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# Skandapurana 6.3.220

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.220

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.220.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tato gaccheddharādhīśa loṭaṇeśvaramuttamam .  
uttare narmadākūle sarvapātakanāśanam .. 220.1 ..

> The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, O lord of the earth, one should go to the supreme Loṭaṇeśvara / on the northern bank of the Narmadā, which destroys all sins.  
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### [6.3.220.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.2)

tatkṣaṇādeva tatsarvaṃ saptajanmārjitaṃ tvagham .  
naśyate devadevasya darśanādeva tannṛpa .. 220.2 ..

> At that very moment, all that sin accumulated through seven births / is destroyed indeed, O king, merely by the darśana of the God of gods.  
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### [6.3.220.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.3)

bālyātprabhṛti yatpāpaṃ yauvane cāpi yatkṛtam .  
tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti devadevasya darśanāt .. 220.3 ..

> Whatever sin has been committed from childhood onward, or even in youth, / all that dissolves away through the darśana of the God of gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.4)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
āścaryabhūtaṃ lokeṣu narmadācaritaṃ mahat .  
tvayā vai kathitaṃ vipra sakalaṃ pāpanāśanam .. 220.4 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / The great deeds of the Narmadā, a wonder in the worlds, / have indeed been narrated by you, O brahmin, destroying all sin.  
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### [6.3.220.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.5)

yadekaṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvatīrthaphalapradam .  
śrotumicchāmi tatsarvaṃ dayāṃ kṛtvā vadāśu me .. 220.5 ..

> I wish to hear entirely about that one supreme sacred ford which yields the fruit of all sacred fords; / taking compassion, tell me quickly.  
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### [6.3.220.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.6)

ye keciddurlabhāḥ praśnāstriṣu lokeṣu sattama .  
tvatprasādena te sarve śrutā me saha bāndhavaiḥ .. 220.6 ..

> Whatever rare questions there are in the three worlds, O best \[of sages\], / all of them have been heard by me along with my kinsmen, through your grace.  
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### [6.3.220.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.7)

etamekaṃ paraṃ praśnaṃ sarvapraśnavidāṃ vara .  
śrutvāhaṃ tvatprasādena yatra yāmi sabāndhavaḥ .. 220.7 ..

> O best of those who know all questions, having heard \[the answer to\] this one ultimate question / by your grace, to that place shall I go together with my kinsmen.  
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### [6.3.220.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.8)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
sādhusādhu mahāprājña yasya te matirīdṛśī .  
durlabhaṃ triṣu lokeṣu tasya te nāsti kiṃcana .. 220.8 ..

> The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Excellent, excellent, O man of great wisdom, you whose mind is such! / For you whose \[mind is such\], nothing in the three worlds is difficult to obtain.  
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### [6.3.220.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.9)

dharmamarthaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca mokṣaṃ ca bharatarṣabha .  
kāle kāle ca yo vetti kartavyastena dhīmatā .. 220.9 ..

> Dharma, wealth, pleasure, and liberation, O bull of the Bharatas, / should be pursued by that wise man who knows \[their proper\] time from time to time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.10)

tasmātte sampravakṣyāmi praśnasyāsyottaraṃ śubham .  
yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyante bhuvi mānavāḥ .. 220.10 ..

> Therefore I shall explain to you the auspicious answer to this question, / hearing which human beings on earth are freed from all sins.  
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### [6.3.220.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.11)

narmadā saritāṃ śreṣṭhā sarvatīrthamayī śubhā .  
viśeṣaḥ kathitastasyā revāsāgarasaṅgame .. 220.11 ..

> The Narmadā is the best of rivers, auspicious, embodying all sacred fords; / its special virtue is declared to be at the confluence of the Revā and the ocean.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.12)

āgacchantīṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha dṛṣṭvā revāṃ mahodadhiḥ .  
praṇamya ca punardevīṃ saṅgame revayā saha .. 220.12 ..

> Seeing the Revā arriving, O best of kings, the great ocean, / having bowed down to the goddess at the confluence with the Revā,  
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### [6.3.220.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.13)

saṃcintya manasā keyamiti māṃ vai saridvarā .  
jñātvā saṃcintya manasā revāṃ liṅgodbhavāṃ parām .. 220.13 ..

> contemplated in his mind: 'Who indeed is this best of rivers for me?' / Having understood and contemplated in mind that the Revā is the supreme \[river\] born from the liṅga,  
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### [6.3.220.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.14)

luṭhanvai sammukhastāta gato revāṃ mahodadhiḥ .  
samudre narmadā yatra praviṣṭāsti mahānadī .. 220.14 ..

> the great ocean, O dear one, rolling on the ground face-forward, went to the Revā, / where the great river Narmadā enters the ocean.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.15)

tatra devādhidevasya samudre liṅgamutthitam .  
liṅgodbhūtā mahābhāgā narmadā saritāṃ varā .. 220.15 ..

> There a liṅga of the supreme God of gods arose in the ocean. / Born from the liṅga, the fortunate Narmadā, best of rivers,  
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### [6.3.220.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.16)

layaṃ gatā tatra liṅge tena puṇyatamā hi sā .  
narmadāyāṃ vasannityaṃ narmadāmbu pibansadā .  
dīkṣitaḥ sarvayajñeṣu somapānaṃ dine dine .. 220.16 ..

> attained dissolution there into that liṅga; therefore, she is indeed the most sacred. / Residing constantly by the Narmadā, always drinking Narmadā water, / one is consecrated in all sacrifices and drinks soma day after day.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.17)

saṅgame tatra yaḥ snātvā loṭaṇeśvaramarcayet .  
so'śvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ .. 220.17 ..

> That man who, having bathed there at the confluence, worships Loṭaṇeśvara, / attains the fruit of the horse sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.18)

vācikaṃ mānasaṃ pāpaṃ karmaṇā yatkṛtaṃ nṛpa .  
loṭaṇeśvaramāsādya sarvaṃ vilayatāṃ vrajet .. 220.18 ..

> The sin committed in speech, in mind, or through action, O king, / upon reaching Loṭaṇeśvara, all dissolves away.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.19)

kārttikyāṃ tu viśeṣeṇa kathitaṃ śaṅkareṇa tu .  
tacchṛṇuṣva nṛpaśreṣṭha sarvapāpāpanodanam .. 220.19 ..

> Especially on the full moon of Kārttika, \[its merit\] has been proclaimed by Śaṃkara; / listen to that, O best of kings, which removes all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.20)

samprāptāṃ kārttikīṃ dṛṣṭvā gatvā tatra nṛpottama .  
caturdaśyāmupoṣyaiva snātvā vai narmadājale .. 220.20 ..

> Seeing that the full moon of Kārttika has arrived, having gone there, O best of kings, / and having fasted on the fourteenth day, having bathed in the water of the Narmadā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.21)

saṃtarpya pitṛdevāṃśca śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi .  
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryātsampūjya loṭaṇeśvaram .. 220.21 ..

> having gratified the ancestors and gods, and having performed the śrāddha according to the rules, / one should keep a night vigil, having worshipped Loṭaṇeśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.22)

saphalaṃ jīvitaṃ tasya saphalaṃ tasya ceṣṭitam .  
paṅgavaste na sandeho janma teṣāṃ nirarthakam .. 220.22 ..

> Fruitful is his life, fruitful is his effort. / Those \[who do not do so\] are lame, there is no doubt; their birth is useless,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.23)

ekāgramanasā yaistu na dṛṣṭo loṭaṇeśvaraḥ .  
piśācatvaṃ viyonitvaṃ na bhavettasya vai kule .. 220.23 ..

