Skandapurana 6.3.40

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adhyāya 40

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śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchettu rājendra karañjeśvaramuttamam .
yatra siddho mahābhāgo daityo lokeṣu viśrutaḥ .. 40.1 ..

The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / ‘Then one should go, O lord of kings, to the excellent Karañjeśvara, / where the highly fortunate Daitya, celebrated in the worlds, attained perfection.’ 40.1

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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -
yo'sau siddho mahābhāga tatra tīrthe mahātapāḥ .
kasya putraḥ kathaṃ siddhaḥ kasminkāle vada dvija .. 40.2 ..

Yudhiṣṭhira said: / ‘He who attained perfection, O highly fortunate one of great austerity, at that sacred ford— / whose son was he, how did he attain perfection, and at what time? Tell me, O twice-born.’ 40.2

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mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
purā kṛtayuge rājanmānaso brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ .
vedavedāṅgatattvajño marīcirnāma nāmataḥ .. 40.3 ..

Mārkaṇḍeya said: / ‘Formerly, in the Kṛta age, O king, there was a mind-born son of Brahmā, / a knower of the true nature of the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas, named Marīci. 40.3

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tasyāpi tapaso rāśeḥ kālena mahatānagha .
putro'tha mānaso jātaḥ sākṣādbrahmeva cāparaḥ .. 40.4 ..

To that heap of austerity as well, in the course of much time, O sinless one, / a mind-born son was born, like a second Brahmā manifest. 40.4

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kṣamā damo dayā dānaṃ satyaṃ śaucamathārjavam .
marīceśca guṇā hyete santi tasya ca bhārata .. 40.5 ..

Patience, self-control, compassion, generosity, truthfulness, purity, and uprightness— / these virtues of Marīci were present in him as well, O Bhārata. 40.5

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evaṃ guṇagaṇākīrṇaṃ kaśyapaṃ dvijasattamam .
jñātvā prajāpatirdakṣo bhāryārthe svasutāṃ dadau .. 40.6 ..

Knowing Kaśyapa, the best of the twice-born, to be filled with such a host of virtues, / Dakṣa the lord of creatures gave him his daughters to wife: 40.6

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aditirditirdanuścaiva tathāpyevaṃ daśāparāḥ .
yāsāṃ putrāśca saṃjātāḥ pautrāśca bharatarṣabha .. 40.7 ..

Aditi, Diti, and Danu, and likewise ten others, / from whom sons were born, as well as grandsons, O bull among the Bharatas. 40.7

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aditirjanayāmāsa putrānindrapurogamān .
jātāstasya mahābāho kaśyapasya prajāpateḥ .. 40.8 ..

Aditi gave birth to sons headed by Indra, / born to that lord of creatures, Kaśyapa, O mighty-armed one, 40.8

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yaistu lokatrayaṃ vyāptaṃ sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ mahat .
tathānyasya mahābhāgo danoḥ putro vyajāyata .. 40.9 ..

by whom the three worlds, moving and unmoving, immense, are pervaded. / And from the other, from Danu, a highly fortunate son was born, 40.9

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sarvalakṣaṇasampannaḥ karañjo nāma nāmataḥ .
bāla eva mahābhāga cacāra sa mahattapaḥ .. 40.10 ..

endowed with all auspicious marks, Karañja by name. / Even as a child, O highly fortunate one, he performed great austerity. 40.10

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narmadātaṭamāśritya cātighoramanuttamam .
divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ ca kṛcchracāndrāyaṇaṃ nṛpa .. 40.11 ..

Resorting to the bank of the Narmadā, extremely fierce and unsurpassed, / for a thousand divine years, [he performed] the kṛcchra and cāndrāyaṇa penances, O king, 40.11

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śākamūlaphalāhāraḥ snānahomaparāyaṇaḥ .
tatastuṣṭo mahādeva umayā sahitaḥ kila .. 40.12 ..

eating vegetables, roots, and fruits, intent on bathing and burnt offerings. / Then Mahādeva, accompanied by Umā, became pleased indeed. 40.12

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vareṇa chandayāmāsa tripurāntakaraḥ prabhuḥ .
bhoḥ karañja mahāsattva parituṣṭo'smi te'nagha .. 40.13 ..

