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# Skandapurana 6.3.133

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.133

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.133.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tato gacchenmahīpāla paraṃ tīrthacatuṣṭayam .  
yeṣāṃ darśanamātreṇa sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet .. 1 ..

> The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, O protector of the earth, one should proceed to the excellent four sacred fords, / by the mere sight of which destruction of all sins occurs:  
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### [6.3.133.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.2)

kauberaṃ vāruṇaṃ yāmyaṃ vāyavyaṃ tu tataḥ param .  
yatra siddhā mahāprājñā lokapālā mahābalāḥ .. 2 ..

> The sacred fords of Kubera, Varuṇa, Yama, and next to them that of Vāyu, / where the wise, very mighty guardians of the worlds achieved perfection.  
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### [6.3.133.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.3)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
kimarthaṃ lokapālaiśca tapaścīrṇaṃ purānagha .  
narmadātaṭamāśritya hyetanme vaktumarhasi .. 3 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / For what purpose, O sinless one, was austerity performed by the guardians of the worlds in ancient times, / having resorted to the bank of the Narmadā? Truly, you should tell this to me.  
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### [6.3.133.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.4)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
adhiṣṭhānaṃ samicchanti hyacalaṃ nirbale sati .  
saṃsāre sarvabhūtānāṃ tṛṇabinduvadasthire .. 4 ..

> The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / They desired an unmoving, firm foundation in this weak, / unenduring saṃsāra of all beings, which is unstable like a drop of water on a blade of grass,  
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### [6.3.133.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.5)

kadalīsāraniḥsāre mṛgatṛṣṇeva cañcale .  
sthāvare jaṅgame sarve bhūtagrāme caturvidhe .. 5 ..

> sapless like the core of a plantain tree, and flickering like a mirage, / among the whole fourfold collection of beings, both stationary and moving.  
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### [6.3.133.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.6)

dharmo mātā pitā dharmo dharmo bandhuḥ suhṛttathā .  
ādhāraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ trailokye sacarācare .. 6 ..

> Dharma is mother, dharma is father, dharma is kinsman, and likewise a friend; / it is the support of all living beings in the three worlds, both moving and unmoving.  
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### [6.3.133.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.7)

evaṃ jñātvā tu te sarve lokapālāḥ kṛtakṣaṇāḥ .  
tapaste cakruratulaṃ mārutāhāratatparāḥ .. 7 ..

> Knowing thus, all those guardians of the worlds, having prepared themselves, / performed matchless austerity, dedicated to subsisting solely on air.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.133.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.8)

tatastuṣṭo mahādevaḥ kṛtasyārddhe gate tadā .  
anurūpeṇa rājendra yugasya parameśvaraḥ .. 8 ..

> Then Mahādeva, the supreme lord, became pleased, O king of kings, / when half of the Kṛta age had passed, in a manner suitable to that yuga.  
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### [6.3.133.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.9)

vareṇa chandayāmāsa lokapālānmahābalān .  
yo yamicchati kāmaṃ vai taṃ taṃ tasya dadāmyaham .. 9 ..

> He invited the mighty guardians of the worlds with a boon, \[saying\]: / "Whatever desire each one wishes, that indeed I grant to him."  
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### [6.3.133.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.10)

etacchrutvā vacastasya lokapālā jagaddhitāḥ .  
varadaṃ prārthayāmāsurdevaṃ varamanuttamam .. 10 ..

> Hearing this speech of his, the guardians of the worlds, intent on the welfare of the world, / prayed to the boon-granting god for an unexcelled boon.  
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### [6.3.133.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.11)

kubera uvāca -  
yadi tuṣṭo mahādeva yadi deyo varo mama .  
yakṣāṇāmīśvaraścāhaṃ bhavāmi dhanadastviti .. 11 ..

> Kubera said: / "If you are pleased, O Mahādeva, and if a boon is to be given to me, / may I become the lord of the yakṣas and the bestower of wealth!"  
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### [6.3.133.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.12)

tataḥ provāca deveśaṃ yamaḥ saṃyamane rataḥ .  
tatra pradhāno bhagavān bhaveyaṃ sarvajantuṣu .. 12 ..

> Then Yama, devoted to restraint, said to the lord of the gods: / "May I become the venerable chief among all creatures there!"  
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### [6.3.133.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.13)

varuṇo'nantaraṃ prāha praṇamya tu maheśvaram .  
krīḍeyaṃ vāruṇe loke yādogaṇasamanvitaḥ .. 13 ..

> Next Varuṇa spoke, having bowed down to Maheśvara: / "May I sport in the realm of Varuṇa, accompanied by the host of aquatic creatures!"  
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### [6.3.133.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.14)

jagādāśu tato vāyuḥ praṇamya tu maheśvaram .  
vyāpakatvaṃ trilokeṣu prārthayāmāsa bhārata .. 14 ..

> Then Vāyu quickly spoke, having bowed down to Maheśvara; / he prayed for all-pervasiveness in the three worlds, O descendant of Bharata.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.133.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.15)

teṣāṃ yadīpsitaṃ kāmamumayā saha śaṅkaraḥ .  
sarveṣāṃ lokapālānaḥ dattvā cādarśanaṃ gataḥ .. 15 ..

> Having granted to all the guardians of the worlds their desired wish, / Śaṅkara, along with Umā, disappeared from sight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.133.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.16)

gate maheśvare deve yathāsthānaṃ tu te sthitāḥ .  
sthāpanā ca kṛtā sarvaiḥ svanāmnaiva pṛthakpṛthak .. 16 ..

> When the divine Maheśvara had departed, they remained in their respective places, / and an installation was made by all of them, separately under their own names:  
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### [6.3.133.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.17)

kuberaśca kubereśaṃ yamaścaiva yameśvaram .  
varuṇo varuṇeśaṃ tu vāto vāteśvaraṃ nṛpa .. 17 ..

> Kubera \[installed\] Kubereśa, Yama \[installed\] Yameśvara, / Varuṇa \[installed\] Varuṇeśa, and Vāyu \[installed\] Vāteśvara, O king.  
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### [6.3.133.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.18)

tarpaṇaṃ vidadhuḥ sarve mantraiśca vividhaiḥ śubhaiḥ .  
sarve sarveśvaraṃ deva pūjayitvā yathāvidhi .. 18 ..

> They all performed libations with various auspicious mantras, / after worshipping the god, the lord of all, according to the prescribed rules.  
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### [6.3.133.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.19)

āhvayāmāsustān viprānsarve sarveśvarā iva .  
kṣāntadāntajitakrodhānsarvabhūtābhayapradān .. 19 ..

> Like lords of all, they summoned those brahmins / who were patient, self-controlled, who had conquered anger, and who granted fearlessness to all beings,  
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### [6.3.133.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.20)

vedavidyāvratasnātān sarvaśāstraviśāradān .  
ṛgyajuḥsāmasaṃyuktāṃstathātharvavibhūṣitān .. 20 ..

> who had completed their ritual ablutions after Vedic learning and observances, who were skilled in all scriptures, / endowed with the Ṛg, Yajur, and Sāma Vedas, and adorned with the Atharvaveda.  
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### [6.3.133.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.21)

cāturvidhyaṃ tu sarveṣāṃ dānaṃ dāsyāma gṛhṇata .  
evamuktvā tu sarveṣāṃ viprāṇāṃ dānamuttamam .. 21 ..

> "We shall give a fourfold gift to all of you; accept it!" / Having spoken thus, \[and giving\] an excellent gift to all the brahmins,  
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### [6.3.133.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.22)

tatra sthāne dadusteṣāṃ bhūmidānamanuttamam .  
yāvaccandraśca sūryaśca yāvattiṣṭhati medinī .. 22 ..

> they gave them at that place the supreme gift of land: / "As long as the moon and the sun endure, as long as the earth stands,  
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### [6.3.133.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.23)

tāvaddānaṃ tu yuṣmākaṃ paripanthī na kaścana .  
rājā vā rājatulyo vā lokapālairanuttamam .. 23 ..

> so long is this gift yours; let no one oppose it, / whether a king or one equal to a king. If an unexcelled \[gift\]  
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### [6.3.133.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.24)

dattaṃ lopayate mūḍhaḥ śrūyatāṃ tasya yo vidhiḥ .  
śoṣayeddhanado vittaṃ tasya pāpasya bhārata .. 24 ..

> given by the guardians of the worlds is revoked by a fool, hear the fate that awaits him: / The bestower of wealth shall dry up the wealth of that sinner, O descendant of Bharata;  
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### [6.3.133.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.25)

śarīraṃ varuṇo devaḥ saṃtatīṃ śvasanastathā .  
āyurnayati tasyāśu yamaḥ saṃyamano mahān .. 25 ..

> the divine Varuṇa \[shall dry up\] his body; wind \[shall dry up\] his progeny; / and the great Yama, the restrainer, shall swiftly carry away his lifespan.  
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### [6.3.133.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.26)

niḥśeṣaṃ bhasmasātkṛtvā hutabhugyāti bhārata .  
tasmātsarvaprayatnena brāhmaṇebhyo yudhiṣṭhira .  
bhaktiḥ kāryā nṛpaiḥ sarvairicchadbhiḥ śreya ātmanaḥ .. 26 ..

> The fire-consumer goes away, O descendant of Bharata, having reduced it completely to ashes. / Therefore, with every effort, devotion must be shown to the brahmins, O Yudhiṣṭhira, / by all kings who desire their own welfare.  
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### [6.3.133.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.27)

rājā vṛkṣo brāhmaṇāstasya mūlaṃ bhṛtyāḥ parṇā mantriṇastasya śākhāḥ .  
tasmānmūlaṃ yatnato rakṣaṇīyaṃ mūle gupte nāsti vṛkṣasya nāśaḥ .. 27 ..

> A king is a tree; the brahmins are its roots; servants are the leaves, and ministers are its branches. / Therefore, the root must be protected with effort; when the root is protected, there is no destruction of the tree.  
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### [6.3.133.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.28)

ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi svarge tiṣṭhati bhūmidaḥ .  
ācchettā cāvamantā ca tānyeva narake vaset .. 28 ..

> The giver of land dwells in heaven for sixty thousand years; / both the one who confiscates it and the one who disparages it shall dwell in hell for just as many.  
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### [6.3.133.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.29)

svadattā paradattā vā pālanīyā vasuṃdharā .  
yasya yasya yadā bhūmistasya tasya tadā phalam .. 29 ..

> The earth, whether given by oneself or given by another, must be protected; / whosoever possesses the land at any time, his is the fruit at that time.  
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### [6.3.133.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.30)

devatājñāmanusmṛtya rājāno ye'pi tāṃ nṛpa .  
pālayiṣyanti satataṃ teṣāṃ vāsastriviṣṭape .. 30 ..

> Whichever kings, remembering the command of the gods, O king, / will constantly protect it, their dwelling shall be in heaven.  
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### [6.3.133.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.31)

svadattā paradattā vā yatnādrakṣyā yudhiṣṭhira .  
mahī mahīkṣitā nityaṃ dānācchreyo'nupālanam .. 31 ..

> Whether given by oneself or given by another, O Yudhiṣṭhira, the earth / must always be protected with care by kings; protecting \[a gift\] is superior to giving.  
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### [6.3.133.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.32)

āyuryaśo balaṃ vittaṃ saṃtatiścākṣayā nṛpa .  
teṣāṃ bhaviṣyate nūnaṃ ye prajāpālane ratāḥ .. 32 ..

> Lifespan, fame, strength, wealth, and imperishable offspring, O king, / shall surely belong to those who are devoted to protecting their subjects.  
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### [6.3.133.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.33)

evamuktvā tu tān sarvāṃllokapālān dvijottamān .  
pūjayitvā vidhānena praṇipatya vyasarjayan .. 33 ..

> Having spoken thus to all those excellent brahmins, the guardians of the worlds, / having worshipped them according to the rules and bowed down, dismissed them.  
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### [6.3.133.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.34)

gateṣu vipramukhyeṣu snātvā hutahutāśanāḥ .  
lokapālāḥ kṣudhāviṣṭāḥ paryaṭanbhaikṣamātmanaḥ .. 34 ..

> When the foremost brahmins had departed, the guardians of the worlds, having bathed and made offerings into the sacred fire, / afflicted with hunger, wandered about seeking alms for themselves.  
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### [6.3.133.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.35)

asthicarmāvaśeṣāṅgāḥ kapāloddhṛtapāṇayaḥ .  
alabdhagrāsamarddhārdhaṃ niryayurnagarādbahiḥ .. 35 ..

> With limbs reduced to mere skin and bone, holding skull-bowls up in their hands, / not obtaining even a fraction of a morsel, they went outside the city.  
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### [6.3.133.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.36)

śāpaṃ dattvā tadā krodhādbrāhmaṇāya yudhiṣṭhira .  
daridrāḥ satataṃ mūrkhā bhaveyuśca yayurgṛhān .. 36 ..

> Then, having in anger uttered a curse upon the brahmins, O Yudhiṣṭhira: / "May they always be poor and foolish!", they went to their abodes.  
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### [6.3.133.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.37)

tadāprabhṛti te sarve brāhmaṇā dhanavarjitāḥ .  
śāpadoṣeṇa kauberyāṃ saṃjātā duḥkhabhājanāḥ .. 37 ..

> From that time forward, all those brahmins became devoid of wealth; / through the fault of the curse, they became vessels of sorrow in Kauberī.  
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### [6.3.133.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.38)

na dhanaṃ paitṛkaṃ putrairna pitā putrapautrikam .  
bhuñjate sakalaṃ kālamityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt .. 38 ..

> "The sons shall not enjoy ancestral wealth, nor the father that of sons and grandsons, / at any time": thus indeed spoke Śaṃkara. 38 ..  
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### [6.3.133.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.39)

kubereśe naraḥ snātvā yastu pūjayate śivam .  
gandhadhūpanamaskāraiḥ so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 39 ..

> The man who, having bathed at Kubereśa, worships Śiva / with perfumes, incense, and obeisances, obtains the fruit of an horse sacrifice. 39 ..  
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### [6.3.133.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.40)

yamatīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā sampaśyati yameśvaram .  
sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyeta saptajanmāntarārjitaiḥ .. 40 ..

> He who, having bathed at Yamatīrtha, beholds Yameśvara, / is freed from all sins acquired over seven previous births. 40 ..  
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### [6.3.133.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.41)

pūrṇamāsyāmamāvāsyāṃ snātvā tu pitṛtarpaṇam .  
yaḥ karoti tilaiḥ snānaṃ tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu .. 41 ..

> Having bathed on a full-moon or new-moon day and offered libations to the ancestors, / whoever performs an ablution with sesame seeds—hear the fruit of his merit: 41 ..  
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### [6.3.133.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.42)

sutṛptāstena toyena pitaraśca pitāmahāḥ .  
svargasthā dvādaśābdāni krīḍanti prapitāmahāḥ .. 42 ..

> Thoroughly satisfied with that water, the fathers, grandfathers, / and great-grandfathers, dwelling in heaven, sport for twelve years. 42 ..  
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### [6.3.133.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.43)

varuṇeśe naraḥ snātvā hyarcayitvā maheśvaram .  
vājapeyasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti puṣkalam .. 43 ..

> A man who bathes at Varuṇeśa and worships Maheśvara / attains the abundant fruit of a Vājapeya sacrifice. 43 ..  
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### [6.3.133.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.44)

mṛtāṃ kālena mahatā loke yatra jaleśvaraḥ .  
sa gacchettatra yānena gīyamāno'psarogaṇaiḥ .. 44 ..

> Dying after a long time, to the world where the Lord of the Waters dwells, / he goes there in an aerial chariot, sung to by hosts of apsarases. 44 ..  
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### [6.3.133.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.45)

vāteśvare naraḥ snātvā sampūjya ca maheśvaram .  
jāyate kṛtakṛtyo'sau lokapālānavekṣayan .. 45 ..

> A man who bathes at Vāteśvara and worships Maheśvara / has accomplished his purpose, beholding the world-protectors. 45 ..  
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### [6.3.133.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.46)

kiṃ tasya bahubhiryajñairdānairvā bahudakṣiṇaiḥ .  
snātvā catuṣṭaye loke avāptaṃ janmanaḥ phalam .. 46 ..

> What need has he of many sacrifices, or gifts with abundant sacrificial fees? / By bathing in these four \[places\] in the world, the fruit of his birth is attained. 46 ..  
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### [6.3.133.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.47)

te dhanyāste mahātmānasteṣāṃ janma sujīvitam .  
nityaṃ vasanti kaurilyāṃ lokapālānnimantrya ye .. 47 ..

> Blessed are they, great-souled are they, well-lived is their birth, / who dwell constantly at Kaurilī, having invoked the world-protectors. 47 ..  
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### [6.3.133.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.48)

etatpuṇyaṃ pāpaharaṃ dhanyamāyurvivardhanam .  
paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ caiva sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet .. 48 ..

> This is meritorious, sin-destroying, auspicious, and lifespan-increasing. / For those who recite it and listen to it, destruction of all sins shall occur. 48 ..  
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### [6.3.133.48\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133.48_1)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe kuberāditīrthacatuṣṭayamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma trayastriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-third chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of the Four Sacred Fords Beginning with Kubera', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth \[part\], the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses.  
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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.133.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.133.1) — Sanskrit

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.133) · Pramāṇa