Skandapurana 6.3.75
Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate) 6.3.75
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6.3.75.1
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
narmadādakṣiṇe kūle tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam .
śaṅkhacūḍasya nāmnā vai prasiddhaṃ bhūmimaṇḍale .. 75.1 ..
The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said:
On the southern bank of the Narmadā is an exceedingly splendid sacred ford, / well known in the circle of the earth by the name of Śaṅkhacūḍa.
6.3.75.2
śaṅkhacūḍaḥ svayaṃ tatra saṃsthitaḥ pāṇḍunandana .
vainateyabhayātpārtha sukhadanarmadātaṭe .. 75.2 ..
Śaṅkhacūḍa himself stayed there, O son of Pāṇḍu, / through fear of Garuḍa, O son of Pṛthā, on the delight-giving bank of the Narmadā.
6.3.75.3
tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā śucirbhūtvā samāhitaḥ .
snāpayecchaṅkhacūḍaṃ tu kṣīrakṣaudreṇa sarpiṣā .. 75.3 ..
Whoever, having become pure and concentrated in mind, with devotion at that sacred ford / bathes Śaṅkhacūḍa with milk, honey, and clarified butter,
6.3.75.4
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryāddevasyāgre narādhipa .
dadhibhaktena sampūjya brāhmaṇāñchaṃsitavratān .
gopradāne dvijendro'yaṃ sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaraḥ .. 75.4 ..
should keep a night vigil before the god, O ruler of men. / Having honoured with curd and boiled rice brahmins of praised vows, / this best of twice-borns, upon the gift of a cow, effects the destruction of all sins.
6.3.75.5
tasmiṃstīrthe tu yaḥ pārtha sarpadaṣṭaṃ pratarpayet .
sa yāti paramaṃ lokaṃ śaṅkarasya vaco yathā .. 75.5 ..
Whoever, O son of Pṛthā, makes water offerings at that sacred ford for one bitten by a snake, / goes to the supreme realm, according to the word of Śaṅkara.
6.3.75.5_1
.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe śaṅkhacūḍatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ ..
Thus ends the seventy-fifth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Śaṅkhacūḍa Tīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth, Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses.
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