Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 96
SkP-RK 96.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: अथानन्देश्वरं गच्छेत् सर्वदेवनमस्कृतम् । रुद्रस्य परमानन्दो यत्र जातो युधिष्ठिर
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: athānandeśvaraṃ gacchet sarvadevanamaskṛtam / rudrasya paramānando yatra jāto yudhiṣṭhira
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Next one should go to Ānandeśvara, saluted by all the gods, where the supreme joy (ānanda) of Rudra arose, Yudhiṣṭhira.
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SkP-RK 96.2
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: आनन्दश् चैव संजातो रुद्रस्य द्विजसत्तम
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: ānandaś caiva saṃjāto rudrasya dvijasattama
Yudhiṣṭhira said: And how did joy arise for Rudra, O best of the twice-born?
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SkP-RK 96.3
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: कथयामि नृपश्रेष्ठ आनन्देश्वरम् उत्तमम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: kathayāmi nṛpaśreṣṭha ānandeśvaram uttamam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: I shall tell (of it), O best of kings—of the excellent Ānandeśvara.
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SkP-RK 96.4
दानवानां वधं कृत्वा देवदेवश् च शङ्करः । पूजितो दैवतैः सर्वैः किन्नरैर् यक्षपन्नगैः
dānavānāṃ vadhaṃ kṛtvā devadevaś ca śaṅkaraḥ / pūjito daivataiḥ sarvaiḥ kinnarair yakṣapannagaiḥ
When he had accomplished the slaying of the Dānavas, Śaṅkara, the god of gods, was worshipped by all the deities, by the Kinnaras, the Yakṣas and the serpents.
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SkP-RK 96.5
आनन्दं परमं प्राप्य ननर्त वृषवाहनः । भैरवं रूपम् आसाद्य गौरी चार्द्धाङ्गधारिता
ānandaṃ paramaṃ prāpya nanarta vṛṣavāhanaḥ / bhairavaṃ rūpam āsādya gaurī cārddhāṅgadhāritā
Attaining the highest joy, the bull-rider danced, having assumed his Bhairava form, with Gaurī borne on half his body.
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SkP-RK 96.6
भूतवेतालकङ्कालैर् भैरवैर् भैरवो वृतः । नर्मदायोत्तरे तीरे दक्षिणे पाण्डुनन्दन
bhūtavetālakaṅkālair bhairavair bhairavo vṛtaḥ / narmadāyottare tīre dakṣiṇe pāṇḍunandana
The Bhairava was surrounded by ghosts, vetālas, skeletons and Bhairavas, on the northern bank of the Narmadā, in the south, O son of Pāṇḍu.
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SkP-RK 96.7
तुष्टैर् मरुद्गणैस् तत्र स्थापितः कमलासनः । तदा प्रभृति वै देव आनन्देश्वर उच्यते
tuṣṭair marudgaṇais tatra sthāpitaḥ kamalāsanaḥ / tadā prabhṛti vai deva ānandeśvara ucyate
There the lotus-seated one was installed by the delighted host of Maruts; from that time on the god is called Ānandeśvara.
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SkP-RK 96.8
अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां पौर्णमास्यां नराधिप । विधिं स्नात्वार्चयेद् देवां सुगन्धेन विलेपयेत्
aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ narādhipa / vidhiṃ snātvārcayed devāṃ sugandhena vilepayet
On the eighth, on the fourteenth, and on the full-moon day, O lord of men, having bathed one should worship the god according to the rule and anoint (him) with fragrant substance.
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SkP-RK 96.9
ब्राह्मणान् पूजयेत् तत्र यथाशक्त्या युधिष्ठिर । गोदानं तत्र कर्तव्यं वस्त्रदानं तथैव च
brāhmaṇān pūjayet tatra yathāśaktyā yudhiṣṭhira / godānaṃ tatra kartavyaṃ vastradānaṃ tathaiva ca
There one should honour the brahmins according to one's ability, Yudhiṣṭhira; there the gift of a cow is to be made, and likewise the gift of clothing.
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SkP-RK 96.10
वसन्तस्य त्रयोदश्यां श्राद्धं तत्रैव कारयेत् । इङ्गुदैर् बदरैर् बिल्वैर् अक्षतेन जलेन वा
vasantasya trayodaśyāṃ śrāddhaṃ tatraiva kārayet / iṅgudair badarair bilvair akṣatena jalena vā
On the thirteenth of spring one should have the ancestral rite performed at that very place, with iṅgudī fruits, jujubes, bilva fruits, with unhusked grain, or with water (alone).
