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# Skandapurana 2.1.25

Skandapurāṇa 2.1.25

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.25.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.1)

.. atha jābālitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam ..

> Now begins the description of the māhātmya of Jābālitīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.2)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> Śrī Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.3)

bhobhostapodhanāḥ sarve naimiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ ..

> "O all you whose wealth is austerity, dwellers of Naimiṣāraṇya!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.4)

veṃkaṭādrau mahāpuṇye sarvapātakanāśane .. 1 ..

> On the holy Veṅkaṭa mountain, the destroyer of all sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.5)

tato jābālitīrthasya māhātmyaṃ varṇayāmyaham ..

> I shall now describe the māhātmya of Jābālitīrtha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.6)

durācārābhidho yatra snātvā mukto'bhavaddvijāḥ .. 2 ..

> Where, having bathed, a \[brahmin\] named Durācāra became liberated, O twice-born ones."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.7)

.. munaya ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.1.25.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.8)

durācārābhidhaḥ ko'sau sūta tattvārthakovida ..

> "Who was this one named Durācāra, O Sūta, knower of true principles?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.9)

kiñca pāpaṃ kṛtaṃ tena durācāreṇa vai mune .. 3 ..

> And what sin was committed by that Durācāra, O sage?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.10)

kathaṃ vā pātakānmuktastīrthesminsnānavaibhavāt ..

> Or how was he freed from his sin by the power of bathing in this sacred ford?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.11)

etacchuśrūṣamāṇānāṃ vistarādvada no mune .. 4 ..

> Tell this to us in detail, as we wish to hear it, O sage."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.12)

.. atha kāverītīravāsidurācārākhyadvijodantaḥ ..

> Now begins the account of the twice-born named Durācāra who lived on the bank of the Kāverī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.13)

..śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> Śrī Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.14)

munayaḥ śrūyatāṃ tasya durācārasya pātakam ..

> "O sages, hear the sin of that Durācāra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.15)

jābālitīrthasnānena yathā muktaśca pātakāt.. 5 ..

> And how he was freed from the sin by bathing in Jābālitīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.16)

durācārābhidho vipraḥ kāverītīramāśritaḥ ..

> There was a certain sinful twice-born named Durācāra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.17)

kaścidāste dvijaḥ pāpī krūrakarmarataḥ sadā .. 6 ..

> A brahmin who lived on the bank of the Kāverī, ever engaged in cruel deeds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.18)

brahmaghnaiśca surāpaiśca steyibhirgurutalpagaiḥ ..

> Corrupted by continual association with killers of brahmins, drinkers of liquor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.19)

sadā saṃsargaduṣṭo'sau taiḥ sākaṃ nyavasaddvijāḥ .. 7 ..

> Thieves, and defilers of the Guru's bed, he lived with them, O twice-born ones.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.20)

mahāpātakasaṃsargadoṣeṇāsya dvijasya vai ..

> By the fault of association with those who commit great sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.21)

brāhmaṇyaṃ sakalaṃ naṣṭaṃ niḥśeṣeṇa dvijottamāḥ .. 8 ..

> All the brahminhood of this twice-born was completely destroyed, O best of the twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.22)

mahāpātakibhiḥ sārdhaṃ dinamekaṃ tu yo dvijaḥ ..

> Whatever twice-born should dwell respectfully for even a single day  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.23)

nivasetsādaraṃ tasya tatkṣaṇādvai dvijanmanaḥ .. 9 ..

> With perpetrators of great sins, from that very moment, of that twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.24)

brāhmaṇasya tu caikāṃśo naśyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ ..

> One part of his brahminhood is indeed destroyed—there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.25)

dvidinaṃ sevanātsparśāddarśanācchayanāttathā .. 2.1.25.10 ..

> From serving, touching, seeing, or sleeping \[with them\] for two days,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.26)

bhojanātsaha paṃktau ca mahāpātakibhirdvijāḥ ..

> And from eating in the same row with perpetrators of great sins, O twice-born ones,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.27)

dvitīyabhāgo naśyeta brāhmaṇyasya na saṃśayaḥ .. 11 ..

> The second part of his brahminhood would be destroyed—there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.28)

tridinācca tṛtīyāṃśo naśyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ ..

> From three days, the third part is indeed destroyed—there is no doubt;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.29)

caturdināccaturthāṃśo vilayaṃ yāti hi dhuvam .. 12 ..

> And from four days, the fourth part certainly dissolves away.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.30)

ataḥ paraṃ ca taiḥ sākaṃ śayanāsanabhojanaiḥ ..

> Beyond that, by sleeping, sitting, and dining together with them,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.31)

tattulyapātakī bhūyānmahāpātakisaṃgavān .. 13 ..

