Skandapurana 14.50
Skandapurāṇa 14.50
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14.50.1
.. pulastya uvāca .. ..
koṭitīrthaṃ tato gacchetsarvapātakanāśanam ..
tīrthānāṃ yatra saṃjātā koṭiḥ pārthiva helayā ..1..
Pulastya said: / Then one should go to Koṭitīrtha, which destroys all sins, / where ten million sacred fords gathered with ease, O king.
14.50.2
yadā syātkalikālastu raudro rājanmahītale ..
mlecchabhūtā janāḥ sarve tatsparśāttīrthaviplavaḥ .. 2 ..
When the terrible Kali age falls upon the surface of the earth, O king, / all people become barbarians; from contact with them, sacred fords are polluted.
14.50.3
tisraḥ koṭyo'rdhakoṭiśca tīrthānāṃ bhūmivāsinām ..
teṣāṃ koṭistato'vātsītparvate'rbudasaṃjñake .. 3 ..
Of the thirty-five million sacred fords abiding on earth, / ten million of them then dwelt on the mountain named Arbuda,
14.50.4
puṣkare ca tathā koṭiḥ kurukṣetre ca pārthiva ..
vārāṇasyāmardhakoṭiḥ stutā devaiḥ savāsavaiḥ ..
rājannetāni rakṣaṃti sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ .. 4 ..
ten million at Puṣkara, O king, and at Kurukṣetra, / and five million at Vārāṇasī, praised by the gods together with Indra. / O king, all the gods together with Indra protect them.
14.50.5
yadā yadā bhayārttāni mlecchasparśātsamaṃtataḥ ..
sthāneṣveteṣu tiṣṭhaṃti tīrthānyukteṣu satvaram .. 5 ..
Whenever, afflicted by fear from contact with barbarians on all sides, / the sacred fords quickly abide in these aforesaid places,
14.50.6
koṭitīrthāni trīṇyeva tatra jātāni bhūtale ..
ardha koṭisametāni sarvapāpaharāṇi ca .. 6 ..
exactly three groups of ten million sacred fords, / along with five million, have emerged there on the earth, removing all sins.
14.50.7
tasmātsarvaprayatnena snānaṃ tatra samācaret ..
kṛṣṇapakṣe trayodaśyāṃ nabhasye ca viśeṣataḥ .. 7 ..
Therefore, one should take a ritual ablution there with every effort, / especially on the thirteenth day of the dark fortnight in the month of Nabhasya.
14.50.8
tatra snānādikaṃ sarvaṃ japahomādikaṃ ca yat ..
sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ rājaṃstatprasādādasaṃśayam .. 8 ..
Whatever ritual ablution and the like, recitation and fire-offering and the like are done there, / all becomes multiplied ten millionfold, O king, by its grace, without a doubt.
14.50.50
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe koṭitīrthaprabhāvavarṇanaṃnāma paṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 50 ..
Thus ends the fiftieth chapter, titled ‘Description of the Power of Koṭitīrtha,’ in the Arbudakhaṇḍa, the third [part] of the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, the seventh [book] of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand [verses].
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