[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) › 16.335 # Skandapurana 16.335 Skandapurāṇa 16.335 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.335.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.335.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tataḥ paścimato gacchennyaṃkumatyāstaṭe śubhe .. dakṣiṇāṃ diśamāśritya sthitaṃ tīrthaṃ mahāprabham .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go to the west, on the auspicious bank of the Nyaṅkumatī, / where, situated toward the southern quarter, lies a sacred ford of great splendour, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.335.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.335.2) śaṃkhāvarttamitikhyātaṃ yatra citrāṃkitā śilā .. svayaṃbhūtā mahādevi raktagarbhā suśobhanā .. 2 .. > renowned as Śaṅkhāvarta, where there is a rock marked with variegated signs, / self-manifest, O great goddess, containing red \[veins\] within, and exceedingly beautiful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.335.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.335.3) chinne tvadyāpi tatraiva suraktaṃ saṃpradṛśyate .. viṣṇukṣetraṃ hi tatproktaṃ śaṃkho yatra hataḥ purā .. 3 .. > Even today, when it is cut, bright red is seen right there. / For that is declared to be a Viṣṇu-kṣetra, where Śaṅkha was slain of old, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.335.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.335.4) vedāpahārī deveśi viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā .. kṛtaṃ śakhodakaṃ tīrthaṃ śaṃkhākāraṃ tu dṛśyate .. 4 .. > who had stolen the Vedas, O ruler of the gods, by the all-powerful Viṣṇu. / The sacred ford Śaṅkhodaka was made \[there\], and it appears in the shape of a conch shell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.335.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.335.5) tatra snātvā naro devi mucyate brahmahatyayā .. sapta janmāni vipratvaṃ śūdrasyāpi prajā yate .. 5 .. > By bathing there, O goddess, a man is freed from the murder of a brahmin. / Even for a śūdra, the status of a brahmin is produced for seven births. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.335.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.335.6) pūrvaṃ tatraiva gatvā ca tato rudragayāṃ vrajet .. godānaṃ tatra deyaṃ tu samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ .. 6 .. > Having gone there first, one should then proceed to Rudragayā. / A gift of a cow must be given there by those who desire the full fruit of the pilgrimage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.335.335](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.335.335) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye śaṃkhāvarttatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcatriṃśaduttaratriśata tamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 335 .. > Thus ends the three hundred and thirty-fifth chapter, entitled “Description of the Māhātmya of Śaṅkhāvartatīrtha,” in the first \[sub-section\], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, 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.16.335.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.335](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.335) · Pramāṇa