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Skandapurana 6.3.24

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.24

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6.3.24.p1

adhyāya 24

Chapter 24

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6.3.24.1

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
saṅgamaḥ karanarmadayoḥ pure māndhātṛsaṃjñite .
gatvā snātvā tapayitvā pitḥnviṣṇupuraṃ nayet .. 24.1 ..

Glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / The confluence of the Kara and the Narmadā is in the city named Māndhātṛ. / Going there, bathing, and gratifying the ancestors, one can lead them to the realm of Viṣṇu.

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6.3.24.2

mardayitvā karau pūrvaṃ viṣṇurdaityajighāṃsayā .
cakraṃ jagrāha tatraiva svedājjātā saridvarā .. 24.2 ..

Formerly, Viṣṇu, wishing to slay the Daityas, rubbed his hands / and took up his discus right there; from his sweat was born this best of rivers.

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6.3.24.3

saṃgatā revayā tatra snātvā pāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 24.3 ..

Having bathed there where she joins the Revā, one is freed from sins.

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6.3.24.3_2

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe narmadāmāhātmye karanarmadāsaṅgamamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma caturviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ..

Thus ends the twenty-fourth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of the Confluence of the Kara and Narmadā', in the Narmadāmāhātmya of the Revākhaṇḍa of the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, the fifth [part] of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand [verses].

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