[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) › 6.3.175 # Skandapurana 6.3.175 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.175 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.175.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.175.p1) adhyāya 175 > Chapter 175 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.175.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.175.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - uttare narmadākūle bhṛgukṣetrasya madhyataḥ . kapileśvaraṃ tu vikhyātaṃ viśeṣātpāpanāśanam .. 175.1 .. > The glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / On the northern bank of the Narmadā, in the middle of Bhṛgukṣetra, / Kapileśvara is famous, especially for destroying sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.175.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.175.2) yo'sau sanātano devaḥ purāṇe paripaṭhyate . vāsudevo jagannāthaḥ kapilatvamupāgataḥ .. 175.2 .. > That eternal god who is proclaimed in the Purāṇa, / Vāsudeva, Lord of the Universe, assumed the form of Kapila. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.175.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.175.3) pātālaṃ sutalaṃ nāma tasyaiva nitalaṃ hyadhaḥ . gabhastigaṃ ca tasyādho hyandhatāmisrameva ca .. 175.3 .. > The netherworld named Sutala, and beneath it indeed Nitala, / and beneath that Gabhastimat, and indeed Andhatāmisra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.175.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.175.4) pātālaṃ saptamaṃ yacca hyadhastātsaṃsthitaṃ mahat . vasate tatra vai devaḥ purāṇaḥ parameśvaraḥ .. 175.4 .. > and the seventh Pātāla which is situated far below— / the ancient god, the supreme lord, dwells there indeed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.175.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.175.5) sa brahmā sa mahādevaḥ sa devo garuḍadhvajaḥ . pūjyamānaḥ suraiḥ siddhaistiṣṭhate brahmavādibhiḥ .. 175.5 .. > He is Brahmā, he is Mahādeva, he is the god whose emblem is Garuḍa. / Being worshiped by gods, siddhas, and exponents of the Veda, he abides \[there\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.175.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.175.6) vasatastasya rājendra kapilasya jagadguroḥ . vināśaṃ cāgrataḥ prāptāḥ kṣaṇena sagarātmajāḥ .. 175.6 .. > While he, Kapila, the teacher of the universe, was dwelling \[there\], O king of kings, / the sons of Sagara met destruction before him in an instant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.175.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.175.7) bhasmībhūtāṃstu tāndṛṣṭvā kapilo munisattamaḥ . jagāma paramaṃ śokaṃ cintyamāno'tha kilbiṣam .. 175.7 .. > Seeing them turned to ashes, Kapila, the best of sages, / felt supreme grief, pondering upon the sin: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.175.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.175.8) sarvasaṅgaparityāge citte nirviṣayīkṛte . ayuktaṃ ṣaṣṭisahasrāṇāṃ kartaṃ mama vināśanam .. 175.8 .. > “When all attachment has been abandoned and the mind is freed from sensory objects, / it was unfitting for me to bring about the destruction of sixty thousand \[men\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.175.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.175.9) kṛtasya karaṇaṃ nāsti tasmātpāpavināśanam . gatvā tu kāpilaṃ tīrthaṃ mocayāmyaghamātmanaḥ .. 175.9 .. > What is done cannot be undone; therefore, for the destruction of the sin, / having gone to the Kāpila sacred ford, I shall free myself from sin.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.175.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.175.10) pātālaṃ tu tato muktvā kapilo munisattamaḥ . tapaścacāra sumahannarmadātaṭamāsthitaḥ .. 175.10 .. > Then, having left Pātāla, Kapila, the best of sages, / performed very great austerity, staying on the bank of the Narmadā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.175.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.175.11) vratopavāsairvividhaiḥ snānadānajapādikaiḥ . paraṃ nirvāṇamāpannaḥ pūjayanrudramavyayam .. 175.11 .. > Through various vows and fasts, ritual ablutions, gifts, and recitations, / he attained supreme liberation, worshiping the imperishable Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.175.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.175.12) tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetparameśvaram . gosahasraphalaṃ tasya labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 175.12 .. > Whoever, having bathed at that sacred ford, worships the supreme lord, / attains the fruit of a thousand cows; there is no doubt in this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.175.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.175.13) jyeṣṭhamāse tu samprāpte śuklapakṣe caturdaśī . tatra snātvā vidhānena bhaktyā dānaṃ prayacchati .. 175.13 .. > When the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Jyeṣṭha arrives, / having bathed there according to rule, one gives a gift with devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.175.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.175.14) pātrabhūtāya viprāya svalpaṃ vā yadi vā bahu . akṣayaṃ tatphalaṃ proktaṃ śivena parameṣṭhinā .. 175.14 .. > To a deserving brahmin, whether small or great, / that fruit has been declared imperishable by Śiva, the supreme lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.175.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.175.15) aṅgārakadine prāpte caturthyāṃ navamīṣu ca . snānaṃ karoti puruṣo bhaktyopoṣya varāṅganā .. 175.15 .. > When a Tuesday coincides with the fourth or ninth \[tithi\], / if a man performs a bath, \[or\] if an excellent woman fasts with devotion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.175.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.175.16) rūpamaiśvaryamatulaṃ saubhāgyaṃ saṃtatiṃ parām . labhate saptajanmāni nityaṃ nityaṃ punaḥ punaḥ .. 175.16 .. > beauty, peerless sovereignty, good fortune, and supreme progeny / they obtain for seven births, continually, again and again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.175.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.175.17) paurṇamāsyāmamāvāsyāṃ snātvā piṇḍaṃ prayacchati . tasya te dvādaśābdāni tṛptā yānti surālayam .. 175.17 .. > Having bathed on a full moon or new moon day, whoever offers a rice-ball— / his \[ancestors\], satisfied, go to the abode of the gods for twelve years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.175.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.175.18) tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā dadyāddīpaṃ suśobhanam . jāyate tasya rājendra mahādīptiḥ śārīrajā .. 175.18 .. > Whoever with devotion offers a very radiant lamp at that sacred ford, / for him, O king of kings, a great bodily splendor is born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.175.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.175.19) tatra tīrthe mṛtānāṃ tu jantūnāṃ sarvadā kila . anivartikā bhavetteṣāṃ gatistu śivamandirāt .. 175.19 .. > For living beings who die at that sacred ford at any time, / their departure from the abode of Śiva never turns back. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.175.19\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.175.19_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe kapileśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcasaptādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred and seventy-fifth chapter, entitled “Description of the Māhātmya of the Kapileśvara 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.6.3.175.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.175.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.175](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.175) · Pramāṇa