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# Skandapurana 6.3.85

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.85

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.85.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.p1)

adhyāya 85

> Chapter 85  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tato gacchettu rājendra narmadāyāḥ purātanam .  
brahmahatyāharaṃ tīrthaṃ vārāṇasyā samaṃ hi tat .. 85.1 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, O king of kings, one should go to the ancient \[sacred ford\] of the Narmadā, / the sacred ford that removes the sin of killing a brahmin; for it is equal to Vārāṇasī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.2)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
āścaryaṃ kathyatāṃ brahmanyadvṛttaṃ narmadātaṭe .  
vārāṇasyā samaṃ kasmādetatkathaya me prabho .. 85.2 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / Tell me the wonder, O brahmin, that occurred on the bank of the Narmadā. / Why is it equal to Vārāṇasī? Tell me this, O lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.3)

nimagno duḥkhasaṃsāre hṛtarājyo dvijottama .  
yuṣmadvāṇījalasnāto nirduḥkhaḥ saha bāndhavaiḥ .. 85.3 ..

> Plunged into the miserable cycle of existence, robbed of my kingdom, O best of brahmins, / I am cleansed of sorrow along with my kinsmen, having bathed in the water of your words.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.4)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
sādhu sādhu mahābāho somavaṃśavibhūṣaṇa .  
pṛṣṭo'smi durlabhaṃ tīrthaṃ guhyādguhyataraṃ param .. 85.4 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Well said, well said, O mighty-armed one, ornament of the lunar dynasty! / I have been asked about a rare sacred ford, the highest, more secret than the secret.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.5)

ādau pitāmahastāvatsamastajagataḥ prabhuḥ .  
manasā tasya saṃjātā daśaiva ṛṣipuṃgavāḥ .. 85.5 ..

> In the beginning was the Grandfather, the lord of the entire universe; / from his mind were born ten bull-like seers alone:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.6)

marīcimatryaṅgirasau pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum .  
pracetasaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ ca bhṛguṃ nāradameva ca .. 85.6 ..

> Marīci, Atri, and Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, / Pracetas and Vasiṣṭha, and Bhṛgu and Nārada.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.7)

jajñe prācetasaṃ dakṣaṃ mahātejāḥ prajāpatiḥ .  
dakṣasyāpi tathā jātāḥ pañcāśadduhitāḥ kila .. 85.7 ..

> The prajāpati Dakṣa of great splendour was born from Pracetas; / to Dakṣa also were born fifty daughters, as is told.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.8)

dadau sa daśa dharmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa .  
tathaiva sa mahābhāgaḥ saptaviṃśatimindave .. 85.8 ..

> He gave ten to Dharma, thirteen to Kaśyapa, / and likewise that fortunate one gave twenty-seven to the moon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.9)

rohiṇī nāma yā tāsāmabhīṣṭā sābhavadvidhoḥ .  
śeṣāsu karuṇāṃ kṛtvā śapto dakṣeṇa candramāḥ .. 85.9 ..

> She among them named Rohiṇī became the moon's beloved; / having taken pity on the others, Dakṣa cursed the moon.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.10)

kṣayarogyabhavaccandro dakṣasyāyaṃ prajāpateḥ .  
sa ca śāpaprabhāveṇa nistejāḥ śarvarīpatiḥ .. 85.10 ..

> The moon became afflicted with consumption through this prajāpati Dakṣa; / and by the power of the curse, the lord of night was stripped of his lustre.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.11)

gataḥ pitāmahaṃ somo vepamāno'mṛtāṃśumān .  
padmayone namastubhyaṃ vedagarbha namo'stu te .  
śaraṇaṃ tvāṃ prasanno'smi pāhi māṃ kamalāsana .. 85.11 ..

> Soma, the nectar-rayed one, trembling, went to the Grandfather: / “Homage to you, lotus-born one! Homage to you whose womb is the Veda! / Pleased \[with me\], I have taken refuge in you; protect me, O lotus-seated one!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.12)

brahmovāca -  
nistejāḥ śarvarīnātha kalāhīnaśca dṛśyase .  
udvignamānasastāta saṃjātaḥ kena hetunā .. 85.12 ..

> Brahmā said: / “O lord of night, you are seen stripped of lustre and devoid of crescent digits; / your mind is agitated, my child. For what reason has this happened?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.13)

soma uvāca -  
dakṣaśāpena me brahmannistejastvaṃ jagatpate .  
nirhāraścāsya śāpasya kathyatāṃ me pitāmaha .. 85.13 ..

> Soma said: / “By Dakṣa's curse I have lost my lustre, O Brahmā, O lord of the universe; / tell me, O Grandfather, the removal of this curse.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.14)

brahmovāca -  
sarvatra sulabhā revā triṣu sthāneṣu durlabhā .  
oṅkāre'tha bhṛgukṣetre tathā caivaurvasaṃgame .. 85.14 ..

> Brahmā said: / “The Revā is easy of access everywhere, \[but\] difficult of access in three places: / at Oṅkāra, in the Bhṛgukṣetra, and likewise at the confluence of the Aurva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.15)

tatra gaccha kṣapānātha yatra revāntaraṃ taṭam .  
tvarito'sau gatastatra yatra revaurvisaṃgamaḥ .. 85.15 ..

> Go there, O lord of night, to the further bank of the Revā.” / Hastily he went to where the confluence of the Revā and the Aurvā was.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.16)

kāṣṭhāvasthaḥ sthitaḥ somo dadhyau tripuravairiṇam .  
yāvadvarṣaśataṃ pūrṇaṃ tāvattuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ .. 85.16 ..

> Standing motionless like wood, Soma meditated on the foe of Tripura; / until a full hundred years \[had passed\], when Maheśvara was pleased.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.17)

pratyakṣaḥ somarājasya vṛṣāsana umāpatiḥ .  
sāṣṭāṅgaṃ praṇipatyoccairjaya śambho namo'stu te .. 85.17 ..

> The husband of Umā, seated on the bull, appeared before King Soma's eyes; / prostrating with eight limbs, \[Soma exclaimed\] loudly: “Hail, O Śambhu, homage to you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.18)

jaya śaṅkara pāpaharāya namo jaya īśvara te jagadīśa namaḥ .  
jaya vāsukibhūṣaṇadhāra namo jaya śūlakapāladharāya namaḥ .. 85.18 ..

> Hail, Śaṅkara, remover of sin, homage! Hail, Īśvara, homage to you, Lord of the Universe! / Hail, wearer of the Vāsuki ornament, homage! Hail, bearer of the trident and the skull, homage!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.19)

jaya andhakadehavināśa namo jaya dānavavṛndavadhāya namaḥ .  
jaya niṣkalarūpa sakalāya namo jaya kāla kāmadahāya namaḥ .. 85.19 ..

> Hail, destroyer of Andhaka's body, homage! Hail, slayer of the host of Dānavas, homage! / Hail, formless one having form, homage! Hail, Death, consumer of Kāma, homage!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.20)

jaya mecakakaṇṭhadharāya namo jaya sūkṣmanirañjanaśabda namaḥ .  
jaya ādiranādirananta namo jaya śaṅkara kiṃkaramīśa bhaja .. 85.20 ..

> Hail, bearer of the dark blue neck, homage! Hail, subtle unstained sound, homage! / Hail, beginning, beginningless, endless one, homage! Hail, Śaṅkara, O Lord, cherish your servant!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.21)

evaṃ stuto mahādevaḥ somarājena pāṇḍava .  
tuṣṭastasya nṛpaśreṣṭha śivayā śaṅkaro'bravīt .. 85.21 ..

> Puffed with praise in this way by King Soma, O Pāṇḍava, / Mahādeva Śaṅkara, pleased with him, spoke with Śivā, O best of kings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.22)

īśvara uvāca -  
varaṃ prārthaya me bhadra yatte manasi vartate .  
sādhu sādhu mahāsattva tuṣṭo'haṃ tapasā tava .. 85.22 ..

> Īśvara said: / “Ask a boon of me, good sir, whatever is in your mind. / Excellent, excellent, O one of great fortitude! I am pleased with your austerity.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.23)

soma uvāca -  
dakṣaśāpena dagdho'haṃ kṣīṇasattvo maheśvara .  
śāpasyopaśamaṃ deva kuru śarma mama prabho .. 85.23 ..

> Soma said: / “Burnt by Dakṣa's curse, I am drained of strength, O Maheśvara; / bring about an appeasement of the curse, O god; bestow peace upon me, O lord.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.24)

īśvara uvāca -  
tava bhaktigṛhīto'hamumayā saha toṣitaḥ .  
niṣpāpaḥ somanāthastvaṃ saṃjātastīrthasevanāt .. 85.24 ..

