[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) › 6.3.122 # Skandapurana 6.3.122 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.122 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.122.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.1) adhyāya 122 śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchenmahīpāla kohanasveti viśrutam . sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ tīrthaṃ mṛtyuvināśanam .. 122.1 .. > Chapter 122 > Glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go, O king, to the well-known Kohanasva, / the sacred ford that removes all sins, is holy, and destroys death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.2) purā tatra dvijaḥ kaścidvedavedāṅgapāragaḥ . patnīputrasuhṛdvargaiḥ svakarmanirato'vasat .. 122.2 .. > Long ago, a certain twice-born who had crossed the Vedas and Vedāṅgas / lived there, intent on his own duties, with his wife, sons, and circle of friends. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.3) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca - brāhmaṇasya tu yatkarma utpattiḥ kṣatriyasya tu . vaiśyasyāpi ca śūdrasya tatsarvaṃ kathayasva me .. 122.3 .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: / The duty and the origin of the brahmin, of the kṣatriya, / of the vaiśya, and also of the śūdra—tell me all that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.4) dharmasyārhasya kāmasya mokṣasya ca paraṃ vidhim . nikhilaṃ jñātumicchāmi nānyo vettā matirmama .. 122.4 .. > The supreme rule of righteousness, wealth, pleasure, and liberation— / all of it I wish to know; in my opinion, there is no other knower. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.5) mārkaṇḍeya uvāca - utpattikāraṇaṃ brahmā devadevaḥ prakīrtitaḥ . prathamaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ carācarajagadguruḥ .. 122.5 .. > Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Brahmā, the god of gods, is proclaimed as the cause of origin, / the first among all beings, the teacher of the world of the moving and unmoving. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.6) dvijātayo mukhājjātāḥ kṣatriyā bāhuyantrataḥ . ūrupradeśādvaiśyāstu śūdrāḥ pādeṣvathābhavan .. 122.6 .. > The twice-born were born from his mouth, the kṣatriyas from the frame of his arms, / the vaiśyas from the region of his thighs, and the śūdras arose from his feet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.7) tatastvanye pṛthagvarṇāḥ pṛthagdharmān samācaran . paryāyeṇa samutpannā hyanulomavilomataḥ .. 122.7 .. > Then other distinct castes, practicing distinct duties, / arose in turn through natural and inverted order. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.8) teṣāṃ dharmaṃ pravakṣyāmi śrutismṛtyarthacoditam . yena samyakkṛtenaiva sarve yānti parāṃ gatim .. 122.8 .. > I shall proclaim their duty, as enjoined by the purpose of the Vedas and Smṛtis, / through the proper execution of which all go to the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.9) gatirdhyānaṃ vinā bhaktairbrāhmaṇaiḥ prāpyate nṛpa . adhyāpayanyato vedānvedaṃ vāpi yathāvidhi .. 122.9 .. > Even without meditation, that destination is attained by devoted brahmins, O king, / from teaching the Vedas or even one Veda according to the rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.10) kulajāṃ rūpasampannāṃ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitām . udvāhayettataḥ patnīṃ guruṇānumate tadā .. 122.10 .. > He should then marry a wife born of good family, endowed with beauty, / marked with all auspicious marks, when permitted by his teacher. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.11) tataḥ smārtaṃ vivāhāgniṃ śrautaṃ vā pūjayetkramāt . pratigrahadhano bhūtvā dambhalobhavivarjitaḥ .. 122.11 .. > Then he should worship in sequence the domestic marriage-fire or the Vedic fire, / having the acceptance of gifts as his wealth, free from deceit and greed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.12) pañcayajñavidhānāni kārayedvai yathāvidhi . vanaṃ gacchettataḥ paścāddvitīyāśramasevanāt .. 122.12 .. > He should carry out the rites of the five sacrifices according to the rule; / afterwards, having served the second stage of life, he should go to the forest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.13) putreṣu bhāryāṃ nikṣipya sarvasaṅgavivarjitaḥ . iṣṭāṃllokānavāpnoti na ceha jāyate punaḥ .. 122.13 .. > Leaving his wife in the care of his sons, freed from all attachment, / he attains the desired worlds and is not born here again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.14) kṣatriyastu sthito rājye pālayitvā vasuṃdharām . śaśvaddharmamanāścaiva prāpnoti paramāṃ gatim .. 122.14 .. > The kṣatriya, standing in royal power and protecting the earth, / ever devoted in mind to duty, attains the supreme destination. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.15) vaiśyadharmo na sandehaḥ kṛṣigorakṣaṇe rataḥ . satyaśaucasamopeto gacchate svargamuttamam .. 122.15 .. > The duty of a vaiśya, without doubt, is intent on agriculture and cattle-tending; / endowed with truthfulness and purity, he goes to the excellent heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.16) na śūdrasya pṛthagdharmo vihitaḥ parameṣṭhinā . na mantro na ca saṃskāro na vidyāparisevanam .. 122.16 .. > No separate duty was ordained for the śūdra by the Supreme Lord: / no mantra, no rite of passage, no devotion to learning, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.17) na śabdavidyāsamayo devatābhyarcanāni ca . yathā jātena satataṃ vartitavyamaharniśam .. 122.17 .. > no covenant with grammar, and no rituals of deity-worship; / just as he was born, he should live constantly day and night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.18) sa dharmaḥ sarvavarṇānāṃ purā sṛṣṭaḥ svayambhuvā . mantrasaṃskārasampannāstrayo varṇā dvijātayaḥ .. 122.18 .. > That duty of all the classes was created of old by the Self-born; / the twice-born are the three classes endowed with mantras and rites of passage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.19) teṣāṃ matamanādṛtya yadi varteta kāmataḥ . sa mṛto jāyate śvā vai gatirūrdhvā na vidyate .. 122.19 .. > Disregarding their opinion, if one should act out of desire, / he, when dead, is born indeed as a dog; no higher destination exists \[for him\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.20) na teṣāṃ preṣaṇaṃ nityaṃ teṣāṃ matamanusmaran . yaśobhāgī svadharmasthaḥ svargabhāgī sa jāyate .. 122.20 .. > Not constantly serving them, yet remembering their counsel, / he shares in renown; abiding in his own duty, he shares in heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.21) evaṃ guṇagaṇākīrṇo'vasadvipraḥ sa bhārata . hanasveti hanasveti śṛṇoti vākyamīdṛśam .. 122.21 .. > Thus endowed with a multitude of virtues, that brahmin lived, O Bhārata; / \[then\] he hears such words: “Strike! Strike!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.22) tato nirīkṣate cordhvamadhaścaiva diśo daśa . vepamānaḥ sa bhītaśca praskhalaṃśca pade pade .. 122.22 .. > Then he looks upward and downward, and in the ten directions, / trembling and terrified, stumbling at every step. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.23) śṛṅkhalāyudhahastaiśca pāśaiścaiva sudāruṇaiḥ . veṣṭitaṃ mahiṣārūḍhaṃ naraṃ paśyati manmukham .. 122.23 .. > He sees a man facing him, mounted on a buffalo, / surrounded by those with iron chains and weapons in their hands, and most terrible nooses, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.24) kṛṣṇāṃjanacayaprakhyaṃ kṛṣṇāmbaravibhūṣitam . raktākṣamāyatabhujaṃ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam .. 122.24 .. > resembling a mass of black collyrium, adorned with black garments, / with red eyes, long arms, and marked with all characteristic signs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.25) dṛṣṭvā taṃ tu samāyāntaṃ nirīkṣyātmānamātmanā . japañjāpyaṃ ca paramaṃ śatarudrīyasaṃstavam .. 122.25 .. > Seeing him approaching, observing his own self with his self, / he muttered the supreme recitation: the praise of the Śatarudrīya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.26) tataḥ provāca bhagavānyamaḥ saṃyamano mahān . śṛṇu vākyamato brahmanyamo'haṃ sarvajantuṣu .. 122.26 .. > Then spoke the lord Yama, the great restrainer: / 'Hear my words, O brahmin! I am Yama over all creatures. // 122.26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.27) saṃharasva mahābhāga rudrajāpyaṃ sudurbhidam . yenāhaṃ kālapāśaistvāṃ saṃyamāmi gatavyathaḥ .. 122.27 .. > Desist, O fortunate one, from the recitation of the Rudra hymn, which is hard to break through, / so that, freed from obstruction, I may restrain you with the nooses of death.' // 122.27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.28) tacchrutvā niṣṭhuraṃ vākyaṃ yamasya mukhanirgatam . mahābhayasamopeto brāhmaṇaḥ prapalāyitaḥ .. 122.28 .. > Hearing those harsh words issuing from Yama's mouth, / seized by great terror, the brahmin fled. // 122.28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.29) tasya mārge gatāḥ sarve yamena saha kiṃkarāḥ . tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti taṃ vipramūcuste so'pyadhāvata .. 122.29 .. > All the attendants along with Yama went along his path. / They said to the brahmin, 'Halt! Halt!', but he ran on. // 122.29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.30) tvaramāṇaḥ pariśrānto hā hato'haṃ durātmabhiḥ . rakṣa rakṣa mahādeva śaraṇāgatavatsala .. 122.30 .. > Hurrying and exhausted, \[he cried\]: 'Alas, I am slain by evil-minded ones! / Protect me, protect me, Mahādeva, affectionate to those who seek refuge!' // 122.30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.31) evamuktvāpatadbhūmau liṅgamāliṅgya bhārata . gatasattvaḥ sa viprendraḥ samāśritya sureśvaram .. 122.31 .. > Having spoken thus, embracing the liṅga, he fell to the ground, O Bhārata. / His life-breath spent, that best of brahmins sought refuge in the lord of gods. // 122.31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.32) taṃ dṛṣṭvā patitaṃ bhūmau devadevo maheśvaraḥ . ko haniṣyati mābhaistvaṃ huṅkāramakarottadā .. 122.32 .. > Seeing him fallen to the ground, the god of gods, Maheśvara, / \[said\], 'Who shall slay \[you\]? Do not fear!' and then uttered a roar of 'Huṃ!'. // 122.32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.33) tena te kiṃkarāḥ sarve yamena saha bhārata . huṅkāreṇa gatāḥ sarve meghā vātahatā yathā .. 122.33 .. > By that roar of 'Huṃ!', all those attendants along with Yama, O Bhārata, / all fled away like clouds scattered by the wind. // 122.33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.34) tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ kohanasveti viśrutam . sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvatīrtheṣvanuttamam .. 122.34 .. > From that time forward, that sacred ford became renowned as Kohanasva, / destroying all sins, holy, unexcelled among all sacred fords. // 122.34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.35) tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetparameśvaram . agniṣṭomasya yajñasya phalamāpnotyanuttamam .. 122.35 .. > Whoever bathes at that sacred ford and worships the Supreme Lord / obtains the unexcelled fruit of an Agniṣṭoma sacrifice. // 122.35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.36) tatra tīrthe tu rājendra prāṇatyāgaṃ karoti yaḥ . na paśyati yamaṃ devamityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt .. 122.36 .. > Whoever abandons his life's breath at that sacred ford, O king of kings, / does not behold the god Yama; thus Śaṅkara declared. // 122.36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.37) agnipraveśaṃ yaḥ kuryājjale vā nṛpasattama . agniloke vasettāvadyāvatkalpaśatatrayam .. 122.37 .. > Whoever enters the fire or dies in the water, O best among kings, / dwells in the world of Agni for as long as three hundred kalpas. // 122.37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.38) evaṃ varuṇaloke'pi vasitvā kālamīpsitam . iha lokamanuprāpto mahādhanapatirbhavet .. 122.38 .. > Likewise, having dwelt in the world of Varuṇa for his desired time, / returning to this world, he becomes a lord of immense wealth. // 122.38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.122.38\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122.38_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe kohanatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma dvāviṃśatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred and twenty-second chapter, titled 'The Description of the Māhātmya of the Kohanatīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth book, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.122.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.122.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.122) · Pramāṇa