[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) › 5.107 # Skandapurana 5.107 Skandapurāṇa 5.107 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.107.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.1) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. aṣṭaṣaṣṭipramāṇāni yāni kṣetrāṇi sūtaja .. tvayoktāni ca tānyeva nāmato naḥ prakīrtaya .. 1 .. > The seers said: / The sacred fields numbering sixty-eight, O son of Sūta, / which were mentioned by you, tell us those very ones by name. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.2) tathānyāni ca tīrthāni yāni saṃti dharātale .. tāni kīrtaya kārtsnyena paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ .. 2 .. > And likewise the other sacred fords that exist on the face of the earth, / tell those in their entirety; for great indeed is our curiosity. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.3) .. sūta uvāca .. .. yāni proktāni tīrthāni bhavadbhirdvijasattamāḥ .. aṣṭaṣaṣṭipramāṇāni tathā kṣetrāṇi bhūtale ..3.. > Sūta said: / The sacred fords mentioned by you, O best among the twice-born, / and likewise the sacred fields on the earth numbering sixty-eight— // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.4) tāni sarvāṇi bhītāni praviṣṭāni rasātalam .. tīrthāni muniśārdūlāḥ pāpe hyatra kalau yuge ..4.. > All those terrified sacred fords have entered Rasātala, / O tigers among sages, in this sinful Kali age. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.5) etadeva purā pṛṣṭaḥ pārvatyā parameśvaraḥ .. yadbhavadbhirahaṃ pṛṣṭastīrthayātrākṛte dvijāḥ .. 5 .. > This very same thing was formerly asked of Parameśvara by Pārvatī, / which has now been asked of me by you, O twice-born, concerning pilgrimage to sacred fords. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.6) kailāsaśikharāsīnaḥ purā devo maheśvaraḥ .. sarvairgaṇagaṇaiḥ sārdhamupaviṣṭo varāsane .. 6 .. > Formerly, the god Maheśvara was seated on a peak of Kailāsa, / sitting on an excellent throne together with all the hosts of Gaṇas. // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.7) praṇāma karaṇārthāya hyāgateṣvamareṣu ca .. gateṣu teṣu vipreṃdrā sarveṣu tridivālayam .. ardhāsanagatā devī vākyametaduvāca ha .. 7 .. > When the immortals had come in order to pay homage, / and when all of them had returned to the abode of heaven, O leaders of brahmins, / the Goddess, seated on half of his seat, spoke this word: // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.8) .. devyuvāca .. .. devadeva mahādeva gaṃgākṣālitaśekhara .. vada me tīrthamāhātmyaṃ yadyahaṃ vallabhā tava . 8 .. > The Goddess said: / O god of gods, Mahādeva, whose crown is washed by the Gaṅgā, / tell me the māhātmya of the sacred fords, if I am dear to you. // 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.9) tisraḥ koṭyo'rdhakoṭī ca tīrthānāmiha bhūtale .. saṃkhyayā nāmato deva mahyaṃ kīrtaya sāṃpratam . 9 .. > There are three and a half crores of sacred fords here on the surface of the earth; / tell me now, O god, by number and by name. // 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.10) yāni tīrthānyanekāni kṣetrāṇi caiva me prabho .. tāni kīrtaya deveśa sugamyaṃ caiva dehinām .. kīrtanācca samagrāṇāṃ tīrthānāṃ labhyate phalam .. 6.108.10 .. > The many sacred fords and sacred fields, O Lord, / tell of them, O Lord of gods, and that which is easily accessible to embodied beings; / and by merely reciting all the sacred fords, their fruit is attained. // 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.11) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tīrthaśabdo varārohe dharmakṛtyeṣu vartate .. dharmasthāneṣu sarveṣu tattvaṃ śṛṇu samāhitā .. 11 .. > Īśvara said: / The word tīrtha, O woman of shapely hips, is applied to acts of righteousness, / and to all abodes of righteousness; listen to the truth with an attentive mind: // 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.12) mātā tīrthaṃ pitā tīrthaṃ tīrtha sādhusamāgamaḥ .. dharmānuciṃtanaṃ caiva tathaiva niyamo yamaḥ .. 12 .. > Mother is a sacred ford, father is a sacred ford, the company of the virtuous is a sacred ford; / so too is meditation upon righteousness, as well as restraint and observance. // 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.13) puṇyāḥ kathā varārohe devarṣīṇāṃ kṛtāstathā .. āśrayāḥ sanmunīṃdrāṇāṃ devānāṃ ca tathā priye .. 13 .. > The sacred narratives told of celestial seers, O woman of shapely hips, / and the dwelling places of good leaders of sages and of the gods, O beloved, // 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.14) bhūmibhāgāḥ pavitrāḥ syuḥ kīrtyate tīrthamityuta .. teṣāṃ saṃdarśanādeva smaraṇāccāvagāhanāt .. mucyaṃte jantavaḥ pāpairapi janmaśatodbhavaiḥ .. 14 .. > and pure regions of the earth are declared to be sacred fords. / Merely by seeing them, remembering them, and bathing in them, / living creatures are freed from sins, even those born of a hundred lifetimes. // 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.15) tathā pātakino ye ca ye ca viśvāsaghātakāḥ .. te'pi sarve tathā muktāsteṣāṃ caivāvagāhanāt.. 15 .. > Likewise, sinners and betrayers of trust— / even all of them are liberated in the same way merely by plunging into them. // 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.16) evaṃ pāpāni saṃyāṃti nāśaṃ sarvāṃgasundari .. api brahmavadhātpāpaṃ yadbhavediha dehinām .. taccāpi tīrthasaṃsargātpralayaṃ yātyasaṃśayam .. 16 .. > Thus sins go to destruction, O woman beautiful in all limbs; / even the sin that embodied beings might incur here through the slaying of a brahmin, / that too undoubtedly perishes through contact with a sacred ford. // 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.17) mamāpi karasaṃlagnaṃ kapālaṃ brahmaṇaḥ purā .. patitaṃ tīrthasaṃsargātteṣāṃ caivāvagāhanāt .. 17 .. > Even the skull of Brahmā that clung to my hand in former times / fell off through contact with sacred fords and by plunging into them. // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.18) evaṃ sarveṣu tīrtheṣu tathā hyāyataneṣu ca .. snātavyaṃ bhaktiyuktena cetasā nānyagāminā .. 18 .. > Therefore, in all sacred fords and in temples, / one should bathe with devotion in one's heart, not straying to anything else. // 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.19) yatra snātairnaraiḥ samyaksarveṣāṃ labhyate phalam .. mamāśrayaṃ viśālākṣi sarvapātakanāśanam.. kāmadaṃ ca tathā nṝṇāṃ nārīṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ .. 19 .. > The fruit of all \[sacred fords\] is truly obtained by men who bathe where / my sanctuary is, O large-eyed woman, destroying all wickedness, / and granting the desires of men, and especially of women. // 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.20) etadguhyatamaṃ devi mama nityavyavasthitam .. na kasyā'pi mayākhyātaṃ deveṃdrasyāpi pṛcchataḥ .. 6.108.20 .. > This is my most secret \[teaching\], O Goddess, perpetually maintained; / it has not been told to anyone by me, not even to the king of gods when he asked. // 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.21) vāllabhyāttava me bhadre kathitaṃ vai varānane .. aṣṭaṣaṣṭiḥ pragamyāni bhaktyā tīrthāni mānavaiḥ .. 21 .. > Because you are dear to me, O auspicious one of lovely face, it is indeed told: / sixty-eight sacred fords should be visited with devotion by mortals. // 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.22) mamāśrayāṇi tānyeva sarvapāpaharāṇi ca .. kāmadāni varārohe matprabhāvādasaṃśayam .. 22 .. > Those very sanctuaries of mine destroy all sins; / they grant desires, O woman of shapely hips, undoubtedly through my power. // 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.23) yaṃ yaṃ kāmaṃ samādhāya tatra tīrthe pumānyadi .. kṛtvā snānaṃ tato devamarcayecca maheśvaram .. 23 .. > Whatever desire a man may focus upon in that sacred ford, / if, having performed his bath, he then worships the god Maheśvara, // 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.24) sukṛtaṃ manasi dhyātvā yairnaraiḥ pūjito hariḥ .. āstāṃ teṣāṃ varārohe darśanaṃ sparśanaṃ tathā .. smaraṇādapi mucyaṃte narāḥ pāpaiḥ purākṛtaiḥ .. 24 .. > having contemplated merit in their minds, those men who have worshipped Hari— / let alone seeing and touching them, O woman of shapely hips— / even by remembering them, men are freed from previously committed sins. // 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.25) ete śakrādayo devāsteṣu tīrtheṣu sundari .. māṃ pūjya tridivaṃ prāptāstathānye nāradādayaḥ .. 25 .. > These gods, Indra and the others, in those sacred fords, O fair one, / attained heaven after worshipping me, and likewise others, Nārada and the rest. // 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.26) tānyahaṃ te pravakṣyāmi vistareṇa pṛthakpṛthak .. nāmataḥ śṛṇu deveśi samāhitamanāḥ sthitā .. 26 .. > I shall tell them to you in detail, one by one; / listen to them by name, O ruler of gods, remaining with a focused mind: // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.27) vārāṇasī prayāgaṃ ca naimiṣaṃ cāparaṃ tathā .. gayāśiraḥ supuṇyaṃ ca pavitraṃ kurujāṃgalam .. 27 .. > Vārāṇasī, Prayāga, and another, Naimiṣa, / the most meritorious Gayāśiras, and holy Kurujāṅgala; // 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.28) prabhāsaṃ puṣkaraṃ caiva viśveśvaramathāparama .. aṭṭahāsaṃ mahendraṃ ca tathaivojjayanī ca yā .. 28 .. > Prabhāsa, Puṣkara, and another, Viśveśvara, / Aṭṭahāsa, Mahendra, and that which is Ujjayinī; // 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.29) marukoṭiḥ śaṃkukarṇaṃ gokarṇaṃ kṣetramuttamam .. rudrakoṭiḥ sthaleśaṃ ca harṣitaṃ vṛṣabhadhvajam .. 29 .. > Marukoṭi, Śaṅkukarṇa, the excellent sacred field Gokarṇa, / Rudrakoṭi, Sthaleśa, and delightful Vṛṣabhadhvaja; // 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.30) kedāraṃ ca tathā kṣetraṃ kṣetraṃ madhyamakeśvaram .. sahasrākṣaṃ tathā kṣetraṃ tathānyatkārtikeśvaram .. 6.108.30 .. > Kedāra, and likewise the sacred field Madhyamakeśvara, / the sacred field Sahasrākṣa, and another, Kārtikeśvara; // 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.31) tathaiva vastramārgaṃ ca tathā kanakhalaṃ smṛtam .. bhadrakarṇaṃ ca vikhyātaṃ daṇḍakākhyaṃ tathaiva ca .. 31 .. > and likewise Vastramārga, and Kanakhala is remembered, / celebrated Bhadrakarṇa, and likewise that called Daṇḍaka; // 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.32) tridaṇḍākhyaṃ tathā kṣetraṃ tathaiva kṛmijāṃgalam .. ekāmraṃ ca tathā kṣetraṃ kṣetraṃ chāgalakaṃ tathā .. 32 .. > and the sacred field named Tridaṇḍa, and likewise Kṛmijāṅgala, / the sacred field Ekāmra, and likewise the sacred field Chāgalaka; // 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.33) kāliṃjaraṃ ca deveśi tathānyanmaṇḍaleśvaram .. kāśmīraṃ marukeśaṃ ca hariścaṃdraṃ suśobhanam.. 33 .. > Kālañjara, O ruler of gods, and another, Maṇḍaleśvara, / Kāśmīra, Marukeśa, and very beautiful Hariścandra; // 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.34) puraścaṃdraṃ ca vāmeśaṃ kukuṭeśvarameva ca .. bhasmagātramathokāraṃ trisaṃdhyā virajā tathā .. 34 ... > Puraścandra, Vāmeśa, and Kukuṭeśvara, / Bhasmagātra, then Oṃkāra, Trisaṃdhyā, and Virajā; // 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.35) arkeśvaraṃ ca nepālaṃ duṣkarṇaṃ karavīrakam .. jāgeśvaraṃ tathā devi śrīśailaṃ parvatottamam .. 35 .. > Arkeśvara, Nepāla, Duṣkarṇa, Karavīraka, / Jāgeśvara, and likewise, O Goddess, Śrīśaila, the best of mountains; // 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.36) ayodhyā caiva pātālaṃ tathā kārohaṇaṃ mahat .. devikā ca nadī puṇyā bhairavaṃ pūrvasāgaraḥ .. 36 .. > Ayodhyā, Pātāla, and the great Kārohaṇa, / the holy river Devikā, Bhairava, and the eastern ocean; // 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.37) saptagodāvarītīrthaṃ tathaiva samudāhṛtam .. nirmaleśaṃ tathānyacca karṇikāraṃ suśobhanam .. 37 .. > Saptagodāvarī tīrtha is likewise proclaimed, / and another, Nirmaleśa, and very beautiful Karṇikāra; // 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.38) kailāsaṃ jāhnavītīraṃ jalaliṃgaṃ ca vāḍavam.. badarītīrthavaryaṃ ca koṭitīrthaṃ tathaiva ca .. 38 .. > Kailāsa, the bank of the Jāhnavī, Jalaliṅga, and Vāḍava, / and Badarī, the best of sacred fords, and likewise Koṭitīrtha; // 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.39) viṃdhyācalo hemakūṭaṃ gandhamādanameva ca .. liṃgeśvaraṃ tathā kṣetraṃ laṃkādvāraṃ tathaiva ca .. 39 .. > the Vindhya mountain, Hemakūṭa, and Gandhamādana, / and the sacred field Liṅgeśvara, and likewise Laṅkādvāra. // 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.40) naleśvaraṃ tu madhyeśaṃ kedāraṃ rudrajālakam .. suvarṇākhyaṃ ca vāmoru tathānyatṣaṣṭikāpatham .. 6.108.40 .. > Naleśvara, Madhyeśa, Kedāra, Rudrajālaka, / Suvarṇākhya, O fair-thighed lady, and also another, Ṣaṣṭikāpatha. (40) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.107.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107.108) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśavarakṣetramāhātmye 'ṣṭaṣaṣṭitīrthavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 108 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and eighth chapter, named “Description of the Sixty-Eight Sacred Fords,” in the māhātmya of the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the sixth Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the 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.5.107.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.107) · Pramāṇa