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# Skandapurana 6.3.177

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.177

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.177.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.177.p1)

adhyāya 177

> Chapter 177  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.177.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.177.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
bhūtīśvaraṃ tato gacchetsarvatīrtheṣvanuttamam .  
darśanādeva rājendra yasya pāpaṃ praṇaśyati .. 177.1 ..

> The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> One should then go to Bhūtīśvara, unmatched among all sacred fords,  
> by the mere darśana of which, O best of kings, sin is destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.177.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.177.2)

tatra sthāne purā pārtha devadevena śūlinā .  
uddhūlanaṃ kṛtaṃ gātre tena bhūtīśvaraṃ tu tat .. 177.2 ..

> At that place formerly, O Pārtha, smearing with ash was done  
> upon his body by the spear-bearing God of gods; therefore it is Bhūtīśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.177.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.177.3)

puṣye vā janmanakṣatre amāvāsyāṃ viśeṣataḥ .  
bhūtīśvare naraḥ snātvā kulakoṭiṃ samuddharet .. 177.3 ..

> On Puṣya, or under one's birth constellation, and especially on the new-moon day,  
> a man who bathes at Bhūtīśvara delivers a crore of ancestors in his family.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.177.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.177.4)

tatra sthāne tu yo bhaktyā kurute hyaṅgaguṇṭhanam .  
tasya yatphalamuddiṣṭaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva narādhipa .. 177.4 ..

> He who with devotion rubs ash upon his limbs at that place—  
> hear, O lord of men, what fruit is declared for him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.177.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.177.5)

yāvanto bhūtikaṇikā gātre lagnāḥ śivālaye .  
tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi śivaloke mahīyate .. 177.5 ..

> As many particles of ash as cling to his body in that abode of Śiva,  
> for so many thousands of years he is exalted in the realm of Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.177.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.177.6)

sarveṣāmeva snānānāṃ bhasmasnānaṃ paraṃ smṛtam .  
purāṇairṛṣibhiḥ proktaṃ sarvaśāstreṣvanuttamam .. 177.6 ..

> Of all ritual ablutions, the ablution with ash is considered supreme;  
> it is proclaimed by ancient seers as the highest in all scriptures.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.177.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.177.7)

ekakālaṃ dvikālaṃ vā trikālaṃ cāpi yaḥ sadā .  
snānaṃ karoti cāgneyaṃ pāpaṃ tasya praṇaśyati .. 177.7 ..

> Whoever always performs the fiery ritual ablution  
> once, twice, or thrice a day, his sin is destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.177.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.177.8)

divyasnānādvaraṃ snānaṃ vāyavyaṃ bharatarṣabha .  
vāyavyāduttamaṃ brāhmyaṃ varaṃ brāhmyāttu vāruṇam .. 177.8 ..

> Better than the divine ritual ablution is the airy ablution, O bull among the Bharatas;  
> higher than the airy is the sacred ablution, and better than the sacred is the watery ablution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.177.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.177.9)

āgneyaṃ vāruṇācchreṣṭhaṃ yasmāduktaṃ svayambhuvā .  
tasmātsarvaprayatnena hyāgneyaṃ snānamācaret .. 177.9 ..

> Because the fiery ablution is declared by the self-manifest \[Brahmā\] to be superior to the watery,  
> therefore, by every effort, one should perform the fiery ritual ablution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.177.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.177.10)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
āgneyaṃ vāruṇaṃ brāhmyaṃ vāyavyaṃ divyameva ca .  
kimuktaṃ śrotumicchāmi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me .. 177.10 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said:  
> The fiery, the watery, the sacred, the airy, and the divine—  
> what has been proclaimed? I desire to hear it, for my curiosity is great.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.177.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.177.11)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
āgneyaṃ bhasmanā snānamavagāhya ca vāruṇam .  
āpohiṣṭheti ca brāhmyaṃ vāyavyaṃ gorajaḥ smṛtam .. 177.11 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> The fiery is an ablution with ash, and the watery is by immersion;  
> the sacred is \[reciting\] “āpo hi ṣṭhā,” and the airy is regarded as cow-dust.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.177.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.177.12)

sūrye dṛṣṭe tu yatsnānaṃ gaṅgātoyena tatsamam .  
tatsnānaṃ pañcamaṃ proktaṃ divyaṃ pāṇḍavasattama .. 177.12 ..

> That ritual ablution when the sun is seen \[in rain\] is equal to Gaṅgā water;  
> that ritual ablution is declared the fifth, the divine, O best of Pāṇḍavas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.177.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.177.13)

tasmātsarvaprayatnena snātvā bhūtīśvare tu yaḥ .  
pūjayeddevamīśānaṃ sa bāhyābhyantaraḥ śuciḥ .. 177.13 ..

> Therefore, having bathed with every effort at Bhūtīśvara, he who  
> worships the god Īśāna becomes pure both outwardly and inwardly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.177.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.177.14)

tatra sthāne tu ye nityaṃ dhyāyanti paramaṃ padam .  
sūkṣmaṃ cātīndriyaṃ nityaṃ te dhanyā nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 177.14 ..

> Those who constantly meditate at that place on the supreme state,  
> subtle, beyond the senses, and eternal, they are fortunate; there is no doubt in this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.177.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.177.15)

muktitīrthaṃ tu tattīrthaṃ sarvatīrtheṣvanuttamam .  
darśanādeva yasyaiva pāpaṃ yāti mahatkṣayam .. 177.15 ..

> That sacred ford is the sacred ford of liberation, unmatched among all sacred fords;  
> by the mere darśana of it, sin goes to great destruction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.177.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.177.16)

jāyate pūjayā rājyaṃ tatra stutvā maheśvaram .  
japena pāpasaṃśuddhirdhyānenānantyamaśnute .. 177.16 ..

> By worship there, a kingdom arises; having praised Maheśvara there,  
> by recitation comes purification from sin, and by meditation one attains eternity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.177.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.177.17)

oṃ jyotiḥ svarūpamanādimadhyamanutpādyamānamanucāryamāṇākṣaram .  
sarvabhūtasthitaṃ śivaṃ sarvayogeśvaraṃ sarvalokeśvaraṃ mohaśokahīnaṃ mahājñānagamyam .. 177.17 ..

> Oṃ: whose nature is light; without beginning or middle; unproduced; the unuttered syllable;  
> dwelling in all beings; benevolent Śiva; Lord of all yoga; Lord of all worlds; free from delusion and grief; accessible by supreme knowledge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.177.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.177.18)

tatra tīrthe tu yo gatvā snānaṃ kuryānnareśvara .  
aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ .  
evambhūtaṃ na jānanti mokṣāpekṣaṇikā narāḥ .. 177.18 ..

> Whichever man goes to that sacred ford and performs a ritual ablution, O ruler of men, / obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice. / Men who seek liberation do not know of such a place.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.177.18\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.177.18_2)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe bhūtīśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptasaptatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and seventy-seventh chapter, entitled “Description of the Māhātmya of Bhūtīśvara Sacred Ford,” in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, 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.6.3.177.p1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.177.1) — Sanskrit
- [Kālottara (IFP T0059)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.kalottara*ifp-t0059.2.37) — Sanskrit

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