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Skandapurana 6.3.210

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.210

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6.3.210.1

adhyāyaḥ 210
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tasyaivānantaraṃ tāta puṅkhilaṃ tīrthamuttamam .
tatra tīrthe purā puṅkhaḥ pārtha siddhimupāgataḥ .. 210.1 ..

Chapter 210 / Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Immediately after that, my dear, is the excellent Puṅkhila sacred ford. / In that sacred ford formerly Puṅkha attained perfection, O Pārtha.

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6.3.210.2

jāmadagnyo mahātejāḥ kṣatriyāntakaraḥ prabhuḥ .
tapaḥ kṛtvā suvipulaṃ narmadottaratīrabhāk .. 210.2 ..

The son of Jamadagni, of great splendor, the destroyer of the kṣatriyas, the powerful lord, / having performed immense austerity, took resort on the northern bank of the Narmadā.

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6.3.210.3

tataḥ prabhṛti vikhyātaṃ puṅkhatīrthaṃ nareśvara .
tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā hyārādhya parameśvaram .. 210.3 ..

From then on it became celebrated as the Puṅkha sacred ford, O ruler of men. / Having performed a ritual ablution in that sacred ford and having worshipped the Supreme Lord,

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6.3.210.4

ihaloke balairyuktaḥ pare mokṣamavāpnuyāt .
devānpitḥn samabhyarcya pitḥṇāmanṛṇī bhavet .. 210.4 ..

one is endowed with strength in this world and attains liberation in the next. / Having worshipped the gods and ancestors, one becomes free of debt to the ancestors.

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6.3.210.5

tatra tīrthe naro yastu prāṇatyāgaṃ karoti vai .
anivartikā gatistasya rudralokādasaṃśayam .. 210.5 ..

The man who indeed casts off his life at that sacred ford, / his course is non-returning from the world of Rudra, without a doubt.

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6.3.210.6

tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā hayamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 210.6 ..

Having performed a ritual ablution in that sacred ford, a man obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice. 210.6

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6.3.210.7

tatra tīrthe naro yastu brāhmaṇān bhojayennṛpa .
ekasmin bhojite vipre koṭirbhavati bhojitā .. 210.7 ..

The man who feeds brahmins at that sacred ford, O king, / when one brahmin is fed, ten million are fed.

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6.3.210.8

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ kaścitpūjayedvṛṣabhadhvajam .
vājapeyasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam .. 210.8 ..

Whoever should worship the one whose banner is a bull at that sacred ford, / obtains the fruit of the Vājapeya sacrifice, without a doubt.

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6.3.210.8_1

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe puṅkhilatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma daśottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the two hundred and tenth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of the Puṅkhila Sacred Ford', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses.

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