Revākhāṇḍa (revised text) · Chapter 148
|| iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe siddheśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptacatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
RKV adhyāya 148
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
tato gacchenmahīpāla tīrthamaṅgārakaṃ śivam /
uttare narmadākūle sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram
caturthyaṅgārakadine saṃkalpya kṛtaniścayaḥ /
snāyādastaṃ gate sūrye sandhyopāsanatatparaḥ
pūjayellohitaṃ bhaktyā gandhamālyavibhūṣaṇaiḥ /
saṃsthāpyasthaṇḍile devaṃ raktacandanacarcitam
aṅgārakāyeti namaḥ karṇikāyāṃ prapūjayet /
kujāya bhūmiputrāya raktāṅgāya suvāsase
harakopodbhavāyeti svedajāyātibāhave /
sarvakāmapradāyeti pūrvādiṣu daleṣu ca
evaṃ sampūjya vidhivaddadyādarghyaṃ vidhānataḥ /
bhūmiputra mahāvīrya svedodbhava pinākinaḥ
aṅgāraka mahātejā lohitāṅga namo 'stu te /
karakaṃ vārisaṃyuktaṃ śālitaṃdulapūritam
sahiraṇyaṃ savastraṃ ca modakopari saṃsthitam /
brāhmaṇāya nivedyaṃ tatkujo me prīyatāmiti
arghaṃ dattvā vidhānena raktacandanavāriṇā /
raktapuṣpasamākīrṇaṃ tilataṃdulamiśritam
kṛtvā tāmramaye pātre maṇḍale vartule śubhe /
kṛtvā śirasi tatpātraṃ jānubhyāṃ dharaṇīṃ gataḥ
mantrapūtaṃ mahābhāga dadyād arghyaṃ vicakṣaṇaḥ /
tato bhuñjīta maunena kṣāratilāmlavarjitam
snigdhaṃ mṛdusamadhuram ātmanaḥ śreya icchatā /
evaṃ caturthe samprāpte caturthyaṅgārake nṛpa
sauvarṇaṃ kārayeddevaṃ yathāśakti surūpiṇam /
sthāpayet tāmrake pātre guḍapīṭhasamanvite
gandhapuṣpādibhirdevaṃ pūjayed guḍasaṃsthitam /
īśānyāṃ sthāpayeddevaṃ guḍatoyasamanvitam
kāsāreṇa tathāgneyyāṃ sthāpayet karakaṃ param /
raktatandulasaṃmiśraṃ nairṛtyāṃ vāyugocare
sthāpayenmodakaiḥ sārdhaṃ caturthaṃ karakaṃ budhaḥ /
sūtreṇa veṣṭitagrīvaṃ gandhamālyair alaṃkṛtam
śaṅkhatūryaninādena jayaśabdādimaṅgalaiḥ /
raktāmbaradharaṃ vipraṃ raktamālyānulepanam
vedimadhyagataṃ vāpi mahadāsanasaṃsthitam /
surūpaṃ subhagaṃ śāntaṃ sarvabhūtahite ratam
vedavidyāvratasnātaṃ sarvaśāstraviśāradam /
pūjayitvā yathānyāyaṃ vācayetpāṇḍunandana
raktāṃ gāṃ ca tato dadyād raktenānaḍuhā saha /
prīyatāṃ bhūmijo devaḥ sarvadaivatapūjitaḥ
vipraṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya patnīputrasamanvitaḥ /
pitṛmātṛsuhṛtsārddhaṃ kṣamāpya ca visarjayet
evaṃ kṛtasya tasyātha tasmiṃstīrthe viśeṣataḥ /
yatpuṇyaṃ phalamuddiṣṭaṃ tatte sarvaṃ vadāmyaham
sapta janmāni rājendra surūpaḥ subhago bhavet /
tīrthasyāsya prabhāvena nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
akāmo vā sakāmo vā tatra tīrthe mṛto naraḥ /
aṅgārakapuraṃ yāti devagandharvapūjitaḥ
upabhujya yathānyāyaṃ divyānbhogānanuttamān /
iha mānuṣyaloke vai rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ
surūpaḥ subhagaścaiva sarvavyādhivivarjitaḥ /
jīvedvarṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ
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