Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 95

SkP-RK 95.1

मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ततो गच्छेत् तु राजेन्द्र करञ्जेश्वरम् उत्तमम् । यत्र ते निहतास् तात दानवास् तत्पदानुगैः

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tato gacchet tu rājendra karañjeśvaram uttamam / yatra te nihatās tāta dānavās tatpadānugaiḥ

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, O best of kings, one should go to the excellent Karañjeśvara, where, my dear, those Dānavas were slain, along with the followers of their train.

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SkP-RK 95.2

इन्द्राद्यैश् चैव संहृष्टैः स्तुतो यज्ञः सुबुद्धिभिः । तेषां ये पुत्रपौत्राश् च पूर्ववैरमनुस्मरन्

indrādyaiś caiva saṃhṛṣṭaiḥ stuto yajñaḥ subuddhibhiḥ / teṣāṃ ye putrapautrāś ca pūrvavairamanusmaran

And the sacrifice was praised by Indra and the others, delighted and of good understanding; and those among them who were sons and grandsons, remembering the old enmity...

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SkP-RK 95.3

तत्र स्थास् तु सुराः सर्वे स्थापयित्वा ह्य् उमापतिम् । इन्द्रचन्द्रयमाः सूर्यः स्थापयित्वेष्टसिद्धये

tatra sthās tu surāḥ sarve sthāpayitvā hy umāpatim / indracandrayamāḥ sūryaḥ sthāpayitveṣṭasiddhaye

There all the gods remained, having installed the Lord of Umā; Indra, the Moon, Yama and the Sun installed (him) for the accomplishment of their wishes.

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SkP-RK 95.4

हृष्टपुष्टाः सुराः सर्वे जग्मुर् आकाशसस्थिताः । दानवानां महाभाग करोट्यः पतिता यतः

hṛṣṭapuṣṭāḥ surāḥ sarve jagmur ākāśasasthitāḥ / dānavānāṃ mahābhāga karoṭyaḥ patitā yataḥ

All the gods, glad and thriving, went (away) and remained in the sky, whence the skulls of the Dānavas had fallen, O greatly fortunate one.

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SkP-RK 95.5

तदा प्रभृति तत् तीर्थं करोटीति महीपते । विख्यातं भारते लोके भूपृष्ठे पाण्डुनन्दन

tadā prabhṛti tat tīrthaṃ karoṭīti mahīpate / vikhyātaṃ bhārate loke bhūpṛṣṭhe pāṇḍunandana

From that time on that holy ford is (known as) Karoṭī, O lord of the earth — renowned in the world of Bhārata, on the surface of the earth, O son of Pāṇḍu.

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SkP-RK 95.6

अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां शुभे पक्षे तु भक्तितः । उपोष्य शूलिनश् चाग्रे रात्रौ कुर्वीत जागरम्

aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ śubhe pakṣe tu bhaktitaḥ / upoṣya śūlinaś cāgre rātrau kurvīta jāgaram

On the eighth and on the fourteenth of the bright fortnight, with devotion, having fasted, one should keep the night-vigil before the Trident-bearer,

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SkP-RK 95.7

तत्कथालापसंयुक्तं वेदोद्गीतं तथैव च । प्रभाते विमले प्राप्ते स्थाणुं सम्पूज्य यत्नतः

tatkathālāpasaṃyuktaṃ vedodgītaṃ tathaiva ca / prabhāte vimale prāpte sthāṇuṃ sampūjya yatnataḥ

(a vigil) joined with talk of his stories and likewise with the chanting of the Veda; and when the clear dawn has come, having carefully worshipped Sthāṇu,

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SkP-RK 95.8

पञ्चामृतेन संस्नाप्य श्रीखण्डेनैव चार्चयेत् । शतपल्लवपुष्पैश् च पूजयेच् च प्रयत्नतः

pañcāmṛtena saṃsnāpya śrīkhaṇḍenaiva cārcayet / śatapallavapuṣpaiś ca pūjayec ca prayatnataḥ

having bathed (him) with the five nectars, one should honour (him) with sandal paste, and should worship (him) diligently with a hundred sprigs and flowers;

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SkP-RK 95.9

बहुरूपं जपेन्मन्त्रं दक्षिणां तु प्रदाय च । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति आदित्येश्वर नार्मदे

bahurūpaṃ japenmantraṃ dakṣiṇāṃ tu pradāya ca / tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti ādityeśvara nārmade

one should recite the Bahurūpa mantra and give the priest's fee — (thereby) he obtains that fruit (which is had) at Ādityeśvara on the Narmadā.

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SkP-RK 95.10

श्रुततीर्थप्रभावं वै यः पठेच् च नराधिप । तत्सर्वं कथयिष्यामि भक्त्या तव महीपते

śrutatīrthaprabhāvaṃ vai yaḥ paṭhec ca narādhipa / tatsarvaṃ kathayiṣyāmi bhaktyā tava mahīpate

And whoever recites the greatness of Śrutatīrtha, O ruler of men — all that I shall relate to you out of devotion, O lord of the earth.

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SkP-RK 95.11

यथोक्तेन विधानेन नाभिमात्रे जले स्थितः । श्राद्धं तत्रैव प्रेताय कारयेत जितेन्द्रियः

yathoktena vidhānena nābhimātre jale sthitaḥ / śrāddhaṃ tatraiva pretāya kārayeta jitendriyaḥ

By the prescribed procedure, standing in water up to the navel, with senses subdued, one should have the śrāddha performed there itself for the departed,

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SkP-RK 95.12

विविधैरग्रपाठैश् च वेदाध्ययनतत्परैः । गोहिरण्येन सम्पूज्य वस्त्रताम्बूलभोजनैः

vividhairagrapāṭhaiś ca vedādhyayanatatparaiḥ / gohiraṇyena sampūjya vastratāmbūlabhojanaiḥ

with various foremost reciters, devoted to the study of the Veda; having honoured (them) with cows and gold, with garments, betel and food,

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SkP-RK 95.13

भूषणैः पट्टदानैश् च ब्राह्मणं पाण्डुनन्दन । तस्मिंस् तीर्थे तु सम्पूज्य कामिकं भोजनं ददेत्

bhūṣaṇaiḥ paṭṭadānaiś ca brāhmaṇaṃ pāṇḍunandana / tasmiṃs tīrthe tu sampūjya kāmikaṃ bhojanaṃ dadet

with ornaments and gifts of silk cloth, (having honoured) the brahmin, O son of Pāṇḍu — having thus honoured (him) at that holy ford, one should give food as desired.

