Skandapurana 6.3.105

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adhyāya 105

6.3.105.1

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
karañjākhyaṃ tato gacchetsopavāso jitendriyaḥ .
tatra snātvā tu rājendra sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 105.1 ..

Glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, fasting and self-controlled, one should go to the [ford] named Karañja. / Having bathed there, O best of kings, one is freed from all sins.

6.3.105.2

arcayitvā mahādevaṃ dattvā dānaṃ tu bhaktitaḥ .
suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ vāpi maṇimauktikavidrumān .. 105.2 ..

Having worshipped the Great God, and having given a gift with devotion— / gold, or silver, or gems, pearls, and corals,

6.3.105.3

pādukopānahau chatraṃ śayyāṃ prāvaraṇāni ca .
koṭikoṭiguṇaṃ sarvaṃ jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 105.3 ..

wooden sandals, shoes, an umbrella, a bed, and coverings— / all that becomes multiplied ten-million-ten-millionfold; of this there is no doubt.

6.3.105.3_2

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe karañjatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the one hundred and fifth chapter, named "Description of the Māhātmya of the Karañja Sacred Ford," in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth Avantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses.