Revākhaṇḍa ascribed to the Vāyupurāṇa (RKV) 209
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- 209.186 — 2 parts
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The glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Immediately after it, O son of Pṛthā, is the excellent Puṣkalī Tīrtha; / having bathed at that pilgrimage place, a man obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice.
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Then one should go to Kṣamānātha, a pilgrimage place famed throughout the three worlds, / visited by Danavas, Gandharvas, and Apsarases.
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There resides the Lord of the gods, Rudra Maheśvara in person, / who arose from a great load (bhāra) and is known as Bhārabhūti.
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Yudhiṣṭhira said: / The pilgrimage place famed as Bhārabhūti is endowed with all virtues; / I wish to hear about it, O best of brāhmaṇas, for great indeed is my curiosity.
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The glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Listen, O best of Pāṇḍavas, to the origin of Bhārabhūti / in detail, as it was formerly recounted by the god Śambhu.
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In the Kṛta age there was a brāhmaṇa who had mastered the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, / known as Viṣṇuśarman, who had mastered the meaning of all treatises.
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Forgiveness, self-restraint, compassion, generosity, truthfulness, purity, fortitude, / learning, wisdom, and faith in the beyond—all were established in him.
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Brāhmaṇas who possess such qualities, O best of kings, / deliver even their ancestors fallen into dreadful hell.
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Brāhmaṇas who are greedy for sense pleasures, O best of kings, / fall into the dreadful Raurava hell, deluded by sin.
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Those brāhmaṇas who are patient and restrained, whose ears are filled with revelation, who have conquered their senses, who have desisted from slaughtering living beings, / and whose hands withdraw from receiving gifts—they are capable of saving others.
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A brāhmaṇa endowed with such a multitude of virtues / lived on the bank of the Narmadā together with other brāhmaṇas, subsisting by the gleaning of ears of grain.
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Recognizing such a brāhmaṇa, Maheśvara, the god of gods, / took on the form of a twice-born and went to his hermitage in person.
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Seeing him reciting the step-by-step Vedic text together with the brāhmaṇas, / he greeted the brāhmaṇa and was welcomed with honor.
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After a moment, the brāhmaṇa, filled with wonder, spoke to him: / 'Tell me, O young student, for what purpose [have you come]? What desired thing may I do for you?'
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The young student said: / 'Know me, O best of twice-born, to have come as a seeker of knowledge; / if you will give me knowledge, then I shall reside in your house.'
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The brāhmaṇa said: / 'O young student of an excellent lineage among all brāhmaṇas, / how is knowledge—the supreme gift among all gifts—to be given?
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Knowledge is given through service to the preceptor, or through abundant wealth, / or through exchange of knowledge; [only thus] does it become fruitful in this world.'
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The young student said: / 'Just as the other young boys, having bathed, render service day and night, / so shall I serve together with the young students; of this there is no doubt.'
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Saying, 'So be it', the best of brāhmaṇas taught him day after day; / he lived with his disciples, gathering gleaned grains.
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Then, after a few days, the Lord was addressed by the young students: / 'O young student, perform the work of cooking and the like, which has come in due order.'
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Saying, 'So be it', when addressed thus, the Lord of the gods went to a cluster of loads [of firewood]; / having meditated upon all the trees of the forest, he spoke these words:
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[Śiva said:] "By the time the Brahmin arrives at the house with the student novices, / well-prepared food must be made by you unseen [maidens]."
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Having spoken thus to them all, Maheśvara of universal form, / disguised in the attire of a student novice, went separately there to play.
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Seeing him arrive there separately disguised as a student novice, / they said harsh words near the mountain: "Fie on you!
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All of us, our throats parched with hunger, will go to the house, / and we shall find satisfaction in the food prepared by you.
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All that was thought in vain, done by you upon your arrival, O twice-born! / A breaker of vows as you are, you have conducted yourself badly today!"
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The student novice said: / "O best of the twice-born, do not feel anguish or regret / for the sake of food! Come home in due order once it is ready before us."
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The student novice said: / "With the remainder of the day, our [sustenance] perishes day by day; / whether it reaches completion or not, it is completely unprepared."
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[The students said:] "Unprepared or prepared is what you have declared to us; / seeing it to be a lie, we having gone there shall tie you up and cast you into the water!"
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The student novice said: / "Listen, all of you here, best of the twice-born, along with your teacher, / to my formidable wager, hearing which wonder will arise!
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If all this food should be ready in the hermitage of the guru, / you all must be bound by me and thrown into the waters of the Narmadā.
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Or if the food is not ready, then, while the guru watches, / I must be tied with firm bonds by you and cast into the pool of the Narmadā."
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Having made that agreement in the presence of the guru, saying "So be it", / they all bathed according to the rule of recitation and then went to the abode of living beings.
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Seeing the extensive spread of edible and feastable food, they were amazed; / having eaten food of the six tastes, O best of kings, and having offered oblations individually,
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then the best of the twice-born, pleased and nourished, spoke these words: / "I am a giver of boons, my child; choose whatever boon pleases you!
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The Vedas with their limbs and secondary limbs, and diverse scriptures, / will be manifest to you, O Brahmin; let this boon of mine be yours!"
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Having bowed, he played at ease together with the student novices. / Then, when the second day arrived, into the water of the Narmadā,
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they all went along with their teacher to play, O Yudhiṣṭhira. / Then, remembering the wager, having properly spoken, all [became attentive].
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Then the god, having bowed with folded hands, said to the teacher: / "O lord, today I shall cast into the water the student novices who broke their promise."
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Hearing that word of the god, those student novices fled, O king, / running in the ten directions while the guru looked on, O monarch.
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Plucked by the god with the speed of the wind on all sides, / and having tied all the student novices into a bundle, O lord of men,
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the god, who can bestow both curses and grace, hurled them into the water as if [tossing something] in a house. / Then [the guru] fell into dejection upon seeing them in the water of the Narmadā.
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Then the student novice was addressed by the guru: "What is this rash act that has been done? / These boys have mothers, fathers, and women at home.
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If they ask where the boys have gone, what will I say? / This being the case, O highly fortunate one, if any of them should die,
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then you ought to unite [them] with your own life! / If those Brahmins die, I will not live; my death is certain.
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And when I die, many slaughters of a Brahmin will fall upon you; / indeed, merely by binding a Brahmin, hell is certain.
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I do not know what destination you will go to from death, O lowest of the twice-born!" / Addressed thus, Maheśvara, the god of gods, smiled,
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and at the pilgrimage place Bhārabhūteśvara, he lifted the twice-born out of the water. / The god released the bundle and covered those twice-born.
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A liṅga was installed there, known as Bhārabhūta; / seeing those twice-born dead [and then restored], the sin of Brahmin-slaughter was removed.
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Seeing five hundred sins of Brahmin-slaughter gone, / the guru was then seized with astonishment upon seeing those boys.
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"No one else would have such power except Īśvara!" / Recognizing him as the lord of the gods of gods, the Brahmin bowed down.
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"Whatever was said by me out of ignorance, O Supreme Lord, / and whatever unpleasant thing was done, all that must be forgiven me, O Lord!"
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The god said: / "Venerable sir, you are my guru, you are a god, you are my grandfather; / O Vedagarbha, reverence to you! There has been no offense whatsoever.
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The progenitor, the one who performs the sacred thread ceremony, the one who gives knowledge, / the giver of food, and the protector from fear—these five are traditionally regarded as fathers."
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Having spoken thus, the Lord of the Universe, bowing to Viṣṇuśarman, / swiftly departed from that pilgrimage place to Mount Kailāsa.
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From that time on, that pilgrimage place has been known as Bhārabhūtī, / renowned in all the worlds, destroying great sins.
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I shall tell you again the sacred history that occurred at that pilgrimage place, / which removes all sins. Listen to it with a focused mind:
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Formerly, at the beginning of the Kṛta age, there was a noble-minded vaiśya / renowned as Sukeśa. His son was exceedingly righteous,
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known as Somaśarman, large-eyed, [whose father was now] dead. / He made a certain merchant’s son, who was poor,
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named Sudeva, skilled in all works, his friend. / Once, he considered business together with him:
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"Friend, let us travel by sea with auspicious voyages, / taking much merchandise to accomplish my wealth.
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We shall go to the other shore; our profit will be equal." / Having thus deliberated like a counsel, [intending to achieve] the desired goal,
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taking all travel provisions, they embarked on the salt ocean. / Having gone there and sold that merchandise ahead,
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they obtained much gold and various kinds of gems. / Bringing the boat together, they then both boarded it.
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Seeing the boat on the waters at midnight filled with gold, / and seeing Somaśarman resting his head upon his lap,
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sleeping with complete trust, Sahadeva reflected: / "He has succumbed to sleep, indeed having entrusted his life to me.
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All this wealth and jewels entirely belong to him; / having arrived there, will he give me half of the profit or not?"
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Having so resolved in his mind, the wicked man threw / Somaśarman into the salt ocean with a mind meditating on evil.
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Disembarking from that vessel, he went, taking that wealth. / Then after a few days, he was united with the law of time (death).
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Seized by the servants of Yama, he went to the dreadful city of Yama. / He was led along that path where the sun burns fiercely,
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making itself twelvefold as if at the arrival of dissolution, / where there are very sharp thorns, where there are exceedingly fierce dogs,
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where there are sharp-fanged great serpents, tigers, and great wolves, / where there is intensely hot sand, hunger, thirst, and great darkness.
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There is no talk of drinking water, nor shade, nor a resting place anywhere; / whatever food together with water is given, it is poison.
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For those begging for shade, fire blazes violently; / burned by these, they lament repeatedly in many ways:
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"Alas, brother! Mother! Son!", falling unconscious on the path. / Along such a path was he led by the servants of Yama
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to where Yama, the lord of gods, the restrainer of creatures, resides. / Having released him at the entrance, the servants of Yama said,
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having bound that friend-slayer by a noose around his neck as he sat: / "Take note, O lord of gods, understand what should follow."
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Yama said: / "Never before have I looked upon the face of betrayers of trust. / What punishment can there be for those who are sinful betrayers of friends?
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Skilled sages are appointed and present here for the sake of deliberation. / Wherever they say, throw him there; let there be no deliberation [by me]."
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Thus addressed, those swift-going servants took him, / and by the command of Yama reported him to those lords among sages there:
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"O twice-born ones, by this man his own friend was slain while asleep at night, / one who was trusting, through greed for wealth. What shall be his punishment?"
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The sages said: / "The face of friend-slayers has never before been seen by us. / Keeping him behind a curtain, let them hear what his destiny is."
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Having deliberated upon the treatises and with one another, / those sages, the best among brahmins, summoned the messengers of Yama and said:
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"The treatises have been examined: the Vedas with their limbs, the traditions, / the purāṇas, and the Mīmāṃsā; and we have observed herein:
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For the slayer of a brahmin, the drinker of liquor, the thief, and the violator of the guru's bed, / an expiation is prescribed in the treatise; for the ungrateful, there is no expiation.
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For those who slay women, who slay gurus, and who slay children or brahmins, / an expiation is prescribed in the treatise; for the ungrateful, there is no expiation.
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Those sinners who break reservoirs, wells, and ponds, / and those wicked ones who destroy parks and orchards,
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those who kindle forest fires, those who constantly injure living beings, / those who steal deposits, poisoners, and deceivers of their master,
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those who abandon their mother, father, and gurus, and those who blame them, / the woman intent on deceiving her husband, and she who destroys an embryo,
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the woman devoid of discrimination, she who eats without bathing, / and those intent on eating twice on the day of Viṣṇu (Ekādaśī)—
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a destiny for those women has been seen, but not for betrayers of trust. / For men who are betrayers of trust and who injure friends,
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what talk can there be of their destiny in the Vedas or the purāṇas? / Among established sins, there is no [expiatory] destination for them.
