Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 86
SkP-RK 86.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: अन्धकस्य वरं दत्त्वा तेनैव सह शङ्करः । उमया सहितश्चापि कैलासं पर्वतं गतः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: andhakasya varaṃ dattvā tenaiva saha śaṅkaraḥ / umayā sahitaścāpi kailāsaṃ parvataṃ gataḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having given the boon to Andhaka, Śaṅkara, together with him and accompanied by Umā, went to Mount Kailāsa.
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SkP-RK 86.2
ततस् समागता देवा ब्रह्माद्यास् सह वासवाः । हृष्टपुष्टाश् च ते सर्वे महेश तं प्रणेमिरे
tatas samāgatā devā brahmādyās saha vāsavāḥ / hṛṣṭapuṣṭāś ca te sarve maheśa taṃ praṇemire
Then the gods came together, Brahmā and the rest along with Vāsava (Indra); and all of them, thriving and glad, bowed to that Great Lord.
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SkP-RK 86.3
देव उवाच: स्वागतं वो महाभागा ये केचित् त्व् इह चागताः । निहतो दानवस् तत्र भवदर्थे न संशयः
deva uvāca: svāgataṃ vo mahābhāgā ye kecit tv iha cāgatāḥ / nihato dānavas tatra bhavadarthe na saṃśayaḥ
The God said: Welcome to you, greatly fortunate ones, whoever have come here. The Dānava has been slain there for your sake, no doubt of it.
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SkP-RK 86.4
रक्तेन तस्य मे शूलं निर्मलं च न दृश्यते । कर्तव्यं किं मया चाद्य कथ्यतां हि पितामह
raktena tasya me śūlaṃ nirmalaṃ ca na dṛśyate / kartavyaṃ kiṃ mayā cādya kathyatāṃ hi pitāmaha
But my trident is (stained) with his blood and does not look clean. What should I do now? Tell me, O Grandfather.
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SkP-RK 86.5
सुतस् तु भवतो ब्रह्मन् यश्चा ऽसौ निहतो मया । कर्तुमिच्छाम्यहं सम्यक् तीर्थयात्रां न संशयः
sutas tu bhavato brahman yaścā 'sau nihato mayā / kartumicchāmyahaṃ samyak tīrthayātrāṃ na saṃśayaḥ
And he who was slain by me was your son, O Brahman; I wish to make a pilgrimage to the sacred fords properly, without fail.
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SkP-RK 86.6
उत्थाय गम्यतां सर्वे ये केचित् त्व् इह चागताः । ततस् सर्वैः सुरैः सार्धं प्रभासं प्रति निर्ययौ
utthāya gamyatāṃ sarve ye kecit tv iha cāgatāḥ / tatas sarvaiḥ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ prabhāsaṃ prati niryayau
"Rise up and let all who have come here go along." Then, together with all the gods, he set out toward Prabhāsa.
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SkP-RK 86.7
प्रभासाद् यानि तीर्थानि गङ्गासागरसङ्गमे । अवगाह्य तु सर्वाणि निर्मलत्वं न विद्यते
prabhāsād yāni tīrthāni gaṅgāsāgarasaṅgame / avagāhya tu sarvāṇi nirmalatvaṃ na vidyate
Having bathed in all the fords from Prabhāsa to the meeting of the Ganges and the ocean, still no cleanness came about.
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SkP-RK 86.8
नीलीभूतं यथावस्त्रं सितत्वं नैव गच्छति । तथा कृष्णत्रिशूलस्य निर्मलत्वं न जायते
nīlībhūtaṃ yathāvastraṃ sitatvaṃ naiva gacchati / tathā kṛṣṇatriśūlasya nirmalatvaṃ na jāyate
Just as a cloth that has become indigo-dyed never turns white, so the blackened trident's cleanness did not come about.
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SkP-RK 86.9
नर्मदा तु ततो गत्वा देवो देवैः समन्वितः । उत्तरं दक्षिणं कूलम् अवगाह्य प्रयत्नतः
narmadā tu tato gatvā devo devaiḥ samanvitaḥ / uttaraṃ dakṣiṇaṃ kūlam avagāhya prayatnataḥ
Then the God, accompanied by the gods, went to the Narmadā, and bathed diligently at the northern and the southern bank.
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SkP-RK 86.10
गत्वा तु दक्षिणे कूले पर्वते भृगुसंज्ञिते । तत्र स्थित्वा महादेवो देवैः सह धरापते
gatvā tu dakṣiṇe kūle parvate bhṛgusaṃjñite / tatra sthitvā mahādevo devaiḥ saha dharāpate
And going to the mountain called Bhṛgu on the southern bank, there Mahādeva stayed together with the gods, O lord of the earth.
