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# Skandapurana 3.1.1

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.1)

atha brāhmakhaṇḍe prathamaṃ setumāhātmyam .. ( 3-1) ..

> Now begins the Setumāhātmya, the first \[part\] in the Brāhmakhaṇḍa. (3.1)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.2)

1  
..śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ..

> 1  
> Homage to Śrī Gaṇeśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.3)

śrīvedavyāsāyanamaḥ ..

> Homage to the venerable Veda-Vyāsa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.4)

śuklāṃbaradharaṃ viṣṇuṃ śaśivarṇaṃ caturbhujam ..

> One should meditate upon Viṣṇu, who wears white garments, is the color of the moon, has four arms,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.5)

prasannavadanaṃ dhyāyetsarvavighnopaśāṃtaye..1 ..

> and has a serene face, for the pacification of all obstacles. (1)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.6)

naimiṣāraṇyanilayā ṛṣayaḥ śaunakādayaḥ ..

> The seers headed by Śaunaka, residing in Naimiṣāraṇya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.7)

aṣṭāṃgayoganiratā brahmajñānaikatatparāḥ .. 1 ..

> were devoted to the eightfold yoga and solely dedicated to the knowledge of Brahman. (1)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.8)

mumukṣavo mahātmāno nirmamā brahmavādinaḥ ..

> Desiring liberation, great-souled, free from possessiveness, expounders of Brahman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.9)

dharmajñā anasūyāśca satyavataparāyaṇāḥ .. 2 ..

> knowers of dharma, free from envy, and committed to the vow of truth, (2)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.10)

jiteṃdriyā jitakrodhāḥ sarvabhūtadayālavaḥ ..

> subdued of senses, subdued of anger, compassionate to all beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.11)

bhaktyā paramayā viṣṇumarcayaṃtaḥ sanātanam ..3 ..

> worshiping eternal Viṣṇu with supreme devotion, (3)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.12)

tapastepurmahāpuṇye naimiṣe muktidāyini ..

> practiced tapas in the greatly meritorious Naimiṣa, which bestows liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.13)

ekadā te mahātmānaḥ samājaṃ cakruruttamam.. 4 ..

> Once those great-souled ones held an excellent gathering, (4)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.14)

kathayaṃto mahāpuṇyāḥ kathāḥ pāpapraṇāśinī ..

> reciting greatly meritorious stories that destroy sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.15)

bhuktimuktyorupāyaṃ ca jijñāsaṃtaḥ parasparam .. 5 ..

> and inquiring of one another the means to worldly enjoyment and liberation. (5)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.16)

ṣaḍviṃśatisahasrāṇāmṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām ..

> \[There were\] twenty-six thousand seers of purified soul;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.17)

teṣāṃ śiṣyapraśiṣyāṇāṃ saṃkhyā kartuṃ na śakyate.. 6 ..

> of their disciples and grand-disciples, the count could not be made. (6)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.18)

atrāṃtare mahāvidvānvyāsaśiṣyo mahāmuniḥ ..

> At that moment, the greatly learned disciple of Vyāsa, the great sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.19)

āgamannaimiṣāraṇyaṃ sūtaḥ paurāṇikottamaḥ .. 7 ..

> Sūta, foremost of Purāṇa reciters, arrived at Naimiṣāraṇya. (7)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.20)

tamāgataṃ muniṃ dṛṣṭvā jvalaṃtamiva pāvakam ..

> Seeing that sage arrived, blazing like fire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.21)

arghyādyaiḥ pūjayāmāsurmunayaḥ. śaunakādayaḥ .. 8 ..

> the sages headed by Śaunaka worshiped him with water for guests and other offerings. (8)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.22)

sukhopaviṣṭaṃ taṃ sūtamāsane parame śubhe ..

> When that Sūta was comfortably seated on an excellent, auspicious seat,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.23)

papracchuḥ paramaṃ guhyaṃ lokānugrahakāṃkṣayā .. 9 ..

> desiring the welfare of the worlds, they asked him a supreme secret: (9)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.24)

sūta dharmārthatattvajña svāgataṃ munipuṃgava ..

> “O Sūta, knower of the true nature of dharma and wealth, welcome, O bull among sages!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.25)

śrutavāṃstvaṃ purāṇāni vyāsātsatyavatīsutāt .. 3.1.1.10 ..

