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# Skandapurana 6.3.155

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.155

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.155.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvatīrthādanuttamam .  
uttare narmadākūle śuklatīrthaṃ yudhiṣṭhira .. 155.1 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Hereafter I shall proclaim Śuklatīrtha on the northern bank of the Narmadā, / the highest of all sacred fords, O Yudhiṣṭhira.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.2)

tasya tīrthasya cānyāni puṇyatvācchubhadarśanāt .  
pṛthivyāṃ sarvatīrthāni kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm .. 155.2 ..

> Due to its holiness and auspicious sight, all other sacred fords / on earth do not equal a sixteenth part of that sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.3)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
tasya tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ .  
bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaḥ sarvaistathānyairdvijasattamaiḥ .. 155.3 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / I desire to hear the māhātmya of that sacred ford in truth, / together with all my brothers and also other best brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.4)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
śuklatīrthasya cotpattimākarṇaya nareśvara .  
yasya saṃdarśanādeva brahmahatyā pralīyate .. 155.4 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Hear of the origin of Śuklatīrtha, O ruler of men, / by the mere sight of which the murder of a brahmin is dissolved.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.5)

narmadā saritāṃ śreṣṭhā sarvapāpapraṇāśinī .  
yacca bālyaṃ kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ darśanādeva naśyati .. 155.5 ..

> The Narmadā is the foremost among rivers, destroying all sins; / whatever sin was committed in childhood is destroyed merely by seeing it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.6)

mokṣadāni na sarvatra śuklatīrthamṛte nṛpa .  
śuklatīrthasya māhātmyaṃ purāṇe yacchrutaṃ mayā .. 155.6 ..

> They do not grant liberation everywhere except for Śuklatīrtha, O king. / The māhātmya of Śuklatīrtha that was heard by me in the Purāṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.7)

samāgame munīnāṃ tu devānāṃ hi tathaiva ca .  
kathitaṃ devadevena śitikaṇṭhena bhārata .  
kailāse parvataśreṣṭhe tatte saṃkathayāmyaham .. 155.7 ..

> as it was related by Śitikaṇṭha, the god of gods, / at an assembly of sages and likewise of the gods, on the excellent mountain Kailāsa, / that I shall relate to you, O Bhārata.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.8)

purā kṛtayugasyādau toṣituṃ girijāpatim .  
tapaścacāra vipulaṃ viṣṇurvarṣasahasrakam .  
vāyubhakṣo nirāhāraḥ śuklatīrthe vyavasthitaḥ .. 155.8 ..

> Formerly, at the beginning of the Kṛta Yuga, Viṣṇu performed vast austerity / for a thousand years in order to please the husband of Girijā, / subsisting on wind, taking no food, settled at Śuklatīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.9)

tataḥ pratyakṣatāmāgāddevadevo maheśvaraḥ .  
prādurbhūtastu sahasā tatra tīrthe narādhipa .. 155.9 ..

> Then Maheśvara, the god of gods, became visible; / he suddenly manifested at that sacred ford, O ruler of men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.10)

krośadvayamidaṃ cakre bhuktimuktipradāyakam .  
tasmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ .. 155.10 ..

> He made this \[expanse of\] two krośas the bestower of enjoyment and liberation. / Having bathed at that sacred ford, a person is freed from all misdeeds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.11)

gaṅgā kanakhale puṇyā kurukṣetre sarasvatī .  
grāme vā yadi vāraṇye puṇyā sarvatra narmadā .. 155.11 ..

> The Gaṅgā is holy at Kanakhala, the Sarasvatī at Kurukṣetra; / whether in a village or in a forest, the Narmadā is holy everywhere.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.12)

sarvauṣadhīnāmaśanaṃ pradhānaṃ sarveṣu peyeṣu jalaṃ pradhānam .  
nidrā sukhānāṃ pramadā ratīnāṃ sarveṣu gātreṣu śiraḥ pradhānam .. 155.12 ..

> Among all herbs, food is foremost; among all drinks, water is foremost; / sleep is foremost among pleasures, a woman among sensual delights, the head is foremost among all limbs;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.13)

snātasyāpi yathā puṇyaṃ lalāṭaṃ nṛpasattama .  
śuklatīrthaṃ tathā puṇyaṃ narmadāyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira .. 155.13 ..

> and just as the forehead is the auspicious part of one who has bathed, O best of kings, / so is Śuklatīrtha holy upon the Narmadā, O Yudhiṣṭhira.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.14)

saritāṃ ca yathā gaṅgā devatānāṃ janārdanaḥ .  
śuklatīrthaṃ tathā puṇyaṃ narmadāyāṃ vyavasthitam .. 155.14 ..

> And as Gaṅgā is foremost of rivers, as Janārdana is of deities, / even so is Śuklatīrtha, established upon the Narmadā, sacred.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.15)

catuṣpadānāṃ surabhirvarṇānāṃ brāhmaṇo yathā .  
pradhānaṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ śuklatīrthaṃ tathā nṛpa .. 155.15 ..

