The Glory of Rukmini

Verse 1 (skanda.7.332.1)

ईश्वर उवाच। तस्माद्दक्षिणदिग्भागे धनुषां पंचभिः प्रिये। तत्र तप्तोदकुंडानि संत्यद्यापि वरानने

īśvara uvāca| tasmāddakṣiṇadigbhāge dhanuṣāṁ paṁcabhiḥ priye| tatra taptodakuṁḍāni saṁtyadyāpi varānane

Ishvara said: To the south of that, O beloved, at a distance of five bow-lengths, O fair-faced one, the hot-water tanks still exist today.

Verse 2 (skanda.7.332.2)

कुण्डतः पूर्वदिग्भागे धनुषां पञ्चविंशतौ। रुक्मिणी संस्थिता देवी सर्वपातकनाशिनी

kuṇḍataḥ pūrvadigbhāge dhanuṣāṁ pañcaviṁśatau| rukmiṇī saṁsthitā devī sarvapātakanāśinī

To the east of the tank, at a distance of twenty-five bow-lengths, stands the goddess Rukmini, destroyer of all sins.

Verse 3 (skanda.7.332.3)

स्नात्वा तप्तोदके कुण्डे कोटिहत्याविनाशने। ततः संपूजयेद्देवीं रुक्मिणीं रुक्मदायिनीम्। सप्त जन्मानि नारीणां गृहभंगो न जायते

snātvā taptodake kuṇḍe koṭihatyāvināśane| tataḥ saṁpūjayeddevīṁ rukmiṇīṁ rukmadāyinīm| sapta janmāni nārīṇāṁ gṛhabhaṁgo na jāyate

Having bathed in the hot-water tank, which destroys the sin of a crore killings, one should then worship the goddess Rukmini, bestower of gold; for seven births thereafter, a woman's household is never broken.