[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) › 6.3.185 # Skandapurana 6.3.185 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.185 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.185.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.185.1) adhyāya 185 śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchenmahīpāla eraṇḍītīrthamuttamam . snānamātreṇa tatraiva brahmahatyā praṇaśyati .. 185.1 .. > Chapter 185 > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: > Then, O protector of the earth, one should go to the supreme sacred ford of Eraṇḍī. / By merely bathing right there, the murder of a brahmin is destroyed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.185.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.185.2) māsi cāśvayuje tatra śuklapakṣe caturdaśīm . upoṣya prayataḥ snātastarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ .. 185.2 .. > In the month of Āśvina, during the bright fortnight, having fasted on the fourteenth day, / restrained and purified by bathing, one should make water offerings to the ancestors and the deities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.185.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.185.3) putrarddhirūpasampanno jīvecca śaradāṃ śatam . śivalokaṃ mṛto yāti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 185.3 .. > Endowed with sons, prosperity, and beauty, he shall live for a hundred autumns; / when dead, he goes to the world of Śiva—there is no doubt to be entertained in this matter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.185.3\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.185.3_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe eraṇḍītīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcāśītyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred and eighty-fifth chapter, titled 'Description of the Glory of the Sacred Ford of Eraṇḍī', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.185.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.185.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.185) · Pramāṇa