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# Skandapurana 6.3.180

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.180

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.180.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.p1)

adhyāya 180

> Chapter 180  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tato gacchenmahīpāla daśāśvamedhikaṃ param .  
tīrthaṃ sarvaguṇopetaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam .. 180.1 ..

> Glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, O protector of the earth, one should go to the supreme Daśāśvamedhika, / a sacred ford endowed with all virtues, destroying great sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.2)

yatra gatvā mahārāja snātvā sampūjya ceśvaram .  
daśānāmaśvamedhānāṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ .. 180.2 ..

> Having gone there, O great king, bathed, and worshipped Īśvara, / a man obtains the fruit of ten horse sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.3)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
aśvamedho mahāyajño bahusambhāradakṣiṇaḥ .  
aśakyaḥ prākṛtaiḥ kartuṃ kathaṃ teṣāṃ phalaṃ labhet .. 180.3 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / The horse sacrifice is a great sacrifice requiring abundant provisions and sacrificial fees, / impossible for ordinary men to perform; how could one obtain its fruit?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.4)

atyāścaryamidaṃ tattvaṃ tvayoktaṃ vadatā satā .  
yathā me jāyate śraddhā dīrghāyustvaṃ tathā vada .. 180.4 ..

> This is a most wondrous truth stated by you, an eloquent good man. / Long-lived one, speak in such a way that faith may arise in me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.5)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
idamāścaryabhūtaṃ hi gauryā pṛṣṭastriyambakaḥ .  
tatte'haṃ sampravakṣyāmi pṛcchate nipuṇāya vai .. 180.5 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / This wondrous matter was indeed asked of the Three-eyed Lord by Gaurī; / that I shall declare to you, who ask with great discernment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.6)

purā vṛṣastho deveśa hyumayā saha śaṅkaraḥ .  
kadācitparyaṭanpṛthivīṃ narmadātaṭamāśritaḥ .. 180.6 ..

> Long ago, Śaṅkara, the lord of gods, mounted on his bull along with Umā, / once wandering over the earth, resorted to the bank of the Narmadā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.7)

daśāśvamedhikaṃ tīrthaṃ dṛṣṭvā devo maheśvaraḥ .  
tīrthaṃ pratyañjaliṃ baddhvā namaścakre trilocanaḥ .. 180.7 ..

> Seeing the Daśāśvamedhika sacred ford, the god Maheśvara, / the three-eyed one, folded his hands toward the sacred ford and bowed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.8)

kṛtāñjalipuṭaṃ devaṃ dṛṣṭvā devīdamabravīt .. 180.8 ..

> Seeing the god with hands joined in reverent salutation, the goddess said this:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.9)

devyuvāca -  
kimetaddevadeveśa carācaranamaskṛta .  
prahvanamrāñjaliṃ baddhvā bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ .. 180.9 ..

> The goddess said: / What is this, O Lord of the gods of gods, bowed to by all moving and unmoving beings, / that you stand with hands folded low in obeisance, filled with supreme devotion?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.10)

etadāścaryamatulaṃ sarvaṃ kathaya me prabho .. 180.10 ..

> Explain all this peerless wonder to me, O Lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.11)

īśvara uvāca -  
pratyakṣaṃ paśya tīrthasya phalaṃ mā vismitā bhava .  
viyatsthā me bhuvisthasya kṣaṇaṃ devi sthirā bhava .. 180.11 ..

> Īśvara said: / See the fruit of the sacred ford directly; do not be amazed. / Remaining in the sky while I am on the earth, be still for a moment, O goddess.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.12)

evamuktvā tu deveśo gauravarṇo dvijo'bhavat .  
kṣutkṣāmakaṇṭho jaṭilaḥ śuṣko dhamanisaṃtataḥ .. 180.12 ..

> Having spoken thus, the lord of gods became a fair-complexioned twice-born, / his throat emaciated with hunger, with matted hair, dried up, his veins standing out.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.13)

upaviśya bhuvaḥ pṛṣṭhe susvaraṃ mantramuccaran .  
kramapriyo mahādevo mādhuryeṇa pramodayan .. 180.13 ..

> Sitting on the surface of the earth, uttering mantras in an exquisite tone, / Mahādeva, who loved the stepwise recitation, delighted \[all\] with its sweetness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.14)

śrutvā tāṃ madhurāṃ vāṇīṃ svayaṃ devena nirmitām .  
saṃbhrāntā brāhmaṇāḥ sarve snātuṃ ye tatra cāgatāḥ .. 180.14 ..

