[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) › 5.24 # Skandapurana 5.24 Skandapurāṇa 5.24 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tatra viṣṇupadaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ tīrthe śubhe sthitam .. aparaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / There, situated in that auspicious sacred ford, is another sacred ford named Viṣṇupada, / O best of brahmins, destroying all serious sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.2) ayane dakṣiṇe prāpte yastatpūjya samāhitaḥ .. nivedayettathātmānaṃ samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. 2 .. > When the southern solstice has arrived, he who, with concentrated mind, / worships it and surrenders himself with full faith, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.3) sa mṛto'pyayane yāmye tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam .. prāpnoti nātra saṃdehastatprabhāvāddvijottamāḥ .. 3 .. > even if he dies during the southern solstice, / reaches that supreme abode of Viṣṇu; there is no doubt of this, O best of brahmins, through its power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.4) tathā caivottare prāpte pūjayitvā yathāvidhi .. samyaṅnivedayedbhaktyā ātmānaṃ yaḥ samāhitaḥ .. so'pi viṣṇoḥ padaṃ puṇyaṃ prāpya saṃjāyate sukhī .. 4 .. > And likewise, when the northern \[solstice\] has arrived, having worshipped according to rule, / he who, concentrated, properly surrenders himself with devotion, / he too, reaching the holy abode of Viṣṇu, becomes happy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.5) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. kathaṃ tatra padaṃ jātaṃ viṣṇoravyaktajanmanaḥ .. kathaṃ nivedyate tatra samyagātmā' yanadvaye .. 5 .. > The seers said: / How did the footprint of Viṣṇu, whose birth is unmanifest, arise there? / How is oneself properly surrendered there at the two solstices? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.6) tasmindṛṣṭe'thavā spṛṣṭe yatphalaṃ labhyate naraiḥ .. tatsarvaṃ sūtaja brūhi paraṃ kautṛhalaṃ hi naḥ .. 6 .. > Tell all that, O son of Sūta, which fruit is obtained by men / when it is seen or touched, for our curiosity is indeed great. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.7) .. sūta uvāca .. .. balirbaddho yadā tena viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā .. tadā kramaistribhirvyāptaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram .. 7 .. > Sūta said: / When Bali was bound by that mighty Viṣṇu, / then the three worlds, with moving and unmoving beings, were pervaded by \[his\] three strides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.8) hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre saṃnyastaḥ prathamaḥ kramaḥ .. maharloke dvitī yastu tadā tena mahātmanā .. 8 .. > The first stride was placed in the sacred field born of Hāṭakeśvara, / and the second in Maharloka by that great-souled one at that time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.9) tṛtīyasya samudyogaṃ yadā cakre sa cakradhṛk .. tadā bhinnaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhā brahmāṃḍaṃ laghutāṃ gatam .. 9 .. > When the discus-bearer made the effort for the third \[stride\], / then the cosmic egg was pierced, O best of twice-born, and attained lightness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.10) pādāgreṇātha saṃbhinne brahmāṃḍe nirmalaṃ jalam .. aṃguṣṭhāgreṇa saṃprāptaṃ krameṇa dharaṇītale .. 6.24.10 .. > Then, when the cosmic egg was pierced by the tip of his foot, the clear water / reached the surface of the earth in due order by the tip of his big toe. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.11) brahmalokaṃ tadā kṛtsnaṃ plāvayitvā jalaṃ hi tat .. śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ kundendusadṛśadyuti .. matsyakacchapasaṃkīrṇaṃ grāhayūthaiḥ samākulam .. 11 .. > Indeed, that water, having then flooded the entire world of Brahmā, / resembling pure crystal, with a luster like jasmine and the moon, / filled with fish and turtles, crowded with hosts of crocodiles, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.12) tataḥ prabhṛti sā loke gaṃgā viṣṇupadī smṛtā .. pavitramapi tatkṣetraṃ nayantī sā pavitratām .. 12 .. > from then on she is remembered in the world as the Gaṅgā Viṣṇupadī, / bringing that sacred field, although already holy, to \[even greater\] purity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.13) evaṃ viṣṇoḥ padaṃ tatra saṃjātaṃ munisattamāḥ .. sarvapāpaharaṃ puṃsāṃ tadā viṣṇupadī smṛtā .. 13 .. > Thus Viṣṇu's footprint came to be there, O best of sages, / destroying all sins of men; then she was called Viṣṇupadī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.14) yastasyāṃ śraddhayā yuktaḥ snānaṃ kṛtvā yathoditam .. sparśayettatpadaṃ viṣṇoḥ sa yāti paramaṃ padam .. 14 .. > Whoever, endowed with faith, performs a ritual ablution in it as prescribed / and touches that footprint of Viṣṇu, goes to the supreme abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.15) yastatrakurute śrāddhaṃ samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. snātvā viṣṇupadītoye gayāśrāddhaphalaṃ labhet .. 15 .. > Whoever performs a śrāddha there, fully endowed with faith, / having bathed in the water of Viṣṇupadī, obtains the fruit of a śrāddha at Gayā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.16) māghamāse naraḥ snānaṃ prātarutthāya tatra yaḥ .. karoti satataṃ martyaḥ sa prayāgaphalaṃ labhet .. 16 .. > A mortal man who, having risen early in the month of Māgha, / constantly takes a ritual ablution there, obtains the fruit of Prayāga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.17) athavā vatsaraṃ yāvatkṣaṇaṃ kṛtvātra bhaktitaḥ .. tatra snānaṃ ca yaḥ kuryātsa muktiṃ labhate naraḥ .. 17 .. > Or whatever man takes leisure here for a year out of devotion / and performs a ritual ablution there, attains liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.18) yasyāsthīni jale tatra kṣipyaṃte manujasya ca .. api pāpa samācāraḥ sa prāpnoti parāṃ gatim .. 18 .. > The man whose bones are cast into that water, / even if of sinful conduct, attains the supreme path. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.19) api pakṣipataṃgā ye paśavaḥ kṛmayo mṛgāḥ .. praviṣṭāḥ salile tasmiṃstṛṣārtā bhaktivarjitāḥ .. 19 .. > Even birds, moths, cattle, worms, and wild animals / that have entered that water afflicted by thirst, devoid of devotion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.20) te'pi pāpavinirmuktā dehāṃte cātidurlabham .. cakriṇastatpadaṃ yāṃti jarāmaraṇavarjitam .. 6.24.20 .. > even they, freed from sin at the end of their bodies, go to the very difficult to attain / abode of the discus-bearer, which is free from old age and death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.21) kiṃ punaḥ śraddhayopetāḥ parvakāla upasthite .. dattvā dānaṃ dvijendrāṇāṃ narā vedavidāṃ dvijāḥ .. 21 .. > What then of men endowed with faith who, when a sacred occasion has arrived, / give gifts to the best of twice-born, the brahmins who know the Vedas, O twice-born? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.22) tatra gāthā purā gītā nāradena maharṣiṇā .. viṣṇupadyāḥ samālokya prabhāvaṃ pāpanāśanam .. 22 .. > Regarding this, a verse was sung long ago by the great seer Nārada, / having observed the sin-destroying power of Viṣṇupadī: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.23) kiṃ vratairniyamairvāpi tapobhirvividhairmakhaiḥ .. kṛtairviṣṇupadītoye saṃsthite dharaṇītale .. 23 .. > "What \[need is there\] of vows, observances, diverse austerities, or sacrifices / performed, when the water of the Viṣṇupadī is present on the surface of the earth? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.24) ekaḥ sarveṣu tīrtheṣu snānaṃ martyaḥ samācaret .. eko viṣṇupadītoye snāti dvābhyāṃ samaṃ phalam .. 24 .. > One mortal may perform a ritual ablution at all sacred fords; / one bathes in the water of Viṣṇupadī: for both, the fruit is equal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.25) eko dānāni sarvāṇi brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prayacchati .. eko viṣṇupadītoye snāti dvābhyāṃ samaṃ hi tat .. 25 .. > One gives all gifts to brahmins; / one bathes in the water of Viṣṇupadī: that indeed is equal for both. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.26) pañcāgnisādhako grīṣme varṣāsvākāśamāśritaḥ .. jalāśrayaśca hemaṃta ekaḥ syātpuruṣaḥ kṣitau .. 26 .. > One man on earth may practice the five fires in summer, / dwell in the open air in the rains, and stay in water in winter; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.27) anyo viṣṇupadītoye snātvā viṣṇupadaṃ spṛśet .. tāvubhāvapi nirdiṣṭau samau puruṣasattamau .. 27 .. > another, having bathed in the water of Viṣṇupadī, touches the footprint of Viṣṇu: / both of those best among men are declared to be equal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.28) ekāṃtaropavāsī ya ekaḥ syājjīvitāvadhi .. ekoviṣṇupadītoye snāti dvābhyāṃ samaṃ phalam .. 28 .. > One may fast on alternate days until the end of his life; / one bathes in the water of Viṣṇupadī: the fruit is equal for both. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.29) trirātropoṣitastveko yāvadvarṣaśataṃ naraḥ .. eko viṣṇupadītoye snāti dvābhyāṃ samaṃ phalam .. 29 .. > One man fasts for three nights \[at a time\] for a hundred years; / one bathes in the water of Viṣṇupadī: the fruit is equal for both." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.30) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evamuktvā muniśreṣṭho nārado dvijasattamāḥ .. virarāma munīnāṃ sa bahūnāṃ purato'sakṛt .. 6.24.30 .. > Sūta said: / Having spoken thus, O best of twice-born, the best of sages, Nārada, / ceased speaking in the presence of many sages repeatedly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.31) tasmātsarva prayatnena snānaṃ tatra samācareta .. saṃspṛśecca padaṃ viṣṇorya icchecchreya ātmanaḥ .. 31 .. > Therefore, whoever desires his own welfare should with all effort / perform a ritual ablution there and touch the footprint of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.32) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. yadetadbhavatā proktamātmānaṃ vinivedayet .. viṣṇoḥ padasya saṃprāpte ayane dakṣiṇottare .. 32 .. > The seers said: / As to what was stated by you, that one should dedicate oneself / at the footprint of Viṣṇu when the southern and northern solstices arrive, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.33) tatkena vidhinā sūta mantraiśca vada satvaram .. vayaṃ yena ca tatkurmaḥ sarvaṃ bhaktisamanvitāḥ .. 33 .. > tell \[us\] quickly, O Sūta, by what rite and with which mantras, / so that we may do all that endowed with devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.34) .. sūta uvāca .. dakṣiṇe cottare cāpi saṃprāpte cāyanadvaye .. pūjayitvā padaṃ viṣṇorimaṃ mantramudīrayet .. 34 .. > Sūta said: / When both the southern and northern solstices arrive, / having worshipped the footprint of Viṣṇu, one should recite this mantra: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.35) ṣaṇmāsābhyaṃtare mṛtyuryadyakasmādbhavenmama .. tatte padaṃ gatirme syādahaṃ te bhṛtyatāṃ gataḥ .. 35 .. > "If my death should suddenly occur within six months, / let that footprint of yours be my goal; I have become your servant." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.36) evaṃ procya hariṃ paścātpūjayedbrāhmaṇāṃstataḥ .. atha taiḥ samamaśnīyāttataḥ prāpnoti sadgatim .. 36 .. > Having spoken thus to Hari, he should afterwards worship the brahmins; / then he should eat together with them; thereafter he attains the auspicious path. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.24.36\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24.36_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye viṣṇupadītīrthotpattivarṇanaṃnāma caturviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 24 .. .. > Thus ends the twenty-fourth chapter, named 'Description of the Origin of the Viṣṇupadī Sacred Ford' in the Praise of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa in eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.24.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.24) · Pramāṇa