Skandapurana 6.3.216

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.216

Language: Sanskrit

6.3.216.1

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
aṣāḍhītīrthamāgacchettato bhūpālanandana .
kāmikaṃ rūpamāsthāya sthito yatra maheśvaraḥ .. 216.1 ..

The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Next, O delight of kings, one should go to Aṣāḍhītīrtha, / where Maheśvara took up a form according to his wish and remained.
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6.3.216.2

cāturyugamidaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvatīrtheṣvanuttamam .
tatra snātvā naro rājan rudrasyānucaro bhavet .. 216.2 ..

This sacred ford exists in all four yugas and is unsurpassed among all sacred fords. / Having bathed there, O king, a man becomes an attendant of Rudra.
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6.3.216.3

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ kaścitkurute prāṇamokṣaṇam .
anivartikā gatistasya rudralokādasaṃśayam .. 216.3 ..

Whoever abandons his life's breath at that sacred ford / attains a state from which there is no return from the realm of Rudra, without doubt.
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6.3.216.3_1

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe aṣāḍhītīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣoḍaśottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the two hundred and sixteenth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of Aṣāḍhītīrtha,' in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand [verses].
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Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa) — Sanskrit