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(machine translation) ### [17.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. atha te saṃpravakṣyāmi kṣetragarbhaṃ mahodayam .. tadvastrāpathamāhātmyaṃ yatra raivatako giriḥ .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Now I shall tell you of the most prosperous interior of the sacred field, / that māhātmya of Vastrāpatha where Mount Raivataka is situated. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.2) dāmodaraṃ raivatake bhavaṃ vastrāpathe tathā .. etadraivatakaṃ kṣetraṃ vastrāpathamiti smṛtam .. 2 .. > Dāmodara is at Raivataka, and Bhava likewise at Vastrāpatha; / this Raivataka sacred field is known as Vastrāpatha. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.3) suvarṇarevā yatrasthā nadī pātakanāśanī .. yatra sākṣātsthitaḥ kṛṣṇo dāmodara iti smṛtaḥ .. 3 .. > Where the river Suvarṇarevā flows, destroying sins, / where Kṛṣṇa resides in visible form, remembered as Dāmodara; // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.4) yatra sthitaṃ mṛgīkuṇḍaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam .. sakṛcchrāddhe kṛte yatra kalpakoṭisahasrakam .. pitṝṇāṃ jāyate tṛptirapunarbhavakāṃkṣiṇī .. 4 .. > where Mṛgīkuṇḍa is situated, which destroys great sins, / where, if a śrāddha is performed even once, for a thousand crores of kalpas / the ancestors attain satisfaction that yearns for freedom from rebirth. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.5) .. devyuvāca .. .. bhagavanvistarādbrūhi dāmodaramahodayam .. kṣetragarbhasya māhātmyaṃ karṇikārūpasaṃsthitam .. 5 .. > The Goddess said: / Lord, relate in full the great fortune of Dāmodara, / the māhātmya of the interior of the sacred field which is positioned in the form of a pericarp. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.6) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi dāmodarahariṃ prati .. itihāsaṃ purākhyātamṛṣibhiḥ kalpavāsibhiḥ .. 6 .. > Īśvara said: / Listen, O Goddess, I shall recount concerning Dāmodara-Hari / the ancient historical account told by seers dwelling for a kalpa. // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.7) gaṃgātīre śubhe ramye puṇye janapadākule .. ṛṣibhiḥ sevite nityaṃ svargamārgaprade dhruvam .. 7 .. > On the auspicious, delightful, and holy bank of the Gaṅgā, crowded with inhabitants, / constantly attended by seers, which certainly grants the path to heaven, // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.8) tatra jñānavido viprā yajaṃti vividhairmakhaiḥ .. ṛṣayaḥ sāṃkhyayogena dānenaivetare janāḥ .. 8 .. > there brahmins knowledgeable in spiritual wisdom sacrifice with diverse rituals, / seers \[worship\] through Sāṃkhya and Yoga, and other people purely through giving. // 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.9) brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrā svargamabhīpsavaḥ .. sevaṃte tajjalaṃ divyaṃ devānāmapi durlabham .. 9 .. > Brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, and śūdras, all desiring heaven, / resort to that divine water which is difficult to attain even for the gods. // 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.10) tatra rājā gajonāma balī sarvajanādhipaḥ .. gaṃgājalābhiṣekārthaṃ tyakvā rājyaṃ jagāma ha .. 7.2.1.10 .. > There a mighty king named Gaja, ruler of all people, / abandoned his kingdom and went to bathe in the waters of the Gaṅgā. // 7.2.1.10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.11) bhāryā tasya satī sādhvī putriṇī rūpasaṃyutā .. sā'pyayātsaha tenaiva bhartrā vai bhartṛvatsalā .. 11 .. > His wife, chaste, virtuous, endowed with children and with beauty, / she too, devoted to her husband, went along with that very husband. // 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.12) saṃgatā nāma nāmnā ca dakṣā dākṣāyaṇī yathā .. evaṃ nivasatostatra varṣāṇāmayutaṃ gatam .. 12 .. > Saṃgatā by name, she was capable like Dākṣāyaṇī. / As they were living there thus, ten thousand years passed away. // 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.13) ājagāma ṛṣistatra bhadronāma mahāyaśāḥ .. sahito bahubhirviprairjapahomaparāyaṇaiḥ .. 13 .. > There arrived a seer named Bhadra, of great renown, / accompanied by many brahmins devoted to silent recitation and fire-offerings. // 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.14) tyaktvā saṃsāramārgaṃ tu svargamārgajigīṣavaḥ .. gaṃgāniṣevaṇaṃ kṛtvā sphoṭayitvā''tmajaṃ malam .. 14 .. > Having forsaken the path of worldly existence, striving to conquer the path to heaven, / having attended upon the Gaṅgā and dispelled their innate impurities, // 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.15) jalaṃ dattvā tu bhūtebhyaḥ pūjayitvā janārddanam.. yāvadyāṃti nadītīra ṛṣayo bhadrakādayaḥ .. tāvatpaśyaṃti rājānaṃ gajaṃ varagajopamam ..15.. > having offered water to the living beings and worshipped Janārdana, / as the seers, Bhadra and the rest, were going toward the riverbank, / they saw King Gaja, resembling an excellent elephant. // 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.16) tenaiva dṛṣṭā munayo rājñā nihatakalmaṣāḥ .. saptarṣayo yathā svarge surarājena dhīmatā ..16.. > By that king, the sages whose sins were destroyed were seen, / just as the seven seers \[are seen\] in heaven by the wise king of the gods. // 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.17) tamṛṣiṃ sa ca saṃprekṣya padāni daśa paṃca ca .. āgacchantvatra pūjārhā bhavato mama mandiram.. 