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Skandapurana 6.3.196

Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate) 6.3.196

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6.3.196.1

adhyāya 196
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gaccheddharādhīśa haṃsatīrthamanuttamam .
yatra haṃsastapastaptvā brahmavāhanatāṃ gataḥ .. 196.1 ..

Chapter 196
Glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said:
Then one should proceed, O lord of the earth, to the unsurpassable Haṃsatīrtha, / where a swan, having performed austerities, became Brahmā's mount.

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6.3.196.2

haṃsatīrthe naraḥ snātvā dānaṃ dattvā ca kāñcanam .
sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmalokaṃ sa gacchati .. 196.2 ..

A man, having bathed at Haṃsatīrtha and given a gift of gold, / completely freed from all sins, goes to the world of Brahmā.

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6.3.196.3

haṃsayuktena yānena taruṇādityavarcasā .
sarvakāmasamṛddhena sevyamāno'psarogaṇaiḥ .. 196.3 ..

In a vehicle harnessed to swans, with the radiance of the morning sun, / endowed with all desirable things, being served by hosts of apsarases,

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6.3.196.4

tatra bhuktvā yathākāmaṃ sarvān bhogān yathepsitān .
jātismaro hi jāyeta punarmānuṣyamāgataḥ .. 196.4 ..

having enjoyed all desired pleasures there as he pleases, / when he returns again to human existence, he is born remembering his former births.

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6.3.196.5

saṃnyāsena tyajeddehaṃ mokṣamāpnoti bhārata .. 196.5 ..

Through renunciation he abandons his body and attains liberation, O Bhārata.

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6.3.196.6

etatte kathitaṃ pārtha haṃsatīrthasya yatphalam .
sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvaduḥkhavināśanam .. 196.6 ..

This fruit of Haṃsatīrtha has been told to you, O son of Pṛthā; / it removes all sins, brings merit, and destroys all sorrow.

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6.3.196.6_1

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe haṃsatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṇṇavatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Haṃsatīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses.

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