The Greatness of Hunkara-svami Tirtha

Verse 1 (skanda.5.312.1)

तस्यैवानन्तरं राजञ्छुक्लतीर्थसमीपतः। वासुदेवस्य तीर्थं तु सर्वलोकेषु पूजितम्॥

tasyaivānantaraṁ rājañchuklatīrthasamīpataḥ| vāsudevasya tīrthaṁ tu sarvalokeṣu pūjitam||

Shri Markandeya said: O king, immediately after that, close to Shukla-tirtha, is the tirtha of Vasudeva, worshipped throughout all the worlds.

Verse 2 (skanda.5.312.2)

तद्धि पुण्यं सुविख्यातं नर्मदायां पुरातनम्। यत्र हुङ्कारमात्रेण रेवा क्रोशं जगाम सा॥

taddhi puṇyaṁ suvikhyātaṁ narmadāyāṁ purātanam| yatra huṅkāramātreṇa revā krośaṁ jagāma sā||

That most ancient and celebrated, meritorious tirtha is on the Narmada, where, merely by a roar (hunkara), the Reva withdrew a full krosha.

Verse 3 (skanda.5.312.3)

यदा प्रभृति राजेन्द्र हुङ्कारेण गता सरित्। तदाप्रभृति स स्वामी हुङ्कारः शब्दितो बुधैः॥

yadā prabhṛti rājendra huṅkāreṇa gatā sarit| tadāprabhṛti sa svāmī huṅkāraḥ śabdito budhaiḥ||

O lord of kings, ever since the river receded because of that roar, that lord has been called "Hunkara" by the wise.

Verse 4 (skanda.5.312.4)

हुङ्कारतीर्थे यः स्नात्वा पश्यत्यव्ययमच्युतम्। स मुच्यते नरः पापैः सप्तजन्म कृतैरपि॥

huṅkāratīrthe yaḥ snātvā paśyatyavyayamacyutam| sa mucyate naraḥ pāpaiḥ saptajanma kṛtairapi||

He who, having bathed at Hunkara-tirtha, beholds the imperishable Achyuta, that man is freed even from sins committed over seven births.

Verse 5 (skanda.5.312.5)

संसारार्णवमग्नानां नराणां पापकर्मिणाम्। नैवोद्धर्ता जगन्नाथं विना नारायणं परः॥

saṁsārārṇavamagnānāṁ narāṇāṁ pāpakarmiṇām| naivoddhartā jagannāthaṁ vinā nārāyaṇaṁ paraḥ||

For men of sinful deeds drowning in the ocean of transmigratory existence, there is no other saviour apart from the supreme Narayana, lord of the world.

Verse 6 (skanda.5.312.6)

सा जिह्वा या हरिं स्तौति तच्चित्तं यत्तदर्पितम्। तावेव केवलौ श्लाघ्यौ यौ तत्पूजाकरौ करौ॥

sā jihvā yā hariṁ stauti taccittaṁ yattadarpitam| tāveva kevalau ślāghyau yau tatpūjākarau karau||

That tongue alone is praiseworthy which extols Hari; that mind alone is praiseworthy which is dedicated to him; and those two hands alone are praiseworthy which perform his worship.

Verse 7 (skanda.5.312.7)

सर्वदा सर्वकार्येषु नास्ति तेषाममङ्गलम्। येषां हृदिस्थो भगवान्मङ्गलायतनो हरिः॥

sarvadā sarvakāryeṣu nāsti teṣāmamaṅgalam| yeṣāṁ hṛdistho bhagavānmaṅgalāyatano hariḥ||

For those in whose hearts dwells the Lord Hari, the abode of all auspiciousness, there is never, in any undertaking, anything inauspicious.

Verse 8 (skanda.5.312.8)

यदन्यद्देवतार्चायाः फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः। साष्टाङ्गप्रणिपातेन तत्फलं लभते हरेः॥

yadanyaddevatārcāyāḥ phalaṁ prāpnoti mānavaḥ| sāṣṭāṅgapraṇipātena tatphalaṁ labhate hareḥ||

Whatever fruit a man obtains from worshipping other deities, that same fruit is obtained merely by a full prostration before Hari.