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SkP-RK 95.14

भवेत् कोटिगणं तस्य नात्र कार्या विचारणा । तत्र तीर्थे यथा भक्त्या त्यजेद् देहं च मानद

bhavet koṭigaṇaṃ tasya nātra kāryā vicāraṇā / tatra tīrthe yathā bhaktyā tyajed dehaṃ ca mānada

There would be a crore-fold (merit) for him — no deliberation is to be made about this. And if at that holy ford one gives up the body with devotion, O giver of honour,

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SkP-RK 95.15

तस्य तीर्थे भवेत् पुण्यं तच् छृणुष्व नराधिप । यावद् अस्थिमनुष्यस्य तिष्ठते नर्मदाम्भसि

tasya tīrthe bhavet puṇyaṃ tac chṛṇuṣva narādhipa / yāvad asthimanuṣyasya tiṣṭhate narmadāmbhasi

the merit that comes to be for him at the holy ford — hear that, O ruler of men: as long as a man's bones remain in the water of the Narmadā,

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SkP-RK 95.16

तावद् वसति धर्मात्मा शिवलोके सुदुर्लभे । ततः कालात् प्रच्युतश् च देवो मानुष्यतां गतः

tāvad vasati dharmātmā śivaloke sudurlabhe / tataḥ kālāt pracyutaś ca devo mānuṣyatāṃ gataḥ

so long does that righteous one dwell in the very hard-to-win world of Śiva; then, fallen from there by (the working of) time, the god comes to human birth,

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SkP-RK 95.17

कोटिध्वजपतिः श्रीमान् जायते नात्र संशयः । सर्वधर्मसमायुक्तो मेधावी जीवपुत्रकः

koṭidhvajapatiḥ śrīmān jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ / sarvadharmasamāyukto medhāvī jīvaputrakaḥ

(Such a man) is born a lord of a crore of banners, prosperous — there is no doubt of this — possessed of all righteousness, intelligent, and with sons who live.

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SkP-RK 95.18

विख्यातश् च धरापृष्ठे दीर्घायुर् मानवो भवेत् । इन्द्रचन्द्रयमैः रुद्रैर् आदित्यैर् वसुभिस् तथा

vikhyātaś ca dharāpṛṣṭhe dīrghāyur mānavo bhavet / indracandrayamaiḥ rudrair ādityair vasubhis tathā

And he becomes renowned on the face of the earth, a long-lived man. By Indra, the Moon and Yama, by the Rudras, the Ādityas, and likewise the Vasus,

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SkP-RK 95.19

विश्वेदेवैस् तथा सर्वैः स्थापितास् त्रिदशेश्वरः । नर्मदोत्तरकूले तु लोकानां हितकाम्यया

viśvedevais tathā sarvaiḥ sthāpitās tridaśeśvaraḥ / narmadottarakūle tu lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā

and by all the Viśvedevas, the Lord of the Thirty (gods) was installed on the northern bank of the Narmadā, out of a desire for the welfare of the worlds.

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SkP-RK 95.20

मानवः प्रेतम् उद्दिश्य प्रासादं कारयेत् तु यः । तस्मिन् नरवरश्रेष्ठः स सद्गतिम् अवाप्नुयात्

mānavaḥ pretam uddiśya prāsādaṃ kārayet tu yaḥ / tasmin naravaraśreṣṭhaḥ sa sadgatim avāpnuyāt

And that man who has a temple built there on behalf of a departed one — he, best among the foremost of men, would attain a good destiny.

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SkP-RK 95.21

न्यायोपार्जितद्रव्येण यः श्राद्धं कुरुते ऽत्र वै । ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रिया वैश्याः स्त्रियः शूद्राश् च सत्कृताः

nyāyopārjitadravyeṇa yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute 'tra vai / brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ striyaḥ śūdrāś ca satkṛtāḥ

Whoever here performs the śrāddha rite with wealth acquired by lawful means — brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, women and śūdras (thereby) being honoured —

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SkP-RK 95.22

ते ऽपि यान्ति परे लोके शाङ्करे सुरपूजिते । यः शृणोति नरो भक्त्या माहात्म्यं तीर्थजं नृप

te 'pi yānti pare loke śāṅkare surapūjite / yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā māhātmyaṃ tīrthajaṃ nṛpa

they too go to the highest world, Śaṅkara's, worshipped by the gods. And the man who with devotion hears the greatness that arises from this holy ford, O king —

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SkP-RK 95.23

मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ततो गच्छेत् तु राजेन्द्र कुमारेश्वरम् उत्तमम्

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tato gacchet tu rājendra kumāreśvaram uttamam

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, O best of kings, one should go to the excellent Kumāreśvara,

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SkP-RK 95.24

प्रसिद्धं सर्वतीर्थानाम् अगस्त्येश्वरम् उत्तमम् । षण्मुखेन तपस्तप्तं सर्वपातकनाशनम्

prasiddhaṃ sarvatīrthānām agastyeśvaram uttamam / ṣaṇmukhena tapastaptaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam

famed among all holy fords, the excellent Agastyeśvara; there austerity was practised by the six-faced one (Skanda) — (the place) destroys all sins.

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SkP-RK 95.25

स्नानं च परया भुक्त्या सिद्धिः प्राप्ता नराधिप । देवसैन्याधिपो राजन् सर्वशत्रुविमर्दनः

snānaṃ ca parayā bhuktyā siddhiḥ prāptā narādhipa / devasainyādhipo rājan sarvaśatruvimardanaḥ

And by bathing with supreme enjoyment(?) success was obtained (there), O ruler of men: the commander of the gods' army, O king, the crusher of all foes,

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SkP-RK 95.26

उग्रतेजा महात्मा च संजातस् तीर्थसेवनात् । तदा प्रभृति तत्तीर्थं विख्यातं नर्मदातटे

ugratejā mahātmā ca saṃjātas tīrthasevanāt / tadā prabhṛti tattīrthaṃ vikhyātaṃ narmadātaṭe

of fierce splendour and great soul, came to be so through resorting to that holy ford. From then on that ford has been renowned on the bank of the Narmadā.

