[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) › 5.22 # Skandapurana 5.22 Skandapurāṇa 5.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.22.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.1) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. yadetadbhavatā proktaṃ tīrthe śakrasamudravam.. svāmidrohakṛtātpāpānnirmukto yatra lakṣmaṇaḥ .. 1 .. > The seers said: / "As for that which was mentioned by you regarding the sacred ford arisen from Indra, / where Lakṣmaṇa was freed from the sin born of treachery to one's master— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.2) kathaṃ tatra purā śakraḥ svāmidrohasamudbhavāt .. pātakādeva nirmuktaḥ kasminkāle ca sūtaja..2.. > how was Indra formerly freed from the very sin born of treachery to his master / at that place, and at what time, O son of Sūta? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.3) kasmādditermahendreṇa kṛtaṃ kṛtyaṃ tathāvidham .. yena saṃsūdito garbhaḥ sarvaṃ vistarato vada ..3.. > Why was such an act committed against Diti by Mahendra, / by which her fetus was destroyed? Tell everything in detail." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.4) .. sūta uvāca .. .. brahmaṇo dakṣiṇāṃguṣṭhājjajñe dakṣaḥ prajāpatiḥ .. sa ca saṃjanayāmāsa pacāśatkanyakāḥ śubhāḥ ..4.. > Sūta said: / "From the right thumb of Brahmā, the lord of creatures Dakṣa was born, / and he begot fifty auspicious daughters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.5) dadau ca daśa dharmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa .. divyena vidhinā dakṣaḥ saptaviṃśatimiṃdave .. 5 .. > And Dakṣa gave ten to Dharma, thirteen to Kaśyapa, / and twenty-seven to the Moon according to the celestial rite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.6) aditiśca ditiścaiva dve bhārye mukhyatāṃ gate .. kaśyapasya dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ prāṇebhyo'pi priye sadā .. 6 .. > Aditi and Diti became the two principal wives / of Kaśyapa, O best of twice-born, always dearer than his own breaths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.7) tataḥ sa janayāmāsa devāñcchakrapuraḥsarān.. adityāṃ caiva daityāṃśca dityāṃ sa balavattarān ..7.. > Then he fathered upon Aditi the gods led by Śakra, / and upon Diti the mightier daityas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.8) teṣāṃ trailokyarājyārthaṃ mitho jajñe mahāhavaḥ .. tatra śakreṇa te daityāḥ saṃgrāme vinipātitāḥ .. 8 .. > Between them a great battle arose for the kingdom of the three worlds; / there those daityas were struck down in battle by Śakra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.9) tataḥ śokaparā cakre ditirvratamanuttamam .. putrārthaṃ niyamopetā kṣetre'traiva samāhitā .. 9 .. > Then Diti, overcome with grief, undertook an unsurpassed vow; / endowed with self-restraint and concentrated in mind, she stayed in this very sacred field for the sake of a son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.10) tato varṣasahasrāṃte tasyāstuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ .. uvāca parituṣṭo'smi varaṃ prārthaya vāṃchitam .. 6.22.10 .. > Then, at the end of a thousand years, Maheśvara was pleased with her; / he said, "I am well pleased; ask for your desired boon." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.11) sā'bravīdyadi me tuṣṭastvaṃ deva śaśiśekhara .. tatputraṃ dehi devānāṃ sarveṣāṃ balavattaram.. yajñabhāgaprabhoktāraṃ devānāṃ darpanāśanam .. 11 .. > She said: "If you are pleased with me, O god crowned with the crescent moon, / then grant me a son mightier than all the gods, / who will enjoy the sacrificial share and destroy the pride of the gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.12) avadhyaṃ saṃgare pūrvaiḥ sarvaidevaiḥ savāsavaiḥ .. sa tatheti pratijñāya jagāmādarśanaṃ haraḥ .. 12 .. > one who cannot be slain in battle by all the gods together with Vāsava." / Having pledged "So be it," Hara vanished from sight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.13) ditiścaivā'dadhādgarbhaṃ kaśyapānmunipuṃgavāt .. tataḥ śakro bhayaṃ cakre jñātvā taṃ garbhasaṃbhavam.. vadato munimukhyasya nāradasya mahātmanaḥ .. 13 .. > And Diti conceived an embryo from Kaśyapa, the foremost of sages. / Then Śakra felt fear, having learned of that conception / as the noble Nārada, the chief of sages, told of it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.14) tato duṣṭāṃ matiṃ kṛtvā tasya garbhasya nāśane .. cakre tasyāḥ sa śuśrūṣāṃ divārātramataṃdritaḥ .. 14 .. > Then, forming a wicked intent to destroy that embryo, / he attended upon her day and night without wearying, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.15) chidramanveṣamāṇastu susūkṣmamapi ca dvijāḥ .. na tasyā labhate kvā'pi gatā māsā navaiva tu .. 15 .. > seeking a flaw, even a very subtle one, O brahmins; / but he found none at all in her, and nine months passed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.16) tataśca daśame māsi saṃprāpte prasavodbhave .. garbhālasā niśāvaktre suptā sā dakṣiṇāmukhī .. 16 .. > Then, when the tenth month arrived, bringing about childbirth, / she, weary from pregnancy, fell asleep at nightfall facing south. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.17) nidrāvaśaṃ tu saṃprāptā visaṃjñā samapadyata.. śakrahastāvamardotthapādasaukhyena niścalā .. 17 .. > Overcome by sleep, she became unconscious, / remaining motionless from the comfort of her feet being massaged by Śakra's hands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.18) tāṃ visaṃjñāmatho vīkṣya tyaktvā pādau śatakratuḥ .. praviveśodaraṃ tasyāstīkṣṇaṃ śastraṃ kare dadhat .. tenā'sau saptadhā cake garbhaṃ śastreṇa devapaḥ .. 18 .. > Seeing her unconscious, Śatakratu let go of her feet / and entered her womb, holding a sharp weapon in his hand. / With that weapon, the lord of gods cut the embryo into seven pieces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.19) athā'paśyatkṣaṇātsapta vālakānpūrṇavigrahān .. tatastānapi saptaiva saptadhā kṛtavānhariḥ .. 19 .. > Then in an instant he saw seven boys with complete bodies; / thereupon Hari cut those seven too into seven parts each. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.20) jātā ekonapañcāśadatha tatraiva bālakāḥ .. tāndṛṣṭvā vṛddhimāpannāṃstato bhītaḥ śatakratuḥ .. niścakrāmodarātūrṇaṃ dityā yāvanna lakṣitaḥ .. 6.22.20 .. > Thus forty-nine boys came into being right there. / Seeing them continuing to grow, Śatakratu became terrified / and quickly emerged from the womb before he could be noticed by Diti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.21) tataḥ prabhāte vimale prodgate ravimaṃḍale .. ditiḥ saṃjanayāmāsa saptadhā sapta bālakān.. 21 .. > Then, in the spotless morning, when the sun's orb had risen, / Diti gave birth to the seven times seven boys. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.22) tato'bhyetya sahasrākṣo durgaṃdhena samāvṛtaḥ .. nistejā mlānavaktraśca lajjayā' dhomukhaḥ sthitaḥ .. 22 .. > Then the thousand-eyed \[god\] approached, enveloped in a foul stench, / devoid of splendor, his face withered, standing with head bowed in shame. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.23) taṃ dṛṣṭvā tādṛśaṃ śakraṃ ditiḥ provāca sādaram .. praṇataṃ saṃsthitaṃ pārśve bhayavyākulacetasam .. 23 .. > Seeing Śakra in such a state, bowed down, / standing at her side with his mind agitated by fear, Diti spoke with respect: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.24) kiṃ tvaṃ śakra niru tsāhastejodyutivivarjitaḥ .. śarīrāttava durgandhaḥ kasmādīdṛkprajāyate .. 24 .. > "Why are you dispirited, O Śakra, bereft of luster and brilliance? / Why does such a foul odor arise from your body? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.25) kiṃ tvayā nihato viprogururvābālako'thavā .. nārī vā yena te naṣṭaṃ tejo gātrasamudbhavam .. 25 .. > Did you kill a brahmin, or a guru, or a child, / or a woman, on account of which the splendor born of your body is lost? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.26) hato nakhāṃbhasā vā tvaṃ ghṛṣṭaḥ śūrpānilena ca .. ajāmārjanikotthaiścarajobhirvā samāśritaḥ .. 26 .. > Were you struck with water from fingernails, or brushed with the wind of a winnowing basket, / or covered with dust raised by a broom made of goat-hair?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.27) .. śakra uvāca .. .. satyametanmahābhāge yattvayokto'smi sāṃpratam .. rātrau praviṣṭaḥ suptāyā jaṭhare tava pāpakṛt .. 27 .. > Śakra said: / "True is this, O fortunate lady, which you have just spoken to me. / At night, doing evil, I entered your belly while you slept, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.28) kṛntaścaikonapañcāśatkṛtvo garbho mayā śubhe .. tāvanmātrāstato jātā bālakāḥ sarva eva te .. 28 .. > and the embryo, O auspicious lady, was cut by me forty-nine times; / just that many boys were born from it, each and every one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.29) tato bhītyā viniṣkrāntastvayā devi na lakṣitaḥ .. etasmātkāraṇājjātā tejohāniranindite .. 29 .. > Then I emerged in fear, unnoticed by you, O goddess. / For this reason, O blameless one, has loss of luster befallen me." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.30) .. ditiruvāca .. .. yasmātsatyaṃ tvayā proktaṃ purato mama devapa .. tasmātprārthaya mattastvaṃ varaṃ yanmanasepsi tam .. 6.22.30 .. > Diti said: / "Since you have spoken the truth before me, O lord of gods, / therefore ask from me the boon that is desired by your mind." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.31) .. śakra uvāca .. .. ete tava sutā devi cchidyamānā mayāsinā .. rudanto vāritā mandaṃ mā rudantu muhurmuhuḥ .. 31 .. > Śakra said: / "These sons of yours, O goddess, as they were being cut by me with a sword, / wept, and were restrained by me softly: 'Do not weep \[mā rudanta\]!' again and again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.32) maruto nāmavikhyātāstasmātsaṃtujagatraye .. daityabhāvavinirmuktā madvidheyā mama priyāḥ .. 32 .. > Therefore let them be renowned as the Maruts in the three worlds; / freed from daitya nature, obedient to me, and dear to me, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.33) yajñabhāgabhujaḥ sarve bhaviṣyaṃti mayā saha .. yasmādetanmayā tīrthaṃ bālakaistava maṃḍitam .. 33 .. > they shall all enjoy shares of the sacrifice along with me. / Because this sacred ford was adorned by me with your boys, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.34) bahubhiryāsyati khyātiṃ bālamaṃḍanamityataḥ .. yā ca strī garbhasaṃyuktā snānaṃ bhaktyā kariṣyīta .. na bhaviṣyaṃti chidrāṇi tasyā garbhe kathaṃcana .. 34 .. > it shall hence attain renown among many as Bālamaṇḍana. / And whichever pregnant woman performs ritual ablution \[here\] with devotion, / no afflictions will befall her embryo in any way. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.35) prāpte prasavakāle tu yā jalaṃ prāśayiṣyati .. tīrthasyāsya sukhenaiva prasaviṣyati sā sutam .. 35 .. .. > And when the time of delivery arrives, she who drinks water / from this sacred ford will easily give birth to a son." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.36) .. ditiruvāca .. .. tavocchedāya deveśa yācitaḥ prāṅmayā haraḥ .. ekaṃ deva sutaṃ dehi sarvadevanibarhaṇam .. 36 .. > Diti said: / "For your destruction, O lord of gods, Hara was formerly implored by me: / 'O god, give me a single son who will destroy all the gods!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.37) tvayā caikonapaṃcāśatprakāraḥ sa vinirmitaḥ .. yasmādṛtaṃ tvayā proktaṃ tasmādetadbhaviṣyati .. 37 .. > And you have transformed him into forty-nine forms. / Since you have spoken the truth, so shall this come to pass." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.38) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tataḥ prabhṛti te jātā maruto vibudhaiḥ samam .. yajñabhāgasya bhoktāro diteḥ śakrasya śāsanāt .. 38.. > Sūta said: / From then on, they became the Maruts, equal to the gods, / eaters of the sacrificial share, by the command of Diti and Śakra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.39) atha prāha sahasrākṣo devācāryaṃ bṛhaspatim .. māturdrohakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ kathaṃ yāsyati saṃkṣa yam.. 39 .. > Then the thousand-eyed \[Indra\] said to Bṛhaspati, the teacher of the gods: / "How will the sin committed by treachery against a mother come to an end?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.39\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.39_1) .. bṛhaspatiruvāca .. .. atraiva kuru devendra tapaḥ pāpaviśuddhaye .. tīrthe yatra kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ sarvapātakanāśane ..6.22.4... > Bṛhaspati said: / "Perform austerity right here, O lord of gods, for purification from sin, / at this sacred ford which destroys all sins, where the sin was committed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.39\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.39_2) na yajñairna ca dānena nānyaistīrthasamāśrayaiḥ .. māturdrohakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśaṃ yāti puraṃdara .. evametatparityajya tīrthaṃ mātustavā''śrayam ..4... > Not by sacrifices, nor by charity, nor by resorting to other sacred fords / does sin committed through treachery against a mother perish, O Puraṃdara, / if you abandon this sacred ford, the refuge of your mother." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.42) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tatastūrṇaṃ saha sākṣaḥ sahasrākṣeśasaṃjñitam .. liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsa svayameva dvijottamāḥ .. 42 .. > Sūta said: / Then the thousand-eyed \[god\] quickly established himself, / O best of brahmins, a liṅga named Sahasrākṣeśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.43) trikālaṃ pūjayāmāsapuṣpadhūpānulepanaiḥ .. tathānyairbalisatkā rairgītairnṛtyaiḥpṛthagvidhaiḥ .. 43 .. > He worshiped it at the three junctures of the day with flowers, incense, and ointments, / as well as other offering-honors, and various songs and dances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.44) tato varṣasahasrāṃte tuṣṭastasya maheśvaraḥ .. provāca varado'smīti śakra prārthaya vāṃchitam .. 44 .. > Then, at the end of a thousand years, Maheśvara was pleased with him / and said: "I am a granter of boons; O Śakra, ask for your desire." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.45) .. śakra uvāca .. ... māturdrohakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ yātu me tripurāṃtaka .. tathā'nyeṣāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ ye'tra tvāṃ śraddhayānvitāḥ .. pūjayiṣyaṃti sadbhaktyā snānaṃ kṛtvā samāhitāḥ .. 45 .. .. > Śakra said: / "May the sin committed by me through treachery against a mother pass away, O destroyer of Tripura, / and likewise for other mortals who, endowed with faith, / worship you here with true devotion and concentrated minds after performing ritual ablution!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.46) .. sūta uvāca .. .. sa tatheti pratijñāya jagāmādarśanaṃ haraḥ .. śakro'pi rahitaḥ pāpairjagāma tridaśālayam .. 46 .. > Sūta said: / Having promised, “So be it,” Hara vanished from sight; / and Śakra, freed from sins, went to the abode of the thirty \[gods\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.47) evaṃ tatra samutpannaṃ tīrthaṃ tadbālamaṃḍanam ... svāmidrohakṛtātpāpānmucyaṃte yatra mānavāḥ .. 47 .. > Thus arose there that sacred ford, Bālamaṇḍana, / where men are freed from the sin of being treacherous to a master. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.48) etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ bālamaṃḍanasaṃbhavam .. māhātmyaṃ tu dvija śreṣṭhāḥ śṛṇudhvamatha sādaram .. 48 .. > All this about the origin of Bālamaṇḍana has been told to you. / Now listen with reverence, best of brahmins, to its māhātmya: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.49) āśvinasya site pakṣe daśamyādi yathākramam .. yastatra kurute śrāddhaṃ yāvatpaṃcadaśī tithiḥ .. 49 .. > He who properly performs a śrāddha there during the bright fortnight of Āśvina, / beginning on the tenth day up to the fifteenth lunar day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.50) tīrthānāṃ sa hi sarveṣāṃ snānajaṃ labhate phalam .. śrāddhasya karaṇādvāpi vājimedhaphalaṃ dvijāḥ .. 6.22.50 .. > obtains the fruit born of ritual ablution in all the sacred fords, / or indeed, O brahmins, through performing the śrāddha, the fruit of a horse-sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.51) tasminkāle sahasrākṣaḥ samāgacchati bhūtale .. bhāgānāṃ martyajātānāṃ sevanāya sadaiva hi .. 51 .. > At that time the thousand-eyed \[Indra\] arrives on the surface of the earth, / always to enjoy the portions offered by mortal beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.52) yāvadbhūmitale śakrastiṣṭhatyevaṃ dvijottamāḥ .. tīrthe tīrthāni sarvāṇi tāvattiṣṭhanti tatra vai..52... > As long as Śakra remains thus on the earth's surface, O best of brahmins, / so long indeed do all the sacred fords abide in that sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.53) tasmātsarvaprayatnena tasminkāle viśeṣataḥ .. snātvā tatra śubhe tīrthai śakreśvaramathā'rcayet .. 53 .. > Therefore, with every effort, particularly at that time, / having performed ritual ablution in that auspicious sacred ford, one should then worship Śakreśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.54) atra ślokau purā gītau nāradaina sura ṣiṃṇā.. śṛṇvaṃtu munayaḥ sarve kīrtyamānau mayā hi tau .. 54 .. > Here two verses were sung of old by the divine seer Nārada; / let all the sages listen to both as they are recited by me: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.55) bālamaṃḍanake snātvā śakreśvaramathekṣayet .. yaḥ pumānāśvine māsi prāpte śravaṇa pañcake .. sa pāpairmucyate sarvairājanmamaraṇādbhuvi .. 55 .. > “Having performed ritual ablution in Bālamaṇḍana and then beholding Śakreśvara, / when the five-fold Śravaṇa arrives in the month of Āśvina, / that man is freed from all sins committed on earth from birth until death.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.56) prabhāvāttasya tīrthasya satyametaddvijottamāḥ .. 56 .. > This is true, O best of brahmins, by the power of that sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.22.56\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22.56_3) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye bālamaṇḍanatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ..22.. > Thus ends the twenty-second chapter, titled ‘Description of the Māhātmya of the Bālamaṇḍana Sacred Ford,’ in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the auspicious 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.5.22.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.22) · Pramāṇa