Skanda Purana — Reva Khanda — Chapter 99
SkP-RK 99.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: नर्मदायोत्तरे कूले तीर्थं परमशोभनम् । सर्वपापहरं पुण्यं नाम्ना वै गौतमेश्वरम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: narmadāyottare kūle tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam / sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ nāmnā vai gautameśvaram
Mārkaṇḍeya said: On the northern bank of the Narmadā there is a most beautiful sacred place, remover of all sins, holy, called Gautameśvara.
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SkP-RK 99.2
स्थापितं गौतमेनैव लोकानां हितकाम्यया । स्वर्गसोपानरूपेण तीर्थं पुंसां युधिष्ठिर
sthāpitaṃ gautamenaiva lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā / svargasopānarūpeṇa tīrthaṃ puṃsāṃ yudhiṣṭhira
It was established by Gautama himself out of a desire for the welfare of the worlds — a sacred place that is a stairway to heaven for men, O Yudhiṣṭhira.
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SkP-RK 99.3
गच्छ त्वं परया भक्त्या यत्र देवो जगद्गुरुः । पातकानां विनाशाय स्वर्गवासाप्तये नृप
gaccha tvaṃ parayā bhaktyā yatra devo jagadguruḥ / pātakānāṃ vināśāya svargavāsāptaye nṛpa
Go there with the highest devotion, where the god, the teacher of the world, (dwells), for the destruction of your sins and for the attainment of a dwelling in heaven, O king.
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SkP-RK 99.4
सौख्यस्य वर्धनं लिङ्गं जयदं दुःखनाशनम् । पिण्डदानेन चैकेन कुलानां उद्धरेत् त्रयम्
saukhyasya vardhanaṃ liṅgaṃ jayadaṃ duḥkhanāśanam / piṇḍadānena caikena kulānāṃ uddharet trayam
The liṅga is the increaser of happiness, the giver of victory, the destroyer of sorrow; and by a single offering of a piṇḍa one may rescue three lines of the family.
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SkP-RK 99.5
यत् किंचिद् दीयते भक्त्या स्वल्पं वा यदि वा बहु । तत्सर्वं शतसाहस्रम् आज्ञया गौतमस्य च
yat kiṃcid dīyate bhaktyā svalpaṃ vā yadi vā bahu / tatsarvaṃ śatasāhasram ājñayā gautamasya ca
Whatever is given with devotion, whether little or much, all that becomes a hundred thousandfold by the command of Gautama.
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SkP-RK 99.6
मार्कण्डेय उवाच: दक्षिणे नर्मदाकूले तीर्थं परमशोभनम्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca: dakṣiṇe narmadākūle tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: On the southern bank of the Narmadā there is a most beautiful sacred place.
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SkP-RK 99.7
शङ्खचूडेश्वरं तत्र प्रसिद्धं भूमिमण्डले । शङ्खचूडेश्वरस् तत्र संस्थितः पाण्डुनन्दन
śaṅkhacūḍeśvaraṃ tatra prasiddhaṃ bhūmimaṇḍale / śaṅkhacūḍeśvaras tatra saṃsthitaḥ pāṇḍunandana
There (is) Śaṅkhacūḍeśvara, famous throughout the circle of the earth; there Śaṅkhacūḍeśvara is established, O son of Pāṇḍu.
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SkP-RK 99.8
वैनतेयभयात् पार्थ संस्थितो नर्मदातटे । तत्र तीर्थे तु यो भक्त्या शुचिर् भूत्वा समाहितः
vainateyabhayāt pārtha saṃsthito narmadātaṭe / tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā śucir bhūtvā samāhitaḥ
Out of fear of Vainateya (Garuḍa), O Pārtha, he settled on the bank of the Narmadā. And whoever, at that sacred place, having become pure and concentrated, with devotion...
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SkP-RK 99.9
स्नापयेच् छङ्खचूडं तु क्षौद्रेण दधिसर्पिषा । रात्रौ जागरणं कृत्वा देवस्याग्रे नराधिप
snāpayec chaṅkhacūḍaṃ tu kṣaudreṇa dadhisarpiṣā / rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā devasyāgre narādhipa
He should bathe Śaṅkhacūḍa with honey, with curds and ghee, and, keeping a night-vigil before the god, O lord of men,
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SkP-RK 99.10
दधिभक्तेन सम्पूज्य ब्राह्मणान् छंसितव्रतान् । गोदानं च तथा देयं सर्वपापक्षयं करम्
dadhibhaktena sampūjya brāhmaṇān chaṃsitavratān / godānaṃ ca tathā deyaṃ sarvapāpakṣayaṃ karam
having worshipped with curd-rice brahmins of praised vows — and a gift of a cow is likewise to be given, which brings about the destruction of all sins.
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SkP-RK 99.11
तस्मिंस् तीर्थे तु यः पार्थ सर्पदष्टो ऽपि नश्यति । सो ऽपि याति परं लोकं शङ्खचूडस्य चाज्ञया
tasmiṃs tīrthe tu yaḥ pārtha sarpadaṣṭo 'pi naśyati / so 'pi yāti paraṃ lokaṃ śaṅkhacūḍasya cājñayā
But in that sacred ford, O Pārtha, whoever perishes even from a snakebite — he too goes to the highest world, by the command of Śaṅkhacūḍa.
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