Skandapurana 6.3.32

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adhyāya 32

6.3.32.1

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
pattreśvaraṃ tato gacchetsarvapāpapraṇāśanam .
yatra siddho mahābhāgaścitrasenasuto balī .. 32.1 ..

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:
Then one should go to Pattreśvara, which destroys all sins,
where the illustrious and powerful son of Citrasena attained perfection.

6.3.32.2

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -
ko'sau siddhastadā brahmaṃstasmiṃstīrthe mahātapāḥ .
putraḥ kasya tu ko heturetadicchāmi veditum .. 32.2 ..

Yudhiṣṭhira said:
Who was he, of great austerity, that attained perfection then at that sacred ford, O holy one?
Whose son was he, and what was the reason? This I wish to know.

6.3.32.3

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
citronāma mahātejā indrasya dayitaḥ purā .
tasya putro nṛpaśreṣṭha pattreśvara iti śrutaḥ .. 32.3 ..

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:
Formerly, there was one named Citra of great splendour, beloved of Indra;
his son, O best of kings, was renowned as Pattreśvara.

6.3.32.4

rūpavān subhagaścaiva sarvaśatrubhayaṃkaraḥ .
indrasya dayito'tyarthaṃ jaya ityeva cāparaḥ .. 32.4 ..

He was handsome, fortunate, causing terror to all enemies,
exceedingly dear to Indra, and also known as Jaya.

6.3.32.5

sa kadācitsabhāmadhye sarvadevasamāgame .
menakānṛtyagītena mohitaḥ suciraṃ kila .. 32.5 ..

Once, in the midst of the assembly at a gathering of all the gods,
he was completely infatuated for a long time, it is said, by Menakā's dance and song.

6.3.32.6

tiṣṭhate gatamaryādo gataprāṇa iva kṣaṇāt .
tāvatsurapatirdevaḥ śaśāpāthājitendriyam .. 32.6 ..

Transgressing all bounds of decorum, he stood as if lifeless in an instant;
then the god, the lord of the gods, cursed the one who had not conquered his senses:

6.3.32.7

yasmāttvaṃ svargasaṃstho'pi martyadharmamupeyivān .
tasmānmartye ciraṃ kālaṃ kṣapayiṣyasyasaṃśayam .. 32.7 ..

"Since you, though residing in heaven, have succumbed to mortal conduct,
therefore you shall undoubtedly spend a long time among mortals."

6.3.32.8

evamuktaḥ surendreṇa citrasenasuto yuvā .
vepamānaḥ suraśreṣṭhaḥ kṛtāñjaliruvāca ha .. 32.8 ..

Thus addressed by the lord of gods, the young son of Citrasena,
trembling, the foremost of gods, spoke with folded hands:

6.3.32.9

pattreśvara uvāca -
mayā pāpena mūḍhena ajitendriyacetasā .
prāptaṃ vai yatphalaṃ tasya prasādaṃ kartumarhasi .. 32.9 ..

Pattreśvara said:
"I am a sinful fool, whose mind had not mastered its senses;
for whatever result has been incurred, you ought to grant grace."

6.3.32.10

śakra uvāca -
narmadātaṭamāśritya dvādaśābdaṃ jitendriyaḥ .
ārādhaya śivaṃ śāntaṃ punaḥ prāpsyasi sadgatim .. 32.10 ..

Śakra said:
"Taking refuge on the bank of the Narmadā for twelve years with senses controlled,
worship the peaceful Śiva; you shall attain the good path once again.

6.3.32.11

satyaśaucaratānāṃ ca dharmiṣṭhānāṃ jitātmanām .
loko'yaṃ pāpināṃ naiva iti śāstrasya niścayaḥ .. 32.11 ..

This world is for those devoted to truth and purity, the highly righteous who have conquered themselves,
not for sinners; such is the determination of scripture."

6.3.32.12

evamukte mahārāja sahasrākṣeṇa dhīmatā .
gandharvatanayo dhīmānpraṇamyāgāttu bhūtalam .. 32.12 ..

When thus addressed by the wise thousand-eyed [Indra], O great king,
the wise son of the Gandharva, having bowed, went to the earth's surface.

6.3.32.13

revāyā vimale toye brahmāvartasamīpataḥ .
snātvā japtvā vidhānena arcayitvā ca śaṅkaram .. 32.13 ..

