Skandapurana 6.3.130

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adhyāya 130

6.3.130.1

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
narmadādakṣiṇe kūle devatīrthamanuttamam .
tatra devaiḥ samāgatya toṣitaḥ parameśvaraḥ .. 130.1 ..

The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / On the southern bank of the Narmadā is the unsurpassed Devatīrtha; / having assembled there, the supreme lord was pleased by the gods.

6.3.130.2

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā kāmakrodhavivarjitaḥ .
sa labhennātra sandeho gosahasraphalaṃ dhruvam .. 130.2 ..

Whoever bathes at that sacred ford, free from desire and anger, / surely obtains the fruit of a thousand cows; of this there is no doubt.

6.3.130.2_2

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe devatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma triṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the one hundred thirtieth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of the Sacred Ford Devatīrtha', in the Revā Section of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.