> Hearing that sweet voice produced by the god himself, / all the brahmins who had come there to bathe were bewildered.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.15)

nityakriyā ca sarveṣāṃ vismṛtā śrutivibhramāt .  
taṃ dṛṣṭvā paṭhamānaṃ tu kṣutpipāsābhipīḍitam .. 180.15 ..

> And their daily ritual was forgotten due to confusion over the sacred text. / Seeing him reciting, tormented by hunger and thirst,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.16)

dvijo'nyamantrayatkaścidbhaktyā taṃ bhojanāya vai .  
prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ brahmanbhojanāya gṛhe mama .. 180.16 ..

> a certain twice-born invited him with devotion to take food: / “O brahmin, grant me the favor of taking a meal at my house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.17)

adya me saphalaṃ janma hyadya me saphalāḥ kriyāḥ .  
sarvānkāmānpradāsyanti prītā me'dya pitāmahāḥ .. 180.17 ..

> Today my birth has borne fruit; today my rituals have borne fruit! / Pleased today, my forefathers will grant all desires.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.18)

tvayi bhukte dvijaśreṣṭha prasīda tvaṃ dhruvaṃ mama .  
evamukto mahādevo dvijarūpadharastadā .. 180.18 ..

> When you have eaten, O best of the twice-born, be surely gracious to me.” / Thus addressed, Mahādeva, who was then wearing the guise of a twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.19)

prahasya pratyuvācedaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ ślakṣṇayā girā .  
mayā varṣasahasraṃ tu nirāhāraṃ tapaḥ kṛtam .. 180.19 ..

> laughed gently and replied to the brahmin in smooth words: / “For a thousand years I have performed austerity without food.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.20)

idānīṃ tu gṛhe tasya kariṣye dvijasattama .  
daśabhirvājimedhaiśca yeneṣṭaṃ pāraṇaṃ tathā .. 180.20 ..

> Now, O best of the twice-born, I shall take the breaking of my fast / in the house of him who has performed ten horse sacrifices.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.21)

ityukto devadevena brāhmaṇo vismayānvitaḥ .  
uttamāṅgaṃ vidhunvanvai jagāma svagṛhaṃ prati .. 180.21 ..

> Thus addressed by the god of gods, the brahmin was filled with astonishment; / shaking his head, he went back to his own house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.22)

evaṃ te bahavo viprāḥ pratyākhyāte nimantraṇe .  
purāṇārthamajānanto nāstikā bahavo gatāḥ .. 180.22 ..

> In this way, many brahmins, when their invitation was rejected,  
> ignorant of the meaning of the Purāṇas and lacking faith, went away in great numbers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.23)

atha kaściddvijo vidvānpurāṇārthasya tattvavit .  
devaṃ nimantrayāmāsa dvijarūpadharaṃ śivam .. 180.23 ..

> Then a certain learned brahmin, who knew the truth of the Purāṇic meaning,  
> invited the god Śiva, who was bearing the form of a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.24)

tathaiva so'pi devena proktaḥ sa prāha taṃ punaḥ .  
manasā cintayitvā tu purāṇoktaṃ dvijottamaḥ .. 180.24 ..

> He too was addressed in the very same way by the god. Pondering in his mind  
> what is stated in the Purāṇas, the best of brahmins spoke to him in turn:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.25)

smṛtivedapurāṇeṣu yaduktaṃ tattathā bhavet .  
iti niścitya taṃ vipramuvāca prahasanniva .. 180.25 ..

> “Whatever is stated in the Smṛtis, Vedas, and Purāṇas, that must indeed be so.”  
> Having thus resolved, as if smiling, he said to that brahmin:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.26)

bhobho vipra pratīkṣasva yāvadāgamanaṃ punaḥ .  
ityuktvā tu dvijo gatvā daśāśvamedhikaṃ param .. 180.26 ..

> “O brahmin, please wait until my return.”  
> Having said this, the brahmin went to the supreme Daśāśvamedhika \[tīrtha\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.27)

snānaṃ mahālambhanādi kṛtaṃ tena dvijanmanā .  
japaṃ śrāddhaṃ tathā dānaṃ kṛtvā dharmānusārataḥ .. 180.27 ..

> A ritual ablution, the great sacrificial rites and the rest were performed by that twice-born;  
> recitation, an ancestral offering, and charity he performed according to dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.28)

saṃkalpya kapilāṃ tatra purāṇoktavidhānataḥ .  
samāyāttvaritaṃ tatra yatrāsau tiṣṭhate dvijaḥ .. 180.28 ..

> Having made a resolution to donate a brown cow there according to the rule declared in the Purāṇas,  
> he came back quickly to the place where that brahmin was waiting.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.29)

athāgatya dvijaṃ prāha vājimedhaḥ kṛto mayā .  
uttiṣṭha me gṛhaṃ ramyaṃ bhojanārthaṃ hi gamyatām .. 180.29 ..

> Then, having arrived, he said to the brahmin: “A horse sacrifice has been performed by me.  
> Arise, let us go to my delightful house to eat.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.30)

ityuktaḥ śaṅkarastena brāhmaṇenātivismitaḥ .  
uvāca brāhmaṇaṃ deva idānīṃ tvamito gataḥ .. 180.30 ..

> Thus addressed by that brahmin, Śaṃkara, greatly astonished,  
> said to the brahmin: “O god-like man, you have only just gone from here;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.31)

dvijavarya kathaṃ ceṣṭā daśa yajñā mahādhanāḥ .. 180.31 ..

> O best of brahmins, how were ten sacrifices of great expense performed?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.32)

dvija uvāca -  
na vicārastvayā kāryaḥ kṛtā yajñā na saṃśayaḥ .  
yadi vedāḥ pramāṇaṃ taṃ bhuvi devā dvijāstathā .. 180.32 ..

> The brahmin said:  
> “You should have no doubt: the sacrifices have been performed without question,  
> if the Vedas are an authority, and likewise the gods and brahmins on earth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.33)

daśāśvamedhikaṃ tīrthaṃ tathā satyaṃ dvijottama .  
yadi vedapurāṇoktaṃ vākyaṃ niḥsaṃśayaṃ bhavet .. 180.33 ..

> if the sacred ford Daśāśvamedhika is truly so, O best of brahmins,  
> and if the word declared in the Vedas and Purāṇas is beyond doubt;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.34)

tadā prāptaṃ mayā sarvaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .  
evamuktastu deveśa āstikyaṃ tasya cetasaḥ .. 180.34 ..

> then all has been obtained by me; there is no deliberation to be made here.”  
> When addressed in this way, the Lord of gods, \[noticing\] the faith of his mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.35)

vimṛśya bahubhiḥ kiṃciduttaraṃ na prapadyata .  
jagāma tadgṛhaṃ ramyaṃ paṭhanbrahma sanātanam .. 180.35 ..

> and considering it in many ways, found no retort whatsoever;  
> reciting the eternal Veda, he went to his delightful house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.36)

samprāptaṃ taṃ dvijaṃ bhaktyā pādyārghyeṇa tamarcayat .  
ṣaḍrasaṃ bhojanaṃ tena dattaṃ paścādyathāvidhi .. 180.36 ..

> With devotion he worshipped that arriving brahmin with water for the feet and an oblation of water;  
> a meal of six tastes was then offered by him according to rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.37)

tato bhukte mahādeve sarvadevamaye śive .  
puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ papātāśu gaganāttasya mūrdhani .  
tasyāstikyaṃ tu saṃlakṣya tuṣṭaḥ provāca śaṅkaraḥ .. 180.37 ..

> Then, when the Great God, Śiva who embodies all deities, had eaten,  
> a shower of flowers fell swiftly from the sky upon his head.  
> Perceiving his faith, Śaṃkara was pleased and said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.38)

īśvara uvāca -  
kiṃ te'dya kriyatāṃ brūhi varado'haṃ dvijottama .  
adeyamapi dāsyāmi ekacittasya te dhruvam .. 180.38 ..

> Īśvara said:  
> “Tell me, what shall be done for you today? I am a giver of boons, O best of brahmins.  
> I will grant even what cannot be given to you who are single-minded, surely.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.39)

brāhmaṇa uvāca -  
yadi prīto'si me deva yadi deyo varo mama .  
asmiṃstīrthe mahādeva sthātavyaṃ sarvadaiva hi .. 180.39 ..

> The brahmin said:  
> “If you are pleased with me, O god, if a boon is to be given to me,  
> you must always remain in this sacred ford, O Great God,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.40)

upakārāya deveśa eṣa me vara uttamaḥ .  
evamuktastu devena āruroha dvijottamaḥ .. 180.40 ..

> for the benefit \[of the world\], O Lord of gods; this is my supreme boon.”  
> Addressed thus by the god, the best of brahmins mounted  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.41)

gandharvāpsaraḥsambādhaṃ vimānaṃ sārvakāmikam .  
pūjyamāno gatastatra yatra lokā nirāmayāḥ .. 180.41 ..

> an aerial chariot crowded with Gandharvas and apsarases, granting all desires,  
> and, being worshipped, he went to the world where beings are free from affliction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.42)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
etadāścaryamatulaṃ dṛṣṭvā devī suvismitā .  
vismayotphullanayanā punaḥ papraccha śaṅkaram .. 180.42 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> Seeing this matchless wonder, the goddess was greatly astonished;  
> with eyes wide in amazement, she asked Śaṃkara again:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.43)

pārvatyuvāca -  
kathametadbhavetsatyaṃ yatredamasamañjasam .  
snānaṃ kurvanti bahavo lokā hyatra maheśvara .. 180.43 ..

> Pārvatī said:  
> “How could this be true, since here it is inconsistent?  
> Many people perform ritual ablutions here, O Maheśvara;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.44)

teṣāṃ tu svargagamanaṃ yathaiṣa svargatiṃ gataḥ .  
kathametatsamācakṣva vismayaḥ paramo mama .. 180.44 ..

> how is their departure for heaven \[not seen\], just as this man went to the heavenly path?  
> Explain this \[to me\]; it is my great wonder.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.45)

etacchrutvā tu deveśaḥ prahasanpratyuvāca tām .  
vedavākye purāṇārthe smṛtyarthe dvijabhāṣite .. 180.45 ..

> Hearing this, the Lord of gods, smiling, answered her:  
> “Regarding a Vedic statement, the meaning of a Purāṇa, the meaning of a Smṛti, and the words of a brahmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.46)

vismayo hi na kartavyo hyanumānaṃ hi tattathā .  
asaṃbhāvyaṃ hi lokānāṃ purāṇe yatpragīyate .. 180.46 ..

> astonishment is not to be felt, for inference is indeed like that.  
> What is sung in the Purāṇas seems impossible to people;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.47)

yadi pakṣaṃ puraskṛtya lokāḥ kurvanti pārvati .  
tasmānna siddhireteṣāṃ bhavatyeko na vismayaḥ .. 180.47 ..

> if people act out of partisanship, O Pārvatī,  
> therefore their attainment of success does not occur; it is not a single wonder.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.48)

nāstikā bhinnamaryādā ye niścayabahiṣkṛtāḥ .  
teṣāṃ siddhirna vidyeta āstikyādbhavate dhruvam .. 180.48 ..

> Those who lack faith, who transgress moral bounds, who are devoid of conviction,  
> success is not found for them; it certainly arises from faith.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.49)

śrutvākhyānamidaṃ devī vavande tīrthamuttamam .  
sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ narmadāyāṃ vyavasthitam .. 180.49 ..

> Hearing this account, the goddess bowed to the supreme sacred ford,  
> which removes all sins, is meritorious, and is situated on the Narmadā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.50)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
daśāśvamedhaṃ rājendra sarvatīrthottamottamam .  
tīrthaṃ sarvaguṇopetaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam .. 180.50 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> “The Daśāśvamedha, O king of kings, is the best of the best of all sacred fords,  
> a sacred ford endowed with all virtues, destroying great sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.51)

tatrāgatā mahābhāgā snātukāmā sarasvatī .  
puṇyānāṃ paramā puṇyā nadīnāmuttamā nadī .. 180.51 ..

> The highly fortunate Sarasvatī came there, desiring to bathe—  
> she who is the most sacred of the sacred, the best river of rivers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.52)

nāmamātreṇa yasyāstu sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .  
snātāstatra divaṃ yānti ye mṛtāste'punarbhavāḥ .. 180.52 ..

> by the mere mention of whose name one is released from all sins.  
> Those who have bathed there go to heaven; those who die there are free from rebirth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.53)

daśāśvamedhe sā rājanniyatā brahmacāriṇī .  
ārādhayitvā deveśaṃ paraṃ nirvāṇamāgatīḥ .. 180.53 ..

> She, restrained and celibate at Daśāśvamedha, O king,  
> having worshipped the Lord of gods, reached supreme liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.54)

kāluṣyaṃ brahmasambhūtā saṃvatsarasamudbhavam .  
prakṣālayitumāyāti daśamyāmāśvinasya ca .. 180.54 ..

> Born from Brahmā, she arrives on the tenth day of the month of Āśvina  
> to wash away the impurity that has accumulated throughout the year.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.55)

upoṣya rajanīṃ tāṃ tu sampūjya tripurāntakam .  
rājanniṣkalmaṣā yānti śvobhūte śāśvataṃ padam .. 180.55 ..

> Having fasted during that night and worshipped the destroyer of Tripura,  
> they, cleansed of blemishes, go to the eternal abode on the next morning.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.56)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
sarasvatī mahāpuṇyā nadīnāmuttamā nadī .  
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
rājannāśvayuje māsi daśamyāṃ tadviśiṣyate .  
pārthiveṣu ca tīrthe tu sarveṣveva na saṃśayaḥ .. 180.56 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said:  
> “Sarasvatī is greatly sacred, the best river of rivers.”  
> Glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> “O king, on the tenth day in the month of Āśvayuja, that is distinguished  
> among all earthly sacred fords, without doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.57)

daśāśvamedhike rājannityaṃ hi daśamī śubhā .  
viśeṣādāśvine śuklā mahāpātakanāśinī .. 180.57 ..

> At Daśāśvamedhika, O king, the tenth day is always auspicious,  
> especially the bright \[tenth day\] of Āśvina, which destroys great sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.58)

tasyā snātvārcayeddevānupavāsaparāyaṇaḥ .  
śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā vidhānena paścātsampūjayecchivam .. 180.58 ..

> Having bathed on it, devoted to fasting, one should worship the gods;  
> having performed an ancestral rite according to rule, one should then worship Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.59)

tatrasthāṃ pūjayeddevīṃ snātukāmāṃ sarasvatīm .  
namo namaste deveśi brahmadehasamudbhave .. 180.59 ..

> One should worship the goddess Sarasvatī situated there, desiring to bathe: / ‘Salutations, salutations to you, O Ruler of gods, born from the body of Brahmā!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.60)

kuru pāpakṣayaṃ devi saṃsārānmāṃ samuddhara .  
gandhadhūpaiśca sampūjya hyarcayitvā punaḥpunaḥ .. 180.60 ..

> Bring about the destruction of my sins, O goddess, and deliver me from worldly existence!’  
> Having worshipped her with perfumes and incense, worshipping again and again,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.61)

daśa pradakṣiṇā dattvā sūtreṇa pariveṣṭayet .  
kapilāṃ tu tato vipre dadyādvigatamatsaraḥ .. 180.61 ..

> and circumambulating ten times, one should wind a thread around.  
> Then, free from jealousy, one should give a brown cow to a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.62)

sarvalakṣaṇasampannāṃ sarvopaskarasaṃyutām .  
dattvā viprāya kapilāṃ na śocati kṛtākṛte .. 180.62 ..

> Endowed with all auspicious marks and accompanied by all accessories,  
> having given that brown cow to a brahmin, one does not grieve over what has or has not been done.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.63)

paścājjāgaraṇaṃ kuryādghṛtenājvālya dīpakam .  
purāṇapaṭhanenaiva nṛtyagītavivādanaiḥ .. 180.63 ..

> Afterwards, one should keep vigil, having kindled a lamp with ghee,  
> solely through the recitation of Purāṇas, with dances, songs, and instrumental music.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.64)

vedoktaiścaiva pūjayecchaśiśekharam .  
prabhāte vimale paścātsnātvā vai narmadājale .. 180.64 ..

> And he should worship the moon-crested \[Śiva\] with \[mantras\] declared in the Vedas. / Then, at clear dawn, having bathed in the waters of the Narmadā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.65)

brāhmaṇān bhojayedbhaktyā śivabhaktāṃśca yoginaḥ .  
evaṃ kṛte tato rājan samyaktīrthaphalaṃ labhet .. 180.65 ..

> he should feed brahmins with devotion, as well as devotees of Śiva and yogins. / When this is done, O king, he then obtains the full fruit of the sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.66)

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayecchaṅkaraṃ naraḥ .  
daśāśvamedhāvabhṛthaṃ labhate puṇyamuttamam .. 180.66 ..

> That man who bathes in that sacred ford and worships Śaṅkara / obtains the supreme merit of the concluding bath of ten horse sacrifices.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.67)

pūtātmā tena puṇyena rudralokaṃ sa gacchati .  
ārūḍhaḥ paramaṃ yānaṃ kāmagaṃ ca suśobhanam .. 180.67 ..

> Purified in soul by that merit, he goes to the world of Rudra, / mounted upon an excellent vehicle that travels at will and is most splendid.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.68)

tatra divyāpsarobhistu vījyamāno'tha cāmaraiḥ .  
krīḍate suciraṃ kālaṃ jayaśabdādimaṅgalaiḥ .. 180.68 ..

> Fanned there with chowries by divine apsarases, / he sports for a very long time amidst auspicious shouts of victory and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.69)

tato'vatīrṇaḥ kālena iha rājā bhaveddhruvam .  
hastyaśvarathasampanno mahābhogī paraṃtapaḥ .. 180.69 ..

> Then, having descended in time, he will surely become a king here, / endowed with elephants, horses, and chariots, enjoying great pleasures, a scorcher of enemies.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.70)

daśāśvamedhe yaddānaṃ dīyate śivayoginām .  
daśāśvamedhasadṛśaṃ bhavettannātra saṃśayaḥ .. 180.70 ..

> Whatever gift is given at Daśāśvamedha to Śaiva yogins / becomes equal to ten horse sacrifices; there is no doubt in this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.71)

sarveṣāmeva yajñānāmaśvamedho viśiṣyate .  
durlabhaḥ svalpavittānāṃ bhūriśaḥ pāpakarmaṇām .. 180.71 ..

> The horse sacrifice is distinguished above all sacrifices; / it is hard to attain for those of little wealth, and abundantly so for those of sinful deeds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.72)

tatra tīrthe tu rājendra durlabho'pi surāsuraiḥ .  
prāpyate snānadānena ityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt .. 180.72 ..

> Yet at that sacred ford, O best of kings, though hard to attain even for gods and asuras, / it is obtained through bathing and giving; thus spoke Śaṅkara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.73)

akāmo vā sakāmo vā mṛtastatra nareśvara .  
devatvaṃ prāpnuyātso'pi nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 180.73 ..

> Whether free from desire or possessing desire, one who dies there, O lord of men, / even he would attain godhead; no deliberation need be made on this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.74)

agnipraveśaṃ yaḥ kuryāttatra tīrthe narottama .  
agniloke vasettāvadyāvadābhūtasamplavam .. 180.74 ..

> Whoever enters into fire at that sacred ford, O best of men, / would dwell in the world of Agni until the dissolution of all beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.75)

jalapraveśaṃ yaḥ kuryāttatra tīrthe narādhipa .  
dhyāyamāno mahādevaṃ vāruṇaṃ lokamāpnuyāt .. 180.75 ..

> Whoever enters into water at that sacred ford, O ruler of men, / meditating upon Mahādeva, would attain the world of Varuṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.76)

daśāśvamedhe yaḥ kaścicchūravṛttyā tanuṃ tyajet .  
akṣayā nu gatistasya ityevaṃ śrutinodanā .. 180.76 ..

> Whoever casts off his body at Daśāśvamedha in the conduct of a hero, / his destiny is indeed imperishable; such is the prompting of the Veda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.77)

na tāṃ gatiṃ yānti bhṛguprapātino na daṇḍino naiva ca sāṃkhyayoginaḥ .  
dhvajākule dundubhiśaṅkhanādite kṣaṇena yāṃ yānti mahāhave mṛtāḥ .. 180.77 ..

> Not to that destiny do those go who throw themselves from cliffs, nor those who bear the staff, nor the followers of Sāṅkhya and Yoga, / to which those who die in a great battle go in an instant, crowded with banners and resounding with kettledrums and conches.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.78)

yatra tatra hataḥ śūraḥ śatrubhiḥ pariveṣṭitaḥ .  
akṣayāṃllabhate lokānyadi klībaṃ na bhāṣate .. 180.78 ..

> Wherever a hero is slain, surrounded by enemies, / he attains imperishable worlds, provided he does not speak cowardly words.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.79)

daśāśvamedhe saṃnyāsaṃ yaḥ karoti vidhānataḥ .  
anivartikā gatistasya rudralokātkadācana .. 180.79 ..

> Whoever duly performs saṃnyāsa at Daśāśvamedha, / his path never turns back from the world of Rudra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.80)

daśāśvamedhe yatpuṇyaṃ saṃkṣepeṇa yudhiṣṭhira .  
kathitaṃ parayā bhaktyā sarvapāpapraṇāśanam .. 180.80 ..

> Whatever merit there is at Daśāśvamedha has been related in brief, O Yudhiṣṭhira, / destroying all sin through supreme devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.180.80\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.180.80_2)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe daśāśvamedhatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāśītyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and eightieth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Daśāśvamedhatīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth \[part\], the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses, the glorious Skandapurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.180.p1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.180.1) — Sanskrit
- [Śārṅgadharapaddhati](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.sarngadharapaddhati.87.220) — Śārṅgadhara, Sanskrit

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