[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) › 6.3.108 # Skandapurana 6.3.108 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.108 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.108.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.p1) adhyāya 108 > Chapter 108 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.108.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchenmahīpāla rohiṇītīrthamuttamam . vikhyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu sarvapāpaharaṃ param .. 108.1 .. > Glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, O protector of the earth, one should go to the excellent Rohiṇī sacred ford, / celebrated in the three worlds, supreme, destroying all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.108.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.2) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca - rohiṇītīrthamāhātmyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam . śrotumicchāmi tattvena tanme tvaṃ vaktumarhasi .. 108.2 .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: / I desire to hear truthfully the greatness of the Rohiṇī sacred ford, / which annihilates all sins; you ought to tell it to me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.108.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.3) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tasminnekārṇave ghore naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame . udadhau ca śayānasya devadevasya cakriṇaḥ .. 108.3 .. > Glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / In that dreadful single ocean, when the moving and unmoving was destroyed, / as the god of gods, the wielder of the discus, was sleeping in the ocean, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.108.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.4) nābhau samutthitaṃ padmaṃ ravimaṇḍalasannibham . karṇikākesaropetaṃ patraiśca samalaṃkṛtam .. 108.4 .. > a lotus resembling the disk of the sun arose from his navel, / endowed with a pericarp and filaments, and adorned with petals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.108.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.5) tatra brahmā samutpannaścaturvadanapaṅkajaḥ . kiṃ karomīti deveśa ājñā me dīyatāṃ prabho .. 108.5 .. > There arose Brahmā, whose lotus-like faces are four: / "What shall I do, O Lord of gods? Let your command be given to me, O master." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.108.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.6) evamuktastu deveśaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ . uvāca madhurāṃ vāṇīṃ tadā devaṃ pitāmaham .. 108.6 .. > Addressed thus, the Lord of gods, the bearer of the conch, discus, and mace, / then spoke sweet speech to the divine grandfather: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.108.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.7) sarasvatyāṃ mahābāho lokaṃ kuru mamājñayā . bhūtagrāmamaśeṣasya utpādanavidhikṣayam .. 108.7 .. > "O mighty-armed one, by my command fashion the world upon the Sarasvatī, / the generation, rule, and dissolution of the entire multitude of beings." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.108.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.8) etacchrutaṃ tu vacanaṃ padmanābhasya bhārata . cintayāmāsa bhagavānsaptarṣīnhitakāmyayā .. 108.8 .. > Having heard this speech of the lotus-navelled one, O Bhārata, / the Lord, desiring benefit, thought upon the seven seers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.108.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.9) kramātte cintitāḥ prājñāḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ . prācetaso vasiṣṭhaśca bhṛgurnārada eva ca .. 108.9 .. > In order, the wise ones were conceived in thought: Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, / the son of Pracetas \[Dakṣa\], Vasiṣṭha, Bhṛgu, and Nārada. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.108.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.10) yajñe prācetaso dakṣo mahātejāḥ prajāpatiḥ . dakṣasyāpi tathā jātāḥ pañcāśadduhitaro'nagha .. 108.10 .. > At a sacrifice Dakṣa, the son of Pracetas, the progenitor of great splendor, \[was born\]; / and fifty daughters were born to Dakṣa, O sinless one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.108.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.11) dadau sa daśa dharmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa . tathaiva sa mahābhāgaḥ saptaviṃśatimindave .. 108.11 .. > He gave ten to Dharma, thirteen to Kaśyapa, / and that illustrious one gave twenty-seven to the moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.108.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.12) rohiṇīnāma yā tāsāṃ madhye tasya narādhipa . aniṣṭā sarvanārīṇāṃ bhartuścaiva viśeṣataḥ .. 108.12 .. > The one among them named Rohiṇī, O ruler of men, / was disliked by all the women, and especially by her husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.108.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.13) tataḥ sā paramaṃ kṛtvā vairāgyaṃ nṛpasattama . āgatya narmadātīre cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ .. 108.13 .. > Then, having conceived supreme detachment, O best of kings, / she came to the bank of the Narmadā and performed vast austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.108.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.14) ekarātraistrirātraiśca ṣaḍdvādaśabhireva ca . pakṣamāsopavāsaiśca karśayanti kalevaram .. 108.14 .. > With fasts of one night, three nights, six, and twelve \[nights\], / and with fortnightly and monthly fasts, emaciating her body, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.108.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.15) ārādhayantī satataṃ mahiṣāsuranāśinīṃ . devīṃ bhagavatīṃ tāta sarvārtivinivāraṇīm .. 108.15 .. > constantly worshipping the destroyer of the buffalo-demon, / the divine goddess, O dear one, the dispeller of all afflictions, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.108.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.16) snātvā snātvā jale nityaṃ narmadāyāḥ śucismitā . tatastuṣṭā mahābhāgā devī nārāyaṇī nṛpa .. 108.16 .. > bathing continually in the waters of the Narmadā, she of pure smiles \[practiced austerity\]. / Then the illustrious goddess Nārāyaṇī was pleased, O king: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.108.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.17) prasannā te mahābhāge vratena niyamena ca . etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ rohiṇī śaśinaḥ priyā .. 108.17 .. > "I am pleased with you, O highly fortunate one, because of your vow and observance." / Having heard this speech, Rohiṇī \[said\]: "O giver of honor, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.108.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.18) yathā bhavāmi na cirāttathā bhavatu mānade . evamastviti sā coktvā bhavānī bhaktavatsalā .. 108.18 .. > let it happen before long so that I may become dear to the moon." / Having said "So be it," Bhavānī, who is affectionate to her devotees, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.108.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.19) stūyamānā munigaṇaistatraivāntaradhīyata . tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ rohiṇī śaśinaḥ priyā .. 108.19 .. > while being praised by the hosts of sages, disappeared right there. / From that time forth, that sacred ford \[became celebrated\], and Rohiṇī > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.108.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.20) saṃjātā sarvakālaṃ tu vallabhā nṛpasattama . tatra tīrthe tu yā nārī naro vā snāni bhaktitaḥ .. 108.20 .. > became beloved of the moon for all time, O best of kings. / At that sacred ford, whatever woman or man bathes with devotion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.108.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.21) vallabhā jāyate sā tu bharturvai rohiṇī yathā . tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ kaścitprāṇatyāgaṃ karoti vai .. 108.21 .. > she becomes beloved of her husband, just as Rohiṇī was. / Whosoever abandons his life at that sacred ford, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.108.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.22) saptajanmāni dāmpatyaviyogo na bhavetkvacit .. 108.22 .. > for seven births there will never be separation of the married couple. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.108.22\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.108.22_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe rohiṇīsomanāthatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred and eighth chapter, entitled "Description of the Greatness of the Rohiṇī-Somanātha 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.6.3.108.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - 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