[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) › 6.3.238.p3 # Skandapurana 6.3.238.p3 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.238.p3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.238.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.238.p3) 2 janamejayavaiśaṃpāyanasaṃvādaprasaṅgena vanavāsasamaye yātrārthaṃ gatānāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ vindhyaparvataṃ prati gamanam, tatra vindhyāraṇyasthasya mārkaṇḍeyarṣerdarśanama, svātithyakāriṇaṃ mārkaṇḍeyaṃ prati dharmarājasya tīrthakṣetrādimāhātmyasaṃbandhipraśnavarṇanam, mārkaṇḍeyena gaṅgādisarvatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam, revāmāhātmyasya tato'pyadhikatva- varṇanam... ... 177 1 > 2. The journey of the Pāṇḍavas towards the Vindhya mountain, who had set out on pilgrimage during their forest exile, in the context of the dialogue between Janamejaya and Vaiśampāyana; their seeing the seer Mārkaṇḍeya dwelling in the Vindhya forest there; Dharmarāja's questioning of Mārkaṇḍeya, who offers them hospitality, concerning the māhātmya of sacred fords, sacred fields, and the like; Mārkaṇḍeya's description of the māhātmya of all sacred fords such as Gaṅgā; the description of the māhātmya of Revā as greater even than that... ... 177 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.3.238.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.238.p2) - [Next: 6.3.238.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.238.p4) - [Up: 6.3.238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.238) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.238.p3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.238.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.238.p3) · Pramāṇa