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# Skandapurana 2.1.12

Skandapurāṇa 2.1.12

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.1)

.. atha svāmipuṣkariṇī snānāttāmisrādinarakanistāraḥ ..

> Now, deliverance from hells such as Tāmisra through ritual ablution in Svāmipuṣkariṇī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.2)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

> The seers said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.3)

sūta sarvārthatattvajña vedavedāṃgapāraga ..

> O Sūta, knower of the truth of all matters, who have reached the far shore of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.4)

śrīsvāmipuṣkariṇyāśca vaibhavaṃ vada naḥ prabho .. .. 1 ..

> tell us, O lord, the glory of the glorious Svāmipuṣkariṇī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.5)

yasyāḥ smaraṇamātreṇa muktaḥ syānmānavo bhuvi .. 2 ..

> by merely remembering which a man on earth may become liberated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.6)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> The glorious Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.7)

svāmitīrthaṃ praśaṃsanti snāṃti vā kathayaṃti ye ..

> Those who praise the Svāmitīrtha, bathe in it, or narrate \[its glory\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.8)

aṣṭāviṃśatibhedāṃste narakānnopabhuñjate .. 3 ..

> do not experience the hells in their twenty-eight varieties:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.9)

tāmisramandhatāmisraṃ mahārauravarauravau ..

> Tāmisra, Andhatāmisra, Mahāraurava, Raurava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.10)

kumbhīpākaṃ kālasūtramasipatravanaṃ tathā .. 4 ..

> Kumbhīpāka, Kālasūtra, and Asipatravana;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.11)

kṛmibhakṣo'ndhakūpaśca saṃdaṃśaḥ śālmalī tathā ..

> Kṛmibhakṣa, Andhakūpa, Saṃdaṃśa, and Śālmalī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.12)

lālābhakṣo hyavīciśca sārameyādanaṃ tathā .. 5 ..

> Lālābhakṣa, Avīci, and Sārameyādana;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.13)

tathaiva vajrakaṇakaḥ kṣārakardamapātanam ..

> likewise Vajrakaṇṭaka, falling into Kṣārakardama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.14)

rakṣogaṇāśanaṃ cāpi śūlaprotanirodhanam.. 6 ..

> devouring by hordes of Rakṣases, being impaled on a pike;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.15)

tirodhānābhidhaṃ viprāstathā sūcīmukhābhidham ..

> that named Tirodhāna, O brahmins, and the one named Sūcīmukha;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.16)

pūyaśoṇitabhakṣaṃ ca viṣāgniparipīḍanam .. 7 ..

> the consumption of pus and blood, and torment by poison and fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.17)

aṣṭāviṃśatisaṃkhyātametannarakasaṃcayam..

> This collection of hells, twenty-eight in number,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.18)

na yāti manujo viprāḥ svāmitīrthanimajjanāt .. 8 ..

> a man does not go to, O brahmins, on account of immersing himself in the Svāmitīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.19)

vittāpatyakalatrāṇāṃ yo'nyeṣāmapahārakaḥ ..

> A man who plunders the wealth, children, or wives of others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.20)

sa kālapāśabaddho'yaṃ yamadūtairbhayānakaiḥ .. 9 ..

> bound by the noose of Time by the terrifying messengers of Yama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.21)

tāmisre narake ghore pātyate bahuvatsaram ..

> is cast down into the dreadful hell Tāmisra for many years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.22)

snāti cetsvāmitīrthe sa tasminnāsau nipātyate .. 2.1.12.10 ..

> If he bathes in the Svāmitīrtha, he is not cast into that \[hell\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.23)

mātaraṃ pitaraṃ viprānyo dveṣṭi puruṣādhamaḥ ..

> The lowest of men who hates mother, father, or brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.24)

sa kālasūtranarake vistṛtāyutayojane .. 11 ..

> in the Kālasūtra hell, ten thousand yojanas wide,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.25)

adhastādagnisantapte uparyarkamarīcibhiḥ ..

