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# Skandapurana 2.3.7

Skandapurāṇa 2.3.7

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.3.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.1)

.. śiva uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.2)

tato nairṛtyadigbhāge paṃcadhārāḥ pataṃtyadhaḥ ..

> Then, in the southwest direction, five streams fall downward.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.3)

prabhāsaṃ puṣkaraṃ caiva gayāṃ naimiṣameva ca ..

> Know, O six-faced one, Prabhāsa, Puṣkara, Gayā, Naimiṣa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.4)

kurukṣetraṃ vijānīhi dravarūpaṃ ṣaḍānana .. 1 ..

> and Kurukṣetra to be present in liquid form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.5)

purā te brahmaṇaḥ sthānaṃ gatā malinarūpiṇaḥ ..

> Formerly, having become soiled in form, they went to the abode of Brahmā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.6)

pāpināṃ pāpadoṣeṇa vikṛtāḥ kṛtabuddhayaḥ .. 2 ..

> altered by the taint of the sin of sinners, they resolved their minds \[to seek aid\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.7)

tatra gatvā namaskṛtya brahmāṇaṃ lokabhāvanam ..

> Going there and bowing to Brahmā, the creator of the worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.8)

ūcuḥ prāṃjalayaḥ sarve nijāgamanakāraṇam .. 3 ..

> they all, with folded hands, stated the purpose of their arrival.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.9)

tacchrutvā dhyānamālaṃbya prahasya jagadīśvaraḥ ..

> Hearing that, taking recourse to meditation and smiling, the Lord of the universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.10)

uvāca vacanaṃ cāru smṛtvā badarīkāśramam .. 4 ..

> recalling Badarikāśrama, spoke pleasing words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.11)

mā bhaiṣṭa gacchata kṣipraṃ harerbadarikāśramam ..

> "Do not fear; go swiftly to Hari's Badarikāśrama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.12)

yasya nirdeśamātreṇa sadyaḥ puṇyaṃ bhaviṣyati ..5..

> by the mere instruction of which merit will arise at once.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.13)

tataste harṣavegena namaskṛtya pitāmaham ..

> Then, moved by a surge of joy, having bowed to the Grandfather,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.14)

jagmurutphullanayanā viśālāmamitaprabhām .. 6 ..

> they went, with eyes wide open, to Viśālā of immeasurable splendor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.15)

yasya nirveśamātreṇa tatkṣaṇādvigatenasaḥ ..

> By merely entering which their sins vanished at that very instant,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.16)

tato dvirūpamāsthāya svasthānaṃ yayurutsukāḥ .. 7 ..

> and then, assuming a twofold form, they eagerly departed to their own abodes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.17)

dravarūpeṇa cānyena paṃca tiṣṭhaṃti nirmalāḥ ..

> And in liquid form the other five spotless \[streams\] remain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.18)

teṣu snātvā vidhānena kṛtvā nityakriyāṃ śuciḥ .. 8 ..

> Bathing in them according to rule, and performing daily rites, pure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.19)

tattattīrthaphalaṃ labdhvā yātyaṃte paramaṃ padam ..

> one obtains the fruit of those respective sacred fords and reaches the supreme abode at the end.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.20)

paṃcopavāsa nirataḥ pūjayitvā janārdanam .. 9 ..

> Devoted to fasting on five \[days\], having worshiped Janārdana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.21)

iha bhogānbahūnbhuktvā hareḥ sālokyamāpnuyāt .. 2.3.7.10 ..

> after enjoying many pleasures here, one will attain residence in Hari's world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.22)

tatastu vimalaṃ tīrthaṃ somakuṃḍābhidhaṃ param ..

> Then \[there is\] the spotless supreme sacred ford called Somakuṇḍa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.23)

tapaścakāra bhagavānsomo yatra kalānidhiḥ .. 11 ..

> where the blessed Soma, the repository of digits, performed austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.24)

.. skanda uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.25)

somakuṇḍasya māhātmyaṃ vada me vadatāṃ vara ..

> Tell me the māhātmya of Somakuṇḍa, O best of speakers!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.26)

tvatprasādādahaṃ śrotumicchāmi parameśvara .. 12 ..

> By your grace I desire to hear it, O supreme Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.27)

.. śiva uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.7.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.28)

purātritanayaḥ śrīmānsomaḥ saṃprāpya yauvanam..

> Formerly the glorious Soma, son of Atri, having attained youth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.29)

śrutvā svarvāsināṃ saukhyaṃ gaṃdharvebhyo muhurmuhuḥ ..

> and repeatedly hearing about the happiness of the dwellers of heaven from the gandharvas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.30)

tadā svapitaraṃ prāyātpraṣṭuṃ tallabhate katham .. 13 ..

> then went to his father to ask: "How does one obtain that?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.31)

.. soma uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.32)

bhagavansarvadharmajña karuṇāmṛtasāgara ..

> "O Lord, knower of all righteousness, ocean of the nectar of compassion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.33)

kathaṃ vā labhyate svargaḥ sarveṣāmuttamottamaḥ .. 14 ..

> how is heaven attained, which is the highest of all?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.34)

grahanakṣatratārāṇāmoṣadhīnāṃ patiḥ prabho ..

> O Lord, how may I become the master of planets, lunar mansions, stars, and herbs?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.35)

syāmahaṃ yena taṃ yatnaṃ kṛpayā vada me pitaḥ .. 15 ..

> Tell me out of compassion, O father, the effort by which \[that may come to pass\]."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.36)

.. atriruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.7.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.37)

tapasārādhya goviṃdaṃ yamairvā niyamaiḥ suta ..

> "Having propitiated Govinda through austerity, or through restraints and observances, O son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.38)

kiṃ durllabhaṃ tu sādhūnāmiha loke paratra ca .. 16 ..

> what indeed is difficult to obtain for the virtuous in this world and the next?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.39)

tatastu nāradācchrutvā kṣetraṃ paramanirmalam ..

> Then, having heard from Nārada about that supremely spotless sacred field,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.40)

jagāma badarīṃ natvā pitaraṃ diśamuttarām .. 17 ..

> he bowed to his father and went north to Badarī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.41)

tatra gatvā phalairmedhyairviṣṇoḥ pūjāmakalpayat ..

> Having gone there, he arranged the worship of Viṣṇu with pure fruits;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.42)

jajāpa paramaṃ jāpyamaṣṭākṣaraṃ manoharam .. 18 ..

> he chanted the supreme, captivating eight-syllable prayer.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.43)

aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi varṣāṇi bhagavatparam ..

> For eighty-eight thousand years, focused on the Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.44)

tapastepe'tiparamaṃ sarvalokabhayāvaham .. 19 ..

> he performed most supreme austerity that caused terror to all the worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.45)

tatastuṣṭaḥ samāgatya bhagavānbhaktavatsalaḥ ..

> Then the pleased Lord, affectionate toward his devotees, arrived  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.46)

uvāca somaṃ vidhivadvaraṃ varaya suvrata ..2.3.7.20..

> and said to Soma according to custom: "Choose a boon, O one of good vows!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.47)

tataḥ somaḥ samutthāya namaskṛtya punaḥpunaḥ ..

> Then Soma, having stood up and bowed repeatedly, \[said\]:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.48)

grahanakṣatratārāṇāmoṣadhīnāmahaṃ patiḥ ..

> "May I become the lord of planets, lunar mansions, stars, and herbs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.49)

dvijānāmapi sarveṣāṃ bhūyāsaṃ te prasādataḥ .. 21 ..

> and also of all twice-born ones, by your grace!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.50)

.. hariruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.7.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.51)

varamanyaṃ vṛṇuṣvāto durllabhaṃ tvaṃ bhavādṛśām ..

> "Choose another boon besides this; this is difficult to attain for ones such as you."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.52)

varānno varayāmāsa tadā taṃ himajātmaja .. 22 ..

> He did not grant the boons to him then, O son of the Snow Mountain's daughter!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.53)

tato'tivimanāḥ somaḥ punastepe tapo mahat ..

> Then, exceedingly despondent, Soma performed great austerity again,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.54)

triṃśadvarṣasahasrāṇi devamānena putraka ..23..

> for thirty thousand years according to divine reckoning, O dear son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.55)

tadāsau karuṇāpūrṇahṛdayo bhagavānagāt ..

> Then that blessed Lord, his heart full of compassion, went \[there\]:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.56)

varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te varado'haṃ tavāgrataḥ ..

> "Choose a boon! May good betide you; I am standing before you ready to grant a boon."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.57)

somastu tādṛśaṃ vavre tacchrutvāntarddadhe hariḥ..24..

> Soma chose the same \[boon\]; upon hearing that, Hari disappeared.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.58)

tato'tivimanāḥ somaḥ punastepe tapo mahat..

> Then, exceedingly despondent, Soma performed great austerity again;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.59)

catvāriṃśatsahasrāṇi tapastaptaṃ suduṣkaram ..25..

> an austerity very difficult to perform was practiced for forty thousand \[years\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.60)

tatastuṣṭo hariḥ sākṣācchaṃkhacakragadādharaḥ ..

> Then Hari himself, pleased, bearing the conch, discus, and mace,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.61)

uvāca vacanaṃ cāru somaṃ śrāṃtaṃ taponidhim ..26..

> spoke charming words to Soma, who was weary, a treasure of austerity:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.62)

uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhadraṃ te varaṃ varaya suvrata ..

> "Arise, arise! May good betide you; choose a boon, O one of good vows!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.63)

tapasārādhito nūnaṃ tvayāhaṃ tapasāṃ nidhiḥ .. 27 ..

> Surely I, the treasure of austerities, have been propitiated by you through austerity."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.64)

.. soma uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.7.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.65)

yadi tuṣṭo bhavānmahyaṃ bhagavānvaradarṣabhaḥ ..

> "If you are pleased with me, O Lord, best of boon-givers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.66)

grahanakṣatratārāṇāmādhipatyaṃ prayaccha me ..

> grant me lordship over planets, lunar mansions, and stars,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.67)

tathauṣadhīnāṃ viprāṇāṃ yāminyāśca jagatpate .. 28 ..

> as well as over medicinal herbs, brahmins, and the night, O Lord of the world!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.68)

.. śrībhagavānuvāca .. ..

> The Holy One said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.69)

durllabhaṃ prārthitaṃ vatsa vitarāmi tathāpyaham ..

> "That which you have requested is difficult to obtain, child, yet I grant it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.70)

evamastu tataḥ sarve samāgatya divau kasaḥ ..

> So be it!" Then all the dwellers of heaven assembled  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.71)

abhiṣiktavaṃto vidhivatsomaṃ rājānamādṛtāḥ .. 29 ..

> and, showing respect, consecrated Soma as king according to rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.72)

tato vimānamārūḍho rathena śubhravāsasā ..

> Then, having mounted an aerial chariot, \[drawn\] with a chariot \[clad\] in white garments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.73)

abhiṣṭutaḥ surairabhūddivaṃ gato niśākaraḥ .. .. 2.3.7.30 ..

> Praised by the gods, the maker of the night went to heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.74)

tataḥ prabhṛti tīrthaṃ tatsomakuṃḍeti durllabham ..

> From that time forth, that sacred ford, difficult to attain, is known as Somakuṇḍa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.75)

yaddṛṣṭimātrānmanujā gatadoṣā bhavaṃti hi .. 31 ..

> at the mere sight of which men indeed become rid of faults.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.76)

yadupasparśanādyāṃti somalokaṃ viniṃditāḥ ..

> From its touch, even those who are censured go to the world of Soma;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.77)

yatra snātvā vidhānena saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ ..32..

> having bathed there according to the injunctions and propitiated the ancestors and gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.78)

somalokaṃ vinirbhidya viṣṇulokaṃ prapadyate ..

> piercing through the world of Soma, one reaches the world of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.79)

upavāsatrayaṃ kṛtvā pūjayitvā janārddanam .. .. 33 ..

> Having observed a fast for three \[days\] and worshipped Janārdana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.80)

na teṣāṃ punarāvṛttiḥ kalpakoṭiśatairapi ..

> there is no return for them, even after hundreds of crores of kalpas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.81)

trirātreṇa sthito bhūtvā pūjayitvā janārddanam ..

> Remaining there for three nights and worshipping Janārdana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.82)

japaṃ kurvanviśeṣeṇa maṃtrasiddhiḥ prajāyate .. .. 34 ..

> especially while performing recitation, mastery over mantras arises.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.83)

karmaṇā manasā vācā yatkṛtaṃ pātakaṃ nṛbhiḥ ..

> Whatever sin has been committed by men by action, thought, or speech,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.84)

tatsarvaṃ kṣayamāyāti somakuṃḍekṣaṇādiha .. 35 ..

> all of that goes to destruction from the sight of Somakuṇḍa here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.85)

tatastu dvādaśādityatīrthaṃ pāpaharaṃ param ..

> After that is the Dvādaśādityatīrtha, supreme, destroying sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.86)

yatra taptvā punaḥ kṛcchraṃ kāśyapaḥ sūryatāṃ yayau .. 36 ..

> where, having performed severe penance, the son of Kaśyapa attained the state of the sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.87)

durllabhaṃ triṣu lokeṣu tapaḥsiddhyekakāraṇam ..

> Difficult to attain in the three worlds, it is the sole cause of the perfection of austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.88)

ravivāreṣu saptamyāṃ saṃkrātyāṃ vidhivannaraḥ ..

> On Sundays, on the seventh lunar day, \[or\] at the sun's ingress, a man, according to rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.89)

saptajanmakṛtātpāpātsnānamātreṇa śuddhyati .. 37 ..

> becomes purified by the mere ritual ablution from sin committed in seven births.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.90)

pārākaṃ vidhivatkṛtvā pūjanīyo janārddanaḥ ..

> Having performed the prāka vow according to rule, Janārdana is to be worshipped.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.91)

sūryaloke sukhaṃ bhuktvā viṣṇuloke mahīyate .. .. 38 ..

> Having enjoyed happiness in the world of the sun, he is honored in the world of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.92)

mahārogābhibhūtastu snātvā pītvā jalaṃ śuciḥ ..

> One overcome by severe disease, however, having bathed and drunk the water, pure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.93)

rogamukto'cirādeva nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 39 ..

> is freed from disease very quickly; no doubt should be entertained here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.94)

catuḥsrotaṃ paraṃ tīrthaṃ vilocanamanoharam ..

> The supreme sacred ford Catuḥsrota is delightful to the eyes;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.95)

dharmārthakāmamokṣāste tiṣṭhaṃti dravarūpiṇaḥ .. 2.3.7.40 ..

> there dharma, artha, kāma, and mokṣa abide in liquid form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.96)

harerājñānusāreṇa kṣetre'sminvaiṣṇave svayam ..

> By the command of Hari, in this sacred field belonging to Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.97)

puruṣārthā dravībhūtā bhūtānāṃ muktihetavaḥ .. .. 41 ..

> the aims of human life have themselves liquefied, causes of liberation for living beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.98)

pūrvādidikṣu kramasanniviṣṭā dharmapradhānā iva rūpabhājaḥ ..

> Arranged in order toward the cardinal directions beginning with the east, possessing forms, as if with dharma foremost,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.99)

bhajaṃti ye tānkramasanniviṣṭānprasannataiṣāṃ satataṃ bhaveddhi .. 42 ..

> those who honor them arranged in order—to them their grace will indeed always belong.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.100)

nānyatra kṣetre militāḥ kathaṃciccatvāra ete tridaśairalabhyāḥ ..

> In no other sacred field have these four, unobtainable by the gods, come together;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.101)

tānagrimaṃ janma javena labdhvā paśyaṃti pūrvārjitapuṇyapuṃjāḥ .. 43 ..

> having swiftly obtained the highest birth, those with heaps of merit gathered in past lives behold them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.102)

ye durjanā durjanasaṃgabhājaḥ kṣamārjavaprāṇajayapradhānāḥ ..

> Wicked men who resort to the company of wicked people, lacking forbearance, honesty, and breath control,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.103)

krīḍāmṛgā grāmyavadhūjanānāṃ na te prapaśyaṃtyacirātpumarthān..44..

> play-deer for vulgar women—they do not soon behold the aims of human life.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.104)

tathaiva paśyaṃtyacireṇa tattvajñānaikahetūnapi tānpumarthān .. 45 ..

> Likewise, \[the virtuous\] soon behold those aims of human life which are the sole cause of knowledge of reality.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.105)

atra brahmādayo devā ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ ..

> Here Brahmā and the other gods, as well as seers rich in austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.106)

parvaṇi prayatāḥ snātuṃ samāyāṃti ṣaḍānana .. 46 ..

> restrained, come to bathe on the sacred festival day, O six-faced one!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.107)

tataḥ satyapadaṃnāma tīrthaṃ sarvamanoharam ..

> Then there is the sacred ford named Satyapada, delightful to all;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.108)

trikoṇākāramevaitatkuṃḍaṃ kalmaṣanāśanam ..

> this pool, destroying impurities, is triangular in shape.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.109)

ekādaśyāṃ haristatra svayamāyāti pāvane ..47..

> On the eleventh lunar day, Hari comes there himself in that purifier;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.110)

tatpaścādṛṣayaḥ sarve munayaśca tapodhanāḥ ..

> after him, all the seers and sages rich in austerity  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.111)

snātumāyāṃti vidhivatkuṃḍe satyapadābhidhe ..48..

> come to bathe according to rule in the pool named Satyapada.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.112)

gaṃdharvāpsarasāṃ yatra madhyāhne harivāsare ..

> Where, at midday on the day of Hari, the singing of gandharvas and apsarases  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.113)

gānaṃ śṛṇvaṃti viralāḥ satyavrataparāyaṇāḥ .. 49 ..

> is heard by a few who are devoted to the vow of truth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.114)

darśanādyasya tīrthasya pātakāni mahāṃtyapi ..

> From the darśana of which sacred ford even great sins  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.115)

palāyaṃte bhayenaiva siṃhaṃ dṛṣṭvā mṛgā iva ..2.3.7.50..

> flee out of sheer fear, like deer upon seeing a lion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.116)

svaśākhoktavidhānena snānaṃ kṛtvā vicakṣaṇaḥ ..

> Having performed ritual ablution according to the rule prescribed in his own Vedic branch, a wise man  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.117)

satyalokamavāpnoti tato naiḥśreyasaṃ padam .. 51 ..

> attains Satyaloka, and thence the supreme state of final beatitude.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.118)

ahorātraṃ śucirbhūtvā upoṣya ca janārddanam ..

> Having become pure for a day and a night and fasted, and having worshipped  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.119)

pūjayitvā yathāśaktyā sa jīvanmuktibhājanaḥ .. 52 ..

> Janārdana to the best of his capacity, he is an heir to liberation while living.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.120)

brahmā viṣṇuśca rudraśca trikoṇasthāḥ samāhitāḥ ..

> Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra, seated at the three corners, concentrated in mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.121)

tapaḥ kurvaṃtyanudinaṃ sarvalokāditoṣaṇam .. 53 ..

> perform penance day by day, giving joy first to all the worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.122)

trikoṇamaṃḍitaṃ tīrthaṃ nāmnā satyapadapradam ..

> The sacred ford adorned with a triangle, by name the granter of the realm of truth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.123)

darśanīyaṃ prayatnena sarvapāpamumukṣubhiḥ .. 54 ..

> is to be visited with exertion by those desiring liberation from all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.124)

japaṃ tapo haristotraṃ pūjāṃ stutyabhivaṃdanam ..

> Recitation, austerity, praise of Hari, worship, hymn, and salutation—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.125)

māhātmyaṃ kurvatāṃ vaktuṃ brahmaṇāpi na śakyate .. 55 ..

> even Brahmā is not able to declare the māhātmya of those who perform \[these\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.126)

tato'tivimalaṃ nāma naranārāyaṇāśramam ..

> Then there is the hermitage of Nara and Nārāyaṇa, called Ativimala;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.127)

dvividhaṃ dṛśyate tatra pāthaḥ paramanirmalam .. 56 ..

> there, two kinds of supremely clear water are seen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.128)

ubhābhyāmubhayoḥ prītirbhavatīti viniścitam ..

> It is certain that by both of them comes the pleasure of both \[sages\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.129)

tatra snātvā prayatnena pūjayitvā janārddanam ..

> Having bathed there with effort and having worshipped Janārdana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.130)

sarvapāpavinirmuktastatkṣaṇānnātra saṃśayaḥ .. 57 ..

> one is freed from all sins instantly; there is no doubt here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.131)

tato nārāyaṇāvāsaśikhare vimalākṛti ..

> Then, on the peak that is the abode of Nārāyaṇa, there is a clear-shaped,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.132)

tīrthaṃ pavitramurvaśyā abhivyaktikaraṃ bhavet .. 58 ..

> holy sacred ford that caused the manifestation of Urvaśī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.133)

.. skanda uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.7.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.134)

abhivyaktiḥ kathaṃ tasyā urvaśyāḥ śikhare pitaḥ ..

> Father, how did the appearance of Urvaśī take place on that peak?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.135)

kiṃ puṇyaṃ kiṃ phalaṃ tatra paraṃ kautūhalaṃ vada ..59..

> What is the merit there, and what is the fruit? Tell me, for my curiosity is great.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.136)

.. śiva uvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.7.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.137)

dharmasyapatnī mūrtyāsīttasyāṃ jātau ṣaḍānana ..

> Dharma had a wife named Mūrti; from her, O Six-faced One, were born  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.138)

naranārāyaṇau sākṣādbhagavāneva kevalam .. 2.3.7.60 ..

> Nara and Nārāyaṇa, the Blessed One himself directly and solely.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.139)

pitrorājñāmanuprāpya tapo'rdhaṃ kṛtamānasau ..

> Receiving the command of their parents, their minds set on half of their austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.140)

ubhayornagayostau tu tapomūrtī iva sthitau .. 61 ..

> they remained upon both mountains, like embodied forms of austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.141)

tau dṛṣṭvā vismitaḥ śakraḥ preṣayāmāsa manmatham ..

> Seeing the two, Śakra was astonished and dispatched Manmatha  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.142)

sagaṇaṃ tapaso dhvaṃso yathā syādgandhamādanam .. 62 ..

> together with his attendants to Gandhamādana, so that their austerity might be ruined.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.143)

vikramya vidhivatte tu nārāyaṇabalodayam ..

> Having duly advanced, when they perceived the rising power of Nārāyaṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.144)

jñātvā hatamanaskāstānuvāca jagatīpatiḥ .. 63 ..

> their spirits fell; and the Lord of the World spoke to them:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.145)

.. hariruvāca .. ..

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

### [2.3.7.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.146)

kimarthamāgatā yūyamātithyaṃ gṛhyatāmiti .. 64 ..

> "Why have you come? Accept our hospitality."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.147)

ityuktvā phalamūlāni tebhyo dattvorvaśīṃ tathā ..

> Having said this, he gave them fruits and roots, and likewise, having given Urvaśī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.148)

dattvāntardhimagādeva paśyatāṃ vighnakāriṇīm .. 65 ..

> the god vanished before their eyes—\[giving her\] who could cause obstacles.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.149)

te tu gatvā divaṃ bhīte śakrāyocurbalaṃ hareḥ ..

> Terrified, they went to heaven and reported Hari's power to Śakra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.150)

śakrastāmurvaśīṃ prāpya harṣaṇaikayuto'bhavat .. 66 ..

> Having obtained Urvaśī, Śakra was filled with singular joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.151)

tataḥ prabhṛti tattīrthamurvaśī nāmataḥ pṛthak ..

> From that time forward, that sacred ford is distinctively known by the name Urvaśī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.152)

prasiddhaṃ yatra bhagavānsvayamāste tapomayaḥ .. 67 ..

> where the Blessed One himself resides, composed of austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.153)

tatra snātvā vidhānena upoṣya rajanidvayam ..

> Bathing there according to the precept and fasting for two nights,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.154)

pūjayitvā haristatra naro nārāyaṇo bhavet .. 68 ..

> and worshiping Hari there, a man becomes Nārāyaṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.155)

urvaśīkuṇḍamāsādya kāmanāvaśato naraḥ ..

> A man who reaches Urvaśīkuṇḍa under the sway of desire  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.156)

urvaśīlokamāpnoti snānamātreṇa putraka .. 69 ..

> attains the world of Urvaśī merely through ritual ablution, O son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.157)

sadaiva bhagavāṃstatra urvaśīkuṃḍa sannidhau ..

> Always the Blessed One remains there near Urvaśīkuṇḍa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.158)

bhūtānāṃ bhāvayanbhavyaṃ tapomūrtirvyavasthitaḥ .. 2.3.7.70 ..

> bringing about the welfare of living beings, established as the embodiment of austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.159)

āmodaṃ tadupari vai prabhañjano'pi śrībharturvahati padāṃbujaikalabdham ..

> Even the wind above it carries fragrance obtained solely from the lotus feet of the Husband of Śrī, / in contact with which the ripening of the burden of sin does not befall the lap of those afflicted by the impurities of the Kaliyuga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.160)

yatsaṃgātkaliyugakalmaṣāturāṇāmutsaṃge na bhavati pāpabhārapākaḥ .. 71 ..

> Through contact with which, the fruition of the burden of sin does not take place in the embrace of those afflicted by the impurities of the Kali age;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.161)

yatsaṃgāddharṣamupāvahatpadaśrīnirviṇṇo girivivarecyutaikasevī ..

> Despondent, serving solely Acyuta within the mountain cavern, one who obtains joy from contact with it / bears the pair of feet of the Husband of Śrī and all around attains tranquility amid the wind of austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.162)

śrībhartuścaraṇayugaṃ vahansamantādabhyeti praśamamahastapaḥsamīre ..72..

> bearing the pair of feet of the Lord of Śrī, one completely attains tranquility when the wind of austerity blows upon the day;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.163)

gīrvāṇānupahasati svaghena pūrṇaḥ kīṭo'pipraśamitadurnayo nirīhaḥ..

> Full of its own merit, even an insect, its misconduct quelled and free from craving, derides the gods; / dwelling there, abandoning the distress of flowers stale from its own yoga, it shall go to that supreme abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.164)

yatrasthaḥ kusumanivedamātmayogaparyuṣṭaṃ jahadupayāsyate padaṃ tat .. 73 ..

> standing where, having abandoned the weariness of blossoms stale from one's own union, one shall reach that supreme abode;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.165)

yatretvā munimatayo bahiḥpadārthānnāpaśyannihitapadāṃbujaikabhājaḥ ..

> Having gone there, the minds of sages, dedicated solely to his planted lotus feet, perceived no external objects; / dwelling there, the Lord of the earth himself grants his own realm to men who have arrived successively.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.166)

yatrasthaḥ svayamapi gopatirjanānāmādhatte svapadamanukramāgatānām .. 74 ..

> standing where, the Lord of rays Himself bestows His own abode upon the people who have arrived in due order.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.167)

bahūni saṃti tīrthāni girau nārāyaṇāśrite ..

> There are many sacred fords on the mountain that is the resort of Nārāyaṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.168)

sarvapāpaharāṇyāśu tānyahaṃ veda no janaḥ .. 75 ..

> which swiftly destroy all sins. I know them; ordinary people do not.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.169)

saṃsārakuhare ghore yatra sthagitamātmanaḥ ..

> Where one's self is trapped in the dreadful pit of worldly existence,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.170)

urvaśīkuṇḍamāsādya dinamekaṃ vasennaraḥ .. 76 ..

> a man should reach Urvaśīkuṇḍa and reside there for a single day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.171)

urvaśīdakṣiṇe bhāge āyudhāni jagatpateḥ ..

> On the southern side of Urvaśī are the weapons of the Lord of the World;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.172)

vidyaṃte darśanātteṣāṃ na śastrabhayabhāgbhavet .. 77 ..

> by the darśana of them, one will not partake of fear of weapons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.173)

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā śrāvayedvā samāhitaḥ ..

> Whoever hears this with devotion or recites it with concentrated mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.174)

sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sālokyaṃ labhate hareḥ ..78..

> freed from all sins, attains residence in the same realm as Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.3.7.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.3.7.175)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe badarikāśramamāhātmye śivakārttikeyasaṃvāde pañcadhārāditīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptamodhyāyaḥ .. 7 .. .. ..

> Thus ends the seventh chapter, titled "Description of the Greatness of the Sacred Fords Beginning with Pañcadhārā", in the dialogue between Śiva and Kārttikeya within the Badarikāśramamāhātmya, in the second section, the Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.3.7.1) — English, machine translation

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