[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) › 6.3.161 # Skandapurana 6.3.161 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.161 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.161.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.161.p1) adhyāya 161 > Chapter 161 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.161.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.161.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchenmahārāja sarpatīrthamanuttamam . yatra siddhā mahāsarpāstapastaptvā yudhiṣṭhira .. 161.1 .. > The glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, O great king, one should go to the unexcelled Sarpatīrtha, / where great serpents became perfected by performing austerity, O Yudhiṣṭhira: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.161.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.161.2) vāsukistakṣako ghoraḥ sārpa airāvatastathā . kāliyaśca mahābhāgaḥ karkoṭakadhanaṃjayau .. 161.2 .. > Vāsuki, the terrible Takṣaka, Sārpa, Airāvata likewise, / the highly fortunate Kāliya, Karkoṭaka, and Dhanañjaya; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.161.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.161.3) śaṅkhacūḍo mahātejā dhṛtarāṣṭro vṛkodaraḥ . kuliko vāmanaścaiva teṣāṃ ye putrapautriṇaḥ .. 161.3 .. > Śaṅkhacūḍa of great majesty, Dhṛtarāṣṭra, Vṛkodara, / Kulika, and Vāmana, and those who are their sons and grandsons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.161.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.161.4) tatra tīrthe mahāpuṇye tapastaptvā suduṣkaram . bhuñjanti vividhānbhogānkrīḍanti ca yathāsukham .. 161.4 .. > Having performed very difficult austerity at that most holy sacred ford, / they enjoy various pleasures and disport themselves at will. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.161.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.161.5) tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ . vājapeyaphalaṃ tasya purā provāca śaṅkaraḥ .. 161.5 .. > Śaṅkara formerly proclaimed that he who bathes at that sacred ford / and makes libations to the ancestors and gods gains the fruit of the Vājapeya sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.161.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.161.6) snātānāṃ sarpatīrthe tu narāṇāṃ bhuvi bhārata . sarpavṛścikajātibhyo na bhayaṃ vidyate kvacit .. 161.6 .. > For men who have bathed at Sarpatīrtha, O Bhārata, / there is never any fear in the world from species of snakes and scorpions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.161.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.161.7) mṛto bhogavatīṃ gatvā pūjyamāno mahoragaiḥ . nāgakanyāparivṛto mahābhogapatirbhavet .. 161.7 .. > When he dies, he goes to Bhogavatī, worshipped by the great serpents; / surrounded by snake maidens, he becomes a lord of great enjoyment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.161.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.161.8) mārgaśīrṣasya māsasya kṛṣṇapakṣe ca yāṣṭamī . sopavāsaḥ śucirbhūtvā liṅgaṃ sampūrayettilaiḥ . yathāvibhavasāreṇa gandhapuṣpaiḥ samarcayet .. 161.8 .. > On the eighth day in the dark fortnight of the month of Mārgaśīrṣa, / having fasted and become pure, one should cover the liṅga with sesame seeds / and worship it with fragrant pastes and flowers according to one's wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.161.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.161.9) evaṃ vidhāya vidhivatpraṇipatya kṣamāpayet . tasya yatphalamuddiṣṭaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva nareśvara .. 161.9 .. > Having performed this according to the rule, bowing down, one should ask for forgiveness. / Hear the fruit that is declared for him, O ruler of men: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.161.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.161.10) tilāstatra ca yatsaṃkhyāḥ patrapuṣpaphalāni ca . tāvatsvargapure rājanmodate kālamīpsitam .. 161.10 .. > As many as the sesame seeds are there, and the leaves, flowers, and fruits, / for that much desired time he rejoices in the city of heaven, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.161.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.161.11) tataḥ svargātparibhraṣṭo jāyate vimale kule . surūpaḥ subhagaścaiva dhanakoṭipatirbhavet .. 161.11 .. > Then, falling from heaven, he is born in a stainless family; / handsome and fortunate, he becomes master of ten million pieces of wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.161.11\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.161.11_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe sarpatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikaṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred and sixty-first chapter, named the Description of the Greatness of Sarpatīrtha, 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.6.3.161.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.161.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.161) · Pramāṇa