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# Skandapurana 6.3.60

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.60

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.60.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
bhūyo'pyahaṃ pravakṣyāmi ādityeśvaramuttamam .  
sarvaduḥkhaharaṃ pārtha sarvavighnavināśanam .. 60.1 ..

> Glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Again I shall speak of the supreme Ādityeśvara, / which removes all sorrow, O son of Pṛthā, and destroys all obstacles,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.2)

āyuḥśrīvarddhanaṃ nityaṃ putradaṃ svargadaṃ śivam .  
yasya tīrthasya cānyāni tīrthāni kurunandana .. 60.2 ..

> ever increasing lifespan and prosperity, bestowing sons, bestowing heaven, and auspicious. / Other sacred fords, O delight of the Kurus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.3)

nālabhanta śriyaṃ nāke martye pātālagocare .  
kurukṣetraṃ gayā gaṅgā naimiṣaṃ puṣkaraṃ tathā .. 60.3 ..

> could not attain its glory in heaven, in the mortal world, or in the sphere of Pātāla: / Kurukṣetra, Gayā, the Gaṅgā, Naimiṣa, and Puṣkara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.4)

vārāṇasī ca kedāraṃ prayāgaṃ rudranandanam .  
mahākālaṃ sahasrākṣaṃ śuklatīrthaṃ nṛpottama .. 60.4 ..

> Vārāṇasī, Kedāra, Prayāga, Rudranandana, / Mahākāla, Sahasrākṣa, and Śuklatīrtha, O best of kings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.5)

ravitīrthasya sarvāṇi kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm .  
ravitīrthe hi yadvṛttaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva nṛpottama .. 60.5 ..

> All of them are not worth a sixteenth part of Ravi Tīrtha. / Hear now what took place at Ravi Tīrtha, O best of kings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.6)

snehātte kathayiṣyāmi vārddhakenātipīḍitaḥ .  
śṛṇvantu ṛṣayaḥ sarve taponiṣṭhā mahaujasaḥ .. 60.6 ..

> Out of affection I will tell you, although very afflicted by old age. / Let all the seers hear, who are steadfast in austerity and of great splendour.  
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### [6.3.60.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.7)

śrutaṃ me rudrasāṃnidhye nandiskandagaṇaiḥ saha .  
pārvatyā pṛṣṭaḥ śambhuśca ravitīrthasya yatphalam .. 60.7 ..

> It was heard by me in the presence of Rudra, together with Nandi, Skanda, and the attendants, / when Śambhu was asked by Pārvatī about the fruit of Ravi Tīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.8)

śambhunā ca yadākhyātaṃ girijāyāḥ sasambhramam .  
tatsarvamekacittena rudrodgītaṃ śrutaṃ mayā .. 60.8 ..

> And what was related by Śambhu to Girijā with great excitement, / all of that, sung aloud by Rudra, was heard by me with a single-minded heart.  
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### [6.3.60.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.9)

tatte'haṃ sampravakṣyāmi śṛṇu yatnena pāṇḍava .  
durbhikṣopahatā viprā narmadāṃ tu samāśritāḥ .. 60.9 ..

> I shall tell you that; listen attentively, O Pāṇḍava. / Afflicted by famine, brahmins took refuge at the Narmadā:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.10)

uddālako vaśiṣṭhaśca māṇḍavyo gautamastathā .  
yājñavalkyo'tha gargaśca śāṇḍilyo gālavastathā .. 60.10 ..

> Uddālaka, Vasiṣṭha, Māṇḍavya, Gautama, / Yājñavalkya, Garga, Śāṇḍilya, Gālava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.11)

nāciketo vibhāṇḍaśca vālakhilyādayastathā .  
śātātapaśca śaṅkhaśca jaiminirgobhilastathā .. 60.11 ..