> Īśvara said: / “I have been won over by your devotion, pleased along with Umā; / you, the lord of the moon, have become free from sin by resorting to this sacred ford.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.25)

ityūce devadeveśaḥ kṣaṇaṃ dhyātvendunā tataḥ .  
sthāpitaṃ paramaṃ liṅgaṃ kāmadaṃ prāṇināṃ bhuvi .  
sarvaduḥkhaharaṃ tattu brahmahatyāvināśanam .. 85.25 ..

> So spoke the lord of the gods of gods; then, after meditating for a moment, / a supreme liṅga granting desires to living beings on earth was installed by the moon, / removing all sorrow and destroying the sin of killing a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.26)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
somanāthaprabhāvaṃ me saṃkṣepātkathaya prabho .  
duḥkhārṇavanimagnānāṃ trātā prāpto dvijottama .. 85.26 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / Tell me briefly, O lord, the power of Somanātha; / for those plunged into the ocean of sorrow, a saviour has arrived, O best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.27)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
śṛṇu tīrthaprabhāvaṃ te saṃkṣepātkathayāmyaham .  
yadvṛttamuttare kūle revāyā urisaṃgame .. 85.27 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Hear the power of the sacred ford; I will tell you briefly / what happened on the northern bank of the Revā at the confluence of the Urī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.28)

śambaro nāma rājābhūttasya putrastrilocanaḥ .  
trilocanasutaḥ kaṇvaḥ sa pāparddhiparo'bhavat .. 85.28 ..

> There was a king named Śambara; his son was Trilocana; / Trilocana's son was Kaṇva, and he was devoted to increasing his sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.29)

vane nityaṃ bhramanso'tha mṛgayūthaṃ dadarśa ha .  
mṛgayūthaṃ hataṃ tattu trilocanasutena ca .. 85.29 ..

> Wandering constantly in the forest, he saw a herd of deer; / that herd of deer was slain by Trilocana's son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.30)

mṛgarūpī dvijo madhye carate nirjane vane .  
sa hatastena saṅgena kaṇvena munisattama .. 85.30 ..

> A twice-born in the form of a deer was grazing in their midst in that solitary forest; / he was struck down alongside them by Kaṇva, O best of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.31)

brahmahatyānvitaḥ kaṇvo nistejā vyacaranmahīm .  
vyacaraṃścaiva samprāpto narmadāmurisaṃgame .. 85.31 ..

> Possessed by the sin of killing a brahmin, Kaṇva roamed the earth stripped of his lustre; / and roaming about, he arrived at the confluence of the Narmadā and the Urī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.32)

kiṃśukāśokabahale jambīrapanasākule .  
kadambapāṭalākīrṇe bilvanāraṅgaśobhite .. 85.32 ..

> \[It was\] dense with kiṃśuka and aśoka trees, filled with citron and breadfruit trees, / covered with kadamba and pāṭalā, adorned with bilva and orange trees,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.33)

ciñciṇīcampakopete hyagastitaruchādite .  
prabhūtabhūtasaṃyuktaṃ vanaṃ sarvatra śobhitam .. 85.33 ..

> provided with tamarind and campaka, and shaded by agasti trees; / the forest was adorned all around, filled with abundant living beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.34)

citrakairmṛgamārjārairhiṃsraiḥ śambaraśūkaraiḥ .  
śaśairgavayasaṃyuktaiḥ śikhaṇḍikharamaṇḍitam .. 85.34 ..

> with leopards, wildcats, ferocious boars, and śambara deer, / with hares along with wild oxen, and graced by peacocks and donkeys.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.35)

praviṣṭastu vane kaṇvastṛṣārtaḥ śramapīḍitaḥ .  
snāto revājale puṇye saṅgame pāpanāśane .. 85.35 ..

> Having entered the forest, Kaṇva, afflicted with thirst and tormented by fatigue, / bathed in the auspicious water of the Revā at the confluence that destroys sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.36)

arcitaḥ parayā bhaktyā somanātho yudhiṣṭhira .  
papau suvimalaṃ toyaṃ sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram .. 85.36 ..

> Somanātha was worshipped by him with supreme devotion, O Yudhiṣṭhira; / he drank the very pure water that brings about the destruction of all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.37)

phalāni ca vicitrāṇi cakhāda saha kiṃkaraiḥ .  
suptaḥ pādapacchāyāyāṃ śrānto mṛgavadhena ca .. 85.37 ..

> And he ate various fruits along with his servants. / Exhausted from killing the deer, he fell asleep in the shade of a tree.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.38)

tāvattīrthavaraṃ vipraḥ snānārthaṃ saṅgamaṃ gataḥ .  
mārgago brāhmaṇo harṣodyuktastadgatamānasaḥ .. 85.38 ..

> Meanwhile, a brahmin went to that confluence, the best of sacred fords, to bathe; / walking along the path, joyful and with his mind focused upon it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.39)

abalā tamuvācedaṃ tiṣṭha tiṣṭha dvijottama .  
trasto nirīkṣate yāvaddiśaḥ sarvā nareśvara .. 85.39 ..

> a woman said to him, "Halt, halt, best of the twice-born!" / While he, terrified, looked in all directions, O ruler of men,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.40)

tāvadvṛkṣasamārūḍhāṃ striyaṃ raktāmbarāvṛtām .  
raktamālyāṃ tadā bālāṃ raktacandanacarcitām .  
raktābharaṇaśobhāḍhyāṃ pāśahastāṃ dadarśa ha .. 85.40 ..

> he saw a young woman perched in a tree, clad in red garments, / wearing a red garland, smeared with red sandalwood paste, / adorned with radiant red ornaments, and holding a noose in her hand.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.41)

stryuvāca -  
saṃdeśaṃ śrūyatāṃ vipra yadi gacchasi saṅgame .  
madbhartā tiṣṭhate tatra śīghrameva visarjaya .. 85.41 ..

> The woman said: / "Hear a message, O brahmin, if you are going to the confluence: / My husband is staying there; send him away \[to me\] immediately.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.42)

ekākinī ca te bhāryā tiṣṭhate vanamadhyagā .  
ityākarṇya gato vipraḥ saṅgamaṃ suradurlabhe .. 85.42 ..

> And \[tell him,\] 'Your wife is staying all alone in the middle of the forest.'" / Having heard this, the brahmin went to the confluence that is hard even for gods to attain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.43)

vṛkṣacchāyānvitaḥ kaṇvo brāhmaṇenāvalokitaḥ .  
uvāca taṃ prati tadā vacanaṃ brāhmaṇottamaḥ .. 85.43 ..

> Resting in the shade of a tree, Kaṇva was seen by the brahmin. / Then that best of brahmins spoke these words to him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.44)

brāhmaṇa uvāca -  
vanāntare mayā dṛṣṭā bālā kamalalocanā .  
raktāmbaradharā tanvī raktacandanacarcitā .. 85.44 ..

> The brahmin said: / "In the middle of the forest I saw a slender, lotus-eyed maiden / wearing red garments, smeared with red sandalwood paste,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.45)

raktamālyā suśobhāḍhyā pāśahastā mṛgekṣaṇā .  
vṛkṣārūḍhāvadadvākyaṃ madbhartā preṣyatāmiti .. 85.45 ..

> wearing a red garland, exceedingly beautiful, holding a noose in her hand, with deer-like eyes; / seated in a tree, she spoke the words: 'Let my husband be sent \[to me\]!'"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.46)

kaṇva uvāca -  
kasminsthāne tu viprendra vidyate mṛgalocanā .  
kasya sā kena kāryeṇa sarvametadvadāśu me .. 85.46 ..

> Kaṇva said: / "In what place, O lord of brahmins, is that deer-eyed maiden? / Whose \[wife\] is she, and for what purpose? Tell me all this at once!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.47)

brāhmaṇa uvāca -  
saṅgamādardhakrośe sā udyānānte hi vidyate .  
vacanādbrahmaṇasyaiṣā na jñātā pārthivena tu .. 85.47 ..

> The brahmin said: / "She is indeed half a krośa from the confluence, at the edge of the garden." / By the words of the brahmin, the king did not recognize her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.48)

tadā sa kaṇvabhūpālaḥ svakaṃ dūtaṃ samādiśat .  
kaṇva uvāca -  
gaccha tvaṃ pṛcchatāṃ tāṃ kvāgatā kvaca gamiṣyasi .  
preṣitastvarito dūto gato nārīsamīpataḥ .. 85.48 ..

> Then that king Kaṇva instructed his own messenger: / Kaṇva said: / "Go, ask her: 'From where have you come, and where will you go?'" / Dispatched, the messenger hurried and went near the woman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.49)

vṛkṣasthāṃ dadṛśo bālāmuvāca nṛpasattama .  
mannāthaḥ pṛcchati tvāṃ tu kāsi tvaṃ kva gamiṣyasi .. 85.49 ..

> He saw the maiden standing in the tree and spoke, O best of kings: / "My lord asks you: 'Who are you, and where will you go?'"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.50)

kanyovāca -  
gururātmavatāṃ śāstā rājā śāstā durātmanām .  
iha pracchanna pāpānāṃ śāstā vaivasvato yamaḥ .. 85.50 ..

> The maiden said: / "A guru is the punisher of the self-controlled; a king is the punisher of the wicked; / in this world, of secret sins, Yama, son of Vivasvat, is the punisher.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.51)

brahmahatyā ca saṃjātā mṛgarūpadharadvijāt .  
mayā yukto'pi te rājā muktastīrthaprabhāvataḥ .. 85.51 ..

> And the murder of a brahmin arose from the twice-born who had taken the form of a deer. / Even though joined with me, your king was freed by the power of the sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.52)

ardhakrośāntarānmadhye brahmahatyā na saṃviśet .  
somanāthaprabhāvo'yaṃ vārāṇasyāḥ samaḥ smṛtaḥ .. 85.52 ..

> Within half a krośa, the murder of a brahmin may not enter. / Such is the power of Somanātha, considered equal to Vārāṇasī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.53)

gaccha tvaṃ preṣyatāṃ rājā śīghramatra na saṃśayaḥ .  
gato bhṛtyastataḥ śīghraṃ vepamānaḥ suvihvalaḥ .. 85.53 ..

> Go, let the king be sent here quickly; there is no doubt of this." / Then the servant went quickly, trembling and deeply agitated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.54)

samastaṃ kathayāmāsa yadvṛttaṃ hi purātanam .  
tasya vākyādasau rājā patito dharaṇītale .. 85.54 ..

> He recounted everything that had taken place before. / At his words, the king fell upon the ground.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.55)

bhṛtya uvāca -  
kasmāttvaṃ śocase nātha pūrvopāttaṃ śubhāśubham .  
ityākarṇya vacastasya rājā vacanamabravīt .. 85.55 ..

> The servant said: / "Why do you grieve, O master, over what was formerly incurred, auspicious or inauspicious?" / Having heard his words, the king said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.56)

prāṇatyāgaṃ kariṣyāmi somanāthasamīpataḥ .  
śīghramānīyatāṃ vahnirindhanāni bahūni ca .. 85.56 ..

> "I shall surrender my life near Somanātha. / Let fire and much fuel be brought at once!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.57)

ānītaṃ tatkṣaṇātsarvaṃ bhṛtyaistadvaśavartibhiḥ .  
snānaṃ kṛtvā śubhe toye saṅgame pāpanāśane .. 85.57 ..

> Everything was brought that very moment by the servants who were obedient to him. / Having bathed in the auspicious waters at the sin-destroying confluence,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.58)

arcitaḥ parayā bhaktyā somanātho mahībhṛtā .  
triḥpradakṣiṇataḥ kṛtvā jvalantaṃ jātavedasam .. 85.58 ..

> and having worshipped Somanātha with supreme devotion, the king, / having circumambulated the blazing fire three times,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.59)

praviṣṭaḥ kaṇvarājāsau hṛdi dhyātvā janārdanam .  
pītāmbaradharaṃ devaṃ jaṭāmukuṭadhāriṇam .. 85.59 ..

> entered \[it\], that king Kaṇva, meditating in his heart on Janārdana: / on the yellow-robed god wearing a crown of matted hair,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.60)

śriyā yuktaṃ suparṇasthaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam .  
surārisūdanaṃ dadhyau sugatirme bhavatviti .. 85.60 ..

> endowed with Śrī, mounted on Garuḍa, bearing the conch, discus, and mace; / he meditated on the slayer of the enemies of the gods, saying, "May my destination be good!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.61)

papāta puṣpavṛṣṭistu sādhu sādhu nṛpātmaja .  
āścaryamatulaṃ dṛṣṭvā nirīkṣya ca parasparam .. 85.61 ..

> A rain of flowers fell, \[and voices cried,\] "Well done! Well done, O prince!" / Seeing an incomparable wonder, they looked at one another.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.62)

mṛtaṃ taiḥ pāvake bhṛtyairhṛdi dhyātvā gadādharam .  
vimānasthāstataḥ sarve saṃjātāḥ pāṇḍunandana .. 85.62 ..

> Having died in the fire, those servants, meditating on the mace-bearing god in their hearts, / all mounted aerial chariots, O son of Pāṇḍu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.63)

niṣpāpāste divaṃ yātāḥ somanāthaprabhāvataḥ .  
brāhmaṇe saṅgame tatra dhyāyamāne vṛṣadhvajam .. 85.63 ..

> Free from sin, they went to heaven through the power of Somanātha, / while the brahmin there at the confluence was meditating on the Bull-bannered \[Śiva\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.64)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
somanāthaprabhāvo'yaṃ śṛṇuṣvaikamanā vidhim .  
aṣṭamyāṃ vā caturdaśyāṃ sarvakālaṃ raverdine .. 85.64 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Such is the power of Somanātha. Listen with an attentive mind to the rite: / On the eighth or fourteenth lunar day, or at any time on Sunday,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.65)

viśeṣācchuklapakṣe cetsūryavāreṇa saptamī .  
upoṣya yo naro bhaktyā rātrau kurvīta jāgaram .. 85.65 ..

> especially in the bright fortnight if the seventh falls on a Sunday— / fasting, whatever man should keep a vigil at night with devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.66)

pañcāmṛtena gavyena snāpayetparameśvaram .  
śrīkhaṇḍena tato guṇṭhya puṣpadhūpādikaṃ dadet .. 85.66 ..

> should bathe the Supreme Lord with the five bovine nectars. / Then, smearing him with white sandalwood paste, he should offer flowers, incense, and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.67)

ghṛtena bodhayeddīpaṃ nṛtyaṃ gītaṃ ca kārayet .  
somavāre tathāṣṭamyāṃ prabhāte pūjayeddvijān .. 85.67 ..

> He should kindle a lamp with ghee and arrange dancing and singing. / On Monday, or on the eighth, in the morning he should honor brahmins  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.68)

jitakrodhānātmavataḥ paranindāvivarjitān .  
sarvāṅgarucirāñchastān svadāraparipālakān .. 85.68 ..

> who have mastered anger, are self-controlled, refrain from censuring others, / are handsome in all their limbs, commendable, and faithful to their own wives,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.69)

gāyatrīpāṭhamātrāṃśca vikarmaviratān sadā .  
punarbhūvṛṣalīśūdrī careyuryasya mandire .. 85.69 ..

> content with merely reciting the Gāyatrī, and always abstaining from improper deeds. / A man in whose house a remarried woman, an outcaste woman, or a śūdra woman roams—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.70)

dūrato'sau dvijastyājya ātmanaḥ śreya icchatā .  
hīnāṅgānatiriktāṅgān yeṣāṃ pūrvāparaṃ na hi .. 85.70 ..

> such a twice-born is to be avoided from afar by one who desires his own welfare; / also those of deficient limbs or superfluous limbs, and those without a pure ancestry or posterity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.71)

vrate śrāddhe tathā dāne dūratastān vivarjayet .  
āyasī taruṇī tulyā dvijāḥ svādhyāyavarjitāḥ .. 85.71 ..

> In a vow, in a śrāddha, and in gift-giving, one should avoid them from afar. / Twice-born men devoid of Vedic study are like an iron boat;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.72)

ātmānaṃ saha yājyena pātayanti na saṃśayaḥ .  
śālmalīnāvatulyāḥ syuḥ ṣaṭkarmaniratā dvijāḥ .. 85.72 ..

> they cause themselves to sink along with their sacrificer, without a doubt. / Brahmins devoted to the six duties are like a boat of silk-cotton wood;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.73)

dātāraṃ ca tathātmānaṃ tārayanti taranti ca .  
śrāddhaṃ someśvare pārtha yaḥ kuryādgatamatsaraḥ .. 85.73 ..

> they carry the donor across and cross over themselves. / Whoever performs a śrāddha at Someśvara, O son of Pṛthā, free from jealousy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.74)

pretāstasya hi suprītā yāvadābhūtasamplavam .  
annaṃ vastraṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca yo dadyādagrajanmane .. 85.74 ..

> his ancestors will be well pleased until the dissolution of all beings. / Whoever gives food, clothing, and gold to a brahmin  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.75)

sa yāti śāṅkare loka iti me satyabhāṣitam .  
hayaṃ yo yacchate tatra sampūrṇaṃ taruṇaṃ sitam .. 85.75 ..

> goes to the realm of Śaṅkara; this is spoken truly by me. / Whoever gives a horse there—full-grown, young, white,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.76)

raktaṃ vā pītavarṇaṃ vā sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutam .  
kuṅkumena viliptāṅgāvagrajanmahayāvapi .. 85.76 ..

> or red, or yellow, endowed with all auspicious marks— / both the brahmin and the horse should have their limbs smeared with saffron;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.77)

sragdāmabhūṣitau kāryau sitavastrāvaguṇṭhitau .  
aṅghriḥ pradīyatāṃ skandhe madīye hayamāruha .. 85.77 ..

> they should be adorned with garlands of flowers and covered with white garments. / \[The donor should say:\] "Place your foot upon my shoulder and mount the horse!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.78)

ārūḍhe brāhmaṇe brūyādbhāskaraḥ prīyatāmiti .  
sa yāti śāṃkaraṃ lokaṃ sarvapāpavivarjitaḥ .. 85.78 ..

> When the brahmin has mounted, he should say, "May the Sun be pleased." / Rid of all sin, he goes to the world of Śaṃkara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.79)

uparāge tu somasya tīrthaṃ gatvā jitendriyaḥ .  
satyalokāccyutaścāpi rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ .. 85.79 ..

> During an eclipse of the moon, going to the sacred ford with subdued senses, / even falling from Satyaloka, he becomes a righteous king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.80)

tasya vāsaḥ sadā rājanna naśyati kadācana .  
dīrghāyurjāyate putro bhāryā ca vaśavartinī .. 85.80 ..

> His dwelling, O king, is eternal and never perishes. / A long-lived son is born \[to him\], and a wife obedient to his will.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.81)

jīvedvarṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ sarvaduḥkhavivarjitaḥ .  
sopavāso jitakrodho dhenuṃ dadyāddvijanmane .. 85.81 ..

> He shall live a full hundred years, free from all sorrow. / Fasting, with anger conquered, he should give a cow to a brahmin:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.82)

savatsāṃ kṣīrasaṃyuktāṃ śvetavastrāvalokitām .  
śabalāṃ pītavarṇāṃ ca dhūmrāṃ vā nīlakarburām .. 85.82 ..

> with her calf, rich in milk, covered with a white cloth, / speckled, yellow-colored, smoky, or blue-variegated,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.83)

kapilāṃ vā savatsāṃ ca ghaṇṭābharaṇabhūṣitām .  
rūpyakhurāṃ kāṃsyadohāṃ svarṇaśṛṅgīṃ nareśvara .. 85.83 ..

> or a tawny cow with her calf, adorned with ornaments of bells, / with silver hooves, a bronze milking vessel, and golden horns, O lord of men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.84)

śvetayā vardhate vaṃśo raktā saubhāgyavardhinī .  
śabalā pītavarṇā ca duḥkhaghnyau saṃprakīrtite .. 85.84 ..

> By a white one his lineage flourishes; a red one increases good fortune; / a speckled one and a yellow one are declared to destroy sorrows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.85)

kapilā nāśayetpāpaṃ saptajanmasamudbhavam .  
satyalokamavāpnoti gopradāyī nareśvara .. 85.85 ..

> A tawny cow destroys the sin born of seven births. / The giver of a cow attains Satyaloka, O lord of men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.86)

pakṣānte'tha vyatīpāte vai dhṛtau ravisaṃkrame .  
dinakṣaye gajacchāyāṃ grahaṇe bhāskarasya ca .. 85.86 ..

> At the end of a fortnight, at a vyatīpāta, at a vaidhṛti, at the sun's transit, / at a dinakṣaya, during the Gajacchāyā conjunction, and during an eclipse of the sun,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.87)

ye vrajanti mahātmānaḥ saṅgame suradurlabhe .  
mṛdāvaguṇṭhayitvā tu cātmānaṃ saṅgame viśet .. 85.87 ..

