[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) › 2.1.15 # Skandapurana 2.1.15 Skandapurāṇa 2.1.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1.15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.1) .. atha rāmakṛṣṇatīrthamāhātmyam .. > Now the greatness of the Rāmakṛṣṇatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.2) .. śrīsūta uvāca .. .. > The venerable Sūta said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.3) veṃkaṭākhye mahāpuṇye sarvapātakanāśane .. > "On the exceedingly holy \[mountain\] named Veṅkaṭa, which destroys all sins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.4) kṛṣṇatīrthasya māhātmyaṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ susamāhitāḥ .. 1 .. > listen with great attention to the māhātmya of the Kṛṣṇatīrtha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.5) yatra majjanamātreṇa kṛtaghno'pi vimucyate .. > where merely by immersion even an ungrateful person is liberated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.6) pitṝnmātṝrgurūṃścāvamanyaṃte mohamohitāḥ .. 2 .. > Those who, bewildered by delusion, disrespect fathers, mothers, and elders, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.7) ye cāpyanye durātmānaḥ kṛtaghnā nirapatrapāḥ .. > and whatever other evil-minded, ungrateful, shameless people there may be— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.8) te sarve kṛṣṇatīrthesmiñchuddhyanti snānamātrataḥ .. 3 .. > all of them are purified in this Kṛṣṇatīrtha merely by a bath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.9) kṛṣṇanāmā muniḥ pūrvaṃ veṃkaṭāhṛyabhūdhare .. > Formerly, a sage named Kṛṣṇa, on the mountain named Veṅkaṭa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.10) avartata tapaḥ kurvanviṣṇuṃ dhyāyansamāhitaḥ .. 4 .. > dwelt performing austerity, focused in meditation on Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.11) sa tatra kalpayāmāsa snānārthaṃ tīrthamuttamam .. > There he fashioned an excellent sacred ford for ritual ablution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.12) tatra snātvā sakṛnmartyaḥ kṛtaghno'pi vimucyate .. 5 .. > Having bathed there once, a mortal is freed, even if he were ungrateful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.13) atretihāsaṃ vakṣyāmi purāṇaṃ pāpanāśanam .. > In this regard, I shall recount an ancient legend that destroys sins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.14) yasya śravaṇamātreṇa naro muktimavāpnuyāt.. 6 .. > by the mere hearing of which a person may attain liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.15) purā babhūva viprendro rāmakṛṣṇo mahāmuniḥ .. > Long ago there was an eminent brahmin, the great sage Rāmakṛṣṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.16) satyavāñchīlavānvāgmī sarvabhūtadayānvitaḥ .. 7 .. > truthful, virtuous, eloquent, endowed with compassion for all beings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.17) śatrumitrasamo dāntastapasvī vijiteṃdriyaḥ .. > impartial to enemy and friend, self-restrained, an ascetic with senses conquered, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.18) pare brahmaṇi niṣṇāto brahmatattvaikasaṃśrayaḥ .. 8 .. > well-versed in the supreme Brahman, taking refuge solely in the reality of Brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.19) evaṃprabhāvaḥ sa munistapastepe sudāruṇam .. > That sage of such power performed very severe austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.20) sa vai niścalasarvāṃgastiṣṭhansarvatra bhūtale .. 9 .. > Remaining everywhere on the surface of the earth with all limbs motionless, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.21) paramāṇvantaraṃ vāpi na svasthānāccacāla saḥ .. > he did not move from his place by even the distance of an atom. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.22) sthitvā tatra tapasyaṃtamanekaśatavatsarān .. 2.1.15.10 .. > As he stayed there practicing austerity for many hundreds of years, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.23) taṃ cākramata valmīkaṃ chāditāṃgaṃ cakāra vai .. > an anthill covered him and enveloped his limbs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.24) valmīkākrāntadeho'pi rāmakṛṣṇo mahāmuniḥ ..11.. > Though his body was overtaken by an anthill, the great sage Rāmakṛṣṇa > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.25) akarottapa evāsau valmīkaṃ na tvabudhyata .. > continued his austerity alone and did not even notice the anthill. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.26) tasmiṃśca tapyati tapo vāsavo munipuṃgave.. 12 .. > And while that eminent sage was practicing austerity, Vāsava, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.27) visṛjya meghajālāni varṣayāmāsa vegavān .. > releasing masses of clouds, caused torrential rain to fall. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.28) evaṃ dināni saptāyaṃ vavarṣa ca nirantaram .. 13 .. > In this way, he poured rain continuously for seven days. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.29) dhārāvarṣeṇa mahatā vṛṣyamāṇopi vai muniḥ .. > Though being pelted by a great downpour of rain, the sage > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.30) tadvarṣaṃ pratijagrāha nimīlitavilocanaḥ .. 14 .. > endured that rain with closed eyes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.31) mahatā stanitenāśu tadā badhirayanchrutīḥ .. > With a great roar instantly deafening ears then, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.32) valmīkasyopariṣṭādvai nipapāta mahāśaniḥ .. 15 .. > a great thunderbolt fell right onto the anthill. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.33) tasminvarṣati parjanye śītavātādiduḥsahe .. 16 .. > While the rain was falling, unbearable with cold wind and other hardships, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.34) .. atha rāmakṛṣṇākhyamaharṣitapaḥprasannabhagavadāvirbhāvaḥ .. .. > Now, the manifestation of the Lord, pleased by the austerity of the great seer named Rāmakṛṣṇa: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.35) valmīkaśikharaṃ dhvastaṃ babhūvāśanitāḍitam.. > the top of the anthill was shattered, struck by the thunderbolt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.36) tadāprādurabhūddevaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ .. 17 .. > Then the God appeared, bearing the conch, discus, and mace, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.37) vinatānandanārūḍho vanamālāvibhūṣitaḥ .. > mounted on the son of Vinatā, adorned with a garland of forest flowers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.38) rāmakṛṣṇasya tapasā toṣito vākyamabravīt.. 18 .. > Pleased by the austerity of Rāmakṛṣṇa, he spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.39) taponidhe rāmakṛṣṇa vedaśāstrārthapāraga .. > “O treasure of austerity, Rāmakṛṣṇa, you who have crossed to the end of the Vedic scriptures! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.40) madāvirbhāvadivase yaḥ snāti manujottamaḥ .. 19 .. > Whatever best of men bathes on the day of my manifestation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.41) tasya puṇyaphalaṃ vaktuṃ śeṣeṇāpi na śakyate .. > the reward of his merit cannot be described even by Śeṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.42) makarasthe ravau vipra paurṇamāsyāṃ mahātithau .. 2.1.15.20 .. > When the sun is in Capricorn, O brahmin, on the great lunar day of the full moon, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.43) puṣyanakṣatrayuktāyāṃ snānakālo vidhīyate .. > conjoined with the constellation Puṣya, the time for ritual ablution is prescribed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.44) taddine snāti yo martyaḥ kṛṣṇatīrthaṃ mahāmatiḥ .. 21 .. > Whatever mortal of noble mind bathes on that day at Kṛṣṇatīrtha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.45) sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sarvānkāmām̐llabheta saḥ .. > he will be completely freed from all sins and will obtain all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.46) madāvirbhāvadivase kṛṣṇatīrthajale śubhe .. 22 .. > On the day of my manifestation, in the auspicious waters of Kṛṣṇatīrtha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.47) snātuṃ tatra samāyāṃti svapāpapariśuddhaye .. > for the complete purification of their sins, there come to bathe > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.48) devā manuṣyāḥ sarve ca dikpālāśca mahaujasaḥ .. 23 .. > all the gods and men, and the guardians of the directions endowed with great splendor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.49) ete sarve mahātmānaḥ koṭisūryasamaprabhāḥ .. > All these great-souled ones, possessing radiance equal to ten million suns, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.50) te sarve kṛṣṇatīrthesminsnānātpūtā bhavaṃti hi .. 24 .. > they all become purified from ritual ablution in this Kṛṣṇatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.51) tvannāmnedaṃ mahātīrthaṃ loke prakhyātimeṣyati .. > This great sacred ford will attain renown in the world under your name.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.52) ityuktvā śrīnivāsaśca tatraivāntaradhīyata .. 25 .. > Having spoken thus, Śrīnivāsa vanished right there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.53) evaṃ prabhāvaṃ tattīrthaṃ mahāpāpaviśodhanam .. > Such is the power of that sacred ford, which cleanses great sins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.54) buddhiśuddhipradaṃ pusāṃ sarvaiśvaryapradāyakam .. 26 .. > which grants purity of intellect to men, and bestows all sovereignty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.55) evaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ viprāḥ kṛṣṇatīrthasya vaibhavam .. > Thus has the glory of Kṛṣṇatīrtha been told to you, O brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.56) śṛṇvatāṃ paṭhatāṃ caiva viṣṇulokapradāyakam .. 27 .. > bestowing the realm of Viṣṇu upon those who hear and recite \[it\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.1.15.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15.57) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmye rāmakṛṣṇatīrthamahimānuvarṇanaṃnāma pañcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 15 .. > Thus ends the fifteenth chapter, named ‘Description of the Greatness of Rāmakṛṣṇatīrtha’, in the Venkaṭācala-māhātmya in the second Section on Viṣṇu in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.15.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.15) · Pramāṇa