Revākhāṇḍa (revised text) · Chapter 2

|| iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe purāṇasaṃhitāvarṇanām prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
RKV adhyāya 2
sūta uvāca

narmadāyāstu māhātmyaṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyano 'bravīt /
tatte 'haṃ sampravakṣyāmi yattvayā paripṛcchitam

vistaraṃ narmadāyāstu tīrthānāṃ munisattama /
ko 'nyaḥ śakto 'sti vai vaktumṛte brahmāṇamīśvaram

etameva purā praśnaṃ pṛṣṭavāñjanamejayaḥ /
vaiśaṃpāyanasaṃjñaṃ tu śiṣyaṃ dvaipāyanasya ha

revātīrthāśritaṃ puṇyaṃ tatte vakṣyāmi śaunaka /
purā pārīkṣito rājā yajñādīkṣāsu dīkṣitaḥ

saṃbhṛte tu havirdravye vartamāneṣu karmasu /
āsīneṣu dvijāgryeṣu hūyamāne hutāśane

vartamānāsu sarvatra tathā dharmakathāsu ca /
śrūyamāṇe tathā śabde janairukte tvaharniśam

yajñabhūmau kulapate dīyatāṃ bhujyatām iti /
vividhāṃśca vinodānvai kurvāṇeṣu vinodiṣu

evaṃvidhe vartamāne yajñe svargasadaḥsame /
vaiśaṃpāyanam āsīnaṃ papraccha janamejayaḥ

janamejaya uvāca:
dvaipāyanaprasādena jñānavānasi me mataḥ /
vaiśaṃpāyana tasmāt tvāṃ pṛcchāmi ṛṣisannidhau

brūhi me tvaṃ purāvṛttaṃ pitḥṇāṃ tīrthasevanam /
ciraṃ nānāvidhānkleśān prāptāsta iti me śrutam

kathaṃ dyūtajitāḥ pārthā mama pūrvapitāmahāḥ /
āsamudrāṃ mahīṃ vipra bhramantastīrthalobhataḥ

kena te sahitāstāta bhūmibhāgān anekaśaḥ /
ceruḥ kathaya tatsarvaṃ sarvajño 'si mato mama

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca

kathayiṣyāmi bhūnātha yatpṛṣṭaṃ tu tvayā 'nagha /
namaskṛtya virūpākṣaṃ vedavyāsaṃ mahākavim

pitāmahāstu te pañca pāṇḍavāḥ saha kṛṣṇayā /
uṣitvā brāhmaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ kāmyake vana uttame

pradhānoddālake tatra kaśyapo 'tha mahāmatiḥ /
vibhāṇḍakaśca rājendra muruścaiva mahāmuniḥ

pulastyo lomaśaścaiva tathānye putrapautriṇaḥ /
snātvā niḥśeṣatīrtheṣu gatāste vindhyaparvatam

te ca tatrāśramaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvairvṛkṣaiḥ samākulam /
campakaiḥ karṇakāraiśca punnāgairnāgakesaraiḥ

bakulaiḥ kovidāraiśca dāḍimairupaśobhitam /
puṣpitairarjunaiścaiva bilvapāṭalaketakaiḥ

kadambāmramadhūkaiśca nimbajambīratindukaiḥ /
nālikeraiḥ kapitthaiśca kharjūrapanasaistathā

nānādrumalatākīrṇaṃ nānāvallībhirāvṛtam /
sapuṣpaṃ phalitaṃ kāntaṃ vanaṃ caitrarathaṃ yathā

jalāśrayaistu vipulaiḥ padminīkhaṇḍamaṇḍitam /
sitotpalaiśca saṃchannaṃ nīlapītaiḥ sitāruṇaiḥ

haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇaṃ cakravākopaśobhitam /
āḍīkākabalākābhiḥ sevitaṃ kokilādibhiḥ

siṃhairvyāghrairvarāhaiśca gajaiścaiva mahotkaṭaiḥ /
mahiṣaiśca mahākāyaiḥ kuraṅgaiś citrakaiḥ śaśaiḥ

gaṇḍakaiścaiva khaḍgaiśca gomāyusurabhī yutam /
sāraṅgair mallakaiścaiva dvipadaiśca catuṣpadaiḥ

tathāca kokilākīrṇaṃ manaḥkāntaṃ suśobhitam /
jīvaṃjīvakasaṃghaiśca nānāpakṣisamāyutam

duḥkhaśokavinirmuktaṃ sattvotkaṭamanoramam /
kṣuttṛṣārahitaṃ kāntaṃ sarvavyādhivivarjitam

siṃhīstanaṃ pibantyatra kuraṃgāḥ snehasaṃyutam /
mārjāramūṣakau cobhāvavalehata unmukhau

pañcāsyāḥ potakebhāśca bhoginastu kalāpinaḥ /
dṛṣṭvā tadvipinaṃ ramyaṃ praviṣṭāḥ pāṇḍunandanāḥ

mārkaṇḍaṃ dṛṣṭavāṃstatra taruṇādityasannibham /
ṛṣibhiḥ sevyamānaṃ tu nānāśāstraviśāradaiḥ

kulīnaiḥ sattvasampannaiḥ śaucācārasamanvitaiḥ /
dhīsaṃgataiḥ kṣamāyuktaistrisaṃdhyaṃ japatatparaiḥ

ṛgyajuḥsāmavihitair mantrair homaparāyaṇaiḥ /
kecitpañcāgnimadhyasthāḥ kecidekāntasaṃsthitāḥ

ūrdhvabāhunirālambā ādityabhramaṇāḥ pare /
sāyaṃprātarbhujaścānye ekāhārāstathā pare

dvādaśāhāttathā cānye anye māsārdhabhojanāḥ /
darśe darśe tathā cānye anye śaivālabhojanāḥ

piṇyākamapare 'bhujan kecit pālāśabhojanāḥ /
apare niyatāhārā vāyubhakṣyāmbubhojanāḥ

evaṃbhūtais tathā vṛddhaiḥ sevyate munipuṃgavaiḥ /
tato dharmasutaḥ śrīmān āśramaṃ taṃ praviśya saḥ

dṛṣṭvā munivaraṃ śāntaṃ dhyāyamānaṃ paraṃ padam /
prādakṣiṇyena sahasā daṇḍavatpatito 'grataḥ

bhaktyānupatitaṃ dṛṣṭvā cirādādāya locanam /
ko bhavānityuvācedaṃ dharmaṃ dhīmānapṛcchata

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā dārakastatsamīpagaḥ /
āhāyaṃ dharmarājaste darśanārthaṃ samāgataḥ

tacchrutvādārakeṇoktaṃ vacanaṃ prāha sādaraḥ /
ehyehi vatsavatseti kiṃcit sthānāccalanmuniḥ /
taṃ tu snehādupāghrāya āsane upaveśayat

upaviṣṭe sabhāyāṃ tu pūjāṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi /
vanyairdhānyaiḥ phalair mūlai rasaiścaiva pṛthagvidhaiḥ

pāṇḍavā brāhmaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ yathāyogyaṃ prapūjitāḥ /
muhūrtādatha viśramya dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

pṛcchati sma muniśreṣṭhaṃ kautūhalasamanvitaḥ /
bhagavansarvalokānāṃ dīrghāyustvaṃ mato mama

saptakalpānaśeṣeṇa kathayasva mamānagha /
kalpakṣaye 'pi lokasya sthāvarasyetarasya ca

na vinaṣṭo 'si viprendra kathaṃ vā kena hetunā /
gaṅgādyāḥ saritaḥ sarvāḥ samudrāntāśca yā mune

tāsāṃ madhye sthitāḥ kāḥ svitkāścaiva pralayaṃ gatāḥ /
kā nu puṇyajalā nityaṃ kānu na kṣayamāgatā

etat kathaya me tāta prasannenāntarātmanā /
śrotumicchāmyaśeṣeṇa ṛṣibhiḥ saha bāndhavaiḥ

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
sādhusādhu mahāprājña dharmaputra yudhiṣṭhira /
kathayāmi yathā nyāyaṃ yatpṛcchasi mamānagha

sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ rudrabhāṣitam /
yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

aśvamedha sahasreṇa vājapeyaśatena ca /
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti rājannāstyatra saṃśayaḥ

brahmaghnaśca surāpī ca steyī goghnaśca yo naraḥ /
mucyate sarvapāpebhyo rudrasya vacanaṃ yathā

gaṅgā tu saritāṃ śreṣṭhā tathā caiva sarasvatī /
kāverī devikā caiva sindhuḥ sālakuṭī tathā

sarayūḥ śatarudrā ca mahī carmilayā saha /
godāvarī tathā puṇyā tathaiva yamunā nadī

payoṣṇī ca śatadruśca tathā dharmanadī śubhā /
etāścānyāśca saritaḥ sarvapāpaharāḥ smṛtāḥ

kiṃ tu te kāraṇaṃ tāta vakṣyāmi nṛpasattama /
samudrāḥ saritaḥ sarvāḥ kalpe kalpe kṣayaṃ gatāḥ

saptakalpakṣaye kṣīṇe na mṛtā tena narmadā /
narmadaikaiva rājendra paraṃ tiṣṭhet saridvarā

toyapūrṇā mahābhāga munisaṃghairabhiṣṭutā /
gaṃgādyāḥ saritaścānyāḥ kalpe kalpe kṣayaṃ gatāḥ

eṣā devī purā dṛṣṭā tena vakṣyāmi te 'nagha