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# Skandapurana 6.3.148

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.148

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.148.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.p1)

adhyāya 148

> Chapter 148  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.148.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tato gacchenmahīpāla tīrthamaṅgārakaṃ śivam .  
uttare narmadākūle sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram .. 148.1 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, O protector of the earth, one should go to the auspicious Aṅgāraka sacred ford / on the northern bank of the Narmadā, which brings about the destruction of all sins.  
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### [6.3.148.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.2)

caturthyaṅgārakadine saṃkalpya kṛtaniścayaḥ .  
snāyādastaṃ gate sūrye sandhyopāsanatatparaḥ .. 148.2 ..

> Having made a resolution with firm resolve on the fourth lunar day falling on a Tuesday, / one should bathe when the sun has set, intent upon the twilight worship.  
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### [6.3.148.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.3)

pūjayellohitaṃ bhaktyā gandhamālyavibhūṣaṇaiḥ .  
saṃsthāpyasthaṇḍile devaṃ raktacandanacarcitam .. 148.3 ..

> One should worship the Red One with devotion, using perfumes, garlands, and ornaments, / having installed the god, anointed with red sandalwood paste, upon a sacrificial platform.  
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### [6.3.148.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.4)

aṅgārakāyeti namaḥ karṇikāyāṃ prapūjayet .  
kujāya bhūmiputrāya raktāṅgāya suvāsase .. 148.4 ..

> One should worship him on the pericarp with: 'Obeisance to Aṅgāraka,' / to Kuja, to the son of the Earth, to the red-limbed one, to the well-attired one;  
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### [6.3.148.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.5)

harakopodbhavāyeti svedajāyātibāhave .  
sarvakāmapradāyeti pūrvādiṣu daleṣu ca .. 148.5 ..

> to the one born from Hara's wrath, to the one produced from sweat, to the mighty-armed one, / to the granter of all desires, \[worshipping him\] on the petals beginning with the east.  
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### [6.3.148.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.6)

evaṃ sampūjya vidhivaddadyādarghyaṃ vidhānataḥ .  
bhūmiputra mahāvīrya svedodbhava pinākinaḥ .. 148.6 ..

> Having thus worshipped properly according to the rules, one should offer an arghya: / 'O son of the Earth, of mighty valor, born from the sweat of the Wielder of the Pināka,  
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### [6.3.148.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.7)

aṅgāraka mahātejā lohitāṅga namo'stu te .  
karakaṃ vārisaṃyuktaṃ śālitaṃdulapūritam .. 148.7 ..

> O Aṅgāraka, O one of great splendor, O red-limbed one, obeisance to you!' / A water-pot filled with water, packed with śāli rice grains,  
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### [6.3.148.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.8)

sahiraṇyaṃ savastraṃ ca modakopari saṃsthitam .  
brāhmaṇāya nivedyaṃ tatkujo me prīyatāmiti .. 148.8 ..

> with gold and cloth, and placed upon sweetmeats, / should be offered to a brahmin, saying: 'May Kuja be pleased with me.'  
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### [6.3.148.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.9)

arghaṃ dattvā vidhānena raktacandanavāriṇā .  
raktapuṣpasamākīrṇaṃ tilataṃdulamiśritam .. 148.9 ..

> Having duly offered arghya with red sandalwood water, / scattered over with red flowers and mixed with sesamum and rice grains,  
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### [6.3.148.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.10)

kṛtvā tāmramaye pātre maṇḍale vartule śubhe .  
kṛtvā śirasi tatpātraṃ jānubhyāṃ dharaṇīṃ gataḥ .. 148.10 ..

> prepared in a copper vessel within an auspicious circular diagram, / placing that vessel upon one's head and going down on one's knees upon the earth,  
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### [6.3.148.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.11)

mantrapūtaṃ mahābhāga dadyādarghyaṃ vicakṣaṇaḥ .  
tato bhuñjīta maunena kṣāratilāmlavarjitam .. 148.11 ..

> the wise one, O fortunate one, should offer the arghya consecrated by mantras. / Then he should eat in silence, avoiding alkaline food, sesamum, and sour things,  
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### [6.3.148.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.12)

snigdhaṃ mṛdusamadhuramātmanaḥ śreya icchatā .  
evaṃ caturthe samprāpte caturthyaṅgārake nṛpa .. 148.12 ..

> eating unctuous, soft, and sweet food, if desiring his own welfare. / Thus, when the fourth \[month\] arrives on an Aṅgārakacaturthī, O king,  
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### [6.3.148.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.13)

sauvarṇaṃ kārayeddevaṃ yathāśakti surūpiṇam .  
sthāpayettāmrake pātre guḍapīṭhasamanvite .. 148.13 ..

> one should have a well-formed image of the god made of gold according to one's capacity, / and place it in a copper vessel provided with a pedestal of jaggery.  
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### [6.3.148.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.14)

gandhapuṣpādibhirdevaṃ pūjayedguḍasaṃsthitam .  
īśānyāṃ sthāpayeddevaṃ guḍatoyasamanvitam .. 148.14 ..

> One should worship the god placed on jaggery with perfumes, flowers, and the like; / one should place the god in the northeast together with jaggery-water.  
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### [6.3.148.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.15)

kāsāreṇa tathāgneyyāṃ sthāpayetkarakaṃ param .  
raktatandulasaṃmiśraṃ nairṛtyāṃ vāyugocare .. 148.15 ..

> In the southeast, one should likewise place an excellent water-pot with wheat flour pastry; / in the southwest, mixed with red rice grains; in the region of Vāyu (the northwest),  
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### [6.3.148.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.16)

sthāpayenmodakaiḥ sārdhaṃ caturthaṃ karakaṃ budhaḥ .  
sūtreṇa veṣṭitagrīvaṃ gandhamālyairalaṃkṛtam .. 148.16 ..

> the wise one should place a fourth water-pot along with sweetmeats, / its neck encircled with a cord, adorned with perfumes and garlands.  
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### [6.3.148.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.17)

śaṅkhatūryaninādena jayaśabdādimaṅgalaiḥ .  
raktāmbaradharaṃ vipraṃ raktamālyānulepanam .. 148.17 ..

> With the sounding of conches and musical instruments, and auspicious cries of victory and the like, / a brahmin clad in red garments, with red garlands and red paste,  
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### [6.3.148.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.18)

vedimadhyagataṃ vāpi mahadāsanasaṃsthitam .  
surūpaṃ subhagaṃ śāntaṃ sarvabhūtahite ratam .. 148.18 ..

> seated in the middle of the sacrificial altar or upon an elevated seat, / handsome, fortunate, peaceful, delighting in the welfare of all beings,  
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### [6.3.148.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.19)

vedavidyāvratasnātaṃ sarvaśāstraviśāradam .  
pūjayitvā yathānyāyaṃ vācayetpāṇḍunandana .. 148.19 ..

> bathed in the vows of Vedic lore, proficient in all the scriptures— / having worshipped him according to rule, O son of Pāṇḍu, one should have him recite the blessings.  
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### [6.3.148.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.20)

raktāṃ gāṃ ca tato dadyādraktenānaḍuhā saha .  
prīyatāṃ bhūmijo devaḥ sarvadaivatapūjitaḥ .. 148.20 ..

> Then one should give a red cow along with a red bull, saying: / 'May the god born of the Earth, worshipped by all deities, be pleased.'  
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### [6.3.148.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.21)

vipraṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya patnīputrasamanvitaḥ .  
pitṛmātṛsuhṛtsārddhaṃ kṣamāpya ca visarjayet .. 148.21 ..

> Having circumambulated the brahmin, accompanied by wife and son, / and along with father, mother, and friends, one should beg his forgiveness and dismiss him.  
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### [6.3.148.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.22)

evaṃ kṛtasya tasyātha tasmiṃstīrthe viśeṣataḥ .  
yatpuṇyaṃ phalamuddiṣṭaṃ tatte sarvaṃ vadāmyaham .. 148.22 ..

> Now, whatever meritorious fruit is prescribed for one who has done this, / especially at that sacred ford, I shall tell you all of that:  
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### [6.3.148.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.23)

sapta janmāni rājendra surūpaḥ subhago bhavet .  
tīrthasyāsya prabhāvena nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 148.23 ..

> For seven births, O best of kings, he becomes handsome and fortunate / through the power of this sacred ford; no doubt should be entertained here.  
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### [6.3.148.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.24)

akāmo vā sakāmo vā tatra tīrthe mṛto naraḥ .  
aṅgārakapuraṃ yāti devagandharvapūjitaḥ .. 148.24 ..

> Whether free of desire or full of desire, a man who dies at that sacred ford / goes to the city of Aṅgāraka, worshipped by gods and gandharvas.  
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### [6.3.148.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.25)

upabhujya yathānyāyaṃ divyānbhogānanuttamān .  
iha mānuṣyaloke vai rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ .. 148.25 ..

> Having duly enjoyed supreme divine pleasures, / he indeed becomes a righteous king here in the world of mortals,  
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### [6.3.148.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.26)

surūpaḥ subhagaścaiva sarvavyādhivivarjitaḥ .  
jīvedvarṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ .. 148.26 ..

> handsome, fortunate, free from all diseases; / he lives for a full hundred years, bowed to by all the world.  
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### [6.3.148.26\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.148.26_2)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇe ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe maṅgaleśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭācatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and forty-eighth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Maṅgaleśvara Tīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth Avantyakhaṇḍa, 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.6.3.148.p1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.148.1) — Sanskrit

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