[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) › 6.3.121 # Skandapurana 6.3.121 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.121 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.121.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.p1) adhyāya 121 > Chapter 121 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.1) mārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchenmahīpāla candrahāsamataḥ param . yatra siddhiṃ parāṃ prāptaḥ somarājaḥ surottamaḥ .. 121.1 .. > Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Next, O ruler of the earth, one should go to Candrahāsa, / where King Soma, the foremost of gods, attained supreme perfection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.2) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca - kathaṃ siddhiṃ parāṃ prāptaḥ somanātho jagatpatiḥ . tatsarvaṃ śrotumicchāmi kathayasva mamānagha .. 121.2 .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: / How did Somanātha, the lord of the world, attain supreme perfection? / I wish to hear all of that; please tell me, O sinless one! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.3) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - purā śapto munīndreṇa dakṣeṇa kila bhārata . asevanāddhi dārāṇāṃ kṣayarogī bhaviṣyasi .. 121.3 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Formerly, O descendant of Bharata, he was indeed cursed by Dakṣa, the chief of sages: / 'Because of not attending to your wives, you will become afflicted with consumption! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.4) udvāhitānāṃ patnīnāṃ ye na kurvanti sevanam . yā niṣṭhā jāyate nṛṇāṃ tāṃ śṛṇuṣva narādhipa .. 121.4 .. > Those who do not attend to their legally wedded wives— / hear the end that befalls those men, O ruler of men! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.5) ṛtāvṛtau hi nārīṇāṃ sevanājjāyate sutaḥ . sutātsvargaśca mokṣaśca ityevaṃ śrutibhāṣitam .. 121.5 .. > For by attending upon women in every fertile period, a son is born; / from a son come heaven and liberation; thus it is spoken in Vedic revelation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.6) tatkālocitadharmeṇa veṣṭito raurave patet . tasyāstadrudhiraṃ pāpaḥ pibate kālamīpsitam .. 121.6 .. > Bound by the duty appropriate to that time, \[the transgressor\] falls into Raurava; / the sinful one drinks her menstrual blood for an intended span of time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.7) tato'vatīrṇaḥ kālena yāṃ yāṃ yoniṃ prayāsyati . tasyāṃ tasyāṃ sa duṣṭātmā durbhago jāyate sadā .. 121.7 .. > Then, having descended in the course of time, into whatever womb he enters, / in that very womb that wicked-minded one is always born unfortunate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.8) nārīṇāṃ tu sadā kāmo'bhyadhikāḥ parivartate . viśeṣeṇa ṛtau kāle pīḍyate kāmasāyakaiḥ .. 121.8 .. > For women's desire always persists exceedingly; / especially in their fertile period, they are tormented by the arrows of desire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.9) paribhūtā hitā bhartrā dhyāyante'nyaṃ patiṃ striyaḥ . tataḥ putraḥ samutpanno hyaṭate kulamuttamam .. 121.9 .. > Despised by a suitable husband, women think upon another mate; / then a son born from that wanders away from the noble family. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.10) svargasthāstena pitaraḥ pūrvajāste pitāmahāḥ . patanti jātamātreṇa kulaṭastena cocyate .. 121.10 .. > The ancestors dwelling in heaven, his forefathers and grandfathers, / fall the moment he is born; because of that he is called a corrupter of the lineage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.11) tena karmavipākena kṣayarogyabhavacchaśī . tyaktvā lokaṃ surendrāṇāṃ martyalokamupāgataḥ .. 121.11 .. > Through that ripening of actions, the Moon became afflicted with consumption; / abandoning the world of the chiefs of the gods, he arrived in the mortal world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.12) tatastīrthānyanekāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca . bhramanvai narmadāṃ prāptaḥ sarvapāpapraṇāśanīm .. 121.12 .. > Then, wandering through many sacred fords and holy sanctuaries, / he reached the Narmadā, which destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.13) upavāsaṃ ca dānāni vratāni niyamāṃstathā . cacāra dvādaśābdāni tato muktaḥ sa kilbiṣaiḥ .. 