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# Skandapurana 2.1.34

Skandapurāṇa 2.1.34

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.1.34.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.1)

.. athāgastyatīrthāgastyeśvarayoḥ prabhāvaḥ ..

> Now the power of the Agastyatīrtha and of Agastyeśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.2)

.. arjuna uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.34.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.3)

śrotrāñjalibhyāṃ pītvāpi bhavadvākyāmṛtaṃ muhuḥ ..

> Even though drinking the nectar of your speech again and again with the folded cups of my ears,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.4)

mano nopaiti me tṛptiṃ bhūyaḥ śravaṇakāṅkṣayā .. 1 ..

> my mind does not attain satisfaction, through longing to hear further. // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.5)

kriyāsamabhihāro me tvadvākyākarṇanaiṣiṇaḥ ..

> May my repeated desire to listen to your words  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.6)

manaḥ khedāya mā bhūtte karuṇābharitātmanaḥ .. 2 ..

> not cause mental distress to you whose nature is filled with compassion. // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.7)

idānīṃ śrotumicchāmi nadyāmasyāṃ mahāmune ..

> Now I wish to hear, O great sage: in this river,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.8)

kutra kutra samarthāni tīrthānyaghanibarhaṇe .. 3 ..

> which sacred fords are efficacious for destroying sin? // 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.9)

kāḥ kāḥ puṇyataraṃgiṇyaḥ saṅgatā anayā mune ..

> Which holy rivers are joined with her, O sage?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.10)

kutra snānena kṛttāghā nopayāṃti yamādbhayam .. 4 ..

> Where, having cut down their sins through ritual ablution, do people have no fear of Yama? // 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.11)

harācyutādidevānāṃ puṇyānyāyatanāni ca ..

> And what holy abodes of the gods, beginning with Hara and Acyuta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.12)

yāniyāni ca puṇyāni tiṣṭhantyasyāstaṭadvaye .... 5 ..

> and whatever holy places there are, stand on both of her banks? // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.13)

teṣu kṣetreṣu manujairyatphalaṃ samavāpyate ..

> The fruit that is attained by men in those sacred fields,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.14)

vihitairvidhivatsnānadānādiśubhakarmabhiḥ .. 6 ..

> Through auspicious rites such as ritual ablution and gifts performed according to the rules,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.15)

sopākhyānamidaṃ sarvaṃ veditaṃ vedavittama ..

> All this, along with the narrative, has been understood, O best of the knowers of the Veda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.16)

saṃjātā mahatī prītirvistāryācakṣva me kramāt .. 7 ..

> Great delight has arisen in me; explain it to me in full detail and in due order.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.17)

.. bharadvāja uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.1.34.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.18)

yatpṛṣṭaṃ bhavatā pārtha kramādvistārya kathyate ..

> What has been asked by you, O Pārtha, is told in full detail and in due order,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.19)

ārabhyāgastyatīrthendrādasyāstīrthaughavaibhavam .. 8 ..

> The majesty of the multitude of sacred fords of this \[river\], beginning from Agastya-tīrtha, the foremost of sacred fords.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.20)

akhaṇḍajñānarūpeṇa sarvalokahitaiṣiṇā ..

> By the great-souled Agastya, who is the embodiment of unbroken knowledge, / who desires the welfare of all worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.21)

surāsurāṇāṃ saṃbhāvyenāgastyena mahātmanā .. 9 ..

> And who is worthy of honor by gods and demons—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.22)

vasudhāmavatīrṇāyāṃ prathamaṃ taddharādharāt ..

> When it first descended to the earth from that mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.23)

snātvā yatra mahānadyāṃ saṃprāpnoti kṛtārthatām .. 2.1.34.10 ..

> Where, having bathed in the great river, one attains the fulfillment of one's purpose,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.24)

agastyatīrthamityuktaṃ pāvanaṃ tajjagattraye ..

> That is declared in the three worlds to be the purifying Agastya-tīrtha;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.25)

tatra snānena śuddhiḥ syānmahāpātakināmapi .. 11 ..

> By ritual ablution there, purification will occur even for perpetrators of great sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.26)

anekajanmācaritamahāpātakasaṃhatiṃm ..

