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# Skandapurana 2.3.6

Skandapurāṇa 2.3.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.3.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.1)

.. skaṃda uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.2)

karādvigalitaṃ yatra kapālaṃ te maheśvara ..

> Where the skull slipped down from your hand, O Maheśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.3)

tasya tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ kṛpayā vada me pitaḥ .. 1 ..

> tell me, O father, by your grace, the māhātmya of that sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.4)

.. .. śiva uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.5)

atiguhyamidaṃ tīrthaṃ surāsuranamaskṛtam ..

> This sacred ford is most secret, bowed to by gods and asuras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.6)

brahmahā'pi naro yatra snānamātreṇa śuddhyati .. 2 ..

> where even a killer of a brahmin is purified merely by a ritual ablution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.7)

paṃca tīrthāni tiṣṭhaṃti kapāle pāpamocane ..

> Five sacred fords are located at the Kapālamocana \[ford\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.8)

tatra snānaṃ tapo dānaṃ sarvamakṣayamiṣyate .. 3 ..

> Ritual ablution, austerity, and giving there are all deemed imperishable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.9)

piṃḍaṃ vidhāya vidhivannarakāttārayetpitṝn ..

> Offering a funeral ball according to rule, one delivers the ancestors from hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.10)

pitṛtīrthamidaṃ proktaṃ gayāto'ṣṭaguṇādhikam .. 4 ..

> This is declared an ancestral sacred ford, eight times superior to Gayā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.11)

tilatarppaṇato yāṃti pitaraḥ svargamuttamam .. 5 ..

> Through the offering of water with sesame seeds, the ancestors go to the highest heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.12)

ahorātraṃ sthiro bhūtvā japaniṣṭhaḥ samāhitaḥ ..

> Steadfast for a day and night, devoted to recitation, concentrated in mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.13)

tasyeṣṭasiddhirmahatī tatkṣaṇādeva jāyate .. 6 ..

> one's great desired perfection arises that very moment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.14)

pāralaukikakarmāṇi sarvāṇyavyāhatāni ca ..

> All rites for the next world \[performed here\] are unfailing;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.15)

kapālamocane tīrthe nādhikaṃ pitṛkarmaṇi .. 7 ..

> at the Kapālamocana sacred ford there is nothing superior for ancestral rites.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.16)

.. skaṃda uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.17)

kutra vā brahmatīrthaṃ vai phalaṃ vā kīdṛśaṃ bhavet ..

> Where is the Brahmatīrtha, and what kind of fruit does it bear?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.18)

ke vā tatra vasaṃtīha kṛpayā vada me pitaḥ .. 8 ..

> And who dwells there? Tell me, O father, out of grace.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.19)

śiva uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.20)

ekadā viṣṇunābhyambhoruhasthasya prajāpateḥ ..

> Once, while Prajāpati was seated on the lotus from Viṣṇu's navel,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.21)

vedānmukhāṃbujāddhṛtvā jagmaturmadhukaiṭabhau .. 9 ..

> Madhu and Kaiṭabha, having snatched the Vedas from his lotus mouth, departed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.22)

tato hyutthāya śayanātsisṛkṣurabjasaṃbhavaḥ ..

> Then, rising from his couch, the lotus-born \[Brahmā\], wishing to create,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.23)

sraṣṭuṃ vinā'gamaṃ loke na śaśāka hṛtasmṛtiḥ .. 2.3.6.10 ..

> could not create in the world without the sacred scripture, his memory stolen away.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.24)

tadā badarikāmetya hariṇā pratipālitām ..

> Then, having gone to Badarikā, which is protected by Hari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.25)

tuṣṭāva praṇato bhūtvā bhagavaṃtaṃ sanātanam .. 11 ..

> he bowed down and praised the eternal Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.26)

tataḥ kuṃḍātsamudbhūto hayaśīrṣo nijāyudhaḥ ..

> Then, out of the pool arose the horse-headed one bearing his own weapons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.27)

pītāṃbaradharaḥ śuklaścaturbāhuḥ sudṛptadṛk .. 12 ..

> wearing yellow garments, white, four-armed, with very proud eyes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.28)

atyadbhutaḥ prakaṭakaṭhoralocanaścalacchaṭāvicchuritameghaḍaṃbaraḥ ..

> Most wondrous, with manifest fierce eyes, flashing with moving streaks like a mass of clouds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.29)

svatejasā hatanikhilaprabhākulaḥ kṛpānvito druhiṇapuraḥsaro'bhavat .. 13 ..

