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# Skandapurana 6.3.118

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.118

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.118.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tato gacchettu rājendra tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam .  
indratīrthetivikhyātaṃ narmadādakṣiṇe taṭe .. 118.1 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, O best of kings, one should go to the exceedingly splendid sacred ford / renowned as Indratīrtha on the southern bank of the Narmadā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.2)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
narmadādakṣiṇe kūle indratīrthaṃ kathaṃ bhavet .  
śrotumicchāmi viprendra hyādimadhyāntavistaraiḥ .. 118.2 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / 'How did Indratīrtha come to be on the southern bank of the Narmadā? / I desire to hear, O best of brahmins, in full detail from beginning, middle, to end.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.3)

etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ dharmaputrasya dhīmataḥ .  
kathayāmāsa tadvattamitihāsaṃ purātanam .. 118.3 ..

> Having heard this speech of the wise son of Dharma, / he narrated to him that ancient history as it happened.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.4)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
viśvāsayitvā suciraṃ dharmaśatruṃ mahābalam .  
vṛtraṃ jitvātha hatvā tu gacchamānaṃ śacīpatim .. 118.4 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Having inspired confidence for a very long time in that mighty enemy of righteousness, / and having conquered and killed Vṛtra, Śacī's husband was departing;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.5)

niṣkrāmamāṇaṃ mārgeṇa brahmahatyā durāsadā .  
ahorātramaviśrāntā jagāma bhuvanatrayam .. 118.5 ..

> as he was proceeding along the road, the dreadful guilt of killing a brahmin (brahmahatyā), / untiring day and night, pursued \[him through\] the three worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.6)

yatoyato brahmahaṇaṃ yāti yānena śobhanam .  
diśo bhāgaṃ suraiḥ sārddhaṃ tato hatyā na muñcati .. 118.6 ..

> Wherever the slayer of a brahmin went by conveyance with the gods / toward any splendid quarter, the murder would not release him from that direction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.7)

brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ steyaṃ gurvaganāgamaḥ .  
pātakānāṃ gatirdṛṣṭā na tu viśvāsaghātinām .. 118.7 ..

> For killing a brahmin, drinking liquor, theft, and intercourse with a guru's wife, / an expiation for sins is found, but not for betrayers of trust.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.8)

pāpakarmamukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā snānadānairviśudhyati .  
nārī vā puruṣo vāpi naiva viśvāsaghātinaḥ .. 118.8 ..

> Looking upon the visage of a sinful act, a woman or a man / is purified by bath and charity, but never the betrayers of trust.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.9)

evamādīni cānyāni śrutvā vākyāni devarāṭ .  
vacanaṃ tadvidhairuktaṃ viṣādamagamatparam .. 118.9 ..

> Hearing these and other words spoken by men like him, / the king of gods fell into deep dejection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.10)

tyaktvā rājyaṃ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ jagāma tapa uttamam .  
putradāragṛhaṃ rājyaṃ vasūni vividhāni ca .. 118.10 ..

> Abandoning his kingship along with the gods, he set out for supreme austerity. / Children, wife, house, kingdom, and various wealth—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.11)

phalānyetāni dharmasya śobhayanti janeśvaram .  
phalaṃ dharmasya bhuñjeti suhṛtsvajanabāndhavāḥ .. 118.11 ..

> these fruits of dharma bring glory to a lord of men. / Thinking, "Let \[him\] enjoy the fruit of dharma," friends, kin, and relatives \[gather\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.12)

paśyatāṃ sarvameteṣāṃ pāpamekena bhujyate .  
paraṃ hi sukhamutsṛjya karśayanvai kalevaram .. 118.12 ..

> while all these watch, sin is suffered alone. / Forsaking supreme pleasure and emaciating his body,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.13)

devarājo jagāmāsau tīrthānyāyatanāni ca .  
gaṅgātīrtheṣu sarveṣu yāmuneṣu tathaiva ca .. 118.13 ..

> that king of gods wandered to sacred fords and temples: / to all the sacred fords of the Gaṅgā, and likewise to those of the Yamunā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.14)

sārasvateṣu sarveṣu sāmudreṣu pṛthakpṛthak .  
nadīṣu devakhāteṣu taḍāgeṣu saraḥsu ca .. 118.14 ..

> to all those belonging to Sarasvatī, and to the oceanic ones one by one, / to rivers, divine lakes, ponds, and pools.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.15)

pāpaṃ na muñcate sarve paścāddevasamāgame .  
revāprabhavatīrtheṣu kūlayorubhayorapi .. 118.15 ..

> The sin did not leave him, even in the subsequent assembly of the gods. / Along both banks at the sacred fords along the course of the Revā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.16)

pūjayanvai mahādevaṃ skandatīrthaṃ samāsadat .  
tava sthitvopavāsaiśca kṛcchracāndrāyaṇādibhiḥ .. 118.16 ..

> worshiping Mahādeva, he reached Skandatīrtha. / Staying there, with fasts, the kṛcchra and cāndrāyaṇa penances, and the like,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.17)

karśayanvai svakaṃ dehaṃ na lebhe śarma vai kvacit .  
grīṣme pañcāgnimadhyastho varṣāsu sthaṇḍileśayaḥ .. 118.17 ..

> emaciating his body, he found no peace anywhere. / In the summer standing in the midst of five fires, in the rains sleeping on the bare ground,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.18)

ārdravāsāstu hemante cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ .  
evaṃ tu tapatastasya indrasya viditātmanaḥ .. 118.18 ..

> and in winter wearing wet clothes, he practiced vast austerity. / While Indra, whose self was known, was thus practicing austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.19)

vatsarāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi gatāni daśa bhārata .  
tatastvekādaśe prāpte varṣe tu nṛpasattama .. 118.19 ..

> ten thousand years passed, O Bhārata. / Then, when the eleventh year arrived, O best of kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.20)

sahasā bhagavāndevastu tutoṣa parameśvaraḥ .  
tathā brahmarṣayaḥ siddhā brahmaviṣṇupurogamāḥ .. 118.20 ..

> suddenly the blessed god, the supreme lord, was pleased, / and likewise the brahmin-seers and perfected ones, headed by Brahmā and Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.21)

tatrājagmuḥ surāḥ sarve yatra devaḥ śatakratuḥ .  
dṛṣṭvā samāgatān devānṛṣīṃścaiva mahāmatiḥ .. 118.21 ..

> All the gods came there where the god Śatakratu was. / Seeing the gods and the seers assembled, the wise  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.22)

uvāca praṇato bhūtvā sarvadevapurohitaḥ .  
viditaṃ sarvameteṣāṃ yathā vṛtravadhaḥ kṛtaḥ .. 118.22 ..

> priest of all the gods bowed down and said: / "It is known to all of them how the slaying of Vṛtra was done,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.23)

yuṣmākaṃ cājñayā pūrvaṃ brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ .  
tathāpyevaṃ brahmahaṇaṃ matvā pāpasya kāriṇam .. 118.23 ..

> and formerly by your command, O Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara. / Nevertheless, considering him a slayer of a brahmin who committed a sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.24)

bhramantaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu brahmahatyā na muñcati .  
na nandati jagatsarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram .. 118.24 ..

> as he wanders among all the sacred fords, the murder of a brahmin does not leave him. / The entire world, the three worlds with all that moves and is still, does not rejoice:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.25)

yathā vihīnacandrārkaṃ tathā rājyamanāyakam .  
tasmātsarve suraśreṣṭhā vijñāpyaṃ mama samprati .. 118.25 ..

> just as \[the sky\] is bereft of the moon and sun, so is a kingdom without a ruler. / Therefore, O best of gods, listen now to my petition:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.26)

kurvantu śakraṃ nirdoṣaṃ tathā sarve maharṣayaḥ .  
bṛhaspatimukhodgīrṇaṃ śrutvā tadvacanaṃ śubham .. 118.26 ..

> let all the great seers and \[gods\] make Śakra free of fault." / Hearing those auspicious words uttered from the mouth of Bṛhaspati,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.27)

tataḥ provāca bhagavānbrahmā lokapitāmahaḥ .  
etatpāpaṃ mahāghoraṃ brahmahatyāsamudbhavam .. 118.27 ..

> the blessed Brahmā, grandfather of the worlds, then spoke: / "This exceedingly dreadful sin born of the murder of a brahmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.28)

daivatebhyo'tha bhūtebhyaścaturbhāgaṃ kṣipāmyaham .  
evaṃ muktvā kṣipaccaino jalopari mahāmatiḥ .. 118.28 ..

> I shall cast in four portions among deities and beings." / Having spoken thus, the wise one cast \[a part of\] the sin upon the water;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.29)

avagāhya tataḥ peyā āpo vai nānyathā budhaiḥ .  
dharāyāmakṣipadbhāgaṃ dvitīyaṃ padmasaṃbhavaḥ .. 118.29 ..

> hence water must be drunk by the wise \[only\] after plunging in, not otherwise. / The lotus-born one cast the second portion upon the earth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.30)

abhakṣyā tena saṃjātā sadākālaṃ vasuṃdharā .  
tadārdhamarddhaṃ nārīṇāṃ dvitīye'hni yudhiṣṭhira .. 118.30 ..

> on that account the earth has become at all times unfit for food. / Casting half of that half upon women on their second day, O Yudhiṣṭhira,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.31)

nikṣipya bhagavāndevaḥ punaranyajjagāda ha .  
asaṃgrāhyā tvasaṃgrāhyā tena jātā rajasvalā .. 118.31 ..

> the blessed god spoke further again: / "Because of this, a menstruating woman has become untouchable, truly untouchable,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.32)

caturdināni sā prājñaiḥ pāpasya mahato mahāt .  
caturthaṃ tu tato bhāgaṃ vibhajya parameśvaraḥ .. 118.32 ..

> for four days by the wise, because of the greatness of the great sin." / Then, having divided the fourth portion, the supreme lord \[cast it\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.33)

kṛṣigorakṣyavāṇijyaiḥ śūdrasevākare dvije .  
tato'bhinandayāmāsuḥ sarve devā maharṣayaḥ .. 118.33 ..

> upon a twice-born man engaged in agriculture, cattle-rearing, trade, and serving Śūdras. / Then all the gods and great seers congratulated  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.34)

devendraṃ vāgbhiriṣṭābhirnarmadājalasaṃsthitam .  
vareṇa chandayāmāsa tatastuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ .. 118.34 ..

> the lord of the gods, standing in the waters of the Narmadā, with agreeable words. / Then Maheśvara, being pleased, offered him a choice of boon:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.35)

varaṃ dāsyāmi deveśa varaṃ vṛṇu yathepsitam .. 118.35 ..

> "I will grant a boon, O lord of gods; choose a boon as you desire."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.36)

indra uvāca -  
yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa yadi deyo varo mama .  
atra saṃsthāpayiṣyāmi sadā saṃnihito bhava .. 118.36 ..

> Indra said: / "If you are pleased, O lord of gods, if a boon is to be given to me, / I will establish \[a liṅga\] here; be present here forever."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.37)

evamastviti coktvā taṃ brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ .  
jagmurākāśamāviśya stūyamānā maharṣibhiḥ .. 118.37 ..

> Saying to him, "So be it," Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara / went, entering the sky, praised by the great seers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.38)

gateṣu devadeveṣu devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ .  
sthāpayitvā mahādevaṃ jagāma tridaśālayam .. 118.38 ..

> When the gods of gods had departed, the king of gods, Śatakratu, / established Mahādeva and went to the abode of the thirty \[gods\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.39)

indratīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ .  
mahāpātakayukto'pi mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 118.39 ..

> Whoever bathes at Indratīrtha and offers libations to ancestors and gods, / even if joined with major sins, is freed from all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.40)

indratīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetparameśvaram .  
so'śvamedhasya yajñasya puṣkalaṃ phalamaśnute .. 118.40 ..

> Whoever bathes at Indratīrtha and worships the supreme lord / obtains the abundant fruit of a horse sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.41)

etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ tīrthamāhātmyamuttamam .  
śrutamātreṇa yenaiva mucyante pātakairnarāḥ .. 118.41 ..

> All this excellent māhātmya of the sacred ford has been told to you, / by merely hearing which men are freed from sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.118.41\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.118.41_1)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe indratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭādaśottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and eighteenth chapter, titled "Description of the Greatness of Indratīrtha," in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth \[section\], the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.118.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.118.1) — Sanskrit

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