Revākhāṇḍa (revised text) · Chapter 32
|| iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe brahmāvartatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
RKV adhyāya 32
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
pattreśvaraṃ tato gacchet sarvapāpapraṇāśanam /
yatra siddho mahābhāgaścitrasenasuto balī
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca:
ko 'sau siddhas tadā brahmaṃstasmiṃstīrthe mahātapāḥ /
putraḥ kasya tu ko heturetadicchāmi veditum
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
citronāma mahātejā indrasya dayitaḥ purā /
tasya putro nṛpaśreṣṭha pattreśvara iti śrutaḥ
rūpavān subhagaścaiva sarvaśatrubhayaṃkaraḥ /
indrasya dayito 'tyarthaṃ jaya ityeva cāparaḥ
sa kadācit sabhāmadhye sarvadevasamāgame /
menakānṛtyagītena mohitaḥ suciraṃ kila
tiṣṭhate gatamaryādo gataprāṇa iva kṣaṇāt /
tāvatsurapatirdevaḥ śaśāpāthājitendriyam
yasmāt tvaṃ svargasaṃstho 'pi martyadharmam upeyivān /
tasmān martye ciraṃ kālaṃ kṣapayiṣyasyasaṃśayam
evam uktaḥ surendreṇa citrasenasuto yuvā /
vepamānaḥ suraśreṣṭhaḥ kṛtāñjaliruvāca ha
pattreśvara uvāca:
mayā pāpena mūḍhena ajitendriyacetasā /
prāptaṃ vai yatphalaṃ tasya prasādaṃ kartum arhasi
śakra uvāca:
narmadātaṭamāśritya dvādaśābdaṃ jitendriyaḥ /
ārādhaya śivaṃ śāntaṃ punaḥ prāpsyasi sadgatim
satyaśaucaratānāṃ ca dharmiṣṭhānāṃ jitātmanām /
loko'yaṃ pāpināṃ naiva iti śāstrasya niścayaḥ
evamukte mahārāja sahasrākṣeṇa dhīmatā /
gandharvatanayo dhīmānpraṇamyāgāttu bhūtalam
revāyā vimale toye brahmāvartasamīpataḥ /
snātvā japtvā vidhānena arcayitvā ca śaṅkaram
vāyvambupiṇyākaphalaiśca puṣpaiḥ parṇaiśca mūlāśanayāvakena /
tatāpa pañcāgnitapobhir ugraistataśca toṣaṃ samagāt sa devaḥ
pinākapāṇiṃ varadaṃ triśūlinamumāpatiṃ hyandhakanāśanaṃ ca /
candrārdhamauliṃ gajakṛttivāsasaṃ dṛṣṭvā papātāgragataṃ samīkṣya
īśvara uvāca:
varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te varado 'haṃ tavānagha /
yamicchasi dadāmyadya nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
pattreśvara uvāca:
yadi tuṣṭo 'si deveśa yadi deyo varo mama /
atra tvaṃ satataṃ tīrthe mama nāmnā bhava prabho
etacchrutvā mahādevo harṣagadgadayā girā /
tathetyuktvā yayau hṛṣṭa umayā saha śaṅkaraḥ
so 'pi tattīrtham āplutya gate deve divaṃ prati /
snātvā jāpyavidhānena tarpayitvā pitḥn punaḥ
sthāpayāmāsa deveśaṃ tasmiṃs tīrthe vidhānataḥ /
pattreśvaraṃ tu vikhyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu bhārata
indralokaṃ gataḥ śāpānmuktaḥ so 'pi nareśvara /
hṛṣṭaḥ pramudito ramyaṃ jayaśabdādimaṅgalaiḥ
eṣa te kathitaḥ praśnaḥ pṛṣṭo yo vai yudhiṣṭhira /
tatra snānena caikena sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
yastvarcayenmahādevaṃ tasmiṃstīrthe yudhiṣṭhira /
snātvābhyarcya pitḥn devān so 'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet
mṛto varṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ krīḍitvā ca śive pure /
rājā vā rājatulyo vā paścānmartyeṣu jāyate
vedavedāṅgatattvajño jīvecca śaradaḥ śatam /
vyādhiśokavinirmuktaḥ punaḥ smarati tajjalam
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