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# Skandapurana 2.1.33

Skandapurāṇa 2.1.33

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.33.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.1)

.. atha suvarṇamukharīṃ prati śakrādistutiḥ ..

> Now follows the praise of the Suvarṇamukharī by Indra and others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.2)

.. bharadvāja uvāca ..

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

### [2.1.33.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.3)

tadā divyavimānasthāḥ śakramukhyā divaukasaḥ ..

> Then the heaven-dwellers, headed by Śakra, standing on their celestial aerial chariots,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.4)

agastyamanuyāntīṃ tāmanujagmurmahāpagām .. 1 ..

> followed that great river as she followed Agastya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.5)

navāvatārāṃ tāṃ divyāṃ sarve ca munipuṃgavāḥ ..

> And all the foremost sages, with folded hands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.6)

kṛtāñjalipuṭāḥ stotrairanuyātāḥ siṣevire .. 2 ..

> following that divine \[stream\] newly descended, worshipped her with hymns of praise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.7)

siddhacāraṇagandharvāḥ saṃbhṛtāśca sahasraśa ..

> Siddhas, cāraṇas, and gandharvas, assembled by the thousands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.8)

tāṃ nadīṃ taṃ munīndraṃ ca praśaśaṃsuḥ śubhaiḥstavaiḥ .. 3 ..

> praised that river and that prince of sages with auspicious hymns.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.9)

sudhopamānamamalaṃ diṣṭyā labdhamidaṃ jalam ..

> "By good fortune has this pure water, resembling nectar, been obtained!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.10)

ityautsukyarasāyattā nanandurdharaṇījanāḥ .. 4 ..

> saying thus, the people of the earth rejoiced, overcome by eager longing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.11)

tadā nideśāddevasya padmayoneḥ samīraṇaḥ ..

> Then, by the command of the lotus-born god \[Brahmā\], the Wind  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.12)

śṛṇvatāṃ sarvadevānāmidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 5 ..

> spoke these words while all the gods were listening:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.13)

.. atha vāyukathitasuvarṇamukharīnāmaniṣpattiḥ ..

> Now follows the derivation of the name Suvarṇamukharī as declared by Vāyu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.14)

.. vāyuruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.33.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.15)

suvarṇamiva lokānāṃ bhāgadheyādiyaṃ nadī ..

> "Like gold, through the good fortune of the worlds, this river,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.16)

nītā bhuvamagastyena mukharīkṛtadiṅmukhā .. 6 ..

> making the quarters of the sky resonant, has been brought to earth by Agastya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.17)

tasmādyāsyati vikhyātiṃ sarvalokābhinanditām ..

> Therefore she will attain worldwide renown, applauded by all the worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.18)

suvarṇamukharī nāmnā dhāmni kaivalyasaṃpadaḥ .. 7 ..

> by the name of Suvarṇamukharī, an abode of the riches of absolute liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.19)

eṣā suvarṇamukharī saritsu sakalāsvapi ..

> This Suvarṇamukharī, among all the rivers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.20)

viśiṣṭā sevanīyā ca brahmaṇo vacanaṃ tvidam .. 8 .. ..

> is distinguished and worthy of being served; such is the word of Brahmā."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.21)

athāgastyakṛtasvānītasuvarṇamukharīmahimānuvarṇanam ..

> Now follows the description of the greatness of the Suvarṇamukharī brought by Agastya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.22)

.. bharadvāja uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.33.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.23)

śrutvetthaṃ pavanenoktaṃ vacanaṃ kumbhasambhavaḥ ..

> Hearing these words spoken thus by the Wind, the pot-born \[Agastya\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.24)

tutoṣa vismayākrāntaḥ svāntaḥpulakitāṃgakaḥ .. 9 ..

> filled with wonder, was pleased, his limbs horripilating within.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.25)

evameṣā divyanadī snānapānādikalpanaiḥ ..

> In this manner, this divine river, by providing for bathing, drinking, and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.26)

saukhyāvahā manuṣyāṇāṃ pratiṣṭhāmagamadbhuvi .... 2.1.33.10 ..

> bringing happiness to human beings, became established on earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.27)

ājñayā padmagarbhasya taṭinyākāśavāhinī. ..

> By command of the lotus-born \[Brahmā\], the river flowing from the sky,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.28)

suvarṇamukharīnāmnā punātyātmaikasaṃśrayān .. 11 ..

> under the name of Suvarṇamukharī, purifies those who seek refuge in her alone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.29)

bahūngirīndrānvanamaṇḍalaṃ ca deśānanekānsarariduttameyam ..

