca dadarśatuḥ
The two, remembering their former births, of evil conduct, birds of pleasing appearance, crossing over all the sacred fords, beheld Nārada.
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SkP-RK 82.11
गन्धर्वाव् ऊचतुः: भविष्यावः शुभाचार ब्रह्मपुत्र तपोधन । कर्मणा केन चावां हि मुक्तावेतौ वदस्व तत्
gandharvāv ūcatuḥ: bhaviṣyāvaḥ śubhācāra brahmaputra tapodhana / karmaṇā kena cāvāṃ hi muktāvetau vadasva tat
The two gandharvas said: We shall become (free), O you of auspicious conduct, son of Brahmā, rich in austerity — by what act shall we two be released? Tell us that.
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SkP-RK 82.12
नारद उवाच: नर्मदा दक्षिणे तीरे मृकण्डस्याश्रमं शुभम् । तिर्यग्योनिविमोक्षं च तीर्थं हि परमं मतम्
nārada uvāca: narmadā dakṣiṇe tīre mṛkaṇḍasyāśramaṃ śubham / tiryagyonivimokṣaṃ ca tīrthaṃ hi paramaṃ matam
Nārada said: On the southern bank of the Narmadā is the auspicious hermitage of Mṛkaṇḍa, and (there is) the ford (called) Release-from-animal-birth, held indeed to be supreme.
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SkP-RK 82.13
जलाप्लुतौ नर्मदायाः सर्वं तत्र भविष्यति । ततो हेतिः प्रहेतिश् च सुस्नातौ दिव्यरूपिणौ
jalāplutau narmadāyāḥ sarvaṃ tatra bhaviṣyati / tato hetiḥ prahetiś ca susnātau divyarūpiṇau
When you two are plunged in the water of the Narmadā, everything will come about there. Then Heti and Praheti, having bathed well, took on divine forms.
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SkP-RK 82.14
एकेन स्नानमात्रेण पक्षिणौ दिव्यतां गतौ । स्नात्वा तु विधिना ऽनेन ध्यात्वा देवं सदाशिवम्
ekena snānamātreṇa pakṣiṇau divyatāṃ gatau / snātvā tu vidhinā 'nena dhyātvā devaṃ sadāśivam
By a single bathing alone the two birds attained divinity — having bathed by this rule and having meditated on the god Sadāśiva,
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SkP-RK 82.15
उच्चार्य्याघोरमन्त्रं तौ सदा ध्यानस्थितौ नृप । एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे राजन् पातालादुत्थितं शुभम्
uccāryyāghoramantraṃ tau sadā dhyānasthitau nṛpa / etasminn antare rājan pātālādutthitaṃ śubham
and having uttered the Aghora mantra, the two remained ever fixed in meditation, O king. In this interval, O king, there rose up from the netherworld an auspicious
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SkP-RK 82.16
शतसूर्यप्रकाशं हि लिङ्गं तत्र युधिष्ठिर । कुक्कुटेश्वरम् एकं तु मयूरेश्वरम् एव च
śatasūryaprakāśaṃ hi liṅgaṃ tatra yudhiṣṭhira / kukkuṭeśvaram ekaṃ tu mayūreśvaram eva ca
liṅga, shining like a hundred suns, there, O Yudhiṣṭhira — one (called) Kukkuṭeśvara and the other Mayūreśvara.
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SkP-RK 82.17
गन्धर्वौ तु विमानस्थौ गतौ शक्रस्य मन्दिरम् । तस्मिंस् तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा भवे नैव पुनर् भवेत्
gandharvau tu vimānasthau gatau śakrasya mandiram / tasmiṃs tīrthe naraḥ snātvā bhave naiva punar bhavet
And the two gandharvas, seated in celestial cars, went to Śakra's abode. A man who has bathed at that ford is not born again into existence.
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SkP-RK 82.18
स्नात्वा तिलोदकं दत्त्वा पितॄणां परमा गतिः । अवशः स्ववशो ऽवापि यस्तु प्राणान् परित्यजेत्
snātvā tilodakaṃ dattvā pitṝṇāṃ paramā gatiḥ / avaśaḥ svavaśo 'vāpi yastu prāṇān parityajet
Having bathed and given water with sesame, (there is) the highest course for the ancestors; and whoever gives up his life-breaths there, whether helplessly or of his own will (—the same follows).
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