[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) › 6.3.55 # Skandapurana 6.3.55 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.55 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.55.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.p1) adhyāya 55 > Chapter 55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.1) uttānapāda uvāca - māhātmyaṃ tīrthajaṃ dṛṣṭvā citraseno nareśvaraḥ . kiṃ cakāra kva vā vāsaṃ kimāhāro babhūva ha .. 55.1 .. > Uttānapāda said: / 'Having seen the māhātmya born of the sacred ford, what did the lord of men Citrasena / do? Where did he dwell, and what did he take as food?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.2) īśvara uvāca - bhṛgutuṅgaṃ samāruhya aiśānīṃ diśamāśritaḥ . tapaścacāra vipulaṃ kuṇḍe tatra nṛpottamaḥ .. 55.2 .. > Īśvara said: / 'Having climbed Bhṛgutuṅga and resorted to the north-eastern direction, / that best of kings performed immense austerity at that pool. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.3) sarvān devān hṛdi dhyātvā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarān . vicikṣepa yadātmānaṃ pratyakṣau rudrakeśavau . kare gṛhītvā rājānaṃ rudro vacanamabravīt .. 55.3 .. > Having meditated in his heart on all the gods—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara— / when he threw himself \[into the pool\], Rudra and Keśava appeared in visible form. / Taking the king by the hand, Rudra spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.4) īśvara uvāca - prāṇatyāgaṃ mahārāja mā kāle tvaṃ kṛthā vṛthā . adyāpyasi yuvā tvaṃ vai na yuktaṃ maraṇaṃ tava .. 55.4 .. > Īśvara said: / 'Do not cast away your life in vain, O great king, when it is not your time. / Even now you are indeed young; death is not fitting for you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.5) svasthānaṃ gaccha śīghraṃ tvaṃ bhuktvā bhogānyathepsitān . kuru niṣkaṇṭakaṃ rājyaṃ nāke śakra ivāparaḥ .. 55.5 .. > Go quickly to your own place, and having enjoyed the pleasures you desire, / rule a realm free of thorns, like a second Śakra in heaven.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.6) citrasena uvāca - na rājyaṃ kāmaye deva na putrānna ca bāndhavān . na bhāryāṃ na ca kośaṃ ca na gajānna turaṃgamān .. 55.6 .. > Citrasena said: / 'I do not desire kingship, O God, nor sons, nor relatives; / not a wife, nor a treasury, nor elephants, nor horses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.7) muñca muñca mahādeva mā vighnaḥ kriyatāṃ mama . svargaprāptirmamādyaiva tvatprasādānmaheśvara .. 55.7 .. > Release me, release me, O Mahādeva! Let no obstacle be made for me; / let me attain heaven this very day by your grace, O Maheśvara.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.8) īśvara uvāca - yasyāgrato bhavedbrahmā viṣṇuḥ śambhustathaiva ca . svargeṇa tasya kiṃ kāryaṃ sa gataḥ kiṃ kariṣyati .. 55.8 .. > Īśvara said: / 'For one before whom Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śambhu stand, / what need has he of heaven? What will he do once gone there? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.9) tuṣṭā vayaṃ trayo devā vṛṇīṣva varamuttamam . yathepsitaṃ mahārāja satyametadasaṃśayam .. 55.9 .. > We three gods are pleased. Choose an excellent boon / as you desire, O great king. This is true, without doubt.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.10) citrasena uvāca - yadi tuṣṭāstrayo devā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ . adyaprabhṛti yuṣmābhiḥ sthātavyamiha sarvadā .. 55.10 .. > Citrasena said: / 'If the three gods—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara—are pleased, / from this day onward you must always remain here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.11) gayāśiro yathā puṇyaṃ kṛtaṃ yuṣmābhireva ca . tathaivedaṃ prakartavyaṃ śūlabhedaṃ ca pāvanam .. 55.11 .. > Just as Gayāśiras was made holy by you alone, / so too should this Śūlabheda be made purifying. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.12) yatrayatra sthitā yūyaṃ tatratatra vasāmyaham . gaṇānāṃ caiva sarveṣāmādhipatyamathāstu me .. 55.12 .. > Wherever you remain, there I shall dwell; / and may I have lordship over all the gaṇas.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.13) īśvara uvāca - adyaprabhṛti tiṣṭhāmaḥ śūlabhede nareśvara . trikālāṃ hi trayo devāḥ kalāṃśena vasāmahe .. 55.13 .. > Īśvara said: / 'From this day onward we will remain at Śūlabheda, O lord of men; / through all three times indeed, we three gods dwell here by a fraction of our potency. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.14) nandisaṃjño gaṇādhīśo bhaviṣyati bhavāndhruvam . matsamīpe tu bhavata ādau pūjā bhaviṣyati .. 55.14 .. > You shall certainly become the leader of the gaṇas named Nandi; / and in my presence, worship will first be offered to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.15) prakṣipya tāni cāsthīni yatra dīrghatapā yayau . sakuṭumbo vimānasthaḥ svargatastvaṃ tathā kuru .. 55.15 .. > Cast those bones \[into the water\] where Dīrghatapas went / to heaven seated in an aerial chariot with his family; do you likewise.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.16) evaṃ devā varaṃ dattvā citrasenāya pārthiva . kuṇḍamūrdhani yāmyāyāṃ trayo devāstadā sthitāḥ .. 55.16 .. > Having thus granted the boon to Citrasena, O king, / the three gods then stationed themselves on the southern side at the head of the pool. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.17) parasparaṃ vadantyevaṃ puṇyatīrthamidaṃ param . yathā hi gayāśiraḥ puṇyaṃ pūrvameva paṭhyate . tathā revātaṭe puṇyaṃ śūlabhedaṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. 55.17 .. > They said this to one another: "This supreme sacred ford is meritorious. / Just as Gayāśiras is celebrated as meritorious of old, / so is Śūlabheda on the bank of the Revā meritorious, without doubt." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.18) īśvara uvāca - idaṃ tīrthaṃ tathā puṇyaṃ yathā puṇyaṃ gayāśiraḥ . sakṛtpiṇḍodakenaiva naro nirmalatāṃ vrajet .. 55.18 .. > Īśvara said: / 'This sacred ford is as meritorious as Gayāśiras is meritorious; / by a single offering of rice balls and water, a person reaches purity.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.19) ekaṃ gayāśiro muktvā sarvatīrthāni bhūpate . śūlabhedasya tīrthasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm .. 55.19 .. > Except for Gayāśiras alone, O king, / all sacred fords are not worth a sixteenth part of the sacred ford of Śūlabheda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.20) kuṇḍamudīcyāṃ yāmyāyāṃ daśahastapramāṇataḥ . raudravāruṇakāṣṭhāyāṃ pramāṇaṃ caikaviṃśati .. 55.20 .. > The pool measures ten cubits in the north and south, / and the measurement in the north-east and western directions is twenty-one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.21) etatpramāṇaṃ tattīrthaṃ piṇḍadānādikarmasu . nādharmaniratā dātuṃ labhante dānamatra hi .. 55.21 .. > Such is the measure of that sacred ford for rites such as offering rice-balls; / those intent on unrighteousness indeed do not obtain \[the right\] to give gifts here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.22) viṣṇustu pitṛrūpeṇa brahmarūpī pitāmahaḥ . prapitāmaho rudro'bhūdevaṃ tripuruṣāḥ sthitāḥ .. 55.22 .. > Viṣṇu stands in the form of the father, the grandfather has the form of Brahmā, / and the great-grandfather has become Rudra; thus the three generations of ancestors abide. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.23) kadā paśyati tīrthaṃ vai kadā nastārayiṣyati . iti pratīkṣāṃ kurvanti putrāṇāṃ satataṃ nṛpa . śūlabhede naraḥ snātvā dṛṣṭvā śūladharaṃ sakṛt .. 55.23 .. > "When will he see the sacred ford? When will he deliver us?" / Thus they constantly wait for sons, O king. / If a man bathes at Śūlabheda and beholds the Bearer of the Trident once, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.24) nāputro nādhano rogī saptajanmasu jāyate . ekaviṃśatiṃ pituḥ pakṣe mātuśvaivekaviṃśatim .. 55.24 .. > he is not born sonless, poor, or diseased for seven lifetimes. / Twenty-one \[ancestors\] on his father's side, and twenty-one on his mother's side, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.25) bhāryāpakṣe daśaiveha kulānyetāni tārayet . śūlabhedavane rājañchākamūlaphalairapi .. 55.25 .. > and ten families on his wife's side he delivers here. / In the forest of Śūlabheda, O king, even with vegetables, roots, and fruits, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.26) ekasminbhojite vipre koṭīrbhavati bhojitā . pañcasthāneṣu yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute bhaktimānnaraḥ .. 55.26 .. > when one wise brahmin is fed, ten million are fed. / A devoted man who performs a funeral rite in the five places, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.27) kulāni pretabhūtāni sarvāṇyapi hi tārayet . dvijadevaprasādena pitṝṇāṃ ca prasādataḥ .. 