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Skandapurana 6.3.208

Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate) 6.3.208

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6.3.208.1

adhyāyaḥ 208
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
bhūmipāla tato gacchettīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam .
vikhyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu pitḥṇāmṛṇamocanam .. 208.1 ..

Chapter 208
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:
O protector of the earth, from there one should go to the exceedingly splendid sacred ford / renowned in the three worlds as Pitṝṇāmṛṇamocana.

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6.3.208.2

tatra snātvā vidhānena saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ .
manuṣyaśca nṛpaśreṣṭha dānaṃ dattvānṛṇo bhavet .. 208.2 ..

Having bathed there according to the rules and gratified the ancestors and gods, / and having offered gifts, a man becomes free from debt, O best of kings.

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6.3.208.3

icchanti pitaraḥ sarve svārthahetoḥ sutaṃ yataḥ .
punnāmno narakātputro'smānayaṃ mocayiṣyati .. 208.3 ..

For all ancestors desire a son for their own sake: / 'He will deliver us from the hell named Put.'

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6.3.208.4

piṇḍadānaṃ jalaṃ tāta ṛṇamuttamamucyate .
pitḥṇāṃ taddhi vai proktamṛṇaṃ daivamataḥ param .. 208.4 ..

The offering of food and water, dear one, is called the highest debt; / that indeed is proclaimed the debt to the ancestors; hear next of the divine debt.

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6.3.208.5

agnihotraṃ tathā yajñāḥ paśubandhāstatheṣṭayaḥ .
iti devarṇaṃ proktaṃ śṛṇu mānuṣyakaṃ tataḥ .. 208.5 ..

The daily fire-sacrifice, sacrifices, animal sacrifices, and the regular offerings: / this is proclaimed the debt to the gods. Listen now to that which pertains to mortals.

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6.3.208.6

brāhmaṇeṣu ca tīrtheṣu devāyatanakarmasu .
pratiśrutya dadettattadvyavahāraḥ kṛto yathā .. 208.6 ..

Towards brahmins, at sacred fords, and in undertakings for divine temples, / whatever one has promised, one should give, just as an obligation is contracted.

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6.3.208.7

ṛṇatrayamidaṃ proktaṃ putrāṇāṃ dharmanandana .
satputrāste tu rājendra snātā ya ṛṇamocane .. 208.7 ..

This triad of debts has been declared for sons, O joy of Dharma; / they are truly worthy sons, O king of kings, who have bathed at Ṛṇamocana.

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6.3.208.8

ṛṇatrayādvimucyante hyaputrāḥ putriṇastathā .
tasmāttīrthavaraṃ prāpya putreṇa niyatātmanā .
pitṛbhyastarpaṇaṃ kāryaṃ piṇḍadānaṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 208.8 ..

Those without sons as well as those with sons are indeed freed from the three debts.
Therefore, having reached that best of sacred fords, a son with self-restraint
should perform libations for the ancestors, and especially the offering of piṇḍas.

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6.3.208.9

tatra tīrthe hutaṃ dattaṃ guravastoṣitā yadi .
mṛtānāṃ sapta janmāni phalamakṣayamaśnute .. 208.9 ..

At that sacred ford, if offerings are poured, gifts given, and spiritual teachers pleased,
he attains imperishable fruit for seven lifetimes of the deceased.

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6.3.208.9_1

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe ṛṇamocanatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the two hundred and eighth chapter, named 'The Description of the Māhātmya of the Ṛṇamocana Sacred Ford', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skandapurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses.

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