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SkP-RK 95.27

तस्मिंस् तीर्थे तु यो भक्त्या एकचित्तो जितेन्द्रियः । अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां कार्त्तिकस्य विशेषतः

tasmiṃs tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā ekacitto jitendriyaḥ / aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ kārttikasya viśeṣataḥ

And at that ford, whoever with devotion, single-minded and with senses subdued, on the eighth and on the fourteenth day, and especially in (the month of) Kārttika,

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SkP-RK 95.28

स्नापयेद् गिरिजानाथं दधिदुग्धेन सर्पिषा । गीतं तत्र प्रकर्तव्यं पिण्डदानं यथाविधि

snāpayed girijānāthaṃ dadhidugdhena sarpiṣā / gītaṃ tatra prakartavyaṃ piṇḍadānaṃ yathāvidhi

should bathe the Lord of Girijā (Śiva) with curds, milk and clarified butter — there singing should be performed, and the offering of rice-balls according to rule.

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SkP-RK 95.29

ब्राह्मणैः श्रोत्रियैः पार्थ षट्कर्मनिरतैः सदा । यत्किंचिद् दीयते तत्र अक्षयं पाण्डुनन्दन

brāhmaṇaiḥ śrotriyaiḥ pārtha ṣaṭkarmanirataiḥ sadā / yatkiṃcid dīyate tatra akṣayaṃ pāṇḍunandana

Whatever, O son of Pṛthā, is given there to brahmins versed in the Veda and ever devoted to the six duties, that is imperishable, O son of Pāṇḍu.

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SkP-RK 95.30

सर्वतीर्थात् परं तीर्थं निर्मितं शशिना नृप । एतत् ते सर्वम् आख्यातं कुमारेश्वरजं फलम्

sarvatīrthāt paraṃ tīrthaṃ nirmitaṃ śaśinā nṛpa / etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ kumāreśvarajaṃ phalam

A holy ford higher than every holy ford, fashioned by the Moon, O king. All this has been told to you — the fruit that arises from Kumāreśvara.

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SkP-RK 95.31

कुमारदर्शनात् पुण्यं प्राप्यते पाण्डुनन्दन । मृतः स्वर्गम् अवाप्नोति सत्यम् ईश्वरभाषितम्

kumāradarśanāt puṇyaṃ prāpyate pāṇḍunandana / mṛtaḥ svargam avāpnoti satyam īśvarabhāṣitam

By the sight of Kumāra merit is obtained, O son of Pāṇḍu; dying (there) one attains heaven — this is true, spoken by the Lord.

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SkP-RK 95.32

ततो गच्छेत् तु राजेन्द्र अगस्त्येश्वरम् उत्तमम् । तत्र सिद्धो महाभाग अगस्त्यो मुनिपुङ्गवः

tato gacchet tu rājendra agastyeśvaram uttamam / tatra siddho mahābhāga agastyo munipuṅgavaḥ

Then, O best of kings, one should go to the excellent Agastyeśvara. There the greatly blessed Agastya, bull among sages, attained perfection.

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SkP-RK 95.33

युधिष्ठिर उवाच: कथं सिद्धो महाभाग अगस्त्यो मुनिपुङ्गवः । कुम्भोद्भवो महाभाग मित्रावरुणसम्भवः

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: kathaṃ siddho mahābhāga agastyo munipuṅgavaḥ / kumbhodbhavo mahābhāga mitrāvaruṇasambhavaḥ

Yudhiṣṭhira said: How did the greatly blessed Agastya, bull among sages, attain perfection — he, the greatly blessed one, born from a jar, sprung from Mitra and Varuṇa?

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SkP-RK 95.34

मार्कण्डेय उवाच: महाप्रश्नो महाराज परिपृष्टश् च यस् त्वया

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: mahāpraśno mahārāja paripṛṣṭaś ca yas tvayā

Mārkaṇḍeya said: A great question, great king, is this that has been asked by you.

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SkP-RK 95.35

तत् ते ऽहं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुष्वैकमनाः सदा । पुराकृतयुगे तात भारार्ता जगती स्थिता

tat te 'haṃ sampravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikamanāḥ sadā / purākṛtayuge tāta bhārārtā jagatī sthitā

I shall declare it fully to you; listen ever with a single mind. Long ago, in the Kṛta age, my dear, the earth stood afflicted by a burden.

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SkP-RK 95.36

विज्ञप्तुकामा देवेशं नाकपृष्ठं गता नृप । इन्द्राय कथयामास दैत्यभारार्दितं जगत्

vijñaptukāmā deveśaṃ nākapṛṣṭhaṃ gatā nṛpa / indrāya kathayāmāsa daityabhārārditaṃ jagat

Wishing to make it known to the lord of the gods, she went to the vault of heaven, O king, and told Indra of the world tormented by the burden of the demons.

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SkP-RK 95.37

इन्द्र उवाच: ब्रह्मा च जगतः कर्ता तवैव मम सुन्दरि । ब्रह्मलोकं गमिष्यामि मन्त्रिभिर्दैवतैः सह

indra uvāca: brahmā ca jagataḥ kartā tavaiva mama sundari / brahmalokaṃ gamiṣyāmi mantribhirdaivataiḥ saha

Indra said: And Brahmā is the maker of the world, of yours and of mine, fair lady; I shall go to Brahmā's world together with my counsellors and the gods.

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SkP-RK 95.38

बृहस्पतिर् उवाच: ब्रह्मन् निर्लम्बना जाता दैत्यभाराद् वसुन्धरा

bṛhaspatir uvāca: brahman nirlambanā jātā daityabhārād vasundharā

Bṛhaspati said: O Brahman, the earth has become without support because of the burden of the daityas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.39

असहन्ती तु तं भारं याति देवी रसातलम् । प्रतीकारं पृथिव्याश् च कुरुष्व जगतीपते

asahantī tu taṃ bhāraṃ yāti devī rasātalam / pratīkāraṃ pṛthivyāś ca kuruṣva jagatīpate

Unable to bear that burden, the goddess (Earth) is sinking to the nether world; make a remedy for the earth, O lord of the world.

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SkP-RK 95.40

पितामह उवाच: कर्ता ऽस्मि सर्वजगताम् अयोनिकलशोद्भवः

pitāmaha uvāca: kartā 'smi sarvajagatām ayonikalaśodbhavaḥ

The Grandfather said: I am the maker of all the worlds, born from a pot and not from a womb.

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SkP-RK 95.41

अगस्त्यस् तपसां राशिः शक्तो दैत्यनिवारणे । एकतः सर्वदेवानां बलं तेजश् च जायते

agastyas tapasāṃ rāśiḥ śakto daityanivāraṇe / ekataḥ sarvadevānāṃ balaṃ tejaś ca jāyate

Agastya, a mass of austerities, is capable of warding off the daityas: on one side arises the strength and energy of all the gods,

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SkP-RK 95.42

एकतो ऋषिमुख्यस्य जायते नात्र संशयः । ब्रह्मणो वचनं श्रुत्वा सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः

ekato ṛṣimukhyasya jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ / brahmaṇo vacanaṃ śrutvā sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ

on the other side that of the foremost of sages—of this there is no doubt. Having heard Brahmā's words, all the gods along with Vāsava (Indra)—

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SkP-RK 95.43

तथैव कारणं चान्यत् कथयन्ति स्म भारत । विज्ञातं देवदेवेश विश्वामित्रचिकीर्षितम्

tathaiva kāraṇaṃ cānyat kathayanti sma bhārata / vijñātaṃ devadeveśa viśvāmitracikīrṣitam

and just so they told of another reason, O Bhārata: "It is known, O lord of the gods of gods, what Viśvāmitra intends to do."

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SkP-RK 95.44

त्रिशङ्क्वर्थे च यज्ञो ऽयं विश्वामित्रेण साधितः । स्पर्धया च वशिष्ठस्य यज्ञाङ्गानि समासृजत्

triśaṅkvarthe ca yajño 'yaṃ viśvāmitreṇa sādhitaḥ / spardhayā ca vaśiṣṭhasya yajñāṅgāni samāsṛjat

"And this sacrifice was carried out by Viśvāmitra for Triśaṅku's sake; and out of rivalry with Vasiṣṭha he created the components of the sacrifice."

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SkP-RK 95.45

स्पर्धया सृजताकाशं भूमिं चान्यां समासृजत् । यथा तु हिमवच् छैलः पूर्वापरमहोदधिम्

spardhayā sṛjatākāśaṃ bhūmiṃ cānyāṃ samāsṛjat / yathā tu himavac chailaḥ pūrvāparamahodadhim

Out of rivalry he created a sky, and he created another earth as well. But as the Himalaya mountain, (spanning) the eastern and western great oceans—

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SkP-RK 95.46

व्याप्यैव संस्थितो भूम्यां देवकार्यार्थसाधकः । तथासौ स्पर्धते विन्ध्यः स्पर्धया कौशिकस्य च

vyāpyaiva saṃsthito bhūmyāṃ devakāryārthasādhakaḥ / tathāsau spardhate vindhyaḥ spardhayā kauśikasya ca

—having pervaded (them), stands upon the earth as the accomplisher of the purposes of the gods' work, just so this Vindhya contends, and out of rivalry with Kauśika (too).

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SkP-RK 95.47

तिष्ठन्ति देवकार्याणि कौशिकेन सुरेश्वर । कार्यद्वयप्रतीकारं चिन्तय स्वजगद्गुरो

tiṣṭhanti devakāryāṇi kauśikena sureśvara / kāryadvayapratīkāraṃ cintaya svajagadguro

The works of the gods are at a standstill because of Kauśika, O lord of the gods; devise a counter to the twofold problem, O teacher of your own world.

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SkP-RK 95.48

ब्रह्मोवाच: एकस् त्व् अस्य गुरुर् विप्रो ह्य् अगस्त्यो मुनिपुङ्गवः । उत्पथे वर्तमानस्य कौशिकस्य दुरासदः

brahmovāca: ekas tv asya gurur vipro hy agastyo munipuṅgavaḥ / utpathe vartamānasya kauśikasya durāsadaḥ

Brahmā said: But he has one preceptor, the brahmin Agastya, the bull among sages, unassailable by Kauśika, who is proceeding on a wrong path.

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SkP-RK 95.49

अगस्त्यो मार्गभेत्ता वै भविष्यति न संशयः । गुरुर् आत्मवतां शास्ता सर्वेषां वै न संशयः

agastyo mārgabhettā vai bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ / gurur ātmavatāṃ śāstā sarveṣāṃ vai na saṃśayaḥ

Agastya will surely be the breaker of the path, there is no doubt; and the preceptor is the chastiser of all who are self-possessed, there is no doubt.

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SkP-RK 95.50

वर्धनं पर्वतस्यास्य देवमार्गप्रवर्तनम् । शासः कौशिकविप्रस्य वसुधायां समन्ततः

vardhanaṃ parvatasyāsya devamārgapravartanam / śāsaḥ kauśikaviprasya vasudhāyāṃ samantataḥ

The growth of this mountain, the setting in motion of the path of the gods, the chastising of the brahmin Kauśika everywhere on the earth—

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SkP-RK 95.51

क्षमः समस्तकार्याणां मित्रावरुणनन्दनः । एवं तु निश्चयं कृत्वा देवाः सेन्द्रपितामहाः

kṣamaḥ samastakāryāṇāṃ mitrāvaruṇanandanaḥ / evaṃ tu niścayaṃ kṛtvā devāḥ sendrapitāmahāḥ

—for all these tasks the son of Mitra and Varuṇa is competent. Having made this decision, the gods, together with Indra and the Grandfather,

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SkP-RK 95.52

ययुर्वसुन्धरासार्धं हिमवन्तं नगेश्वरम् । ददृशुस् ते स्थितं विप्रं ध्यायमानं च योगिनम्

yayurvasundharāsārdhaṃ himavantaṃ nageśvaram / dadṛśus te sthitaṃ vipraṃ dhyāyamānaṃ ca yoginam

went with the Earth to Himavat, the lord of mountains. They saw the brahmin seated there, the yogin, meditating,

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SkP-RK 95.53

सुदृढं निश्चलध्यानं मोक्षमार्गनियामकम् । तंदृष्ट्वा स्तोतुम् आरब्धाः सेन्द्रचन्द्राः सवारुणाः

sudṛḍhaṃ niścaladhyānaṃ mokṣamārganiyāmakam / taṃdṛṣṭvā stotum ārabdhāḥ sendracandrāḥ savāruṇāḥ

very firm, of unwavering meditation, the regulator of the path to liberation. Having seen him, those (gods) with Indra and Candra and Varuṇa began to praise (him).

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SkP-RK 95.54

देवा ऊचुः: जयम् इच्छस्व देवानां भगवन् कलशोद्भव । प्रसादसुमुखो भूत्वा देवानां भयमागतम्

devā ūcuḥ: jayam icchasva devānāṃ bhagavan kalaśodbhava / prasādasumukho bhūtvā devānāṃ bhayamāgatam

The gods said: Will victory for the gods, O lord, O pot-born one; becoming gracious of countenance (grant it)—fear has come upon the gods.

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SkP-RK 95.55

अगस्त्य उवाच: किं कार्यं तु समुत्पन्नं येन दूरं समागताः । एकान्तवासिनं नित्यं तं मां यूयं सुराश् च भोः

agastya uvāca: kiṃ kāryaṃ tu samutpannaṃ yena dūraṃ samāgatāḥ / ekāntavāsinaṃ nityaṃ taṃ māṃ yūyaṃ surāś ca bhoḥ

Agastya said: What matter has arisen, on account of which you have come so far? And (why to) me, who ever dwell in solitude—you, O gods!

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SkP-RK 95.56

उच्यतां यन् मया कार्यं तत्सर्वं करवाण्य् अहम् । ततो मन्दानिलोद्धूतकमलाकरशोभिना

ucyatāṃ yan mayā kāryaṃ tatsarvaṃ karavāṇy aham / tato mandāniloddhūtakamalākaraśobhinā

Let it be told: whatever is to be done by me, all that I will do. Then, by (him who was) resplendent with a lotus-pond stirred by a gentle breeze—

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SkP-RK 95.57

वाक्पतिर् उवाच: त्वया पूर्वं महाभाग देवकार्यार्थसिद्धये

vākpatir uvāca: tvayā pūrvaṃ mahābhāga devakāryārthasiddhaye

Vākpati said: Formerly by you, O greatly fortunate one, for the accomplishment of the purpose of the gods' task—

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SkP-RK 95.58

समुद्राः कर्षिताः सर्वे ईश्वरेण यथा जगत् । विध्वस्तास्त्रिदशाः सर्वे दानवैर् बलदर्पितैः

samudrāḥ karṣitāḥ sarve īśvareṇa yathā jagat / vidhvastāstridaśāḥ sarve dānavair baladarpitaiḥ

—all the oceans were drained, as the world (is drained) by the Lord; all the thirty (gods) were shattered by the dānavas, proud of their strength.

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SkP-RK 95.59

जिता देवास् तु ते सर्वे दानवेभ्यः पराङ्मुखाः । तेषां वरापहाराय समुद्राः शोषिताः पुरा

jitā devās tu te sarve dānavebhyaḥ parāṅmukhāḥ / teṣāṃ varāpahārāya samudrāḥ śoṣitāḥ purā

All those gods were conquered and turned their backs to the dānavas; formerly the oceans were dried up in order to take away their (the dānavas') boons.

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SkP-RK 95.60

साम्प्रतं दुःखिता धात्री पश्येमां भूतधारिणीम् । दैत्यभारेण दुःखार्ता भूमिर्जाता रसातलम्

sāmprataṃ duḥkhitā dhātrī paśyemāṃ bhūtadhāriṇīm / daityabhāreṇa duḥkhārtā bhūmirjātā rasātalam

Now the earth is in distress—look at her, the supporter of beings; afflicted with the burden of the daityas, the earth has sunk to Rasātala.

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SkP-RK 95.61

गन्तव्यं दक्षिणामाशां तपोराशे द्विजोत्तम । नर्मदोदधिमर्यादां कुरु पुण्यां महाद्विज

gantavyaṃ dakṣiṇāmāśāṃ taporāśe dvijottama / narmadodadhimaryādāṃ kuru puṇyāṃ mahādvija

You must go to the southern quarter, O mass of austerity, best of the twice-born; make the holy boundary of the Narmadā and the ocean, O great brahmin.

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SkP-RK 95.62

वृद्धिं विन्ध्यनगस्यापि देवकार्यं समुद्धर । कौशिको ऽथ कनीयांस् ते य उन्मार्गप्रवर्तकः

vṛddhiṃ vindhyanagasyāpi devakāryaṃ samuddhara / kauśiko 'tha kanīyāṃs te ya unmārgapravartakaḥ

(Restrain) also the growth of the Vindhya mountain; carry out the work of the gods. And Kauśika, your younger (kinsman), who is a promoter of wrong ways—

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SkP-RK 95.63

अगस्त्य उवाच: देवकार्यं करिष्यामि सुखं तिष्ठ वसुन्धरे । गच्छामि दक्षिणाम् आशां शक्तः शिष्यस्य वारणे

agastya uvāca: devakāryaṃ kariṣyāmi sukhaṃ tiṣṭha vasundhare / gacchāmi dakṣiṇām āśāṃ śaktaḥ śiṣyasya vāraṇe

Agastya said: I shall do the work of the gods; rest at ease, O Earth. I go to the southern quarter; I am able to restrain my pupil.

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SkP-RK 95.64

देवा ऊचुः: याम्यां गत्वा सुरैः सार्धं द्रष्टव्यो यं न संशयः

devā ūcuḥ: yāmyāṃ gatvā suraiḥ sārdhaṃ draṣṭavyo yaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

The gods said: Having gone to the southern (region), he must without doubt be seen, together with the gods.

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SkP-RK 95.65

सिंहस्थे भास्करे विप्र येन यास्यन्ति भक्तितः । नश्यते च धनं धान्यं तेषां सौख्यं न संशयः

siṃhasthe bhāskare vipra yena yāsyanti bhaktitaḥ / naśyate ca dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ teṣāṃ saukhyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

When the sun stands in Leo, O brahmin, by whom (people) will go there with devotion—and wealth and grain perish—(there is) happiness for them, no doubt.

