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# Skandapurana 3.1.30

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.30

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.30.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.1)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.30.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.2)

vihitābhiṣavo martyaḥ sarvatīrthe'tipāvane ..

> A mortal who has performed ritual ablution in the exceedingly purifying Sarvatīrtha  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.3)

brahmahatyādipāpaghnīṃ dhanuṣkoṭiṃ tato vrajet .. 1 ..

> should then proceed to Dhanuṣkoṭi, which destroys sins such as killing a brahmin. / 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.4)

yasyāḥ smaraṇamātreṇa muktaḥ syānmānavo bhuvi ..

> Merely by remembering it, a human being on earth becomes liberated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.5)

dhanuṣkoṭiṃ prapaśyaṃti snāṃti vā kathayaṃti ye .. 2 ..

> Those who look upon Dhanuṣkoṭi, or bathe \[there\], or speak of it, / 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.6)

aṣṭāviṃśatibhedāṃste narakānnopabhuṃjate ..

> do not experience the twenty-eight varieties of hells:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.7)

tāmisramaṃdhatāmisraṃ mahārauravarauravau .. 3 ..

> Tāmisra, Andhatāmisra, Mahāraurava, Raurava, / 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.8)

kumbhīpākaṃ kālasūtramasipatravanaṃ tathā ..

> Kumbhīpāka, Kālasūtra, Asipatravana likewise,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.9)

kṛmibhakṣoṃ'dhakūpaśca saṃdaṃśaṃ śālmalī tathā .. 4 ..

> Kṛmibhakṣa, Andhakūpa, Saṃdaṃśa, and Śālmalī; / 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.10)

sūrmirvaitaraṇī prāṇarodho viśasanaṃ tathā ..

> Sūrmi, Vaitaraṇī, Prāṇarodha, and likewise Viśasana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.11)

lālābhakṣo'pyavīciśca sārameyādanaṃ tathā .. 5 ..

> Lālābhakṣa, also Avīci, and likewise Sārameyādana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.12)

tathaiva vajrakaṇakaṃ kṣārakardamapātanam ..

> and also Vajrakaṇaka, Kṣārakardamapātana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.13)

rakṣogaṇāśanaṃ cāpi śūlaprotaṃ vitodanam .. 6 ..

> Rakṣogaṇāśana, Śūlaprota, Vitodana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.14)

daṃdaśūkāśanaṃ cāpi paryāvartanasaṃjñitam ..

> Daṃdaśūkāśana, and the one named Paryāvartana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.15)

tirodhānābhidhaṃ viprāstathā sūcīmukhābhidham .. 7 ..

> the one named Tirodhāna, O brahmins, and the one called Sūcīmukha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.16)

pūyaśoṇitabhakṣaṃ ca viṣāgniparipīḍanam ..

> Pūyaśoṇitabhakṣa, and Viṣāgniparipīḍana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.17)

aṣṭāviṃśatisaṃkhyākamevaṃ narakasaṃcayam .. 8 ..

> Into this collection of hells numbering twenty-eight,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.18)

na yāti manujo viprā dhanuṣkoṭau nimajjanāt ..

> a person does not go, O brahmins, by taking a plunge at Dhanuṣkoṭi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.19)

vittāpatyakalatrāṇāṃ yo'nyeṣāmapahārakaḥ .. 9 ..

> He who plunders the wealth, offspring, and wives of others,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.20)

sa kālapāśanirbaddho yamadūtairbhayānakaiḥ ..

> bound by the noose of Time by the terrifying messengers of Yama,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.21)

tāmisranarake ghore pātyate bahuvatsaram .. 3.1.30.10 ..

> is cast into the dread hell of Tāmisra for many years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.22)

snāti ceddhanuṣaḥ koṭau tasminnāsau nipātyate ..

> If he bathes at Dhanuṣkoṭi, he is not thrown into it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.23)

yo nihatya tu bhartāraṃ bhuṃkte tasya dhanādikān .. 11 ..

> He who, having killed a master, enjoys his wealth and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.24)

pātyate soṃ'dhatāmisre mahāduḥkhasamākule ..

> is thrown into Andhatāmisra, which is filled with immense suffering.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.25)

snāti ceddhanuṣaḥ koṭau tasminnāsau nipātyate .. 12 ..

> If he bathes at Dhanuṣkoṭi, he is not thrown into it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.26)

bhūtadroheṇa yo martyaḥ puṣṇāti svakuṭuṃbakam ..

> A mortal who maintains his own family by malice toward living beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.27)

sa tāniha vihāyāśu raurave pātyate dhruvam .. 13 ..

> leaving them here, is quickly and surely cast into Raurava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.28)

viṣolbaṇamahāsarpasaṃkule yamapūruṣaiḥ ..

> which is filled with great snakes violent with poison, by Yama's men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.29)

snāti ceddhanuṣaḥ koṭau tasminnāsau nipātyate .. .. 14 ..

> If he bathes at Dhanuṣkoṭi, he is not thrown into it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.30)

yaḥ svadehaṃbharo martyo bhāryāputrādikaṃ vinā ..

> A mortal who feeds only his own body without wife, son, and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.31)

sa mahāraurave ghore pātyate nijamāṃsabhuk .. 15 ..

> is cast into dread Mahāraurava, eating his own flesh.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.32)

snāti ceddhanuṣaḥ koṭau tasmi nnāsau nipātyate ..

> If he bathes at Dhanuṣkoṭi, he is not thrown into it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.33)

yaḥ paśūnpakṣiṇo vāpi saprāṇānniruṇaddhi vai .. 16 ..

> He who traps animals or birds while they are alive,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.34)

kṛpāleśavihīnaṃ taṃ kravyādairapi niṃditam ..

> deprived of any trace of pity, condemned even by carnivorous demons,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.35)

kuṃbhīpāke taptataile pāta yaṃti yamānugāḥ .. 17 ..

> Yama's attendants cast him into boiling oil in Kumbhīpāka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.36)

snāti ceddhanuṣaḥ koṭau tasminnāsau nipātyate ..

> If he bathes at Dhanuṣkoṭi, he is not thrown into it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.37)

mātaraṃ pitaraṃ viprānyo dveṣṭi puruṣādhamaḥ .. 18 ..

> The vile man who hates mother, father, or brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.38)

sa kālasūtra narake vistṛtāyutayojane ..

> he, in the hell of Kālasūtra, ten thousand yojanas wide,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.39)

adhastādagnisaṃtapta uparyarkamarīcibhiḥ .. 19 ..

> tormented by fire below and by the sun's rays above,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.40)

khale tāmramaye viprāḥ pātyate kṣudhayārditaḥ ..

> is cast, afflicted by hunger, on a floor made of copper, O brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.41)

snāti ceddhanuṣaḥ koṭau tasminnāsau nipātyate .. 3.1.30.20 ..

> If he bathes at Dhanuṣkoṭi, he is not thrown into it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.42)

yo vedamārgamullaṃghya vartate kupathe naraḥ ..

> The man who transgresses the Vedic path and walks on an evil road,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.43)

so'sipatravane ghore pātyate yamakiṃkaraiḥ .. 21 ..

> is cast into the dread Asipatravana by the servants of Yama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.44)

snāti ceddhanuṣaḥ koṭau tasminnāsau nipātyate ..

> If he bathes at Dhanuṣkoṭi, he is not thrown into it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.45)

yo rājā rājabhṛtyo vā hyadaṃḍye daṃḍamācaret .. 22 ..

> A king or a servant of a king who inflicts punishment on the unpunishable,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.46)

śarīradaṃḍaṃ vipre vā sa śūkaramukhe dvijāḥ ..

> or corporal punishment on a brahmin, he, O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.47)

pātyate narake ghore ikṣuvadyaṃtrapīḍitaḥ .. .. 23 ..

> is cast into the dread hell of Śūkaramukha, crushed in a press like sugarcane.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.48)

snāti ceddhanuṣaḥ koṭau tasminnāsau nipātyate ..

> If he bathes at Dhanuṣkoṭi, he is not thrown into it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.49)

īśvarādhīnavṛttīnāṃ hiṃsāṃ yaḥ prāṇināṃ caret .. 24 ..

> He who slaughters living beings whose livelihoods depend on God,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.50)

taireva pīḍyamāno'yaṃ jaṃtubhiḥ svena pīḍitaiḥ ..

> being tormented by those very creatures who were tormented by him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.51)

aṃdhakūpe mahābhīme pātyate yamakiṃkaraiḥ .. 25 ..

> is cast into the deeply terrifying Andhakūpa by Yama's servants.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.52)

tatrāṃdhakārabahule vinidro nirvṛtaścaret ..

> There, heavy with darkness, sleepless, he must wander without rest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.53)

ceddhanuṣaḥ koṭau tasminnāsau nipātyate .. 26 ..

> \[If he bathes\] at Dhanuṣkoṭi, he is not cast into it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.54)

yo'śnāti paṃktibhedena sasyasūpādikaṃ naraḥ ..

> A man who eats grain, soup, and the like while making row-distinctions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.55)

akṛtvā paṃcayajñaṃ vā bhuṃkte mohena sa dvijāḥ .. 27 ..

> or who, out of delusion, eats without having offered the five sacrifices, O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.56)

prapātyate yamabhaṭairnarake kṛmibhojane ..

> is thrown down by Yama's warriors into the hell of Kṛmibhojana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.57)

bhakṣyamāṇaḥ kṛmiśatairbhakṣayankṛmisaṃca yān .. 28 ..

> being eaten by hundreds of worms while eating masses of worms,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.58)

svayaṃ ca kṛmibhūtaḥ saṃstiṣṭhedyāvadaghakṣayam..

> and, having himself become a worm, he remains there until the exhaustion of his sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.59)

snāti ceddhanuṣaḥ koṭau tasminnāsau nipātyate .. 29 ..

> If he bathes at Dhanuṣkoṭi, he is not thrown into it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.60)

yo haredvipravittāni steyena balato'pi vā ..

> He who steals the wealth of a brahmin by theft or by force,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.61)

anyeṣāmapi vittāni rājā tatpuruṣo'pi vā .. 3.1.30.30 ..

> or the wealth of others, whether a king or his official,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.62)

ayasmayāgnikuṃḍeṣu saṃdaṃśaiḥ so'tipīḍitaḥ ..

> tormented intensely with tongs in fiery pits made of iron,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.63)

saṃdaṃśe narake ghore pātyate yamapūruṣaiḥ .. 31 ..

> is cast into the dread hell of Saṃdaṃśa by Yama's men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.64)

snāti ceddhanuṣaḥ koṭau tasminnāsau nipātyate ..

> If he bathes at Dhanuṣkoṭi, he is not thrown into it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.65)

agamyāṃ yobhigaccheta striyaṃ vai puruṣādhamaḥ .. 32 ..

> A vile man who has intercourse with a forbidden woman,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.66)

agamyaṃ puruṣaṃ yoṣidabhigaccheta vā dvijāḥ ..

> or a woman who has intercourse with a forbidden man, O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.67)

tāvayasmayanārīṃ ca puruṣaṃ cāpyayasmayam ..33 ..

> both of them, \[embracing\] an iron woman and an iron man,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.68)

taptāvāliṃgya tiṣṭhaṃtau yāvaccaṃdradivākarau ..

> standing embracing them red-hot as long as the moon and sun endure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.69)

sūrmyākhye narake ghore pātyete bahukaṃṭake .. 34 ..

> are cast into the dread hell named Sūrmi, full of many thorns.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.70)

snāti ceddhanuṣaḥ koṭau tasminnāsau nipātyate ..

> If he bathes at Dhanuṣkoṭi, he is not cast into that \[hell\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.71)

bādhate sarvajaṃtūnyo nāno pāyairupadravaiḥ ..35 ..

> Whoever afflicts all creatures through various means and harassments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.72)

śālmalīnarake ghore pātyate bahukaṃṭake ..

> is cast into the terrible hell Śālmalī, which is full of thorns.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.73)

snāti ceddhanuṣaḥ koṭau tasminnāsau nipātyate .. 36 ..

> If he bathes at Dhanuṣkoṭi, he is not cast into that \[hell\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.74)

rājā vā rājabhṛtyo vā yaḥ pāṣaṃḍamanuvrataḥ ..

> A king or a king's servant who follows heresy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.75)

bhedako dharmasetūnāṃ vaitaraṇyāṃ nipātyate .. 37 ..

> and breaches the embankments of dharma, is cast into the Vaitaraṇī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.76)

snāni ceddhanuṣaḥ koṭau tasminnāsau nipātyate ..

> If he bathes at Dhanuṣkoṭi, he is not cast into that \[hell\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.77)

vṛṣalīsaṃgaduṣṭo yaḥ śaucādyācāravarjitaḥ .. 38 ..

> He who is defiled by association with an outcaste woman, destitute of purification and proper conduct,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.78)

tyaktalajjastyaktavedaḥ paśucaryārata stathā ..

> who has abandoned shame, abandoned the Veda, and engages in the conduct of beasts—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.79)

sa pūyaviṣṭhāmūtrāsṛkchleṣmapittādipūrite .. 39 ..

> he, into \[a place\] filled with pus, feces, urine, blood, phlegm, bile, and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.80)

atibībhatsanarake pātyate yamakiṃkaraiḥ ..

> into an exceedingly loathsome hell, is cast by the servants of Yama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.81)

snāti ceddhanuṣaḥ koṭau tasminnāsau nipātyate .. 3.1.30.40 ..

> If he bathes at Dhanuṣkoṭi, he is not cast into that \[hell\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.82)

aśmabhirmṛgayurhanyādbāṇai rvā bādhate mṛgān..

> A hunter who kills with stones or afflicts deer with arrows—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.83)

sa vidhyamāno bāṇaughaiḥ paratra yamakiṃkaraiḥ .. 41 ..

> pierced by a flood of arrows by the servants of Yama in the other world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.84)

prāṇarodhākhyanarake pātyate yamakiṃkaraiḥ ..

> he is cast by the servants of Yama into the hell named Prāṇarodha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.85)

snāti ceddhanuṣaḥ koṭau tasminnāsau nipātyate .. 42 ..

> If he bathes at Dhanuṣkoṭi, he is not cast into that \[hell\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.86)

dāṃbhiko yaḥ paśūnyajñe vidhyanuṣṭhānavarjitaḥ ..

> A hypocrite who slaughters animals in a sacrifice without following the prescribed rites,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.87)

haṃtyasau paralokeṣu vaiśase narake dvijāḥ .. 43 ..

> O twice-born ones, in the other worlds, into the hell Vaiśasa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.88)

kṛntyamāno yamabhaṭaiḥ pātyate duḥkhasaṃkule ..

> hacked to pieces by Yama's soldiers, is cast, overwhelmed with pain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.89)

snāti ceddhanuṣaḥ koṭau tasminnāsau nipātyate .. 44 ..

> If he bathes at Dhanuṣkoṭi, he is not cast into that \[hell\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.90)

ātmabhāryāṃ savarṇāṃ yo retaḥ pāyayate tu saḥ ..

> He who makes his own wife of the same caste swallow semen,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.91)

paratra retaḥpāyī sanretaḥkuṃḍe nipātyate .. 45 ..

> becomes a semen-drinker in the other world and is cast into the semen-pit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.92)

snāti ceddhanuṣaḥ koṭau tasminnāsau nipātyate ..

> If he bathes at Dhanuṣkoṭi, he is not cast into that \[hell\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.93)

yo dasyumārga māśritya garado grāmadāhakaḥ .. 46 ..

> He who, adopting the ways of a bandit, gives poison or burns down villages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.94)

vaṇigdravyāpahārī ca sa paratra dvijottamāḥ ..

> and robs merchants of their goods, in the other world, O best of the twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.95)

vajradaṃṣṭrāhikābhikhye narake pātyate ciram .. 47 ..

> is cast for a long time into the hell named Vajradaṃṣṭrāhika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.96)

snāti ceddhanuṣaḥ koṭau tasminnāsau nipātyate ..

> If he bathes at Dhanuṣkoṭi, he is not cast into that \[hell\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.97)

vidyaṃte yāni cānyāni narakāṇi paratra vai .. 48 ..

> Whatever other hells exist in the other world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.98)

tāni nāpnoti manujo dhanuṣkoṭinimajjanāt ..

> a human being does not attain them by immersing in Dhanuṣkoṭi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.99)

dhanuṣkoṭau sakṛtsnā nādaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 49 ..

> From bathing once in Dhanuṣkoṭi, one obtains the fruit of an horse sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.100)

ātmavidyā bhavetsākṣānmuktiścāpi caturvidhā ..

> Knowledge of the Self arises directly, and also the fourfold liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.101)

na pāpe ramate buddhirna bhavedduḥkhameva vā .. 3.1.30.50 ..

> The intellect does not delight in sin, nor does suffering occur at all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.102)

buddheḥ prīti rbhavetsamyagdhanuṣkoṭau nimajjanāt ..

> True delight of the intellect comes about from immersing in Dhanuṣkoṭi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.103)

tulāpuruṣadānena yatphalaṃ labhyate naraiḥ .. 51 ..

> Whatever fruit is obtained by men through the gift of a man's weight \[in gold\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.104)

tatphalaṃ labhyate puṃbhirdhanuṣkoṭau nimajjanāt ..

> that fruit is obtained by mortals through immersion in Dhanuṣkoṭi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.105)

gosahasra pradānena yatpuṇyaṃ hi bhavennṛṇām .. 52 ..

> Whatever merit indeed accrues to men through the gift of a thousand cows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.106)

tatpuṇyaṃ labhate martyo dhanaṣkoṭau nimajjanāt ..

> that merit a mortal obtains through immersion in Dhanuṣkoṭi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.107)

dharmārthakāmamokṣeṣu yaṃyamicchati pūruṣaḥ .. 53 ..

> Among dharma, wealth, pleasure, and liberation, whatever a man desires,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.108)

taṃtaṃ sadyaḥ samāpnoti dhanuṣkoṭau nimajjanāt ..

> that very thing he immediately attains through immersion in Dhanuṣkoṭi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.109)

mahāpātakayukto vā yukto vā sarvapātakaiḥ .. 54 ..

> Whether laden with great mortal sins or laden with all \[manner of\] sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.110)

sadyaḥ pūto bhavedviprā dhanuṣkoṭau nimajjanāt ..

> he instantly becomes purified, O brahmins, through immersion in Dhanuṣkoṭi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.111)

prajñālakṣmīryaśaḥ saṃpajjñānaṃ dharmo viraktatā ..55..

> Wisdom, fortune, renown, prosperity, knowledge, dharma, detachment,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.112)

manaḥśuddhirbhavennṝṇāṃ dhanuṣkoṭinimajjanāt..

> and purity of mind accrue to men through immersion in Dhanuṣkoṭi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.113)

brahmahatyāyutaṃ cāpi surāpānāyutaṃ tathā..56..

> Even ten thousand slaughters of brahmins and ten thousand drinkings of liquor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.114)

ayutaṃ gurudārāṇāṃ gamanaṃ pāpakāraṇam..

> ten thousand violations of the guru's wife—causes of sin—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.115)

steyāyutaṃ suvarṇānāṃ tatsaṃsargaśca koṭiśaḥ..57..

> ten thousand thefts of gold, and association with such by the millions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.116)

śīghraṃ vilayamāpnoti dhanuṣkoṭau nimajjanāt..

> swiftly vanish through immersion in Dhanuṣkoṭi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.117)

brahmahatyāsamānāni surāpānasamāni ca..58..

> \[Sins\] equal to the slaughter of a brahmin, and equal to drinking liquor,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.118)

gurustrīgamanenāpi yāni tulyāni cāstikāḥ..

> and whatever \[sins\] are equal to violating the guru's wife, O faithful ones,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.119)

suvarṇasteyatulyāni tatsaṃsargasamāni ca..59..

> equal to theft of gold, and equal to association with them—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.120)

tāni sarvāṇi naśyaṃti dhanuṣko ṭi nimajjanāt..

> all of them perish through immersion in Dhanuṣkoṭi.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.121)

ukteṣveteṣu saṃdeho na kartavyaḥ kadācana ..3.1.30.60...

> No doubt should ever be entertained regarding these \[matters\] spoken of.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.122)

jihvāgre paraśuṃ taptaṃ dhārayāmi na saṃśayaḥ ..

> I place a heated axe on the tip of my tongue, there is no doubt:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.123)

arthavādamimaṃ sarvaṃ bruvanvai nārakī bhavet .. .. 61 ..

> calling all this mere eulogy, one would indeed become an inhabitant of hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.124)

saṃkaraḥ sa hi vijñeyaḥ sarvakarmabahiṣkṛtaḥ..

> For he should be known as a hybrid, barred from all sacred acts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.125)

aho maurkhyamaho maurkhyamaho maurkhyaṃ dvijottamāḥ .. 62 ..

> Ah, what foolishness! Ah, what foolishness! Ah, what foolishness, O best of the twice-born!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.126)

dhanuṣkoṭyabhidhe tīrthe sarvapātakanāśane ..

> Even while the sacred ford named Dhanuṣkoṭi, destroyer of all sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.127)

advaitajñānade puṃsāṃ bhuktimuktipradāyini .. 63 ..

