[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) › 6.3.75 # Skandapurana 6.3.75 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.75 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.75.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.75.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - narmadādakṣiṇe kūle tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam . śaṅkhacūḍasya nāmnā vai prasiddhaṃ bhūmimaṇḍale .. 75.1 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: > On the southern bank of the Narmadā is an exceedingly splendid sacred ford, / well known in the circle of the earth by the name of Śaṅkhacūḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.75.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.75.2) śaṅkhacūḍaḥ svayaṃ tatra saṃsthitaḥ pāṇḍunandana . vainateyabhayātpārtha sukhadanarmadātaṭe .. 75.2 .. > Śaṅkhacūḍa himself stayed there, O son of Pāṇḍu, / through fear of Garuḍa, O son of Pṛthā, on the delight-giving bank of the Narmadā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.75.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.75.3) tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā śucirbhūtvā samāhitaḥ . snāpayecchaṅkhacūḍaṃ tu kṣīrakṣaudreṇa sarpiṣā .. 75.3 .. > Whoever, having become pure and concentrated in mind, with devotion at that sacred ford / bathes Śaṅkhacūḍa with milk, honey, and clarified butter, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.75.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.75.4) rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryāddevasyāgre narādhipa . dadhibhaktena sampūjya brāhmaṇāñchaṃsitavratān . gopradāne dvijendro'yaṃ sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaraḥ .. 75.4 .. > should keep a night vigil before the god, O ruler of men. / Having honoured with curd and boiled rice brahmins of praised vows, / this best of twice-borns, upon the gift of a cow, effects the destruction of all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.75.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.75.5) tasmiṃstīrthe tu yaḥ pārtha sarpadaṣṭaṃ pratarpayet . sa yāti paramaṃ lokaṃ śaṅkarasya vaco yathā .. 75.5 .. > Whoever, O son of Pṛthā, makes water offerings at that sacred ford for one bitten by a snake, / goes to the supreme realm, according to the word of Śaṅkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.75.5\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.75.5_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe śaṅkhacūḍatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the seventy-fifth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Śaṅkhacūḍa Tīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth, Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.75.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.75.1) — Sanskrit - [Devīrahasya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.rudra.devirahasya.78.322) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.75) · Pramāṇa