Revākhaṇḍa ascribed to the Vāyupurāṇa (RKV) 75

English (machine translation) 75

Language: English

75.5 — 2 parts

75.1

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / On the southern bank of the Narmadā is a most splendid pilgrimage place, / renowned indeed throughout the earthly realm by the name of Śaṅkhacūḍa.

75.2

Śaṅkhacūḍa himself dwelt there, O son of Pāṇḍu, / on the pleasure-giving bank of the Narmadā, O Pārtha, out of fear of Garuḍa.

75.3

Whoever at that pilgrimage place, being pure and concentrated, / bathes Śaṅkhacūḍa with devotion using milk, honey, and clarified butter,

and keeps vigil at night before the god, O king of men, / after worshipping Brāhmaṇas of commendable vows with curd-rice— / when a gift of a cow is given to this best of the twice-born, it causes the destruction of all sins.

75.5

Whoever, O Pārtha, makes funeral offerings for one bitten by a snake at that pilgrimage place, / goes to the supreme world, according to the word of Śaṅkara.

75.5.p1

|| Thus ends the seventy-fifth chapter, entitled ‘The Description of the Glorification of Śaṅkhacūḍa Tīrtha,’ in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth Avantyakhaṇḍa in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand [verses]

75.5.p2

RKV Chapter 76

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Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa) — Sanskrit