Revākhāṇḍa (revised text) · Chapter 65

|| iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe agastyeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma catuḥṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
RKV adhyāya 65
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
tato gacchettu rājendra ānandeśvaramuttamam /
tattīrthaṃ kathayiṣyāmi sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca:
ānandaścaiva saṃjāto rudrasya dvijasattama /
kathyatāṃ me ca tatsarvaṃ saṃkṣepātsaha bāndhavaiḥ

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
kathayāmi nṛpaśreṣṭha ānandeśvaramuttamam /
dānavānāṃ vadhaṃ kṛtvā devadevo maheśvaraḥ

pūjito daivataiḥ sarvaiḥ kinnarairyakṣapannagaiḥ /
ānandasaṃyuto devo nanarta vṛṣavāhanaḥ

bhairavaṃ rūpamāsthāya gauryā cārddhāṅgasaṃsthitaḥ /
bhūtavetālakaṅkālair bhairavair bhairavo vṛtaḥ

nanarta narmadātīre dakṣiṇe pāṇḍunandana /
tuṣṭairmarudgaṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ sthāpitaḥ kamalāsanaḥ

tadāprabhṛti tattīrtham ānandeśvaram ucyate /
aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ narādhipa

vidhivaccārcayed devaṃ sugandhena vilepayet /
brāhmaṇānpūjayettatra yathāśaktyā yudhiṣṭhira

godānaṃ tatra kartavyaṃ vastradānaṃ śubhāvaham /
vasantasya trayodaśyāṃ śrāddhaṃ tatraiva kārayet

iṅgudair badarair bilvair akṣataiśca jalena vā /
pretānāṃ kārayecchrāddhamānandeśvara uttame

ānanditā bhaveyuste yāvadābhūtasamplavam /
santatervai na vicchedaḥ saptajanmasu jāyate /
ānando hi bhavatteṣāṃ pratijanmani bhārata