17 .. > Looking upon that seer, taking fifteen steps, \[he said:\] / "May you, worthy of worship, come here to my residence. // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.18) paśyaṃtu saṃgatāṃ sarve mama bhāryāṃ yaśasvinīm .. tasyāḥ pūjāṃ samādāya yo mārgo manasi sthitaḥ .. 18 .. > May all of you behold Saṃgatā, my illustrious wife; / having received homage from her, whatever path is set in your mind, // 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.19) taṃ gacchadhvaṃ mahābhāgāḥ puṇyāḥ puṇyamabhīpsavaḥ .. evamuktāstu te rājñā ṛṣayaḥ kautukānvitāḥ .. ājagmurmaṃdiraṃ śubhraṃ puraṃdarapuropamam .. 19 .. > upon that proceed, O highly fortunate, holy ones who desire the holy." / Thus spoken to by the king, the seers, filled with curiosity, / went to his bright dwelling, resembling the city of Purandara. // 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.20) āsanāni vicitrāṇi dattvā teṣāṃ manasvinī .. saṃgatā rājarājena sārddhamagre vyavasthitā ..7.2.1.20.. > Having offered them variegated seats, the high-minded / Saṃgatā stood in front \[of them\] along with the king of kings. // 7.2.1.20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.21) kṛtvā karapuṭaṃ rājā ṛṣīṇāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām .. babhāṣe vacanaṃ rājā bhadro bhadraṃ susaṃgatam..21.. > Having folded his hands in reverence to the seers of holy deeds, / the king spoke words to Bhadra that were auspicious and well-composed: // 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.22) vasudhā vasusaṃpūrṇā maṃḍitā nagarī purī .. parvataiśca samudraiśca saridbhiśca sarovaraiḥ ..22.. > "The earth is filled with wealth, adorned with town and city, / with mountains and oceans, and with rivers and lakes; // 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.23) grāmaiścatuṣpathairghorairgokulairākulīkṛtā .. nararatnairaśvaratnairgajaratnaistu saṃkulā .. 23 .. > it is teeming with villages, terrible crossroads, and herds of cattle, / and crowded with jewels among men, jewels among horses, and jewels among elephants. // 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.24) dustyajā bhogabhoktṛṇāṃ paraṃ jñānamajānatām .. saṃsāre'tra mahāghore punarāvṛttikāriṇi .. 24 .. > It is hard to abandon for those enjoying pleasures who do not know supreme knowledge. / In this terrible saṃsāra, which brings about repetition \[of births\], // 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.25) pataṃti puruṣā bhadra patrāṇīva punaḥpunaḥ .. kṛtena yena vipreṃdra svargaṃ prāpnoti nirmalam .. dānena tapasā caiva tattvamā cakṣva suvrata .. 25 .. > men fall again and again, O Bhadra, like leaves. / By what performed \[deed\] does one attain spotless heaven, O leader of brahmins, / through giving or austerity? Explain that reality, O one of noble vows." // 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.26) .. bhadra uvāca .. .. tīrthāni toyapūrṇāni devāḥ pāṣāṇamṛnmayāḥ .. ātmasthaṃ ye na paśyaṃti te na paśyaṃti tatparam .. 26 .. > Bhadra said: / "Sacred fords are full of water, and deities are made of stone and clay; / those who do not behold the One dwelling in the Self do not behold that supreme \[reality\]. // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.27) saṃti tīrthānyanekāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca .. puṇyatoyā pavitraśca saritaḥ sāgarāstathā .. bahupuṇyapradā pṛthvī sthānesthāne padepade .. 27 .. > There are numerous sacred fords and holy sanctuaries, / rivers with holy waters, purifiers, and likewise oceans; / at every place and every step, the earth bestows abundant merit. // 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.28) yadyasti tava rājeṃdra jñānaṃ jñānavatāṃ vara .. viṣṇuṃ jiṣṇuṃ hṛṣīkeśaṃ śaṃkhinaṃ gadinaṃ tathā .. 28 .. > If you have spiritual knowledge, O lord of kings, best among the wise, / \[behold\] Viṣṇu, victorious, Hṛṣīkeśa, holding the conch and mace, // 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.29) caturbhujaṃ mahābāhuṃ prabhāse daityasūdanam .. vārāhaṃ vāmanaṃ caiva nārasiṃhaṃ balārjunam .. 29 .. > the four-armed, mighty-armed slayer of Daityas at Prabhāsa, / the Boar, the Dwarf, the Man-Lion, Bala, and Arjuna, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.30) rāmaṃ rāmaṃ ca rāmaṃ ca puruṣottamameva ca .. puṃḍarīkekṣaṇaṃ caiva gadāpāṇiṃ tathaiva ca .. 7.2.1.30 .. > Rāma, Rāma, and Rāma, and Puruṣottama, / the lotus-eyed, and likewise mace-in-hand, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.31) rāghavaṃ śakradamanaṃ goviṃdaṃ bahupuṇyadam .. jayaṃ ca bhūdharaṃ caiva devadevaṃ janārddanam .. 31 .. > the descendant of Raghu, the subduer of Indra, Govinda who bestows great merit, / Jaya, the earth-supporter, Janārdana the god of gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.32) surottamaṃ śrīdharaṃ ca hariṃ yogīśvaraṃ tathā .. kapileśaṃ bhūtanāthaṃ śvetadvīpapatiṃ harim .. 32 .. > the best of gods, the bearer of Śrī, Hari the lord of yogins, / Kapileśa, the lord of beings, Hari the lord of Śvetadvīpa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.33) badaryāśramavāsau ca naranārāyaṇau tathā .. padmanābhaṃ sunābhaṃ ca hayagrīvaṃ viśāṃ pate .. 33 .. > the two dwellers in the hermitage of Badarī, Nara and Nārāyaṇa, / Padmanābha, Sunābha, and Hayagrīva, O lord of the people, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.34) dvijanāthaṃ dharānāthaṃ khaḍgapāṇiṃ tathaiva ca .. dāmodaraṃ jalāvāsaṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ harim ..34.. > the lord of the twice-born, the lord of the earth, and likewise sword-in-hand, / Dāmodara, whose abode is in the waters, Hari who removes all sin: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.35) etānyeva hi sthānāni devadevasya cakriṇaḥ .. gacchate yatra tatraiva mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 35 .. > these indeed are the places of the god of gods who bears the discus; / wherever one goes to them, there one is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.36) gaṃgā ca yamunā caiva tathā devī sarasvatī .. dṛṣadvatī gomatī ca tāpī kāveriṇī tathā .. 36 .. . . > The Gaṅgā, the Yamunā, and likewise the goddess Sarasvatī, / the Dṛṣadvatī, the Gomatī, the Tāpī, and the Kāverī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.37) narmadā śarmadā caiva nadī godāvarī tathā .. śatadruśca tathā viṃdhyā payoṣṇī varadā tathā .. 37 .. > the Narmadā that bestows happiness, and likewise the river Godāvarī, / the Śatadru, and likewise the Vindhyā, the Payoṣṇī, and the Varadā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.38) carmaṇvatī ca sarayūrgaṃḍakī caṃḍapāpahā .. caṃdrabhāgā vipāśā ca śoṇaścaiva punaḥpunaḥ .. 38 .. > the Carmaṇvatī, the Sarayū, the Gaṇḍakī that removes terrible sins, / the Candrabhāgā, the Vipāśā, and repeatedly the Śoṇa: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.39) etāścānyāśca bahavo himavatprabhavāḥ śubhāḥ .. tāsu snāto naraḥ svargaṃ yāti pātakavarjitaḥ .. 39 .. > these and many other auspicious rivers arising from the Himavat, / a man who has bathed in them, freed from sins, goes to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.40) vanāni naṃdanādīni parvatā maṃdarādayaḥ .. nāmoccāreṇa yeṣāṃ hi pāpaṃ yāti rasātale ..7.2.1.40 .. > Forests beginning with Nandana, mountains beginning with Mandara, / at the mere utterance of whose names sin sinks to the netherworld. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.41) .. gaja uvāca .. .. bhadraṃ hi bhāṣitaṃ bhadra ākhyānamamṛtopamam .. pṛcchāmi sarvadharmajña tvāmahaṃ kiṃcideva hi .. 41 .. > Gaja said: / Auspicious indeed was that spoken, O noble one, an account resembling nectar. / I ask you indeed something, O knower of all righteousness: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.42) yasminmāse dine yasmiṃstīrthe yasminkramānnaraiḥ .. akṣayaṃ sevyate svargastanmamācakṣva suvrata .. 42 .. > in which month, on which day, at which sacred ford in due order / eternal heaven is attained by men—tell me that, O you of noble vows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.43) snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ svādhyāyo devatārcanam .. akṣayo yena vai svargastanme gaditumarhasi .. 43 .. > Bathing, giving, recitation of mantras, oblation, study of the Veda, worship of deities— / that by which heaven becomes truly imperishable, you ought to tell me that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.44) .. bhadra uvāca .. .. śrūyatāṃ rājaśārdūla kathāṃ kathayato mama .. yāṃ śrutvā mucyate pāpānnaro naravarottama .. 44 .. > Bhadra said: / Let it be heard, O tiger among kings, as I tell the story, / hearing which a man is freed from sin, O best of excellent men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.45) ṛṣīṇāṃ kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ nāradena mahātmanā .. 45 .. > It was told formerly to the seers by the great-souled Nārada. / \[45\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.46) evaṃ pṛṣṭaśca taiḥ sarvairnārado munisattamaḥ .. kathayāmāsa saṃhṛṣṭo meghadudubhinisvanaiḥ .. 46 .. > And thus questioned by all of them, Nārada, the best of sages, / greatly delighted, spoke in a voice like the rumbling of thunder-clouds: / \[46\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.47) ramye himavataḥ pṛṣṭhe samavāye mayā śrutam.. tadahaṃ tava vakṣyāmi śrotukāmaṃ nararṣabha .. 47 .. > “On the lovely ridge of the Himavat, in an assembly, it was heard by me; / that I will tell you who desire to hear, O bull among men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.48) tīrthānyeva hi sarvāṇi punarāvarttakāni tu .. akṣayām̐llabhate lokāṃstattīrthaṃ kathayāmi te .. 48 .. > All other sacred fords indeed cause one to return \[to rebirth\], / but that sacred ford through which one attains imperishable worlds, I shall tell to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.49) mārgaśīrṣe kānyakubja uṣitvā rājasattama .. na śocati naro nārī svargaṃ yāti parāvaram ..49.. > Having dwelt at Kānyakubja in Mārgaśīrṣa, O best of kings, / a man or woman does not grieve and goes to the highest heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.50) pauṣasya paurṇamāsī yā yadi sā kriyate'rbude .. varṣāṇāmarbudaṃ svarge modate pitṛbhiḥ saha ..7.2.1.50.. > If the full-moon day of Pauṣa is observed on Arbuda, / one rejoices together with the ancestors in heaven for an arbuda of years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.51) māghyāṃ yadi gayāśrāddhaṃ pitṝṇāṃ yacchate naraḥ .. trayāṇāmapi devānāṃ caturthaḥ sa prajāyate ..51.. > If on the full-moon day of Māgha a man offers a śrāddha at Gayā to the ancestors, / he becomes a fourth alongside the three gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.52) phālgunyāṃ himavatpṛṣṭhe vasannekāṃ niśāṃ naraḥ .. sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra devo janārddanaḥ .. 52 .. > Dwelling for a single night on the ridge of the Himavat on the full-moon day of Phālguna, / a man goes to that supreme abode where God Janārdana resides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.53) caitryāṃ śrāddhaṃ prabhāse tu ye kurvaṃti manīṣiṇaḥ .. na te marttyā bhavantīha kulajaiḥ saha sattamāḥ .. 53 .. > Those wise people who perform a śrāddha at Prabhāsa on the full-moon day of Caitra, / those best of men do not become mortals here again, along with their kinsmen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.54) caturbhuje tu vaiśākhyāṃ ye kurvaṃti jalapriye .. tathāvaṃtyāṃ naraḥ kaścitsa yāti paramāṃ gatim .. 54 .. > Those who perform it on the full-moon day of Vaiśākha at Caturbhuja, fond of water, / or any person in Avantī, goes to the supreme goal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.55) jyaiṣṭhyāṃ jyeṣṭharkṣayuktāyāṃ śrāddhaṃ ca tritakūpake .. kuryuryugāni te trīṇi vasaṃti nākasadmani .. 55 .. > Those who perform a śrāddha on the full-moon day of Jyaiṣṭha conjoined with the Jyeṣṭhā constellation at Tritakūpaka, / dwell in the heavenly abode for three yugas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.56) yo vrajeśavane nadyāṃ dināni nava paṃca ca .. tiṣṭhate ca naraḥ svargaṃ vaikuṇṭhamabhigacchati .. 56 .. > Whatever man stays at the river in Vrajeśavana for nine and five days, / goes to heaven, to Vaikuṇṭha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.57) śrāvaṇasya tu māsasya pūrṇāyāṃ pūrvasāgare .. snānaṃ dānaṃ japaṃ śrāddhaṃ naraḥ kurvanna śocati .. 57 .. > On the full moon of the month of Śrāvaṇa at the eastern ocean, / a man performing bath, gift, recitation, and śrāddha does not grieve. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.58) tathā bhādrapade kṣetre prabhāse śaśibhūṣaṇam .. pūjayitvā naro liṃgaṃ devaliṃgī bhavettataḥ .. 58 .. > Likewise, having worshipped the moon-adorned liṅga in the sacred field of Prabhāsa in Bhādrapada, / a man will then become endowed with a divine body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.59) āśvine caṃdrabhāgāyāṃ śrāddhaṃ snānaṃ karoti yaḥ .. sthānaṃ yugasahasrāṇāṃ kṛtaṃ tena triviṣṭape .. 59 .. > He who performs bath and śrāddha at the Candrabhāgā in Āśvina, / by him an abode in heaven is secured for thousands of yugas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.60) aṣṭākṣaraiścaturbāhuṃ dhyāyaṃti munisattamāḥ .. bahunā'tra kimuktena gajāhaṃ pravadāmi te .. 7.2.1.60 .. > The best of sages meditate upon the four-armed one with the eight-syllable mantra; / what need of saying much here? O Gaja, I tell you: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.60\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.60_4) \[\[File:Damodar Kund - Junagadh - Gujarat - DSC004.jpg|thumb|600px|dāmodarakuṇḍaḥ\]\] > \[\[File:Damodar Kund - Junagadh - Gujarat - DSC004.jpg|thumb|600px|dāmodarakuṇḍaḥ\]\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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) ### [17.1.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.62) tatrāpi dvādaśī śreṣṭhā rājandāmodare jale .. kimanyairbahubhistīrtheḥ ki kṣetraiḥ ki mahāvanaiḥ .. dāmodare naraḥ snātvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 62 .. > Even there the twelfth day is best in the waters of Dāmodara, O king. / What is the use of other numerous sacred fords, what of sacred fields, what of great forests? / Having bathed at Dāmodara, a man is completely freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.63) .. gaja uvāca .. .. bhadra bhadraṃ tvayā proktaṃ rasāyanamivāparam .. bhūyo'haṃ śrotumicchāmi tīrthasyāsya mahāphalam .. 63 .. > Gaja said: / O Bhadra, auspicious things have been spoken by you, like another elixir of life. / Again I wish to hear the great fruit of this sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.64) ke deśāḥ kiṃ pramāṇaṃ tu kā nadī keḥ ca parvatāḥ .. janā vasaṃti ke tatra ṛṣayaḥ ke tapasvinaḥ .. 64 .. > What regions, what size, what river, and what mountains are there? / What people live there, what seers and ascetics? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.65) .. bhadra uvāca .. .. pṛthivī vasusaṃpūrṇā sāgareṇa tu veṣṭitā .. maṃḍitā nagarairgrāmaiḥ suraiḥ parapuraṃjaya .. 65 .. > Bhadra said: / The earth is filled with wealth and encircled by the ocean, / adorned with cities and villages, and with gods, O conqueror of enemy cities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.66) vārāṇasī prabhāsaṃ ca saṃgamaṃ sitakṛṣṇayoḥ .. evaṃ sārāṇi tīrthāni yasmānmṛtyuharāṇi ca .. 66 .. > Vārāṇasī, Prabhāsa, and the confluence of the white and black \[rivers\]— / these are the essential sacred fords, because they take away death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.67) dāmodareti ye nūnaṃ smaraṃto yatra tatra hi.. te vasaṃti harergehaṃ na saraṃti kadācana .. 67 .. > Those who remember \[the name\] 'Dāmodara', wherever they may be, / live in Hari's abode and never wander \[in transmigration\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.68) somanāthasya sānnidhya udayanto girirmahān .. tasya paścimabhāge tu raivataka iti smṛtaḥ .. 68 .. > In the presence of Somanātha is the great mountain Udayanta; / on its western side is known the one called Raivataka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.69) vāhinī vahate tatra nadī kāṃcanaśekharāt .. dhātavastatra te raktāḥ śvetā nīlāstathā'sitāḥ .. 69 .. > There flows a stream, a river from Kāñcanaśekhara. / The minerals there are red, white, blue, and black. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.70) pāṣāṇāḥ kuñjarākārāścānye sairibhasannibhāḥ .. caṇakākṛtayaścānye anye gokṣurakaprabhāḥ .. 7.2.1.70 .. > The rocks have the shapes of elephants, others resemble buffaloes, / others have the form of chickpeas, and others have the appearance of gokṣuraka thorns. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.71) vṛkṣā vallyaśca gulmāśca saṃtānāḥ saṃtyanekaśaḥ .. sarvaṃ tatkāṃcanamayaṃ mūlaṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ dalam .. 71 .. > There are trees, creepers, shrubs, and groves in abundance; / every root, flower, fruit, and leaf there is made of gold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.72) na hi paśyati pāpātmā muktaḥ pāpena paśyati .. sevyate sa girirnityaṃ dhātuvādaparairnaraiḥ .. 72 .. > A sinful soul does not see it, but one freed from sin sees it. / That mountain is continually frequented by men intent on alchemy, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.73) brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyairvaiśyaiḥ śūdraiḥ śūdrānugairbahiḥ .. pakṣiṇastatra bahavaḥ śivāśivagirastadā .. 73 .. > by brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, śūdras, and outside by followers of śūdras. / Many are the birds there, uttering auspicious and inauspicious cries then: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.74) haṃsasārasacakrāhvāḥ śukakokilabarhiṇaḥ .. mṛgāśca vānarendrāśca haṃsā vyāghrāstathaiva ca .. 74 .. > swans, cranes, and cakravākas, parrots, cuckoos, and peacocks; / deer and lordly monkeys, swans, and tigers likewise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785) tattīrthasya prabhāvena na duṣṭānyācaraṃti te .. kālena mṛtyumāyāṃti paśupakṣisarīsṛpāḥ .. 785 .. > By the power of that sacred ford, they do not commit wicked deeds. / When beasts, birds, and reptiles meet death in due course of time, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_5) sarve vimānamārūḍhā gacchanti harimandiram.. vāyunā pātitaṃ yatra patrapuṣpaphalādikam .. 76 .. > They all mount aerial chariots and go to the abode of Hari. / Where leaves, flowers, fruits, and the like are brought down by the wind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_6) tasyā nadyā jalaṃ spṛṣṭvā sarvaṃ vai muktimāpnute .. sā nadī pṛthivīṃ bhittvā pātālādāgatā nṛpa .. 77 .. > everything that touches the water of that river attains liberation. / That river, O king, has pierced the earth and come from Pātāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_7) pūrvaṃ pannagarājastu tena mārgeṇa cāgataḥ .. snātuṃ dāmodare tīrthe yamamṛtyupraghātini .. 78 .. > Formerly, the king of serpents came by that path / to bathe in the Damodara tīrtha, which destroys Death and Yama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_8) svargādāgatya candro'pi yaṣṭuṃ yajñaṃ supuṣkalam .. yakṣmarogādvinirmukto gataḥ svargaṃ nirāmayaḥ .. 79 .. > Even the Moon, having come from heaven to perform a most plentiful sacrifice, / was freed from consumption and went to heaven free from disease. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_9) balinā caiva dānāni dattānyāgatya kārtike .. hariścandreṇa vidhinā nalena nahuṣeṇa ca .. 7.2.1.80 .. > Gifts were given there, having arrived in Kārtika, by Bali, / and according to rule by Hariścandra, Nala, and Nahuṣa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_10) nābhāgenāṃbarīṣādyaiḥ kṛtaṃ karma suduṣkaram .. dattvā dānānyanekāni gajā gāvo hayā rathāḥ .. 81 .. > and by Nābhāga, Ambarīṣa, and others deeds most difficult to perform were done. / Having given many gifts—elephants, cows, horses, chariots, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_11) anaḍutkāṃcanā bhūmiṃ ratnāni vividhāni ca .. chatrāṇi vipramukhyebhyo yānāni caiva vāsasī .. 82 .. > bulls, gold, land, and various kinds of gems, / umbrellas, vehicles, and garments to the foremost of brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_12) annāni rasamiśrāṇi dattvā dāmodarāgrataḥ .. gatāste viṣṇu bhuvanaṃ nāgacchaṃti mahītale .. 83 .. > and foods mixed with savory flavors—before Dāmodara, / they went to the realm of Viṣṇu and do not return to the surface of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_13) patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ toyaṃ tasmiṃstīrthe dadāti yaḥ .. dvijānāṃ bhaktisaṃyuktaḥ sa yāti jalaśāyinam .. 84 .. > Whoever gives a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water at that sacred ford / to the twice-born with devotion, goes to the One who reclines upon the waters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_14) prakṛtiṃ cāpi yo dadyānmuṣṭiṃ vātha kṣudhārthine .. vimānavaramārūḍhaḥ sa somaṃ prati gacchati .. 85 .. > And whoever gives food in its natural state, or a fistful, to one afflicted by hunger, / mounts an excellent aerial chariot and goes to Soma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_15) dāmodarāgrataḥ kṛtvā parvatānannasaṃbhavān .. pūjitānphalapuṣpaiśca dīpaṃ dadyātsavarttikam .. 86 .. > Having made mountains made of food before Dāmodara, / worshiped with fruits and flowers, one should offer a lamp with a wick. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_16) avāpya duṣkaraṃ sthānaṃ kulānāṃ tārayecchatam .. caturaṃgulamātrepi datte dāmodarāgrataḥ .. 87 .. > Attaining a station difficult to reach, he delivers a hundred families. / Even if a gift measuring merely four finger-breadths is given before Dāmodara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_17) dāne yugasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate .. mā gaccha himavatpṛṣṭhaṃ malayaṃ mā ca mandaram .. 88 .. > he is exalted in heaven for a thousand yugas. / Do not go to the slope of the Himālaya, nor to Malaya, nor to Mandara; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_18) gaccha raivatakaṃ śailaṃ yatra dāmodaraḥ sthitaḥ .. kṛtvā māsopavāsaṃ tu dvijo dāmodarāgrataḥ .. 89 .. > go to Mount Raivataka, where Dāmodara resides. / A twice-born man who observes a fast for a month before Dāmodara > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_19) na nivartati kālena dāmodarapuraṃ vrajet .. karotyanaśanaṃ yaśca naro nāryathavā punaḥ .. sarva lokānatikramya sa harergehamāpnuyāt .. 7.2.1.90 .. > does not return in time, but goes to the city of Dāmodara. / And whatever man or woman undertakes a complete fast, / having transcended all worlds, reaches the home of Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_20) vighnāni tatra tiṣṭhanti nityaṃ pañcaśatāni ca .. dharmavidhvaṃsakartṝṇi narastatra na gacchati .. 91 .. > Five hundred obstacles stay there constantly, / working the destruction of dharma; a man does not easily go there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_21) pradyumnabalaśaineyagadācakrādibhiḥ sadā .. śatalakṣapramāṇaistu sevyate sa girirmahān .. 92 .. > By Pradyumna, Balarāma, Śaineya, Gada, Cakra, and others, / amounting to hundred-thousands, that great mountain is always served. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_22) krīḍaṃti nāryasteṣāṃ hi nityaṃ dāmodarāgrataḥ .. sucandravadanā gauryaḥ śyāmāścaiva sumadhyamāḥ .. 93 .. > Indeed, their women sport constantly before Dāmodara— / moon-faced, fair, dark, of slender waists, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_23) nitaṃbinyaḥ sukeśāśca śubhrāḥ svāyatalocanāḥ .. sugaṃḍā lalitāścaiva sukakṣāḥ supayodharāḥ .. 94 .. > large-hipped, fine-haired, radiant, with wide and long eyes, / with charming cheeks and graceful, with lovely armpits and beautiful breasts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_24) śobhamānāḥ sujaṃghāśca supādāḥ sundarāṃgulīḥ .. rājaputryo girau tasminhasaṃti ca ramaṃti ca .. 95 .. > splendid, with well-formed shanks, feet, and lovely toes— / royal daughters laugh and take delight on that mountain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_25) kausuṃbhaṃ pādayugale kuṃkumaṃ pītakaṃcukam.. brāhmaṇībhyo dadantīha sparddhamānāḥ pṛthakpṛthak .. 96 .. > Safflower dye on both feet, saffron, and a yellow bodice / they give to brahmin women here, competing one by one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_26) bhakṣyaṃ bhojyaṃ ca peyaṃ ca lehyaṃ coṣyaṃ ca picchilam .. tāṃbūlaṃ puṣpasaṃyuktaṃ kārtike harivāsare .. 97 .. > Foods to chew, to feast on, to drink, to lick, to suck, and glaucous dishes, / betel leaf together with flowers on the day of Hari in Kārtika, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_27) dṛṣṭvā tu revatīkuṃḍaṃ pradadyātphalamuttamam .. putriṇī ṛddhisaṃpannā subhagā jāyate satī .. 98 .. > and beholding the Revatīkuṇḍa, one should bestow excellent fruit. / She becomes a mother of sons, endowed with prosperity, fortunate, and chaste. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_28) evaṃ kṛtvā tu sā rātri nīyate nidrayā vinā .. vedaghoṣaiḥ supuṇyaistu bhāratākhyānavācanaiḥ .. 99 .. > Having acted thus, that night is spent without sleep / through holy chants of the Vedas and readings of the Bhārata narrative, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_29) huṃkṛtaistalaśabdaiśca tālaśabdaiḥ punaḥpunaḥ .. deśabhāṣāvibhāṣiṇyo rāmāmaṇḍalamadhyataḥ .. hāsyanṛtyasamāyuktā rājandāmodarāgrataḥ .. 7.2.1.100 .. > with shouts of huṃ, the clapping of palms, and rhythmic beats again and again, / while women speaking regional tongues within the circle of women / join in laughter and dance, O king, before Dāmodara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_30) pañcapāṣāṇakaṃ harmyaṃ yaḥ karoti śivālayam .. paṃcavarṣasahasrāṇi svarga loke mahīyate .. 101 .. > Whoever builds an abode of Śiva made of five stones / is exalted in the world of heaven for five thousand years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_31) daśapāṣāṇasaṃyuktaṃ kṛtvā dāmodarāgrataḥ .. daśavarṣasahasrāṇi svarge hallati mallati .. 102 .. > Having built one made of ten stones before Dāmodara, / he sports and rejoices in heaven for ten thousand years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_32) śatapāṣāṇakaṃ harmyaṃ yaḥ karoti mahannṛpa .. mandiraṃ sundaraṃ śubhraṃ sa yāti harimandiram .. 103 .. > Whoever builds an edifice of a hundred stones, O great king, / a beautiful, shining temple, goes to the abode of Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_33) kṛtvā sāhasrikaṃ caityaṃ bahurūpasamanvitam .. sarvām̐llokānatikramya paraṃ brahmādhigacchati .. 104 .. > Having made a sanctuary of a thousand stones, endowed with many forms, / he transcends all worlds and attains the supreme Brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_34) paṃcavarṇadhvajaṃ dadyāddāmodaragṛhopari .. taṃ tu pramāṇavarṣāṇi divyāni sa divaṃ vrajet .. 105 .. > One should offer a five-colored banner above the temple of Dāmodara; / for as many divine years as that measure, he goes to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_35) tasya gavyūtimātreṇa kṣetraṃ vastrāpathaṃ śubham .. yaddṛṣṭvā sarvapāpāni vilīyante bahūni ca .. 106 .. > The auspicious sacred field Vastrāpatha extends for one gavyūti around it; / upon seeing it, many sins are completely dissolved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_36) rājaṃstatpadamāyāti yadgatvā na nivarttate .. pūjayitvā bhavaṃ devaṃ bhavasaṃbhavanāśanam .. 107 .. > O king, he attains that state having gone to which one does not return. / Having worshiped the god Bhava, who destroys the cause of worldly existence, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_37) naro nārī nṛpaśreṣṭha śivaloke mahīyate .. tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya bhadrasya ca subhāṣitam .. 108 .. > a man or woman, O best of kings, is exalted in the world of Śiva. / Having heard that well-spoken word of Bhadra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_38) āgataḥ kārtikīṃ karttuṃ deve dāmodare tataḥ .. ṛgyajuḥsāmasaṃyuktairbrāhmaṇairbrahmavittamaiḥ .. 109 .. > he came to celebrate the Kārtikī festival before the god Dāmodara; then, / accompanied by brahmins knowers of the Veda, versed in the Ṛg, Yajur, and Sāma Vedas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_39) kṣatriyaiḥ kṣatradharmajñairvaiśyairdānaparāyaṇaiḥ .. saha śūdraiḥ samāyātastasmiṃstīrthe gajo nṛpaḥ .. 7.2.1.110 .. > by kṣatriyas knowing the duties of the kṣatriya, by vaiśyas devoted to giving, / and together with śūdras, King Gaja arrived at that sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_40) dattvā dānānyanekāni hutvā havirhutāśane .. agniṣṭomādikānyajñānhayamedhādikānbahūn .. cakāra vidhivadrājā gajastatra samāhitaḥ .. 111 .. > Having given many gifts, having offered oblations into the sacrificial fire, / King Gaja, concentrated in mind, performed in accordance with rule / Agniṣṭoma and other sacrifices, and many horse-sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_41) tataśca nyavasattatra tapaḥ kartuṃ saharṣibhiḥ .. ūrddhvapādāḥ sthitā viprāḥ pītvā dhūmamadhomukhāḥ .. śuṣkapatrāśanāścānye anye vai phalabhojanāḥ .. 112 .. > And then he dwelt there to perform austerity together with the seers. / Brahmins stood with feet raised upward, drinking smoke with their heads turned down; / others ate dried leaves, while others fed on fruits; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_42) mūlāni cānye bhakṣaṃti anye vāryaṃśanā dvijāḥ .. ālokaṃti svamanye ca tathānye jalaśāyinaḥ .. 113 .. > others ate roots, and other twice-born ate only water; / others gazed within themselves, and others reclined in the water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_43) pañcāgnisādhakāścānye śilācūrṇasya bhakṣakāḥ .. japaṃti cānye saṃśuddhā gāyatrīṃ vedamātaram .. sāvitrīṃ manasā cānye devīmanye sarasvatīm.. 