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# Skandapurana 6.3.128

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.128

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.128.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.128.p1)

adhyāya 128

> Chapter 128  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.128.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.128.1)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tato gacchettu rājendra bhṛkuṭeśvaramuttamam .  
yatra siddho mahābhāgo bhṛguḥ paramakopanaḥ .. 128.1 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go, O king of kings, to the excellent Bhṛkuṭeśvara, / where the highly fortunate Bhṛgu, exceedingly irascible, attained perfection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.128.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.128.2)

tena varṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ tapaścīrṇaṃ purānagha .  
putrārthaṃ varayāmāsa putraṃ putravatāṃ varaḥ .. 128.2 ..

> By him tapas was performed of old for a full hundred years, O sinless one; / the best among those with sons chose a boon for the sake of a son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.128.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.128.3)

varo datto mahābhāga devenāndhakaghātinā .  
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetparameśvaram .. 128.3 ..

> The boon was granted, O highly fortunate one, by the god who slew Andhaka. / Whoever bathes at that sacred ford and worships the supreme lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.128.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.128.4)

agniṣṭomasya yajñasya phalamaṣṭaguṇaṃ labhet .  
bhṛkuṭeśaṃ tu yaḥ kaścidghṛtena madhunā saha .. 128.4 ..

> obtains eightfold the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice. / Whoever bathes Bhṛkuṭeśa with ghee along with honey,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.128.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.128.5)

putrārthī snāpayedbhaktyā sa labhetputramīpsitam .  
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā dadyādviprāya kāñcanam .. 128.5 ..

> desiring a son, with devotion, attains the desired son. / Whoever bathes at that sacred ford and gives gold to a brahmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.128.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.128.6)

godānaṃ vā mahīṃ vāpi tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu .. 128.6 ..

> or the gift of a cow, or even land—hear the fruit of his merit:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.128.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.128.7)

sasamudraguhā tena saśailavanakānanā .  
dattā pṛthvī na sandehastena sarvā nṛpottama .. 128.7 ..

> By him the entire earth has been given, along with oceans and caves, / with mountains, forests, and woods; of this there is no doubt, O best of kings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.128.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.128.8)

tena dānena sa svarge krīḍayitvā yathāsukham .  
martye bhavati rājendro brāhmaṇo vā supūjitaḥ .. 128.8 ..

> Having sported in heaven at pleasure through that gift, / he becomes a king of kings in the mortal world, or a highly honored brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.128.8\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.128.8_2)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe bhṛkuṭeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭāviṃśatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the one hundred twenty-eighth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of the Sacred Ford Bhṛkuṭeśvara', in the Revā Section of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.128.p1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.128.1) — Sanskrit

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