> by whom, with single-pointed mind, Loṭaṇeśvara has not been beheld. / State of a piśāca and non-human birth will not occur in his family.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.24)

saṅgame tatra yo gatvā snānaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi .  
puṇyaiścaiva tathā kuryādgītairnṛtyaiḥ prabodhanam .. 220.24 ..

> He who, having gone to that confluence, performs the ritual ablution according to rule, / should likewise perform the awakening \[of the deity\] with sacred songs and dances.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.25)

tataḥ prabhātāṃ rajanīṃ dṛṣṭvā natvā mahodadhim .  
āmantrya snānavidhinā snānaṃ tatra tu kārayet .. 220.25 ..

> Then, seeing the night dawned and bowing to the great ocean, / having addressed it according to the rule of bathing, he should cause the ritual ablution to be performed there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.26)

oṃ namo viṣṇurūpāya tīrthanāthāya te namaḥ .  
sānnidhyaṃ kuru me deva samudra lavaṇāmbhasi .  
ityāmantraṇamantraḥ .. 220.26 ..

> "Oṃ, homage to you whose form is Viṣṇu, lord of sacred fords, homage to you! / Bring your presence to me, O god Ocean, in the salt waters." / This is the invocation mantra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.27)

agniśca tejo mṛḍayā ca deho reto'dhā viṣṇuramṛtasya nābhiḥ .  
evaṃ bruvan pāṇḍava satyavākyaṃ tato'vagāheta patiṃ nadīnām .  
iti snānamantraḥ .. 220.27 ..

> "Fire is fiery energy, through Mṛḍā is the body, Viṣṇu is the holder of the seed, the navel of immortality." / Speaking this true utterance, O Pāṇḍava, one should then plunge into the lord of rivers. / This is the bathing mantra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.28)

ājanmaśatasāhasraṃ yatpāpaṃ kṛtavānnaraḥ .  
sakṛtsnānādvyapoheta pāpaughaṃ lavaṇāmbhasi .. 220.28 ..

> Whatever sin a man has committed throughout a hundred thousand lifetimes, / by a single ritual ablution in the salt water he dispels that flood of sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.29)

anyathā hi kuruśreṣṭha devayonirasau vibhuḥ .  
kuśāgreṇāpi vibudhairna spraṣṭavyo mahārṇavaḥ .. 220.29 ..

> Otherwise, O best of the Kurus, this all-pervading \[ocean\] is of divine origin; / the great ocean is not to be touched by wise men even with the tip of a kuśa grass.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.30)

sarvaratnapradhānastvaṃ sarvaratnākarākara .  
sarvāmarapradhāneśa gṛhāṇārghaṃ namo'stu te .  
iti arvamantra .. 220.30 ..

> "You are pre-eminent in all jewels, a mine of mines of all gems! / O supreme lord of all immortals, accept this argha offering; homage be to you!" / This is the argha mantra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.31)

pitṛdevamanuṣyāṃśca saṃtarpya tadanantaram .  
uttīrya tīre tasyaiva pañcabhirdvijapuṃgavaiḥ .. 220.31 ..

> Immediately thereafter, having gratified the ancestors, gods, and men, / having stepped out onto the bank of that very \[ocean\], with five pre-eminent brahmins  
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### [6.3.220.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.32)

śrāddhaṃ samācaretpaścāllokapālānurūpibhiḥ .  
kṛtvāgre lokapālāṃstu pratiṣṭhāpya yathāvidhi .. 220.32 ..

> representing the world-guardians, he should then perform the śrāddha, / having first placed the world-guardians before him and installed them according to rule.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.33)

sampūjya ca yathānyāyaṃ tāneva brāhmaṇaiḥ saha .  
sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ paścāttebhyaḥ sarvaṃ nivedayet .. 220.33 ..

> And having worshipped them in accordance with custom together with the brahmins, / he should afterward disclose to them all good and bad deeds:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.34)

bālyātprabhṛti yatpāpaṃ kṛtaṃ vārdhakayauvane .  
prakhyāpayitvā tebhyo'gre lokapālānnimantrayet .. 220.34 ..

> "Whatever sin has been committed from childhood onward, or in old age and youth—" / Having proclaimed it before them, he should invite the world-guardians:  
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### [6.3.220.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.35)

bālyātprabhṛti yatkiṃcitkṛtamā janmato'śubham .  
viprebhyaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ tatsāṃnidhyaṃ sthiteṣu me .. 220.35 ..

> "Whatever inauspicious deed was done from childhood onward, since birth, / all that has been spoken to the brahmins while these \[guardians\] stand in my presence."  
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### [6.3.220.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.36)

ityuktvā sa luṭhetpaścāttebhyo'greṇa ca sammukham .  
anumānya ca tānpañca paścātsnānaṃ samācaret .. 220.36 ..

> Having said this, he should then roll facing forward before them; / and having obtained permission from those five, he should subsequently perform ritual ablution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.37)

śrāddhaṃ ca kāryaṃ vidhivatpitṛbhyo nṛpasattama .  
evaṃ kṛte nṛpaśreṣṭha sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet .. 220.37 ..

> And a śrāddha should be performed according to rule for the ancestors, O best of kings; / when this is done, O best of monarchs, the destruction of all sins occurs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.38)

jijñāsārthaṃ tu yaḥ kaścidātmānaṃ jñātumicchati .  
śubhāśubhaṃ ca yatkarma tasya niṣṭhāmimāṃ śṛṇu .. 220.38 ..

> Now whoever desires to know himself for the sake of enquiry, / and whatever deed is good or bad, hear this certain conclusion concerning it:  
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### [6.3.220.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.39)

snātvā tatra mahātīrthe luṭhamāno vrajennaraḥ .  
pāpakarmānyato yāti dharmakarmā vrajennadīm .. 220.39 ..

> Having bathed at that great sacred ford, a person moves while rolling; / one of sinful deeds goes elsewhere, whereas one of righteous deeds goes towards the river.  
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### [6.3.220.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.40)

pāpakarmā tato jñātvā pāpaṃ me pūrvasaṃcitam .  
snātvā tīrthavare tasmindānaṃ dadyādyathāvidhi .. 220.40 ..

> Then the evil-doer, knowing, 'Sin was accumulated by me previously,' / having bathed at that best of sacred fords, should give a gift according to rule.  
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### [6.3.220.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.41)

loṭaṇeśvaramabhyarcya sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .  
avakragamanaṃ gatvā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 220.41 ..

> Worshipping Loṭaṇeśvara, he is released from all sins; / going in an uncrooked path, he is freed from all offenses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.42)

tasmātsarvaprayatnena jñātvaivaṃ nṛpasattama .  
snātavyaṃ mānavaistatra yatra saṃnihito haraḥ .. 220.42 ..

> Therefore, knowing thus, with every effort, O best of kings, / ritual ablution should be performed by humans there where Hara is present.  
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### [6.3.220.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.43)

evaṃ snātvā vidhānena brāhmaṇān vedapāragān .  
pūjayetpṛthivīpāla sarvapāpopaśāntaye .. 220.43 ..

> Having thus bathed according to the rite, he should worship brahmins / who have mastered the Vedas, O protector of the earth, for the pacification of all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.44)

evaṃ guṇaviśiṣṭaṃ hi tattīrthaṃ nṛpasattama .  
tasya tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ śṛṇuṣvaikamanā nṛpa .. 220.44 ..

> Indeed, such is that sacred ford, endowed with virtues, O best of kings; / listen to the māhātmya of that sacred ford with an attentive mind, O king.  
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### [6.3.220.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.45)

tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ .  
śrāddhaṃ yaḥ kurute tatra pitḥṇāṃ bhaktibhāvitaḥ .. 220.45 ..

> Having bathed at that sacred ford, having gratified the ancestors and deities, / whatever person, filled with devotion, performs a śrāddha there for the ancestors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.46)

dānaṃ dadāti viprebhyo gobhūtilahiraṇyakam .  
ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi koṭirvarṣaśatāni ca .. 220.46 ..

> and gives a gift to brahmins of cows, land, sesame, and gold, / for sixty thousand years and a hundred crore years,  
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### [6.3.220.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.47)

vimānavaramārūḍhaḥ svargaloke mahīyate .  
narmadāsarvatīrthebhyaḥ snāne dāne ca yatphalam .. 220.47 ..

> having mounted an excellent aerial chariot, is honoured in the heavenly world. / Whatever fruit is attained from ritual ablution and gifts at all sacred fords of the Narmadā,  
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### [6.3.220.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.48)

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti revāsāgarasaṅgame .  
suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ tāmraṃ maṇimauktikabhūṣaṇam .. 220.48 ..

> that fruit one obtains at the confluence of the Revā and the ocean. / Gold, silver, copper, gems, pearl ornaments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.49)

govṛṣaṃ ca mahīṃ dhānyaṃ tatra dattvākṣayaṃ phalam .  
śubhasyāpyaśubhasyāpi tatra tīrthe na saṃśayaḥ .. 220.49 ..

> a cow and a bull, land, and grain given there yield imperishable fruit; / of the auspicious and even of the inauspicious at that sacred ford there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.50)

tatra tīrthe naraḥ kaścitprāṇatyāgaṃ yudhiṣṭhira .  
karoti bhaktyā vidhivattasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu .. 220.50 ..

> If any person gives up his life at that sacred ford, O Yudhiṣṭhira, / doing so with devotion according to the rite, hear the meritorious fruit for him:  
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### [6.3.220.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.51)

koṭivarṣaṃ tu varṣāṇāṃ krīḍitvā śivamandire .  
vedavedāṅgavidvipro jāyate vimale kule .. 220.51 ..

> Having sported for a crore of years in the temple of Śiva, / he is born in a stainless family as a brahmin learned in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas.  
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### [6.3.220.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.52)

putrapautrasamṛddho'sau dhanadhānyasamanvitaḥ .  
sarvavyādhivinirmukto jīvecca śaradāṃśatam .. 220.52 ..

> Abounding in sons and grandsons, endowed with wealth and grain, / freed from all diseases, he will live for a hundred autumns.  
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### [6.3.220.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.53)

api dvādaśayātrāsu somanāthe yadarcite .  
kārttikyāṃ kṛttikāyoge tatpuṇyaṃ loṭaṇeśvare .. 220.53 ..

> Whatever merit is obtained when Somanātha is worshipped on the twelve pilgrimages / on the full moon of Kārttika under the conjunction with Kṛttikā, that \[same\] merit is at Loṭaṇeśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.220.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.54)

gayā gaṅgā kurukṣetre naimiṣe puṣkare tathā .  
tatpuṇyaṃ labhate pārtha loṭaṇeśvaradarśanāt .. 220.54 ..

> At Gayā, the Gaṅgā, in Kurukṣetra, at Naimiṣa, and likewise at Puṣkara, / that merit one obtains from the darśana of Loṭaṇeśvara, O son of Pṛthā.  
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### [6.3.220.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.55)

yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā paṭhyamānamidaṃ śubham .  
sarvapāpavinirmukto rudralokaṃ sa gacchati .. 220.55 ..

> Whatever man hears this auspicious \[text\] being recited with devotion, / completely freed from all sins, goes to the world of Rudra.  
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### [6.3.220.55\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.220.55_1)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe loṭaṇeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma viṃśatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the two hundred and twentieth chapter named 'Description of the Māhātmya of the Loṭaṇeśvara Sacred Ford' in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth \[part\], Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.220.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.220.2) — Sanskrit
- [Narasiṃhapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.vaisnava.narasimha.63.9) — Sanskrit

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