Revākhāṇḍa (revised text) · Chapter 220

|| iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe koṭitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikonaviṃśadadhikadviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
RKV adhyāya 220
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
tato gaccheddharādhīśa loṭaṇeśvaram uttamam /
uttare narmadākūle sarvapātakanāśanam

tatkṣaṇādeva tatsarvaṃ saptajanmārjitaṃ tvagham /
naśyate devadevasya darśanādeva tannṛpa

bālyātprabhṛti yatpāpaṃ yauvane cāpi yatkṛtam /
tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti devadevasya darśanāt

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca:
āścaryabhūtaṃ lokeṣu narmadācaritaṃ mahat /
tvayā vai kathitaṃ vipra sakalaṃ pāpanāśanam

yadekaṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvatīrthaphalapradam /
śrotumicchāmi tatsarvaṃ dayāṃ kṛtvā vadāśu me

ye kecid durlabhāḥ praśnāstriṣu lokeṣu sattama /
tvatprasādena te sarve śrutā me saha bāndhavaiḥ

etamekaṃ paraṃ praśnaṃ sarvapraśnavidāṃ vara /
śrutvāhaṃ tvatprasādena yatra yāmi sabāndhavaḥ

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
sādhusādhu mahāprājña yasya te matirīdṛśī /
durlabhaṃ triṣu lokeṣu tasya te nāsti kiṃcana

dharmamarthaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca mokṣaṃ ca bharatarṣabha /
kāle kāle ca yo vetti kartavyas tena dhīmatā

tasmāt te sampravakṣyāmi praśnasyāsyottaraṃ śubham /
yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyante bhuvi mānavāḥ

narmadā saritāṃ śreṣṭhā sarvatīrthamayī śubhā /
viśeṣaḥ kathitastasyā revāsāgarasaṅgame

āgacchantīṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha dṛṣṭvā revāṃ mahodadhiḥ /
praṇamya ca punardevīṃ saṅgame revayā saha

saṃcintya manasā keyamiti māṃ vai saridvarā /
jñātvā saṃcintya manasā revāṃ liṅgodbhavāṃ parām

luṭhanvai sammukhastāta gato revāṃ mahodadhiḥ /
samudre narmadā yatra praviṣṭāsti mahānadī

tatra devādhidevasya samudre liṅgamutthitam /
liṅgodbhūtā mahābhāgā narmadā saritāṃ varā

layaṃ gatā tatra liṅge tena puṇyatamā hi sā /
narmadāyāṃ vasannityaṃ narmadāmbu pibansadā /
dīkṣitaḥ sarvayajñeṣu somapānaṃ dine dine

saṅgame tatra yaḥ snātvā loṭaṇeśvaram arcayet /
so 'śvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

vācikaṃ mānasaṃ pāpaṃ karmaṇā yatkṛtaṃ nṛpa /
loṭaṇeśvaram āsādya sarvaṃ vilayatāṃ vrajet

kārttikyāṃ tu viśeṣeṇa kathitaṃ śaṅkareṇa tu /
tacchṛṇuṣva nṛpaśreṣṭha sarvapāpāpanodanam

samprāptāṃ kārttikīṃ dṛṣṭvā gatvā tatra nṛpottama /
caturdaśyāmupoṣyaiva snātvā vai narmadājale

saṃtarpya pitṛdevāṃśca śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi /
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryātsampūjya loṭaṇeśvaram

saphalaṃ jīvitaṃ tasya saphalaṃ tasya ceṣṭitam /
paṅgavaste na sandeho janma teṣāṃ nirarthakam

ekāgramanasā yaistu na dṛṣṭo loṭaṇeśvaraḥ /
piśācatvaṃ viyonitvaṃ na bhavettasya vai kule

saṅgame tatra yo gatvā snānaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi /
puṇyaiścaiva tathā kuryād gītair nṛtyaiḥ prabodhanam

tataḥ prabhātāṃ rajanīṃ dṛṣṭvā natvā mahodadhim /
āmantrya snānavidhinā snānaṃ tatra tu kārayet

oṃ namo viṣṇurūpāya tīrthanāthāya te namaḥ /
sānnidhyaṃ kuru me deva samudra lavaṇāmbhasi /
ityāmantraṇamantraḥ

agniśca tejo mṛḍayā ca deho reto 'dhā viṣṇuramṛtasya nābhiḥ /
evaṃ bruvan pāṇḍava satyavākyaṃ tato 'vagāheta patiṃ nadīnām /
iti snānamantraḥ

ājanmaśatasāhasraṃ yatpāpaṃ kṛtavān naraḥ /
sakṛtsnānādvyapoheta pāpaughaṃ lavaṇāmbhasi

anyathā hi kuruśreṣṭha devayonirasau vibhuḥ /
kuśāgreṇāpi vibudhairna spraṣṭavyo mahārṇavaḥ

sarvaratnapradhānastvaṃ sarvaratnākarākara /
sarvāmarapradhāneśa gṛhāṇārghaṃ namo 'stu te /
iti arvamantra

pitṛdevamanuṣyāṃśca saṃtarpya tadanantaram /
uttīrya tīre tasyaiva pañcabhir dvijapuṃgavaiḥ

śrāddhaṃ samācaret paścāllokapālānurūpibhiḥ /
kṛtvāgre lokapālāṃstu pratiṣṭhāpya yathāvidhi

sampūjya ca yathānyāyaṃ tāneva brāhmaṇaiḥ saha /
sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ paścāt tebhyaḥ sarvaṃ nivedayet

bālyātprabhṛti yatpāpaṃ kṛtaṃ vārdhakayauvane /
prakhyāpayitvā tebhyo'gre lokapālān nimantrayet

bālyātprabhṛti yatkiṃcitkṛtam ā janmato 'śubham /
viprebhyaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ tatsāṃnidhyaṃ sthiteṣu me

ityuktvā sa luṭhetpaścāttebhyo 'greṇa ca sammukham /
anumānya ca tānpañca paścāt snānaṃ samācaret

śrāddhaṃ ca kāryaṃ vidhivatpitṛbhyo nṛpasattama /
evaṃ kṛte nṛpaśreṣṭha sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet

jijñāsārthaṃ tu yaḥ kaścidātmānaṃ jñātum icchati /
śubhāśubhaṃ ca yatkarma tasya niṣṭhāmimāṃ śṛṇu

snātvā tatra mahātīrthe luṭhamāno vrajennaraḥ /
pāpakarmānyato yāti dharmakarmā vrajen nadīm

pāpakarmā tato jñātvā pāpaṃ me pūrvasaṃcitam /
snātvā tīrthavare tasmindānaṃ dadyād yathāvidhi

loṭaṇeśvaram abhyarcya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate /
avakragamanaṃ gatvā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

tasmāt sarvaprayatnena jñātvaivaṃ nṛpasattama /
snātavyaṃ mānavaistatra yatra saṃnihito haraḥ

evaṃ snātvā vidhānena brāhmaṇān vedapāragān /
pūjayetpṛthivīpāla sarvapāpopaśāntaye

evaṃ guṇaviśiṣṭaṃ hi tattīrthaṃ nṛpasattama /
tasya tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ śṛṇuṣvaikamanā nṛpa

tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ /
śrāddhaṃ yaḥ kurute tatra pitḥṇāṃ bhaktibhāvitaḥ

dānaṃ dadāti viprebhyo gobhūtilahiraṇyakam /
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi koṭirvarṣaśatāni ca

vimānavaramārūḍhaḥ svargaloke mahīyate /
narmadāsarvatīrthebhyaḥ snāne dāne ca yatphalam

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti revāsāgarasaṅgame /
suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ tāmraṃ maṇimauktikabhūṣaṇam

govṛṣaṃ ca mahīṃ dhānyaṃ tatra dattvākṣayaṃ phalam /
śubhasyāpyaśubhasyāpi tatra tīrthe na saṃśayaḥ

tatra tīrthe naraḥ kaścit prāṇatyāgaṃ yudhiṣṭhira /
karoti bhaktyā vidhivattasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

koṭivarṣaṃ tu varṣāṇāṃ krīḍitvā śivamandire /
vedavedāṅgavidvipro jāyate vimale kule

putrapautrasamṛddho 'sau dhanadhānyasamanvitaḥ /
sarvavyādhivinirmukto jīvecca śaradāṃśatam

api dvādaśayātrāsu somanāthe yadarcite /
kārttikyāṃ kṛttikāyoge tatpuṇyaṃ loṭaṇeśvare

gayā gaṅgā kurukṣetre naimiṣe puṣkare tathā /
tatpuṇyaṃ labhate pārtha loṭaṇeśvaradarśanāt

yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā paṭhyamānam idaṃ śubham /
sarvapāpavinirmukto rudralokaṃ sa gacchati