Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 97
SkP-RK 97.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: ततो गच्छेच् च राजेन्द्र धनदं तीर्थम् उत्तमम् । नर्मदादक्षिणे कूले सर्वपापक्षयंकरम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: tato gacchec ca rājendra dhanadaṃ tīrtham uttamam / narmadādakṣiṇe kūle sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then, O best of kings, one should go to the excellent sacred ford Dhanada, on the southern bank of the Narmadā, which destroys all sins.
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SkP-RK 97.2
सर्वतीर्थफलं तत्र प्राप्यते नात्र संशयः । चैत्रमासे त्रयोदश्यां शुक्लपक्षे जितेन्द्रियः
sarvatīrthaphalaṃ tatra prāpyate nātra saṃśayaḥ / caitramāse trayodaśyāṃ śuklapakṣe jitendriyaḥ
There the fruit of all sacred fords is obtained — of this there is no doubt. In the month of Caitra, on the thirteenth of the bright fortnight, with senses subdued,
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SkP-RK 97.3
उपोष्य परया भक्त्या रात्रौ कुर्वीत जागरम् । पञ्चामृतेन राजेन्द्र स्नापयेद् वरदं विभुम्
upoṣya parayā bhaktyā rātrau kurvīta jāgaram / pañcāmṛtena rājendra snāpayed varadaṃ vibhum
having fasted with the highest devotion, one should keep vigil through the night; with the five nectars, O best of kings, one should bathe the boon-giving Lord.
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SkP-RK 97.4
पूजयेद्भक्तियुक्तेन गीतवाद्यं प्रदापयेत् । प्रभाते पूजयेद् विप्रानात्मनः श्रेय इच्छता
pūjayedbhaktiyuktena gītavādyaṃ pradāpayet / prabhāte pūjayed viprānātmanaḥ śreya icchatā
He should worship (the Lord) with a devoted (mind) and have singing and instrumental music performed; in the morning, by one desiring his own welfare, brahmins should be worshipped.
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SkP-RK 97.5
प्रतिग्रहाविमुक्ताश् च विद्यासिद्धान्तवादिनः । भर्तव्या हि प्रियैर् भक्त्या परिवादविवर्जिताः
pratigrahāvimuktāś ca vidyāsiddhāntavādinaḥ / bhartavyā hi priyair bhaktyā parivādavivarjitāḥ
And those who are free from accepting gifts, who expound the established doctrines of learning, are to be maintained with devotion by those dear (to them), free of any reproach.
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SkP-RK 97.6
पूजयेद् गोहिरण्येन वस्त्रालंकरणेन च । हस्त्यश्वरथदानेन सर्वपापक्षयो भवेत्
pūjayed gohiraṇyena vastrālaṃkaraṇena ca / hastyaśvarathadānena sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet
He should worship with cows and gold, and with clothing and ornaments; by the gift of elephants, horses and chariots the destruction of all sins comes about.
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SkP-RK 97.7
त्रिजन्मजनितं पापं धनदस्य प्रभावतः । स्वर्गदं दुर्विनीतानां विनीतानां च मुक्तिदम्
trijanmajanitaṃ pāpaṃ dhanadasya prabhāvataḥ / svargadaṃ durvinītānāṃ vinītānāṃ ca muktidam
By the power of the Giver of Wealth (Kubera), sin generated in three births (is destroyed); it gives heaven to the ill-behaved and liberation to the well-behaved.
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SkP-RK 97.8
धनवान् स नरव्याघ्र भवेज् जन्मनि जन्मनि । कुलीनत्वं स्वरूपत्वं दुःखं नास्ति निरन्तरम्
dhanavān sa naravyāghra bhavej janmani janmani / kulīnatvaṃ svarūpatvaṃ duḥkhaṃ nāsti nirantaram
He becomes wealthy, O tiger among men, in birth after birth; (he obtains) good family and good form, and there is no unremitting sorrow.
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SkP-RK 97.9
व्याधेस् तु न भयं तेषां नन्देद् धनदसेवनात् । धनस्य च यस् तीर्थे विद्यां वै प्रददाति हि
vyādhes tu na bhayaṃ teṣāṃ nanded dhanadasevanāt / dhanasya ca yas tīrthe vidyāṃ vai pradadāti hi
They have no fear of disease; one should rejoice from the service of the Giver of Wealth; and whoever indeed bestows learning at a sacred place of wealth...
