[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) › 17.1.61 # Skandapurana 17.1.61 Skandapurāṇa 17.1.61 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.1.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.61) dāmodarasamaṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati .. māsānāṃ kārttikaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ kārttike bhīṣmapaṃcakam .. 61 .. > There was never, nor will there ever be, a sacred ford equal to Dāmodara. / Among the months Kārttika is the best, and in Kārttika the five days of Bhīṣma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 17.1.60\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.60_4) - [Next: 17.1.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.62) - [Up: 17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.17.1.61) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.61) · Pramāṇa