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# Skandapurana 6.3.72

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.72

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.72.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.p1)

adhyāya 72

> Chapter 72  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tato gacchettu rājendra maṇināgeśvaraṃ śubham .  
uttare narmadākūle sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram .  
sthāpitaṃ maṇināgena lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā .. 72.1 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> Then one should go, O best of kings, to the auspicious Maṇināgeśvara  
> on the north bank of the Narmadā, which destroys all sins,  
> installed by Maṇināga out of desire for the welfare of the worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.2)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
āśīviṣeṇa sarpeṇa īśvarastoṣitaḥ katham .  
kṣudrāḥ sarvasya lokasya bhayadā viṣaśālinaḥ .. 72.2 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said:  
> How was Īśvara pleased by a venomous serpent?  
> They are vile, terrifying to the entire world, and full of poison.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.3)

kathyatāṃ tāta me sarvaṃ pātakasyopaśāntidam .  
mama santāpajaṃ duḥkhaṃ duryodhanasamudbhavam .. 72.3 ..

> Tell me everything, father, which grants pacification of sin.  
> My suffering born of anguish, arisen from Duryodhana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.4)

karṇabhīṣmodbhavaṃ raudraṃ duḥkhaṃ pāñcālisambhavam .  
tava vaktrāmbujaughena plāvitaṃ nirvṛtiṃ gataḥ .. 72.4 ..

> and the terrible suffering arisen from Karṇa and Bhīṣma, arisen on account of the princess of Pañcāla,  
> having been flooded by the flood from your lotus mouth, I have attained contentment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.5)

śrutvā tava mukhodgītāṃ kathāṃ vai pāpanāśinīm .  
ayuktamidamasmākaṃ dvija kleśo na śāmyati .. 72.5 ..

> Hearing the sin-destroying story sung from your mouth—  
> it is unfitting for us, O twice-born, if affliction is not pacified.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.6)

athavā prāpsyate tāta vidyādānasya yatphalam .  
tatphalaṃ prāpyate nityaṃ kathāśravaṇato hareḥ .. 72.6 ..

> Or rather, father, whatever fruit of imparting knowledge is obtained,  
> that fruit is perpetually obtained from hearing the story of Hari.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.7)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
yathāyathā tvaṃ nṛpa bhāṣase ca tathātathā me sukhameti bhāratī .  
śaithilyatā vā jarayānvitasya tvatsauhṛdaṃ naśyati naiva tāta .  
śṛṇuṣva tasmātsaha bāndhavaiśca kathāmimāṃ pāpaharāṃ praśastām .. 72.7 ..

> Glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> Just as you speak, O king, so too does my speech find joy.  
> Though I am beset with old age and weakness, father, my affection for you does not perish at all.  
> Therefore listen, along with your kinsmen, to this praised tale that removes sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.8)

kathayāmi yathāvṛttamitihāsaṃ purātanam .. 72.8 ..

> I shall recount the ancient narrative just as it happened,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.9)

kathitaṃ pūrvato vṛttaiḥ pāramparyeṇa bhārata .. 72.9 ..

> as recounted by earlier events through lineage, O Bhārata.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.10)

dve bhārye kaśyapasyāstāṃ sarvalokeṣvanuttame .  
garutmantaṃ ca vinatāsūta kadrūrahīnatha .. 72.10 ..

> Kaśyapa had two wives, unequalled in all the worlds.  
> Vinatā gave birth to Garuḍa, and Kadrū then to the serpents.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.11)

saṃtoṣeṇa ca te tāta tiṣṭhataḥ kāśyape gṛhe .  
kadrūśca vinatā nāma hṛṣṭe ca vanite sadā .. 72.11 ..

> And they dwelt with contentment, father, in the house of Kaśyapa—  
> Kadrū and the one named Vinatā, two women ever delighted.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.12)

tābhyāṃ sārddhaṃ krīḍate ca kaśyapo'pi prajāpatiḥ .  
tatastvekadine prāpte āśramasthā śubhānanā .. 72.12 ..

> With them Kaśyapa, the lord of creatures, also sported.  
> Then on a certain day, staying in the hermitage, the fair-faced one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.13)

uccaiḥśravaṃ hayaṃ dṛṣṭvā manovegasamanvitam .  
paśya paśya hi tanvaṅgī hayaṃ sarvatra pāṇḍuram .. 72.13 ..

> seeing the horse Uccaiḥśravas endowed with the speed of thought, \[said:\]  
> 'Look, look, slender-limbed one, at the horse white all over,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.14)

dhāvamānamaviśrāntaṃ javena manasopamam .  
taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasā cāśvamīrṣyābhāvena cābravīt .. 72.14 ..

> running without rest, comparable in speed to thought!'  
> Seeing that horse suddenly, \[Kadrū\] spoke with feelings of envy:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.15)

kadrūruvāca -  
brūhi bhadre sahasrāṃśoraśvaḥ kiṃvarṇako bhavet .  
ahaṃ bravīmi kṛṣṇo'yaṃ tvaṃ kiṃ vadasi tadvada .. 72.15 ..

> Kadrū said:  
> 'Tell me, fair one, of what color is the horse of the thousand-rayed \[sun\]?  
> I say this one is black; what do you say? Speak to that!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.16)

vinatovāca -  
paśyase nanu netraiśca kṛṣṇaṃ śvetaṃ na paśyasi .  
asatyabhāṣaṇādbhadre yamalokaṃ gamiṣyasi .. 72.16 ..

> Vinatā said:  
> 'Do you indeed see with your eyes black, and not see white?  
> From speaking untruth, fair one, you will go to the realm of Yama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.17)

satyānṛte tu vacane paṇastava mamaiva tu .  
sahasraṃ caiva varṣāṇāṃ dāsyahaṃ tava mandire .. 72.17 ..

> A wager between you and me upon true and false words:  
> for a thousand years I shall be a slave in your house,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.18)

asatyā yadi me vāṇī kṛṣṇa uccaiḥśravā yadi .  
tadāhaṃ tvadgṛhe dāsī bhavāmi sarpamātṛke .. 72.18 ..

> if my statement is false, if Uccaiḥśravas is black;  
> then I shall become a slave in your house, mother of serpents.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.19)

yadi uccaiḥśravāḥ śveto'haṃ dāsī ca tavaiva tu .  
evaṃ parasparaṃ dvābhyāṃ saṃvādo'yaṃ vyavardhata .. 72.19 ..

> \[Kadrū said:\] If Uccaiḥśravas is white, I alone shall be your slave!'  
> Thus between the two of them this dispute escalated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.20)

āśrameṣu gatā bālā rātrau cintāparā sthitā .  
bandhuvargasya kathitaṃ samastaṃ tadviceṣṭitam .. 72.20 ..

> The young woman, having gone to the hermitage, remained at night absorbed in anxiety.  
> She told her group of kinsmen all that had taken place.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.21)

putrāṇāṃ kathitaṃ pārtha paṇaṃ caiva mayā kṛtam .  
hāhākāraḥ kṛtaḥ sarpaiḥ śrutvā mātrā paṇaṃ kṛtam .. 72.21 ..

> \[She said,\] 'I have told my sons, O son of Pṛthā, that a wager was made by me.'  
> An outcry of woe was made by the serpents, hearing that a wager had been made by their mother.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.22)

jātā dāsī na sandehaḥ śveto bhāskaravāhanaḥ .  
uccaiḥśravā hayaḥ śveto na kṛṣṇo vidyate kvacit .. 72.22 ..

> \[They said,\] 'You have become a slave, there is no doubt! The mount of the sun is white.  
> The horse Uccaiḥśravas is white, nowhere is he black.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.23)

kadrūruvāca -  
yathāhaṃ na bhave dāsī tatkāryaṃ ca vicintyatām .  
viśadhvaṃ romakūpeṣu hyuccaiḥśravahayasya tu .. 72.23 ..

> Kadrū said:  
> 'Devise that action so that I do not become a slave!  
> Enter into the hair-pores of the horse Uccaiḥśravas  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.24)

ekaṃ muhūrtamātraṃ tu yāvatkṛṣṇaḥ sa dṛśyate .  
kṣaṇamātreṇa caikena dāsī sā bhavate mama .. 72.24 ..

> for just the span of a muhūrta, so long as he is seen as black.  
> And in just a single moment she will become my slave.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.25)

dāsīṃ kṛtvā tu tāṃ tanvīṃ vinatāṃ satyagarvitām .  
tataḥ svasthānagāḥ sarve bhaviṣyatha yathāsukham .. 72.25 ..

> Having made that slender Vinatā, proud of truth, into a slave,  
> then, going to your own places, all of you will dwell as you please.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.26)

sarpā ūcuḥ .  
yathā tvaṃ jananī cāmba sarveṣāṃ bhuvi pūjitā .  
tathā sāpi viśeṣeṇa vañcitavyā na mātaraḥ .. 72.26 ..