> You have heard the Purāṇas from Vyāsa, the son of Satyavatī. (3.1.1.10)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.26)

ataḥ sarvapurāṇānāmarthajño'si mahāmune ..

> Therefore, O great sage, you know the meaning of all the Purāṇas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.27)

kāni kṣetrāṇi puṇyāni kāni tīrthāni bhūtale .. 11 ..

> Which sacred fields are meritorious on the earth, and which sacred fords? (11)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.28)

kathaṃ vā lapsyate muktirjīvānāṃ bhavasāgarāt ..

> Or how will living beings attain liberation from the ocean of worldly existence?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.29)

kathaṃ hare harau vāpi nṛṇāṃ bhaktiḥ prajāyate .. 12 ..

> How does devotion arise in men towards Hari or Hara? (12)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.30)

kena sidhyeta ca phalaṃ karmaṇāstrividhā tmanaḥ ..

> And by what means does the fruit of threefold action become accomplished for a person?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.31)

etaccānyacca tatsarvaṃ kṛpayā vada sūtaja .. 13 ..

> Kindly tell all of this and whatever else \[is secret\], O Sūta! (13)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.32)

brūyuḥ snigdhāya śiṣyāya guravo guhyamapyuta ..

> For spiritual teachers tell even a secret to an affectionate disciple.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.33)

iti pṛṣṭastadā sūto naimiṣāraṇyavāsibhiḥ .. .. 14 ..

> Thus questioned then by the dwellers of Naimiṣāraṇya, (14)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.34)

vaktuṃ pracakrame natvā vyāsaṃ svagurumāditaḥ ..

> Sūta began to speak, having first bowed to his guru Vyāsa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.35)

śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> Śrī Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.36)

samyakpṛṣṭamidaṃ viprā yuṣmābhirjagato hitam .. 15 ..

> “This has been well asked by you, O brahmins, for the benefit of the world. (15)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.37)

rahasyame tadyuṣmākaṃ vakṣyāmi śṛṇutādarāt ..

> I shall tell you this secret; listen with respect.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.38)

mayā noktamidaṃ pūrvaṃ kasyāpi munipuṃgavāḥ .. 16 ..

> This has not been spoken by me before to anyone, O bulls among sages. (16)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.39)

mano niyamya vipreṃdrāḥ śṛṇudhvaṃ bhaktipūrvakam ..

> Restraining your minds, O foremost of brahmins, listen with devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.40)

asti rāmeśvaraṃ nāma rāmasetau pavitritam .. 17 ..

> There is \[a sacred place\] named Rāmeśvara, sanctified at Rāmasetu, (17)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.41)

kṣetrāṇāmapi sarveṣāṃ tīrthānāmapi cottamam ..

> the best of all sacred fields and of all sacred fords.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.42)

dṛṣṭamātre rāmasetau muktiḥ saṃsārasāgarāt .. 18 ..

> At the mere sight of Rāmasetu, liberation from the ocean of worldly existence is attained; (18)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.43)

hare harau ca bhaktiḥ syāttathā puṇyasamṛddhitā ..

> there is devotion to Hari and Hara, and an increase of merit;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.44)

karmaṇastrividhasyāpi siddhiḥ syānnātra saṃśayaḥ .. 19 ..

> and the accomplishment of threefold action occurs—there is no doubt in this. (19)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.45)

yo naro janmamadhye tu setuṃ bhaktyāvalokayet ..

> Whatever person gazes upon the bridge with devotion during his lifetime,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.46)

tasya puṇyaphalaṃ vakṣye śṛṇudhvaṃ munipuṃgavāḥ ..3.1.1.20 ..

> I shall tell the meritorious fruit of that; listen, O bulls among sages! (3.1.1.20)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.47)

mātṛtaḥ pitṛtaścaiva dvikoṭikulasaṃyutaḥ ..

> Together with twenty million families on the mother's and father's sides,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.48)

nirviśya śaṃbhunā kalpaṃ tato mokṣaṃ samaśnute.. 21 ..

> having enjoyed \[bliss\] with Śambhu for an eon, he then attains liberation. (21)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.49)

gaṇyaṃte pāṃsavo bhūmergaṇyaṃte divi tārakāḥ ..

> The dust particles of the earth can be counted, the stars in the sky can be counted,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.50)

setudarśanajaṃ puṇyaṃ śeṣeṇāpi na gaṇyate .. 22 ..

> but the merit born of the darśana of the bridge cannot be counted even by Śeṣa. (22)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.51)

samastadevatārūpaḥ setuvaṃdhaḥ prakīrtitaḥ ..

> The construction of the bridge is proclaimed as the embodiment of all the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.52)

taddarśanavataḥ puṃsaḥ kaḥ puṇyaṃ gaṇituṃ kṣamaḥ .. 23 ..

> Who is capable of counting the merit of the person who beholds it? (23)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.53)

setuṃ dṛṣṭvā naro viprāḥ sarvayāgakaraḥ smṛtaḥ ..

> Having seen the bridge, O brahmins, a person is regarded as a performer of all sacrifices,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.54)

snātaśca sarvatīrtheṣu tapo'tapyata cākhilam ..24.. Esoteric aspect of setu  
setuṃ gaccheti yo brūyādyaṃ kaṃ vāpi naraṃ dvijāḥ ..

> one who has bathed in all sacred fords, and one who has practiced all tapas. (24) Esoteric aspect of setu  
> To whatever person one might say, 'Go to the bridge,' O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.55)

so'pi tatphalamāpnoti kimanyairbahubhāṣaṇaḥ .. 25 ..

> he too obtains that fruit; what need of many words on other matters? (25)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.56)

setusnānakaro martyaḥ saptakoṭikulānvitaḥ ..

> A mortal who performs ritual ablution at the bridge, accompanied by seventy million families,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.57)

saṃprāpya viṣṇubhavanaṃ tatraiva parimucyate .. 26 ..

> Reaching the abode of Viṣṇu, he is liberated right there. // 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.58)

setuṃ rāmeśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ gaṃdhamādanaparvatam ..

> The Setu, the Rāmeśvara liṅga, and Mount Gandhamādana—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.59)

ciṃtayanmanujaḥ satyaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 27 ..

> a person contemplating \[these\], truly, is released from all sins. // 27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.60)

mātṛtaḥ pitṛtaścaiva lakṣakoṭikulānvitaḥ ..

> Accompanied by a hundred thousand crores of families on his mother's and father's sides,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.61)

saṃprāpya viṣṇubhavanaṃ tatraiva parimucyate ..

> reaching the abode of Viṣṇu, he is liberated right there;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.62)

kalpatrayaṃ śaṃbhupade sthitvā tatraiva mucyate .. 28 ..

> or having dwelled in the realm of Śambhu for three kalpas, he is liberated right there. // 28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.63)

mūṣāvasthāṃ vasākūpaṃ tathā vaitaraṇī nadīm ..

> The condition of \[confinement in\] a crucible, the well of marrow, likewise the river Vaitaraṇī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.64)

śvabhakṣaṃ mūtrapānaṃ ca setusnāyī na paśyati .. 29 ..

> being eaten by dogs, and drinking urine—one who bathes at the Setu does not see. // 29  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.65)

taptaśūlaṃ taptaśilāṃ purī ṣahradameva ca ..

> The heated pike, the heated rock, and the lake of excrement,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.66)

tathā śoṇitakūpaṃ ca setusnāyī na paśyati .. 3.1.1.30 ..

> and likewise the well of blood—one who bathes at the Setu does not see. // 3.1.1.30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.67)

śālmalyārohaṇaṃ raktabhojanaṃ kṛmibhojanam ..

> Climbing the thorny silk-cotton tree, eating blood, eating worms,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.68)

svamāṃsabhojanaṃ caiva vahnijvālāpraveśanam .. 31 ..

> eating one's own flesh, and entering flames of fire, // 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.69)

śilāvṛṣṭiṃ vahnivṛṣṭiṃ narakaṃ kālasūtrakam ..

> a rain of stones, a rain of fire, the hell Kālasūtra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.70)

kṣārodakaṃ coṣṇatoyaṃ neyātsetvavalokakaḥ .. 32 ..

> caustic water and boiling water—a beholder of the Setu will not go to. // 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.71)

setusnāyī naro viprāḥ paṃcapātakavānapi ..

> A person who bathes at the Setu, O brahmins, even if guilty of the five mortal sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.72)

mātṛtaḥ pitṛtaścaiva śatakoṭikulānvitaḥ .. 33 ..

> accompanied by a hundred crore families on his mother's and father's sides, // 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.73)

kalpatrayaṃ viṣṇupade sthitvā tatraiva mucyate ..

> dwells in the realm of Viṣṇu for three kalpas and is liberated right there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.74)

adhaḥśiraḥśoṣaṇaṃ ca narakaṃ kṣārasevanam .. 34 ..

> Being hung upside down to wither, the hell of immersion in caustic fluid, // 34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.75)

pāṣāṇayantrapīḍāṃ ca marutprapatanaṃ tathā ..

> torment in a stone press, and falling from the wind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.76)

purīṣalepanaṃ caiva tathā krakacadāraṇam .. 35 ..

> being smeared with feces, and being sawn through with a saw, // 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.77)

purīṣabhojanaṃ retaḥpānaṃ saṃdhiṣu dāhanam ..

> eating feces, drinking semen, burning at the joints,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.78)

aṃgāraśayyābhramaṇaṃ tathā musalamarddanam .. 36 ..

> rolling upon a bed of hot coals, and pounding with a pestle— // 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.79)

etāni narakāṇyaddhā setusnāyī na paśyati ..

> these hells, indeed, one who bathes at the Setu does not see.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.80)

setu snānaṃ kariṣye'hamiti buddhyā viciṃtayan .. 37 ..

> Thinking with the resolved thought, 'I will perform a bath at the Setu,' // 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.81)

gacchecchatapadaṃ yastu sa mahāpātako'pi san ..

> whoever walks a hundred paces, even though a great sinner,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.82)

bahūnāṃ kāṣṭhayaṃtrāṇāṃ karṣaṇaṃ śastrabhedanam.. 38 ..

> being dragged through many wooden machines, piercing with weapons, // 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.83)

patanotpatanaṃ caiva gadādaṇḍanipīḍanam ..

> falling and being thrown up, torment with maces and clubs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.84)

gajadantaiśca hananaṃ nānābhujagadaṃśanam .. 39 ..

> being struck by elephant tusks, biting by various serpents, // 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.85)

dhūmapānaṃ pāśabandhaṃ nānāśūlanipīḍanam ..

> inhaling smoke, bound with nooses, torment on various pikes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.86)

mukhe ca nāsikāyāṃ ca kṣārodakaniṣecanam .. 3.1.1.40 ..

> pouring of caustic water into the mouth and nose, // 3.1.1.40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.87)

kṣārāṃbupānaṃ narakaṃ taptāyaḥ sūcibhakṣaṇam ..

> drinking caustic water, the hell of eating heated iron needles—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.88)

etāni narakānyaddhā na yāti gatapātakaḥ .. 41 ..

> to these hells, indeed, he does not go, his sins departed. // 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.89)

kṣārāṃbupūrṇaraṃdhrāṇāṃ praveśaṃ malabhojanam ..

> Entering cavities filled with caustic water, eating filth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.90)

snāyucchedaṃ snāyudāhamasthibhedanameva ca .. 42 ..

> cutting of sinews, burning of sinews, and fracturing of bones, // 42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.91)

śleṣmādanaṃ pittapānaṃ mahātiktaniṣevaṇam ..

> eating phlegm, drinking bile, consuming intensely bitter substances,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.92)

atyuṣṇa tailapānaṃ ca pānaṃ kṣārodakasya ca .. 43 ..

> drinking boiling oil, and drinking caustic water, // 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.93)

kaṣāyodakapānaṃ ca taptapāṣāṇabhojanam ..

> drinking astringent water, eating heated stones,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.94)

atyuṣṇasikatāsnānaṃ tathā daśanamardanam .. 44 ..

> bathing in boiling sand, and grinding of teeth, // 44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.95)

taptāyaḥśayanaṃ caiva saṃtaptāṃbuniṣecanam ..

> lying on heated iron, pouring of heated water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.96)

sūciprakṣepaṇaṃ caiva netrayormukhasaṃdhiṣu .. 45 ..

> piercing with needles into the eyes and joints of the mouth, // 45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.97)

śiśne savṛṣaṇe caiva hyayobhārasya bandhanam ..

> binding a weight of iron to the penis and testicles,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.98)

vṛkṣāgrātpatanaṃ caiva durgaṃdhaparipūrite .. 46 ..

> falling from tree tops into \[pits\] filled with foul stench, // 46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.99)

tīkṣṇadhārāstraśayyāṃ ca retaḥpānādikaṃ tathā ..

> a bed of weapons with sharp blades, drinking semen and the like—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.100)

ityādi narakānghorāsetusnāyī na paśyati .. 47 ..

> such dreadful hells one who bathes at the Setu does not see. // 47  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.101)

setusaikatamadhye yaḥ śete tatpāṃsukuṃṭhitaḥ ..

> He who lies upon the sands of the Setu, covered with its dust—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.102)

yāvantaḥ pāṃsavo lagnāstasyāṃge viprasattamāḥ .. 48 ..

> as many particles of dust cling to his body, O best of brahmins, // 48  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.103)

tāvatāṃ brahmahatyānāṃ nāśaḥ syānnātra saṃśayaḥ ..

> so many murders of brahmins are destroyed; there is no doubt here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.104)

setumadhyastha vātena yasyāṃgaṃ spṛśyate'khilam .. 49 ..

> He whose entire body is touched by the wind from the middle of the Setu, // 49  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.105)

surāpānāyutaṃ tasya tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati ..

> ten thousand \[sins of\] drinking liquor of his are destroyed that very moment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.106)

vartaṃte yasya keśāstu vapanātsetumadhyataḥ .. 3.1.1.50 ..

> Whose hair remains in the middle of the Setu after tonsure, // 3.1.1.50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.107)

gurutalpā yutaṃ tasya tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati ..

> ten thousand \[sins of\] defiling a guru's bed of his are destroyed that very moment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.108)

yasyāsthi setumadhye tu sthāpitaṃ putrapautrakaiḥ ..

> Whose bone is deposited in the middle of the Setu by sons and grandsons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.109)

svarṇasteyāyutaṃ tasya tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati .. 51 ..

> ten thousand \[sins of\] stealing gold of his are destroyed that very moment. // 51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.110)

smṛtvā yaṃ setumadhye tu snānaṃ kuryāddvijottamāḥ ..

> Remembering whom one should bathe in the middle of the Setu, O best of brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.111)

mahāpātakisaṃsargadoṣastasya layaṃ vrajet .. 52 ..

> that person's guilt from association with mortal sinners is dissolved. // 52  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.112)

mārgabhedī svārthapākī yatibrāhmaṇadūṣakaḥ ..

> A breaker of paths, one who cooks only for himself, a reviler of ascetics and brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.113)

atyāśī vedavikretā paṃcaite brahmaghātakāḥ .. 53 ..

> a glutton, and a seller of the Veda—these five are killers of brahmins. // 53  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.114)

brāhmaṇānyaḥ samāhūya dāsyāmīti dhanādikam ..

> He who, having summoned brahmins, promising 'I shall give wealth' and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.115)

paścānnāstīti yo brūte brahmahā sopi kīrtitaḥ .. 54 ..

> afterward says 'There is nothing'—he too is called a killer of a brahmin. // 54  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.116)

parijñāya yato dharmāṃstasmai yo dveṣamācaret ..

> He who, having learned righteousness from someone, bears malice toward him—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.117)

avajānāti vā viprānbrahmahā sopi kīrtitaḥ .. 55 ..

> or despises brahmins, he too is declared a killer of a brahmin. // 55  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.118)

jalapānārthamāyātaṃ govṛndaṃ tu jalāśaye ..

> A herd of cattle arrived at a reservoir of water to drink water—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.119)

nivārayati yo viprā brahmahā sopi kīrtitaḥ .. 56 ..

> whoever turns them away, O brahmins, he too is declared a killer of a brahmin. // 56  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.120)

setumetya tu te sarve mucyaṃte doṣasaṃcayaiḥ ..

> Yet having approached the Setu, all of them are released from the multitudes of sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.121)

brahmaghātakatulyā ye saṃti cānye dvijottamāḥ .. .. 57 ..

> Those who are equal to brahmin-killers, and whichever other \[sinners exist\], O best of the twice-born, // 57  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.122)

te sarve setumāgatya mucyaṃte nātra saṃśayaḥ ..

> all of them, having come to the Setu, are released; there is no doubt in this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.123)

aupāsanaparityāgī devatānnasya bhojakaḥ ..58..

> One who abandons the daily domestic fire-sacrifice, one who eats the food of an idol, // 58  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.124)

surāpayoṣitsaṃsargī gaṇikānnāśanastathā ..

> one who has intercourse with a woman who drinks liquor, likewise an eater of a courtesan's food,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.125)

gaṇānnabhojakaścaiva patitānnarataśca yaḥ .. 59 ..

> and also an eater of food belonging to a multitude, and one who delights in the food of an outcaste: // 59  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.126)

ete surāpinaḥ proktāḥ sarvakarmabahiṣkṛtāḥ ..

> these are declared equal to liquor-drinkers, excluded from all ritual acts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.127)

setusnānena mucyaṃte te sarve hatakilbiṣāḥ .. 3.1.1.60 ..

> By ritual ablution at the Setu, all of them are released, their defilements destroyed. // 3.1.1.60  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.128)

surāpatulyā ye cānye mucyaṃte setumajjanāt ..

> And whichever others are equal to liquor-drinkers are released through bathing at the Setu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.129)

kandamūlaphalānāṃ ca kastūrīpaṭṭavāsasām .. 61 ..

> And \[thieves\] of tubers, roots, and fruits, of musk and silk garments, // 61  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.130)

payaścaṃdanakarpūrakramukāṇāṃ tathaiva ca ..

> likewise of milk, sandalwood, camphor, and betel nuts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.131)

madhvājyatā mrakāṃsyānāṃ rudrākṣāṇāṃ tathaiva ca .. 62 ..

> of honey, clarified butter, copper, bell-metal, and likewise of rudrākṣa beads— // 62  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.132)

corakāstu parijñeyā suvarṇasteyinaḥ samāḥ ..

> thieves \[of these\] should be recognized as equal to gold-stealers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.133)

te setukṣetramāgatya mucyante nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 69 ..

> Having come to the sacred field of the Setu, they are released; there is no doubt in this. // 63  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.134)

anye ca steyinaḥ sarve setusnānena vai dvijāḥ ..

> And all other thieves, indeed, O twice-born, by ritual ablution at the Setu  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.135)

mucyaṃte sarvapāpebhyo nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 64 ..

> are released from all sins; no hesitation should be entertained here. // 64  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.136)

bhaginīṃ putrabhāryāṃ ca tathaiva ca rajasvalām ..

> A sister, a daughter-in-law, and likewise a menstruating woman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.137)

bhrātṛbhāryāṃ mitrabhāryāṃ madyapāṃ ca parastriyam ..65..

> a brother's wife, a friend's wife, a woman who drinks intoxicating drink, another's wife, // 65  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.138)

hīnastriyaṃ ca viśvastāṃ yo'bhigacchati rāgataḥ ..

> a woman of low caste, or a trusting woman—he who approaches \[any of these\] out of passion  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.139)

gurutalpī sa vijñeyaḥ sarvakarmabahiṣkṛtaḥ ..66..

> is to be known as a violator of the guru's bed, excluded from all ritual acts. // 66  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.140)

ete cānye ca ye saṃti gurutalpagatulyakāḥ ..

> These and whatever others are equal to violators of the guru's bed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.141)

te sarve pravimucyaṃte setusnānena vai dvijāḥ .. 67 ..

> all of them are completely released by ritual ablution at the Setu, O twice-born. // 67  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.142)

etaiḥ saṃsargiṇo viprā ye cānye saṃti pāpinaḥ ..

> Those who associate with them, O brahmins, and whatever other sinners exist,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.143)

setusnānena mahatā te'pi mokṣamavāpnuyuḥ..69..

> they too would attain liberation by the great ritual ablution at the Setu. // 68  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.144)

yāgaṃ vinā devaloke ghṛtācīmenakādibhiḥ..

> Without a sacrifice, in the world of the gods with Ghṛtācī, Menakā, and others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.145)

saṃbhogakāmino viprāḥ snātuṃ saṃtāvaghāpahe .. 69 ..

> let brahmins who desire pleasure bathe \[here\], which destroys the sins of the virtuous! // 69  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.146)

aniṣevya raviṃ vahnimanupāsya parānsurān ..

> Without serving the sun or fire, without worshipping the supreme gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.147)

śubhakāmī janaḥ setaukuryātsnānaṃ sabhaktikam ..3.1.1.7...

> a person desiring auspiciousness should perform ritual ablution at the Setu with devotion. // 3.1.1.70  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.148)

tilānbhūmiṃ suvarṇaṃ ca dhānyaṃ taṃdulameva ca ..

> Without giving sesame seeds, land, gold, grain, or rice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.149)

adattvecchaṃti te svargaṃ snātuṃ setau tu te dvijāḥ ..71..

> those twice-born who desire heaven should bathe at the Setu. // 71  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.150)

upavāsairvrataiḥ kṛtsnairasaṃtāpya nijāṃ tanum ..

> Without tormenting their own body with fasts and entire observances,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.151)

svargābhilāṣiṇaḥ puṃsaḥ snāṃtu setau vimuktide..72..

> let men who yearn for heaven bathe at the Setu that grants liberation. // 72  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.152)

setusnānaṃ mokṣadaṃ hi manaḥśuddhipradaṃ tathā ..

> For ritual ablution at the Setu grants liberation and similarly grants purification of the mind;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.153)

japāddhomāttathā dānādyāgācca tapaso'pi ca .. 73 ..

> greater than recitation, homa, gift-giving, sacrifice, and even austerity, // 73  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.154)

setusnānaṃ viśiṣṭaṃ hi purāṇe paripaṭhyate ..

> ritual ablution at the Setu is proclaimed in the Purāṇa as superior.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.155)

akāmanākṛtaṃ snānaṃ setau pāpavināśane .. 74 ..

> A ritual ablution performed without desire at the Setu, which destroys sin, // 74  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.156)

apunarbhavadaṃ proktaṃ satyamuktaṃ dvijottamāḥ ..

> is declared to give freedom from rebirth; this has been spoken truthfully, O best of the twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.157)

yaḥ saṃpadaṃ samuddiśya snāti setau naro mudā .. 75 ..

> A man who joyfully bathes at the Setu aiming for wealth, // 75  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.158)

sa saṃpadamavāpnoti vipulāṃ dvijapuṃgavāḥ ..

> he attains abundant wealth, O bulls among the twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.159)

śuddhyarthaṃ snāti cetsetau tadā śuddhimavāpnuyāt .. 76 ..

> If he bathes at the Setu for the sake of purification, then he would attain purity. // 76  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.160)

ratyarthaṃ yadi ca snāyādapsarobhirnaro divi ..

> And if a man should bathe for the sake of pleasure with apsarases in heaven,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.161)

tadā ratimavāpnoti svargaloke'marījanaiḥ .. 77 ..

> then he attains pleasure in the heavenly world with immortal women. // 77  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.162)

muktyarthaṃ yadi ca snāyātsetau muktipradāyini ..

> And if one should bathe for liberation at the Setu which grants liberation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.163)

tadā muktimavāpnoti punarāvṛttivarjitām ..78..

> then one attains liberation free from return. // 78  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.164)

setusnānena dharmaḥ syātsetusnānādaghakṣayaḥ ..

> By ritual ablution at the Setu dharma arises; by ritual ablution at the Setu occurs the destruction of sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.165)

setusnānaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ sarvakāmaphalapradam .. 79 ..

> Ritual ablution at the Setu, O best of the twice-born, yields the fruit of all desires; // 79  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.166)

sarvavratādhikaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvayajñottaraṃ smṛtam ..

> it is remembered as merit greater than all observances, superior to all sacrifices,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.167)

sarvayogādhikaṃ proktaṃ sarva tīrthādhikaṃ smṛtam .. 3.1.1.80 ..

> declared greater than all yogas, remembered as superior to all sacred fords. // 3.1.1.80  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.168)

iṃdrādilokabhogeṣu rāgo yeṣāṃ pravartate ..

> Those whose attachment tends toward the pleasures in the worlds of Indra and others—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.169)

snātavyaṃ tairdvijaśreṣṭhāḥ setau rāmakṛte sakṛt .. 81 ..

> ritual ablution should be performed by them once at the Setu constructed by Rāma, O best of the twice-born. // 81  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.170)

brahmaloke ca vaikuṇṭhe kailāse'pi śivālaye ..

> And in the world of Brahmā, and in Vaikuṇṭha, and even on Kailāsa, the abode of Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.171)

raṃtumicchā bhavedyeṣāṃ te setau snāṃtu sādaram .. 82 ..

> those who might have a desire to rejoice: let them bathe at the Setu with reverence. // 82  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.172)

āyurārogyasaṃpattimatirūpaguṇāḍhyatām ..

> Longevity, health, prosperity, abundance of intellect, beauty, and virtue;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.173)

caturṇāmapi vedānāṃ sāṃgānāṃ pāragāminām .. 83 ..

> going to the further shore of all four Vedas along with their auxiliary branches; // 83  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.174)

sarvaśāstrādhigaṃtṛtvaṃ sarvamaṃtreṣvabhijñatām ..

> comprehension of all treatises, expert knowledge in all mantras—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.175)

samuddiśya tu yaḥ snāyātsetau sarvārthasiddhide .. 84 ..

