[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) › 6.3.206 # Skandapurana 6.3.206 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.206 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.206.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.206.1) adhyāyaḥ 206 śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - gacchettataḥ kṣoṇinātha tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam . sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ daśakanyeti viśrutam . mahādevakṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam .. 206.1 .. > Chapter 206 > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: > From there, O lord of the earth, one should go to the exceedingly splendid sacred ford, / sacred and taking away all sins, celebrated as Daśakanyā, / created by Mahādeva, holy, and granting the fruit of all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.206.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.206.2) tatra tīrthe mahādevo daśakanyā guṇānvitāḥ . brahmaṇo varayāmāsa hyudvāhena yuyoja ha .. 206.2 .. > At that sacred ford, Mahādeva chose ten endowed maidens / from Brahmā and united them indeed in marriage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.206.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.206.3) tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ daśakanyeti viśrutam . sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyamakṣayaṃ kīrtitaṃ phalam .. 206.3 .. > From that time forward, that sacred ford has been celebrated as Daśakanyā; / it removes all sins, is holy, and its fruit is proclaimed imperishable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.206.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.206.4) tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ kanyāṃ dadāti samalaṃkṛtām . prāpnoti puruṣo dattvā yathāśaktyā svalaṃkṛtām .. 206.4 .. > The man who gives away a well-adorned maiden at that sacred ford, / having given her well-adorned according to his ability, obtains \[great reward\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.206.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.206.5) tena dānotthapuṇyena pūtātmāno narādhipa . vasanti romasaṃkhyāni varṣāṇi śivasannidhau .. 206.5 .. > Purified in self through the merit arising from that gift, O ruler of men, / they dwell in the presence of Śiva for as many years as the number of hairs \[on the body\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.206.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.206.6) tataḥ kālena mahatā tviha loke nareśvara . mānuṣyaṃ prāpya duṣprāpyaṃ dhanakoṭīpatirbhavet .. 206.6 .. > Then, after a great period of time, in this world, O lord of men, / having attained human birth which is difficult to attain, he becomes the master of tens of millions in wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.206.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.206.7) tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā snātvā viprāya kāñcanam . samprayacchati śāntāya so'tyantaṃ sukhamaśnute .. 206.7 .. > He who, having bathed with devotion at that sacred ford, presents gold / to a tranquil brahmin, enjoys supreme happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.206.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.206.8) vācikaṃ mānasaṃ vāpi karmajaṃ yatpurā kṛtam . tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti svarṇadānena bhārata .. 206.8 .. > Whatever \[sin\] committed in the past—verbal, mental, or born of action— / all that dissolves through the gift of gold, O Bhārata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.206.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.206.9) naro dattvā suvarṇaṃ cāpi vālāgramātrakam . tatra tīrthe divaṃ yāti mṛto nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ .. 206.9 .. > A man, having given gold even the measure of the tip of a hair, / dying at that sacred ford, goes to heaven; there is no doubt of this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.206.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.206.10) tatra vidyādharaiḥ siddhairvimānavaramāsthitaḥ . pūjyamāno vasettāvadyāvadābhūtasamplavam .. 206.10 .. > Mounted upon an excellent aerial chariot, worshipped by vidyādharas and siddhas, / he resides there until the destruction of all elements. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.206.10\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.206.10_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe daśakanyātīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaḍuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the two hundred and sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Daśakanyā 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.6.3.206.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.206.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.206](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.206) · Pramāṇa