Revākhaṇḍa ascribed to the Vāyupurāṇa (RKV) 154

English (machine translation) 154

Language: English

154.9 — 2 parts

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Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:
On the southern bank of the Narmadā is the pilgrimage place Kalakaleśvara,
famous in all the worlds, fashioned by the god himself.

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Having slain Andhaka in battle, the god of gods, Maheśvara, / accompanied by gods, gandharvas, kinnaras, and great serpents,

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amidst the sounds of conches and musical instruments, mṛdaṅgas, paṇavas, and the like, / with the notes of lutes and flutes, and other abundant praises,

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[where] some sing the Sāman hymns, others the Yajus formulas, others recite meters and chant the Ṛg verses, / and others of great majesty praise Maheśvara there with manifold hymns—

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because the liṅga was established amidst the roar of the pramathas and the clamor of the bards, / it became known by that name [Kalakaleśvara].

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That person on earth who bathes at that pilgrimage place and gazes upon Kalakaleśvara / obtains religious merit greater than a Vājapeya sacrifice.

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Purified in self by that religious merit, upon giving up his life-breaths he goes to heaven; / mounted upon an excellent vehicle, he is sung of by hosts of apsarases.

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Having enjoyed great pleasures for a long time, then / that great-souled one is born in the mortal world in an immaculate family,

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a fortunate brāhmaṇa in the world, versed in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas; / freed from disease and grief, he lives for a hundred autumns.

|| Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-fourth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Fruit and Glorification of the Kalakaleśvara Pilgrimage Place', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Avanti region, in the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection of the great Skanda Purāṇa

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Revākhaṇḍa chapter 155

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