[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 3.2.26 # Skandapurana 3.2.26 Skandapurāṇa 3.2.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.2.26.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.1) .. vyāsa uvāca .. .. > Vyāsa said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.2) mārkaṃḍeyoddhāṭitaṃ vai svargadvāramapāvṛtam .. > Indeed, opened by Mārkaṇḍeya, the gate to heaven stands uncovered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.3) tatra ye dehasaṃtyāgaṃ kurvaṃti phalakāṃkṣayā .. 1 .. > Those who abandon their bodies there, desiring its fruit, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.4) labhaṃte tatphalaṃ hyaṃte viṣṇoḥ sāyujyamāpnuyuḥ .. > truly obtain that fruit in the end: they attain union with Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.5) ataḥ kiṃ bahunoktena dvāravatyāṃ sadā naraiḥ .. 2 .. > Therefore, what need is there of saying much? In Dvāravatī, men > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.6) dehatyāgaḥ prakartavyo viṣṇorlokajigīṣayā .. > should always abandon the body with the desire to conquer the world of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.7) anāśake jale vāgnau ye ca saṃti narottamāḥ .. > Those best of men who \[die\] through fasting, in water, or in fire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.8) sarvapāpavinirmuktā yāṃti viṣṇoḥ purīṃ sadā .. 3 .. > freed from all sins, always go to the city of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.9) anyopi vyādhirahito gacchedanaśanaṃ tu yaḥ .. > Even another man, free from disease, who resorts to fasting to death, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.10) sarvapāpa vinirmukto yāti viṣṇoḥ purīṃ naraḥ .. 4 .. > freed from all sins, goes to the city of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.11) śatavarṣasahasrāṇāṃ vasedaṃte divi dvijaḥ .. > In the end, that twice-born man would dwell in heaven for a hundred thousand years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.12) brāhmaṇebhyaḥ paraṃ nāsti pavitraṃ pāvanaṃ bhuvi .. 5 .. > On earth there is nothing pure and purifying superior to brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.13) upavāsai stathā tulyaṃ tapaḥ karmma na vidyate .. > No act of austerity equal to fasts exists; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.14) nāsti vedātparaṃ śāstraṃ nāsti mātṛsamo guru .. 6 .. > there is no scripture higher than the Veda; there is no guru equal to a mother; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.15) na dharmātparamastīha tapo nānaśanātparam .. > there is nothing higher here than dharma; there is no austerity superior to fasting. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.16) snātvā yaḥ kurute 'trāpi śrāddhaṃ piṃḍodakakriyām .. 7 .. > Having bathed, whoever performs śrāddha and the rites of funeral cakes and water here as well, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.17) tṛpyaṃti pitarastasya yāvadbrahmadivāniśam .. > his ancestors are satisfied for as long as a day and night of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.18) tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā keśavaṃ yastu pūjayet ..8 .. > The man who, having bathed at that sacred ford, worships Keśava, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.19) sa muktapātakaiḥ sarverviṣṇulokamavāpnuyāt .. > freed from all sins, attains the world of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.20) tīrthānāmuttamaṃ tīrthaṃ yatra saṃnihito hariḥ .. 9 .. > The best sacred ford among sacred fords is where Hari is present; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.21) harate sakalaṃ pāpaṃ tasmiṃstīrthe sthitasya saḥ .. > He takes away all sin from one who stays at that sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.22) muktidaṃ mokṣakāmānāṃ dhanadaṃ ca dhanārthinām .. > It grants liberation to those who desire liberation, and gives wealth to those seeking wealth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.23) āyurdaṃ sukhada caiva sarvakāmaphalapradam ..3.2.26.10.. > it gives longevity, gives happiness, and yields the fruits of all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.24) kimanyenātra tīrthena yatra devo janārddanaḥ .. > What need is there for another sacred ford here, where Lord Janārdana > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.25) svayaṃ vasati nityaṃ hi sarveṣāmanukampayā .. 11 .. > Himself always resides out of compassion for everyone? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.26) tatra yaddīyate kiciddānaṃ śraddhāsamanvitam .. > Whatever gift is given there endowed with faith > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.27) akṣayaṃ tadbhavetsarvamiha loke paratra ca .. 12 .. > shall all become imperishable in this world and in the other world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.28) yajñairdānaistapo bhiśca yatphalaṃ prāpyate budhaiḥ .. > The fruit which is obtained by the wise through sacrifices, gifts, and austerities, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.29) tadatra snānamātreṇa śūdrairapi susevakaiḥ .. 13 .. > that is obtained here merely by bathing, even by śūdras who are good servants. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.30) tatra śrāddhaṃ ca yaḥ kuryādekādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ .. > And whoever, having fasted on the eleventh lunar day, performs a śrāddha there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.31) sa pitṝnuddhare tsarvānnarakebhyo na saṃśayaḥ .. 14 .. > delivers all his ancestors from hells; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.32) akṣayyāṃ tṛptimāpnoti paramātmā janārddanaḥ .. > The Supreme Self, Janārdana, attains imperishable satisfaction; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.33) dīyate'tra yaduddiśya tadakṣayyamudāhṛtam .. 15 .. > whatever is given here dedicated \[to Him\] is declared to be imperishable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.2.26.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26.34) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe pūrvabhāge dharmāraṇyamāhātmye dvārikāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaḍviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 26 ...cha... .. > Thus ends the twenty-sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Dvārikā-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) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.2.26.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Samayapradīpa (Śrīdatta Upādhyāya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.suddhadvaita.vitthala.samayapradipa-sridatta-upadhyaya.p379) — Śrīdatta Upādhyāya, Sanskrit - [Samayapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.samayapradipa.p379) — Viṭhṭhaladīkṣita, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.26) · Pramāṇa