[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) › 16.36 # Skandapurana 16.36 Skandapurāṇa 16.36 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.36.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.1) .. devyuvāca .. yadetadbhavatā proktaṃ prācī sarvatra durllabhā .. viśeṣeṇa kurukṣetre prabhāse puṣkare tathā .. 1 .. > The goddess said: / That which was spoken by you—that the eastward-flowing river is everywhere difficult to reach, / Especially at Kurukṣetra, at Prabhāsa, and likewise at Puṣkara— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.2) kathaṃ prabhāsamāsādya saṃsthitā pāpanāśinī .. māhātmyamakhilaṃ tasyāḥ prācyāḥ pātakanāśanam .. kathayasva maheśāna yadyahaṃ te priyā vibho .. 2 .. > How did she, who destroys sins, come to Prabhāsa and remain established there? / Relate the entire sin-destroying māhātmya of that eastward-flowing river, / O great lord, if I am dear to you, O all-pervading one! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.3) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. sādhu proktaṃ tvayā bhadre prācī sarvatra durlabhā .. kurukṣetre puṣkare ca tasmātprābhāsike'dhikā .. 3 .. > Īśvara said: / Well spoken by you, auspicious lady! The eastward-flowing river is everywhere difficult to reach, / At Kurukṣetra and at Puṣkara, and more so than those at Prabhāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.4) prabhāse tu mahādevī prācīṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm .. nāpuṇyo veda deveśi karmanirmūlanakṣamām .. 4 .. > At Prabhāsa, however, O great goddess, O ruler of gods, one devoid of merit / Does not know the sin-destroying eastward-flowing river, capable of uprooting karma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.5) ye pibaṃti narāḥ puṇyāṃ prācīṃ devīṃ sarasvatīm .. na te manuṣyā vijñeyāḥ satyaṃsatyaṃ varānane .. 5 .. > Those men who drink the holy, eastward-flowing goddess Sarasvatī / Are not to be regarded as mere mortals; truly, truly, O fair-faced lady! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.6) dhanyāste munayaste ca puṇyāste ca tapasvinaḥ .. ye ca sārasvataṃ toyaṃ pibaṃtyaharahaḥ sadā .. 6 .. > Blessed are they, sages are they, and holy ascetics are they, / Who continually drink the water of Sarasvatī day after day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.7) devāste na manuṣyāste nadīstisra pibaṃti ye .. caṃdrabhāgāṃ ca gaṃgāṃ ca tathā devīṃ sassvatīm .. 7 .. > They are gods, not mortals, who drink the three rivers: / The Candrabhāgā, the Gaṅgā, and likewise the goddess Sarasvatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.8) bhuktvā vā yadi vā'bhuktvā divā vā yadi vā niśi .. na kālaniyamastatra yatra prācī sarasvatī .. 8 .. > Whether after eating or before eating, by day or by night, / There is no restriction of time where the eastward-flowing Sarasvatī is present. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.9) prācīṃ sarasvatīṃ ye tu pibaṃti satataṃ mṛgāḥ .. te'pi svargaṃ gamiṣyaṃti yajñairdvijavarā yathā .. 9 .. > Even the deer who continually drink the eastward-flowing Sarasvatī / Will go to heaven, just as the best of brahmins do through sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.10) sarvakāmaprapūrtyarthaṃ nṛṇāṃ tatkṣetramuttamam .. ciṃtāmaṇisamā devī yatra prācī sarasvatī .. 7.1.36.10 .. > That excellent sacred field is for the fulfillment of all desires for human beings / Where the goddess, the eastward-flowing Sarasvatī, is like a wish-fulfilling jewel. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.11) yathā kāmadughā gāvaḥ sarvakāmaphalapradāḥ .. tathā svargāpavargābhyāṃ prācī devī sarasvatī .. 11 .. > Just as wish-granting cows grant the fruits of all desires, / So does the goddess, the eastward-flowing Sarasvatī, through \[bestowing\] heaven and liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.12) aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi munīnāmūrdhvaretasām .. yatra sthitāni saṃnyāsaṃ tasmātkimadhikaṃ smṛtam .. 12 .. > Eighty-eight thousand sages of celibate vows / Have maintained their renunciation there; what is remembered as higher than that? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.13) yatra maṃkaṇakaḥ siddhaḥ prācīne niyatātmavān .. brahmahatyāvrataṃ cīrṇaṃ mayā yatra varānane .. 13 .. > Where the self-controlled Maṅkaṇaka attained perfection on the eastward-flowing river, / And where the observance for the slaying of a brahmin was performed by me, O fair-faced lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.14) vṛṣatīrthe mahāpuṇye prācīkūlasamāśrite .. nivṛtte bhārate yuddhe tasmiṃstīrthe kirīṭinā .. prāyaścittaṃ purā cīrṇaṃ viṣṇunā preritātmanā ..14.. > At the extremely holy Vṛṣatīrtha situated on the bank of the eastward-flowing river, / When the Bhārata war had ceased, an expiation was performed in ancient times at that sacred ford / By the diadem-wearer \[Arjuna\], whose self was prompted by Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.15) trailokye sarvatīrthānāṃ tattīrthaṃ pravaraṃ smṛtam .. pāpaghnaṃ puṇyajananaṃ prāṇināṃ puṇyakīrttida .. 15 .. > Among all the sacred fords in the three worlds, that sacred ford is remembered as supreme; / It destroys sins, generates merit, and grants holy renown to living beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.16) .. sūta uvāca .. .. āhaivamukte sā devī śaṃkaraṃ loka śaṃkaram.. prāyaścittaṃ kathaṃ prāptaḥ pārthaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ .. jñātikṣayodbhavaṃ pāpaṃ kathaṃ nāśamagātprabho ..16.. > Sūta said: / When this had been said, the goddess spoke to Śaṃkara, who brings welfare to the world: / "How did Pārtha, conqueror of enemies' cities, come to \[need\] expiation? / How did the sin arising from the destruction of kinsmen go to destruction, O Lord?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.17) evamuktaḥ punaḥ prāha viśveśo nīlalohitaḥ .. prāyaścittasya saṃprāptaḥ kāraṇaṃ tadyathā sthitam ..17.. > Addressed thus, the lord of the universe, the blue-and-red one \[Śiva\], spoke again, / Explaining the cause for which he underwent expiation, as it happened. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.18) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. śṛṇuṣvāvahitā bhadre kathāṃ pātakanāśinīm .. yāṃ śrutvā mānavo bhaktyā pavitrātmā prajāyate ..18.. > Īśvara said: / Listen attentively, auspicious lady, to the narrative that destroys sin, / Hearing which with devotion, a mortal becomes purified in soul. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.19) yo'sau devi samākhyātaḥ kirīṭī śvetavāhanaḥ.. sa jitvā kauravānsarvānsaṃhṛtya hayakuñjarān .. 19 .. > He who is celebrated, O goddess, as the diadem-wearer with white horses— / Having defeated all the Kauravas and slaughtered their horses and elephants, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.20) paścātsuyodhanaṃ hatvā bhīmena prayayau gṛhān.. nārāyaṇena sahito naro'sau prasthito raṇāt.. 7.1.36.20 .. > And after Suyodhana had been slain by Bhīma—went toward the tents; / Together with Nārāyaṇa, that Nara set out from the battle, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.21) draṣṭuṃ dharmasutaṃ dṛṣṭaḥ praṇataḥ prāṃjaliḥ sthitaḥ.. sa vijñāya tadā''yāntau naranārāyaṇāvubhau .. 21 .. > To see the son of Dharma \[Yudhiṣṭhira\]. Seen \[approaching\], he stood bowing with folded hands. / Having learned that both Nara and Nārāyaṇa were arriving, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.22) rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ prāha dvārasthāndvārapālakān .. bhavadbhiretāvāyāṃtau niṣedhyau dvārasaṃsthitau .. 22 .. > King Yudhiṣṭhira said to the doorkeepers standing at the door: / "You must bar both of these men as they arrive and stand at the door! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.23) nara nārāyaṇau krūrau pāpapaṃkānulepinau .. evametaditi proktau tau tadā dvāramāgatau .. 