Revākhāṇḍa (revised text) · Chapter 154
|| iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe ādityeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma tripañcāśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
RKV adhyāya 154
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
narmadādakṣiṇe kūle tīrthaṃ kalakaleśvaram /
vikhyātaṃ sarvalokeṣu svayaṃ devena nirmitam
andhakaṃ samare hatvā devadevo maheśvaraḥ /
sahito devagandharvaiḥ kinnaraiśca mahoragaiḥ
śaṅkhatūryaninādaiśca mṛdaṅgapaṇavādibhiḥ /
vīṇāveṇuravaiścānyaiḥ stutibhiḥ puṣkalādibhiḥ
gāyanti sāmāni yajūṃṣi cānye chandāṃsi cānye ṛcamudgiranti /
stotrair anekair apare gṛṇanti maheśvaraṃ tatra mahānubhāvāḥ
pramathānāṃ ninādena kalkalena ca bandinām /
yasmātpratiṣṭhitaṃ liṅgaṃ tasmājjātaṃ tadākhyayā
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā vīkṣetkalakaleśvaram /
vājapeyātparaṃ puṇyaṃ sa labhenmānavo bhuvi
tena puṇyena pūtātmā prāṇatyāgāddivaṃ vrajet /
ārūḍhaḥ paramaṃ yānaṃ gīyamāno 'psarogaṇaiḥ
upabhujya mahābhogānkālena mahatā tataḥ /
martyaloke mahātmāsau jāyate vimale kule
brāhmaṇaḥ subhago loke vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ /
vyādhiśokavinirmukto jīvecca śaradāṃ śatam
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