[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) › 6.3.204 # Skandapurana 6.3.204 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.204 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.204.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.204.1) adhyāyaḥ 204 śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - bhṛgutīrthaṃ tato gacchettīrtharājamanuttamam . paitāmahaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 204.1 .. > Chapter 204 > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go to Bhṛgutīrtha, unsurpassed king of sacred fords, / belonging to the Grandfather, highly meritorious, destroying all heinous sins. // 204.1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.204.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.204.2) brahmaṇā tatra tīrthe tu purā varṣaśatatrayam . ārādhanaṃ kṛtaṃ śambhoḥ kasmiṃścitkāraṇāntare .. 204.2 .. > For three hundred years in ancient times, at that sacred ford, / the worship of Śambhu was performed by Brahmā for a certain reason. // 204.2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.204.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.204.3) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca - kimarthaṃ muniśārdūla brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ . ārādhayaddevadevaṃ mahābhaktyā maheśvaram .. 204.3 .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: / For what reason, O tiger among sages, did Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, / worship Maheśvara, the god of gods, with great devotion? // 204.3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.204.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.204.4) ārādhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ jagadbhartā jagadguruḥ . śrotavyaṃ śrotumicchāmi mahadāścaryamuttamam .. 204.4 .. > He who is to be worshipped by all beings, the supporter of the universe, the teacher of the universe— / I desire to hear that great and extraordinary wonder that ought to be heard. // 204.4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.204.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.204.5) dharmaputravacaḥ śrutvā mārkaṇḍeyo munīśvaraḥ . kathayāmāsa tadvṛttamitihāsaṃ purātanam .. 204.5 .. > Having heard the words of the son of Dharma, Mārkaṇḍeya, the foremost of sages, / recounted that event, an ancient historical account. // 204.5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.204.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.204.6) mārkaṇḍeya uvāca - svaputrikāmabhigantumicchanpūrvaṃ pitāmahaḥ . śaptastu devadevena kopāviṣṭena sattama .. 204.6 .. > Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Desiring formerly to approach his own daughter, the Grandfather / was cursed by the god of gods overcome with anger, O best of men: // 204.6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.204.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.204.7) vedāstava vinaśyanti jñānaṃ ca kamalāsana . apūjyaḥ sarvalokānāṃ bhaviṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ .. 204.7 .. > "Your Vedas shall perish, and your knowledge, O lotus-seated one! / You shall become unworthy of worship by all the worlds, without a doubt." // 204.7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.204.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.204.8) evaṃ datte tataḥ śāpe brahmā khedāvṛtastadā . revāyā uttare kūle snātvā varṣaśatatrayam . toṣayāmāsa deveśaṃ tuṣṭaḥ provāca śaṅkaraḥ .. 204.8 .. > The curse having thus been given, Brahmā, overwhelmed by sorrow, / bathed on the northern bank of the Revā for three hundred years / and pleased the Lord of Gods. Pleased, Śaṅkara spoke: // 204.8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.204.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.204.9) pūjyastvaṃ bhavitā loke prāpte parvaṇi parvaṇi . ahamatra ca vatsyāmi devaiśca pitṛbhiḥ saha .. 204.9 .. > "You shall become worthy of worship in the world on each full-moon or new-moon festival as it arrives. / And I shall dwell here together with the gods and the ancestors." // 204.9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.204.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.204.10) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ khyātiṃ prāptaṃ pitāmahāt . sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvatīrtheṣvanuttamam .. 204.10 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / From that time forth, that sacred ford attained renown through the Grandfather; / it removes all sins, is holy, and is unsurpassed among all sacred fords. // 204.10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.204.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.204.11) tatra bhādrapade māsi kṛṣṇapakṣe viśeṣataḥ . amāvāsyāṃ tu yaḥ snātvā tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ .. 204.11 .. > There, in the month of Bhādrapada, especially in the dark fortnight, / he who bathes on the new moon day and gratifies the ancestral deities, // 204.11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.204.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.204.12) piṇḍadānena caikena tilatoyena vā nṛpa . tṛpyanti dvādaśābdāni pitaro nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 204.12 .. > with a single offering of rice-balls or with sesame-water, O king, / satisfies the ancestors for twelve years; of this there is no doubt. // 204.12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.204.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.204.13) kanyāgate tu yastatra nityaṃ śrāddhaprado bhavet . avāpya tṛptiṃ tatpūrve valganti ca hasanti ca .. 204.13 .. > When the sun enters Virgo, he who constantly offers śrāddha there— / having obtained satisfaction, his ancestors leap about and laugh. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.204.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.204.14) sarveṣu pitṛtīrtheṣu śrāddhaṃ kṛtvāsti yatphalam . tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti darśe tatra na saṃśayaḥ .. 204.14 .. > Whatever fruit is attained by performing śrāddha at all the ancestor tīrthas, / he completely obtains that fruit on the new moon there, without a doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.204.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.204.15) paitāmahe naraḥ snātvā pūjayanpārvatīpatim . mucyate nātra sandehaḥ pātakaiścopapātakaiḥ .. 204.15 .. > Having bathed at the Paitāmaha \[tīrtha\] and worshipping the husband of Pārvatī, / a person is liberated from major sins and minor sins, of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.204.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.204.16) tatra tīrthe mṛtānāṃ tu narāṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām . anivartikā gatī rājanrudralokādasaṃśayam .. 204.16 .. > For self-controlled men who die at that sacred ford, / there is a state from which there is no return from the realm of Rudra, O king, without a doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.204.16\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.204.16_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe paitāmahatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma caturadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the two hundred and fourth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Paitāmaha Tīrtha', 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.6.3.204.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.204.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.204](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.204) · Pramāṇa