Skandapurana 6.3.83

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adhyāya 83

6.3.83.1

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchenmahārāja tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam .
brahmahatyāharaṃ proktaṃ revātaṭasamāśrayam .
hanūmatābhidhaṃ hyatra vidyate liṅgamuttamam .. 83.1 ..

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:
Then one should go, O great king, to the extremely beautiful sacred ford,
said to remove the murder of a brahmin, situated on the bank of the Revā.
For here exists the excellent liṅga named after Hanumat.

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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -
hanūmanteśvaraṃ nāma kathaṃ jātaṃ vadasva me .
brahmahatyāharaṃ tīrthaṃ revādakṣiṇasaṃsthitam .. 83.2 ..

Yudhiṣṭhira said:
Tell me how Hanūmanteśvara came to be,
the sacred ford that removes the murder of a brahmin, situated on the southern bank of the Revā.

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śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
sādhu sādhu mahābāho somavaṃśavibhūṣaṇa .
guhyādguhyataraṃ tīrthaṃ nākhyātaṃ kasyacinmayā .. 83.3 ..

The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Excellent, excellent, O mighty-armed one, ornament of the lunar dynasty! / I have not told anyone of this sacred ford, which is more secret than the secret.

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tava snehātpravakṣyāmi pīḍito vārddhakena tu .
pūrvaṃ jātaṃ mahadyuddhaṃ rāmarāvaṇayorapi .. 83.4 ..

Out of affection for you I shall declare it, though I am afflicted by old age. / Long ago, a great battle took place between Rāma and Rāvaṇa.

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pulastyo brahmaṇaḥ putro viśravāstasya vai sutaḥ .
rāvaṇastena saṃjāto daśāsyo brahmarākṣasaḥ .. 83.5 ..

Pulastya was the son of Brahmā, and Viśravas was indeed his son. / From him was born Rāvaṇa, the ten-faced brahmarākṣasa.

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trailokyavijayī bhūtaḥ prasādācchūlinaḥ sa ca .
gīrvāṇā vijitāḥ sarve rāmasya gṛhiṇī hṛtā .. 83.6 ..

And by the grace of the wielder of the trident, he became the conqueror of the three worlds. / All the gods were conquered, and Rāma's wife was abducted.

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vāritaḥ kumbhakarṇena sītāṃ mocaya mocaya .
vibhīṣaṇena vai pāpo mandodaryā punaḥpunaḥ .. 83.7 ..

The sinner was repeatedly restrained by Kumbhakarṇa, by Vibhīṣaṇa, / and by Mandodarī: 'Release Sītā, release her!'

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tvaṃ jitaḥ kārtavīryeṇa raiṇukeyena so'pi ca .
sa rāmo rāmabhadreṇa tasya saṃkhye kathaṃ jayaḥ .. 83.8 ..

'You were defeated by Kārtavīrya, and he too by the son of Reṇukā; / that Rāma [was defeated] by Rāmabhadra; how then could there be your victory in battle?'

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rāvaṇa uvāca -
vānaraiśca narairṛkṣairvarāhaiśca nirāyudhaiḥ .
devāsurasamūhaiśca na jito'haṃ kadācana .. 83.9 ..

Rāvaṇa said: / 'By monkeys, men, bears, and by unarmed boars, / and by hosts of gods and asuras, I was never defeated.'

6.3.83.10

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
sugrīvahanumadbhyāṃ ca kumudenāṅgadena ca .
etairanyaiḥ sahāyaiśca rāmacandreṇa vai jitaḥ .. 83.10 ..

The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Yet by Rāmacandra, with Sugrīva and Hanumān, / with Kumuda, Aṅgada, and with these and other allies, he was indeed conquered.

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rāmacandreṇa paulastyo hataḥ saṃkhye mahābalaḥ .
vanaṃ bhagnaṃ hatāḥ śūrāḥ prabhañjanasutena ca .. 83.11 ..

By Rāmacandra, the mighty son of Pulastya was slain in battle. / The forest was broken, and heroes were slain by the son of the Wind.

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rāvaṇasya suto janye hataścākṣakumārakaḥ .
āyāmo rakṣasāṃ bhīmaḥ sampiṣṭo vānareṇa tu .. 83.12 ..

Rāvaṇa's son, Prince Akṣa, was slain in combat, / and the dreadful might of the rākṣasas was crushed by the monkey.

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evaṃ rāmāyaṇe vṛtte sītāmokṣe kṛte sati .
ayodhyāṃ tu gate rāme hanumānsa mahākapiḥ .. 83.13 ..

When this event of the Rāmāyaṇa had thus passed and Sītā had been freed, / and Rāma had gone to Ayodhyā, that great monkey Hanumān

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kailāsākhyaṃ gataḥ śailaṃ praṇāmāya maheśituḥ .
tiṣṭha tiṣṭhetyasau prokto nandinā vānarottamaḥ .. 83.14 ..

went to the mountain named Kailāsa to bow before the Great Lord. / 'Wait, wait!' that best of monkeys was told by Nandin:

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brahmahatyāyutastvaṃ hi rākṣasānāṃ vadhena hi .
bhairavasya sabhā nūnaṃ na draṣṭavyā tvayā kape .. 83.15 ..

'You are tainted with the sin of killing brahmins, on account of slaying the rākṣasas. / Truly, O monkey, the assembly hall of Bhairava must not be seen by you.'

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hanumānuvāca -
nandinātha haraṃ pṛccha pātakasyopaśāntidam .
pāpo'haṃ plavago yasmātsaṃjātaḥ kāraṇāntarāt .. 83.16 ..

Hanumān said: / 'O Lord Nandin, ask Hara what gives pacification of the sin. / For I am a monkey, a sinner born through another cause.'

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nandyuvāca -
rudradehodbhavā kiṃ te na śrutā bhūtale sthitā .
śravaṇājjanmajanitaṃ dviguṇaṃ kīrtanādvrajet .. 83.17 ..

Nandin said: / 'Have you not heard of her who is born from the body of Rudra, who rests upon the earth? / Through hearing [of her], the sin born of a lifetime is removed, and double through chanting [her name].

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triṃśajjanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ naśyedrevāvagāhanāt .
tasmāttvaṃ narmadātīraṃ gatvā cara tapo mahat .. 83.18 ..

The sin accumulated over thirty births is destroyed by plunging into the Revā. / Therefore, go to the bank of the Narmadā and perform great austerity.'

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gandharvāhasuto'pyevaṃ nandinoktaṃ niśamya ca .
prayāto narmadātīramaurvyādakṣiṇasaṅgamam .. 83.19 ..

Having heard what was said by Nandin, the son of the Wind / departed for the bank of the Narmadā, to its confluence on the south of the Aurvā.

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dadhyau sudakṣiṇe devaṃ virūpākṣaṃ triśūlinam .
jaṭāmukuṭasaṃyuktaṃ vyālayajñopavītinam .. 83.20 ..

Far to the south, he meditated upon the god, the three-eyed wielder of the trident, / endowed with a diadem of matted locks, wearing a serpent as a sacred thread,

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bhasmopacitasarvāṅgaṃ ḍamarusvaranāditam .
umārddhāṅgaharaṃ śāntaṃ gonāthāsanasaṃsthitam .. 83.21 ..

all his limbs smeared with ashes, resounding with the sound of the ḍamaru, / taking Umā into half his body, peaceful, seated on the bull-lord.

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vatsarān subahūn yāvadupāsāṃcakra īśvaram .
tāvattuṣṭo mahādeva ājagāma sahomayā .. 83.22 ..

For many years he worshipped Īśvara, / until Mahādeva, pleased, arrived together with Umā.

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uvāca madhurāṃ vāṇīṃ meghagambhīranisvanām .
sādhu sādhvityuvāceśaḥ kaṣṭaṃ vatsa tvayā kṛtam .. 83.23 ..

He spoke sweet speech, resounding deep like a rain-cloud. / 'Excellent, excellent!' said the Lord, 'Child, you have endured hardship!

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na ca pūrvaṃ tvayā pāpaṃ kṛtaṃ rāvaṇasaṃkṣaye .
svāmikāryaratastvaṃ hi siddho'si mama darśanāt .. 83.24 ..

You committed no sin before in the destruction of Rāvaṇa. / Devoted to the business of your master, you are perfected by the sight of me.'

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hanumāṃśca haraṃ dṛṣṭvā umārddhāṅgaharaṃ sthiram .
sāṣṭāṅgaṃ praṇato'vocajjaya śambho namo'stu te .
jayāndhakavināśāya jaya gaṅgāśirodhara .. 83.25 ..

And Hanumān, beholding Hara, steadfast, taking Umā into half his body, / bowed with eight limbs and said: 'Victory, O Śambhu! Homage be to you! / Victory to the destroyer of Andhaka! Victory, O bearer of the Gaṅgā upon your head!'

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evaṃ stuto mahādevo varado vākyamabravīt .
varaṃ prārthaya me vatsa prāṇasambhavasambhava .. 83.26 ..

Thus praised, Mahādeva, granting a boon, spoke these words: / 'Request a boon from me, my child, born of the essence of my vital breath!'

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śrīhanumānuvāca -
brahmarakṣovadhājjātā mama hatyā maheśvara .
na pāpo'haṃ bhavedeva yuṣmatsambhāṣaṇe kṣaṇāt .. 83.27 ..

The venerable Hanumān said: / 'The guilt of killing [a brahmin] arose for me from slaying the brahmarākṣasa, O Maheśvara. / May I be free from sin, O Lord, this instant, by conversing with you!'

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īśvara uvāca -
narmadātīrthamāhātmyāddharmayogaprabhāvataḥ .
manmūrtidarśanātputra niṣpāpo'si na saṃśayaḥ .. 83.28 ..

Īśvara said: / 'By the greatness of the sacred ford of the Narmadā, by the power of the practice of dharma, / and by the sight of my form, O son, you are sinless; there is no doubt.