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SkP-RK 95.66

अधिकाराय देवानां स च दृष्टो भविष्यति । तत्प्रतिज्ञाय गीर्वाणाः समं वसुधया गताः

adhikārāya devānāṃ sa ca dṛṣṭo bhaviṣyati / tatpratijñāya gīrvāṇāḥ samaṃ vasudhayā gatāḥ

And he will be seen for the sake of the gods' authority. Having made that promise, the gods went away together with the Earth.

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SkP-RK 95.67

अगस्त्यं तपसां राशिं निर्गच्छन्तः समन्ततः । अगस्त्यपदविक्षेपाच् चलिता च वसुन्धरा

agastyaṃ tapasāṃ rāśiṃ nirgacchantaḥ samantataḥ / agastyapadavikṣepāc calitā ca vasundharā

—going out on all sides toward Agastya, the heap of austerities. And by the placing of Agastya's foot the earth was shaken.

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SkP-RK 95.68

मनोवेगेन सम्प्राप्तः कौशिको यत्र तापसः । कौशिको ऽपि गुरुं दृष्ट्वा साष्टाङ्गं प्रणिपत्य च

manovegena samprāptaḥ kauśiko yatra tāpasaḥ / kauśiko 'pi guruṃ dṛṣṭvā sāṣṭāṅgaṃ praṇipatya ca

With the speed of thought he arrived where the ascetic Kauśika was; and Kauśika, seeing his teacher, bowed down with the eight limbs,

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SkP-RK 95.69

धन्ये ऽहं मुनिशार्दूलप्रीतो ऽहं तव दर्शनात् । अर्घपात्रं समादाय दध्यक्षतसमन्वितम्

dhanye 'haṃ muniśārdūlaprīto 'haṃ tava darśanāt / arghapātraṃ samādāya dadhyakṣatasamanvitam

(saying) "Blessed am I, tiger among sages; I am delighted at the sight of you"—and taking a vessel of guest-water together with curds and unhusked grain,

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SkP-RK 95.70

दूर्वा च चन्दनं पूज्यभक्त्या पात्रे समाहितम् । गुरुपादपरिक्षिप्त उवाच मधुरं तदा

dūrvā ca candanaṃ pūjyabhaktyā pātre samāhitam / gurupādaparikṣipta uvāca madhuraṃ tadā

and dūrvā grass and sandal placed in the vessel with reverent devotion, casting (it) at the teacher's feet, he then spoke sweetly.

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SkP-RK 95.71

अगस्त्य उवाच: देवकार्यविघातं च कौशिक त्वं विसर्जय

agastya uvāca: devakāryavighātaṃ ca kauśika tvaṃ visarjaya

Agastya said: And you, Kauśika, give up the obstruction of the gods' work.

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SkP-RK 95.72

देवकार्यविसृष्टेन कर्मणा न प्रवर्तसे । यदि ते निश्चला भक्तिर् विश्वामित्र ममोपरि

devakāryavisṛṣṭena karmaṇā na pravartase / yadi te niścalā bhaktir viśvāmitra mamopari

You are not to engage in action that abandons the gods' work, if your devotion toward me is unwavering, Viśvāmitra.

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SkP-RK 95.73

विश्वामित्र उवाच: गुरुर् आत्मवतां शास्ता राजा शास्ता दुरात्मनाम्

viśvāmitra uvāca: gurur ātmavatāṃ śāstā rājā śāstā durātmanām

Viśvāmitra said: The teacher is the chastiser of the self-controlled, the king is the chastiser of the evil-minded;

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SkP-RK 95.74

इह प्रच्छन्नपापानां शास्ता वैवस्वतो यमः । स्पर्धया च वशिष्ठस्य त्रिशङ्कुर्मे सुयाचितः

iha pracchannapāpānāṃ śāstā vaivasvato yamaḥ / spardhayā ca vaśiṣṭhasya triśaṅkurme suyācitaḥ

here Yama Vaivasvata is the chastiser of those whose sins are concealed. And out of rivalry with Vasiṣṭha, Triśaṅku earnestly entreated me.

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SkP-RK 95.75

अद्य प्रभृति तत् सर्वं त्यक्तम् एव द्विजोत्तम । इत्युक्तः प्रययौ शीघ्रं रेवातीरं सुदुर्लभम्

adya prabhṛti tat sarvaṃ tyaktam eva dvijottama / ityuktaḥ prayayau śīghraṃ revātīraṃ sudurlabham

From today all that is indeed abandoned, best of the twice-born. Thus addressed, he went swiftly to the bank of the Revā, very hard to reach.

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SkP-RK 95.76

उत्तरं तटम् आसाद्य तपस् तत्र समारभत् । नर्मदा त्रिषु लोकेषु पवित्रा पापनाशिनी

uttaraṃ taṭam āsādya tapas tatra samārabhat / narmadā triṣu lokeṣu pavitrā pāpanāśinī

Reaching the northern bank, he began austerity there. In the three worlds the Narmadā is purifying, destroying sin.

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SkP-RK 95.77

निश्चयं परमं कृत्वा मित्रावरुणनन्दनः । शिलातले निविष्टस् तु चचार विपुलं तपः

niścayaṃ paramaṃ kṛtvā mitrāvaruṇanandanaḥ / śilātale niviṣṭas tu cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ

Having made the supreme resolve, the son of Mitra and Varuṇa, seated on a slab of rock, performed vast austerity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.78

वायुभक्षः सदा कालं कुम्भयोनिर् महातपाः । ज्ञातो भक्तियुतः श्रेष्ठ ईश्वरेण युधिष्ठिर

vāyubhakṣaḥ sadā kālaṃ kumbhayonir mahātapāḥ / jñāto bhaktiyutaḥ śreṣṭha īśvareṇa yudhiṣṭhira

Feeding on air for all time, the pot-born one of great austerity, endowed with devotion, was recognized as foremost by the Lord, O Yudhiṣṭhira.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.79

ईश्वर उवाच: साधु साधु मुनिश्रेष्ठ तपसा द्योतितं नभः

īśvara uvāca: sādhu sādhu muniśreṣṭha tapasā dyotitaṃ nabhaḥ

The Lord said: Well done, well done, best of sages! The sky is set ablaze by your austerity.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.80

निश्चयं तव तुष्टो ऽस्मि मित्रावरुणनन्दन । वर्षायुतसहस्रेण नान्येषां वरदो ह्य् अहम्

niścayaṃ tava tuṣṭo 'smi mitrāvaruṇanandana / varṣāyutasahasreṇa nānyeṣāṃ varado hy aham

I am pleased with your resolve, O son of Mitra and Varuṇa; after ten million years—for indeed I am not a granter of boons to others (so readily).

