[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) › 14.19 # Skandapurana 14.19 Skandapurāṇa 14.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.19.1) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha tīrthaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam .. vārāhasya hareriṣṭaṃ sadā vāsasukhapradam .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / Then one should go, O best of kings, to the sacred ford that destroys sin, / dear to Hari in his Boar incarnation, which ever grants the happiness of dwelling \[near him\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.19.2) vārāheṇāvatāreṇa pṛthvī tatra samuddhṛtā .. hariṇoktā sthirā tiṣṭha na bhetavyaṃ kadācana .. 2 .. > In his Boar incarnation, the Earth was lifted up there / and told by Hari: 'Remain firm; you must never fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.19.3) ahaṃ ceto gamiṣyāmi vaikuṇṭhe ca punaḥ śubhe .. varaṃ varaya kalyāṇi yadyadiṣṭaṃ sudurlabham .. 3 .. > And I will go from here back to Vaikuṇṭha, O auspicious one. / Choose a boon, O blessed lady, whatever you desire, even if very hard to attain.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.19.4) .. pṛthivyuvāca .. .. yadi deyo varo mahyaṃ śaṃkhacakragadādhara .. anena vapuṣā tiṣṭha hyasmiṃstīrthe sadā hare .. 4 .. > The Earth said: / 'If a boon is to be given to me, O wielder of the conch, discus, and mace, / then remain forever in this sacred ford with this very form, O Hari.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.19.5) .. hariruvāca .. .. anena vapuṣā devi parvate'rbudasaṃjñake .. ahaṃ sthāsyāmi te vākyātsadā loka hite rataḥ .. 5 .. > Hari said: / 'With this form, O goddess, on the mountain named Arbuda, / I shall remain at your word, constantly delighting in the welfare of the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.19.6) mamāgre yo hradaḥ puṇyaḥ sunirmalajalānvitaḥ .. māghamāse site pakṣa ekādaśyāṃ samāhitaḥ .. 6 .. > Before me is a holy pool filled with very clear water; / in the month of Māgha, in the bright fortnight, composed on the eleventh day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.19.7) tatra snātvā naro bhaktyā mucyate brahmahatyayā .. tatra śrāddhaṃ kariṣyaṃti manuṣyāḥ śraddhayānvitāḥ .. 7 .. > having bathed there with devotion, a person is freed from the sin of killing a brahmin. / Men who are endowed with faith will perform ancestral rites there; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.19.8) pitṝṇāṃ jāyate tṛptiryāvadābhūtasaṃplavam .. tasmātsarvaprayatnena snānaṃ tatra samācaret .. 8 .. > satisfaction arises for their ancestors until the dissolution of all beings. / Therefore, with every effort one should perform ritual ablution there.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.19.9) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. ityuktvāṃtardadhe rājangoviṃdo garuḍadhvajaḥ .. tasmindine nṛpaśreṣṭha snātvā vrataṃ samācaret ..9.. > Pulastya said: / Having spoken thus, O king, Govinda, who has Garuḍa on his banner, vanished. / On that day, O best of kings, having bathed, one should observe a vow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.19.10) tarpaṇaṃ piṃḍadānaṃ ca yaḥ kuryādbhaktitatparaḥ .. sa yāti viṣṇusālokyaṃ pūrvajaiḥ saha pārthiva .. 7.3.19.10 .. > Whoever, intent on devotion, performs the water offering and the offering of rice-balls, / goes to the world of Viṣṇu along with his ancestors, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.19.11) tatra dānaṃ praśaṃsaṃti gatvā brāhmaṇasattame .. asmiṃstīrthe nṛpaśreṣṭha godānaṃ ca karoti yaḥ .. 11 .. > They praise giving gifts there after approaching the best of brahmins; / whoever performs the gift of a cow in this sacred ford, O best of kings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.19.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.19.12) romasaṃkhyāni varṣāṇi svarge tiṣṭhati mānavaḥ .. tasmātsarvātmanā rājangodānaṃ ca samācaret .. 12 .. > that human dwells in heaven for as many years as the number of hairs \[on the cow\]. / Therefore, with all one's being, O king, one should perform the gift of a cow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.19.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.19.13) ekādaśyāṃ viśeṣeṇa karttavyaṃ snānamuttamam .. dānaṃ kuryādyathāśaktyā sa yāti paramāṃ gatim .. 13 .. > On the eleventh day, especially, an excellent ritual ablution must be performed; / one should give a gift according to one's ability, and one attains the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.19.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.19.19) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe vārāhatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonaviṃśodhyāyaḥ .. 19 .. > Thus ends the nineteenth chapter, titled 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Vārāhatīrtha,' 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.14.19.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.19) · Pramāṇa