[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) › 6.3.8 # Skandapurana 6.3.8 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.8.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.p1) adhyāya 8 > Chapter 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.1) mārkaṇḍeya uvāca - naṣṭe loke punaścānye salilena samāvṛte . mahārṇavasya madhyastho bāhubhyāmataraṃ jalam .. 8.1 .. > Mārkaṇḍeya said: / When the world was destroyed again and covered with water, / standing in the midst of the great ocean, I swam the water with my arms. 8.1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.2) divye varṣaśate pūrṇe śrānto'haṃ nṛpasattama . dhyātuṃ samārabhaṃ devaṃ mahadarṇavatāraṇam .. 8.2 .. > When a divine century of years was complete, I grew weary, O best of kings; / I began to meditate on the God who ferries across the great ocean. 8.2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.3) dhyāyamānastataḥ kāle apaśyaṃ pakṣiṇaṃ param . hārakundendusaṃkāśaṃ bakaṃ gokṣīrapāṇḍuram .. 8.3 .. > Then, while meditating, in due course I saw an extraordinary bird: / a crane resembling a pearl necklace, a kunda flower, or the moon, white as cow's milk. 8.3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.4) tato'haṃ vismayāviṣṭastaṃ bakaṃ samudīkṣya vai . asminmahārṇave ghore kuto'yaṃ pakṣisaṃbhavaḥ .. 8.4 .. > Then, filled with astonishment upon looking at that crane: / "In this dreadful great ocean, from where has this bird arisen?" 8.4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.5) taranbāhubhiraśrāntastaṃ bakaṃ pratyabhāṣiṣi . pākṣarūpaṃ samāsthāya kastvamekārṇavīkṛte .. 8.5 .. > Swimming with unwearied arms, I addressed that crane: / "Having assumed the form of a bird, who are you in \[this world\] turned into a single ocean? 8.5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.6) bhramase divyayogātmanmohayanniva māṃ prabho . etatkathaya me sarvaṃ yo'si so'si namo'stu te .. 8.6 .. > You wander, O divine inner Self of yoga, seemingly bewildering me, O Lord! / Tell me all this; whoever you may be, praise be to you!" 8.6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.7) so'bravīnmāṃ mahādevo brahmāhaṃ viṣṇureva ca . jagatsarvaṃ mayā vatsa saṃhṛtaṃ kiṃ na budhyase .. 8.7 .. > He said to me: "I am Mahādeva, I am Brahmā, and also Viṣṇu. / All the universe has been withdrawn by me, my child; do you not comprehend? 8.7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.8) tava mātā pitāhaṃ vai viśvasya ca mahāmune . kāruṇyaṃ mama saṃjātaṃ dṛṣṭvā magnaṃ mahārṇave .. 8.8 .. > I am indeed your mother and father, and of the universe, O great sage. / Compassion arose in me upon seeing you submerged in the great ocean. 8.8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.9) pakṣirūpaṃ samāsthāya ato'trāhaṃ samāgataḥ . kimarthamāturo bhūtvā bhramasītthaṃ mahārṇave .. 8.9 .. > Having assumed the form of a bird, therefore I have come here. / Why, having become distressed, do you wander thus in the great ocean? 8.9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.10) śīghraṃ praviśa matpakṣau yena viśramase dvija . evamuktastatastena devenāhaṃ nareśvara .. 8.10 .. > Quickly enter my wings, whereby you may rest, O twice-born." / Having been addressed thus by that God, O ruler of men, 8.10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.11) tato'haṃ tasya pakṣānte pralīnastu bhramañjale . kāle yugasāhasrānte aśrānto'rṇavamadhyagaḥ .. 8.11 .. > then I merged into the edge of his wing, wandering in the water; / at the end of a thousand yugas, I remained unwearied in the midst of the ocean. 8.11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.12) tataḥ śṛṇomi sahasā dikṣu sarvāsu suvrata . kiṃcinnūpurasaṃmiśramadbhutaṃ śabdamuttamam .. 8.12 .. > Then suddenly I heard in all the directions, O one of good vows, / a certain wondrous, excellent sound mingled with the tinkle of anklets. 8.12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.13) tadārṇavajalaṃ sarvaṃ saṃkṣiptaṃ sahasābhavat . kimetaditi saṃcintya diśaḥ samavalokayam .. 