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Skandapurana 6.3.110

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.110

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6.3.110.p1

adhyāya 110

Chapter 110

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6.3.110.1

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
dhautapāpaṃ tato gacchenmahāpātakanāśanam .
samīpe cakratīrthasya viṣṇunā nirmitaṃ purā .. 110.1 ..

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:
From there, one should go to Dhautapāpa, which destroys great sins, / located near Cakratīrtha, created in ancient times by Viṣṇu.

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6.3.110.2

nihatairdānavairghorairdevadevo janārdanaḥ .
tatpāpasya vināśārthaṃ dānavāntodbhavasya ca .. 110.2 ..

When dreadful Dānavas were slain, Janārdana, the God of gods, / for the destruction of that sin arising from the death of the Dānavas,

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6.3.110.3

tatra tīrthe jitakrodhaścacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ .
duścaraṃ maunamāsthāya hyaśakyaṃ devadānavaiḥ .. 110.3 ..

practiced immense austerity at that sacred ford, having conquered anger, / observing silence that was difficult to endure and impossible for gods and Dānavas.

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6.3.110.4

snātvā dattvā dvijātibhyo dānāni vividhāni ca .
tatkṣaṇātsupāpastu gatastadvaiṣṇavaṃ padam .. 110.4 ..

Having bathed and given various gifts to the twice-born, / instantly cleansed of sin, he attained that abode of Viṣṇu.

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6.3.110.5

evaṃ yuktastu yastatra pāpaṃ kṛtvā sudāruṇam .
snātvā japtvā vidhānena mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 110.5 ..

Thus, whoever having committed even a terrible sin there, / bathes and recites [mantras] according to the rite, is freed from all sins.

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6.3.110.5_2

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe dhautapāpatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma daśottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

End of the one hundred and tenth chapter, named 'Description of the greatness of Dhautapāpatīrtha,' in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.

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