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# Skandapurana 6.3.167

Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate) 6.3.167

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.167.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.p1)

adhyāya 167

### [6.3.167.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.1)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
narmadādakṣiṇe kūle tvaccihnenopalakṣitam .  
tīrthametanmamākhyāhi sambhavaṃ ca mahāmune .. 167.1 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / On the southern bank of the Narmadā is a sacred ford marked by your sign; / tell me of this sacred ford and its origin, O great sage.  
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### [6.3.167.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.2)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
purā kṛtayugasyādau dakṣiṇe girimuttamam .  
vindhyaṃ sarvaguṇopetaṃ niyato niyatāśanaḥ .. 167.2 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Long ago, at the beginning of the Kṛta Yuga, on the excellent southern mountain, / the Vindhya, endowed with all virtues, self-restrained and limited in food,  
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### [6.3.167.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.3)

ṛṣisaṅghaiḥ kṛtātithyo daṇḍake nyavasaṃ ciram .  
uṣitvā suciraṃ kālaṃ varṣāṇāmayutaṃ sukhī .. 167.3 ..

> offered hospitality by hosts of seers, I lived for a long time in Daṇḍaka. / Having resided there for a very long time, for ten thousand years, happy,  
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### [6.3.167.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.4)

tānṛṣīn samanujñāpya śiṣyairanugatastataḥ .  
nivṛttaḥ sumahābhāga narmadākūlamāgataḥ .. 167.4 ..

> having taken leave of those seers and followed by disciples, / I departed, O greatly fortunate one, and came to the bank of the Narmadā,  
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### [6.3.167.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.5)

puṇyaṃ ca ramaṇīyaṃ ca sarvapāpavināśanam .  
kṛtvāhamāspadaṃ tatra dvijasaṃghasamāyutaḥ .. 167.5 ..

> which is holy, delightful, and the destroyer of all sins. / Having made my dwelling there, accompanied by a host of twice-born,  
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### [6.3.167.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.6)

brahmacāribhirākīrṇaṃ gārhasthye supratiṣṭhitaiḥ .  
vānaprasthaiśca yatibhiryatāhārairyatātmabhiḥ .. 167.6 ..

> crowded with celibate students, those well-established in householdership, / forest dwellers, and ascetics of controlled diet and restrained self,  
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### [6.3.167.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.7)

tapasvibhirmahābhāgaiḥ kāmakrodhavivarjitaiḥ .  
tatrāhaṃ varṣamayutaṃ tapaḥ kṛtvā sudāruṇam .. 167.7 ..

> greatly fortunate practitioners of austerities, free from desire and anger, / I performed very severe austerity there for ten thousand years,  
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### [6.3.167.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.8)

ārādhayaṃ vāsudevaṃ prabhuṃ kartāramīśvaram .  
japaṃstapobhirniyamairnarmadākūlamāśritaḥ .. 167.8 ..

> worshipping Vāsudeva, the lord, the creator, Īśvara, / with silent recitations, austerities, and observances, resorting to the bank of the Narmadā.  
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### [6.3.167.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.9)

tatastau varadau devau samāyātau yudhiṣṭhira .  
pratyakṣau bhāskarau rājannumāśrībhyāṃ vibhūṣitau .. 167.9 ..

> Then those two boon-granting gods arrived, O Yudhiṣṭhira, / manifest like two suns, O king, adorned by Umā and Śrī.  
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### [6.3.167.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.10)

praṇamyāhaṃ tato devau bhaktiyukto vaco'bruvam .  
bhavantau prārthayāmi sma varārhau varadau śivau .. 167.10 ..

> Having bowed down then to the two gods, endowed with devotion, I spoke these words: / 'I pray to you both, worthy of granting boons, boon-bestowing, auspicious,  
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### [6.3.167.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.11)

dharmasthitiṃ mahābhāgau bhaktiṃ vānuttamāṃ yuvām .  
ajaro vyādhirahitaḥ pañcaviṃśativarṣavat .  
asminsthāne sadā stheyaṃ saha devairasaṃśayam .. 167.11 ..

