[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) › 6.3.74 # Skandapurana 6.3.74 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.74 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.74.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.74.p1) adhyāya 74 > Chapter 74 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.74.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.74.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - revāyā uttare kūle tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam . sarvapāpaharaṃ martye nāmnā vai gautameśvaram .. 74.1 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: > On the northern bank of the Revā is an exceedingly beautiful sacred ford > that removes all sin in the mortal world, named indeed Gautameśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.74.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.74.2) sthāpitaṃ gautamenaiva lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā . svargasopānarūpaṃ tu tīrthaṃ puṃsāṃ yudhiṣṭhira .. 74.2 .. > It was established by Gautama himself, desiring the welfare of all people; > it is like a staircase to heaven for men, O Yudhiṣṭhira. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.74.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.74.3) tatra gaccha paraṃ bhaktyā yatra devo jagadguruḥ . pātakasya vināśārthaṃ svargavāsapradastathā .. 74.3 .. > Go there with supreme devotion, where the god, the teacher of the universe, resides, > for the destruction of sin, bestowing residence in heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.74.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.74.4) saubhāgyavarddhanaṃ tīrthaṃ jayadaṃ duḥkhanāśanam . piṇḍadānena caikena kulānāmuddharettrayam .. 74.4 .. > It is a sacred ford that increases fortune, grants victory, and destroys sorrow; > and by a single offering of a piṇḍa, one delivers three lineages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.74.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.74.5) yatkiṃciddīyate bhaktyā svalpaṃ vā yadi vā bahu . tatsarvaṃ śatasāhasramājñayā gautamasya hi .. 74.5 .. > Whatever is given with devotion, whether small or great, > all of that becomes a hundred-thousandfold, indeed by the command of Gautama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.74.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.74.6) tīrthānāṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ svayaṃ rudreṇa bhāṣitam .. 74.6 .. > It is the supreme sacred ford among sacred fords, spoken by Rudra himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.74.6\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.74.6_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcamāvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe gautameśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma catuḥsaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the seventy-fourth chapter, titled 'Description of the Gautameśvara-tīrtha-māhātmya', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth \[part, the\] Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, 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.6.3.74.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.74.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.74) · Pramāṇa