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# Skandapurana 6.3.190

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.190

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.190.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.1)

adhyāya 190  
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tato gacchenmahīpāla somatīrthamanuttamam .  
candrahāseti vikhyātaṃ sarvadaivatapūjitam .. 190.1 ..

> Chapter 190  
> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> Then one should go, O king, to the unsurpassed Somatīrtha, / renowned as Candrahāsa, worshipped by all the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.2)

yatra siddhiṃ parāṃ prāptaḥ somo rājā surottamaḥ .. 190.2 ..

> where King Soma, the best of gods, attained supreme perfection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.3)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
kathaṃ siddhimanuprāptaḥ somo rājā jagatpatiḥ .  
tatsarvaṃ śrotumicchāmi kathayasva mamānagha .. 190.3 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said:  
> How did King Soma, lord of the world, obtain perfection? / I wish to hear all that; tell me, O sinless one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.4)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
purā śapto munīndreṇa dakṣeṇa kila bhārata .  
asevanāddhi dārāṇāṃ kṣayarogī bhaviṣyasi .. 190.4 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> Formerly, he was cursed by Dakṣa, the best of sages, O Bhārata: / 'Because of not attending to your wives, you will suffer from consumption.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.5)

udvāhitānāṃ patnīnāṃ ye na kurvanti sevanam .  
yā niṣṭhā jāyate teṣāṃ tāṃ śṛṇuṣva narottama .. 190.5 ..

> Those who do not attend to their wedded wives— / what their ultimate state becomes, hear that, O best of men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.6)

ṛtukāle tu nārīṇāṃ sevanājjāyate sutaḥ .  
sutātsvargaśca mokṣaśca hītyevaṃ śrutinodanā .. 190.6 ..

> From attending to women during their fertile season, a son is born; / from a son come heaven and liberation—such indeed is the Vedic injunction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.7)

tatkālocitadharmeṇa ye na sevanti tāṃ narāḥ .  
teṣāṃ brahmaghnajaṃ pāpaṃ jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 190.7 ..

> Men who do not attend to them in accordance with the duty appropriate for that time— / the sin of killing a brahmin arises for them; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.8)

tena pāpena ghoreṇa veṣṭato raurave patet .  
tasya tadrudhiraṃ pāpāḥ pibante kālamīpsitam .. 190.8 ..

> Enveloped by that dreadful sin, one falls into Raurava. / There, sinful beings drink his blood for the intended time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.9)

tato'vatīrṇakālena yāṃ yāṃ yoniṃ prayāsyati .  
tasyāṃ tasyāṃ sa duṣṭātmā durbhago jāyate sadā .. 190.9 ..

> Then, when that time has expired, into whatever womb he enters, / in that very womb that evil-minded one is always born unfortunate.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.10)

nārīṇāṃ tu sadā kāmo hyadhikaḥ parivartate .  
viśeṣeṇa ṛtoḥ kāle bhidyate kāmasāyakaiḥ .. 190.10 ..

> The desire of women is always exceedingly active; / especially at the time of the fertile period, she is pierced by the arrows of love.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.11)

paribhūtā hi sā bhartrā dhyāyate'nyaṃ patiṃ tataḥ .  
tasyāḥ putraḥ samutpanno hyaṭate kulamuttamam .. 190.11 ..

> Disregarded by her husband, she then thinks of another husband; / a son born of her strays from the noble lineage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.12)

svargasthāstena pitaraḥ pūrvaṃ jātā mahīpate .  
patanti jātamātreṇa kulaṭastena cocyate .. 190.12 ..

> By him, the ancestors residing in heaven, who were born earlier, O king, / fall as soon as he is born; therefore he is called a corrupter of the lineage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.13)

tena karmavipākena kṣayarogī śaśī hyabhūt .  
tyaktvā lokaṃ surendrāṇāṃ martyalokamupāgataḥ .. 190.13 ..

> By that fruition of past actions, the moon became afflicted with consumption. / Leaving the world of the lords of the gods, he came to the world of mortals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.14)

tatra tīrthānyanekāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca .  
bhramitvā narmadāṃ prāptaḥ sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm .. 190.14 ..

> Having wandered there to many holy bathing places and sacred shrines, / he reached the Narmadā, the destroyer of all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.15)

upavāsastu dānāni vratāni niyamāśca ye .  
cacāra dvādaśābdāni tato muktaḥ sa kilbiṣaiḥ .. 190.15 ..

> Fasting, gifts, vows, and observances— / he performed these for twelve years; then he was freed from his sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.16)

sthāpayitvā mahādevaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam .  
jagāma prabhayā pūrṇaḥ somalokamanuttamam .. 190.16 ..

> Having installed Mahādeva, the destroyer of all sins, / filled with radiance, he went to the unsurpassed realm of Soma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.17)

yenaiva sthāpito devaḥ pūjyate varṣasaṃkhyayā .  
tāvadyugasahasrāṇi tasya lokaṃ samaśnute .. 190.17 ..

> For as many years as the god installed by a person is worshipped, / for that many thousands of yugas he enjoys that deity's realm.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.18)

tena devān vidhānoktān sthāpayanti narā bhuvi .  
akṣayaṃ cāvyayaṃ yasmātphalaṃ bhavati nānyathā .. 190.18 ..

> Therefore, men install gods on earth according to the prescribed rules, / because the fruit becomes inexhaustible and imperishable; it is not otherwise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.19)

somatīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayeddevamīśvaram .  
jāyate sa naro bhūtvā somavitpriyadarśanaḥ .. 190.19 ..

> He who bathes at Somatīrtha and worships the god Īśvara / becomes a man knowing Soma, handsome in appearance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.20)

candraprabhāse yo gatvā snānaṃ vidhivadācaret .  
vyādhinā nābhibhūtaḥ syātkṣayarogeṇa vā yutaḥ .. 190.20 ..

> One who goes to Candraprabhāsa and performs ritual ablution according to rule / will not be overcome by disease or afflicted with consumption.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.21)

candrahāsye naraḥ snātvā dvādaśyāṃ tu nareśvara .  
caturdaśyāmupoṣyaiva kṣīrasya juhuyāccarum .. 190.21 ..

> A man having bathed at Candrahāsya on the twelfth lunar day, O king of men, / and fasting on the fourteenth, should offer an oblation of milk-rice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.22)

mantraiḥ pañcabhirīśānaṃ puruṣastryambakaṃ yajet .  
haviḥśeṣaṃ svayaṃ prāśya candrahāsyeśamīkṣayet .. 190.22 ..

> With five mantras, a person should worship Īśāna, Tryambaka. / Having consumed the remainder of the offering himself, he should look upon Candrahāsyeśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.23)

anena vidhinā rājaṃstuṣṭo devo maheśvaraḥ .  
vidhinā tīrthayogena kṣayarogādvimucyate .. 190.23 ..

> By this rite, O king, Lord Maheśvara is pleased; / by the rite, in connection with the tīrtha, one is freed from consumption.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.24)

saptabhiḥ somavārairyaḥ snānaṃ tatra samācaret .  
sa vai karṇakṛtādrogānmucyate pūjayañchivam .. 190.24 ..

> He who performs ritual ablution there on seven Mondays / is indeed freed from ear disease, worshipping Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.25)

akṣirogastathā rājaṃścandrahāsye vinaśyati .  
candrahāsye tu yo gatvā grahaṇe candrasūryayoḥ .  
snānaṃ samācaredbhaktyā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 190.25 ..

> Likewise, eye disease is destroyed at Candrahāsya, O king. / He who goes to Candrahāsya during an eclipse of the moon or sun / and performs ritual ablution with devotion is freed from all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.26)

tatra snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca candrahāsye śubhaśubham .  
kṛtaṃ nṛpavaraśreṣṭha sarvaṃ bhavati cākṣayam .. 190.26 ..

> Bathing and giving gifts there at Candrahāsya, good and bad \[actions\] / performed \[there\], O best among kings, all become inexhaustible.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.27)

te dhanyāste mahātmānasteṣāṃ janma sujīvitam .  
candrahāsye tu ye snātvā paśyanti grahaṇaṃ narāḥ .. 190.27 ..

> They are fortunate, they are great-souled, their life is well-lived— / the men who, having bathed at Candrahāsye, behold the eclipse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.28)

vācikaṃ mānasaṃ pāpaṃ karmajaṃ yatpurā kṛtam .  
snānamātrāttu rājendra tatra tīrthe praṇaśyati .. 190.28 ..

> Vocal, mental, or born of action—whatever sin was committed in the past / is destroyed at that sacred ford merely by bathing, O king of kings. 190.28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.29)

bahavastanna jānanti mahāmohasamanvitāḥ .  
dehastha iva sarveṣāṃ paramātmeva saṃsthitam .. 190.29 ..

> Many, possessed by great delusion, do not know it, / though it stands present like the Supreme Self dwelling in the body of all beings. 190.29  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.30)

paścime sāgare gatvā somatīrthe tu yatphalam .  
tatsamagramavāpnoti candrahāsye na saṃśayaḥ .. 190.30 ..

> Whatever fruit one obtains by going to the western ocean at Somatīrtha, / one certainly obtains all of it at Candrahāsya, without doubt. 190.30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.31)

saṃkrāntau ca vyatīpāte viṣuve cāyane tathā .  
candrahāsye naraḥ snātvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 190.31 ..

> And on a transit, a Vyatīpāta, an equinox, and a solstice, / a man who bathes at Candrahāsya is freed from all sins. 190.31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.32)

te mūḍhāste durācārāsteṣāṃ janma nirarthakam .  
candrahāsyaṃ na jānanti narmadāyāṃ vyavasthitam .. 190.32 ..

> Fools they are, wicked in conduct, their birth is meaningless, / who do not know Candrahāsya situated on the Narmadā. 190.32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.33)

candrahāsye tu yaḥ kaścitsaṃnyāsaṃ kurute nṛpa .  
anivartikā gatistasya somalokātkadācana .. 190.33 ..

> Whoever takes renunciation at Candrahāsya, O king, / his state of existence never turns back from the world of Soma. 190.33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.190.33\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.190.33_1)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe candrahāsyatīrthamahātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma navatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and ninetieth chapter, named 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Candrahāsyatīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.190.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.190.1) — Sanskrit

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