> Nāciketa, Vibhāṇḍaka, the Vālakhilyas and others, / Śātātapa, Śaṅkha, Jaimini, Gobhila,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.12)

jaigīṣavyaḥ śatānīkaḥ sarva eva samāgatāḥ .  
tīrthayātrā kṛtā taistu narmadāyāḥ samantataḥ .. 60.12 ..

> Jaigīṣavya, and Śatānīka—all of them gathered together. / They undertook a pilgrimage to the sacred fords all around the Narmadā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.13)

ādityeśvaramāyātāḥ prasaṅgādṛṣipuṃgavāḥ .  
vṛkṣaiḥ saṃchāditaṃ śubhraṃ dhavatindukapāṭalaiḥ .. 60.13 ..

> In the course of their journey, those eminent seers came to Ādityeśvara, / which was bright and covered with trees—dhava, tinduka, and pāṭala,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.14)

jambīrairarjunaiḥ kubjaiḥ śamīkesarakiṃśukaiḥ .  
tasmiṃstīrthe mahāpuṇye sugandhikusumākule .. 60.14 ..

> jambīra, arjuna, kubja, śamī, kesara, and kiṃśuka— / at that exceedingly holy sacred ford, crowded with fragrant flowers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.15)

punnāganālikeraiśca khadiraiḥ kalpapādapaiḥ .  
anekaśvāpadākīrṇaṃ mṛgamārjārasaṃkulam .. 60.15 ..

> with punnāga, coconut palms, khadira, and wish-fulfilling trees, / teeming with numerous wild beasts, filled with deer and wild cats,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.16)

ṛkṣahastisamākīrṇaṃ citrakaiścopaśobhitam .  
praviṣṭā ṛṣayaḥ sarve vane puṣpasamākule .. 60.16 ..

> thronged with bears and elephants, and adorned with leopards. / All the seers entered that forest filled with flowers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.17)

vanānte ca striyo dṛṣṭvā raktā raktāmbarānvitāḥ .  
raktamālyānuśobhāḍhyā raktacandanacarcitāḥ .. 60.17 ..

> And at the edge of the forest, having seen women who were red, dressed in red garments, / richly adorned with red garlands, anointed with red sandalwood,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.18)

raktābharaṇasaṃyuktāḥ pāśahastā bhayāvahāḥ .  
tāsāṃ samīpagā dṛṣṭāḥ kṛṣṇajīmūtasannibhāḥ .. 60.18 ..

> bearing red ornaments, holding nooses in their hands, terrifying, / and near them were seen \[beings\] resembling dark clouds...  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.19)

mahākāyā bhīmavaktrāḥ pāśahastā bhayāvahāḥ .  
anāvṛṣṭyupamā dṛṣṭā āturāḥ piṅgalocanāḥ .. 60.19 ..

> Huge of body, with terrifying faces, holding nooses in their hands, inspiring fear, / like a drought incarnate, distressed, with tawny eyes, were seen \[there\]. 60.19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.20)

dīrghajihvā karālāsyā tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrā durāsadā .  
vṛddhā nārī kuruśreṣṭha dṛṣṭānyā ṛṣipuṃgavaiḥ .. 60.20 ..

> Long-tongued, with dread-inspiring mouths, sharp fangs, difficult to approach, / an old woman, O best of the Kurus, was seen as well by the foremost seers. 60.20  
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### [6.3.60.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.21)

tataḥ samīpagā vṛddhā tasya vṛndasya bhārata .  
svādhyāyaniratā viprā dṛṣṭāstaiḥ pāpakarmabhiḥ .. 60.21 ..

> Then that old woman, having approached that company, O Bhārata— / the brahmins intent on their Vedic recitation were seen by those evil-doers. 60.21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.22)

ūcuste tu samūhena brāhmaṇāṃstapasi sthitān .  
asmākaṃ svāminaḥ sarve tiṣṭhante tīrthamadhyataḥ .  
te prasthāpyā mahābhāgāḥ sarvathaiva tvarānvitāḥ .. 60.22 ..

