[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) › 6.3.143 # Skandapurana 6.3.143 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.143 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.143.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.143.p1) adhyāya 143 > Chapter 143 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.143.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.143.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchenmahārāja yojaneśvaramuttamam . yatra siddhau purā kalpe naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī .. 143.1 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go, O great king, to the excellent Yojaneśvara, / where the two seers Nara and Nārāyaṇa attained perfection in a former aeon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.143.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.143.2) tatra tīrthe tapastaptvā saṅgrāme devadānavaiḥ . jayaṃ prāptau mahātmānau naranārāyaṇāvubhau .. 143.2 .. > Having performed austerities at that sacred ford, both the great-souled Nara and Nārāyaṇa / obtained victory in battle over the gods and Dānavas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.143.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.143.3) punastretāyuge prāpte tau devau rāmalakṣmaṇau . tatra tīrthe punaḥ snātvā rāvaṇo durjayo hataḥ .. 143.3 .. > Then, when the Tretāyuga arrived, those two gods, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, / bathed again at that sacred ford, and the invincible Rāvaṇa was slain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.143.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.143.4) punaḥ pārtha kalau prāpte tau devau balakeśavau . vasudevakule jātau duṣkaraṃ karma cakratuḥ .. 143.4 .. > Again, O son of Pṛthā, when the Kali age arrived, those two gods, Balarāma and Keśava, / were born in the lineage of Vasudeva and accomplished arduous deeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.143.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.143.5) narakaṃ kālanemiṃ ca kaṃsaṃ cāṇūramuṣṭikau . śiśupālaṃ jarāsaṃdhaṃ jaghnaturbalakeśavau .. 143.5 .. > Balarāma and Keśava slew Naraka, Kālanemi, Kaṃsa, Cāṇūra, and Muṣṭika, / as well as Śiśupāla and Jarāsandha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.143.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.143.6) tatastatra ripūnsaṃkhye bhīṣmadroṇapuraḥsarān . karṇaduryodhanādīṃśca nihaniṣyati sa prabhuḥ .. 143.6 .. > Then, in the battle there, that lord will strike down enemies / headed by Bhīṣma and Droṇa, as well as Karṇa, Duryodhana, and others. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.143.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.143.7) dharmakṣetre kurukṣetre tatra yudhyanti te kṣaṇam . bhīmārjunanimittena śiṣyau kṛtvā parasparam .. 143.7 .. > In the sacred field of Dharma, Kurukṣetra, they will fight for a moment, / having made pupils on account of Bhīma and Arjuna against each other. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.143.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.143.8) tatra tīrthe punargatvā tapaḥ kṛtvā suduṣkaram . pūjayitvā dvijānbhaktyā yāsyete dvārakāṃ punaḥ .. 143.8 .. > Having gone again to that sacred ford and performed exceedingly arduous austerities, / and having honored the twice-born with devotion, they will return to Dvārakā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.143.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.143.9) tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayedbalakeśavau . tena devo jagaddhātā pūjitastriguṇātmavān .. 143.9 .. > He who bathes at that sacred ford and worships Balarāma and Keśava, / has thereby worshipped the god who sustains the world and embodies the three qualities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.143.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.143.10) upavāsī naro bhūtvā yastu kuryātprajāgaram . mucyate sarvapāpebhyo gāyaṃstasya śubhāṃ kathām .. 143.10 .. > A man who fasts, keeps a night vigil, / and sings his auspicious narrative is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.143.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.143.11) yāvatastatra tīrthe tu vṛkṣān paśyanti mānavāḥ . brahmahatyādikaṃ pāpaṃ tāvadeṣāṃ praṇaśyati .. 143.11 .. > As many trees as men look upon at that sacred ford, / so much sin, beginning with the killing of a brahmin, is destroyed for them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.143.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.143.12) prātarutthāya ye kecitpaśyanti balakeśavau . tenaiva sadṛśāḥ sarve devadevena cakriṇā .. 143.12 .. > Whoever rises early in the morning and beholds Balarāma and Keśava / becomes equal to that god of gods who bears the discus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.143.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.143.13) te pūjyāste namaskāryāsteṣāṃ janma sujīvitam . ye namanti jagatpūjyaṃ devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ harim .. 143.13 .. > They are worthy of worship, they are worthy of salutation, and fruitful is their life / who bow to the god Nārāyaṇa, Hari, who is worshipped by the universe. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.143.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.143.14) tatra tīrthe tu yaddānaṃ snānaṃ devārcanaṃ nṛpa . kriyate tatphalaṃ sarvamakṣayāyopakalpate .. 143.14 .. > Whatever gift, ritual ablution, and worship of the gods is performed at that sacred ford, O king, / all of that fruit serves to be imperishable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.143.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.143.15) agnerapatyaṃ prathamaṃ suvarṇaṃ bhūrvaiṣṇavī sūryasutāśca gāvaḥ . lokāstrayastena bhavanti dattā yaḥ kāñcanaṃ gāṃ ca bhuvaṃ ca dadyāt .. 143.15 .. > Gold was the first offspring of Agni, the earth belongs to Viṣṇu, and cows are daughters of the sun; / he who gives gold, a cow, and land has given the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.143.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.143.16) etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ tīrthamāhātmyamuttamam . atītaṃ ca bhaviṣyacca vartamānaṃ mahābalam .. 143.16 .. > All this excellent sacred ford's māhātmya has been told to you— / past, future, and present, possessing great power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.143.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.143.17) śrutvā vāpi paṭhitvedaṃ śrāvayipatvātha dhārmikān . mucyate sarvapāpebhyo nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 143.17 .. > Having heard this, or having read it, or having caused the righteous to hear it, / one is freed from all sins; no doubt should be entertained on this point. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.143.17\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.143.17_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe yojaneśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma tricatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred and forty-third chapter, named the Description of the Māhātmya of Yojaneśvaratīrtha, in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the Skandamahāpurāṇa 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.6.3.143.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.143.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.143) · Pramāṇa