[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) › 6.3.65 # Skandapurana 6.3.65 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.65 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.65.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.65.p1) adhyāya 65 > Chapter 65 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.65.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.65.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchettu rājendra ānandeśvaramuttamam . tattīrthaṃ kathayiṣyāmi sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram .. 65.1 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, O king of kings, one should go to the excellent Ānandeśvara. / I shall tell of that sacred ford, which causes the destruction of all sins. 65.1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.65.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.65.2) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca - ānandaścaiva saṃjāto rudrasya dvijasattama . kathyatāṃ me ca tatsarvaṃ saṃkṣepātsaha bāndhavaiḥ .. 65.2 .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: / And how did the joy of Rudra arise, O best of the twice-born? / Tell me all of that in brief, along with my kinsmen. 65.2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.65.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.65.3) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - kathayāmi nṛpaśreṣṭha ānandeśvaramuttamam . dānavānāṃ vadhaṃ kṛtvā devadevo maheśvaraḥ .. 65.3 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / I shall tell, O best of kings, of the excellent Ānandeśvara. / Having slain the Dānavas, the god of gods, Maheśvara, 65.3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.65.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.65.4) pūjito daivataiḥ sarvaiḥ kinnarairyakṣapannagaiḥ . ānandasaṃyuto devo nanarta vṛṣavāhanaḥ .. 65.4 .. > worshipped by all deities, Kinnaras, Yakṣas, and serpents, / filled with joy, the bull-riding god danced. 65.4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.65.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.65.5) bhairavaṃ rūpamāsthāya gauryā cārddhāṅgasaṃsthitaḥ . bhūtavetālakaṅkālairbhairavairbhairavo vṛtaḥ .. 65.5 .. > Assuming a terrifying form, with half of his body formed by Gaurī, / surrounded by Bhūtas, Vetālas, skeletons, and Bhairavas, the formidable one 65.5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.65.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.65.6) nanarta narmadātīre dakṣiṇe pāṇḍunandana . tuṣṭairmarudgaṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ sthāpitaḥ kamalāsanaḥ .. 65.6 .. > danced on the southern bank of the Narmadā, O son of Pāṇḍu. / By all the delighted hosts of the Maruts, the lotus-seated one was established. 65.6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.65.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.65.7) tadāprabhṛti tattīrthamānandeśvaramucyate . aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ narādhipa .. 65.7 .. > From that time on, that sacred ford is called Ānandeśvara. / On the eighth, the fourteenth, and the full moon day, O lord of men, 65.7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.65.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.65.8) vidhivaccārcayeddevaṃ sugandhena vilepayet . brāhmaṇānpūjayettatra yathāśaktyā yudhiṣṭhira .. 65.8 .. > one should worship the god according to rule and smear him with fragrant paste; / one should worship brahmins there according to one's means, O Yudhiṣṭhira. 65.8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.65.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.65.9) godānaṃ tatra kartavyaṃ vastradānaṃ śubhāvaham . vasantasya trayodaśyāṃ śrāddhaṃ tatraiva kārayet .. 65.9 .. > The gift of a cow should be made there, and the gift of garments which brings good fortune. / One should perform a śrāddha right there on the thirteenth day of the spring \[month\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.65.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.65.10) iṅgudairbadarairbilvairakṣataiśca jalena vā . pretānāṃ kārayecchrāddhamānandeśvara uttame .. 65.10 .. > With inguda fruits, jujubes, bilva fruits, unhusked barley grains, or with water, / one should perform a śrāddha for the departed ancestors at the supreme Ānandeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.65.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.65.11) ānanditā bhaveyuste yāvadābhūtasamplavam . santatervai na vicchedaḥ saptajanmasu jāyate . ānando hi bhavatteṣāṃ pratijanmani bhārata .. 65.11 .. > They will remain delighted until the dissolution of all beings. / Indeed, no break occurs in one's lineage for seven lifetimes; / for joy shall be theirs in every birth, O descendant of Bharata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.65.11\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.65.11_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe ānandeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the sixty-fifth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of the Ānandeśvara Sacred Ford', in the Revā Section of the fifth Avanti Section in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa 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.6.3.65.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.65.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.65) · Pramāṇa