[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) › 14.64.3\_19 # Skandapurana 14.64.3\_19 Skandapurāṇa 14.64.3\_19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.64.3\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.64.3_19) 18 atīvapāpakāriṇaścitrāṃgadasya jalaṃ praviṣṭasya tṛṣārtasya grāheṇa haraṇam, tato yama-dūtaiḥ pāpinaścitrāṃgadasya narake prakṣepaṇam, citrāṃgadasya narake prakṣepaṇena tatratyajīvānāṃ sukhaprāptiḥ, tata āścaryaṃ dṛṣṭvā yamena jñānekṣaṇena samavalokya mattīrthasnānaka-raṇena tatraivāsya mṛtiprāpternāyaṃ narakalokaduḥkhabhāgiti manasi vicārya tasya nara-kato mocanam, tatastasya citrāṃgadasyāpsarogaṇaveṣṭitavimānena svarge gamanam, yamatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. .. ... ...... ... 249 2 > 18. Citrāṅgada, a great sinner, having entered the water while afflicted by thirst, is seized by an alligator; then Yama's messengers cast the sinful Citrāṅgada into hell; through the casting of Citrāṅgada into hell, the beings there attain happiness; then, having seen this wonder, Yama perceives through the eye of knowledge: “Because he performed an ablution in my sacred ford and died right there, this man should not partake of the suffering of the world of hell”; reflecting thus in his mind, he releases him from hell; then Citrāṅgada goes to heaven in an aerial chariot surrounded by hosts of apsarases; the description of the Yamatīrtha māhātmya. 249 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.64.3\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.64.3_18) - [Next: 14.64.3\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.64.3_20) - [Up: 14.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.64) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.64.3_19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.64.3_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.64.3_19) · Pramāṇa