Revākhāṇḍa (revised text) · Chapter 168

|| iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe mārkaṇḍeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptaṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
RKV adhyāya 168
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
narmadādakṣiṇe rodhasyaṅkūreśvaramuttamam /
tīrthaṃ sarvaguṇopetaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam

yatra siddhaṃ mahārakṣa ārādhya tu maheśvaram /
śaṅkaraṃ jagataḥ prāṇaṃ smṛtimātrāvahāriṇam

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca:
kiṃ tadrakṣo dvijaśreṣṭha kiṃnāma kasya vānvaye /
etadvistarataḥ sarvaṃ kathayasva mamānagha

ajñānatimirāndhā ye pumāṃsaḥ pāpakāriṇaḥ /
yuṣmadvidhair dīpabhūtaiḥ paśyanti sacarācaram

dharmaputravacaḥ śrutvā mārkaṇḍeyo munīśvaraḥ /
smitaṃ kṛtvā babhāṣe tāṃ kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśanīm

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
mānaso brahmaṇaḥ putraḥ pulastyo nāma pārthiva /
vedaśāstrapravaktā ca sākṣādvedhā ivāparaḥ

tṛṇabindusutā tasya bhāryāsītparameṣṭhinaḥ /
tasya dharmaprasaṅgena putro jāto mahāmanāḥ

yasmādvedetihāsaiśca saṣaḍaṅgapadakramāḥ /
viśrāntā brahmaṇā dattā nāma viśravaseti ca

kasmiṃścid atha kāle ca bharadvājo mahāmuniḥ /
svasutāṃ pradadau rājanmudā viśravase nṛpa

sa tayā ramate sārdhaṃ paulomyā maghavā iva /
mudā paramayā rājanbrāhmaṇo vedavittamaḥ

kenacit tvatha kālena putraḥ putraguṇairyutaḥ /
jajñe viśravaso rājannāmnā vaiśravaṇaḥ śrutaḥ

so 'pi maunavrataṃ kṛtvā bālabhāvādyudhiṣṭhira /
sarvabhūtābhayaṃ dattvā cacāra paramaṃ vratam

tasya tuṣṭo mahādevo brahmā brahmarṣibhiḥ saha /
sakhitvaṃ ceśvaro dattvā dhanadatvaṃ jagāma ha

yamendravaruṇānāṃ ca caturthastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi /
brahmāpyuktvā jagāmāśu lokapālatvam īpsitam

tatastvanantare kāle kaikasī nāma rākṣasī /
pātālaṃ bhūtalaṃ tyaktvā viśravaṃ cakame patim

putro 'tha rāvaṇo jātastasyā bharatasattama /
kumbhakarṇo mahārakṣo dharmātmā ca vibhīṣaṇaḥ

kumbhaścaiva vikumbhaśca kumbhakarṇasutāvubhau /
mahābalau mahāvīryau mahāntau puruṣottama

aṅkūro rākṣasaśreṣṭhaḥ kumbhasya tanayo mahān /
vibhīṣaṇaṃ ca guṇavaddṛṣṭvaivaṃ rākṣasottamaḥ

tataḥ sa yauvanaṃ prāpya jñātvā rakṣaḥ pitāmaham /
paraṃ nirvedamāpannaścacāra sumahattapaḥ

dakṣiṇaṃ paścimaṃ gatvā sāgaraṃ pūrvamuttaram /
narmadāyāṃ prasaṅgena hyaṅkūro rākṣaseśvaraḥ

tapaścacāra sumahaddivyaṃ varṣaśataṃ kila /
tatastuṣṭo mahādevaḥ sākṣāt parapuraṃjayaḥ

vareṇa chandayāmāsa rākṣasaṃ vṛṣaketanaḥ /
varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te tava dāsyāmi suvrata

provāca rākṣaso vākyaṃ devadevaṃ maheśvaram /
varadaṃ so 'grato dṛṣṭvā praṇamya ca punaḥpunaḥ

yadi tuṣṭo mahādeva varado 'si sureśvara /
durlabhaṃ sarvabhūtānāmamaratvaṃ prayaccha me

mama nāmnā sthito 'nena vareṇa tripurāntaka /
sadā saṃnihito 'pyatra tīrthe bhavitum arhasi

īśvara uvāca:
yāvad vibhīṣaṇamataṃ yāvad dharmaniṣevaṇam /
kariṣyasi dṛḍhātmā tvaṃ tāvadetadbhaviṣyati

evamuktvā yayau devaḥ sarvadaivatapūjitaḥ /
vimānenārkavarṇena kailāsaṃ dharaṇīdharam

gate cādarśanaṃ deve snātvācamya vidhānataḥ /
sthāpayāmāsa rājendra hyaṅkūreśvaramuttamam

gandhapuṣpaistathā dhūpairvastrālaṅkārabhūṣaṇaiḥ /
patākaiś cāmaraiś chatrair jayaśabdādimaṃgalaiḥ

pūjayitvā sureśānaṃ stotrairhṛdyaiḥ supuṣkalaiḥ /
jagāma bhavanaṃ rakṣo yatra rājā vibhīṣaṇaḥ

pūjitaḥ sa yathānyāyaṃ dānasanmānagauravaiḥ /
saudarye sthāpito bhāve so 'vātsītparayāmudā

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayet parameśvaram /
aṅkūreśvaranāmānaṃ so 'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

māṇḍavyakhātamārabhya saṅgamaṃ vāpi yacchubham /
revāyā āmalakyāśca devakṣetraṃ maheśvaram

māṇḍavyakhātāt paścimatastīrthaṃ tadaṅkūreśvaram /
tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ

sandhyāmācamya yatnena japaṃ kṛtvātha bhārata /
tarpayitvā pitḥndevān manuṣyān bharatarṣabha

sacailaḥ klinnavasano maunamāsthāya saṃyataḥ /
aṣṭamyāṃ vā caturdaśyām upoṣya vidhivannaraḥ

pūjāṃ yaḥ kurute rājaṃstasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu /
sāgraṃ tu yojanaśataṃ tīrthānyāyatanāni ca

bhavanti tāni dṛṣṭāni tataḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyate /
tatra tīrthe tu yaddānaṃ devamuddiśya dīyate

snātvā tu vidhivatpātre tadakṣayamudāhṛtam /
homāddaśaguṇaṃ proktaṃ phalaṃ jāpye tato 'dhikam

triguṇaṃ copavāsena snānena ca caturguṇam /
saṃnyāsaṃ kurute yastu prāṇatyāgaṃ karoti vā

anivartikā gatistasya rudralokādasaṃśayam /
kṛmikīṭapataṅgānāṃ tatra tīrthe yudhiṣṭhira /
aṅkūreśvaranāmākhye mṛtānāṃ sugatirbhavet

etatte kathitaṃ rājannaṅkūreśvarasambhavam /
tīrthaṃ sarvaguṇopetaṃ paramaṃ pāpanāśanam

ye 'pi śṛṇvanti bhaktyedaṃ kīrtyamānaṃ mahāphalam /
labhante nātra sandehaḥ śivasya bhuvanaṃ hi te