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

SkP-RK 95.81

अगस्त्य उवाच: संसारपल्वलातीतसृष्टिजन्मविवर्जित । दुर्लक्ष्यासुरसङ्घानां प्रमथेश नमो ऽस्तु ते

agastya uvāca: saṃsārapalvalātītasṛṣṭijanmavivarjita / durlakṣyāsurasaṅghānāṃ pramatheśa namo 'stu te

Agastya said: O you who are beyond the puddle of transmigration, free of creation and birth, hard to be discerned by the hosts of demons, lord of the Pramathas, homage be to you.

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

SkP-RK 95.82

नन्दिस्कन्दगणा देवा वृथा क्लिश्यन्ति मोहिताः । सनत्कुमारमुख्याश् च ऋषयः शंसितव्रताः

nandiskandagaṇā devā vṛthā kliśyanti mohitāḥ / sanatkumāramukhyāś ca ṛṣayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ

The gods, the troops of Nandin and Skanda, deluded, toil in vain, and so too the seers of confirmed vows, headed by Sanatkumāra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.83

त्वद् रूपं ते न जानन्ति शम्भो नाथ नमो ऽस्तु ते । ब्रह्माद्या देवताः सर्वे ध्यायन्ति त्वाम् अहर्निशम्

tvad rūpaṃ te na jānanti śambho nātha namo 'stu te / brahmādyā devatāḥ sarve dhyāyanti tvām aharniśam

They do not know your form, O Śambhu, O Lord; homage be to you. All the deities, Brahmā and the rest, meditate on you day and night.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.84

ईश्वर उवाच: प्रसन्नस् तव विप्रेन्द्र ऊर्ध्वरेतस् त्व् अयोनिज

īśvara uvāca: prasannas tava viprendra ūrdhvaretas tv ayonija

The Lord said: I am well pleased with you, chief of brahmins, you whose seed is drawn upward, not born from a womb.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.85

अगस्त्य उवाच: यदि तुष्टो ऽसि देवेश यदि देयो वरो मम

agastya uvāca: yadi tuṣṭo 'si deveśa yadi deyo varo mama

Agastya said: If you are pleased, lord of gods, if a boon is to be given to me—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.86

प्रत्यक्षो भव तीर्थे ऽस्मिन् यदि सत्यं वरप्रदः । अन्तर्जले सदाकालं धर्माध्यक्षो महेश्वर

pratyakṣo bhava tīrthe 'smin yadi satyaṃ varapradaḥ / antarjale sadākālaṃ dharmādhyakṣo maheśvara

—become manifest at this holy ford, if you are truly the granter of boons: within the water for all time, O overseer of dharma, O Maheśvara.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.87

शिलायां भव नित्यं च नर्मदायोत्तरे तटे । देवकार्यस्य कर्ताहं त्वत्प्रसादाज् जगत्पते

śilāyāṃ bhava nityaṃ ca narmadāyottare taṭe / devakāryasya kartāhaṃ tvatprasādāj jagatpate

And abide always in the rock on the northern bank of the Narmadā; by your grace, O lord of the world, I shall be the doer of the gods' work.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.88

तथेति चोक्त्वा वृषवाहनो ऽपि जगाम कैलासनगं नगेशः । अयोनिजो योगबलेन युक्तः प्रविद्यया लिङ्गबलाच् छिवस्य

tatheti coktvā vṛṣavāhano 'pi jagāma kailāsanagaṃ nageśaḥ / ayonijo yogabalena yuktaḥ pravidyayā liṅgabalāc chivasya

Saying "so be it," the bull-rider, lord of mountains, went to the mountain Kailāsa; and the womb-unborn one, endowed by the power of yoga, by his eminent knowledge and by the power of Śiva's liṅga,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.89

जगाम दक्षिणाम् आशां सुरसङ्घैर् अभिष्टुतः । तपोवनं यथापुण्यं देवदानवसेवितम्

jagāma dakṣiṇām āśāṃ surasaṅghair abhiṣṭutaḥ / tapovanaṃ yathāpuṇyaṃ devadānavasevitam

went to the southern quarter, praised by the hosts of gods, to the ascetic grove, holy as it is, frequented by gods and dānavas.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.90

प्रविष्टो मुनिशार्दूलः पवित्रं देवकम्बलम् । निश्चला सुषमादेवी संस्थिता धरणी तथा

praviṣṭo muniśārdūlaḥ pavitraṃ devakambalam / niścalā suṣamādevī saṃsthitā dharaṇī tathā

The tiger among sages entered the pure Devakambala; the goddess Suṣamā stood motionless, and so did the earth.

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

SkP-RK 95.91

युधिष्ठिर उवाच: तस्य तीर्थस्य यत्पुण्यं कथ्यतां मुनिसुव्रत

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: tasya tīrthasya yatpuṇyaṃ kathyatāṃ munisuvrata

Yudhiṣṭhira said: Let the merit of that holy ford be told, O sage of good vows.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.92

आदिमध्यावसाने च ब्राह्मणैः सह बान्धवैः । पितॄणां सर्वतीर्थानां सर्वसत्त्वोपकारकम्

ādimadhyāvasāne ca brāhmaṇaiḥ saha bāndhavaiḥ / pitṝṇāṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ sarvasattvopakārakam

At the beginning, the middle, and the end, together with brahmins and kinsmen—(the merit) of the ancestors, of all holy fords, which benefits all beings.