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SkP-RK 97.10
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: अहं ते कथयिष्यामि चेतिहासं पुरातनम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: ahaṃ te kathayiṣyāmi cetihāsaṃ purātanam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: I shall tell you an ancient tale.
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SkP-RK 97.11
द्वे भार्य्ये कश्यपस्यास्तां सर्वलोकेष्व् अनुत्तमे । गरुत्मान् विनतापुत्रः कद्रूपुत्रोरगाः स्मृताः
dve bhāryye kaśyapasyāstāṃ sarvalokeṣv anuttame / garutmān vinatāputraḥ kadrūputroragāḥ smṛtāḥ
Kaśyapa had two wives, unsurpassed in all the worlds; Garuḍa is known as Vinatā's son, and the serpents as Kadrū's sons.
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SkP-RK 97.12
सन्तोषेण द्वयं तात तिष्ठतः काश्यपे गृहे । कद्र्वास् तु भगिनी तत्र इष्टा च विनता तथा
santoṣeṇa dvayaṃ tāta tiṣṭhataḥ kāśyape gṛhe / kadrvās tu bhaginī tatra iṣṭā ca vinatā tathā
The two, dear one, dwelt in contentment in Kāśyapa's house; there Vinatā was Kadrū's sister and also beloved (of him).
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SkP-RK 97.13
क्रीडेद् विनतया सार्धं कश्यपो ऽपि प्रजापतिः । ततस् त्व् एकदिने पार्थ आश्रमस्था सुशोभना
krīḍed vinatayā sārdhaṃ kaśyapo 'pi prajāpatiḥ / tatas tv ekadine pārtha āśramasthā suśobhanā
Kaśyapa, the lord of creatures, would play with Vinatā; then one day, O Pārtha, the lovely woman, staying at the hermitage,
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SkP-RK 97.14
उच्चैःश्रवोहयं दृष्ट्वा अतिवेगं नभःस्थितम् । पश्य पश्य च तन्वङ्गि अश्वं सर्वत्र पाण्डुरम्
uccaiḥśravohayaṃ dṛṣṭvā ativegaṃ nabhaḥsthitam / paśya paśya ca tanvaṅgi aśvaṃ sarvatra pāṇḍuram
seeing the horse Uccaiḥśravas, exceedingly swift, standing in the sky (said): "Look, look, slender-limbed one, at the horse, all over pale-white!"
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SkP-RK 97.15
कद्रूर् उवाच: कथम् एतत् तु तन्वङ्गि कृष्णं जल्पसि पाण्डुरम्
kadrūr uvāca: katham etat tu tanvaṅgi kṛṣṇaṃ jalpasi pāṇḍuram
Kadrū said: How is this, slender-limbed one — you call a black (horse) white?
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SkP-RK 97.16
विनतोवाच: सत्यानृते तु वचने पणो ऽयं मे ऽस्तु ते ऽधुना
vinatovāca: satyānṛte tu vacane paṇo 'yaṃ me 'stu te 'dhunā
Vinatā said: As to the truth or falsity of the statement, let this now be my wager with you:
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SkP-RK 97.17
सहस्रं चैव वर्षाणाम् अज्ञात्वा दास्यतां व्रजेत् । असत्या यदि मे वाणी कृष्ण उच्चैःश्रवाहयः
sahasraṃ caiva varṣāṇām ajñātvā dāsyatāṃ vrajet / asatyā yadi me vāṇī kṛṣṇa uccaiḥśravāhayaḥ
For a thousand years (the loser), not having known (the truth), shall go into servitude. If my speech is false and the horse Uccaiḥśravas is black,
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SkP-RK 97.18
तदाहं त्वद् गृहे दासी सर्वदैव भवामि हि । यदि तूच्चैःश्रवाः श्वेतो दासी त्वं मद्गृहे पुनः
tadāhaṃ tvad gṛhe dāsī sarvadaiva bhavāmi hi / yadi tūccaiḥśravāḥ śveto dāsī tvaṃ madgṛhe punaḥ
then I shall be a servant in your house for all time; but if Uccaiḥśravas is white, then you (shall be) a servant in my house.
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SkP-RK 97.19
एवं परस्परं द्वाभ्यां दासीयम् अब्रवीद् इति । स्वाश्रमं हि गता कद्रू रात्रौ चिन्तातुरा स्थिता
evaṃ parasparaṃ dvābhyāṃ dāsīyam abravīd iti / svāśramaṃ hi gatā kadrū rātrau cintāturā sthitā
Thus the two spoke to each other about servitude. Kadrū, having gone to her own hermitage, remained at night stricken with worry.
