[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) › 6.3.174 # Skandapurana 6.3.174 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.174 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.174.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.174.p1) adhyāya 174 > Chapter 174 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.174.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.174.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - gopeśvaraṃ tato gaccheduttare narmadātaṭe . yatra snānena caikena mucyante pātakairnarāḥ .. 174.1 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go to Gopeśvara on the northern bank of the Narmadā, / where by a single bath men are freed from sins. 174.1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.174.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.174.2) tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā kurute prāṇasaṃkṣayam . barhiyuktena yānena sa gacchecchivamandire .. 174.2 .. > Whoever, having bathed at that sacred ford, brings about the end of his life, / goes to the abode of Śiva in a vehicle yoked to peacocks. 174.2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.174.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.174.3) krīḍitvā suciraṃ kālaṃ śivaloke narādhipa . iha mānuṣyatāṃ prāpya rājā bhavati vīryavān .. 174.3 .. > Having sported for a very long time in the world of Śiva, O ruler of men, / attaining human birth here, he becomes a mighty king. 174.3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.174.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.174.4) hastyaśvarathasampanno dāsīdāsasamanvitaḥ . pūjyamāno narendraiśca jīvedvarṣaśataṃ naraḥ .. 174.4 .. > Endowed with elephants, horses, and chariots, attended by female and male servants, / and honored by rulers of men, that person lives for a hundred years. 174.4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.174.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.174.5) samprāpte kārttike māsi navamyāṃ śuklapakṣataḥ . sopavāsaḥ śucirbhūtvā dīpakāṃstatra dāpayet .. 174.5 .. > When the month of Kārttika arrives, on the ninth day of the bright fortnight, / having fasted and become pure, one should present lamps there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.174.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.174.6) gandhapuṣpaiḥ samabhyarcya rātrau kurvīta jāgaram . tasya yatphalamuddiṣṭaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva narādhipa .. 174.6 .. > Having worshiped with fragrant perfumes and flowers, one should keep a vigil at night. / Hear what fruit is prescribed for him, O king: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.174.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.174.7) yāvatpuṇyaṃ phalaṃ saṃkhyā dīpakānāṃ tathaiva ca . tāvadyugasahasrāṇi śivaloke mahīyate .. 174.7 .. > As great as the meritorious fruit and as many as the number of lamps, / for so many thousands of yugas he is honored in the world of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.174.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.174.8) tasmiṃstīrthe tu rājendra liṅgapūraṇakaṃ vidhim . tathaiva padmakaiścaiva dadhibhaktaistathaiva ca .. 174.8 .. > At that sacred ford, O king of kings, the rite of filling the liṅga, / and likewise with lotuses and curd-rice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.174.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.174.9) yastu kuryānnaraśreṣṭha tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu . yāvanti tilasaṃkhyāni dadhibhaktaṃ tathaiva ca .. 174.9 .. > whoever performs it, O best of men, hear the meritorious fruit for him. / As many as the grains of sesame and the curd-rice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.174.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.174.10) padmasaṃkhyā śive loke modate kālamīpsitam . tasmiṃstīrthe tu rājendra yatkiṃciddīyate nṛpa .. 174.10 .. > and the number of lotuses, he rejoices in the world of Śiva for his desired time. / Whatever little is given at that sacred ford, O king, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.174.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.174.11) sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ tasya saṃkhyātuṃ vā na śakyate . evaṃ te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ sarvatīrthamanuttamam .. 174.11 .. > all of that becomes multiplied ten-millionfold; it cannot even be counted. / Thus has all this supreme \[merit\] of all sacred fords been told to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.174.11\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.174.11_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe gopeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma catuḥsaptatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred and seventy-fourth chapter, entitled “Description of the Māhātmya of the Gopeśvara Sacred Ford,” in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.174.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.174.1) — Sanskrit - [Vīraśaivācārapradīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.virasaiva.virasaivacarapradipika.302) — Gurudeva 1575, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.174) · Pramāṇa