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# Skandapurana 6.3.176

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.176

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.176.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.p1)

adhyāyaḥ 176

> Chapter 176  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tato gacchenmahīpāla piṅgalāvartamuttamam .  
tīrthaṃ sarvaguṇopetaṃ kāmikaṃ bhuvi durlabham .. 176.1 ..

> The glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go, O king, to the excellent Piṅgalāvarta, / a sacred ford endowed with all virtues, fulfilling desires, rare on earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.2)

vācikaṃ mānasaṃ pāpaṃ karmajaṃ yatpurā kṛtam .  
piṅgaleśvaramāsādya tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ vrajet .. 176.2 ..

> Sin committed formerly by speech, mind, or action— / having approached Piṅgaleśvara, all that dissolves away.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.3)

tatra snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca devakhāte kṛtaṃ nṛpa .  
akṣayaṃ tadbhavetsarvamityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt .. 176.3 ..

> A bath and a gift performed there in Devakhāta, O king, / all that becomes imperishable; thus indeed Śaṅkara spoke.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.4)

pṛthivyāṃ sarvatīrtheṣu samuddhṛtya śubhodakam .  
muktaṃ tatra suraiḥ khātvā devakhātaṃ tato'bhavat .. 176.4 ..

> Having gathered auspicious water from all the sacred fords on earth, / it was released there by the gods after digging; hence it became Devakhāta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.5)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
kathaṃ tu devakhātaṃ tatsaṃjātaṃ dvijasattama .  
surāḥ sarve kathaṃ tatra mumucurvāri tīrthajam .  
sarvaṃ kathaya me vipra śravaṇe lampaṭaṃ manaḥ .. 176.5 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / How did that Devakhāta come to be, O best of the twice-born? / Why did all the gods release water from sacred fords there? / Tell me everything, O brahmin; my mind is eager to hear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.6)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
yadā tu śūlaśuddhyarthaṃ rudro devagaṇaiḥ saha .  
babhrāma pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ kamaṇḍaludharaḥ śubhām .. 176.6 ..

> The glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / When, for the sake of purifying his trident, Rudra, carrying a water-pot, / wandered over the entire auspicious earth together with the hosts of gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.7)

prabhāsādyeṣu tīrtheṣu snānaṃ cakruḥ surāstadā .  
sarvatīrthotthitaṃ toyaṃ pātre vai nihitaṃ tu taiḥ .. 176.7 ..

> the gods then bathed in sacred fords beginning with Prabhāsa. / Water taken from all the sacred fords was placed into a vessel by them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.8)

śūlabhedamanuprāpya śūlaṃ śuddhaṃ tu śūlinaḥ .  
tatrotthamudakaṃ gṛhya āgatā bhṛgukacchake .. 176.8 ..

> Having reached Śūlabheda, the trident of the Trident-Bearer was purified. / Taking the water that arose there, they came to Bhṛgukaccha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.9)

tatrāpaśyaṃstato hyagniṃ ca piṅgalākṣaṃ ca rogiṇam .  
tapasyugre vyavasitaṃ dhyāyamānaṃ maheśvaram .. 176.9 ..

> Then they saw there the tawny-eyed Agni, afflicted with disease, / engaged in fierce austerity, meditating on Maheśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.10)

havirbhāgaistu viprāṇāṃ rājñāṃ caivāmayāvinām .  
dṛṣṭvā tu bahurogārtamagniṃ devamukhaṃ surāḥ .  
prāhuste sahitā devaṃ śaṅkaraṃ lokaśaṅkaram .. 176.10 ..

> Seeing Agni, the mouth of the gods, suffering from many diseases / because of the oblation-shares of diseased brahmins and kings, / the gods together spoke to the god Śaṅkara, the benefactor of the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.11)

devā ūcuḥ .  
prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ śambho piṅgalasyāmayāvinaḥ .  
yathā hi nīrujaḥ kāyo haviṣāṃ grahaṇakṣamaḥ .  
punarbhavati piṅgastu tathā kuru maheśvara .. 176.11 ..

> The gods said: / Let grace be shown, O Śambhu, to the diseased Piṅgala, / so that Piṅga's body becomes healthy again, capable of receiving oblations; / make it so, O Maheśvara!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.12)

īśvara uvāca -  
bhobhoḥ surā hi tapasā tuṣṭo'haṃ vo viśeṣataḥ .  
vacanācca viśeṣeṇa dadāmyabhimataṃ varam .. 176.12 ..

> Īśvara said:  
> “O gods, I am well pleased with your austerity,  
> and especially by your word; I grant the desired boon.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.13)

piṅgala uvāca -  
yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa dīyate deva cepsitam .  
candrādityau ca nayane kṛtvātra kalayā sthitaḥ .. 176.13 ..

> Piṅgala said:  
> “If you are pleased, O Lord of gods, and what is desired is granted, O God,  
> having made the moon and sun your eyes, stay here with a portion \[of yourself\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.14)

tathā punarnavaḥ kāyo bhavedvai mama śaṅkara .  
tathā kuru virūpākṣa namastubhyaṃ punaḥ punaḥ .. 176.14 ..

> so that my body may indeed become renewed, O Śaṅkara.  
> Bring that about, O Virūpākṣa; homage to you again and again!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.15)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tataḥ sa bhagavāñchambhurmūrtimādityarūpiṇīm .  
kṛtvā tu tasya tadrogamapānudata śaṅkaraḥ .. 176.15 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> Then that blessed Śambhu, having assumed  
> a form in the manner of the sun, removed that disease of his, O Śaṅkara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.16)

tataḥ punarnavībhūtaḥ punaḥ provāca śaṅkaram .  
atraiva sthīyatāṃ śambho tathaiva bhāskaraḥ svayam .. 176.16 ..

> Having then become renewed, he spoke again to Śaṅkara:  
> “Let Śambhu remain right here, and likewise the Sun himself,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.17)

prāṇināmupakārāya rogāṇāmupaśāntaye .  
pāpānāṃ dhvaṃsanārthāya śreyasāṃ caiva vṛddhaye .. 176.17 ..

> for the benefit of living beings, for the pacification of diseases,  
> for the destruction of sins, and for the increase of blessings.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.18)

evamuktastu bhagavānpiṅgalena mahātmanā .  
avatāraṃ ca kṛtavān gīrvāṇānidamabravīt .. 176.18 ..

> Addressed thus by the great-souled Piṅgala, the Lord  
> made a descent and spoke these words to the gods:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.19)

īśvara uvāca -  
muñcadhvamudakaṃ devāstīrthebhyo yatsamāhṛtam .  
mama cottarataḥ kṛtvā khātaṃ devamayaṃ śubham .. 176.19 ..

> Īśvara said:  
> “O gods, release the water that has been brought together from the sacred fords,  
> having made to the north of me an auspicious pit filled with deities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.20)

tatra nikṣipyatāṃ vāri sarvarogavināśanam .  
sarvapāpaharaṃ divyaṃ sarvairapi surādibhiḥ .. 176.20 ..

> Let that divine water, which destroys all diseases  
> and removes all sins, be poured there by all the gods and others.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.21)

evamuktāḥ surāḥ sarve khātaṃ kṛtvā tathottare .  
vayastriṃśatkoṭigaṇairmuktaṃ tattīrthajaṃ jalam .. 176.21 ..

> Addressed thus, all the gods made a pit to the north in that manner,  
> and the water born of those sacred fords was released by the hosts of thirty-three crores.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.22)

procuste sahitāḥ sarve virūpākṣapurogamāḥ .  
yaḥ kaściddevakhāte'sminmṛdālambhanapūrvakam .. 176.22 ..

> All together, led by Virūpākṣa, said:  
> “Whoever, having first applied clay at this divine pit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.23)

snānaṃ kṛtvā ravidine saṃsnāya narmadājale .  
śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā pitṛbhyo vai dānaṃ dattvā svaśaktitaḥ .. 176.23 ..

> and made a ritual ablution on a Sunday, bathes thoroughly in the water of the Narmadā,  
> performs a śrāddha for the ancestors, gives gifts according to his capacity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.24)

pūjayiṣyati piṅgeśaṃ tasya vāsastriviṣṭape .  
bhaviṣyati surairuktaṃ śṛṇoti sakalaṃ jagat .. 176.24 ..

> and worships Piṅgeśa, his dwelling shall be in heaven.  
> It has been declared by the gods; let the whole world hear it!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.25)

āmayā bhuvi martyānāṃ kṣayarogavicarcikāḥ .  
vyādhayo vikṛtākārāḥ kāsaśvāsajvarodbhavāḥ .. 176.25 ..

> The ailments of mortals on earth—consumption and scabies,  
> horrible diseases arising from cough, asthma, and fever,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.26)

ekadvitricaturthāhā ye jvarā bhūtasambhavāḥ .  
ye cānye vikṛtā doṣā dadruśca kāmalaṃ tathā .. 176.26 ..

> fevers that return every one, two, three, or four days, those arising from spirits,  
> and whatever other disordered humors, ringworm, and jaundice—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.27)

dinaiste saptabhiryānti nāśaṃ snānairraverdine .  
śatabhedaprabhinnā ye kuṣṭhā bahuvidhāstathā .. 176.27 ..

> they go to destruction within seven days through ritual ablutions on Sundays.  
> Likewise, the various kinds of leprosy differentiated into a hundred varieties—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.28)

śatamādityavārāṇāṃ snāyādaṣṭottaraṃ tu yaḥ .  
sampūjya śaṅkaraṃ dadyāttilapātraṃ dvijātaye .. 176.28 ..

> he who bathes for one hundred and eight Sundays,  
> worships Śaṅkara, and gives a vessel of sesame to a twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.29)

naśyanti tasya kuṣṭhāni garuḍeneva pannagāḥ .  
evamuktvā gatāḥ sarve tridaśāstridaśālayam .. 176.29 ..

> his leprosies are destroyed like snakes by Garuḍa.”  
> Having spoken thus, all the thirty \[gods\] went to the abode of the thirty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.30)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
nadīṣu devakhāteṣu taḍāgeṣu saritsu ca .  
snānaṃ samācarennityaṃ naraḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 176.30 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> In rivers, divine pits, ponds, and streams  
> a person should always perform ritual ablution; he is freed from sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.31)

ṣaṣṭitīrthasahasreṣu ṣaṣṭitīrthaśateṣu ca .  
yatphalaṃ snānadāneṣu devakhāte tato'dhikam .. 176.31 ..

> Whatever fruit there is in sixty thousand sacred fords and six hundred sacred fords  
> in ritual ablutions and gifts, greater than that is in the divine pit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.32)

devakhāteṣu yaḥ snātvā tarpayitvā pitṝnnṛpa .  
pūjayeddevadeveśaṃ piṅgaleśvaramuttamam .. 176.32 ..

> The man who, having bathed in the divine pits and offered water to the ancestors, O king,  
> worships the supreme Piṅgaleśvara, the God of gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.33)

so'śvamedhasya yajñasya vājapeyasya bhārata .  
dvayoḥ puṇyamavāpnoti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 176.33 ..

> attains the religious merit of both the horse sacrifice and the Vājapeya sacrifice,  
> O descendant of Bharata; there is no doubt to be entertained in this matter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.176.33\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.176.33_2)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe piṅgaleśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṭsaptatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and seventy-sixth chapter, named “Description of the Māhātmya of the Piṅgaleśvara Sacred Ford,” in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Avantī section in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, 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.6.3.176.p1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.176.1) — Sanskrit

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