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SkP-RK 86.11
मनोहरं तु तत्स्थानं सर्वेषां हि दिवौकसाम् । ज्ञात्वा तीर्थविशेषं तु स्थितो देवो महेश्वरः
manoharaṃ tu tatsthānaṃ sarveṣāṃ hi divaukasām / jñātvā tīrthaviśeṣaṃ tu sthito devo maheśvaraḥ
That place was delightful to all the dwellers of heaven; and recognising it as a ford of special excellence, the god Maheśvara stayed there.
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SkP-RK 86.12
गिरिं बिभेद शूलेन तेन भिन्नं रसातलम् । निर्मलं चाभवच् छूलं न लेपो दृश्यते क्वचित्
giriṃ bibheda śūlena tena bhinnaṃ rasātalam / nirmalaṃ cābhavac chūlaṃ na lepo dṛśyate kvacit
He split the mountain with the trident, and by that (the nether world) Rasātala was cleft; and the trident became clean—no smear was seen anywhere.
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SkP-RK 86.13
पातालान् निःसृता गङ्गा नाम्ना भोगवतीति सा । तत्र तीर्थं समुत्पन्नं शूलभेदेति विश्रुतम्
pātālān niḥsṛtā gaṅgā nāmnā bhogavatīti sā / tatra tīrthaṃ samutpannaṃ śūlabhedeti viśrutam
The Ganges came out from the nether world, she who is called Bhogavatī by name; there a ford arose, famed as Śūlabheda ('trident-cleaving').
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SkP-RK 86.14
सूर्ये राहुगते तत्र महापुण्या सरस्वती । द्वितीयं सङ्गमं तत्र यथा वेणी सितासितम्
sūrye rāhugate tatra mahāpuṇyā sarasvatī / dvitīyaṃ saṅgamaṃ tatra yathā veṇī sitāsitam
When the sun is seized by Rāhu, the greatly meritorious Sarasvatī (is) there; there is a second confluence there, white and dark, like the Veṇī.
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SkP-RK 86.15
तत्र ब्रह्मा स्वयं देवो ब्रह्मेशं लिङ्गम् उत्तमम् । यस्य याम्यदिशाभागे स्वयं देवो जनार्दनः
tatra brahmā svayaṃ devo brahmeśaṃ liṅgam uttamam / yasya yāmyadiśābhāge svayaṃ devo janārdanaḥ
There Brahmā himself, the god, (established) the excellent liṅga Brahmeśa, in the southern quarter of which the god Janārdana himself (abides).
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SkP-RK 86.16
विद्यते च स्वयं तत्र विष्णुः पीठेषु संस्थितः । शूलेन च कृता रेखा तत्र तोयवहा नृप
vidyate ca svayaṃ tatra viṣṇuḥ pīṭheṣu saṃsthitaḥ / śūlena ca kṛtā rekhā tatra toyavahā nṛpa
And Viṣṇu himself is present there, seated upon the pedestals; and a line was made there by the trident, carrying water, O king.
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SkP-RK 86.17
तत् तोयं च गतं तत्र यत्र रेवा नदीजलम् । तत्र लिङ्गं महापुण्यं चक्रतीर्थेति विश्रुतम्
tat toyaṃ ca gataṃ tatra yatra revā nadījalam / tatra liṅgaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ cakratīrtheti viśrutam
And that water went there where the river-water of the Revā (is); there is a highly meritorious liṅga there, famed as Cakratīrtha.
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SkP-RK 86.18
शूलभेदे च देवेशः स्नानं कृत्वा यथा विधि । आत्मानं मन्यते शुद्धं न किंचित् कलुषं तनौ
śūlabhede ca deveśaḥ snānaṃ kṛtvā yathā vidhi / ātmānaṃ manyate śuddhaṃ na kiṃcit kaluṣaṃ tanau
And at Śūlabheda the Lord of gods, having bathed according to the rule, considered himself pure—no stain at all upon his body.
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SkP-RK 86.19
तस्य चैवोत्तरे भागे देव देवं जगद्गुरुम् । शूलपाणिं ततः प्राप्य पूजयामास यत्नतः
tasya caivottare bhāge deva devaṃ jagadgurum / śūlapāṇiṃ tataḥ prāpya pūjayāmāsa yatnataḥ
And in the northern part of it, the god, having then obtained (found) the god of gods, the teacher of the world, the Trident-bearer, worshipped him diligently.
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SkP-RK 86.20
सर्वतीर्थम् अयं तीर्थं सर्वतीर्थाधिकं परम् । सर्वपुण्याधिकं पुण्यं सर्वद्रुःखघ्नम् उत्तमम्
sarvatīrtham ayaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvatīrthādhikaṃ param / sarvapuṇyādhikaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvadruḥkhaghnam uttamam
This ford comprises all fords, surpassing all fords, supreme; meritorious beyond all merit, destroying every sorrow, the highest.
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SkP-RK 86.21
तत्र तीर्थं प्रतिष्ठाप्य देवदेवो जगद्गुरुः । रक्षकांस् तु ततो मुक्त्वा तत्र स्थाप्य विनायकम्
tatra tīrthaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya devadevo jagadguruḥ / rakṣakāṃs tu tato muktvā tatra sthāpya vināyakam
Having established the ford there, the god of gods, teacher of the world, then released guardians and set Vināyaka there.
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SkP-RK 86.22
क्षेत्रपालशतं चाष्टौ तीर्थं रक्षन्ति यत्नतः । विघ्नानि तस्य कुर्वन्ति यस् तत्र स्थातुम् इच्छति
kṣetrapālaśataṃ cāṣṭau tīrthaṃ rakṣanti yatnataḥ / vighnāni tasya kurvanti yas tatra sthātum icchati
A hundred and eight Kṣetrapālas (field-guardians) guard the sacred ford diligently; they make obstacles for him who wishes to stay there.
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SkP-RK 86.23
केचित् कुटुम्बचिन्तां तु केचिच् चिन्तां कृषीषु च । सेवां च कुर्वते केचिद् द्रव्यार्जनपरायणाः
kecit kuṭumbacintāṃ tu kecic cintāṃ kṛṣīṣu ca / sevāṃ ca kurvate kecid dravyārjanaparāyaṇāḥ
Some (are occupied) with worry about their family, some with worry about the crops; and some perform service, being intent on the acquiring of wealth.
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SkP-RK 86.24
परोक्षवादं कुर्वन्ति अन्ये हिसारता जनाः । परदारान् प्रसर्पन्ति अन्ये च वित्तचिन्तकाः
parokṣavādaṃ kurvanti anye hisāratā janāḥ / paradārān prasarpanti anye ca vittacintakāḥ
Other people, given to violence, speak behind (others') backs; and others, brooding on money, creep after others' wives.
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SkP-RK 86.25
अन्ये ऽपि च वदन्त्य् एवं कथं तीर्थेषु गम्यते । क्षुधया पीड्यते भार्या ह्य् अपत्यानि तथैव च
anye 'pi ca vadanty evaṃ kathaṃ tīrtheṣu gamyate / kṣudhayā pīḍyate bhāryā hy apatyāni tathaiva ca
And others too speak thus: "How can one go to sacred fords? For (my) wife is tormented by hunger, and likewise the children."
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SkP-RK 86.26
मोहजाले निपतिताः पापाचाराश् च ये नराः । तेभ्यो रक्षन्ति तत् तीर्थं देवस्य च गणाः शुभम्
mohajāle nipatitāḥ pāpācārāś ca ye narāḥ / tebhyo rakṣanti tat tīrthaṃ devasya ca gaṇāḥ śubham
Those men who have fallen into the net of delusion and whose conduct is sinful — from them the god's hosts guard that auspicious sacred ford.
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SkP-RK 86.27
पुण्या जनाः स्थिरा ये च स्नानं तेषां च जायते । पयोष्ण्यां देवनद्यां च भोगवत्यां विशेषतः
puṇyā janāḥ sthirā ye ca snānaṃ teṣāṃ ca jāyate / payoṣṇyāṃ devanadyāṃ ca bhogavatyāṃ viśeṣataḥ
But those people who are meritorious and steadfast — for them a bath comes about in the Payoṣṇī, in the divine river, and especially in the Bhogavatī.
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SkP-RK 86.28
एतच् च सङ्गमं पुण्यं यथा वेण्यां सितासिते । दृष्ट्वा तीर्थं तु ते सर्वे गीर्वाणा हृष्टमानसाः
etac ca saṅgamaṃ puṇyaṃ yathā veṇyāṃ sitāsite / dṛṣṭvā tīrthaṃ tu te sarve gīrvāṇā hṛṣṭamānasāḥ
And this confluence is holy, as the white and the black (Gaṅgā and Yamunā) at the Veṇī; having seen the sacred ford, all those gods were glad at heart.
