[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) › 6.3.115 # Skandapurana 6.3.115 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.115 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.115.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.115.p1) adhyāya 115 > Chapter 115 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.115.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.115.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchenmahārāja tīrthamaṅgārakaṃ param . rūpadaṃ sarvalokānāṃ viśrutaṃ narmadātaṭe .. 115.1 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, O great king, one should go to the supreme sacred ford Aṅgāraka, / which bestows beauty upon all people, renowned on the bank of the Narmadā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.115.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.115.2) aṅgārakeṇa rājendra purā taptaṃ tapaḥ kila . arbudaṃ ca nikharvaṃ ca prayutaṃ varṣasaṃkhyayā .. 115.2 .. > Formerly, O king of kings, austerity was indeed performed by Aṅgāraka / for one hundred million, ten billion, and one million years in number. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.115.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.115.3) tatastuṣṭo mahādevaḥ parayā kṛpayā nṛpa . pratyakṣadarśī bhagavānuvāca kṣitinandanam .. 115.3 .. > Then Mahādeva, pleased through supreme compassion, O king, / the Lord appearing visibly, spoke to the son of the Earth: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.115.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.115.4) varado'smi mahābhāga durlabhaṃ tridaśairapi . varaṃ dāsyāmyahaṃ vatsa brūhi yatte vivakṣitam .. 115.4 .. > 'I am a granter of boons, O highly fortunate one. I will grant a boon / difficult even for the thirty \[gods\] to attain, my child; speak what you wish to say.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.115.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.115.5) aṅgāraka uvāca - tava prasādāddeveśa sarvalokamaheśvara . grahamadhyagato nityaṃ vicarāmi nabhastale .. 115.5 .. > Aṅgāraka said: / 'By your favor, O Lord of gods, Great Lord of all the worlds, / positioned in the midst of the planets, may I constantly roam in the sky. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.115.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.115.6) yāvaddharādharo loke yāvaccandradivākarau . nadyo nadāḥ samudrāśca varo me cākṣayo bhavet .. 115.6 .. > As long as the earth and mountains remain in the world, as long as the moon and sun, / the rivers, streams, and oceans endure, let my boon be inexhaustible.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.115.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.115.7) evamastviti deveśo dattvā varamanuttamam . jagāmākāśamāviśya vandyamānaḥ surāsuraiḥ .. 115.7 .. > 'So be it,' said the Lord of gods, and having granted the peerless boon, / he departed entering the sky, praised by gods and asuras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.115.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.115.8) bhūmiputrastatastasminsthāpayāmāsa śaṅkaram . gataḥ surālaye loke grahabhāve niveśitaḥ .. 115.8 .. > Then the son of the Earth installed Śaṅkara in that place; / he went to the realm of the gods, established in the status of a planet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.115.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.115.9) tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetparameśvaram . hutahomo jitakrodhaḥ so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 115.9 .. > Whoever bathes in that sacred ford and worships the Supreme Lord, / having offered oblations in fire and conquered anger, obtains the fruit of an horse sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.115.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.115.10) caturthyaṅgārake yastu snātvā cābhyarcayedgraham . aṅgārakaṃ vidhānena saptajanmāni bhārata .. 115.10 .. > Whoever bathes on the fourth \[tithi falling on a Tuesday\] and worships the planet / Aṅgāraka according to rule, O Bhārata, for seven births > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.115.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.115.11) daśayojanavistīrṇe maṇḍale rūpavān bhavet . tatraiva tā mṛto jantuḥ kāmato'kāmato'pi vā . rudrasyānucaro bhūtvā tenaiva saha modate .. 115.11 .. > becomes handsome within a circle ten yojanas wide. / A living being who dies right there, whether willingly or unwillingly, / becomes an attendant of Rudra and rejoices along with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.115.11\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.115.11_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe aṅgārakatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcadaśottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred and fifteenth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Aṅgārakatīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth Avantī section in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.115.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.115.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.115) · Pramāṇa