> They in a group spoke to the brahmins engaged in austerity: / 'All of our masters are staying within the sacred ford. / Those highly fortunate ones must be dispatched at once with all haste.' 60.22  
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### [6.3.60.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.23)

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ teṣāṃ sarve caiva tvarānvitāḥ .  
jagmuste narmadākakṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā revāṃ dvijottamāḥ .. 60.23 ..

> Hearing that speech of theirs, all with all haste, / the best of the twice-born went to the valley of the Narmadā, beholding the Revā. 60.23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.24)

tataḥ kecitstuvantyanye jaya devi namo'stu te .. 60.24 ..

> Then some praised \[her\], and others said: 'Hail, O Goddess! Homage be to you! 60.24  
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### [6.3.60.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.25)

namo'stu te siddhagaṇairniṣevite namo'stu te sarvapavitramaṅgale .  
namo'stu te viprasahasrasevite namo'stu rudrāṅgasamudbhave vare .. 60.25 ..

> Homage be to you who are served by hosts of siddhas; homage be to you who are all-holy and auspicious! / Homage be to you who are served by thousands of brahmins; homage be to you, the excellent one born from the body of Rudra! 60.25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.26)

namo'stu te sarvapavitrapāvane namo'stu te devi varaprade śive .  
namāmi te śītajale sukhaprade saridvare pāpahare vicitrite .. 60.26 ..

> Homage be to you, the purifier of all pure things; homage be to you, O Goddess, giver of boons, auspicious one! / I bow to you of cool waters, giver of happiness, foremost of rivers, remover of sins, variegated one! 60.26  
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### [6.3.60.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.27)

anekabhūtaughasusevitāṅge gandharvayakṣoragapāvitāṅge .  
mahāgajaughairmahiṣairvarāhairāpīyase toyamahormimāle .. 60.27 ..

> You whose body is well attended by hosts of diverse beings, whose body is purified by gandharvas, yakṣas, and serpents! / You are drunk by multitudes of great elephants, buffaloes, and boars, O garland of great watery billows! 60.27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.28)

namāmi te sarvavare sukhaprade vimocayāsmānaghapāśabaddhān .. 60.28 ..

> I bow to you, the best of all, giver of joy; release us who are bound by the noose of sin! 60.28  
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### [6.3.60.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.29)

bhramanti tāvannarakeṣu martyā yāvattavāmbho nahi saṃśrayanti .  
spṛṣṭaṃ karaiścandramaso raveścettaddevi dadyātparamaṃ padaṃ tu .. 60.29 ..

> Mortals wander in hells only so long as they do not resort to your waters. / If touched by the rays of the moon and the sun, O Goddess, it grants the supreme state. 60.29  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.30)

anekasaṃsārabhayārditānāṃ pāpairanekairabhiveṣṭitānām .  
gatistvamambhojasamānavaktre dvandvairanekairabhisaṃvṛtānām .. 60.30 ..

> Of those afflicted by many fears of transmigration, wrapped around by many sins, / and surrounded by many pairs of opposites, you are the refuge, O lotus-faced one! 60.30  
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### [6.3.60.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.31)

nadyaśca pūtā vimalā bhavanti tvāṃ devi samprāpya na saṃśayo'tra .  
duḥkhāturāṇāmabhayaṃ dadāsi śiṣṭairanekairabhipūjitāsi .. 60.31 ..

> Rivers too become purified and spotless upon reaching you, O Goddess; of this there is no doubt. / You grant fearlessness to the grief-stricken; you are worshipped by many righteous persons. 60.31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.32)

viṇmūtradehāśca nimagnadehā bhramanti tāvannarakeṣu martyāḥ .  
mahābaladhvastataraṅgabhaṅgaṃ jalaṃ na yāvattava saṃspṛśanti .. 60.32 ..

> Mortals with bodies smeared with feces and urine, their bodies submerged, wander in hells / only so long as they do not touch your water, whose surging waves crash with great force. 60.32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.33)

mlecchāḥ pulindāstvatha yātudhānāḥ pibanti ye'ṃbhastava devi puṇyam .  
te'pi pramucyanti bhayācca ghorātkimatra viprā bhavapāśabhītāḥ .. 60.33 ..

> Even Mlecchas, Pulindas, and Yātudhānas who drink your holy water, O Goddess, / are freed from terrible fear; what then of brahmins afraid of the fetters of worldly existence? 60.33  
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### [6.3.60.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.34)

sarāṃsi nadyaḥ kṣayamabhyupetā ghore yuge'sminkalināvasṛṣṭe .  
tvaṃ bhrājase devi jalaughapūrṇā divīva nakṣatrapathe ca gaṅgā .. 60.34 ..

> Lakes and rivers have met destruction in this terrible age brought forth by Kali, / but you shine, O Goddess, full of abundant waters, like the Gaṅgā in heaven along the path of constellations. 60.34  
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### [6.3.60.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.35)

tava prāsādādvarade viśiṣṭe kālaṃ yathemaṃ paripālayitvā .  
yāsyāma mokṣaṃ tava suprasādādvayaṃ yathā tvaṃ kuru naḥ prasādam .. 60.35 ..

> By your grace, O distinguished granter of boons, having endured this time, / may we attain liberation through your gracious favor; do you bestow your favor upon us! 60.35  
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### [6.3.60.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.36)

tvāmāśritā ye śaraṇaṃ gatāśca gatistvamambeva piteva putrān .  
tvatpālitā yāvadimaṃ sughoraṃ kālaṃ tvanāvṛṣṭihataṃ kṣipāmaḥ .. 60.36 ..

> For those who take refuge in you and have gone to you for shelter, you are the protector, like a mother or a father to their sons. / Protected by you, we shall endure this terrible time smitten by drought. 60.36  
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### [6.3.60.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.37)

evaṃ stutā tadā devī narmadā saritāṃ varā .  
pratyakṣā sā parā mūrtirbrāhmaṇānāṃ yudhiṣṭhira .. 60.37 ..

> Thus praised then was Goddess Narmadā, the foremost of rivers; / that supreme form became visible to the brahmins, O Yudhiṣṭhira. 60.37  
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### [6.3.60.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.38)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
paṭhanti ye stotramidaṃ narendra śṛṇvanti bhaktyā parayā praśāntāḥ .  
te yānti rudraṃ vṛṣasaṃyutena yānena divyāmbarabhūṣitāṅgāḥ .. 60.38 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Those who recite this hymn, O lord of men, or hear it with supreme devotion, being tranquil, / go to Rudra in a vehicle accompanied by a bull, their bodies adorned with heavenly garments. 60.38  
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### [6.3.60.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.39)

ye stotrametatsatataṃ japanti snātvā ca toyena tu narmadāyāḥ .  
tebhyo'ntakāle sariduttameyaṃ gatiṃ viśuddhāmacirāddadāti .. 60.39 ..

> Those who constantly chant this hymn having bathed in the water of the Narmadā— / to them at the time of death this best of rivers soon grants a pure destination. 60.39  
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### [6.3.60.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.40)

prātaḥ samutthāya tathā śayāno yaḥ kīrtayetānudinaṃ stavendram .  
dehakṣayaṃ sve salile dadāti samāśrayaṃ tasya mahānubhāva .. 60.40 ..

> Rising in the morning or lying down, whoever daily glorifies this king of hymns, / she grants the destruction of his body in her own waters and provides refuge to him, O noble one. 60.40  
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### [6.3.60.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.41)

pāpairvimuktā divi modamānāḥ sambhoginaścaiva tu nānyathā ca .. 60.41 ..

> Freed from sins, rejoicing in heaven, they become enjoyers of pleasures, and not otherwise. 60.41  
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### [6.3.60.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.42)

prasannā narmadā devī stotreṇānena bhārata .  
jalenāpyāyitān viprān dakṣiṇāpathavāhinī .. 60.42 ..

> Pleased by this hymn, Goddess Narmadā, O Bhārata, / who flows toward the southern region, \[spoke\] to the brahmins refreshed by her water: 60.42  
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### [6.3.60.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.43)

amṛtatvaṃ tu vo dadmi yogibhiryanna gamyate .  
durlabhaṃ yatsuraiḥ sarvairmatprasādāllabhiṣyatha .. 60.43 ..

> 'I grant you immortality, which is not attained even by yogins / and is hard to attain for all the gods; you will attain it through my grace.' 60.43  
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### [6.3.60.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.44)

iti te brāhmaṇā rājaṃllabdhā varamanuttamam .  
gamiṣyantaḥ prītacittā dadṛśuścitramadbhutam .. 60.44 ..

> Having thus obtained the unexcelled boon, O king, those brahmins, / about to depart with pleased minds, beheld a wondrous marvel. 60.44  
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### [6.3.60.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.45)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
dṛṣṭāstaiḥ puruṣāḥ pārtha narmadātaṭasaṃsthitāḥ .  
snānadevārcanāsaktāḥ pañca eva mahābalāḥ .. 60.45 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Men were seen by them, O son of Pṛthā, situated on the bank of the Narmadā, / intent upon bathing and deity worship—just five of them, endowed with great strength. 60.45  
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### [6.3.60.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.46)

te dṛṣṭā brāhmaṇaiḥ sarvairvedavedāṅgapāragaiḥ .  
saṃpṛṣṭāstairmahārāja yathā tadavadhāraya .. 60.46 ..

> They were seen by all the brahmins who had mastered the Vedas and Vedāṅgas; / they were questioned by them, O great king. Listen to that as it happened: 60.46  
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### [6.3.60.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.47)

viprā ūcuḥ .  
vanānte strīyugaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāraudraṃ bhayāvaham .  
vṛddhāśca puruṣāstatra pāśahastā bhayāvahāḥ .. 60.47 ..

> The brahmins said: / 'Having seen a pair of women at the edge of the forest, exceedingly terrible and fearful, / and old men there, holding nooses in their hands, inspiring fear, 60.47  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.48)

durdharṣā durnirīkṣyāśca itaścetaśca cañcalāḥ .  
vyāharantaḥ śubhāṃ vācaṃ na tatra gatirasti vai .. 60.48 ..

> unassailable, dreadful to look upon, wandering restlessly here and there, / uttering auspicious speech, indeed there is no passage there. 60.48  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.49)

aparasparayoḥ sarve nirīkṣantaḥ punaḥpunaḥ .  
taistu yadvacanaṃ proktaṃ tatsarvaṃ kathyatāmiti .. 60.49 ..

> Looking at one another again and again, / let all that speech which was uttered by them be told: 60.49  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.50)

asmākaṃ puruṣāḥ pañca tiṣṭhanti tatra sattamāḥ .  
te prasthāpyā mahābhāgāḥ sarvathaiva tvarānvitāḥ .. 60.50 ..

> "Five men belonging to us are staying there, O good sirs; / those highly fortunate ones must be dispatched at once with all haste."' 60.50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.51)

atha te puruṣāḥ pañca śrutvā vākyamidaṃ śubham .  
parasparaṃ nirīkṣanto vadanti ca punaḥpunaḥ .. 60.51 ..

> Then those five men, hearing this auspicious statement, / looking at one another, spoke again and again: 60.51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.52)

kva te kasya kuto yātāḥ kimuktaṃ tairbhayāvahaiḥ .. 60.52 ..

> 'Where are they? Whose are they? Whence have they come? What was spoken by those fearful beings?' 60.52  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.53)

puruṣā ūcuḥ .  
tīrthāvagāhanaṃ sarvaiḥ pūrvadakṣiṇapaścimaiḥ .  
uttaraiśca kṛtaṃ bhaktyā na pāpaṃ tairvyapohitam .. 60.53 ..

> The men said: / 'Immersion in sacred fords was performed with devotion by all of us in the east, south, west, / and north, yet the sin was not removed by them. 60.53  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.54)

niṣpāpāścātha saṃjātāstīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ .  
śṛṇvantu ṛṣayaḥ sarve vahnikālopamā dvijāḥ .. 60.54 ..

> And now we have become sinless through the power of this sacred ford. / Let all the seers hear, twice-born ones like fire and Time! 60.54  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.55)

pātakāni ca ghorāṇi yānyacintyāni dehinām .  
pāpiṣṭhena tu caikena gurudārā niṣevitā .. 60.55 ..

> Terrible sins that are unthinkable for embodied beings \[were committed\]: / by one most wicked person, the wife of his guru was enjoyed; 60.55  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.56)

hṛtaṃ cānyena mitrasvaṃ suvarṇaṃ ca dhanaṃ tathā .  
brahmahatyā mahāraudrā kṛtā cānyena pātakam .. 60.56 ..

> by another, a friend's property was stolen, both gold and wealth; / by another was committed the sin of killing a brahmin, exceedingly terrible; 60.56  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.57)

surāpānaṃ tu cānyasya saṃjātaṃ cāpyakāmataḥ .  
govadhyā cāpyakāmena kṛtā caikena pāpinā .. 60.57 ..

> the drinking of liquor occurred unintentionally for another; / and the slaying of a cow was done unintentionally by one sinner.' 60.57  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.58)

akāmato'pi sarveṣāṃ pātakāni narādhipa .  
brāhmaṇānāṃ tu te śrutvā vākyaṃ tadvismayānvitāḥ .. 60.58 ..

> Even unintentional sins belonged to all of them, O king of men; / but hearing that speech of the brahmins, filled with wonder,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.59)

sadya eva tadā jātāḥ pāpiṣṭhā gatakalmaṣāḥ .  
tīrthasyāsya prabhāvena narmadāyāḥ prabhāvataḥ .. 60.59 ..

> instantly those most sinful men became free from taint, / through the power of this sacred ford, through the power of the Narmadā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.60)

na kvacitpātakānāṃ tu praveśaścātra jāyate .  
evaṃ saṃcitya te sarve pāpiṣṭhāśca parasparam .. 60.60 ..

> "No entry of sins takes place here at all." / Having reflected thus among themselves, all those most sinful men,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.61)

citrabhānuḥ smṛtastaistu vicintya hṛdaye harim .  
snātvā revājale puṇye tarpitāḥ pitṛdevatāḥ .. 60.61 ..

> invoked the fire, meditating upon Hari in their hearts. / Having bathed in the sacred waters of the Revā, they offered libations to the ancestors and gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.62)

natvā tu bhāskaraṃ devaṃ hṛdi dhyātvā janārdanam .  
pradakṣiṇaṃ tu taṃ bhaktyā jvalantaṃ jātavedasam .. 60.62 ..

> Bowing to the divine Sun, contemplating Janārdana in their hearts, / circumambulating that blazing fire with devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.63)

patitāḥ pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha pāpodvignā mahīpate .  
sāttvikīṃ vāsanāṃ kṛtvā tyaktvā rajastamastathā .. 60.63 ..

> they threw themselves into it, O best of Pāṇḍavas, distressed by sins, O king, / having cultivated a pure disposition and abandoned passion and darkness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.64)

hataṃ taiḥ pāvake sarvaṃ revāyā uttare taṭe .  
vimānasthāstadā dṛṣṭā brāhmaṇaiste yudhiṣṭhira .. 60.64 ..

> All was consumed by them in the fire on the northern bank of the Revā. / Then they were seen seated in aerial chariots by the brahmins, O Yudhiṣṭhira.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.65)

āścaryamatulaṃ dṛṣṭamṛṣibhirnarmadātaṭe .  
tadāprabhṛti te sarve rāgadveṣavivarjitāḥ .. 60.65 ..

> An incomparable wonder was seen by the seers on the bank of the Narmadā. / From that time on, all those \[brahmins\], free from desire and hatred,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.66)

ravitīrthaṃ dvijā hṛṣṭāḥ sevante mokṣakāṅkṣayā .  
tīrthasyāsya ca yatpuṇyaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva narādhipa .. 60.66 ..

> delighted, resorted to Ravitīrtha with the desire for liberation. / Now listen to the merit of this sacred ford, O king of men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.67)

pīḍito vṛddhabhāvena bhaktyā prīto nareśvara .  
uddeśaṃ kathayiṣyāmi dvikrośābhyantare sthitaḥ .. 60.67 ..

> Afflicted by old age, yet pleased with devotion, O lord of men, / remaining within two krośas, I will declare its description.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.68)

kurukṣetraṃ yathā puṇyaṃ ravitīrthaṃ śrutaṃ mayā .  
īśvareṇa purā khyātaṃ ṣaṇmukhasya narādhipa .. 60.68 ..

> Just as Kurukṣetra is sacred, so Ravitīrtha was heard of by me; / it was declared anciently by Īśvara to the six-faced one, O king of men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.69)

śrutaṃ rudrācca taiḥ sarvairahaṃ tatra samīpagaḥ .  
īśvara uvāca -  
mārtaṇḍagrahaṇe prāpte ye vrajanti ṣaḍānana .  
ravitīrthe kurukṣetre tulyametatphalaṃ labhet .. 60.69 ..

> It was heard from Rudra by all of them; I was near there. / Īśvara said: / When a solar eclipse occurs, those who go, O six-faced one, / to Ravitīrtha, obtain a fruit equal to that of Kurukṣetra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.70)

snāne dāne tathā japye home caiva viśeṣataḥ .  
kurukṣetre samaṃ puṇyaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 60.70 ..

> In ritual ablution, in gifting, and in silent recitation and oblations especially, / the merit is equal to Kurukṣetra; no doubt should be entertained here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.71)

grāme vā yadi vāraṇye puṇyā sarvatra narmadā .  
ravitīrthe viśeṣeṇa revā puṇyaphalapradā .. 60.71 ..

> Whether in a village or in a forest, the Narmadā is sacred everywhere; / at Ravitīrtha in particular, the Revā bestows sacred fruit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.72)

ṣaṣṭhyāṃ sūryadine bhaktyā vyatīpāte ca vai dhṛtau .  
saṃkrāntau grahaṇe'māyāṃ ye vrajanti jitendriyāḥ .. 60.72 ..

> On the sixth lunar day, on Sunday, on Vyatīpāta, on Dhṛti, / on a solstice, during an eclipse, or on the new-moon day, those who go, with senses conquered,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.73)

kāmakrodhairvimuktāśca rāgadveṣaistathaiva ca .  
upoṣya parayā bhaktyā devasyāgre narādhipa .. 60.73 ..

> freed from desire and anger, and likewise from passion and hatred, / having fasted with supreme devotion before the god, O king of men,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.74)

rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā dīpaṃ devasya bodhayet .  
kathāṃ vai vaiṣṇavīṃ pārtha vedābhyasanameva ca .. 60.74 ..

> and kept a vigil at night, should light a lamp for the god; / \[and engage in\] a Vaiṣṇava narrative, O son of Pṛthā, and the study of the Veda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.75)

ṛgvedaṃ vā yajurvedaṃ sāmavedamatharvaṇam .  
ṛcamekāṃ japedyastu sa vedaphalamāpnuyāt .. 60.75 ..

> Whether the Ṛgveda, Yajurveda, Sāmaveda, or Atharvan— / whoever recites even a single verse obtains the fruit of the Veda.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.76)

gāyatryā ca caturvedaphalamāpnoti mānavaḥ .  
prabhāte pūjayedviprānannadānahiraṇyataḥ .. 60.76 ..

