[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) › 14.60 # Skandapurana 14.60 Skandapurāṇa 14.60 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.60.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.60.1) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha jaṃbūtīrthamanuttamam .. tatra snāto naraḥ samyagiṣṭaṃ phalamavāpnuyāt. .. jaṃbūdvīpasamutthānāṃ tīrthānāṃ nṛpasattama .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / Then one should go, best of kings, to the unsurpassed Jambūtīrtha; / a man who bathes there duly attains the desired reward / of the sacred fords situated in Jambūdvīpa, best of kings. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.60.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.60.2) āsītpurā nimirnāma kṣatriyaḥ sūryavaṃśajaḥ .. vayasaḥ pariṇāme sa parvataṃ cārbudaṃ gataḥ .. 2 .. > In ancient times there was a kṣatriya named Nimi, born of the solar dynasty. / In the maturity of his age, he went to Mount Arbuda. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.60.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.60.3) prāyopaveśanaṃ kṛtvā sthitastatra samāhitaḥ .. athājagmurmunigaṇāstasya pārśve sahasraśaḥ .. 3 .. > Having undertaken fasting unto death, he stayed there, composed in mind. / Then hosts of sages came to his side by the thousands. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.60.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.60.4) cakrurdharmakathāṃ puṇyāṃ rājarṣīṇāṃ mahātmanām .. devarṣīṇāṃ purāṇānāṃ tathānyeṣāṃ mahātmanām .. 4 .. > They engaged in holy discourse on dharma concerning the great royal seers, / the ancient celestial seers, and other great souls. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.60.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.60.5) tataḥ kaścitkathāṃte ca lomaśo nāma sanmuniḥ .. kīrttayāmāsa māhātmyaṃ sarvatīrthasamudbhavam .. 5 .. > Then, at the end of the narrative, a true sage named Lomaśa / proclaimed the greatness originating from all sacred fords. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.60.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.60.6) tacchrutvā pārthivo rājannimiḥ paramadurmanāḥ .. babhūva na kṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ yatastīrthāvagāhanam .. 6 .. > Hearing that, King Nimi became exceedingly dejected, / O king, because he had not performed bathing in sacred fords previously. // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.60.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.60.7) tataḥ provāca taṃ vipramastyupāyo dvijottama .. kaścidyena ca sarveṣāṃ tīrthānāṃ labhyate phalam .. 7 .. .. > Then he said to that brahmin: ‘Is there any means, best of the twice-born, / by which the fruit of all sacred fords is obtained?’ // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.60.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.60.8) .. lomaśa uvāca .. .. dayā me nṛpa sañjātā tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā duḥkhitaṃ bhṛśam .. tīrthayātrākṛte yasmātkariṣye'haṃ tava priyam .. 8 .. > Lomaśa said: / ‘Compassion has arisen in me, O king, seeing you deeply distressed; / for the purpose of a pilgrimage to sacred fords, I shall do what pleases you.’ // 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.60.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.60.9) atraiva cānayiṣyāmi jaṃbūdvīpodbhavāni ca .. sarvatīrthāni rājendra mantraśaktyā na saṃśayaḥ .. 9 .. > And right here, O best of kings, by the power of mantras, / I will bring all the sacred fords born in Jambudvīpa; there is no doubt. 9. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.60.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.60.10) snānaṃ kuru mahārāja hyekībhūteṣu tatra ca .. asmiñjalāśaye puṇye satyametadbravīmyaham .. 7.3.60.10 .. > Take your ritual ablution, O great king, right there when they are united / in this holy reservoir; I speak this truth to you. 7.3.60.10. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.60.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.60.11) evamuktvā sa viprarṣirdhyānaṃ cakre samāhitaḥ .. tatastīrthāni sarvāṇi tatrāyātāni tatkṣaṇāt .. 11 .. > Having spoken thus, that brahmin seer concentrated his mind in meditation; / thereupon, all the sacred fords arrived there in that very instant. 11. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.60.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.60.12) pratyayārthaṃ ca rājarṣe jaṃbūvṛkṣo vyajāyata .. tatra snānaṃ nṛpaścakre sarvatīrthamaye dhruve .. 12 .. > And to inspire trust, O royal seer, a rose-apple tree sprang up; / there the king took his ritual ablution in the eternal \[waters\] embodying all sacred fords. 12. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.60.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.60.13) sadehaśca gataḥ svarge tīrthasnānādanantaram .. tataḥ prabhṛti tattīrthaṃ jaṃbūtīrthamanusmṛtam .. 13 .. > And he went to heaven with his physical body immediately after the ritual ablution in the sacred ford; / from that time onward, that sacred ford has been commemorated as Jambūtīrtha. 13. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.60.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.60.14) kanyāgate ravau tatra yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute naraḥ .. gayāśīrṣasamaṃ tasya puṇyamāhurmaharṣayaḥ .. 14 .. > When the sun has entered the sign of Virgo, whatever person performs an ancestral rite there, / the great seers say his merit is equal to \[that of performing it at\] Gayāśīrṣa. 14. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.60.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.60.60) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe jaṃbūtīrthaprabhāvavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 60 .. > Thus ends the sixtieth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Jambūtīrtha,' in the third \[section\], the Arbudakhaṇḍa, in the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. 60. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.60.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.60) · Pramāṇa