> for the preservation of dharma, O greatly fortunate ones, and for unexcelled devotion to you both; / \[that I remain\] free of old age and disease, as if twenty-five years old, / and that you always remain in this place along with the gods, without doubt.'  
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### [6.3.167.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.12)

evamuktau mayā pārtha tau devau kṛṣṇaśaṅkarau .  
māmūcatuḥ prahṛṣṭau tau nivāsārthaṃ yudhiṣṭhira .. 167.12 ..

> Being thus addressed by me, O Pārtha, those two gods, Kṛṣṇa and Śaṅkara, / greatly pleased, spoke to me regarding their dwelling, O Yudhiṣṭhira.  
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### [6.3.167.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.13)

devāvūcatuḥ .  
asminsthāne sthitau viddhi saha devaiḥ savāsavaiḥ .  
evamuktvā tato devau tatraivāntaradhīyatām .. 167.13 ..

> The two gods said: / 'Know that we remain in this place along with the gods and Indra.' / Having spoken thus, the two gods then vanished right there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.167.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.14)

ahaṃ ca sthāpayitvā tau śaṅkaraṃ kṛṣṇamavyayam .  
kṛtakṛtyastato jātaḥ sampūjya susamāhitaḥ .. 167.14 ..

> And having established them both, Śaṅkara and the imperishable Kṛṣṇa, / and worshipped them with complete concentration, I was then fulfilled.  
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### [6.3.167.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.15)

tasmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā pūjayetparameśvaram .  
mārkaṇḍeśvaranāmnā vai viṣṇuṃ tribhuvaneśvaram .. 167.15 ..

> A person having bathed in that sacred ford should worship the supreme lord, / Viṣṇu, lord of the three worlds, under the name Mārkaṇḍeśvara.  
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### [6.3.167.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.16)

sa gacchetparamaṃ sthānaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ śaivameva ca .  
ghṛtena payasā vātha dadhnā ca madhunā tathā .. 167.16 ..

> He goes to the supreme realm, both Vaiṣṇava and Śaiva. / With ghee, milk, or curd and honey,  
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### [6.3.167.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.17)

nārmadenodakenātha gandhadhūpaiḥ suśobhanaiḥ .  
puṣpopahāraiśca tathā naivedyairniyatātmavān .. 167.17 ..

> and with water from the Narmadā, with very beautiful scents and incenses, / offerings of flowers, and food offerings, self-controlled,  
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### [6.3.167.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.18)

evaṃ viṣṇoḥ prakurvīta jāgaraṃ bhaktitatparaḥ .  
snānādīni tathā rājanprayataḥ śucimānasaḥ .. 167.18 ..

> thus devoted to Viṣṇu, he should keep a vigil with intent devotion; / likewise \[performing\] ritual ablutions and the like, O king, restrained and of pure mind.  
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### [6.3.167.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.19)

jyeṣṭhe māsi site pakṣe caturdaśyāmupoṣitaḥ .  
dvādaśyāṃ kārayeddevapūjanaṃ vaiṣṇavo naraḥ .. 167.19 ..

> Having fasted on the fourteenth of the bright half in the month of Jyeṣṭha, / a Vaiṣṇava man should have worship of the gods performed on the twelfth.  
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### [6.3.167.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.20)

evaṃ kṛtvā caturdaśyāmekādaśyāṃ narottama .  
vaiṣṇavaṃ lokamāpnoti viṣṇutulyo bhavennaraḥ .. 167.20 ..

> Having done so on the fourteenth or the eleventh, O best of men, / a man attains the realm of Viṣṇu and becomes equal to Viṣṇu.  
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### [6.3.167.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.21)

māheśvare ca rājendra gaṇavanmodate pure .  
śrāddhaṃ ca kurute tatra pitṝnuddiśya susthiraḥ .. 167.21 ..

