Revākhāṇḍa (revised text) · Chapter 160
|| iti śrīskande mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe 'narakeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikonaṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
RKV adhyāya 160
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
tato gacchetpāṇḍuputra mokṣatīrthamanuttamam /
sevitaṃ devagandharvairmunibhiśca tapodhanaiḥ
bahavastanna jānanti viṣṇumāyāvimohitāḥ /
yatra siddhā mahābhāgā ṛṣayaḥ satapodhanāḥ
pulastyaḥ pulaho vidvānkratuścaiva mahāmatiḥ /
prācetaso vasiṣṭhaśca dakṣo nārada eva ca
ete cānye mahābhāgāḥ saptasāhasrasaṃjñitāḥ /
mokṣaṃ gatāḥ saha sutaistattīrthaṃ tena mokṣadam
tatra pravāhamadhye tu patitā tamahā nadī /
tatra tatsaṅgamaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram
ṛgyajuḥsāmasaṃjñānām abhyastānāṃ tu yatphalam /
samyagjaptvā tu vidhinā gāyatrīṃ tatra tallabhet
tatra dattaṃ hutaṃ japtaṃ tīrthasevārjitaṃ phalam /
sarvamakṣayatāṃ yāti mokṣasādhanamuttamam
tatra tīrthe mṛtānāṃ tu saṃnyāsena dvijanmanām /
anivartikā gatisteṣāṃ mokṣatīrthaprabhāvataḥ
eṣa te vidhiruddiṣṭaḥ saṃkṣepeṇa mayānagha /
vyuṣṭistīrthasya mahatī purāṇe yābhidhīyate
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