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SkP-RK 96.11
प्रेतानां कारयेच् छ्राद्धम् आनन्देश्वरतीर्थके । प्रेता आनन्दिताः स्युस् ते यावद् आहूत सम्प्लवम्
pretānāṃ kārayec chrāddham ānandeśvaratīrthake / pretā ānanditāḥ syus te yāvad āhūta samplavam
He should have the śrāddha for the departed performed at the Ānandeśvara sacred ford; those departed ones will be gladdened until the (final) deluge that is called for.
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SkP-RK 96.12
सन्ततिर्धनसौख्यं च सप्तजन्मनि जायते । आनन्दश् च भवेत् तेषां जन्म जन्म युधिष्ठिर
santatirdhanasaukhyaṃ ca saptajanmani jāyate / ānandaś ca bhavet teṣāṃ janma janma yudhiṣṭhira
And offspring and wealth and happiness arise for seven births; and there will be joy for them birth after birth, Yudhiṣṭhira.
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SkP-RK 96.13
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ततो गच्छेत् तु राजेन्द्र मातृतीर्थम् अनुत्तमम् । सङ्गमस्य समीपस्थं नर्मदादक्षिणे तटे
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tato gacchet tu rājendra mātṛtīrtham anuttamam / saṅgamasya samīpasthaṃ narmadādakṣiṇe taṭe
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, O best of kings, one should go to the unsurpassed Mātṛtīrtha, situated near the confluence, on the southern bank of the Narmadā.
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SkP-RK 96.14
मातरस् तत्र राजेन्द्र संजाता नर्मदातटे । उमया याचितस् तत्र व्यालयज्ञोपवीतकः
mātaras tatra rājendra saṃjātā narmadātaṭe / umayā yācitas tatra vyālayajñopavītakaḥ
There, O best of kings, the Mothers came into being on the bank of the Narmadā; there he who wears a serpent as his sacred thread was entreated by Umā.
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SkP-RK 96.15
उवाच योगिनीवृन्दं कष्टं कष्टं न शोभनम् । उवाच वरदश् चास्मि योगिवृन्दवरप्रदः
uvāca yoginīvṛndaṃ kaṣṭaṃ kaṣṭaṃ na śobhanam / uvāca varadaś cāsmi yogivṛndavarapradaḥ
He said to the throng of yoginīs: "Hard, hard, it is not good"; and he said, "I am a giver of boons, the granter of a boon to the throng of yoginīs."
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SkP-RK 96.18
योगिन्य ऊचुः: अजेयाः सर्वदेवानां त्वत् प्रसादान् महेश्वर । तीर्थानामभिसंख्याने प्रख्याता वसुधातले ॥ र्क्स्_९६।१६ ॥ एवं भवतु योगिन्यस् तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥ र्क्स्_९६।१७ ॥ मार्कण्डेय उवाच: तस्मिंस् तीर्थे तु यो मर्त्यो नवम्यां विजितेन्द्रियः । उपोष्य परया भक्त्या पूजयेन् मातृमण्डलम्
yoginya ūcuḥ: ajeyāḥ sarvadevānāṃ tvat prasādān maheśvara / tīrthānāmabhisaṃkhyāne prakhyātā vasudhātale // rks_96.16 // evaṃ bhavatu yoginyas tatraivāntaradhīyata // rks_96.17 // mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tasmiṃs tīrthe tu yo martyo navamyāṃ vijitendriyaḥ / upoṣya parayā bhaktyā pūjayen mātṛmaṇḍalam
The yoginīs said: "By your grace, O Maheśvara, (may we be) unconquerable by all the gods, and renowned on the face of the earth in the enumeration of sacred fords." (96.16) "So be it" — and the yoginīs vanished right there. (96.17) Mārkaṇḍeya said: But the mortal who at that ford, with senses subdued, fasts on the ninth day and with supreme devotion worships the circle of the Mothers —
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SkP-RK 96.19
तस्य ता मातरः प्रीताः प्रीतो ऽयं वृषवाहनः । बन्ध्याया मृतवत्साया अपुत्राया युधिष्ठिर
tasya tā mātaraḥ prītāḥ prīto 'yaṃ vṛṣavāhanaḥ / bandhyāyā mṛtavatsāyā aputrāyā yudhiṣṭhira
— those Mothers are pleased with him, and this bearer of the bull (Śiva) is pleased. For a barren woman, one whose children have died, one without a son, Yudhiṣṭhira —
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SkP-RK 96.20
स्नपनं चारभेत् तत्र मन्त्रज्ञैर् ब्राह्मणोत्तमैः । सहिरण्येन कुम्भेन पञ्चरत्नफलान्वितम्
snapanaṃ cārabhet tatra mantrajñair brāhmaṇottamaiḥ / sahiraṇyena kumbhena pañcaratnaphalānvitam
— and one should there begin the bathing (rite) with the best of brahmins who know the mantras, with a golden pot furnished with the five gems and with fruits.
