[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) › 17.3 # Skandapurana 17.3 Skandapurāṇa 17.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.3.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. atha vastrāpathe kṣetre saṃti tīrthāni koṭiśaḥ.. tathāpi sāraṃ te vacmi sarvatīrthamahodayam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Now, in the sacred field of Vastrāpatha there are crores of sacred fords; / nevertheless, I tell you their essence, the great elevation of all sacred fords. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.3.2) dāmodare nadī proktā svarṇareṣeti yā smṛtā .. brahmakuṇḍaṃ ca tatraiva tathā brahmeśvaraḥ smṛtaḥ .. 2 .. > At Dāmodara a river is proclaimed, known as Svarṇareṣā; / Brahmakuṇḍa is right there, and likewise Brahmeśvara is recorded. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.3.3) kālameghaśca saṃprokto bhavo dāmodaraḥ smṛtaḥ .. gavyūtidvitayenaiva kālikā tatra kīrtitā .. 3 .. > And Kālamegha is proclaimed, and Bhava \[along with\] Dāmodara are recorded. / Just two gavyūtis away, Kālikā is celebrated there. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.3.4) indreśvaraśca tatraiva raivataḥ parvatastathā .. ujjayaṃtaśca tatraiva devaḥ kumbhīśvaraḥ smṛtaḥ .. 4 .. > And Indreśvara is right there, as well as Mount Raivata; / and Ujjayanta is right there, and the deity is recorded as Kumbhīśvara. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.3.5) bhīmeśvaraśca tatraiva tataḥ kṣetraṃ mahāprabham .. tailasāraṇikaṃnāma tretāyāṃ haimamārakam .. 5 .. > And Bhīmeśvara is right there; beyond it lies the splendid sacred field / named Tailasāraṇika, called Haimamāraka in the Tretā age. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.3.6) paṃcagavyūtimātraṃ tu tatkṣetraṃ saṃprakīrtitam .. mṛgīkuṇḍaṃ ca tatraiva sarvapātakanāśanam .. 6 .. > That sacred field is proclaimed to measure just five gavyūtis; / and Mṛgīkuṇḍa is right there, destroying all sins. // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.3.7) etadvastrāpathaṃ kṣetraṃ ratnadhātvostathā''karam .. kathitaṃ tava deveśi punaḥ saṃkṣepato mayā .. 7 .. > This sacred field of Vastrāpatha, a mine of jewels and minerals, / has thus been described to you again in brief by me, O ruler of gods! // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.3.7\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.3.7_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe dvitīye vastrāpathakṣetramāhātmye pravaratīrthānukīrtananāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ .. 3 .. > Thus ends the third chapter, named 'Enumeration of the Foremost Sacred Fords,' in the Vastrāpathakṣetramāhātmya, in the second \[sub-section of\] Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the seventh part of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.17.3.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.3) · Pramāṇa