[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) › 6.3.160 # Skandapurana 6.3.160 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.160 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.160.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.160.p1) adhyāya 160 > Chapter 160 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.160.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.160.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.160.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.160.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.160.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.160.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.160.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.160.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.160.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.160.9\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.160.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.160.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.160) · Pramāṇa