Skandapurana 6.3.195

Chapter 195 / Yudhiṣṭhira said: / What māhātmya is declared of Devatīrtha? / What fruit arises for those who perform ritual ablution, gift-giving, and other rites, O sage?

Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Whatever sacred fords on earth have been frequented by gods / and hosts of sages, O mighty-armed one, were contemplated by Viṣṇu,

and they converged into oneness at that sacred ford, O Yudhiṣṭhira. / That holy sacred ford of Viṣṇu is renowned as Devatīrtha.

Kurukṣetra is supreme on earth, Tripuṣkara in the intermediate space, / Puruṣottama in heaven, but Devatīrtha is higher than the highest.

There is no sacred ford equal to Devatīrtha in this world or in the next, / reaching which a man never suffers [again], O Yudhiṣṭhira.

Whoever performs ritual ablution here in the sacred fords spoken of by the gods, / that person has bathed in all of them at Devatīrtha.

Having said to them, "May it be so," the gods and the hosts of seers as well, / highly pleased, worshiped the Lord of Śrī and went to their respective abodes.

The fruit one enjoys by bathing in this sacred field during a solar eclipse, / having bathed and fully worshiped the Lord of Śrī, having fasted according to the rule,

and whatever gifts of gold one gives according to the rule, O king, / all that yields infinite fruit, just as on a solar eclipse.

The gift of land, the gift of a cow, the gift of gold brings infinite [reward]; / and Śatakratu declared the gift of a diamond brings infinite fruit.

Soma [proclaimed infinite fruit] from the gift of garments, and Bhārgava from [the gift of] pearls; / the Sun from the gift of gold, and Dharmarāja indeed declared it infinite.

The noble-minded Bṛhaspati declared / that whatever gift is given at Devatīrtha with faith brings infinite fruit.

At Devatīrtha in Bhṛgukṣetra, which is superior to all sacred fords, O king, / the man who, having bathed at Devatīrtha, beholds the Lord of Śrī,

during a lunar eclipse, delivers a hundred families and attains heaven. / Gifts given to the foremost brahmins at Devatīrtha, O ruler of men,

by whatever men they are given, they partake of enjoyments here and in the hereafter. / Whoever feeds brahmins at Devatīrtha, intending it for Hari,

he attains complete delight in the heavenly world, O Yudhiṣṭhira. / A man or a woman, having bathed at Devatīrtha with a restrained mind,

having fasted on the eleventh day and worshiped the Husband of Śrī with devotion, / having kept vigil at night and kindled a lamp with clarified butter,

having risen early on the twelfth day in the waters of the Narmadā, / and having worshiped a brahmin couple according to the rule, O scion of the Kurus,

with garments, ornaments, betel, flowers, incense, and ointments, / he, having observed the vow, rejoices in the imperishable world of Viṣṇu.

Whoever constantly fasts on the eleventh tithi after bathing, worships Hari, / and keeps vigil at night according to the ordinances of the Vedas and treatises,

he does not see the painful torment inflicted by Dharmarāja. / Whoever shall worship the Lord of Śrī according to the Pañcarātra procedure,

having obtained the Vaiṣṇava initiation according to the rule, which destroys sin, / grants heaven and liberation, is meritorious, and bestows enjoyment and wealth,

or bestows kingdom, O highly fortunate one, bestows sons, bestows good fortune, / or bestows a good wife, and bestows devotion to Viṣṇu—

that man shall cross over the ocean of worldly existence, O scion of the Kurus, / who shall worship the Husband of Śrī right there at Devatīrtha,

or the Cosmic Form, or the original Lord of Śrī properly, / or at Nārāyaṇagiri, or at home on the eleventh tithi,

devoted, endowed with faith, with milk, and with waters from sacred fords, / with very fine, unwashed clothes, and with grand silk garments, O king,

or with manifold woven silks, with perfumes of agarwood and sandal, / with guggulu mixed with clarified butter, and with varied food offerings,

with milk-rice and other [dishes], O lord of men, or with milk, O Yudhiṣṭhira, / with spotless flour-lamps and charming, prosperous offerings—

having worshiped, how a man proceeds, hear that, O Bhārata: / having become one bearing the conch, discus, mace, and lotus, with Garuḍa on his banner,

surpassing the worlds of the gods, he reaches the world of Viṣṇu. / He who with supreme devotion beholds the lotus foot of the Lord of Śrī,

stationed in four forms, and Śrī, the mother of the three worlds, / with the diversion of dance and song, is surely freed from sins.

During the waving of lights for the deity, in the morning, at midday, / and in the evening, who, restrained, constantly beholds and worships Hari,

having crossed difficult misfortune, he never meets with distress. / Increasing men's lifespan and fortune, fulfilling even their eyesight,

and removing minor sins is the constant waving of lights for Hari. / Whoever then, at the time of the waving of lights, recites Hari's hymn,

he is blessed, through the god of gods with a pleased inner self. / Whoever offers the remainder of the light-waving of Hari with both hands,

takes it, touches his two eyes with it, and wipes his face, / destroys eye diseases such as cataracts, and his radiant face

becomes capable of destroying all evil ones, O best of men. / He before whom a lamp is constantly lit in front of the Husband of Śrī,

who, having bathed in the sacred water of the Revā, gives profusely while observing the vow, / by him the earth consisting of seven continents, along with oceans, forests, and rivers,

has indeed been circumambulated: so Śaṅkara declared. / Whoever hears this being recited, or himself recites it,

free from sins, he attains remembrance of Hari at the time of departure. / This māhātmya brings fame, longevity, leads to heaven, and is dear to the ancestors;

one should recite this māhātmya of the Lord of Śrī to the brahmins during the śrāddha rite. / By that, the grandfathers are gratified as if with clarified butter and honey.

Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-fifth chapter, titled "Description of the Māhātmya of the Lord of Śrī," in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand [verses].