Skandapurana 6.3.81

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adhyāya 81

6.3.81.1

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchenmahārāja varuṇeśvaramuttamam .
yatra siddho mahādevo varuṇo nṛpasattama .. 81.1 ..

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:
Then one should go, O great king, to the excellent Varuṇeśvara,
where, O best of kings, Varuṇa attained perfection [through] Mahādeva.

6.3.81.2

piṇyākaśākaparṇaiśca kṛcchracāndrāyaṇādibhiḥ .
ārādhya girijānāthaṃ tataḥ siddhiṃ parāṃ gataḥ .. 81.2 ..

By means of oil cake, vegetables, and leaves, and by austerities such as the Kṛcchra and Cāndrāyaṇa,
he worshipped the lord of the Mountain's Daughter and then attained supreme perfection.

6.3.81.3

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ .
pūjayecchaṅkaraṃ bhaktyā sa yāti paramāṃ gatim .. 81.3 ..

Whoever bathes at that sacred ford, gratifies the ancestors and gods,
and worships Śaṃkara with devotion, goes to the supreme state.

6.3.81.4

kuṇḍikāṃ vardhanīṃ vāpi mahadvā jalabhājanam .
annena sahitaṃ pārtha tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu .. 81.4 ..

Hear the meritorious fruit, O son of Pṛthā, of giving a small water-pot, a pitcher,
or a large water vessel together with food.

6.3.81.5

yatphalaṃ labhate martyaḥ satre dvādaśavārṣike .
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 81.5 ..

The fruit that a mortal obtains at a twelve-year sacrificial session—
he obtains that very fruit; no doubt should be entertained here.

6.3.81.6

sarveṣāmeva dānānāmannadānaṃ paraṃ smṛtam .
sadyaḥ prītikaraṃ toyamannaṃ ca nṛpasattama .. 81.6 ..

The gift of food is considered the highest of all gifts;
water and food bring immediate delight, O best of kings.

6.3.81.7

tatratīrthe mṛtānāṃ tu narāṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām .
varuṇasya pure vāso yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam .. 81.7 ..

For men of purified minds who die at that sacred ford,
their dwelling is in the city of Varuṇa until the universal dissolution.

6.3.81.8

paścātpūrṇe tataḥ kāle martyaloke prajāyate .
annadānaprado nityaṃ jīvedvarṣaśataṃ naraḥ .. 81.8 ..

Afterward, when that time is complete, he is born in the world of mortals;
always bestowing gifts of food, that man lives for a hundred years.

6.3.81.8_2

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe varuṇeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the eighty-first chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Varuṇeśvara Tīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses.