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(1.1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.2) oṃ namaḥ śrīpuruṣottamāya . oṃ namaḥ śrīnarmadāyai . oṃ namo hariharahiraṇyagarbhebhyo namo vyāsavālmīkiśukaparāśarebhyo namo gurugobrāhmaṇebhyaḥ . oṃ majjanmātaṅgagaṇḍacyutamadamadirāmodamattālimālaṃ snānaiḥ siddhāṅganānāṃ kucayugavigalatkuṅkumāsaṅgapiṅgam . sāyaṃ prātarmunīnāṃ kusumacayasamācchannatīrasthavṛkṣaṃ pāyādvo narmadāmbhaḥ karimakarakarākrāntarahaṃstaraṃgam .. 1.2 .. > Om, salutations to Śrī Puruṣottama. / Om, salutations to the auspicious Narmadā. / Om, salutations to Hari, Hara, and Hiraṇyagarbha; salutations to Vyāsa, Vālmīki, Śuka, and Parāśara; salutations to the spiritual teachers, cows, and brahmins. / Om. May the waters of the Narmadā protect you— / whose swarms of bees are intoxicated by the fragrance of the rut-wine dripping from the temples of bathing elephants; / which are turned yellowish-red by contact with the saffron melting from the pairs of breasts of Siddha women during their baths; / whose trees on the banks are covered with heaps of flowers by sages evening and morning; / and whose wave-currents are struck by the trunks of elephants and makaras. (1.2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.3) ubhayataṭapuṇyatīrthā prakṣālitasakalalalokaduritaughā . devamunimanujavandyā haratu sadā narmadā duritam .. 1.3 .. > Endowed with holy sacred fords on both banks, washing away the flood of sins of all the worlds, / praised by gods, sages, and mortals—may the Narmadā always remove sin! (1.3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.4) nāśayatu duritamakhilaṃ bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhavacca bhuvi bhavinām . sakalapavitri tava sudhā puṇyajalā narmadā bhavati .. 1.4 .. > May she destroy all sin—past, future, and present—of living beings on earth! / O purifier of all, your holy water, Narmadā, becomes nectar. (1.4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.5) taṭapulinaṃ śivadevā yasyā yatayo'pi kāmayante vā . muninivahavihitasevā śivāya mama jāyatāṃ revā .. 1.5 .. > Whose sandy bank even gods devoted to Śiva and ascetics desire, / and who is served by hosts of sages—may the Revā bring about my welfare! (1.5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.6) nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtvā naraṃ caiva narottamam . devīṃ sarasvatīṃ vyāsaṃ tato jayamudīrayet .. 1.6 .. > Having bowed down to Nārāyaṇa and Nara, the best among mortals, / and to the goddess Sarasvatī and Vyāsa, one should then recite the ‘Victory.’ (1.6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.7) naimiṣe puṇyanilaye nānāṛṣiniṣevite . śaunakaḥ satramāsīnaḥ sūta papraccha vistarāt .. 1.7 .. > In Naimiṣa, the sacred abode frequented by various seers, / Śaunaka, seated at a sacrificial session, questioned Sūta at length: (1.7) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.8) manye'haṃ dharmanaipuṇyaṃ tvayi sūta sadārcitam . puṇyāmṛtakathāvaktā vyāsasaśiṣyastvameva hi .. 1.8 .. > “I consider that skill in righteousness is ever revered in you, Sūta; / for you are the narrator of holy, nectar-like stories, indeed the disciple of Vyāsa. (1.8) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.9) atastvāṃ paripṛcchāmi dharmatīrthāśrayaṃ kave . bahūni santi tīrthāni bahuśo me śrutāni ca .. 1.9 .. > Therefore I ask you, O wise poet, concerning the refuge of righteous sacred fords. / There are many sacred fords, and many of them have been heard by me. (1.9) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.10) śrutā divyanadī brāhmī tathā viṣṇunadī mayā . tṛtīyā na mayā kvāpi śrutā raudrī saridvarā .. 1.10 .. > I have heard of the divine river belonging to Brahmā, as well as the river belonging to Viṣṇu; / but nowhere have I heard of the third, the best of rivers, belonging to Rudra. (1.10) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.11) tāṃ vedagarbhāṃ vikhyātāṃ vibudhaughābhivanditām . vada me tvaṃ mahāprājña tīrthapūgapariṣkṛtām .. 1.11 .. > Tell me, O greatly wise one, of her who holds the Vedas within her, who is celebrated, saluted by hosts of gods, / and adorned with an abundance of sacred fords. (1.11) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.12) kaṃ deśamāśritā revā kathaṃ śrīrudrasaṃbhavā . tatsaṃśritāni tīrthāni yāni tāni vadasva me .. 1.12 .. > Which land has the Revā resorted to? How was she born from the glorious Rudra? / And whatever sacred fords belong to her, please tell them to me.” (1.12) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.13) sūta uvāca - sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ kulapate caritraṃ narmadāśritam . citraṃ pavitraṃ doṣaghnaṃ śrutamuktaṃ ca sattama .. 1.13 .. > Sūta said: / “Well asked, O head of the clan, concerning the history pertaining to the Narmadā, / wonderful, purifying, destroying faults, as heard and proclaimed, O best of good men! (1.13) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.14) vedopavedavedāṅgādīnyabhivyasya pūritaḥ . aṣṭādaśapurāṇānāṃ vaktā satyavatīsutaḥ .. 1.14 .. > Having arranged the Vedas, Upavedas, Vedāṅgas, and the rest, the son of Satyavatī was fulfilled; / he is the proclaimer of the eighteen Purāṇas. (1.14) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.15) taṃ namaskṛtya vakṣyāmi purāṇāni yathākramam . yeṣāmabhivyāharaṇādabhivṛddhirvṛṣāyuṣoḥ .. 1.15 .. > Having bowed to him, I shall speak of the Purāṇas in due order, / by whose recitation righteousness and life-span increase. (1.15) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.16) śrutiḥ smṛtiśca viprāṇāṃ cakṣuṣī parikīrtite . kāṇastatraikayā hīno dvābhyāmandhaḥ prakīrtitaḥ .. 1.16 .. > Revelation and tradition are declared to be the two eyes of brahmins; / a man lacking one of them is one-eyed, and lacking both, he is declared blind. (1.16) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.17) śrutismṛtipurāṇāni viduṣāṃ locanatrayam . yastribhirnayanaiḥ paśyetso'ṃśo māheśvaro mataḥ .. 1.17 .. > Revelation, tradition, and the Purāṇas are the three eyes of learned men; / he who sees with three eyes is considered a portion of Maheśvara. (1.17) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.18) ātmano vedavidyā ca īśvareṇa vinirmitā . śaunakīyā ca paurāṇī dharmaśāstrātmikā ca yā .. 1.18 .. > The knowledge of the Veda was fashioned by the Lord for oneself, / as well as the Śaunakīya, the Paurāṇic, and that which has the nature of Dharmaśāstra. (1.18) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.19) tisro vidyā imā mukhyāḥ sarvaśāstravinirṇaye . purāṇaṃ pañcamo veda iti brahmānuśāsanam .. 1.19 .. > These three lores are primary in determining all sacred teachings. / ‘The Purāṇa is the fifth Veda’—such is the ordinance of Brahmā. (1.19) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.20) yo na veda purāṇaṃ hi na sa vedātra kiṃcana . katamaḥ sa hi dharmo'sti kiṃ vā jñānaṃ tathāvidham .. 1.20 .. > He who does not know the Purāṇa knows nothing here at all. / What kind of righteousness is that, or what kind of knowledge is that— (1.20) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.21) anyadvā tatkimatrāha purāṇe yanna dṛśyate . vedāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ pūrvaṃ purāṇe nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 1.21 .. > or what else is there in this world that is not seen in the Purāṇa? / Formerly, the Vedas were established in the Purāṇa; there is no doubt about this. (1.21) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.22) bibhetyalpaśrutādvedo māmayaṃ pratariṣyati . itihāsapurāṇaiśca kṛto'yaṃ niścayaḥ purā .. 