<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227 -->

[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) › 6.3.227

# Skandapurana 6.3.227

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.227

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.227.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.1)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
etāni tava saṃkṣepātprādhānyātkathitāni ca .  
na śakto vistarādvaktuṃ saṃkhyāṃ tīrtheṣu pāṇḍava .. 227.1 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> These have been told to you in brief, focusing on the prominent ones;  
> I am unable to declare in detail the number of sacred fords, O son of Pāṇḍu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.2)

eṣā pavitrā vimalā nadī trailokyaviśrutā .  
narmadā saritāṃ śreṣṭhā mahādevasya vallabhā .. 227.2 ..

> This pure, clear river is famed throughout the three worlds:  
> Narmadā, the best of rivers, beloved of Mahādeva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.3)

manasā saṃsmaredyastu narmadāṃ satataṃ nṛpa .  
cāndrāyaṇaśatasyāśu labhate phalamuttamam .. 227.3 ..

> Whoever constantly meditates upon the Narmadā in his mind, O king,  
> speedily obtains the supreme fruit of a hundred cāndrāyaṇa penances.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.4)

aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā nāstikāścātra ye sthitāḥ .  
patanti narake ghore prāhaivaṃ parameśvaraḥ .. 227.4 ..

> Men lacking faith and nihilists who reside here  
> fall into a dreadful hell; thus the Supreme Lord has said.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.5)

narmadāṃ sevate nityaṃ svayaṃ devo maheśvaraḥ .  
tena puṇyā nadī jñeyā brahmahatyāpahāriṇī .. 227.5 ..

> The god Maheśvara himself attends upon the Narmadā constantly;  
> therefore, she is to be known as a holy river that removes the sin of killing a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.6)

iyaṃ māheśvarī gaṅgā maheśvaratanūdbhavā .  
proktā dakṣiṇagaṅgeti bhāratasya yudhiṣṭhira .. 227.6 ..

> She is the Gaṅgā of Maheśvara, born from Maheśvara's body;  
> she is declared to be the southern Gaṅgā of the Bhārata realm, O Yudhiṣṭhira.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.7)

jāhnavī vaiṣṇavī gaṅgā brāhmī gaṅgā sarasvatī .  
iyaṃ māheśvarī gaṅgā revā nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ .. 227.7 ..

> The Jāhnavī is the Gaṅgā of Viṣṇu; the Sarasvatī is the Gaṅgā of Brahmā;  
> this Revā is the Gaṅgā of Maheśvara; there is no doubt about this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.8)

yathā hi puruṣe devastraimūrtatvamupāśritaḥ .  
brahmaviṣṇumaheśākhyaṃ na bhedastatra vai yathā .  
tathā sarittraye pārtha bhedaṃ manasi mā kṛthāḥ .. 227.8 ..

> Just as the god assumed a threefold form in the Supreme Being,  
> called Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśa, and just as there is indeed no difference among them,  
> so too, O son of Pṛthā, do not conceive any difference in mind among the triad of rivers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.9)

koṭiśo hyatra tīrthāni lakṣaśaścāpi bhārata .  
tathā sahasraśo revātīradvayagatāni tu .. 227.9 ..

> Indeed, sacred fords here are in their tens of millions, hundreds of thousands, O descendant of Bharata,  
> and likewise in their thousands along both banks of the Revā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.10)

vṛkṣāntarikṣasaṃsthāni jalasthalagatāni ca .  
kaḥ śaktastāni nirṇetuṃ vāgīśo vā maheśvaraḥ .. 227.10 ..

> situated in trees, in the atmosphere, and in water and on dry land.  
> Who is able to determine them all—whether the Lord of Speech or Maheśvara?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.11)

smaraṇājjanmajanitaṃ darśanācca trijanmajam .  
saptajanmakṛtaṃ naśyetpāpaṃ revāvagāhanāt .. 227.11 ..

> By remembering it, the sin born of one birth is destroyed; by seeing it, of three births;  
> by bathing in the Revā, the sin committed across seven births is destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.12)

devakāryaṃ kṛtaṃ tena agnayo vidhivaddhutāḥ .  
vedā adhītāścatvāro yena revāvagāhitā .. 227.12 ..

> Rites to the gods have been performed by him, fires have been offered to according to rule,  
> and the four Vedas have been studied by him who has immersed himself in the Revā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.13)

prādhānyāccāpi saṃkṣepāttīrthānyuktāni te mayā .  
na śakyo vistaraḥ pārtha śrotuṃ vaktuṃ ca vai mayā .. 227.13 ..

> The sacred fords have been told to you by me by way of prominence and in brief;  
> a full account, O son of Pṛthā, cannot be heard or told by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.14)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
vidhānaṃ ca yamāṃścaiva niyamāṃśca vadasva me .  
prāyaścittārthagamane ko vidhistaṃ vadasva me .. 227.14 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said:  
> Tell me the procedure, the restraints, and the observances;  
> when one goes for the sake of expiation, tell me what the procedure is.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.15)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ mahārāja yacchreyaḥ pāralaukikam .  
śṛṇuṣvāvahito bhūtvā yathājñānaṃ vadāmi te .. 227.15 ..

> The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> Well asked, O great king, concerning what is conducive to the highest welfare in the other world.  
> Listen attentively; I shall tell you according to my knowledge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.16)

adhruveṇa śarīreṇa dhruvaṃ karma samācaret .  
avaśyameva yāsyanti prāṇāḥ prāghūrṇikā iva .. 227.16 ..

> With an impermanent body, one should perform permanent action.  
> For the vital breaths will inevitably depart, like guests.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.17)

dānaṃ vittādṛtaṃ vācaḥ kīrtidharmau tathā khyuṣaḥ .  
paropakaraṇaṃ kāyādasārātsāramuddharet .. 227.17 ..

> One should extract the essence from the essenceless body: gift-giving from wealth, truth of speech,  
> fame and righteousness from one's life, and doing good to others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.18)

asminmahāmohamaye kaṭāhe sūryāgninā rātridivendhanena .  
māsartudarvīparighaṭṭanena bhūtāni kālaḥ pacatīti vārtā .. 227.18 ..

> In this cauldron of great delusion, with the sun as fire and night and day as fuel,  
> stirring with the ladle of months and seasons, Time cooks living beings: such is the news.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.19)

jñātvā śāstravidhānoktaṃ karma kartumihārhasi .  
nāyaṃ loko'sti na paro na sukhaṃ saṃśayātmanaḥ .. 227.19 ..

> Knowing the action declared by the ordinance of the scriptures, you should perform it here.  
> Neither this world nor the next, nor happiness, exists for one whose mind is full of doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.20)

mantre tīrthe dvije deve daivajñe bheṣaje gurau .  
yādṛśī bhāvanā yasya siddhirbhavati tādṛśī .. 227.20 ..

> In a mantra, a sacred ford, a twice-born, a deity, an astrologer, medicine, and a guru—  
> whatever disposition one holds, such is the fruition attained.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.21)

aśraddhayā hutaṃ dattaṃ tapastaptaṃ kṛtaṃ ca yat .  
asadityucyate pārtha na ca tatpretya no iha .. 227.21 ..

> Whatever is offered in sacrifice, given, performed as austerity, or done without faith / is said to be nonexistent, O Pārtha; it is of no account either after death or here in this world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.22)

yaḥ śāstravidhimutsṛjya vartate kāmakārataḥ .  
na sa siddhimavāpnoti na sukhaṃ na parāṃ gatim .. 227.22 ..

> He who, having discarded the ordinance of the scriptures, acts according to his own desire, / attains neither perfection, nor happiness, nor the supreme goal.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.23)

santīha vividhopāyā nṛṇāṃ dehaviśodhanāḥ .  
tīrthasevāsamaṃ nāsti svaśarīrasya śodhanam .. 227.23 ..

> There are diverse means here for the purification of men's bodies; / \[yet\] there is nothing equal to resorting to a sacred ford for the purification of one's body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.24)

kṛcchracāndrāyaṇādyairvā dvitīyaṃ tīrthasevayā .  
yadā tīrthaṃ samuddiśya prayāti puruṣo nṛpa .  
tadā devāśca pitarastaṃ vrajantyanu khecarāḥ .. 227.24 ..

> Either by penances such as the kṛcchra and cāndrāyaṇa, or secondly by resorting to a sacred ford: / when a man sets out directed toward a sacred ford, O king, / then the gods and ancestors, moving in the sky, follow him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.25)

paramā modapūrṇāste prayāntyasyānuyāyinaḥ .  
kṛtvābhyudayikaṃ śrāddhaṃ samāpṛcchaya tu devatām .. 227.25 ..

> Filled with supreme joy, they proceed following him. / Having performed an abhyudayika śrāddha and taken leave of the deity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.26)

iṣṭabandhūṃśca viṣṇuṃ ca śaṅkaraṃ sagaṇeśvaram .  
vrajeddvijābhyanujñāto gṛhītvā niyamānapi .. 227.26 ..

> and of one's dear kinsmen, and of Viṣṇu, and of Śaṅkara together with the lord of the gaṇas, / he should depart, permitted by brahmins, having also undertaken the observances:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.27)

ekāśanaṃ brahmacaryaṃ bhūśayyāṃ satyavāditām .  
varjanaṃ ca parānnasya pratigrahavivarjanam .. 227.27 ..

> eating once a day, celibacy, sleeping on the ground, truthfulness in speech, / abstaining from another's food, and complete avoidance of accepting gifts;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.28)

varjayitvā tathā drohavañcanādi nṛpottama .  
sādhuveṣaṃ samāsthāya vinayena vibhūṣitaḥ .. 227.28 ..

> likewise having renounced malice, deceit, and the like, O best of kings, / assuming the dress of a holy man, adorned with humility,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.29)

dambhāhaṅkāramukto yaḥ sa tīrthaphalamaśnute .  
yasya hastau ca pādau ca manaścaiva susaṃyatam .. 227.29 ..

> free from hypocrisy and egotism—he enjoys the fruit of the sacred ford. / He whose hands, feet, and mind are well restrained,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.30)

vidyā tapaśca kīrtiśca sa tīrthaphalamaśnute .  
akrodhanaśca rājendra satyaśīlo dṛḍhavrataḥ .. 227.30 ..

> and \[who possesses\] learning, austerity, and fame—he enjoys the fruit of the sacred ford. / Free from anger, O king of kings, devoted to truth, steadfast in his vows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.31)

ātmopamaśca bhūteṣu sa tīrthaphalamaśnute .  
muṇḍanaṃ copavāsaśca sarvatīrtheṣvayaṃ vidhiḥ .. 227.31 ..

> and looking upon \[all\] beings as himself—he enjoys the fruit of the sacred ford. / Tonsure and fasting: this is the rule at all sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.32)

varjayitvā kurukṣetraṃ viśālāṃ virajāṃ gayām .  
snānaṃ surārcanaṃ caiva śrāddhe vai piṇḍapātanam .. 227.32 ..

> excepting Kurukṣetra, Viśālā, Virajā, and Gayā. / Ritual ablution, worship of the gods, and the offering of piṇḍas in a śrāddha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.33)

viprāṇāṃ bhojanaṃ śaktyā sarvatīrtheṣvayaṃ vidhiḥ .  
prāyaścittanimittaṃ ca yo vrajedyatamānasaḥ .. 227.33 ..

> and feeding brahmins according to one's means: this is the rule at all sacred fords. / And he who, with a restrained mind, departs for the sake of expiation—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.34)

tasyāpi ca vidhiṃ vakṣye śṛṇu pārtha samāhitaḥ .  
ekāśanaṃ brahmacaryamakṣāralavaṇāśanam .. 227.34 ..

> I will tell his rule too; listen attentively, O Pārtha: / eating once a day, celibacy, eating food without salt and pungent spices,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.35)

snātvā tīrthābhigamanaṃ haviṣyaikānnabhojanam .  
varjayetpatitālāpaṃ bahubhāṣaṇameva ca .. 227.35 ..

> approaching the sacred ford after bathing, eating single meals of sacrificial food (haviṣya), / he should avoid talking with fallen persons, as well as much chatter;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.36)

parīvādaṃ parānnaṃ ca nīcasaṅgaṃ vivarjayet .  
vrajecca nirupānatko vasāno vāsasī śuciḥ .. 227.36 ..

> he should avoid slander, another's food, and the company of the low-born; / and he should travel barefoot, wearing two clean garments.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.37)

saṃkalpaṃ manasā kṛtvā brāhmaṇānujñayā vrajet .  
tīrthe gatvā tathā snātvā kṛtvā caiva surārcanam .. 227.37 ..

> Having formed a resolve in his mind, he should depart with the permission of brahmins. / Going to the sacred ford, bathing there, and worshipping the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.38)

duṣkarmato vimuktaḥ syādanutāpī bhavedyadi .  
vede tīrthe ca deve ca daivajñe cauṣadhe gurau .. 227.38 ..

> he would become free from evil deeds if he is truly repentant. / In the Veda, in a sacred ford, in a god, in an astrologer, in medicine, and in a guru,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.39)

yādṛśī bhāvanā yasya siddhirbhavati tādṛśī .  
uktatīrthaphalānāṃ ca purāṇeṣu smṛtiṣvapi .. 227.39 ..

> whatever one's inner disposition is, such is the perfection he attains. / And concerning the fruits of the sacred fords stated in the Purāṇas and Smṛtis,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.40)

arthavādabhavāṃ śaṅkāṃ vihāya bharatarṣabha .  
kṛtvā vicāraṃ śāstroktaṃ parikalpya yathocitam .. 227.40 ..

> abandoning doubt born of \[regarding them as\] mere praise, O bull of the Bharatas, / having made inquiry according to the scriptures, and having determined \[the matter\] properly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.41)

kāyena kṛcchracaraṇe hyaśaktānāṃ viśuddhaye .  
jñātvā tīrthāviśeṣaṃ hi prāyaścittaṃ samācaret .. 227.41 ..

> for the purification of those physically unable to perform kṛcchra penances, / knowing the specific sacred fords, one should indeed perform the expiation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.42)

tacchṛṇuṣva mahārāja narmadāyāṃ yathocitam .  
caturviṃśatisaṃkhyebhyo yojanebhyo vrajennaraḥ .. 227.42 ..

> Listen to that as appropriate regarding the Narmadā, O great king: / if a man travels for twenty-four yojanas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.43)

caturviṃśatikṛcchrāṇāṃ phalamāpnoti śobhanam .  
ata ūrdhvaṃ yojaneṣu pādakṛcchramudāhṛtaḥ .. 227.43 ..

> he obtains the auspicious fruit of twenty-four kṛcchras. / Beyond that, a pādakṛcchra is prescribed for each yojana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.44)

tanmadhye ca mahārāja yo vrajecchuddhikāṅkṣayā .  
yojane yojane tasya prāyaścittaṃ vidurbudhāḥ .. 227.44 ..

> And within that distance, O great king, whoever travels desiring purification— / the wise consider an expiation \[accrued\] for him at every yojana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.45)

praṇavākhye mahārāja tathā revorisaṃgame .  
bhṛgukṣetre tathā gatvā phalaṃ taddviguṇaṃ smṛtam .. 227.45 ..

> At the place called Praṇava, O great king, and likewise at the confluence of the Revā and Uri, / and going likewise to Bhṛgukṣetra, that fruit is said to be doubled.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.46)

saṅgame devanadyāśca śūlabhede nṛpottama .  
dviguṇaṃ pādahīnaṃ syātkarajāsaṃgame tathā .. 227.46 ..

> And at the confluence of the river of the gods, \[and\] at Śūlabheda, O best of kings, / it is double less a quarter; likewise at the Karajā confluence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.47)

eraṇḍīsaṅgame tadvatkapilāyāśca saṃgame .  
kecittriguṇitaṃ prāhuḥ kubjārevotthasaṅgame .. 227.47 ..

> Similarly at the Eraṇḍī confluence, and at the confluence of the Kapilā; / some say it is tripled at the confluence of the Kubjā and Revā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.48)

oṃkāre ca mahārāja tadapi syātsamañjasam .  
saṅgameṣu tathānyāsāṃ nadīnāṃ revayā saha .. 227.48 ..

> And at Oṃkāra, O great king, that too would be appropriate. / Likewise at the confluences of other rivers with the Revā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.49)

prāhuste sārdhakṛcchraṃ vai phalaṃ pūrvaṃ yudhiṣṭhira .  
triguṇaṃ kṛcchramāpnoti revāsāgarasaṅgame .. 227.49 ..

> they say the fruit, as stated before, is one and a half kṛcchras, O Yudhiṣṭhira. / One attains a threefold kṛcchra at the confluence of the Revā and the ocean.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.50)

kṛcchraṃ caturguṇaṃ proktaṃ śuklatīrthe yudhiṣṭhira .  
yojane yojane gatvā caturviṃśatiyojanam .  
tatra tatra vasedyastu suciraṃ nṛvarottama .. 227.50 ..

> A fourfold kṛcchra is declared at Śuklatīrtha, O Yudhiṣṭhira. / Having gone yojana by yojana for twenty-four yojanas, / whoever resides there for a very long time at each place, O best of kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.51)

revāsevāsamācāraḥ saṃyuktaḥ śuddhabuddhimān .  
dambhāhaṅkārarahitaḥ śuddhyarthaṃ sa vimucyate .. 227.51 ..

> engaged in the practice of serving the Revā, endowed with pure intellect, / free from hypocrisy and egotism, he is liberated for the sake of purification.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.52)

iti te kathitaṃ pārtha prāyaścittārthalakṣaṇam .  
revāyātrāvidhānaṃ ca guhyametadyudhiṣṭhira .. 227.52 ..

> Thus has been told to you, O Pārtha, the definition of the purpose of expiation, / and the rule of the pilgrimage to the Revā; this is a secret, O Yudhiṣṭhira.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.53)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
yojanasya pramāṇaṃ me vada tvaṃ munisattama .  
yajjñātvā niścitaṃ me syānmanaḥśuddhestu kāraṇam .. 227.53 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / Tell me the measure of a yojana, O best of sages, / knowing which there would be certainty in my mind regarding the cause of mental purification.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.54)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
śṛṇu pāṇḍava vakṣyāmi pramāṇaṃ yojanasya yat .  
tathā yātrāviśeṣeṇa viśeṣaṃ kṛcchrasambhavam .. 227.54 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Listen, O Pāṇḍava; I will explain the measure of a yojana, / and the specific \[merits\] arising from kṛcchra in accordance with the specific pilgrimages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.55)

tiryagyavodarāṇyaṣṭāvūrdhvā vā vrīhayastrayaḥ .  
pramāṇamaṅgulasyāhurvitastirdvādaśāṃgulā .. 227.55 ..

> Eight middles of barley grains laid crosswise, or three rice grains lengthwise, / are said to be the measure of a finger-breadth (aṅgula); a span (vitasti) is twelve finger-breadths.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.56)

vitastidvitayaṃ hastaścaturhastaṃ dhanuḥ smṛtam .  
sa eva daṇḍo gadito viśeṣajñairyudhiṣṭhira .. 227.56 ..

> Two spans are a cubit (hasta); a bow (dhanus) is recognized as four cubits. / That very \[measure\] is called a staff (daṇḍa) by those who know the distinctions, O Yudhiṣṭhira.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.57)

dhanuḥsahasre dve krośaścatuḥkrośaṃ ca yojanam .  
etadyojanamānaṃ te kathitaṃ bharatarṣabha .. 227.57 ..

> Two thousand bows are a krośa, and four krośas are a yojana. / This measure of a yojana has been told to you, O bull of the Bharatas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.58)

yena yātrāṃ vrajan vetti phalamānaṃ nijārjitam .  
uktaṃ kṛcchraphalaṃ tīrthe jalarūpe nṛpottama .. 227.58 ..

> by which one who sets out on a pilgrimage knows the measure of fruit earned by himself. / The fruit of a kṛcchra at a sacred ford consisting of water has been declared, O best of kings;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.59)

yathāviśeṣaṃ te vacmi pūrvokte tatra tatra ca .  
tanme śṛṇu mahīpāla śraddadhānāya kathyate .. 227.59 ..

> I shall tell you according to each distinction at each previously mentioned place. / Listen to that from me, O protector of the earth, as it is told to one who has faith.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.60)

yasmiṃstīrthe hi yatproktaṃ phalaṃ kṛcchrādikaṃ nṛpa .  
tatrāpyupoṣaṇātkṛcchraphalaṃ prāpnotyathādhikam .. 227.60 ..

> For at whatever sacred ford a fruit such as a kṛcchra has been declared, O king, / even there, by fasting, one obtains an even greater fruit of a kṛcchra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.61)

dinajāpyācca labhate phalaṃ kṛcchrasya śaktitaḥ .  
tatra vikhyātadeveśaṃ snātvā dṛṣṭvābhipūjya ca .. 227.61 ..

> And from daily recitation (jāpya) according to one's capacity, one obtains the fruit of a kṛcchra. / Having bathed there, and having seen and worshipped the renowned Lord of the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.62)

praṇamya labhate pārtha phalaṃ kṛcchrabhavaṃ sudhīḥ .  
tīrthe mukhyaphalaṃ snānāddvitīyaṃ cāpyupoṣaṇāt .. 227.62 ..

> and by bowing down, O Pārtha, an intelligent person obtains the fruit of an arduous penance. / The foremost fruit at a sacred ford comes from ritual ablution, and the second from fasting;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.63)

tṛtīyaṃ khyātadevasya darśanābhyarcanādibhiḥ .  
caturthaṃ jāpyayogena dehaśaktyā tvaharniśam .. 227.63 ..

> the third from darśana, worship, and the like of the renowned deity; / and the fourth by means of reciting prayers according to one's bodily strength day and night.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.64)

pañcamaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu kalpanīyaṃ hi dūrataḥ .  
tīrastho yojanādarvāgdaśāṃśaṃ labhate phalam .. 227.64 ..

> The fifth is indeed to be conceived from afar at all sacred fords: / one situated on the bank within a yojana obtains a tenth part of the fruit,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.65)

uktatīrthaphalātpārtha nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 227.65 ..

> from the declared fruit of that sacred ford, O Pārtha; no doubt should be entertained here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.66)

upavāsena sahitaṃ mahānadyāṃ hi majjanam .  
apyarvāgyojanātpārtha dadyātkṛcchraphalaṃ nṛṇām .. 227.66 ..

> Indeed, an immersion accompanied by fasting in a great river, / even within a yojana, O Pārtha, gives people the fruit of an arduous penance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.67)

ṣaḍyojanavahā kulya nadyo'lpā dvādaśaiva ca .  
caturviṃśatigā nadyo mahānadyastato'dhikāḥ .. 227.67 ..

> A watercourse flowing for six yojanas is a canal; minor rivers run for twelve; / rivers flow for twenty-four, and great rivers are longer than that.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.227.67\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227.67_1)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe tīrthayātrādividhānaviśeṣakathanaṃ nāma saptaviṃśatyadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the two hundred and twenty-seventh chapter, named 'Account of the Specific Rules of Pilgrimage and Other Matters', 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.6.3.227.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.227.1) — Sanskrit

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.227) · Pramāṇa