> The serpents said:  
> 'Just as you are a mother, O mother, worshipped by all on earth,  
> so also is she especially; mothers are not to be deceived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.27)

mātā ca pitṛbhāryā ca mātṛmātā pitāmahī .  
karmaṇā manasā vācā hitaṃ tāsāṃ samācaret .. 72.27 ..

> A mother, a father's wife, a mother's mother, and a father's mother—  
> one should act for their welfare in deed, thought, and speech.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.28)

sā tatastena vākyena kruddhā kālānalopamā .  
mama vākyamakurvāṇā ye kecidbhuvi pannagāḥ .. 72.28 ..

> She then, at that speech, enraged like the fire of cosmic dissolution, \[said:\]  
> 'Whosoever serpents on earth do not perform my word,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.29)

havyavāhamukhe sarve te yāsyantyavicāritam .  
mātustadvacanaṃ śrutvā sarve caiva bhujaṅgamāḥ .. 72.29 ..

> they shall all enter the mouth of the fire without hesitation!'  
> Hearing that speech of their mother, all the serpents—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.30)

kecitpraviṣṭā romeṣu uccaiḥśravahayasya ca .  
naṣṭāḥ keciddaśadiśaṃ kadrūśāpabhayāttataḥ .. 72.30 ..

> some entered the hairs of the horse Uccaiḥśravas,  
> while some fled in the ten directions out of fear of Kadrū's curse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.31)

kecidgaṅgājale naṣṭāḥ kecinnaṣṭāḥ sarasvatīm .  
kecinmahodadhau līnāḥ praviṣṭā vindhyakandare .. 72.31 ..

> Some fled into the waters of the Gaṅgā, some fled to the Sarasvatī,  
> some hid in the great ocean, or entered caves of the Vindhya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.32)

āśritya narmadātoye maṇināgottamo nṛpa .  
tapaścacāra vipulamuttare narmadātaṭe .. 72.32 ..

> Resorting to the waters of the Narmadā, O king, Maṇināga, the best \[of snakes\],  
> performed vast austerity on the northern bank of the Narmadā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.33)

mātṛśāpabhayātpārtha dhyāyate kāmanāśanam .  
acchedyamapratarkyaṃ ca vināśotpattivarjitam .. 72.33 ..

> Out of fear of his mother's curse, O son of Pṛthā, he meditated upon the destroyer of desires,  
> who is indivisible, inconceivable, and devoid of destruction and origination.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.34)

vāyubhakṣaḥ śataṃ sāgraṃ tadardhaṃ ravivīkṣakaḥ .  
evaṃ dhyānaratasyaiva pratyakṣastripurāntakaḥ .. 72.34 ..

> Eating only wind for more than a hundred \[years\], and for half of that gazing at the sun,  
> to him who was thus engaged in meditation, the destroyer of Tripura became visible to the eyes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.35)

sādhu sādhu mahābhāga sattvavāṃstu bhujaṃgama .  
tvayā bhaktyā gṛhīto'haṃ prītaste hyurageśvara .  
varaṃ yācaya me kṣipraṃ yaste manasi vartate .. 72.35 ..

> 'Well done, well done, highly fortunate one, steadfast serpent!  
> I have been captured by you with devotion, and I am pleased with you, O lord of serpents.  
> Quickly ask of me the boon that is in your mind!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.36)

maṇināga uvāca -  
mātṛśāpabhayānnātha kliṣṭo'haṃ narmadātaṭe .  
tvatprasādena me nātha mātṛśāpo bhavedvṛthā .. 72.36 ..

> Maṇināga said:  
> 'Out of fear of my mother's curse, O Lord, I have suffered on the bank of the Narmadā.  
> By your grace, O Lord, may my mother's curse become vain.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.37)

īśvara uvāca -  
havyavāhamukhaṃ vatsa na prāpsyasi mamājñayā .  
mama loke nivāsaśca tava putra bhaviṣyati .. 72.37 ..

> Īśvara said:  
> 'You will not reach the mouth of the fire, my child, by my command;  
> and your dwelling, O son, shall be in my realm.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.38)

maṇināga uvāca -  
atra sthāne mahādeva sthīyatāmaṃśabhāgataḥ .  
sahasrāṃśena bhāgena sthīyatāṃ narmadājale .  
upakārāya lokānāṃ mama nāmnaiva śaṅkara .. 72.38 ..

> Maṇināga said:  
> 'In this place, O Mahādeva, please remain by a portion of a part;  
> by a thousandth part please remain in the water of the Narmadā,  
> for the benefit of the worlds, under my name, O Śaṅkara!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.39)

īśvara uvāca -  
sthāpayasva paraṃ liṅgamājñayā mama pannaga .  
ityuktvāntarhito devo jagāma hyumayā saha .. 72.39 ..

> Īśvara said:  
> 'Establish the supreme liṅga by my command, O serpent.'  
> Having spoken thus, the god disappeared and went away with Umā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.40)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tatra tīrthe tu ye gatvā śuciprayatamānasāḥ .  
pañcamyāṃ vā caturdaśyāmaṣṭamyāṃ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ .. 72.40 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> Those who, having gone to that sacred ford with purified and restrained minds,  
> on the fifth, fourteenth, or eighth day of the bright or dark fortnights,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.41)

arcayanti sadā pārtha nopasarpanti te yamam .  
dadhnā ca madhunā caiva ghṛtena kṣīrayogataḥ .. 72.41 ..

> ever worship \[it\], O son of Pṛthā, do not approach Yama.  
> With curd, honey, ghee, and mixed with milk,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.42)

snāpayanti virūpākṣamumādehārdhadhāriṇam .  
kāmāṅgadahanaṃ devamaghāsuraniṣūdanam .. 72.42 ..

> they bathe the uneven-eyed one who bears half of Umā's body,  
> the god who burned the body of Kāma, the destroyer of the demon Agha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.43)

snāpyamānaṃ ca ye bhaktvā paśyanti parameśvaram .  
te yānti ca pare loke sarvapāpavivarjitaiḥ .. 72.43 ..

> And those who with devotion behold the Supreme Lord while he is being bathed, / go to the highest world, freed from all sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.44)

śrāddhaṃ preteṣu ye pārtha cāṣṭamyāṃ pañcamīṣu ca .  
brāhmaṇaiśca sadā yogyairvedapāṭhakacintakaiḥ .. 72.44 ..

> Those who, O son of Pṛthā, perform a śrāddha for the deceased on the eighth or fifth lunar days, / with worthy brahmins who constantly study and contemplate the Vedas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.45)

svadāranirataiḥ ślakṣṇaiḥ paradāravivarjitaiḥ .  
ṣaṭkarmanirataistāta śūdrapreṣaṇavarjitaiḥ .. 72.45 ..

> devoted to their own wives, gentle, avoiding other men's wives, / dedicated to the six rites, dear one, and free from sending Śūdras \[on their errands\]—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.46)

khañjāśca dardurāḥ ṣaṇḍhā vārddhuṣyāśca kṛṣīvalāḥ .  
bhinnavṛttikarāḥ putra niyojyā na kadācana .. 72.46 ..

> the lame, the stammerers, eunuchs, usurers, farmers, / and those engaged in improper conduct, O son, must never be engaged.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.47)

vṛṣalīmandire yasya mahiṣīṃ yastu pālayet .  
sa vipro dūratastyājyo vrate śrāddhe narādhipa .. 72.47 ..

> He in whose house lives a low-caste woman, or who keeps a buffalo-cow— / that brahmin must be avoided from afar in vows and śrāddhas, O lord of men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.48)

kāṇāṣṭuṃṭāśca maṇṭāśca vedapāṭhavivarjitāḥ .  
na te pūjyā dvijāḥ pārtha maṇināgeśvare śubhe .. 72.48 ..

> The one-eyed, those with crippled hands, the blunt-fingered, and those bereft of Vedic study— / these twice-born men should not be honored at auspicious Maṇināgeśvara, O son of Pṛthā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.49)

yadīcchedūrdhvagamanamātmanaḥ pitṛbhiḥ saha .  
sarvāṅgarucirāṃ dhenuṃ yo dadyādagrajanmane .. 72.49 ..

> If one should desire upward ascent for oneself together with one's ancestors, / one should give a cow handsome in all limbs to a twice-born first-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.50)

sa yāti paramaṃ lokaṃ yāvadābhūtasamplavam .  
tataḥ svargāccyutaḥ so'pi jāyate vimale kule .. 72.50 ..

> He goes to the supreme world until the dissolution of all beings; / then, falling from heaven, he is born into a pure family.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.51)

ye paśyanti paraṃ bhaktyā maṇināgeśvaraṃ nṛpa .  
na teṣāṃ jāyate vaṃśe pannagānāṃ bhayaṃ nṛpa .. 72.51 ..

> Those who behold Maṇināgeśvara with supreme devotion, O king— / no fear of serpents arises in their lineage, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.52)

pannagaḥ śaṅkate teṣāṃ maṇināgapradarśanāt .  
sauparṇarūpiṇaste vai dṛśyante nāgamaṇḍale .. 72.52 ..

