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# Skandapurana 2.8.5

Skandapurāṇa 2.8.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.8.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.1)

.. vyāsa uvāca .. ..

> Vyāsa said:  
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### [2.8.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.2)

bhagavanbrūhi tattvena kathaṃ nirbaṃdhato muniḥ ..

> O venerable one, tell \[me\] in truth: why did the sage Viśvāmitra  
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### [2.8.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.3)

viśvāmitro nijaṃ śiṣyaṃ kautsaṃ krodhena tādṛśam .. 1 ..

> angrily, out of persistence, toward his disciple Kautsa,  
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### [2.8.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.4)

duṣprāpyamarthaṃ yatnena bahu prārthitavāṃstadā ..

> then earnestly demand such a great, difficult-to-obtain sum of wealth?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.5)

etatsarvaṃ ca kathaya mayi yadyasti te kṛpā .. 2 ..

> Tell all of this, if you have compassion for me.  
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### [2.8.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.6)

.. agastya uvāca .. ..

> Agastya said:  
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### [2.8.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.7)

śṛṇu dvija kathāmetāṃ sāvadhāneṃdriyaḥ svayam ..

> Listen to this story yourself, O brahmin, with your senses attentive.  
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### [2.8.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.8)

viśvāmitro muniśreṣṭhaḥ sa divyajñānalocanaḥ .. 3 ..

> Viśvāmitra, the best of sages, whose eye was divine knowledge,  
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### [2.8.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.9)

nijāśrame tapo durgaṃ cakāra prayato vratī ..

> performed arduous austerity in his hermitage, self-controlled and keeping his vows.  
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### [2.8.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.10)

ekadā tamatho draṣṭuṃ durvāsā munirāgataḥ .. 4 ..

> Once, the sage Durvāsas arrived there to see him.  
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### [2.8.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.11)

āgatya ca kṣudhākrāṃta uccaiḥ provāca sa dvijaḥ ..

> Having arrived and being overcome with hunger, that brahmin loudly said:  
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### [2.8.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.12)

bhojanaṃ dīyatāṃ mahyaṃ kṣudhāpīḍitacetase ..

> "Give food to me, whose mind is distressed by hunger;  
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### [2.8.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.13)

pāyasaṃ śuci coṣṇaṃ ca śīghraṃ kṣudhārttine dvija .. 5 ..

> pure and hot rice pudding, quickly, for one afflicted by hunger, O brahmin!"  
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### [2.8.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.14)

iti śrutvā vacaḥ kṣipraṃ viśvāmitraḥ prayatnataḥ ..

> Hearing these words, Viśvāmitra promptly, with great effort,  
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### [2.8.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.15)

sthālyāṃ pāyasamādāya taṃ samarpya tataḥ svayam.. 6 ..

> took the rice pudding in a pot and offered it to him in person.  
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### [2.8.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.16)

tadādāyotthitaṃ dṛṣṭvā durvāsāstaṃ vilokayan ..

> Seeing him standing ready with it in hand, Durvāsas, looking at him,  
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### [2.8.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.17)

uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ muniṃ lakṣaṇatatparaḥ .. 7 ..

> spoke sweet words to the sage, intent on testing him:  
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### [2.8.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.18)

kṣaṇaṃ sahasva viprendra yāvatsnātvā vrajāmyaham ..

> "Endure for a moment, O best of brahmins, while I go to bathe.  
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### [2.8.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.19)

tiṣṭhatiṣṭha kṣaṇaṃ tiṣṭha āgacchāmyeṣa sāpratam .. 8 ..

> Wait, wait! Wait for a moment; I am coming right away."  
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### [2.8.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.20)

ityuktvā sa jagāmaiva durvāsāḥ svāśramaṃ tadā .. 9 ..

> Having said this, Durvāsas went to his own hermitage at that time.  
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### [2.8.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.21)

viśvāmitrastaponiṣṭhastadā sānurivā'calaḥ ..

> Viśvāmitra, intent on his austerity, then \[stood\] like a mountain peak, unmoving;  
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### [2.8.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.22)

divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ sa tasthau sthiramatistadā .. 2.8.5.10 ..

> he stood then for a thousand divine years with a steady mind.  
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### [2.8.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.23)

tasya śuśrūṣaṇaparo muniḥ kautso yatavrataḥ ..

> The sage Kautsa, dedicated to serving him, firm in his vows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.24)

babhūva paramodāramatirvigatamatsaraḥ .. 11 ..

> was exceedingly noble in mind and free from envy.  
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### [2.8.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.25)

punarāgatya sa munirdurvāsā gatakalmaṣaḥ ..

> That sage Durvāsas, free from fault, returned once again,  
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### [2.8.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.26)

bhuktvā ca pāyasaṃ sadyaḥ sa jagāma nijāśramam .. 12 ..

> and having immediately consumed the rice pudding, he departed for his own hermitage.  
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### [2.8.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.27)

tasmingate munivare viśvāmitrastaponidhiḥ ..

> When that best of sages had gone, Viśvāmitra, a treasury of austerities,  
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### [2.8.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.28)

kautsaṃ vidyāvatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ visasarja gṛhānprati .. 13 ..

> dismissed Kautsa, the best of the learned, to return home.  
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### [2.8.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.29)

sa visṛṣṭo guruṃ prāha dakṣiṇā prārthyatāmiti ..

> He, having been dismissed, said to the guru: "Please ask for a fee (dakṣiṇā)."  
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### [2.8.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.30)

viśvāmitrastu taṃ prāha kiṃ dāsyasi dakṣiṇām ..

> Viśvāmitra said to him: "What dakṣiṇā will you give?  
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### [2.8.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.31)

dakṣiṇā tava śuśrūṣā gṛhaṃ vraja yatavrata .. 14 ..

> Your service was the dakṣiṇā. Go home, O you of restrained vows!"  
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### [2.8.5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.32)

punaḥpunarguruṃ prāha śiṣyo nirbandhavānyadā ..

> When the disciple persisted, addressing his guru again and again,  
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### [2.8.5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.33)

tadā gururgurukruddhaḥ śiṣyaṃ prāha ca niṣṭhuram .. 15 ..

> then the guru, exceedingly angry, spoke harshly to his disciple:  
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### [2.8.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.34)

suvarṇasya suvarṇasya caturdaśa samāhara ..

> "Bring fourteen—bring fourteen  
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### [2.8.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.35)

koṭīrme dakṣiṇā vipra paścādgaccha gṛhaṃ prati .. 16 ..

> crores of gold as my dakṣiṇā, O brahmin; then go home!"  
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### [2.8.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.36)

ityukto guruṇā kautso vicārya samupāgamat ..

> Having been spoken to thus by the guru, Kautsa reflected and approached  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.37)

kākutsthaṃ digvijetāraṃ yayāce gurudakṣiṇām.. 17 ..

> the descendant of Kakutstha, the conqueror of the directions, and begged for the guru's fee.  
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### [2.8.5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.38)

ityuktaṃ te munivara tvayā pṛṣṭaṃ hi yatpunaḥ ..

> This has been told to you, O best of sages, since it was indeed asked by you.  
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### [2.8.5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.39)

ato'nyacchṛṇu te vacmi tīrthakāraṇamuttamam .. 18 ..

> Hear another from me; I shall tell you the excellent origin of the sacred ford.  
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### [2.8.5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.40)

tasmāddakṣiṇadigbhāge saṃbhedaḥ siddhasevitaḥ ..

> To the southern quarter from there lies the confluence frequented by the perfected,  
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### [2.8.5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.41)

tilodakīsarayvośca saṃgatyā bhuvi saṃśrutaḥ .. 19 ..

> renowned on earth from the joining of the Tilodakī and the Sarayū.  
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### [2.8.5.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.42)

tatra snātvā mahābhāga bhavanti virajā narāḥ ..

> Having bathed there, O fortunate one, men become free from passion.  
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### [2.8.5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.43)

daśānāmaśvamedhānāṃ kṛtānāṃ yatphalaṃ bhavet ..

> Whatever fruit there may be from the performance of ten horse-sacrifices,  
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### [2.8.5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.44)

tadāpnoti sa dharmātmā tatra snātvā yatavrataḥ .. 2.8.5.20 ..

> that the righteous person obtains who bathes there, firm in vows.  
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### [2.8.5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.45)

svarṇādikaṃ ca yo dadyādbrāhmaṇe vedapārage ..

