[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) › 6.3.68 # Skandapurana 6.3.68 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.68 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.68.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.68.p1) adhyāya 68 > Chapter 68 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.68.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.68.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - dhanadasya tu tattīrthaṃ tato gacchedyudhiṣṭhira . narmadādakṣiṇe kūle sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram .. 68.1 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: > Then one should go, O Yudhiṣṭhira, to the sacred ford of Dhanada, > on the south bank of the Narmadā, which destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.68.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.68.2) sarvatīrthaphalaṃ tatra prāpyate nātra saṃśayaḥ . caitramāsatrayodaśyāṃ śuklapakṣe jitendriyaḥ .. 68.2 .. > The fruit of all sacred fords is obtained there, of this there is no doubt. > On the thirteenth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Caitra, with senses restrained, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.68.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.68.3) upoṣya parayā bhaktyā rātrau kurvīta jāgaram . pañcāmṛtena rājendra snāpayeddhanadaṃ budhaḥ .. 68.3 .. > having fasted with supreme devotion, one should keep vigil at night. > O best of kings, the wise man should bathe Dhanada with the five nectars. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.68.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.68.4) dīpaṃ ghṛtena dātavyaṃ gītaṃ vādyaṃ ca kārayet . prabhāte pūjayedviprānātmanaḥ śreya icchati .. 68.4 .. > A lamp with ghee should be offered, and singing and instrumental music performed. > At dawn, one who desires welfare for oneself should worship brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.68.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.68.5) pratigrahasamarthāṃśca vidyāsiddhāntavādinaḥ . śrautasmārtakriyāyuktān paradāraparāṅmukhān .. 68.5 .. > who are worthy of receiving gifts, who proclaim knowledge and established truths, > who are devoted to Vedic and traditional rituals, and who turn away from others' wives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.68.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.68.6) pūjayedgohiraṇyena vastropānahabhojanaiḥ . chatraśayyāpradānena sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet .. 68.6 .. > He should worship them with cattle, gold, garments, shoes, and meals; > by the gift of an umbrella and a bed, the destruction of all sins takes place, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.68.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.68.7) trijanmajanitaṃ pāpaṃ varadasya prabhāvataḥ . svargadaṃ durvinītānāṃ vinītānāṃ ca mokṣadam .. 68.7 .. > even the sin produced in three births, through the power of the granter of boons. > It gives heaven to the undisciplined, and liberation to the disciplined. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.68.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.68.8) annadaṃ ca daridrāṇāṃ bhavejjanmanijanmani . kulīnatvaṃ duḥkhahāniḥ svabhāvājāyate nare .. 68.8 .. > It becomes a giver of food to the poor birth after birth; > noble birth and the destruction of misery naturally arise for a man. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.68.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.68.9) vyādhidhvaṃso bhavetteṣāṃ narmadodakasevanāt . dhanadasya tu yastīrthe vidyādānaṃ prayacchati .. 68.9 .. > Destruction of disease occurs for them from serving the water of the Narmadā. > And whoever offers the gift of knowledge at the sacred ford of Dhanada, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.68.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.68.10) sa yāti bhāskare loke sarvavyādhivivarjite . devadroṇīṃ ca tatraiva svaśaktyā pāṇḍunandana .. 68.10 .. > he goes to the world of the sun, which is free of all disease. > And whoever, according to one's means, \[organizes\] a deity's procession right there, O son of Pāṇḍu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.68.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.68.11) ye prakurvanti bhūyiṣṭhāṃ revāyā dakṣiṇe taṭe . te yānti śāṃkare loke sarvaduḥkhavivarjite .. 68.11 .. > and those who perform it abundantly on the south bank of the Revā, > they go to the world of Śaṅkara, which is free of all sorrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.68.11\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.68.11_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe dhanadatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the sixty-eighth chapter, entitled "The Description of the Greatness of Dhanadatīrtha," in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.68.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.68.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.68) · Pramāṇa