Skandapurana 16.82
Skandapurāṇa 16.82
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16.82.1
..devyuvāca .. ..
cakratīrtheti kiṃ nāma tvayā proktaṃ vṛṣadhvaja ..
kutra tiṣṭhati tattīrthaṃ kiṃ prabhāvaṃ vadasva me .. 1 ..
The goddess said: / What is this name 'Cakratīrtha' that was mentioned by you, O bull-bannered Lord? / Where does that sacred ford lie, and what is its efficacy? Tell me!
16.82.2
.. īśvara uvāca .. ..
purā devāsure yuddhe hatvā daityāñjanārddanaḥ ..
cakraṃ prakṣālayāmāsa tatra vai raktaraṃjitam.. 2 ..
Īśvara said: / Anciently, in the war between the gods and the Asuras, Janārdana, having slain the Daityas, / washed there his discus stained with blood.
16.82.3
aṣṭakoṭisutīrthāni tatrānīya svayaṃ hariḥ ..
tīrthe prakalpayāmāsa śuddhiṃ kṛtvā sudarśane ..
tīrthasya cakre nāmāpi cakatīrthamiti śrutam.. 3 ..
Hari himself, having brought eighty million excellent sacred fords there, / established them in that sacred ford, having purified Sudarśana; / and he made the name of the sacred ford famous as 'Cakratīrtha'.
16.82.4
aṣṭāyutāni tīrthānāmaṣṭau koṭyastathaiva ca ..
tatra saṃti mahādevi cakratīrthe na saṃśayaḥ .. 4 ..
Eighty thousand sacred fords and likewise eighty million [sacred fords] / are present there at Cakratīrtha, O great goddess; there is no doubt.
16.82.5
yastatra kurute snānamekacitto narottamaḥ..
sarvatīrthābhiṣekasya sa prāpnotyakhilaṃ phalam..5 ..
The best among men who takes a ritual ablution there with a concentrated mind / obtains the entire fruit of bathing in all sacred fords.
16.82.6
tīrthānāmaṣṭakoṭistu nivasaṃti varānane ..
ekādaśyāṃ viśeṣeṇa candrasūryagrahe tathā .. 6 ..
Eighty million sacred fords reside [there], O fair-faced one, / especially on an Ekādaśī and during an eclipse of the moon or the sun.
16.82.7
tatra snātvā mahādevi yajñakoṭiphalaṃ labhet ..
tasyaiva kalpanāmāni śṛṇu te kathayāmyaham .. 7 ..
Having bathed there, O great goddess, one obtains the fruit of ten million sacrifices. / Listen to its various names through the aeons; I shall tell you:
16.82.8
koṭitīrthaṃ pūrvakalpe śrīnidhānaṃ dvitīyake ..
tṛtīye śatadhāraṃ ca cakratīrthaṃ caturthake .. 8 ..
Koṭitīrtha in the first kalpa; Śrīnidhāna in the second; / Śatadhāra in the third; and Cakratīrtha in the fourth.
16.82.9
evaṃ te kalpanāmāni hyatītānyakhilāni vai ..
kathitānyevamanyāni jñeyāni vibudhaiḥ kramāt.. 9 ..
Thus all the names throughout the past aeons / have been told to you; other names are likewise to be known by the wise in sequence.
16.82.10
tatra yaddīyate dānaṃ tasya saṃkhyā na vidyate ..
arddhakrośapramāṇaṃ hi viṣṇukṣetraṃ prakīrttitam .. 7.1.82.10 ..
There is no reckoning of whatever gift is given there; / Viṣṇu's sacred field is proclaimed to extend for half a krośa.
16.82.11
brahmahatyā nopasarpetsatyametanmayoditam ..
māsopavāsī tatkṣetre agnihotrī yatavrataḥ .. 11 ..
The sin of killing a brahmin shall not draw near; this is the truth spoken by me. / One who fasts for a month in that sacred field, maintains the sacred fire, observes vows,
16.82.12
svādhyāyī yajñayājī ca tapaścāṃdrāyaṇā dikam ..
tilodakaṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca śrāddhaṃ ca vidhipūrvakam .. 12 ..
studies the sacred texts, performs sacrifices, undertakes austerities such as the cāndrāyaṇa penance, / and properly offers sesame-water and funeral rites to the ancestors,
16.82.13
ekarātraṃ trirātraṃ vā kṛcchraṃ sāṃtapanaṃ tathā ..
māsopavāsaṃ taccaiva anyadvā puṇyakarma tat .. 13 ..
[Whether it be a fast of] one night or three nights, or a kṛcchra, or a sāṃtapana penance, / a one-month fast, or any other meritorious act:
16.82.14
daityārikṣetramāsādya yatkiṃcitkurute naraḥ ..
anyakṣetrātkoṭiguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ bhūyānna saṃśayaḥ .. 14 ..
Whatever a man performs after reaching the sacred field of the Enemy of the Daityas, / his merit becomes ten-millionfold greater than in any other sacred field; there is no doubt.
16.82.15
sudarśane vare tīrthe godānaṃ tatra dāpayet ..
samyagyātrāphalaprepsuḥ sarvapāpaviśuddhaye .. 15 ..
There, at the excellent Sudarśana sacred ford, one seeking the full fruit of pilgrimage / should make a gift of cows for the purification of all sins.
16.82.16
caṃḍālaḥ śvapaco vā'pi tiryagyonigatastathā ..
tasmiṃstīrthe mṛtaḥ samyagācyutaṃ lokamāpnuyāt .. 16 ..
Even an outcaste, a dog-cooker, or an animal / who dies in that sacred ford attains the realm of Acyuta.
16.82.17
iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ cakratīrthasamudbhavam ..
māhātmyaṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam .. 17 ..
Thus has been declared in brief the origin of Cakra sacred ford, / a māhātmya that destroys all sins and grants the fruit of all desires.
16.82.82
iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye daityasūdana māhātmyaprasaṃgena cakratīrthotpattivṛttāntamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvyaśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 82 ..
Thus ends the eighty-second chapter, entitled 'Description of the Origin and Māhātmya of Cakra Sacred Ford on the Occasion of the Māhātmya of Daityasūdana,' in the first [part], the Māhātmya of Prabhāsa Sacred Field, of the seventh [section], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the great Purāṇa of Śrī Skanda consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.
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