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# Skandapurana 6.3.226

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.226

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.226.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.1)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tataḥ krośāntare puṇyaṃ tīrthaṃ tadvimaleśvaram .  
yatra snānena dānena japahomārcanādibhiḥ .. 226.1 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> Then, at the distance of one krośa, is that sacred ford Vimaleśvara,  
> where, by bathing, donation, recitation of mantras, fire-offerings, worship, and the like, (1)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.226.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.2)

vimaleśvaramārādhya yo yadicchetsa tallabhet .  
svargalābhādikaṃ vāpi pārthivaṃ vā yathepsitam .. 226.2 ..

> having propitiated Vimaleśvara, whatever one desires, that one obtains,  
> whether the attainment of heaven and so forth, or earthly \[rewards\] as desired. (2)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.226.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.3)

purā triśirasaṃ hatvā tvaṣṭuḥ putraṃ śatakratuḥ .  
yasya tīrthasya māhātmyādvaimalyaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ .. 226.3 ..

> Formerly, having slain Triśiras, the son of Tvaṣṭṛ, Indra of a hundred sacrifices,  
> by virtue of the majesty of this sacred ford, attained supreme stainlessness. (3)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.226.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.4)

yatra vedanidhirvipro mahattaptvā tapaḥ purā .  
nānākarmamalaiḥ kṣīṇairvimalo'bhavadarkavat .. 226.4 ..

> Where the brahmin Vedanidhi, having performed great austerity in ancient times,  
> with the impurities of various past actions destroyed, became stainless like the sun. (4)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.226.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.5)

mahādevaprasādena somavatpriyadarśanaḥ .  
purā bhānumatīṃ bhānuḥ sutāṃ smaraśarārditaḥ .. 226.5 ..

> By the grace of Mahādeva, he became pleasing to behold like the moon.  
> In ancient times, the sun, afflicted by the arrows of the god of love, \[lusted after\] his daughter Bhānumatī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.226.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.6)

cakame tena doṣeṇa kuṣṭharogārdito'bhavat .  
sa cāpyatra tapastaptvā vimalatvamupāgataḥ .. 226.6 ..

> He desired her, and because of that sin he was afflicted with leprosy.  
> Having performed tapas here too, he attained purity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.226.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.7)

mahādevena tuṣṭena svasthānaṃ mudito'bhajat .  
tathaiva ca purā pārtha vibhāṇḍakasuto muniḥ .. 226.7 ..

> Gratified by Mahādeva, he joyfully returned to his own place.  
> And likewise in ancient times, O son of Pṛthā, the sage, the son of Vibhāṇḍaka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.226.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.8)

yogisaṅgaṃ vane prāpya pure ca nṛpatestathā .  
rājasaṃsargadoṣādvai mālinyaṃ paramātmanaḥ .. 226.8 ..

> having met yogins in the forest and likewise the king in the city,  
> \[felt\] impurity of the Supreme Soul through the fault of association with royalty.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.226.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.9)

vicārayannabhyupetya revāsāgarasaṅgamam .  
śāntayā bhāryayā sārddhaṃ taptvā dvādaśavatsarān .. 226.9 ..

> Reflecting \[on this\], he came to the confluence of the Revā and the ocean.  
> Together with his wife Śāntā, having performed tapas for twelve years,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.226.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.10)

kṛcchracāndrāyaṇairdevaṃ toṣayaṃstryambakaṃ muniḥ .  
mahādevena tuṣṭena so'pi vaimalyamāptavān .. 226.10 ..

> gratifying the three-eyed god with kṛcchra and cāndrāyaṇa penances, the sage,  
> when Mahādeva was pleased, also attained purity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.226.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.11)

śarvāṇyā preritaḥ śarvaḥ purā dāruvane nṛpa .  
mohanānmunipatnīnāṃ svaṃ dīkṣya vimalaṃ kila .. 226.11 ..

> In ancient times, O king, Śarva, urged by Śarvāṇī in the pine forest,  
> to bewilder the wives of the sages, seeing his own \[form\] pure indeed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.226.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.12)

vicārya paramasthānaṃ narmadodadhisaṅgamam .  
tatra sthitvā mahārāja tapastaptvā sahomayā .. 226.12 ..

> considering the supreme place to be the confluence of the Narmadā and the ocean,  
> stayed there, O great king, and performed tapas together with Umā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.226.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.13)

vimalo'sau yato jātastenāsau vimaleśvaraḥ .  
tena nāmnā svayaṃ tasthau lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā .. 226.13 ..

> Since he became pure, he is therefore known as Vimaleśvara.  
> Under that name he established himself, desiring the welfare of the worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.226.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.14)

tatastilottamāṃ sṛṣṭvā brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ .  
prajānātho'pi tāṃ sṛṣṭvā dṛṣṭvāgre sumanoharām .. 226.14 ..

> Then Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, having created Tilottamā—  
> even the lord of creatures, having created her and seeing her exceedingly captivating before him,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.226.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.15)

bhāviyogabalākrāntaḥ sa tasyāmabhiko'bhavat .  
tena vīkṣya sadoṣatvaṃ revātīradvayaṃ śritaḥ .. 226.15 ..

> overcome by the power of impending fate, became lustful toward her.  
> Seeing his state of guilt because of that, he resorted to both banks of the Revā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.226.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.16)

tīrthānyanusaranmaunī trisnāyī saṃsmarañchivam .  
revārṇavasamāyoge snātvā sampūjya śaṅkaram .  
kālenālpena rājarṣe brahmāpyamalatāṃ gataḥ .. 226.16 ..

> silently following the sacred fords, bathing thrice daily, meditating upon Śiva.  
> Having bathed at the confluence of the Revā and the ocean and worshipped Śaṅkara,  
> in a short time, O royal seer, even Brahmā attained purity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.226.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.17)

evamanye'pi bahuśo devarṣinṛpasattamāḥ .  
tyaktvā doṣamalaṃ tatra vimalā bahavo'bhavan .. 226.17 ..

> Thus many others too, the best among celestial seers and kings,  
> having cast away the defilement of sin there, became pure in great numbers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.226.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.18)

tathā tvamapi rājendra tatra snātvā śivārcanāt .  
amalo'pi viśeṣeṇa vaimalyaṃ prāpsyase param .. 226.18 ..

> Likewise you too, O chief of kings, having bathed there, through the worship of Śiva,  
> though already pure, will especially attain supreme purity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.226.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.19)

tatra snātvā naro nārī pūjayitvā maheśvaram .  
pāpadoṣavinirmukto brahmaloke mahīyate .. 226.19 ..

> A man or woman, having bathed there and worshipped Maheśvara,  
> freed from the guilt of sin, is glorified in the world of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.226.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.20)

tatropavāsaṃ yaḥ kṛtvā paśyeta vimaleśvaram .  
aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ sarvaparvasu pārthiva .. 226.20 ..

> Whoever, having fasted there, beholds Vimaleśvara  
> on the eighth, the fourteenth, and on all full- and new-moon days, O king,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.226.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.21)

saptajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ hitvā yāti śivālayam .  
śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā vidhānena pitḥṇāmanṛṇī bhavet .  
brāhmaṇān bhojayecchaktyā tebhyo dadyācca dakṣiṇām .. 226.21 ..

> casting away the sin committed across seven births, goes to the abode of Śiva.  
> Having performed a śrāddha according to the rule, he becomes debt-free to the ancestors;  
> he should feed brahmins according to his means and give them a priestly gift.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.226.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.22)

yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ loke yaccaivātmahitaṃ gṛhe .  
tattadguṇavate deyaṃ tatraivākṣayamicchatā .  
svarṇadhānyāni vāsāṃsi chatropānatkamaṇḍalum .. 226.22 ..

> Whatever is most cherished in the world and whatever is of benefit to oneself in the home,  
> all that should be given there to a virtuous person by one desiring imperishable merit:  
> gold, grains, garments, an umbrella, shoes, and a water-pot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.226.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.23)

gṛhaṃ devasya vai śaktyā kṛtvā syādbhuvi bhūpatiḥ .  
gītanṛtyakathābhiśca toṣayetparameśvaram .. 226.23 ..

> By building a temple for the god according to his means, one becomes a king on earth;  
> and one should gratify the Supreme Lord with songs, dances, and holy recitations.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.226.23\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.226.23_1)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe vimaleśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaḍviṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the two hundred and twenty-sixth chapter, named the Description of the Greatness of the Sacred Ford of Vimaleśvara, 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.6.3.226.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.226.1) — Sanskrit

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