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Skandapurana 6.3.160

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.160

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6.3.160.p1

adhyāya 160

Chapter 160

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6.3.160.1

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchetpāṇḍuputra mokṣatīrthamanuttamam .
sevitaṃ devagandharvairmunibhiśca tapodhanaiḥ .. 160.1 ..

The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go, O son of Pāṇḍu, to the unexcelled Mokṣatīrtha, / frequented by gods, gandharvas, and sages rich in austerity.

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6.3.160.2

bahavastanna jānanti viṣṇumāyāvimohitāḥ .
yatra siddhā mahābhāgā ṛṣayaḥ satapodhanāḥ .. 160.2 ..

Many do not know of it, deluded by the māyā of Viṣṇu, / where the highly fortunate seers rich in austerity attained perfection:

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6.3.160.3

pulastyaḥ pulaho vidvānkratuścaiva mahāmatiḥ .
prācetaso vasiṣṭhaśca dakṣo nārada eva ca .. 160.3 ..

Pulastya, the wise Pulaha, and Kratu of great intellect, / the son of Pracetas, Vasiṣṭha, Dakṣa, and Nārada as well—

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6.3.160.4

ete cānye mahābhāgāḥ saptasāhasrasaṃjñitāḥ .
mokṣaṃ gatāḥ saha sutaistattīrthaṃ tena mokṣadam .. 160.4 ..

these and other highly fortunate ones, known as the seven thousand, / attained liberation along with their sons; therefore that sacred ford bestows liberation.

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6.3.160.5

tatra pravāhamadhye tu patitā tamahā nadī .
tatra tatsaṅgamaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram .. 160.5 ..

There into the midst of the stream fell that great river; / there is that confluence ford, which effects the destruction of all sins.

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6.3.160.6

ṛgyajuḥsāmasaṃjñānāmabhyastānāṃ tu yatphalam .
samyagjaptvā tu vidhinā gāyatrīṃ tatra tallabhet .. 160.6 ..

Whatever fruit is attained by the study of those known as Ṛg, Yajus, and Sāma [Vedas], / one obtains that there by properly reciting the Gāyatrī according to rule.

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6.3.160.7

tatra dattaṃ hutaṃ japtaṃ tīrthasevārjitaṃ phalam .
sarvamakṣayatāṃ yāti mokṣasādhanamuttamam .. 160.7 ..

What is given there, offered into the fire, recited, and the fruit acquired by attending upon the sacred ford, / all becomes imperishable, an excellent means to liberation.

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6.3.160.8

tatra tīrthe mṛtānāṃ tu saṃnyāsena dvijanmanām .
anivartikā gatisteṣāṃ mokṣatīrthaprabhāvataḥ .. 160.8 ..

For twice-born men who die at that sacred ford in renunciation, / their state is non-returning, through the power of Mokṣatīrtha.

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6.3.160.9

eṣa te vidhiruddiṣṭaḥ saṃkṣepeṇa mayānagha .
vyuṣṭistīrthasya mahatī purāṇe yābhidhīyate .. 160.9 ..

This rule has been briefly explained to you by me, O sinless one. / Great is the efficacy of the sacred ford which is proclaimed in the Purāṇa.

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6.3.160.9_2

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe mokṣatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the one hundred and sixtieth chapter, named the Description of the Greatness of Mokṣatīrtha, in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand [verses].

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