Revākhaṇḍa ascribed to the Vāyupurāṇa (RKV) 174

English (machine translation) 174

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174.11 — 2 parts

174.1

Glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go to Gopeśvara on the northern bank of the Narmadā, / where by a single sacred bath mortals are freed from sins.

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One who bathes at that pilgrimage place and gives up his life / goes to Śiva’s abode on a chariot yoked with peacocks.

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Having sported for a very long time in the world of Śiva, O ruler of men, / attaining human birth here, he becomes a mighty king.

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Endowed with elephants, horses, and chariots, accompanied by female and male servants, / and honoured by rulers of men, a man would live for a hundred years.

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When the month of Kārttika arrives, on the ninth day of the bright fortnight, / fasting and having become pure, one should offer lamps there.

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Having worshipped with perfumes and flowers, one should keep a vigil at night. / Listen, O ruler of men, to the fruit that is prescribed for that:

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As great as the meritorious fruit is, and equal to the number of lamps, / for that many thousands of yugas he is glorified in the world of Śiva.

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At that pilgrimage place, O best of kings, the rite of filling the liṅga / likewise with lotuses and with curds and rice—

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listen, O best of men, to the fruit of religious merit for him who performs it: / as many as the number of sesamum seeds, and likewise [grains of] curds and rice,

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and the number of lotuses, [for that long] he rejoices in the world of Śiva for the desired time. / Whatever is given at that pilgrimage place, O best of kings, O ruler,

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all of that becomes multiplied ten-millionfold; it cannot even be counted. / Thus has all been told to you, peerless among all pilgrimage places.

|| Thus ends the one hundred and seventy-fourth chapter, titled ‘Description of the Glorification of Gopeśvaratīrtha’, in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Narmadāmāhātmya, in the fifth Āvantyakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skandapurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.

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RKV Chapter 175

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