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SkP-RK 86.29
देवस्य सन्निधो भूत्वा वर्णयन्ति परस्परम् । इदं तीर्थं च देवेश गयातीर्थसमं विदुः
devasya sannidho bhūtvā varṇayanti parasparam / idaṃ tīrthaṃ ca deveśa gayātīrthasamaṃ viduḥ
Being in the god's presence they describe (it) to one another: "This sacred ford, O lord of gods, they know to be equal to the ford of Gayā."
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SkP-RK 86.30
गुह्याद् गुह्यतरं तीर्थं न भूतं न भविष्यति । शूलपाणिं समभ्यर्च्य ब्रह्माद्याश् च सुरैः सह
guhyād guhyataraṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati / śūlapāṇiṃ samabhyarcya brahmādyāś ca suraiḥ saha
"The ford is more secret than the secret; there has not been nor will there be (such a one)." Having duly worshipped the Trident-bearer, Brahmā and the others together with the gods —
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SkP-RK 86.31
ये गणाश् चैव गन्धर्वा यमो वरुणवासवौ । नृत्यगीतैस् तथा स्तोत्रैः सर्वे चैव सुरासुराः
ye gaṇāś caiva gandharvā yamo varuṇavāsavau / nṛtyagītais tathā stotraiḥ sarve caiva surāsurāḥ
and the hosts (of Śiva) and the Gandharvas, Yama, Varuṇa and Vāsava, and indeed all gods and demons, with dances, songs and hymns of praise —
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SkP-RK 86.32
देवेन भोदितो यत्र शूलाग्रेण नृपोत्तम । त्रयो गर्तास् तु संजातास् तोयपूर्णा नराधिप
devena bhodito yatra śūlāgreṇa nṛpottama / trayo gartās tu saṃjātās toyapūrṇā narādhipa
Where (the ground) was split open by the god with the tip of his trident, O best of kings, three pits came into being, filled with water, O ruler of men.
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SkP-RK 86.33
आर्यावर्ता नरश्रेष्ठ महाकुलिशलाञ्छिताः । सर्वपापक्षयकराः सर्वदुःखापहारकाः
āryāvartā naraśreṣṭha mahākuliśalāñchitāḥ / sarvapāpakṣayakarāḥ sarvaduḥkhāpahārakāḥ
They are Āryāvartas, O best of men, marked with the great thunderbolt, destroyers of all sin, removers of all sorrow.
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SkP-RK 86.34
तस्मिंस् तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा उपवासपरायणः । दीक्षामन्त्रविहीनो ऽपि मुच्यते भवबन्धनात्
tasmiṃs tīrthe naraḥ snātvā upavāsaparāyaṇaḥ / dīkṣāmantravihīno 'pi mucyate bhavabandhanāt
A man who bathes in that ford and devotes himself to fasting is freed from the bondage of existence even if he lacks initiation and mantra.
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SkP-RK 86.35
यः पुनर् विधिवत् स्नात्वा मन्त्रैः पञ्चभिर् एव च । वेदोक्तैः पञ्चभिर् मन्त्रैः सहिरण्यैर् घटैस् तथा
yaḥ punar vidhivat snātvā mantraiḥ pañcabhir eva ca / vedoktaiḥ pañcabhir mantraiḥ sahiraṇyair ghaṭais tathā
But he who bathes according to the rule with the five mantras — with the five mantras stated in the Veda, and with pots (of water) together with gold,
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SkP-RK 86.36
अक्षरैर् दशभिश् चैव पञ्चाक्षरैस् त्रिभिस् तथा । पृथग्भूतैर् द्विजातीनां तीर्थं शस्तं नराधिप
akṣarair daśabhiś caiva pañcākṣarais tribhis tathā / pṛthagbhūtair dvijātīnāṃ tīrthaṃ śastaṃ narādhipa
and with the ten syllables, and with the three five-syllable (mantras) as well, taken separately — for twice-born men the ford is commended, O ruler of men;
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SkP-RK 86.37
ब्रह्मक्षत्रविशां वापि शूद्रस्याथ स्त्रियास् तथा । ध्यात्वा देवत्रयं राजन् स्नानं चैव यथाविधि
brahmakṣatraviśāṃ vāpi śūdrasyātha striyās tathā / dhyātvā devatrayaṃ rājan snānaṃ caiva yathāvidhi
or for a brahmin, a kṣatriya, a vaiśya, and also for a śūdra and for a woman — having meditated on the triad of gods, O king, and (having performed) the bath according to rule.