> scorched by fire below, and by the sun's rays above,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.26)

khale tāmramaye viprāḥ pātyate kṣudhayārditaḥ .. 12 ..

> upon a copper floor, O brahmins, is cast down, afflicted with hunger.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.27)

snāti cetpuṣkariṇyāṃ vai tasminnā'sau nipātyate ..

> If he bathes in the puṣkariṇī, he is not cast into that \[hell\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.28)

yo vedamārgamullaṃghya vartate kupathe naraḥ .. 13 ..

> A man who strays into a bad path, transgressing the way of the Veda,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.29)

so'sipatravane ghore pātyate yamakiṃkaraiḥ ..

> is cast into the dreadful Asipatravana by the servants of Yama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.30)

snāti cetsvāmitīrthe tu tasminnā'sau nipātyate .. 14 ..

> If he bathes in the Svāmitīrtha, however, he is not cast into that \[hell\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.31)

yo'śnāti paṃktibhedena pakvaṃ sūpādikaṃ naraḥ ..

> A man who eats cooked food such as soup with partiality in the row,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.32)

akṛtvā paṃcayajñānvā bhuṃkte mohena sa dvijāḥ .. 15 ..

> or eats through delusion without performing the five sacrifices, O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.33)

pātyate'yaṃ yamabhaṭairnarake kṛmibhojane ..

> is cast by Yama's soldiers into the hell of worm-eating;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.34)

bhakṣyamāṇaḥ kṛmiśatairbhakṣayankṛmisaṃcayān .. 16 ..

> being eaten by hundreds of worms while eating hordes of worms,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.35)

svayaṃ ca kṛmibhūtaḥ saṃstiṣṭhedyāvadaghakṣayam ..

> and becoming a worm himself, he would remain until the exhaustion of his sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.36)

snāti cetsvāmitīrthe vai tasminnā'sau nipātyate .. 17 ..

> If he bathes in the Svāmitīrtha, he is indeed not cast into that \[hell\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.37)

yo haredvipravittāni snehena balato'pi vā ..

> He who steals the wealth of brahmins out of affection or by force,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.38)

anyeṣāmapi vittāni rājā tatpuruṣo'pi vā .. 18 ..

> or the wealth of others, whether a king or his servant,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.39)

ayomayāgnikuṃḍeṣu saṃdaṃśaiḥ so'pi pīḍitaḥ ..

> tormented with tongs in fire-pits made of iron,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.40)

saṃdaṃśe narake ghore pātyate yamapūruṣaiḥ .. 19 ..

> is cast into the terrible hell Saṃdaṃśa by Yama's men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.41)

snāti cetsvāmitīrthe tu tasminnāsau nipātyate ..

> If he bathes in the Svāmitīrtha, however, he is not cast into that \[hell\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.42)

agamyāṃ yobhigaccheta striyaṃ vai puruṣādhamaḥ .. 2.1.12.20 ..

> The lowest of men who approaches an inaccessible woman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.43)

agamyaṃ puruṣaṃ yoṣidabhigaccheta vā dvijāḥ ..

> or a woman who approaches an inaccessible man, O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.44)

tāvayomayanārīṃ ca puruṣaṃ cāpyayomayam .. 21 ..

> both of them, \[forced to\] embrace a glowing woman made of iron / and a man made of iron,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.45)

taptāvāliṅgya tiṣṭhantau yāvaccandradivākaram ..

> standing as long as the moon and the sun endure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.46)

sūcyākhye narake ghore pātyete yamakiṃkaraiḥ .. 22 ..

> are cast into the dreadful hell named Sūcī by the servants of Yama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.47)

snāti cetsvāmitīrthe ca tasminnāsau nipāpyate ..

> And if he bathes in the Svāmitīrtha, he is not cast into that \[hell\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.48)

bādhate sarvajantūnyo nānopāyairupadravaiḥ .. 23 ..

> He who torments all living beings through various means and afflictions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.49)

śālmalīnarake ghore pātyate bahukaṇṭake ..

> is cast down into the dreadful hell Śālmalī, full of many thorns.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.50)

snāti cetsvāmitīrthe tu tasminnāsau nipātyate .. 24 ..

> If he bathes in the Svāmitīrtha, however, he is not cast into that \[hell\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.51)

rājā vā rājabhṛtyo vā yaḥ pāṣaṇḍamanudrutaḥ ..

> A king or a king's servant who has run after heresy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.52)

bhedako dharmasetūnāṃ vaitaraṇyāṃ nipātyate .. 25 ..

> a breaker of the barriers of dharma, is cast into Vaitaraṇī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.53)

snāti cetsvāmitīrthe tu tasminnāsau nipātyate ..

> If he bathes in the Svāmitīrtha, however, he is not cast into that \[hell\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.54)

vṛṣalīsaṅgaduṣṭo vā śaucādyācāravarjitaḥ .. 26 ..

> Or one corrupted by association with an outcaste woman, devoid of purity and proper conduct,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.55)

tyaktalajjastyaktavedaḥ paśucaryārataḥ sadā ..

> abandoning shame, abandoning the Veda, always delighting in the behavior of beasts—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.56)

sa pūyaviṣṭhāmūtrāsṛkchleṣmapittādipūrite .. 27 ..

> he, in \[a hell\] filled with pus, feces, urine, blood, phlegm, bile, and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.57)

atibībhatsanarake pātyate yamakiṃkaraiḥ ..

> is cast down by the servants of Yama into an exceedingly disgusting hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.58)

snāti cetsvāmitīrthe tu tasminnāsau nipātyate .. 28 ..

> Yet if he bathes in Svāmitīrtha, he is not cast down into it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.59)

yaḥ śvabhirmṛgayurvanyānbāṇairvā bādhate mṛgān ..

> A hunter who torments wild deer with dogs or with arrows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.60)

sa vidhyamāno bāṇaughaiḥ paratra yamakiṃkaraiḥ .. 29 ..

> pierced with volleys of arrows in the other world by the servants of Yama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.61)

prāṇarodhākhyanarake pātyate yamakiṃkaraiḥ ..

> is cast down by the servants of Yama into the hell named Prāṇarodha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.62)

snāti cetsvāmitīrthe tu tasminnāsau nipātyate.. 2.1.12.30 ..

> Yet if he bathes in Svāmitīrtha, he is not cast down into it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.63)

dāmbhiko yaḥ paśūnyajñe vidhyanuṣṭhānavarjitaḥ ..

> A hypocrite devoid of the performance of Vedic rites who slaughters animals in sacrifice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.64)

hantyasau paralokeṣu vaiśase narake dvijāḥ ..31..

> O twice-born, in the other worlds, into the hell Vaiśasa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.65)

kartyamāno yamabhaṭaiḥ pātyate yamakiṃkaraiḥ ..

> being hacked to pieces by Yama's soldiers, is cast down by the servants of Yama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.66)

snāti cetpuṣkariṇyāṃ vai tasminnāsau nipātyate ..32..

> Yet if he bathes in the holy pool, he is not cast down into it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.67)

ātmabhāryāṃ savarṇāṃ yo retaḥ pāyayate yadi ..

> If a man makes his own wife of the same class drink semen,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.68)

paratra retaḥpāyī sa retaḥkuṇḍe nipātyate .. 33 ..

> in the other world he, drinking semen, is cast down into the pit of semen (Retaḥkuṇḍa).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.69)

snāti cetpuṣkariṇyāṃ vai tasminnāsau nipātyate ..

> Yet if he bathes in the holy pool, he is not cast down into it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.70)

yo dasyurmārgamāśritya garado grāmadāhakaḥ .. .. 34 ..