23 .. > Nara and Nārāyaṇa are cruel, smeared with the mire of sin." / Having been told thus, "So be it," the two then arrived at the door. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.24) bhavantau necchati draṣṭuṃ rājā durnayakāriṇau .. tatrasthaḥ pṛṣṭavānbhūyaḥ pratīhāraṃ naraḥ svayam .. 24 .. > "The king does not wish to see you two, who have committed bad conduct." / Standing there, Nara himself asked the doorkeeper again: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.25) āvāṃ kiṃ kāraṇaṃ rājā nekṣate vaśavartinau .. provāca praṇato rājā tato dvāḥsthaṃ puraḥsthitam .. 25 .. > "For what reason does the king not look upon us two, who are obedient to his will?" / Thereupon the king, having bowed, spoke to the doorkeeper standing before him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.26) nārāyaṇena sahitaṃ naraṃ narakanirbhayam .. duryodhanena sahitā bāṃdhavāste yato hatāḥ .. pitṛtulyāśca rājānastena vai pāpabhājanam .. 26 .. > "Nara, accompanied by Nārāyaṇa, has no fear of hell. / Because those kinsmen, along with Duryodhana, were slain, / As well as kings who were like fathers; therefore he is truly a receptacle of sin." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.27) evamukte tu tenātha mukhamālokitaṃ hareḥ .. tena proktamidaṃ tathyaṃ yatte rājñā prabhāṣitam .. 27 .. > When this was said by him, he looked at the face of Hari. / By him \[Hari\] this was said: "What was spoken to you by the king is true." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.28) evamukte naraḥ prāha punareva janārddanam .. kathayasva kathaṃ pāpātkṛṣṇa śuddhyāmahe vayam .. 28 .. > When this was said, Nara spoke once again to Janārdana: / "Tell me, O Kṛṣṇa, how can we be cleansed from sin? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.29) tīrthasnānena me śuddhiryathā syāttadvada sphuṭam .. tacca gaṃgādikaṃ kṛṣṇa yathā'syāghasya nāśanam .. 29 .. .. > Tell me clearly how my purification may be accomplished through bathing in a sacred ford, / and how the Gaṅgā and others \[may bring about\] the destruction of this sin, O Kṛṣṇa." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.30) .. kṛṣṇa uvāca .. .. mā gayāṃ gaccha kauṃteya mā gaṃgāṃ mā ca puṣkaram .. tatra gaccha kuruśreṣṭha yatra prācī sarasvatī .. 7.1.36.30 .. > Kṛṣṇa said: / "Do not go to Gayā, O son of Kuntī, nor to Gaṅgā, nor to Puṣkara. / Go there, O best of Kurus, where the eastward-flowing Sarasvatī is. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.31) brahmaghnāśca surā pāśca ye cānye pāpakāriṇaḥ .. tatra snātvā vimucyaṃte yatra prācī sarasvatī .. 31 .. > Slayers of brahmins, drinkers of liquor, and whatever other evildoers there are, / are freed upon bathing there where the eastward-flowing Sarasvatī is." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.32) nārāyaṇena prokto'sau narastadvacanāddrutam .. sahitastena saṃprāptaḥ prācīnaṃ tīrthamuttamam .. 32 .. > Thus addressed by Nārāyaṇa, Nara, in accordance with his word, / quickly went accompanied by him to that excellent eastern sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.33) trirātropoṣitaḥ snātastrikālaṃ niyatātmavān .. tena tasmādvinirmuktaḥ pātakātpūrvasaṃcitāt .. 33 ... > Having fasted for three nights, self-restrained, he bathed at the three junctures of the day; / through that, he was completely freed from that previously accumulated evil deed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.34) vijñāya śuddhamenaṃ tu rājā dharmasuto drutam .. bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaḥ prāptastaṃ draṣṭuṃ narapuṃgavam .. 34 .. > Having learned that he was purified, the king, the son of Dharma, / quickly arrived with his brothers to see that bull among men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.35) tatastaṃ praṇataṃ dṛṣṭvā dharmaputraḥ puraḥsthitam .. āliliṃga prahṛṣṭātmā pṛṣṭavāṃścāpyanāmayam .. 35 .. > Then, seeing him bowing down and standing before him, / the son of Dharma, delighted in heart, embraced him and inquired about his welfare. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.36) bhīmādibhirbhrātṛbhiśca tadā gurugaṇairvṛtaḥ .. āliṃgitaḥ prahṛṣṭaistu naro guṇagaṇairvṛtaḥ .. 36 .. > Surrounded then by his brothers, Bhīma and the others, and by groups of elders, / Nara, endowed with a host of virtues, was joyfully embraced. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.37) etaddhi tanmahātīrthaṃ prācīneti ca śabditam .. snānakrameṇa marttyānāmanyeṣāmapi pāvakam .. 37 .. > For this is that great sacred ford called Prācīna; / it purifies other mortals as well through the performance of ritual ablution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.38) trirātropoṣitaḥ snātastīrthe'sminbrahmahā'pi yaḥ .. vimuktaḥ pātakāttasmānmodate divi rudravat .. 38 .. > Even a brahmin-slayer who has fasted for three nights and bathed in this sacred ford, / freed from that evil deed, rejoices in heaven like Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.39) prācīne devyahaṃ nityaṃ vasāmi sahitastvayā .. prabhāse tu mahākṣetre viśeṣāttatra bhāmini .. .. 39 .. > O Goddess, I dwell constantly in Prācīna accompanied by you, / and particularly so in the great sacred field of Prabhāsa, O passionate woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.40) sarasvatyuttare tīre yastyajedātmanastanum .. prācīne tu varārohe na cehāgacchate punaḥ .. 7.1.36.40 .. > Whoever abandons their body on the northern bank of Sarasvatī / in Prācīna, O woman of lovely hips, does not return here again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.41) āpluto vājimedhasya phalaṃ prāpsyati puṣkalam .. niyamaiścopavāsaiśca śoṣayeddehamātmanaḥ .. 41 .. > Having bathed, one shall obtain the abundant fruit of a horse sacrifice. / One should emaciate one's body with observances and fasts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.42) jalāhārā vāyubhakṣāḥ parṇāhārāśca tāpasāḥ .. yathā sthaṃḍilagā nityaṃ ye cānyaniyamāḥ pṛthak .. 42 .. > Living on water, feeding on air, living on dry leaves—such are the ascetics / who constantly sleep on the bare ground, along with whatever other distinct observances \[they keep\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.43) evaṃ maṃkyāśrame yeṣāṃ vasatāṃ mṛtyurāgataḥ .. na te manuṣyā devāste satyametadbravīmi te .. 43 .. > To those whose death comes while residing in this manner in Maṅki's hermitage— / they are not humans, they are gods; this I tell you truly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.44) asmiṃstīrthe tu yo dadyāttruṭimātraṃ tu kāṃcanam.. śraddhayā dvijamukhyāya merutulyaṃ phalaṃ labhet .. 44 .. > Whoever gives even a truṭi-measure of gold in this sacred ford / with faith to an eminent twice-born man, shall obtain a fruit equal to Mount Meru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.45) asmiṃstīrthe tu ye śrāddhaṃ kariṣyaṃti ca mānavāḥ .. ekaviṃśatkulopetāḥ svargaṃ yāsyaṃti te dhruvam .. 45 .. > And whatever human beings shall perform a śrāddha in this sacred ford, / they, accompanied by twenty-one generations of their family, shall surely go to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.46) pitṝṇāṃ vallabhe tīrthe piṇḍenaikena tarppitāḥ .. brahmalokaṃ gamiṣyaṃti gayāśrāddhakṛto yathā .. .. 46 .. > Gratified with a single funeral ball in this sacred ford beloved of the ancestors, / they shall go to the world of Brahmā, just like one who has performed the śrāddha at Gayā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.47) kṛṣṇapakṣe caturddaśyāṃ snānaṃ ca vihitaṃ sadā .. piṇyākaiṃgudakenāpi piṃḍaṃ tatra dadāti yaḥ .. pitṝṇāmakṣayā tṛptiḥ pitṛlokaṃ sa gacchati .. 47 .. > Ritual ablution is always prescribed on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight. / Whoever gives a funeral ball there, even with oil-cake and inguda seeds, / brings imperishable satisfaction to the ancestors, and he goes to the world of the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.48) bhūyaścānnaṃ prayacchaṃti mokṣamārgaṃ vrajaṃti te .. 