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SkP-RK 96.21
स्नापयेत् पुत्रकामा च कांस्यपात्रेण मन्त्रतः । पुत्रान् सा लभते नारी वीर्ययुक्तान् गुणान्वितान्
snāpayet putrakāmā ca kāṃsyapātreṇa mantrataḥ / putrān sā labhate nārī vīryayuktān guṇānvitān
And the woman desiring a son should be bathed with a bronze vessel according to the mantras; that woman obtains sons endowed with vigour and with good qualities.
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SkP-RK 96.22
यं यं कामम् अभिध्यायेत् तं तं सा लभते नृप । मातृतीर्थात् परं तीर्थं नास्त्य् अन्यत् पाण्डुनन्दन
yaṃ yaṃ kāmam abhidhyāyet taṃ taṃ sā labhate nṛpa / mātṛtīrthāt paraṃ tīrthaṃ nāsty anyat pāṇḍunandana
Whatever desire she sets her mind on, that she obtains, O king; there is no other ford higher than Mātṛtīrtha, O son of Pāṇḍu.
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SkP-RK 96.23
तस्यैवानन्तरं तात जलमध्येश्वरं परम् । लिङ्गेश्वरमिति ख्यातं सुरासुरनमस्कृतम्
tasyaivānantaraṃ tāta jalamadhyeśvaraṃ param / liṅgeśvaramiti khyātaṃ surāsuranamaskṛtam
Immediately after that one, my dear, is the supreme Jalamadhyeśvara ("Lord in the midst of the water"), known as Liṅgeśvara, saluted by gods and demons.
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SkP-RK 96.24
युधिष्ठिर उवाच: अत्यक्ता सा तु रेवा या कथं त्यक्ता च शम्भुना । जलमध्ये हि तिष्ठेत शूलपाणिः पिनाकधृक्
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: atyaktā sā tu revā yā kathaṃ tyaktā ca śambhunā / jalamadhye hi tiṣṭheta śūlapāṇiḥ pinākadhṛk
Yudhiṣṭhira said: That Revā who is never abandoned — how was she abandoned by Śambhu? For the trident-bearer, the wielder of the Pināka, would (then) stand in the midst of the water.
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SkP-RK 96.25
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: आश्चर्यभूता लोके ऽस्मिन् प्रतिष्ठा पाण्डुनन्दन
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: āścaryabhūtā loke 'smin pratiṣṭhā pāṇḍunandana
Mārkaṇḍeya said: The establishment (of that liṅga) has become a wonder in this world, O son of Pāṇḍu.
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SkP-RK 96.26
पण्डितो वृद्धभावेन कथयामि नृपोत्तम । आदौ कृतयुगे तात दानवो बलदर्पितः
paṇḍito vṛddhabhāvena kathayāmi nṛpottama / ādau kṛtayuge tāta dānavo baladarpitaḥ
Learned through my aged state, I shall tell it, O best of kings. In the beginning, in the Kṛta age, my dear, there was a Dānava proud of his strength,
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SkP-RK 96.27
कालबाष्प इति प्रोक्तो दुर्जयो देवदानवैः । तपश् चचार विपुलं नर्मदाया जले शुभे
kālabāṣpa iti prokto durjayo devadānavaiḥ / tapaś cacāra vipulaṃ narmadāyā jale śubhe
called Kālabāṣpa, hard for gods and demons to conquer; he performed extensive austerity in the auspicious water of the Narmadā,
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SkP-RK 96.28
आराधयन् महादेवम् उग्रेण तपसा भृशम् । ततस् तुतोष भगवान् सपत्नीको महेश्वरः
ārādhayan mahādevam ugreṇa tapasā bhṛśam / tatas tutoṣa bhagavān sapatnīko maheśvaraḥ
propitiating Mahādeva intensely with fierce austerity. Then the Lord Maheśvara, together with his wife, was pleased.
