Revākhāṇḍa (revised text) · Chapter 49

|| iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe 'ndhakavadhatadvarapradānavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
RKV adhyāya 49
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
andhakaṃ tu nihatyātha devadevo maheśvaraḥ /
umayā sahito rudraḥ kailāsamagamannagam

āgatāśca tato devā brahmādyāśca savāsavāḥ /
hṛṣṭāstuṣṭāśca te sarve praṇemuḥ pārvatīpatim

īśvara uvāca:
upāviśantu te sarve ye kecana samāgatāḥ /
nihato dānavo hyeṣa gīrvāṇārthe pitāmaha

raktena tasya me śūlaṃ nirmalaṃ naiva jāyate /
śubhavratatapojapyarato brahmanmayā hataḥ

kartumicchāmyahaṃ samyak tīrthayānaṃ caturmukha /
āgacchantu mayā sārddhaṃ ye yūyamiha saṃgatāḥ

ityuktvā devadeveśaḥ prabhāsaṃ pratiniryayau /
prabhāsādyāni tīrthāni gaṅgāsāgaramadhyataḥ

avagāhyāpi sarvāṇi nairmalyaṃ nābhavannṛpa /
narmadāyāṃ tato gatvā devo devaiḥ samanvitaḥ

uttaraṃ dakṣiṇaṃ kūlam avāgāhat priyavrataḥ /
gatastu dakṣiṇe kūle parvate bhṛgusaṃjñitam

tatra sthitvā mahādevo devaiḥ saha mahīpate /
bhrāntvā bhrāntvā ciraṃ śrānto nirviṇṇo niṣasāda ha

manohāri yataḥ sthānaṃ sarveṣāṃ vai divaukasām /
tīrthaṃ viśiṣṭaṃ tanmatvā sthito devo maheśvaraḥ

giriṃ vivyādha śūlena bhinnaṃ tena rasātalam /
nirmalaṃ cābhavacchūlaṃ na lepo dṛśyate kvacit

devair āhvānitā tatra mahāpuṇyā ca bhāratī /
parvatān niḥsṛtā tatra mahāpuṇyā sarasvatī

dvitīyaḥ saṅgamas tatra yathā veṇyāṃ sitāsitaḥ /
tatra brahmā svayaṃ devo brahmeśaṃ liṅgam uttamam

saṃsthāpayāmāsa puṇyaṃ sarvaduḥkhaghnamuttamam /
tasya yāmye diśo bhāge svayaṃ devo janārdanaḥ

tiṣṭhate ca sadā tatra viṣṇupādāgrasaṃsthitā /
ambhaso na bhaven mārgaḥ kuṇḍamadhyasthitasya ca

śūlāgreṇa kṛtā rekhā tatas toyaṃ vahen nṛpa /
tat toyaṃ ca gataṃ tatra yatra revā mahānadī

jalaliṅgaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ cakatīrthaṃ nṛpottama /
śūlabhede ca deveśaḥ snānaṃ kuryād yathāvidhi

ātmānaṃ manyate śuddhaṃ na kiṃcit kalmaṣaṃ kṛtam /
tasyaivottarakāṣṭhāyāṃ devadevo jagadguruḥ

ātmanā devadeveśaḥ śūlapāṇiḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ /
sarvatīrtheṣu tattīrthaṃ sarvadevamayaṃ param

sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvaduḥkhaghnam uttamam /
tatra tīrthe pratiṣṭhāpya devadevaṃ jagadguruḥ

rakṣāpālāṃs tato muktvā śataṃ sāṣṭavināyakān /
kṣetrapālāḥ śataṃ sāṣṭaṃ tadrakṣanti prayatnataḥ

vighnāstasyopajāyante yastatra sthātum icchati /
kecit kuṭumbāttatāsu vyāgrāḥ kecit kṛṣīṣu ca

kecitsabhāṃ prakurvanti keciddravyārjane ratāḥ /
parokṣavādaṃ kurvanti ke 'pi hiṃsāratāḥ sadā

paradāraratāḥ kecitkecidvṛttivihiṃsakāḥ /
anye kecidvadantyevaṃ kathaṃ tīrtheṣu gamyate

