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# Skandapurana 6.3.11

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.11

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.11.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.p1)

adhyāya 11

> Chapter 11  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.1)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
aho mahatpuṇyatamā viśiṣṭā kṣayaṃ na yātā iha yā yugānte .  
tasmātsadā sevyatamā munīndrairdhyānārcanasnānaparāyaṇaiśca .. 11.1 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said:  
> Oh, how supremely auspicious and distinguished is she who does not perish here at the end of an age!  
> Therefore, she is always most worthy of being resorted to by the lords of sages intent upon meditation, worship, and ritual ablution. (11.1)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.2)

yāmāśritya gatā mokṣamṛṣayo dharmavatsalāḥ .  
ye tvayoktāstu niyamā ṛṣīṇāṃ vedanirmitāḥ .. 11.2 ..

> Having resorted to whom, the seers devoted to dharma have gone to liberation—  
> those rules of the seers established by the Veda that were spoken of by you, (11.2)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.3)

mokṣāvāptirbhavedyeṣāṃ niyamaiśca pṛthagvidhaiḥ .  
daśadvādaśabhirvāpi ṣaḍbhiraṣṭābhireva vā .. 11.3 ..

> by which diverse observances their attainment of liberation comes to be,  
> either in ten or twelve, or in six or eight, (11.3)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.4)

tribhistathā caturbhirvā varṣairmāsaistathaiva ca .  
mucyante kalidoṣaiste deveśānasamarcanāt .. 11.4 ..

> or in three or four years or months,  
> they are freed from the blemishes of the Kali age by worshiping the Lord of the gods. (11.4)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.5)

brahmāṇaṃ vā suraśreṣṭha keśavaṃ vā jagadgurum .  
arcayanpāpamakhilaṃ jahātyeva na saṃśayaḥ .. 11.5 ..

> Whether worshiping Brahmā, O best of gods, or Keśava, the teacher of the world,  
> one surely abandons all sin, there is no doubt. (11.5)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.6)

etadvistarataḥ sarvaṃ kathayasva mamānagha .  
yasminsaṃsāragahane nimagnāḥ sarvajantavaḥ .  
te kathaṃ tridivaṃ prāptā iti me saṃśayo vada .. 11.6 ..

> Relate all this to me in detail, O sinless one:  
> how all creatures drowned in this dense jungle of saṃsāra  
> have attained heaven—resolve this doubt of mine, speak! (11.6)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.7)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
janmāntarairanekaistu mānuṣyamupalabhyate .  
bhaktirutpadyate cātra kathaṃcidapi śaṅkare .. 11.7 ..

> The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> Human birth is obtained only after many previous lives,  
> and devotion to Śaṅkara arises in it only with great difficulty. (11.7)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.8)

tīrthadānopavāsānāṃ yajñairdevadvijārcanaiḥ .  
avāptirjāyate puṃsāṃ śraddhayā parayā nṛpa .. 11.8 ..

> The fruit of sacred fords, gifts, fasts, sacrifices, and worship of gods and brahmins  
> arises for men only through supreme faith, O king. (11.8)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.9)

tasmācchraddhā prakartavyā mānavairdharmavatsalaiḥ .  
īśo'pi śraddhayā sādhyastena śraddhā viśiṣyate .. 11.9 ..

> Therefore, faith should be cultivated by men who cherish dharma;  
> even the Lord is attained through faith, and because of this, faith is pre-eminent. (11.9)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.10)

anyathā niṣphalaṃ sarvaṃ śraddhāhīnaṃ tu bhārata .  
tasmātsamāśrayedbhaktiṃ rudrasya parameṣṭhinaḥ .. 11.10 ..

> Otherwise, everything devoid of faith is fruitless, O Bhārata;  
> therefore, one should resort to devotion to Rudra, the supreme deity. (11.10)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.11)

teṣāṃhi saphalaṃ janma yeṣāṃ bhaktiracañcalā .  
sā caiva trividhā bhaktiḥ sāttvikī rājasī tathā .. 11.11 ..

