[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) › 14.63 # Skandapurana 14.63 Skandapurāṇa 14.63 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.63.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.63.1) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi .. arbudasya mahārāja māhātmyaṃ hi samāsataḥ .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / All this which you ask me has been recounted to you, / namely the māhātmya of Arbuda in brief, O great king. 1. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.63.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.63.2) vistareṇa ca saṃkhyā syādapi varṣaśatairapi .. asaṃkhyānīha tīrthāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca .. padepade gṛhāṇyeva nirmitāni maharṣibhiḥ .. 2 .. > A detailed reckoning would take even hundreds of years; / innumerable are the sacred fords and holy shrines here, / and at every step there are dwellings built by the great seers. 2. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.63.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.63.3) na tattīrthaṃ na sā siddhirna sa vṛkṣo mahīpate .. na sā nadī na deveśo yasya tatrāsti na sthitiḥ .. 3 .. > There is no such sacred ford, no such perfection, no such tree, O lord of the earth, / no such river, no such lord of gods, whose presence is not found there. 3. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.63.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.63.4) ye vasaṃti mahārāja suramye'rbudaparvate .. nūnaṃ te puṇyakarmāṇo na vasaṃti triviṣṭape .. 4 .. > Those who dwell on the charming Arbuda mountain, O great king, / are truly performers of meritorious deeds; they do not reside in heaven. 4. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.63.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.63.5) kiṃ tasya jīvitenārthaḥ kiṃ dhanaiḥ kiṃ japairnṛpa .. yo na paśyati mandātmā samantādarbudācalam .. 5 .. > What is the purpose of his life, what is the purpose of riches, what is the purpose of whispered prayers, O king, / for the dull-witted one who does not see Mount Arbuda completely? 5. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.63.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.63.6) api kīṭapataṃgā ye paśavaḥ pakṣiṇo mṛgāḥ .. svedajāścāṇḍajāścāpi hyudbhijjāśca jarāyujāḥ .. 6 .. > Even worms, moths, beasts, birds, animals of the wild, / sweat-born, egg-born, sprout-born, and womb-born creatures, 6. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.63.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.63.7) tasminmṛtā mahārāja niṣkāmāḥ kāmato'pi vā .. te yānti śivasāyujyaṃ jarā maraṇavarjitam .. 7 .. > if they die upon it, O great king, whether devoid of desire or with desire, / they attain union with Śiva, free from old age and death. 7. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.63.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.63.8) yaścaitacchuṇuyānnityaṃ purāṇaṃ śraddhayānvitaḥ .. arbudasya mahārāja sa yātrāphalamaśnute .. 8 .. > And whatever person endowed with faith constantly hears this purāṇa / of Arbuda, O great king, he obtains the fruit of the pilgrimage. 8. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.63.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.63.9) tasmātsarvaprayatnena yātrāṃ tatra samācaret .. ya icchedātmanaḥ siddhimiha loke paratra ca .. 9 .. > Therefore, with every effort one should undertake the pilgrimage there, / whoever desires perfection for oneself in this world and in the next. 9. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.63.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.63.63) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe'rbudakhaṇḍamāhātmyaphalaśrutivarṇanaṃnāma triṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 63 .. > Thus ends the sixty-third chapter, named 'Description of the Reward for Hearing the Māhātmya of Arbudakhaṇḍa,' in the third \[section\], the Arbudakhaṇḍa, in the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. 63. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.63.63\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.63.63_1) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇe saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīyamarbudakhaṇḍaṃ sampūrṇam .. 7 - 3 .. > Thus ends the third Arbudakhaṇḍa in the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. 7 - 3. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.63.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.63) · Pramāṇa