Verse 9 (skanda.5.312.9)

रेणुगुण्ठितगात्रस्य यावन्तोऽस्य रजःकणाः। तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि विष्णुलोके महीयते॥

reṇuguṇṭhitagātrasya yāvanto'sya rajaḥkaṇāḥ| tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi viṣṇuloke mahīyate||

As many particles of dust as cling to the body of one who prostrates himself, for that many thousands of years he is honoured in Vishnu's realm.

Verse 10 (skanda.5.312.10)

सम्मार्जनाभ्युक्षणलेपनेन तदालये नश्यति सर्वपापम्। नारी नराणां परया तु भक्त्या दृष्ट्वा तु रेवां नरसत्तमस्य॥

sammārjanābhyukṣaṇalepanena tadālaye naśyati sarvapāpam| nārī narāṇāṁ parayā tu bhaktyā dṛṣṭvā tu revāṁ narasattamasya||

By sweeping, sprinkling, and plastering his temple, all sin is destroyed. Whether woman or man, having beheld, with supreme devotion, the Reva that belongs to the best of men,

Verse 11 (skanda.5.312.11)

येनार्चितो भगवान्वासुदेवो जन्मार्जितं नश्यति तस्य पापम्। स याति लोकं गरुडध्वजस्य विधूतपापः सुरसङ्घपूज्यताम्॥

yenārcito bhagavānvāsudevo janmārjitaṁ naśyati tasya pāpam| sa yāti lokaṁ garuḍadhvajasya vidhūtapāpaḥ surasaṅghapūjyatām||

- by whom the Lord Vasudeva is worshipped, his sin accumulated over births is destroyed. Purged of sin, he goes to the realm of the Garuda-bannered one, and attains worthiness of worship by the hosts of gods.

Verse 12 (skanda.5.312.12)

शाठ्येनापि नमस्कारं प्रयुञ्जंश्चक्रपाणिनः। सप्तजन्मार्जितं पापं गच्छत्याशु न संशयः॥

śāṭhyenāpi namaskāraṁ prayuñjaṁścakrapāṇinaḥ| saptajanmārjitaṁ pāpaṁ gacchatyāśu na saṁśayaḥ||

Even a man who offers salutation to Chakrapani (Vishnu) out of mere pretence quickly loses the sin accumulated over seven births - of this there is no doubt.

Verse 13 (skanda.5.312.13)

पूजायां प्रीयते रुद्रो जपहोमैर्दिवाकरः। शङ्खचक्रगदापाणिः प्रणिपातेन तुष्यति॥

pūjāyāṁ prīyate rudro japahomairdivākaraḥ| śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇiḥ praṇipātena tuṣyati||

Rudra is pleased by worship, the Sun by recitation and oblations; but the wielder of conch, discus, and mace is satisfied by mere prostration.

Verse 14 (skanda.5.312.14)

भवजलधिगतानां द्वन्द्ववाताहतानां सुतदुहितृकलत्रत्राणभारार्दितानाम्। विषमविषयतोये मज्जतामप्लवानां भवति शरणमेको विष्णुपोतो नराणाम्॥

bhavajaladhigatānāṁ dvandvavātāhatānāṁ sutaduhitṛkalatratrāṇabhārārditānām| viṣamaviṣayatoye majjatāmaplavānāṁ bhavati śaraṇameko viṣṇupoto narāṇām||

For men caught in the ocean of worldly existence, buffeted by the winds of the pairs of opposites, oppressed by the burden of protecting sons, daughters, and wives, sinking, without a boat, in the perilous waters of sense-objects - the one refuge is the vessel that is Vishnu.

Verse 15 (skanda.5.312.15)

हुङ्कारतीर्थे राजेन्द्र शुभं वा यदि वाशुभम्। यत्कृतं पुरुषव्याघ्र तन्नश्यति न कर्हिचित्॥

huṅkāratīrthe rājendra śubhaṁ vā yadi vāśubham| yatkṛtaṁ puruṣavyāghra tannaśyati na karhicit||

O lord of kings, tiger among men, whatever - be it modest or grand - is done at Hunkara-tirtha, its fruit is never lost.