Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 90
SkP-RK 90.1
उत्तानपाद उवाच: दृष्ट्वा तत्तीर्थमाहात्म्यं चित्रसेनो नरेश्वरः । विपुलं तीक्ष्णधारं च कण्ठे चासि नृपोत्तम
uttānapāda uvāca: dṛṣṭvā tattīrthamāhātmyaṃ citraseno nareśvaraḥ / vipulaṃ tīkṣṇadhāraṃ ca kaṇṭhe cāsi nṛpottama
Uttānapāda said: Having seen the greatness of that holy place, Citrasena, the lord of men, (set) a broad, sharp-edged sword to his throat, O best of kings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 90.2
देवान् सर्वान् हृदि ध्यायन् ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वरान् । विनिक्षिपन्नथात्मानौ प्रत्यक्षौ विष्णुशङ्करौ
devān sarvān hṛdi dhyāyan brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarān / vinikṣipannathātmānau pratyakṣau viṣṇuśaṅkarau
Meditating in his heart on all the gods, Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara, then, as he was striking (the sword) down, Viṣṇu and Śaṅkara (appeared) present in person, the two selves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 90.3
हर उवाच: प्राणत्यागं महाराज अकाले मा कुरुष्व ह
hara uvāca: prāṇatyāgaṃ mahārāja akāle mā kuruṣva ha
Hara said: Great king, do not abandon your life-breath out of its proper time!
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SkP-RK 90.4
अद्यापि तु युवासि त्वं न युक्तं मरणं तव । स्वस्थानं गच्छ वै शीघ्रं भोगान् भुङ्क्ष्व यथेप्सितान्
adyāpi tu yuvāsi tvaṃ na yuktaṃ maraṇaṃ tava / svasthānaṃ gaccha vai śīghraṃ bhogān bhuṅkṣva yathepsitān
"Even now you are young; death is not fitting for you. Go swiftly to your own place; enjoy pleasures as you desire."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 90.5
चित्रसेन उवाच: न राज्यं कामये देव न पुत्रान् न च बान्धवान्
citrasena uvāca: na rājyaṃ kāmaye deva na putrān na ca bāndhavān
Citrasena said: I do not desire a kingdom, O god, nor sons, nor kinsmen,
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SkP-RK 90.6
न भार्यां न च कोशं च न गाश्च न तुरङ्गमान् । मुञ्चस्व मां महादेव अविघ्नं क्रियतां मम
na bhāryāṃ na ca kośaṃ ca na gāśca na turaṅgamān / muñcasva māṃ mahādeva avighnaṃ kriyatāṃ mama
"nor a wife, nor a treasury, nor cattle, nor horses. Release me, Mahādeva; let there be no obstruction for me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 90.7
देव उवाच: यस्याग्रतो भवेद् विष्णुर्ब्रह्मा रुद्रस् तथैव च
deva uvāca: yasyāgrato bhaved viṣṇurbrahmā rudras tathaiva ca
The god said: He before whom stand Viṣṇu, Brahmā and likewise Rudra —
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SkP-RK 90.8
स्वर्गेण तस्य किं कार्यं गतो ऽसौ किं करिष्यति । तुष्टाव त्वां त्रयो देवा वृणीष्व वरम् उत्तमम्
svargeṇa tasya kiṃ kāryaṃ gato 'sau kiṃ kariṣyati / tuṣṭāva tvāṃ trayo devā vṛṇīṣva varam uttamam
"what has he to do with heaven? Having gone there, what will he do? The three gods have been pleased with you: choose the highest boon."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 90.9
चित्रसेन उवाच: यदि तुष्टास् त्रयो देवा ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः
citrasena uvāca: yadi tuṣṭās trayo devā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ
Citrasena said: If the three gods, Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara, are pleased,
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SkP-RK 90.10
अद्य प्रभृति युष्माभिः स्थातव्यम् इह सर्वदा । गयाशिरं यथा पुण्यं कृतं युष्माभिर् एव च
adya prabhṛti yuṣmābhiḥ sthātavyam iha sarvadā / gayāśiraṃ yathā puṇyaṃ kṛtaṃ yuṣmābhir eva ca
"then from today onward you must remain here always. Just as Gayāśira was made holy by you yourselves,
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SkP-RK 90.11
तथैवेदं तु कर्तव्यं शूलभेदं च पावनम् । यत्र यत्र स्थिता यूयं तत्र तत्र वसाम्य् अहम्
tathaivedaṃ tu kartavyaṃ śūlabhedaṃ ca pāvanam / yatra yatra sthitā yūyaṃ tatra tatra vasāmy aham
"so too this Śūlabheda must be made purifying. Wherever you abide, there I too shall dwell."
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SkP-RK 90.12
ईश्वर उवाच: अद्य प्रभृति तिष्ठाम शूलभेदे नरेश्वर
īśvara uvāca: adya prabhṛti tiṣṭhāma śūlabhede nareśvara
Īśvara said: From today onward we shall abide at Śūlabheda, lord of men.
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SkP-RK 90.13
कलांशेन त्रयो देवास् त्रिकालं निवसामहे । नन्दिसंज्ञो गणश् च त्वं भविष्यसि न संशय
kalāṃśena trayo devās trikālaṃ nivasāmahe / nandisaṃjño gaṇaś ca tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi na saṃśaya
"We three gods will dwell (here) at the three times of day by a portion of a fraction (of ourselves); and you shall become an attendant named Nandi — no doubt of it."
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SkP-RK 90.14
भविष्यत्य् अग्रपूजा ते मत्समीपे सदा नृप । प्रक्षिप्य च निजास्थीनि यथा दीर्घतपा ययौ
bhaviṣyaty agrapūjā te matsamīpe sadā nṛpa / prakṣipya ca nijāsthīni yathā dīrghatapā yayau
"Worship shall be yours first, always in my presence, O king. And having cast in his own bones, as Dīrghatapas went (to heaven),
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SkP-RK 90.15
सकुटुम्बो विमानस्थः स्वर्गे तिष्ठति तत्कुरु । एवं देवा वरं दत्त्वा चित्रसेनाय पार्थिव
sakuṭumbo vimānasthaḥ svarge tiṣṭhati tatkuru / evaṃ devā varaṃ dattvā citrasenāya pārthiva
"so, with his family, stationed in a celestial car, he abides in heaven — do that." Thus, O prince, the gods, having granted the boon to Citrasena,
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SkP-RK 90.16
कुण्डमूर्धनि यास्यामस्त्रयो देवास् तदा स्थिताः । परस्परं वदन्त्य् एवम् इदं तीर्थं तथा शुभम्
kuṇḍamūrdhani yāsyāmastrayo devās tadā sthitāḥ / parasparaṃ vadanty evam idaṃ tīrthaṃ tathā śubham
(said:) "We shall go to the head of the pool." The three gods, abiding there then, speak to one another thus: "This holy place is likewise auspicious;
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SkP-RK 90.17
यथा गयाशिरं पुण्यं सर्वमासि च पठ्यते । तथा रेवातटे पुण्यं शूलभेदं न संशयः
yathā gayāśiraṃ puṇyaṃ sarvamāsi ca paṭhyate / tathā revātaṭe puṇyaṃ śūlabhedaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
Just as Gayāśira is declared holy, and (so is) Sarvamāsi, so too on the bank of the Revā, Śūlabheda is holy — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 90.18
ब्रह्मोवाच: इदं तीर्थं महाराज यथापुण्यं गयाशिरः । स्नात्वा चैवोदके तस्मिन् नरो निर्मलतां व्रजेत्
brahmovāca: idaṃ tīrthaṃ mahārāja yathāpuṇyaṃ gayāśiraḥ / snātvā caivodake tasmin naro nirmalatāṃ vrajet
Brahmā said: This holy place, great king, is as meritorious as Gayāśiras; having bathed in its water a man attains purity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 90.19
एकं गयाशिरं मुक्त्वा सर्वतीर्थानि शङ्कर । शूलभेदस्य तीर्थस्य कलां नार्हन्ति षोडशीम्
ekaṃ gayāśiraṃ muktvā sarvatīrthāni śaṅkara / śūlabhedasya tīrthasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm
Excepting Gayāśiras alone, O Śaṅkara, all (other) holy places are not worth a sixteenth part of the Śūlabheda tīrtha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 90.20
कुण्डस्य दक्षिणे भागे दशहस्तप्रमाणतः । ऐन्द्रवारुणवायव्यां प्रमाणन्त्व् एकविंशतिः
kuṇḍasya dakṣiṇe bhāge daśahastapramāṇataḥ / aindravāruṇavāyavyāṃ pramāṇantv ekaviṃśatiḥ
On the southern side of the pool, to the measure of ten hastas; toward the east, the west, and the northwest the measure is twenty-one.