kṣudhayā pīḍyate bhāryā putrabhṛtyādayas tadā /
mohajāleṣu yojyante evaṃ devagaṇair narāḥ

pāpācārāśca ye martyāḥ snānaṃ teṣāṃ na jāyate /
saṃrakṣanti ca tattīrthaṃ devabhṛtyagaṇāḥ sadā

dhanyāḥ puṇyāśca ye martyās teṣāṃ snānaṃ prajāyate /
sarasvatyā bhogavatyā devanadyā viśeṣataḥ

ayaṃ tu saṅgamaḥ puṇyo yathā veṇyāṃ sitāsitaḥ /
dṛṣṭvā tīrthaṃ tu te sarve gīrvāṇā hṛṣṭacetasaḥ

devasya sannidhau bhūtvā varṇayāmāsuruttamam /
idaṃ tīrthaṃ tu deveśa gayātīrthena te samam

guhyādguhyatamaṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati /
śūlapāṇiḥ samabhyarcya indrādyairapsarogaṇaiḥ

yakṣakinnaragandharvair dikpālair lokapairapi /
nṛtyagītais tathā stotraiḥ sarvaiścāpi surāsuraiḥ

pūjyamāno gaṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ siddhair nāgair maheśvaraḥ /
devena bheditaṃ tatra śūlāgreṇa narādhipa

tridhā yatrekṣyate 'dyāpi hyāvartaḥ surapūritaḥ /
kuṇḍatrayaṃ naravyāghra mahatkalakalānvitam

sarvapāpakṣayakaraṃ sarvaduḥkhaghnam uttamam /
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snāti upavāsaparāyaṇaḥ

dīkṣāmantravihīno 'pi mucyate cābdikādaghāt /
ye punarvidhivatsnānti mantraiḥ pañcabhireva ca

vedoktaiḥ pañcabhirmantraiḥ sahiraṇyaghaṭaiḥ śubhaiḥ /
akṣarair daśabhiścaiva ṣaḍbhirvā tribhireva vā

pṛthagbhūtairdvijātīnāṃ tīrthe kāryaṃ narādhipa /
brahmakṣatraviśāṃ vāpi strīśūdrāṇāṃ tathaiva ca

puruṣāṇāṃ trayīṃ dhyātvā snānaṃ kuryād yathāvidhi /
daśākṣareṇa mantreṇa ye pibanti jalaṃ narāḥ

te gacchanti paraṃ lokaṃ yatra devo maheśvaraḥ /
kedāre ca yathā pītaṃ rudrakuṇḍe tathaiva ca

pañcarephasamāyuktaṃ kṣakāraṃ surapūjitam /
oṅkāreṇa samāyuktam etad vedyaṃ prakīrtitam

yastatra kurute snānaṃ vidhiyukto jitendriyaḥ /
tilamiśreṇa toyena tarpayet pitṛdevatāḥ

kulānāṃ tārayed viṃśaṃ daśapūrvāndaśāparān /
gayādipañcasthāneṣu yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute naraḥ

sa tatra phalamāpnoti śūlabhede na saṃśayaḥ /
yastatra vidhinā yukto dadyāddānāni bhaktitaḥ

tudakṣayaṃ phalaṃ tatra sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ tathā /
gayāśiro yathā puṇyaṃ pitṛkāryeṣu sarvadā

śūlabhedaṃ tathā puṇyaṃ snānadānāditarpaṇaiḥ /
bhaktyā dadāti yastatra kāñcanaṃ gāṃ mahīṃ tilān

āsanopānahau śayyāṃ varāśvān kṣatriyas tathā /
vastrayugmaṃ ca dhānyaṃ ca gṛhaṃ pūrṇaṃ prayatnataḥ

sayoktraṃ lāṅgalaṃ dadyāt kṛṣṭāṃ caiva vasuṃdharām /
dānānyetāni yo dadyād brāhmaṇe vedapārage

śrotriye kulasampanne śuciṣmati jitendriye /
śrutādhyayanasampanne dambhahīne kriyānvite /
trayodaśāhaḥsvekaikaṃ trayodaśaguṇaṃ bhavet