Skandapurana 6.3.147
Skandapurāṇa 6.3.147
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adhyāya 147
Chapter 147
6.3.147.1
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchenmahīpāla siddheśvaramanuttamam .
narmadādakṣiṇe kūle tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam .. 147.1 ..
Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, O protector of the earth, one should go to the unsurpassed Siddheśvara, / an exceedingly beautiful sacred ford on the southern bank of the Narmadā.
6.3.147.2
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayedvṛṣabhadhvajam .
sarvapāpavinirmukto gatiṃ yātyaśvamedhinām .. 147.2 ..
Whoever bathes at that sacred ford and worships the bull-bannered [god], / freed from all sins, attains the destination of performers of the horse sacrifice.
6.3.147.3
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā śrāddhaṃ kuryātprayatnataḥ .
pitṝṇāṃ prīṇanārthāya sarvaṃ tena kṛtaṃ bhavet .. 147.3 ..
Whoever, having bathed at that sacred ford, performs a śrāddha with diligence / for the sake of pleasing the ancestors, everything has been accomplished by him.
6.3.147.4
tatra tīrthe mṛtānāṃ tu jantūnāṃ nṛpasattama .
garbhavāse matisteṣāṃ na jāyeta kadācana .. 147.4 ..
Of living creatures who die at that sacred ford, O best of kings, / the thought of dwelling in a womb never arises for them again.
6.3.147.5
garbhavāso hi duḥkhāya na sukhāya kadācana .
tattīrthavāriṇā snāturna punarbhavasambhavaḥ .. 147.5 ..
Dwelling in a womb leads indeed to sorrow, never to happiness. / For one who bathes with the water of that sacred ford, there is no recurrence of rebirth.
6.3.147.5_2
.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe siddheśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptacatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..
Thus ends the one hundred and forty-seventh chapter, called 'The Description of the Māhātmya of the Sacred Ford of Siddheśvara', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth [part], Āvantyakhaṇḍa, of the Skandapurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses.
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