[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) › 6.3.84 # Skandapurana 6.3.84 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.84 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.84.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.p1) adhyāya 84 > Chapter 84 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - atraivodāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam . kailāse pṛcchate bhaktyā ṣaṇmukhāya śivoditam .. 84.1 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / In this very context they cite this ancient history, / spoken by Śiva to the six-faced \[Skanda\] who asked with devotion on Kailāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.2) īśvara uvāca - pūrvaṃ tretāyuge skanda hato rāmeṇa rāvaṇaḥ . caturdaśa tadā koṭyo nihatā brahmarakṣasām .. 84.2 .. > Īśvara said: / Formerly, in the Tretā age, O Skanda, Rāvaṇa was slain by Rāma; / fourteen crores of brahmarākṣasas were slaughtered then. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.3) hateṣu teṣu vai tatra rakṣaṇāya divaukasām . mahānandastadā jātastriṣu lokeṣu putraka .. 84.3 .. > When they were slain there for the protection of the celestials, / great joy arose in the three worlds at that time, my dear child. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.4) tataḥ sītāṃ samāsādya samaṃ vānarapuṃgavaiḥ . rāmo'pyayodhyāmāyāto bharatena kṛtotsavaḥ . tasmai samarpayāmāsa sa rājyaṃ lakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ .. 84.4 .. > Then, having obtained Sītā together with the eminent monkeys, / Rāma, too, came to Ayodhyā, celebrated with festivities by Bharata; / that elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa handed over the kingdom to him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.5) tasminpraśāsati tato rājyaṃ nihatakaṇṭakam . kṛtakāryo'tha hanumānkailāsamagātpurā .. 84.5 .. > While he was ruling the kingdom from which thorns had been eliminated, / Hanumān, having accomplished his task, went in ancient times to Kailāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.6) tato nandī pratīhāro rudrāṃśamapi taṃ kapim . na ca saṃgamayāmāsa rudreṇāghaughahāriṇā .. 84.6 .. > Then Nandī, the gatekeeper, did not permit that monkey, / even though an incarnation of Rudra, to meet with Rudra, the remover of multitudes of sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.7) tena pṛṣṭastadā nandī kiṃ mayā pātakaṃ kṛtam . yena rudravapuḥ puṇyaṃ na paśyāmyambikānvitam .. 84.7 .. > Asked by him then, Nandī \[was questioned\]: "What sin have I committed, / because of which I do not behold the holy form of Rudra accompanied by Ambikā?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.8) nandyuvāca - tvayāvataraṇaṃ cakre kapīndrāmarahetunā . tathāpi hi kṛtaṃ pāpamupabhogena śāmyati .. 84.8 .. > Nandī said: / "You took incarnation for the sake of the immortal gods, O lord of monkeys; / even so, the sin that was committed is extinguished only through experiencing \[its fruit\]." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.9) hanumānuvāca - kiṃ mayākāri tatpāpaṃ nandindevārthakāriṇā . rākṣasāśca hatā duṣṭā viprayajñāṅgaghātinaḥ .. 84.9 .. > Hanumān said: / "What sin was committed by me, O Nandī, acting for the sake of the gods? / Wicked rākṣasas were slain, who disrupted the sacrifices and the bodies of brahmins." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.10) tatastadālāpakutūhalī haro nijāṃśabhājaṃ kapimugratejasam . uvāca dvārāntaradattadṛṣṭiḥ puraḥsthitaṃ prekṣya kapīśvaraṃ punaḥ .. 84.10 .. > Then, curious about that conversation, Hara, directing his gaze through the doorway, / spoke again to that monkey of fierce splendor who was a share of himself, seeing the lord of monkeys standing before him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.11) īśvara uvāca - gaṅgā gayā kape revā yamunā ca sarasvatī . sarvapāpaharā nadyastāsu snānaṃ samācara .. 84.11 .. > Īśvara said: / "The Gaṅgā, Gayā, O monkey, the Revā, the Yamunā, and the Sarasvatī— / these rivers remove all sins; perform ritual ablution in them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.12) narmadādakṣiṇe kūle tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam . somanāthasamīpasthaṃ tatra tvaṃ gaccha vānara .. 84.12 .. > On the southern bank of the Narmadā is a most beautiful sacred ford / situated near Somanātha; go there, O monkey. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.13) tatra snātvā mahāpāpaṃ gamiṣyati mamājñayā . utpatya vegāddhanumāñchrīrevādakṣiṇe taṭe .. 84.13 .. > Having bathed there, your great sin will depart by my command." / Leaping with speed to the southern bank of the glorious Revā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.14) jagāma sumahānādastapaścakre suduṣkaram . tasya vai tapyamānasya rakṣovadhakṛtaṃ tamaḥ .. 84.14 .. > he went, uttering a tremendous roar, and performed very arduous austerity. / As he was performing austerity, the darkness caused by the killing of the rākṣasas > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.15) vilīnaṃ pārtha kālena kiyateśaprasādataḥ . tato devaiḥ samaṃ devastattīrthamagamaddharaḥ .. 84.15 .. > dissolved in time, O son of Pṛthā, to some extent by the grace of the Lord. / Then the god Hara, along with the gods, went to that sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.16) kapimāliṅgayāmāsa varaṃ tasmai pradattavān . adyaprabhṛti te tīrthaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ .. 84.16 .. > He embraced the monkey and granted him a boon: / "From this day forward, this sacred ford shall be yours; there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.17) kapitīrthaṃ tato jātaṃ tasthau tatra svayaṃ haraḥ . hanūmanteśvaro nāmnā sarvahatyāharastadā .. 84.17 .. > Thereupon Kapitīrtha came to be, and Hara himself remained there / by the name Hanūmanteśvara, removing all slaughter at that time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.18) tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā bhaktyā liṅgaṃ prapūjayet . sarvapāpāni naśyanti harasya vacanaṃ yathā .. 84.18 .. > Whoever, having bathed in that sacred ford, worships the liṅga with devotion, / all his sins are destroyed, according to the word of Hara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.19) tatrāsthīni vilīyante piṇḍadāne'kṣayā gatiḥ . yatkiṃciddīyate tatra taddhi koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet .. 84.19 .. > There bones dissolve, and in the offering of funeral balls there is an imperishable destination. / Whatever little is given there becomes multiplied ten-millionfold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.20) hanumānapyayodhyāyāṃ rāmaṃ draṣṭumathāgamat . cakāra kuśalapraśnaṃ svasvarūpaṃ nyavedayat .. 84.20 .. > Hanumān also went to Ayodhyā to see Rāma; / he inquired after his welfare and revealed his true nature. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.21) śrīrāma uvāca - kurvato devakāryaṃ te mama kāryaṃ ca kurvataḥ . tato'hamapi pāpīyāṃstapastapsyāmyasaṃśayam .. 84.21 .. > Glorious Rāma said: / "While you were doing the work of the gods and doing my work, / \[it was on my account\]; therefore I too, being sinful, will perform austerity without doubt." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.22) tatraiva dakṣiṇe kūle revāyāḥ pāpahāriṇi . caturviṃśativarṣāṇi tapastepe'tha rāghavaḥ .. 84.22 .. > Right there on the southern bank of the Revā, which removes sin, / the descendant of Raghu then performed austerity for twenty-four years, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.23) jyotiṣmatīpurīsaṃsthaḥ śrīrevāsnānamācaran . tasya śuśrūṣaṇaṃ cakre lakṣmaṇo'pi tadājñayā .. 84.23 .. > residing in the city of Jyotiṣmatī and performing ritual ablution in the glorious Revā. / Lakṣmaṇa too attended upon him by his command. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.24) sthāpayāmāsaturliṅge tau tadā rāmalakṣmaṇau . prabhāvātsatyatapaso revātīre mahāmatī . niṣpāpatāṃ tadā vīrau jagmatū rāmalakṣmaṇau .. 84.24 .. > Then both of them, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, installed liṅgas. / By the power of their true austerity on the bank of the Revā, those two wise heroes, / Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, then attained sinlessness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.25) tatastadā devapurogamo haro gato hi vai puṇyamunīśvaraiḥ saha . āgatya tīrthaṃ ca varaṃ dadau tadā nijāṃ kalāṃ tatra vimucya tīrthe .. 84.25 .. > Then Hara, leading the gods, went indeed along with the holy lords of sages; / having arrived at the sacred ford, he then granted a boon, leaving his own portion there in that sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.26) munibhiḥ sarvatīrthānāṃ kṣiptaṃ kumbhodakaṃ bhuvi . ekasthaṃ liṅganāmātha kalākumbhastathābhavat .. 