[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) › 14.45 # Skandapurana 14.45 Skandapurāṇa 14.45 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.45.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.45.1) .. pulastya uvāca.. .. devakhātaṃ tato gacchetsupuṇyaṃ tīrthamuttamam .. yatkhyātirvibudhaiḥ sarvaiḥ svayameva vyadhīyata .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / 'Then one should go to Devakhāta, an exceedingly holy, supreme tīrtha, > whose renown was created by all the gods themselves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.45.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.45.2) tatra yaḥ kurute śrāddhamamāvāsyāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. kanyāgate ravau rājansa labhetparamaṃ padam .. pitṝnsa tārayatyeva prāptānapi sudurgatim.. 2 .. > Whoever performs a śrāddha there, especially on the new moon day > when the sun has entered Virgo, O king, attains the supreme abode; / he indeed delivers his ancestors even if they have fallen into an evil state.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.45.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.45.45) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe śrīdevakhātotpattimāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma paṃcacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 45 .. > Thus ends the forty-fifth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Origin and Māhātmya of the Holy Devakhāta,' 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.14.45.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.45) · Pramāṇa