> And whoever gives gold and other gifts to a brahmin who has mastered the Vedas,  
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### [2.8.5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.46)

śubhāṃ gatimavāpnoti agnivaccaiva dīpyate .. 21 ..

> attains an auspicious state and shines like fire.  
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### [2.8.5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.47)

tilodakīsarayvośca saṃgame lokaviśrute ..

> At the confluence of the Tilodakī and Sarayū, famed in the world,  
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### [2.8.5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.48)

dattvānnaṃ ca vidhānena na sa bhūyo'bhijāyate .. 22 ..

> having given food according to rule, he is not born again.  
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### [2.8.5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.49)

upavāsaṃ ca yaḥ kṛtvā viprānsaṃtarpayennaraḥ ..

> And the man who, having fasted, satisfies the brahmins,  
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### [2.8.5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.50)

sautrāmaṇeśca yajñasya phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ .. 23 ..

> that mortal obtains the fruit of the Sautrāmaṇī sacrifice.  
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### [2.8.5.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.51)

ekāhārastu yastiṣṭhenmāsaṃ tatra yatavrataḥ ..

> Moreover, he who remains there taking one meal a day for a month, restrained in vows,  
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### [2.8.5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.52)

yāvajjīvakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ sahasā tasya naśyati .. 24 ..

> his sin committed throughout life is destroyed at once.  
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### [2.8.5.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.53)

nabhasya kṛṣṇāmāvasyāṃ yātrā sāṃvatsarī bhavet ..

> On the new-moon day of the dark fortnight of Bhādrapada, there is the annual pilgrimage.  
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### [2.8.5.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.54)

rāmeṇa nirmitā pūrvaṃ nadī siṃdhurivāparā .. 25 ..

> In ancient times, a river like a second ocean was created by Rāma  
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### [2.8.5.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.55)

siṃdhujānāṃ turaṃgāṇāṃ jalapānāya suvrata ..

> for the horses born in the Sindh region to drink water, O one of good vows.  
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### [2.8.5.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.56)

tilavacchyāmamudakaṃ yatastasyāṃ sadā babhau .. 26 ..

> Because its water always shone dark like sesame seeds,  
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### [2.8.5.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.57)

tilodakīti vikhyātā puṇyatoyā sadā nadī ..

> the river of sacred water is always renowned as the Tilodakī.  
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### [2.8.5.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.58)

saṃgamādanyato yasyāṃ tilodakyāṃ śucivrataḥ ..

> Even apart from the confluence, in whichever Tilodakī one of pure vows  
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### [2.8.5.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.59)

snāto vimucyate pāpaiḥ saptajanmārjitairapi .. 27 ..

> has bathed, he is released even from sins accumulated across seven births.  
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### [2.8.5.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.60)

tasmāttilodakīsnānaṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ mune ..

> Therefore, O sage, bathing in the Tilodakī takes away all sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.8.5.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.61)

karttavyaṃ suprayatnena prāṇibhirdharmakāṃkṣibhiḥ ..

> and must be performed with great exertion by living beings desiring righteousness.  
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### [2.8.5.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.62)

snānaṃ dānaṃ vrataṃ homaṃ sarvamakṣayatāṃ vrajet .. 28..

> Bathing, giving, vows, offering into fire—all attain imperishability.  
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### [2.8.5.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.63)

iti vividhavidhānaistīrthayātrāṃkrameṇa prathitaguṇavikāsaḥ prāptapuṇyovidhāya ..

> Thus, having duly undertaken the pilgrimage to sacred fords by various rules in proper order, his manifest virtues blossoming, having acquired merit,  
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### [2.8.5.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.64)

harimupahṛtabhāvaḥ pūjayansarvatīrthaṃ vrajati paramadhāma nyastapāpaḥ kathañcit .. 29 ..

> with his devotion offered up to Hari, worshipping every sacred ford, having cast off sin, he somehow reaches the supreme abode.  
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### [2.8.5.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.8.5.65)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe'yoyāmāhātmye tilodarkāprabhāvavarṇanaṃnāma pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 5 ..

> Thus in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand verses, in the second Vaiṣṇava section, in the Ayodhyāmāhātmya, the fifth chapter, titled "Description of the Power of the Tilodakī".  
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## Translations (1)

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