[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) › 6.3.157 # Skandapurana 6.3.157 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.157 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.157.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.157.p1) adhyāya 157 > Chapter 157 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.157.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.157.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tasyaivānantaraṃ rājañchuklatīrthasamīpataḥ . vāsudevasya tīrthaṃ tu sarvalokeṣu pūjitam .. 157.1 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Immediately after that, O king, near Śuklatīrtha, / is the sacred ford of Vāsudeva, revered across all the worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.157.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.157.2) taddhi puṇyaṃ suvikhyātaṃ narmadāyāṃ purātanam . yatra huṅkāramātreṇa revā krośaṃ jagāma sā .. 157.2 .. > It is indeed holy, celebrated, and ancient on the Narmadā, / where by a mere roar the Revā receded by a krośa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.157.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.157.3) yadā prabhṛti rājendra huṅkāreṇa gatā sarit . tadāprabhṛti sa svāmī huṅkāraḥ śabdito budhaiḥ .. 157.3 .. > From the time the river receded by the roar, O chief of kings, / from that time that lord has been called 'Huṅkāra' by the wise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.157.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.157.4) huṅkāratīrthe yaḥ snātvā paśyatyavyayamacyutam . sa mucyate naraḥ pāpaiḥ saptajanma kṛtairapi .. 157.4 .. > Having bathed at Huṅkāratīrtha, whoever looks upon the imperishable Acyuta, / that man is freed from sins, even those committed over seven births. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.157.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.157.5) saṃsārārṇavamagnānāṃ narāṇāṃ pāpakarmiṇām . naivoddhartā jagannāthaṃ vinā nārāyaṇaṃ paraḥ .. 157.5 .. > For men who commit sins and are sunk in the ocean of worldly existence, / there is no other savior except Nārāyaṇa, the lord of the universe. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.157.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.157.6) sā jihvā yā hariṃ stauti taccittaṃ yattadarpitam . tāveva kevalau ślāghyau yau tatpūjākarau karau .. 157.6 .. > That tongue alone is \[true\] which praises Hari; that mind alone is \[true\] which is offered to him. / Those two hands alone are truly praiseworthy which perform his worship. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.157.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.157.7) sarvadā sarvakāryeṣu nāsti teṣāmamaṅgalam . yeṣāṃ hṛdistho bhagavānmaṅgalāyatano hariḥ .. 157.7 .. > At all times, in all undertakings, no inauspiciousness exists for those / within whose hearts abides the blessed Lord Hari, the abode of auspiciousness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.157.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.157.8) yadanyaddevatārcāyāḥ phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ . sāṣṭāṅgapraṇipātena tatphalaṃ labhate hareḥ .. 157.8 .. > Whatever other fruit a mortal obtains from worshipping deities, / one obtains that fruit of Hari merely by prostrating oneself with the eight limbs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.157.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.157.9) reṇuguṇṭhitagātrasya yāvanto'sya rajaḥkaṇāḥ . tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi viṣṇuloke mahīyate .. 157.9 .. > As many particles of dust as cling to a body covered with dust \[in prostration\], / for that many thousands of years he is honoured in Viṣṇu's world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.157.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.157.10) sammārjanābhyukṣaṇalepanena tadālaye naśyati sarvapāpam . nārī narāṇāṃ parayā tu bhaktyā dṛṣṭvā tu revāṃ narasattamasya .. 157.10 .. > By sweeping, sprinkling, and smearing \[with cow dung\] in his temple, all sin is destroyed / for a woman or for men, through supreme devotion, having beheld the Revā, O best of men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.157.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.157.11) yenārcito bhagavānvāsudevo janmārjitaṃ naśyati tasya pāpam . sa yāti lokaṃ garuḍadhvajasya vidhūtapāpaḥ surasaṅghapūjyatām .. 157.11 .. > One by whom the blessed Vāsudeva has been worshipped has the sin acquired over lifetimes destroyed. / Cleansed of sin, he goes to the world of him whose banner bears Garuḍa, worshipped by the host of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.157.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.157.12) śāṭhyenāpi namaskāraṃ prayuñjaṃścakrapāṇinaḥ . saptajanmārjitaṃ pāpaṃ gacchatyāśu na saṃśayaḥ .. 157.12 .. > Even if offering bow to the wielder of the discus deceitfully, / the sin accumulated over seven lifetimes swiftly departs; there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.157.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.157.13) pūjāyāṃ prīyate rudro japahomairdivākaraḥ . śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇiḥ praṇipātena tuṣyati .. 157.13 .. > Rudra is pleased by worship, the Sun-maker by recitation and fire offerings; / he who holds the conch, discus, and mace in hand is delighted by prostration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.157.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.157.14) bhavajaladhigatānāṃ dvandvavātāhatānāṃ sutaduhitṛkalatratrāṇabhārārditānām . viṣamaviṣayatoye majjatāmaplavānāṃ bhavati śaraṇameko viṣṇupoto narāṇām .. 157.14 .. > For mortals plunged into the ocean of worldly existence, buffeted by the winds of dualities, oppressed by the burden of protecting sons, daughters, and wives, / sinking into the perilous waters of sense objects without a raft, the boat of Viṣṇu alone is the refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.157.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.157.15) huṅkāratīrthe rājendra śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham . yatkṛtaṃ puruṣavyāghra tannaśyati na karhicit .. 157.15 .. > At the Huṅkāratīrtha, O king of kings, whether good or evil, / whatever is done, O tiger among men, never perishes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.157.15\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.157.15_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe huṅkārasvāmitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred fifty-seventh chapter, entitled the description of the māhātmya of the Huṅkārasvāmitīrtha, in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth \[part\], the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.157.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.157.1) — Sanskrit - [Kṛṣṇāmṛtamahārṇava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.madhva.krsnamrtamaharnava.205) — Madhva, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.157) · Pramāṇa