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# Skandapurana 3.2.28

Skandapurāṇa 3.2.28

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.1)

.. vyāsa uvāca ..

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

### [3.2.28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.2)

govatsānnairṛte bhāge dṛśyate lohayaṣṭikā ..

> To the southwest of Govatsa, an iron staff is seen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.3)

svayaṃbhuliṃgarūpeṇa rudrastatra sthitaḥ svayam ..

> There Rudra himself resides in the form of a self-manifest liṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.4)

.. śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.5)

mokṣatīrthe sarasvatyā nabhasye caṃdrasaṃkṣaye ..

> At Mokṣatīrtha on the Sarasvatī, at the wane of the moon in the month of Bhādrapada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.6)

viprānsaṃpūjya vidhivattebhyo dattvā ca dakṣiṇām .. 1 ..

> having worshipped brahmins according to the rules and given them a priestly gift, // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.7)

ekaviṃśativārāṃstu bhaktyā piṃḍasya yatphalam ..

> the fruit of a funeral ball offered with devotion twenty-one times  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.8)

gayāyāṃ prāpyate puṃsāṃ dhruvaṃ tadiha tarppaṇāt .. 2 ..

> which mortals obtain at Gayā, is surely obtained here by offering a libation. // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.9)

lohayaṣṭyāṃ kṛte śrāddhe nabhasye caṃdrasaṃkṣaye ..

> When a śrāddha is performed at the Iron Staff at the wane of the moon in Bhādrapada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.10)

pretayonivinirmuktāḥ krīḍaṃti pitaro divi .. 3 ..

> the ancestors, released from existence as ghosts, sport in heaven. // 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.11)

api naḥ saṃkule bhūyādyo vai dadyāttilodakam ..

> \[They say:\] 'May there be born in our lineage one who offers water with sesame seeds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.12)

piṃḍaṃ vāpyudakaṃ vāpi pretapakṣe vidhūdaye .. 3 ..

> or a funeral ball, or even water during the ancestral fortnight when the moon is waning.' // 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.13)

lohayaṣṭyāmamāvasyāṃ kāryaṃ bhādrapade janaiḥ ..

> On the new moon day in the month of Bhādrapada, a śrāddha should be performed by men  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.14)

śrāddhaṃ vai munayaḥ prāhuḥ pitaro yadi vallabhāḥ .. 5 ..

> at the Iron Staff, the sages declare, if ancestors are dear to them. // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.15)

kṣīreṇa tu tilaiḥ śvetaiḥ snātvā sārasvate jale ..

> Having bathed in the water of Sarasvatī with milk and white sesame seeds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.16)

pitṝṃstarpayate yastu tṛptāstatpitaro dhruvam .. 6 ..

> whoever offers libations to the ancestors, his ancestors are certainly satisfied. // 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.17)

tatra śrāddhāni kurvīta saktubhiḥ payasā saha ..

> There one should perform śrāddhas with roasted barley flour and milk,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.18)

amāvāsyādinaṃ prāpya pitṝṇāṃ mokṣamicchakaiḥ .. 7 ..

> by those who desire liberation for the ancestors, on the new moon day. // 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.19)

rudratīrthe tato dhenuṃ dadyādvastrādibhūṣitām ..

> Then at Rudratīrtha one should give a cow adorned with garments and other gifts;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.20)

viṣṇutīrthe hiraṇyaṃ ca pradadyānmokṣamicchukaḥ .. 8 ..

> and at Viṣṇutīrtha one who desires liberation should give gold. // 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.21)

gayāyāṃ pitṛrūpeṇa svayameva janārdanaḥ ..

> At Gayā, Janārdana is himself in the form of the ancestors;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.22)

taṃ dhyātvā puṃḍarīkākṣaṃ mucyate ca ṛṇatrayāt .. 9 ..

> having meditated on the lotus-eyed one, a person is freed from the three debts. // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.23)

prārthayettatra gatvā taṃ devadevaṃ janārdanam ..

> Having gone there, he should pray to that god of gods, Janārdana:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.24)

āgato'smi gayāṃ deva pitṛbhyaḥ piṃḍaditsayā ..

> 'I have come to Gayā, O God, desiring to give funeral balls to the ancestors.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.25)

eṣa piṃḍo mayā dattastava haste janārdana .. 3.2.28.10 ..

> "This rice ball is offered by me into your hand, O Janārdana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.26)

paralokagatebhyaśca tvaṃ hi dātā bhaviṣyasi ..

> And you shall indeed be the giver to those who have gone to the other world."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.27)

anenaiva ca maṃtreṇa tatra dadyāddhareḥ kare .. 11 ..

> With this very mantra he should offer \[it\] there into the hand of Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.28)

caṃdre kṣīṇe caturdaśyāṃ nabhasye piṃḍamāharet ..

> When the moon has waned, on the fourteenth \[day\] in the month of Nabhasya, one should offer the rice ball;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.29)

pitṝṇāmakṣayā tṛptirbhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ .. 12 ..

> there will be imperishable satisfaction for the ancestors, no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.30)

ekaviṃśativārāṃśca gayāyāṃ piṃḍapātanaiḥ ..

> Through offering rice balls twenty-one times at Gayā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.31)

bhaktyā tṛptimavāpnoti lohayaṣṭyāṃ pitṛtarppaṇe .. 13 ..

> \[and\] with devotion through libations to ancestors at the Iron Staff, one attains satisfaction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.32)

vāridastṛptimāpnoti sukhamakṣayyamatra hi ..

> The giver of water attains satisfaction and imperishable happiness here indeed;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.33)

phalapradaḥ sutānbhaktānārogyamabhayapradaḥ..14..

> granting results, granting sons to devotees, granting health and fearlessness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.34)

vittaṃ nyāyārjitaṃ dattaṃ svalpaṃ tatra mahāphalam ..

> Wealth acquired righteously, even a little given there, yields great fruit;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.35)

snānenāpi hi tattīrthe rudrasyānucaro bhavet ..15..

> and merely by a ritual ablution in that sacred ford, one becomes an attendant of Rudra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.28.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.28.36)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇe ekākāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe pūrvabhāge dharmāraṇyamāhātmye saṃkṣepatastīrthamāhātmya varṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 28 .. ..

> Thus ends the twenty-eighth chapter, named 'Brief Description of the Greatness of the Sacred Ford,' in the Greatness of Dharmāraṇya, in the first part of the third Brahmakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.2.28.1) — English, machine translation

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