[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) › 14.18 # Skandapurana 14.18 Skandapurāṇa 14.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.18.1) .. .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha yamatīrthamanuttamam .. mocakaṃ narakebhyaśca prāṇināṃ pāpanāśanam .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / Then, O best of kings, one should go to the unsurpassed Yamatīrtha, / which releases living beings from hells and destroys sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.18.2) purā citrāṃgado nāma rājā paramalobhavān .. na tena sukṛtaṃ kiṃcitkṛtaṃ pārthivasattama .. 2 .. > Formerly, there was a king named Citrāṅgada who was exceedingly greedy; / not the least good deed was done by him, O best of rulers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.18.3) atīva niṣṭhuro duṣṭo devabrāhmaṇapīḍakaḥ .. paradāraharo nityaṃ paravittaharastathā .. 3 .. > Exceedingly cruel and wicked, he tormented gods and brahmins; / he was constantly an abductor of others' wives as well as an embezzler of others' wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.18.4) satyaśaucavihīnastu māyāmatsarasaṃyutaḥ .. sa kadācinmṛgayāsakta ārūḍho'rbudaparvate .. 4 .. > Devoid of truthfulness and purity, he was full of deceit and malice; / once, addicted to hunting, he ascended Mount Arbuda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.18.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.18.58) aṭanātsa pariśrāṃtaḥ kṣutpipāsāsamākulaḥ .. tena tatra hradaḥ prāptaḥ svacchodakaprapūritaḥ .. 58 .. > Exhausted from wandering, agitated with hunger and thirst, / he found a lake there filled with clear water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.18.58\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.18.58_1) padminībhiḥ samākīrṇo grāhanakrajhaṣākulaḥ .. nānāpakṣisamāyukto manohārī suvistaraḥ .. 6 .. > covered with lotuses, teeming with alligators, crocodiles, and fish, / filled with various birds, delightful, and very expansive. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.18.58\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.18.58_2) tṛṣārtaḥ saṃpraviṣṭaḥ sa tasminneva jalāśaye .. grāheṇa tatkṣaṇāddhṛtvā bhakṣito nṛpasattama .. 7 .. > Afflicted by thirst, he entered into that very body of water; / seized in an instant by an alligator, he was devoured, O best of kings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.18.58\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.18.58_3) tasyārthe narakā raudrā nirmitāśca yamena ca .. yamadūtaistataḥ kṣiptaḥ sa nītvā pāpakṛttamaḥ .. 8 .. > Fierce hells had been prepared for him by Yama; / then, that greatest committer of sins was taken and thrown in by Yama's messengers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.18.58\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.18.58_4) tasya sparśena te sarve narakasthā sukhaṃ gatāḥ .. te dūtā dharmarājāya vṛttāṃtaṃ narako dbhavam .. ācakhyurvismayāviṣṭā narakasthānāṃ sukhodbhavam .. 9 .. > By his touch, all those residing in hell attained happiness. / Filled with wonder, those messengers reported to Dharmarāja the event that had occurred in hell, / the arising of happiness for the hell-dwellers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.18.58\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.18.58_5) tadā vaivasvataḥ prāha bhūmāvastyarbudācalaḥ .. tatra me'tipriyaṃ tīrthaṃ yatra taptaṃ mayā tapaḥ .. 7.3.18.10 .. > Then Vaivasvata said: 'On earth is Mount Arbuda; / there is my dearest sacred ford, where austerity was performed by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.18.58\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.18.58_6) tatrāsau mṛtyumāpanno bhātyadastviha kāraṇam .. tairuktaṃ satyametaddhi mṛto'sāvarbudācale .. grāheṇa sa dhṛtastatra mṛtyuṃ prāpto nṛpādhamaḥ ..11.. .. > It appears that he met his death there; this indeed must be the reason.' / By them it was said: 'This is true; he died on Mount Arbuda. / Seized there by an alligator, that vilest of kings met his death.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.18.58\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.18.58_7) .. yama uvāca .. .. mucyatāmāśu tenāyaṃ nāneyāścāpare janāḥ .. ye mṛtā mama tīrthe vai sarvapātakanāśane .. 12 .. > Yama said: / 'Quickly let him be released on account of that! And other people must not be brought \[here\] / who die at my sacred ford, which destroys all sins.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.18.58\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.18.58_8) tatastaiḥ kiṃkarairmukto yamavākyānnṛpottama .. triviṣṭapaṃ mudā prāptaḥ sevyamāno'psarogaṇaiḥ.. 13 .. > Then, released by those attendants by Yama's command, O best of kings, / he joyfully reached heaven, attended by hosts of apsarases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.18.58\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.18.58_9) yastu bhaktisamāyuktaḥ snānaṃ tatra samācaret .. sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam .. 14 .. > And whoever, endowed with devotion, performs ritual ablution there, / goes to the supreme abode, free from old age and death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.18.58\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.18.58_10) tasmātsarvaprayatnena snānaṃ tatra samācaret .. caitraśuklatrayodaśyāṃ yatra siddhiṃ gato yamaḥ .. 15 .. > Therefore, with every effort one should perform ritual ablution there / on the thirteenth day of the bright half of Caitra, where Yama attained perfection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.18.58\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.18.58_11) tasminneva naraḥ samyakchrāddhakṛtyaṃ samācaret .. ākalpaṃ pitarastasya svarge tiṣṭhaṃti pārthiva ..16.. > On that very day a person should properly perform the ancestral rites; / his ancestors remain in heaven until the end of an eon, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.18.58\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.18.58_12) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṃḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe yamatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 18 .. > Thus ends the eighteenth chapter, titled 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Yamatīrtha,' in the Arbuda Section of the third Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the seventh part of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.18.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.18) · Pramāṇa