> the great-souled ones who go to the confluence, difficult for the gods to attain— / having smeared oneself with clay, one should enter the confluence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.88)

hṛdayāntarjale jāpyā prāṇāyāmo'thavā nṛpa .  
gāyatrī vaiṣṇavī caiva saurī śaivī yadṛcchayā .  
te'pi pāpaiḥ pramucyanta ityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt .. 85.88 ..

> Deep in the water, one should chant \[prayers\] or perform breath control, O king; / the Vaiṣṇava Gāyatrī, or the solar, or the Śaiva one at will; / they too are freed from sins—thus indeed spoke Śaṅkara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.89)

jagatīṃ somanāthasya yastu kuryātpradakṣiṇām .  
pradakṣiṇīkṛtā tena saptadvīpā vasuṃdharā .. 85.89 ..

> Whoever circumambulates the platform of Somanātha / has circumambulated the earth with its seven continents.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.90)

brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ gurudāraniṣevaṇam .  
bhrūṇahā svarṇahartā ca mucyante nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 85.90 ..

> Killing a brahmin, drinking liquor, defiling the guru's bed, / slaying an embryo, and stealing gold—they are freed \[from these\], there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.91)

tīrthākhyānamidaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti jitendriyaḥ .  
vyādhito mucyate rogī cārogī sukhamāpnuyāt .. 85.91 ..

> The afflicted person with subdued senses who hears this sacred account of the sacred ford is freed from illness, / and one free from disease attains happiness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.92)

yatte saṃdahyate cetaḥ śṛṇu tanme yudhiṣṭhira .  
naikāpi nṛpa loke'smin bhrūṇahatyā sudustyajā .. 85.92 ..

> Hear from me that by which your mind is consumed, O Yudhiṣṭhira: / In this world, O king, even a single slaying of an embryo is difficult to shed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.93)

kimu ṣaḍviṃśatiṃ pārtha prāpa yāḥ kṣaṇadākaraḥ .  
so'pi tīrthamidaṃ prāpya tapastaptvā suduścaram .. 85.93 ..

> how much more the twenty-six that the moon incurred, O son of Pṛthā! / Even he, having reached this sacred ford and having performed austerity exceedingly hard to practice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.94)

vimuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyaḥ śītaraśmirabhūtsukhī .  
śrūyate nṛpa paurāṇī gāthā gītā maharṣibhiḥ .. 85.94 ..

> freed from all sins, the cool-rayed \[moon\] became happy. / An ancient verse sung by great seers is heard, O king:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.95)

liṅgaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ hyekaṃ daśabhrūṇahanaṃ bhavet .  
ato liṅgatrayaṃ somaḥ sthāpayāmāsa bhārata .. 85.95 ..

> "A single installed liṅga destroys \[the sin of\] ten embryo-killings." / Therefore, Soma installed three liṅgas, O descendant of Bharata:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.96)

revaurisaṃgame hyādyaṃ dvitīyaṃ bhṛgukacchake .  
tataḥ siddhiṃ parāṃ prāpya prabhāse tu tṛtīyakam .. 85.96 ..

> the first at the confluence of the Revā and the Ūrī, the second at Bhṛgukaccha, / and then, having attained the highest perfection, the third at Prabhāsa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.97)

iti te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ tīrthamāhātmyamuttamam .  
dharmyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ svargyaṃ saṃśuddhikṛnnṛṇām .. 85.97 ..

> Thus all the supreme māhātmya of the sacred ford has been told to you, / righteous, renowned, life-giving, heavenly, and bringing purification to men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.98)

putrārthī labhate putrānniṣkāmaḥ svargamāpnuyāt .  
mucyate sarvapāpebhyastīrthaṃ kṛtvā paraṃ nṛpa .. 85.98 ..

> One desiring a son obtains sons; one free of desire attains heaven. / One is freed from all sins after visiting this supreme sacred ford, O king.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.99)

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ somanāthasya yatphalam .  
śrutvā putramavāpnoti snātvā cāṣṭau na saṃśayaḥ .. 85.99 ..

> All this fruit of Somanātha has been told to you. / By hearing it one obtains a son, and by bathing, eight \[sons\], there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.85.99\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.85.99_2)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe somanāthatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the eighty-fifth chapter, titled "Description of the Greatness of the Somanātha Sacred Ford," in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses, the glorious Skandapurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.85.p1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.85.1) — Sanskrit
- [Khilādhikāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.vaikhanasa.bhrgu.khiladhikara.40.31) — Bhṛgu, Sanskrit

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