Skandapurana 14.27
Skandapurāṇa 14.27
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14.27.1
.. pulastya uvāca .. ..
tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha cakratīrthamanuttamam ..
yatra cakraṃ purā muktaṃ viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā .. 1 ..
Pulastya said:
Then, O best of kings, one should go to the unsurpassed Cakra sacred ford, / where formerly the discus was hurled by Viṣṇu, the almighty lord. // 1
14.27.2
nihatya dānavānsaṃkhye kṛtvā snānaṃ sunirjhare ..
viṣṇuḥ prākṣālayattoyaṃ tena tanmedhyatāṃ gatam .. 2 ..
Having slain the Dānavas in battle, and having bathed in the beautiful mountain stream, / Viṣṇu washed [the discus] in the water; by that, it became pure. // 2
14.27.3
tatra śrāddhaṃ tu yaḥ kuryācchayane bodhane hareḥ ..
ākalpaṃ pitarastasya tṛptiṃ yāṃti narādhipa .. 3 ..
Whoever performs a śrāddha there on the occasion of the sleeping or waking of Hari, / his ancestors attain satisfaction until the end of an eon, O ruler of men. // 3
14.27.27
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe cakratīrthaprabhāvavarṇanaṃnāma saptaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 27 ..
Thus ends the twenty-seventh chapter, titled ‘Description of the Power of Cakra Sacred Ford’, in the Arbuda Section, the third part of the seventh Prabhāsa Section, in the Skandapurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. // 27
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