Revākhāṇḍa (revised text) · Chapter 101
|| iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe mārkaṇḍeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma śatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
RKV adhyāya 101
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
tato gacchettu rājendra tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam /
uttare narmadākūle yajñavāṭasya madhyataḥ
saṃkarṣaṇamiti khyātaṃ pṛthivyāṃ pāpanāśanam /
tapaścīrṇaṃ purā rājanbalabhadreṇa tatra vai
gīrvāṇā api tatraiva saṃnidhau nṛpanandana /
umayā sahitaḥ śambhuḥ sthitastatraiva keśavaḥ
balabhadreṇa rājendra prāṇinām upakārataḥ /
sthāpitaḥ parayā bhaktyā śaṅkaraḥ pāpanāśanaḥ
yastatra snāti vai bhaktyā jitakrodho jitendriyaḥ /
ekādaśyāṃ site pakṣe madhunā snāpayecchivam
śrāddhaṃ tatraiva yo bhaktyā pitḥṇāmatha dāpayet /
sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ balabhadravaco yathā
Original text: Revākhāṇḍa of the Vāyupurāṇa (RKV) · Edition: Śrīkṛṣṇadās, Kṣemrāj (ed.): Śrīskandamahāpurāṇam. Veṅkateśvara Steam Press, Bombay: 1910 and its reprint: Siṃha, Nāgaśaraṇa (ed.): Śrīskandamahāpurāṇam. pañcama bhāga: śrī āvantyakhaṇḍam. Nag Publishers, Delhi: 1986. · Data entry Jürgen Neuss · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0