[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) › 6.3.222 # Skandapurana 6.3.222 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.222 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.222.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.222.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tataḥ krośāntare gacchettilādaṃ tīrthamuttamam . tilaprāśanakṛdyatra jābāliḥ śuddhimāptavān .. 222.1 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, at a distance of one krośa, one should go to the excellent sacred ford Tilāda, / where Jābāli, eating sesame seeds, attained purification. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.222.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.222.2) pitṛmātṛparityāgī bhrāturbhāryābhilāṣakṛt . putravikrayakṛtpāpaśchalakṛdguruṇā saha .. 222.2 .. > He had abandoned his parents, lusted after his brother's wife, / sold his own son, was a sinner, and had acted deceitfully toward his guru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.222.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.222.3) evaṃ doṣasamāviṣṭo yatra yatrāpi gacchati . tatra tatrāpi dhikkāraṃ labhate satsu bhārata . na ko'pi saṃgatiṃ dhatte tena sārddhaṃ sabhāsvapi .. 222.3 .. > Overcome with such faults, wherever he went, / there he met with reproach among good people, O descendant of Bharata; / no one would even keep company with him in assemblies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.222.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.222.4) iti lajjānvito vipraḥ kāle na mahatā nṛpa . cintāmavāpa mahatīmagatijño hi pāvane .. 222.4 .. > Thus covered with shame, the brahmin, before long, O king, / fell into great anxiety, knowing no way \[to find\] a purifying means. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.222.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.222.5) cakāra sarvatīrthāni revāṃ cāpyavagāhayat .. 222.5 .. > He visited all sacred fords and plunged into the Revā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.222.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.222.6) aṇivāpāntamāsādya dakṣiṇe narmadātaṭe . tasthau yatra vratī pārtha jābāliḥ prāśayaṃstilān .. 222.6 .. > Having reached the vicinity of Aṇivāpa on the southern bank of the Narmadā, / Jābāli, observing vows, stayed there, O son of Pṛthā, eating sesame seeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.222.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.222.7) tilairekāśanaṃ kurvaṃstathaivaikāntarāśanam . tryahaṣaḍdvādaśāhāśī pakṣamāsāśanastathā .. 222.7 .. > Taking a single meal of sesame seeds, or eating on alternate days, / eating once every three days, six days, or twelve days, or eating once a fortnight or once a month, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.222.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.222.8) kṛcchracāndrāyaṇādīni vratāni ca tilairapi . tilādatvamanuprāpto hyabdadvāsaptatiṃ kramāt .. 222.8 .. > and performing penances like the Kṛcchra and Cāndrāyaṇa with sesame seeds alone, / he came to be known as 'Tilāda' (sesame-eater) continuously for seventy-two years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.222.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.222.9) kālena gacchatā tasya prasanno'bhavadīśvaraḥ . prādādihāmutrikīṃ tu śuddhiṃ sālokyamātmakam .. 222.9 .. > As time passed, the Lord became pleased with him; / he granted him purification in this world and the next, and his own realm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.222.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.222.10) tena sa sthāpito devaḥ svanāmnā bharatarṣabha . tilādeśvarasaṃjñāṃ ca prāpa lokādapi prabhuḥ .. 222.10 .. > By him was installed that god named after himself, O bull of the Bharatas; / and the Lord received the name Tilādeśvara even from the people. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.222.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.222.11) tadā prabhṛti vikhyātaṃ tīrthaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam . tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā caturdaśyaṣṭamīṣu ca .. 222.11 .. > From then on, that sacred ford became renowned as destructive of sins. / Having bathed in that sacred ford on the fourteenth and eighth days \[of the fortnight\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.222.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.222.12) upavāsaparaḥ pārtha tathaiva harivāsare . tilahomī tilodvartī tilasnāyī tilodakī .. 222.12 .. > intent upon fasting, O son of Pṛthā, as well as on the day of Hari, / offering sesame into the fire, anointing himself with sesame, bathing with sesame, offering sesame water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.222.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.222.13) tiladātā ca bhoktā ca nānāpāpaiḥ pramucyate . tilairāpūrayelliṅgaṃ tilatailena dīpadaḥ . rudralokamavāpnoti punātyā saptamaṃ kulam .. 222.13 .. > giving sesame and consuming sesame, one is freed from various sins. / If one fills the liṅga with sesame seeds and offers a lamp with sesame oil, / he attains the world of Rudra and purifies his family up to the seventh generation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.222.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.222.14) tilapiṇḍapradānena śrāddhe nṛpatisattama . vikarmasthāśca gacchanti gatimiṣṭāṃ hi pūrvajāḥ .. 222.14 .. > By the offering of rice-balls mixed with sesame in a śrāddha, O best of kings, / even ancestors who followed wrongful conduct attain the desired destination. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.222.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.222.15) svargalokasthitāḥ śrāddhairbrāhmaṇānāṃ ca bhojanaiḥ . akṣayāṃ tṛptimāsādya modante śāśvatīḥ samāḥ .. 222.15 .. > Those who dwell in heaven, through the śrāddhas and feeding of brahmins, / attain imperishable satisfaction and rejoice for eternal years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.222.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.222.16) pituḥ kulaṃ mātṛkulaṃ tathā bhāryākulaṃ nṛpa . kulatrayaṃ samuddhṛtya svargaṃ nayati vai naraḥ .. 222.16 .. > The paternal line, the maternal line, and likewise the wife's family, O king— / having uplifted these three families, a man leads them indeed to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.222.16\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.222.16_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe tilādeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma dvāviṃśadadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the two hundred and twenty-second chapter, entitled 'Description of the Greatness of the Tilādeśvara Sacred Ford,' in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.222.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.222.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.222](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.222) · Pramāṇa