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# Skandapurana 3.1.25

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.25

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.25.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..  
śivatīrthe naraḥ snātvā brahmahatyāvimokṣaṇe ..  
svapāpajālaśāṃtyarthaṃ śaṃkhatīrthaṃ tato vrajet .. 1 ..  
yatra majjanamātreṇa kṛtaghno'pi vimucyate ..  
mātṝḥ pitṝngurūṃścāpi ye na manyaṃti mohitāḥ .. 2 ..  
ye cāpyanye durātmānaḥ kṛtaghnā nirapatrapāḥ ..  
te sarve śaṃkhatīrthe smiñchuddhyaṃti snānamātrataḥ .. 3 ..  
śaṃkhanāmā muniḥ pūrvaṃ gaṃdhamādanaparvate ..  
avartata tapaḥ kurvanviṣṇuṃ dhyāyansamāhitaḥ.. 4 ..  
sa tatra kalpayāmāsa snānārthaṃ tīrthamuttamam ..  
śaṃkhena nirmitaṃ tīrthaṃ śaṃkhatīrthamitīryate .. 5 ..  
tatra snātvā sakṛnmartyaḥ kṛtaghno'pivimucyate 1.  
atretihāsaṃ vakṣyāmi purāṇaṃ pāpanāśanam..6..  
yasya śravaṇamātreṇa naro muktimavāpnuyāt..  
purā babhūva vipreṃdro vatsanābho mahāmuniḥ..7..  
satyavāñchīlavānvāgmī sarvabhūtadayāparaḥ..  
śatrumitrasamo dāṃtastapasvī vijiteṃdriyaḥ..8..  
parabrahmaṇi niṣṇātastattvabrahmaikasaṃśrayaḥ..  
evaṃ prabhāvaḥ sa munistapastepe nijāśrame .. 9 ..  
sa vai niścalasarvāṃgastiṣṭhaṃstatraiva bhūtale ..  
paramāṇvaṃtaraṃ vāpi na svasthānāccacāla saḥ .. 3.1.25.10 ..  
sthitvaikatra tapasyaṃtamanekaśatavatsarān ..  
tamācakāma valmīkaṃ chāditāṃgaṃ cakāra ca .. 11 ..  
valmīkākrāṃtadehopi vatsanābho mahāmuniḥ ..  
akarottapa evāsau valmīkaṃ na tvabuddhyata .. .. 12 ..  
tasmiṃśca tapyati tapo vāsavo munipuṃgavāḥ .1

> Śrī Sūta said:  
> Having bathed in Śivatīrtha, which frees from the killing of a brahmin,  
> a man should then go to Śaṅkhatīrtha to quell the web of his sins,  
> where by mere plunging even an ungrateful person is freed.  
> Deluded people who do not revere mothers, fathers, and teachers,  
> and whatever other wicked, ungrateful, shameless people there may be,  
> they all become purified in this Śaṅkhatīrtha merely by bathing.  
> Formerly, a sage named Śaṅkha lived on Mount Gandhamādana,  
> performing austerity, meditating on Viṣṇu with a concentrated mind.  
> There he fashioned an excellent sacred ford for the purpose of bathing;  
> the sacred ford created by Śaṅkha is called Śaṅkhatīrtha.  
> Having bathed there even once, a mortal—even an ungrateful one—is liberated.  
> Here I shall relate an ancient tale that destroys sin,  
> merely by hearing which a man attains liberation.  
> Formerly there was a foremost brahmin, the great sage Vatsanābha,  
> truthful, virtuous, eloquent, devoted to compassion for all beings,  
> equal toward enemy and friend, restrained, ascetic, with conquered senses,  
> versed in the Supreme Brahman, taking refuge solely in Brahman the Reality.  
> Endowed with such power, that sage performed austerity in his own hermitage.  
> Standing motionless in all his limbs on the ground right there,  
> he did not move from his place even by the distance of an atom.  
> As he remained in one place performing austerity for many hundreds of years,  
> an anthill crept over him and covered his limbs.  
> Even though his body was covered by an anthill, that great sage Vatsanābha  
> performed austerity alone, and did not notice the anthill at all.  
> While he was performing austerity, O foremost sages, Vāsava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_1)

visṛjya meghajālāni varṣayāmāsa vegavān .. 13 ..

> having released masses of clouds, swiftly caused it to rain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_2)

evaṃ dināni saptāyaṃ sa vavarṣa niraṃ taram ..

> In this way he rained unceasingly for seven days.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_3)

āsāreṇātimahatā vṛṣyamāṇopi vai muniḥ .. 14 ..

> Even while being rained upon with an immense torrential downpour, the sage  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_4)

taṃ varṣaṃ pratijagrāha nimīlitavilocanaḥ ..

> received that rain with his eyes closed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_5)

mahatā stanitenāśu tadā badhirayañchrutī .. .. 15 ..

> With a great roar instantly deafening the ears then,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_6)

valmīkasyopariṣṭādvai nipapāta mahāśaniḥ ..

> a mighty thunderbolt fell upon the anthill.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_7)

tasminvarṣati parjanye śītavātātiduḥsahe .. 16 ..

> While the cloud was raining, unbearable with cold wind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_8)

valmīkaśikharaṃ dhvastaṃ babhūvāśanitāḍi tam ..

> the top of the anthill was destroyed, struck by the thunderbolt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_9)

viśīrṇaśikhare tasminvalmīke'śanitāḍite .. 17 ..

> When the summit of that anthill had shattered, struck by the thunderbolt,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_10)

sehetiduḥsahāṃ vṛṣṭiṃ vatsanābho viciṃtayan ..

> Vatsanābha, meditating, endured the unbearable rain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_11)

maharṣau varṣadhārābhiḥ pīḍyamāne divāni śam .. 18 ..

> As the great seer was afflicted day and night by streams of rain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_12)

dharmasya cetasi kṛpā saṃbabhūvātibhūyasī ..

> exceedingly great compassion arose in the heart of Dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_13)

sa dharmaściṃtayāmāsa vatsanābhe tapasyati .. 19 ..

> That Dharma reflected, while Vatsanābha was performing austerity:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_14)

patatyapyativarṣe'yaṃ tapaso na nivartate ..

> "Even though an excessive rain is falling, he does not turn back from austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_15)

aho'sya vatsanābhasya dharmaikāyattacittatā .. 3.1.25.20 ..

> Oh, how Vatsanābha's mind is devoted solely to righteousness!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_16)

iti ciṃtayatastasya mātirevamajāyata ..

> As he was thinking thus, such a thought arose in him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_17)

ahaṃ vai māhiṣaṃ rūpaṃ sumahāṃtaṃ manoharam .. 21 ..

> "Taking on the form of a buffalo, very great and charming,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_18)

varṣadhārānipātānāṃ soḍhāraṃ kaṭhinatvacam ..

> with a tough skin capable of bearing the fall of downpours of rain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_19)

svīkṛtya māhiṣaṃ rūpaṃ sthāsyāmyupari yoginaḥ .. 22 ..

> having assumed the buffalo form, I will stand above the yogin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_20)

na hi bādhiṣyate varṣaṃ mahāvegayutaṃ tvapi ..

> The rain, even accompanied by great force, will certainly not trouble \[him\]."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_21)

dharma evaṃ viniścitya dhārāḥ pṛṣṭhena dhārayan .. 23 ..

> Having decided thus, Dharma, bearing the streams \[of rain\] on his back,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_22)

vatsanābhopari tadā gātramācchādya tasthivān ..

> stood above Vatsanābha, covering him with his body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_23)

tataḥ saptadināṃte tu tadvai varṣamupāramat .. 24 ..

> Then, at the end of seven days, that rain indeed ceased.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_24)

tato mahiṣarūpī sa dharmo'tikṛpayā yutaḥ ..

> Then Dharma, in the form of a buffalo, filled with immense compassion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_25)

tadvai valmīkamutsṛjya nātidūre hyavarttata ..25..

> departed from that anthill and stayed not far away.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_26)

tato nivṛte varṣe tu vatsanābho mahāmuniḥ..

> Then, when the rain had stopped, the great sage Vatsanābha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_27)

nivṛttastapasastū rṇaṃ diśaḥ sarvā vyalokayan..26..

> turning away quickly from his austerity, looked around in all directions:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_28)

sthito'haṃ vṛṣṭisaṃpāte kurvannadya mahattapaḥ..

> "I stood amidst the downpour of rain, performing great austerity today.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_29)

pṛthivī salilāklinnā dṛśyate sarvatodiśam..27..

> The earth is seen drenched with water in all directions;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_30)

śikharāṇi girīṇāṃ ca vanā nyupavanāni ca ..

> the peaks of the mountains, the forests, and the groves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_31)

āśramāṇi maharṣīṇāmāplutāni jalairnavaiḥ .. 28 ..

> and the hermitages of the great seers are flooded with fresh water."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_32)

evamādīni sarvāṇi dṛṣṭvā pramudito'bhavat ..

> Having seen all these things, he became delighted;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_33)

ciṃtayāmāsa dharmātmā vatsanā bho mahāmuniḥ .. 29 ..

> the righteous-minded great sage Vatsanābha thought:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_34)

ahamasminmahāvarṣe nūnaṃ kenāpi rakṣitaḥ ..

> "I have surely been protected by someone in this great deluge of rain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_35)

varṣatyasminmahāvarṣe jīvitaṃ tvanyathā kutaḥ .. 3.1.25.30 ..

> For while such a great deluge of rain fell, how else could there be life?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_36)

viciṃtyaivaṃ muniśreṣṭhaḥ sarvatra samalokayat ..

> Having reflected thus, the best of sages looked in all directions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_37)

tato'paśyanmahākāyamadūrādagrataḥ sthitam .. 31 ..

> Then, standing not far ahead, he saw a huge-bodied,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_38)

mahiṣaṃ nīlavarṇaṃ ca vatsanābhastapodhanaḥ ..

> dark-colored buffalo; and Vatsanābha, rich in tapas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_39)

mahiṣaṃ taṃ samuddiśya manasā samaciṃtayat .. 32 ..

> reflected in his mind concerning that buffalo:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_40)

tiryagyoniṣvapi kathaṃ dṛśyate dharmaśīlatā ..

> "How is a righteous disposition seen even among animals born of brute wombs?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_41)

yato hyahaṃ mahāvarṣānmahiṣeṇābhirakṣitaḥ .. 33 ..

> For I have indeed been thoroughly protected from the great rain by a buffalo.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_42)

dīrghamāyuramuṣyāstu yanmāṃ rakṣitavāniha ..

> May long life be his, since he protected me here!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_43)

ityādi sa viciṃtyaivaṃ tapase punarudyayau .. 34 ..

> Having reflected thus and so forth, he set out again for tapas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_44)

taṃ punaśca tapasyaṃtaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahiṣarūpadhṛk ..

> Seeing him practicing tapas once more, the one bearing the form of a buffalo,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_45)

romāṃcāvṛtasarvāṃgaḥ pramodamagamadbhṛśam .. .. 35 ..

> with all his limbs covered in horripilation, felt exceedingly great joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_46)

vatsanābhasya hi muneḥ punaścaiva tapasyataḥ ..

> Yet, as the sage Vatsanābha was practicing tapas once again,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_47)

manaḥ pūrvavadekāgraṃ parabrahmaṇi nābhavat .. 36 ..

> his mind did not become focused on the supreme Brahman as before.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_48)

sa viṣaṇṇamanā bhūtvā vatsanābho vyaciṃtayat ..

> Becoming dejected in mind, Vatsanābha thought:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_49)

na bhavedyadi nairmalyaṃ tadā syāccaṃcalaṃ manaḥ .. 37 ..

> "If there is no purity, then the mind must be unsteady.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_50)

manaśca pāpabāhulye nirmalaṃ naiva jāyate ..

> And when there is an abundance of sin, the mind does not at all become pure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_51)

pāpaleśopi me nāsti kathaṃ lolā yate manaḥ .. 38 ..

> Yet I have not even a trace of sin; why then does my mind waver?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_52)

aciṃtayaddoṣahetuṃ vatsanābhaḥ punaḥpunaḥ ..

> Vatsanābha pondered again and again the cause of the fault.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_53)

sa viciṃtya viniścitya niniṃdātmānamaṃjasā .. 39 ..

> Having reflected and determined \[it\], he straightway condemned himself:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_54)

dhiṅmāmadya durātmānamaho mūḍhosmyahaṃ bhṛśam ..

> "Fie on me, an evil-minded one today! Oh, how exceedingly foolish I am!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_55)

kṛtaghnatā mahādoṣo māmadya samupāgataḥ .. 3.1.25.40 ..

> The great fault of ingratitude has come upon me today.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_56)

yadīdṛśānmahāvarṣāttrātāraṃ mahiṣottamam ..

> Because, towards the excellent buffalo who saved me from such a great rain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_57)

tiṣṭhāmyapūjayanneva tato me bhūtkṛtaghnatā .. 41 ..

> I remain without even worshipping \[him\]; therefore, ingratitude has arisen in me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_58)

kṛtaghnatā mahāndoṣaḥ kṛtaghne nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ ..

> Ingratitude is a great fault; there is no expiation for the ungrateful.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_59)

kṛtaghnasya na vai lokāḥ kṛtaghnasya na bāṃdhavāḥ .. 42 ..

> For the ungrateful there are no worlds, nor does the ungrateful have kinsmen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_60)

kṛtaghnatādoṣa valānmama cittaṃ malīmasam ..

> By the power of the fault of ingratitude, my mind is defiled.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_61)

kṛtaghnā narakaṃ yāṃti ye ca viśvastaghātinaḥ .. 43 ..

> The ungrateful go to hell, as do those who betray the trusting.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_62)

niṣkṛtiṃ naiva paśyāmi kṛtaghnānāṃ kathaṃcana ..

> I see no expiation whatsoever for the ungrateful,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_63)

ṛte prāṇaparityāgāddharmajñānāṃ vaco yathā .. 44 ..

> except the abandonment of life, as is the teaching of the knowers of righteousness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_64)

pitrorabharaṇaṃ kṛtvā hyadattvā gurudakṣiṇām ..

> Failing to maintain one's parents, not giving the teacher's fee,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_65)

kṛtaghnatāṃ ca saṃprāpya maraṇāṃtā hi niṣkṛtiḥ .. 45 ..

> and contracting ingratitude—for these the expiation ends only with death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_66)

tasmātprāṇānparityajya prāyaścittaṃ carāmyaham ..

> Therefore, renouncing my life, I shall perform an expiation."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_67)

iti niścitya manasā vatsanābho mahāmuniḥ .. 46 ..

> Having resolved thus in his mind, the great sage Vatsanābha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_68)

tṛṇīkṛtya nijānprāṇānniḥsaṃgenāṃtarā tmanā ..

> holding his own life as straw, with an inner self detached,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_69)

meroḥ śikharamārūḍhaḥ prāyaścittacikīrṣayā .. 47 ..

> climbed the peak of Meru, wishing to perform the expiation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_70)

sumeruśikharāttasmādiyeṣa patituṃ muniḥ ..

> The sage wished to throw himself down from that peak of Sumeru.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_71)

tasminpatitumārabdhe mā tvariṣṭhā iti bruvan ..

> As he began to jump, saying, "Do not act in haste!",  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_72)

tyaktamāhiṣarūpaḥ sandharma eva nyavārayat .. 48 ..

> Dharma himself, abandoning the form of a buffalo, restrained him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_73)

.. dharma uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.25.1\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_74)

vatsanābha mahāprājña jīvasva bahuvatsarān .. 49 ..

> "O Vatsanābha of great wisdom, live for many years!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_75)

parituṣṭo'smi bhadraṃ te dehatyāgacikīrṣayā ..

> I am well pleased with your desire to renounce your body; may you prosper!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_76)

na hi tvaddharmakakṣāyāṃ loke kaścitsamo'sti vai .. 3.1.25.50 ..

> Indeed, in the world there is no one equal to your standard of righteousness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_77)

yadyapi prāṇasaṃtyāgaḥ kṛtaghne niṣkṛtirbhavet ..

> Although the abandonment of life is the expiation for an ungrateful person,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_78)

tathāpi dharmaśīlatvāttavānyāṃ niṣkṛtiṃ vade .. 51 ..

> nonetheless, because of your righteous character, I shall tell you another expiation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_79)

śaṃkhatīrthābhidhaṃ tīrthamasti vai gaṃdhamādane ..

> There is a sacred ford named Śaṅkhatīrtha on Gandhamādana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_80)

śāṃtyarthamasya pāpasya tatra snāhi samāhitaḥ .. .. 52 ..

> For the pacification of this sin, bathe there with a concentrated mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_81)

prāpsyase cittaśuddhiṃ tvamato vigatakalmaṣaḥ..

> You will attain purity of mind, and will thereby be freed from stain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_82)

tataśca labdhavijñānaḥ prāpsyase śāśvataṃ padam .. 53 ..

> And then, having attained wisdom, you will reach the eternal abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_83)

ahaṃ dharmosmi yogīndra satyameva bravīmi te ..

> I am Dharma, O lord of yogins; I speak truth to you."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_84)

iti dharmavacaḥ śrutvā vatsanābho mahāmuniḥ .. 54 ..

> Having heard these words of Dharma, the great sage Vatsanābha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_85)

snātukāmaḥ śaṃkhatīrthe gaṃdhamādanamanvagāt ..

> wishing to bathe in Śaṅkhatīrtha, went towards Gandhamādana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_86)

śaṃkhatīrthaṃ ca saṃprāpya tatra sasnau mahāmuniḥ .. 55 ..

> Reaching Śaṅkhatīrtha, the great sage bathed there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_87)

tato vigatapāpasya mano nirmalatāṃ gatam ..

> Then, his sin departed, his mind attained purity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_88)

tato'cireṇa kālena brahmabhūyamagānmuniḥ .. 56 ..

> Then, before long, the sage attained oneness with Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_89)

evaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ viprāḥ śaṃkhatīrthasya vaibhavam..

> "Thus has the power of Śaṅkhatīrtha been told to you, O brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_90)

yatra hi snānamātreṇa kṛtaghno'pi vimucyate .. 57 ..

> where merely by bathing, even an ungrateful person is liberated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_91)

mātṛdrohī pitṛdrohī gurudrohī tathaiva ca ..

> One who injures his mother, one who injures his father, likewise one who injures his teacher,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_92)

anye kṛtaghnanivahā mucyaṃte'tra nimajjanāt .. 58 ..

> and other hosts of ungrateful people are freed by immersing here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_93)

ataḥ kṛtaghnairmanujaiḥ sevanīyamidaṃ sadā ..

> Therefore, this \[ford\] should always be frequented by ungrateful men."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_94)

aho tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ yatkṛtaghnopi mucyate .. 59 ..

> Ah, the māhātmya of the sacred ford, by which even the ungrateful person is freed!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_95)

akṛtvā bharaṇaṃ pitroradattvā gurudakṣiṇām..

> Failing to maintain one's parents, failing to give the fee to the guru,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_96)

kṛtaghnatāṃ ca saṃprāpya maraṇāṃtā hi niṣkṛtiḥ .. 3.1.25.60 ..

> and falling into ungratefulness—the expiation \[for these\] indeed ends only in death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_97)

iha tu snānamātreṇa kṛtaghnasyāpi niṣkṛtiḥ ..

> Here, however, by mere ritual ablution there is expiation even for the ungrateful person;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_98)

kṛtaghnatāpi tattīrthe snānamātrādvinaśyati .. 61 ..

> even ungratefulness is destroyed in that sacred ford merely by ritual ablution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_99)

anyeṣāṃ tucchapāpānāṃ sarveṣāṃ kimutādhunā .. 62 ..

> What need be said now of all other trifling sins?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_100)

adhyāyamenaṃ paṭhedbhaktiyuktaḥ kṛtaghnopi martyāḥ sa pāpādvimuktaḥ ..

> Even an ungrateful mortal who recites this chapter with devotion is freed from sin;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_101)

viśuddhāṃtarātmā gataḥ satyalokaṃ samaṃ brahmaṇā mokṣamapyāśu gacchet.. 63 ..

> with an inner self purified, having gone to Satyaloka, he would quickly attain liberation together with Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.25.1\_102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.25.1_102)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe setumāhātmye śaṃkhatīrthapraśaṃsāyāṃ vatsanābhakṛtaghnadoṣaśāṃtivarṇanaṃnāma pañcaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 25 ..

> Thus ends the twenty-fifth chapter, titled 'The Description of the Pacification of Vatsanābha's Sin of Ungratefulness in the Praise of Śaṅkhatīrtha,' in the Setumāhātmya of the third section, the Brahmakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa 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.3.1.25.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Setukhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.setukhanda.32.4) — Sanskrit

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