[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) › 6.3.199 # Skandapurana 6.3.199 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.199 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.199.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.199.1) adhyāya 199 śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tasyaivānantaraṃ rājannāśvinaṃ tīrthamuttamam . kāmikaṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ prāṇināṃ siddhidāyakam .. 199.1 .. > Chapter 199 / The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Immediately following that, O king, is the excellent Āśvina sacred ford, / the granter of desires among all sacred fords, bestowing perfections upon living beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.199.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.199.2) tatra tīrthe'śvinau devau surūpau bhiṣajāṃ varau . tapaḥ kṛtvā suvipulaṃ saṃjātau yajñabhāginau .. 199.2 .. > At that sacred ford, the two gods the Aśvins, handsome and the best of physicians, / having performed extensive austerities, became sharers in the sacrificial offering. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.199.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.199.3) saṃmatau sarvadevānāmādityatanayāvubhau . nāsatyau sattvasaṃpannau sarvaduḥkhaghnasattamau .. 199.3 .. > Approved by all the gods, both sons of the sun, / the Nāsatyas, endowed with purity, best of beings who destroy all suffering. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.199.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.199.4) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca - ādityasya sutau tāta nāsatyau yena hetunā . saṃjātau śrotumicchāmi nirṇayaṃ paramaṃ dvija .. 199.4 .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: / By what cause the two Nāsatyas were born as the sons of the sun, father, / I wish to hear that ultimate conclusion, O twice-born one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.199.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.199.5) mārkaṇḍeya uvāca - purāṇe bhāskare tāta etadvistarato mayā . saṃśrutaṃ devadevasya mārtaṇḍasya mahātmanaḥ .. 199.5 .. > Mārkaṇḍeya said: / In the Bhāskara Purāṇa, father, this was heard by me in detail, / concerning the god of gods, the great-souled Mārtaṇḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.199.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.199.6) tatte saṃkṣepataḥ sarvaṃ bhaktiyuktasya bhārata . kathayāmi na sandeho vṛddhabhāvena karśitaḥ .. 199.6 .. > All that I shall tell to you in brief, O Bhārata, since you are endowed with devotion; / there is no doubt, \[though I am\] emaciated by old age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.199.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.199.7) atitejoraverdṛṣṭvā rājñī devī narottama . cacāra merukāntāre vaḍavā tapa ulbaṇam .. 199.7 .. > Having seen the excessive brilliance of the sun, the queen goddess, O best of men, / practiced severe austerities in the wilderness of Meru as a mare. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.199.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.199.8) tataḥ katipayāhasya kālasya bhagavānraviḥ . dṛṣṭvā tu rūpamutsṛjya paramaṃ teja ujjvalam .. 199.8 .. > Then, after the passage of some days, the blessed sun, / seeing \[her\], cast off his supreme, blazing splendor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.199.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.199.9) manobhavavaśībhūto hayo bhūtvā laghukramaḥ . visphurantī yathāprāṇaṃ dhāvamānā itastataḥ .. 199.9 .. > Overcome by love, having become a swift-paced horse, / \[approached her who was\] quivering with all her strength and running hither and thither. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.199.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.199.10) heṣamāṇaḥ svareṇāsau maithunāyopacakrame . sammukhī tu tato devī nivṛttā laghuvikramā .. 199.10 .. > Neighing with his voice, he approached for mating. / Then the goddess, turning to face him, stopped, swift of pace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.199.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.199.11) yathā tathā nāsikāyāṃ praviṣṭaṃ bījamuttamam . tato nāsāgate bīje saṃjāto garbha uttamaḥ .. 199.11 .. > Somehow the excellent seed entered into her nose; / then, when the seed had entered the nose, an excellent embryo was formed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.199.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.199.12) jātau yataḥ sutau pārtha nāsatyau viśrutau tataḥ . susamau suvibhaktāṅgau bimbādbimbamivodyatau .. 199.12 .. > Because the two sons were born \[from the nose\], O Pārtha, they are celebrated as the Nāsatyas, / well-proportioned, with symmetrical limbs, as if risen like a reflection from an image. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.199.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.199.13) adhikau sarvadevānāṃ rūpaiścaryasamanvitau . narmadātaṭamāśritya bhṛgukacche gatāvubhau . parāṃ siddhimanuprāptau tapaḥ kṛtvā suduścaram .. 199.13 .. > Surpassing all the gods, endowed with beauty and sovereignty, / both resorted to the bank of the Narmadā and went to Bhṛgukaccha; / having performed very difficult austerities, they attained supreme perfection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.199.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.199.14) tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ . surūpaḥ subhagaḥ pārtha jāyate yatra tatra ca .. 199.14 .. > Whoever bathes in that sacred ford and offers libations to the ancestors and gods, / is born handsome and fortunate, O Pārtha, wherever \[he is reborn\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.199.14\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.199.14_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe āśvinatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikonadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-ninth chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of the Āśvina Sacred Ford', in the Revā Section of the fifth Avantī Section, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.199.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.199.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.199) · Pramāṇa