> And through the Gāyatrī a person obtains the fruit of the four Vedas. / At dawn, one should worship brahmins with food, gifts, and gold,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.77)

bhūmidānena vastreṇa annadānena śaktitaḥ .  
chatropānahaśayyādigṛhadānena pāṇḍava .. 60.77 ..

> with gifts of land, with clothing, with gifts of food according to one's capacity, / with umbrellas, shoes, beds, and gifts of houses, O Pāṇḍava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.78)

grāmadhūrvahadānena gajakanyāhayena ca .  
vidyāśakaṭadānena sarveṣāmabhayaṃ bhavet .. 60.78 ..

> with gifts of villages, draft beasts, elephants, maidens, and horses; / through gifts of learning and carts, fearlessness arises for all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.79)

śatruśca mitratāṃ yāti viṣaṃ caivāmṛtaṃ bhavet .  
grahā bhavanti suprītāḥ prītastasya divākaraḥ .. 60.79 ..

> An enemy turns into a friend, and poison becomes nectar; / the planets become well pleased, and the Sun is pleased with him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.80)

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ ravitīrthaphalaṃ nṛpa .  
ye śṛṇvanti narā bhaktyā ravitīrthaphalaṃ śubham .. 60.80 ..

> All this fruit of Ravitīrtha has been declared to you, O king. / The men who listen with devotion to the auspicious fruit of Ravitīrtha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.81)

te'pi pāpavinirmuktā raviloke vasanti hi .  
godānena ca yatpuṇyaṃ yatpuṇyaṃ bhṛgudarśane .. 60.81 ..

> they too, released from sin, dwell in the world of the Sun. / Whatever merit comes from the gift of a cow, whatever merit from the sight of Bhṛgu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.82)

kedāra udakaṃ pītvā tatpuṇyaṃ jāyate nṛṇām .  
abdamaśvatthasevāyāṃ tilapātraprado bhavet .. 60.82 ..

> that merit arises for men from drinking the water at Kedāra. / If one serves an aśvattha tree for a year and gives a vessel of sesame,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.83)

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti ādityeśvarakīrtanāt .  
śrute yasya prabhāve na jāyate yannṛpātmaja .. 60.83 ..

> that fruit one obtains from celebrating Ādityeśvara. / That which does not arise when its glory is heard, O son of the king—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.84)

tatsarvaṃ kathayiṣyāmi bhaktyā tava mahīpate .  
pāpāni ca pralīyante bhinnapātre yathā jalam .. 60.84 ..

> all that I will tell to you with devotion, O king: / sins dissolve away like water in a broken vessel.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.85)

tīrthasyābhimukho nityaṃ jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .  
guhyādguhyataraṃ tīrthaṃ kathitaṃ tava pāṇḍava .. 60.85 ..

> One constantly turns toward the sacred ford; there is no doubt here. / A sacred ford more secret than the secret has been told to you, O Pāṇḍava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.86)

pāpiṣṭhānāṃ kṛtaghnānāṃ svāmimitrāvaghātinām .  
tīrthākhyānaṃ śubhaṃ teṣāṃ gopitavyaṃ sadā budhaiḥ .. 60.86 ..

> From the most sinful, the ungrateful, and the slayers of master or friend, / this auspicious narrative of the sacred ford should always be concealed by the wise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.60.86\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.60.86_1)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe ādityeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the sixtieth chapter, named 'The Description of the Greatness of the Ādityeśvara Sacred Ford', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth \[section\], the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the great Purāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses, the glorious Skandapurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.60.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.60.1) — Sanskrit
- [Paramasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.parama.24.22) — Sanskrit
- [Vidhirasāyana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.bhatta.vidhirasayana.3.1-2.26) — Appayya Dīkṣita 1560, Sanskrit

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