Skandapurana 6.3.31

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adhyāya 31

6.3.31.1

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchecca rājendra tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam .
brahmāvartamiti khyātaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam .. 31.1 ..

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:
Then one should go, O king of kings, to the sacred ford renowned throughout the three worlds,
known as Brahmāvarta, which destroys all sins.

6.3.31.2

tatra saṃnihito brahmā nityasevī yudhiṣṭhira .
ūrdhvabāhurnirālambacakāra bhramaṇaṃ sadā .. 31.2 ..

There Brahmā is present, constantly attending [upon Śiva], O Yudhiṣṭhira;
with raised arms, without support, he always circumambulated.

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ekāhāravaśe'tiṣṭhaddvādaśābdaṃ mahāvratī .
atra tīrthe vidhānena cintayan vai maheśvaram .. 31.3 ..

Submitting to one meal a day, the great ascetic stayed for twelve years
at this sacred ford, according to rule, meditating indeed upon Maheśvara.

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tena tatpuṇyamākhyātaṃ brahmāvartamiti prabho .
tatra snātvā vidhānena tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ .. 31.4 ..

Therefore that holy place is renowned as Brahmāvarta, O lord.
Having bathed there according to rule, one should offer libations to the ancestors and gods.

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arcayeddevamīśānaṃ viṣṇuṃ vā parameśvaram .
yatphalaṃ sarvayajñānāṃ vidhivaddakṣiṇāvatām .. 31.5 ..

One should worship the god Īśāna, or Viṣṇu, the supreme lord.
Whatever fruit comes from all sacrifices accompanied by fees according to rule,

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tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti tattīrthasya prabhāvataḥ .
yasmiṃstīrthe tu yo devo dānavo vā dvijo'tha vā .. 31.6 ..

he attains that fruit through the power of that sacred ford.
At whatever sacred ford a god, a Dānava, or a twice-born

6.3.31.7

siddhastenaiva tannāmnā khyātaṃ loke mahacca tat .
na jalaṃ na sthalaṃ nāma kṣetraṃ vā hyūṣarāṇi ca .. 31.7 ..

attains perfection, that great [tīrtha] is renowned by that very name in the world.
Neither water nor ground, nor a field, nor barren soils,

6.3.31.8

pavitratvaṃ labhantyete pauruṣeṇa vinā nṛṇām .
sāmarthyānniścayāddhairyātsidhyanti puruṣā nṛpa .. 31.8 ..

attain purity without human effort.
Through capacity, resolve, and fortitude, men attain perfection, O king.

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pramādāttasya lobhena patanti narake dhruvam .. 31.9 ..

Through carelessness, out of greed for it, they surely fall into hell.

6.3.31.10

saṃnirudhyendriyagrāmaṃ yatra yatra vasenmuniḥ .
tatra tatra kurukṣetraṃ naimiṣaṃ puṣkarāṇi ca .. 31.10 ..

Wherever a sage might dwell having restrained the multitude of senses,
there is Kurukṣetra, Naimiṣa, and Puṣkara.

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.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe brahmāvartatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the thirty-first chapter, named the description of the greatness of the Brahmāvarta sacred ford, in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth Avantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, the great Purāṇa, in a collection of eighty-one thousand verses.