> giver of non-dual knowledge to men, bestower of worldly enjoyment and liberation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.128)

iṣṭakāmyaprade nityaṃ tathaivājñānanāśane ..

> ever bestowing what is desired and cherished, and likewise destroying ignorance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.129)

sthite'pi tadvihāyāyaṃ ramate'nyatra vai janaḥ ..64..

> exists, people abandon it and take pleasure elsewhere!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.130)

aho mohasya māhātmyaṃ mayā vaktuṃ na śakyate ..

> Ah, the power of delusion! I cannot express it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.131)

snātasya dhanuṣaḥ koṭau nāṃtakādbhayamasti vai ..65..

> For one who has bathed at the tip of the bow, there is truly no fear of death.65.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.132)

dhanuṣkoṭiṃ prapaśyaṃti tatra snāṃti ca ye narāḥ..

> Those men who look upon Dhanuṣkoṭi and bathe there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.133)

stuvaṃti ca praśaṃsaṃti spṛśaṃti ca namaṃti ca ..

> and praise, extol, touch, and bow down to it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.134)

na pibaṃti hi te stanyaṃ mātṝṇāṃ dvijapuṃgavāḥ .. 66 ..

> verily never again drink mothers' breast milk, O foremost of the twice-born! 66.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.135)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

> The seers said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.136)

dhanuṣkoṭyābhidhā tasya kathaṃ sūta samāgatā .. 67 ..

> How did the name 'Dhanuṣkoṭi' come to it, O Sūta? 67.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.137)

tatsarvaṃ brūhi tattvena vistarānmunipuṃgava ..

> Tell all of that in detail according to the truth, O foremost of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.138)

iti pṛṣṭo naimiṣīyairāha sūtaḥ punaśca tān .. 68 ..

> Thus questioned by the dwellers of Naimiṣa, Sūta spoke again to them: 68.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.139)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> The venerable Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.140)

rāmeṇa nihate yuddhe rāvaṇe lokakaṇṭake ..

> When Rāvaṇa, the thorn of the worlds, was slain in battle by Rāma,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.141)

bibhīṣaṇe ca laṃkāyāṃ rājani sthāpite tataḥ .. 69 ..

> and Vibhīṣaṇa was then established as king in Laṅkā, 69.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.142)

vaidehīlakṣmaṇayuto rāmo daśarathā tmajaḥ ..

> Rāma, the son of Daśaratha, together with Vaidehī and Lakṣmaṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.143)

sugrīvapramukhairvīrairvānarairapi saṃvṛtaḥ .. 3.1.30.70 ..

> and surrounded by heroic monkeys headed by Sugrīva, 3.1.30.70.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.144)

siddhacāraṇagandharvadevavidyādhararṣibhiḥ ..

> his marvelous deeds constantly praised by siddhas, cāraṇas, gandharvas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.145)

apsarobhiśca satataṃ stūyamānanijādbhutaḥ .. 71 ..

> gods, vidyādharas, seers, and apsarases, 71.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.146)

līlāvidhṛtakodaṇḍastripuraghno yathā śivaḥ ..

> holding his bow sportively, like Śiva the destroyer of Tripura,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.147)

sarvaiḥ parivṛto rāmo gaṃdhamādanamanvagāt .. 72 ..

> Rāma, surrounded by all, proceeded to Gandhamādana. 72.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.148)

tatra sthitaṃ mahātmānaṃ rāghavaṃ rāvaṇāṃtakam ..

> To the great-souled Rāghava, the destroyer of Rāvaṇa, who was staying there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.149)

prāṃjaliḥ prārthayāmāsa dharmajño'tha vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 73 ..

> Vibhīṣaṇa, knowing what is righteous, then made a request with joined palms: 73.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.150)

setunānena te rāma rājānaḥ sarva eva hi ..

> "By means of this bridge, O Rāma, all the kings indeed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.151)

balodriktāḥ samabhyetya pīḍayeyuḥ purīṃ mama .. .. 74 ..

> swollen with strength, may come and harass my city. 74.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.152)

ataḥ setumimaṃ bhiṃdhi dhanuṣkoṭyā raghūdvaha ..

> Therefore, break this bridge with the tip of your bow, O best of the Raghus!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.153)

iti saṃprārthitastena paulastyena sa rāghavaḥ .. 79 ..

> Thus entreated by that descendant of Pulastya, Rāghava, 75.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.154)

bibheda dhanuṣaḥ koṭyā svasetuṃ raghunaṃ danaḥ ..

> the joy of the Raghus, broke his own bridge with the tip of his bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.155)

ato dvijāstatastīrthaṃ dhanuṣkoṭiritiśrutam .. 76 ..

> Therefore, O twice-born, the sacred ford became renowned as Dhanuṣkoṭi. 76.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.156)

śrīrāmadhanuṣaḥ koṭyā yo rekhāṃ paśyate kṛtām..

> Whoever sees the line made by the tip of Śrī Rāma's bow  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.157)

anekakleśasaṃyuktaṃ garbhavāsaṃ na paśyati .. 77 ..

> does not see dwelling in a womb, which is full of manifold afflictions. 77.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.158)

dhanuṣkoṭyāṃ kṛtā rekhā rāmeṇa lavaṇāṃbudhau ..

> The line was made at Dhanuṣkoṭi by Rāma in the salt ocean;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.159)

taddarśanādbhavenmuktirna jāne snānajaṃ phalam .. 78 ..

> from its darśana liberation is attained—I cannot fathom the fruit born of bathing \[there\]! 78.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.160)

narmadārodhasi tapo mahāpātaka nāśanam..

> Austerity on the banks of the Narmadā destroys great sins;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.161)

gaṃgātīre tu maraṇamapavargaphalapradam.. 79 ..

> death on the banks of the Gaṅgā grants the fruit of final beatitude; 79.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.162)

dānaṃ dvijāḥ kurukṣetre brahmahatyādiśodhakam ..

> a gift at Kurukṣetra, O twice-born, purifies the killing of a brahmin and other \[sins\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.163)

tapaśca maraṇaṃ dānaṃ dhanuṣkoṭau kṛtaṃ naraiḥ ..3.1.30.80..

> Austerity, death, and gifting performed by men at Dhanuṣkoṭi 3.1.30.80.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.164)

mahāpātakanāśāya muktyai cābhīṣṭasiddhaye ..

> are effective for destroying great sins, for liberation, and for obtaining desired success;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.165)

bhavetsamarthaṃ vipreṃdrā nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 81 ..

> there should be no doubt about this, O foremost of brahmins! 81.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.166)

tāvatsaṃpīḍyate jaṃtuḥ pātakaiścopapā takaiḥ ..

> A creature is tormented by major sins and secondary sins only so long  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.167)

yāvannālokyate rāma dhanuṣkoṭirvimuktidā .. 82 ..

> as Rāma's Dhanuṣkoṭi, which bestows liberation, is not beheld. 82.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.168)

bhidyate hṛdayagraṃthiśchidyaṃte sarvasaṃśayāḥ ..

> The knot of the heart is unfastened, all doubts are cut away,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.169)

kṣīyaṃte pāpakarmāṇi dhanuṣkoṭyavalo kinaḥ .. 83 ..

> and sinful actions are destroyed for one who beholds Dhanuṣkoṭi. 83.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.170)

dakṣiṇāṃbhonidhau setau rāmacandreṇa nirmitā ..

> The line which was drawn by Rāmacandra with the tip of his bow  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.171)

yā rekhā dhanuṣaḥ koṭyā vibhīṣaṇahitāya vai .. 84 ..

> on the bridge in the southern ocean, for the benefit of Vibhīṣaṇa, 84.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.172)

saiva kailāsapadavīṃ vaikuṇṭhabra hmalokayoḥ ..

> is the very path to Kailāsa, to Vaikuṇṭha and Brahmaloka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.173)

mārgaḥ svargasya lokasya nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 85 ..

> and the path to the heavenly world; no doubt should be entertained here. 85.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.174)

tulyaṃ yajñaphalaiḥ puṇyairdhanuṣkoṭyavagāhanam ..

> Plunging into Dhanuṣkoṭi is equal to the meritorious fruits of sacrifices;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.175)

sarvamaṃtrādhikaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvadā naphalapradam .. 86 ..

> it yields merit superior to all mantras and gives the fruit of all gifts. 86.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.176)

kāyakaleśakaraiḥ puṃsāṃ kiṃ tapobhiḥ kimadhvaraiḥ ..

> What need have men of austerities that cause bodily distress, or of sacrifices?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.177)

kiṃ vedaiḥ kimu vā śāstrairdhanuṣkoṭyavalokinaḥ .. 87 ..

> What need of the Vedas, or of the treatises, for one who beholds Dhanuṣkoṭi? 87.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.178)

rāmacaṃdradhanuṣkoṭau snānaṃ cellabhyate nṛṇām ..

> If a bath is obtained by men at Rāmacandra's Dhanuṣkoṭi,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.179)

sitāsitasaritpuṇyavāribhiḥ kiṃ prayojanam .. 88 ..

> what purpose is served by the holy waters of the white-and-dark river? 88.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.180)

rāmacaṃdradhanuṣkoṭidarśanaṃ labhyate yadi ..

> If the darśana of Rāmacandra's Dhanuṣkoṭi is obtained,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.181)

kāśyāṃ tu maraṇānmuktiḥ prārthyate kiṃ vṛthā naraiḥ .. 89 ..

> why do men futilely pray for liberation through dying at Kāśī? 89.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.182)

animajjya dhanuṣkoṭāvanupoṣya dinatrayam ..

> Without plunging into Dhanuṣkoṭi, without fasting for three days,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.183)

adattvā kāṃcanaṃ gāṃ ca daridraḥ syānna saṃśayaḥ .. 3.1.30.90 ..

> and without giving gold and a cow, one becomes destitute; of this there is no doubt. 3.1.30.90.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.184)

dhanuṣkoṭya vagāhena yatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ ..

> Whatever fruit a man attains by bathing in Dhanuṣkoṭi,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.185)

agniṣṭomādibhiryajñairiṣṭvāpi bahudakṣiṇaiḥ .. 91 ..

> even after sacrificing with Agniṣṭoma and other rites offering generous priestly fees, 91.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.186)

na tatphalamavāpnoti satyaṃsatyaṃ vadāmyaham ..

> he does not attain that fruit: truly, truly I say.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.187)

dhanuṣkoṭyabhidhaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvatīrthādhikaṃ viduḥ .. 92 ..

> They know the sacred ford named Dhanuṣkoṭi to be superior to all sacred fords. 92.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.188)

daśakoṭisahasrāṇi saṃti tīrthāni bhūtale ..

> There are one hundred million sacred fords on the surface of the earth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.189)

teṣāṃ sānnidhyamastyatra dhanuṣkoṭau dvijottamāḥ .. 93 ..

> their presence is here at Dhanuṣkoṭi, O best of the twice-born! 93.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.190)

aṣṭau vasava ādityā rudrāśca marutastathā ..

> The eight Vasus, the Ādityas, the Rudras, and likewise the Maruts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.191)

sādhyāśca saha gandharvāḥ siddhavidyādharāstathā ..94..

> the Sādhyas along with the Gandharvas, and likewise the Siddhas and Vidyādharas, 94  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.192)

ete cānye ca ye devāḥ sānnidhyaṃ kurvate sadā ..

> these and whatever other gods always make their presence  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.193)

tīrthe'tra dhanuṣaḥ koṭau nityameva pitāmahaḥ .. 95 ..

> in this tīrtha, Dhanuṣkoṭi. Constantly indeed the Grandfather \[Brahmā\] 95  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.194)

sannidhatte śivo viṣṇurumā mā ca sarasvatī ..

> dwells \[here\], as do Śiva, Viṣṇu, Umā, Lakṣmī, and Sarasvatī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.195)

dhanuṣkoṭau tapastaptvā devāśca ṛṣayastathā .. 96 ..

> Having performed austerity at Dhanuṣkoṭi, the gods and the seers, 96  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.196)

vipulāṃ siddhimagamaṃstatphalena munīśvarāḥ ..

> O lords of sages, attained vast perfection as its fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.197)

snāyāttatra naro yastu pitṛdevāṃśca tarpayet ..97..

> If a man bathes there and makes offerings to the ancestors and the gods, 97  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.198)

sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmaloke mahīyate ..

> freed from all sins, he is exalted in the world of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.199)

atraikaṃ bhojayedvipraṃ yo naro bhaktisaṃyutaḥ..98..

> Whatever man, endowed with devotion, feeds a single brahmin here, 98  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.30.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.30.200)

iha loke paratrāpi sonaṃtasukhamaśnute..

> enjoys endless happiness in this world and in the next.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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