> Traversing in succession many great mountains, expanses of forest, and many regions, this best of rivers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.30)

kramādatikramya niṣevyamāṇā mahānadībhirgirisaṃbhavābhiḥ .. 12 ..

> attended by great rivers born of mountains,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.31)

rogāhatānāmadhikāturāṇāmanāmayaikapratipādakāni ..

> carrying waters that bestow singular freedom from disease upon those stricken with sickness and exceedingly distressed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.32)

antarbahiḥ saṃbhṛtabhūritāpanivāraṇāni priyakāraṇāni .. 13 ..

> which remove the intense inner and outer heat and cause delight,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.33)

vihāraloladviradaprakāṇḍaśuṇḍāmahāghātarayotthitena ..

> and with a multitude of spray risen from the swift and mighty blows of the trunks of lordly elephants sportive in their play,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.34)

puṣpopahāraṃ pṛṣatotkareṇa harṣāddadātīva divākarasya .. 14 ..

> as if joyfully presenting an offering of flowers to the maker of the day \[the sun\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.35)

saugaṃdhikāmbhoruhakairavāṇāṃ saurabhyasaṃvāsitadiṅmukhānām ..

> which are clear against their source, fragrant with the perfume of blue water-lilies, lotuses, and white water-lilies that scent the quarters of the sky,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.36)

dvirephabhāgyaikaniketanānāmādhārabhūtānpratinirmalāni .. 15 ..

> the sole abodes of good fortune for bees;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.37)

līlāvagāhotsukanākanārīsīmantasindūrarajo'ruṇāni ..

> reddened by the red vermilion dust from the partings of the hair of celestial nymphs eager for playful plunges,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.38)

tatkeśapāśacyutapārijātaprasūnagandhairadhivāsitāni .. 16 ..

> perfumed with the fragrance of pārijāta blossoms fallen from their masses of hair;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.39)

sā bibhratī saṃbhṛtamaṃgalāni svādūnyapaṃkānyatinirmalāni ..

> she, bearing waters filled with auspiciousness, sweet, free of mud, exceedingly clear,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.40)

sudhopamānāni surendrasūnoḥ payāṃsi pāpapratighātukāni .. 17 ..

> resembling nectar, born of the son of the lord of the gods \[Indra\], and destroying sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.41)

agastyaśailātsamavāptajanmā nītā bhuvaṃ kumbhasamudbhavena ..

> having taken her birth from Mount Agastya, brought to earth by the pot-born sage \[Agastya\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.42)

praśastatīrthaughavirājamānā samāyayau dakṣiṇavārirāśim .. 18 ..

> resplendent with hosts of celebrated sacred fords, reached the southern ocean.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.43)

śīkarākṣatavinyāsai ratnadīpārpaṇairapi ..

> With scatterings of spray for unbroken grains and the presentation of gems for lamps,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.44)

pratyudyayustāmambhodhervīcayo'bhimukhāgatāḥ .. 19 ..

> the advancing waves of the ocean went forth to welcome her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.45)

taraṃgahastairāliṃgya saṃbhāvyaināṃ samāgatām ..

> Embracing her with wave-hands and honouring her as she arrived,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.46)

cakāra saritāṃ nāthaḥ priyamāghoṣabhāṣaṇaiḥ .... 2.1.33.20 ..

> the lord of rivers showed affection with loud-resounding speeches.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.47)

prāptāyāmanukūlāyāṃ tadā tasyāmapāṃnidheḥ ..

> When she, being gracious, had reached that reservoir of waters,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.48)

prahṛṣṭena taraṃgeṇa jīvanaṃ vavṛdhetarām .. 21 ..

> his water swelled greatly with delighted waves.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.49)

itthaṃ saṃsṛjya saritamagastyastāmudanvatā ..

> Having thus united the river with the ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.50)

stutvā yayau samāmantrya kṛtakṛtyo yadṛcchayā .. 22 ..

> Agastya praised \[her\], bid farewell, and, having accomplished his task, went on at his pleasure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.51)

.. arjuna uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.33.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.52)

tvayaiṣa kathito brahmanmahānadyāḥ samudbhavaḥ ..

> "This origin of the great river has been recounted by you, O holy one;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.53)

asyāḥ prabhāvaṃ bhagavannidānīṃ śrotumutsahe .. 23 ..

> I am eager now, O venerable lord, to hear her power."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.54)

.. atha bharadvājavarṇitasuvarṇamukharīmāhātmyam ..

> Now begins the māhātmya of the Suvarṇamukharī, as described by Bharadvāja.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.55)

.. bharadvāja uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.33.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.56)

aho nivarhaṇaṃ sarvaśreyasāmekakāraṇam ..

> Ah, the destroyer \[of sins\], the sole cause of all highest goods!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.57)

śṛṇu māhātmyamasyāste kathayiṣyāmi pāṇḍava .. 24 ..

> Listen, O Pāṇḍava, I shall declare to you its māhātmya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.58)

pāścāttyaṃ janma saṃprāpya jñānināṃ karmaṇaḥ kṣaye ..

> Having attained their final birth, when the karma of the wise is exhausted,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.59)

suvarṇamukharīsnānaṃ siddhyedbrahmatvakāraṇam .. 25 ..

> a bath in the Suvarṇamukharī, which causes the state of Brahman, succeeds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.60)

etāṃ suvarṇamukharīṃ yojanānāṃ śatairapi ..

> Even from hundreds of yojanas away,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.61)

smṛtvā manuṣyaḥ pāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .... 26 ..

> a person who remembers this Suvarṇamukharī is freed from sins; there is no doubt about this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.62)

niḥkṣiptamasthi jantūnāṃ suvarṇamukharījale ..

> A bone of living beings cast into the waters of the Suvarṇamukharī  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.63)

sopānatāṃ samāyāti brahmalokādhirohaṇe .. 27 ..

> becomes a step for ascending to the world of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.64)

smarantaḥ svarṇamukharīṃ yatra kutrāpi mānavāḥ ..

> Remembering the Svarṇamukharī wherever they may be,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.65)

toyāntareṣu snātvāpi labhante phalamuttamam .. 28 ..

> men, even when bathing in other waters, obtain the supreme fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.66)

tāvadevābhibhūyante narāḥ pātakakoṭibhiḥ..

> Men are overcome by tens of millions of sins only so long  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.67)

suvarṇamukharīsnānaṃ yāvattallabhyate śubham .. 29 ..

> as that auspicious bath in the Suvarṇamukharī is not obtained.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.68)

divyāntarikṣabhaumāni tīrthāni nijasiddhaye ..

> The celestial, atmospheric, and terrestrial sacred fords, for their own perfection,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.69)

smarantyaharahaḥ prātaḥ suvarṇamukharīṃ nadīm .. 2.1.33.30 ..

> remember the river Suvarṇamukharī every day at dawn.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.70)

agastyācalasaṃbhūtā dakṣiṇodadhigāminī ..

> Arising from Agastya's mountain, flowing to the southern ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.71)

pāpāni svarṇamukharī smaraṇādeva nāśayet .. 31 ..

> the Svarṇamukharī destroys sins merely by being remembered.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.72)

suvarṇamukharīsnānalolupenāntarātmanā ..

> With an inner self eager to bathe in the Suvarṇamukharī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.73)

vāñchaṃti martyatāmeva devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ .. 32 ..

> the gods, led by Śakra, desire mortal birth itself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.74)

suvarṇamukharītoyapuṣṭasasyānnabhojinaḥ ..

> Those who eat grains and food nourished by the waters of the Suvarṇamukharī  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.75)

na lipyante mahāpāpairdurbhojanaśatodbhavaiḥ .. 43 ..

> are not tainted by great sins arising from hundreds of improper meals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.76)

api niṣkamitaṃ pītaṃ suvarṇamukharījalam ..

> Even a drop of the water of the Suvarṇamukharī that is drunk  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.77)

nāśayedadritulyāni hyāśu pāpāni dehinām .. 34 ..

> would quickly destroy sins of embodied beings that are equal to mountains.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.78)

prāpyā'pi mānuṣaṃ janma suvaṇamukharījale ..

> Even having attained human birth, those who do not bathe  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.79)

ye vā snānaṃ na kurvanti teṣāṃ janma nirarthakam .. 35 ..

> in the waters of the Suvarṇamukharī—their birth is in vain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.80)

suvarṇamukharīsnānaṃ yadekaṃ vidhinā kṛtam ..

> A single bath in the Suvarṇamukharī performed according to the rule  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.81)

jāhnavīsnānakoṭīnāṃ samaṃ bhavati parvasu .. 36 ..

> is equal to tens of millions of baths in the Jāhnavī on auspicious conjunction days.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.82)

goviṃda iva deveṣu nakṣatreṣviva candramāḥ ..

> Just as Govinda is among the gods, just as the moon is among the asterisms,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.83)

nareṣviva mahīpālo bhūruheṣviva kalpakaḥ .. 37 ..

> just as a king is among men, just as the wish-fulfilling tree is among trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.84)

mahābhūteṣviva viyanmāyevākhilaśaktiṣu ..

> just as space is among the great elements, just as Māyā is among all powers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.85)

gāyatrīva ca mantreṣu vajraṃ devāyudheṣviva .. 38 ..

> just as the Gāyatrī is among mantras, and the thunderbolt among the weapons of the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.86)

tattveṣvivātmanastattvaṃ rudrādhyāyo yajuṣṣviva ..

> just as the reality of the Self is among principles, just as the Rudrādhyāya is among Yajur verses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.87)

ananta iva nāgeṣu himācala ivādriṣu .. 39 ..

> just as Ananta is among serpents, just as the Himālaya is among mountains,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.88)

potrikṣetramiva kṣetreṣvindriyeṣviva mānasam ..

> just as the sacred field of the Boar is among sacred fields, and the mind among the senses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.89)

nadīṣvapi ca sarvāsu suvarṇamukharī varā .. 2.1.33.40 ..

> so too, among all rivers, the Suvarṇamukharī is supreme.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.90)

nityaṃ smarennamaskuryātkīrtayenmanasārcayet ..

> One who desires purification, well-being, and auspiciousness should constantly remember, bow to,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.91)

śuddhikṣema śivāpekṣī suvarṇamukharīṃ śubhām .. 41 ..

> praise, and mentally worship the auspicious Suvarṇamukharī:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.92)

agastyācalasaṃbhūtāṃ dakṣiṇodadhigāminīm ..

> “Born of Agastya's mountain, flowing to the southern ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.93)

samastapāpahantrīṃ tvāṃ suvarṇamukharīṃ śraye .. 42 ..

> destroyer of all sins: I take refuge in you, O Suvarṇamukharī!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.94)

mahāpātakavipluṣṭaṃ gātraṃ mama tavodakaiḥ ..

> My body, scorched by great sins, with your waters  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.95)

kṣālayāmi jagaddhātri śreyasā yojayasva mām .. 43 ..

> I wash, O bearer of the world; endow me with the highest good!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.96)

iti sūktadvayaṃ samyaguccārya niyato naraḥ ..

> Having duly recited this pair of verses, a restrained person,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.97)

suvarṇamukharītoye snātvā śuddhaḥ pramodate .. 44 ..

> having bathed in the water of the Suvarṇamukharī, becomes purified and rejoices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.98)

brahmaṇā nirmitā pūrvamagastyena samāhṛtā ..

> Created of old by Brahmā, brought down by Agastya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.99)

svayaṃ mandākinī mūrtā suvarṇamukharī varā .. 45 ..

> the excellent Suvarṇamukharī is the Mandākinī herself in embodied form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.100)

evaṃprabhāvā divyeyaṃ kīrtanīyā śubhārthibhiḥ ..

> Endowed with such power, this divine \[river\] should be praised by those who seek auspiciousness;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.101)

manasā bhaktiyuktena snātavyā śubhakāṃkṣibhiḥ .. 46 ..

> she should be bathed in with a mind endowed with devotion by those who desire what is auspicious.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.102)

somasūryoparāgeṣu snānadānādikaṃ kṛtam ..

> Ablution, gifting, and the like, performed during eclipses of the moon and sun  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.103)

syādameyaphalaṃ pārtha suvarṇamukharītaṭe .. 47 ..

> on the bank of the Suvarṇamukharī, O Pārtha, will yield immeasurable fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.104)

saṃkrāntāvayane puṇye vyatīpāte'tha vāsare ..

> At a solar transit, at a sacred solstice, on a Vyatīpāta day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.105)

suvarṇamukharīsnānaṃ kulakoṭiṃ samuddharet .. 48 ..

> a bath in the Suvarṇamukharī redeems ten million generations.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.106)

janmarkṣe janmadivase suvarṇamukharījale ..

> In the waters of the Suvarṇamukharī, on one's birth asterism or birthday,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.107)

snātvā vidhivadāpnoti kṣemārogyasukhaśriyaḥ .. 49 ..

> having bathed according to the rule, one attains well-being, health, happiness, and prosperity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.108)

duḥsvapnavighnajaṃ bhūtagrahaduḥsthānajaṃ tathā ..

> Sins arising from bad dreams and obstacles, and likewise from spirits, planets, and adverse positions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.109)

suvarṇamukharītoye snātvā tarati kilbiṣam .. 2.1.33.50 ..