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SkP-RK 97.20
श्वेतवर्णं तु कथितं श्यामं तमश्वकं तदा । पुत्राणां कथितं पार्थ पणश्चैव कृतो मया
śvetavarṇaṃ tu kathitaṃ śyāmaṃ tamaśvakaṃ tadā / putrāṇāṃ kathitaṃ pārtha paṇaścaiva kṛto mayā
"That horse, which is dark, was said (by her) to be white in colour; it was told to my sons, O Pārtha, and the wager was made by me."
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SkP-RK 97.21
श्रुतं सर्वैस् तथा वाक्यं सर्पैर् मातृपणस् तदा । जाता दासी न सन्देहः श्वेतो भास्करवाहनः
śrutaṃ sarvais tathā vākyaṃ sarpair mātṛpaṇas tadā / jātā dāsī na sandehaḥ śveto bhāskaravāhanaḥ
That statement was heard by all, the mother's wager by the serpents: "She has become a servant, there is no doubt — the sun's mount is white."
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SkP-RK 97.22
कद्रूर् उवाच: यथाहं न भवे दासी तत्कार्यं च विचिन्त्यताम् । उच्चैःश्रवो रोमकूपे विशध्वं यूयमेव च
kadrūr uvāca: yathāhaṃ na bhave dāsī tatkāryaṃ ca vicintyatām / uccaiḥśravo romakūpe viśadhvaṃ yūyameva ca
Kadrū said: Let it be considered what is to be done so that I do not become a servant. You yourselves must enter into the hair-pores of Uccaiḥśravas.
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SkP-RK 97.23
एकं मुहूर्तं तिष्ठध्वं यावत् कृष्णः प्रदृश्यते । क्षणेनैकेन भवतां दासी सा भवते मम
ekaṃ muhūrtaṃ tiṣṭhadhvaṃ yāvat kṛṣṇaḥ pradṛśyate / kṣaṇenaikena bhavatāṃ dāsī sā bhavate mama
Stay for one moment, until he appears black; in a single instant, by you (all), she becomes my servant.
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SkP-RK 97.24
दासीत्वे या तु तन्वङ्गी विनता सत्यगार्विता । ततः स्वस्थानगाः सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः सदा
dāsītve yā tu tanvaṅgī vinatā satyagārvitā / tataḥ svasthānagāḥ sarve bhavantu sukhinaḥ sadā
But the slender-limbed Vinatā, proud of (her) truthfulness, (shall be) in servitude; thereafter let all go to their own places and be happy forever.
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SkP-RK 97.25
सर्पा ऊचुः: यथा त्वं जननी चैव सर्वेषां भुवि पन्नगी । तथा सापि विशेषण वञ्चितव्या न मातृवत्
sarpā ūcuḥ: yathā tvaṃ jananī caiva sarveṣāṃ bhuvi pannagī / tathā sāpi viśeṣaṇa vañcitavyā na mātṛvat
The serpents said: Just as you, serpent-mother, are the mother of all on earth, so she too in particular is not to be deceived — she is like a mother.
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SkP-RK 97.26
ततः सा तेन वाक्येन क्रुद्धा कालानलोपमा । मम वाक्यम् अकुर्वाणा ये केचिद् भुवि पन्नगाः
tataḥ sā tena vākyena kruddhā kālānalopamā / mama vākyam akurvāṇā ye kecid bhuvi pannagāḥ
Then she, enraged by that speech, resembling the fire of the world's end, (said): "Whichever serpents on earth do not carry out my word,
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SkP-RK 97.27
हव्यवाहमुखं सर्वे यास्यन्तीत्य् अविचारिणः । तेन वाक्येन भीतास्ते हयरोमसुवेष्टिताः
havyavāhamukhaṃ sarve yāsyantīty avicāriṇaḥ / tena vākyena bhītāste hayaromasuveṣṭitāḥ
they shall all, being thoughtless, go into the mouth of the fire-bearer." Frightened by that speech, they wrapped themselves well among the hairs of the horse.
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SkP-RK 97.28
नष्टाः केचिद् दिशो दिव्याः कद्रूशापभयान्विताः । केचिद् गङ्गाजले नष्टाः केचिन् नष्टाः सरस्वतीम्
naṣṭāḥ kecid diśo divyāḥ kadrūśāpabhayānvitāḥ / kecid gaṅgājale naṣṭāḥ kecin naṣṭāḥ sarasvatīm
Some vanished into the divine directions, filled with fear of Kadrū's curse; some vanished into the water of the Gaṅgā, some vanished into the Sarasvatī.
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SkP-RK 97.29
केचिन् महोदधिं नीताः प्रविष्टा विन्ध्यकन्दरे । आश्रित्य नर्मदातोयं मणिनागोत्तमो नृप
kecin mahodadhiṃ nītāḥ praviṣṭā vindhyakandare / āśritya narmadātoyaṃ maṇināgottamo nṛpa
Some were carried to the great ocean, (some) entered a cave of the Vindhya; and taking refuge in the water of the Narmadā, O king, Maṇināga, best of serpents,
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SkP-RK 97.30
चचार विपुलं भक्त्या उत्तरे नर्मदातटे । मातृशापधरो नागः प्रविष्टो नर्मदाजले
cacāra vipulaṃ bhaktyā uttare narmadātaṭe / mātṛśāpadharo nāgaḥ praviṣṭo narmadājale
roamed widely with devotion on the northern bank of the Narmadā; the serpent, bearing his mother's curse, entered the water of the Narmadā (saying):
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SkP-RK 97.31
त्वत्प्रसादेन भो नाथ मातृशापं तराम्य् अहम् । हव्यवाहमुखं यस्मात् प्रयामि न जगत्पते
tvatprasādena bho nātha mātṛśāpaṃ tarāmy aham / havyavāhamukhaṃ yasmāt prayāmi na jagatpate
"By your grace, O lord, may I cross over my mother's curse, so that I do not go into the mouth of the fire-bearer, O lord of the world."
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SkP-RK 97.32
ईश्वर उवाच: हव्यवाहमुखं वत्स न यास्यसि ममाज्ञया । मम लोकनिवासो ऽपि तव पुत्र भविष्यति
īśvara uvāca: havyavāhamukhaṃ vatsa na yāsyasi mamājñayā / mama lokanivāso 'pi tava putra bhaviṣyati
The Lord said: You shall not go into the mouth of the fire-bearer, child, by my command; and a dwelling in my world too shall be yours, my son.
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SkP-RK 97.33
मणिनाग उवाच: अस्मिन् स्थाने महादेव स्थीयताम् अंशभागतः । सहस्रांशेन भागेन स्थीयतां नर्मदाजले
maṇināga uvāca: asmin sthāne mahādeva sthīyatām aṃśabhāgataḥ / sahasrāṃśena bhāgena sthīyatāṃ narmadājale
Maṇināga said: In this place, O Mahādeva, may you abide with a share of yourself; with a thousandth part may you abide in the water of the Narmadā.
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SkP-RK 97.34
ईश्वर उवाच: स्थापय स्वपरं लिङ्गमाज्ञया मम पन्नग
īśvara uvāca: sthāpaya svaparaṃ liṅgamājñayā mama pannaga
The Lord said: Set up a liṅga, your own and beyond, by my command, O serpent.
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SkP-RK 97.35
इत्युक्त्वान्तर्दधे देवस्तदैव शिवया सह । तत्र तीर्थे तु ये भक्त्या शुचयो यतमानसाः
ityuktvāntardadhe devastadaiva śivayā saha / tatra tīrthe tu ye bhaktyā śucayo yatamānasāḥ
Having said this the god vanished at once together with Śivā. But those who at that sacred place, with devotion, pure and with restrained minds,
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SkP-RK 97.36
पञ्चम्यां च चतुर्दश्याम् अष्टम्यां शुक्लपक्षके । अर्चयन्ति सदा पार्थ नोपसर्पन्ति ते यमम्
pañcamyāṃ ca caturdaśyām aṣṭamyāṃ śuklapakṣake / arcayanti sadā pārtha nopasarpanti te yamam
worship (there) constantly on the fifth, the fourteenth, and the eighth of the bright fortnight — they do not approach Yama, O son of Pṛthā.
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SkP-RK 97.37
दध्ना च मधुना चैव घृतेन क्षीरतो जनाः । स्नापयन्ति विरूपाक्षम् उमादेहार्धधारिणम्
dadhnā ca madhunā caiva ghṛtena kṣīrato janāḥ / snāpayanti virūpākṣam umādehārdhadhāriṇam
Those people who bathe the Misshapen-Eyed One, who bears Umā as half his body, with curds and with honey, with ghee and with milk,
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SkP-RK 97.38
कामाङ्गदहनं देवं महासुरनिषूदनम् । संस्नापयन्ति ये भक्त्या पश्यन्ति परमं पदम्
kāmāṅgadahanaṃ devaṃ mahāsuraniṣūdanam / saṃsnāpayanti ye bhaktyā paśyanti paramaṃ padam
who with devotion bathe the god, the burner of Kāma's body, the slayer of the great demons — they behold the highest state.
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SkP-RK 97.39
षट्कर्मनिरतास् तात शूद्रप्रणयवर्जिताः । ते ऽपि यान्ति परं लोकं सर्वपापविवर्जिताः
ṣaṭkarmaniratās tāta śūdrapraṇayavarjitāḥ / te 'pi yānti paraṃ lokaṃ sarvapāpavivarjitāḥ
Those devoted to the six (priestly) duties, my dear, who avoid intimacy with śūdras, they too go to the highest world, freed from all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 97.40
व्रात्यांश् च दुर्धरान् षण्ढान् वार्धक्यांश् च कृषीवलान् । भिन्नदृष्टिकरान् विप्रान् कश्चिन्नैव च पूजयेत्
vrātyāṃś ca durdharān ṣaṇḍhān vārdhakyāṃś ca kṛṣīvalān / bhinnadṛṣṭikarān viprān kaścinnaiva ca pūjayet
And no one should honour brahmins who are uninitiated, unruly, impotent, decrepit, ploughmen, or holders of deviant views.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SkP-RK 97.41
वृषली मन्दिरे यस्य महिषं यस् तु वाहयेत् । ते विप्रा दूरतस् त्याज्या व्रते श्राद्धे नृपेश्वर
vṛṣalī mandire yasya mahiṣaṃ yas tu vāhayet / te viprā dūratas tyājyā vrate śrāddhe nṛpeśvara
He in whose house there is a śūdra woman, and he who drives a buffalo — those brahmins are to be shunned from afar in a vow-rite and in a śrāddha, O lord of kings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 97.42
काणाः कुण्डाश् च गोलाश् च वैद्याश् चैव विवर्जिताः । नैते पूज्या द्विजाः पार्थ मणिनागेश्वरे शुभे
kāṇāḥ kuṇḍāś ca golāś ca vaidyāś caiva vivarjitāḥ / naite pūjyā dvijāḥ pārtha maṇināgeśvare śubhe
One-eyed men, kuṇḍas and golas, and physicians are excluded: these twice-born ones are not to be honoured, O son of Pṛthā, at the auspicious (shrine) of Maṇināgeśvara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 97.43
यदीच्छेद् ऊर्ध्वगमनां पितृणाम् आत्मनस् तथा । सर्वाङ्गरुचिराङ्गाश् च सदा पूज्या द्विजास् तु वै
yadīcched ūrdhvagamanāṃ pitṛṇām ātmanas tathā / sarvāṅgarucirāṅgāś ca sadā pūjyā dvijās tu vai
If one should wish for the upward course of the ancestors and of oneself, then twice-born men handsome in every limb are always to be honoured.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 97.44
स याति परमं लोकं यावद् आहूतसम्प्लवम् । ततः स्वर्गाच् च्युतः सो ऽपि जायते विपुले कुले
sa yāti paramaṃ lokaṃ yāvad āhūtasamplavam / tataḥ svargāc cyutaḥ so 'pi jāyate vipule kule
He goes to the highest world, (and stays) until the dissolution that is summoned; then, fallen from heaven, he too is born in a great family.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 97.45
मणिनागेश्वरं देवं यः पश्यति नराधिप । धेनुं शय्यां तथा छत्रं कन्यां दासीं सुभक्तितः
maṇināgeśvaraṃ devaṃ yaḥ paśyati narādhipa / dhenuṃ śayyāṃ tathā chatraṃ kanyāṃ dāsīṃ subhaktitaḥ
Whoever, O lord of men, beholds the god Maṇināgeśvara, (and) with good devotion (gives) a milk-cow, a bed, an umbrella, a maiden, a serving-woman —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 97.46
पात्रे दद्यात् तु राजेन्द्र यदीच्छेच् छ्रेय आत्मनः । सुरभीणि च पुष्पाणि गन्धवस्त्राणि दापयेत्