> Fruitful indeed is the birth of those whose devotion is unwavering;  
> and that devotion is threefold: sattvic, rajasic, (11.11)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.12)

tāmasī sarvalokasya trividhaṃ ca phalaṃ labhet .  
te karmaphalasaṃyogādāvartante punaḥpunaḥ .. 11.12 ..

> and tamasic for all the world, and one receives a threefold fruit;  
> they revolve again and again through connection with the fruits of their actions. (11.12)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.13)

janmāntaraśataisteṣāṃ jñānināṃ devayājinām .  
devatraye bhavedbhaktiḥ kṣayātpāpasya karmaṇaḥ .. 11.13 ..

> After hundreds of other births, for those wise men who sacrifice to the gods,  
> devotion to the triad of deities arises through the destruction of sinful karma. (11.13)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.14)

īśānāttu punarmokṣo jāyate chinnasaṃśayaḥ .  
ye punarnarmadātīramāśritya dvijapuṃgavāḥ .. 11.14 ..

> From the Lord, then, liberation is produced without any doubt.  
> Moreover, those foremost brahmins who take refuge on the bank of the Narmadā, (11.14)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.15)

trayīmārgamasandigdhāste yānti paramāṃ gatim .  
ekāgramanaso ye tu śaṅkaraṃ śivamavyayam .. 11.15 ..

> free from doubt on the path of the three Vedas, go to the supreme state.  
> Those who, with single-minded consciousness, worship Śaṃkara, (11.15)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.16)

arcayantīha niratāḥ kṣipraṃ sidhyanti te janāḥ .  
kālena mahatā siddhirjāyate'nyatra dehinām .. 11.16 ..

> ever devoted here to the imperishable Śiva, quickly attain perfection.  
> For embodied beings elsewhere, perfection arises only after a long time, (11.16)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.17)

narmadāyāḥ punastīre kṣipraṃ siddhiravāpyate .  
ṣaḍbhirvarṣaistu sidhyanti ye tu sāṃkhyavido janāḥ .. 11.17 ..

> whereas on the bank of the Narmadā perfection is attained quickly.  
> Those who know the Sāṃkhya achieve perfection in six years; (11.17)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.18)

vaiṣṇavā jñānasampannāste'pi sidhyanti cāgrataḥ .  
sarvayogavido ye ca samudramiva sindhavaḥ .. 11.18 ..

> Vaiṣṇavas endowed with knowledge also achieve perfection earlier.  
> And those who know all yogas, like rivers joining the ocean, (11.18)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.19)

ekībhavanti kalpānte yoge māheśvare gatāḥ .  
sarveṣāmeva yogānāṃ yogo māheśvaro varaḥ .. 11.19 ..

> become one at the end of a cosmic cycle, having attained the yoga of the Great Lord.  
> Of all yogas, the yoga of the Great Lord is the foremost. (11.19)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.20)

tamāsādya vimucyante ye'pi syuḥ pāpayonayaḥ .  
śivamarcya nadīkūle jāyante te na yoniṣu .. 11.20 ..

> Having attained it, even those of sinful origins are liberated.  
> Having worshiped Śiva on the bank of the river, they are never born into wombs again. (11.20)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.21)

gatireṣā durārohā sarvapāpakṣayaṃkarī .  
mucyante maṅkṣu saṃsārādrevāmāśritya jantavaḥ .. 11.21 ..

> This path is difficult to ascend and destroys all sins;  
> having taken refuge in the Revā, creatures are swiftly liberated from worldly existence. (11.21)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.22)

tasmātsnāyī bhavennityaṃ tathā bhasmavilepanaḥ .  
narmadātīramāsādya kṣipraṃ siddhimavāpnuyāt .. 11.22 ..

> Therefore, one should bathe daily and smear oneself with sacred ash;  
> having reached the bank of the Narmadā, one swiftly attains perfection. (11.22)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.23)

trikālaṃ pūjayecchānto yo naro liṅgamādarāt .  
sarvarogavinirmuktaḥ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim .. 11.23 ..

