[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) › 4.27 # Skandapurana 4.27 Skandapurāṇa 4.27 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.27.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.1) skaṃda uvāca .. > Skanda said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.2) vārāṇasīti prathitaṃ yathā cānaṃdakānanam .. > How Ānandakānana became renowned as Vārāṇasī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.3) tathā ca kathayāmīha devadevenabhāṣitam .. 1 .. > I relate here just as it was spoken by the God of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.4) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. > Īśvara said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.5) niśāmaya mahābāho viṣṇo trailokyasuṃdara .. > Listen, O mighty-armed Viṣṇu, handsome in the three worlds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.6) prāptaṃ vārāṇasītyākhyāmavimuktaṃ yathā tathā .. 2 .. > how Avimukta obtained the name Vārāṇasī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.7) nirdagdhānsāgarāñchrutvā kapilakrodhavahninā .. > Having heard that the Sāgaras had been burnt up by the fire of Kapila's wrath, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.8) aśvamedhāśvasaṃyuktānpūrvajānsvānbhagīrathaḥ .. 3 .. > his own ancestors who were accompanied by the horse of the horse sacrifice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.9) sūryavaṃśe mahātejā rājā paramadhārmikaḥ .. > Bhagīratha, a king of the solar dynasty, of great splendour, supremely righteous, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.10) ārirādhayiṣurgaṃgāṃ tapase kṛtaniścayaḥ ..4.. > wishing to propitiate Gaṅgā, made his resolve for tapas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.11) himavaṃtaṃ nagaśreṣṭhamamātya nyastarājyadhūḥ .. > Placing the burden of the kingdom upon his ministers, he went to Himavat, the best of mountains, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.12) jagāma yaśasāṃ rāśiruddidhīrṣuḥ pitāmahān .. 5 .. > that heap of fame, desiring to rescue his ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.13) brahmaśāpāgninirdagdhānmahādurgatigānapi .. > Who, O Viṣṇu, could lead creatures to heaven, burnt by the fire of a brahmin's curse > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.14) vinā trimārgagāṃ viṣṇo ko jaṃtūṃstridivaṃ nayet .. 6 .. > and gone to a great, wretched state, without the three-coursed river? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.15) mamaiva sā parāmūrtistoyarūpā śivātmikā .. > She is my supreme form consisting of water, of the essence of Śiva, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.16) brahmāṃḍānāmanekānāmādhāraḥ prakṛtiḥ parā .. 7 .. > the support of many cosmic eggs, the supreme Nature, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.17) śuddhavidyāsvarūpā ca triśaktiḥ karuṇātmikā .. > whose essence is pure wisdom, possessing the three energies, compassionate by nature, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.18) ānaṃdāmṛtarūpā ca śuddhadharmasvarūpiṇī .. 8 .. > whose form is the nectar of bliss, embodying pure righteousness, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.19) yāmetāṃ jagatāṃ dhātrīṃ dhārayāmi svalīlayā .. > whom, as the sustainer of the worlds, I hold by my sport, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.20) viśvasya rakṣaṇārthāya parabrahmasvarūpiṇīm .. 9 .. > for the sake of protecting the universe, her whose essence is the Supreme Brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.21) trailokye yāni tīrthāni puṇyakṣetrāṇi yāni ca .. > Whatever sacred fords and holy fields there are in the three worlds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.22) sarvatra sarve ye dharmāḥ sarvayajñāḥ sadakṣiṇāḥ .. 4.1.27.10 .. > whatever religious duties everywhere, all sacrifices accompanied by sacrificial fees, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.23) tapāṃsi viṣṇo sarvāṇi śrutiḥ sāṃgā caturvidhā .. > all austerities, O Viṣṇu, the fourfold scripture along with its limbs, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.24) ahaṃ ca tvaṃ ca kaścāpi devatānāṃ gaṇāśca ye .. .. 11 .. > I, you, and Brahmā too, and whichever hosts of deities, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.25) puruṣārthāśca sarve vai śaktayo vividhāśca yāḥ .. > and all the aims of human life, and the various powers— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.26) gaṃgāyāṃ sarva evaite sūkṣmarūpeṇa saṃsthitāḥ .. 