Revākhāṇḍa (revised text) · Chapter 7
|| iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe narmadāmāhātmye sahaitukarevānāmamāhātmyavarṇane mayūrakalpasamudbhavo nāma ṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ ||
RKV adhyāya 7
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
punarekārṇave ghore naṣṭe sthāvarajaṃgame /
salilenāplute loke nirāloke tamodbhave
brahmaiko vicaraṃstatra tamībhūte mahārṇave /
divyavarṣasahasraṃ tu khadyota iva rūpavān
śete yojanasāhasram aprameyam anuttamam /
dvādaśādityasaṃkāśaṃ sahasracaraṇekṣaṇam
prasuptaṃ cārṇave ghore hyapaśyatkūrmarūpiṇam /
taṃ dṛṣṭvā vismayāpanno brahmā bodhayate śanaiḥ
stutibhirmaṃgalaiścaiva vedavedāṃgasaṃbhavaiḥ /
vācaspate vibudhyasva mahābhūta namo 'stu te
tavodare jagatsarvaṃ tiṣṭhate parameśvara /
tadvimuñca mahāsattva yatpūrvaṃ saṃhṛtaṃ tvayā
vyatītā rajanī brāhmī dinaṃ samanuvartate /
nirīkṣya sarvalokeśa yena saṃbhavate jagat
sa niśamya vacastasya utthitaḥ parameśvaraḥ /
samudgiran sa lokāṃstrīn grastān kalpakṣaye tadā
devadānavagandharvāḥ sayakṣoragarākṣasāḥ /
sacandrārkagrahāḥ sarve śarīrāttasya nirgatāḥ
tato hyekārṇavaṃ sarvaṃ vibhajya parameśvaraḥ /
vistīrṇopalatoyaughāṃ saritsaravivardhitām
paśyate medinīṃ devaḥ savṛkṣauṣadhipalvalām /
himavantaṃ giriśreṣṭhaṃ śvetaṃ parvatamuttamam
śṛṅgavantaṃ mahāśailaṃ ye cānye kulaparvatāḥ /
jaṃbudvīpaṃ kuśaṃ krauñcaṃ sagomedaṃ saśālmalam
puṣkarāntāśca ye dvīpā ye ca saptamahārṇavāḥ /
lokālokaṃ mahāśailaṃ sarvaṃ ca purataḥ sthitam
catuḥprakṛtisaṃyuktaṃ jagat sthāvarajaṃgamam /
yugānte tu viniṣkrāntam apaśyatsa maheśvaraḥ
viprakīrṇaśilājālāmapaśyatsa vasuṃdharām /
kūrmapṛṣṭhopagāṃ devīṃ mahārṇavagatāṃ prabhuḥ
tasmin viśīrṇaśailāgre saritsarovivarjite /
nānātaraṃgabhinnoda āvartodvartasaṃkule
nānauṣadhiprajvalite nānotpalaśilātale /
nānāvihaṃgasaṃghuṣṭāṃ matsyakūrmasamākulām
divyamāyāmayīṃ devīm utkṛṣṭāmbudasannibhām /
nadīmapaśyaddeveśo hyanaupamyajalāśayām
madhye tasyāmbudaśyāmāṃ pīnorujaghanastanīm /
vastrairanupamairdivyairnānābharaṇabhūṣitām
sanūpuraravoddāmāṃ hārakeyūramaṇḍitām /
tādṛśīṃ narmadāṃ devīṃ svayaṃ strīrūpadhāriṇīm
yogamāyāmayaiścitrairbhūṣaṇaiḥ svairvibhūṣitām /
avyaktāṅgīṃ mahābhāgāmapaśyatsa tu narmadām
ardhodyatabhujāṃ bālāṃ padmapatrāyatekṣaṇām /
stuvantīṃ devadeveśamutthitāṃ tu jalāttadā
vismayāviṣṭahṛdayo hyahamudvīkṣya tāṃ śubhām /
snātvā jale śubhe tasyāḥ stotumabhyudyatastataḥ
arcayāmāsa saṃhṛṣṭo mantrairvedāṃgasaṃbhavaiḥ /
sṛṣṭaṃ ca tatpurā rājanpaśyeyaṃ sacarācaram
sadevāsuragandharvaṃ sapannagamahoragam /
paśyāmyeṣā mahābhāgā naiva yātā kṣayaṃ purā
mahādevaprasādācca taccharīrasamudbhavā /
bhūyo bhūyo mayā dṛṣṭā kathitā te nṛpottama
prādurbhāvamimaṃ kaurmyaṃ ye 'dhīyante dvijottamāḥ /
ye 'pi śṛṇvanti vidvāṃso mucyante te 'pi kilbiṣaiḥ
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