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# Skandapurana 6.3.2

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.1)

adhyāya 2  
sūta uvāca .. 2.1 ..

> Chapter 2 / Sūta said:  
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### [6.3.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.2)

narmadāyāstu māhātmyaṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyano'bravīt .  
tatte'haṃ sampravakṣyāmi yattvayā paripṛcchitam .. 2.2 ..

> Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana declared the māhātmya of the Narmadā; / that which was asked by you, I shall relate completely to you.  
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### [6.3.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.3)

vistaraṃ narmadāyāstu tīrthānāṃ munisattama .  
ko'nyaḥ śakto'sti vai vaktumṛte brahmāṇamīśvaram .. 2.3 ..

> Who else indeed is capable of declaring the extent / of the sacred fords of the Narmadā, O best of sages, except Brahmā and Īśvara?  
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### [6.3.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.4)

etameva purā praśnaṃ pṛṣṭavāñjanamejayaḥ .  
vaiśaṃpāyanasaṃjñaṃ tu śiṣyaṃ dvaipāyanasya ha .. 2.4 ..

> This very question Janamejaya asked of old / to the pupil of Dvaipāyana named Vaiśaṃpāyana.  
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### [6.3.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.5)

revātīrthāśritaṃ puṇyaṃ tatte vakṣyāmi śaunaka .  
purā pārīkṣito rājā yajñādīkṣāsu dīkṣitaḥ .. 2.5 ..

> The holy \[māhātmya\] concerning the sacred fords of the Revā I shall tell you, O Śaunaka. / Formerly, King \[Janamejaya\], the son of Parīkṣit, was consecrated in the rites of sacrifice.  
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### [6.3.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.6)

saṃbhṛte tu havirdravye vartamāneṣu karmasu .  
āsīneṣu dvijāgryeṣu hūyamāne hutāśane .. 2.6 ..

> When the sacrificial materials had been gathered and the rituals were underway, / when the foremost twice-born were seated and the fire was being offered into,  
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### [6.3.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.7)

vartamānāsu sarvatra tathā dharmakathāsu ca .  
śrūyamāṇe tathā śabde janairukte tvaharniśam .. 2.7 ..

> and discourses on dharma were going on everywhere, / while day and night the words spoken by the people were heard  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.8)

yajñabhūmau kulapate dīyatāṃ bhujyatāmiti .  
vividhāṃśca vinodānvai kurvāṇeṣu vinodiṣu .. 2.8 ..

> in the sacrificial arena, O patriarch: 'Give!' and 'Eat!', / and while entertainers were performing various entertainments—  
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### [6.3.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.9)

evaṃvidhe vartamāne yajñe svargasadaḥsame .  
vaiśaṃpāyanamāsīnaṃ papraccha janamejayaḥ .. 2.9 ..

> while such a sacrifice was taking place, resembling an assembly of heaven, / Janamejaya questioned Vaiśaṃpāyana who was seated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.10)

janamejaya uvāca -  
dvaipāyanaprasādena jñānavānasi me mataḥ .  
vaiśaṃpāyana tasmāttvāṃ pṛcchāmi ṛṣisannidhau .. 2.10 ..

> Janamejaya said: / By the grace of Dvaipāyana you are endowed with knowledge, in my view; / therefore I ask you, Vaiśaṃpāyana, in the presence of the seers.  
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### [6.3.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.11)

brūhi me tvaṃ purāvṛttaṃ pitṛṇāṃ tīrthasevanam .  
ciraṃ nānāvidhānkleśān prāptāsta iti me śrutam .. 2.11 ..

> Tell me the ancient account of the attendance at sacred fords by my ancestors; / I have heard that they suffered various afflictions for a long time.  
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### [6.3.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.12)

kathaṃ dyūtajitāḥ pārthā mama pūrvapitāmahāḥ .  
āsamudrāṃ mahīṃ vipra bhramantastīrthalobhataḥ .. 2.12 ..

> How was it that the sons of Pṛthā, my ancient grandfathers, defeated at dice, / wandered over the earth as far as the ocean, O brahmin, out of a desire for sacred fords?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.13)

kena te sahitāstāta bhūmibhāgānanekaśaḥ .  
ceruḥ kathaya tatsarvaṃ sarvajño'si mato mama .. 2.13 ..

