[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) › 6.3.40 # Skandapurana 6.3.40 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.40.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.p1) adhyāya 40 > Chapter 40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchettu rājendra karañjeśvaramuttamam . yatra siddho mahābhāgo daityo lokeṣu viśrutaḥ .. 40.1 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / ‘Then one should go, O lord of kings, to the excellent Karañjeśvara, / where the highly fortunate Daitya, celebrated in the worlds, attained perfection.’ 40.1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.2) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca - yo'sau siddho mahābhāga tatra tīrthe mahātapāḥ . kasya putraḥ kathaṃ siddhaḥ kasminkāle vada dvija .. 40.2 .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: / ‘He who attained perfection, O highly fortunate one of great austerity, at that sacred ford— / whose son was he, how did he attain perfection, and at what time? Tell me, O twice-born.’ 40.2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.3) mārkaṇḍeya uvāca - purā kṛtayuge rājanmānaso brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ . vedavedāṅgatattvajño marīcirnāma nāmataḥ .. 40.3 .. > Mārkaṇḍeya said: / ‘Formerly, in the Kṛta age, O king, there was a mind-born son of Brahmā, / a knower of the true nature of the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas, named Marīci. 40.3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.4) tasyāpi tapaso rāśeḥ kālena mahatānagha . putro'tha mānaso jātaḥ sākṣādbrahmeva cāparaḥ .. 40.4 .. > To that heap of austerity as well, in the course of much time, O sinless one, / a mind-born son was born, like a second Brahmā manifest. 40.4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.5) kṣamā damo dayā dānaṃ satyaṃ śaucamathārjavam . marīceśca guṇā hyete santi tasya ca bhārata .. 40.5 .. > Patience, self-control, compassion, generosity, truthfulness, purity, and uprightness— / these virtues of Marīci were present in him as well, O Bhārata. 40.5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.6) evaṃ guṇagaṇākīrṇaṃ kaśyapaṃ dvijasattamam . jñātvā prajāpatirdakṣo bhāryārthe svasutāṃ dadau .. 40.6 .. > Knowing Kaśyapa, the best of the twice-born, to be filled with such a host of virtues, / Dakṣa the lord of creatures gave him his daughters to wife: 40.6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.7) aditirditirdanuścaiva tathāpyevaṃ daśāparāḥ . yāsāṃ putrāśca saṃjātāḥ pautrāśca bharatarṣabha .. 40.7 .. > Aditi, Diti, and Danu, and likewise ten others, / from whom sons were born, as well as grandsons, O bull among the Bharatas. 40.7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.8) aditirjanayāmāsa putrānindrapurogamān . jātāstasya mahābāho kaśyapasya prajāpateḥ .. 40.8 .. > Aditi gave birth to sons headed by Indra, / born to that lord of creatures, Kaśyapa, O mighty-armed one, 40.8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.9) yaistu lokatrayaṃ vyāptaṃ sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ mahat . tathānyasya mahābhāgo danoḥ putro vyajāyata .. 40.9 .. > by whom the three worlds, moving and unmoving, immense, are pervaded. / And from the other, from Danu, a highly fortunate son was born, 40.9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.10) sarvalakṣaṇasampannaḥ karañjo nāma nāmataḥ . bāla eva mahābhāga cacāra sa mahattapaḥ .. 40.10 .. > endowed with all auspicious marks, Karañja by name. / Even as a child, O highly fortunate one, he performed great austerity. 40.10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.11) narmadātaṭamāśritya cātighoramanuttamam . divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ ca kṛcchracāndrāyaṇaṃ nṛpa .. 40.11 .. > Resorting to the bank of the Narmadā, extremely fierce and unsurpassed, / for a thousand divine years, \[he performed\] the kṛcchra and cāndrāyaṇa penances, O king, 40.11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.12) śākamūlaphalāhāraḥ snānahomaparāyaṇaḥ . tatastuṣṭo mahādeva umayā sahitaḥ kila .. 40.12 .. > eating vegetables, roots, and fruits, intent on bathing and burnt offerings. / Then Mahādeva, accompanied by Umā, became pleased indeed. 40.12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.13) vareṇa chandayāmāsa tripurāntakaraḥ prabhuḥ . bhoḥ karañja mahāsattva parituṣṭo'smi te'nagha .. 40.13 .. > The Lord, the ender of Tripura, invited him to choose a boon: / “O Karañja of great fortitude, I am thoroughly pleased with you, O sinless one. 40.13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.14) varaṃ vṛṇīṣva te dadmi hyamaratvamṛte mama .. 40.14 .. > Choose a boon; I grant it to you, except for immortality like mine.”’ 40.14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.15) karañja uvāca - yadi tuṣṭo mahādeva yadi deyo varo mama . tarhi putrāśca pautrāśca santu me dharmavatsalāḥ .. 40.15 .. > Karañja said: / 'If you are pleased, O Mahādeva, if a boon is to be granted to me, / then let my sons and grandsons be devoted to righteousness.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.16) tathetyuktvā mahādeva umayā sahitastadā . vṛṣārūḍho gaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata .. 40.16 .. > Having said, 'So be it,' Mahādeva, accompanied by Umā, / mounted upon his bull together with his gaṇas, vanished right there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.17) gate cādarśanaṃ deve so'pi daityo mudānvitaḥ . svanāmnātra mahādevaṃ sthāpayitvā yayau gṛham .. 40.17 .. > And when the god had passed out of sight, that Daitya too, filled with joy, / having established Mahādeva here in his own name, went home. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.18) tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ sarvatīrtheṣvanuttamam . snānamātrānarastatra mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 40.18 .. > From that time forth, that sacred ford has been preeminent among all sacred fords; / by merely bathing there, a man is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.19) tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ . so'gniṣṭomasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam .. 40.19 .. > He who bathes at that sacred ford and propitiates the ancestors and deities / obtains the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice, without a doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.20) anāśakaṃ tu yaḥ kuryāttasmiṃstīrthe narādhipa . anivartyā gatistasya rudralokaṃ sa gacchati .. 40.20 .. > And he who should undertake fasting unto death at that sacred ford, O king— / his course is non-returning; he goes to the world of Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.21) athavāgnijale prāṇānyastyajeddharmanandana . ayutadvitayaṃ vaste varṣāṇāṃ śivamandire .. 40.21 .. > Or if one should give up his life-breaths in fire or in water, O son of Dharma, / he dwells for twenty thousand years in the abode of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.22) tataścaiva kṣaye jāte jāyate vimale kule . vedavedāṅgatattvajñaḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ .. 40.22 .. > And after that \[period\] has come to an end, he is born in a spotless family, / knowing the truth of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, skilled in all scriptures, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.23) rājā vā rājatulyo vā jīvecca śaradaḥ śatam . putrapautrasamopetaḥ sarvavyādhivivarjitaḥ .. 40.23 .. > a king or equal to a king, and he lives for a hundred autumns, / accompanied by sons and grandsons, free from all diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.24) evaṃ te sarvamākhyātaṃ pṛṣṭaṃ yadyattvayānagha . tīrthasya tu phalaṃ tasya snānadāneṣu bhārata .. 40.24 .. > Thus all that was asked by you, O sinless one, has been related to you: / the fruit of that sacred ford regarding bath and gifts, O Bhārata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.25) etatpuṇyaṃ pāpaharaṃ dhanyaṃ duḥsvapnanāśanam . paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ caiva tīrthamāhātmyamuttamam .. 40.25 .. > This supreme māhātmya of the sacred ford is meritorious, destroys sins, brings good fortune, and dispels bad dreams / for those who read it and listen to it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.26) yastu śrāvayate śrāddhe paṭhetpitṛparāyaṇaḥ . akṣayaṃ jāyate puṇyamityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt .. 40.26 .. > He who recites it or makes it heard at an ancestral rite, devoted to the ancestors, / his merit becomes imperishable: thus Śaṃkara declared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.40.26\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40.26_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe narmadāmāhātmye karañjeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma catvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the fortieth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Karañjeśvara-tīrtha', in the Narmadāmāhātmya in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth \[section\], the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.40.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.40.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.40) · Pramāṇa