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SkP-RK 86.38
दशाक्षरेण मन्त्रेण तोयं पिबति यो नरः । केदारे च यथा पीतं तथा कुण्डे न संशयः
daśākṣareṇa mantreṇa toyaṃ pibati yo naraḥ / kedāre ca yathā pītaṃ tathā kuṇḍe na saṃśayaḥ
The man who drinks the water with the ten-syllabled mantra — as it is drunk at Kedāra, so it is at this pool; there is no doubt.
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SkP-RK 86.39
पञ्चरेफसमायुक्तं क्षकाराक्षरभूषितम् । ॐकारद्वयसंयुक्तम् एतद् अत्रानुकीर्तनम्
pañcarephasamāyuktaṃ kṣakārākṣarabhūṣitam / oṃkāradvayasaṃyuktam etad atrānukīrtanam
Joined with five r-sounds, adorned with the letter kṣa, and combined with two oṃ-sounds: such is the recitation here.
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SkP-RK 86.40
यस् तत्र कुरुते स्नानं विधियुक्तो जितेन्द्रिय । तिलमिश्रेण तोयेन तर्पयेत् पितृदेवताः
yas tatra kurute snānaṃ vidhiyukto jitendriya / tilamiśreṇa toyena tarpayet pitṛdevatāḥ
He who performs the bath there, observing the rule, with senses subdued, and offers libations to the ancestors and gods with water mixed with sesame,
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SkP-RK 86.41
कुलं तारयते विंशद्दशपूर्वान् दशापरान् । गङ्गायां पञ्चतीर्थे च श्राद्धं वै कुरुते तु यः
kulaṃ tārayate viṃśaddaśapūrvān daśāparān / gaṅgāyāṃ pañcatīrthe ca śrāddhaṃ vai kurute tu yaḥ
he rescues twenty (generations of) his family, ten before and ten after. And he who performs the śrāddha at the Gaṅgā and at the Five Fords —
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SkP-RK 86.42
स तत्र फलम् आप्नोति शूलभेदे न संशयः । यस् तत्र विधिना युक्तो दानं दद्याच् च भक्तितः
sa tatra phalam āpnoti śūlabhede na saṃśayaḥ / yas tatra vidhinā yukto dānaṃ dadyāc ca bhaktitaḥ
He obtains that fruit there at Śūlabheda, there is no doubt. Whoever there, joined with the (proper) rite, should give a gift with devotion —
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SkP-RK 86.43
तदक्षयं फलं तत्र कृतस्य सुकृतो ऽथवा । गयाक्षेत्रे यथापुण्यं सर्वकार्येषु चैव हि
tadakṣayaṃ phalaṃ tatra kṛtasya sukṛto 'thavā / gayākṣetre yathāpuṇyaṃ sarvakāryeṣu caiva hi
— that fruit there is imperishable, of what has been done, or of the merit (accrued); as (there is) merit in the field of Gayā in all rites,
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SkP-RK 86.44
शूलभेदे तथा पुण्यं स्नानदानादितर्पणैः । भक्त्या च यो ददात् यत्र कांचनं गां महीं जलम्
śūlabhede tathā puṇyaṃ snānadānāditarpaṇaiḥ / bhaktyā ca yo dadāt yatra kāṃcanaṃ gāṃ mahīṃ jalam
so too is the merit at Śūlabheda through bathing, giving and the like, and offerings of water; and whoever there with devotion gives gold, a cow, land, water,
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SkP-RK 86.45
अन्नं कृषीभवं शय्यां वासांसि भूषणानि च । अन्नादिभिर् धनैश् चैव गृहं पूर्णं च सर्वतः
annaṃ kṛṣībhavaṃ śayyāṃ vāsāṃsi bhūṣaṇāni ca / annādibhir dhanaiś caiva gṛhaṃ pūrṇaṃ ca sarvataḥ
food, produce of tillage, a bed, garments and ornaments, and a house filled on all sides with food and other goods and with wealth,
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SkP-RK 86.46
युग्ययुग्लाङ्गलं मुख्यं नवं चैव धुरन्धरौ । दानान्य् एतानि यो दद्याद् ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे
yugyayuglāṅgalaṃ mukhyaṃ navaṃ caiva dhurandharau / dānāny etāni yo dadyād brāhmaṇe vedapārage
a draught animal, a yoke, a plough — the best and new — and two oxen that bear the pole: whoever should give these gifts to a brahmin who has gone to the far shore of the Vedas (obtains great merit).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain