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# Skandapurana 3.1.42

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.42

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.42.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.1)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.42.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.2)

athātaḥ sarvatīrthānāṃ vaibhavaṃ pravadāmyaham ..

> “Now, therefore, I shall declare the majesty of all the sacred fords  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.3)

setumadhyaniviṣṭānāmanuktānāṃ munīśvarāḥ .. 1 ..

> situated within the Setu that have not yet been mentioned, O lords among sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.4)

asti tīrthaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ nāmnā tu ṛṇamocanam ..

> There is a most holy sacred ford named Ṛṇamocana;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.5)

ṛṇāni trīṇi naśyaṃti narāṇāmatra majjanāt .. .. 2 ..

> the three debts of men are destroyed by bathing here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.6)

dvijasya jāyamānasya ṛṇāni trīṇi saṃti hi ..

> Indeed, for a twice-born being born, there are three debts:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.7)

ṛṣīṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ ca dvijottamāḥ .. 3..

> to the seers, to the deities, and to the ancestors, O best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.8)

brahmacaryānanuṣṭhānādṛṣīṇāmṛṇavānbhavet ..

> From non-observance of studentship, one becomes indebted to the seers;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.9)

yajñādīnāmakaraṇāddevānāṃ ca ṛṇī bhavet .. 4 ..

> from not performing sacrifices and the like, one becomes indebted to the gods;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.10)

putrānutpādanāccaiva pitṛṇāmṛṇavānbhavet ..

> and from not fathering a son, one becomes indebted to the ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.11)

vināpi brahmacaryeṇa vinā yāgaṃ vinā sutam .. 5 ..

> Even without studentship, without sacrifice, and without a son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.12)

ṛṇamokṣābhidhe tīrthe snānamātreṇa mānavāḥ ..

> by merely bathing in the sacred ford named Ṛṇamokṣa, men  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.13)

ṛṣidevapitṝṇāṃ tu ṛṇebhyo muktimāpnuyuḥ .. 6 ..

> attain liberation from the debts of the seers, gods, and ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.14)

brahmacaryeṇa yajñena tathā putrodbhavena ca ..

> By studentship, by sacrifice, and likewise by the begetting of a son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.15)

naiva tuṣyanti ṛṣayo devāḥ pitṛgaṇāstathā .. 7 ..

> the seers, gods, and host of ancestors are not pleased in the same way  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.16)

ṛṇamokṣe yathā snānādatulāṃ tuṣṭimāpnuyuḥ ..

> as they attain matchless satisfaction from a ritual ablution in Ṛṇamokṣa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.17)

kiṃ cātra majjanāttīrthe daridrā adhamarṇinaḥ .. 8 ..

> Moreover, through bathing in this sacred ford, poor debtors  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.18)

muktā ṛṇebhyaḥ sarvebhyo dhaninaḥ syurna saṃśayaḥ ..

> are freed from all debts and become wealthy, without a doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.19)

yadatra majjanātpuṃsāmṛṇamuktiḥ prajāyate .. 9 ..

> Since liberation from debts is produced for men by bathing here,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.20)

tasmāduktamidaṃ tīrthamṛṇamocanasaṃjñayā ..

> therefore this sacred ford is celebrated by the name Ṛṇamocana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.21)

ato'tra ṛṇibhiḥ sarvaiḥ snātavyaṃ tadvimuktaye .. 3.1.42.10 ..

> Hence, ritual ablution should be performed here by all who are indebted, for the sake of release from that.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.22)

etattīrthasamaṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati ..

> A sacred ford equal to this sacred ford has never been nor ever will be.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.23)

pāṃḍavaiḥ kṛtamapyatra tīrthamastyaparaṃ mahat .. 11 ..

> There is also another great sacred ford here, made by the Pāṇḍavas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.24)

yatreṣṭaṃ dharmaputrādyaiḥ pāṃḍavaiḥ paṃcabhiḥ purā ..

> where sacrifice was offered of old by the five Pāṇḍavas headed by the son of Dharma;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.25)

tadetattīrthamuddiśya bhuktimukti phalapradam .. 12 ..

> designated as such, this sacred ford bestows the fruits of enjoyment and liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.26)

daśakoṭisahasrāṇi tīrthānyanuttamāni hi ..

> One hundred thousand crores of unsurpassed sacred fords  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.27)

paṃcapāṃḍavatīrthesminsānnidhyaṃ kurvate sadā .. 13 ..

> make their constant presence in this Pañcapāṇḍava sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.28)

āditpā vasavo rudrāḥ sādhyāśca samarudgaṇāḥ ..

> The Ādityas, Vasus, Rudras, and Sādhyas along with the hosts of Maruts  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.29)

pāṃḍavānāṃ mahātīrthe nityaṃ sannihitāstathā .. 14 ..

> are likewise continually present in the great sacred ford of the Pāṇḍavas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.30)

atrābhiṣekaṃ yaḥ kuryātpitṛdevāṃśca tarpayet ..

> Whoever performs an ablution here and propitiates the ancestors and deities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.31)

sarvapāpavinirmukto brahma loke sa pūjyate .. 15 ..

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

### [3.1.42.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.32)

apyekaṃ bhojayedviprametattīrthataṭe'male ..

> Even if one feeds just a single brahmin on the immaculate bank of this sacred ford,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.33)

tenāsau karmaṇā tvatra paratrāpi ca modate .. 16 ..

> by that deed he rejoices both in this world and in the hereafter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.34)

brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vaiśyaḥ śūdro vāpyanya eva vā ..

> A brahmin, a kṣatriya, a vaiśya, a śūdra, or even someone else,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.35)

asmiṃstīrthavare snātvā viyoniṃ na prayāti vai .. 17 ..

> having bathed in this excellent sacred ford, does not fall into a degraded womb.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.36)

pāṃḍavānāṃ mahātīrthe puṇyayogeṣu yo naraḥ ..

> Whatever man, on auspicious conjunctions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.37)

snāyātsa manuja śreṣṭho narakaṃ naiva paśyati .. 18 ..

> bathes in the great sacred ford of the Pāṇḍavas—that best of men never beholds hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.38)

pāṃḍavānāṃ mahātīrthaṃ sāyaṃ prātaśca yaḥ smaret..

> Whoever remembers the great sacred ford of the Pāṇḍavas morning and evening,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.39)

sa snātaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu gaṃgādiṣu na saṃśayaḥ .. 19 ..

> has bathed in all the sacred fords such as the Gaṅgā, without a doubt.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.40)

iṃdrādidevatā bhiśca yatreṣṭaṃ daityaśāṃtaye ..

> And where sacrifice was performed by the deities headed by Indra for the subdual of the Daityas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.41)

tadanyaddevatīrthākhyaṃ vidyate gaṃdhamādane .. 3.1.42.20 ..

> that other \[place\] named Devatīrtha exists on Gandhamādana. (20)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.42)

devatīrthe naraḥ snātvā sarvapāpavimocitaḥ ..

> Having bathed in Devatīrtha, a man, freed from all sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.43)

prāpnuyādakṣayām̐llokānsarva kāmasamanvitān .. 21 ..

> would attain imperishable worlds endowed with all desires. (21)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.44)

janmaprabhṛti yatpāpaṃ striyā vā puruṣeṇa vā ..

> Whatever sin has been committed from birth onwards, whether by a woman or by a man,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.45)

kṛtaṃ taddevakuṃḍesminsnānātsadyo vinaśyati .. 22 ..

> is instantly destroyed by a ritual ablution in this Devakuṇḍa. (22)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.46)

yathā surāṇāṃ sarveṣā mādirvai madhusūdanaḥ ..

> Just as Madhusūdana is indeed the foremost of all the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.47)

tathādiḥ sarvatīrthānāṃ devakuṃḍamanuttamam .. 23 ..

> so is the peerless Devakuṇḍa the foremost of all sacred fords. (23)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.48)

yastu varṣaśataṃ pūrṇamagnihotramupāsate ..

> One who attends the agnihotra for a full hundred years,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.49)

yastveko devakuṃḍesminkadācitsnāna mācaret .. 24 ..

> and one who, alone, should once perform a ritual ablution in this Devakuṇḍa— (24)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.50)

samameva tayoḥ puṇyaṃ nātra saṃdehakāraṇam ..

> the merit of the two is precisely equal; there is no cause for doubt in this matter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.51)

durlabhaṃ devatīrthesmindānaṃ vāsaśca durlabhaḥ .. 25 ..

> Giving a gift at this Devatīrtha is hard to attain, and dwelling \[there\] is hard to attain; (25)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.52)

devatīrthābhigamanaṃ snānaṃ cāpya tidurlabham..

> going to Devatīrtha and bathing \[there\] is exceedingly hard to attain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.53)

devatīrthaṃ samāsādya devarṣipitṛsevitam .. 26 ..

> Reaching Devatīrtha, frequented by divine seers and ancestors, (26)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.54)

aśvamedhamavāpnoti viṣṇulokaṃ ca gacchati ..

> one obtains \[the fruit of\] a horse-sacrifice and goes to the world of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.55)

dvidinaṃ tridinaṃ cāpi paṃca vātha ṣaḍeva vā .. 27 ..

> Having stayed for two days, or three days, or five, or indeed six (27)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.56)

uṣitvā devakuṃḍasthatīre narakanāśane ..

> on the bank situated at Devakuṇḍa, which destroys hell,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.57)

na mātṛyonimāpnoti siddhiṃ cāpnotyanuttamām .. 28 ..

> one does not enter a mother's womb again, and attains unexcelled perfection. (28)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.58)

trirātrasnānato hyatra vājapeyaphalaṃ bhavet ..

> From bathing here for three nights, the fruit of a vājapeya sacrifice arises.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.59)

devatīrthasmṛteḥ sadyaḥ pāpebhyo mucyate naraḥ .. 29 ..

> From the remembrance of Devatīrtha, a man is instantly freed from sins. (29)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.60)

arcayitvā pitṝndevānetattīrthataṭe naraḥ ..

> Having worshipped the ancestors and the gods on the bank of this sacred ford,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.61)

sarvakāmasamṛddhiḥ syātsarvayajñaphalaṃ labhet .. 3.1.42.30 ..

> a man will have fulfillment of all desires and will obtain the fruit of all sacrifices. (30)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.62)

etattīrthasamaṃ puṇyaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati ..

> Merit equal to this sacred ford has never been, nor will it ever be.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.63)

tasmādavaśyaṃ snātavyaṃ devatīrthe mumukṣubhiḥ .. 31 ..

> Therefore, a ritual ablution must certainly be performed at Devatīrtha by seekers of liberation, (31)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.64)

aihikāmuṣmikaphalaprāptikāmaiśca mānavaiḥ ..

> and by men desirous of attaining fruits in this world and the next.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.65)

devatīrthasya māhātmyaṃ saṃkṣipya kathitaṃ dvijāḥ .. 32 ..

> The māhātmya of Devatīrtha has been told in brief, O brahmins; (32)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.66)

vistareṇāsya māhātmyaṃ mayā vaktuṃ na pāryyate ..

> its māhātmya cannot be spoken by me at full length.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.67)

sugrīvatīrthaṃ vakṣyāmi rāmasetau vimuktide .. 33 ..

> I shall describe Sugrīvatīrtha on Rāmasetu, which grants liberation. (33)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.68)

atra snātvā naro bhaktyā sūryalokaṃ samaśnute ..

> Having bathed here with devotion, a man attains the world of the sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.69)

sugrīvatīrthe snānena hayamedhaphalaṃ bhavet .. 34 ..

> By bathing in Sugrīvatīrtha, the fruit of a horse-sacrifice is obtained, (34)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.70)

brahmahatyādi pāpānāṃ niṣkṛtiścāpi jāyate ..

> and expiation of sins such as the killing of a brahmin also takes place.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.71)

sugrīvatīrthagamanādgosahasraphalaṃ labhet .. 35 ..

> From going to Sugrīvatīrtha, one obtains the fruit of \[gifting\] a thousand cows; (35)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.72)

smaraṇāttasya vedānāṃ pārāyaṇaphalaṃ labhet ..

> from remembering it, one obtains the fruit of reciting the Vedas completely.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.73)

dinopavāsamātreṇa tasya tīrthasya tīrataḥ... 36 ..

> Merely by fasting for a day on the bank of that sacred ford, (36)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.74)

mahāpāta kanāśaḥ syātprāyaścittaṃ vinā dvijāḥ ..

> there is destruction of great sins without any penance, O brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.75)

tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvāṇaḥ pitṛdevāṃśca tarpayet .. 37 ..

> Performing a ceremonial bath there, one should satisfy the ancestors and the gods; (37)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.76)

āptoryāmasya yajñasya phalamaṣṭaguṇaṃ bhavet ..

> the fruit of the āptoryāma sacrifice becomes eightfold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.77)

sugrīvatīrthasnānena naramedhaphalaṃ labheta .. 39 ..