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

SkP-RK 95.93

मार्कण्डेय उवाच: पितॄन् मोक्षदं प्रोक्तं सर्वकाले जनाधिप । शिवाख्यां कार्त्तिके मासि कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दशीम्

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: pitṝn mokṣadaṃ proktaṃ sarvakāle janādhipa / śivākhyāṃ kārttike māsi kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśīm

Mārkaṇḍeya said: It is declared to be a giver of release to the ancestors at every season, O ruler of men; (but especially) the fourteenth of the dark fortnight in the month of Kārttika, called Śivā—

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

SkP-RK 95.94

उपोष्य यो नरो भक्त्या कामक्रोधविवर्जितः । शमीतरुं समास्थाय रात्रौ कुर्वीत जागरम्

upoṣya yo naro bhaktyā kāmakrodhavivarjitaḥ / śamītaruṃ samāsthāya rātrau kurvīta jāgaram

—the man who, having fasted with devotion, free of desire and anger, takes his place by a śamī tree and keeps vigil at night,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.95

तत्कथालापसंयुक्तो धर्माख्यानैर् द्विजैः सह । गवां घृतेन देवेशं रात्रौ च स्नापयेत् पुनः

tatkathālāpasaṃyukto dharmākhyānair dvijaiḥ saha / gavāṃ ghṛtena deveśaṃ rātrau ca snāpayet punaḥ

engaged in talk of those stories, in recitals of dharma together with the twice-born, and who at night bathes the lord of gods again with cows' ghee,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.96

घटेनैव घटार्धेन तदर्धेन स्वशक्तितः । घृतेन बोधयेद् दीपं घृतं विप्राय दापयेत्

ghaṭenaiva ghaṭārdhena tadardhena svaśaktitaḥ / ghṛtena bodhayed dīpaṃ ghṛtaṃ viprāya dāpayet

with a whole pot, or half a pot, or half of that, according to his own means; he should kindle a lamp with ghee and should have ghee given to a brahmin.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.97

पञ्चामृतेन गव्येन स्नापयेत् परमेश्वरम् । प्रभाते पूजयेद् विप्रान् स्वदारनिरतान् सदा

pañcāmṛtena gavyena snāpayet parameśvaram / prabhāte pūjayed viprān svadāraniratān sadā

One should bathe the Supreme Lord with the five nectars derived from the cow; at dawn one should honour brahmins who are always devoted to their own wives,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.98

वेदाभ्यसनशीलांश् च परदारविवर्जितान् । शूद्रसेवारता नित्यं धूर्तकर्मरता जनाः

vedābhyasanaśīlāṃś ca paradāravivarjitān / śūdrasevāratā nityaṃ dhūrtakarmaratā janāḥ

who are given to the study of the Vedas and who shun others' wives. People constantly devoted to serving śūdras, given to the work of rogues,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.99

पतिताः कूटसाक्ष्येण प्रतिग्रहरताः सदा । वेदद्वेषणशीलाश् च कुब्जाश् च विकलाः सदा

patitāḥ kūṭasākṣyeṇa pratigraharatāḥ sadā / vedadveṣaṇaśīlāś ca kubjāś ca vikalāḥ sadā

fallen through giving false testimony, always given to accepting gifts, given to hatred of the Veda, hunchbacked, and permanently crippled—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.100

हीनातिरिक्तगात्रा ये द्विजाः श्राद्धे विवर्जिताः । वेदोक्तेन विशुद्धाङ्गाः पूज्या नित्यं युधिष्ठिर

hīnātiriktagātrā ye dvijāḥ śrāddhe vivarjitāḥ / vedoktena viśuddhāṅgāḥ pūjyā nityaṃ yudhiṣṭhira

those twice-born who have deficient or excess limbs are excluded from the śrāddha; those whose bodies are pure according to Vedic injunction are always to be honoured, Yudhiṣṭhira.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.101

भूमिदानेन वस्त्रेण कन्यादानैर् विशेषतः । श्राद्धकालेषु योगेषु भर्तव्या भक्तितत्परैः

bhūmidānena vastreṇa kanyādānair viśeṣataḥ / śrāddhakāleṣu yogeṣu bhartavyā bhaktitatparaiḥ

By the gift of land, by cloth, and especially by the giving of maidens, at the times of śrāddhas and at (auspicious) conjunctions, they are to be maintained by those intent on devotion.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.102

गोदानं तत्र कर्तव्यं श्रेयो ऽर्थम् आत्मनस् तथा । सवत्सां क्षीरिणीं शुभ्रां पुष्टां वै शीलसंयुताम्

godānaṃ tatra kartavyaṃ śreyo 'rtham ātmanas tathā / savatsāṃ kṣīriṇīṃ śubhrāṃ puṣṭāṃ vai śīlasaṃyutām

There the gift of a cow should be made, for the sake of one's own welfare: one with a calf, giving milk, white, well-fed, and of good disposition,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.103

कम्बलं परया भक्त्या पादुकोपानहौ तथा । हिरण्यरुक्मिणीं कन्थां ताम्बूलं भोजनं तथा

kambalaṃ parayā bhaktyā pādukopānahau tathā / hiraṇyarukmiṇīṃ kanthāṃ tāmbūlaṃ bhojanaṃ tathā

and a blanket, with the highest devotion, and wooden sandals and shoes, a patched cloak adorned with gold, betel, and food as well,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.104

घण्टाभरणशोभाढ्यां वस्त्रयुग्मावगुण्ठिताम् । स्वर्णशृङ्गीं रौप्यखुरीं कांस्यदोहेन संयुताम्

ghaṇṭābharaṇaśobhāḍhyāṃ vastrayugmāvaguṇṭhitām / svarṇaśṛṅgīṃ raupyakhurīṃ kāṃsyadohena saṃyutām

(the cow) richly adorned with bells and ornaments, draped with a pair of cloths, her horns gilded and hooves silvered, provided with a bronze milking-vessel,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SkP-RK 95.105

उच्चार्य परया भक्त्या यावद् आहूतसंप्लवम् । सर्व कोटिगुणं पार्थ शुभं वा यदि वाशुभम्

uccārya parayā bhaktyā yāvad āhūtasaṃplavam / sarva koṭiguṇaṃ pārtha śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham

Having uttered (this) with the highest devotion, (the merit lasts) as long as the flood that is called (the final deluge); everything becomes a crore-fold, Pārtha, whether it be good or whether it be evil.

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

SkP-RK 95.106

तीर्थाख्यानं च यो भक्त्या पठते शृणुते ऽथवा । मुच्यते सर्वपापेभ्यः शिवलोके वसत्य् अपि

tīrthākhyānaṃ ca yo bhaktyā paṭhate śṛṇute 'thavā / mucyate sarvapāpebhyaḥ śivaloke vasaty api

And whoever with devotion recites or else hears this account of the sacred ford is freed from all sins and also dwells in Śiva's world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition