[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) › 6.3.207 # Skandapurana 6.3.207 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.207 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.207.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.207.1) adhyāyaḥ 207 śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tasyāgre pāvanaṃ tīrthaṃ svarṇabindviti viśrutam . yatra snātvā divaṃ yānti mṛtāśca na punarbhavam .. 207.1 .. > Chapter 207 > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: > In front of it is the purifying sacred ford celebrated as Svarṇabindu, / where, having bathed, those who die go to heaven and not to rebirth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.207.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.207.2) tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā datte viprāya kāñcanam . tena yattu phalaṃ proktaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva mahīpate .. 207.2 .. > He who, having bathed at that sacred ford, gives gold to a brahmin— / hear, O lord of the earth, the fruit that has been proclaimed for him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.207.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.207.3) sarveṣāmeva ratnānāṃ kāñcanaṃ ratnamuttamam . agnitejaḥsamudbhūtaṃ tena tatparamaṃ bhuvi .. 207.3 .. > Of all jewels indeed, gold is the supreme jewel; / it arose from the brilliance of fire, and for that reason it is supreme on earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.207.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.207.4) tenaiva dattā pṛthivī saśailavanakānanā . sapattanapurā sarvā kāñcanaṃ yaḥ prayacchati .. 207.4 .. > By him indeed the earth together with its mountains, woods, and forests, / together with its cities and towns, is completely given, who presents gold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.207.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.207.5) mānasaṃ vācikaṃ pāpaṃ karmaṇā yatpurā kṛtam . tatsarvaṃ naśyati kṣipraṃ svarṇadānena bhārata .. 207.5 .. > The mental and verbal sin, and whatever was committed by action in the past, / all that is quickly destroyed through the gift of gold, O Bhārata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.207.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.207.6) svarṇadānaṃ tu yo dattvā hyapi vālāgramātrakam . tatra tīrthe mṛto yāti divaṃ nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ .. 207.6 .. > He who makes a gift of 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) ### [6.3.207.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.207.7) tatra vidyādharaiḥ siddhairvimānavaramāsthitaḥ . pūjyamāno vasettāvadyāvadābhūtasamplavam .. 207.7 .. > 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) ### [6.3.207.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.207.8) pūrṇe tatra tataḥ kāle prāpya mānuṣyamuttamam . suvarṇakoṭisahite gṛhe vai jāyate dvijaḥ .. 207.8 .. > When his time is completed there, having attained an excellent human birth, / he is born as a twice-born in a household endowed with tens of millions of gold coins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.207.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.207.9) sarvavyādhivinirmuktaḥ sarvalokeṣu pūjitaḥ . jīvedvarṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ rājasaṃ satsu viśrutaḥ .. 207.9 .. > Freed from all diseases, worshipped in all worlds, / he lives for a full hundred years, regal, renowned among the virtuous. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.207.9\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.207.9_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe suvarṇabindutīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptādhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the two hundred and seventh chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Suvarṇabindu 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.6.3.207.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.207.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.207](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.207) · Pramāṇa