> eclipsing all brilliance with his own radiance, filled with compassion, he appeared before Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.30)

nirīkṣya taṃ vidhirapi vismayākulaḥ praṇamya ca stutimakarotprasannadṛk .. 14 .. ..

> Beholding him, Brahmā, filled with wonder, bowed down and, with a gracious look, offered praise:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.31)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.32)

namaḥ kamalanābhāya namaste kamalāśraya ..

> Obeisance to the one whose navel is a lotus; obeisance to you, the refuge of Kamalā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.33)

namaste kamalāvāsaviśālavanamāline .. 15 ..

> Obeisance to you who wear a broad forest garland, the dwelling-place of Lakṣmī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.34)

namo vijñānabhātrāya guhāvāsa nivāsine ..

> Obeisance to the brother of knowledge, dwelling in the secret cave \[of the heart\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.35)

hṛṣīkeśāya śāṃtāya tubhyaṃ bhagavate namaḥ .. 16 ..

> to Hṛṣīkeśa, the peaceful; obeisance to you, the Blessed Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.36)

svabhaktarakṣaṇakṛte dhṛtadehāya śārṅgiṇe ..

> To the bearer of the Śārṅga bow, who assumed a body to protect his devotees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.37)

anaṃtakleśanāśāya gadine brahmaṇe namaḥ .... 17 ..

> to the destroyer of endless afflictions, the mace-bearer, the supreme spirit, obeisance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.38)

saṃsāravividhāsāranivṛttikṛtakarmaṇe ..

> To him whose deed is the cessation of the varied unreality of saṃsāra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.39)

rakṣitre sarvajaṃtūnāṃ viṣṇave jiṣṇave namaḥ .. 18 ..

> to the protector of all living beings, to Viṣṇu, the victorious, obeisance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.40)

namo viśvaṃbharāśeṣanivṛttaguṇavṛttaye ..

> Obeisance to the all-sustaining one, in whom all worldly states of the guṇas have ceased,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.41)

surāsuravarastaṃbhanivṛttisthitikīrtaye ..19..

> whose fame is the steady state free from the pride of the foremost gods and asuras.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.42)

itīritaḥ surapatinā maheśvaro hṛdisthito'khilavidaśeṣakarmabhiḥ ..

> Thus addressed by the lord of gods, the great lord, residing in the heart and knowing all through limitless deeds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.43)

tato'ntaraṃ sapadi gato nibadhya tau suradruhau kila nijaghāna līlayā .. 2.3.6.20 ..

> instantly went between \[the worlds\], bound the two enemies of the gods, and effortlessly slew them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.44)

tato nigamamādāya brahmaṇoṃ'tikamāyayau..

> Then, taking the sacred scripture, he came near Brahmā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.45)

dattvā svanigamaṃ tasmai svastho'bhūtsa samīḍitaḥ .. 21 ..

> having given his scripture to him, he, being praised, became at ease.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.46)

tataḥ prabhṛti tattīrthaṃ brahmaṇā prakaṭīkṛtam ..

> From then on, that sacred ford was revealed by Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.47)

brahmakuṃḍamiti khyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam .. 22 ..

> renowned as Brahmakuṇḍa, celebrated throughout the three worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.48)

yasya darśanamātreṇa mahāpātakino janāḥ ..

> Merely by beholding it, even perpetrators of great sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.49)

vimuktakilbiṣāḥ sadyo brahmalokaṃ vrajaṃti te .. 23 ..

> freed instantly from guilt, go to the world of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.50)

snānaṃ kurvaṃti ye lokā vratacaryāmathāpi vā ..

> Those people who perform a ritual ablution or the observance of a vow \[there\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.51)

brahmalokamatikramya viṣṇulokaṃ vrajaṃti te .. 24 ..

> surpass the world of Brahmā and go to the world of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.52)

.. skaṃda uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.6.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.53)

tataḥ kimakaroddhātā labdhvā vedāñjanārddanāt ..

> What did the Creator do then, having received the Vedas from Janārdana?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.54)

etadanyacca sarvaṃ me kṛpayā vada sāṃpratam .. 25 ..

> Tell me all this and more now, out of compassion. (25)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.55)

.. mahādeva uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.56)

caturṇāmapi vedānāṃ dṛṣṭvā badarikāśramam ..

> Having beheld Badarikāśrama, the mind of the four Vedas  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.57)

matirna jāyate gaṃtuṃ brahmaṇā saha putraka .. 26 ..

> was not inclined to depart with Brahmā, O dear son. (26)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.58)

tatastu vikalaṃ dṛṣṭvā brahmāṇaṃ janavāsinaḥ ..

> Then, seeing Brahmā distressed, the Siddhas  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.59)

siddhāstu vidhivatstutvā praṇipatyedamabruvan .. 27 ..

> who dwell in Janaloka duly praised him, bowed down, and spoke thus: (27)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.60)

.. siddhā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [2.3.6.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.61)

ājñā bhagavataḥ kāryā sarvaiḥ sthāvarajaṃgamaiḥ ..

> The Lord's command must be carried out by all things movable and immovable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.62)

bhagavānsarvajaṃtūnāṃ karttā hartā pitā guruḥ .. 28 ..

> The Lord is the creator, the destroyer, the father, and the guru of all living beings. (28)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.63)

sthitirbrahmāṃtike vaśca hariṇaivānukalpitā ..

> Your dwelling near Brahmā was ordained by Hari alone;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.64)

nivṛttirvartate caiṣā tathāpyetannirāmayam ..29..

> and this cessation is also present, yet this place is free from disease. (29)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.65)

ekāṃte dravarūpeṇa mūrtirvo'trāvatiṣṭhatām ..

> Let one form of yours stay here in liquid form in solitude,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.66)

dvitīyā brahmaṇā sārddhaṃ brahmalokaṃ vrajetpunaḥ .. 2.3.6.30 ..

> and let the second return to Brahmaloka together with Brahmā. (30)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.67)

tataḥ sahṛdayā vedā dvaidhīkṛtātmarūpakāḥ ..

> Then the sympathetic Vedas, having divided their forms into two,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.68)

brahmaṇā brahmalokaṃ te yayuḥ sārddhaṃ praharṣitāḥ .. 31 ..

> went with Brahmā to Brahmaloka, greatly delighted. (31)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.69)

tatastrilokaṃ vidhivatsasarja caturānanaḥ ..

> Then the four-faced \[creator\] fashioned the three worlds in accordance with rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.70)

dravarūpeṣu vedeṣu snānadānatapaḥkriyāḥ ..

> Rites of ablution, gift-giving, and austerity performed in the liquid-formed Vedas  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.71)

kṛtā viccheditā na syuryāvadābhūtasaṃplavam .. 32 ..

> shall not be interrupted until the universal dissolution. (32)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.72)

phalamuddiśya kurvaṃti upavāsatrayaṃ narāḥ ..

> Men who observe a fast of three \[days\] intending the fruit  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.73)

caturṇāmapi vedānāṃ vyākhyātāro na saṃśayaḥ .. 33 ..

> become expounders of all four Vedas; there is no doubt. (33)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.74)

anukrameṇa tiṣṭhaṃti vedāścatvāra eva ca ..

> And the four Vedas abide here in succession,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.75)

ṛgyajuḥsāmātharvākhyā bhagavatpārśvavartinaḥ .. 34 ..

> named Ṛg, Yajus, Sāman, and Atharvan, standing by the side of the Lord. (34)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.76)

ye puṇyavaṃto'kaluṣā vedavedāṃgapāragāḥ ..

> Those meritorious persons, spotless and master of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.77)

te vedaghoṣaṃ viralāḥ śṛṇvaṃtyapi kalau yuge .. 35 ..

> a rare few, hear the sound of the Vedas even in the Kali yuga. (35)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.78)

caturṇāmapi vedānāmudagasti sarasvatī ..

> To the north of all four Vedas is Sarasvatī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.79)

japtātha sā nṛṇāṃ haṃti jaḍatāṃ jalarūpiṇī .. 36 ..

> when chanted or reached, having the form of water, she destroys the dullness of men. (36)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.80)

sarasvatyā jale sthitvā japaṃ kṛtvā samāhitaḥ ..

> Staying in the water of Sarasvatī, having performed recitation with composure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.81)

manostasya na vicchedaḥ kadācidapi jāyate .. 37 ..

> no interruption of his mantra ever occurs. (37)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.82)

vedavyāso'pi bhagavānyatprasādādudāradhīḥ ..

> Even the revered Vedavyāsa of noble intellect, by whose grace  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.83)

purāṇasaṃhitārthajño'bhavadatra na saṃśayaḥ .. 38 ..

> he became a knower of the meaning of the Purāṇa-saṃhitās, was here; of this there is no doubt. (38)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.84)

trayāṇāmapi lokānāṃ hitāya jagatāṃ patiḥ ..

> For the welfare of the three worlds, the Lord of the worlds  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.85)

sthāpayāmāsa vidhinā vāṇīṃ vāgvibhavapradām .. 39 ..

> duly established Speech, the bestower of the power of speech. (39)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.86)

darśanasparśanasnānapūjāstutyabhivandanaiḥ ..

> Through seeing, touching, bathing in, worshipping, praising, and bowing before \[her\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.87)

sarasvatyā na vicchedaḥ kule tasya kadācana .. 2.3.6.40 ..

> no loss of Sarasvatī occurs in his family at any time. (40)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.88)

mantrasiddhirviśeṣeṇa sarasvatyāstaṭe nṛṇām ..

> Attainment of mantra especially arises without delay for men  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.89)

japatāmaciraṇaiva jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ ..41..

> who recite on the bank of Sarasvatī; of this there is no doubt. (41)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.90)

bahunā kimihoktena vāṇī vāgvibhavapradā ..

> What need is there of saying much here? Speech is the bestower of the power of speech;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.91)

dravarūpadharā nṛṇāṃ darśanātpūtirujjvalā .. 42 ..

> bearing a liquid form, bright, it purifies men upon merely seeing it. (42)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.92)

tato'rvāgdakṣiṇe bhāge dravadhāreti viśrutam ..

> To the south from there, renowned as Dravadhārā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.93)

tīrthamiṃdrapadaṃ yatra tapaścakre puraṃdaraḥ .. 43 ..

> is the sacred ford of Indra's station, where Purandara performed austerity. (43)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.94)

sudāruṇaṃ tapaḥ kṛtvā paritoṣya janārddanam ..

> Having performed exceedingly severe austerity and propitiated Janārdana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.95)

padamaiṃdraṃ samālebhe surāsuranamaskṛtam .. 44 ..

> he obtained the station of Indra, venerated by gods and asuras. (44)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.96)

tapo dānaṃ japo homo vratāni niyamā yamāḥ ..

> Austerity, charity, silent recitation, oblation, vows, observances, and restraints  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.97)

tatrānantaguṇaṃ proktaṃ tattīrthamatidurlabham .. 45 ..

> are declared to yield endless merit there; that sacred ford is exceedingly difficult to reach. (45)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.98)

pratimāse trayodaśyāṃ śuklāyāṃ haritoṣaṇe ..

> Every month, on the thirteenth day of the bright fortnight, pleasing Hari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.99)

snātvā sutīrthe sutrāmācchandaṃ copetya saṃgataḥ .. 46 ..

> having bathed in the good sacred ford and having approached Sutrāman's desire with composure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.100)

upavāsadvayaṃ kṛtvā pūjayitvā janārddanam ..

> having observed a fast of two days and worshipped Janārdana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.101)

sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śakraloke mahīyate .. 47 ..

> freed from all sins, one is glorified in the world of Śakra. (47)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.102)

tatraiva mānasodbhedaḥ sarvapāpapraṇāśanaḥ ..

> In that very place is Mānasodbheda, destroyer of all sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.103)

durlabhaḥ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ yatra te syurmaharṣayaḥ .. 48 ..

> hard to attain for all living beings, where those great seers reside. (48)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.104)

mānasaṃ cidacidgranthimudgrathnaṃti ca sarvataḥ ..

> They untie the mental knot of consciousness and unconsciousness on every side;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.105)

mānasodbheva ityākhyā ṛṣibhiḥ parigīyate .. 49 ..

> hence the name Mānasodbheda is celebrated by the seers. (49)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.106)

bhiṃdaṃti hṛdayagraṃthīśchiṃdanti bahusaṃśayam ..

> They cleave the knots of the heart, sever many a doubt,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.107)

karmāṇi kṣapayantyasmānmānasodbheda ityabhūt .. 2.3.6.50 ..

> and destroy past karmas; therefore it came to be called Mānasodbheda. (50)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.108)

yadi bhāgyavaśādatra biṃdumātraṃ labhennaraḥ ..

> If by force of fortune a person should obtain even a single drop here,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.109)

tatkṣaṇānmuktimāpnoti kimatastvadhikaṃ bhavet .. 51 ..

> he attains liberation that very moment; what could be greater than this? (51)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.110)

giridarīnilaye nivasatyamī ṛṣigaṇāḥ phalamūlajalāśanāḥ ..

> These hosts of seers reside in the mountain-cave abode, subsisting on fruits, roots, and water, / having conquered the mind and sensory objects, of sharpened intellect, as though anxious about the fear of sin out of fear of the Kali age. (52)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.111)

jitamanoviṣayāḥ śitabuddhayaḥ kalibhayādiva pāpabhayākulāḥ .. 52 ..

> Having obtained excellent garments from the abundance of the hermitage with its fruits, breezes, caverns, and torrents,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.112)

phalasamīraṇagahvaranirjharāśramabharādupalabdhapaṭottamāḥ ..

> \[…\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.113)

triṣavaṇakramanirjitadurjayendriyaparākramaṇā munayastvamī .. 53 ..

> These sages indeed have overcome the onslaught of the unconquerable senses through the course of their three daily ablutions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.114)

sādhanāni bahūnyeva kāyakleśakarāṇyaho ..

> Ah, many indeed are the spiritual disciplines that cause torment to the body;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.115)

sulabhaṃ sādhanaṃ loke mānasodbhedadarśanam .. 54 ..

> yet the darśana of Mānasodbheda is an easily attained discipline in the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.116)

yasmindine jalaṃ caitallabhate puṇyavāñjanaḥ ..

> On whichever day a meritorious person obtains this water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.117)

bhavati vyāsasadṛśo yamapitṛsamaḥ kramāt .. 55 ..

> he gradually becomes like Vyāsa and equal to the ancestors in Yama's realm.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.118)

kāmyatīrthamidaṃ nṝṇāṃ kāmanāvaśakṛtpunaḥ ..

> This is a sacred ford conferring desires to men, yet bringing their wishes into realization;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.119)

akāmatastu muktiḥ syādubhayoreṣa niścayaḥ .. 56 ..

> but for one free of desires, liberation ensues—this is certain for both.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.120)

yadi kaścitpramādena kāmanāṃ kurute naraḥ ..

> If a man forms a desire through inadvertence,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.121)

phalaṃ bhuktvā punarmuktirbhavatyeva na saṃśayaḥ ..57..

> he enjoys its fruit and then indeed attains liberation without a doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.122)

maharādiṣu lokeṣu bhuktvā bhogānyathepsitān ..

> Having enjoyed desires as wished in the worlds such as Maharloka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.123)

bhoge bhukte punaryāti kāmanāvaśato janaḥ ..58..

> once that enjoyment is consumed, a man departs again through the force of his desire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.124)

puruṣārthasamāvāptyai yatanīyaṃ manīṣibhiḥ ..

> The wise must strive for the attainment of the aims of human life;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.125)

mānasodbhedane tīrthe nāpetyatreti me matiḥ .. 59 ..

> my thought is that one should not turn away from this sacred ford, Mānasodbhedana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.126)

mānasodbhedanātpratyagdiśi sarvamanoharam ..

> To the west of Mānasodbhedana is an all-enchanting  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.127)

vasudhāreti vikhyātaṃ tīrthaṃ trailokyadurlabham .. .. 2.3.6.60 ..

> sacred ford known as Vasudhārā, difficult to attain in the three worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.128)

trilokyāṃ sarvatīrthebhyaḥ śreṣṭho badarikāśramaḥ ..

> Badarikāśrama is the highest of all sacred fords in the three worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.129)

śrutvā tannāradātsarve vasavaḥ samupāgatāḥ .. 61 ..

> Having heard that from Nārada, all the Vasus arrived there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.130)

triṃśadvarṣasahasrāṇi tapaḥ paramadāruṇam ..

> For thirty thousand years, consuming only leaves and water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.131)

dalāṃbuprāśanāścakrustataḥ siddhimupāyayuḥ .. 62 ..

> they performed extremely severe austerity; then they attained perfection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.132)

bhagavaddarśanātprāptānaṃdanirvṛttaviklamāḥ ..

> From the darśana of the Lord, their fatigue departed as they attained bliss;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.133)

hṛdayānandasaṃdohapraphullitamukhāṃbujāḥ .. 63 ..

> the lotus of their faces blossomed from the abundance of joy in their hearts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.134)

dṛṣṭvā nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ varaṃ labdhvā manoramam..

> Beholding the divine Lord Nārāyaṇa, they obtained a delightful boon;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.135)

haribhaktisukhaiśvaryyaṃ paraṃ labdhvā mudaṃ yayuḥ..64..

> having attained supreme sovereignty and the happiness of devotion to Hari, they rejoiced.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.136)

atra snātvā jalaṃ pītvā pūjayitvā janārddanam..

> Bathing here, drinking the water, and worshipping Janārdana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.137)

iha loke sukhaṃ bhuktvā yātyaṃte paramaṃ padam ..65..

> one enjoys happiness in this world and at the end goes to the supreme state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.138)

atra puṇyavatāṃ jyotirdṛśyate jalamadhyataḥ..

> Here, a light is seen by the meritorious from the midst of the water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.139)

yaddṛṣṭvā na punarbhūyo garbhavāsaṃ prapadyate .. 66 ..

> beholding which one does not enter dwelling in the womb ever again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.140)

ye'śuddhapitṛjāḥ pāpāḥ pāṣaṃḍamativṛttayaḥ ..

> Those sinners born of impure lineage whose intellect and conduct are heretical—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.141)

na teṣāṃ śirasi prāyaḥ pataṃtyāpaḥ kadācana .. 67 ..

> the waters generally never fall upon their heads.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.142)

dinatrayaṃ śucirbhūtvā pūjayitvā janārdanam ..

> Having become pure for three days, worshipping Janārdana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.143)

upoṣya bhagavadbhaktyā siddhānpaśyaṃti sādhavaḥ ..68..

> and fasting with devotion to the Lord, the virtuous behold the perfected beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.144)

ye tatra capalāstathyaṃ na vadaṃti ca lolupāḥ ..

> Those there who are fickle, do not speak the truth, are covetous,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.145)

parihāsaparadravyaparastrīkapaṭāgrahāḥ ..69..

> given to mockery, intent on others' wealth and others' wives, and deceitful,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.146)

malacailāvṛtā'śāṃtā'śucayastyaktasatkriyāḥ ..

> covered in dirty garments, restless, impure, and abandoning good deeds—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.147)

teṣāṃ malinacittānāṃ phalamatra na jāyate .. 2.3.6.70 ..

> for those of impure mind, no fruit is produced here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.148)

ye tatra sādhakāḥ śāṃtā viralā vidhivartmagāḥ ..

> Those practitioners there who are tranquil, rare, and follow the path prescribed by injunction—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.149)

teṣāṃ japastapohomo dānavratajapakriyāḥ .. .. 71 ..

> their recitation, austerity, oblations, giving, vows, and acts of prayer,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.150)

kriyamāṇā yathāśaktyā hyakṣayyaphaladāyakāḥ .. 72 ..

> performed according to their ability, yield imperishable fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.151)

yatkiṃcicchubhakarmāṇi kriyamāṇāni dehinām ..

> Whatever good deeds are performed by embodied beings  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.152)

mahadādiphalaṃ dadyurniḥśreyasamanuttamam .. 73 ..

> yield fruit beginning with greatness and ultimately unexcelled beatitude.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.153)

śrāvaṇīyamiha kiṃ phalādhikaṃ yatra yāṃti vibudhāḥ phalārthinaḥ ..

> What greater reward should be proclaimed here, where the gods, desiring fruits, go  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.154)

pūjitādanu hareḥ priyārthinaḥ svargamārganiratāḥ pramodinaḥ .. 74 ..

> after being worshipped, desiring the favor of Hari, intent on the path to heaven and filled with joy?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.155)

yatra saṃti na ca vighnakāriṇaḥ karmaṇāṃ haribhayātsusidhyati ..

> Where there are no obstacle-makers, action succeeds well out of fear of Hari;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.156)

nirviśaṃti ca phalaṃ vivekinaḥ karmamārganiratāḥ sudehinaḥ .. 75 ..

> and discerning, virtuous embodied beings, devoted to the path of action, enjoy the fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.157)

ye paṭhaṃtyatha ca pāṭhayaṃtyaho puṇyatīrthaviṣayaṃ prakāśitam ..

> Those who recite or cause this proclaimed subject of the sacred ford to be recited,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.158)

bhaktibhāvasamalaṃkṛtāśca te saṃprayānti harimaṃdiraṃ śubham .. 76 ..

> adorned with the sentiment of devotion, go to the auspicious abode of Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.159)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe badarikāśramamāhātmye śivakārttikeyasaṃvāde vasudhārātīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ .. 6 .. ..

> Thus ends the sixth chapter, titled 'The Description of the Māhātmya of the Sacred Ford Vasudhārā,' in the dialogue between Śiva and Kārttikeya in the Badarikāśramamāhātmya, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.6.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6.160)

.. śiva uvāca .. ..

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

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.3.6.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Śāktapramoda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.saktapramoda.10.1078) — Sanskrit
- [Divyāvadāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.divyavadana.326.16) — Sanskrit

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.6) · Pramāṇa