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anyaṃ ca te prayacchāmi varaṃ vānarapuṃgava .
upakārāya lokānāṃ nāmāni tava mārute .. 83.29 ..

And I grant you another boon, O bull among monkeys: / your names for the benefit of the worlds, O son of the Wind:

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hanūmānaṃ janisuto vāyuputro mahābalaḥ .
rāmeṣṭaḥ phālguno gotraḥ piṅgākṣo'mitavikramaḥ .. 83.30 ..

Hanūmān, son of Añjanā, son of the Wind, exceedingly mighty, / beloved of Rāma, Phālguna's friend, yellow-eyed, of immeasurable prowess,

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udadhikramaṇaśreṣṭho daśagrīvasya darpahā .
lakṣmaṇaprāṇadātā ca sītāśokanivartanaḥ .. 83.31 ..

best at leaping the ocean, crusher of the pride of the ten-necked one, / giver of life to Lakṣmaṇa, and dispeller of Sītā's sorrow.'

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ityuktvāntardadhe deva umayā saha śaṅkaraḥ .
hanūmānīśvaraṃ tatra sthāpayāmāsa bhaktitaḥ .. 83.32 ..

Having spoken thus, the god Śaṅkara vanished together with Umā. / Hanumān then established a liṅga there with devotion,

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ātmayogabalenaiva brahmacaryaprabhāvataḥ .
īśvarasya prasādena liṅgaṃ kāmapradaṃ hi tat .
acchedyamapratarkyaṃ ca vināśotpattivarjitam .. 83.33 ..

by the power of his own yoga and the strength of his celibacy. / By the grace of Īśvara, that liṅga grants desires; / it cannot be severed, it is incomprehensible, and free from destruction and arising.

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śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
hanūmanteśvare putra pratyakṣapratyayaṃ śṛṇu .
yadvṛttaṃ dvāparasyādau tretānte pāṇḍunandana .. 83.34 ..

The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Hear, O son, the visible proof concerning Hanūmanteśvara, / which took place at the beginning of the Dvāpara and end of the Tretā age, O joy of Pāṇḍu.

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suparvā nāma bhūpālo babhūva vasudhātale .
tasya rājñaḥ sadā saukhyaṃ narā dīrghāyuṣaḥ sadā .. 83.35 ..

There was a king named Suparvan upon the earth. / That king always had happiness, and people were always long-lived.

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sa putradhanasaṃyuktaścauropadravavarjitaḥ .
śatabāhurbabhūvāsya putro bhīmaparākramaḥ .. 83.36 ..

Endowed with sons and wealth, he was free from the afflictions of thieves. / He had a son of terrible prowess named Śatabāhu.

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āsakto'sau sadā kālaṃ pāpadharmairnareśvara .
aṭāṭyata dharāṃ sarvāṃ parvatāṃśca vanāni ca .. 83.37 ..

He was always attached to sinful ways, O lord of men. / He wandered over all the earth, the mountains, and the forests.

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vadhārthaṃ mṛgayūthānāmāgato vindhyaparvatam .
tarujātisamākīrṇe hastiyūthasamācite .. 83.38 ..

For the sake of hunting herds of deer, he went to the Vindhya mountain, / which was crowded with various kinds of trees and filled with herds of elephants,

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siṃhacitrakaśobhāḍhye mṛgavārāhasaṃkule .
krīḍitvā sa vane rājā narmadāmānataḥ kvacit .. 83.39 ..

rich in the beauty of lions and leopards, swarming with deer and boars. / Having sported in the forest, that king bowed to the Narmadā somewhere,

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hanūmantavane prāptaḥ śatakrośapramāṇake .
ciñciṇīvanaśobhāḍhye kadambatarusaṃkule .. 83.40 ..

and reached the forest of Hanūmat, extending a hundred krośas, / rich in the beauty of tamarind groves and crowded with kadamba trees,

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nityaṃ pālāśajambīraiḥ karaṃjakhadiraistathā .
pāṭalairbadarairyuktaiḥ śamītindukaśobhitam .. 83.41 ..

always adorned with pālāśa, jambīra, karañja, and khadira, / combined with pāṭala and badara, and embellished with śamī and tinduka,

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mṛgayūthaiḥ samāchannaśikhaṇḍisvaranāditam .
pārāvatakasaṅghānāṃ samantātsvaraśobhitam .. 83.42 ..

covered with herds of deer, resounding with the cries of peacocks, / and beautified on all sides by the sounds of flocks of pigeons.

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śaratkāle'ramadrājā bahule cāśvinasya saḥ .
vanamadhyaṃ gato'drākṣīdbhramantaṃ piṅgaladvijam .. 83.43 ..

In autumn, during the dark fortnight of Āśvina, the king delighted there. / Having gone into the middle of the forest, he saw a tawny brahmin wandering about,

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pustikākarasaṃsthaṃ ca papraccha capalaṃ dvijam .. 83.44 ..

with a manuscript resting in his hand, and he questioned that restless brahmin.

