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# Skandapurana 6.3.146

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.146

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.146.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.p1)

adhyāya 146

> Chapter 146  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.1)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
asmāhakaṃ tato gacchetpitṛtīrthamanuttamam .  
pretatvādyatra mucyante piṇḍenaikena pūrvajāḥ .. 146.1 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go to Asmāhaka, the unsurpassed sacred ford for the ancestors, / where forefathers are freed from the state of ghosts by a single rice-ball offering.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.2)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
asmāhakasya māhātmyaṃ kathayasva mamānagha .  
snānadānena yatpuṇyaṃ tathā piṇḍodakena ca .. 146.2 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / Tell me, faultless one, the māhātmya of Asmāhaka, / and the merit obtained through bathing and gift-giving, as well as through offerings of rice-balls and water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.3)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
purā kalpe nṛpaśreṣṭha ṛṣidevasamāgame .  
praśnaḥ pṛṣṭo mayā tāta yathā tvamanupṛcchasi .. 146.3 ..

> The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Long ago in a former kalpa, best of kings, at a gathering of seers and gods, / I asked this question, dear one, just as you are asking now.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.4)

ekatra sāgarāḥ sapta saprayāgāḥ sapuṣkarāḥ .  
nāsya sāmyaṃ labhante te nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 146.4 ..

> The seven oceans brought together in one place, along with Prayāga and Puṣkara, / do not equal it; about this there should be no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.5)

somanāthaṃ tu vikhyātaṃ yatsomena pratiṣṭhitam .  
tatra somagrahe puṇyaṃ tatpuṇyaṃ labhate naraḥ .. 146.5 ..

> The renowned Somanātha was established by Soma; / whatever merit is gained there during a lunar eclipse, a man obtains that very merit \[here\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.6)

māsānte pitaro nṛṇāṃ vīkṣante santatiṃ svakām .  
kaścidasmatkule'smākaṃ piṇḍamatra pradāsyati .. 146.6 ..

> At the end of each month, the ancestors look upon their descendants, \[hoping:\] / "Someone in our lineage will offer a rice-ball for us here."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.7)

prapitāmahāstathādityāḥ śrutireṣā sanātanī .  
evaṃ bruvanti devāśca ṛṣayaḥ satapodhanāḥ .. 146.7 ..

> The great-grandfathers are likewise the Ādityas; this is the eternal Vedic revelation. / Thus say the gods and the seers rich in austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.8)

sakṛtpiṇḍodakenaiva śṛṇu pārthiva yatphalam .  
dvādaśābdāni rājendra yogaṃ bhuktvā suśobhanam .. 146.8 ..

> Hear, O king, the fruit produced by offering a rice-ball and water even once: / after enjoying a most splendid association for twelve years, O best of kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.9)

yuge yuge mahārāja asmāhake pitāmahāḥ .  
sarvadā hyavalokanta āgacchantaṃ svagotrajam .. 146.9 ..

> in age after age, great king, the grandfathers at Asmāhaka / always look out for one born in their lineage who is arriving.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.10)

bhaviṣyati kimasmākamamāvāsyāpyamāhake .  
snānaṃ dānaṃ ca ye kuryuḥ pitṝṇāṃ tilatarpaṇam .. 146.10 ..

> \[They wonder:\] "Will there be a new-moon day for us at Amāhaka?" / Those who perform ritual ablution, give gifts, and offer sesame-water to the ancestors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.11)

te sarvapāpanirmuktāḥ sarvānkāmāṃllabhati vai .  
jalamadhye'tra bhūpāla agnitīrthaṃ ca tiṣṭhati .. 146.11 ..

> are freed from all sins and certainly obtain all desires. / In the midst of the water here, protector of the earth, stands Agnitīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.12)

darśanāttasya tīrthasya pāparāśirvilīyate .  
snānamātreṇa rājendra brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati .. 146.12 ..

> By the sight of that sacred ford, a heap of sins melts away; / by mere bathing \[in it\], O best of kings, it wipes away the killing of a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.13)

śuklāmbaradharo nityaṃ niyataḥ sa jitendriyaḥ .  
ekakālaṃ tu bhuñjāno māsaṃ tīrthasya sannidhau .. 146.13 ..

> Dressed always in white garments, restrained, with senses mastered, / eating only once a day for a month in the presence of the sacred ford,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.14)

suvarṇālaṃkṛtānāṃ tu kanyānāṃ śatadānajam .  
phalamāpnoti sampūrṇaṃ pitṛloke mahīyate .. 146.14 ..

> he obtains the full fruit of giving a hundred maidens adorned with gold, / and is glorified in the world of the ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.15)

pṛthivyāmāsamudrāyāṃ mahābhogapatirbhavet .  
dhanadhānyasamāyukto dātā bhavati dhārmikaḥ .. 146.15 ..

> He becomes the master of great enjoyments over the earth as far as the ocean; / endowed with wealth and grain, he becomes a generous and righteous man.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.16)

upavāsī śucirbhūtvā brahmalokamavāpnuyāt .  
asmāhakaṃ samāsādya yastu prāṇān parityajet .. 146.16 ..

> Fasting and becoming pure, he reaches the world of Brahmā. / And whoever casts off his life-breaths after reaching Asmāhaka  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.17)

koṭivarṣasahasrāṇi rudraloke mahīyate .  
tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭaḥ kṣīṇakarmā divaścyutaḥ .. 146.17 ..

> is glorified in the world of Rudra for thousands of ten millions of years. / Falling from that heaven when his karmic merit is exhausted, cast down from the sky,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.18)

suvarṇamaṇimuktāḍhye kule jāyeta rūpavān .  
kṛtvābhiṣekavidhinā hayamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 146.18 ..

> he is born handsome in a family rich in gold, gems, and pearls. / Performing the bath according to the prescribed rule, he attains the fruit of a horse-sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.19)

dhanāḍhyo rūpavāndakṣo dātā bhavati dhārmikaḥ .  
caturvedeṣu yatpuṇyaṃ satyavādiṣu yatphalam .. 146.19 ..

> He becomes rich in wealth, handsome, capable, generous, and righteous. / Whatever merit is in the four Vedas, whatever fruit is among the speakers of truth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.20)

tatphalaṃ labhate nūnaṃ tatra tīrthe'bhiṣecanāt .  
tīrthānāṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ nirmitaṃ śambhunā purā .. 146.20 ..

> surely he attains that fruit from bathing in that sacred ford. / Long ago, this supreme sacred ford among sacred fords was fashioned by Śambhu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.21)

hṛdayeśaḥ svayaṃ viṣṇurjapeddevaṃ maheśvaram .  
gandharvāpsarasaścaiva maruto mārutāstathā .. 146.21 ..

> Viṣṇu himself, lord of the heart, mutters prayers to the god Maheśvara \[there\]; / gandharvas and apsarases, the Maruts and the wind-deities,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.22)

viśvedevāśca pitaraḥ sacandrāḥ sadivākarāḥ .  
marīciratryaṅgirasau pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ .. 146.22 ..

> the Viśvedevas and the ancestors, together with the moon and the sun, / Marīci, Atri, Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.23)

pracetāśca vasiṣṭhaśca bhṛgurnārada eva ca .  
cyavano gālavaścaiva vāmadevo mahāmuniḥ .. 146.23 ..

> Pracetas, Vasiṣṭha, Bhṛgu, and Nārada, / Cyavana, Gālava, and the great sage Vāmadeva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.24)

vālakhilyāśca gandhārāstṛṇabinduśca jājaliḥ .  
uddālakaścarṣyaśṛṅgo vasiṣṭhaśca sanandanaḥ .. 146.24 ..

> the Vālakhilyas, Gandhāras, Tṛṇabindu, Jājali, / Uddālaka, Ṛṣyaśṛṅga, Vasiṣṭha, Sanandana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.25)

śukraścaiva bharadvājo vātsyo vātsyāyanastathā .  
agastirmitrāvaruṇau viśvāmitro munīśvaraḥ .. 146.25 ..

> Śukra, Bharadvāja, Vātsya, Vātsyāyana, / Agasti, Mitra and Varuṇa, the lord of sages Viśvāmitra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.26)

gautamaśca pulastyaśca paulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ .  
sanātanastu kapilo vāhniḥ pañcaśikhastathā .. 146.26 ..

> Gautama, Pulastya, the son of Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, / Sanātana, Kapila, Vahni, and Pañcaśikha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.27)

anye'pi bahavastatra munayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ .  
krīḍanti devatāḥ sarva ṛṣayaḥ satapodhanāḥ .. 146.27 ..

> and many other sages of celebrated vows \[dwell there\]. / All the deities sport there, along with the seers rich in austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.28)

manuṣyāścaiva yogīndrāḥ pitaraḥ sapitāmahāḥ .  
asmāhake'tra tiṣṭhanti sarva eva na saṃśayaḥ .. 146.28 ..

> Mortals, foremost yogins, and ancestors with grandfathers— / all of them dwell here at Asmāhaka, without a doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.29)

pitaraḥ pitāmahāścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahāḥ .  
yeṣāṃ dattamupasthāyi sukṛtaṃ vāpi duṣkṛtam .. 146.29 ..

> To the fathers, the grandfathers, and likewise the great-grandfathers / what is offered stands ready, whether good deeds or bad deeds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.30)

akṣayaṃ tatra tatsarvaṃ yatkṛtaṃ yodhanīpure .  
mātaraṃ pitaraṃ tyaktvā sarvabandhusuhṛjjanān .. 146.30 ..

> Whatever is done in Yodhanīpura remains imperishable there. / Leaving behind mother, father, and all relatives and dear friends,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.31)

dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ priyānputrāṃstathā dehaṃ nṛpottama .  
gacchate vāyubhūtastu śubhāśubhasamanvitaḥ .. 146.31 ..

> wealth, grain, beloved sons, and even the body, O best of kings, / becoming of the nature of wind, he departs, accompanied by his good and evil deeds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.32)

adṛśyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ paramātmā mahattaraḥ .  
śubhāśubhagatiṃ prāptaḥ karmaṇā svena pārthiva .. 146.32 ..

> Invisible to all beings, the greater supreme self / reaches a good or evil destiny according to his own action, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.33)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
śubhāśubhaṃ na bandhūnāṃ jāyate kena hetunā .  
ekaḥ prasūyate jantureka eva pralīyate .. 146.33 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / For what reason do the good and evil deeds of relatives not accrue \[to one\]? / A living being is born alone, and alone it dissolves.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.34)

eko hi bhuṅkte sukṛtameka eva hi duṣkṛtam .. 146.34 ..

> Alone one enjoys good deeds, and alone indeed bad deeds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.35)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
eṣa tvayokto nṛpate mahāpraśnaḥ smṛto mayā .. 146.35 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / This great question stated by you, O king, has been remembered by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.36)

pitāmahamukhodgītaṃ śrutaṃ te kathayāmyaham .  
yanme pitāmahātpūrvaṃ vijñātamṛṣisaṃsadi .. 146.36 ..

> I shall tell you what was sung from the mouth of the Grandfather and heard \[by me\], / which was previously learned by me from the Grandfather in an assembly of seers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.37)

na mātā na pitā bandhuḥ kasyacinna suhṛtkvacit .  
kasya na jñāyate rūpaṃ vāyubhūtasya dehinaḥ .. 146.37 ..

> Neither mother, nor father, nor kin, nor friend belongs to anyone anywhere; / whose form cannot be recognized when the embodied being becomes of the nature of wind?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.38)

yadyevaṃ na bhavettāta lokasya tu nareśvara .  
amaryādaṃ bhavennūnaṃ vinaśyati carācaram .. 146.38 ..

> If it were not so for the world, dear lord of men, / the world of mobile and immobile beings would surely become lawless and perish.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.39)

evaṃ jñātvā pūrā rājansamastairlokakartṛbhiḥ .  
maryādā sthāpitā loke yathā dharmo na naśyati .. 146.39 ..

> Knowing this long ago, O king, an orderly boundary was established in the world / by all the creators of the world, so that dharma would not perish.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.40)

dharme naṣṭe manuṣyāṇāmadharmo'bhibhavetpunaḥ .  
tataḥ svadharmacalanānnarake gamanaṃ dhruvam .. 146.40 ..

> When dharma is destroyed among mortals, adharma overcomes them again; / then, by deviating from one's own duty, going to hell is certain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.41)

loko niraṅkuśaḥ sarvo maryādālaṅghane rataḥ .  
maryādā sthāpitā tena śāstraṃ vīkṣya maharṣibhiḥ .. 146.41 ..

> The entire world is unbridled, intent on transgressing the boundary; / therefore, having examined the scriptures, an orderly boundary was established by the great seers:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.42)

snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ svādhyāyo devatārcanam .  
piṇḍodakapradānaṃ ca tathaivātithipūjanam .. 146.42 ..

> ritual ablution, gift-giving, silent recitation, fire-offering, recitation of scripture, worship of the deity, / offering of rice-balls and water, and likewise honoring guests.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.43)

pitaraḥ pitāmahāścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahāḥ .  
trayo devāḥ smṛtāstāta brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ .. 146.43 ..

> Fathers, grandfathers, and likewise great-grandfathers  
> are traditionally regarded as the three deities, dear one: Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.44)

pūjitaiḥ pūjitāḥ sarve tathā mātāmahāstrayaḥ .  
tasmātsarvaprayatnena śrutismṛtyarthanoditān .. 146.44 ..

> When they are worshiped, all are worshiped, as well as the three maternal grandfathers.  
> Therefore, with every effort, \[performing\] the duties taught in the sense of the Śruti and Smṛti,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.45)

dharmaṃ samācarannityaṃ pāpāṃśena na lipyate .  
śrutismṛtyuditaṃ dharmaṃ manasāpi na laṅghayet .. 146.45 ..

> always practicing righteousness, one is not tainted by a fraction of sin.  
> One should not transgress, even in thought, the righteousness taught in the Śruti and Smṛti,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.46)

iha loke pare caiva yadīcchecchreya ātmanaḥ .  
pitāputrau sadāpyekau bimbādbimbamivoddhṛtau .. 146.46 ..