> As Surabhi is among four-footed beasts, as the brahmin is among social classes, / so too is Śuklatīrtha the chief of all sacred fords, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.16)

grahāṇāṃ tu yathādityo nakṣatrāṇāṃ yathā śaśī .  
śiro vā sarvagātrāṇāṃ dharmāṇāṃ satyamiṣyate .. 155.16 ..

> As the sun is among the planets, as the moon is among the lunar mansions, / or the head among all limbs, truth is held to be the foremost among dharmas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.17)

tathaiva pārtha tīrthānāṃ śuklatīrthamanuttamam .  
durvijñeyo yathā loke paramātmā sanātanaḥ .. 155.17 ..

> Even so, O son of Pṛthā, Śuklatīrtha is unsurpassed among sacred fords. / Just as the eternal Supreme Self is difficult to perceive in the world,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.18)

susūkṣmatvādanirdeśyaḥ śuklatīrthaṃ tathā nṛpa .  
mandaprajñatvamāpanne mahāmohasamanvitaḥ .. 155.18 ..

> and indescribable on account of its extreme subtlety, so is Śuklatīrtha, O king. / A man who has fallen into foolishness and is full of great delusion  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.19)

śuklatīrthaṃ nā jānāti narmadātaṭasaṃsthitam .  
bahunātra kimuktena dharmaputra punaḥ punaḥ .. 155.19 ..

> does not know Śuklatīrtha situated on the bank of the Narmadā. / What more is to be said here repeatedly, O son of Dharma?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.20)

śuklatīrthaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ samprāptaṃ kalmaṣakṣayāt .  
yo'tra datte śucirbhūtvā ekaṃ revājalāñjalim .. 155.20 ..

> The highly sacred Śuklatīrtha is reached by the exhaustion of sins. / He who, having become pure, offers here a single handful of water from the Revā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.21)

kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi pitarastena tarpitāḥ .. 155.21 ..

> by him the ancestors are propitiated for thousands of kotis of kalpas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.22)

ekaḥ putro dharāpṛṣṭhe pitḥṇāmārtināśanaḥ .  
cāṇakyo nāma rājābhūcchuklatīrthaṃ ca veda saḥ .. 155.22 ..

> There was a singular son on the face of the earth who destroyed the distress of his ancestors; / he was a king named Cāṇakya, and he knew Śuklatīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.23)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
ko'sau dvijavaraśreṣṭha cāṇakyo nāma nāmataḥ .  
śuklatīrthasya yo vettā nānyo vettā hi kaścana .. 155.23 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / Who is this one named Cāṇakya, O best among the foremost of the twice-born, / who was the knower of Śuklatīrtha, and indeed no one else was a knower?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.24)

kenopāyena tattīrthaṃ tena jñātaṃ dharātale .  
tadahaṃ śrotumicchāmi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me .. 155.24 ..

> By what means was that sacred ford known by him on the earth's surface? / I wish to hear that, for great indeed is my curiosity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.25)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
ikṣvākuprabhavo rājā naptā śuddhodanasya ca .  
cāṇakyo nāma rājarṣirbubhuje pṛthivīmimām .. 155.25 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / A king arisen from Ikṣvāku, and the grandson of Śuddhodana, / a royal sage named Cāṇakya ruled over this earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.26)

vikrānto matimāñchūraḥ sarvalokairavañcitaḥ .  
vañcitaḥ sahasā dhūrtavāyasābhyāṃ nṛpottamaḥ .. 155.26 ..

> Valiant, intelligent, heroic, undeceived by anyone in all the worlds, / that best of kings was suddenly tricked by two rogue crows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.27)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
kathaṃ sa vañcito rājā vāyasābhyāṃ kuto'thavā .  
purā yena pratijñātaṃ dhīgarbheṇa mahātmanā .. 155.27 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / How was that king deceived by two crows, or whence did it occur? / By whom of old, a great-souled one endowed with wisdom, it had been resolved:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.28)

na jīve vañcito'nyena prāṇāṃstyakṣye na saṃśayaḥ .  
etanme vada viprendra paraṃ kautūhalaṃ mama .. 155.28 ..

> 'I shall not live if deceived by another; I will abandon my life, there is no doubt.' / Tell me this, O foremost of vipras, for my curiosity is great.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.29)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
ātmānaṃ vañcitaṃ jñātvā tadā saṃgṛhya vāyasau .  
preṣayāmāsa tīvreṇa daṇḍena yamasādanam .. 155.29 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Knowing himself to be tricked, he seized the two crows then, / and sent them by severe punishment to the abode of Yama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.30)

vāyasāvūcatuḥ .  
sundopasundayoḥ putrāvāvāṃ kākatvamāgatau .  
mā vadhīstvaṃ mahābhāga kasmiṃścitkāraṇāntare .. 155.30 ..

> The two crows said: / 'We are the sons of Sunda and Upasunda, arrived into crowhood. / Do not kill us, O fortunate one, for the sake of some different reason!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.31)

tāvāvāṃ kṛtasaṃkalpau tvayā kopena mānada .  
nirastāvanirastau vā yāsyāvaḥ paramāṃ gatim .. 155.31 ..

> Both of us have made our resolution; O giver of honor, whether expelled / or unexpelled by you in anger, we shall attain the supreme state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.32)

tadādeśaya rājendra kṛtvā tava mahatpriyam .  
muktaśāpau bhaviṣyāvo brahmaṇo vacanaṃ tathā .. 155.32 ..

> Therefore, command us, O supreme king, so that, having done what is exceedingly pleasing to you, / we two may become freed from the curse; such is the word of Brahmā.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.33)

tacchrutvā kākavacanaṃ cāṇakyo nṛpasattamaḥ .  
nāhaṃ jīve viditvaivaṃ vañcitaḥ kena karhicit .. 155.33 ..

> Hearing that speech of the crows, Cāṇakya, the best among kings, said: / 'Knowing this, I cannot live having been ever tricked by anyone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.34)

tasmāttīrthaṃ vijānītaṃ yamasya sadane dvijau .  
preṣayāmi yathānyāyaṃ śrutvā tatkathayiṣyathaḥ .. 155.34 ..

> Therefore, you two birds, find out about the sacred ford in the abode of Yama! / I dispatch you duly; having heard of it, you shall tell it to me.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.35)

tenaiva muktau tau kākau srakcandanavibhūṣitau .  
śīghragau preṣayāmāsa yamasya sadanaṃ prati .. 155.35 ..

> Released by him, those two swift-flying crows, adorned with garlands and sandalwood paste, / were dispatched towards the abode of Yama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.36)

rājovāca -  
tatra dharmapuraṃ gatvā vicarantāvitastataḥ .  
yadi pṛcchati dharmātmā yamaḥ saṃyamano mahān .. 155.36 ..

> The king said:  
> "Having gone to the City of Dharma and wandering there, here and there, / if the righteous Yama, the great Restrainer, asks:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.37)

kuto vāmāgataṃ brūtaṃ kena vā bhūṣitāvubhau .  
madīyā bhāratī tasya kathanīyā hyaśaṅkitam .. 155.37 ..

> 'Tell \[me\], from where have you two come, or by whom are you both adorned?' / then my word must indeed be spoken to him without fear:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.38)

ikṣvākusaṃbhavo rājā cāṇakyo nāma dhārmikaḥ .  
dvādaśāhe mṛtasyāsya tarpitāvaśanādinā .. 155.38 ..

> 'A righteous king born of Ikṣvāku's race named Cāṇakya / has died; on his twelfth day, we two were satiated with food and offerings.'"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.39)

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ rājño gatau tau yamasādanam .  
krīḍitau prāṅgaṇe tasya srakcandanavibhūṣitau .  
dharmarājena tau dṛṣṭau pṛṣṭau dhṛṣṭau ca vāyasau .. 155.39 ..

> Having heard those words of the king, the two went to Yama's dwelling. / They frolicked in his courtyard, adorned with garlands and sandalwood paste. / Seen by the King of Dharma, the two bold crows were questioned.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.40)

yama uvāca -  
kutaḥ sthānātsamāyātau kena vā bhūṣitāvubhau .  
vṛttaṃ vai kathyatāmetadvāyasāvaviśaṅkayā .. 155.40 ..

> Yama said:  
> "From what place have you two arrived, or by whom are you both adorned? / O two crows, tell this account indeed without hesitation."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.41)

kākāvūcatuḥ .  
ikṣvākusambhavo rājā cāṇakyo nāma dhārmikaḥ .  
dvādaśāhe mṛtasyāsya tarpitāvaśanādibhiḥ .. 155.41 ..

> The two crows said:  
> "A righteous king born of Ikṣvāku's race named Cāṇakya / has died; on his twelfth day, we were satiated with food and offerings."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.42)

tayostadvacanaṃ śrutvā sadā vaivasvato yamaḥ .  
citraguptaṃ kaliṃ kālaṃ vīkṣyatāmidamabravīt .. 155.42 ..

> Having heard that statement of the two, the eternal Vaivasvata Yama, / having looked at Chitragupta, Kali, and Kāla, said this:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.43)

aṇḍajasvedajātīnāṃ bhūtānāṃ sacarācare .  
vihitaṃ lokakartḥṇāṃ sānnidhyaṃ brahmaṇā mama .. 155.43 ..

> "Of beings born of eggs and sweat among the moving and unmoving, / by Brahmā, the presence of the makers of the worlds has been assigned to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.44)

gataḥ kutra durācāraścāṇakyo nāmatastviha .  
anviṣyatāṃ purāṇeṣu tvitihāseṣu yā gatiḥ .. 155.44 ..

> Where has the wicked one named Cāṇakya gone from here? / Let the destiny that is \[recorded\] in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas be investigated!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.45)

tatastairdharmapālaistu dharmarājapracoditaiḥ .  
nirīkṣitā purāṇoktā karmajā gatirāgatiḥ .. 155.45 ..

> Then, by those guardians of dharma urged by the King of Dharma, / the arrival and destiny born of karma as spoken in the Purāṇas was examined.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.46)

tataḥ provāca vacanaṃ dharmo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ .  
śṛṇvatāṃ dharmapālānāṃ meghagambhīrayā girā .. 155.46 ..

> Then Dharma, the foremost of the maintainers of dharma, / spoke a statement in a voice deep as a thundercloud while the guardians of dharma listened:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.47)

śuklatīrthe mṛtānāṃ tu narmadāvimale jale .  
aṇḍajasvedajātīnāṃ na gatirmama sannidhau .. 155.47 ..

> "Of those who die at Śuklatīrtha, in the clear water of the Narmadā, / among those born of eggs or sweat, there is no going to my presence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.48)

tattīrthaṃ dhārmikaṃ loke brahmaviṣṇumaheśvaraiḥ .  
nirmitaṃ parayā bhaktyā lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā .. 155.48 ..

> That righteous sacred ford in the world was fashioned by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara / with supreme devotion, wishing for the welfare of the worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.49)

pāpopapātakairyuktā ye narā narmadājale .  
śuklatīrthe mṛtāḥ śuddhā na te madviṣayāḥ kvacit .. 155.49 ..

> Men who are joined with sins and minor sins, / who die purified in the water of the Narmadā at Śuklatīrtha, are never my subjects."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.50)

etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ tau kākau yamabhāṣitam .  
āgatau śīghragau pārtha dṛṣṭvā yamapuraṃ mahat .. 155.50 ..

> Having heard this speech uttered by Yama, / those two swift-flying crows, having seen the great city of Yama, returned, O Pārtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.51)

pṛṣṭau tau praṇatau rājñā yathāvṛttaṃ yathāśrutam .  
kathayāmāsatuḥ pārtha dānavau kākatāṃ gatau .. 155.51 ..

> Questioned by the king as they bowed, as it happened and as it was heard, / the two Dānavas who had become crows spoke, O Pārtha:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.52)

asmātsthānādgatāvāvāṃ yamasya puramuttamam .  
pṛthivyā dakṣiṇe bhāge hyatītya bahuyonijam .. 155.52 ..

> "From this place, we two went to the excellent city of Yama, / in the southern quarter of the earth, passing beyond many \[destinies\] born of wombs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.53)

tatpuraṃ kāmagaṃ divyaṃ svarṇaprākāratoraṇam .  
anekagṛhasambādhaṃ maṇikāñcanabhūṣitam .. 155.53 ..

> That city moves at will, celestial, with golden ramparts and archways, / crowded with countless houses, adorned with jewels and gold,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.54)

catuṣpathaiścatvaraiśca ghaṇṭāmārgopaśobhitam .  
udyānavanasaṃchannaṃ padminīkhaṇḍamanditam .. 155.54 ..

> graced with crossroads, squares, and ringing thoroughfares, / covered with parks and woods, ornamented with clusters of lotus ponds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.55)

haṃsasārasasaṃghuṣṭaṃ kokilākulasaṃkulam .  
siṃhavyāghragajākīrṇamṛkṣavānarasevitam .. 155.55 ..

> resounding with swans and sāra-cranes, teeming with multitudes of cuckoos, / filled with lions, tigers, and elephants, frequented by bears and monkeys,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.56)

naranārīsamākīrṇaṃ nityotsavavibhūṣitam .  
śaṃkhadundubhirnirghoṣairvīṇāveṇunināditam .. 155.56 ..

> crowded with men and women, adorned with perpetual festivals, / resounding with the sounds of conches and drums, and with the melodies of viṇas and flutes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.57)

yamamārge'pi vihitaṃ svargalokamivāparam .  
gatau tatra punaścānyairyamadūtairyamājñayā .. 155.57 ..

> Even on the path of Yama it is constructed like another heavenly world. / Having gone there, again by other messengers of Yama by Yama's order,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.58)

viditau preṣitau tatra yatra devo jagatprabhuḥ .  
prāṇasya bhītyā dṛṣṭo'sau siṃhāsanagataḥ prabhuḥ .. 155.58 ..

> we were announced and sent to where the god, the lord of the universe, was. / Out of fear for our lives, that lord was seen seated upon a lion-throne:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.59)

mahākāyo mahājaṅgho mahāskandho mahodaraḥ .  
mahāvakṣā mahābāhurmahāvaktrekṣaṇo mahān .. 155.59 ..

> huge-bodied, huge-shanked, huge-shouldered, huge-bellied, / huge-chested, huge-armed, with a huge face and huge eyes, great,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.60)

mahāmahiṣamārūḍho mahāmukuṭabhūṣitaḥ .  
tatrānyaśca kaliḥ kālaścitragupto mahāmatiḥ .. 155.60 ..

> mounted upon a huge buffalo, adorned with a great crown. / And there other \[figures were seen\]: Kali, Kāla, and the wise Citragupta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.61)

samāgatau tadā dṛṣṭau madhye jvalitapāvakau .  
puṇyapāpāni jantūnāṃ śrutismṛtyarthapāragau .. 155.61 ..

> who had arrived and were seen with blazing fire between them, / masters of the meaning of the Śrutis and Smṛtis, \[examining\] the merits and sins of living beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.62)

vicārayantau satataṃ tiṣṭhāte tau divāniśam .  
tato hyāvāṃ praṇāmānte yamena yamamūrtinā .. 155.62 ..

> Constantly deliberating, those two stand day and night. / Then, at the conclusion of our salutation, by Yama in the form of the Restrainer,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.63)

pṛṣṭāvāgamane hetuṃ tamabrūva śṛṇuṣva tat .  
ujjayinyāṃ mahīpālaścāṇakyo'bhūtpratāpavān .. 155.63 ..

> we were asked the cause of our arrival. We spoke to him—hear that: / 'In Ujjayinī there was a glorious king named Cāṇakya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.64)

dvādaśāhe mṛtasyāsya bhuktvā prāptau yamālayam .  
tato'smākaṃ vacaḥ śrutvā kampayitvā śiro yamaḥ .. 155.64 ..

> He died, and on his twelfth day, having eaten, we reached the abode of Yama.' / Then, having heard our words, shaking his head, Yama  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.65)

uvāca vacanaṃ satyaṃ sabhāmadhye hasanniva .  
asti tatkāraṇaṃ yena cāṇakyaḥ pāpapūruṣaḥ .. 155.65 ..

> spoke a true statement in the midst of the assembly, smiling as it were: / 'There is a reason by which Cāṇakya, a man of sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.66)

nāyāto mama loke tu sarvapāpabhayaṃkare .  
śuklatīrthe mṛtānāṃ tu narmadāyāṃ paraṃ padam .. 155.66 ..

> has not come to my realm, which is terrible to all sins. / For those who die at Śuklatīrtha on the Narmadā, the supreme abode  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.67)

jāyate sarvajantūnāṃ nātra kācidvicāraṇā .  
avaśaḥ svavaśo vāpi jantustatkṣetramaṇḍale .. 155.67 ..

> arises for all living creatures; there is no doubt about this. / Helpless or master of himself, when a creature dies in the circle of that sacred field,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.68)

mṛtaḥ sa vai na sandeho rudrasyānucaro bhavet .  
taddharmavacanaṃ śrutvā nirgatya nagarādbahiḥ .. 155.68 ..

> he surely becomes an attendant of Rudra—there is no doubt.' / Having heard that righteous word, having gone outside the city,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.69)

paśyantau vividhāṃ ghorāṃ narake lokayātanām .  
triṃśatkoṭyo hi ghorāṇāṃ narakāṇāṃ nṛpottama .. 155.69 ..

> seeing the various dreadful torments of the worlds in hell— / for there are thirty crores of dreadful hells, O best of kings—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.70)

dṛṣṭā bhītau parāmārtigatau tatra mahāpathi .  
narako rauravastatra mahāraurava eva ca .. 155.70 ..

> we, being terrified, reached the greatest distress there on the great highway. / The hell Raurava was there, and also Mahāraurava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.71)

peṣaṇaḥ śoṣaṇaścaiva kālasūtro'sthibhañjanaḥ .  
tāmisraścāndhatāmisraḥ kṛmipūtivahastathā .. 155.71 ..

> Peṣaṇa, Śoṣaṇa, and Kālasūtra, Asthibhañjana, / Tāmisra, Andhatāmisra, and Kṛmipūtivaha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.72)

dṛṣṭaścānyo mahājvālastatraiva viṣabhojanaḥ .  
narakau daṃśamaśakau tathā yamalaparvatau .. 155.72 ..

> and another, Mahājvāla, was seen right there, and Viṣabhojana, / the two hells Daṃśamaśaka, and likewise the Twin Mountains.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.73)

nadī vaitaraṇī dṛṣṭā sarvapāpapraṇāśinī .  
śītalaṃ salilaṃ yatra pibanti hyamṛtopamam .. 155.73 ..

> The river Vaitaraṇī was seen, destroyer of all sins, / where \[the virtuous\] drink cool water resembling nectar,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.74)

tadeva nīraṃ pāpānāṃ śoṇitaṃ parivartate .  
asipatravanaṃ cānyaddṛṣṭānyā mahatī śilā .. 155.74 ..

> yet that same water turns into blood for sinners. / And another, the Asipatravana forest, was seen, and another huge stone,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.75)

agnipuṃjanibhākārā viśālā śālmalī parā .  
ityādayastathaivānye śatasāhasrasaṃjñitāḥ .. 155.75 ..

> resembling a mass of fire, and another vast Śālmalī tree. / These and others designated in the hundreds and thousands,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.76)

ghoraghoratarā dṛṣṭāḥ kliśyante yatra mānavāḥ .  
vācikairmānasaiḥ pāpaiḥ karmajaiśca pṛthagvidhaiḥ .. 155.76 ..

> dreadful and more dreadful, were seen, where human beings are tormented / on account of verbal and mental sins, and various kinds born of action,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.77)

ahaṃkārakṛtairdoṣairmāyāvacanapūrvakaiḥ .  
pitā mātā gururbhrātā anāthā vikalendriyāḥ .. 155.77 ..

> faults caused by egotism preceded by deceitful words: / father, mother, guru, brother, the helpless, and the disabled,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.78)

bhramanti noddhṛtā yeṣāṃ gatisteṣāṃ hi raurave .  
tatra te dvādaśābdāni kṣapitvā raurave'dhamāḥ .. 155.78 ..

> who wander and have not been rescued—such people's destination is indeed in Raurava. / Having spent twelve years there in Raurava, those vile ones  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.79)

iha mānuṣyake loke dīnāndhāśca bhavanti te .  
devabrahmasvahartḥṇāṃ narāṇāṃ pāpakarmaṇām .. 155.79 ..

> In this human world, they become wretched and blind. / For men of evil deeds who rob the property of the gods and brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.80)

mahārauravamāśritya dhruvaṃ vāso yamālaye .  
tataḥ kālena mahatā pāpāḥ pāpena veṣṭitāḥ .. 155.80 ..

> dwelling in Yama's abode, consigned to Mahāraurava, is certain. / Then, after a long time, the sinful ones, wrapped up in their sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.81)

jāyante kaṇṭakairbhinnāḥ kośe vā kośakārakāḥ .  
mṛgapakṣivihaṅgānāṃ ghātakā māṃsabhakṣakāḥ .. 155.81 ..

> are born pierced by thorns, or as silkworms within cocoons. / Killers of deer, birds, and winged creatures, and eaters of flesh,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.82)

peṣaṇaṃ narakaṃ yānti śoṣaṇaṃ jīvabandhanāt .  
tatratyāṃ yātanāṃ ghorāṃ sahitvā śāstracoditām .. 155.82 ..

> go to the Peṣaṇa hell, and Śoṣaṇa from binding living beings. / Having endured the terrible torment there ordained by the scriptures,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.83)

iha mānuṣyatāṃ prāpya paṅgvandhabadhirā narāḥ .  
gavārthe brāhmaṇārthe ca hyanṛtaṃ vadatāmiha .. 155.83 ..

> and attaining humanity here, men become lame, blind, and deaf. / For those speaking untruths in this world for the sake of cattle or a brahmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.84)

patanaṃ jāyate puṃsāṃ narake kālasūtrake .  
tatratyā yātanā ghorā vihitā śāstrakartṛbhiḥ .. 155.84 ..

> a fall into the Kālasūtraka hell occurs for men. / Having experienced the terrible torment there ordained by the authors of the scriptures,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.85)

bhuktvā samāgatā hyatra te yāsyantyantyajāṃ gatim .  
bandhayanti ca ye jīvāṃstyaktvātmakulasantatim .. 155.85 ..

> and having returned here, they shall attain an outcaste birth. / And those who bind living beings, abandoning the lineage of their own family,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.86)

patanti nātra sandeho narake te'sthibhañjane .  
tatra varṣaśatasyānta iha mānuṣyatāṃ gatāḥ .. 155.86 ..

> fall, without a doubt, into the Asthibhañjana hell. / There, at the end of a hundred years, having attained humanity here,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.87)

kubjā vāmanakāḥ pāpā jāyante duḥkhabhāginaḥ .  
ye tyajanti svakāṃ bhāryāṃ mūḍhāḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ .. 155.87 ..

> those sinners are born as hunchbacks and dwarfs, experiencing sorrow. / Those foolish men considering themselves learned who abandon their own wives,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.88)

te yānti narakaṃ ghoraṃ tāmisraṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ .  
tatra varṣaśatasyānte iha mānuṣyatāṃ gatāḥ .. 155.88 ..

> go to the terrible hell Tāmisra; there is no doubt of this. / There, at the end of a hundred years, having attained humanity here,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.89)

duścarmāṇo durbhagāśca jāyante mānavā hi te .  
mānakūṭaṃ tulākūṭaṃ kūṭakaṃ tu vadanti ye .. 155.89 ..

> those men are indeed born with skin diseases and misfortune. / But those who speak false measures, false balances, and falsehoods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.90)

narake te'ndhatāmisre prapacyante narādhamāḥ .  
śatasāhasrikaṃ kālamuṣitvā tatra te narāḥ .. 155.90 ..

> those lowest of men are cooked in the Andhatāmisra hell. / Having dwelt there for a period of a hundred thousand years, those men,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.91)

iha śatrugṛhe tvandhā bhramante dīnamūrtayaḥ .  
pitṛdevadvijebhyo'nnamadattvā ye'tra bhuñjate .. 155.91 ..

> wretched in form, wander blind here in an enemy's house. / Those who eat here without offering food to ancestors, gods, and twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.92)

narake kṛmibhakṣye te patanti svātmapoṣakāḥ .  
tataḥ prasūtikāle hi kṛmibhuktaśca savraṇaḥ .. 155.92 ..

> those nourishers of their own selves fall into the Kṛmibhakṣya hell. / Then, at the time of rebirth, eaten by worms and full of sores,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.93)

jāyate'śucigandho'tra parabhāgyopajīvakaḥ .  
svakarmavicyutāḥ pāpā varṇāśramavivarjitāḥ .. 155.93 ..

> such a person is born foul-smelling here, living off the fortune of others. / The sinners fallen from their proper duties, devoid of caste and stage of life,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.94)

narake pūyasampūrṇe kliśyante hyayutaṃ samāḥ .  
pūrṇe tatra tataḥ kāle prāpya mānuṣyakaṃ bhavam .. 155.94 ..

> suffer in the hell filled with pus for ten thousand years. / Then, when that time is completed, having attained a human rebirth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.95)

udvejanīyā bhūtānāṃ jāyante vyādhibhirvṛtāḥ .  
agnido garadaścaiva lobhamohānvito naraḥ .. 155.95 ..

> they are born repellent to living beings and afflicted with diseases. / An arsonist, a poisoner, and a man filled with greed and delusion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.96)

narake viṣasampūrṇe nimajjati durātmavān .  
tatra varṣaśatātkālādunmajjanamavasthitaḥ .. 155.96 ..

> that evil-minded person sinks into the hell filled with poison. / Remaining there, he emerges from that time after a hundred years;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.97)

bhuvi mānuṣatāṃ prāpya kṛpaṇo jāyate punaḥ .  
pādukopānahau chatraṃ śayyāṃ prāvaraṇāni ca .. 155.97 ..

> having attained humanity on earth, he is born miserable again. / For not giving sandals, shoes, an umbrella, a bed, and coverings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.98)

adattvā daṃśamaśakairbhakṣyante janyasaptatim .  
piturdravyāpahartārastāḍanakrośane ratāḥ .. 155.98 ..

> they are eaten by gadflies and mosquitoes for seventy lifetimes. / Those who seize a father's wealth, engaged in beating and reproaching \[him\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.99)

pīḍanaṃ kriyate teṣāṃ yatra tau yugmaparvatau .  
yā sā vaitaraṇī ghorā nadī raktapravāhinī .. 155.99 ..

> their crushing is done where those two twin mountains are. / As for that terrible Vaitaraṇī, the river flowing with blood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.100)

pibanti rudhiraṃ tatra ye'bhiyānti rajasvalām .  
asipatravane ghore pīḍyante pāpakāriṇaḥ .. 155.100 ..

> those who approach a menstruating woman drink blood there. / In the terrible Asipatravana, the evildoers are tormented—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.101)

parapīḍākarā nityaṃ ye naro'ntyajagāminaḥ .  
gurudāraratānāṃ tu mahāpātakināmapi .. 155.101 ..

> those men who perpetually cause torment to others and have intercourse with outcaste women. / And for those great sinners delighting in the wife of a guru,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.102)

śilāvagūhanaṃ teṣāṃ jāyate janmasaptatim .  
jvalantīmāyasīṃ ghorāṃ bahukaṇṭakasaṃvṛtām .. 155.102 ..

> embracing a stone pillar occurs for seventy lifetimes. / A blazing, dreadful iron tree covered with many thorns—  
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### [6.3.155.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.103)

śālmalīṃ te'vagūhanti paradāraratā hi ye .  
parasya yoṣitaṃ hṛtvā brahmasvamapahṛtya ca .. 155.103 ..

> the Śālmalī—is embraced by those who delight in another's wife. / Having abducted another's woman and stolen a brahmin's property,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.104)

araṇye nirjale deśe sa bhavetkrūrarākṣasaḥ .  
devasvaṃ brāhmaṇasvaṃ ca lobhenaivāharecca yaḥ .. 155.104 ..

> he will become a cruel rākṣasa in a waterless wilderness. / And he who seizes the property of gods and of brahmins through greed,  
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### [6.3.155.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.105)

sa pāpātmā pare loke gṛdhrocchiṣṭena jīvati .  
evamādīni pāpāni bhuñjante yamaśāsanāt .. 155.105 ..

> that sinful-souled one lives on the leavings of vultures in the other world. / Such and other punishments of sins they experience by Yama's decree,  
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### [6.3.155.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.106)

yeṣāṃ tu darśanādeva śravaṇājjāyate bhayam .  
tathā dānaphalaṃ cānye bhuñjānā yamamandire .. 155.106 ..

> the mere sight of which, and the hearing of which, produces dread. / Likewise, others enjoying the fruit of gifts in Yama's palace  
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### [6.3.155.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.107)

dṛṣṭāḥ śrutaṃ kathayatāṃ dūtānāṃ ca yamājñayā .  
rathairanye gajairanye kecidvājibhirāvṛtāḥ .. 155.107 ..

> were seen, and heard of as the messengers related by Yama's order: / some accompanied by chariots, others by elephants, and some by horses,  
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### [6.3.155.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.108)

dṛṣṭāstatra mahābhāga tapaḥsaṃcayasaṃsthitāḥ .  
godātā svarṇadātā ca bhūmiratnapradā narāḥ .. 155.108 ..

> were seen there, O noble one, established in their accumulated austerities. / The giver of cows, the giver of gold, and men who give land and gems—  
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### [6.3.155.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.109)

śayyāśanagṛhādīnāṃ sa lokaḥ kāmado nṛṇām .  
annaṃ pānīyasahitaṃ dadate ye'tra mānavāḥ .. 155.109 ..

> that world grants the desires of mortals regarding beds, food, houses, and the like. / Those men who give food accompanied by water here,  
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### [6.3.155.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.110)

tatra tṛptāḥ susaṃtuṣṭāḥ krīḍante yamasādane .  
atra yaddīyate dānamapi vālāgramātrakam .. 155.110 ..

> rejoice there, sated and fully contented, in Yama's abode. / Whatever gift is given here, even the measure of the tip of a hair,  
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### [6.3.155.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.111)

tadakṣayaphalaṃ sarvaṃ śuklatīrthe nṛpottama .  
etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ yaddṛṣṭaṃ yacca vai śrutam .. 155.111 ..

> all that has imperishable fruit at Śuklatīrtha, O best of kings. / All this has been related to you—what was seen and what was heard.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.155.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.112)

kuruṣva yadabhipretaṃ yadi śaknoṣi mucyatām .  
tayostadvacanaṃ śrutvā cāṇakyo hṛṣṭamānasaḥ .. 155.112 ..

> Do what is intended, if you are able to be released.' / Having heard the word of the two, Cāṇakya, joyful in mind,  
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### [6.3.155.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.113)

visarjayāmāsa khagāvabhinandya punaḥpunaḥ .  
tābhyāṃ gatābhyāṃ sarvasvaṃ dattvā vipreṣu bhārata .. 155.113 ..

> dismissed the two birds, honouring them again and again. / When the two had departed, giving away all his wealth to the brahmins, O descendant of Bharata,  
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### [6.3.155.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.114)

kāmakrodhau parityajya jagāmāmaraparvatam .  
tatra baddhvoḍupaṃ gāḍhaṃ kṛṣṇarajjvāvalambitam .. 155.114 ..

> and abandoning desire and anger, he went to Amaraparvata. / Fastening firmly a small boat there, suspended by a black cord,  
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### [6.3.155.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.115)

plavamāno jagāmā'śu dhyāyandevaṃ janārdanam .  
ārogyaṃ bhāskarādiccheddhanaṃ vai jātavedasaḥ .. 155.115 ..

> he quickly set out floating, meditating upon Lord Janārdana. / One should desire health from the sun, and wealth indeed from fire;  
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### [6.3.155.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.116)

prāpnoti jñānamīśānānmokṣaṃ prāpnoti keśavāt .  
nīlaṃ raktaṃ tadabhavanmecakaṃ yaddhi sūtrakam .. 155.116 ..

> one attains knowledge from Īśāna, and attains liberation from Keśava. / The cord that was blue, red, and dark-coloured,  
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### [6.3.155.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.117)

śuddhasphaṭikasaṅkāśaṃ dṛṣṭvā rajjuṃ mahāmatiḥ .  
āplutya vimale toye gato'sau vaiṣṇavaṃ padam .. 155.117 ..

> seeing the rope resembling pure crystal, the wise one / plunged into the spotless water and went to the realm of Viṣṇu.  
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### [6.3.155.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.118)

gāyanti yadvedavidaḥ purāṇaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ śāśvatamacyutāhvayam .  
prāptaḥ sa taṃ rājasuto mahātmā nikṣipya dehaṃ śubhaśuklatīrthe .. 155.118 ..

> That eternal Nārāyaṇa, called Acyuta, the ancient one whom knowers of the Veda sing, / that high-souled king's son attained, having cast off his body at the auspicious Śuklatīrtha.  
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### [6.3.155.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.119)

eṣā te kathitā rājansiddhiścāṇakyabhūbhṛtaḥ .  
tathānyattava vakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikāgramānasaḥ .. 155.119 ..

> This attainment of perfection of King Cāṇakya has been told to you, O king. / Likewise I shall tell you another; listen with focused mind.  
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### [6.3.155.119\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.155.119_1)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe cāṇakyasiddhiprāptivarṇanaṃ nāma pañcapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-fifth chapter, named 'The Description of Cāṇakya's Attainment of Perfection', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the 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.6.3.155.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.155.1) — Sanskrit

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