> Accompanied by whom, dear sir, did they wander through many regions of the earth? / Relate all that; you are regarded by me as omniscient.  
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### [6.3.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.14)

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca .. 2.14 ..

> Vaiśaṃpāyana said:  
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### [6.3.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.15)

kathayiṣyāmi bhūnātha yatpṛṣṭaṃ tu tvayā'nagha .  
namaskṛtya virūpākṣaṃ vedavyāsaṃ mahākavim .. 2.15 ..

> I shall relate, O lord of the earth, what has been asked by you, O sinless one, / having bowed down to Virūpākṣa and to the great poet Veda Vyāsa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.16)

pitāmahāstu te pañca pāṇḍavāḥ saha kṛṣṇayā .  
uṣitvā brāhmaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ kāmyake vana uttame .. 2.16 ..

> Your grandfathers, the five Pāṇḍavas together with Kṛṣṇā, / dwelt with brahmins in the excellent Kāmyaka forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.17)

pradhānoddālake tatra kaśyapo'tha mahāmatiḥ .  
vibhāṇḍakaśca rājendra muruścaiva mahāmuniḥ .. 2.17 ..

> Chief among them was Uddālaka, then the broad-minded Kaśyapa, / Vibhāṇḍaka, O best of kings, and the great sage Muru,  
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### [6.3.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.18)

pulastyo lomaśaścaiva tathānye putrapautriṇaḥ .  
snātvā niḥśeṣatīrtheṣu gatāste vindhyaparvatam .. 2.18 ..

> Pulastya, and Lomaśa, and likewise others with sons and grandsons; / having bathed at all the sacred fords, they went to the Vindhya mountain.  
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### [6.3.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.19)

te ca tatrāśramaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvairvṛkṣaiḥ samākulam .  
campakaiḥ karṇakāraiśca punnāgairnāgakesaraiḥ .. 2.19 ..

> And there \[they saw\] a holy hermitage filled with every kind of tree: / campakas, karṇikāras, punnāgas, and nāgakesaras,  
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### [6.3.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.20)

bakulaiḥ kovidāraiśca dāḍimairupaśobhitam .  
puṣpitairarjunaiścaiva bilvapāṭalaketakaiḥ .. 2.20 ..

> adorned with bakulas, kovidāras, and pomegranates, / with flowering arjunas, bilvas, pāṭalas, and ketakas,  
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### [6.3.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.21)

kadambāmramadhūkaiśca nimbajambīratindukaiḥ .  
nālikeraiḥ kapitthaiśca kharjūrapanasaistathā .. 2.21 ..

> with kadambas, mangoes, and madhūkas, nimba, jambīra, and tinduka trees, / with coconuts, kapitthas, dates, and jackfruits,  
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### [6.3.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.22)

nānādrumalatākīrṇaṃ nānāvallībhirāvṛtam .  
sapuṣpaṃ phalitaṃ kāntaṃ vanaṃ caitrarathaṃ yathā .. 2.22 ..

> overgrown with various trees and creepers, covered with manifold climbing plants, / flowering, fruitful, charming like the Caitraratha grove,  
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### [6.3.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.23)

jalāśrayaistu vipulaiḥ padminīkhaṇḍamaṇḍitam .  
sitotpalaiśca saṃchannaṃ nīlapītaiḥ sitāruṇaiḥ .. 2.23 ..

> adorned with groups of lotuses in expansive bodies of water, / and veiled with white water-lilies, blue, yellow, white, and red,  
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### [6.3.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.24)

haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇaṃ cakravākopaśobhitam .  
āḍīkākabalākābhiḥ sevitaṃ kokilādibhiḥ .. 2.24 ..

> crowded with swans and kāraṇḍavas, graced with cakravākas, / frequented by water-fowls, storks, cranes, cuckoos, and others,  
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### [6.3.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.25)

siṃhairvyāghrairvarāhaiśca gajaiścaiva mahotkaṭaiḥ .  
mahiṣaiśca mahākāyaiḥ kuraṅgaiścitrakaiḥ śaśaiḥ .. 2.25 ..

