[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) › 6.3.100 # Skandapurana 6.3.100 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.100 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.100.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.100.p1) adhyāya 100 > Chapter 100 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.100.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.100.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchenmahīpāla tīrthaṃ paramarocanam . mārkaṇḍeśamiti khyātaṃ narmadādakṣiṇe taṭe .. 100.1 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go, O king, to the extremely delightful sacred ford / known as Mārkaṇḍeśa on the southern bank of the Narmadā, // 100.1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.100.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.100.2) uttamaṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ gīrvāṇairvanditaṃ śivam . guhyādguhyataraṃ putra nākhyātaṃ kasyacinmayā .. 100.2 .. > the best of all sacred fords, auspicious, praised by the gods. / It is more secret than the secret, O son; it has not been told by me to anyone. // 100.2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.100.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.100.3) sthāpitaṃ tu mayā pūrvaṃ svargasopānasaṃnibham . jñānaṃ tatraiva me jātaṃ prasādācchaṅkarasya ca .. 100.3 .. > Formerly it was established by me, resembling a staircase to heaven. / True knowledge arose in me right there through the grace of Śaṅkara. // 100.3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.100.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.100.4) anyastatraiva yo gatvā drupadāmantarjale japet . sa pātakairaśeṣaśca mucyate pāṇḍunandana .. 100.4 .. > Another person who goes right there and recites the Drupadā verse while submerged in water / is completely freed from sins, O delight of Pāṇḍu: // 100.4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.100.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.100.5) vācikairmānasaiśca vā karmajairapi pātakaiḥ . piṇḍikāṃ cāpyavaṣṭabhya yāmyāmāśāṃ ca saṃsthitaḥ .. 100.5 .. > from sins born of speech, of mind, or of actions. / Resting upon the pedestal and facing the southern direction, // 100.5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.100.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.100.6) yojayecchūlinaṃ bhaktyā dvātriṃśadbahurūpiṇam . dehapāte śivaṃ gacchediti me niścayo nṛpa .. 100.6 .. > one should direct one's devotion to the trident-bearer in his thirty-two diverse forms. / Upon the fall of the body, he shall go to Śiva; this is my firm conviction, O king. // 100.6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.100.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.100.7) ājyena bodhayeddīpamaṣṭamyāṃ niśi bhārata . svargalokamavāpnoti ityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt .. 100.7 .. > If one lights a lamp with clarified butter at night on the eighth day, O descendant of Bharata, / he attains the heavenly world; thus Śaṅkara declared. // 100.7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.100.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.100.8) śrāddhaṃ tatraiva yo bhaktyā kurvīta nṛpanandana . pitarastasya tṛpyanti yāvadābhūtasamplavam .. 100.8 .. > Whoever performs a śrāddha right there with devotion, O delight of kings, / his ancestors remain satisfied until the dissolution of all created beings. // 100.8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.100.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.100.9) iṅgudairbadarairbilvairakṣatena jalena vā . tarpayettatra yo vaṃśyānāpnuyājjanmanaḥ phalam .. 100.9 .. > Whoever satisfies his ancestors there with inguda fruits, badarī berries, bilva fruits, unhusked barley grains, or water, / attains the fruit of human birth. // 100.9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.100.9\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.100.9_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe mārkaṇḍeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma śatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundredth chapter, titled “Description of the Māhātmya of Mārkaṇḍeśvaratīrtha,” in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.100.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.100.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.100) · Pramāṇa