[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) › 14.55 # Skandapurana 14.55 Skandapurāṇa 14.55 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.55.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.55.1) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha puṇyaṃ rudrahradaṃ śubham .. yatra snāto naro bhaktyā gaṇādhīśatvamāpnuyāt .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / Then one should proceed, best of kings, to the meritorious and auspicious Rudrahrada, / bathing where with devotion a person attains the status of a lord of Gaṇas. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.55.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.55.2) purā hatvāṃ'dhakaṃ daityaṃ sagaṇo vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ .. tataḥ snāto hradaṃ kṛtvā tato rudrahrado'bhavat .. 2 .. > Long ago, having slain the Daitya Andhaka, he whose banner bears a bull, together with his Gaṇas, / bathed there after creating the pool; hence it became known as Rudrahrada. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.55.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.55.3) caturddaśyāṃ mahārāja yastatra kurute naraḥ .. snānaṃ tasya bhavetpuṇyaṃ sarvatīrthasamudbhavam .. 3 .. > O great king, whatever person bathes there on the fourteenth day, / his merit becomes equivalent to that arising from all sacred fords. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.55.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.55.55) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe rudrahradamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcapañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 55 .. > Thus ends the fifty-fifth chapter, entitled "Description of the Greatness of Rudrahrada", in the third section, the Arbudakhaṇḍa, of the seventh book, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses. // 55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.55.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.55) · Pramāṇa