In the clear waters of the Revā, near Brahmāvarta,
having bathed, recited prayers according to rule, and worshipped Śaṅkara,

6.3.32.14

vāyvambupiṇyākaphalaiśca puṣpaiḥ parṇaiśca mūlāśanayāvakena .
tatāpa pañcāgnitapobhirugraistataśca toṣaṃ samagātsa devaḥ .. 32.14 ..

he performed austerities with the severe discipline of the five fires, eating air, water, oil-cake, fruits, / flowers, leaves, roots, and barley gruel; then the god attained satisfaction.

6.3.32.15

pinākapāṇiṃ varadaṃ triśūlinamumāpatiṃ hyandhakanāśanaṃ ca .
candrārdhamauliṃ gajakṛttivāsasaṃ dṛṣṭvā papātāgragataṃ samīkṣya .. 32.15 ..

Seeing him before him—bow in hand, the boon-giver with the trident, husband of Umā, destroyer of Andhaka, / crescent-moon on his crest, clad in an elephant hide—he fell down, beholding him.

6.3.32.16

īśvara uvāca -
varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te varado'haṃ tavānagha .
yamicchasi dadāmyadya nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 32.16 ..

Īśvara said:
"Choose a boon, bless you; I am your boon-giver, O sinless one.
Whatever you desire, I give today; no hesitation should be made here."

6.3.32.17

pattreśvara uvāca -
yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa yadi deyo varo mama .
atra tvaṃ satataṃ tīrthe mama nāmnā bhava prabho .. 32.17 ..

Pattreśvara said:
"If you are pleased, O lord of gods, if a boon is to be given to me,
remain perpetually at this sacred ford by my name, O lord."

6.3.32.18

etacchrutvā mahādevo harṣagadgadayā girā .
tathetyuktvā yayau hṛṣṭa umayā saha śaṅkaraḥ .. 32.18 ..

Having heard this, Mahādeva Śaṅkara, with a voice choked with joy,
said 'So be it,' and departed delighted along with Umā.

6.3.32.19

so'pi tattīrthamāplutya gate deve divaṃ prati .
snātvā jāpyavidhānena tarpayitvā pitṝn punaḥ .. 32.19 ..

When the god had gone to heaven, he too, having immersed himself in that sacred ford,
having bathed according to the rule of recitation, and having again offered libations to the ancestors,

6.3.32.20

sthāpayāmāsa deveśaṃ tasmiṃstīrthe vidhānataḥ .
pattreśvaraṃ tu vikhyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu bhārata .. 32.20 ..

installed the lord of gods at that sacred ford according to rule—
[the liṅga] renowned in the three worlds as Pattreśvara, O descendant of Bharata.

6.3.32.21

indralokaṃ gataḥ śāpānmuktaḥ so'pi nareśvara .
hṛṣṭaḥ pramudito ramyaṃ jayaśabdādimaṅgalaiḥ .. 32.21 ..

He also, freed from the curse, went to the realm of Indra, O king of men,
delighted and rejoiced with auspicious sounds of victory and the like.

6.3.32.22

eṣa te kathitaḥ praśnaḥ pṛṣṭo yo vai yudhiṣṭhira .
tatra snānena caikena sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 32.22 ..

This answer has been told to you regarding what you asked, O Yudhiṣṭhira;
by a single bath there, one is freed from all sins.

6.3.32.23

yastvarcayenmahādevaṃ tasmiṃstīrthe yudhiṣṭhira .
snātvābhyarcya pitḥn devān so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 32.23 ..

Whoever should worship Mahādeva at that sacred ford, O Yudhiṣṭhira,
having bathed and worshipped the ancestors and gods, attains the fruit of a horse-sacrifice.

6.3.32.24

mṛto varṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ krīḍitvā ca śive pure .
rājā vā rājatulyo vā paścānmartyeṣu jāyate .. 32.24 ..

When dead, having sported for fully a hundred years in Śiva's city,
he is afterwards born among mortals as a king or equal to a king,

6.3.32.25

vedavedāṅgatattvajño jīvecca śaradaḥ śatam .
vyādhiśokavinirmuktaḥ punaḥ smarati tajjalam .. 32.25 ..

knowing the truth of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas; and he lives for a hundred autumns,
freed from disease and grief, and again remembers that water.

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.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe patreśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma dvātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ..

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