Revākhāṇḍa (revised text) · Chapter 98

|| iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe vyāsatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptanavatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||
RKV adhyāya 98
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
tato gacchettu rājendra prabhāseśvaramuttamam /
vikhyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu svargasopānamuttamam

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca:
prabhāsaṃ tāta me brūhi kathaṃ jātaṃ mahāphalam /
svargasopānadaṃ dṛśyaṃ saṃkṣepāt kathayasva me

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
durbhagā ravipatnī ca prabhānāmeti viśrutā /
tayā cārādhitaḥ śambhurugreṇa tapasā purā

vāyubhakṣā sthitā varṣaṃ varṣaṃ dhyānaparāyaṇā /
tatastuṣṭo mahādevaḥ prabhāyāḥ pāṇḍunandana

īśvara uvāca:
kasmāt saṃkliśyase bāle kathyatāṃ yadvivakṣitam /
ahaṃ hi bhāskaro 'pyeko nānātvaṃ naiva vidyate

prabhovāca:
nānyo devaḥ striyaḥ śambho vinā bhartrā kvacitprabho /
saguṇo nirguṇo vāpi dhanāḍhyo vāpyakiṃcanaḥ

priyo vā yadi vā dveṣyaḥ strīṇāṃ bhartaiva daivatam /
durbhagatvena dagdhāhaṃ sakhīmadhye sureśvara /
bharttar yallabdhasaukhyāsmi tena kliśyāmyahaṃ bhṛśam

īśvara uvāca:
vallabhā bhāskarasyaiva matprasādādbhaviṣyasi

pārvatyuvāca:
apramāṇaṃ bhavadvākyaṃ bhāskaro 'pi kariṣyati /
vṛthā kleśo bhavedasyāḥ prabhāyāḥ parameśvara

umāvākyān maheśānadhyātastimiranāśanaḥ /
āgato gaganādbhānurnarmadottararodhasi

bhānuruvāca:
āhūto 'smi kathaṃ deva hyaghāsuraniṣūdana

īśvara uvāca:
prabhāṃ pālaya bho bhāno saṃtoṣeṇa pareṇa hi

umovāca:
prabhāyā mandire nityaṃ sthīyatāṃ himanāśana /
agrapatnī samastānāṃ bhāryāṇāṃ kriyatāṃ rave

bhānuruvāca:
evaṃ devi kariṣyāmi tava vākyaṃ varānane /
etacchrutvā prabhāhūtā pratyuvāca maheśvaram

prabhovāca:
svāṃśena sthīyatāṃ deva manmathāre umāpate /
ekāṃśaḥ sthāpyatāmatra tīrthasyonmīlanāya ca

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca:
sarvadevamayaṃ liṅgaṃ sthāpitaṃ tatra pāṇḍava /
prabhāseśa iti khyātaṃ sarvalokeṣu durlabham

anyāni yāni tīrthāni kāle tāni phalanti vai /
prabhāseśastu rājendra sadyaḥ kāmaphalapradaḥ

māghamāse site pakṣe saptamyāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ /
aśvaṃ yaḥ sparśayet tatra yathoktabrāhmaṇe nṛpa

indratvaṃ prāpyate tena bhāskarasyāthavā padam /
snātvā paramayā bhaktyā dānaṃ dadyād dvijātaye

gopradātā labhetsvargaṃ satyalokaṃ vareśvara /
sarvāṅgasundarīṃ śubhrāṃ kṣīriṇīṃ taruṇīṃ śubhām

savatsāṃ ghaṇṭāsaṃyuktāṃ kāṃsyapātrāvadohinīm /
dadate ye nṛpaśreṣṭha na te yānti yamālayam

atha yaḥ parayā bhaktyā snānaṃ devasya kārayet /
sa prāpnoti paraṃ lokaṃ yāvadābhūtasamplavam

daurbhāgyaṃ nāśamāyāti snānamātreṇa pāṇḍava /
tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā kanyādānaṃ prayacchati

brāhmaṇāya vivāhena dāpayet pāṇḍunandana /
samānavayase deyā kulaśīladhanaistathā

ye dadante mahārāja hyapi pātakasaṃyutāḥ /
teṣāṃ pāpāni līyante hyudake lavaṇaṃ yathā

svāmidrohakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nikṣepasyāpahāriṇi /
mitraghne ca kṛtaghne ca kūṭasākṣyasamudbhavam

tadgrāmodyānabhedotthaṃ paradāraniṣevaṇam /
vārddhuṣikasya yatpāpaṃ yatpāpaṃ steyasambhavam

kūpabhedodbhavaṃ yacca baiḍālavratadhāriṇaḥ /
dāmbhikaṃ vṛkṣacchedotthaṃ vivāhasya niṣedhajam

ārāmasthatarucchedamagamyāgamanodbhavam /
svabhāryātyajane yacca parabhāryāsamīhanāt

brahmasvaharaṇe yacca garade govighātini /
vidyāvikrayaṇotthaṃ ca saṃsargādyacca pātakam

śvabiḍālavadhādghoraṃ sarpaśūdrodbhavaṃ tathā /
bhūmihartuśca yatpāpaṃ bhūmihāriṇi caiva hi

mā dadasveti yatpāpaṃ govahnibrāhmaṇeṣu ca /
tatpāpaṃ yāti vilayaṃ kanyādānena pāṇḍava

sa gatvā bhāskaraṃ lokaṃ rudraloke śubhe vrajet /
krīḍate rudralokastho yāvad indrāścaturdaśa

sarvapāpakṣaye jāte śive bhavati bhāvanā /
etadvrajati yastīrthaṃ prabhāsaṃ pāṇḍunandana

sarvatīrthaphalaṃ prāpya so 'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet /
gopradānaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ sarvapāpakṣayaṃ param /
praśastaṃ sarvakālaṃ hi caturdaśyāṃ viśeṣataḥ