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# Skandapurana 6.3.165

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.165

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.165.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.165.p1)

adhyāya 165

> Chapter 165  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.165.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.165.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
narmadādakṣiṇe kūle siddheśvaramiti śrutam .  
tīrthaṃ paraṃ mahārāja siddhaiḥ kṛtamiti prabho .. 165.1 ..

> The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / On the southern bank of the Narmadā is that sacred ford famed as Siddheśvara, / an supreme sacred ford, O great king, created by the Siddhas, O lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.165.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.165.2)

tatra tīrthaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu pāvanam .  
narmadāyā mahārāja dakṣiṇaṃ kūlamāśritam .. 165.2 ..

> There lies a greatly holy sacred ford, purifying among all sacred fords, / situated upon the southern bank of the Narmadā, O great king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.165.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.165.3)

tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ .  
śrāddhaṃ tatraiva yo dadyātpitḥnuddiśya bhārata .. 165.3 ..

> Having bathed in that sacred ford, a person should offer libations to the ancestors and gods. / Whoever performs a śrāddha right there dedicated to the ancestors, O descendant of Bharata,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.165.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.165.4)

tṛpyanti pitarastasya dvādaśābdānna saṃśayaḥ .  
tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā snātvā pūjayate śivam .. 165.4 ..

> his ancestors remain satisfied for twelve years, there is no doubt. / Moreover, whoever, having bathed with devotion in that sacred ford, worships Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.165.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.165.5)

rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā paṭhetpaurāṇikīṃ kathām .  
tataḥ prabhāte vimale snānaṃ kuryādyathāvidhi .. 165.5 ..

> observing a night vigil and reciting a purāṇic tale, / and then, at pure dawn, performs a ritual ablution according to rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.165.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.165.6)

vīkṣate girijākāntaṃ sa gacchetparamāṃ gatim .  
purā siddhā mahābhāgāḥ kapilādyā maharṣayaḥ .. 165.6 ..

> and beholds the beloved of Girijā, he goes to the supreme state. / In ancient times, the greatly fortunate Siddhas, Kapila and the other great seers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.165.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.165.7)

japantaśca paraṃ brahma yogasiddhā mahāvratāḥ .  
siddhiṃ te paramāṃ prāptā narmadāyāḥ prabhāvataḥ .. 165.7 ..

> reciting the supreme Brahman, perfected in yoga and of great vows, / attained supreme perfection through the power of the Narmadā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.165.7\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.165.7_2)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe siddheśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcaṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the one hundred sixty-fifth chapter, named 'The Description of the Greatness of Siddheśvaratīrtha', 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.6.3.165.p1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.165.1) — Sanskrit

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