> one overcomes having bathed in the water of the Suvarṇamukharī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.110)

suvarṇamukharītīre gopādapramitāṃ bhuvam ..

> Giving a piece of land measured by a cow's foot on the bank of the Suvarṇamukharī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.111)

dattvā sarvamahīdānādyatphalaṃ tadavāpnuyāt .. 51 ..

> one obtains whatever fruit is gained from giving the entire earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.112)

dhenuṃ savastrālaṃkārāṃ suvarṇamukharītaṭe ..

> Having given a cow along with cloth and ornaments on the bank of the Suvarṇamukharī  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.113)

dattvā viprāya vidhivadyāti brahma sanātanam .. 52 ..

> to a brahmin according to the rule, one goes to the eternal Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.114)

puṇyakāleṣu dānāni vidheyānyakhilānyapi ..

> On auspicious occasions, all kinds of gifts should be made  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.115)

ihāmutra phalaprāptyai suvarṇamukharītaṭe .. 53 ..

> on the bank of the Suvarṇamukharī, to attain fruit in this world and the next. // 53  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.116)

japo homastapo dānaṃ pitṛkarma surārcanam ..

> Recitation, oblation, austerity, gift, rites for the ancestors, worship of the gods—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.117)

kṛtaṃ bhavecchataguṇaṃ suvarṇamukharītaṭe .. 54 ..

> whatever is performed on the bank of the Suvarṇamukharī becomes a hundredfold. // 54  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.118)

anyatte kathayiṣyāmi vidheyaṃ vratamuttamam ..

> I shall tell you another excellent vow that should be observed  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.119)

suvarṇamukharītīre prativarṣaṃ sukhārthibhiḥ .. 55 ..

> on the bank of the Suvarṇamukharī every year by those who desire happiness. // 55  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.120)

meghakāle ravikaraistirodhānamupāgataḥ ..

> When, having disappeared with the sun's rays in the rainy season,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.121)

yadodeti muniḥ śrīmānmitrāvaruṇanandanaḥ.. 56 ..

> the glorious sage, the son of Mitra and Varuṇa, rises, // 56  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.122)

tasmindine ye niyatāḥ snānamasyāṃ prakurvate ..

> those who, self-controlled, take a ritual ablution in her on that day  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.123)

taiḥ kalpaṃ ca surāvāse sthīyate kurunandana .. 57 ..

> dwell in the abode of the gods for an eon, O son of Kuru. // 57  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.124)

tadāgastyasya yadrūpaṃ suvarṇena vinirmitam ..

> Those who then give an image of Agastya made of gold  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.125)

vidhinā dadate pārtha te yāṃti brahma śāśvatam .. 58 ..

> according to rule, O son of Pṛthā, go to the eternal Brahman. // 58  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.126)

.. arjuna uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.33.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.127)

vidhinā kena kartavyaṃ vratametanmahāmune ..

> By what rule should this vow be performed, O great sage?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.128)

tanmamācakṣva sakalaṃ jijñāsostu mahātmanaḥ .. 59 ..

> Tell all that to me, a noble one who is eager to know. // 59  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.129)

.. athāgastyapratimādānavidhiḥ ..

> Now the procedure for giving the image of Agastya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.130)

.. bharadvāja uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.33.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.131)

agastyasyodayadinaṃ jñātvā niyatamānasaḥ ..

> Having learned the day of Agastya's rising, with a controlled mind  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.132)

svaśaktyā kārayedrūpaṃ tasya hemnā mahāmuneḥ .. 2.1.33.60 ..

> one should have an image of that great sage fashioned from gold according to one's means: // 2.1.33.60  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.133)

suvarṇabhāsvaracchāyaṃ jaṭābandhamanoharam ..

> possessing a luster brilliant as gold, charming with bound matted locks,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.134)

dadhānaṃ karapadmābhyāmakṣamālāṃ kamaṇḍalum .. 61 ..

> holding a rosary and a water pot in his two lotus-like hands, // 61  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.135)

vasānaṃ mṛdulaṃ valkaṃ mṛgacarmottarīyakam ..

> wearing soft bark-cloth, with a deer-skin upper garment,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.136)

saumyaṃ bhasmāṃkaruciraṃ rudrākṣakṛtabhūṣaṇam .. 62 ..

> gentle, lovely with marks of sacred ash, adorned with rudrākṣa beads. // 62  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.137)

evaṃ vidhāya tadrūpaṃ snātvā niyatamānasaḥ ..

> Having thus fashioned that image, having bathed, with a controlled mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.138)

ācāryaṃ gandhapuṣpādyairalaṅkṛtya yathāvidhi .. 63 ..

> having adorned the preceptor with fragrant pastes, flowers, and the like according to rule, // 63  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.139)

śāleyataṇḍulānāṃ tāmāḍhakasyopari sthitām ..

> one should worship that image placed upon an āḍhaka measure  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.140)

vastradvayasamāyuktāṃ pratimāṃ pratipūjayet .. 64 ..

> of rice from winter crops, provided with two garments: // 64  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.141)

vindhyasaṃstambhano vārdhiculakīkṛtipeśalaḥ ..

> "O restrainer of the Vindhya mountain, expert in swallowing the ocean in a sip,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.142)

brahmādisarvadevānāṃ tejasā suprakāśitaḥ .. 65 ..

> greatly illuminated by the radiance of all the gods beginning with Brahmā, // 65  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.143)

agastyaḥ kumbhasaṃbhūto devāsuranamaskṛtaḥ ..

> O Agastya born from a jar, bowed to by gods and asuras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.144)

prītimāpnotu mahatīṃ dānenānena me prabhuḥ .. 66 ..

> may the Lord obtain great delight from this gift of mine." // 66  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.145)

imaṃ mantraṃ samuccārya dhārāpūrvaṃ sadakṣiṇam ..

> Having uttered this mantra, having given \[it\] preceded by pouring water, along with a fee,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.146)

dattvā vimuktaḥ pāpebhyo yāti brahma sanātanam .. 67 ..

> freed from sins, one goes to the eternal Brahman. // 67  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.147)

janmāntarakṛtairnūnamiha janmakṛtairapi ..

> From the floods of great sins and minor sins committed in other births  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.148)

mahāpāpopapāpaughairmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 68 ..

> as well as those committed in this birth, one is surely liberated; there is no doubt about this. // 68  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.149)

brahmādyāḥ sakalā devāḥ sanakādyā maharṣayaḥ ..

> All the gods headed by Brahmā, the great seers headed by Sanaka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.150)

carācarāṇi bhūtāni prītiṃ yāṃti na saṃśayaḥ .. 69 ..

> and the moving and unmoving beings attain delight; there is no doubt. // 69  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.151)

kṛtvā vratamidaṃ puṇyamagastyasya ca sanmuneḥ ..

> Having performed this holy vow, and for the satisfaction of the good sage Agastya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.152)

prītyarthaṃ bhojayedviprānyathāśakti sadakṣiṇam .. 2.1.33.70 ..

> one should feed brahmins according to one's ability, along with a fee. // 2.1.33.70  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.153)

tasminkarmaṇi cāśakto yathāśakti mahīsurān ..

> And if unable to perform that rite, one should, filled with devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.154)

svarṇadhānyādidānena toṣayedbhaktisaṃyutaḥ .. 71 ..

> please the brahmins according to one's capacity by gifting gold, grain, and the like. // 71  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.155)

tithiṃ na vitathīkuryāttāṃ yatnena samācaret ..

> One should not let that lunar day pass in vain; one should observe it with effort;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.156)

yatkiñcidapi cāvaśyaṃ karma kuryācca pūruṣaḥ .. 72 ..

> a person must perform even some small sacred act. // 72  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.157)

mahāmuneragastyasya paripakvaṃ tapaḥphalam ..

> The ripened fruit of the austerity of the great sage Agastya  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.158)

nadī suvarṇamukharī kīrtanīyā surāsuraiḥ .. 73 ..

> is the river Suvarṇamukharī, worthy of being praised by gods and asuras. // 73  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.159)

evaṃ te kathitaḥ samyaṅmahānadyāḥ samudbhavaḥ ..

> Thus the origin and power of the great river  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.160)

prabhāvaśca tadācakṣva yadbhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi .. 74 ..

> have been fully told to you. Now declare what you wish to hear further.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.33.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.33.161)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe veṃkaṭācalamāhātmye suvarṇamukharīprabhāvapraśaṃsānāma trayastriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 33 ..

> Thus ends the thirty-third chapter, named "Praise of the Power of the Suvarṇamukharī", in the Venkaṭācalamāhātmya in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.33.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Dīptāgama](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.siva.dipta.16.40) — Sanskrit
- [Karmavipāka (Ravi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.prayascitta.karmavipaka.karmavipaka-ravi.154.13) — Ravi, Sanskrit

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