> By bathing in Sugrīvatīrtha, one obtains the fruit of a human sacrifice. (38)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.78)

sugrīvatīrthasnānena naro jātismaro bhavet ..

> By bathing in Sugrīvatīrtha, a man remembers his previous births.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.79)

sugrīvatīrthaṃ bho viprāḥ prayātābhīṣṭasiddhaye .. 39 ..

> O brahmins, go to Sugrīvatīrtha for the attainment of your desires! (39)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.80)

sugrīvatīrthamā hātmyamevaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ dvijāḥ ...

> Thus the māhātmya of Sugrīvatīrtha has been told to you, O brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.81)

vaibhavaṃ nalatīrthasya tvidānīṃ prabravīmi vaḥ .. 3.1.42.40 ...

> Now I declare to you the glory of Nalatīrtha. (40)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.82)

nalatīrthe naraḥ snānātsvargalokaṃ samaśnute..

> From bathing in Nalatīrtha, a man attains the heavenly realm;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.83)

nalatīrthe sakṛtsanānātsarvapāpāvimocitaḥ..41..

> from bathing once in Nalatīrtha, freed from all sin, (41)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.84)

agniṣṭomātirātrādiphalamāpnotyanuttamam..

> he obtains the peerless fruit of \[rites\] beginning with agniṣṭoma and atirātra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.85)

trirātramuṣitastasmiṃstarpayanpitṛdevatāḥ..42..

> Having stayed three nights there, satisfying the ancestors and deities, (42)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.86)

sūryavadbhāsate viprā vājimedhaphalaṃ labhet ..

> he shines like the sun, O brahmins, and obtains the fruit of a horse-sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.87)

nīlatīrthaṃ pravakṣyāmi mahāpātakanāśanam .. 43 ..

> I shall declare Nīlatīrtha, which destroys great sins, (43)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.88)

agniputreṇa nīlena kṛtaṃ setau vimuktidam ..

> made on the causeway by Nīla, the son of Agni, granting liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.89)

nīlatīrthe naraḥ snānātsarvapāpavimocitaḥ .. 44 ..

> From bathing in Nīlatīrtha, a man, freed from all sin, (44)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.90)

bahuvarṇyasya yāgasya phalaṃ śataguṇaṃ labhet ..

> obtains a hundredfold the fruit of a sacrifice with many gifts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.91)

nīlatīrthe naraḥ snātvā sarvā bhīṣṭapradāyini .. 45 ..

> Having bathed in Nīlatīrtha, which bestows all desired things, (45)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.92)

agnilokamavāpnoti sarvakāmasamṛddhimān ..

> a man attains the realm of Agni, enriched with all desires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.93)

gavākṣeṇa kṛtaṃ tīrthaṃ gaṃdhamādanaparvate .. 46 ..

> The sacred ford made by Gavākṣa on Mount Gandhamādana (46)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.94)

vidyate snānamātreṇa narakaṃ naiva yāti saḥ ..

> exists \[there\]; merely by bathing \[in it\], he does not go to hell at all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.95)

agadena kṛtaṃ tīrthamasti setau vimuktide .. 47 ..

> The sacred ford made by Angada exists on the liberation-granting causeway; (47)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.96)

atra snānena manujo deveṃdratvaṃ samaśnute ...

> by bathing here, a mortal attains the status of Indra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.97)

gajena gavayenātra śarabheṇa mahaujasā .. 48 ..

> The sacred fords that were made here by Gaja, by Gavaya, by Śarabha of great splendor, (48)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.98)

kumudena hareṇāpi panasena balīyasā ..

> by Kumuda, also by Hara, and by the mighty Panasa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.99)

kṛtāni yāni tīrthāni tathā'nyaiḥ sarvavānaraiḥ .. 49 ...

> as well as by all the other monkeys, \[are also holy\]. (49)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.100)

rāmasetau mahāpuṇye gandhamādanaparvate ..

> On Rāma's bridge, on the most holy mountain Gandhamādana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.101)

teṣu tīrtheṣu yaḥ snāti so'mṛtatvaṃ samaśnute .. 3.1.42.50 ..

> whoever bathes in those sacred fords attains immortality.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.102)

vibhīṣaṇakṛtaṃ tīrthamasti pāpavimocanam ..

> There is a sacred ford made by Vibhīṣaṇa that delivers from sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.103)

mahāduḥkhapraśamanaṃ mahāroganibarhaṇam .. 51 ..

> alleviates great sorrow, and destroys great disease,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.104)

mahāpātakasaṃghānāmanalopamamuttamam ..

> supreme, comparable to fire against multitudes of grave sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.105)

kuṃbhīpākādinarakakleśanāśanakāraṇam .. 52 ..

> the cause of the destruction of the torments of hells such as Kumbhīpāka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.106)

duḥsvapra nāśanaṃ dhanyaṃ mahādāridryabādhanam..

> destroying bad dreams, auspicious, and dispelling great poverty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.107)

tatra yo manujaḥ snāyāttasya nāstīha pātakam .. 53 ..

> Whatever human being bathes there has no sin in this world;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.108)

sa vaikuṃṭhamavāpnoti punarāvṛttivarjitam ..

> he attains Vaikuṇṭha, from which there is no return.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.109)

vibhīṣaṇasya sacivaiḥ kṛtaṃ tīrthacatuṣṭayam .. 54 ..

> A group of four sacred fords was made by Vibhīṣaṇa's ministers;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.110)

tatra snānena manujaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ..

> by bathing there, a person is freed from all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.111)

sarayūśca nadī viprā gaṃdhamādanaparvate .. 55 ..

> And the river Sarayū, O brahmins, on Mount Gandhamādana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.112)

rāmanāthaṃ mahādevaṃ sevituṃ vartate sadā ..

> is always present to serve Rāmanātha, the Great God.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.113)

tatra snātvā narāḥ sarve sarvapātakavarjitāḥ .. 56 ..

> Having bathed there, all men, freed from all sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.114)

sarvayajñatapastīrthasevāphalamavāpnuyuḥ ..

> obtain the fruit of the performance of all sacrifices, austerities, and sacred fords.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.115)

daśakoṭisahasrāṇi tīrthāni dvijasattamāḥ .. 57 ..

> A hundred billion sacred fords, O best of brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.116)

vasaṃtyasminmahāpuṇye gandhamādanaparvate ..

> dwell on this most holy mountain Gandhamādana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.117)

gaṃgādyāḥ saritaḥ sarvāstathā vai saptasāgarāḥ .. 58 ..

> All rivers beginning with the Gaṅgā, and likewise the seven oceans,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.118)

ṛṣyāśramāṇi puṇyāni tathā puṇyavanāni ca ..

> the holy hermitages of the seers, and holy forests,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.119)

anuttamāni kṣetrāṇi hīraśaṃkarayostathā .. 59 ..

> and the peerless sacred fields of Hari and Śaṃkara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.120)

sānnidhyaṃ kurvate nityaṃ gandhamādanaparvate ..

> constantly make their presence on Mount Gandhamādana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.121)

upavītāṃtaraṃ tīrthaṃ proktavāṃścaturānanaḥ .. 3.1.42.60 ..

> The Four-faced One proclaimed a sacred ford inside the sacred thread.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.122)

trayastriṃśatkoṭyo'tra devāḥ pitṛgaṇaiḥ saha ..

> Three hundred and thirty million gods, along with the hosts of ancestors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.123)

sarvaiśca munibhiḥ sārddhaṃ yakṣaiḥ siddhaiśca kinnaraiḥ ..

> and along with all the sages, yakṣas, siddhas, and kinnaras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.124)

vasaṃti setau devasya rāmaca ndrasya cājñayā .. 61 ..

> dwell on the bridge by the command of the lord Rāmacandra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.125)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.1.42.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.126)

evamuktaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhā tīrthānāṃ vaibhavaṃ mayā .. 62 ..

> Thus the grandeur of the sacred fords has been described by me, O best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.127)

idaṃ paṭhanvā śṛṇvanvā duḥkhasaṃghādvimucyate ..

> Reciting or hearing this, one is released from a multitude of sorrows  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.128)

kaivalyaṃ ca samāpnoti punarāvṛttivarjitam .. 63 ..

> and attains absolute liberation, devoid of return.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.42.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.42.129)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe setumāhātmye sakalatīrthapraśaṃsāyāmṛṇamocanāditīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma dvicatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ..42..

> Thus ends the forty-second chapter, titled 'The Description of the Glory of the Sacred Fords Beginning with Ṛṇamocana in the Praise of All Sacred Fords,' in the Setumāhātmya of the Brahmakhaṇḍa, in the Skandamahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.42.1) — English, machine translation

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