> A robber taking to the road, an administrator of poison, an arsonist of villages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.71)

vaṇigdravyāpahārī ca sa paratra dvijottamāḥ ..

> and a thief of merchants' goods, O best among the twice-born, in the other world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.72)

vajradaṃṣṭrābhidhe ghore pātyate narake ciram .. 35 ..

> is cast down for a long time into the terrible hell named Vajradaṃṣṭra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.73)

snāti cetsvāmitīrthe tu tasminnāsau nipātyate ..

> Yet if he bathes in Svāmitīrtha, he is not cast down into it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.74)

vidyante yāni cānyāni narakāṇi paratra vai .. 36 ..

> Whatever other hells indeed exist in the other world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.75)

tāni nāpnoti manujaḥ svāmitīrthanimajjanāt ..

> a mortal does not encounter them, by virtue of immersing in Svāmitīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.76)

puṣkariṇyāṃ sakṛtsnānādaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 37 ..

> From bathing once in the holy pool, one obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice (aśvamedha);  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.77)

ātmavidyā bhavetsākṣānmuktiścāpi caturvidhā ..

> knowledge of the self becomes directly perceptible, as well as the fourfold liberation;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.78)

na pāpe ramate buddhirna bhaveduḥkhameva vā .. 38 ..

> the intellect does not delight in sin, nor does sorrow at all arise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.79)

tulāpuruṣadānena yatphalaṃ labhyate naraiḥ ..

> Whatever fruit is obtained by men through the gift of the person weighed against gold (tulāpuruṣa),  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.80)

tatphalaṃ labhyate pumbhiḥ svāmitīrthanimajjanāt .. 39 ..

> that fruit is attained by people through immersing in Svāmitīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.81)

gosahasrapradānena yatpuṇyaṃ hi bhavennṛṇām ..

> Whatever merit indeed accrues to men through the gift of a thousand cows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.82)

tatpuṇyaṃ labhate martyaḥ svāmitīrthanimajanāt .. 2.1.12.40 ..

> that merit a mortal gains through immersing in Svāmitīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.83)

dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ yaṃ yamicchati pūruṣaḥ ..

> Whichever of duty, wealth, desire, and liberation a man desires,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.84)

taṃ taṃ sadyaḥ samāpnoti svāmitīrthanimajjanāt .. 41 ..

> that very one he attains instantly through immersing in Svāmitīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.85)

mahāpātakayukto vā yukto vā sarvapātakaiḥ ..

> Whether endowed with major sins (mahāpātaka) or endowed with all manner of sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.86)

sadyaḥ pūto bhavedviprāḥ svāmitīrthanimajjanāt .. 42 ..

> he instantly becomes purified, O brahmins, through immersing in Svāmitīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.87)

prajñā lakṣmīryaśaḥ saṃpajjñānaṃ dharmo viraktatā ..

> Wisdom, fortune, renown, prosperity, knowledge, righteousness, detachment,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.88)

manaḥśuddhirbhavennṛṇāṃ svāmitīrthaniṣevaṇāt .. 43 ..

> and purity of mind accrue to men through resorting to Svāmitīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.89)

brahmahatyā'yutaṃ cāpi surāpānāyutaṃ tathā ..

> Even ten thousand killings of a brahmin, ten thousand drinkings of liquor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.90)

ayutaṃ gurudārāṇāṃ gamanaṃ pāpakāriṇām .. .. 44 ..

> ten thousand violations of the teacher's wife by sinful doers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.91)

steyāyutaṃ suvarṇānāṃ tatsaṃsargāśca koṭiśaḥ ..

> ten thousand thefts of gold, and crores of associations with those \[sinners\]—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.92)

śīghraṃ vilayamāyānti svāmitīrthanimajjanāt .. 45 ..

> swiftly vanish through immersing in Svāmitīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.93)

brahmahatyāsamānāni surāpānasamāni ca ..