12 .. > all these reside in Gaṅgā in subtle form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.27) sa snātaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvakratuṣu dīkṣitaḥ .. > He has bathed in all sacred fords; he is consecrated in all sacrifices; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.28) cīrṇasarvavrataḥ sopi yastu gaṃgāṃ niṣevate .. 13 .. > he has observed all religious vows, he who serves Gaṅgā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.29) tapāṃsi tena taptāni sarvadānapradaḥ sa ca .. > Austerities have been performed by him; he is the giver of all gifts; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.30) sa prāpta yoganiyamo yastu gaṃgāṃ niṣevate ..14.. > he has attained the observances of yoga, he who serves Gaṅgā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.31) sarvavarṇāśramebhyaśca vedavidbhyaśca vai tathā .. > More than all castes and stages of life, and indeed those who know the Vedas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.32) śāstrārthapāragebhyaśca gaṃgāsnāyī viśiṣyate .. 15 .. > and those who have crossed to the further shore of the meaning of the treatises, one who bathes in Gaṅgā is superior. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.33) manovākkāyajairdoṣairduṣṭo bahuvidhairapi .. > Even a person corrupted by faults arising from mind, speech, and body, of many kinds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.34) vīkṣya gaṃgāṃ bhavetpūtaḥ puruṣo nātra saṃśayaḥ ..16.. > becomes purified by beholding Gaṅgā; there is no doubt in this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.35) kṛte sarvatra tīrthāni tretāyāṃ puṣkaraṃ param .. > In the Kṛtayuga, sacred fords are everywhere; in the Tretāyuga, Puṣkara is supreme; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.36) dvāpare tu kurukṣetraṃ kalau gaṃgaiva kevalam .. 17 .. > In the Dvāparayuga, however, Kurukṣetra \[is supreme\]; in the Kaliyuga, the Gaṅgā alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.37) pūrvajanmāṃtarābhyāsa vāsanāvaśato hare .. > By the force of latent impressions from practice in previous births, O Hari, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.38) gaṃgātīre nivāsaḥ syānmadanugrahataḥ parāt .. 18 .. > And through my supreme grace, one's residence comes to be upon the bank of the Gaṅgā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.39) dhyānaṃ kṛte mokṣahetustretāyāṃ tacca vai tapaḥ .. > Meditation is the cause of liberation in the Kṛtayuga; in the Tretāyuga, indeed, that \[cause is\] austerity; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.40) dvāpare taddvayaṃ yajñāḥ kalau gaṃgaiva kevalam .. 19 .. > In the Dvāparayuga, those two and sacrifices \[are the cause\]; in the Kaliyuga, the Gaṅgā alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.41) yo dehapatanādyāvadgaṃgātīraṃ na muṃcati .. > He who does not abandon the bank of the Gaṅgā until the falling of his body, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.42) sa hi vedāṃtavidyogī brahmacaryavratī sadā .. 4.1.27.20 .. > He indeed is a knower of Vedānta, a yogin, and always observant of the vow of celibacy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.43) kalau kaluṣacittānāṃ paradravyaratātmanām .. > For those whose minds are defiled in the Kaliyuga, whose souls delight in the wealth of others, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.44) vidhihīnakriyāṇāṃ ca gatirgaṃgā vinā nahi .. 21 .. > And whose rites are destitute of ritual rules, there is indeed no recourse without the Gaṅgā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.45) alakṣmīḥ kālakarṇī ca duḥsvapno durviciṃtitam .. > Misfortune, misery, a bad dream, and malicious thoughts— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.46) gaṃgāgaṃgeti japanāttāni nopaviśaṃti hi .. 22 .. > From chanting “Gaṅgā, Gaṅgā”, these surely do not approach. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.47) gaṃgā hi sarvabhūtānāmihāmutra phalapradā .. > For the Gaṅgā grants fruits here and in the hereafter to all beings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.48) bhāvānurūpato viṣṇo sadā sarvajagaddhitā .. 23 .. > According to their inner disposition, O Viṣṇu, always benevolent to the entire world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.49) yajña dāna tapo yoga japāḥ saniyamā yamāḥ .. > Sacrifices, gifts, austerities, yoga, prayers, and restraints with observances, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.50) gaṃgāsevāsahasrāṃśaṃ na labhaṃte kalau hare .. 24 .. > Do not attain a thousandth part of service to the Gaṅgā in the Kaliyuga, O Hari. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.51) kimaṣṭāṃgena yogena kiṃ tapobhiḥ kimadhvaraiḥ .. > What is the use of eightfold yoga? What of austerities? What of sacrifices? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.52) vāsa eva hi gaṃgāyāṃ brahmajñānasya kāraṇam .. 25 .. > Dwelling at the Gaṅgā alone is the cause of knowledge of Brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.53) api dūrasthitasyāpi gaṃgāmāhātmyavedinaḥ .. > Even to one stationed far away, who knows the māhātmya of the Gaṅgā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.54) ayogyasyāpi goviṃdabhaktyā gaṃgā prasīdati .. 26 .. > Even if he is unworthy, the Gaṅgā is pleased with him through devotion, O Govinda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.55) śraddhā dharmaḥ paraḥ sūkṣmaḥ śraddhā jñānaṃ paraṃ tapaḥ .. > Faith is the highest, subtle dharma; faith is knowledge and supreme austerity; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.56) śraddhā svargaśca mokṣaśca śraddhayā sā prasīdati .. 27 .. > Faith is heaven and liberation; by faith she is pleased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.57) ajñānarāgalobhādyaiḥ puṃsāṃ saṃmūḍhacetasām .. > In men whose minds are utterly deluded by ignorance, passion, greed, and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.58) śraddhā na jāyate dharme gaṃgāyāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ .. 28 .. > Faith is not born in dharma, and especially not in the Gaṅgā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.59) bahiḥ sthitaṃ jalaṃyadvannārikelāṃtare sthitam .. > Just as the water situated on the outside exists within a coconut, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.60) tathā brahmāṃḍabāhyasthaṃ parabrahmāṃbu jāhnavī .. 29 .. > Even so, the water of the Supreme Brahman situated outside the cosmic egg is the Jāhnavī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.61) gaṃgālābhātparo lābhaḥ kvacidanyo na vidyate .. > There is no other gain anywhere superior to attaining the Gaṅgā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.62) tasmādgaṃgāmupāsīta gaṃgaiva paramaḥ pumān ..4.1.27.30.. > Therefore, one should worship the Gaṅgā; the Gaṅgā alone is the supreme Puruṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.63) śaktasya paṃḍitasyāpi guṇino dānaśīlinaḥ .. > Even of a capable man, a learned scholar, a virtuous man, or one inclined to generosity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.64) gaṃgāsnānavihīnasya hare janma nirarthakam .. 31 .. > If he is destitute of ritual ablution in the Gaṅgā, O Hari, his birth is useless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.65) vṛthā kula vṛthā vidyā vṛthā yajñā vṛthātapaḥ .. > Futile is family, futile is learning, futile are sacrifices, futile is austerity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.66) vṛthā dānāni tasyeha kalau gaṃgāṃ na yo bhajet .. 32 .. > Futile are his gifts here, if he does not worship the Gaṅgā in the Kaliyuga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.67) guṇavatpātrapūjāyāṃ na syādvai tādṛśaṃ phalam .. > There would not be such a fruit in the worship of a worthy recipient > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.68) yathā gaṃgājalasnāna pūjane vidhinā phalam .. 33 .. > As is the fruit from ritual ablution in the water of the Gaṅgā and its worship according to the rules. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.69) mamatejognigarbheyaṃ mamavīryātisaṃvṛtā .. > She holds the fire of my splendour within her womb; she is thoroughly imbued with my virility; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.70) dāhikā sarvadoṣāṇāṃ sarvapāpavināśinī .. 34 .. > She burns away all faults and destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.71) smaraṇādeva gaṃgāyāḥ pāpasaṃghātapaṃjaram .. > Merely from remembering the Gaṅgā, the cage formed by the mass of sins > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.72) śatadhā bhedamāyāti girirvajrahato yathā .. 35 .. > Is split into a hundred pieces, just like a mountain struck by a thunderbolt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.73) gaṃgāṃ gacchati yastveko yastu bhaktyānumodayet .. > He who goes to the Gaṅgā on his own, and he who rejoices in it with devotion— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.74) tayostulyaphalaṃ prāhurbhaktirevātra kāraṇam.. .. 36 .. > The fruit of both of them is declared to be equal; devotion alone is the cause in this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.75) gacchaṃstiṣṭhañjapandhyānbhuṃjañjāgratsvapanvadan .. > Walking, standing, chanting, meditating, eating, waking, sleeping, speaking— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.76) yaḥ smaretsatataṃ gaṃgāṃ sa hi mucyeta baṃdhanāt .. 37 .. > He who constantly remembers the Gaṅgā is surely freed from bondage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.77) pitṝnuddiśya yobhaktyā pāyasaṃ madhusaṃyutam .. > He who, with devotion, intending \[it\] for the ancestors, throws into the water of the Gaṅgā > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.78) guḍasarpistilaiḥsārdhaṃ gaṃgāṃbhasi vinikṣipet .. 38 .. > Milk-rice mixed with honey, together with jaggery, clarified butter, and sesame seeds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.79) tṛptā bhavaṃti pitarastasya varṣaśataṃ hare .. > His ancestors become satisfied for a hundred years, O Hari; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.80) yacchaṃti vividhānkāmānparituṣṭāḥ pitāmahāḥ .. .. 39 .. > Thoroughly satisfied, the forefathers grant his diverse desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.81) liṃge saṃpūjite sarvamarcitaṃ syājjagadyathā .. > Just as the entire world is worshipped when a liṅga is fully worshipped, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.82) gaṃgāsnānena labhate sarvatīrthaphalaṃ tathā .. 4.1.27.40 .. > Even so, one obtains the fruit of all sacred fords by ritual ablution in the Gaṅgā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.83) gaṃgāyāṃ tu naraḥ snātvā yo liṃgaṃ nityamarcati .. > That man who, having bathed in the Gaṅgā, daily worships a liṅga, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.84) ekena janmanā muktiṃ parāṃ prāpnoti sa dhruvam .. 41 .. > Attains supreme liberation in a single birth, without doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.85) agnihotraṃ ca yajñāśca vratadānatapāṃsi ca .. > The agnihotra, sacrifices, vows, gifts, and austerities > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.86) gaṃgāyāṃ liṃgapūjāyāḥ koṭyaṃśenāpi no samāḥ .. 42 .. > Are not equal even to a ten-millionth part of the worship of a liṅga at the Gaṅgā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.87) gaṃgāṃ gaṃtuṃ viniścitya kṛtvā śrāddhādikaṃ gṛhe .. > When one has resolved to go to the Gaṅgā and performed the śrāddha and other rites at home, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.88) sthitasya samyaksaṃkalpāttasya naṃdaṃti pūrvajāḥ .. 43 .. > His ancestors rejoice because of his proper solemn resolve. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.89) pāpāni ca rudaṃtyāśu hā kva yāsyāma ityalam .. > And the sins immediately weep, crying: “Alas! Where shall we go?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.90) lobhamohādibhiḥ sārdhaṃ maṃtrayaṃti punaḥpunaḥ .. 44 .. > Together with greed, delusion, and the rest, they deliberate repeatedly: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.91) yathā na gaṃgāṃ yātyeṣa tathā vighnaṃ prakurmahe .. > “Let us create an obstacle so that he does not go to the Gaṅgā; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.92) gaṃgāṃ gato yathā caiṣa na ucchittiṃ vidhāsyati .. 45 .. > For once he has gone to the Gaṅgā, he will bring about our destruction.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.93) gṛhādgaṃgāvagāhārthaṃ gacchatastu padepade .. > As he walks from his home, step by step, for the sake of plunging into the Gaṅgā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.94) nirāśāni vrajaṃtyeva pāpānyasya śarīrataḥ .. 46.. > The sins depart in utter despair from his body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.95) pūrvajanmakṛtaiḥ puṇyaistyaktvā lobhādikaṃ hare .. > By merits accumulated in previous births, having abandoned greed and the like, O Hari, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.96) vyudasya sarvavighnaughāngaṃgāṃ prāpnoti puṇyavān .. 47 .. > and having dispelled all hosts of obstacles, the meritorious person reaches the Gaṅgā. 47. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.97) anuṣaṃgeṇa maulyena vāṇijyenāpi sevayā .. > Even through casual company, for money, for commerce, or in service, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.98) kāmāsaktopi vā martyo gaṃgāsnāto divaṃ vrajet .. 48 .. > or even attached to desire, a mortal who has bathed in the Gaṅgā goes to heaven. 48. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.99) anicchayāpi saṃspṛṣṭo dahano hi yathā dahet .. > Indeed, just as fire, even when touched unintentionally, burns, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.100) anicchayāpi saṃsnātā gaṃgā pāpaṃ tathā dahet .. 49 .. > so the Gaṅgā, even when bathed in unintentionally, burns away sin. 49. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.101) tāvaddhamati saṃsāre yāvadgaṃgāṃ na sevate .. > One wanders in saṃsāra only so long as one does not resort to the Gaṅgā; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.102) saṃsevya gaṃgāṃ no jaṃturbhavakleśaṃ prapaśyati .. 4.1.27.50 .. > having resorted to the Gaṅgā, a living being sees no suffering of worldly existence. 4.1.27.50. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.103) yo gaṃgāṃbhasi nisnāto bhaktyā saṃtyaktasaṃśayaḥ .. > He who has bathed in the water of the Gaṅgā with devotion, free from doubt, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.104) manuṣyacarmaṇā naddhaḥ sa devo nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 51 .. > is a god bound in human skin—of this there is no doubt. 51. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.105) gaṃgāsnānārthamudyukto madhyemārgaṃ mṛto yadi .. > If one who has set out to bathe in the Gaṅgā dies on the way, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.106) gaṃgāsnānaphalaṃ sopi tadāpnoti na saṃśayaḥ .. 52 .. > even he attains the fruit of bathing in the Gaṅgā, without doubt. 52. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.107) māhātmyaṃ ye ca gaṃgāyāḥ śṛṇvaṃti ca paṭhaṃti ca .. > And those who listen to and recite the māhātmya of the Gaṅgā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.108) tepyaśeṣairmahāpāpairmucyaṃte nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 53 .. > they too are freed from all great sins; of this there is no doubt. 53. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.109) durbuddhayo durācārā haitukā bahusaṃśayāḥ .. > Those of evil intellect, of bad conduct, rationalistic skeptics full of doubts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.110) paśyaṃti mohitā viṣṇo gaṃgāmanya nadīmiva .. 54 .. > deluded, O Viṣṇu, see the Gaṅgā as just another river. 54. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.111) janmāṃtarakṛtairdānaistapobhirniyamairvrataiḥ .. > Through gifts, austerities, observances, and vows performed in other lives, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.112) iha janmani gaṃgāyāṃ nṛṇāṃ bhaktiḥ prajāyate .. 55 .. > devotion to the Gaṅgā is born in men in this birth. 55. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.113) gaṃgābhaktimatāmarthe maheṃdrādi pureṣu ca .. > For the sake of those devoted to the Gaṅgā, in the cities of Mahendra and the others, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.114) harmyāṇi ramyabhogāni nirmitāni svayaṃbhuvā .. 56 .. > mansions with delightful enjoyments have been created by the self-manifest \[Brahmā\]. 56. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.115) siddhayaḥ siddhiliṃgāni sparśaliṃgānyanekaśaḥ .. > Perfections, liṅgas of perfection, touch-stone liṅgas in great numbers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.116) prāsādā ratnaracitāściṃtāmaṇigaṇā api .. 57 .. > palaces wrought with gems, and hosts of wish-fulfilling jewels, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.117) gaṃgājalāṃtastiṣṭhaṃti kalikalmaṣabhītitaḥ .. > remain within the waters of the Gaṅgā out of fear of the impurities of the Kali \[age\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.118) ataeva hi saṃsevyā kalau gaṃgeṣṭasiddhidā .. 58 .. > Therefore indeed, in the Kali \[age\], the Gaṅgā should be resorted to, bestowing desired perfections. 58. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.119) sūryodaye tamāṃsīva vajrapātabhayānnagāḥ .. > As darkness \[perishes\] at sunrise, as mountains out of fear of the thunderbolt's strike, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.120) tārkṣyekṣaṇādyathāsarpā meghā vātāhatā iva .. 59 .. > as snakes at the sight of Garuḍa, as clouds struck by the wind, 59. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.121) tattvajñānādyathā mohaḥ siṃhaṃ dṛṣṭvā yathā mṛgāḥ .. > as delusion through knowledge of reality, as deer upon seeing a lion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.122) tathā sarvāṇi pāpāni yāṃti gaṃgekṣaṇātkṣayam .. 4.1.27.60 .. > so all sins go to destruction from the sight of the Gaṅgā. 4.1.27.60. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.123) divyauṣadhairyathā rogā lobhena ca yathā guṇāḥ .. > Just as diseases \[are dispelled\] by divine medicines, and virtues by greed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.124) yathā grīṣmoṣmasaṃpattiragādhahrada majjanāt .. 61 .. > just as the onslaught of summer's heat \[is dispelled\] by plunging into a fathomless pool, 61. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.125) tūlaśailaḥ sphuliṃgena yathā naśyati tatkṣaṇāt .. > just as a mountain of cotton is instantly destroyed by a spark, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.126) tathā doṣāḥ praṇaśyaṃti gaṃgāṃbhaḥ sparśanāddhruvam .. 62 .. > so faults certainly perish from touching the water of the Gaṅgā. 62. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.127) krodhena ca tapo yadvatkāmena ca yathā matiḥ .. > And just as austerity \[is destroyed\] by anger, and intellect by lust, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.128) anayena yathā lakṣmīrvidyā mānena vai yathā .. 63 .. > as fortune \[is destroyed\] by injustice, and sacred learning indeed by pride, 63. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.129) daṃbha kauṭilya māyābhiryathādharmo vinaśyati .. > and as righteousness perishes through deceit, crookedness, and guile, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.130) tathā naśyaṃti pāpāni gaṃgāyā darśanena tu .. 64 .. > so sins perish merely by the darśana of the Gaṅgā. 64. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.131) mānuṣyaṃ durlabhaṃ prāpya vidyutsaṃpātacaṃcalam .. > Having attained human birth, so difficult to obtain and fleeting as a flash of lightning, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.132) gaṃgāṃ yaḥ sevate sotra buddheḥ pāraṃ paraṃ gataḥ .. 65 .. > he who resorts to the Gaṅgā has reached the supreme limit of wisdom in this world. 65. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.133) vidhūtapāpā ye martyāḥ paraṃ jyotiḥsvarūpiṇīm .. > Those mortals whose sins are shaken off see the Gaṅgā on earth > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.134) sahasrasūryapratimāṃ gaṃgāṃ paśyaṃti te bhuvi .. 66 .. > as having the nature of supreme light, resembling a thousand suns. 66. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.135) sādhāraṇāṃbhasā pūrṇāṃ sādhāraṇa nadīmiva.. > Full of ordinary water, like an ordinary river, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.136) paśyaṃti nāstikā gaṃgāṃ pāpopahatalocanāḥ .. 67 .. > the unbelievers whose eyes are afflicted by sin see the Gaṅgā. 67. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.137) saṃsāramocakaścāhaṃ janānāmanukaṃpayā .. > And I, the liberator from saṃsāra, out of compassion for people, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.138) gaṃgātaraṃgarūpeṇa sopānaṃ nirmame divaḥ .. 68 .. > created a stairway to heaven in the form of the waves of the Gaṅgā. 68. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.139) sarva eva śubhaḥ kālaḥ sarvo deśastathā śubhaḥ .. > Every time is auspicious, every place is auspicious, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.140) sarvo jano dānapātraṃ śrīmatī jāhnavī taṭe .. 69 .. > and every person is a worthy recipient of gifts on the bank of the glorious Jāhnavī. 69. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.141) yathāśvamedho yajñānāṃ nagānāṃ himavānyathā .. > As the horse sacrifice among sacrifices, as the Himavat among mountains, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.142) vratānāṃ ca yathā satyaṃ dānānāmabhayaṃ yathā .. 4.1.27.70 .. > as truth among vows, as fearlessness among gifts, 4.1.27.70. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.143) prāṇāyāmaśca tapasāṃ maṃtrāṇāṃ praṇavo yathā .. > as breath-control among austerities, as the syllable Om among mantras, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.144) dharmāṇāmapyahiṃsā ca kāmyānāṃ śrīryathā varā .. 71 .. > as non-violence among duties, as good fortune is supreme among objects of desire, 71. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.145) yathātmavidyā vidyānāṃ strīṇāṃ gaurī yathottamā .. > as the knowledge of the Self among sciences, as Gaurī is supreme among women, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.146) sarvardavegaṇānāṃ ca yathā tvaṃ puruṣottama ... 72 .. > and as you, O Puruṣottama, are among all the hosts of gods, 72. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.147) sarvaṣāmeva pātrāṇāṃ śivabhakto yathā varaḥ .. > and as a devotee of Śiva is the best among all worthy recipients, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.148) tathā sarveṣu tīrtheṣu gaṃgātīrthaṃ viśiṣyate .. 73 .. > so among all sacred fords the sacred ford of the Gaṅgā is preeminent. 73. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.149) hareyaścāvayorbhedaṃ na karoti mahāmatiḥ .. > O Hari, the wise person who makes no distinction between the two of us > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.150) śivabhaktaḥ sa vijñeyo mahāpāśupataśca saḥ .. 74 .. > is to be known as a devotee of Śiva and a great Pāśupata. 74. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.151) pāpapāṃsumahāvātyā pāpadrumakuṭhārikā .. > A great whirlwind to the dust of sin, an axe to the tree of sin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.152) pāpeṃdhanadavāgniśca gaṃgeyaṃ puṇyavāhinī .. 75 .. > and a forest fire to the firewood of sin is this Gaṅgā, flowing with merit. 75. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.153) nānārūpāśca pitaro gāthā gāyaṃti sarvadā .. > Assuming diverse forms, the ancestors constantly sing this song: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.154) api kaścitkulesmākaṃ gaṃgāsnāyī bhaviṣyati .. 76 .. > "Will someone in our family become a bather in the Gaṅgā?" 76. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.155) devarṣīnparisaṃtarpya dīnānāthāṃśca duḥkhitān .. > having satisfied the gods, seers, the poor, the helpless, and the distressed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.156) śraddhayā vidhinā snātvā dāsyate salilāṃjalim .. 77 .. > will bathe according to the rule with faith and offer a handful of water? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.157) api naḥ sa kule bhūyācchive viṣṇau ca sāmyadṛk .. > May there be someone in our family who looks equally upon Śiva and Viṣṇu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.158) tadālayakaro bhaktyā tasya saṃmārjanādikṛt .. 78 .. > who builds an abode for them with devotion, and sweeps and cleans it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.159) akāmo vā sakāmo vā tiryagyonigatopi vā .. > Desireless or full of desire, or even born into an animal womb, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.160) gaṃgāyāṃ yo mṛto martyo narakaṃ sa na paśyati ..79.. > any mortal who dies in Gaṅgā does not see hell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.161) tīrthamanyatpraśaṃsaṃti gaṃgātīre sthitāśca ye .. > Those who, dwelling on the bank of Gaṅgā, praise another sacred ford, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.162) gaṃgāṃ na bahu manyaṃte te syurnirayagāminaḥ ..4.1.27.80.. > and do not esteem Gaṅgā highly, are destined for hell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.163) māṃ ca tvāṃ caiva yo dveṣṭi gaṃgāṃ ca puruṣādhamaḥ.. > The vile man who hates Me, you, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.164) svakīyaiḥ puruṣaiḥ sārdhaṃ sa ghoraṃ narakaṃ vrajet .. 81 .. > and Gaṅgā, goes to terrible hell along with his family members. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.165) ṣaṣṭirgaṇasahasrāṇi gaṃgāṃ rakṣaṃti sarvadā .. > Sixty thousand gaṇas constantly protect Gaṅgā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.166) abhaktānāṃ ca pāpānāṃ vāse vighnaṃ prakurvate .. 82 .. > and create obstacles to the residence of the unfaithful and the sinful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.167) kāmakrodhamahāmohalobhādi niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ .. > With sharp arrows of lust, anger, great delusion, greed, and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.168) ghnaṃti teṣāṃ manastatra sthitiṃ cāpanayaṃti ca .. 83 .. > they strike their minds and banish their stay there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.169) gaṃgāṃ samāśrayedyastu sa muniḥ sa ca paṃḍitaḥ .. > He who takes refuge in Gaṅgā is a sage, he is wise; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.170) kṛtakṛtyaḥ sa vijñeyaḥ puruṣārthacatuṣṭaye .. 84 .. > he is to be known as having accomplished his aims in the four goals of human life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.171) gaṃgāyāṃ ca sakṛtsnāto hayamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. > One who bathes even once in Gaṅgā obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.172) tarpayaṃśca pitṝṃstatra tārayennarakārṇavāt .. 85 .. > and offering libations there to the ancestors, he rescues them from the ocean of hell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.173) nairaṃtaryeṇa gaṃgāyāṃ māsaṃ yaḥ snāti puṇyavān .. > The meritorious person who bathes continuously in Gaṅgā for a month > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.174) śakraloke sa vasati yāvacchakraḥ sapūrvajaḥ .. 86 .. > dwells in the world of Śakra as long as Śakra lives with his ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.175) abdaṃ yaḥ snāti gaṃgāyāṃ nairaṃtaryeṇa puṇyabhāk .. > The meritorious person who bathes continuously in Gaṅgā for a year, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.176](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.176) viṣṇorlokaṃ samāsādya sa sukhaṃ saṃvasennaraḥ .. 87 .. > having reached the world of Viṣṇu, lives in happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.177](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.177) gaṃgāyāṃ snāti yo martyo yāvajjīvaṃ dinedine .. > That mortal who bathes in Gaṅgā day after day as long as he lives, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.178](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.178) jīvanmuktaḥ sa vijñeyo dehāṃte mukta eva saḥ .. ..88 .. > is to be known as liberated while living, and at the end of the body is truly liberated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.179) tithinakṣatraparvādi nāpekṣyaṃ jāhnavī jale .. > Lunar day, lunar mansion, festive juncture, and the like need not be considered in the water of the daughter of Jahnu; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.180) snānamātreṇa gaṃgāyāṃ saṃcitāghaṃ vinaśyati .. 89 .. > by merely bathing in Gaṅgā accumulated sin is destroyed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.181) paṃḍitopi sa mūrkhaḥ syācchaktiyuktopyaśaktikaḥ .. > Even a learned man is a fool, even a capable man is powerless, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.182) yastu bhāgīrathītīraṃ sukhasevyaṃ na saṃśrayet .. 4.1.27.90 .. > who does not resort to the bank of Bhāgīrathī, which is easily served. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.183) kiṃvāyupāpyarogeṇa vikāsinyātha kiṃ śriyā .. > What is the use of a disease-free lifespan, what is the use of blooming fortune, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.184) kiṃ vā buddhyā vimalayā yadi gaṃgāṃ na sevate .. 91 .. > or what is the use of a pure intellect, if one does not serve Gaṅgā? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.185) yaḥ kārayedāyatanaṃ gaṃgāpratikṛternaraḥ .. > The person who causes a shrine for an image of Gaṅgā to be built, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.186) bhuktvā sa bhogānpretyāpi yāti gaṃgā salokatām .. 92.. > having enjoyed pleasures here, even after death attains dwelling in the same world as Gaṅgā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.187) śṛṇvaṃti mahimānaṃ ye gaṃgāyā nityamādarāt .. > Those who daily hear the greatness of Gaṅgā with reverence, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.188](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.188) gaṃgāsnānaphalaṃ teṣāṃ vācakaprīṇanāddhanaiḥ ..93.. > gain the fruit of bathing in Gaṅgā by gratifying the reciter with wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.189) pitṝnuddiśya yo liṃgaṃ snapayedgāṃga vāriṇā .. > He who bathes a liṅga with water of Gaṅgā for the sake of the ancestors— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.190](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.190) tṛptāḥ syustasya pitaro mahānirayagā api .. 94 .. > his ancestors become satisfied, even if they have gone to great hell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.191) aṣṭakṛtvo maṃtrajaptairvastrapūtaiḥ sugaṃdhibhiḥ .. > A bath with the waters of Gaṅgā, over which mantras have been muttered eight times, filtered with cloth, and fragrant, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.192) procurgāṃgajalaiḥ snānaṃ ghṛtasnānādhikaṃ budhāḥ .. 95 .. > is said by the wise to be superior to a bath with clarified butter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.193) aṣṭadravyavimiśreṇa gaṃgātoyena yaḥ sakṛt .. > He who even once, with Gaṅgā water mixed with eight substances, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.194) māgadhaprasthamātreṇa tāmrapātrasthitena ca .. 96 .. > measuring a Māgadha prastha and kept in a copper vessel, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.195](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.195) bhānave'rghaṃ pradadyācca svakīya pitṛbhiḥ saha .. > offers an argha to the sun together with his ancestors, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.196) sotitejo vimānena sūryaloke mahīyate .. 97 .. > is honoured in the world of the sun in an aerial chariot of immense splendour. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.197) āpaḥ kṣīraṃ kuśāgrāṇi ghṛtaṃ madhugavāṃdadhi .. > Water, milk, tips of kuśa grass, clarified butter, honey, cow's curd, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.198) raktāni karavīrāṇi raktacaṃdanamityapi .. 98 .. > red karavīra flowers, and red sandalwood: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.199) aṣṭāṃgārgho yamuddiṣṭastvatīva ravitoṣaṇaḥ .. > this is specified as the eightfold argha, which greatly pleases the sun; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.27.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.27.200) gāṃgairvārbhiḥ koṭiguṇo jñeyo viṣṇo'nyavāritaḥ .. 99 .. > know, O Viṣṇu, that with Gaṅgā water it is ten million times more efficacious than with any other water. > — 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