[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) › 6.3.31 # Skandapurana 6.3.31 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.31.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.31.p1) adhyāya 31 > Chapter 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.31.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.31.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchecca rājendra tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam . brahmāvartamiti khyātaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam .. 31.1 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: > Then one should go, O king of kings, to the sacred ford renowned throughout the three worlds, > known as Brahmāvarta, which destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.31.2) tatra saṃnihito brahmā nityasevī yudhiṣṭhira . ūrdhvabāhurnirālambacakāra bhramaṇaṃ sadā .. 31.2 .. > There Brahmā is present, constantly attending \[upon Śiva\], O Yudhiṣṭhira; > with raised arms, without support, he always circumambulated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.31.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.31.3) ekāhāravaśe'tiṣṭhaddvādaśābdaṃ mahāvratī . atra tīrthe vidhānena cintayan vai maheśvaram .. 31.3 .. > Submitting to one meal a day, the great ascetic stayed for twelve years > at this sacred ford, according to rule, meditating indeed upon Maheśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.31.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.31.4) tena tatpuṇyamākhyātaṃ brahmāvartamiti prabho . tatra snātvā vidhānena tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ .. 31.4 .. > Therefore that holy place is renowned as Brahmāvarta, O lord. > Having bathed there according to rule, one should offer libations to the ancestors and gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.31.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.31.5) arcayeddevamīśānaṃ viṣṇuṃ vā parameśvaram . yatphalaṃ sarvayajñānāṃ vidhivaddakṣiṇāvatām .. 31.5 .. > One should worship the god Īśāna, or Viṣṇu, the supreme lord. > Whatever fruit comes from all sacrifices accompanied by fees according to rule, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.31.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.31.6) tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti tattīrthasya prabhāvataḥ . yasmiṃstīrthe tu yo devo dānavo vā dvijo'tha vā .. 31.6 .. > he attains that fruit through the power of that sacred ford. > At whatever sacred ford a god, a Dānava, or a twice-born > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.31.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.31.7) siddhastenaiva tannāmnā khyātaṃ loke mahacca tat . na jalaṃ na sthalaṃ nāma kṣetraṃ vā hyūṣarāṇi ca .. 31.7 .. > attains perfection, that great \[tīrtha\] is renowned by that very name in the world. > Neither water nor ground, nor a field, nor barren soils, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.31.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.31.8) pavitratvaṃ labhantyete pauruṣeṇa vinā nṛṇām . sāmarthyānniścayāddhairyātsidhyanti puruṣā nṛpa .. 31.8 .. > attain purity without human effort. > Through capacity, resolve, and fortitude, men attain perfection, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.31.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.31.9) pramādāttasya lobhena patanti narake dhruvam .. 31.9 .. > Through carelessness, out of greed for it, they surely fall into hell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.31.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.31.10) saṃnirudhyendriyagrāmaṃ yatra yatra vasenmuniḥ . tatra tatra kurukṣetraṃ naimiṣaṃ puṣkarāṇi ca .. 31.10 .. > Wherever a sage might dwell having restrained the multitude of senses, > there is Kurukṣetra, Naimiṣa, and Puṣkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.31.10\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.31.10_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe brahmāvartatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the thirty-first chapter, named the description of the greatness of the Brahmāvarta sacred ford, in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth Avantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, the great Purāṇa, in 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.6.3.31.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.31.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.31) · Pramāṇa