[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) › 6.3.158 # Skandapurana 6.3.158 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.158 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.158.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158.p1) adhyāya 158 > Chapter 158 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.158.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchetparaṃ tīrthaṃ saṅgameśvaramuttamam . narmadādakṣiṇe kūle sarvapāpabhayāpaham .. 158.1 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go to the supreme sacred ford, the excellent Saṅgameśvara, / on the southern bank of the Narmadā, which removes all sins and fears. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.158.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158.2) dhanadastatra viśrānto muhūrtaṃ nṛpasattama . pitṛlokātsamāyātaḥ kailāsaṃ dharaṇīdharam .. 158.2 .. > Kubera rested there for a moment, O best of kings, / having come from the realm of the ancestors on his way to Mount Kailāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.158.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158.3) pratyayārthaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha hyadyāpi dharaṇītale . kṛṣṇavarṇā hi pāṣāṇā dṛśyante sphaṭikojjvalāḥ .. 158.3 .. > As proof of this, O best of kings, even today on the earth's surface / black stones are seen shining like crystal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.158.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158.4) vindhyanirjharaniṣkrāntā puṇyatoyā saridvarā . praviṣṭā narmadātoye sarvapāpapraṇāśane .. 158.4 .. > Coming forth from the waterfalls of the Vindhya, an excellent river of holy waters / entered into the water of the Narmadā, which destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.158.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158.5) saṅgame tatra yaḥ snātvā pūjayetsaṅgameśvaram . aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam .. 158.5 .. > Having bathed at that confluence, whoever worships Saṅgameśvara / undoubtedly obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.158.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158.6) ghaṇṭāpatākāvitanaṃ yo dadetsaṅgameśvare . haṃsayuktavimānastho divyastrīśatasaṃvṛtaḥ .. 158.6 .. > Whoever donates a bell, flags, and an awning at Saṅgameśvara, / seated in an aerial chariot harnessed with swans and surrounded by a hundred celestial women, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.158.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158.7) sa rudrapadamāpnoti rudrasyānucaro bhavet . dadhi bhakte na devasya yaḥ kuryālliṅgapūraṇam .. 158.7 .. > attains the state of Rudra and becomes an attendant of Rudra. / Whoever covers the liṅga of the god with curd and cooked rice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.158.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158.8) sikthasaṃkhyaṃ śive loke sa vasetkālamīpsitam . śrīphalaiḥ pūrayelliṅgaṃ niḥsvo bhūtvā bhavasya tu .. 158.8 .. > dwells in the world of Śiva for a desired length of time equal to the number of grains of boiled rice. / And having become destitute, if one covers the liṅga of Bhava with wood-apple fruits, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.158.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158.9) so'pi tatphalamāpnoti gataḥ svarge nareśvara . akṣayā santatistasya jāyate saptajanmasu .. 158.9 .. > he too attains that fruit, having gone to heaven, O lord of men; / his lineage becomes imperishable throughout seven births. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.158.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158.10) snapanaṃ devadevasya dadhnā madhughṛtena vā . yaḥ karoti vidhānena tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu .. 158.10 .. > Whoever performs the ceremonial bath of the god of gods with curds, honey, or clarified butter / according to the prescribed rule, hear the meritorious fruit of that person: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.158.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158.11) dhṛtakṣīravahā nadyo yatra vṛkṣā madhusravāḥ . tatra te mānavā yānti suprasanne maheśvare .. 158.11 .. > Where rivers flow with clarified butter and milk, and where trees exude honey, / there those mortals go when Maheśvara is well pleased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.158.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158.12) patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ toyaṃ yastu dadyānmaheśvare . tatsarvaṃ saptajanmāni hyakṣayaṃ phalamaśnute .. 158.12 .. > Whoever offers a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water to Maheśvara, / enjoys the imperishable fruit of all that throughout seven births. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.158.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158.13) sarveṣāmeva pātrāṇāṃ mahāpātraṃ maheśvaraḥ . tasmātsarvaprayatnena pūjanīyo maheśvaraḥ .. 158.13 .. > Among all worthy recipients, Maheśvara is the greatest recipient; / therefore, with every effort, Maheśvara is to be worshipped. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.158.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158.14) brahmacaryasthito nityaṃ yastu pūjayate śivam . iha jīvansa deveśo mṛto gacchedanāmayam .. 158.14 .. > Whoever, established in celibacy, constantly worships Śiva, / lives here as a lord of gods, and on dying goes to the disease-free realm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.158.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158.15) śive tu pūjite pārtha yatphalaṃ prāpyate budhaiḥ . yogīndre caiva tatpārtha pūjite labhate phalam .. 158.15 .. > The fruit which is obtained by the wise when Śiva is worshipped, O son of Pṛthā, / that same fruit one obtains, O son of Pṛthā, when a lord of yogins is worshipped. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.158.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158.16) te dhanyāste mahātmānasteṣāṃ janma sujīvitam . yeṣāṃ gṛheṣu bhuñjanti śivabhaktiratā narāḥ .. 158.16 .. > Blessed are they, great-souled are they, well-lived is their life, / in whose homes men devoted to the devotion of Śiva take food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.158.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158.17) saṃnirudhyendriyagrāmaṃ yatrayatra vasenmuniḥ . tatra tatra kurukṣetraṃ naimiṣaṃ puṣkarāṇi ca .. 158.17 .. > Wherever a sage may dwell, having restrained the collection of senses, / there are Kurukṣetra, Naimiṣa, and the Puṣkaras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.158.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158.18) yatphalaṃ vedaviduṣi bhojite śatasaṃkhyayā . tatphalaṃ jāyate pārtha hyekena śivayoginā .. 158.18 .. > The fruit that arises when one hundred knowers of the Veda are fed, / that fruit arises, O son of Pṛthā, through a single Śiva-yogin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.158.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158.19) yatra bhuñjati bhasmāṅgī mūrkho vā yadi paṇḍitaḥ . tatra bhuñjati deveśaḥ sapatnīko vṛṣadhvajaḥ .. 158.19 .. > Wherever one whose limbs are smeared with ashes eats, whether a fool or a scholar, / there eats the lord of the gods, the bull-bannered god, along with his consort. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.158.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158.20) viprāṇāṃ vedaviduṣāṃ koṭiṃ saṃbhojya yatphalam . bhikṣāmātrapradānena tatphalaṃ śivayoginām .. 158.20 .. > The fruit of feeding ten million brahmins who know the Vedas / is attained merely by giving alms to Śiva-yogins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.158.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158.21) saṅgameśvaramāsādya prāṇatyāgaṃ karoti yaḥ . na tasya punarāvṛttiḥ śivalokātkadācana .. 158.21 .. > Whoever gives up his life after reaching Saṅgameśvara, / for him there is never any return from the world of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.158.21\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158.21_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe saṅgameśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred fifty-eighth chapter, entitled the description of the māhātmya of the Saṅgameśvaratīrtha, 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.6.3.158.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.158.1) — Sanskrit - [Acintyaviśvasādākhyatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.siva.acintyavisvasadakhyatantra.9.1107) — Sanskrit - [Haracaritacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.haracaritacintamani.30.p1.84) — Jayadratha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.158) · Pramāṇa