> Casting off the heap of great sins / committed throughout many births,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.27)

nira divi modante tatra snānaratā janāḥ .. 12 ..

> People devoted to ritual ablution there rejoice in heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.28)

ye tatra tīrthe yatinaḥ kṛtasnānā yatendriyāḥ ..

> Those self-restrained ascetics who, having performed ritual ablution in that sacred ford,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.29)

gobhūtilahiraṇyādimahādānāni kurvate .. 13 ..

> Bestow great gifts such as cows, land, sesame seeds, and gold,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.30)

te prāpnuvanti saṃpūrṇaṃ gaṃgādvāre samāhitaiḥ ..

> Attain entirely, O Arjuna, a hundredfold the fruit of the gifts  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.31)

vihitānāṃ śataguṇaṃ dānānāṃ phalamarjuna.. .. 14 ..

> Performed by focused persons at the Gate of the Gaṅgā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.32)

atrāsti bhagavānīśaḥ khyāto'gastyeśasaṃjñayā ..

> Here resides the Lord Īśa, renowned by the name Agastyeśa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.33)

sthāpito'gastyamuninā lokānandavidhāyinā .. 15 ..

> Installed by the sage Agastya, who causes joy to the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.34)

snātvā tasyāṃ mahānadyāṃ talliṃgaṃ pūjayanti ye ..

> Those who, having bathed in that great river, worship that liṅga,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.35)

daśānāmaśvamedhānāṃ phalaṃ saṃprāpnuvaṃti te .. 16 ..

> They obtain the fruit of ten horse-sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.36)

.. atha suvarṇamukharīsnānakālanirṇayaḥ .. ..

> Now, the determination of the time for ritual ablution in the Suvarṇamukharī:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.37)

dhanūrāśiṃ parityajya yadā makaramaṃśumān..

> When the sun, leaving the sign of Sagittarius,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.38)

viśettadayanaṃ puṇyamuttaraṃ parikīrtitam .. 17 ..

> Enters Capricorn, that meritorious northern course is proclaimed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.39)

tasmindine ye niyatā nadyāṃ snātvā samāhitāḥ ..

> On that day, those restrained and focused persons who, having bathed in the river,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.40)

paśyanti pārvatīnāthamagastyeśaṃ surārcitam .. 18 ..

> Behold Pārvatī's lord, Agastyeśa, worshipped by the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.41)

agniṣṭomasahasrasya vājapeyaśatasya ca ..

> Having attained the fruit of a thousand Agniṣṭoma sacrifices and a hundred Vājapeya sacrifices,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.42)

phalaṃ saṃprāpya modante divi devagaṇārcitāḥ .. 19 ..

> Rejoice in heaven, worshipped by hosts of gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.43)

mṛgasaṃkramavelāyāṃ puruṣairmaṃgalārthibhiḥ ..

> At the time of the sun's entry into Capricorn, by men desiring auspiciousness  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.44)

avaśyameva kartavyamagastyeśasya darśanam .. 2.1.34.20 ..

> The darśana of Agastyeśa must certainly be performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.45)

.. atha devarṣipitṛtīrthamāhātmyam .. ..

> Now, the māhātmya of the Deva, Ṛṣi, and Pitṛ sacred fords:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.46)

aiśānyāṃ tasya tīrthasya deśe krośamite'rjuna ..

> To the northeast of that sacred ford, at a distance of one krośa, O Arjuna,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.47)

asti tīrthatrayaṃ khyātaṃ devarṣipitṛnāmabhiḥ .. 21 ..

> There is a triad of sacred fords, known by the names of Devas, Ṛṣis, and Pitṛs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.48)

devarṣipitarastatra muninā tena pūjitāḥ ..

> The gods, seers, and ancestors, worshipped there by that sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.49)

pradadurhṛṣṭamanasaḥ sarvānsamabhivāñchitān.. 22 ..

> With joyful minds granted all desired wishes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.50)

tadā devarṣipitṛbhiridaṃ tīrthatrayaṃ kramāt ..

> Then it was declared in his presence by the gods, seers, and ancestors:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.51)

asmannāmabhirīḍyaṃ syādityuktaṃ tasya sannidhau .. 23 ..

> “This triad of sacred fords, in due order, shall be praiseworthy by our names.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.52)

tasmiṃstīrthatraye ye tu snātvā vihitatarpaṇāḥ ..

> Those who, having bathed in that triad of sacred fords and offered tarpaṇa rites,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.53)

ṛṇatrayavinirmuktāste yānti divamakṣayām .. 24 ..

> Are completely freed from the three debts, go to imperishable heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.54)

.. atha veṇāsuvarṇamukharīsaṃgamavarṇanam .. ..

> Now, the description of the confluence of the Veṇā and the Suvarṇamukharī:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.55)

tataḥ prāguttarakṣoṇyāṃ yojanadvayasīmani ..

> Then, on the ground to the northeast, at a distance of two yojanas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.56)

prāptā suvarṇamukharī veṇānāma mahānadī .. 25 ..

> The great river named Veṇā reached the Suvarṇamukharī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.57)

samudagrarayāghātanipātitataṭadrumā ..

> Trees on its banks felled by the forceful impact of its lofty current,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.58)

kulyānirgatavāḥpūrasamāplāvitakānanā .. 26 ..

> The forest inundated by torrents of water surging from water-channels,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.59)

uttuṅgapulinotsaṃgakhelatkokakulākulā ..

> Crowded with flocks of ruddy geese playing on the high slopes of its sandbanks,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.60)

ambujāmodalolālimālālīlāravānvitā .. 27 ..

> Resounding with the playful hum of swarms of bees eager for the fragrance of lotuses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.61)

atikramya samuttuṃgānanekāndharaṇīdharān..

> Having passed beyond many lofty mountains,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.62)

prabhūtatoyarucirā suvarṇamukharīṃ gatā .. 28 ..

> Beautiful with abundant waters, it joined the Suvarṇamukharī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.63)

nadīdvayavyatikare kṛtasnānā yathāvidhi ..

> Those who perform ritual ablution according to the rules at the confluence of the two rivers  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.64)

daśānāmaśvamedhānāmakhaṇḍaṃ prāpnuyuḥ phalam .. 29 ..

> Shall attain the complete fruit of ten horse-sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.65)

saṃgatā veṇayā puṇyā suvarṇamukharī nadī ..

> Joined with the Veṇā, the holy river Suvarṇamukharī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.66)

giridurgamamārgeṇa yayāvuttaravāhinī .. 2.1.34.30 ..

> Flowing northward, proceeded along an impassable mountain path.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.67)

madhyagena mahīdhrāṇāṃ mārgeṇa viṣameṇa sā ..

> Passing along an uneven path through the midst of the mountains,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.68)

gatvā vireje taṭinī yojanānāṃ catuṣṭayam.. 31 ..

> That river shone over an extent of four yojanas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.69)

pūrvatastasya deśasya viṣaye sārdhayojane ..

> To the east of that place, in a region of one and a half yojanas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.70)

udakkūle mahānadyāḥ prāgvāhinyā manohare .. 32 ..

> On the charming north bank of the great river that flows to the east,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.71)

agastyeśvara nāmāste khyātaṃ liṃgaṃ puradviṣaḥ ..

> There is the famed liṅga of the foe of Tripura named Agastyeśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.72)

smaraṇaṃ devamartyānāṃ samastāghanivāraṇam .. 33 ..

> The remembrance of which dispels all sins for gods and mortals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.73)

tatra snātvā mahānadyāṃ ye narā niyatendriyāḥ ..

> Those men who, having bathed there in the great river with senses controlled,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.74)

paśyanti pārvatīnāthamagastyena pratiṣṭhitam .. 34 ..

> behold the Lord of Pārvatī installed by Agastya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.75)

anekaiḥ pūrvajananairarjitaṃ pāpasañcayam ..

> casting off the accumulation of sin acquired across many previous births,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.76)

te nirasya surāvāse modante kālamakṣayam .. .. 35 ..

> rejoice in the abode of the gods for imperishable time. // 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.77)

tataḥ sodaṅmukhī bhūtvā suvarṇamukharī yayau ..

> Then turning northward, the Suvarṇamukharī flowed  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.78)

yojanārdhamidaṃ deśaṃ tīrthasaṃghasamanvitā .. 36 ..

> half a yojana across this region, accompanied by an assemblage of sacred fords. // 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.79)

.. atha suvarṇamukharyā vyāghrapadāhvaya nadīsaṃgamaḥ .. ..

> Now, the confluence of the Suvarṇamukharī and the river named Vyāghrapadā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.80)

tasmindeśe tu hintālatālasālamanorame ..

> In that region, delightful with hintāla, tāla, and sāla trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.81)

gatā suvarṇamukharī nadī vyāghrapadāhvayā .. 37 ..

> the Suvarṇamukharī and the river named Vyāghrapadā met,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.82)

durvārabhūriduritavinivāraṇapeśalā ..

> skillful in warding off manifold sins that are hard to avert, // 37-38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.83)

nīraṃdhatīravānīravanamaṇḍalamaṃḍitā .. 38 ..

> adorned with dense groves of reed-thickets along its banks,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.84)

siddhagaṃdharvalalanā līlāgāhanaśālinī ..

> rich with the playful plunge of the wives of Siddhas and Gandharvas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.85)

tapasvikanyāniḥkṣipta balipuṣpavirājitā .. .. 39 ..

> shining with flowers offered as oblations by the daughters of ascetics, // 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.86)

haṃsakāraṇḍavakrauñcakulakolāhalākulā ..

> resounding with the clamor of flocks of swans, karaṇḍavas, and krauñcas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.87)

prākpravāhā samāgatya śailāntaragatādhvanā .. 2.1.34.40 ..

> flowing eastward, having arrived by a path running between mountains. // 40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.88)

saṃgame saritostatra kṛtasnānā narottamāḥ ..

> The best among men who perform a ritual ablution there at the confluence of the two rivers  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.89)

samagramaśvamedhānāṃ daśānāprāpnuyuḥ phalam .. 41 ..

> obtain the full fruit of ten horse-sacrifices. // 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.90)

.. atha śaṃkhatīrthavarṇanam .. ..

> Now, the description of Śaṅkhatīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.91)

tatra vyāghrapadākhyāyāstaṭe lokamalāpahe ..

> There on the bank of the river named Vyāghrapadā, which removes the impurities of the world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.92)

anaghaṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ śaṃkhatīrthaṃ virājate .. 42 ..

> shines the faultless Śaṅkhatīrtha, destroyer of all sins, // 42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.93)

brahmarṣiniyatāvāsaṃ suragandharvasevitam ..

> the constant dwelling-place of brahmin-seers, visited by gods and Gandharvas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.94)

darśanasnānapānādyairamitānandadāyakam.. 43 ..

> bestowing boundless joy through sighting, bathing, drinking, and the like. // 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.95)

tatrāste bhagavānīśaḥ śaṃkheśonāma phālguna ..

> There abides the divine Lord named Śaṅkheśa, O Phālguna,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.96)

śaṃkhanāmnā munīṃdreṇa liṃgarūpaṃ pratiṣṭhitam .. 44 ..

> installed in the form of a liṅga by the eminent sage named Śaṅkha. // 44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.97)

ye tatra tīrthe susnātāḥ paśyanti vṛṣavāhanam ..

> Those who, having bathed well in that sacred ford, behold the One whose mount is a bull,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.98)

daśāśvamedhajaṃ puṇyaṃ labdhvā yāṃti surālayam .. 45 ..

> attain the merit born of ten horse-sacrifices and go to the abode of the gods. // 45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.99)

yuktā tayā vyāghrapadābhidhānayā gatvā tato yojanasaṃmitāṃ bhuvam ..

> Joined with that \[river\] called Vyāghrapadā, having gone thence across an area measured at a yojana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.100)

yayau munīndrairvṛṣabhācalāṃtikaṃ saṃsevyamānā śubhanirmalodakā .. 46 ..

> resorted to by eminent sages, with auspicious, clear waters, she went near Mount Vṛṣabhācala. // 46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.1.34.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.1.34.101)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmye'gastyatīrthādivividhatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catustriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 34 ..

> Thus ends the thirty-fourth chapter, named 'Description of the māhātmya of Agastyatīrtha and various sacred fords,' in the Śrīveṅkaṭācalamāhātmya, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skandamahāpurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. // 34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.1.34.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Adbhutarāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.upajivya.adbhuta.6.91) — Vālmīki, Sanskrit

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