[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) › 14.50 # Skandapurana 14.50 Skandapurāṇa 14.50 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.50.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.50.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.50.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.50.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.50.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.50.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.50.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.50.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.50.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.50.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.50) · Pramāṇa