Revākhāṇḍa (revised text) · Chapter 126

|| iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe ravitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcaviṃśatyuttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
RKV adhyāya 126
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
tato gacchettu rājendra paraṃ tīrthamayonijam /
snātamātro narastatra na paśyed yonisaṅkaṭam

tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā pūjayed devamīśvaram /
ayonijo mahādeva yathā tvaṃ parameśvara

tathā mocaya māṃ deva sambhavād yonisaṅkaṭāt /
gandhapuṣpādidhūpaiśca sa mucyet sarvapātakaiḥ

tasya devasya yo bhaktyā kurute liṅgapūraṇam /
sa vaseddevadevasya yāvatsikthasya saṃkhyayā

ayonije mahādevaṃ snāpayed gandhavāriṇā /
madhukṣīreṇa dadhnā vā sa labhed vipulāṃ śriyam

aṣṭabhyāṃ ca site pakṣe asitāṃ vā caturdaśīm /
pūjayitvā mahādevaṃ prīṇayed gītavādyakaiḥ

vasetsa ca śive loke ye kurvanti manoharam /
te vasanti śive loke yāvad ābhūtasamplavam

tasya devasya bhaktyā tu yaḥ karoti pradakṣiṇām /
vijñāpayaṃśca satataṃ mantreṇānena bhārata

tasya yatphalamuddiṣṭaṃ pāramparyeṇa mānavaiḥ /
sakāśāddevadevasya tacchṛṇuṣva samādhinā

ayonijo mahādeva yathā tvaṃ parameśvara /
tathā mocaya māṃ śarva sambhavādyonisaṅkaṭāt

kiṃ tasya bahubhirmantraiḥ kaṃṭhaśoṣaṇatatparaiḥ /
yenauṃnamaḥ śivāyeti proktaṃ devasya saṃnidhau

tenādhītaṃ śrutaṃ tena tena sarvamanuṣṭhitam /
yenauṃnamaḥ śivāyeti mantrābhyāsaḥ sthirīkṛtaḥ

na tatphalamavāpnoti sarvadeveṣu vai dvijaḥ /
yatphalaṃ samavāpnoti ṣaḍakṣara udīraṇāt

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayecchivayoginam /
dvijānāmayutaṃ sāgraṃ sa labhet phalamuttamam

athavā bhaktiyuktastu teṣāṃ dānte jitendriye /
saṃskṛtya dadate bhikṣāṃ phalaṃ tasya tato 'dhikam

yatihaste jalaṃ dadyād bhikṣāṃ dattvā punarjalam /
sā bhikṣā meruṇā tulyā tajjalaṃ sāgaropamam