pātre dadyāt tu rājendra yadīcchec chreya ātmanaḥ / surabhīṇi ca puṣpāṇi gandhavastrāṇi dāpayet
— he should give (these) to a worthy recipient, O best of kings, if he desires his own welfare; and he should have fragrant flowers, perfumes and garments presented.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 97.49
दीपं धान्यं गृहं शुभ्रं सर्वोपस्करसंयुतम् । ददते ये नरा भक्त्या ते व्रजन्ति त्रिविष्टपम् ॥ र्क्स्_९७।४७ ॥ मणिनागे नृप स्वर्णपन्नगो यः प्रदीयते ॥ र्क्स्_९७।४८ ॥ पातकानि प्रलीयन्त आमपात्रे जलं यथा । नर्मदातोयसंसिद्धं भोज्यं विप्राय दीयते
dīpaṃ dhānyaṃ gṛhaṃ śubhraṃ sarvopaskarasaṃyutam / dadate ye narā bhaktyā te vrajanti triviṣṭapam // rks_97.47 // maṇināge nṛpa svarṇapannago yaḥ pradīyate // rks_97.48 // pātakāni pralīyanta āmapātre jalaṃ yathā / narmadātoyasaṃsiddhaṃ bhojyaṃ viprāya dīyate
Those men who with devotion give a lamp, grain, a bright house furnished with all its equipment, they go to the third heaven. // 97.47 // O king, (as for) him by whom a golden serpent is presented to Maṇināga // 97.48 // his sins dissolve away, as water in an unbaked vessel; (and when) food prepared with the water of the Narmadā is given to a brahmin —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 97.50
ते ऽपि पापैर् विनिर्मुक्ताः क्रीडन्ते दैवतैः सह । त्यागिनो भोगसंयुक्ता धर्माख्यानरताः सदा
te 'pi pāpair vinirmuktāḥ krīḍante daivataiḥ saha / tyāgino bhogasaṃyuktā dharmākhyānaratāḥ sadā
they too, freed from their sins, sport together with the gods — givers, endowed with enjoyments, ever delighting in the recitation of dharma,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 97.51
देवद्विजगुरोर् भक्तास् तीर्थसेवापरायणाः । मातापितृस्वामिभक्ताः क्रोधद्रोहविवर्जिताः
devadvijaguror bhaktās tīrthasevāparāyaṇāḥ / mātāpitṛsvāmibhaktāḥ krodhadrohavivarjitāḥ
devoted to the gods, to brahmins and to the teacher, intent on the service of holy places, devoted to mother, father and master, free from anger and malice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 97.52
एतैः सर्वैर् गुणैर् युक्ता ये नराः पाण्डुनन्दन । जायन्ते स्वर्गकामाश् च स्वर्गे वासो भविष्यति
etaiḥ sarvair guṇair yuktā ye narāḥ pāṇḍunandana / jāyante svargakāmāś ca svarge vāso bhaviṣyati
Those men who are endowed with all these virtues, O son of Pāṇḍu, are born desiring heaven, and their dwelling shall be in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 97.53
सर्वतीर्थवरं तीर्थं मणिनागं नृपोत्तम । तीर्थाख्यानम् इदं पुण्यं यः पठेच् छृणुयाद् अपि
sarvatīrthavaraṃ tīrthaṃ maṇināgaṃ nṛpottama / tīrthākhyānam idaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ paṭhec chṛṇuyād api
Maṇināga is the best of all holy places, O finest of kings; and whoever recites or even hears this meritorious account of the holy place —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 97.54
सो ऽपि पापविनिर्मुक्तः शिवलोके महीयते । न विषं क्रमते तेषां विचरन्ति यथेच्छया
so 'pi pāpavinirmuktaḥ śivaloke mahīyate / na viṣaṃ kramate teṣāṃ vicaranti yathecchayā
he too, freed from sin, is honoured in the world of Śiva; poison does not overcome such men, (and) they roam as they wish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SkP-RK 97.55
भाद्रपद्यां च यः षष्ठ्यां भाद्रे स्नायाच् च दर्शके । तस्य पुण्यफलावाप्तिर् आख्यानकथनेन तु
bhādrapadyāṃ ca yaḥ ṣaṣṭhyāṃ bhādre snāyāc ca darśake / tasya puṇyaphalāvāptir ākhyānakathanena tu
And he who bathes on the sixth day in Bhādrapada, or in Bhādra on the new-moon day — he obtains the fruit of that merit merely by the telling of this account.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition