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Skandapurana 6.3.163

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.163

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6.3.163.p1

adhyāya 163

Chapter 163

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6.3.163.1

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gacchenmahārāja nāgatīrthamanuttamam .
āśvinasya site pakṣe pañcamyāṃ niyataḥ śuciḥ .. 163.1 ..

The glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, O great king, one should go to the unexcelled Nāgatīrtha. / On the fifth day of the bright fortnight of Āśvina, self-restrained and pure,

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6.3.163.2

rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā gandhadhūpanivedanaiḥ .
prabhāte vimale snātvā śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi .. 163.2 ..

keeping a vigil at night with offerings of fragrances and incense, / having bathed in the stainless morning and performed a śrāddha according to the rule,

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6.3.163.3

mucyate sarvapāpebhyo nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .
tatra tīrthe tu yo rājanprāṇatyāgaṃ kariṣyati .. 163.3 ..

he is freed from all sins; no doubt should be entertained here. / Whoever, O king, shall cast off his life at that sacred ford,

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6.3.163.4

anivartikā gatistasya provāceti śivaḥ svayam .. 163.4 ..

his state is non-returning; so said Śiva himself.

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6.3.163.4_2

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe nāgatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma triṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the one hundred and sixty-third chapter, named the Description of the Greatness of Nāgatīrtha, 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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