[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) › 6.3.179 # Skandapurana 6.3.179 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.179 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.179.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.179.p1) adhyāya 179 > Chapter 179 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.179.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.179.1) mārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchettu rājendra gautameśvaramuttamam . sarvapāpaharaṃ tīrthaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam .. 179.1 .. > Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go, O king of kings, to the supreme Gautameśvara, / a sacred ford that removes all sins and is renowned in the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.179.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.179.2) gautamena tapastaptaṃ tatra tīrthe yudhiṣṭhira . divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu tatastuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ .. 179.2 .. > Gautama performed austerity at that sacred ford, O Yudhiṣṭhira, / for a celestial thousand years; then Maheśvara was pleased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.179.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.179.3) praṇamya śirasā tatra sthāpitaḥ parameśvaraḥ . sthāpito gautameneśo gautameśvara ucyate .. 179.3 .. > Bowing with his head, he installed Parameśvara there. / The Lord installed by Gautama is called Gautameśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.179.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.179.4) tatra devaiśca gandharvairṛṣibhiḥ pitṛdaivataiḥ . samprāptā hyuttamā siddhirārādhya parameśvaram .. 179.4 .. > There, having worshipped Parameśvara, supreme perfection was attained / by gods, gandharvas, seers, and ancestral deities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.179.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.179.5) tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetpitṛdevatāḥ . pūjayetparamīśānaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 179.5 .. > Having bathed at that sacred ford and worshipped the ancestral deities, / and having worshipped the supreme Īśāna, one is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.179.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.179.6) bahavastanna jānanti viṣṇumāyāvimohitāḥ . tatra saṃnihitaṃ devaṃ śūlapāṇiṃ maheśvaram .. 179.6 .. > Deluded by the māyā of Viṣṇu, many do not know / of the trident-bearing god, Maheśvara, present there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.179.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.179.7) brahmacārī tu yo bhūtvā tatra tīrthe nareśvara . snātvārcayenmahādevaṃ so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 179.7 .. > One who observes celibacy, O ruler of men, / bathes at that sacred ford, and worships Mahādeva, attains the fruit of a horse sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.179.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.179.8) brahmacārī tu yo bhūtvā tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ . pūjayetparamīśānaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 179.8 .. > One who observes celibacy, offers libations to the ancestral deities, / and worships the supreme Īśāna, is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.179.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.179.9) tatra tīrthe tu yo dānaṃ bhaktyā dadyāddvijātaye . tadakṣayaphalaṃ sarvaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 179.9 .. > Whatever gift one gives with devotion to a twice-born at that sacred ford / brings inexhaustible fruit; no doubt should be entertained here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.179.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.179.10) māse cāśvayuje rājan kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśīm . snātvā tatra vidhānena dīpakānāṃ śataṃ dadet .. 179.10 .. > And in the month of Āśvayuja, O king, on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight, / having bathed there according to the rule, one should offer a hundred lamps. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.179.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.179.11) pūjayitvā mahādevaṃ gandhapuṣpādibhirnaraḥ . mucyate sarvapāpebhyo mṛtaḥ śivapuraṃ vrajet .. 179.11 .. > Having worshipped Mahādeva with fragrant ointments, flowers, and the like, a man / is freed from all sins, and, upon death, goes to the city of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.179.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.179.12) aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ kārttikyāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ . upoṣya prayato bhūtvā ghṛtena snāpayecchivam .. 179.12 .. > On the eighth and fourteenth days, and especially on Kārttikī, / having fasted and become self-controlled, one should bathe Śiva with clarified butter, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.179.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.179.13) pañcagavyena madhunā dadhnā vā śītavāriṇā . sa ca sarvasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ .. 179.13 .. > with the five products of the cow, with honey, with curds, or with cold water; / and that man obtains the fruit of every sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.179.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.179.14) bhaktyā tu pūjayetpaścātsa labhetphalamuttamam . bilvapatrairakhaṇḍaiśca puṣpairunmattakodbhavaiḥ .. 179.14 .. > If he subsequently worships with devotion, he attains an excellent reward— / with unbroken bilva leaves and flowers sprung from the unmatta plant, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.179.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.179.15) kuśāpāmārgasahitaiḥ kadambadroṇajairapi . mallikākaravīraiśca raktapītaiḥ sitāsitaiḥ .. 179.15 .. > along with kuśa grass and apāmārga, with kadamba and droṇa flowers, / with mallikā and oleanders, red, yellow, white, and black, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.179.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.179.16) puṣpairanyairyathālābhaṃ yo naraḥ pūjayecchivam . nairantaryeṇa ṣaṇmāsaṃ yo'rcayedgautameśvaram . sarvānkāmānavāpnoti mṛtaḥ śivapuraṃ vrajet .. 179.16 .. > and with other flowers as obtained, whichever man worships Śiva; / he who worships Gautameśvara continuously for six months / attains all desires, and, upon death, goes to the city of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.179.16\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.179.16_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe gautameśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ekonāśītyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred and seventy-ninth chapter, entitled “Description of the Māhātmya of Gautameśvara 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.6.3.179.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.179.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.179](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.179) · Pramāṇa