> whoever should bathe at the Setu, which grants success in all aims, aiming \[for any of these\], // 84  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.176)

tattatsiddhima vāpnoti satyaṃ syānnātra saṃśayaḥ ..

> he attains that very accomplishment; this will be true, there is no doubt here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.177)

dāridryānnarakādye ca manujā bhuvi bibhyati .. 85 ..

> Those men on earth who fear poverty and hell,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.178)

snānaṃ kurvaṃtu te sarve rāmasetau vimuktide ..

> let all of them perform a ritual ablution at Rāma's Bridge, which bestows liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.179)

śraddhayā sahito martyaḥ śraddhayā rahito'pi vā .. 86 ..

> Whether endowed with faith or devoid of faith, a mortal  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.180)

ihaloke paratrāpi setusnāyī na duḥkhabhāk ..

> who bathes at the bridge incurs no sorrow, either in this world or in the next.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.181)

setusnānena sarveṣāṃ naśyate pāpasaṃcayaḥ .. 87 ..

> By bathing at the bridge, the accumulation of sin of all \[people\] is destroyed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.182)

varddhate dharmarāśiśca śuklapakṣe yathā śaśī ..

> and the mass of their merit grows, just as the moon in the bright fortnight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.183)

yathā ratnāni varddhaṃte samudre vividhānyapi .. 88 ..

> Just as various gems increase in the ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.184)

tathā puṇyāni varddhaṃte setusnānena vai dvijāḥ ..

> so merits increase by bathing at the bridge, O twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.185)

kāma dhenuryathā loke sarvākāmānprayacchati .. 89 ..

> Just as the wish-granting cow grants all desires in the world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.186)

ciṃtāmaṇiryathā dadyātpuruṣāṇāṃ manorathān ..

> just as the wish-fulfilling jewel would grant the wishes of men,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.187)

yathā'maratarurdadyātpuruṣāṇāmabhīpsitam .. 3.1.1.90 ..

> just as the tree of the immortals would grant what men desire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.188)

setusnānaṃ tathā nṛṇāṃ sarvābhīṣṭānpradāsyati ..

> so bathing at the bridge will grant all desired things to men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.189)

aśaktaḥ setuyātrāyāṃ dāridryeṇa ca mānavaḥ .. 91 ..

> If a man is unable to make the pilgrimage to the bridge through poverty,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.190)

yācitvā sa dhanaṃ śiṣṭātsetau snānaṃ samāca ret ..

> having begged money from a virtuous person, he should perform a ritual ablution at the bridge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.191)

setusnānasamaṃ puṇyaṃ tatra dātā samaśnute .. 92 ..

> There the giver enjoys merit equal to bathing at the bridge,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.192)

tathā pratigṛhītāpi prāpnotyavikalaṃ phalam ..

> and the receiver likewise attains the full fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.193)

setuyātrāṃ samuddiśya gṛhṇīyādbrāhmaṇāddha nam .. 93 ..

> For the sake of a pilgrimage to the bridge, he should accept money from a brahmin;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.194)

kṣatriyādapi gṛhṇīyānna dadyurbrāhmaṇā yadi ..

> he may also accept it from a kṣatriya if brahmins do not give.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.195)

vaiśyādvā pratigṛhṇīyānna prayacchaṃti cennṛpāḥ .. 94 ..

> Or he may accept it from a vaiśya if kings do not bestow it;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.196)

śūdrānna pratigṛhṇīyātkathaṃcidapi mānavaḥ ..

> a man should never, under any circumstance, accept it from a śūdra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.197)

yaḥ setuṃ gacchataḥ puṃso dhanaṃ vā dhānyameva vā .. 95 ..

> The man who sends forth a person going to the bridge,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.198)

dattvā vastrādikaṃ vāpi pravartayati mānavaḥ ..

> having given money, grain, or even clothing and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.199)

so'śvamedhādiyajñānāṃ phalamāpto tyanuttamam .. 96 ..

> attains the unsurpassed fruit of sacrifices such as the horse sacrifice;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.1.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.1.200)

caturṇāmapi vedānāṃ pārāyaṇaphalaṃ labhet ..

> he obtains the fruit of the complete recitation of all four Vedas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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## Linked texts (3)

- [Nāradapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.15.10) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Bṛhannāradīyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.brhannaradiya.15.12) — Sanskrit
- [Purāṇasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.puranasamhita.43.4) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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