> He who associates with perpetrators of great sins becomes an equal sinner to them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.32)

tena brāhmaṇyahīno'yaṃ durācārābhidho dvija. ..

> Therefore, this twice-born named Durācāra was bereft of brahminhood...  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.33)

grasto'bhavadbhīṣaṇena vyāleneva balīyasā .. 14 ..

> was seized, as if by a mighty, terrifying serpent.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.34)

asau paravaśastena vetālenātipīḍitaḥ ..

> Fallen under its control and exceedingly tormented by that vetāla,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.35)

deśāddeśaṃ bhramanvipro vanāccaiva vanāntaram .. 15 ..

> that brahmin wandered from country to country and from forest to forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.36)

pūrvapuṇyavipākena daivayogena sa dvijaḥ ..

> Through the ripening of former merit and the working of destiny, that brahmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.37)

veṃkaṭādriṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 16 .. ..

> \[came to\] Mount Veṅkaṭa, supremely meritorious and destroying all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.38)

atha jñābālitīrthasnānāddurācāravetālayormahapātakādinivṛttiḥ .. ..

> Now, the release of Durācāra and the vetāla from the mortal sins and other \[evils\] through ritual ablution in the Jābālitīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.39)

anudrutaḥ piśācena vetālena dvijo yayau ..

> Pursued by the piśāca, the vetāla, the brahmin reached \[it\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.40)

nyamajjayatsa vetālo mahāpātakanāśane .. 17 ..

> That vetāla submerged him into the destroyer of mortal sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.41)

jābālitīrthe viprendrā mahāpātakisaṃginam ..

> into the Jābālitīrtha, O foremost brahmins, \[the brahmin\] who had associated with a mortal sinner.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.42)

udatiṣṭhatkṣaṇādeva vetālena vimocitaḥ .. 18 ..

> In that very instant he arose, freed by the vetāla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.43)

utthito'sau dvijo viprāstasmāttīrthāttu pāvanāt ..

> Having emerged from that purifying sacred ford, O brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.44)

svastho vyacintayatko'yaṃ svarṇamukhyāḥ samīpataḥ .. 19 ..

> restored to health, that brahmin reflected: “What is this \[mountain\] near the Svarṇamukhī?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.45)

kathaṃ mayāgatamaho kāverītīravāsinā ..

> Oh, how have I, an inhabitant of the banks of the Kāverī, come here?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.46)

iti cintākulaḥ so'yaṃ jābālestīrthamuttamam .. 2.1.25.20 ..

> Disturbed by this thought, \[seeing\] that excellent sacred ford of Jābāli  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.47)

jābāliṃ ca mahātmānaṃ yogīndravaramuttamam ..

> and the great-souled Jābāli, the best and highest of lordly yogins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.48)

samāgamya praṇamyāsau durācāro'bhyabhāṣata .. 21 ..

> that Durācāra approached, bowed down, and spoke:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.49)

na jāne bhagavanvipra parvato'yaṃ vadādhunā ..

> “O venerable brahmin, I do not know this mountain; tell me now!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.50)

kāverītīranilayo durācārābhidho hyaham .. 22 ..

> I am indeed an inhabitant of the bank of the Kāverī, named Durācāra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.51)

kṛpayā brūhi me brahmanmayātra kathamāgatam..

> Out of compassion, tell me, O brahmin: how did I come here?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.52)

iti pṛṣṭo munistena durācāreṇa suvrataḥ .. 23 ..

> Thus questioned by that Durācāra, the sage of good vows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.53)

dhyātvā muhurtamavadaddurācāraṃ kṛpānidhiḥ .. 24 .. ..

> that treasure-house of compassion, meditated for a moment and spoke to Durācāra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.54)

.. atha jābālivarṇitapārvaṇaśrāddhākaraṇadoṣakathanam ..

> Now, the recounting of the fault of not performing the pārvaṇa-śrāddha, as related by Jābāli.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.55)

.. jābāliruvāca .. ..

> Jābāli said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.56)

mahāpātakisaṃsargāddurācārasya te purā ..

> “Because of your association with a mortal sinner, O Durācāra, in the past,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.57)

brāhmaṇyaṃ naṣṭamabhavadvetālastvāṃ tato'grahīt .. 25 ..

> your brahminhood was lost; then a vetāla seized you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.58)

tenāviṣṭastvamāyāto vivaśo'tra vimūḍhadhīḥ ..

> Possessed by him, bewildered in mind and helpless, you came here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.59)

nyamajjayattvāṃ vetālastīrthe'sminnatipāvane .. 26 ..

> The vetāla submerged you in this exceedingly purifying sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.60)

atra majjanamātreṇa vimuktaḥ pātakādbhavān ..

> By mere immersion here, you have been freed from sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.61)

jābālitīrthe ye snānaṃ puṇyaṃ kurvanti mānavāḥ.. 27..

> Those mortals who perform a meritorious ritual ablution in the Jābālitīrtha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.62)

teṣāṃ naśyaṃti vai satyaṃ pañcapātakasaṃcayāḥ ..

> their accumulated five mortal sins are truly destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.63)

satkarmasādhane puṇyatīrthe'sminsnānamātrataḥ .. 28 ..

> By merely bathing in this meritorious sacred ford, an instrument for good deeds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.64)

mahāpātakisaṃsargadoṣaste vilayaṃ gataḥ ..

> your guilt arising from contact with a mortal sinner has dissolved.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.65)

tvāmagrahīdyo vetālaḥ purāyaṃ brāhmaṇo'bhavat .. 29 ..

> The vetāla who seized you was previously a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.66)

mṛte'hani pitṛśrāddhaṃ nākarotpārvaṇena vai ..

> He did not perform the ancestral śrāddha on the day of death with the pārvaṇa rite.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.67)

tena svapitṛbhiḥ śapto vetālatvamagādayam .. 2.1.25.30 ..

> Cursed by his own ancestors because of that, he attained the state of a vetāla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.68)

so'pi jābālitīrthasya jale snānaprabhāvataḥ ..

> Even he, through the power of ritual ablution in the waters of the Jābālitīrtha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.69)

vetālatvaṃ vihāyaiva viṣṇulokamavāptavān.. 31 ..

> abandoned the state of a vetāla and attained the world of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.70)

na kuryādyo naraḥ śrāddhaṃ mātāpitrormṛte'hani ..

> A man who does not perform the śrāddha on the day of his parents' death,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.71)

vetālatvamavāpyāśu paścānnarakamaśnute .. 32 ..

> quickly reaches the state of a vetāla and afterward experiences hell.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.72)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> Śrī Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.73)

durācāro mahāpāpī tīrthe'smitsnānamātrataḥ ..

> Even that great sinner Durācāra, by merely bathing in this sacred ford,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.74)

prāptavānviṣṇulokaṃ vai punarāvṛttivarjitam .. 33 ..

> attained the world of Viṣṇu, from which there is no return.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.75)

evaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ puṇyaṃ durācāravimokṣaṇam..

> Thus the meritorious deliverance of Durācāra has been related to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.76)

tasmātpuṇyatamaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ śubham .. 34 ..

> Therefore it is the most meritorious, auspicious sacred ford, removing all sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.77)

yatra hi snānamātreṇa durācāro vimocitaḥ ..

> where Durācāra was delivered by merely bathing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.78)

yāni niṣkṛtihīnāni pāpānyapi vināśayet .. 35 ..

> It destroys even those sins for which there is no expiation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.79)

śūdreṇa pūjitaṃ liṅgaṃ viṣṇuṃ vā yo nameddvijaḥ ..

> If a brahmin bows to a liṅga or to Viṣṇu worshipped by a Śūdra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.80)

prāyaścittaṃ na smṛtiṣu tasyoktaṃ paramarṣibhiḥ .. 36 ..

> no expiation is prescribed for him in the smṛtis by the supreme seers;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.81)

naśyettasyāpi tatpāpaṃ tīrthe jābālisaṃjñake ..

> yet even that sin of his is destroyed in the sacred ford named Jābāli.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.82)

vipranindākṛtāṃ caiva prāyaścittaṃ na vidyate .. 37 ..

> And for those who revile brahmins, no expiation is found;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.83)

viśvāsaghātukānāṃ ca kṛtaghnānāṃ ca niṣkṛtiḥ ..

> for betrayers of trust and ungrateful people, no expiation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.84)

bhrātṛbhāryāratānāṃ ca prāyaścittaṃ na vidyate .. 38 ..

> and for those engaged with a brother’s wife, no expiation is found.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.85)

teṣāṃ jābālitīrthe vai snānācchuddhirbhaviṣyati ..

> For them, purification will surely come from ritual ablution in the Jābālitīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.86)

evaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ viprā jābālestīrthavaibhavam .. 39 ..

> Thus the grandeur of the sacred ford of Jābāli has been recounted to you, O brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.87)

yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate mānavo bhuvi .. 2.1.25.40 ..

> hearing which a mortal on earth is liberated from all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.25.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.25.88)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmye jābālitīrthamahimānuvarṇanaṃnāma pañcaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 25 ..

> Thus ends the twenty-fifth chapter, entitled “Description of the Greatness of the Jābālitīrtha,” in the Venkaṭācalamāhātmya in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skandamahāpurāṇa 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.2.1.25.1) — English, machine translation

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