Revākhāṇḍa (revised text) · Chapter 78

|| iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe bhīmeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
RKV adhyāya 78
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
tato gacchettu rājendra naradeśvaramuttamam /
tīrthānāṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ nirmitaṃ nāradena tu

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca:
nāradena muniśreṣṭha kasmāttīrthaṃ vinirmitam /
etadākhyāhi me sarvaṃ prasanno yadi sattama

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
parameṣṭhisutaḥ pārtha nārado munisattamaḥ /
revāyāścottare kūle tapastena purā kṛtam

navanāḍīnirodhena kāṣṭhāvatyāṃ gatena ca /
toṣitaḥ paśubhartā vai nāradena yudhiṣṭhira

īśvara uvāca:
tuṣṭo 'haṃ tava viprendra yoginātha ayonija /
varaṃ prārthaya me vatsa yaste manasi vartate

nārada uvāca:
tvatprasādena me śambho yogaścaiva prasidhyatu /
acalā te bhavedbhaktiḥ sarvakālaṃ mamaiva tu

svecchācārī bhave deva vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ /
trikālajño jagannātha gītajño 'haṃ sadā bhave

dine dine yathā yuddhaṃ devadānavamānuṣaiḥ /
pātāle martyaloke vā svarge vāpi maheśvara

paśyeyaṃ tvatprasādena bhavantaṃ pārvatīṃ tathā /
tīrthaṃ lokeṣu vikhyātaṃ sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram

īśvara uvāca:
evaṃ nārada sarvaṃ tu bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ /
cintitaṃ matprasādena sidhyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

svecchācāro bhavervatsa svarge pātālagocare /
martye vā bhrama vai yoginna kenāpi nivāryase

sapta svarāstrayo grāmā mūrcchanāścaikaviṃśatiḥ /
tānā ekonapañcāśatprasādānme tava dhruvam

mama priyaṃkaraṃ divyaṃ nṛtyagītaṃ bhaviṣyati /
kaliṃ ca paśyase nityaṃ devadānavakinnaraiḥ

tvattīrthaṃ bhūtale puṇyaṃ matprasādād bhaviṣyati /
vedavedāṅgatattvajño hyaśeṣajñānakovidaḥ /
ekastvamasi niḥsaṅgo matprasādena nārada

ityuktvāntardadhe devo nāradastatra śūlinam /
sthāpayāmāsa rājendra sarvasattvopakārakam

pṛthivyāmuttamaṃ tīrthaṃ nirmitaṃ nāradena tu /
tatra tīrthe nṛpaśreṣṭha yo gacchedvijitendriyaḥ

māsi bhādrapade pārtha kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśī /
upoṣya parayā bhaktyā rātrau kurvīta jāgaram

chatraṃ tatra pradātavyaṃ brāhmaṇe śubhalakṣaṇe /
śastreṇa tu hatā ye vai teṣāṃ śrāddhaṃ pradāpayet /
te yānti paramaṃ lokaṃ piṇḍadānaprabhāvataḥ

kapilā tatra dātavyā pitḥn uddiśya bhārata /
ityuccārya dvije deyā yāntu te paramāṃ gatim

asya śrāddhasya bhāvena brāhmaṇasya prasādataḥ /
narmadātoyabhāvena nyāyārjitadhanasya ca /
teṣāṃ caiva prabhāvena pretā yāntu parāṃ gatim

ityuccārya dvije deyā dakṣiṇā ca svaśaktitaḥ /
haviṣyānnaṃ viśālākṣa dvijānāṃ caiva dāpayet

dīpaṃ bhaktyā pradātavyaṃ nṛtyaṃ gītaṃ ca kārayet /
avāptaṃ tena vai sarvaṃ yaḥ karotīśvarālaye

sa yāti rudrasāṃnidhyam iti rudraḥ svayaṃ jagau /
vidyādānena caikena akṣayāṃ gatim āpnuyāt

dhūrvahāstatra dātavyā bhūmiḥ sasyavatī nṛpa /
citrabhānuṃ śubhairmantraiḥ prīṇayet tatra bhaktitaḥ

ājyena suprabhūtena homadravyeṇa bhārata /
ye yajanti sadā bhaktyā trikālaṃ nṛtyameva ca

tīrthe nāradanāmākhye revāyāścottare taṭe /
citrabhānumukhā devāḥ sarvadevamaya ṛṣiḥ

ṛṣiṇā prīṇitāḥ sarve tasmāt prītyo hutāśanaḥ /
pūjite havyavāhe tu dāridryaṃ naiva jāyate

dhanena vipulā prītir jāyate pratijanmani /
kulīnāśca suveṣāśca sarvakālaṃ dhanena tu

plavo nadīnāṃ patiraṅganānāṃ rājā ca sadvṛttarataḥ prajānām /
dhanaṃ narāṇāmṛtavastarūṇāṃ gataṃ gataṃ yauvanamānayanti

dhanadatvaṃ dhaneśena tasmiṃstīrthe hyupārjitam /
yamena ca yamatvaṃ hi indratvaṃ caiva vajriṇā

anyairapi mahīpālaiḥ pārthivatvamupārjitam /
nāradeśvaramāhātmyād dhruvo niścalatāṃ gataḥ

sarvatīrthavaraṃ tīrthaṃ nirmitaṃ nāradena tu /
pṛthivyāṃ sāgarāntāyāṃ revāyāścottare taṭe /
tadvaraṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ mahāpātakanāśanam