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śatabāhuruvāca -
ekākī tvaṃ vane kasmādbhramase pustikākaraḥ .
itastato'pi sampaśyan kathayasva dvijottama .. 83.45 ..

Śatabāhu said: / Why do you wander alone in the forest with a booklet in your hand, / looking here and there? Tell me, best of brahmins.

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brāhmaṇa uvāca -
kānyakubjātsamāyātaḥ preṣito rājakanyayā .
asthikṣepāya vai rājanhanūmanteśvare jale .. 83.46 ..

The brahmin said: / I have come from Kānyakubja, sent by a king's daughter, / to cast bones into the waters at Hanūmanteśvara, O king.

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rājovāca -
asthikṣepo jale kasmāddhanūmanteśvare dvija .
kriyate kena kāryeṇa sāścaryaṃ kathyatāṃ mama .. 83.47 ..

The king said: / Why are bones being cast into the waters at Hanūmanteśvara, O brahmin? / For what purpose is this done? Tell me the wondrous tale.

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suparvaṇaḥ suto yānaṃ tyaktvā bhūmau praṇamya ca .
kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā brāhmaṇāya nareśvara .
samastaṃ kathayāmāsa vṛttāntaṃ svaṃ purātanam .. 83.48 ..

Leaving his vehicle and bowing down upon the earth, / folding his hands in reverence to the brahmin, O king, / the son of Suparvan told his entire former account:

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brāhmaṇa uvāca -
śikhaṇḍī nāma rājāsti kanyakubje pratāpavān .
aputro'sau mahīpālaḥ kanyā jātā manorathaiḥ .. 83.49 ..

The brahmin said: / There is a valorous king named Śikhaṇḍin in Kānyakubja; / this ruler was childless, but through desires a daughter was born to him.

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jātismarā sucārvaṅgī narmadāyāḥ prabhāvataḥ .
pitrā ca saikadā kanyā vivāhāya prajalpitā .. 83.50 ..

She remembered her past births and was very beautiful in body, through the power of the Narmadā. / Once that maiden was addressed by her father for marriage:

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anitye putri saṃsāre kanyādānaṃ dadāmyaham .
śvaḥkṛtyamadya kurvīta pūrvāhṇe cāparāhṇikam .
na hi pratīkṣate mṛtyuḥ kṛtaṃ cāsya na cākṛtam .. 83.51 ..

"In this impermanent worldly existence, daughter, I shall give [you] in marriage. / What is to be done tomorrow one should do today, and in the morning what is to be done in the afternoon; / for death does not wait to see whether one's work is done or not done."

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kanyovāca -
iccheyaṃ yatra kāle hi tatra deyā tvayā pituḥ .
putrīvākyādasau rājā vismito vākyamabravīt .. 83.52 ..

The maiden said: / "At whatever time I wish, at that time I should be given [in marriage] by you, father." / At his daughter's words, that king, astonished, spoke [these] words:

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śikhaṇḍyuvāca -
kathyatāṃ me mahābhāge sāścaryaṃ bhāṣitaṃ tvayā .
piturvākyena sā bālottamā hyāgatāntikam .. 83.53 ..

Śikhaṇḍin said: / "Tell me, blessed one; you have spoken wondrously." / At her father's words, that excellent girl came near,

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kathayāmāsa yadvṛttaṃ hanūmanteśvare nṛpa .
kalāpinī hyahaṃ tāta yutā bhartrāvasaṃ tadā .. 83.54 ..

and told what had happened at Hanūmanteśvara, O king: / "Father, I was a peahen, and I lived then united with my mate.

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revaurvyāsaṅgamantisthā revāyā dakṣiṇe taṭe .
hanūmantavane puṇye cikrīḍāhaṃ yadṛcchayā .. 83.55 ..

Dwelling near the confluence of the Revā and the Uru, on the southern bank of the Revā, / I disported at will in the sacred forest of Hanūmat.

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bhartṛyuktā ca saṃsuptā rajanyāṃ sarale nage .
āgatā lubdhakāstatra kṣudhārtā vanamuttamam .. 83.56 ..

Having fallen asleep with my mate at night on an upright tree, / hunters, afflicted with hunger, arrived there in that excellent forest.

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bhartṛyogayutā pāpairdṛṣṭāhaṃ vadhacintakaiḥ .
pāśabandhaṃ samādāya baddhāhaṃ svāminā saha .. 83.57 ..

United with my mate, I was seen by those wicked men intent on slaughter. / Taking a snare, I was captured together with my husband.

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grīvāṃ te moṭayāmāsuḥ picchāchoṭanakaṃ kṛtam .
hutāśanamukhe taistu saha kāntena lubdhakaiḥ .. 83.58 ..

They twisted [our] necks, plucked off our plumes; / and into the fire's mouth, together with my beloved, [we were thrown] by those hunters.

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paribharjyāvayormāṃsaṃ bhakṣayitvā yatheṣṭataḥ .
suptāḥ svasthendriyā rātrau sā gatā śarvarī kṣayam .. 83.59 ..

