[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) › 6.3.216 # Skandapurana 6.3.216 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.216 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.216.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.216.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.216.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.216.3\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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 \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.216.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.216.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.216](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.216) · Pramāṇa