[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) › 14.26 # Skandapurana 14.26 Skandapurāṇa 14.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.26.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.26.1) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam .. tasminkanakhalaṃnāma parvate pāpanāśane .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: > Then one should go, O best of kings, to the sacred ford renowned in the three worlds / on that sin-destroying mountain, named Kanakhala. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.26.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.26.2) śṛṇu tatrā'bhavatpūrvaṃ yadāścaryaṃ mahīpate .. pārthivaḥ sumatirnāma saṃprāpto'rbudaparvate ..2.. > Hear, O ruler of the earth, the wonder that occurred there in the past: / A king named Sumati arrived at Mount Arbuda. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.26.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.26.3) sūryagrahe mahīpāla tīrthaṃ kanakhalaṃ gataḥ .. tena viprārthamānītaṃ suvarṇaṃ jātyameva hi ..3.. > During a solar eclipse, O protector of the earth, he went to the Kanakhala sacred ford. / By him, genuine gold was brought for the sake of brahmins. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.26.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.26.4) prabhūtaṃ patitaṃ toye pramādāttasya bhūpateḥ .. na labdhaṃ tena bhūpāla anveṣaṇapareṇa ca .. 4 .. > An abundance of it fell into the water through the carelessness of that king. / It was not found by that ruler of the earth, though he was intent upon searching. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.26.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.26.5) tataḥ snātvā gṛhaṃ prāptaḥ paścāttāpasamanvitaḥ .. tataḥ kālena mahatā sa bhūyastatra cāgataḥ .. 5 .. > Then, having bathed, he returned home, filled with remorse. / Then, after a long time, he came there once again, // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.26.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.26.6) snānārthaṃ bhāskare graste taṃ ca deśamapaśyata .. ciṃtayāmāsa medhāvī hyasmindeśe tadā mama .. 6 .. > for the sake of bathing during a solar eclipse, and he saw that place. / The wise king reflected: “In this place, back then, // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.26.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.26.7) suvarṇaṃ patitaṃ hastānna ca labdhaṃ kathaṃcana .. 7 .. > gold fell from my hand and was not found in any way.” // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.26.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.26.8) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. evaṃ ciṃtayatastasya vāguvācāśarīriṇī .. nātra nāśo'sti rājendra iha loke paratra ca .. 8 .. > Pulastya said: > While he was thinking thus, a bodiless voice spoke: / “There is no loss here, O lord of kings, in this world or in the next! // 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.26.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.26.9) atra koṭiguṇaṃ jātaṃ suvarṇaṃ yatpurātanam .. paścāttāpastvayā bhūri kṛto yaddravyanāśane .. 9 .. > Here, that former gold has become multiplied ten-millionfold. / Great remorse was felt by you over the loss of wealth; // 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.26.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.26.10) tasmātsaṃkhyā ca saṃjātā tathaivākalpitasya ca .. ye'tra śraddhāsamāyuktāḥ suvarṇairnṛpasattama .. yatnācchrāddhaṃ kariṣyaṃti suvarṇaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ .. 7.3.26.10 .. > therefore, it has attained this measure, even unimaginable. / Those endowed with faith who, with gold, O best of kings, / carefully perform a śrāddha here, and especially \[give\] gold, // 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.26.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.26.11) brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradāsyaṃti saṃkhyā tasya na vidyate .. atrānveṣaya deśe tvaṃ prāpsyase nā'tra saṃśayaḥ .. 11 .. > shall give to brahmins—its measure cannot be known. / Search in this place: you will obtain it, there is no doubt about this.” // 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.26.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.26.12) sa śrutvā bhāratī tatra hyākāśādutthitāṃ nṛpa .. anveṣamāṇo'smindeśe suvarṇaṃ tacca labdhavān .. 12 .. > Hearing that voice arisen from the sky there, O king, / searching in that place, he found that gold— // 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.26.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.26.13) śubhraṃ koṭiguṇaṃ prājyaṃ tatastuṣṭiṃ samāgataḥ .. jñātvā tīrthaprabhāvaṃ taṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ sahasraśaḥ .. pradadau ca dayāyukta uddiśya pitṛdevatāḥ .. 13 .. > bright, multiplied ten-millionfold, abundant; then he attained satisfaction. / Having realized the power of that sacred ford, filled with compassion, he gave it by the thousands / to brahmins, dedicating it to the ancestors and the deities. // 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.26.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.26.14) tatastasya prabhāveṇa sa dānasya mahīpatiḥ .. saṃjāto dhanadonāma yakṣo nānādhanapradaḥ .. 14 .. > Then, by the power of that gift, that ruler of the earth / became a Yakṣa named Dhanada, a giver of various kinds of wealth. // 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.26.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.26.15) tatra yaḥ kurute śrāddhaṃ grahe sūryasya bhūmipa .. ākalpaṃ pitarastasya tṛptiṃ yāṃti sutarpitāḥ .. 15 .. > Whoever performs a śrāddha there during a solar eclipse, O ruler of the earth, / his ancestors, well-gratified, attain satisfaction until the end of an eon. // 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.26.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.26.16) snānena ṛṣayo devāstuṣṭiṃ yāṃti mahoragāḥ .. nāśaḥ saṃjāyate sadyaḥ pāpasya pṛthivīpate .. 16 .. > By ritual ablution, the seers, gods, and great serpents attain satisfaction; / instantaneous destruction of sin occurs, O lord of the earth. // 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.26.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.26.17) tasmātsarvaprayatnena snānaṃ tatra samācaret .. yathāśaktyā tathā dānaṃ śrāddhaṃ ca nṛpasattama .. 17 .. > Therefore, with all effort, one should perform ritual ablution there, / as well as gifts according to one's capacity, and śrāddha, O best of kings. // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.26.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.26.26) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe kanakhalatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṅviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 26 .. .. > Thus ends the twenty-sixth chapter, titled ‘Description of the Māhātmya of Kanakhala Sacred Ford’, in the Arbuda Section, the third part of the seventh Prabhāsa Section, in the Skandapurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.26.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Kalpaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.vidhi.mantra.kalpah.2.6.2.237_349) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.26) · Pramāṇa