[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) › 4.60.44.1 # Skandapurana 4.60.44.1 Skandapurāṇa 4.60.44.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.60.44.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.60.44.1) skaṃda uvāca .. uktā paṃcanadotpattirmitrāvaruṇanaṃdana .. idānīṃ kathayiṣyāmi mādhavāviṣkṛtiṃ parām .. 1 .. yāṃ śrutvā śraddhayā dhīmānpāpebhyo mucyate kṣaṇāt .. na ca śriyā viyujyeta saṃyujyeta vṛṣeṇa ca .. 2 .. āgatya maṃdarādadrerupeṃdraścaṃdraśekharam .. āpṛcchya tārkṣyarathagaḥ kṣaṇādvārāṇasīṃ purīm.. 3 .. divo dāsaṃ mahīpālaṃ samuccāṭya svamāyayā .. sthitvā pādodake tīrthe keśavākhya svarūpataḥ .. 4 .. mahimānaṃ paraṃ kāśyāṃ vicārya suvicārya ca .. dṛṣṭvā paṃcanadaṃ tīrthaṃ parāṃ mudamavāpa ha .. 5 .. uvāca ca prasannātmā puṃḍarīkavilocanaḥ .. agaṇyā api vaikuṃṭha guṇā vigaṇitā mayā .. 6 .. kva kṣīranīradhau saṃti tāvaṃto nirmalā guṇāḥ .. yāvaṃto vijayaṃ tetra kāśyāṃ paṃcanade hrade .. 7 .. śvetadvīpepi sāmagrī kva guṇānāṃ garīyasī .. īdṛśī yādṛśī kāśyāṃ dhūtapāpesti pāvanī .. 8 .. mude kaumodakī sparśastathā na mama jāyate .. dhūtapāpāṃbu saṃparko yathā bhavati sarvathā .. 9 .. na kṣīranīradhijayā sukhaṃ me śliṣṭagātrayā .. tathā bhavedyathātra syātspṛṣṭayā dhūtapāpayā .. 4.2.60.10 .. itthaṃ paṃcanade tīrthe kṣīranīradhijādhavaḥ .. saṃpreṣya tārkṣyaṃ tryakṣāgre vṛttāṃtaviniveditum .. 11 .. ānaṃdakānanabhavaṃ divodāsa kṣamāpateḥ .. saṃvarṇayanguṇagrāmaṃ puṇyaṃ pāṃcanadodbhavam .. 12 .. sukhopaviṣṭaḥ saṃhṛṣṭaḥ sudṛṣṭirviṣṭaraśravāḥ .. dṛṣṭavāṃstapasā juṣṭamapuṣṭāṃgaṃ tapodhanam .. 13 .. sa ṛṣistaṃ samabhyetya puṃḍarīkākṣamacyutam .. upopaviṣṭakamalaṃ vanamālāvirājitam .. 14 .. śaṃkhapadmagadācakra caṃcatkaracatuṣṭayam .. > Skanda said: / The origin of the Pañcanada has been related, O son of Mitrā-Varuṇa. / Now I shall tell of the supreme manifestation of Mādhava, / by hearing which with faith an intelligent person is freed from sins in an instant, / is never separated from prosperity, and becomes united with righteousness. / Having come from Mount Mandara, taking leave of the moon-crested \[Śiva\], / Upendra, riding the carriage that is Garuḍa, reached the city of Vārāṇasī in an instant. / Having removed King Divodāsa by his own māyā, / taking his stance at the Pādodaka tīrtha in his own form named Keśava, / contemplating again and again the supreme greatness of Kāśī, / and seeing the Pañcanada tīrtha, he experienced supreme joy. / And the lotus-eyed \[god\], pleased in spirit, said: / "Though the virtues of Vaikuṇṭha are countless, they have been numbered by me; / where in the Ocean of Milk are there as many immaculate virtues / as excel here in the pool of the Pañcanada in Kāśī? / Even in Śvetadvīpa where is there so great an abundance of virtues, / purifying as it is in the Dhūtapāpā at Kāśī? / Contact with my Kaumodakī club does not bring me such joy / as comes in every way from contact with the waters of the Dhūtapāpā. / I do not find such delight in the daughter of the Ocean of Milk embracing my body / as may be found here by touching the Dhūtapāpā." / Thus at the Pañcanada tīrtha, the husband of the daughter of the Ocean of Milk, / having sent Garuḍa before the three-eyed \[Śiva\] to report the news / concerning King Divodāsa that occurred in the Forest of Bliss, / while recounting the array of sacred virtues born of the Pañcanada, / comfortably seated, overjoyed, gracious-eyed, Viṣṇu / saw an ascetic whose body was emaciated, endowed with austerity. / That sage, approaching him, the lotus-eyed, unswerving Acyuta, / who was seated on a lotus, adorned with a forest garland, / his four hands glittering with conch, lotus, mace, and discus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.59.300](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.59.300) - [Next: 4.60.44.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.60.44.2) - [Up: 4.60.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.60.44) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.60.44.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.60.44.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.60.44.1) · Pramāṇa