1.22 .. > The Veda fears one of little learning: ‘Lest this man deceive me.’ / And through the Itihāsas and Purāṇas this determination was made of old. (1.22) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.23) ātmā purāṇaṃ vedānāṃ pṛthagaṃgāni tāni ṣaṭ . yacca dṛṣṭaṃ hi vedeṣu taddṛṣṭaṃ smṛtibhiḥ kila .. 1.23 .. > The Purāṇa is the soul of the Vedas; those six limbs are separate. / And what is seen in the Vedas is indeed seen through the Smṛtis; (1.23) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.24) ubhābhyāṃ yattu dṛṣṭaṃ hi tatpurāṇeṣu gīyate . purāṇaṃ sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ prathamaṃ brahmaṇaḥ smṛtam .. 1.24 .. > and what is seen by both is sung in the Purāṇas. / The Purāṇa is remembered as the first of all sacred teachings from Brahmā. (1.24) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.25) anantaraṃ ca vaktrebhyo vedāstasya vinirgatāḥ . purāṇamekamevāsīdasmin kalpāntare mune .. 1.25 .. > And afterwards the Vedas emerged from his mouths. / There was only one single Purāṇa in that other kalpa, O sage, (1.25) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.26) trivargasādhanaṃ puṇyaṃ śatakoṭipravistaram . smṛtvā jagāda ca munīnprati devaścaturmukhaḥ .. 1.26 .. > which achieved the three aims of life, holy, extending to a billion verses. / Remembering it, the four-faced god spoke to the sages; (1.26) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.27) pravṛttiḥ sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ purāṇasyābhavattataḥ . kālenāgrahaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā purāṇasya tato muniḥ .. 1.27 .. > from that occurred the emergence of all the sacred texts and the Purāṇa. / Then the sage, seeing the inability to grasp the Purāṇa in the course of time, (1.27) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.28) vyāsarūpaṃ vibhuḥ kṛtvā saṃharetsa yuge yuge . aṣṭalakṣapramāṇe tu dvāpare dvāpare sadā .. 1.28 .. > the all-pervading lord, having assumed the form of Vyāsa, condenses it age after age / to the measure of eight hundred thousand verses in every Dvāpara. (1.28) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.29) tadaṣṭādaśadhā kṛtvā bhūloke'smin prabhāṣyate . adyāpi devaloke tacchatakoṭipravistaram .. 1.29 .. > Having made it eighteenfold, it is proclaimed in this mortal world. / Even today, in the world of the gods, it extends to a billion verses, (1.29) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.30) tathātra caturlakṣaṃ saṃkṣepeṇa niveśitam . purāṇāni daśāṣṭau ca sāmprataṃ tadihocyate . nāmatastāni vakṣyāmi śṛṇu tvamṛṣisattama .. 1.30 .. > while here it has been concisely arranged into four hundred thousand. / The eighteen Purāṇas are now stated here; / I shall speak of them by name: listen, O best of seers! (1.30) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.31) sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvantarāṇi ca . vaṃśānucaritaṃ caiva purāṇaṃ pañcalakṣaṇam .. 1.31 .. > Creation, secondary creation, lineage, the Manu-periods, / and the history of lineages: this is the fivefold characteristic of a Purāṇa. (1.31) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.32) brāhmaṃ purāṇaṃ tatrādyaṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vibhūṣitam . ślokānāṃ daśasāhasraṃ nānāpuṇyakathāyutam .. 1.32 .. > Among them, the first is the Brahma Purāṇa, adorned in a collection / of ten thousand verses, containing various holy stories. (1.32) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.33) pādmaṃ ca pañcapañcāśatsahasrāṇi nigadyate . tṛtīyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃnāma trayoviṃśatisaṃkhyayā .. 1.33 .. > The Padma Purāṇa is said to have fifty-five thousand verses; / the third, named Viṣṇu Purāṇa, has twenty-three thousand in number. (1.33) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.34) caturthaṃ vāyunā proktaṃ vāyavīyamiti smṛtam . śivabhaktisamāyogācchaivaṃ taccāparākhyayā .. 1.34 .. > The fourth, spoken by Vāyu, is remembered as the Vāyavīya; / on account of its union with devotion to Śiva, it is also known by another name as Śaiva. (1.34) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.35) caturviṃśatisaṃkhyātaṃ sahasrāṇi tu śaunaka . caturbhiḥ parvabhiḥ proktaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ pañcamaṃ tathā .. 1.35 .. > It is counted as twenty-four thousand verses, O Śaunaka; / and the Bhaviṣya Purāṇa is proclaimed as the fifth, in four sections. (1.35) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.36) caturdaśasahasrāṇi tathā pañca śatāni tat . mārkaṇḍaṃ navasāhasraṃ ṣaṣṭhaṃ tatparikīrtitam .. 1.36 .. > It has fourteen thousand and five hundred verses. / The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa is declared as the sixth, with nine thousand verses. (1.36) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.37) āgneyaṃ saptamaṃ proktaṃ sahasrāṇi tu ṣoḍaśa . aṣṭamaṃ nāradīyaṃ tu proktaṃ vai pañcaviṃśatiḥ .. 1.37 .. > The Āgneya is proclaimed as the seventh, with sixteen thousand verses; / and the Nāradīya is spoken of as the eighth, with twenty-five thousand. (1.37) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.38) navamaṃ bhagavannāma bhāgadvayavibhūṣitam . tadaṣṭādaśasāhasraṃ procyate granthasaṃkhyayā .. 1.38 .. > The ninth is named Bhāgavata, adorned with two parts; / it is declared to have eighteen thousand in text count. (1.38) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.39) daśamaṃ brahmavaivartaṃ tāvatsaṃkhyamihocyate . laiṅgamekādaśaṃ jñeyaṃ tathaikādaśasaṃkhyayā .. 1.39 .. > The tenth, the Brahmavaivarta, is said here to be of the same count; / the Liṅga is to be known as the eleventh, having likewise eleven thousand in number. (1.39) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.40) bhāgadvayaṃ viracitaṃ talliṅgamṛṣipuṃgava . caturviṃśatisāhasraṃ vārāhaṃ dvādaśaṃ viduḥ .. 1.40 .. > That Liṅgapurāṇa is composed in two parts, O best of seers; / the Vārāha, the twelfth, they know to be twenty-four thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.41) vibhaktaṃ saptabhiḥ khaṇḍaiḥ skāndaṃ bhāgyavatāṃ vara . tadekāśītisāhasraṃ saṃkhyayā vai nirūpitam .. 1.41 .. > Divided into seven sections is the Skānda, O best of the fortunate; / it is indeed determined by measure to be eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.42) tatastu vāmanaṃ nāma caturdaśatamaṃ smṛtam . saṃkhyayā daśasāhasraṃ proktaṃ kulapate purā .. 1.42 .. > Then the fourteenth is remembered as the Vāmana by name; / in measure it was proclaimed of old, O patriarch, to be ten thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.43) kaurmaṃ pañcadaśaṃ prāhurbhāgadvayavibhūṣitam . daśasaptasahasrāṇi purā sāṃkhyapate kalau .. 1.43 .. > They say the Kaurma is the fifteenth, adorned with two parts; / \[it contains\] seventeen thousand \[verses\] of old in the Kali \[age\], O lord of Sāṅkhya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.44) mātsyaṃ matsyena yatproktaṃ manave ṣoḍaśaṃ kramāt . taccaturdaśasāhasraṃ saṃkhyayā vadatāṃ vara .. 1.44 .. > The Mātsya, which was spoken by the Fish to Manu, is the sixteenth in order; / that is fourteen thousand in number, O best of speakers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.45) gāruḍaṃ saptadaśamaṃ smṛtaṃ caikonaviṃśatiḥ . aṣṭādaśaṃ tu brahmāṇḍaṃ bhāgadvayavibhūṣitam .. 1.45 .. > The Gāruḍa is remembered as the seventeenth, and \[has\] nineteen \[thousand verses\]; / the eighteenth is the Brahmāṇḍa, adorned with two parts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.46) tacca dvādaśasāhasraṃ śatamaṣṭasamanvitam . tathaivopapurāṇāni yāni coktāni vedhasā .. 1.46 .. > and that contains twelve thousand and eight hundred \[verses\]. / Likewise the secondary Purāṇas, which were also spoken by Brahmā: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.47) idaṃ brahmapurāṇasya sulabhaṃ sauramuttamam . saṃhitādvayasaṃyuktaṃ puṇyaṃ śivakathāśrayam .. 1.47 .. > This easily obtainable, excellent Saura belongs to the Brahmapurāṇa, / joined with two collections, holy, resting upon tales of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.48) ādyā sanatkumāroktā dvitīyā sūryabhāṣitā . sanatkumāranāmnā hi tadvikhyātaṃ mahāmune .. 1.48 .. > The first was spoken by Sanatkumāra, the second uttered by the Sun; / it is renowned indeed by the name of Sanatkumāra, O great sage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.49) dvitīyaṃ nārasiṃhaṃ ca purāṇe pādmasaṃjñite . śaukeyaṃ hi tṛtīyaṃ tu purāṇe vaiṣṇave matam .. 1.49 .. > The second is the Nārasiṃha, belonging to the Purāṇa named Padma; / the third is considered the Śaukeya, belonging to the Vaiṣṇava Purāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.50) bārhaspatyaṃ caturthaṃ ca vāyavyaṃ saṃmataṃ sadā . daurvāsasaṃ pañcamaṃ ca smṛtaṃ bhāgavate sadā .. 1.50 .. > The fourth is the Bārhaspatya, always agreed to belong to the Vāyavya; / the fifth is remembered as the Daurvāsasa, always \[belonging\] to the Bhāgavata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.51) bhaviṣye nāradoktaṃ ca sūribhiḥ kathitaṃ purā . kāpilaṃ mānavaṃ caiva tathaivośanaseritam .. 1.51 .. > In the Bhaviṣya is the one spoken by Nārada, declared of old by the wise; / also the Kāpila and the Mānava, and likewise the one uttered by Uśanas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.52) brahmāṇḍaṃ vāruṇaṃ cātha kālikādvayameva ca . māheśvaraṃ tathā sāmbaṃ sauraṃ sarvārthasaṃcayam .. 1.52 .. > the Brahmāṇḍa, and the Vāruṇa, and then the pair of Kālikās, / the Māheśvara, likewise the Sāmba, and the Saura that holds all matters, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.53) pārāśaraṃ bhāgavataṃ kaurmaṃ cāṣṭādaśaṃ kramāt . etānyupapurāṇāni mayoktāni yathākramam .. 1.53 .. > the Pārāśara, the Bhāgavata, and the Kaurma as the eighteenth in sequence. / These secondary Purāṇas have been spoken by me in proper order. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.54) purāṇasaṃhitāmetāṃ yaḥ paṭhedvā śṛṇoti ca . so'nantapuṇyabhāgī syānmṛto brahmapuraṃ vrajet .. 1.54 .. > Whoever recites or hears this collection of Purāṇas / shall possess infinite merit and, when deceased, go to the city of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.1.54\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1.54_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe purāṇasaṃhitāvarṇanāṃ prathamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the first chapter, the description of the collection of Purāṇas, 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.6.3.1.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.1.1) — Sanskrit - [Śrītattvanidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.pratima.sritattvanidhi.1.6671) — Sanskrit - [Vīraśaivānandacandrikā (Maritontadārya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.virasaiva.virasaivanandacandrika-maritontadarya.32.13) — Maritontadārya 1725, Sanskrit - [Tattvanidhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.silpa.pratima.tattvanidhi.163.2) — Kṛṣṇadevarāya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.1) · Pramāṇa