[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) › 14.6 # Skandapurana 14.6 Skandapurāṇa 14.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.6.1) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha vasiṣṭhaṃ tapasāṃ nidhim .. yaṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavaḥ samyakkṛtārthatvamavāpnuyāt .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / Then one should go, O best of kings, to Vasiṣṭha, a treasure of austerities, / by seeing whom a person attains complete fulfillment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.6.2) tatrāsti jalasampūrṇaṃ kuṇḍaṃ pāpaharaṃ nṛṇām.. tasminkuṇḍe nṛpaśreṣṭha vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā .. 2 .. > There is a pool full of water, which removes sins from mortals. / In that pool, O best of kings, by the noble Vasiṣṭha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.6.3) gomatī ca samānītā tapasā nṛpasattama .. tatra snāto naraḥ samyakpātakai rvipramucyate ..3.. > the Gomatī was brought down through austerity, O best of kings. / A man who has bathed there is completely freed from sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.6.4) ṛṣidhānyena yastatra śrāddhaṃ nṛpa samācaret .. sa pitṛṃstārayetsarvānpakṣayorubhayorapi ..4.. > One who performs a śrāddha there with wild grain, O king, / rescues all his ancestors in both lineages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.6.5) atra gāthā purā gītā nāradena mahātma nā .. snātvā puṇyodake tatra dṛṣṭvā taṃ munisattamam .. 5 .. > Here a verse was formerly sung by the great-souled Nārada: / 'Having bathed there in the sacred water and having seen that best of sages, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.6.6) kiṃ gayāśrāddhadānena kimanyairmakhavistaraiḥ .. vasiṣṭhasyāśramaṃ prāpya yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute naraḥ .. sa pitṝṃstārayetsarvānātmanā nṛpasattama .. 6 .. > what is the use of offering a śrāddha at Gayā? What is the use of other elaborate sacrifices? / A man who, having reached Vasiṣṭha's hermitage, performs a śrāddha, / rescues all his ancestors along with himself, O best of kings.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.6.7) tatraivāruṃdhatī sādhvī vasiṣṭhasya samīpataḥ .. pūjanīyā viśeṣeṇa sarvakāmapradā nṛṇām .. 7 .. > Right there, near Vasiṣṭha, the virtuous Arundhatī / is to be especially worshipped; she grants all desires to mortals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.6.8) bālye vayasi yatpāpaṃ vārddhake yauvane'pi vā .. vasiṣṭhadarśanātsadyo narāṇāṃ yāti saṃkṣayam ..8.. > Whatever sin was committed in childhood, in old age, or in youth, / instantly perishes for men upon the darśana of Vasiṣṭha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.6.9) dīpaṃ prayacchate yastu vasiṣṭhāgre samāhitaḥ .. sukhasaubhāgyasaṃyuktastejasvī jāyate naraḥ .. 9 .. > One who with concentrated mind offers a lamp in front of Vasiṣṭha / becomes endowed with happiness and good fortune, full of splendor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.6.10) upavāsaparo yastu tatraikā rajanīṃ nayet .. sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra saptarṣayo'malāḥ .. 7.3.6.10 .. > One devoted to fasting who spends a single night there / goes to the supreme abode where the immaculate Seven Seers dwell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.6.11) trirātriṃ kurute yastu vasiṣṭhāgre samāhitaḥ .. sa yāti ca maharlokaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitaḥ .. 11 .. > One who, with concentrated mind, undertakes a three-night fast in front of Vasiṣṭha / goes to Maharloka, free from old age and death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.6.12) yastu māsopavāsaṃ ca vasiṣṭhāgre karoti ca .. so'pi muktimavāpnoti na yāti sa bhavārṇavam.. 12.. > And one who performs a month-long fast in front of Vasiṣṭha, / he also attains liberation and does not go to the ocean of mundane existence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.6.13) śrāvaṇasya site pakṣe paurṇamāsyāṃ samāhitaḥ.. ṛṣiṃ tarpayate yastu brahmalokaṃ sa gacchati..13.. > One who, with concentrated mind, offers libations to the seer / on the full moon day of the bright fortnight of Śrāvaṇa, goes to the world of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.6.14) vasiṣṭhasyāgrato yastu gāyatryaṣṭaśataṃ japet.. ājanmamaraṇātpāpātsadyo mucyeta mānavaḥ.. 14.. > One who recites the Gāyatrī a hundred and eight times before Vasiṣṭha / is instantly freed from sin from birth unto death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.6.15) vāmadevaṃ yajettatra yadi śraddhāsamanvitaḥ.. agniṣṭomaphalaṃ rājansadyaḥ prāpnoti mānavaḥ .. 15 .. > If one worships Vāmadeva there with faith, / a person instantly attains the fruit of an Agniṣṭoma sacrifice, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.6.16) tasmātsarvaprayatnena draṣṭavyo'sau mahāmuniḥ .. śucibhiḥ śraddhayā yuktāste yāsyaṃti paraṃ padam .. 16 .. > Therefore, that great sage should be seen with every effort. / Endowed with faith and purified, they will go to the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.6.17) tasmātsarvātmanā rājanvāmadevaṃ ca pūjayet.. 17 .. > Therefore, with all one's heart, O king, one should worship Vāmadeva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.6.17\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.6.17_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe vasiṣṭhāśramamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ .. 6 .. > Thus ends the sixth chapter, titled "Description of the Māhātmya of Vasiṣṭha's Hermitage," in the third Arbudakhaṇḍa of the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.6.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.6) · Pramāṇa