[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) › 14.23 # Skandapurana 14.23 Skandapurāṇa 14.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.23.1) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha śuklatīrthamanuttamam .. yatkhyātimagamatpūrvaṃ sakāśāddāśavargataḥ .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / Then one should proceed, O best of kings, to the unsurpassed Śuklatīrtha, / which formerly attained fame through the fishermen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.23.2) purā''sīdrajako nāmnā śamilākṣo mahīpate .. nīlīmadhye tu vastrāṇi prakṣiptāni mahīpate .. 2 .. > Formerly, O ruler of the earth, there was a washerman named Śamilākṣa; / clothes were thrown into indigo dye by him, O lord of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.23.3) athāsau bhayamāpanno jñātvā vastraviḍaṃbanam.. deśāṃtaraṃ prasthito'sau svakuṭumbasamāvṛtaḥ .. 3 .. > Then, overtaken by fear upon realizing the ruin of the clothes, / he set out for another land, surrounded by his family. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.23.4) atha tasya sutā rājandāśakanyāsakhī śubhā .. duḥkhena mahatāviṣṭā dāśyaṃtikamupādravat .. 4 .. > Then his fair daughter, O king, a friend of a fisherman’s daughter, / seized with great sorrow, ran to the fisherman's daughter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.23.5) tasyai nivedayāmāsa bhayaṃ vastrasamudbhavam .. videśacalanaṃ caiva bāṣpagadgadayā girā .. 5 .. > She reported to her the fear arising from the clothes / and their departure for a foreign land, in a voice choked with tears. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.23.6) dāśakanyāpi duḥkhena tasyā duḥkhasamanvitā .. abravīdvāṣsaṃklinnāṃ niśvasaṃtī muhurmuhuḥ .. 6 .. > The fisherman’s daughter also, distressed with grief on account of her sorrow, / sighed repeatedly and said to the girl who was wet with tears: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.23.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.23.7) .. dāśakanyovāca .. .. astyupāyo mahānatra vidito mama śobhane .. dhruvaṃ tena kṛtenaiva nirbhayaṃ te ca te pituḥ .. 7 .. > The fisherman’s daughter said: / ‘There is a great means here known to me, O beautiful one; / surely, once that is performed, there will be fearlessness for you and for your father.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.23.8) atrāsti nirjharaṃ subhrūrarbude varavarṇini .. tatra me bhrātaraścaiva tathānye matsyajīvinaḥ .. 8 .. > “Here on Arbuda, O fair-browed one, O woman of lovely complexion, there is a stream; / there my brothers and other fishermen \[dwell\]. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.23.9) yaccānyadapi tatraiva kṣipyate salile śubhe .. tatsarvaṃ śuklatāmeti paśya me vapurīdṛśam .. 9 .. > Whatever else is cast into that auspicious water, / all that turns white; behold my body, how it is like this! 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.23.10) sarveṣāmeva dāśānāṃ tasya toyasya majjanāt .. tāni vastrāṇi tatraiva tātastava sumadhyame .. jale prakṣālayetkṣipraṃ prayāsyaṃti suśuklatām .. 7.3.23.10 .. > Because of dipping into that water, all the fishermen \[became white\]. / O slender-waisted lady, let your father quickly wash those clothes / right there in that water; they will become exceedingly white. 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.23.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.23.11) tvayā'tra na bhayaṃ kāryaṃ gatvā tātaṃ nivāraya .. prasthitaṃ paradeśāya nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 11 .. > You need have no fear here; go and stop your father / who has set out for a foreign land; there should be no hesitation here.” 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.23.12) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. sā tasyā vacanaṃ śrutvā gatvā sarvaṃ nyavedayat .. janakāya sutā tūrṇaṃ tato'sau tuṣṭimāptavān.. 12 .. > Pulastya said: / Having heard her words, the daughter went quickly and reported everything / to her father; then he attained satisfaction. 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.23.13) prātarutthāya tūrṇaṃ sa nirjharaṃ tamupādravat.. kṣiptamātrāṇi rājendra tāni vastrāṇi tena vai .. .. 13 .. > Rising early in the morning, he ran quickly to that stream; / as soon as those clothes were cast into it by him, O best of kings, 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.23.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.23.14) tasmiṃstoyetiśuklatvaṃ gatāni bahulāṃ tataḥ .. kāṃtimāpuśca paramāṃ tathā dṛṣṭvāṃbarāṇi ca .. 14 .. > they attained extreme whiteness in that water, and then / acquired great, supreme luster; and seeing the garments thus, 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.23.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.23.15) athāsau vismayāviṣṭastāni cādāya satvaraḥ .. rājñe nivedayāmāsa vṛttāṃtaṃ ca tadudbhavam .. 15 .. > then, overcome with amazement, he swiftly took them / and presented them to the king, along with the story of how it came about. 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.23.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.23.16) tato vismayamāpannaḥ sa rājā tatra nirjhare .. anyāni nīlīraktāni vastrāṇi cākṣipajjale .. 16 .. > Then, filled with wonder, that king threw other clothes, / indigo and red, into the water of that stream. 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.23.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.23.17) sarvāṇi śuklatāṃ yāṃti viśiṣṭāni bhavaṃti ca .. jñātvā tataḥ paraṃ tīrthaṃ snānaṃ cakre yathāvidhi .. 17 .. > They all turned white and became superior. / Recognizing it then as a supreme sacred ford, he performed ritual ablution according to rule. 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.23.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.23.18) tyaktvā rājyaṃ sa tatraiva tapastepe mahīpatiḥ .. tataḥ siddhiṃ parāṃ prāptastīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ .. 18 .. > Abandoning his kingdom right there, the ruler of the earth performed austerity; / then, through the power of this sacred ford, he attained the supreme perfection. 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.23.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.23.19) ekādaśyāṃ narastatra yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute nṛpa .. sa kulāni samuddhṛtya daśa yāti divaṃ tataḥ .. snānenava vipāpatvaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva jāyate .. 19 .. > O king, that man who performs a śrāddha there on the eleventh day, / having redeemed ten families, goes thence to heaven; / and by ritual ablution alone freedom from sin arises that very instant. 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.23.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.23.23) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe śuklatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma trayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 23 .. > Thus ends the twenty-third chapter, titled 'Description of the Glory of Śuklatīrtha,' in the third section, Arbudakhaṇḍa, of the seventh section, Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.23.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.23) · Pramāṇa