Roasting the flesh of us two, eating as much as they wished, / they slept at night, their senses at ease, until that night came to an end.

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prabhāte māṃsaśeṣaṃ ca jambukairgṛdhraghātibhiḥ .
maccharīrodbhavaṃ cāsthi snāyumāṃsena cāvṛtam .. 83.60 ..

In the morning, the remainder of the meat [was taken] by jackals and scavenging vultures; / and a bone produced from my body, covered with sinew and flesh,

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gṛhītaṃ ghātinaikena cākāśātpatitaṃ tadā .
taṃ māṃsabhakṣaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā pare pakṣiṇa āgatāḥ .. 83.61 ..

was seized by a predatory bird, and then dropped from the sky. / Seeing him eating flesh, other birds arrived.

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dṛṣṭvā pakṣisamūhaṃ tu asthikhaṇḍaṃ vyasarjayat .
vihagānāṃ samastānāṃ dhāvatāṃ caiva paśyatām .. 83.62 ..

Seeing that flock of birds, he released the piece of bone, / while all the birds chased and watched.

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patitaṃ narmadātoye hanūmanteśvare nṛpa .
madīyamasthikhaṇḍaṃ ca patitaṃ narmadājale .. 83.63 ..

It fell into the waters of the Narmadā at Hanūmanteśvara, O king; / that piece of bone of mine fell into the water of the Narmadā.

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tasya tīrthasya puṇyena jātāhaṃ putrikā tava .
bhūpakanyā tvahaṃ jātā pūrṇacandranibhānanā .. 83.64 ..

By the merit of that sacred ford, I was born as your daughter; / I was born a king's daughter, with a face like the full moon.

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jātismarā narendrasya saṃjātā bhavataḥ kule .
tasmādvivāhaṃ necchāmi mama bhartā nṛpottama .. 83.65 ..

Remembering my past lives, I was born into your royal lineage; / therefore I do not desire marriage. My husband, O best of kings,

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viṣame vartate'dyāpi śakuntamṛgajātiṣu .
tasyāsthiśeṣaṃ rājendra tasmiṃstīrthe bhaviṣyati .. 83.66 ..

still remains in a wretched condition among the species of birds and beasts. / The remainder of his bones will be at that sacred ford, O king of kings.

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tatkṣepaṇārthaṃ vai tāta preṣayādya dvijottamam .
etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ kāraṇaṃ nṛpasattama .. 83.67 ..

For the sake of casting them [into the river], O father, send an excellent brahmin today. / This entire reason has been told to you, O best of kings.

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madbhartā viṣame sthāne śakuntamṛgajātiṣu .
yadi preṣayase tāta kaṃcittvaṃ narmadātaṭe .. 83.68 ..

My husband is in a wretched place among the species of birds and beasts. / If you send someone, father, to the bank of the Narmadā,

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tasyāhaṃ kathayiṣyāmi sthānaiścihnaiśca lakṣitam .
śikhaṇḍināpyahaṃ tatra hyāhūto hyavanīpate .. 83.69 ..

I will tell him [the place], marked by locations and signs." / And there I was summoned by Śikhaṇḍin, O lord of the earth:

6.3.83.70

dāsyāmi viṃśatigrāmāngaccha tvaṃ narmadātaṭe .
preṣaṇaṃ me pratijñātamalakṣmyā pīḍitena tu .. 83.70 ..

"I will give twenty villages; go to the bank of the Narmadā." / The mission was agreed to by me, who was afflicted by poverty.

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kanyovāca -
gaccha tvaṃ narmadāṃ puṇyāṃ sarvapāpakṣayaṃkarīm .
āgneyyāṃ somanāthasya hanūmanteśvaraḥ paraḥ .. 83.71 ..

The maiden said: / "Go to the holy Narmadā, destroyer of all sins. / To the south-east of Somanātha is the supreme Hanūmanteśvara.

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ardhakrośena revāyā vistīrṇo vaṭapādapaḥ .
karaṃjaḥ kaṭahaścaiva sannidhāne vaṭasya ca .. 83.72 ..

Half a krośa from the Revā is a sprawling banyan tree, / and a karañja and a kaṭaha near that banyan tree.

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nyagrodhamūlasāṃnidhye sūkṣmānyasthīni drakṣyasi .
samūhya tāni saṃgṛhya gaccha revāṃ dvijottama .. 83.73 ..

Near the root of the banyan you will see small bones; / gathering them and collecting them, go to the Revā, O best of brahmins.

6.3.83.74

āśvinasyāsite pakṣe tripurāristu vai tithau .
snāpya triśūlinaṃ bhaktyā rātrau tvaṃ kuru jāgaram .. 83.74 ..

In the dark fortnight of Āśvina, on the fourteenth day sacred to the foe of Tripura, / bathe the trident-bearing Lord with devotion, and keep a vigil through the night.

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kṣipeḥ prabhāte tāni tvaṃ nābhimātrajalasthitaḥ .
ityuccārya dvijaśreṣṭha vimuktistasya jāyatām .. 83.75 ..

At dawn you should cast them, standing in navel-deep water, / pronouncing: 'O best of brahmins, let liberation arise for him!'

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kṣiptvāsthīni punaḥ snānaṃ kartavyaṃ tvaghanāśanam .
evaṃ kṛte tu rājendra gatistasya bhaviṣyati .. 83.76 ..

Having cast the bones, another ritual ablution must be performed that destroys sin. / When this is done, O king of kings, higher state will be his."

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kathitaṃ kanyayā yacca tatsarvaṃ pustikākṛtam .
āgato'haṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha tīrthe'tra duritāpahe .. 83.77 ..

And whatever was told by the maiden, all that was recorded in a booklet. / I have arrived, O best of kings, at this sin-destroying sacred ford.

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so'bhijñānaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā nītvāsthīni nareśvara .
pūrvoktena vidhānena prākṣipaṃ nārmadā masipuṣpavṛṣṭiḥ'śu sādhu sādhviti pāṇḍava .
vimānaṃ ca tato divyamāgataṃ barhiṇastadā .. 83.78 ..

Seeing that mark, bringing the bones, O lord of men, / by the method previously stated I cast [them] into the waters of the Narmadā, O Pāṇḍava, [amid] a rain of flowers and cries of "Well done! Well done!"; / and then a celestial aerial chariot arrived for that peacock.

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divyarūpadharo bhūtvā gato nāke kalāpavān .
evaṃ tu pratyayaṃ dṛṣṭvā hanūmanteśvare nṛpa .. 83.79 ..

Taking on a celestial form, the peacock went to heaven. / Having witnessed such confirmation at Hanūmanteśvara, O king,

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cakārānaśanaṃ vipraḥ śatabāhuśca bhūpatiḥ .
śoṣayāmāsatustau svamīśvarārādhane ratau .. 83.80 ..

the brahmin and King Śatabāhu undertook fasting; / devoted to the worship of Īśvara, both of them emaciated themselves.

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dhyāyantau tasthaturdevaṃ śatabāhudvijottamau .
māsārdhena mṛto rājā śatabāhurmahāmanāḥ .. 83.81 ..

Meditating on the God, the best of brahmins and Śatabāhu remained; / after half a month, the noble King Śatabāhu died.

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kiṅkaṇījālaśobhāḍhyaṃ vimānaṃ tatra cāgatam .
sādhu sādhu nṛpaśreṣṭha vimānārohaṇaṃ kuru .. 83.82 ..

And an aerial chariot arrived there, splendid with a network of tiny bells: / "Well done, well done, O best of kings! Ascend the aerial chariot!"

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śatabāhuruvāca -
nāyāmi svargamārgāgraṃ vipro yāvanna saṃsthitaḥ .
upadeśaprado mahyaṃ gururūpī dvijottamaḥ .. 83.83 ..

Śatabāhu said: / "I will not proceed on the path to heaven as long as the brahmin has not died; / the best of brahmins gave me instruction, taking the role of a guru."

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apsarasa ūcuḥ .
lobhāvṛto hyayaṃ vipro lobhātpāpasya saṃgrahaḥ .
hanūmanteśvare rājanye mṛtāḥ sattvamāsthitāḥ .. 83.84 ..

The apsarases said: / "This brahmin was overcome with greed, and from greed comes the accumulation of sin; / those who die at Hanūmanteśvara, O king, established in purity, [attain heaven]."

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te yānti śāṃkare loke sarvapāpakṣayaṃkare .
naiva pāpakṣayaścāsya brāhmaṇasya nareśvara .. 83.85 ..

They go to Śaṃkara's realm, which brings destruction to all sins; / but this brahmin’s sins are not destroyed at all, O king of men.

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gṛhaṃ ca gṛhiṇī citte brāhmaṇasya pravartate .
śatabāhustato vipramuvāca vinayānvitaḥ .. 83.86 ..

His home and his wife are active in the brahmin's mind.' / Then Śatabāhu, full of humility, addressed the brahmin:

6.3.83.87

tyaja mūlamanarthasya lobhamenaṃ dvijottama .
ityuktvā svaryayau rājā svargakanyāsamāvṛtaḥ .. 83.87 ..

'Renounce this greed, the root of ruin, O best among the twice-born.' / Having said this, the king went to heaven, surrounded by celestial maidens.

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dinaiḥ kaiścidgato vipraḥ svargaṃ vaitālikairvṛtaḥ .
barhī ca kāśīrājasya putrastīrthaprabhāvataḥ .. 83.88 ..

After some days the brahmin went to heaven, surrounded by heralds, / as did the peacock, the son of the king of Kāśī, by the power of the sacred ford.

6.3.83.89

ātmānaṃ kanyayā dattaṃ pūrvajanma vyacintayan .
sā ca taṃ prauḍhamālokya piturājñāmavāpya ca .
svayaṃvare svabhartāraṃ lebhe sādhvī nṛpātmajam .. 83.89 ..

Remembering his past birth and himself having been given by the maiden, / and she, seeing that he had grown up, and having obtained her father's permission, / that virtuous woman gained the prince as her husband at a svayaṃvara.

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śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
etadvṛttāntamabhavattasmiṃstīrthe nṛpottama .
etasmātkāraṇānmedhyaṃ tīrthametatsadā nṛpa .. 83.90 ..

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / This incident took place at that sacred ford, O best of kings; / for this reason, O king, this sacred ford is forever pure.

6.3.83.91

aṣṭamyāṃ vā caturdaśyāṃ sarvakālaṃ nareśvara .
viśeṣāccāśvine māsi kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśīm .. 83.91 ..

On the eighth or fourteenth [lunar day], at all times, O lord of men, / and especially on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight in the month of Āśvina,

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snāpayedīśvaraṃ bhaktyā kṣaudrakṣīreṇa sarpiṣā .
dadhnā ca khaṇḍayuktena kuśatoyena vai punaḥ .. 83.92 ..

one should bathe Īśvara with devotion using honey, milk, ghee, / curd mixed with sugar, and again with kuśa-water.

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śrīkhaṇḍena sugandhena guṇṭhayecca maheśvaram .
tataḥ sugandhapuṣpaiśca bilvapatraiśca pūjayet .. 83.93 ..

One should smear Maheśvara with fragrant sandalwood paste; / then one should worship him with fragrant flowers and bilva leaves,

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mucakundena kadena jātīkāśakuśodbhavaiḥ .
unmattamunipuṣpaughaiḥ puṣpaistatkālasambhavaiḥ .. 83.94 ..

with mucakunda, kada, and blossoms of jātī, kāśa, and kuśa, / with clusters of unmattaka flowers and flowers of the sage, and with seasonal flowers.

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arcayetparayā bhaktyā hanūmanteśvaraṃ śivam .
ghṛtena dāpayeddīpaṃ tailena tadabhāvataḥ .. 83.95 ..

With supreme devotion one should worship Śiva, Hanūmanteśvara; / one should offer a lamp with ghee, or with oil in its absence.

6.3.83.96

śrāddhaṃ ca kārayettatra brāhmaṇairvedapāragaiḥ .
sarvalakṣaṇasampūrṇaiḥ kulīnairgṛhapālakaiḥ .. 83.96 ..

One should have a śrāddha performed there by brahmins who have mastered the Vedas, / endowed with all auspicious marks, of noble birth, and maintainers of households.

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tarpayedbrāhmaṇān bhaktyā vasanānnahiraṇyataḥ .
narakasthā divaṃ yāntu procyeti praṇameddvijān .. 83.97 ..

With devotion one should gratify the brahmins with garments, food, and gold, / and, declaring, 'May those dwelling in hell go to heaven,' bow to the twice-born.

6.3.83.98

patitān varjayedviprān vṛṣalī yasya gehinī .
svavṛṣaṃ cāparityajya vṛṣairanyairvṛṣāyate .. 83.98 ..

One should shun fallen brahmins whose housewife is an unchaste woman, / who, abandoning her own bull, acts like a cow in heat with other bulls.

6.3.83.99

vṛṣalīṃ tāṃ vidurdevā na śūdrī vṛṣalī bhavet .
brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ gurudāraniṣevaṇam .. 83.99 ..

The gods know such a one to be a vṛṣalī; a śūdra woman is not [thereby] a vṛṣalī. / The murder of a brahmin, the drinking of liquor, intercourse with the guru's wife,

6.3.83.100

suvarṇaharaṇanyāsamitradrohodbhavaṃ tathā .
naśyate pātakaṃ sarvamityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt .. 83.100 ..

the theft of gold, and sins arising from betrayal of a deposit or a friend: / all such sin is destroyed—thus Śaṅkara has spoken.

6.3.83.101

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
vākpralāpena bho vatsa bahunoktena kiṃ mayā .
sarvapātakasaṃyukto dadyāddānaṃ dvijanmane .. 83.101 ..

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / What use is my much speaking with rambling words, my child? / Even one weighed down with every sin should make a gift to a twice-born.

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godānaṃ ca prakartavyamasmiṃstīrthe viśeṣataḥ .
godānaṃ hi yataḥ pārtha sarvadānādhikaṃ smṛtam .. 83.102 ..

A gift of a cow should especially be made at this sacred ford; / for a gift of a cow, O Pārtha, is considered superior to all gifts.

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sarvadevamayā gāvaḥ sarve devāstadātmakāḥ .
śṛṅgāgreṣu mahīpāla śakro vasati nityaśaḥ .. 83.103 ..

Cows comprise all gods; all gods have their self in them. / Upon the tips of her horns, O protector of the earth, Indra continually dwells.

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uraḥ skandaḥ śiro brahmā lalāṭe vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ .
candrārkau locane devau jihvāyāṃ ca sarasvatī .. 83.104 ..

Her chest is Skanda; her head, Brahmā; on her forehead is the Bull-bannered [Śiva]; / the Moon and Sun deities are her eyes, and Sarasvatī is upon her tongue.

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marudgaṇāḥ sadā sādhyā yasyā dantā nareśvara .
huṅkāre caturo vedān vidyātsāṅgapadakramān .. 83.105 ..

The host of the Maruts and the Sādhyas are always her teeth, O king of men; / in her lowing sound one should know the four Vedas with their aṅgas, padas, and kramas.

6.3.83.106

ṛṣayo romakūpeṣu hyasaṃkhyātāstapasvinaḥ .
daṇḍahasto mahākāyaḥ kṛṣṇo mahiṣavāhanaḥ .. 83.106 ..

Countless ascetic seers dwell in her hair follicles. / Holding a staff in hand, of huge body, dark-complexioned, mounted on a buffalo,

6.3.83.107

yamaḥ pṛṣṭhasthito nityaṃ śubhāśubhaparīkṣakaḥ .
catvāraḥ sāgarāḥ puṇyāḥ kṣīradhārāḥ staneṣu ca .. 83.107 ..

Yama continually abides on her back, assessing good and evil; / the four holy oceans and streams of milk are in her teats.

6.3.83.108

viṣṇupādodbhavā gaṅgā darśanātpāpanāśanī .
prasrāve saṃsthitā yasmāttasmādvandyā sadā budhaiḥ .. 83.108 ..

The Gaṅgā, arisen from Viṣṇu's foot and destroying sins by its very sight, / resides in her urine; therefore it is always worshipped by the wise.

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lakṣmīśca gomaye nityaṃ pavitrā sarvamaṅgalā .
gomayālepanaṃ tasmātkartavyaṃ pāṇḍunandana .. 83.109 ..

And Lakṣmī, pure and all-auspicious, is always in cow dung; / therefore anointing with cow dung must be performed, O son of Pāṇḍu.

6.3.83.110

gandharvāpsaraso nāgāḥ khurāgreṣu vyavasthitāḥ .
pṛthivyāṃ sāgarāntāyāṃ yāni tīrthāni bhārata .
tāni sarvāṇi jānīyādgaurgavyaṃ tena pāvanam .. 83.110 ..

Gandharvas, apsarases, and nāgas reside on the tips of her hooves. / Whatever sacred fords there are on the earth bounded by the oceans, O Bhārata, / one should know all of them [to be in the cow]; therefore cow products are purifying.

6.3.83.111

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -
sarvadevamayī dhenurgīrvāṇādyairalaṃkṛtā .
etatkathaya me tāta kasmādgoṣu samāśritāḥ .. 83.111 ..

Yudhiṣṭhira said: / The cow consists of all gods and is adorned by the immortals and others. / Tell me this, father: why have they taken refuge in cows?

6.3.83.112

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
sarvadevamayo viṣṇurgāvo viṣṇuśarīrajāḥ .
devāstadubhayāttasmātkalpitā vividhā janaiḥ .. 83.112 ..

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Viṣṇu consists of all gods; cows are born from Viṣṇu's body; / therefore, from both of these, the various gods have been formed by people.

6.3.83.113

śvetā vā kapilā vāpi kṣīriṇī pāṇḍunandana .
savatsā ca suśīlā ca sitavastrāvaguṇṭhitā .. 83.113 ..

Whether white or tawny, giving milk, O son of Pāṇḍu, / with her calf, of good disposition, covered with a white cloth,

6.3.83.114

kāṃsyadohanikā deyā svarṇaśṛṅgī subhūṣitā .
hanūmanteśvarasyāgre bhaktyā viprāya dāpayet .. 83.114 ..

a bronze milking pail should be given, with gold on her horns, well-adorned; / one should offer it with devotion to a brahmin before Hanūmanteśvara.

6.3.83.115

niyamasthena sā deyā svargamānantyamicchatā .
asamarthāya ye dadyurviṣṇuloke prayānti te .. 83.115 ..

It should be given by one abiding by vows, desiring endless heaven; / those who give it to one who is destitute proceed to Viṣṇu's realm.

6.3.83.116

asau loke cyuto rājanbhūtale dvijamandire .
kuśalo jāyate putro guṇavidyādhanarddhimān .. 83.116 ..

When he falls from that realm, O king, to the earth into a twice-born's household, / a son is born skillful, endowed with virtues, learning, and abundance of wealth.

6.3.83.117

sarvapāpaharaṃ tīrthaṃ hanūmanteśvaraṃ nṛpa .
śṛṇvanvimucyate pāpādvarṇasaṃkarasaṃbhavāt .. 83.117 ..

Hanūmanteśvara is a sacred ford that removes all sins, O king; / hearing [of it], one is freed from the sin arising from intermixture of castes.

6.3.83.118

dūrasthaścintayan paśyanmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 83.118 ..

Even staying far away, remembering or seeing it, one is liberated; there is no doubt in this.

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.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe hanūmanteśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma tryaśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the eighty-third chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Hanūmanteśvara Tīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth Āvantyakhaṇḍa in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.