Skandapurana 6.3.74

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adhyāya 74

6.3.74.1

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
revāyā uttare kūle tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam .
sarvapāpaharaṃ martye nāmnā vai gautameśvaram .. 74.1 ..

The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said:
On the northern bank of the Revā is an exceedingly beautiful sacred ford
that removes all sin in the mortal world, named indeed Gautameśvara.

6.3.74.2

sthāpitaṃ gautamenaiva lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā .
svargasopānarūpaṃ tu tīrthaṃ puṃsāṃ yudhiṣṭhira .. 74.2 ..

It was established by Gautama himself, desiring the welfare of all people;
it is like a staircase to heaven for men, O Yudhiṣṭhira.

6.3.74.3

tatra gaccha paraṃ bhaktyā yatra devo jagadguruḥ .
pātakasya vināśārthaṃ svargavāsapradastathā .. 74.3 ..

Go there with supreme devotion, where the god, the teacher of the universe, resides,
for the destruction of sin, bestowing residence in heaven.

6.3.74.4

saubhāgyavarddhanaṃ tīrthaṃ jayadaṃ duḥkhanāśanam .
piṇḍadānena caikena kulānāmuddharettrayam .. 74.4 ..

It is a sacred ford that increases fortune, grants victory, and destroys sorrow;
and by a single offering of a piṇḍa, one delivers three lineages.

6.3.74.5

yatkiṃciddīyate bhaktyā svalpaṃ vā yadi vā bahu .
tatsarvaṃ śatasāhasramājñayā gautamasya hi .. 74.5 ..

Whatever is given with devotion, whether small or great,
all of that becomes a hundred-thousandfold, indeed by the command of Gautama.

6.3.74.6

tīrthānāṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ svayaṃ rudreṇa bhāṣitam .. 74.6 ..

It is the supreme sacred ford among sacred fords, spoken by Rudra himself.

6.3.74.6_2

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcamāvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe gautameśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma catuḥsaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the seventy-fourth chapter, titled 'Description of the Gautameśvara-tīrtha-māhātmya', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth [part, the] Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand [verses].