> with lions, tigers, boars, and fiercely haughty elephants, / with giant buffaloes, deer, leopards, and hares,  
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### [6.3.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.26)

gaṇḍakaiścaiva khaḍgaiśca gomāyusurabhī yutam .  
sāraṅgairmallakaiścaiva dvipadaiśca catuṣpadaiḥ .. 2.26 ..

> with rhinoceroses, jackals, and cattle, / with sāraṅga deer, mallakas, two-footed and four-footed beasts,  
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### [6.3.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.27)

tathāca kokilākīrṇaṃ manaḥkāntaṃ suśobhitam .  
jīvaṃjīvakasaṃghaiśca nānāpakṣisamāyutam .. 2.27 ..

> and also crowded with cuckoos, captivating the mind, exceedingly fair, / with flocks of jīvañjīvaka pheasants, accompanied by manifold birds,  
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### [6.3.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.28)

duḥkhaśokavinirmuktaṃ sattvotkaṭamanoramam .  
kṣuttṛṣārahitaṃ kāntaṃ sarvavyādhivivarjitam .. 2.28 ..

> free from sorrow and distress, enchanting with noble creatures, / devoid of hunger and thirst, lovely, entirely free from disease.  
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### [6.3.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.29)

siṃhīstanaṃ pibantyatra kuraṃgāḥ snehasaṃyutam .  
mārjāramūṣakau cobhāvavalehata unmukhau .. 2.29 ..

> There deer drink affectionately from the lioness's teat, / and a cat and a mouse both look up and lick each other.  
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### [6.3.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.30)

pañcāsyāḥ potakebhāśca bhoginastu kalāpinaḥ .  
dṛṣṭvā tadvipinaṃ ramyaṃ praviṣṭāḥ pāṇḍunandanāḥ .. 2.30 ..

> Lions with elephant calves, and snakes with peacocks— / having seen that delightful forest, the sons of Pāṇḍu entered.  
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### [6.3.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.31)

mārkaṇḍaṃ dṛṣṭavāṃstatra taruṇādityasannibham .  
ṛṣibhiḥ sevyamānaṃ tu nānāśāstraviśāradaiḥ .. 2.31 ..

> There he saw Mārkaṇḍa resembling the morning sun, / attended upon by seers skilled in various sacred scriptures,  
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### [6.3.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.32)

kulīnaiḥ sattvasampannaiḥ śaucācārasamanvitaiḥ .  
dhīsaṃgataiḥ kṣamāyuktaistrisaṃdhyaṃ japatatparaiḥ .. 2.32 ..

> born of noble families, endowed with pure essence, accompanied by purity and good conduct, / endowed with wisdom, possessed of forbearance, devoted to chanting during the three junctions of the day,  
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### [6.3.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.33)

ṛgyajuḥsāmavihitairmantrairhomaparāyaṇaiḥ .  
kecitpañcāgnimadhyasthāḥ kecidekāntasaṃsthitāḥ .. 2.33 ..

> devoted to oblations with the mantras prescribed in the Ṛg, Yajur, and Sāma Vedas; / some standing in the midst of five fires, some remaining in solitude,  
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### [6.3.2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.34)

ūrdhvabāhunirālambā ādityabhramaṇāḥ pare .  
sāyaṃprātarbhujaścānye ekāhārāstathā pare .. 2.34 ..

> with raised arms without support, others following the movement of the sun, / others eating in the evening and morning, and others eating once a day,  
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### [6.3.2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.35)

dvādaśāhāttathā cānye anye māsārdhabhojanāḥ .  
darśe darśe tathā cānye anye śaivālabhojanāḥ .. 2.35 ..

> and others \[eating\] after twelve days, others taking food every half-month, / others at every new moon, and others subsisting on moss.  
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### [6.3.2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.36)

piṇyākamapare'bhujan kecitpālāśabhojanāḥ .  
apare niyatāhārā vāyubhakṣyāmbubhojanāḥ .. 2.36 ..

> Others ate oilcake, some subsisted on palāśa leaves, / others of restrained diet, feeding on wind or consuming water—  
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### [6.3.2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.37)

evaṃbhūtaistathā vṛddhaiḥ sevyate munipuṃgavaiḥ .  
tato dharmasutaḥ śrīmānāśramaṃ taṃ praviśya saḥ .. 2.37 ..

> by such eminent aged sages he was attended upon. / Then that glorious son of Dharma entered that hermitage;  
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### [6.3.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.38)

dṛṣṭvā munivaraṃ śāntaṃ dhyāyamānaṃ paraṃ padam .  
prādakṣiṇyena sahasā daṇḍavatpatito'grataḥ .. 2.38 ..

> having seen that best of sages, tranquil, meditating on the supreme abode, / he circumambulated him clockwise and quickly fell down like a staff before him.  
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### [6.3.2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.39)

bhaktyānupatitaṃ dṛṣṭvā cirādādāya locanam .  
ko bhavānityuvācedaṃ dharmaṃ dhīmānapṛcchata .. 2.39 ..

> Seeing him fallen down in devotion, \[the sage\] opened his eyes after a long time. / 'Who are you?' he said; the wise one questioned Dharma's son:  
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### [6.3.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.40)

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā dārakastatsamīpagaḥ .  
āhāyaṃ dharmarājaste darśanārthaṃ samāgataḥ .. 2.40 ..

> Hearing his word, a boy standing near him / said: 'This is the King of Dharma, who has arrived for your darśana.'  
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### [6.3.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.41)

tacchrutvādārakeṇoktaṃ vacanaṃ prāha sādaraḥ .  
ehyehi vatsavatseti kiṃcitsthānāccalanmuniḥ .  
taṃ tu snehādupāghrāya āsane upaveśayat .. 2.41 ..

> Hearing the word spoken by the boy, he said with respect, / 'Come, come, child, child!' moving slightly from his seat; / smelling him affectionately, the sage had him seated on a seat.  
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### [6.3.2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.42)

upaviṣṭe sabhāyāṃ tu pūjāṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi .  
vanyairdhānyaiḥ phalairmūlai rasaiścaiva pṛthagvidhaiḥ .. 2.42 ..

> When he was seated in the assembly, after performing worship according to the rule / with wild grains, fruits, roots, and various kinds of juices,  
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### [6.3.2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.43)

pāṇḍavā brāhmaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ yathāyogyaṃ prapūjitāḥ .  
muhūrtādatha viśramya dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ .. 2.43 ..

> the Pāṇḍavas together with the brahmins were appropriately honored. / Then, having rested for a moment, Yudhiṣṭhira, the son of Dharma,  
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### [6.3.2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.44)

pṛcchati sma muniśreṣṭhaṃ kautūhalasamanvitaḥ .  
bhagavansarvalokānāṃ dīrghāyustvaṃ mato mama .. 2.44 ..

> asked that best of sages, filled with curiosity: / 'O Lord, among all the worlds you are considered long-lived by me;  
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### [6.3.2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.45)

saptakalpānaśeṣeṇa kathayasva mamānagha .  
kalpakṣaye'pi lokasya sthāvarasyetarasya ca .. 2.45 ..

> tell me completely of the seven aeons, O sinless one. / Even at the end of an aeon, of the world, both motionless and moving,  
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### [6.3.2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.46)

na vinaṣṭo'si viprendra kathaṃ vā kena hetunā .  
gaṅgādyāḥ saritaḥ sarvāḥ samudrāntāśca yā mune .. 2.46 ..

> you were not destroyed, O foremost among vipras! How or for what reason? / All the rivers beginning with the Gaṅgā that reach the sea, O sage—  
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### [6.3.2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.47)

tāsāṃ madhye sthitāḥ kāḥ svitkāścaiva pralayaṃ gatāḥ .  
kā nu puṇyajalā nityaṃ kānu na kṣayamāgatā .. 2.47 ..

> among them, which remained and which went to dissolution? / Which indeed has sacred waters eternally, and which did not meet destruction?  
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### [6.3.2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.48)

etatkathaya me tāta prasannenāntarātmanā .  
śrotumicchāmyaśeṣeṇa ṛṣibhiḥ saha bāndhavaiḥ .. 2.48 ..

> Tell me this, O father, with a gracious inner self; / I wish to hear it completely, along with the seers and my kinsmen.'  
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### [6.3.2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.49)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
sādhusādhu mahāprājña dharmaputra yudhiṣṭhira .  
kathayāmi yathā nyāyaṃ yatpṛcchasi mamānagha .. 2.49 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / 'Well said, well said, O wise one, O Yudhiṣṭhira, son of Dharma! / I shall tell according to the rule what you ask me, O sinless one.  
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### [6.3.2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.50)

sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ rudrabhāṣitam .  
yaḥ śṛṇoti naro bhaktyā tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu .. 2.50 ..

> The sacred Purāṇa spoken by Rudra, which destroys all sins— / hear the holy fruit of the man who listens to it with devotion:  
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### [6.3.2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.51)

aśvamedha sahasreṇa vājapeyaśatena ca .  
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti rājannāstyatra saṃśayaḥ .. 2.51 ..

> with a thousand horse-sacrifices and a hundred vājapeya sacrifices, / he obtains that same fruit, O king; there is no doubt about this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.52)

brahmaghnaśca surāpī ca steyī goghnaśca yo naraḥ .  
mucyate sarvapāpebhyo rudrasya vacanaṃ yathā .. 2.52 ..

> The killer of a brahmin, the drinker of liquor, the thief, and the man who slays a cow / is freed from all sins, according to the word of Rudra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.53)

gaṅgā tu saritāṃ śreṣṭhā tathā caiva sarasvatī .  
kāverī devikā caiva sindhuḥ sālakuṭī tathā .. 2.53 ..

> The Gaṅgā is the foremost among rivers, and likewise the Sarasvatī, / the Kāverī, the Devikā, the Sindhu, and the Sālakuṭī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.54)

sarayūḥ śatarudrā ca mahī carmilayā saha .  
godāvarī tathā puṇyā tathaiva yamunā nadī .. 2.54 ..

> the Sarayū, the Śatarudrā, the Mahī along with the Carmilā, / and the sacred Godāvarī, and likewise the river Yamunā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.55)

payoṣṇī ca śatadruśca tathā dharmanadī śubhā .  
etāścānyāśca saritaḥ sarvapāpaharāḥ smṛtāḥ .. 2.55 ..

> the Payoṣṇī, the Śatadru, and the auspicious Dharmanadī— / these and other rivers are traditionally remembered as destroyers of all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.56)

kiṃ tu te kāraṇaṃ tāta vakṣyāmi nṛpasattama .  
samudrāḥ saritaḥ sarvāḥ kalpe kalpe kṣayaṃ gatāḥ .. 2.56 ..

> However, I shall tell you the reason, O father, O best among kings: / the oceans and all the rivers met destruction aeon after aeon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.57)

saptakalpakṣaye kṣīṇe na mṛtā tena narmadā .  
narmadaikaiva rājendra paraṃ tiṣṭhetsaridvarā .. 2.57 ..

> When the dissolution of seven aeons was spent, the Narmadā was not perished thereby; / the Narmadā alone, O king of kings, the best of rivers, would stand supreme,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.58)

toyapūrṇā mahābhāga munisaṃghairabhiṣṭutā .  
gaṃgādyāḥ saritaścānyāḥ kalpe kalpe kṣayaṃ gatāḥ .. 2.58 ..

> full of water, O highly fortunate one, praised by multitudes of sages; / whereas the other rivers, beginning with the Gaṅgā, met destruction aeon after aeon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.59)

eṣā devī purā dṛṣṭā tena vakṣyāmi te'nagha .. 2.59 ..

> This goddess was seen in ancient times; therefore I shall tell it to you, O sinless one.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.2.59\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.2.59_1)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe revāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the second chapter, titled 'Description of the Revāmāhātmya', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.2.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.2.1) — Sanskrit
- [Bṛhatkathākośa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.katha.brhatkathakosa.76.257) — Hariṣeṇa, Sanskrit

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