55.27 .. > delivers all families, even those that have become ghosts, / through the grace of the brahmins and the gods, and through the grace of the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.28) śrāddhado nivasettatra yatra devo maheśvaraḥ . syurātmaghātino ye ca gobrāhmaṇahanāśca ye .. 55.28 .. > The giver of the funeral rite dwells there where the god Maheśvara is. / And those who have committed suicide, and those who have slain cows or brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.29) daṃṣṭribhirjalapāte ca vidyutpāteṣu ye mṛtāḥ . na yeṣāmagnisaṃskāro nāśaucaṃ nodakakriyā .. 55.29 .. > those who have died by fanged beasts, by falling into water, or by lightning strikes, / those who have had no cremation, no impurity period, and no water rite— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.30) tatra tīrthe tu yasteṣāṃ śrāddhaṃ kurvīta bhaktitaḥ . mokṣāvāptirbhavetteṣāṃ yugamekaṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. 55.30 .. > for them, whoever performs a funeral rite with devotion at that sacred ford, / they attain liberation for one yuga; there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.31) ajñānādyatkṛtaṃ pāpaṃ bālabhāvācca yatkṛtam . tatsarvaṃ nāśayetpāpaṃ snānamātreṇa bhūpate .. 55.31 .. > Whatever sin was committed through ignorance, and whatever was committed in childhood, / all that sin is destroyed merely by bathing, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.32) rajakena yathā dhautaṃ vastraṃ bhavati nirmalam . tathā pāpo'pi tattīrthe snāto bhavati nirmalaḥ .. 55.32 .. > Just as a cloth washed by a washerman becomes spotless, / so even a sinner, having bathed at that sacred ford, becomes spotless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.33) saṃnyāsaṃ kurute yo'tra tīrthe vidhisamanvitam . dhyāyannityaṃ mahādevaṃ sa gacchetparamaṃ padam .. 55.33 .. > Whoever takes renunciation according to the rules at this sacred ford, / meditating constantly on Mahādeva, goes to the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.34) krīḍitvā sa yathākāmaṃ svecchayā śivamandire . vedavedāṅgatattvajño jāyate'sau śubhe kule .. 55.34 .. > Having sported according to his desire at will in the abode of Śiva, / he is born into an auspicious family, knowing the reality of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.35) rūpavānsubhagaścaiva sarvavyādhivivarjitaḥ . rājā vā rājaputro vācārasamanvitaḥ .. 55.35 .. > handsome, fortunate, free from all diseases, / a king or a prince endowed with good conduct. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.36) etatte kathitaṃ rājaṃstīrthasya phalamuttamam . yacchrutvā mānavo nityaṃ mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ .. 55.36 .. > This excellent fruit of the sacred ford has been told to you, O king, / hearing which a mortal is constantly freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.37) ya idaṃ śrāvayennityamākhyānaṃ dvijapuṃgavān . śrāddhe devakule vāpi paṭhetparvaṇi parvaṇi .. 55.37 .. > Whoever constantly recites this narrative to the best of brahmins, / or reads it during a funeral rite, or in a temple on every auspicious festival day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.38) gīrvāṇāstasya tuṣyanti manuṣyāḥ pitṛbhiḥ saha . paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ caiva naśyate sarvapātakam .. 55.38 .. > the gods are pleased with him, and mortals along with their ancestors. / For those who read and hear it, all sin is destroyed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.39) likhitvā tīrthamāhātmyaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo dadāti yaḥ . jātismaratvaṃ labhate prāpnotyabhimataṃ phalam .. 55.39 .. > Whoever writes down the māhātmya of the sacred ford and gives it to brahmins, / obtains recollection of past births and achieves the desired fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.40) rudraloke vasettāvadyāvadakṣaramanvitam .. 55.40 .. > He dwells in the world of Rudra for as many \[years\] as there are syllables. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.55.40\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55.40_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe śūlabhedamāhātmye kāśīrājamokṣagamanaṃ nāma pañcapañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the fifty-fifth chapter, named "The King of Kāśī's Attainment of Liberation," in the māhātmya of Śūlabheda, in the Revākhaṇḍa, in the fifth Avantyakhaṇḍa, in the Skandapurāṇa 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.6.3.55.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.55.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.55) · Pramāṇa