[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) › 5.45.12 # Skandapurana 5.45.12 Skandapurāṇa 5.45.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.45.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.12) vṛkṣamūlaṃ samāśritya niviṣṭaśca kṣitau tataḥ.. tuṣṭāvātha śucirbhūtvā śraddhayā ca tripuṣkaram ...... madhyamādyojanaṃ svargaḥ kaniṣṭhādardha yojanam .. jyeṣṭhakuṇḍātpunaḥ khyāto hastaprāyaḥ śubhātmabhiḥ .. 12 .. > Having resorted to the root of a tree, he sat down upon the ground; / then, having become pure, he praised the three Puṣkaras with faith: / “Heaven is a yojana from the Middle one, half a yojana from the Smallest, / while from the Eldest pool it is declared by the pure-minded to be nearly a cubit away. 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.45.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.10) - [Next: 5.45.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.13) - [Up: 5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.45.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.12) · Pramāṇa