[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) › 6.2.71.75.5 # Skandapurana 6.2.71.75.5 Skandapurāṇa 6.2.71.75.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.2.71.75.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.71.75.5) dadarśa devī tāṃ gaṃgāṃ dhyāyaṃtī śaṃkaraṃ śivam.. sāpi tatraiva tiṣṭhaṃtī pūjayaṃtī paraṃ śivam.. 59 .. atha tenaiva kālena prācīdevī sarasvatī .. samāyātā suguptā ca gaṃgāyamunayo rjale .. 5.2.71.60 .. etasminnaṃtare devi śakraṃ .prāha sa nāradaḥ .. na dṛśyate prayāgastu mahākālavanaṃ gataḥ .. 61 .. gaṃgāyamunayormadhye yatra guptā sarasvatī .. prayāgaḥ sa tu vijñeyaḥ sarvapāpapraṇāśanaḥ .. 62 .. sa sāṃprataṃ prayāgastu mahākālavanottame .. kenāpi kāraṇenaiva gato na jñāyate mayā..63.. iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā nāradasya mahātmanaḥ.. śakreṇa sahitāḥ sarve hyavaṃtīṃ tu samāgatāḥ..64.. stuvaṃto vividhaiḥ stotrairgaṃgāṃ tripathagāṃ śubhām.. gaṃge devi namastubhyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśini..65.. vasūnāṃ jananī devi vasūnāṃ mokṣadāyini.. trailokyapāvanī nityaṃ hareṇa śirasā dhṛtā .. 66 .. sevitā vālakhilyaiśca kṛṣṇasya paramā kalā .. yamune tvāṃ namasyāmaḥ kāliṃdīṃ varavāhinīm.. 67.. sutā tvaṃ pāvinī devi mārttaṃḍasya divaspateḥ.. śipre devi namastubhyaṃ brahmadehodbhave śubhe..68.. prācī tvameva vikhyātā puṇyadehā sarasvatī .. yā prācī kauravakṣetre puṣkare yā mahālaye .. sā tvaṃ śiprā prasiddhā ca sarvapātakanāśinī.. 69 .. tvaṃ dayā sarvajaṃtūnāṃ svargaḥ śaraṇaṃ nṛṇām .. tvaṃ mātā sarvajaṃtūnāṃ tvaṃ prācī bhuvi gīyase .. 5.2.71.70 .. bahujanmakalaṃkāṃkaṃ dṛṣṭvā yā dehināṃ bhuvi .. karoṣi kṣālanaṃ devi sā tvaṃ trailokyasaṃsthitā .. 71 .. āsāṃ ca saṃgamo yastu sa prayāgo budhaiḥ smṛtaḥ .. atrāgatya tu yuṣmābhiḥ sthāpitaḥ snāpito'dhunā .. 72 .. > The goddess beheld Gaṅgā meditating on Śiva, Śaṃkara. / She too remained right there, worshipping supreme Śiva. / Then, at that very time, goddess Sarasvatī, flowing eastward, / arrived, deeply concealed, in the waters of Gaṅgā and Yamunā. / Meanwhile, O goddess, Nārada said to Śakra: / "Prayāga is not seen; it has gone to the forest of Mahākāla. / Where Sarasvatī is concealed between Gaṅgā and Yamunā, / that is to be known as Prayāga, destroyer of all sins. / That Prayāga is now in the excellent forest of Mahākāla; / for what reason it has gone, I do not know." / Hearing these words of the noble Nārada, / all \[the gods\], accompanied by Śakra, came to Avantī, / praising the auspicious, three-pathed Gaṅgā with various hymns: / "O goddess Gaṅgā, obeisance to you, destroyer of all sins, / mother of the Vasus, O goddess, granter of liberation to the Vasus, / ever the purifier of the three worlds, borne on the head by Hara! / Attended by the Vālakhilyas, the supreme part of Kṛṣṇa, / O Yamunā, Kālindī, river of boons, we bow to you! / You are the purifying daughter of Mārtaṇḍa, lord of the sky. / O goddess Śiprā, born from the body of Brahmā, auspicious one, obeisance to you! / You alone are renowned as the eastward-flowing Sarasvatī of holy form; / that which flows eastward in the sacred field of the Kurus, at Puṣkara, and at Mahālaya, / you, that very same renowned Śiprā, are the destroyer of all wicked deeds. / You are compassion to all beings, heaven, and refuge to mortals; / you are the mother of all beings; you are sung on earth as the eastward-flowing. / Seeing the stain and mark of many births of embodied beings on earth, / you wash it away, O goddess; such are you, abiding in the three worlds. / The confluence of these \[rivers\] is remembered by the wise as Prayāga. / Having arrived here, it is now established and bathed by you." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.2.71.75.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.71.75.4) - [Next: 6.2.71.75.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.71.75.6) - [Up: 6.2.71.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.71.75) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.2.71.75.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.71.75.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.71.75.5) · Pramāṇa