[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) › 6.3.88 # Skandapurana 6.3.88 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.88 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.88.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.88.p1) adhyāya 88 > Chapter 88 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.88.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.88.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tasyaivānantaraṃ pārtha kāpilaṃ tīrthamāśrayet . sthāpitaṃ kapilenaiva sarvapātakanāśanam .. 88.1 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Immediately after that, O son of Pṛthā, one should resort to the sacred ford Kāpila, / established by Kapila himself, which destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.88.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.88.2) aṣṭamyāṃ ca site pakṣe caturdaśyāṃ nareśvara . snāpayetparayā bhaktyā kapilākṣīrasarpiṣā .. 88.2 .. > On the eighth and fourteenth lunar days of the bright fortnight, O lord of men, / one should bathe \[the deity\] with supreme devotion using milk and ghee from a brown cow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.88.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.88.3) śrīkhaṇḍena sugandhena guṇṭhayeta maheśvaram . tataḥ sugandhapuṣpaiśca śvetaiśca nṛpasattama .. 88.3 .. > One should smear Maheśvara with fragrant sandalwood paste. / Then with fragrant and white flowers, O best of kings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.88.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.88.4) ye'rcayanti jitakrodhā na te yānti yamālayam . asipattravanaṃ ghoraṃ yamaculhī sudāruṇā .. 88.4 .. > those who worship with anger overcome do not go to the abode of Yama. / The dread forest of sword-leaves and the terrible oven of Yama > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.88.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.88.5) dṛśyate naiva vidvadbhiḥ kapileśvarapūjanāt . snātvā revājale puṇye bhojayedbrāhmaṇāñchubhān .. 88.5 .. > are not seen at all by the wise, because of worshipping Kapileśvara. / Having bathed in the holy water of the Revā, one should feed auspicious brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.88.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.88.6) gopradānena vastreṇa tiladānena bhārata . chatraśayyāpradānena rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ .. 88.6 .. > Through the gift of a cow, of cloth, and of sesame seeds, O Bhārata, / \[and\] through the gift of an umbrella and a bed, one becomes a righteous king, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.88.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.88.7) tīvratejā vighoraśca jīvatputraḥ priyaṃvadaḥ . śatruvargo na tasya syātkadācitpāṇḍunandana .. 88.7 .. > endowed with intense splendour, gentle, with living sons, and soft-spoken; / he shall never have a host of enemies, O son of Pāṇḍu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.88.7\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.88.7_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe kapileśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the eighty-eighth chapter, titled 'Description of the Glory of the Sacred Ford Kapileśvara', 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.6.3.88.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.88.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.88) · Pramāṇa