> Whatever calm man reverently worships the liṅga at the three junctures of the day,  
> freed from all illnesses, goes to the supreme state. (11.23)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.24)

ṣaḍbhiḥ sidhyati masaistu yadyapi syātsa pāpakṛt .  
ye punaḥ śuddhamanaso māsaiḥ śudhyanti te tribhiḥ .. 11.24 ..

> He attains perfection in six months, even if he were a sinner;  
> those, however, of purified mind are purified in three months. (11.24)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.25)

yathā dinakaraspṛṣṭaṃ himaṃ śailādviśīryante .  
tadvadvilīyate pāpaṃ spṛṣṭaṃ bhasmakaṇaiḥ śubhaiḥ .. 11.25 ..

> Just as snow melts away from a mountain when touched by the sun, / so sin dissolves when touched by auspicious particles of ash.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.26)

vainateyabhayatrastā yathā naśyanti pannagāḥ .  
tadvatpāpāni naśyanti bhasmanābhyukṣitāni ha .. 11.26 ..

> Just as serpents perish in terror of Garuḍa, / so indeed sins perish when sprinkled with ash.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.27)

narmadātoyapūtena bhasmanoddhūlayanti ye .  
sadyaste pāpasaṅghācca mucyante nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 11.27 ..

> Those who dust themselves with ash purified by the water of the Narmadā / are immediately freed from the mass of sins; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.28)

vrataṃ pāśupataṃ bhaktayā yathoktaṃ pālayanti ye .  
śūdrānnena vihīnāstu te yānti paramāṃ gatim .. 11.28 ..

> Those who observe the Pāśupata vow with devotion as prescribed, / abstaining from the food of a śūdra, attain the highest state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.29)

amṛtaṃ brāhmaṇasyānnaṃ kṣatriyānnaṃ payaḥ smṛtam .  
vaiśyānnamannameva syācchūdrānnaṃ rudhiraṃ smṛtam .. 11.29 ..

> The food of a brahmin is considered nectar; the food of a kṣatriya is remembered as milk; / the food of a vaiśya is merely plain food; the food of a śūdra is considered blood.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.30)

śūdrānnarasasaṃpuṣṭā ye mriyante dvijottamāḥ .  
te tapojñānahīnāstu kākā gṛdhrā bhavanti te .. 11.30 ..

> Those best of the twice-born who die nourished by the essence of a śūdra's food, / bereft of austerity and knowledge, become crows and vultures.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.31)

duṣkṛtaṃ hi manuṣyāṇāmannamāśritya tiṣṭhati .  
yo yasyānnaṃ samaśnāti sa tasyāśnāti kilbiṣam .. 11.31 ..

> For the evil deeds of men reside depending upon food; / he who eats the food of anyone eats that person's sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.32)

viśeṣādyatidharmeṇa tapolaulyaṃ samāśritāḥ .  
narakaṃ yāntyasandigdhamityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt .. 11.32 ..

> Especially those who, while following the duty of an ascetic, succumb to greed regarding their austerity, / go to hell without doubt; thus Śaṅkara declared.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.33)

īdṛgrūpāśca ye viprāḥ pāśupatye vyavasthitāḥ .  
te mahatpāpasaṃghātaṃ dahantyeva na saṃśayaḥ .. 11.33 ..

> And brahmins of such character who remain established in the Pāśupata \[path\] / burn up a great mass of sin; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.34)

viḍambena ca saṃyuktā laulupyena ca pīḍitāḥ .  
asaṃgrāhyā ityevaṃ śrutinodanā .. 11.34 ..

> Those joined with hypocrisy and afflicted by greed / are not to be received; such is the injunction of the Veda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.35)

mātāpitṛkṛtairdoṣairanye kecitsvakarmajaiḥ .  
naṣṭā jñānāvalepena ahaṅkāreṇa'pare .. 11.35 ..

> Some are ruined by the faults committed by their parents, others by those born of their own actions, / others by the pride of knowledge, and others by egoism.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.36)

śāṅkare prasthitā dharme ye smṛtyarthabahiṣkṛtāḥ .  
kliśyamānāstu kalena te yānti paramāṃ gatim .. 11.36 ..

> Those who are set on the dharma of Śaṅkara, though excluded from the ordinances of the smṛti, / being afflicted by Kali \[Age\], attain the highest state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.37)

aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā mūrkhā dambhavivardhitāḥ .  
na sidhyanti durātmānaḥ kudṛṣṭāntārthakīrtanāḥ .. 11.37 ..

> Faithless men, fools puffed up with deceit, / wicked-souled and reciting corrupt examples, do not attain perfection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.38)

mahābhāgye'pi tīrthasya śāṅkaraṃ vratamāsthitāḥ .  
viyoniṃ yāntyasandigdhaṃ laulupyena samanvitāḥ .. 11.38 ..

> Even at the great glory of the sacred ford, those who undertake the vow of Śaṅkara / but are filled with greed, go to a degraded birth without doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.39)

na tīrthairna ca dānaiśca duṣkṛtaṃ hi vilupyate .  
ajñānācca pramādācca kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ vinaśyati .. 11.39 ..

> An evil deed is not wiped out by sacred fords or by gifts; / only sin committed out of ignorance or negligence is destroyed \[by them\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.40)

evaṃ jñātvā tu vidhinā vartitavyaṃ dvijātibhiḥ .  
paraṃ brahma japadbhiśca vārtitavyaṃ muhurmuhuḥ .. 11.40 ..

> Having understood this, the twice-born should act according to the proper rule, / and repeating the Supreme Brahman, they should conduct themselves constantly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.41)

ūrdhvarūpaṃ virūpākṣaṃ yo'dhīte rudrameva ca .  
īśānaṃ paśyate sākṣātṣaṇmāsātsaṅgavarjitaḥ .. 11.41 ..

> He who recites \[the hymn to\] the Upward-formed, the Odd-eyed, Rudra himself, / sees Īśāna directly after six months, freed from all attachment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.42)

saṃhitāyā daśāvṛttīryaḥ karoti susaṃyataḥ .  
narmadātaṭamāśritya sa mucyetsarvapātakaiḥ .. 11.42 ..

> He who, having restrained himself well, performs ten repetitions of the Saṃhitā / while resorting to the bank of the Narmadā, is freed from all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.43)

purāṇasaṃhitāṃ vāpi śaivīṃ vā vaiṣṇavīmapi .  
yaḥ paṭhennarmadātīre śivāgre sa śivātmakaḥ .. 11.43 ..

> Or whatever Purāṇa-saṃhitā, whether Śaiva or Vaiṣṇava, / one recites on the bank of the Narmadā before Śiva, he becomes identical with Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.44)

ā bhūtasaṃkṣayaṃ yāvatsvargaloke mahīyate .  
saṃsākhyasanaṃ hātuṃ purā proktaṃ tu nandinā .. 11.44 ..

> He is honored in the heavenly world until the destruction of all beings. / Formerly, in order to abandon the calamity of transmigration, \[this\] was spoken by Nandin  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.45)

devarṣisiddhagandharvasamavāye śivālaye .  
nandigītāmimāṃ rājañchṛṇuṣvaikamanāḥ śubhām .. 11.45 ..

> in the assembly of celestial seers, siddhas, and gandharvas in the abode of Śiva. / Listen with single-minded focus, O King, to this auspicious song of Nandin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.46)

svargamokṣapradāṃ puṇyāṃ saṃsārabhayanāśinīm .. 11.46 ..

> which grants heaven and liberation, is meritorious, and destroys the fear of transmigration:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.47)

saṃsāragahvaraguhāṃ pravihātumetāṃ cedicchatha pratipadaṃ bhavatāpakhinnāḥ .  
nānāvidhairnijakṛtairbahukarmapāśairbaddhāḥ sukhāya śṛṇutaikahitaṃ mayoktam .. 11.47 ..

> “If you wish to abandon this cavernous cave of transmigration, distressed at every step by the torment of worldly existence, / bound by the diverse ropes of your own manifold deeds, listen for your happiness to the one beneficial thing spoken by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.48)

śakra vakragatiṃ mā gā mā kṛthā yama yātanām .  
cetaḥ pracetaḥ śamaya laulupyaṃ tyaja vittapa .. 11.48 ..

> O Śakra, do not follow a crooked path! O Yama, do not inflict torment! / O Pracetas, calm your mind! O Kubera, abandon greed!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.49)

dīnānāthaviśiṣṭebhyo dhanaṃ sarvaṃ parityaja .  
yadi saṃsārajaladhervīcīpreṅkhollanāturaḥ .. 11.49 ..

> Surrender all your wealth to the poor, the helpless, and the distinguished, / if you are afflicted by the tossing of the waves of the ocean of transmigration.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.50)

janmodvignaṃ mṛtestrastaṃ grastaṃ kāmādibhirnaram .  
srastaṃ yo na yamādibhyaḥ pinākī pāti pāvanaḥ .. 11.50 ..

> A man agitated by birth, terrified of death, seized by desire and the rest, / and fallen away from Yama and the others—the purifier holding the Pināka protects him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.51)

mā dhehi garvaṃ kīnāśa hāsyaṃ yāsyasi pīḍayan .  
prāṇinaṃ sarvaśaraṇaṃ tadbhāvi śaraṇaṃ tava .. 11.51 ..

> Do not be arrogant, O Yama; you will become a laughingstock by tormenting / a living being who has taken refuge in all; he will become your refuge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.52)

kālaḥ karālako bālaḥ ko mṛtyuḥ ko yamādhamaḥ .  
śivaviṣṇuparāṇāṃ hi narāṇāṃ kiṃ bhayaṃ bhavet .. 11.52 ..

> What is terrible Time, a mere child? What is Death? What is vile Yama? / What fear could there be for men devoted to Śiva and Viṣṇu?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.53)

bhavabhārārtajantūnāṃ revātīranivāsinām .  
bhargaśca bhagavāṃścaiva bhavabhītivibhedanau .. 11.53 ..

> For living beings afflicted by the burden of worldly existence who reside on the bank of the Revā, / Bharga and the Lord are indeed the dispellers of the fear of worldly existence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.54)

śivaṃ bhaja śivaṃ dhyāya śivaṃ stuhi śivaṃ yaja .  
śivaṃ nama varāka tvaṃ jñānaṃ mokṣaṃ yadīcchasi .. 11.54 ..

> Worship Śiva, meditate on Śiva, praise Śiva, sacrifice to Śiva, / bow to Śiva, O wretched one, if you desire knowledge and liberation!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.55)

paṭha pañcānanaṃ śāstraṃ mantraṃ pañcākṣaraṃ japa .  
dhehi pañcātmakaṃ tattvaṃ yaja pañcānanaṃ param .. 11.55 ..

> Read the scripture of the Five-Faced One; recite the five-syllable mantra; / contemplate the fivefold reality; worship the supreme Five-Faced One!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.56)

kiṃ taiḥ karmagaṇaiḥ śocyairnānābhāvaviśeṣitaiḥ .  
yadi pañcānanaḥ śrīmān sevyate sarvathā śivaḥ .. 11.56 ..

> What use are those lamentable sets of rites distinguished by various states of mind, / if the glorious, five-faced Śiva is served in every way?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.57)

kiṃ saṃsāragajonmattabṛṃhitairnibhṛtairapi .  
yadi pañcānano devo bhāvagandhopasevitaḥ .. 11.57 ..

> What use are the roars of the mad elephant of transmigration, even if quieted, / if the five-faced God is attended with the fragrance of devotion?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.58)

re mūḍha kiṃ viṣādena prāpya karmakadarthanām .  
bhavānīvallabhaṃ bhīmaṃ japa tvaṃ bhayanāśanam .. 11.58 ..

> O fool, why despair upon meeting the torment of your actions? / Recite the name of Bhavānī's beloved, the terrible one, the destroyer of fear!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.59)

narmadātīranilayaṃ duḥkhaughavilayaṃkaram .  
svargamokṣapradaṃ bhargaṃ bhaja mūḍha sureśvaram .. 11.59 ..

> Worship Bharga, the lord of gods, who dwells on the bank of the Narmadā, / who dissolves the flood of sorrow, and who grants heaven and liberation, O fool!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.60)

vihāya revāṃ surasindhusevyāṃ tattīrasaṃsthaṃ ca haraṃ hariṃ ca .  
unmattavadbhāvavivarjitastvaṃ kva yāsi re mūḍha digantarāṇi .. 11.60 ..

> Having abandoned the Revā served by the river of the gods, and Hara and Hari residing on its bank, / where are you wandering to foreign directions like a madman devoid of devotion, O fool?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.61)

bhaja revājalaṃ puṇyaṃ yaja rudraṃ sanātanam .  
japa pañcākṣarīṃ vidyāṃ vraja sthānaṃ ca vāñchitam .. 11.61 ..

> Worship the holy water of the Revā; sacrifice to eternal Rudra; / recite the five-syllable spell, and go to the desired abode!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.62)

kleśayitvā nijaṃ kāyamupāyairbahubhistu kim .  
bhaja revāṃ śivaṃ prāpya sukhasādhyaṃ paraṃ padam .. 11.62 ..

> What is the use of tormenting your own body with manifold contrivances? / Worship the Revā; having attained Śiva, \[reach\] the supreme state that is easily achieved!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.63)

evaṃ kailāsamāsādya nadīṃ sa śivasannidhau .  
jagau yallokapālānāṃ tanmayoktaṃ tavādhunā .. 11.63 ..

> Having thus reached Kailāsa, what he sang concerning the river in the presence of Śiva / to the world guardians has now been told to you by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.64)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
snānadānaparo yastu nityaṃ dharmamanuvrataḥ .  
narmadātīramāśritya mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 11.64 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / He who is devoted to ritual ablution and gifting, always following righteousness, / resorting to the bank of the Narmadā, is freed from all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.65)

vidhihīno japennityaṃ vedānsarvāñchataṃ samāḥ .  
mṛtyulāṅgalajāpyena samo yo'pyadhiko guṇaiḥ .. 11.65 ..

> If devoid of rules, even one who recites all the Vedas daily for a hundred years / or one who is superior in virtues is merely equal to the recitation of the Mṛtyulāṅgala \[mantra\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.66)

bījayonyaviśuddhastu yathā rudraṃ na vindati .  
tathā lāṅgalamantro'pi na tiṣṭhati gatāyuṣi .. 11.66 ..

> Just as one who is impure in seed and womb does not find Rudra, / so too even the Lāṅgala mantra does not remain with one whose life is gone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.67)

gāyatrījapasaṃyuktaḥ saṃyamī hyadhiko guṇaiḥ .  
agnimīḍe iṣetvo vā agna āyāhi nityadā .. 11.67 ..

> Joined with the recitation of the Gāyatrī, self-restrained, he is indeed superior in virtues, / \[reciting\] constantly “agnim īḍe”, “iṣe tvorje tvā”, or “agna āyāhi”.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.68)

śanno devīti kūlastho japenmucyeta kilbiṣaiḥ .. 11.68 ..

> Standing on the bank, one who recites 'śanno devīḥ…' is freed from all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.69)

sāṅgopāṅgāṃstathā vedāñjapannityaṃ samāhitaḥ .  
na tatphalamavāpnoti gāyatryā saṃyamī yathā .. 11.69 ..

> Even by constantly reciting the Vedas along with their auxiliary and secondary branches with a concentrated mind, / one does not attain that fruit which a self-restrained man attains through the Gāyatrī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.70)

rudrādhyāyaṃ sakṛjjaptvā vipro vedasamanvitaḥ .  
mucyate sarvapāpebhyo viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati .. 11.70 ..

> Having recited the Rudrādhyāya once, a brahmin endowed with the Veda / is freed from all sins and goes to the world of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.71)

anyadvai japyasaṃsthānaṃ sūktamāraṇyakaṃ tathā .  
mucyate sarvapāpebhyo viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati .. 11.71 ..

> Or another collection of chants, a hymn or an Āraṇyaka— / \[by reciting it\] he is freed from all sins and goes to the world of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.72)

yatkiṃcitkriyate jāpyaṃ yacca dānaṃ pradīyate .  
narmadājalamāśritya tatsarvaṃ cākṣayaṃ bhavet .. 11.72 ..

> Whatever recitation is performed and whatever gift is given / resorting to the waters of the Narmadā, all that becomes inexhaustible.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.73)

evaṃvidhairvratairnityaṃ narmadāṃ ye samāśritāḥ .  
te mṛtā vaiṣṇavaṃ yānti padaṃ vā śaivamavyayam .. 11.73 ..

> Those who constantly resort to the Narmadā with vows of this kind, / upon death, attain the realm of Viṣṇu or the imperishable abode of Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.74)

satyalokaṃ narāḥ kecitsūryalokaṃ tathāpare .  
apsarogaṇasaṃvītā yāvadābhūtasamplavam .. 11.74 ..

> Some men go to Satyaloka, and others to the solar world, / surrounded by hosts of apsarases until the cosmic dissolution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.75)

evaṃ vai vartamāne'smiṃlloke tu nṛpapuṃgava .  
ṛṣīṇāṃ daśakoṭyastu kurukṣetranivāsinām .. 11.75 ..

> While this world was thus enduring, O bull among kings, / ten crores of seers residing in Kurukṣetra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.76)

mayā saha mahābhāga narmadātaṭamāśritāḥ .  
phalamūlakṛtāhārā arcayantaḥ sthitāḥ śivam .. 11.76 ..

> Resorted to the banks of the Narmadā together with me, O highly fortunate one; / subsisting on fruits and roots, they remained worshiping Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.77)

tacca varṣaśataṃ divyaṃ kālasaṃkhyānumānataḥ .  
ṣaḍviṃśatisahasrāṇi tāni mānuṣasaṃkhyayā .. 11.77 ..

> And that \[period was\] a hundred divine years according to the calculation of time, / which is twenty-six thousand by human reckoning.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.78)

tatastasyāmatītāyāṃ sandhyāyāṃ nṛpasattama .  
śeṣaṃ mānuṣyamekaṃ tu kāle varṣaśataṃ sthitam .. 11.78 ..

> Then, when that twilight period had passed, O best of kings, / one remaining human century of time was left.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.79)

tato'bhavadanāvṛṣṭirlokakṣayakarī tadā .  
yayā yātaṃ jagatsarvaṃ kṣayaṃ bhūyo hi dāruṇam .. 11.79 ..

> Then a drought occurred that caused the destruction of the worlds, / by which the entire universe again suffered terrible ruin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.80)

ye pūrvamiha saṃsiddhā ṛṣayo vedapāragāḥ .  
teṣāṃ prabhāvādbhagavān vavarṣa balavṛtrahā .. 11.80 ..

> By the power of those seers who had previously attained perfection here, masters of the Vedas, / the blessed slayer of Bala and Vṛtra made it rain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.81)

mahatī bhūrisalilā samantādvṛṣṭirāhitā .  
tato vṛṣṭyā tu teṣāṃ vai vartanaṃ samajāyata .. 11.81 ..

> A great rain with abundant water was poured down on all sides; / then indeed, by that rain, their sustenance was ensured.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.82)

punaryugānte samprāpte kiṃciccheṣe kalau yuge .  
niḥśeṣamabhavatsarvaṃ śuṣkaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam .. 11.82 ..

> When the end of the yuga arrived again and a little of the Kali yuga remained, / everything, both moving and unmoving, dried up completely.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.83)

nirvṛkṣauṣadhagulmaṃ ca tṛṇavīrudvivarjitam .  
anāvṛṣṭihataṃ sarvaṃ bhūmaṇḍalamabhūdbhṛśam .. 11.83 ..

> Devoid of trees, medicinal herbs, and shrubs, and bereft of grass and climbing plants, / the entire globe of the earth was severely struck by drought.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.84)

tataste ṛṣayaḥ sarve kṣuttṛṣārtāḥ sahasraśaḥ .  
yugasvabhāvamāviṣṭā hīnasattvā abhavannṛpa .. 11.84 ..

> Then all those thousands of seers, afflicted with hunger and thirst, / overtaken by the nature of the yuga, lost their strength, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.85)

naṣṭahomasvadhākāre yugānte samupasthite .  
kiṃ kāryaṃ kva nu yāsyāmaḥ ko'smākaṃ śaraṇaṃ bhavet .. 11.85 ..

> When the sacrificial offerings and svadhā-calls had perished and the end of the yuga was imminent, \[they said:\] / 'What is to be done? Where shall we go? Who will be our refuge?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.86)

tānahaṃ pratyuvācedaṃ mā bhaiṣṭeti punaḥpunaḥ .  
īdṛgvidhā mayā dṛṣṭā bahavaḥ kālaparyayāḥ .. 11.86 ..

> I said to them in reply, 'Do not fear!' again and again; / 'Many such revolutions of time have been witnessed by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.87)

narmadātīramāśritya te sarve gamitā mayā .  
eṣā hi śaraṇaṃ devī samprāpte hi yugakṣaye .. 11.87 ..

> Resorting to the banks of the Narmadā, they were all passed by me. / She indeed is our refuge, O goddess, when the destruction of the yuga arrives.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.88)

nānyā gatirihāsmākaṃ vidyate dvijasattamāḥ .  
janitrī sarvabhūtānāṃ viśeṣeṇa dvijottamāḥ .. 11.88 ..

> No other recourse exists for us here, O best of the twice-born; / she is the mother of all beings, especially of the best of the twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.89)

pitāmahā ye pitaro ye cānye prapitāmahāḥ .  
te samastā gatāḥ svargaṃ samāśritya mahānadīm .. 11.89 ..

> The grandfathers, fathers, and whatever other great-grandfathers \[there were\], / all of them went to heaven by resorting to the great river.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.90)

bhṛgvādyāḥ sapta ye tvāsanmama pūrvapitāmahāḥ .  
dhaumṛṇī ca mahābhāgā mama bhāryā śucismitā .  
manasvatī ca yā matā bhārgavo'ṅgirasastathā .. 11.90 ..

> The seven, beginning with Bhṛgu, who were my ancestral forefathers, / and the highly fortunate Dhaumṛṇī of bright smile, my wife, / and she who was regarded as Manasvatī, as well as Bhārgava and Aṅgiras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.91)

pulastyaḥ pulahaścaiva vasiṣṭhātreyakāśyapāḥ .  
tathānye ca mahābhāgā niyamavratacāriṇaḥ .  
anye ca śatasāhasrā atra siddhiṃ samāgatāḥ .. 11.91 ..

> Pulastya, Pulaha, Vasiṣṭha, Atri, and Kāśyapa, / and other highly fortunate observers of restraints and vows, / and hundreds of thousands of others have attained perfection here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.92)

tasmādiyaṃ mahābhāgā na moktavyā kadācana .  
nānyā kācinnadī śaktā lokatrayaphalapradā .. 11.92 ..

> Therefore, this highly fortunate \[river\] must never be abandoned. / No other river is capable of granting the fruits of the three worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.93)

dvandvairanekairbahubhiḥ kṣuttṛṣādyairmahābhayaiḥ .  
mucyante te narāḥ sadyo narmadātīravāsinaḥ .. 11.93 ..

> From numerous and various dualities, from hunger, thirst, and other great perils, / those men residing on the banks of the Narmadā are instantly freed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.94)

tasmātsarvaprayatnena sevitavyā saridvarā .  
vāñchadbhiḥ paramaṃ śreya iha loke paratra ca .. 11.94 ..

> Therefore, with every effort, this best of rivers must be served / by those who desire the highest good in this world and in the next.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.11.94\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.11.94_2)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe śrīnarmadāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ekādaśo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the eleventh chapter, titled 'Description of the Glory of the Holy Narmadā,' in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Avantī section, in the Śrī 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.6.3.11.p1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.11.1) — Sanskrit

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