121.13 .. > Fasting, gifts, vows, and observances / he performed for twelve years, and was thereupon freed from his sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.14) snāpayitvā mahādevaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam . jagāma prabhayā pūrṇaḥ sa ca lokamanuttamam .. 121.14 .. > Having bathed Mahādeva, the destroyer of all sins, / filled with brilliance, he went to the unsurpassed world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.15) yenaiva sthāpito devaḥ pūjyate varṣasaṃkhyayā . tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi rudraloke sa pūjyate .. 121.15 .. > For as many years as the deity installed by one is worshipped, / for that many thousands of years he is honoured in the world of Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.16) tena devānvidhānoktānsthāpayanti narā bhuvi . akṣayaṃ cāvyayaṃ yasmātkālaṃ bhuñjanti mānavāḥ .. 121.16 .. > Therefore, men install gods on earth according to the prescribed rites, / because \[thereby\] mortals enjoy imperishable and eternal time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.17) somatīrthe naraḥ snātvā pūjayeddevamīśvaram . sa bhrājate naro loke somavatpriyadarśanaḥ .. 121.17 .. > Having bathed at Somatīrtha, a man should worship the god Īśvara; / that man shines in the world, pleasant to look upon like Soma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.18) candrahāse tu yo gatvā grahaṇe candrasūryayoḥ . snānaṃ samācaredbhaktyā mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ .. 121.18 .. > Whoever, having gone to Candrahāsa during an eclipse of the moon or the sun, / performs a ritual ablution with devotion, is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.19) tatra snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca candrahāse śubhāśubham . kṛtaṃ nṛpavaraśreṣṭha sarvaṃ bhavati cākṣayam .. 121.19 .. > There, at Candrahāsa, bathing and giving, auspicious and inauspicious \[deeds\] / done, O best of excellent kings, all become imperishable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.20) te dhanyāste mahātmānasteṣāṃ janma sujīvitam . candrahāse tu ye snātvā paśyanti grahaṇaṃ narāḥ .. 121.20 .. > They are fortunate, they are noble-minded, their birth has lived well— / those men who, having bathed at Candrahāsa, observe an eclipse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.21) vācikaṃ mānasaṃ pāpaṃ karmajaṃ yatpurākṛtam . snānamātreṇa rājendra tatra tīrthe praṇaśyati .. 121.21 .. > Sin committed in speech, in mind, or born of action that was previously done / is destroyed merely by bathing at that sacred ford, O king of kings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.22) bahavastaṃ na jānanti mahāmohasamanvitāḥ . dehasthamiva sarveṣāṃ paramānandarūpiṇam .. 121.22 .. > Possessed of great delusion, many do not know it, / just like the form of supreme bliss dwelling in the body of all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.23) paścime sāgare gatvā somatīrthe tu yatphalam . tatsamagramavāpnoti candrahāse na saṃśayaḥ .. 121.23 .. > Whatever fruit \[is obtained\] by going to Somatīrtha at the western ocean, / he obtains all of that at Candrahāsa without doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.24) saṃkrāntau ca vyatīpāte ayane viṣuve tathā . candrahāse naraḥ snātvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 121.24 .. > At a solar transit, at a Vyatīpāta, during a solstice, and likewise at an equinox, / having bathed at Candrahāsa, a man is fully freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.25) te mūḍhāste durācārāsteṣāṃ janma nirarthakam . candrahāsaṃ na jānanti ye revāyāṃ vyavasthitam .. 121.25 .. > They are foolish, they are evil-doers, their birth is futile— / they who do not know Candrahāsa situated on the Revā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.26) candrahāse tu yaḥ kaścitsaṃnyāsaṃ kurute dvijaḥ . anivartikā gatistasya somalokānna saṃśayaḥ .. 121.26 .. > Whatever twice-born takes renunciation at Candrahāsa, / from the world of Soma his path is one of no return, without doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.121.26\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121.26_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe somatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikaviṃśatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred and twenty-first chapter, titled 'Description of the Glory of Somatīrtha', 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.6.3.121.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.121.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.121) · Pramāṇa