[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) › 6.3.239 # Skandapurana 6.3.239 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.239 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.239.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - dhautapāpaṃ tato gacchedbhṛgutīrthasamīpataḥ . vṛṣeṇa tu bhṛgustatra bhūyobhūyo dhutastataḥ .. 184.1 .. > Glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go to Dhautapāpa near the sacred ford of Bhṛgu; / for there Bhṛgu was shaken repeatedly by a bull; 184.1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.2) dhautapāpaṃ tu tattena nāmnā lokeṣu viśrutam . tatra sthito mahādevastuṣṭyarthaṃ bhṛgusattame .. 184.2 .. > therefore it is celebrated in the worlds by that name, Dhautapāpa. / Mahādeva resides there for the satisfaction \[of his devotees\], O best of the Bhṛgus. 184.2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.3) tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā śāṭhyenāpi nareśvara . mucyate sarvapāpebhyo nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 184.3 .. > Whoever bathes in that sacred ford even deceitfully, O ruler of men, / is freed from all sins; no doubt should be entertained here. 184.3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.4) yastu samyagvidhānena tatra snātvārcayecchivam . devānpitṝnsamabhyarcya mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 184.4 .. > He who, having bathed there according to proper rule, worships Śiva, / and honors the gods and ancestors, is freed from all sins. 184.4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.5) brahmahatyā gavāṃ vadhyā tatra tīrthe yudhiṣṭhira . praviśenna sadā bhītā praviṣṭāpi kṣayaṃ vrajet .. 184.5 .. > The sin of killing a brahmin and the slaughter of cows, O Yudhiṣṭhira, / would never enter that sacred ford, terrified; even if entered, it would perish. 184.5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.6) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca - āścaryabhūtaṃ loke'sminkathayasva dvijottama . praviśenna brahmahatyā yathā vai dhautapāpmani .. 184.6 .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: / Speak of this wonderful thing in this world, O best of the twice-born: / how indeed the sin of killing a brahmin does not enter Dhautapāpa. 184.6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.7) brahmahatyāsamaṃ pāpaṃ bhavitā neha kiṃcana . kathaṃ vā dhautapāpe tu praviṣṭaṃ naśyate dvija . etadvistarataḥ sarvaṃ pṛcchāmi vada kautukāt .. 184.7 .. > There is no sin here equal to the killing of a brahmin. / How then does that which has entered Dhautapāpa perish, O twice-born one? / I ask all of this in detail; speak out of curiosity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.8) mārkaṇḍeya uvāca - ādisarge purā śambhurbrahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ . vikāraṃ pañcamaṃ dṛṣṭvā śiro'śvamukhasannibham .. 184.8 .. > Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Long ago, in the first creation, Śambhu, seeing the unnatural fifth head / Of Brahmā the Supreme Lord, resembling the head of a horse, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.9) aṅguṣṭhāṅguliyogena tacchirastena kṛntitam . kṛttamātre tu śirasi brahmahatyā'bhavattadā .. 184.9 .. > Severed that head with the join of his thumb and finger. / But as soon as the head was cut off, the murder of a brahmin arose then. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.10) brahmahatyāyutaścāsīduttare narmadātaṭe . dhunitaṃ tu yato rājanvṛṣeṇa dharmamūrtinā .. 184.10 .. > And he was accompanied by the murder of a brahmin on the northern bank of the Narmadā, / Where it was shaken off, O king, by the bull whose form is righteousness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.11) tatra dhauteśvarīṃ devīṃ sthāpitāṃ vṛṣabheṇa tu . dadarśa bhagavāñchambhuḥ sarvadaivatapūjitām .. 184.11 .. > There the blessed Śambhu beheld the goddess Dhauteśvarī, / Established by the bull and worshipped by all the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.12) dṛṣṭvā dhauteśvarīṃ durgāṃ brahmahatyāvināśinīm . tatra viśramamāṇaśca śaṅkarastripurāntakaḥ .. 184.12 .. > Having beheld Durgā, Dhauteśvarī, who destroys the murder of a brahmin, / Śaṅkara, the destroyer of Tripura, resting there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.13) sa śaṅkaro brahmahatyāvihīnaṃ mene tmānaṃ tasya tīrthasya bhāvāt . suvismito devadevo vareṇyo dṛṣṭvā dūre brahmahatyāṃ ca tīrthāt .. 184.13 .. > That Śaṅkara considered himself freed from the murder of a brahmin through the power of that sacred ford. / Amazed, the chosen god of gods, having seen the murder of a brahmin far from the sacred ford, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.14) vidhautapāpaṃ mahitaṃ dharmaśaktyā viśenna hatyā devībhayātprabhītā . raktāmbarā raktamālyopayuktā kṛṣṇā nārī raktadāmaprasaktā .. 184.14 .. > Where sins are cleansed, honoured by the power of righteousness, the murder would not enter, terrified through fear of the goddess— / A black woman dressed in red garments, adorned with red garlands, clinging to a red cord, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.15) māṃ vāñchantī skandhadeśaṃ rahasye dūre sthitā tīrthavaryaprabhāvāt . saṃcintya devo manasā smarārirvāsāya buddhiṃ tatra tīrthe cakāra .. 184.15 .. > Desiring my shoulder-region in secret, yet standing afar through the power of the excellent sacred ford. / Reflecting thus in his mind, the god, the enemy of Smara, resolved to reside at that sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.16) vimṛśya devo bahuśaḥ sthitaḥ svayaṃ vidhautapāpaḥ prathitaḥ pṛthivyām . babhūva tatraiva nivāsakārī vidhūtapāpanikaṭapradeśe .. 184.16 .. > Reflecting much, the god himself stayed, his sins cleansed, renowned throughout the earth; / Right there he made his abode, in the region near Vidhūtapāpa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.17) tadāprabhṛti rājendra brahmahatyāvināśanam . vidhautapāpaṃ tattīrthaṃ narmadāyāṃ vyavasthitam .. 