> Those \[sins\] equal to killing a brahmin, those equal to drinking liquor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.94)

gurustrīgamanenāpi yāni tulyāni cāstikāḥ .. 46 ..

> and those that are equal to violating the teacher's wife, O believers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.95)

suvarṇasteyatulyāni tatsaṃsargasamāni ca ..

> those equal to the theft of gold, and those equal to associating with them—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.96)

tāni sarvāṇi naśyanti svāmitīrthanimajjanāt .. 47 ..

> all of them perish through immersing in Svāmitīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.97)

.. atha svāmitīrthamahimāśraddhālūnāṃ mahānarakaprāptiḥ .. ..

> Now, the attainment of great hell by those who lack faith in the greatness of Svāmitīrtha:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.98)

ukteṣveteṣu sandeho na karttavyaḥ kadācana ..

> No doubt should ever be entertained concerning these things that have been spoken;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.99)

jihvāgre paraśuṃ taptaṃ prakṣipaṃti ca kiṃkarāḥ .. 48 ..

> and \[if one doubts,\] the servants \[of Yama\] thrust a heated axe onto the tip of his tongue.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.100)

arthavādamimaṃ sarvaṃ bruvanvai narakaṃ vrajet ..

> One who says, "All this is mere eulogy (arthavāda)," will surely go to hell;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.101)

sūkaraḥ sa hi vijñeyaḥ sarvakarmabahiṣkṛtaḥ .. 49 ..

> he is to be regarded as a hog, excluded from all ritual acts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.102)

aho maurkhyamaho maurkhyamaho maurkhyaṃ dvijottamāḥ ..

> Oh, what foolishness! Oh, what foolishness! Oh, what foolishness, O best among the twice-born!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.103)

svāmitīrthābhidhe tīrthe sarvapātakanāśane .. 2.1.12.50 ..

> While the sacred ford called Svāmitīrtha, destroyer of all sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.104)

advaitajñānade puṃsāṃ bhuktimuktipradāyini ..

> bestower of non-dual knowledge upon men, granter of enjoyment and liberation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.105)

iṣṭakāmaprade nityaṃ tathaivājñānanāśane .. 51 ..

> ever bestowing desired wishes, and likewise destroyer of ignorance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.106)

sthite'pi tadvihāyāyaṃ ramatenyatra vai janaḥ ..

> is present, yet people, leaving it aside, delight elsewhere!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.107)

aho mohasya māhātmyaṃ mayā vaktuṃ na śakyate .. 52 ..

> Ah, the magnitude of delusion! It is impossible for me to describe it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.108)

snātasya svāmitīrthe tu nāntakādbhayamasti vai ..

> For one who has bathed in Svāmitīrtha, there is truly no fear of Death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.109)

svāmitīrthaṃ ca paśyaṃti tatra snāṃti ca ye narāḥ .. 53 ..

> Those men who behold Svāmitīrtha, bathe in it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.110)

stuvanti ca praśaṃsaṃti spṛśaṃti ca namanti ca ..

> praise it, laud it, touch it, and bow down to it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.111)

na pibanti hi te stanyaṃ mātṝṇāṃ dvijapuṃgavāḥ .. 54 ..

> no longer drink mother's milk, O bulls among the twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.112)

evaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ viprāḥ svāmitīrthasya vaibhavam ..

> Thus has the glory of Svāmitīrtha been related to you, O brahmins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.113)

bhuktimuktipradaṃ nṛṇāṃ sarvapāpanibarhaṇam ..55..

> it grants enjoyment and liberation to men, and destroys all sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.12.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.12.114)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmye śrī svāmipuṣkariṇītīrthamahimānuvarṇanaṃ nāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 12 ..

> Thus ends the twelfth chapter, named "Description of the Greatness of the Sacred Ford Śrī Svāmipuṣkariṇī," in the Glorious Veṅkaṭācala-māhātmya, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa in eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.12.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Ahirbudhnyasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.ahirbudhnya.1.4.312) — Sanskrit

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