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SkP-RK 96.29
ईश्वर उवाच: भो भो वत्स वरं ब्रूहि तुष्टो ऽहं तव भक्तितः । देवस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा कालबाष्पो ऽब्रवीद् वचः
īśvara uvāca: bho bho vatsa varaṃ brūhi tuṣṭo 'haṃ tava bhaktitaḥ / devasya vacanaṃ śrutvā kālabāṣpo 'bravīd vacaḥ
Īśvara said: "Ho, ho, child, ask a boon; I am pleased by your devotion." Hearing the god's words, Kālabāṣpa spoke:
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SkP-RK 96.30
देवाश् चैव मया भग्नाः प्रसादात् तव शूलिनः । संग्रामे च विषण्णो ऽहं तस्माद् आराधनं कृतम्
devāś caiva mayā bhagnāḥ prasādāt tava śūlinaḥ / saṃgrāme ca viṣaṇṇo 'haṃ tasmād ārādhanaṃ kṛtam
"The gods have been broken by me through your grace, O trident-bearer, and yet I have grown despondent in battle; therefore I have performed this propitiation.
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SkP-RK 96.31
हस्तं शिरसि यस्यैव दास्यामि च महेश्वर । न स जीवेत् पुमांल् लोके वरम् एतं ददस्व मे
hastaṃ śirasi yasyaiva dāsyāmi ca maheśvara / na sa jīvet pumāṃl loke varam etaṃ dadasva me
O Maheśvara, on whosoever's head I lay my hand, let that man in the world not live — grant me this boon."
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SkP-RK 96.32
ईश्वर उवाच: यत् ते ऽभिलषितं दैत्य तत् तथैव भविष्यति । इति श्रुत्वा वचो दैत्यः शम्भुम् एवाभिदुद्रुवे
īśvara uvāca: yat te 'bhilaṣitaṃ daitya tat tathaiva bhaviṣyati / iti śrutvā vaco daityaḥ śambhum evābhidudruve
Īśvara said: "What you desire, O Daitya, shall be just so." Hearing this speech, the Daitya rushed at Śambhu himself.
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SkP-RK 96.33
हस्तं ते मूर्ध्नि दास्यामि न तत्सत्यं वचस् तव । रुद्रः पलायितस् तेन केशवं शरणं गतः
hastaṃ te mūrdhni dāsyāmi na tatsatyaṃ vacas tava / rudraḥ palāyitas tena keśavaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
"I will lay my hand on your head — that word of yours is not true!" At that Rudra fled and went to Keśava for refuge.
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SkP-RK 96.34
केशव उवाच: हन्म्य् अहं तं महादेव दुष्टं दैत्यजनेश्वरम्
keśava uvāca: hanmy ahaṃ taṃ mahādeva duṣṭaṃ daityajaneśvaram
Keśava said: I will slay him, O Mahādeva, that wicked lord of the demon folk.
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SkP-RK 96.35
हस्तं शिरसि तस्यैव दापयामि महेश्वर । ततस् त्वरितमापन्नः प्रविष्टो नमदातटे
hastaṃ śirasi tasyaiva dāpayāmi maheśvara / tatas tvaritamāpannaḥ praviṣṭo namadātaṭe
I shall make (him) place his hand on his own head, O Maheśvara. Then, having gone swiftly, (he) entered upon the bank of the Namadā (Narmadā).
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SkP-RK 96.36
कृष्णः स्त्रीवेषधारी च दैत्यसंमुखम् आगतः । द्वात्रिंशल्लक्षणोपेता नियुक्ता कामसायकैः
kṛṣṇaḥ strīveṣadhārī ca daityasaṃmukham āgataḥ / dvātriṃśallakṣaṇopetā niyuktā kāmasāyakaiḥ
And Kṛṣṇa, wearing the guise of a woman, came before the demon, endowed with the thirty-two marks (of beauty) and furnished with the arrows of Kāma.
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SkP-RK 96.37
मधुमाथवके शम्भुं ध्यात्वा सर्वत्र कैशवी । वनं बभ्राम सर्वत्र सुशीला वटपादपम्
madhumāthavake śambhuṃ dhyātvā sarvatra kaiśavī / vanaṃ babhrāma sarvatra suśīlā vaṭapādapam
In the Madhumāthavaka (grove), meditating on Śambhu everywhere, that (form) of Keśava — fair of conduct — wandered all about the forest and the banyan tree.
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SkP-RK 96.38
क्षोभयन्तीव चित्तानि सा रेमे धर्मनन्दन । रिङ्गमाणश् च दैत्यो ऽसौ कालबाष्पः सुदुर्जनः
kṣobhayantīva cittāni sā reme dharmanandana / riṅgamāṇaś ca daityo 'sau kālabāṣpaḥ sudurjanaḥ
As if stirring up (all) minds, she took her pleasure, O son of Dharma; and that demon Kālabāṣpa, the utter villain, came creeping (toward her).
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SkP-RK 96.39
प्रविष्टः स वने रम्ये यत्र सा शुभलोचना । अहं भवामि ते भर्ता दुर्जयो देवदानवैः
praviṣṭaḥ sa vane ramye yatra sā śubhalocanā / ahaṃ bhavāmi te bhartā durjayo devadānavaiḥ
He entered that lovely wood where she of the fair eyes was: "I shall be your husband, I who am unconquerable by gods and demons."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 96.40
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच: यदि मां मन्यसे भार्यां प्रत्ययश् च भवेन् मम
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca: yadi māṃ manyase bhāryāṃ pratyayaś ca bhaven mama
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: If you consider me (your) wife, and if I am to have confidence (in you)—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 96.41
दानव उवाच: स्वयं भवामि तन्वङ्गि शपथं मम साधनम् । तद् अहं च करिष्यामि इति मे सत्यभाषितम्
dānava uvāca: svayaṃ bhavāmi tanvaṅgi śapathaṃ mama sādhanam / tad ahaṃ ca kariṣyāmi iti me satyabhāṣitam
The demon said: I shall be (your husband) myself, slender-limbed one; an oath is my means (of proof). "And I will do that" — this is my truthful speech.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 96.42
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: कामान्धेनैव राजेन्द्र निक्षिप्तो मस्तके करः
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: kāmāndhenaiva rājendra nikṣipto mastake karaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Blinded by desire indeed, O best of kings, he cast his hand upon his (own) head.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 96.43
तत्क्षणाद् अभवद् भस्म दग्धस् तृणचयो यथा । केशवस्योपरि तदा पुष्पवृष्टिः पपात ह
tatkṣaṇād abhavad bhasma dagdhas tṛṇacayo yathā / keśavasyopari tadā puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ papāta ha
That very instant he became ash, like a heap of grass burnt up; and then a rain of flowers fell upon Keśava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 96.44
गताः सर्वे दिवं देवाः स्वस्थानं विगतज्वराः । क्षौराब्धिम् अगमद् विष्णुः कालबाष्पे निपातिते
gatāḥ sarve divaṃ devāḥ svasthānaṃ vigatajvarāḥ / kṣaurābdhim agamad viṣṇuḥ kālabāṣpe nipātite
All the gods went to heaven, to their own abodes, their fever gone; and Viṣṇu went to the Ocean of Kṣaura, once Kālabāṣpa had been felled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 96.45
य इदं शृणुयाद् भक्त्या चरितं दानवस्य च । श्राद्धं तत्रैव यः कुर्यात् कामक्रोधविवर्जितः
ya idaṃ śṛṇuyād bhaktyā caritaṃ dānavasya ca / śrāddhaṃ tatraiva yaḥ kuryāt kāmakrodhavivarjitaḥ
Whoever should hear with devotion this deed and (the tale) of the demon, and whoever, free of desire and anger, should perform the śrāddha rite in that very place—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 96.46
उद्धृतास् तेन सर्वे वै नरकाच् च पितामहाः । क्षेत्रे तस्मिंस् तु यो दद्याद् ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे
uddhṛtās tena sarve vai narakāc ca pitāmahāḥ / kṣetre tasmiṃs tu yo dadyād brāhmaṇe vedapārage
by him all his forefathers are indeed lifted out of hell; and whoever should give (a gift) in that sacred field to a brahmin versed to the end in the Vedas—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 96.47
तस्य दानफलं सर्वं कुरुक्षेत्राद् विशिष्यते । स्पर्शते य इदं लिङ्गं शङ्करेण च निर्मितम्
tasya dānaphalaṃ sarvaṃ kurukṣetrād viśiṣyate / sparśate ya idaṃ liṅgaṃ śaṅkareṇa ca nirmitam
the whole fruit of his gift surpasses (that given) at Kurukṣetra. Whoever touches this liṅga, which was fashioned by Śaṅkara—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 96.48
स्पर्शमात्रो मनुष्यस् तु रुद्रवासो ऽभिजायते । एतस्मात् कारणाद् राजंल् लोकपालाश्च देवताः
sparśamātro manuṣyas tu rudravāso 'bhijāyate / etasmāt kāraṇād rājaṃl lokapālāśca devatāḥ
a man, by the mere touch, comes to dwell with Rudra. For this reason, O king, the guardians of the world and the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 96.49
दुर्गादेवी तथा चैव मधुहन्ता चतुर्भुजः । दानवाद्याश् च सर्वे ऽपि रक्षणे चेश्वरस्य च
durgādevī tathā caiva madhuhantā caturbhujaḥ / dānavādyāś ca sarve 'pi rakṣaṇe ceśvarasya ca
and likewise the goddess Durgā, and the four-armed slayer of Madhu, and all the demons and the rest too, are engaged in guarding (it), and Īśvara as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain