[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) › 6.3.217 # Skandapurana 6.3.217 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.217 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.217.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.217.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - eraṇḍīsaṅgamaṃ gacchetsurāsuranamaskṛtam . tattu tīrthaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam .. 217.1 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / One should go to the confluence of Eraṇḍī, which is revered by gods and demons. / That sacred ford is exceedingly meritorious, destroying great sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.217.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.217.2) upavāsaparo bhūtvā niyatendriyamānasaḥ . tatra snātvā vidhānena mucyate brahmahatyayā .. 217.2 .. > Devoted to fasting, with mind and senses restrained, / bathing there according to rule, one is freed from the murder of a brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.217.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.217.3) tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā prāṇatyāgaparo bhavet . anivartikā gatistasya rudralokādasaṃśayam .. 217.3 .. > Whoever with devotion gives up 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) ### [6.3.217.3\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.217.3_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe eraṇḍītīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptadaśottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the two hundred and seventeenth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of Eraṇḍītīrtha,' 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.6.3.217.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.217.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.217](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.217) · Pramāṇa