[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 14.0.p17 # Skandapurana 14.0.p17 Skandapurāṇa 14.0.p17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.0.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p17) adhyāyaḥ 18 atīvapāpakāriṇaścitrāṃgadasya jalaṃ praviṣṭasya tṛṣārtasya grāheṇa haraṇam, tato yama-dūtaiḥ pāpinaścitrāṃgadasya narake prakṣepaṇam, citrāṃgadasya narake prakṣepaṇena tatratyajīvānāṃ sukhaprāptiḥ, tata āścaryaṃ dṛṣṭvā yamena jñānekṣaṇena samavalokya mattīrthasnānakaraṇena tatraivāsya mṛtiprāpternāyaṃ narakalokaduḥkhabhāgiti manasi vicārya tasya narakato mocanam, tatastasya citrāṃgadasyāpsarogaṇaveṣṭitavimānena svarge gamanam, yamatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 18: The seizing by an alligator of Citrāṅgada, a great committer of sin, when he entered the water afflicted by thirst; then the throwing into hell of the sinner Citrāṅgada by Yama's messengers; the attainment of comfort by the beings residing there by the throwing of Citrāṅgada into hell; then, seeing the wonder, Yama looked with the eye of knowledge and, reflecting in his mind, 'Because of his taking a bath in my sacred ford and attaining death right there, he is not one to share in the suffering of the world of hell,' liberated him from hell; then the departure of Citrāṅgada to heaven in an aerial chariot surrounded by a host of apsarases; description of the māhātmya of the Yamatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.0.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p16) - [Next: 14.0.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p18) - [Up: 14.0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.0.p17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p17) · Pramāṇa