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# Skandapurana 6.3.150

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.150

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.150.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.p1)

adhyāya 150

> Chapter 150  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.150.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tato gacchenmahārāja kusumeśvaramuttamam .  
dakṣiṇe narmadākūle upapātakanāśanam .. 150.1 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go, O great king, to the excellent Kusumeśvara / on the southern bank of the Narmadā, which destroys minor sins. 150.1  
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### [6.3.150.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.2)

kāmena sthāpito devaḥ kusumeśvarasaṃjñitaḥ .  
khyātaḥ sarveṣu lokeṣu devadevaḥ sanātanaḥ .. 150.2 ..

> The god named Kusumeśvara was established by Kāma; / he is renowned throughout all worlds, the eternal god of gods. 150.2  
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### [6.3.150.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.3)

kāmo manobhavo viśvaḥ kusumāyudhacāpabhṛt .  
sa kāmān dadāti sarvān pūjito mīnaketanaḥ .. 150.3 ..

> Kāma, mind-born, universal, bearer of the bow and weapons of flowers, / he of the fish-banner, when worshipped, bestows all desires. 150.3  
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### [6.3.150.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.4)

tena nirdagdhakāyena cārādhya parameśvaram .  
anaṅgena tathā prāptamaṅgitvaṃ narmadātaṭe .. 150.4 ..

> Having worshipped the Supreme Lord when his body had been consumed by fire, / the bodiless one (Anaṅga) thus regained embodiment on the bank of the Narmadā. 150.4  
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### [6.3.150.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.5)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
aṅgibhṛtasya nāśatvamanaṅgasya tu me vada .  
na śrutaṃ na ca me dṛṣṭaṃ bhūtapūrvaṃ kadācana .. 150.5 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / Tell me how the embodied one was destroyed and then became the bodiless one; / I have neither heard nor ever seen such a thing happening before. 150.5  
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### [6.3.150.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.6)

etatsarvaṃ yathā vṛttamācakṣva dvijasattama .  
śrotumicchāmi viprendra bhīmārjunayamaiḥ saha .. 150.6 ..

> Tell me everything just as it happened, O best of the twice-born; / I wish to hear it, O leader of brahmins, along with Bhīma, Arjuna, and the twins. 150.6  
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### [6.3.150.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.7)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
ādau kṛtayuge tāta devadevo maheśvaraḥ .  
tapaścacāra vipulaṃ gaṅgāsāgarasaṃsthitaḥ .. 150.7 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / In the beginning, in the Kṛta age, O dear one, Maheśvara, the god of gods, / practiced extensive austerity while residing at Gaṅgāsāgara. 150.7  
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### [6.3.150.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.8)

tena sampāditā lokāstapasā sasurāsurāḥ .  
jagmuste śaraṇaṃ sarve devadevaṃ śacīpatim .. 150.8 ..

> By his austerity, the worlds along with the gods and asuras were afflicted; / they all went for refuge to the husband of Śacī, the god of gods. 150.8  
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### [6.3.150.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.9)

vyāpakaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ devadevo maheśvaraḥ .  
saṃtāpayati lokāṃstrīṃstannivāraya gopate .. 150.9 ..

> 'Maheśvara, the god of gods, who pervades all beings, / torments the three worlds; avert him, O protector of the earth!' 150.9  
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### [6.3.150.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.10)

śrutvā tadvacanaṃ teṣāṃ devānāṃ balavṛtrahā .  
cintayāmāsa manasā tapovighnāyacādiśat .. 150.10 ..

> Hearing those words of the gods, the slayer of Bala and Vṛtra / reflected in his mind and commanded \[them\] to obstruct his austerity. 150.10  
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### [6.3.150.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.11)

apsarāṃ menakāṃ rambhāṃ ghṛtācīṃ ca tilottamām .  
vasantaṃ kokilaṃ kāmaṃ dakṣiṇānilamuttamam .. 150.11 ..

> The apsarases Menakā, Rambhā, Ghṛtācī, and Tilottamā, / Spring, the cuckoo, Kāma, and the excellent southern breeze— 150.11  
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### [6.3.150.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.12)

gatvā tatra mahādevaṃ tapaścaraṇatatparam .  
kṣobhayadhvaṃ yathānyāyaṃ gaṅgāsāgaravāsinam .. 150.12 ..

> 'Go there and disturb Mahādeva, who is intent on the practice of austerity, / dwelling at Gaṅgāsāgara, as is fitting!' 150.12  
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### [6.3.150.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.13)

evamuktāstu te sarve devarājena bhārata .  
devāpsaraḥsamopetā jagmuste harasannidhau .. 150.13 ..

