[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) › 6.3.163 # Skandapurana 6.3.163 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.163 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.163.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.163.p1) adhyāya 163 > Chapter 163 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.163.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.163.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.163.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.163.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.163.4) anivartikā gatistasya provāceti śivaḥ svayam .. 163.4 .. > his state is non-returning; so said Śiva himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.163.4\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.163.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.163.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.163) · Pramāṇa