184.17 .. > From that time on, O best of kings, that sacred ford Vidhautapāpa, / The destroyer of the murder of a brahmin, has been situated on the Narmadā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.18) āśvayukśuklanavamī tatra tīrthe viśiṣyate . dinatrayaṃ tu rājendra saptamyādiviśeṣataḥ .. 184.18 .. > The bright ninth day of Āśvina is especially celebrated at that sacred ford, / For a span of three days, O best of kings, particularly beginning with the seventh. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.19) samupoṣyāṣṭamīṃ bhaktyā sāṅgaṃ vedaṃ paṭhettu yaḥ . ahorātreṇa caikena ṛgyajuḥsāmasaṃjñakam .. 184.19 .. > Having fasted with devotion on the eighth, whoever recites the Veda together with its auxiliary limbs / For one day and night, known as the Ṛg, Yajus, and Sāman, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.20) abhyasanbrahmahatyāyā mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ . vṛṣalīgamanaṃ caiva yaśca gurvaṅganāgamaḥ .. 184.20 .. > While studying it, he is freed from the murder of a brahmin; there is no doubt in this. / And also intercourse with a Śūdra woman, and approaching the wife of a guru— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.21) snātvā brahmarasotkṛṣṭe kumbhenaiva pramucyate . vandhyā strījananī yā tu kākavandhyā mṛtaprajā .. 184.21 .. > Having bathed with a pot in that which is exalted by the essence of Brahmā, one is completely freed. / A barren woman, or one who gives birth only to daughters, or who bears a single child, or whose offspring die— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.22) sāpi kumbhodakaiḥ snātā jīvatputrā prajāvatī . apaṭhastu naropoṣya ṛgyajuḥsāmasambhavām .. 184.22 .. > She too, having bathed with the waters from the pot, has living sons and abundant progeny. / A man who cannot recite, having fasted, \[if\] a brahmin chants a single verse > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.23) ṛcamekāṃ japanviprastathā parvaṇi yo nṛpa . anṛcopoṣya gāyatrīṃ japedvai vedamātaram .. 184.23 .. > Originating from the Ṛg, Yajus, or Sāman on a festive occasion, O king; / Or one who cannot recite verses, having fasted, should chant the Gāyatrī, the mother of the Vedas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.24) japannavamyāṃ viprendro mucyate pāpasañcayāt . evaṃ tu kathitaṃ tāta purāṇoktaṃ maharṣibhiḥ .. 184.24 .. > Chanting on the ninth, that best of brahmins is freed from the accumulation of sins. / Thus has it been related, dear one, as told in the Purāṇas by the great seers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.25) dhautapāpaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ śivena kathitaṃ mama . prāṇatyāgaṃ tu yaḥ kuryājjale vāgnau sthale'pi vā .. 184.25 .. > Dhautapāpa, bringing great merit, was recounted to me by Śiva. / Whoever gives up their life in water, in fire, or on dry ground, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.26) sa gacchati vimānena jvalanārkasamaprabhaḥ . haṃsabarhiprayuktena sevyamāno'psarogaṇaiḥ .. 184.26 .. > He goes by aerial chariot, equal in splendour to the blazing sun, / Drawn by swans and peacocks, served by hosts of apsarases, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.27) śivasya paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatsurairapi durlabham . krīḍate svecchayā tatra yāvaccandrārkatārakam .. 184.27 .. > To the supreme abode of Śiva, which is difficult even for the gods to attain; / He sports there at his pleasure for as long as the moon, sun, and stars endure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.28) dhautapāpe tu yā nārī kurute prāṇasaṃkṣayam . tatkṣaṇādeva sā pārtha puruṣatvamavāpnuyāt .. 184.28 .. > And whatever woman gives up her life at Dhautapāpa, / From that very moment, O son of Pṛthā, she attains manhood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.29) atha kiṃ bahunoktena śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham . tadakṣayaphalaṃ sarvaṃ dhautapāpe kṛtaṃ nṛpa .. 184.29 .. > Now, what is the use of saying more? Whether good or bad, / All that is done at Dhautapāpa yields imperishable fruit, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.30) saṃnyasenniyamenānnaṃ saṃnyasedviṣayādikam . phalamūlādikaṃ caiva jalamekaṃ na saṃtyajet .. 184.30 .. > One should strictly renounce food, one should renounce objects of sense and the like, / As well as fruits, roots, and the like; one should not abandon water alone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.31) evaṃ yaḥ kurute pārtha rudralokaṃ sa gacchati . tatra bhuktvākhilānbhogāñjāyate bhuvi bhūpatiḥ .. 184.31 .. > Whoever acts thus, O son of Pṛthā, goes to the world of Rudra. / Having enjoyed all pleasures there, he is born as a king on earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.31\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.31_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe dhautapāpatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma caturaśītyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred and eighty-fourth chapter, titled 'Description of the Glory of Dhautapāpa Tīrtha', in the Revā Section of the Fifth Avantī Section, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.31\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.31_2) asya pṛṣṭhasya sāmagrī hetu nimnalikhita srotasya pāṭhasya upayogaḥ kṛtaṃ bhavati -- > For the content of this page, the text from the following source has been used: -- > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.239.31\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239.31_3) Sanskrit World > Sanskrit World > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.239.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.239) · Pramāṇa