[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) › 14.44 # Skandapurana 14.44 Skandapurāṇa 14.44 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.44.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.44.1) pulastya uvāca .. tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha gajatīrthamanuttamam .. yatra pūrvaṃ tapastaptaṃ diggajairbhāvitātmabhiḥ .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / 'Then, O best of kings, one should go to the unsurpassed Gajatīrtha, > where austerity was formerly performed by the self-controlled directional elephants, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.44.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.44.2) bhūbhāradharaṇaiścānyairairāvaṇamukhairnṛpa .. tatra snāto naraḥ samyaggajadānaphalaṃ labhet .. 2 .. > the bearers of the earth's burden, headed by Airāvaṇa and others, O king. > A man who has performed ritual ablution there properly obtains the fruit of gifting an elephant.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.44.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.44.44) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe gajatīrthaprabhāvavarṇanaṃnāma catuścatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 44 .. > Thus ends the forty-fourth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Power of Gajatīrtha,' in the Arbuda Section, the third \[part\] of the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.44.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.44) · Pramāṇa