114 .. > And others practiced the five fires; \[others\] ate powdered stone; / and others, fully purified, chanted the Gāyatrī, mother of the Vedas, / while others mentally \[recited\] Sāvitrī, and others the goddess Sarasvatī; 114 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_44) sūktāni hi pavitrāṇi brahmaṇā nirmitāni ca .. anye'vasaṃstadā tatra dvādaśākṣaracintakāḥ .. 115 .. > and the purifying hymns created by Brahmā. / Others then dwelt there meditating on the twelve-syllable mantra. 115 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_45) ālokya sarvaśāstrāṇi vicārya ca punaḥpunaḥ .. idameva suniṣpannaṃ dhyeyo nārāyaṇaḥ sadā .. 116 .. > Having examined all the scriptures and deliberated again and again, / this alone has been firmly settled: Nārāyaṇa is always to be meditated upon. 116 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_46) ārādhitaḥ suduṣpāre bhave bhagavato vinā .. tathā nānyo mahādevātpatantaṃ yo'bhirakṣati .. 117 .. > In this world of transmigration so difficult to cross, except for the Lord who is worshipped, / there is likewise none other than Mahādeva who protects one who is falling. 117 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_47) gatāgatāni vartaṃte caṃdrasūryādayo grahāḥ .. adyāpi na nivartaṃte dvādaśākṣaraciṃtakāḥ .. 118 ... > The planets—the moon, sun, and others—undergo rising and setting, / \[yet\] even today those who meditate on the twelve-syllable mantra do not turn back \[to samsāra\]. 118 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_48) ye'kṣarā ṛṣayaścānye devalokajigīṣavaḥ .. prāpnuvaṃti tataḥ sthānaṃ dagdhabījaṃ ca tattathā .. 119 .. > Those imperishable seers and others who desire to conquer the realm of the gods / attain that place from there, and thus their seeds \[of karma\] are burnt. 119 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_49) sakṛduccaritaṃ yena harirityakṣaradvayam .. baddhaḥ parikarastena mokṣāya gamanaṃ prati .. 7.2.1.120 .. > He by whom the two syllables "Ha-ri" are uttered even once / has girded his loins to depart toward liberation. 7.2.1.120 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_50) ekabhaktaṃ tathā naktamayācyamuṣitaṃ tathā.. evamādīni cānyāni kṛtvā dāmodarāgrataḥ .. kṛtakṛtyā bhavaṃtīha yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam.. 121 .. > Observing a single meal a day, fasting at night, or eating only unasked-for food, / and performing other such \[vows\] before Dāmodara, / they achieve their purpose here until the dissolution of the elements. 121 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_51) sa rājā ṛṣibhiḥ sārddhaṃ yāvattiṣṭhati tatra vai .. vimānāni sahasrāṇi tāvattatrāgatāni ca .. 122 .. > As long as that king remained there together with the seers, / so long did thousands of aerial chariots arrive there. 122 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_52) gaṃdharvāpsarastatra siddhacāraṇakinnarāḥ .. sarve vimānamārūḍhāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ .. 123.. > Gandharvas, apsarases there, siddhas, cāraṇas, and kinnaras— / all mounted aerial chariots by the hundreds and by the thousands. 123 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_53) sarvairjanapadaiḥ sārddha sa rājā bhāryayā saha .. gato vimānamārūḍho yattatpadamanāmayam .. 124 .. > Together with all the countryside people, that king, along with his wife, / mounted an aerial chariot and went to that abode free from disease. 124 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_54) ya idaṃ paṭhate nityaṃ śṛṇuyādvā'pi mānavaḥ .. sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ paraṃ brahmādhigacchati .. 125 .. > The mortal who constantly recites this or listens to it / is completely freed from all sins and attains the supreme Brahman. 125 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_55) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe dvitīye vastrāpathakṣetramāhātmye dāmodaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 1 .. > Thus ends the first chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Dāmodara', in the Vastrāpathakṣetramāhātmya, in the second \[sub-section\] of the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the seventh part of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the text of eighty-one thousand verses. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_56) dāmodara upari paurāṇikasaṃdarbhāḥ > Purāṇic references on Dāmodara > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.1.785\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1.785_57) dāmodara upari ṭippaṇī > Note on Dāmodara > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.17.1.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Kriyāsāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.virasaiva.kriyasara.2.2.295) — Śrīkaṇtha, Sanskrit - [Kubjikāmatatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.kubjika.kubjikamata.23.108) — Sanskrit - [Skanda Purāṇa (Kumāra Kavi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skandapurana.95.p1) — Kumāra Kavi, Sanskrit - [Kaulajñānanirṇaya (ed. Prabodh Chandra Bagchi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.trika.kaula.kaulajnananirnaya*bagchi.16.34) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.1) · Pramāṇa