[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 2.4.4.4.4 # Skandapurana 2.4.4.4.4 Skandapurāṇa 2.4.4.4.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.4.4.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.4.4.4) yaddarśanārthaṃ gaṃgā'pi jātā cottaravāhinī .. tasyāṃ paṃcanadaṃ tīrthaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam.. 44 .. āgate kārtike māsi rauravaṃ narakaṃ gatāḥ .. ākrośaṃte tu pitaro vaṃśe'smākaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 45 .. kaścidbhāgyavatāṃ śreṣṭho gatvā paṃcanade śubhe .. asmākaṃ tarpaṇaṃ kuryānnarakārṇavatārakam .. 46 .. tīrtharājāditīrthāni prāpte kārtikamāsake .. snānārthaṃ pañcagaṃgaṃ tu samāyāṃti na saṃśayaḥ .. 47 .. kṛtvā tu lakṣapāpāni snātvā paṃcanade śubhe .. biṃdumādhavamabhyarcya vilayaṃ yāṃti tatkṣaṇāt .. 48 .. yaiḥ snātaṃ kārtike māsi sakṛtpaṃcanade śubhe .. sarvatīrthakṛtāsnānātphalaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet .. 49 .. .. brahmovāca .. .. kārtike māsi kāveryyāṃ yaḥ snānaṃ kartumicchati .. tāvatā vai vimuktā'gho viṣṇusāyujyamāpnuyāt .. 2.4.4.50 .. kāveryyāścaiva māhātmyaṃ ko vadetparamuttamam .. atra te varṇayiṣyāmi itihāsaṃ purātanam .. 51 .. kāveryā viṣaye brahmansāvadhānamanāḥ śṛṇu .. gautamyā uttare tīre viṣṇupādābjasaṃbhavā .. 52 .. gaṃgā trailokyapāpaghnī vartate lokapūjitā .. sā gaṃgā ciṃtayāmāsa kadācitpāpaśaṃkitā .. 53 .. sarvalokāḥ samāgatya mayi pāpaṃ tyajaṃti hi .. tatpāpaṃ tu kathaṃ gacchediti cintāparā tadā .. 54 .. praṣṭuṃ jagāma kailāsaṃ girijāvallabhaṃ bhavam .. tatra dṛṣṭvā mahārudraṃ provāca haripādajā .. 55 .. .. gaṅgovāca .. .. mahārudra namaste'stu tvāṃ praṣṭumahamāgatā .. sarve lokāḥ samāgatya mayi pāpaṃ tyajaṃti hi .. 56 .. tatpāpaṃ tu mayā soḍhuṃ na śakyaṃ pārvatīpate .. yenopāyena tatpāpaṃ nā''gacchenmama tadvada .. 57 .. > For the darśana of which even the Gaṅgā turned and flowed northwards. / In it is the tīrtha of Pañcanada, renowned in the three worlds. / When the month of Kārtika arrives, the ancestors who have gone to the Raurava hell / cry out: ‘In our lineage there will arise / someone, the foremost among the fortunate, who will go to auspicious Pañcanada / and perform an offering of water for us, delivering us from the ocean of hell!’ / When the month of Kārtika arrives, the King of Tīrthas and the other tīrthas / come to Pañcagaṅgā for ritual ablution; there is no doubt. / Even after committing a hundred thousand sins, by bathing at auspicious Pañcanada / and worshipping Bindumādhava, they instantly vanish. / For those who have bathed even once in auspicious Pañcanada during the month of Kārtika, / the fruit becomes ten million times that of bathing performed at all \[other\] tīrthas. / Brahmā said: / In the month of Kārtika, whoever desires to take a ritual ablution in the Kāverī, / by that alone is freed from sin and attains union with Viṣṇu. / Who could describe the supremely excellent māhātmya of the Kāverī? / In this regard, I shall narrate to you an ancient tale. / Listen with an attentive mind, O brahmin, regarding the Kāverī: / On the northern bank of the Gautamī is she who was born from the lotus-foot of Viṣṇu, / the Gaṅgā, destroyer of the sins of the three worlds, worshipped by the world. / Once, filled with misgivings about sin, that Gaṅgā reflected: / ‘All people come and cast their sin upon me; / but how will that sin go away?’ So, overcome with concern then, / she went to Kailāsa to ask Bhava, the beloved of the mountain’s daughter. / Beholding the great Rudra there, she who was born from Hari’s foot spoke: / Gaṅgā said: / O great Rudra, obeisance to you! I have come to ask you: / all people come and cast their sin upon me; / that sin cannot be endured by me, O husband of Pārvatī! / Tell me that means by which that sin may not come to me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.4.4.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.4.4.3) - [Next: 2.4.4.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.4.4.5) - [Up: 2.4.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.4.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.4.4.4.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.4.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.4.4.4.4) · Pramāṇa