Revākhāṇḍa (revised text) · Chapter 92

|| iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe caṇḍādityatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
RKV adhyāya 92
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
tato gacchettu rājendra yamahāsyamanuttamam /
sarvapāpaharaṃ tīrthaṃ narmadātaṭamāśritam

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca:
yamahāsyaṃ kathaṃ jātaṃ pṛthivyāṃ dvijapuṃgava /
etatsarvaṃ mamākhyāhi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
sādhu sādhu mahāprājña pṛṣṭo 'haṃ nṛpanandana /
snānārthaṃ narmadāṃ puṇyāmāgataste pitā purā

rajakena yathā dhautaṃ vastraṃ bhavati nirmalam /
tathāsau nirmalo jāto dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhira

sa paśyannirmalaṃ dehaṃ hasanprovāca vismitaḥ

yama uvāca:
matpuraṃ katham āyānti manujāḥ pāpabṛṃhitāḥ /
snānenaikena revāyāḥ prāpyate vaiṣṇavaṃ padam

samarthā ye na paśyanti revāṃ puṇyajalāṃ śubhām /
jātyandhaiste samā jñeyā mṛtaiḥ paṅgubhireva vā

samarthā ye na paśyanti revāṃ puṇyajalāṃ nadīm /
etasmāt kāraṇād rājanhasito lokaśāsanaḥ

sthāpayitvā yamastatra devaṃ svargaṃ jagāma ha /
yamahāseśvare rājañjitakrodho jitendriyaḥ

viśeṣāccāśvine māsi kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśīm /
upoṣya parayā bhaktyā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryāddīpaṃ devasya bodhayet /
ghṛtena caiva rājendra śṛṇu tatrāsti yatphalam

mucyate pātakaiḥ sarvair agamyāgamanodbhavaiḥ /
abhakṣyabhakṣaṇodbhūtair apeyāpeyajair api

avāhyavāhite yatsyād adohyādohane yathā /
snānamātreṇa tasyaivaṃ yānti pāpānyanekadhā

yamalokaṃ na vīkṣeta manujaḥ sa kadācana /
pitḥṇāṃ paramaṃ guhyamidaṃ bhūmau nareśvara

dadatām akṣayaṃ sarvaṃ yamahāsye na saṃśayaḥ /
amāvāsyāṃ jitakrodho yastu pūjayate dvijān

hiraṇyabhūmidānena tiladānena bhūyasā /
kṛṣṇājinapradānena tiladhenupradānataḥ

vidhānoktadvijāgryāya ye pradāsyanti bhaktitaḥ /
hayaṃ vā kuṃjaraṃ vātha dhūrvahau sīrasaṃyutau

kanyāṃ vasumatīṃ gāṃ ca mahiṣīṃ vā payasvinīm /
dadate ye nṛpaśreṣṭha nopasarpanti te yamam

yamo 'pi bhavati prītaḥ pratijanma yudhiṣṭhira /
yamasya vāho mahiṣo mahiṣyastasya mātaraḥ

tāsāṃ dānaprabhāveṇa yamaḥ prīto bhaved dhruvam /
nāsau yamamavāpnoti yadi pāpaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ

etasmāt kāraṇād atra mahiṣīdānamuttamam /
tasyāḥ śṛṅge jalaṃ kāryaṃ dhūmravastrānuveṣṭitā

āyasasya khurāḥ kāryās tāmrapṛṣṭhāḥ subhūṣitāḥ /
lavaṇācalaṃ pūrvasyāmāgneyyāṃ guḍaparvatam

kārpāsaṃ yāmyabhāgaṃ tu navanītaṃ tu nairṛte /
paścime saptadhānyāni vāyavye taṃdulāḥ smṛtāḥ

saumye tu kāñcanaṃ dadyād īśāne ghṛtameva ca /
pradadyādyamarājo me prīyatāmityudīrayan

ityuccārya dvijasyāgre yamalokaṃ mahābhayam /
asipattravanaṃ ghoraṃ yamacullī sudāruṇā

raudrā vaitaraṇī caiva kumbhīpāko bhayāvahaḥ /
kālasūtro mahābhīmas tathā yamalaparvatau

krakacaṃ tailayantraṃ ca śvāno gṛdhrāḥ sudāruṇāḥ /
nirucchvāsā mahānādā bhairavo rauravastathā

ete ghorā yāmyaloke śrūyante dvijasattama /
tvatprasādena te somyāstīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ

dānasyāsya prabhāveṇa yamarājaprasādataḥ /
narake 'haṃ na yāsyāmi dvija janmani janmani

yamahāsyasya cākhyānam idaṃ śṛṇvanti ye narāḥ /
te 'pi pāpavinirmuktā na paśyanti yamālayam