[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) › 6.3.106 # Skandapurana 6.3.106 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.106 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.106.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.106.p1) adhyāya 106 > Chapter 106 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.106.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.106.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchenmahīpāla tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam . saubhāgyakaraṇaṃ divyaṃ naranārīmanoramam .. 106.1 .. > Glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, O protector of the earth, one should go to a most beautiful sacred ford, / which brings good fortune, divine, and delightful to men and women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.106.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.106.2) tatra yā durbhagā nārī naro vā nṛpasattama . snātvārcayedumārudrau saubhāgyaṃ tasya jāyate .. 106.2 .. > There, whatever unfortunate woman or man, O best of kings, / bathes and worships Umā and Rudra, good fortune arises for them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.106.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.106.3) tṛtīyāyāmahorātraṃ sopavāso jitendriyaḥ . nimantrayeddvijaṃ bhaktyā sapatnīkaṃ surūpiṇam .. 106.3 .. > Fasting day and night on the third lunar day, with senses restrained, / one should invite with devotion a handsome twice-born together with his wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.106.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.106.4) gandhamālyairalaṃkṛtya vastradhūpādivāsitam . bhojayetpāyasānnena kṛsareṇātha bhaktitaḥ .. 106.4 .. > Having adorned him with perfumes and garlands, scented with garments, incense, and the like, / one should feed him with devotion on milk-rice or kṛsara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.106.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.106.5) bhojayitvā yathānyāyaṃ pradakṣiṇamudāharet . prīyatāṃ me mahādevaḥ sapatnīko vṛṣadhvajaḥ .. 106.5 .. > Having fed him according to rule, one should make a circumambulation, saying: / "May the Great God, who has the bull on his banner, along with his consort, be pleased with me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.106.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.106.6) yathā te devadeveśa na viyogaḥ kadācana . mamāpi karuṇāṃ kṛtvā tathāstviti vicintayet .. 106.6 .. > Just as there is never separation for you, O Lord of the God of gods, / having shown compassion to me as well, may it be so," thus he should reflect. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.106.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.106.7) evaṃ kṛte tatastasya yatpuṇyaṃ samudāhṛtam . tatte sarvaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathā devena bhāṣitam .. 106.7 .. > When this is done, whatever merit is declared to be his, / all that I will tell you, just as it was spoken by the god: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.106.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.106.8) daurbhāgyaṃ durgatiścaiva dāridryaṃ śokabandhanam . vandhyatvaṃ saptajanmāni jāyate na yudhiṣṭhira .. 106.8 .. > misfortune, adversity, poverty, the bondage of grief, / and barrenness do not arise for seven births, O Yudhiṣṭhira. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.106.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.106.9) jyeṣṭhamāse site pakṣe tṛtīyāyāṃ viśeṣataḥ . tatra gatvā tu yo bhaktyā pañcāgniṃ sādhayettataḥ .. 106.9 .. > Especially on the third lunar day of the bright fortnight in the month of Jyeṣṭha, / whoever goes there and with devotion performs the five-fire penance, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.106.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.106.10) so'pi pāpairaśeṣaistu mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ . guggulaṃ dahate yastu dvidhā cittavivarjitaḥ .. 106.10 .. > he too is freed from all sins without remainder, there is no doubt of this. / And whoever burns bdellium resin, free from a wavering mind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.106.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.106.11) śarīraṃ bhedayedyastu gauryāścaiva samīpataḥ . tasminkarmapraviṣṭasya utkrāntirjāyate yadi .. 106.11 .. > or mortifies his body in the presence of Gaurī, / if his passing away occurs while engaged in that rite, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.106.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.106.12) dehapāte vrajetsvargamityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt . sitaraktaistathā pītairvastraiśca vividhaiḥ śubhaiḥ .. 106.12 .. > upon the fall of the body he goes to heaven: thus Śaṃkara said. / Having worshipped a brahmin woman and a brahmin according to the rule > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.106.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.106.13) brāhmaṇīṃ brāhmaṇaṃ caiva pūjayitvā yathāvidhi . puṣpairnānāvidhaiścaiva gandhadhūpaiḥ suśobhanaiḥ .. 106.13 .. > with white, red, and yellow various auspicious garments, / with various kinds of flowers, and with exceedingly splendid perfumes and incenses, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.106.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.106.14) kaṇṭhasūtrakasindūraiḥ kuṅkumena vilepayet . kalpayeta striyaṃ gaurīṃ brāhmaṇaṃ śivarūpiṇam .. 106.14 .. > he should smear them with saffron, along with necklaces and vermilion; / he should visualize the woman as Gaurī and the brahmin as the form of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.106.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.106.15) teṣāṃ tadrūpakaṃ kṛtvā dānamutsṛjyate tataḥ . kaṅkaṇaṃ karṇaveṣṭaṃ ca kaṇṭhikāṃ mudrikāṃ tathā .. 106.15 .. > Having fashioned their representation, a gift is then offered: / a bracelet, an ear-ornament, a necklace, and a ring, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.106.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.106.16) saptadhānyaṃ tathā caiva bhojanaṃ nṛpasattama . anyānyapi ca dānāni tasmiṃstīrthe dadāti yaḥ .. 106.16 .. > as well as the seven grains and food, O best of kings. / Whoever gives other gifts also at that sacred ford, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.106.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.106.17) sarvadānaiśca yatpuṇyaṃ prāpnuyānnātra saṃśayaḥ . sahasraguṇitaṃ sarvaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 106.17 .. > he obtains the merit belonging to all gifts; there is no doubt of this. / Everything is multiplied a thousandfold; no deliberation need be made on this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.106.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.106.18) śaṅkareṇa samaṃ tasmādbhogaṃ bhuṅkte hyanuttamam . saubhāgyaṃ tasya vipulaṃ jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 106.18 .. > Therefore he enjoys unsurpassed pleasure together with Śaṃkara; / vast good fortune is born for him, there is no doubt of this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.106.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.106.19) aputro labhate putramadhano dhanamāpnuyāt . rājendra kāmadaṃ tīrthaṃ narmadāyāṃ vyavasthitam .. 106.19 .. > The sonless one obtains a son; the penniless one attains wealth. / O king of kings, the wish-granting sacred ford is situated on the Narmadā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.106.19\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.106.19_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe kāmadatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaḍuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ.. > Thus ends the one hundred and sixth chapter, entitled "Description of the Greatness of the Kāmada Sacred Ford," in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, 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.6.3.106.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.106.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.106) · Pramāṇa