Skandapurana 16.183
Skandapurāṇa 16.183
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16.183.1
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
tato gacchenmahādevi miśratīrthamanuttamam ..
trisaṃgameti vikhyātaṃ sauraṃ tīrthamanuttamam .. 1 ..
Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the supreme Miśratīrtha, / renowned as Trisaṃgama, the supreme sacred ford of the Sun. 1
16.183.2
sarasvatī hiraṇyā ca samudraścaiva bhāmini ..
trayāṇāṃ saṃgamo yatra duṣprāpyo daivatairapi .. 2 ..
The Sarasvatī, the Hiraṇyā, and the ocean, O beautiful lady— / the confluence of these three is difficult to reach even for the deities. 2
16.183.3
sarveṣāṃ tatra tīrthānāṃ pradhānaṃ tīrthamuttamam ..
sūryaparvaṇi saṃprāpte kurukṣetrādviśiṣyate .. 3 ..
It is the chief, supreme sacred ford among all sacred fords there; / when an eclipse of the sun has arrived, it excels Kurukṣetra. 3
16.183.4
snānaṃ dānaṃ japastatra sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet .. 4 ..
Ritual ablution, gifting, and silent recitation there all become multiplied ten-millionfold. 4
16.183.5
maṃkīśvarānmahādevi yāvalliṃgaṃ kṛtasmaram ..
etasminnantare devi tīrthānāṃ daśakoṭayaḥ .. 5 ..
From Maṅkīśvara, O great goddess, up to the liṅga Kṛtasmara, / between these, O goddess, are a hundred million sacred fords. 5
16.183.6
kṛmikīṭapataṃgāśca śvapacā vā narādhamāḥ ..
so'pi svargamavāpnoti kiṃ punarbhāvitātmavān .. 6 ..
Even worms, insects, winged creatures, outcastes, or the vilest of men / attain heaven [there]—what then to say of one with a disciplined soul? 6
16.183.7
tatra pītāni vastrāṇi kāñcanaṃ surabhistathā ..
brāhmaṇāya pradātavyā samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ .. 7 ..
Yellow clothes, gold, and a cow / should be given there to a brahmin by those desiring the full fruit of the pilgrimage. 7
16.183.8
kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ snātvā yastarpayetpitṝn ..
tarpitāḥ pitarastena yāvaccandrārkatārakam .. 8 ..
Having bathed on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight, whoever offers libations to the ancestors— / by him the ancestors are satisfied as long as the moon, sun, and stars exist. 8
16.183.9
etattrisaṃgamaṃ devi mahāpātakanāśanam ..
durlabhaṃ triṣu lokeṣu vaiśākhyāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ .. 9 ..
This Trisaṃgama, O goddess, destroys heinous sins; / it is rare in the three worlds, especially on the full-moon day of Vaiśākha. 9
16.183.10
vṛṣo tsargo viśeṣeṇa tatra kāryo narottamaiḥ ..
sarvapāpavināśāya pitṝṇāṃ prītaye priye .. 7.1.183.10 ..
The setting free of a bull should especially be performed there by the best of men / for the destruction of all sins and for the gratification of the ancestors, O beloved. 10
16.183.183
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye trisaṃgamamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tryaśītyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 183 ..
Thus ends the hundred and eighty-third chapter, named 'Description of the māhātmya of Trisaṃgama', in the first [part], the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa Sacred Field, of the seventh section, Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. 183
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