[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) › 16.140 # Skandapurana 16.140 Skandapurāṇa 16.140 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.140.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.140.1) tato gacchenmahādevi nadīṃ citrapathāṃ tataḥ .. brahmakuṇḍasamīpasthāṃ citrādityasya madhyataḥ .. 1 .. > Then, O great goddess, one should go to the river Citrapathā, / situated near the Brahmakuṇḍa, amidst Citrāditya. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.140.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.140.2) yadā ca citraḥ saṃnīto yamadūtaiḥ surapriye .. saśarīro mahāprājño yamādeśaparāyaṇaiḥ .. 2 .. > And when Citra, the very wise, was carried away in his body / by Yama's messengers devoted to Yama's command, O beloved of the gods, 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.140.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.140.3) evaṃ jñātvā tu tatrasthā bhaginī tasya duḥkhitā .. citrā nadī tato bhūtvā svasā tasya mahātmanaḥ .. 3 .. > his sister, who was there, learning of this and grieving, / that sister of the noble-souled one, having then become the river Citrā, 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.140.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.140.4) praviṣṭā sāgare devi anveṣantī ca bāṃdhavam .. tataścitrapathānāma tasyāścakrurdvijātayaḥ .. 4 .. > entered the ocean, O goddess, searching for her brother. / Then the twice-born named her Citrapathā. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.140.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.140.5) evaṃ tatra samutpannā sā nadī varavarṇini .. 5 .. > Thus that river was born there, O fair-complexioned lady. 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.140.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.140.6) tasyāṃ snātvā naro yastu citrādityaṃ prapaśyati .. sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra devo divākaraḥ .. 6 .. > A man who bathes in it and beholds Citrāditya / goes to the supreme abode where the divine sun resides. 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.140.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.140.7) asminkaliyuge devi aṃtardhānaṃ gatā nadī .. prāvṛṭkāle ca dṛśyeta durlabhaṃ tatra darśanam .. 7 .. > In this Kali age, O goddess, the river has disappeared; / it can be seen in the rainy season, and its darśana is difficult to obtain. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.140.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.140.8) snānaṃ dānaṃ viśeṣeṇa sarvapātakanāśanam .. 8 .. > Bathing and giving especially destroy all sins. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.140.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.140.9) bhukto vāpyathavā'bhukto rātrau vā yadi vā divā .. parvakāle'thavā'kāle pavitro'pyathavā'śuciḥ .. 9 .. > Whether one has eaten or not eaten, by night or by day, / on a festival day or at an improper time, whether pure or impure, 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.140.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.140.10) yadaiva dṛśyate tatra nadī citrapathā priye .. pramāṇaṃ darśanaṃ tasyā na kālastatra kāraṇam .. 7.1.140.10 .. > whenever the river Citrapathā is seen there, O dear one, / its darśana is the authority; time is of no consequence there. 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.140.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.140.11) dṛṣṭvā nadīṃ mahādevi pitaraḥ svargasaṃsthitāḥ .. gāyaṃti tatra sāmāni nṛtyanti ca hasaṃti ca .. 11 .. > Beholding the river, O great goddess, the ancestors residing in heaven / sing Sāman hymns there, dance, and laugh: 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.140.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.140.12) asmākaṃ vaṃśajaḥ kaścicchrāddhamatra kariṣyati .. yāvatkalpaṃ tathā'smākaṃ prītimutpādayiṣyati .. 12 .. > “Someone born of our lineage will perform a śrāddha here / and bring us joy for as long as a kalpa!” 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.140.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.140.13) evaṃ jñātvā narastatra snānaṃ śrāddhaṃ ca kārayet .. sarvapāpavināśārthaṃ pitṝṇāṃ prītaye tathā .. .. 13 .. > Knowing this, a man should perform bathing and a śrāddha there / for the destruction of all sins and for the pleasure of the ancestors. 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.140.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.140.14) ityetatkathitaṃ devi yathā citrapathā nadī .. prabhāsakṣetramāsādya saṃsthitā pāpanāśinī .. 14 .. > Thus has this been told, O goddess, how the river Citrapathā, / having reached the Prabhāsa sacred field, remains destroying sins. 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.140.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.140.140) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekā śītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye citrapathānadīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ... .. 140 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and fortieth chapter, entitled “Description of the Greatness of the River Citrapathā,” in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. 140 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.140.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.140) · Pramāṇa