The Lord, the ender of Tripura, invited him to choose a boon: / “O Karañja of great fortitude, I am thoroughly pleased with you, O sinless one. 40.13

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varaṃ vṛṇīṣva te dadmi hyamaratvamṛte mama .. 40.14 ..

Choose a boon; I grant it to you, except for immortality like mine.”’ 40.14

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karañja uvāca -
yadi tuṣṭo mahādeva yadi deyo varo mama .
tarhi putrāśca pautrāśca santu me dharmavatsalāḥ .. 40.15 ..

Karañja said: / 'If you are pleased, O Mahādeva, if a boon is to be granted to me, / then let my sons and grandsons be devoted to righteousness.'

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tathetyuktvā mahādeva umayā sahitastadā .
vṛṣārūḍho gaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata .. 40.16 ..

Having said, 'So be it,' Mahādeva, accompanied by Umā, / mounted upon his bull together with his gaṇas, vanished right there.

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gate cādarśanaṃ deve so'pi daityo mudānvitaḥ .
svanāmnātra mahādevaṃ sthāpayitvā yayau gṛham .. 40.17 ..

And when the god had passed out of sight, that Daitya too, filled with joy, / having established Mahādeva here in his own name, went home.

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tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ sarvatīrtheṣvanuttamam .
snānamātrānarastatra mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 40.18 ..

From that time forth, that sacred ford has been preeminent among all sacred fords; / by merely bathing there, a man is freed from all sins.

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tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ .
so'gniṣṭomasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam .. 40.19 ..

He who bathes at that sacred ford and propitiates the ancestors and deities / obtains the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice, without a doubt.

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anāśakaṃ tu yaḥ kuryāttasmiṃstīrthe narādhipa .
anivartyā gatistasya rudralokaṃ sa gacchati .. 40.20 ..

And he who should undertake fasting unto death at that sacred ford, O king— / his course is non-returning; he goes to the world of Rudra.

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athavāgnijale prāṇānyastyajeddharmanandana .
ayutadvitayaṃ vaste varṣāṇāṃ śivamandire .. 40.21 ..

Or if one should give up his life-breaths in fire or in water, O son of Dharma, / he dwells for twenty thousand years in the abode of Śiva.

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tataścaiva kṣaye jāte jāyate vimale kule .
vedavedāṅgatattvajñaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ .. 40.22 ..

And after that [period] has come to an end, he is born in a spotless family, / knowing the truth of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, skilled in all scriptures,

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rājā vā rājatulyo vā jīvecca śaradaḥ śatam .
putrapautrasamopetaḥ sarvavyādhivivarjitaḥ .. 40.23 ..

a king or equal to a king, and he lives for a hundred autumns, / accompanied by sons and grandsons, free from all diseases.

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evaṃ te sarvamākhyātaṃ pṛṣṭaṃ yadyattvayānagha .
tīrthasya tu phalaṃ tasya snānadāneṣu bhārata .. 40.24 ..

Thus all that was asked by you, O sinless one, has been related to you: / the fruit of that sacred ford regarding bath and gifts, O Bhārata.

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etatpuṇyaṃ pāpaharaṃ dhanyaṃ duḥsvapnanāśanam .
paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ caiva tīrthamāhātmyamuttamam .. 40.25 ..

This supreme māhātmya of the sacred ford is meritorious, destroys sins, brings good fortune, and dispels bad dreams / for those who read it and listen to it.

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yastu śrāvayate śrāddhe paṭhetpitṛparāyaṇaḥ .
akṣayaṃ jāyate puṇyamityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt .. 40.26 ..

He who recites it or makes it heard at an ancestral rite, devoted to the ancestors, / his merit becomes imperishable: thus Śaṃkara declared.

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.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe narmadāmāhātmye karañjeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma catvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the fortieth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Karañjeśvara-tīrtha', in the Narmadāmāhātmya in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth [section], the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses.