[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) › 6.3.224 # Skandapurana 6.3.224 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.224 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.224.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.224.1) mārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tataḥ krośāntare pārtha tīrthaṃ koṭīśvaraṃ param . yatra snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca japahomārcanādikam . bhaktyā kṛtaṃ naraistatra sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet .. 224.1 .. > Mārkaṇḍeya said: > Then, at the distance of one krośa, O son of Pṛthā, is the supreme sacred ford Koṭīśvara, > where ritual ablution, donation, recitation of mantras, fire-offerings, worship, and the like, > performed there with devotion by men, all become ten-millionfold in fruit. (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.224.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.224.2) tatra devāḥ sagandharvā ṛṣayaḥ siddhacāraṇāḥ . jaladhiṃ pratigacchanti narmadāṃ vīkṣituṃ kila .. 224.2 .. > There the gods along with the gandharvas, the seers, siddhas, and cāraṇas, > went towards the ocean, it is said, to see the Narmadā. (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.224.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.224.3) militāḥ koṭiśo rājanrevāsāgarasaṅgame . vinodamatulaṃ dṛṣṭvā revārṇavasamāgame .. 224.3 .. > Assembled by the millions, O king, at the confluence of the Revā and the ocean, > having witnessed the peerless delight at the meeting of the Revā and the sea, (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.224.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.224.4) snātvā śivaṃ ca saṃsthāpya pūjayitvā maheśvaram . koṭīśvarābhidhānaṃ tu svasvabhaktyā vidhānataḥ .. 224.4 .. > having bathed, established Śiva, and worshipped Maheśvara > named Koṭīśvara, in accordance with their respective devotion and the prescribed rite, (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.224.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.224.5) koṭītīrthe parāṃ siddhiṃ samprāptāḥ sarvatoṣaṇāt . tena tatpuṇyamatulaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu cottamam .. 224.5 .. > they attained supreme perfection at Koṭītīrtha by pleasing everything. > Therefore, it is peerless in merit and the best among all sacred fords. (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.224.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.224.6) tatra tīrthe tu yatkiṃcicchubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham . kriyate nṛpaśārdūla sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet .. 224.6 .. > Whatever good or evil is done > at that sacred ford, O tiger among kings, all becomes multiplied ten million times. (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.224.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.224.7) tatra tīrthe tu mārgasthā ye kecidṛṣisattamāḥ . siddhāmṛtapadaṃ yānti pitṛlokaṃ tathottamam .. 224.7 .. > Whichever best of seers, standing on the path at that sacred ford, > go to the abode of the perfected and the nectar-like realm, so too do they reach the highest world of the ancestors. (7) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.224.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.224.8) uttare narmadātīre dakṣiṇe cāśritāśca ye . devalokaṃ gatāstatra iti me niścitā matiḥ .. 224.8 .. > Those who have taken refuge on the northern bank of the Narmadā and on the southern bank, > have gone from there to the realm of the gods; such is my firm conviction. (8) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.224.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.224.9) bilvārkapuṣpairdhattūrakuśakāśaprasūnakaiḥ . ṛtūdbhavaistathānyaiśca pūjayitvā maheśvaram .. 224.9 .. > Having worshipped Maheśvara with bilva and arka flowers, dhattūra blossoms, kuśa and kāśa flowers, > and other seasonal flowers, (9) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.224.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.224.10) nānopacārairvidhivanmantrapūrvaṃ yudhiṣṭhira . dhūpadīpārdhanaivedyaistoṣayitvā ca dhūrjaṭim .. 224.10 .. > with various offerings according to rule, preceded by mantras, O Yudhiṣṭhira, > and having pleased Dhūrjaṭi with incense, lamps, and food offerings, (10) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.224.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.224.11) śivalokamavāpnoti yāvadindrāścaturdaśa . pauṣakṛṣṇāṣṭamīyoge viśeṣaḥ pūjane smṛtaḥ .. 224.11 .. > one attains the realm of Śiva for as long as fourteen Indras reign. > A special efficacy in worship is taught on the eighth day of the dark fortnight of Pauṣa. (11) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.224.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.224.12) nityaṃ ca nṛpatiśreṣṭha caturdaśyaṣṭamīṣu ca . śivamabhyarcya viprāṃśca bhojayedbhaktito varān .. 224.12 .. > Constantly, O best of kings, and especially on the fourteenth and eighth lunar days, > having worshipped Śiva, one should feed excellent brahmins with devotion. (12) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.224.12\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.224.12_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe koṭīśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma caturviṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the two hundred and twenty-fourth chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of the Koṭīśvara Sacred Ford,' in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth Avantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.224.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.224.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.224](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.224) · Pramāṇa