[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) › 6.3.36 # Skandapurana 6.3.36 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.36 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.36.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.36.1) mārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchecca rājendra dārutīrthamanuttamam . dāruko yatra saṃsiddha indrasya dayitaḥ purā .. 36.1 .. > Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go, O best of kings, to the unsurpassed Dārutīrtha, / where in ancient times Dāruka, the beloved of Indra, attained perfection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.36.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.36.2) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca - dārukeṇa kathaṃ tāta tapaścīrṇaṃ purānagha . vidhānaṃ śrotumicchāmi tvatsakāśāddvijottama .. 36.2 .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: / How, O sinless father, was austerity practiced formerly by Dāruka? / I wish to hear the account from you, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.36.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.36.3) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - hanta te kathayiṣyāmi vicitraṃ yatpurātanam . vṛttaṃ svargasabhāmadhye ṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām .. 36.3 .. > The glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Ah, I shall tell you the wondrous, ancient event / that took place in heaven's assembly among seers of purified selves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.36.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.36.4) sūto vajradharasyeṣṭo mātalirnāma nāmataḥ . sa putraṃ śaptavānpūrvaṃ kasmiṃścitkāraṇāntare .. 36.4 .. > The beloved charioteer of the wielder of the thunderbolt was named Mātali. / Formerly, on account of some reason, he cursed his son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.36.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.36.5) śāpāhato vepamāna indrasya caraṇau śubhau . prapīḍya mūrdhnā deveśaṃ vijñāpayati bhārata .. 36.5 .. > Afflicted by the curse, trembling, pressing with his head / the auspicious feet of Indra, he petitioned the lord of gods, O Bhārata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.36.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.36.6) tamuvācābhiśaptaṃ cāpyanāthaṃ ca sureśvaraḥ . karmaṇā kena śāpasya ghorasyānto bhaviṣyati .. 36.6 .. > The lord of gods spoke to him, who was accursed and helpless: / 'By what deed will there be an end to this dreadful curse?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.36.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.36.7) narmadātaṭamāśritya toṣayanvai maheśvaram . tiṣṭha yāvadyugasyāntaṃ punarjanma hyavāpsyasi .. 36.7 .. > 'Resorting to the bank of the Narmadā, pleasing Maheśvara, / remain there until the end of the yuga, for you shall attain another birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.36.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.36.8) punarbhūtvā tu pūtastvaṃ dāruko nāma viśrutaḥ . saṃsevya paramaṃ devaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam .. 36.8 .. > Being born again, purified, renowned by the name Dāruka, / having worshiped the supreme deity who holds the conch, discus, and mace, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.36.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.36.9) mānuṣaṃ bhāvamāpannastataḥ siddhimavāpsyasi . evamuktastu devena sahasrākṣeṇa dhīmatā .. 36.9 .. > and attained human form, you will thereafter achieve perfection.' / Thus spoken to by the wise god of a thousand eyes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.36.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.36.10) praṇamya śirasā bhūmimāgato'sau hyacetanaḥ . narmadātaṭamāśritya karṣayannijavigraham .. 36.10 .. > having bowed with his head to the ground, he came, distracted in mind. / Resorting to the bank of the Narmadā, emaciating his own body, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.36.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.36.11) vratopavāsasaṃkhinno japahomarataḥ sadā . mahādevaṃ mahātmānaṃ varadaṃ śūlapāṇinam .. 36.11 .. > distressed by vows and fasts, ever devoted to silent recitation and oblations, / \[he worshiped\] the great-souled Mahādeva, the granter of boons, holding the trident in hand, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.36.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.36.12) bhaktyā tu parayā rājanyāvadābhūtasamplavam . aṃśāvataraṇādviṣṇoḥ sūto bhūtvā mahāmatiḥ .. 36.12 .. > with supreme devotion, O king, until the dissolution of all beings. / Becoming the charioteer of Viṣṇu of great intellect upon his descent in portion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.36.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.36.13) toṣayan vai jagannāthaṃ tato yāto hi sadgatim .. 36.13 .. > pleasing the Lord of the World, he then indeed attained the auspicious state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.36.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.36.14) eṣa tatsambhavastāta dārutīrthasya suvrata . kathito'yaṃ mayā pūrvaṃ yathā me śaṅkaro'bravīt .. 36.14 .. > This is the origin of Dārutīrtha, O father of good vows; / this has been related by me just as Śaṅkara formerly told me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.36.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.36.15) tato yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śrutvā vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ . bhrātḥn vilokayāmāsa hṛṣṭaromā muhurmuhuḥ .. 36.15 .. > Then Yudhiṣṭhira, having heard this, went to the highest amazement; / with hair standing on end again and again, he looked at his brothers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.36.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.36.16) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tasmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā vidhipūrvaṃ nareśvara . upāsya saṃdhyāṃ deveśamarcayedyaśca śaṅkaram .. 36.16 .. > The glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Having bathed at that sacred ford according to the precept, O ruler of men, / and having observed the twilight worship, whosoever worships the lord of the gods, Śaṅkara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.36.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.36.17) vedābhyāsaṃ tu tatraiva yaḥ karoti samāhitaḥ . so'śvamedhaphalaṃ rājaṃllabhate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 36.17 .. > and whoever undertakes the study of the Vedas right there, self-composed, / he obtains the fruit of a horse-sacrifice, O king, there is no doubt here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.36.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.36.18) tasmiṃstīrthe tu yo bhaktyā bhojayedbrāhmaṇāñchuciḥ . sa tu viprasahasrasya labhate phalamuttamam .. 36.18 .. > Whosoever, pure, feeds brahmins with devotion at that sacred ford, / obtains the excellent fruit of \[feeding\] a thousand brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.36.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.36.19) snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ svādhyāyo devatārcanam . yatkṛtaṃ śuddhabhāvena tatsarvaṃ saphalaṃ bhavet .. 36.19 .. > Ritual ablution, gifting, silent recitation, oblation, recitation of scripture, and worship of deities— / whatever is done with a pure disposition, all that becomes fruitful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.36.19\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.36.19_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe dārukatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṭtriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the thirty-sixth chapter, named 'The Description of the Greatness of the Dāruka Sacred Ford,' in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.36.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.36.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.36) · Pramāṇa