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# Skandapurana 6.3.205

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.205

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.205.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.205.1)

adhyāyaḥ 205  
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
gacchettataḥ kṣoṇinātha tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam .  
kurkurīnāma vikhyātaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam .. 205.1 ..

> Chapter 205  
> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> From there, O lord of the earth, one should go to the exceedingly splendid sacred ford / renowned by the name Kurkurī, which completely destroys all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.205.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.205.2)

yaṃ yaṃ prārthayate kāmaṃ paśuputradhanādikam .  
taṃ taṃ dadāti deveśī kurkurī tīrthadevatā .. 205.2 ..

> Whatever desire one wishes for—cattle, sons, wealth, and the like— / that very thing the goddess, Kurkurī, the deity of the sacred ford, bestows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.205.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.205.3)

kṣetrapālo vasettatra ḍhauṇḍheśo nāma nāmataḥ .  
tasya cārādhanaṃ kṛtvā nārī vā puruṣo'pi vā .. 205.3 ..

> A guardian of the field resides there, named Ḍhauṇḍheśa by name; / having performed worship to him, a woman or a man,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.205.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.205.4)

vandanādapi rājendra daurbhāgyaṃ nāśamāpnuyāt .  
aputro labhate putramadhano dhanamuttamam .. 205.4 ..

> even from paying homage, O king of kings, will obtain the destruction of misfortune. / The sonless one obtains a son, the impoverished one obtains excellent wealth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.205.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.205.5)

nārī narastathāpyevaṃ labhate kāmamuttamam .  
sparśanāddarśanāttasya tīrthasya vidhipūrvakam .. 205.5 ..

> likewise, a woman or a man obtains their highest desire / by touching and beholding that sacred ford in accordance with the prescribed rules.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.205.5\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.205.5_1)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe kurkurītīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcādhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ..

> Thus ends the two hundred and fifth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Kurkurī 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.6.3.205.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.205.1) — Sanskrit

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