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SkP-RK 90.21
एतत् प्रमाणं तीर्थस्य पिण्डदानादिकर्मसु । नराः पुण्याश् च ते सर्वे अत्र दानं कृतं च यैः
etat pramāṇaṃ tīrthasya piṇḍadānādikarmasu / narāḥ puṇyāś ca te sarve atra dānaṃ kṛtaṃ ca yaiḥ
This is the (sacred) extent of the tīrtha for rites such as the offering of piṇḍas; and all those men by whom a gift has been made here are meritorious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 90.22
विष्णुस् त्रिनेत्ररूपेण ब्रह्मरूपी पितामहः । तस्मिंस् तीर्थे स्थिता नित्यं पूजां गृह्णन्ति भक्तितः
viṣṇus trinetrarūpeṇa brahmarūpī pitāmahaḥ / tasmiṃs tīrthe sthitā nityaṃ pūjāṃ gṛhṇanti bhaktitaḥ
Viṣṇu in the form of the Three-eyed One, and the Grandfather (Brahmā) in the form of Brahman, abiding always in that tīrtha, accept worship (offered) with devotion.
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SkP-RK 90.23
जातं जातं निरीक्ष्यन्ते स्वपुत्रं हि पितामहाः । कदा यास्यति पुत्रो ऽसौ कदा दाता भविष्यति
jātaṃ jātaṃ nirīkṣyante svaputraṃ hi pitāmahāḥ / kadā yāsyati putro 'sau kadā dātā bhaviṣyati
The forefathers keep watching each son as he is born: "When will that son go (to the tīrtha)? When will he become a giver (of offerings)?"
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SkP-RK 90.24
पञ्चस्थानेषु यः श्राद्धं कुरुते भक्तिमान् नरः । स्वकुलानि तु सर्वाणि प्रेतभूतानि तारयेत्
pañcasthāneṣu yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute bhaktimān naraḥ / svakulāni tu sarvāṇi pretabhūtāni tārayet
The devoted man who performs the śrāddha at the five places delivers all his family lines that have become ghosts.
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SkP-RK 90.25
एकविंशत्पितृपक्षे मातृपक्षैकविंशतिम् । भार्याया एकादशैवेति सर्वाण्य् एतानि तारयेत्
ekaviṃśatpitṛpakṣe mātṛpakṣaikaviṃśatim / bhāryāyā ekādaśaiveti sarvāṇy etāni tārayet
Twenty-one on the father's side, twenty-one on the mother's side, and eleven of the wife (her line) — he delivers all these.
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SkP-RK 90.26
द्विजदेवप्रसादेन पितॄणां च तथैव हि । श्राद्धदो वसते तत्र यत्र देवो महेश्वरः
dvijadevaprasādena pitṝṇāṃ ca tathaiva hi / śrāddhado vasate tatra yatra devo maheśvaraḥ
By the grace of the brāhmaṇas, of the god, and likewise of the forefathers, the giver of the śrāddha dwells there where the god Maheśvara is.
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SkP-RK 90.27
आत्मनो घातका ये च गोघ्नाः स्त्रैणहताश् च ये । दंष्ट्रिभिर् जलपातेन विद्युत्पातेन ये हताः
ātmano ghātakā ye ca goghnāḥ straiṇahatāś ca ye / daṃṣṭribhir jalapātena vidyutpātena ye hatāḥ
Those who are killers of themselves, killers of cows, those slain on account of women, those killed by fanged beasts, by drowning, or by a lightning-strike —
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SkP-RK 90.28
न तेषाम् अग्निसंस्कारो न शौचं नोदकक्रिया । तत्र तीर्थे तु यः श्राद्धं तेषां कुर्यात् स्वभक्तितः
na teṣām agnisaṃskāro na śaucaṃ nodakakriyā / tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ śrāddhaṃ teṣāṃ kuryāt svabhaktitaḥ
for them there is no fire-rite, no purification, no water-offering; but he who, with his own devotion, performs the śrāddha for them at that tīrtha —
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SkP-RK 90.29
मोक्षप्राप्तिर् भवेत् तेषां त्रिस्थानेषु न संशयः । तृप्तिस् तु जायते तेषां वर्षम् एकं न संशयः
mokṣaprāptir bhavet teṣāṃ tristhāneṣu na saṃśayaḥ / tṛptis tu jāyate teṣāṃ varṣam ekaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
there would come to them the attainment of liberation at the three places, without doubt; and satisfaction arises for them for one year, without doubt.
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SkP-RK 90.30
अजानता कृतं पापं बालभावेषु यत्कृतम् । तत्सर्वं नश्यति क्षिप्रं सकृत्स्नानेन भूपते
ajānatā kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ bālabhāveṣu yatkṛtam / tatsarvaṃ naśyati kṣipraṃ sakṛtsnānena bhūpate
Sin done unknowingly, and whatever was done in childish states, all that quickly perishes by a single bath, O lord of the earth.
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SkP-RK 90.31
रजकेन यथा धौतवस्त्रं निर्मलतां व्रजेत् । पापोपलिप्तस् तीर्थे ऽस्मिन् स्नातो निर्मलतां व्रजेत्
rajakena yathā dhautavastraṃ nirmalatāṃ vrajet / pāpopaliptas tīrthe 'smin snāto nirmalatāṃ vrajet
As a garment washed by a washerman becomes clean, so one smeared with sin, having bathed in this tīrtha, becomes clean.
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SkP-RK 90.32
संन्यासं कुरुते यस् तु तस्मिंस् तीर्थे नराधिप । ध्यायमानो महादेवं स गच्छेत् परमं पदम्
saṃnyāsaṃ kurute yas tu tasmiṃs tīrthe narādhipa / dhyāyamāno mahādevaṃ sa gacchet paramaṃ padam
And he who takes up renunciation at that tīrtha, O ruler of men, meditating on Mahādeva, he would go to the highest state.
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SkP-RK 90.33
क्रीडित्वा च यथा कामं स्वेच्छया शिवमन्दिरे । वेदवेदाङ्गतत्त्वज्ञो जायते विपुले कुले
krīḍitvā ca yathā kāmaṃ svecchayā śivamandire / vedavedāṅgatattvajño jāyate vipule kule
And having played as he pleases, at his own will, in Śiva's abode, he is born in a great family, a knower of the truth of the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 90.34
रूपवान् सुभगश् चैव सर्वव्याधिविवर्जितः । सर्वधर्मसमोपेतः सर्वाचारसमन्वितः
rūpavān subhagaś caiva sarvavyādhivivarjitaḥ / sarvadharmasamopetaḥ sarvācārasamanvitaḥ
handsome and fortunate, free from every disease, endowed with all the duties (of dharma), possessed of all good conduct.
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SkP-RK 90.35
एतत् ते कथितं राजंस् तीर्थस्य फलमुत्तमम् । तच्छ्रुत्वा मानवो नित्यं मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
etat te kathitaṃ rājaṃs tīrthasya phalamuttamam / tacchrutvā mānavo nityaṃ mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
This supreme fruit of the tīrtha has been told to you, O king; hearing it, a man is ever freed from all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 90.36
यश् चैनं श्रावयेद् भक्त्या आख्यानं द्विजसन्निधौ । श्राद्धे देवगृहे चैव पठेत् पर्वणि पर्वणि
yaś cainaṃ śrāvayed bhaktyā ākhyānaṃ dvijasannidhau / śrāddhe devagṛhe caiva paṭhet parvaṇi parvaṇi
And he who devoutly causes this narrative to be heard in the presence of a brāhmaṇa, and recites it at a śrāddha and in a temple of the god at each festival day —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 90.37
गीर्वाणास् तस्य तुष्यन्ति मनुष्याः पितृभिः सह । पठतां शृण्वतां चैव नश्येद् वै पापसंचयः
gīrvāṇās tasya tuṣyanti manuṣyāḥ pitṛbhiḥ saha / paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ caiva naśyed vai pāpasaṃcayaḥ
The gods are pleased with him, and men together with the ancestors; and for those who recite and for those who listen, the accumulated mass of sin is destroyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 90.38
लिखित्वा तीर्थमाहात्म्यं ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददाति यः । जातिस्मरं स लभते प्राप्नोत्य् अभिमतं फलम्
likhitvā tīrthamāhātmyaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo dadāti yaḥ / jātismaraṃ sa labhate prāpnoty abhimataṃ phalam
He who, having written down the Greatness of the Sacred Place, gives it to brahmins obtains the recollection of (his former) births and attains the fruit he desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition