[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) › 14.61 # Skandapurana 14.61 Skandapurāṇa 14.61 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.61.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.61.1) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. gaṃgādharaṃ tato gacchetsupuṇyaṃ vimalodakam .. yena gaṃgā dhṛtā rājannipatantī nabhastalāt .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / Then one should go to Gaṅgādhara, very sacred, having clear waters, / by which Gaṅgā was held, O king, as she fell from the expanse of the sky, 1. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.61.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.61.2) āhūtā deva devena hyacaleśvararūpiṇā .. hareṇa rabhasā rājanyatpurā kathitaṃ tava .. 2 .. > summoned impetuously, O king, by Hara, the god of gods, / in the form of Acaleśvara, as was told to you before. 2. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.61.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.61.3) tatra yaḥ kurute snānamaṣṭamyāṃ ca samāhitaḥ .. sa gacchetparamaṃ sthānaṃ devai rapi sudurlabham .. 3 .. > Whoever, attentive in mind, performs a ritual ablution there on the eighth day \[of the fortnight\], / he shall go to the supreme abode, very difficult to attain even for the gods. 3. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.61.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.61.61) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīya'rbudakhaṇḍe gaṃgādharatīrthamāhātmya varṇanaṃnāmaikaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 61 .. > Thus ends the sixty-first chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Gaṅgādharatīrtha,' in the third \[section\], the Arbudakhaṇḍa, in the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. 61. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.61.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.61) · Pramāṇa