> And in the city of Maheśvara, O king of kings, he rejoices like a gaṇa. / And if, steadfast, he performs a śrāddha there dedicated to his ancestors,  
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### [6.3.167.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.22)

tasya te hyakṣayāṃ tṛptiṃ prāpnuvanti na saṃśayaḥ .  
narmadāyāṃ dvijaḥ snātvā maunī niyatamānasaḥ .. 167.22 ..

> they obtain inexhaustible satisfaction, there is no doubt. / A twice-born, having bathed in the Narmadā, silent, with restrained mind,  
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### [6.3.167.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.23)

upāsya sandhyāṃ tatrastho japaṃ kṛtvā suśobhanam .  
tarpayitvā pitṝndevānmanuṣyāṃśca yathāvidhi .. 167.23 ..

> having observed the twilight devotion while standing there, performing excellent recitation, / and having offered libations to ancestors, gods, and men according to rule,  
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### [6.3.167.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.24)

kṛṣṇasya purataḥ sthitvā mārkaṇḍeśasya vā punaḥ .  
ṛgyajuḥsāmamantrāṃśca japedatra prayatnataḥ .. 167.24 ..

> standing before Kṛṣṇa or Mārkaṇḍeśa, / should diligently recite verses from the Ṛg, Yajur, and Sāma Vedas here.  
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### [6.3.167.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.25)

ṛcamekāṃ japedyastu ṛgvedasya phalaṃ labhet .  
yajurvedasya yajuṣā sāmnā sāmaphalaṃ labhet .. 167.25 ..

> Whoever chants a single ṛc obtains the fruit of the Ṛgveda; / through a yajus, \[the fruit\] of the Yajurveda; through a sāman, he obtains the fruit of the Sāmaveda.  
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### [6.3.167.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.26)

ekasminbhojite vipre koṭirbhavati bhojitā .  
mṛtaprajā tu yā nārī vandhyā strījananī tathā .. 167.26 ..

> When a single vipra is fed, ten million are fed. / A woman whose children have died, or who is barren, or who gives birth only to daughters,  
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### [6.3.167.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.27)

rudrāṃstu vidhivajjaptvā brāhmaṇo vedatattvavit .  
liṅgasya dakṣiṇe pārśve sthāpayetkalaśaṃ śivam .. 167.27 ..

> — for her, a brahmin knowing the truth of the Veda, having properly recited the Rudra \[mantras\], / should set up an auspicious water pot on the right side of the liṅga.  
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### [6.3.167.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.28)

rudraikādaśabhirmantraiḥ snāpayetkalaśāmbhasā .  
putramāpnoti rājendra dīrghāyuṣamakalmaṣam .. 167.28 ..

> He should bathe \[it\] with the water from the pot using the eleven Rudra mantras. / \[Then\] she obtains, O king of kings, a long-lived and faultless son.  
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### [6.3.167.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.29)

mārkaṇḍeśvaravṛkṣānyo dūrasthānapi paśyati .  
brahmahatyādipāpebhyo mucyate śaṅkaro'bravīt .. 167.29 ..

> Whoever sees the trees of Mārkaṇḍeśvara, even from afar, / is freed from sins such as killing a brahmin; so Śaṃkara declared.  
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### [6.3.167.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.30)

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā paṭhedvā nṛpasattama .  
sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 167.30 ..

> Whoever hears this with devotion or recites it, O best of kings, / becomes purified of all sins; of this there is no doubt.  
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### [6.3.167.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.31)

idaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ dhanyaṃ duḥkhapraṇāśanam .  
paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ vāpi sarvapāpapramocanam .. 167.31 ..

> This brings renown, longevity, and fortune, and destroys suffering; / for those who recite or listen, it grants release from all sins.  
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### [6.3.167.31\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.6.3.167.31_2)

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

> Thus ends the one hundred and sixty-seventh chapter, entitled 'Description of the Greatness of Mārkaṇḍeśvara Tīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth Avantī section in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.  
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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.167.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.167.1) — Sanskrit

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