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# Skandapurana 6.3.151

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.151

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.151.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
uttare narmadākūle tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam .  
jayavārāhamāhātmyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam .. 151.1 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / On the northern bank of the Narmadā there is a supremely splendid sacred ford / possessing the greatness of Jayavārāha, destroying all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.2)

uddhṛtā jagatī yena sarvadevanamaskṛtā .  
lokānugrahabuddhyā ca saṃsthito narmadātaṭe .. 151.2 ..

> He by whom the earth, reverenced by all the gods, was raised up / resides on the bank of the Narmadā out of a desire to show grace to the worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.3)

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā vīkṣate madhusūdanam .  
mucyate sarvapāpebhyo daśajanmānukīrtanāt .. 151.3 ..

> He who bathes in that sacred ford and beholds Madhusūdana / is freed from all sins by reciting the ten incarnations.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.4)

matsyaḥ kūrmo varāhaśca narasiṃho'tha vāmanaḥ .  
rāmo rāmaśca kṛṣṇaśca buddhaḥ kalkiśca te daśa .. 151.4 ..

> The Fish, the Tortoise, and the Boar, the Man-Lion, then the Dwarf, / Rāma, Rāma, Kṛṣṇa, Buddha, and Kalki—these are the ten.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.5)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
matsyena kiṃ kṛtaṃ tāta kūrmeṇa munisattama .  
varāheṇa ca kiṃ karma narasiṃhena kiṃ kṛtam .. 151.5 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / What was done by the Fish, O father? What by the Tortoise, O best of sages? / And what deed was done by the Boar? What was done by the Man-Lion?  
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### [6.3.151.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.6)

vāmanena ca rāmeṇa rāghaveṇa ca kiṃ kṛtam .  
buddharūpeṇa kiṃ vāpi kalkinā kiṃ kṛtaṃ vada .. 151.6 ..

> And what was done by the Dwarf, by Rāma, and by the descendant of Raghu? / Or what by him in the form of Buddha? What was done by Kalki? Tell \[me\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.7)

evamuktastu viprendro dharmaputreṇa dhīmatā .  
uvāca madhurāṃ vāṇīṃ tadā dharmasutaṃ prati .. 151.7 ..

> Thus addressed by the wise son of Dharma, the best of brahmins / then spoke sweet words to the son of Dharma:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.8)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
mīno bhūtvā purā kalpe prītyarthaṃ brahmaṇo vibhuḥ .  
samarpayatsamuddhṛtya vandānmagnānmahārṇave .. 151.8 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Having become a fish formerly in the kalpa for the pleasure of Brahmā, the Lord, / lifting up the Vedas sunken in the great ocean, delivered them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.9)

amṛtotpādane rājankūrmo bhūtvā jagadguruḥ .  
mandaraṃ dhārayāmāsa tathā devīṃ vasuṃdharām .. 151.9 ..

> At the churning of the nectar, O king, the guru of the universe, having become a tortoise, / supported Mandara, and likewise the goddess earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.10)

ujjahāra dharāṃ magnāṃ pātālatalavāsinīm .  
vārāhaṃ rūpamāsthāya devadevo janārdanaḥ .. 151.10 ..

> Assuming the form of a boar, the god of gods, Janārdana, / lifted up the earth that had sunk down to dwell on the floor of Pātāla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.11)

narasyārddhatanuṃ kṛtvā siṃhasyārddhatanuṃ tathā .  
hiraṇyakaśiporvakṣo vidadāra nakhāṅkuśaiḥ .. 151.11 ..

> Having made half his body that of a man and half the body that of a lion, / he tore open the chest of Hiraṇyakaśipu with the hooks of his claws.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.12)

jaṭī vāmanarūpeṇa stūyamāno dvijottamaiḥ .  
taddivyaṃ rūpamāsthāya kramitvā medinīṃ kramaiḥ .. 151.12 ..

> Assuming matted hair in the form of a dwarf, praised by the best of the twice-born, / taking on that divine form, traversing the earth with his strides,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.13)

kṛtavāṃśca baliṃ paścātpātālatalavāsinam .  
sthāpayitvā surān sarvān gato viṣṇuḥ svakaṃ puram .. 151.13 ..

> and subsequently making Bali a dweller on the floor of Pātāla, / Viṣṇu, having reinstated all the gods, went to his own abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.14)

jamadagnisuto rāmo bhūtvā śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ .  
kṣatriyān pṛthivīpālānavadhīddhaihayādikān .. 151.14 ..

> Becoming Rāma, the son of Jamadagni, the best of weapon-bearers, / he slew the kṣatriyas, the rulers of the earth, the Haihayas and others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.15)

kaśyapāya mahīṃ dattvā saparvatavanākarām .  
tapastapati deveśo mahendre'dyāpi bhārata .. 151.15 ..

> Having given the earth with its mountains, forests, and mines to Kaśyapa, / the lord of the gods performs austerity on Mahendra even today, O descendant of Bharata.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.16)

tato dāśarathī rāmo rāvaṇaṃ devakaṇṭakam .  
sagaṇaṃ samare hatvā rājyaṃ dattvā vibhīṣaṇe .. 151.16 ..

> Then Rāma, the son of Daśaratha, having slain in battle the thorn of the gods, Rāvaṇa, / together with his retinue, and having given the kingdom to Vibhīṣaṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.17)

pālayitvā nayādbhūmiṃ makhaiḥ saṃtarpya devatāḥ .  
svargaṃ gato mahātejā rāmo rājīvalocanaḥ .. 151.17 ..

> having protected the earth with justice and gratified the deities with sacrifices, / lotus-eyed Rāma of great splendor went to heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.18)

vasudevagṛhe bhūyaḥ saṃkarṣaṇasahāyavān .  
avatīrṇo jagannātho vāsudevo yudhiṣṭhira .. 151.18 ..

> Again, accompanied by Saṃkarṣaṇa, the lord of the world, Vāsudeva, / descended in the house of Vasudeva, O Yudhiṣṭhira.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.19)

so'vadhīttava sāmarthyādvadhārthaṃ duṣṭabhūbhṛtām .  
cāṇūrakaṃsakeśīnāṃ jarāsaṃdhasya bhārata .. 151.19 ..

> Through your power he slew, for the purpose of destroying wicked kings, / Cāṇūra, Kaṃsa, Keśin, and Jarāsaṃdha, O descendant of Bharata.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.20)

tena tvaṃ susahāyena hatvā śatrūnnareśvara .  
bhokṣyase pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha saṃbhṛtām .. 151.20 ..

> With him as your noble helper, having slain your enemies, O ruler of men, / you will enjoy the entire earth along with your brothers, gathered \[under your rule\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.21)

tathā buddhatvamaparaṃ navamaṃ prāpsyate'cyutaḥ .  
śāntimāndevadeveśo madhuhantā madhupriyaḥ .. 151.21 ..

> Likewise, Acyuta, the peaceful one, the god of the lords of gods, / the slayer of Madhu, who loves spring, will assume a ninth \[form\]—that of the Buddha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.22)

tena buddhasvarūpeṇa devena parameṣṭhinā .  
bhaviṣyati jagatsarvaṃ mohitaṃ sacarācaram .. 151.22 ..

> By that god, the supreme lord, in the form of the Buddha, / the entire universe, with its mobile and immobile beings, will be deluded.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.23)

na śroṣyanti pituḥ putrāstadāprabhṛti bhārata .  
na gurorbāndhavāḥ śiṣyā bhaviṣyatyadharottaram .. 151.23 ..

> From then on, O descendant of Bharata, sons will not listen to their father, / nor relatives and pupils to their guru; topsy-turviness will come to be.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.24)

jito dharmo hyadharmeṇa cāsatyena ṛtaṃ jitam .  
jitāścauraiśca rājānaḥ strībhiśca puruṣā jitāḥ .. 151.24 ..

> Dharma will be overcome by adharma, and truth will be overcome by untruth; / kings will be overcome by thieves, and men will be overcome by women.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.25)

sīdanti cāgnihotrāṇi gurau pūjā praṇaśyati .  
sīdanti mānavā dharmāḥ kalau prāpte yudhiṣṭhira .. 151.25 ..

> Agnihotra offerings will falter, worship of the guru will vanish, / and the laws of Manu will deteriorate when Kali has arrived, O Yudhiṣṭhira.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.26)

dvādaśe daśame varṣe nārī garbhavatī bhavet .  
kanyāstatra prasūyante brāhmaṇo haripiṅgalaḥ .. 151.26 ..

> A woman will become pregnant in her twelfth or tenth year; / daughters will be born there, and the brahmin will have yellowish hair.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.27)

bhaviṣyati tataḥ kalkirdaśame janmani prabhuḥ .. 151.27 ..

> Then the lord will become Kalki in his tenth incarnation.  
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### [6.3.151.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.28)

etatte kathitaṃ rājandevasya parameṣṭhinaḥ .  
kāraṇaṃ daśa janmanāṃ sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram .. 151.28 ..

> This has been told to you, O king: the purpose of the ten incarnations / of the supreme lord, bringing about the destruction of all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.151.28\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.151.28_1)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe śvetavārāhatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-first chapter, named the Description of the Greatness of the Śvetavārāha Sacred Ford, in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.151.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.151.1) — Sanskrit
- [Aparājitapṛcchā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.marugurjara.aparajitaprccha.33.12) — Bhuvanadeva, Sanskrit

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