> A serpent fears them from the sight of Maṇināga; / they appear in the serpent-realm with the form of Garuḍa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.53)

phalāni caiva dānānāṃ śṛṇuṣvātha nṛpottama .  
annaṃ saṃskārasaṃyuktaṃ ye dadante narottamāḥ .. 72.53 ..

> Now hear the fruits of gifts, O best of kings: / those best of men who give food prepared with rituals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.54)

toyaṃ śayyāṃ tathā chatraṃ kanyāṃ dāsīṃ subhāṣiṇīm .  
pātre deyaṃ yato rājan yadīcchecchreya ātmanaḥ .. 72.54 ..

> water, a bed, likewise a parasol, a maiden, and an eloquent maidservant— / it should be given to a worthy recipient, O king, if one desires one's own welfare.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.55)

surabhīṇi ca puṣpāṇi gandhavastrāṇi dāpayet .  
dīpaṃ dhānyaṃ gṛhaṃ śubhraṃ sarvopaskarasaṃyutam .. 72.55 ..

> One should cause fragrant flowers, scented garments to be given, / a lamp, grain, and a bright house equipped with all furnishings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.56)

ye dadante paraṃ bhaktyā te vrajanti triviṣṭapam .  
maṇināge nṛpaśreṣṭha yacca dānaṃ pradīyate .. 72.56 ..

> Those who give with supreme devotion go to heaven. / Whatever gift is given at Maṇināga, O best of kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.57)

tasya dānasya bhāvena svarge vāso bhaveddhruvam .  
pātakāni pralīyante āmapātre yathā jalam .. 72.57 ..

> by the power of that gift, residence in heaven is certain to result; / sins dissolve away like water in an unbaked pot.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.58)

narmadātoyasaṃsiddhaṃ bhojyaṃ vipre dadāti yaḥ .  
so'pi pāpairvinirmuktaḥ krīḍate daivataiḥ saha .. 72.58 ..

> He who gives food prepared with Narmadā water to a brahmin, / is also freed from sins and sports with the deities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.59)

tataḥ svargacyutānāṃ hi lakṣaṇaṃ pravadāmyaham .  
dīrghāyuṣo jīvaputrā dhanavantaḥ suśobhanāḥ .. 72.59 ..

> Now I will state the characteristics of those fallen from heaven: / long-lived, with living sons, wealthy, handsome,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.60)

sarvavyādhivinirmuktāḥ sutabhṛtyaiḥ samanvitāḥ .  
tyāgino bhogasaṃyuktā dharmākhyānaratāḥ sadā .. 72.60 ..

> freed from all diseases, accompanied by sons and servants, / generous, endowed with enjoyments, constantly devoted to sacred narratives,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.61)

devadvijagurorbhaktāstīrthasevāparāyaṇāḥ .  
mātāpitṛvaśā nityaṃ drohakrodhavivarjitāḥ .. 72.61 ..

> devoted to gods, brahmins, and gurus, intent on serving sacred fords, / always obedient to mother and father, free from malice and wrath—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.62)

ebhireva guṇairyuktā ye narāḥ pāṇḍunandana .  
satyaṃ te svargādāyātāḥ svarge vāsaṃ vrajanti te .. 72.62 ..

> men endowed with these very virtues, O son of Pāṇḍu, / have truly arrived from heaven, and they go to dwell in heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.63)

sarvatīrthavaraṃ tīrthaṃ maṇināgaṃ nṛpottama .  
tīrthākhyānamidaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādapi .. 72.63 ..

> Maṇināga is the best sacred ford of all sacred fords, O best of kings. / Whoever recites or listens to this holy narrative of the sacred ford,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.64)

so'pi pāpairvinirmuktaḥ śivaloke mahīyate .  
na viṣaṃ kramate teṣāṃ vicaranti yathecchayā .. 72.64 ..

> freed from sins, he also is glorified in the world of Śiva. / Poison does not affect them; they wander as they please.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.65)

bhādrapadyāṃ ca yatṣaṣṭhyāṃ puṇyaṃ sūryasya darśane .  
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti ākhyānaśravaṇena tu .. 72.65 ..

> Whatever merit is obtained on the sixth day of Bhādrapada by the sight of the sun, / that fruit he obtains merely by listening to this narrative.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.72.65\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.72.65_2)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe maṇināgeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma dvisaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the seventy-second chapter, titled 'Description of the Glory of Maṇināgeśvara Sacred Ford,' in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, 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.6.3.72.p1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.72.1) — Sanskrit
- [Ratnamālāvadāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.ratnamalavadana.29.64.p1) — Sanskrit

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