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No other course has been heard by us for the slaying of a friend and the slaying of one who trusts. / Messengers of Yama, taking this betrayer of trust from here,
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for a full hundred crore kalpas in succession, individually / in all the hells, thirty crores in number,
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let this friend-slayer be cast; let no deliberation be made!" / Having heard their word, the servants seized him,
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and then went to cast him where those terrible hells are. / Taking him to the dreadful hell called Raurava,
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they threw the most sinful one there; when he was thrown, a great cry arose / among the beings residing in hell: "This sinner must not be released [here]!
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From his very touch, the suffering becomes a hundredfold, / just as pain is caused by firebrands blazing with flame.
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From his touch it becomes so; what spotless deed has he done? / Just as a good person suffers degradation through contact with a wicked person,
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so from his presence it is immediately like pouring salt water on a wound. / Grant your favor at once: let him be taken to another hell!"
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Thus addressed by them, they went to the hell of filth. / There those hell-dwellers, just as before, cried out as well.
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Thus all those servants wandered through the realm of hells; / there was no place even in hell for that sinful, evil-minded man.
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Then, having taken him into the presence of Yama, / and having reported everything that had been said by the men in hell, [they said:] / "Tell us, what should be done with him who has no place in hell?"
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Yama said: / "Let this most sinful one go to an animal womb. / For the time specified by the sages, let him be placed into an animal womb."
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When these words were spoken by the restrainer of creatures, / that sinner became a worm, individually in various kinds of feces.
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Then, having been born as gadflies, mosquitoes, and ants, / and full of lice and bedbugs, he attained the state of a bird.
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Afterward he attained the state of plants and trees; after that, the state of a stone; / [then] reptiles, pythons, boars, deer, elephants,
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wolves, dogs, donkeys, camels, and a village sow; / attaining the womb of a she-mule, and likewise born as a buffalo.
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These and many other wombs indeed he obtained in succession. / Having passed through those wombs, he became a draft-ox, carrying burdens,
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in the house of a righteous, renowned king of kings. / Once, seeing the full moon day of Kārttika arrive, that best of kings,
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having summoned his family priest and likewise many Brahmins, [said]: / "One should not spend Kārttikī at home; this I have heard many times.
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Gathered together, where shall we go? Tell me, O best of the twice-born! / Whoever spends Kārttikī at home, devoid of sacred bath, gift, and the like,
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he is excluded from the religious merit accumulated over a year—so says revelation. / Therefore, with all effort, to a pilgrimage place endowed with all virtues,
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let us go together to bathe and make gifts according to our capacity." / When these words were spoken by the king, the best of the twice-born
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spoke: "O best of monarchs, upon the northern bank of the Revā / there is a famous pilgrimage place of liberation called Bhāreśvara, O best of kings.
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Let us all go there; it brings about the destruction of all sins." / Being spoken to in this way, that king, taking abundant wealth,
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and having loaded a cart, yoked to it that beast of burden, / who, having killed his friend, had reached the womb of a bovine.
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In this way, he arrived at the excellent pilgrimage place on the bank of the Narmadā. / Having gone on the fourteenth day, taking an occasion to fast,
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having gone to the bank of the Narmadā, remembering the name 'Rudra', / clay should be taken from a pure spot with this mantra:
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"You were lifted up by the boar, by Rudra with a hundred arms; / I too shall lift you up for offspring and liberation from bondage."
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Taking that clay in this manner and placing it on the northern bank, / he then looked at the sun and should touch [it] with this mantra:
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"O earth, traversed by horses, traversed by chariots, traversed by Viṣṇu! / O earth, remove my sin accumulated over hundreds of millions of births."
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Then, thus plunging into the waters, he should recite this mantra: / "You, O Narmadā of holy water, your water originates from Śaṅkara;
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as I perform my bath today, let it remove the accumulated sin." / Having bathed according to this rule and satiated the ancestors and gods,
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he then went to the temple accompanied by offerings. / Having meditated with devotion in the presence of Śaṅkara, the benefactor of the world,
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he undertook worship according to the procedure taught in the purāṇas. / O goddess, fourfold worship is prescribed on Śivarātri.
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Having bathed Śaṅkara with the five products of a cow in the first watch, / filling [it] with ghee was then performed by that best of kings.
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Having arranged incense, light, food offerings, and so on according to the rule, / [he offered] to the lord of gods, to Śaṅkara, with this water offering and with this mantra:
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"Homage to you, O lord of the gods of gods, O Śambhu, ultimate cause! / Accept this water offering, O god, and remove the sin of transmigration."
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According to his wealth, gold consecrated with mantras was given. / For all the gods are fire, and gold comes from the fire.
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Therefore, through the gift of gold, all the deities are pleased. / May Śaṅkara be pleased forever with that giver of the water offering.
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By this procedure, Śiva was worshipped by him in the first [watch]. / In the second watch, one should perform [it] again according to the previously stated procedure.
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He bathed the destroyer of Tripura with milk from a cow; / then filling the liṅga of the trident-bearer with grains of rice was performed.
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Having performed the previously stated rite, a pair of white garments was given, / because a pair of white garments is extremely dear to Śaṅkara.
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Śambhu is indeed pleased with the offering of white clothing. / Seeing that the third watch had arrived, that best of monarchs,
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having bathed the god with honey, performed the filling with sesame seeds; / and he should make a gift of a droṇa of sesame seeds, reciting the mantra:
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"Sesame seeds are white, sesame seeds are black, sesame seeds remove all sins; / by the gift of a droṇa of sesame seeds, may my worldly cycle be severed."
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By this procedure, the king [carried out] the worship of the watches of the night, / spending the vigil pleasantly with the chanting of the Veda.
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He performed the worship of Śambhu, which accomplishes great religious merit. / Those who, remaining devoted to Śiva, keep vigil for the three-eyed god on Śivarātri—
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the state that they reach, O Pārtha, sacrificers do not attain. / Whatever sins there may be, even accumulated over millions of births,
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of those who bathe and keep vigil for Hara and Keśava, they go to destruction. / As many blinks of the eye as there are for men keeping vigil at night,
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at every blink of the eye, O king, the fruit of a horse sacrifice is certain. / For those intent on fasting and residing in a temple,
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hearing righteous narratives and meditating on Hara and Keśava, / [others] could not attain that state even by a sacrifice with abundant gold.
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Śivarātri is an auspicious lunar day, and especially Kārttikī, / on the northern bank of the Revā, and the shore called Bhāreśvara.
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Having kept vigil even with great difficulty, how could sin not depart? / Having thus kept vigil on Śivarātri, the lord of men,
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having gone at clear dawn to the excellent bank of the Narmadā, / by him all those draft animals, elephants and others, were bathed:
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"By which beasts I have arrived at the pilgrimage place, having bathed myself, I bathe them." / Bathed there while standing in their midst, the merchant, released from being an animal,
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gave a gift dedicated to them according to some capacity. / By that, a human is freed from the fault caused by riding animals.
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Otherwise, that merit achieved goes to them. / Having bathed it, then the king, having bathed himself according to rule,
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and having satiated the ancestors and gods, performing a śrāddha according to rule, / having offered rice balls to the ancestors and set free a bull with auspicious marks,
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having gone afterward to the temple, and having bathed the god with pilgrimage water, / with the five products of a cow, and then with the five nectars,
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with water infused with all herbs, and then with pure water; / and having smeared Śaṅkara with fragrant sandalwood,
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and with saffron, camphor, and various perfumes, / and with heaps of highly fragrant flowers, the fourth covering of the liṅga
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was performed here by that excellent king, carrying out the previous rite. / Afterward, the gift of a cow was made according to the prescribed rite:
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“O cow, you are the very form of Rudra, fashioned by Rudra. / Deliver me as I fall into this fathomless cycle of rebirth!”
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He should then give a well-adorned cow according to this rite. / Having asked forgiveness from the god of gods, he should feed many brāhmaṇas.
