[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) › 4.7.74.5 # Skandapurana 4.7.74.5 Skandapurāṇa 4.7.74.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.7.74.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.7.74.5) dharmatīrthamidaṃ samyagarthatīrthamidaṃ param .. kāmikaṃ tīrthametacca mokṣatīrthamidaṃ dhruvam .. 61 .. brahmahatyādi pāpāni tāvadgarjaṃti dehiṣu .. yāvanmajjaṃti no māghe prayāge pāpahāriṇi .. 62 .. tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padaṃ sadā paśyaṃti sūrayaḥ.. etadyatpaṭhyate vede tatprayāgaṃ punaḥ punaḥ..63.. sarasvatī rajo rūpā tamorūpā kaliṃdajā.. sattvarūpā ca gaṃgātra nayaṃti brahmanirguṇam..64.. iyaṃ veṇīhi niḥśreṇī brahmaṇo vartmayāsyataḥ.. jaṃtorviśuddhadehasya śraddhā'śraddhāplutasya ca ..65.. kāśīti kācidabalā bhuvaneṣu rūḍhā lolārka keśavavilolavilocanā . .. taddoryugaṃ ca varaṇāsiriyaṃ tadīyā veṇīti yā'tra gaditā'kṣayaśarmabhūmiḥ.. 66.. agastiruvāca.. sudharmiṇi guṇāṃstasya kotra varṇayituṃ kṣamaḥ.. tīrtharājaprayāgasya tīrthaiḥ saṃsevitasya ca ..67.. pāpināṃ yāni pāpāni prasahya kṣālitānyaho.. tacchuddhyai sevyate tīrthaiḥ prayāgamadhikaṃ tataḥ.. 68.. prayāgasya guṇānjñātvā śivaśarmā dvijaḥ sudhīḥ.. tatra māghamuṣtvā'tha prāpa vārāṇasīṃ purīm..69.. praveśa eva saṃvīkṣya sa dehalivināyakam.. anvaliṃpattato bhaktyā sājyasiṃdūrakardamaiḥ.. 4.1.7.70.. nivedyamodakānpaṃca vaṃcayaṃtaṃ nijaṃ janam.. mahopasargavargebhyastatoṃ'taḥ kṣetramāviśat..71.. āgatya dṛṣṭvā maṇikarṇikāyāmudagvahāṃ svargataraṃgiṇīṃ saḥ.. saṃkṣīṇapuṇyetarapuṇyakarmaṇāṃ nṛṇāṃ gaṇaiḥ sthāṇugaṇairivāvṛtām..72.. sacailamāplutya jale'male'male'vilaṃbamālaṃbita śuddhabuddhiḥ .. saṃtarpya dervīṣamanuṣyadivyapitṝnpitṝnsvānsahi karmakāṃḍavit .. 73 .. vidhāya ca drāksa hi paṃcatīrthikāṃ viśveśamārādhya tato yathāsvam .. > This is truly the sacred ford of righteousness; this is the supreme sacred ford of wealth; / this is the sacred ford of desires, and this is firmly the sacred ford of liberation. / 61 > Sins such as the murder of a brahmin roar in embodied beings only so long / as they do not plunge in the month of Māgha into Prayāga, which removes all sin. / 62 > ‘That supreme abode of Viṣṇu the wise behold forever’— / this, which is recited in the Veda, is indeed Prayāga, time and again. / 63 > Here Sarasvatī is the form of passion, the daughter of Kalinda is the form of darkness, / and the Gaṅgā is the form of purity; they lead one to the unqualified Brahman. / 64 > This confluence is indeed the ladder for a creature walking the path of Brahman, / whose body is purified, whether immersed with faith or without faith. / 65 > A certain woman celebrated in the worlds as Kāśī, whose tremulous eyes are Lolārka and Keśava, / whose two arms are the Varaṇā and the Asi, and whose braid is spoken of here as the site of imperishable bliss. / 66 > Agasti said: / O righteous one, who here is capable of describing the virtues / of Prayāga, the king of sacred fords, which is served even by the sacred fords? / 67 > Ah! The sins of sinners that have been forcefully washed away / are cleansed when the sacred fords attend Prayāga even more. / 68 > Knowing the virtues of Prayāga, the wise brahmin Śivaśarman, / having stayed there during the month of Māgha, then reached the city of Vārāṇasī. / 69 > Beholding Dehalīvināyaka right at the entrance, / he anointed him with devotion with mud mixed with ghee and vermilion; / 70 > offering five sweetmeats to him who protects his own devotees / from the host of great calamities, he then entered the sacred field. / 71 > Arriving and seeing at Maṇikarṇikā the celestial river flowing northwards, / surrounded by hosts of men whose sinful and non-sinful deeds were destroyed, like hosts of pillars; / 72 > having bathed with his clothes on in that pure, spotless water, with a mind purified without delay, / having offered libations to gods, ṛṣis, humans, divine ancestors, and his own ancestors, he, who knew the sacrificial ritual, / 73 > and having quickly completed the pilgrimage of the five sacred fords, then worshipped Viśveśa according to his means... > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.7.74.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.7.74.4) - [Next: 4.7.74.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.7.74.6) - [Up: 4.7.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.7.74) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.7.74.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.7.74.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.7.74.5) · Pramāṇa