[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) › 6.3.196 # Skandapurana 6.3.196 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.196 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.196.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.196.1) adhyāya 196 śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gaccheddharādhīśa haṃsatīrthamanuttamam . yatra haṃsastapastaptvā brahmavāhanatāṃ gataḥ .. 196.1 .. > Chapter 196 > Glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: > Then one should proceed, O lord of the earth, to the unsurpassable Haṃsatīrtha, / where a swan, having performed austerities, became Brahmā's mount. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.196.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.196.2) haṃsatīrthe naraḥ snātvā dānaṃ dattvā ca kāñcanam . sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmalokaṃ sa gacchati .. 196.2 .. > A man, having bathed at Haṃsatīrtha and given a gift of gold, / completely freed from all sins, goes to the world of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.196.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.196.3) haṃsayuktena yānena taruṇādityavarcasā . sarvakāmasamṛddhena sevyamāno'psarogaṇaiḥ .. 196.3 .. > In a vehicle harnessed to swans, with the radiance of the morning sun, / endowed with all desirable things, being served by hosts of apsarases, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.196.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.196.4) tatra bhuktvā yathākāmaṃ sarvān bhogān yathepsitān . jātismaro hi jāyeta punarmānuṣyamāgataḥ .. 196.4 .. > having enjoyed all desired pleasures there as he pleases, / when he returns again to human existence, he is born remembering his former births. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.196.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.196.5) saṃnyāsena tyajeddehaṃ mokṣamāpnoti bhārata .. 196.5 .. > Through renunciation he abandons his body and attains liberation, O Bhārata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.196.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.196.6) etatte kathitaṃ pārtha haṃsatīrthasya yatphalam . sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvaduḥkhavināśanam .. 196.6 .. > This fruit of Haṃsatīrtha has been told to you, O son of Pṛthā; / it removes all sins, brings merit, and destroys all sorrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.196.6\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.196.6_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe haṃsatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṇṇavatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Haṃsatīrtha', 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.6.3.196.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.196.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.196](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.196) · Pramāṇa