[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) › 6.3.61 # Skandapurana 6.3.61 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.61 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.61.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.61.p1) adhyāya 61 > Chapter 61 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.61.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.61.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchetparaṃ puṇyaṃ narmadādakṣiṇe taṭe . śakratīrthaṃ suvikhyātamaśeṣāghavināśanam .. 61.1 .. > The glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go to the exceedingly sacred Śakratīrtha on the southern bank of the Narmadā, / celebrated for destroying all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.61.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.61.2) purā śakreṇa tatraiva tapo vai duratikramam . prārabdhaṃ parayā bhaktyā devaṃ prati maheśvaram .. 61.2 .. > Formerly, Śakra undertook hard-to-surpass austerity right there / with supreme devotion directed toward the god Maheśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.61.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.61.3) tataḥ saṃtoṣito deva umāpatirnarādhipa . devendratvaṃ varaṃ rājyaṃ dānavānāṃ vadhaṃ dadau .. 61.3 .. > Then, pleased, the lord of Umā granted him, O ruler of men, / the boon of lordship of the gods, sovereignty, and the slaughter of the Dānavas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.61.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.61.4) labdhaṃ śakreṇa nṛpate narmadātīrthabhāvataḥ . tataḥ puṇyatamaṃ tīrthaṃ saṃjātaṃ vasudhātale .. 61.4 .. > It was obtained by Śakra, O king, by virtue of the Narmadā sacred ford; / consequently, it became the most sacred ford upon the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.61.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.61.5) kārttikasya tu māsasya kṛṣṇapakṣe trayodaśīm . upoṣya vai naro bhaktyā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 61.5 .. > Having fasted with devotion on the thirteenth day / of the dark half of the month of Kārttika, a man is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.61.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.61.6) duḥsvapnasambhavaiḥ pāpairdurnimittasamudbhavaiḥ . grahaśākinisambhūtairmucyate pāṇḍunandana .. 61.6 .. > From sins arising from bad dreams, from those originating from ill omens, / and from those caused by evil planets and Śākinīs, he is freed, O son of Pāṇḍu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.61.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.61.7) śakreśvaraṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha ye prapaśyanti bhaktitaḥ . teṣāṃ janmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ naśyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 61.7 .. > Those who behold Śakreśvara with devotion, O best of kings, / their sin committed in this birth is destroyed; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.61.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.61.8) agamyāgamane caiva avāhye caiva vāhite . svāmimitravighāte yannaśyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 61.8 .. > What \[sin arises\] from approaching forbidden women, or from mounting what should not be mounted, / or from harming one's master or friend, is destroyed; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.61.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.61.9) gopradānaṃ prakartavyaṃ śubhaṃ brāhmaṇapuṃgave . dhuryaṃ vā dāpayettasmin sarvāṅgaruciraṃ nṛpa .. 61.9 .. > The auspicious gift of a cow should be made to an eminent brahmin; / or one should cause an ox, beautiful in all its limbs, to be given there, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.61.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.61.10) dātavyaṃ parayā bhaktyā svarge vāsamabhīpsatā . etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ śakreśvaraphalaṃ nṛpa .. 61.10 .. > It should be given with supreme devotion by one who desires residence in heaven. / All this has been told to you, O king, regarding the fruit of Śakreśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.61.10\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.61.10_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe śakreśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the sixty-first chapter, named 'The Description of the Greatness of the Śakreśvara 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.6.3.61.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.61.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.61) · Pramāṇa