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He should honor them with six kinds of food, edible treats, and garments; / having worshipped them with varied priestly gifts, he should ask for their forgiveness.
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Afterward, he ate himself, accompanied by his retinue. / That very night the lord of the earth resided right there.
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While he was dwelling there thus, O lord of men, at midnight / he heard a proclamation uttered in the sky by a heavenly voice:
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The voice said: / “O king, at present equal fruit arises in the world / for the wicked who have fallen into this ocean of rebirth.
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If by mere proximity fruit is spoken of there, how is that so? / If it were to bring about madness for the lineage of Śaṃtanu,
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he who is a bearer of excessive burdens in your house, / by him the sin of killing a friend and betraying trust [was committed].
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was committed across a thousand births in the past, in a former life;
and having incurred that sin, [his] soul dwelt in the hells.
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Then indeed his passage was through thousands of wombs among beasts,
and that evil-minded one attained the womb of a cow [and was born] in your house.
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And he was bathed by you at this pilgrimage place on the occasion of the sacred festival;
having seen the worship arranged by you, the ritual of night vigil was performed [by him].
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Because of that, he has become freed from taint, and casting off his body before you,
seated in a celestial chariot, he will go to heaven today, O king.
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Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:
When this was said, the draft beast fell down and was separated from his life breaths;
mounted on an excellent celestial chariot, he was seen that very moment.
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Bowing down to that lord of kings, he spoke, as if smiling:
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The bull said:
O noble one, best of kings, excellent is the glorification of this pilgrimage place!
A pilgrimage place where a person like me is liberated from sins—
[this] has been known by me completely; there is no sinner equal to me.
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Beyond this, what else could I do except proclaim this pilgrimage place?
You are my mother, you are my brother, and you are my grandfather.
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I must be forgiven; I bow down to you today. At the pilgrimage place where indeed those like me
attain such a state, I do not know what your destination will be.
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Having propitiated Maheśvara and worshipped him according to the rules,
what destination of yours could be described? Grant me permission, O lord!
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These heavenly attendants in the sky urge me on out of affection.
May it be well with you! I shall go! Having said this, he vanished in an instant.
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Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:
When he had vanished from sight there, the king, filled with wonder,
went to his own city, praising the incomparable glorification of the pilgrimage place.
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Such indeed is that pilgrimage place situated on the Narmadā,
which causes the destruction of all sins, destroys all suffering, and is supreme.
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Minor sins are destroyed merely by bathing [there], O descendant of Bharata,
by one intent on fasting on the fourteenth day of the month of Kārttika.
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He should fill the liṅga fourfold; hear the fruit of his religious merit:
killing a brahmin, drinking liquor, theft, and intercourse with the wife of an elder—
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the four major sins go to destruction through the four [fillings],
and he obtains the supreme fruit of a horse sacrifice.
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Having fasted on the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight of Kārttika,
and from the gift of gold at that pilgrimage place, one obtains the fruit of sacrifice.
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Or on the eighth or fourteenth day in the month of Vaiśākha, as before,
having made a lamp of dough, he would liberate all the ancestors.
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Whatever gift is given there, even the size of the tip of a hair,
all that has imperishable fruit; so said Maheśvara.
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For men of purified minds who die at Bhārabhūti,
there is an irreversible journey, O king, straight to the world of Śiva.
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Or if, for the sake of worldly conduct, he desires to conquer the mortal world,
he is born into a pure lineage of brahmins who know the Vedas with their auxiliary limbs.
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Endowed with wealth and grain, accompanied by Vedic knowledge,
freed from all diseases, he would live for a hundred autumns.
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Having reached that pilgrimage place again, he would attain the imperishable abode.
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This holy account that removes sin has been told to you, O best of kings,
O descendant of Bharata; hear also that which follows it.
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|| Thus ends the two hundred and ninth chapter, named the Description of the Glorification of the Bhārabhūti Pilgrimage Place, in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Avantīkhaṇḍa, the fifth [part] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection of the glorious Skandamahāpurāṇa.
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