[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) › 78 # Revākhaṇḍa ascribed to the Vāyupurāṇa (RKV) 78 English (machine translation) 78 - **Language:** English ## Contents - [78.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.32) — 2 parts ### [78.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.1) Glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then one should go, O king of kings, to the excellent Naradeśvara, the supreme pilgrimage place of pilgrimage places, established by Nārada. ### [78.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.2) Yudhiṣṭhira said: Why was the pilgrimage place established by Nārada, O best of sages? Tell me all of this, O best of beings, if you are pleased \[with me\]. ### [78.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.3) Glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: Nārada, the son of Parameṣṭhin, O son of Pṛthā, is the best of sages. Formerly he performed ascetic penance on the northern bank of the Revā. ### [78.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.4) By restraining the nine conduits and reaching the state of stillness, the master of beasts was indeed pleased by Nārada, O Yudhiṣṭhira. ### [78.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.5) Īśvara said: I am pleased with you, O best of brahmins, master of yogins, womb-free one! Ask of me a boon, my child, whatever is in your heart. ### [78.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.6) Nārada said: By your grace, O Śambhu, may yoga be accomplished for me, and may unshakeable devotion to you always remain mine. ### [78.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.7) May I wander at my own will, O God, master of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas; knowing the three times, O Lord of the universe, may I always know music. ### [78.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.8) Day after day, just as battle takes place among gods, dānavas, and humans, whether in the netherworld, in the mortal world, or in heaven, O Maheśvara, ### [78.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.9) may I behold it by your grace, and likewise behold you and Pārvatī; and \[may this be\] a pilgrimage place famous throughout the worlds, destroying all sin. ### [78.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.10) Īśvara said: All this, Nārada, will indeed be so, without doubt; what has been desired is accomplished by my grace, there is no doubt in this. ### [78.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.11) You will wander at your own will, my child, in heaven, in the realm of the netherworld, or in the mortal realm; wander indeed, O yogin, not obstructed by anyone. ### [78.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.12) The seven notes, the three scales, the twenty-one modulations, and the forty-nine melodic patterns are surely yours by my grace. ### [78.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.13) There will be celestial dancing and singing pleasing to me, and you will continually see strife among gods, dānavas, and kinnaras. ### [78.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.14) By my grace, your pilgrimage place will be sacred on the earth. Knower of the truth of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, skilled in all knowledge, you alone, Nārada, are free from attachment by my grace. ### [78.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.15) Having spoken thus, the god disappeared. There, O best of kings, Nārada installed the Trident-bearer \[Śiva\], who brings welfare to all beings. ### [78.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.16) An excellent pilgrimage place was created on earth by Nārada. O best of kings, whoever, having conquered his senses, should go to that pilgrimage place, ### [78.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.17) in the month of Bhādrapada, O Pārtha, on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight, fasting with supreme devotion, should keep a vigil at night. ### [78.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.18) An umbrella should be given there to a brāhmaṇa endowed with auspicious marks. And for those who were killed by a weapon, one should offer a śrāddha; they go to the supreme world by the power of the gift of a rice-ball. ### [78.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.19) A brown cow should be given there for the ancestors, O Bhārata. Saying, 'May they go to the supreme state,' it should be given to a twice-born. ### [78.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.20) By the power of this śrāddha, by the favor of the brāhmaṇa, by the power of the water of the Narmadā, and of wealth acquired through righteousness, and by their power alone, may the departed spirits go to the supreme state. ### [78.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.21) Having uttered this, a sacrificial fee should be given to the twice-born according to one's capacity, and, O large-eyed one, one should offer oblation-food to the twice-born. ### [78.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.22) A lamp should be given with devotion, and one should arrange dancing and singing. Everything is attained by him who performs this in the abode of Īśvara. ### [78.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.23) He goes to the presence of Rudra: so Rudra himself proclaimed. And by the single gift of knowledge, he would attain an imperishable state. ### [78.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.24) Draft oxen should be given there, and grain-bearing land, O king. One should please the Bright-rayed \[Fire\] there with devotion, using auspicious mantras, ### [78.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.25) with abundant clarified butter and sacrificial offering materials, O Bhārata. Those who worship constantly with devotion, and also \[perform\] dance at the three junctures of the day, ### [78.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.26) at the pilgrimage place named Nārada, on the northern bank of the Revā— the gods have the Bright-rayed \[Fire\] as their mouth, and the sage embodies all the gods. ### [78.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.27) All were pleased by the sage, therefore the Oblation-eater is pleased. And when the Bearer of Oblations is worshipped, poverty never arises. ### [78.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.28) Abundant delight through wealth arises in every birth. They are noble-born and well-attired at all times through wealth. ### [78.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.29) A boat brings \[safety to\] rivers, a husband to women, and a king devoted to good conduct to subjects; wealth to men, and seasons to trees, restore lost youth again and again. ### [78.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.30) The status of the giver of wealth was indeed acquired by the Lord of Wealth at that pilgrimage place; the status of Yama by Yama, and the status of Indra by the Wielder of the Thunderbolt. ### [78.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.31) Sovereignty was acquired by other rulers of the earth as well; by the glorification of Nāradeśvara, Dhruva attained steadfastness. ### [78.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.32) The pilgrimage place, best of all pilgrimage places, was created by Nārada on the earth extending to the ocean, on the northern bank of the Revā; it is the best of all pilgrimage places, destroying great sins. ### [78.32.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.32.p1) || Thus ends the seventy-eighth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glorification of the Nāradeśvara Pilgrimage Place', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Avantīkhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses ### [78.32.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78.32.p2) RKV Chapter 79 ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.78.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda~en-mt.78) · Pramāṇa