Revākhāṇḍa (revised text) · Chapter 108
|| iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe bhaṇḍārītīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptottaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
RKV adhyāya 108
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
tato gacchenmahīpāla rohiṇītīrthamuttamam /
vikhyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu sarvapāpaharaṃ param
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca:
rohiṇītīrthamāhātmyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam /
śrotumicchāmi tattvena tanme tvaṃ vaktumarhasi
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
tasminnekārṇave ghore naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame /
udadhau ca śayānasya devadevasya cakriṇaḥ
nābhau samutthitaṃ padmaṃ ravimaṇḍalasannibham /
karṇikākesaropetaṃ patraiśca samalaṃkṛtam
tatra brahmā samutpannaścaturvadanapaṅkajaḥ /
kiṃ karomīti deveśa ājñā me dīyatāṃ prabho
evamuktastu deveśaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ /
uvāca madhurāṃ vāṇīṃ tadā devaṃ pitāmaham
sarasvatyāṃ mahābāho lokaṃ kuru mamājñayā /
bhūtagrāmamaśeṣasya utpādanavidhikṣayam
etacchrutaṃ tu vacanaṃ padmanābhasya bhārata /
cintayāmāsa bhagavānsaptarṣīnhitakāmyayā
kramātte cintitāḥ prājñāḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ /
prācetaso vasiṣṭhaśca bhṛgurnārada eva ca
yajñe prācetaso dakṣo mahātejāḥ prajāpatiḥ /
dakṣasyāpi tathā jātāḥ pañcāśadduhitaro 'nagha
dadau sa daśa dharmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa /
tathaiva sa mahābhāgaḥ saptaviṃśatimindave
rohiṇīnāma yā tāsāṃ madhye tasya narādhipa /
aniṣṭā sarvanārīṇāṃ bhartuścaiva viśeṣataḥ
tataḥ sā paramaṃ kṛtvā vairāgyaṃ nṛpasattama /
āgatya narmadātīre cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ
ekarātrais trirātraiśca ṣaḍdvādaśabhireva ca /
pakṣamāsopavāsaiśca karśayanti kalevaram
ārādhayantī satataṃ mahiṣāsuranāśinīṃ /
devīṃ bhagavatīṃ tāta sarvārtivinivāraṇīm
snātvā snātvā jale nityaṃ narmadāyāḥ śucismitā /
tatastuṣṭā mahābhāgā devī nārāyaṇī nṛpa
prasannā te mahābhāge vratena niyamena ca /
etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ rohiṇī śaśinaḥ priyā
yathā bhavāmi na cirāttathā bhavatu mānade /
evamastviti sā coktvā bhavānī bhaktavatsalā
stūyamānā munigaṇaistatraivāntaradhīyata /
tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ rohiṇī śaśinaḥ priyā
saṃjātā sarvakālaṃ tu vallabhā nṛpasattama /
tatra tīrthe tu yā nārī naro vā snāni bhaktitaḥ
vallabhā jāyate sā tu bhartur vai rohiṇī yathā /
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ kaścitprāṇatyāgaṃ karoti vai
saptajanmāni dāmpatyaviyogo na bhavet kvacit
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