> Having been spoken to thus by the king of the gods, O descendant of Bharata, / all of them, accompanied by the divine apsarases, went into the presence of Hara. 150.13  
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### [6.3.150.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.14)

vasantamāse kusumākarākule mayūradātyūhasukokilākule .  
pranṛtya devāpsaragītasaṃkule pravāti vāte yamanairṛtākule .. 150.14 ..

> In the spring month filled with abundant flowers, filled with peacocks, water-hens, and fine cuckoos, / resplendent with dancing and songs of the divine apsarases, as the wind blew, agitated from the south and southwest, 150.14  
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### [6.3.150.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.15)

tena saṃmūrchitāḥ sarve saṃsargācca khagottamāḥ .  
madhumādhavagandhena sakinnaramahoragāḥ .. 150.15 ..

> all the best of birds, along with the kinnaras and great serpents, / became swooned by that contact and by the fragrance of spring and Madhu. 150.15  
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### [6.3.150.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.16)

yāvadālokate tāvattadvanaṃ vyākulīkṛtam .  
vīkṣate madanāviṣṭaṃ daśāvasthāgataṃ janam .. 150.16 ..

> As far as one looked, so far was that forest agitated; / one saw people overcome with passion, having entered the ten states of love. 150.16  
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### [6.3.150.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.17)

devadevo'pi devānāmavasthātritayaṃ gataḥ .  
sāttvikīṃ rājasīṃ rājaṃstāmasīṃ tāṃ śṛṇuṣva me .. 150.17 ..

> Even the god of gods attained the three states, / the sāttvika, the rājasa, and the tāmasa; hear that from me, O king! 150.17  
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### [6.3.150.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.18)

ekaṃ yogasamādhinā mukulitaṃ cakṣurdvitīyaṃ punaḥ pārvatyā jaghanasthalastanataṭe śṛṅgārabhārālasam .  
anyaddūranirastacāpamadanakrodhānaloddīpitaṃ śambhorbhinnarasaṃ samādhisamaye netratrayaṃ pātu vaḥ .. 150.18 ..

> One eye closed in yogic absorption; the second languid with the weight of erotic passion upon the slope of Pārvatī's hips and breasts; / the other blazing with the fire of wrath at Madana whose bow was cast far away: may Śambhu's three eyes, bearing diverse sentiments at the time of meditation, protect you! 150.18  
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### [6.3.150.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.19)

evaṃ dṛṣṭaḥ sa devena saśaraḥ saśarāsanaḥ .  
bhasmībhūto gataḥ kāmo vināśaḥ sarvadehinām .. 150.19 ..

> Seen thus by the god, with arrow and bow, / Kāma was reduced to ashes, destroyed—he who destroys all embodied beings. 150.19  
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### [6.3.150.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.20)

kāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṣayaṃ yātaṃ tatra devāpsarogaṇāḥ .  
bhītā yathāgataṃ sarve jagmuścaiva diśo daśa .. 150.20 ..

> Seeing Kāma destroyed, the hosts of gods and apsarases there, / terrified, fled in the ten directions just as they had come. 150.20  
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### [6.3.150.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.21)

kāmena rahitā lokāḥ sasurāsuramānavāḥ .  
brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ jagmurdevā indrapurogamāḥ .. 150.21 ..

> The worlds, devoid of Kāma, along with gods, asuras, and mortals, / went for refuge to Brahmā, the gods led by Indra. 150.21  
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### [6.3.150.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.22)

sīdamānaṃ jagaddṛṣṭvā tamūcuḥ parameṣṭhinam .  
jānāsi tvaṃ jagaccheṣaṃ prabho maithunasambhavāt .. 150.22 ..

> Seeing the universe languishing, they said to the Supreme Lord: / 'You know, O Lord, that the continuance of the universe is due to sexual union. 150.22  
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### [6.3.150.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.23)

prajāḥ sarvā viśuṣyanti kāmena rahitā vibho .. 150.23 ..

> All creatures are wasting away, devoid of desire, O all-pervading Lord!' 150.23  
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### [6.3.150.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.24)

etacchrutvā vacasteṣāṃ devānāṃ prapitāmahaḥ .  
jagāma sahitastatra yatra devo maheśvaraḥ .. 150.24 ..

> Hearing this speech of those gods, the Great Grandfather / went together with them to where the god Maheśvara was. 150.24  
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### [6.3.150.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.25)

atoṣayajjagannāthaṃ sarvabhūtamaheśvaram .  
stutibhistaṇḍakaiḥ stotrairvedavedāṅgasambhavaiḥ .. 150.25 ..

> He propitiated the Lord of the universe, the Maheśvara of all beings, / with hymns of praise, rhythmic verses, and hymns arising from the Vedas and Vedāṅgas. 150.25  
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### [6.3.150.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.26)

tatastuṣṭo mahādevo devānāṃ parameśvaraḥ .  
uvāca madhurāṃ vāṇīṃ devānbrahmapurogamān .. 150.26 ..

> Then Mahādeva, the Supreme Lord of the gods, pleased, / spoke sweet words to the gods led by Brahmā: 150.26  
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### [6.3.150.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.27)

kiṃ kāryaṃ kaśca santāpaḥ kiṃ vāgamanakāraṇam .  
devatānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca kathyatāṃ mama māciram .. 150.27 ..

> 'What is the task, and what is the distress, or what is the cause of your coming, / of the deities and seers? Tell me without delay!' 150.27  
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### [6.3.150.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.28)

devā ūcuḥ .  
kāmanāśājjagannāśo bhavitāyaṃ carācare .  
trailokyaṃ tvaṃ punaḥ śambho utpādayitumarhasi .. 150.28 ..

> The gods said: / 'Because of the destruction of Kāma, this destruction of the universe will occur among moving and unmoving beings. / You ought to generate the three worlds once again, O Śambhu!' 150.28  
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### [6.3.150.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.29)

etacchrutvā vacasteṣāṃ vimṛśya parameśvaraḥ .  
cintayāmāsa kāmasya vigrahaṃ bhuvi durlabham .. 150.29 ..

> Hearing their words and reflecting, the Supreme Lord / considered the bodily form of Kāma, which is difficult to attain on earth. 150.29  
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### [6.3.150.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.30)

ājagāma tataḥ śīghramanaṅgo hyaṅgatāṃ gataḥ .  
prāṇadaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ paśyatāṃ nṛpasattama .. 150.30 ..

> Then the bodiless one (Anaṅga), having indeed attained embodiment, swiftly arrived, / the giver of life to all beings, as they looked on, O best of kings. 150.30  
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### [6.3.150.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.31)

tataḥ śaṅkhaninādena bherīṇāṃ niḥsvanena ca .  
abhyanandaṃstato devaṃ surāsuramahoragāḥ .. 150.31 ..

> Then, with the blare of conches and the roll of kettle-drums, / the gods, asuras, and great serpents applauded the god. 150.31  
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### [6.3.150.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.32)

namaste devadeveśa kṛtārthāḥ surasattamāḥ .  
visarjitāḥ punarjagmuryathāgatamarindama .. 150.32 ..

> 'Homage to you, O Lord of the gods of gods!' The best of gods, having achieved their purpose / and being dismissed, departed once again as they had come, O subduer of enemies. 150.32  
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### [6.3.150.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.33)

gateṣu sarvadeveṣu kāmadevo'pi bhārata .  
tapaścacāra vipulaṃ narmadātaṭamāśritaḥ .. 150.33 ..

> When all the gods had departed, Kāmadeva also, O descendant of Bharata, / took refuge on the bank of the Narmadā and performed severe austerity. 150.33  
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### [6.3.150.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.34)

tapojapakṛśībhūto divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ kila .  
mahābhūtairvighnakaraiḥ pīḍyamānaḥ samantataḥ .. 150.34 ..

> He became emaciated by austerity and silent recitation for a hundred divine years, it is said, / being afflicted on all sides by great spirits who create obstacles. 150.34  
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### [6.3.150.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.35)

ātmavighnavināśārthaṃ saṃsmṛtaḥ kuṇḍaleśvaraḥ .  
cakāra rakṣāṃ sarvatra śarapāte nṛpottama .. 150.35 ..

> To destroy his own obstacles, he remembered Kuṇḍaleśvara. / O best of kings, he provided protection everywhere within the range of an arrow-shot.  
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### [6.3.150.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.36)

tatastuṣṭo mahādevo dṛḍhabhaktyā varapradaḥ .  
vareṇa chandayāmāsa kāmaṃ kāmavināśanaḥ .. 150.36 ..

> Then Mahādeva, the granter of boons, pleased by his firm devotion, / the destroyer of Kāma, invited Kāma to choose a boon.  
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### [6.3.150.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.37)

jñātvā tuṣṭaṃ mahādevamuvāca jhaṣaketanaḥ .  
praṇataḥ prāñjalirbhūtvā devadevaṃ trilocanam .. 150.37 ..

> Knowing that Mahādeva was pleased, the fish-bannered \[Kāma\], / bowed low with joined palms, spoke to the god of gods, the three-eyed one:  
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### [6.3.150.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.38)

yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa yadi deyo varo mama .  
atra tīrthe jagannātha sadā saṃnihito bhava .. 150.38 ..

> "If you are pleased, O lord of gods, if a boon is to be granted to me, / be perpetually present at this sacred ford, O Lord of the Universe."  
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### [6.3.150.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.39)

tatheti coktvā vacanaṃ devadevo maheśvaraḥ .  
jagāmākāśamāviśya stūyamāno'psarogaṇaiḥ .. 150.39 ..

> Saying "So be it," the god of gods, Maheśvara, / entered the sky and departed, praised by hosts of apsarases.  
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### [6.3.150.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.40)

gate cādarśanaṃ deve kāmadevo jagadgurum .  
sthāpayāmāsa rājendra kusumeśvarasaṃjñitam .. 150.40 ..

> When the god had vanished from sight, Kāmadeva established / the guru of the universe, named Kusumeśvara, O king of kings.  
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### [6.3.150.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.41)

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā hyupavāsaparāyaṇaḥ .  
caitramāse caturdaśyāṃ madanasya dine'thavā .. 150.41 ..

> Whoever bathes at that sacred ford, devoted to fasting, / on the fourteenth day in the month of Caitra, or on the day of Madana,  
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### [6.3.150.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.42)

prabhāte vimale prāpte snātvā pūjya divākaram .  
tilamiśreṇa toyena tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ .. 150.42 ..

> having bathed when the clear dawn arrives and having worshipped the sun, / should satisfy the pitṛs and deities with water mixed with sesame seeds.  
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### [6.3.150.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.43)

kṛtvā snānaṃ vidhānena pūjayitvā ca taṃ nṛpa .  
piṇḍanirvapaṇaṃ kuryāttasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu .. 150.43 ..

> Having performed the ritual ablution according to rule and having worshipped him, O king, / one should offer piṇḍas; hear the sacred fruit of that!  
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### [6.3.150.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.44)

sattrayājiphalaṃ yacca labhate dvādaśābdikam .  
piṇḍadānātphalaṃ tacca labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 150.44 ..

> The fruit which one obtains from a twelve-year sacrificial session— / one obtains that fruit from the offering of a piṇḍa; there is no doubt about this.  
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### [6.3.150.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.45)

aṅkullamūle yaḥ piṇḍaṃ pitḥnuddiśya dāpayet .  
tasya te dvādaśābdāni tṛptiṃ yānti pitāmahāḥ .. 150.45 ..

> Whoever has a piṇḍa offered for his ancestors at the root of an aṅkulla tree, / his forefathers attain satisfaction for twelve years.  
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### [6.3.150.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.46)

kṛmikīṭapataṅgā ye tatra tīrthe yudhiṣṭhira .  
prāpnuvanti mṛtāḥ svargaṃ kiṃ punarye narā mṛtāḥ .. 150.46 ..

> Even the worms, insects, and moths that die at that sacred ford, O Yudhiṣṭhira, / attain heaven; how much more so men who have died \[there\]!  
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### [6.3.150.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.47)

saṃnyāsaṃ kurute yo'tra jitakrodho jitendriyaḥ .  
kusumeśe naro bhaktyā sa gacchecchivamandiram .. 150.47 ..

> Whoever renounces the world here at Kusumeśa, having conquered anger and subdued the senses, / that man goes with devotion to the abode of Śiva.  
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### [6.3.150.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.48)

tatra divyāpsarobhiśca devagandharvagāyanaiḥ .  
krīḍate sevyamānastu kalpakoṭiśataṃ nṛpa .. 150.48 ..

> Served there by celestial apsarases and divine Gandharva singers, / he sports for a hundred times ten million kalpas, O king.  
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### [6.3.150.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.49)

pūrṇe caiva tataḥ kāla iha mānuṣyatāṃ gataḥ .  
jāyate rājarājendraiḥ pūjyamāno nṛpo mahān .. 150.49 ..

> And then, when that time is completed, having returned to human state here, / he is born as a great king worshipped by supreme emperors,  
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### [6.3.150.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.50)

surūpaḥ subhago vāgmī vikrānto matimāñchuciḥ .  
jīvedvarṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ sarvavyādhivivarjitaḥ .. 150.50 ..

> handsome, fortunate, eloquent, valorous, wise, and pure; / he would live a full hundred years, free from all diseases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.150.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.51)

etatpuṇyaṃ pāpaharaṃ tīrthakoṭiśatādhikam .  
kusumeśeti vikhyātaṃ sarvadevanamaskṛtam .. 150.51 ..

> This sacred \[ford\], destroying sins, is superior to a hundred million sacred fords, / renowned as Kusumeśa, bowed to by all the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.150.51\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.150.51_2)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe kusumeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcāśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and fiftieth chapter, named "Description of the Greatness of Kusumeśvara Sacred Ford", in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth \[khaṇḍa\], the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the Skandapurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.150.p1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.150.1) — Sanskrit
- [Śūdrakamalākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.jati.sudrakamalakara.29.1-3) — Kamalākarabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit

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