[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) › 6.3.63 # Skandapurana 6.3.63 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.63 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.63.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.63.p1) adhyāya 63 > Chapter 63 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.63.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.63.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchettu rājendra kumāreśvaramuttamam . prasiddhaṃ sarvatīrthānāmagastyeśvarasannidhau .. 63.1 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, O king of kings, one should go to the excellent Kumāreśvara, / famous among all sacred fords, near Agastyeśvara. 63.1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.63.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.63.2) ṣaṇmukhena purā tāta sarvapātakanāśanam . ārādhya parayā bhaktyā siddhiḥ prāptā narādhipa .. 63.2 .. > In ancient times, dear one, having propitiated with supreme devotion \[the liṅga\] that destroys all sins, / perfection was attained by the Six-faced One, O lord of men. 63.2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.63.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.63.3) devasainyādhipo jātaḥ sarvaśatrunibarhaṇaḥ . ugratejā mahātmāsau saṃjātastīrthasevanāt .. 63.3 .. > He became the commander of the army of the gods, the slayer of all enemies; / endowed with fierce splendor, that great-souled one arose through serving that sacred ford. 63.3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.63.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.63.4) tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ saṃjātaṃnarmadātaṭe . tatra tīrthe tu yo gatvā ekacitto jitendriyaḥ .. 63.4 .. > From that time on, that sacred ford came into being on the bank of the Narmadā. / Whoever goes to that sacred ford with a focused mind and subdued senses, 63.4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.63.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.63.5) kārttikasya caturdaśyāmaṣṭamyāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ . snāpayedgirijānāthaṃ dadhidugdhena sarpiṣā .. 63.5 .. > especially on the fourteenth and eighth days of Kārttika, / and bathes the Lord of the Mountain's Daughter with curds, milk, and clarified butter, 63.5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.63.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.63.6) gītaṃ tatra prakartavyaṃ piṇḍadānaṃ yathāvidhi . brāhmaṇaiḥ śrotriyaiḥ pārtha ṣaṭkarmanirataiḥ śubhaiḥ .. 63.6 .. > singing should be performed there, and offering of funeral cakes according to the rules, / with auspicious brahmins who are learned in the Veda and engaged in the six duties, O son of Pṛthā. 63.6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.63.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.63.7) yatkiṃciddīyate tatra akṣayaṃ pāṇḍunandana . sarvatīrthamayaṃ tīrtha nirmitaṃ śikhinā nṛpa .. 63.7 .. > Whatever is given there becomes imperishable, O son of Pāṇḍu; / that sacred ford, consisting of all sacred fords, was made by the peacock-rider, O king. 63.7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.63.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.63.8) etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ kumāreśvarajaṃ phalam . kumāradarśanātpuṇyaṃ prāpyate pāṇḍunandana .. 63.8 .. > All this fruit arising from Kumāreśvara has been told to you. / Merit is attained by the sight of Kumāra, O son of Pāṇḍu; 63.8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.63.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.63.9) mṛtaḥ svargamavāpnoti satyamīśvarabhāṣitam .. 63.9 .. > upon dying, one attains heaven; this is truth spoken by Īśvara. 63.9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.63.9\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.63.9_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe kumāreśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma triṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the sixty-third chapter, titled "Description of the Māhātmya of the Kumāreśvara Sacred Ford," in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.63.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.63.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.63) · Pramāṇa