Skandapurana 6.3.100

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adhyāya 100

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śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchenmahīpāla tīrthaṃ paramarocanam .
mārkaṇḍeśamiti khyātaṃ narmadādakṣiṇe taṭe .. 100.1 ..

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go, O king, to the extremely delightful sacred ford / known as Mārkaṇḍeśa on the southern bank of the Narmadā, // 100.1

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uttamaṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ gīrvāṇairvanditaṃ śivam .
guhyādguhyataraṃ putra nākhyātaṃ kasyacinmayā .. 100.2 ..

the best of all sacred fords, auspicious, praised by the gods. / It is more secret than the secret, O son; it has not been told by me to anyone. // 100.2

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sthāpitaṃ tu mayā pūrvaṃ svargasopānasaṃnibham .
jñānaṃ tatraiva me jātaṃ prasādācchaṅkarasya ca .. 100.3 ..

Formerly it was established by me, resembling a staircase to heaven. / True knowledge arose in me right there through the grace of Śaṅkara. // 100.3

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anyastatraiva yo gatvā drupadāmantarjale japet .
sa pātakairaśeṣaśca mucyate pāṇḍunandana .. 100.4 ..

Another person who goes right there and recites the Drupadā verse while submerged in water / is completely freed from sins, O delight of Pāṇḍu: // 100.4

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vācikairmānasaiśca vā karmajairapi pātakaiḥ .
piṇḍikāṃ cāpyavaṣṭabhya yāmyāmāśāṃ ca saṃsthitaḥ .. 100.5 ..

from sins born of speech, of mind, or of actions. / Resting upon the pedestal and facing the southern direction, // 100.5

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yojayecchūlinaṃ bhaktyā dvātriṃśadbahurūpiṇam .
dehapāte śivaṃ gacchediti me niścayo nṛpa .. 100.6 ..

one should direct one's devotion to the trident-bearer in his thirty-two diverse forms. / Upon the fall of the body, he shall go to Śiva; this is my firm conviction, O king. // 100.6

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ājyena bodhayeddīpamaṣṭamyāṃ niśi bhārata .
svargalokamavāpnoti ityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt .. 100.7 ..

If one lights a lamp with clarified butter at night on the eighth day, O descendant of Bharata, / he attains the heavenly world; thus Śaṅkara declared. // 100.7

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śrāddhaṃ tatraiva yo bhaktyā kurvīta nṛpanandana .
pitarastasya tṛpyanti yāvadābhūtasamplavam .. 100.8 ..

Whoever performs a śrāddha right there with devotion, O delight of kings, / his ancestors remain satisfied until the dissolution of all created beings. // 100.8

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iṅgudairbadarairbilvairakṣatena jalena vā .
tarpayettatra yo vaṃśyānāpnuyājjanmanaḥ phalam .. 100.9 ..

Whoever satisfies his ancestors there with inguda fruits, badarī berries, bilva fruits, unhusked barley grains, or water, / attains the fruit of human birth. // 100.9

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.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe mārkaṇḍeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma śatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the one hundredth chapter, titled “Description of the Māhātmya of Mārkaṇḍeśvaratīrtha,” in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses.