[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) › 6.3.66 # Skandapurana 6.3.66 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.66 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.66.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.66.p1) adhyāya 66 > Chapter 66 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.66.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.66.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchettu rājendra mātṛtīrthamanuttamam . saṅgamasya samīpasthaṃ narmadādakṣiṇe taṭe .. 66.1 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, O king of kings, one should go to the unsurpassed Mātṛtīrtha, / situated near the confluence on the southern bank of the Narmadā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.66.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.66.2) mātarastatra rājendra saṃjātā narmadātaṭe . umārdhanārirdeveśo vyālayajñopavītadhṛk .. 66.2 .. > The Mothers were born there on the bank of the Narmadā, O king of kings. / The Lord of gods, whose half-form is Umā, wearing a serpent as a sacred thread, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.66.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.66.3) uvāca yoginīvṛndaṃ kaṣṭaṃkaṣṭamaho hara . ajeyāḥ sarvadevānāṃ tvatprasādānmaheśvara .. 66.3 .. > said to the assembly of yoginīs: "Alas, what distress, what distress, O Hara! / By your favor, O Maheśvara, you are invincible to all the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.66.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.66.4) tīrthamatra vidhānena prakhyātaṃ vasudhātale . evaṃ bhavatu yoginya ityuktvāntaradhācchivaḥ .. 66.4 .. > Let there be a sacred ford established here by proper rule, famous upon the earth's surface." / Saying "So be it, O yoginīs," Śiva vanished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.66.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.66.5) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā navamyāṃ niyataḥ śuciḥ . upoṣya parayā bhaktyā pūjayenmātṛgocaram .. 66.5 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Whoever, restrained and pure, fasts with supreme devotion on the ninth day / at that sacred ford, and worships the domain of the Mothers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.66.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.66.6) tasya syurmātaraḥ prītāḥ prīto'yaṃ vṛṣavāhanaḥ . vandhyāyā mṛtavatsāyā aputrāyā yudhiṣṭhira .. 66.6 .. > the Mothers become pleased with him, as does this bull-vehicled \[Śiva\]. / For a barren woman, a woman whose child has died, or one without a son, O Yudhiṣṭhira, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.66.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.66.7) snāpanaṃ cārabhettatra mantraśāstraviduttamaḥ . sahiraṇyena kumbhena pañcaratnaphalānvitaḥ .. 66.7 .. > the foremost master of the science of mantras should then begin a ceremonial bath / with a golden pot accompanied by the five jewels and fruits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.66.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.66.8) snāpayetputrakāmāyāḥ kāṃsyapātreṇa deśikaḥ . putraṃ sā labhate nārī vīryavantaṃ guṇānvitam .. 66.8 .. > The preceptor should bathe the woman desiring a son using a bronze vessel. / That woman obtains a heroic son endowed with virtues. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.66.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.66.9) yo yaṃ kāmamabhidhyāyettataḥ sa labhate nṛpa . mātṛtīrthātparaṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati .. 66.9 .. > Whatever desire one contemplates, one obtains from that, O king. / No sacred ford higher than Mātṛtīrtha has ever been, nor ever will be. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.66.9\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.66.9_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe mātṛtīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the sixty-sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of the Mātṛtīrtha', 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.6.3.66.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.66.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.66) · Pramāṇa