Revākhaṇḍa ascribed to the Vāyupurāṇa (RKV) 157

English (machine translation) 157

Language: English

157.15 — 2 parts

157.1

The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Immediately after that, O king, near Śuklatīrtha, / is the pilgrimage place of Vāsudeva, worshipped in all worlds.

157.2

It is an ancient, well-renowned holy place on the Narmadā, / where by a mere roar (huṅkāra), the Revā retreated for a krośa.

157.3

From the time, O lord of kings, that the river moved away at the roar, / ever since then that lord has been called Huṅkāra by the wise.

157.4

Whoever, having bathed at Huṅkāratīrtha, beholds the imperishable Acyuta, / that man is freed from sins, even those committed in seven lifetimes.

157.5

For men of sinful actions who are sunk in the ocean of cyclic existence, / there is no savior other than Nārāyaṇa, the lord of the world.

157.6

That tongue alone is [a true tongue] which praises Hari; that mind alone is [a true mind] which is offered to him; / those hands alone are praiseworthy which perform his worship.

157.7

There is never any misfortune in all undertakings for those / in whose heart resides the Blessed One, Hari, the abode of auspiciousness.

157.8

Whatever other fruit a mortal obtains from the worship of deities, / one obtains that fruit from Hari simply by prostrating with eight limbs.

157.9

As many particles of dust as there are on his body smeared with dust, / for that many thousands of years he is glorified in the world of Viṣṇu.

157.10

By sweeping, sprinkling, and plastering in his temple, all sin is destroyed / for a woman or for men, with supreme devotion, having beheld the Revā, O best of men.

The sin accumulated over births of him by whom the Blessed One Vāsudeva is worshipped is destroyed; / with his sins shaken off, he goes to the world of the one whose emblem is Garuḍa, worshipped by the host of gods.

157.12

Even making a bow to the wielder of the discus deceitfully, / the sin accumulated over seven births quickly departs, without doubt.

157.13

Rudra is pleased with worship, the Sun with chanting and fire offerings; / the one whose hands hold a conch, discus, and mace is pleased by prostration.

157.14

For mortals plunged into the ocean of worldly existence, buffeted by the winds of dualities, oppressed by the burden of protecting sons, daughters, and wives, / sinking without a raft in the turbulent waters of sensual objects, the boat of Viṣṇu is the sole refuge.

157.15

At Huṅkāratīrtha, O king of kings, whether good or evil, / whatever is done, O tiger among men, never perishes.

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|| Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-seventh chapter, named the 'Description of the Glorification of the Pilgrimage Place of Huṅkārasvāmin', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Avantyakhaṇḍa, the fifth part in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a great purāṇa in eighty-one thousand verses.

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Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa) Chapter 158

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