Skandapurana 6.3.201

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adhyāya 201

6.3.201.1

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchenmahīpāla devatīrthamanuttamam .
yatra siddhā mahābhāgā devāḥ sendrā yudhiṣṭhira .. 201.1 ..

The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go, O king, to the unsurpassed Devatīrtha, / where the illustrious gods together with Indra attained perfection, O Yudhiṣṭhira.

6.3.201.2

snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ svādhyāyo devatārcanam .
tatra tīrthaprabhāvena kṛtamānantyamaśnute .. 201.2 ..

Bathing, giving, recitation, oblation, personal Vedic study, and worship of deities / performed there attains endlessness through the power of the sacred ford.

6.3.201.3

viśeṣādbhādrapade tu kṛṣṇapakṣe trayodaśīm .
pradhānaṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ devairadhyāsitaṃ purā .. 201.3 ..

Especially on the thirteenth day in the dark fortnight of Bhādrapada, / the foremost of all sacred fords was occupied by the gods of old.

6.3.201.4

snātvā trayodaśīdine śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ .
devaiḥ saṃsthāpitaṃ devaṃ sampūjya vṛṣabhadhvajam .
sarvapāpavinirmukto rudralokamavāpnuyāt .. 201.4 ..

Having bathed on the thirteenth day, having performed the śrāddha according to rule, / and having fully worshipped the bull-bannered god installed by the gods, / freed from all sins, he would attain the world of Rudra.

6.3.201.4_2

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

Thus ends the two hundred and first chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Devatīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth [part], the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses, the glorious Skandapurāṇa.