Revākhaṇḍa ascribed to the Vāyupurāṇa (RKV) 138

English (machine translation) 138

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138.10 — 2 parts

138.1

The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said:
Then one should proceed, O son of Pāṇḍu, to the unsurpassed Śakratīrtha, / where the illustrious king of the gods, Śatakratu, attained perfection.

138.2

Knowing that the lord of the gods had formerly been cursed by Gautama, the gods, / all the deities led by Brahmā and the sages whose wealth is austerity,

138.3

Entreated Gautama with propitiatory, auspicious words / on behalf of Śakra, who had lost his kingdom and lost his majesty, O lord of sages:

138.4

‘No one desires a kingdom deprived of Indra, O twice-born, / whether god or human; this is known to you, O lord.

138.5

Show mercy upon him who is covered with vulvas, O best of the twice-born; / Śakra has vanished from sight, corrupted by his own sin.’

138.6

Having heard the words of the gods, Gautama, foremost of knowers of the Veda, / agreed, saying ‘So be it,’ and proceeded to grant a boon to Śakra:

138.7

‘This thousand of vulvas that previously arose, O Śatakratu, / that will become a thousand eyes through my favor.’

138.8

Addressed thus, the thousand-eyed one bowed to the best of sages / and to those illustrious brāhmaṇas, and then went towards the Narmadā.

138.9

Having bathed in the pure water and installed the destroyer of Tripura, / he went to the abode of the thirty [gods], praised by hosts of apsarases.

138.10

He who, having bathed at that pilgrimage place, worships the supreme lord, / that man is released from the sin of approaching another man’s wife.

Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-eighth chapter, named 'The Description of the Glorification of Śakratīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth Avantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.

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Revākhaṇḍa chapter 139

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