[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu) › [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt) › 76 # Revākhaṇḍa ascribed to the Vāyupurāṇa (RKV) 76 English (machine translation) 76 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [76.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.24) — 2 parts ### [76.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.1) Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go, O king of kings, to the unexcelled Pāreśvara. / The great-souled Parāśara, indeed, on the auspicious bank of the Narmadā, ### [76.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.2) performed extensive asceticism for the sake of a son, O son of Pāṇḍu. / By him, the daughter of the Himālaya, Gaurī, Nārāyaṇī, O king, ### [76.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.3) was propitiated with supreme devotion on the northern bank of the Narmadā. / The Great Goddess, who bears half the body of Śaṅkara, was pleased with him \[and said\]: ### [76.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.4) “Hail, O best among the sages! I am pleased by your devotion. / Ask a boon of me, O twice-born Parāśara of great intellect!” ### [76.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.5) Parāśara said: / “If you are well pleased with me, O Goddess, and if a boon is to be given to me, / grant me, O Blessed Lady, a son endowed with the virtues of truth and purity, ### [76.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.6) devoted to the study of the Vedas, and skilled in all the scriptures. / And at this pilgrimage place, O Goddess, by the boon of your presence, ### [76.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.7) for the sake of the welfare of the world, please remain, O daughter of the mountain, / under the name of Parāśarā on the southern bank of the Narmadā.” ### [76.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.8) The holy Goddess said: / “So be it for you, O twice-born!” and right there she disappeared. / The great-souled Parāśara then installed Pārvatī. ### [76.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.9) He installed Śaṅkara, who is bowed to by gods and demons, / indivisible, inscrutable, and hard to attain even for the gods. ### [76.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.10) The great-souled Parāśara indeed attained his purpose, O king. ### [76.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.11) Whoever at that pilgrimage place, pure and of restrained mind with devotion, / whether a woman or a man, free from desire and anger, ### [76.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.12) in Māgha, Caitra, or Vaiśākha, in Śrāvaṇa, O son of the king, / or in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa, always during the bright fortnight, ### [76.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.13) having gone to that auspicious place on the southern bank of the Narmadā, ### [76.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.14) having fasted, performs this vow with supreme devotion, / keeping a vigil at night and giving lamps according to one's capacity, ### [76.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.15) \[with\] singing, dancing, and instrumental music, free from desire and anger— / when bright dawn has arrived, the twice-born are to be worshipped according to one's capacity. ### [76.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.16) Having honoured the Brāhmaṇas, O Pārtha, with gifts of wealth and gold, / with clothing, the gift of umbrellas, beds, betel, and meals, ### [76.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.17) one should gratify the Brāhmaṇas of commendable vows on the bank of the Narmadā. / An ancestral rite is to be performed, O best of kings, with raw \[grain\], cooked \[food\], and water. ### [76.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.18) An ancestral rite with raw \[grains\] is prescribed for women and Śūdras; / four times the raw \[grain\] should be given to the Brāhmaṇas, O Yudhiṣṭhira. ### [76.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.19) With the ritual enjoined by the Veda, the twice-born should be worshipped with care, / with kuśa-grass measuring a hand's length, and with sesame seeds and unbroken rice grains, O king. ### [76.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.20) The twice-born should be made to face north, while oneself faces south; / one should place the food upon darbha-grass, uttering before the twice-born: ### [76.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.21) “May the spirits of the departed go to the higher world by the power of this pilgrimage place! / May my sin be pacified, and may prosperity always increase! ### [76.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.22) May my lineage and kinsmen always flourish, O best of the twice-born!” / Having uttered this, a gift should be given to the twice-born according to one's capacity. ### [76.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.23) Cows, land, sesame, gold, food, and clothing, according to one's capacity, / should be given, O best of Pāṇḍavas, at the excellent hermitage of Pāreśvara. ### [76.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.24) Those who hear this with supreme devotion are freed from all sins. ### [76.24.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.24.p1) || Thus ends the seventy-sixth chapter, entitled ‘The Description of the Glorification of Pāreśvara Tīrtha,’ in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth Avantyakhaṇḍa in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\] ### [76.24.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76.24.p2) RKV Chapter 77 ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.76.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.76) · Pramāṇa