[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) › 6.3.197 # Skandapurana 6.3.197 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.197 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.197.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.197.1) adhyāya 197 śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tasyaivānantaraṃ gacchetsūryatīrthamanuttamam . mūlasthānamiti khyātaṃ padmajasthāpitaṃ śubham .. 197.1 .. > Chapter 197 > Glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: > Immediately after that, one should go to the unsurpassed Sūryatīrtha, / renowned as Mūlasthāna, auspicious, established by the lotus-born \[Brahmā\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.197.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.197.2) mūlaśrīpatinā devī proktā sthāpaya bhāskaram . śrutvā devoditaṃ devī sthāpayāmāsa bhāskaram .. 197.2 .. > The goddess was told by Mūlaśrīpati: 'Install the sun-god.' / Hearing what was spoken by the god, the goddess installed the sun-god. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.197.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.197.3) procyate narmadātīre mūlasthānākhyabhāskaraḥ .. 197.3 .. > He is called the Sun known as Mūlasthāna on the bank of the Narmadā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.197.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.197.4) tatra tīrthe naro yastu snātvā niyatamānasaḥ . saṃtarpya pitṛdevāṃśca piṇḍena salilena ca .. 197.4 .. > A person who bathes at that sacred ford with restrained mind, / and satisfies the ancestors and the gods with rice-balls and water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.197.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.197.5) mūlasthānaṃ tataḥ paśyetsa gacchetparamāṃ gatim . guhyādguhyatarastatra viśeṣastu śruto mayā .. 197.5 .. > and then beholds Mūlasthāna, attains the supreme destination. / However, a particular \[rule\] there, more secret than the secret, has been heard by me, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.197.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.197.6) samāgame munīnāṃ tu śaṅkarācchaśiśekharāt . sadā vai śuklasaptamyāṃ mūlamādityavāsaraḥ .. 197.6 .. > in an assembly of sages, from Śaṅkara, who bears the crescent moon on his crest: / when the Mūla asterism falls on a Sunday on the bright seventh \[tithi\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.197.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.197.7) tadā revājalaṃ gatvā snātvā saṃtarpya devatāḥ . pitḥṃśca bharataśreṣṭha dattvā dānaṃ svaśaktitaḥ .. 197.7 .. > then, having gone to the water of the Revā, having bathed, and having satisfied the deities / and ancestors, O best of Bharatas, and having given gifts according to one's capacity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.197.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.197.8) karavīraistato gatvā raktacandanavāriṇā . saṃsthāpya bhāskaraṃ bhaktyā sampūjya ca yathāvidhi .. 197.8 .. > and then, having gone with oleander flowers and red sandalwood water, / having established the sun-god with devotion and worshipped him according to the injunctions, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.197.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.197.9) tataḥ sāgurukairdhūpaiḥ kundaraiśca viśeṣataḥ . dhūpayeddevadeveśaṃ dīpān bodhya diśo daśa .. 197.9 .. > and then particularly fumigating the lord of the gods of gods / with incenses containing agallochum and olibanum, lighting lamps in the ten directions, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.197.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.197.10) upoṣya jāgaraṃ kuryādgītavādyaṃ viśeṣataḥ . evaṃ kṛte mahīpāla na bhavedugraduḥkhabhāk .. 197.10 .. > and keeping a vigil while fasting, especially with song and musical instruments— / when this is done, O protector of the earth, one does not partake of terrible suffering. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.197.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.197.11) sūryaloke vasettāvadyāvatkalpaśatatrayam . gandharvairapsarobhiśca sevyamāno nṛpottama .. 197.11 .. > He dwells in the realm of the Sun for as long as three hundred kalpas, / attended by gandharvas and apsarases, O best of kings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.197.11\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.197.11_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe mūlasthānatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptanavatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-seventh chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Mūlasthānatīrtha', 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.6.3.197.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.197.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.197](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.197) · Pramāṇa