48 .. > And furthermore, those who bestow food attain the path to liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.49) dadhi dadyādyo'pi tatra brāhmaṇāya manoramam .. so'gnilokaṃ samāsādya bhuṃkte bhogānsuśobhanān.. 49 .. > Whoever also gives delightful curds there to a brahmin / attains the world of Agni and enjoys exceedingly splendid pleasures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.50) ūrṇāṃ prāvaraṇaṃ yo'pi bhaktyā dadyāddvijottame .. so'pi yāti parāṃ siddhiṃ martyairanyaiḥ sudurllabhām .. 7.1.36.50 .. > Whoever also gives a woollen garment with devotion to an excellent twice-born man / also attains the supreme siddhi, very difficult to attain by other mortals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.51) ye cātra malanāśāya viśeyurmānavā jalam.. gopradānasamaṃ teṣāṃ sukhena phalamādiśet .. 51 .. > And whatever humans enter the water here to destroy impurity, / to them one may easily assign a fruit equal to the gift of a cow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.52) bhāvena yo narastatra kaścitsnānaṃ samācaret .. sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmaloke mahīyate .. 52 .. > Whatever man performs ritual ablution there with sincere disposition, / freed from all sins, is glorified in the world of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.53) tarpaṇātpiṃḍadānācca narakeṣvapi saṃsthitāḥ .. svargaṃ prayāṃti pitaraḥ suputreṇa hi tāritāḥ .. 53 .. > Through libations and the offering of funeral balls, ancestors even residing in hells / go to heaven, having been rescued by a noble son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.54) prācīṃ sarasvatīṃ prāpya yāti tīrthaṃ himālayam.. sa karasthaṃ samutsṛjya kūrpareṇa samālihet .. 54 .. > Having reached the eastward-flowing Sarasvatī, one goes to the sacred ford of Himālaya; / dropping what is in his hand, he would lick with his elbow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.55) yaṃyaṃ kāmamabhidhyāya tasminprāṇānparityajet .. taṃtaṃ sakalamāpnoti tīrthamāhātmyayogataḥ .. 55 .. > Whatever desire one contemplates as one gives up life's breaths in it, / all of that one attains through the conjunction of the sacred ford's māhātmya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.56) anyaddevi purā gītaṃ gāṃgeyena yudhiṣṭhire .. satyameva hi gaṃgāyāṃ vayaṃ jātā yudhiṣṭhira .. 56 .. > Another thing, O Goddess, was sung of old by the son of Gaṅgā to Yudhiṣṭhira: / 'In truth, O Yudhiṣṭhira, we were born of the Gaṅgā; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.97) yāḥ kāścitsarito loke tāsāṃ puṇyā sarasvatī .. 97 .. > yet of whatever rivers there are in the world, the Sarasvatī is holy.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.97\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.97_1) sarasvatī sarvanadīṣu puṇyā sarasvatī lokasukhāvahā sadā .. sarasvatīṃ prāpya suduḥkhitā narāḥ sadā na śocanti paratra ceha ca ..58 .. > Sarasvatī is holy among all rivers; Sarasvatī always brings joy to the world. / Having reached Sarasvatī, exceedingly distressed men never grieve, both in the other world and in this one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.36.97\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36.97_2) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye prācīsarasvatīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭtriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 36 .. > Thus ends the thirty-sixth chapter, named "Description of the Māhātmya of the Eastward-flowing Sarasvatī," in the first \[part\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[book\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.36.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.prabhasakshetramahatmyam.45.1) — Sanskrit - [Vaidikamantrasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.svadhyaya.vaidikamantrasangraha.26.9.p1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.36) · Pramāṇa