[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) › 6.3.87 # Skandapurana 6.3.87 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.87 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.87.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.87.p1) adhyāya 87 > Chapter 87 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.87.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.87.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchenmahīpāla tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam . sthāpitaṃ munisaṅghairyadbrahmavaṃśasamudbhavaiḥ .. 87.1 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, O protector of the earth, one should go to the exceedingly beautiful sacred ford / which was established by assemblies of sages born of the lineage of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.87.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.87.2) ṛṇamocanamityākhyaṃ revātaṭasamāśritam . ṣaṇmāsaṃ manujo bhaktyā tarpayan pitṛdevatāḥ .. 87.2 .. > \[He should go\] to the one named Ṛṇamocana, situated on the bank of the Revā. / A man who for six months, with devotion, offers oblations to the ancestors and gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.87.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.87.3) devaiḥ pitṛmanuṣyaiśca ṛṇamātmakṛtaṃ ca yat . mucyate tatkṣaṇānmartyaḥ snāto vai narmadājale .. 87.3 .. > is immediately freed, as a mortal, once bathed in the water of the Narmadā, / from debts owed to gods, ancestors, and humans, as well as from those incurred by himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.87.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.87.4) pratyakṣaṃ duritaṃ tatra dṛśyate phalarūpataḥ . tatra tīrthe tu yo rājannekacitto jitendriyaḥ .. 87.4 .. > There sin is visibly seen through the nature of its fruit. / But whoever at that sacred ford, O king, with single-minded focus and senses restrained, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.87.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.87.5) snātvā dānaṃ ca vai dadyādarcayedgirijāpatim . ṛṇatrayavinirmukto nāke dīpyati devavat .. 87.5 .. > having bathed, makes gifts and worships the husband of the mountain's daughter, / is liberated from the three debts and shines in heaven like a god. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.87.5\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.87.5_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe ṛṇatrayamocanatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the eighty-seventh chapter, titled 'Description of the Glory of the Sacred Ford Ṛṇatrayamocana', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth book, 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.6.3.87.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.87.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.87) · Pramāṇa