Skandapurana 6.3.30

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adhyāya 30

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śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
narmadottarakūle tu dārutīrthamanuttamam .
yatra siddho mahābhāga tapastaptvā dvijottamaḥ .. 30.1 ..

The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said:
On the northern bank of the Narmadā is Dārutīrtha, unsurpassed,
where, having performed austerity, an excellent twice-born attained perfection, O fortunate one.

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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -
ko'sau dvijavaraśreṣṭhaḥ siddhastatra mahāmune .
dāruketi sutaḥ kasya etanme vaktumarhasi .. 30.2 ..

Yudhiṣṭhira said:
Who was that best of excellent twice-born that attained perfection there, O great sage?
Whose son was Dāruka? You ought to tell me this.

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śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
bhārgave vipule vaṃśe dhīmato devaśārmaṇaḥ .
dārurnāma mahābhāgo vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ .. 30.3 ..

The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said:
In the vast lineage of Bhṛgu, [born] to the wise Devaśarman,
was the fortunate one named Dāru, a master of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas.

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brahmacārī gṛhasthaśca vānaprastho vidhikramāt .
yatidharmavidhānena cacāra vipulatapaḥ .. 30.4 ..

As a celibate student, householder, and forest dweller in proper order,
and according to the rule of the ascetic's way of life, he performed immense austerity.

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dhyāyanvai sa mahādevaṃ nirāhāro yudhiṣṭhira .
uvāsa tīrthe tasmin vai yāvatprāṇaparikṣayam .. 30.5 ..

Meditating on Mahādeva, fasting, O Yudhiṣṭhira,
he lived at that sacred ford until the exhaustion of his vital breaths.

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tasya nāmnā tu tattīrthaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam .
tatra snātvā vidhānena arcayetpitṛdevatāḥ .. 30.6 ..

By his name that sacred ford became renowned throughout the three worlds.
Having bathed there according to rule, one should worship the ancestors and the deities.

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satyavādī jitakrodhaḥ sarvabhūtahite rataḥ .
sarvānkāmānavāpnoti rājannatraiva savarthā .. 30.7 ..

Speaking the truth, having subdued anger, devoted to the welfare of all beings,
one attains all desires right here in every way, O king.

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yaḥ kuryādupavāsaṃ ca satyaśaucaparāyaṇaḥ .
sautrāmaṇiphalaṃ cāsya sambhavatyavicāritam .. 30.8 ..

He who observes fasting, intent on truth and purity,
the fruit of the Sautrāmaṇī sacrifice undoubtedly accrues to him.

6.3.30.9

ṛgvedajāpī ṛgvedī sāma vā sāmapāragaḥ .
yajurvedī yajurjaptvā labhate phalamuttamam .. 30.9 ..

One who recites the Ṛgveda, knowing the Ṛgveda, or a master of the Sāmaveda with the Sāmans,
or a knower of the Yajurveda having recited the Yajus, obtains supreme fruit.

6.3.30.10

prāṇāṃstyajati yo martyastasmiṃstīrthe vidhānataḥ .
anivartikā gatistasya ityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt .. 30.10 ..

A mortal who gives up his vital breaths at that sacred ford according to rule
attains a state from which there is no return; thus Śaṃkara has said.

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.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe dārutīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma triṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the thirtieth chapter, titled 'Description of the Glory of Dārutīrtha', in the Section on the Revā, in the fifth Section on Avantī, in the Mahāpurāṇa composed by Skanda, in the collection of eighty-one thousand [verses].