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# Skandapurana 6.3.200

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.200

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.200.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.1)

adhyāya 200  
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tasyaivānantaraṃ pārtha sāvitrītīrthamuttamam .  
yatra siddhā mahābhāgā sāvitrī vedamātṛkā .. 200.1 ..

> Chapter 200 / The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Immediately following that, O Pārtha, is the excellent Sāvitrī sacred ford, / where the highly fortunate Sāvitrī, mother of the Vedas, attained perfection.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.2)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
sāvitrī kā dvijaśreṣṭha kathaṃ vārādhyate budhaiḥ .  
prasannā vā varaṃ kaṃ ca dadāti kathayasva me .. 200.2 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / Who is Sāvitrī, O best of twice-borns? Or how is she propitiated by the wise? / And what boon does she grant when pleased? Tell me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.3)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
padmā padmāsanasthenādhiṣṭhitā padmayoginī .  
sāvitratejaḥsadṛśī sāvitrī tena cocyate .. 200.3 ..

> The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / She is Padmā, seated upon a lotus posture, an ascetic woman associated with the lotus; / she resembles the splendor of the sun, and therefore she is called Sāvitrī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.4)

padmānanā padmavarṇā padmapatranibhekṣaṇā .  
dhyātavyā brāhmaṇairnityaṃ kṣatravaiśyairyathāvidhi .. 200.4 ..

> Lotus-faced, lotus-hued, with eyes resembling lotus petals, / she should be meditated upon constantly by brahmins, and by kṣatriyas and vaiśyas according to rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.5)

brahmahatyābhayātsā hi na tu śūdraiḥ kadācana .  
uccāraṇāddhāraṇādvā narake patati dhruvam .. 200.5 ..

> Never indeed \[should she be meditated upon\] by śūdras, out of fear of the sin of killing a brahmin; / by chanting or holding \[the mantra\], he surely falls into hell.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.6)

vedoccāraṇamātreṇa kṣatriyairdharmapālakaiḥ .  
jihvāchedo'sya kartavyaḥ śūdrasyeti viniścayaḥ .. 200.6 ..

> At the mere chanting of the Veda, the cutting of his tongue / should be performed by kṣatriyas, the protectors of dharma: such is the settled rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.7)

bālā bālendusadṛśī raktavastrānulepanā .  
uṣaḥkāle tu dhyātavyā sandhyā sandhāna uttame .. 200.7 ..

> A young girl resembling the crescent moon, wearing red garments and ointments, / should be meditated upon at dawn during the morning twilight, in the supreme union.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.8)

uttuṅgapīvarakucā sumukhī śubhadarśanā .  
sarvābharaṇasampannā śvetamālyānulepanā .. 200.8 ..

> With lofty, full breasts, beautiful-faced, auspicious to behold, / adorned with all ornaments, wearing white garlands and ointments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.9)

śvetavastraparicchannā śvetayajñopavītinī .  
madhyāhnasandhyā dhyātavyā taruṇā bhuktimuktidā .. 200.9 ..

> clothed in white garments, wearing a white sacred thread, / the midday twilight should be meditated upon as a young woman, bestowing enjoyment and liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.10)

pradoṣe tu punaḥ pārtha śvetā pāṇḍuramūrdhajā .  
sumṛtā tu durgakāntāre mātṛvatparirakṣati .. 200.10 ..

> At dusk, again, O Pārtha, \[she is\] white, with pale-grey hair; / when remembered well in an impassable wilderness, she protects like a mother.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.11)

viśeṣeṇa tu rājendra sāvitrītīrthamuttamam .  
snātvācamya vidhānena manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ .. 200.11 ..

> Especially, O king of kings, at the excellent Sāvitrī sacred ford, / having bathed and sipped water according to the injunction, through acts of mind, speech, and body,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.12)

prāṇāyāmairdaheddoṣān saptajanmārjitānbahūn .  
āpohiṣṭheti mantreṇa prokṣayedātmanastanum .. 200.12 ..

> one should burn away numerous faults acquired across seven lifetimes through prāṇāyāmas; / one should sprinkle one's own body with the mantra 'āpo hi ṣṭhā'.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.13)

navaṣaṭca tathā tisrastatra tīrthe nṛpottama .  
āpohiṣṭheti trirāvṛtya pratigrāhairna lipyate .. 200.13 ..

> Nine, six, and three \[times\] at that sacred ford, O best of kings, / repeating 'āpo hi ṣṭhā' three times, one is not tainted by \[the acceptance of\] gifts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.14)

aghamarṣaṇaṃ tryṛcaṃ toyaṃ yathāvedamathāpi vā .  
upapāpairna lipyeta padmapatramivāmbhasā .. 200.14 ..

> Having performed the Aghamarṣaṇa with three verses over water according to the Veda, / one is not tainted by minor sins, just as a lotus leaf is not \[wetted\] by water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.15)

tryāpaṃ hi kurute vipra ullekhatrayamācaret .  
caturthaṃ kārayedyastu brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati .. 200.15 ..

> If a brahmin sips three handfuls of water and makes three drawings \[in water\], / and he who causes a fourth to be made, removes \[even\] the sin of killing a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.16)

drupadākhyaśca yo mantro vede vājasaneyake .  
antarjale sakṛjjaptaḥ sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaraḥ .. 200.16 ..

> And the mantra named Drupadā in the Vājasaneyi Veda, / when recited once while submerged in water, destroys all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.17)

udutyamiti mantreṇa pūjayitvā divākaram .  
gāyatrīṃ ca japeddevīṃ pavitrāṃ vedamātaram .. 200.17 ..

> Having worshipped the sun with the mantra 'ud u tyaṃ', / one should recite the Gāyatrī, the divine, pure mother of the Vedas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.18)

gāyatrīṃ tu japeddevīṃ yaḥ sandhyānantaraṃ dvijaḥ .  
sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmalokaṃ sa gacchati .. 200.18 ..

> The twice-born one who recites the goddess Gāyatrī after the twilight worship / is freed from all sins and goes to the world of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.19)

daśabhirjanmabhirlabdhaṃ śatena tu purākṛtam .  
triyugaṃ tu sahasreṇa gāyatrī hanti kilbiṣam .. 200.19 ..

> With ten \[recitations\] Gāyatrī destroys the sin acquired in this life, with a hundred that performed in the past, / and with a thousand, the sin of three yugas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.20)

gāyatrīsāramātro'pi varaṃ vipraḥ suyantritaḥ .  
nāyantritaścaturvedī sarvāśī sarvavikrayī .. 200.20 ..

> Even a brahmin who possesses only the essence of the Gāyatrī, well-restrained, is superior; / not an unrestrained knower of the four Vedas who eats everything and sells everything.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.21)

sandhyāhīno'śucirnityamanarhaḥ sarvakarmasu .  
yadanyatkurute kiṃcinna tasya phalabhāgbhavet .. 200.21 ..

> One who is devoid of twilight worship is constantly impure, unfit for all ritual acts; / whatever other act he performs, he does not partake of its fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.22)

sandhyāṃ nopāsate yastu brāhmaṇo mandabuddhimān .  
sa jīvanneva śūdraḥ syānmṛtaḥ śvā samprajāyate .. 200.22 ..

> The dull-witted brahmin who does not perform the twilight devotions / is a śūdra while still alive, and when dead is born as a dog. // 200.22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.23)

sāvitrītīrthamāsādya sāvitrīṃ yo japeddvijaḥ .  
traividyaṃ tu phalaṃ tasya jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 200.23 ..

> The twice-born who reaches Sāvitrītīrtha and chants the Sāvitrī / gains the fruit of the three Vedas; of this there is no doubt. // 200.23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.24)

pitḥnuddiśya yaḥ snātvā piṇḍanirvapaṇaṃ nṛpa .  
kurute dvādaśābdāni tṛpyanti tatpitāmahāḥ .. 200.24 ..

> Having bathed with the ancestors in mind, O king, he who makes an offering of rice-balls / satisfies his ancestors for twelve years. // 200.24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.25)

sāvitrītīrthamāsādya yaḥ kuryātprāṇasaṃkṣayam .  
brahmalokaṃ vasettāvadyāvadābhūtasamplavam .. 200.25 ..

> He who meets his death at Sāvitrītīrtha / dwells in the world of Brahmā until the dissolution of all beings. // 200.25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.26)

pūrṇe caiva tataḥ kāla iha mānuṣyatāṃ gataḥ .  
caturvedo dvijo rājañjāyate vimale kule .. 200.26 ..

> And when that time is complete, having returned to human birth here, / he is born, O king, into an immaculate family as a twice-born master of the four Vedas. // 200.26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.27)

dhanadhānyacayopetaḥ putrapautrasamanvitaḥ .  
vyādhiśokavinirmukto jīvecca śaradāṃ śatam .. 200.27 ..

> Endowed with stores of wealth and grain, accompanied by sons and grandsons, / freed from sickness and grief, he lives for a hundred autumns. // 200.27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.200.27\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.200.27_1)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe sāvitrītīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma dviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the two-hundredth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Sāvitrītīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.200.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.200.1) — Sanskrit

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