[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) › 6.3.202 # Skandapurana 6.3.202 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.202 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.202.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.202.p1) adhyāyaḥ 202 > Chapter 202 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.202.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.202.1) mārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tasyaivānantaraṃ cānyacchikhitīrthamanuttamam . pradhānaṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ pañcāyatanamuttamam .. 202.1 .. > Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Immediately after that there is another unsurpassed sacred ford, Śikhitīrtha, / the foremost of all sacred fords, an excellent fivefold shrine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.202.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.202.2) tatra tīrthe tapastaptvā śikhārthaṃ havyavāhanaḥ . śikhāṃ prāpya śikhī bhūtvā śikhākhyaṃ sthāpayañchivam .. 202.2 .. > Having performed austerity in that sacred ford for the sake of a flame, the carrier of oblations, / obtaining a flame and becoming the crested \[fire\], installed Śiva named Śikhin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.202.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.202.3) pratipacchuklapakṣe yā bhavedāśvayuje nṛpa . tadā tīrthavare gatvā snātvā vai narmadājale .. 202.3 .. > On the first lunar day in the bright fortnight that occurs in Āśvayuja, O king, / going then to the excellent sacred ford and having bathed in the waters of the Narmadā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.202.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.202.4) devānṛṣīn pitḥṃścānyāṃstarpayettilavāriṇā . hiraṇyaṃ brāhmaṇe dadyātsaṃtarpya ca hutāśanam .. 202.4 .. > he should gratify the gods, the seers, and the ancestors, as well as others, with water and sesame seeds. / He should give gold to a brahmin and satisfy the fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.202.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.202.5) gandhamālyaistathā dhūpaistataḥ sampūjayecchivam . anena vidhinābhyarcya śikhitīrthe maheśvaram .. 202.5 .. > Then he should fully worship Śiva with fragrant scents, garlands, and incenses. / Having worshipped Maheśvara at Śikhitīrtha according to this rule, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.202.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.202.6) vimānenārkavarṇena hyapsarogaṇasaṃvṛtaḥ . gīyamānastu gandharvairrudralokaṃ sa gacchati .. 202.6 .. > in an aerial chariot possessing the color of the sun, surrounded by host of apsarases, / and being sung to by gandharvas, he goes to the world of Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.202.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.202.7) śatrukṣayamavāpnoti tejasvī jāyate bhuvi .. 202.7 .. > He attains the destruction of enemies and is born radiant upon earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.202.7\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.202.7_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe śikhitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma dvyadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the two hundred and second chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Śikhitīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth \[part\], the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses, the glorious Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.202.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.202.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.202](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.202) · Pramāṇa