Revākhaṇḍa ascribed to the Vāyupurāṇa (RKV) 206
English (machine translation) 206
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- 206.10 — 2 parts
206.1
The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, O lord of the earth, one should go to the exceedingly lovely pilgrimage place, / known as Daśakanyā, sacred and removing all sins, / created by Mahādeva, which grants the fruits of all desires.
206.2
At that pilgrimage place, Mahādeva chose ten maidens endowed with good qualities / for Brahmā and united them in marriage.
206.3
From then on, that pilgrimage place has been known as Daśakanyā; / it removes all sins, is sacred, and its fruit is declared inexhaustible.
206.4
Whoever gives away a well-adorned maiden at that pilgrimage place, / having given her well-decorated according to his capacity, that man attains [great merit].
206.5
Purified in soul by the religious merit arising from that gift, O king, / they dwell in the presence of Śiva for as many years as the number of hairs [on their bodies].
206.6
Then, after a great length of time, O lord of men, / having attained human birth in this world, which is hard to obtain, he becomes a lord of ten million in wealth.
206.7
Moreover, he who with devotion bathes at that pilgrimage place and gives gold / to a tranquil Brahmin enjoys extreme happiness.
206.8
Whatever [sin] was committed previously, whether of speech, mind, / or born of bodily action, all that vanishes through the gift of gold, O Bhārata.
206.9
A man, having given gold even as little as the tip of a hair / at that pilgrimage place, goes to heaven upon dying; there is no doubt about this.
206.10
Mounted on an excellent celestial chariot, honored by Vidyādharas and Siddhas, / he would dwell there until the universal dissolution.
206.10.p1
|| Thus ends the two hundred and sixth chapter, named 'The Glorification of Daśakanyā Tīrtha', in the Revā Section of the fifth Avantī Section, in the great Purāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses, the glorious Skandapurāṇa
206.10.p2
RKV Chapter 207
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