[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) › 6.3.147 # Skandapurana 6.3.147 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.147 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.147.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.147.p1) adhyāya 147 > Chapter 147 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.147.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.147.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.147.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.147.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.147.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.147.5\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.147.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.147.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.147) · Pramāṇa