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# Skandapurana 3.2.25

Skandapurāṇa 3.2.25

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.25.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.1)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.2)

athānyatsaṃpravakṣyāmi tīrthamāhātmyamuttamam ..

> “Now I will tell another supreme māhātmya of the sacred ford,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.3)

dharmāraṇye yathā''nītā satyalokātsarasvatī .. 1 ..

> how Sarasvatī was brought down from Satyaloka to Dharmāraṇya. / 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.4)

mārkaṃḍeyaṃ sukhāsīnaṃ mahāmuniniṣevitam ..

> Seeing Mārkaṇḍeya seated comfortably, attended upon by great sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.5)

taruṇādityasaṃkāśaṃ sarvaśāstraviśāradam .. 2 ..

> resembling the morning sun, learned in all treatises, / 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.6)

sarvatīrthamayaṃ divyamṛṣīṇāṃ pravaraṃ dvijam ..

> embodying all sacred fords, divine, the best twice-born among the seers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.7)

āsanasthaṃ samāyuktaṃ dhanyaṃ pūjyaṃ dṛḍhavratam .. 3 ..

> seated on his mat, concentrated, fortunate, venerable, of firm vows, / 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.8)

yogātmānaṃ paraṃ śāṃtaṃ kamaḍaludharaṃ vibhum ..

> whose nature was yoga, exceedingly tranquil, holding a water-pot, the lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.9)

akṣasūtradharaṃ śāṃtaṃ tathā kalpāṃ tavāsinam .. 4 ..

> holding a rosary, peaceful, and one who endures until the end of a cosmic age, / 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.10)

akṣobhyaṃ jñāninaṃ svasthaṃ pitāmahasamudyutim ..

> unshakeable, endowed with knowledge, tranquil in himself, with a splendour equal to Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.11)

evaṃ dṛṣṭvā samādhisthaṃ praharṣotphullalocanam .. 5 ..

> seeing him thus, fixed in meditative absorption, their eyes blooming with supreme joy, / 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.12)

praṇamya stutibhiryuktyā mārkkaṃḍaṃ munayo'bruvan ..

> and bowing with hymns fittingly, the sages spoke to Mārkaṇḍa:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.13)

bhagavannaimiṣāraṇye satre dvādaśavārṣike .. 6 ..

> ‘O venerable one, at the twelve-year sacrifice in Naimiṣāraṇya, / 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.14)

tvayāvatāritā brahmannadī yā brahmaṇaḥ sutā..

> that river, the daughter of Brahmā, was brought down by you, O holy one;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.15)

tathā kṛtaṃ ca tatraiva gaṃgā vataraṇaṃ kṣitau .. 7 ..

> likewise, the descent of the Gaṅgā to the earth was accomplished right there. / 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.16)

gīyamāne kulapateḥ śaunakasya muneḥ puraḥ ..

> While it was being sung before the sage Śaunaka, the head of the community,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.17)

sūtena muninā khyātamanyeṣāmapi śṛṇvatām .. 8 ..

> it was proclaimed by the sage Sūta, while others also listened. / 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.18)

tacchrutvā mahadākhyānama smākaṃ hṛdi saṃsthitam ..

> Having heard that great narrative, it remains rooted in our hearts—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.19)

pāpaghnī puṇyajananī prāṇināṃ darśanādapi .. 9 ..

> she who destroys sin and generates merit for living beings even from her sight.’ / 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.20)

.. mārkaṇḍeya uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.25.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.21)

dharmāraṇye mayā viprāḥ satyalokātsarasvatī ..

> ‘O brahmins, Sarasvatī was brought down by me from Satyaloka  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.22)

samānītā surekhādrau śaraṇyā śaraṇārthinām ..3.2.25.10..

> to the Surekhā mountain in Dharmāraṇya, she who is a refuge for those seeking refuge. / 10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.23)

bhādrapade site pakṣe dvādaśī puṇyasaṃyutā ..

> In the month of Bhādrapada, in the bright fortnight, on the auspicious twelfth day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.24)

tatra dvārāvatītīrthe munigaṃdharvasevite .. .. 11 ..

> there at the Dvārāvatī ford frequented by groups of sages and gandharvas, / 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.25)

tasmindine ca tattīrthe piṃḍadānādi kārayet ..

> on that day, at that sacred ford, one should cause the offering of rice-balls and other rites to be performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.26)

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti pitṝṇāṃ dattamakṣayam .. 12 ..

> One obtains that imperishable fruit given to the ancestors. / 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.27)

mahadākhyānamakhilaṃ pāpaghnaṃ puṇyadaṃ ca yat ..

> This entire great narrative, which destroys sin and yields merit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.28)

pavitraṃ yatpavitrāṇāṃ mahāpātakanāśanam .. 13 ..

> which is the pure among the pure, destroying great sins, / 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.29)

sarvamaṃgalamāṃgalyaṃ puṇyaṃ sārasvataṃ jalam ..

> the most auspicious of all auspicious things, is the holy water belonging to Sarasvatī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.30)

ūrdhvaṃ kiṃ divi yatpuṇyaṃ prabhāsāṃte vyavasthitam .. 14 ..

> What holy \[object\] above in heaven is located beside Prabhāsa?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.31)

sārasvatajalaṃ nṝṇāṃ brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati ..

> The water of the Sarasvatī dispels the killing of a brahmin for men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.32)

sarasvatyāṃ narāḥ snātvā saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ ..

> Men who bathe in the Sarasvatī and propitiate the ancestors and the deities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.33)

paścātpiṃḍapradātāro na bhavaṃti stanaṃdhayāḥ .. 15 ..

> and subsequently offer funeral cakes, do not become suckling infants \[again\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.34)

yathā kāmadughā gāvo bhavantīṣṭaphalapradāḥ ..

> Just as wish-granting cows grant desired fruits,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.35)

tathā svargāpavargaikahaitubhūtā sarasvatī .. 16 ..

> so the Sarasvatī is the sole cause of heaven and liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.25.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.25.36)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe pūrvabhāge dharmāraṇyamāhātmye sarasvatīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 25 .. .. .. cha ..

> Thus ends the twenty-fifth chapter, named 'Description of the Sarasvatī-māhātmya', in the Dharmāraṇya-māhātmya of the first part of the third section, the Brahmakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

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