> if one desires one's own welfare in this world and the next.  
> Father and son are always one, like an image drawn out from an image,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.47)

vibhaktau vāvibhaktau vā śrutismṛtyarthatastathā .  
uddharedātmanātmānamātmānamavasādayet .. 146.47 ..

> whether divided or undivided according to the purport of the Śruti and Smṛti.  
> One should uplift oneself by oneself; one \[can also\] ruin oneself,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.48)

piṇḍodakapradānābhyāmṛte pārtha na saṃśayaḥ .  
evaṃ jñātvā prayatnena piṇḍodakaprado bhavet .. 146.48 ..

> by lacking the offerings of rice-balls and water, O son of Pṛthā, there is no doubt.  
> Knowing this, one should diligently offer rice-balls and water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.49)

āyurdharmo yaśastejaḥ santatiścaiva vardhate .  
pṛthivyāṃ sāgarāntāyāṃ pitṛkṣetrāṇi yāni ca .. 146.49 ..

> Lifespan, righteousness, fame, splendor, and offspring increase.  
> And whatever sacred fields for the ancestors exist on the earth bounded by oceans,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.50)

tāni te sampravakṣyāmi yeṣu dattaṃ mahāphalam .  
gayāyāṃ puṣkare jyeṣṭhe prayāge naimiṣe tathā .. 146.50 ..

> I shall declare them to you, where what is given bears great fruit:  
> at Gayā, at the foremost Puṣkara, at Prayāga, and at Naimiṣa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.51)

saṃnihatyāṃ kurukṣetre prabhāse kurunandana .  
piṇḍodakapradānena yatphalaṃ kathitaṃ budhaiḥ .. 146.51 ..

> at Saṃnihiti, in Kurukṣetra, and in Prabhāsa, O delight of the Kurus—  
> whatever reward the wise speak of from giving rice-balls and water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.52)

asmāhake tadāpnoti narmadāyāṃ na saṃśayaḥ .  
tatra brahmā murāriśca rudraśca umayā saha .. 146.52 ..

> one obtains that at Asmāhaka on the Narmadā, without a doubt.  
> There Brahmā and Murāri, and Rudra along with Umā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.53)

indrādyā devatāḥ sarve pitaro munayastathā .  
sāgarāḥ saritaścaiva parvatāśca balāhakāḥ .. 146.53 ..

> all the deities headed by Indra, the ancestors, and the sages,  
> the oceans, the rivers, the mountains, and the clouds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.54)

tiṣṭhanti pitaraḥ sarve sarvatīrthādhikaṃ tataḥ .  
sthitā brahmaśilā tatra gajakumbhanibhā nṛpa .. 146.54 ..

> all the ancestors dwell there; therefore, it is superior to all sacred fords.  
> There stands the Brahma-rock, resembling an elephant's forehead-bump, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.55)

kalau na dṛśyā bhavati pradhānaṃ yadgayāśiraḥ .  
vaiśākhe māsi samprāpte'māvāsyāṃ nṛpottama .. 146.55 ..

> In the Kali age it cannot be seen—that which is the foremost Gayā-śiras.  
> When the new moon of the month of Vaiśākha arrives, O best of kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.56)

vyāpya sā tiṣṭhate tīrthaṃ gajakumbhanibhā śilā .  
tacca gavyūtimātraṃ hi tīrthaṃ tataḥ pravakṣate .. 146.56 ..

> that rock, resembling an elephant's forehead-bump, stands pervading the sacred ford.  
> That sacred ford is said to measure just one gavyūti.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.57)

tasmindine tatra gatvā yastu śrāddhaprado bhavet .  
pitṝṇāmakṣayā tṛptirjāyate śatavārṣikī .. 146.57 ..

> He who goes there on that day and offers a śrāddha,  
> for his ancestors an imperishable satisfaction of a hundred years is produced.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.58)

anyasyāmapyamāvāsyāṃ yaḥ snātvā vijitendriyaḥ .  
karoti manujaḥ śrāddhaṃ vidhivanmantrasaṃyutam .. 146.58 ..

> Even on any other new moon day, a self-controlled man who bathes  
> and performs a śrāddha according to rule, accompanied by mantras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.59)

tasya puṇyaphalaṃ yatsyāttacchṛṇuṣva narādhipa .  
agniṣṭomāśvamedhābhyāṃ vājapeyasya yatphalam .. 146.59 ..

> listen to what merit and reward belong to him, O ruler of men:  
> Whatever is the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma and the horse sacrifice, and of the Vājapeya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.60)

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti yathā me śaṅkaro'bravīt .  
rauravādiṣu sarveṣu narakeṣu vyavasthitāḥ .. 146.60 ..

> that fruit he fully attains, just as Śaṅkara told me.  
> Those who reside in all the hells such as Raurava—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.61)

pitā pitāmahādyāśca pitṛke mātṛke tathā .  
piṇḍodakena caikena tarpaṇena viśeṣataḥ .. 146.61 ..

> the father, grandfathers, and others on the paternal as well as on the maternal side—  
> by a single offering of rice-balls and water, especially by libation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.62)

krīḍanti pitṛlokasthā yāvadābhūtasamplavam .  
ye karmasthā vikarmasthā ye jātāḥ pretakalmaṣāḥ .. 146.62 ..

> dwell in the world of the ancestors, rejoicing until the dissolution of all beings.  
> Those who are performing rituals, those performing forbidden deeds, and those who have become impure ghosts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.63)

piṇḍenaikena mucyante te'pi tatra na saṃśayaḥ .  
asmāhake śilā divyā tiṣṭhate gajasannibhā .. 146.63 ..

> even they are liberated by a single rice-ball there; there is no doubt.  
> At Asmāhaka stands a divine rock resembling an elephant,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.64)

brahmaṇā nirmitā pūrvaṃ sarvapāpakṣayaṃkarī .  
uparyasyā yathānyāyaṃ pitṝnuddiśya bhārata .. 146.64 ..

> fashioned anciently by Brahmā, destroying all sins.  
> Upon it, duly dedicated to the ancestors, O descendant of Bharata,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.65)

dakṣiṇāgreṣu darbheṣu dadyātpiṇḍānvicakṣaṇaḥ .  
bhūmau cānnena siddhena śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi .. 146.65 ..

> the wise man should place rice-balls upon darbha grasses with tips pointing southward;  
> and having performed a śrāddha on the ground with prepared food according to rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.66)

śrāddhibhyo vastrayugmāni chatropānatkamaṇḍalu .  
dakṣiṇā vividhā deyā pitṝnuddiśya bhārata .. 146.66 ..

> pairs of garments, parasols, sandals, and water pots should be given to the śrāddha participants,  
> and diverse priestly fees dedicated to the ancestors, O descendant of Bharata.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.67)

yo dadāti dvijaśreṣṭha tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu .  
tasya te dvādaśābdāni tṛptiṃ yānti na saṃśayaḥ .. 146.67 ..

> He who gives them, O best of the twice-born—hear the fruit of his merit:  
> They attain satisfaction for twelve years; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.68)

asmāhake mahārāja pitaraśca pitāmahāḥ .  
vāyubhūtā nirīkṣante āgacchantaṃ svagotrajam .. 146.68 ..

> At Asmāhaka, O great king, the fathers and grandfathers,  
> having become air, watch for a man born in their clan who is arriving:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.69)

atra tīrthe suto'bhyetya snātvā toyaṃ pradāsyati .  
śrāddhaṃ vā piṇḍadānaṃ vā tena yāsyāma sadgatim .. 146.69 ..

> ‘Our son will come to this sacred ford, bathe, and offer water,  
> or a śrāddha, or an offering of rice-balls; through that we shall reach a good destination.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.70)

snāne kṛte tu ye kecijjāyante vastravipluṣaḥ .  
prīṇayennarakasthāṃstu taiḥ pitṝnnātra saṃśayaḥ .. 146.70 ..

> When the bath is performed, whatever drops of water come from the clothes—  
> with them he pleases those ancestors who reside in hell; there is no doubt of this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.71)

keśodabindavastasya ye cānye lepabhājinaḥ .  
tṛpyantyanagninasaṃskārā yaṃ mṛtāḥ syuḥ svagotrajāḥ .. 146.71 ..

> By the drops of water from his hair, and whatever other \[offerings\] belong to the scrapings of the hand,  
> those who died without fire-rites and those born in his own clan are satisfied.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.72)

tatra tīrthe tu ye kecicchrāddhaṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ .  
narakāduddharantyāśu japantaḥ pitṛsaṃhitām .. 146.72 ..

> Indeed, whoever performs a śrāddha according to rule at that sacred ford,  
> reciting the Pitṛsaṃhitā, swiftly delivers \[them\] from hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.73)

vanaspatigate some yadā somadinaṃ bhavet .  
akṣayāllabhate lokānpiṇḍenaikena mānavaḥ .. 146.73 ..

> When Soma is in the lunar mansion of plants and it is Monday,  
> a man attains imperishable worlds by means of a single rice-ball.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.74)

akṣayaṃ tatra vai sarvaṃ jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .  
narakāduddharantyāśu japante pitṛsaṃhitām .. 146.74 ..

> Everything there becomes imperishable; of this there is no doubt.  
> Reciting the Pitṛsaṃhitā, they swiftly deliver \[them\] from hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.75)

tasmiṃstīrthe tvamāvāsyāṃ pitṝnuddiśya bhārata .  
nīlaṃ sarvāṅgasampūrṇaṃ yo'bhiṣicya samutsṛjet .. 146.75 ..

> At that sacred ford, on the new moon day, dedicated to the ancestors, O descendant of Bharata,  
> whoever consecrates and releases a dark bull possessing all auspicious marks,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.76)

tasya puṇyaphalaṃ vaktuṃ na tu vācaspatiḥ kṣamaḥ .  
asmāhake vṛṣotsargādyatpuṇyaṃ samavāpyate .. 146.76 ..

> even the Lord of Speech is not capable of describing his meritorious fruit.  
> Whatever merit is attained by the release of a bull at Asmāhaka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.77)

tava śuśrūṣaṇātsarvaṃ tatpravakṣyāmi bhārata .  
rauravādiṣu ye kiṃcitpacyante tasya pūrvajāḥ .. 146.77 ..

> I shall tell it all to you because of your desire to hear, O descendant of Bharata.  
> Whatever ancestors of his are roasted in the Raurava and other hells,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.78)

vṛṣotsargeṇa tānsarvāṃstārayedekaviṃśatim .  
lohito yastu varṇena mukhe pucche ca pāṇḍuraḥ .. 146.78 ..

> by the release of a bull he delivers all twenty-one of them.  
> One that is reddish in color, but pale at the face and tail,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.79)

piṅgaḥ khuraviṣāṇābhyāṃ sa nīlo vṛṣa ucyate .  
yastu sarvāṅgapiṅgaśca śvetaḥ pucchakhureṣu ca .. 146.79 ..

> and tawny at the hooves and horns, is called a ‘dark’ (nīla) bull.  
> One that is tawny throughout all limbs and white at the tail and hooves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.80)

sa piṅgo vṛṣa ityāhuḥ pitṝṇāṃ prītivardhanaḥ .  
pārāvatasavarṇaśca lalāṭe tilako bhavet .. 146.80 ..

> they call a tawny bull; it increases the pleasure of the ancestors.  
> One having the color of a pigeon and a mark on the forehead,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.81)

taṃ vṛṣaṃ babhrumityāhuḥ pūrṇaṃ sarvāṅgaśobhanam .  
sarvāṅgeṣvekavarṇo yaḥ piṅgaḥ pucchakhureṣu ca .. 146.81 ..

> they call that bull ‘brown’ (babhru), complete and beautiful in all limbs.  
> One that is of a single color in all limbs, but tawny at the tail and hooves,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.82)

khurapiṅgaṃ tamityāhuḥ pitṝṇāṃ sadgatipradam .  
nīlaṃ sarvaśarīreṇa svāraktanayanaṃ dṛḍham .. 146.82 ..

> they call ‘tawny-hoofed’ (khurapiṅga); it grants a good destination to the ancestors.  
> One that is dark across the whole body, with reddish eyes, and strong,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.83)

tameva nīlamityāhurnīlaḥ pañcavidhaḥ smṛtaḥ .  
yastu vaiśyagṛhe jātaḥ sa vai nīlo viśiṣyate .. 146.83 ..

> that indeed they call the dark \[bull\]; the dark one is recorded as fivefold.  
> However, one born in the house of a vaiśya is especially distinguished as a dark bull.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.84)

na vāhayedgṛhe jātaṃ vatsakaṃ tu kadācana .  
tenaiva ca vṛṣotsarge pitṝṇāmanṛṇo bhavet .. 146.84 ..

> One should never yoke a calf born in one's house;  
> by using that very \[calf\] for the release of a bull, one becomes free of debt to the ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.85)

jātaṃ tu svagṛhe vatsaṃ dvijanmā yastu vāhayet .  
patanti pitarastasya brahmakokagatā api .. 146.85 ..

> If a twice-born person yokes a calf born in his own home,  
> his ancestors fall, even if they have reached the world of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.86)

yathāyathā hi pibati pītvā dhūnāti mastakam .  
pibanpitṝn prīṇayati narakāduddhareddhunan .. 146.86 ..

> For as he drinks, and having drunk shakes his head, / in drinking he satisfies the ancestors, and in shaking \[his head\] he delivers them from hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.87)

yathā pucchābhighātena skandhaṃ gacchanti bindavaḥ .  
narakāduddharantyāśu patitān gotriṇastathā .. 146.87 ..

> Just as the drops reach his shoulder by the lashing of his tail, / so they quickly deliver from hell those kinsmen who have fallen \[there\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.88)

garjanprāvṛṣi kāle tu viṣāṇābhyāṃ bhuvaṃ likhan .  
khurebhyo yā mṛdudbhūtā tayā saṃprīṇayedṛṣīn .. 146.88 ..

> Bellowing in the rainy season while scratching the earth with both horns, / by the dust that rises from his hooves he completely pleases the seers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.89)

pibanpitṝn prīṇayate khādanollekhane surān .  
garjannṛṣimanuṣyāṃśca dharmarūpo hi dharmaja .. 146.89 ..

> In drinking he satisfies the ancestors; in eating and digging up \[the earth\] he satisfies the gods; / in bellowing he pleases the seers and mortals, for he is the embodiment of dharma, O son of Dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.90)

bhūtairvāpi piśācairvā cāturthikajvareṇa vā .  
gṛhīto'smāhakaṃ gacchetsarveṣāmādhināśanam .. 146.90 ..

> One who is seized by bhūtas, piśācas, or a quartan fever / should go to Asmāhaka, which destroys all afflictions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.91)

snātvā tu vimale toye darbhagranthiṃ nibandhayet .  
mastake bāhumūle vā nābhyāṃ vā galake'pi vā .. 146.91 ..

> Having bathed in the pure water, he should tie a knot of darbha grass / on the head, or at the base of the arm, or on the navel, or around the throat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.92)

gatvā devasamīpaṃ ca prādakṣiṇyena keśavam .  
tataḥ samuccaranmantraṃ gāyatryā vātha vaiṣṇavam .. 146.92 ..

> Having approached the god Keśava, \[circumambulating\] him clockwise, / he should then recite the mantra, either with the Gāyatrī or a Vaiṣṇava \[formula\]:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.93)

nārāyaṇaṃ śaraṇyeśaṃ sarvadevanamaskṛtam .  
namo yajñāṅgasambhūta sarvavyāpinnamo'stu te .. 146.93 ..

> ‘O Nārāyaṇa, Lord of refuge, bowed to by all the gods! / Homage to you who arose from the limbs of sacrifice, O all-pervading one, homage to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.94)

namo namaste deveśa padmagarbha sanātana .  
dāmodara jayānanta rakṣa māṃ śaraṇāgatam .. 146.94 ..

> Homage, homage to you, Lord of the gods, lotus-wombed eternal one! / O Dāmodara, victorious infinite one, protect me who have come for refuge!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.95)

tvaṃ kartā tvaṃ ca hartā ca jagatyasmiṃścarācare .  
tvaṃ pālayasi bhūtāni bhuvanaṃ tvaṃ bibharṣi ca .. 146.95 ..

> You are the creator and you are the destroyer in this world of moving and unmoving beings. / You protect all beings and you sustain the universe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.96)

prasīda devadeveśa suptamaṅgaṃ prabodhaya .  
tvaddhyānanirato nityaṃ tvadbhaktiparamo hare .. 146.96 ..

> Be gracious, O Lord of the gods! Awaken this sleeping body! / Always devoted to meditation on you, wholly dedicated to devotion to you, O Hari!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.97)

iti stuto mayā deva prasādaṃ kuru me'cyuta .  
māṃ rakṣa rakṣa pāpebhyastrāyasva śaraṇāgatam .. 146.97 ..

> Thus praised by me, O god, grant me your grace, O Acyuta! / Protect me, protect me from sins; save me who have come for refuge!’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.98)

evaṃ stutvā ca deveśaṃ dānavāntakaraṃ harim .  
punaruktena vai snātvā tato viprāṃstu bhojayet .. 146.98 ..

> Having thus praised the Lord of the gods, Hari who destroys the Dānavas, / and having bathed once more, he should then feed the brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.99)

vedoktena vidhānena snānaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi .  
piṇḍanirvapaṇaṃ kṛtvā vācayetsvastikaṃ tataḥ .. 146.99 ..

> Having performed the ritual ablution according to the rule declared in the Veda as prescribed, / and having offered the funeral cakes, he should then have benedictions recited.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.100)

evaṃ stutvā ca deveśaṃ dānavāntakaraṃ harim .  
punaruktena vai snātvā tato viprāṃstu bhojayet .. 146.100 ..

> Having thus praised the Lord of the gods, Hari who destroys the Dānavas, / and having bathed once more, he should then feed the brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.101)

vedoktena vidhānena snānaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi .  
evaṃ tānvācayitvā tu tato viprānvisarjayet .. 146.101 ..

> Having performed the ritual ablution according to the rule declared in the Veda as prescribed, / and having thus had them recite blessings, he should then dismiss the brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.102)

yattatroccaritaṃ kiṃcittadviprebhyo nivedayet .  
tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā nārī vā bhaktitatparā .  
śaktito dakṣiṇāṃ dadyātkṛtvā śrāddhaṃ yathāvidhi .. 146.102 ..

> Whatever has been uttered there, he should offer that to the brahmins. / A man or a devoted woman, having bathed at that sacred ford, / should give a priestly gift according to their means, having performed the śrāddha as prescribed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.103)

tatra tīrthe naro yāvatsnāpayedvidhipūrvakam .  
kṣīreṇa madhunā vāpi dadhnā vā śītavāriṇā .. 146.103 ..

> As long as a man bathes \[the deity\] at that sacred ford according to the rite, / with milk, or honey, or curd, or cold water,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.104)

tāvatpuṣkarapātreṣu pibanti pitaro jalam .  
ayane viṣuve caiva yugādau sūryasaṃkrame .. 146.104 ..

> for so long do the ancestors drink water from lotus-leaf vessels. / At the solstices, at the equinoxes, at the beginning of a yuga, and at the sun's transit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.105)

puṣpaiḥ sampūjya deveśaṃ naivedyaṃ yaḥ pradāpayet .  
so'śvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti puṣkalam .. 146.105 ..

> whoever, having worshipped the Lord of the gods with flowers, presents an offering of food, / obtains the abundant fruit of a horse sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.106)

tatra tīrthe tu yo rājan sūryagrahaṇamācaret .  
sūryatejonibhairyānairviṣṇuloke mahīyate .. 146.106 ..

> He who observes a solar eclipse at that sacred ford, O king, / is honoured in the world of Viṣṇu on aerial chariots resembling the radiance of the sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.107)

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ śrāddhaṃ pitṛbhyaḥ samprayacchati .  
satputreṇa ca tenaiva samprāptaṃ janmanaḥ phalam .. 146.107 ..

> He who offers a śrāddha to the ancestors at that sacred ford, / through him as a good son the purpose of birth has indeed been attained.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.108)

iti śrutvā tato devāḥ sarve śakrapurogamāḥ .  
brahmaviṣṇumaheśāśca sthāpayāṃcakrurīśvaram .. 146.108 ..

> Hearing this, all the gods headed by Śakra, / together with Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśa, established the Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.109)

sarvarogopaśamanaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam .  
yastu saṃvatsaraṃ pūrṇamamāvāsyāṃ tu bhāvitaḥ .. 146.109 ..

> It soothes all diseases and destroys all grave sins. / He who, purified in mind, for a full year on the new moon day  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.110)

pitṛbhyaḥ piṇḍadānaṃ ca kuryādasmāhake nṛpa .  
tripuṣkare gayāyāṃ ca prabhāse naimiṣe tathā .. 146.110 ..

> offers funeral cakes to the ancestors at Asmāhaka, O king, / \[secures\] the merit of performing a śrāddha at Tripuṣkara, Gayā, Prabhāsa, and Naimiṣa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.111)

yatpuṇyaṃ śrāddhakartṝṇāṃ tadihaiva bhaveddhruvam .  
tilodakaṃ kuśairmiśraṃ yo dadyāddakṣiṇāmukhaḥ .. 146.111 ..

> that merit certainly accrues right here. / Facing south, whoever offers water with sesame seeds mixed with kuśa grass  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.112)

manvādau ca yugādau ca vyatīpāte dinakṣaye .  
yo dadyātpitṛmātṛbhyaḥ so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 146.112 ..

> at the start of a Manvantara, at the start of a yuga, on a vyatīpāta, and on a dinakṣaya, / to his fathers and mothers, obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.113)

asmāhake naro yastu snātvā sampūjayeddharim .  
brahmāṇaṃ śaṅkaraṃ bhaktyā kuryājjāgaraṇakriyām .. 146.113 ..

> A man who, having bathed at Asmāhaka, worships Hari, / Brahmā, and Śaṃkara with devotion, and keeps a night vigil,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.114)

sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śakrātithyamavāpnuyāt .  
tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā yaḥ paśyati janārdanam .. 146.114 ..

> is freed from all sins and receives the hospitality of Śakra. / A man who, having bathed at that sacred ford, beholds Janārdana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.115)

viśeṣavidhinābhyarcya praṇamya ca punaḥpunaḥ .  
saputreṇa ca tenaiva pitṝṇāṃ vihitā gatiḥ .. 146.115 ..

> and worships him with the special rites, bowing again and again, / through him as a son, the \[highest\] destination is secured for his ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.116)

ekamūrtistrayo devā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ .  
satkāryakāraṇopetāḥ susūkṣmāḥ sumahāphalāḥ .. 146.116 ..

> The three gods Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara have one form; / endowed with noble cause and effect, they are extremely subtle and yield exceedingly great fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.117)

etatte kathitaṃ rājanmahāpātakanāśanam .  
asmāhakasya māhātmyaṃ kimanyatparipṛcchasi .. 146.117 ..

> This has been told to you, O king, which destroys grave sins: / the māhātmya of Asmāhaka. What else do you ask?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.146.117\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.146.117_2)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe asmāhakatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṭcatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and forty-sixth chapter, called 'The Description of the Māhātmya of the Sacred Ford of Asmāhaka', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth \[part\], Āvantyakhaṇḍa, of the Skandapurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.146.p1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.146.1) — Sanskrit

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