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# Skandapurana 6.3.195

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.195

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.195.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.1)

adhyāya 195  
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
devatīrthe tu kiṃ nāma māhātmyaṃ samudāhṛtam .  
phalaṃ kiṃ snānadānādikāriṇāṃ jāyate mune .. 195.1 ..

> 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?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.2)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni devairmunigaṇairapi .  
sevitāni mahābāho tāni dhyātāni viṣṇunā .. 195.2 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Whatever sacred fords on earth have been frequented by gods / and hosts of sages, O mighty-armed one, were contemplated by Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.3)

samāgatānyekatāṃ vai tatra tīrthe yudhiṣṭhira .  
tattīrthaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ puṇyaṃ devatīrthamiti śrutam .. 195.3 ..

> and they converged into oneness at that sacred ford, O Yudhiṣṭhira. / That holy sacred ford of Viṣṇu is renowned as Devatīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.4)

kurukṣetraṃ bhuvi paramantarikṣe tripuṣkaram .  
puruṣottamaṃ divi paraṃ devatīrthaṃ parātparam .. 195.4 ..

> Kurukṣetra is supreme on earth, Tripuṣkara in the intermediate space, / Puruṣottama in heaven, but Devatīrtha is higher than the highest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.5)

devatīrthasamaṃ nāsti tīrthamatra paratra ca .  
yatprāpya manujastapyenna kadācidyudhiṣṭhira .. 195.5 ..

> There is no sacred ford equal to Devatīrtha in this world or in the next, / reaching which a man never suffers \[again\], O Yudhiṣṭhira.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.6)

devairuktāni tīrthāni yo'tra snānaṃ samācaret .  
devatīrthe sa sarvatra snāto bhavati mānavaḥ .. 195.6 ..

> Whoever performs ritual ablution here in the sacred fords spoken of by the gods, / that person has bathed in all of them at Devatīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.7)

evamastviti tairuktā devā ṛṣigaṇā api .  
saṃtuṣṭāḥ śrīśamabhyarcya svaṃ svaṃ sthānaṃ tu bhejire .. 195.7 ..

> 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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.8)

sūryagrahe'tra vai kṣetre snātvā yatphalamaśnute .  
snātvā śrīśaṃ samabhyarcya samupoṣya yathāvidhi .. 195.8 ..

> 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,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.9)

yaddadāti hiraṇyāni dānāni vidhivannṛpa .  
tadanantaphalaṃ sarvaṃ sūryasya grahaṇe yathā .. 195.9 ..

> and whatever gifts of gold one gives according to the rule, O king, / all that yields infinite fruit, just as on a solar eclipse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.10)

bhūmidānaṃ dhenudānaṃ svarṇadānamanantakam .  
vajradānamanantaṃ ca phalaṃ prāha śatakratuḥ .. 195.10 ..

> 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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.11)

somo vai vastradānena mauktikānāṃ ca bhārgavaḥ .  
suvarṇasya ravirdānaṃ dharmarājo hyanantakam .. 195.11 ..

> 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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.12)

devatīrthe tu yaddānaṃ śraddhāyuktena dīyate .  
tadanantaphalaṃ prāha bṛhaspatirudāradhīḥ .. 195.12 ..

> The noble-minded Bṛhaspati declared / that whatever gift is given at Devatīrtha with faith brings infinite fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.13)

devatīrthe bhṛgukṣetre sarvatīrthādhika nṛpa .  
devatīrthe naraḥ snātvā śrīpatiṃ yo'nupaśyati .. 195.13 ..

> 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,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.14)

somagrahe kulaśataṃ sa samuddhṛtya nākabhāk .  
dānāni dvijamukhyebhyo devatīrthe narādhipa .. 195.14 ..

> during a lunar eclipse, delivers a hundred families and attains heaven. / Gifts given to the foremost brahmins at Devatīrtha, O ruler of men,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.15)

yairdattāni narairbhogabhāginaḥ pretya ceha te .  
devatīrthe viprabhojyaṃ harimuddiśya yaścaret .. 195.15 ..

> by whatever men they are given, they partake of enjoyments here and in the hereafter. / Whoever feeds brahmins at Devatīrtha, intending it for Hari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.16)

sa sarvāhlādamāpnoti svargaloke yudhiṣṭhira .  
devatīrthe naro nārī snātvā niyatamānasau .. 195.16 ..

> he attains complete delight in the heavenly world, O Yudhiṣṭhira. / A man or a woman, having bathed at Devatīrtha with a restrained mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.17)

upoṣyaikādaśīṃ bhaktyā pūjayedyaḥ śriyaḥ patim .  
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā ghṛtenodbodhya dīpakam .. 195.17 ..

> 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,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.18)

dvādaśyāṃ prātarutthāya tathā vai narmadājale .  
vipradāmpatyamabhyarcya vidhivatkurunandana .. 195.18 ..

> 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,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.19)

vastrābharaṇatāmbūlapuṣpadhūpavilepanaiḥ .  
akṣaye viṣṇuloke'sau modate caritavrataḥ .. 195.19 ..

> with garments, ornaments, betel, flowers, incense, and ointments, / he, having observed the vow, rejoices in the imperishable world of Viṣṇu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.20)

yaḥ sadaikādaśītithau snātvopoṣyārcayeddharim .  
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryādvedaśāstravidhānataḥ .. 195.20 ..

> 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,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.21)

dharmarājakṛtāṃ pāpāṃ na sa paśyati yātanām .  
pañcarātravidhānena śrīpatiṃ yo'rcayiṣyati .. 195.21 ..

> he does not see the painful torment inflicted by Dharmarāja. / Whoever shall worship the Lord of Śrī according to the Pañcarātra procedure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.22)

dīkṣāmavāpya vidhivadvaiṣṇavīṃ pāpanāśinīm .  
svargamokṣapradāṃ puṇyāṃ bhogadāṃ vittadāmatha .. 195.22 ..

> having obtained the Vaiṣṇava initiation according to the rule, which destroys sin, / grants heaven and liberation, is meritorious, and bestows enjoyment and wealth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.23)

rājyadāṃ vā mahābhāga putradāṃ bhāgyadāmatha .  
sukalatrapradāṃ vāpi viṣṇorbhaktipradāmiti .. 195.23 ..

> or bestows kingdom, O highly fortunate one, bestows sons, bestows good fortune, / or bestows a good wife, and bestows devotion to Viṣṇu—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.24)

tariṣyati bhavāmbhodhiṃ sa naraḥ kurunandana .  
yo'rcayiṣyati tatraiva devatīrthe śriyaḥ patim .. 195.24 ..

> 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,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.25)

viśvarūpamatho samyaṅmūlaśrīpatimeva vā .  
nārāyaṇagiriṃ vāpi gṛhe vaikādaśītithau .. 195.25 ..

> or the Cosmic Form, or the original Lord of Śrī properly, / or at Nārāyaṇagiri, or at home on the eleventh tithi,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.26)

bhaktimāñchraddhayā yuktaḥ kṣīraistīrthodakairapi .  
susūkṣmairahatairvastrairmahākauśeyakairnṛpa .. 195.26 ..

> devoted, endowed with faith, with milk, and with waters from sacred fords, / with very fine, unwashed clothes, and with grand silk garments, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.27)

vicitrairnetrajairvāpi dhūpairagurucandanaiḥ .  
guggulairghṛtamiśraiśca naivedyairvividhairapi .. 195.27 ..

> or with manifold woven silks, with perfumes of agarwood and sandal, / with guggulu mixed with clarified butter, and with varied food offerings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.28)

pāyasādyairmanuṣyendra payasā vā yudhiṣṭhira .  
piṣṭadīpaiḥ suvimalairvardhamānairmanoharaiḥ .. 195.28 ..

> with milk-rice and other \[dishes\], O lord of men, or with milk, O Yudhiṣṭhira, / with spotless flour-lamps and charming, prosperous offerings—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.29)

pūjayitvā naro yāti yathā tacchṛṇu bhārata .  
śaṅkhī cakrī gadī padmī bhūtvāsau garuḍadhvajaḥ .. 195.29 ..

> 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,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.30)

devalokānatikramya viṣṇulokaṃ prapadyate .  
yastu vai parayā bhaktyā śrīpateḥ pādapaṅkajam .. 195.30 ..

> 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,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.31)

caturdhādhiṣṭhitaṃ paśyecchriyaṃ trailokyamātaram .  
nṛtyagītavinodena mucyate pātakardhruvam .. 195.31 ..

> stationed in four forms, and Śrī, the mother of the three worlds, / with the diversion of dance and song, is surely freed from sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.32)

nīrājane tu devasya prātarmadhye dine tathā .  
sāyaṃ ca niyato nityaṃ yaḥ paśyetpūjayeddharim .. 195.32 ..

> During the waving of lights for the deity, in the morning, at midday, / and in the evening, who, restrained, constantly beholds and worships Hari,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.33)

sa tīrtvā hyāpadaṃ durgāṃ naivārtiṃ samavāpnuyāt .  
āyuḥśrīvardhanaṃ puṃsāṃ cakṣuṣāmapi pūrakam .. 195.33 ..

> having crossed difficult misfortune, he never meets with distress. / Increasing men's lifespan and fortune, fulfilling even their eyesight,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.34)

upapāpaharaṃ caiva sadā nīrājanaṃ hareḥ .  
tadā nīrājanākāle yo hareḥ paṭhati stavam .. 195.34 ..

> 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,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.35)

sa dhanyo devadevasya prasannenāntarātmanā .  
harernīrājanāśeṣaṃ pāṇibhyāṃ yaḥ prayacchati .. 195.35 ..

> 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,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.36)

saṃgṛhya cakṣuṣī tena yojayenmārjayanmukham .  
timirādīnakṣirogānnāśayeddīptimanmukham .. 195.36 ..

> takes it, touches his two eyes with it, and wipes his face, / destroys eye diseases such as cataracts, and his radiant face  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.37)

bhavatyaśeṣaduṣṭānāṃ nāśāyālaṃ narottama .  
dīpaprajvalanaṃ yasya nityamagre śriyaḥ pateḥ .. 195.37 ..

> 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,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.38)

snātvā revājale puṇye pradadyādadhikaṃ vratī .  
saptadvīpavatī tena sasāgaravanāpagā .. 195.38 ..

> 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,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.39)

pradakṣiṇīkṛtā syādvai dharaṇī śaṅkaro'bravīt .  
idaṃ yaḥ paṭhyamānaṃ tu śṛṇuyātpaṭhate'pi vā .. 195.39 ..

> has indeed been circumambulated: so Śaṅkara declared. / Whoever hears this being recited, or himself recites it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.40)

smaraṇaṃ so'tasamaye vipāpmā prāpnuyāddhareḥ .  
idaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ svargyaṃ pitṛguṇapriyam .. 195.40 ..

> 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;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.41)

māhātmyaṃ śrāvayedviprāñchrīpateḥ śrāddhakarmaṇi .  
ghṛtena madhunā tena tarpitāḥ syuḥ pitāmahāḥ .. 195.41 ..

> 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.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.195.41\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.195.41_1)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe śrīpatimāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcanavatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> 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 \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.195.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.195.1) — Sanskrit

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