84.26 .. > Water from pitchers containing all the sacred fords was poured on the earth by the sages; / gathered in one place, the name of the liṅga then became Kalākumbha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.27) kumbheśvara iti khyātastadā devagaṇārcitaḥ . rāmo'pi pūjayāmāsa talliṅgaṃ devasevivatam .. 84.27 .. > Known as Kumbheśvara, he was worshipped at that time by the hosts of gods. / Rāma too worshipped that liṅga attended by the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.28) tato varaṃ dadau devo rāmakīrtyabhivṛddhaye . caturviṃśatime varṣe rāmo niṣpāpatāṃ gataḥ .. 84.28 .. > Then the god granted a boon for the increase of Rāma's renown. / In the twenty-fourth year, Rāma attained sinlessness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.29) yadā kanyāgataḥ paṅgurguruṇā sahito bhavet . tadeva devayātreyamiti devā jagurmudā .. 84.29 .. > When the lame planet \[Saturn\] enters Virgo together with Jupiter, / exactly then is this pilgrimage to the gods; thus the gods proclaimed with joy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.30) yathā godāvarītīrthe sarvatīrthaphalaṃ bhavet . tathātra revāsnānena liṅgānāṃ darśanairnṛṇām .. 84.30 .. > Just as the fruit of all sacred fords is obtained at the sacred ford of the Godāvarī, / so it is here for men through ritual ablution in the Revā and darśana of the liṅgas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.31) kariṣyantyatra ye śrāddhaṃ pitṝṇāṃ narmadātaṭe . kumbheśvarasamīpasthāstatphalaṃ śṛṇu ṣaṇmukha .. 84.31 .. > Those who perform a śrāddha here for the ancestors on the bank of the Narmadā, / remaining near Kumbheśvara—hear the fruit of that, O six-faced one: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.32) yāvanto romakūpāḥ syuḥ śarīre sarvadehinām . tāvadvarṣapramāṇena pitṝṇāmakṣayā gatiḥ .. 84.32 .. > As many pores of the skin as there are on the body of all embodied beings, / for a measure of years equal to that, there is an imperishable destination for the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.33) pṛthivyāṃ devatāḥ sarvāḥ sarvatīrthāni yāni tu . labhante tatphalaṃ martyā liṅgatrayavilokanāt .. 84.33 .. > Whatever deities and whatever sacred fords there are on the earth, / mortals obtain the fruit of them all from seeing the three liṅgas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.34) aputro labhate putraṃ nirdhano dhanamāpnuyāt . sarogo mucyate rogānnātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 84.34 .. > One without a son obtains a son; one without wealth obtains wealth; / a sick person is freed from disease; no doubt should be entertained here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.35) siṃharāśiṃ gate jīve yatsyādgodāvarīphalam . taddvādaśaguṇaṃ skanda kumbheśvarasamīpataḥ .. 84.35 .. > Whatever fruit is attained at the Godāvarī when Jupiter enters the sign of Leo, / twelve times that is attained near Kumbheśvara, O Skanda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.36) ye jānanti na paśyanti kumbhaśambhumumāpatim . narmadādakṣiṇe kūle teṣāṃ janma nirarthakam .. 84.36 .. > Those who, knowing, do not behold Kumbha-Śambhu, the husband of Umā, / on the southern bank of the Narmadā—their birth is useless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.37) yathā godāvarīyātrā kartavyā muniśāsanāt . caturviṃśatime varṣe tatheyaṃ devabhāṣitam .. 84.37 .. > Just as a pilgrimage to the Godāvarī is to be made by ordinance of the sages / in the twenty-fourth year, so is this \[pilgrimage\] declared by the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.38) yāvaccandraśca sūryaśca yāvadvai divi tārakaḥ . tāvattadakṣayaṃ dānaṃ revākumbheśvarāntike .. 84.38 .. > As long as the moon and the sun, and as long indeed as the stars are in the sky, / so long does a gift given near Kumbheśvara on the Revā remain imperishable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.39) mahādānāni deyāni tatra laukairvicakṣaṇaiḥ . godānamatra śaṃsanti sauvarṇaṃ rājataṃ tathā .. 84.39 .. > Great gifts are to be given there by discerning people of the world; / they praise the gift of cows here, and likewise of gold and silver. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.40) yasyāḥ smaraṇamātreṇa naśyate pāpasañcayaḥ . snānena kiṃ punaḥ skanda brahmahatyāṃ vyapohati .. 84.40 .. > She by whose mere remembrance a multitude of sins is destroyed— / how much more by ritual ablution, O Skanda? It removes even the murder of a brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.41) tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā śrāddhaṃ kuryādyudhiṣṭhira . ekottaraṃ kulaśatamuddharecchivaśāsanāt .. 84.41 .. > Whoever bathes in that sacred ford and performs a śrāddha, O Yudhiṣṭhira, / delivers one hundred and one generations by the command of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.42) yāni kāni ca tīrthāni cāsamudrasarāṃsi ca . śivaliṅgārcanasyeha kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm .. 84.42 .. > Whatever sacred fords and lakes extending to the ocean there are, / they are not worth a sixteenth part of the worship of a liṅga of Śiva here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.43) evaṃ devā varaṃ dattvā harīśvarapurogamāḥ . svasthānamagaman pūrvaṃ muktvā tannāma cottamam .. 84.43 .. > Thus the gods, led by the lord Hara, having granted the boon, / went previously to their own abode, having pronounced that excellent name. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.44) tīrthasyāsya varaṃ dattvā sa rāmo lakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ . ayodhyāṃ praviveśāsau niṣpāpo narmadājalāt .. 84.44 .. > Having granted a boon to this sacred ford, that Rāma, the elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa, / entered Ayodhyā, made sinless by the water of the Narmadā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.45) sauvarṇīṃ ca tataḥ kṛtvā sītāṃ yajñaṃ cakāra saḥ . anumantrya munīṃllokāndevatāśca nijaṃ kulam .. 84.45 .. > And then, having made a golden Sītā, he performed the sacrifice, / having consulted the sages, the people, the deities, and his own family. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.46) purā tretāyuge jātaṃ tattīrthaṃ skandanāmakam . niyamena tato lokaiḥ kartavyaṃ liṅgadarśanam .. 84.46 .. > Long ago, in the Tretā age, that sacred ford named Skanda came into being; / therefore, darśana of the liṅga should be performed with regular observance by people. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.47) tāvatpāpāni deheṣu mahāpātakajānyapi . yāvanna prekṣate jantustattīrthaṃ devasevitam .. 84.47 .. > So long do sins remain in bodies, even those arising from heinous offences, / as long as a living being does not behold that sacred ford frequented by the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.48) te dhanyāste mahātmānasteṣāṃ janma sujīvitam . jyotiṣmatīpurīsaṃsthaṃ ye drakṣyanti haraṃ param .. 84.48 .. > They are blessed, they are great souls, their birth is well-lived, / who behold the supreme Hara residing in the city of Jyotiṣmatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.49) tasmānmohaṃ parityajya janairgantavyamādarāt . tīrthāśeṣaphalāvāptyai tīrthaṃ kumbheśvarāhvayam .. 84.49 .. > Therefore, abandoning delusion, people should go with reverence / to the sacred ford named Kumbheśvara, in order to attain the complete fruit of all sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.50) mārkaṇḍeya uvāca - śrutveti śambhuvacasā sa ṣaḍānano'tha natvā pituḥ padayugāmbujamādareṇa . samprāpya dakṣiṇataṭaṃ giriśasravantyāḥ kīśāgryarāmakalaśākhyaśivān dadarśa .. 84.50 .. > Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Having heard these words of Śambhu, the six-faced one bowed with reverence to his father's pair of lotus feet; / reaching the southern bank of the river of the mountain-lord, he beheld the Śivas known as the foremost of monkeys, Rāma, and Kalaśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.84.50\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84.50_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe kapitīrtharāmeśvaralakṣmaṇeśvarakumbheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma caturaśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the eighty-fourth chapter, named Description of the Māhātmya of Kapitīrtha, Rāmeśvara, Lakṣmaṇeśvara, and Kumbheśvara, 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.6.3.84.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.84.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.84) · Pramāṇa