[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) › 6.3.70 # Skandapurana 6.3.70 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.70 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.70.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.70.p1) adhyāya 70 > Chapter 70 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.70.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.70.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - revāyā uttare kūle tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam . raviṇā nirmitaṃ pārtha sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram .. 70.1 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: > On the north bank of the Revā is a supremely beautiful sacred ford, > fashioned by Ravi, O son of Pṛthā, which destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.70.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.70.2) svāṃśena bhāskarastatra tiṣṭhate cottare taṭe . sarvavyādhiharaḥ puṃsāṃ narmadāyāṃ vyavasthitaḥ .. 70.2 .. > The sun remains there on the northern bank by his own portion; > abiding at the Narmadā, he removes all disease for men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.70.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.70.3) ṣaṣṭhyāṃṣaṣṭhyāṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha hyaṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśīm . snānaṃ yaḥ kārayenmartyaḥ śrāddhaṃ preteṣu bhaktitaḥ . tasya pāpakṣayaḥ pārtha sūryaloke mahīyate .. 70.3 .. > On every sixth, O best of kings, as well as on the eighth and the fourteenth, > whatever mortal takes a bath and performs a śrāddha for the deceased spirits with devotion, > his sin is destroyed, O son of Pṛthā, and he is honored in the world of the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.70.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.70.4) tataḥ svargāccyutaḥ so'pi jāyate vimale kule . dhanāḍhyo vyādhinirmukto jīvejjanmanijanmani .. 70.4 .. > Then, having fallen from heaven, he too is born in an immaculate family; > wealthy and freed from disease, he lives birth after birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.70.4\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.70.4_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe ravitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the seventieth chapter, entitled "The Description of the Greatness of Ravitīrtha," 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.6.3.70.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.70.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.70) · Pramāṇa