8.13 .. > Then all that water of the ocean was suddenly gathered up. / Thinking, "What is this?", I looked toward the directions. 8.13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.14) daśa kanyāstato dikṣu āgatāśca mahārṇave . vastrālaṃkārasahitā digbhyo nūpurabhūṣitāḥ .. 8.14 .. > Then ten maidens arrived in the great ocean in the directions, / adorned with clothes and ornaments, graced with anklets from the directions. 8.14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.15) kāciccandrasamābhāsā kācidādityasaprabhā . kācidaṃjanapuñjābhā kācidraktotpalaprabhā .. 8.15 .. > One had the radiance of the moon, one had the luster of the sun, / one had the splendor of a mass of collyrium, one had the brilliance of a red lotus. 8.15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.16) nānārūpadharā saumyā nānābharaṇabhūṣitā . arghyapādyādibhirmālyairbakamabhyarcya suvratāḥ .. 8.16 .. > Bearing various forms, gentle, adorned with various ornaments, / having worshipped the crane with offerings of arghya, pādya, and the like, and with garlands, those women of good vows, 8.16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.17) tatastaṃ parvatākāraṃ guhyaṃ pakṣiṇamavyayam . praviveśa mahāghoraṃ parvato hyarṇavaṃ svarāṭ .. 8.17 .. > then entered that secret, imperishable bird shaped like a mountain; / the mountain, truly the sovereign of the ocean, entered the greatly dreadful \[abyss\]. 8.17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.18) yojanānāṃ sahasrāṇi tāvantyeva śatāni ca . triṃśadyojanasāhasraṃ yāvadbhūmaṇḍalaṃ tviti .. 8.18 .. > Thousands of yojanas and as many hundreds, / thirty thousand yojanas, extending as far as the terrestrial globe. 8.18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.19) tato bhūmaṇḍalaṃ divyaṃ pañcaratnasamākulam . divyasphaṭikasopānaṃ rukmastaṃbhamanoramam .. 8.19 .. > Then \[I saw\] a divine terrestrial realm filled with the five gems, / with divine steps of crystal, charming with pillars of gold, 8.19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.20) yojanānāṃ sahasraṃ tu vistarāddviguṇāyatam . vāpīkūpasamākīrṇaṃ prāsādāṭṭālakāvṛtam .. 8.20 .. > a thousand yojanas in breadth and twice that in length, / crowded with step-wells and wells, surrounded by palaces and turrets, 8.20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.21) kalpavṛkṣasamākīrṇaṃ dhvajaṣaṣṭivibhūṣitam . tasminpuravare ramye nānāratnopaśobhitam .. 8.21 .. > crowded with wish-granting trees, adorned with sixty banners. / In that delightful, best of cities, beautified with various gems, 8.21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.22) tathānyacca puraṃ ramyaṃ patākojjvalavedikam . śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ tāvaddviguṇamāyatam .. 8.22 .. > there was likewise another delightful city whose altars shone with banners, / a hundred yojanas broad and twice that in length. 8.22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.23) puramadhye tatastasminnadī paramaśobhanā . mahatī puṇyasalilā nānāratnaśilā tathā .. 8.23 .. > Then in the midst of that city was an exceedingly beautiful river, / vast, with sacred waters, and with rocks of various gems. 8.23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.24) tasyāstīre mayā dṛṣṭaṃ taḍitsūryasamaprabham . indranīlamahānīlaiścitaṃ ratnaiḥ samantataḥ .. 8.24 .. > On its bank I saw \[a liṅga\] shining like lightning and the sun, / studded on all sides with sapphires and great sapphires, with jewels, 8.24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.25) kvacidvahnisamākāraṃ kvacidindrāyudhaprabham . kvaciddhūmraṃ kvacitpītaṃ kvacidraktaṃ kvacitsitam .. 8.25 .. > in some parts looking like fire, in some parts radiant like a rainbow, / in some parts smoky, in some parts yellow, in some parts red, in some parts white; 8.25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.26) nānāvarṇaiḥ samāyuktaṃ liṅgamadbhutadarśanam . brahmaviṣṇvindrasādhyaiśca samantātparivāritam .. 8.26 .. > endowed with various colors, a liṅga of wonderful appearance, / surrounded on all sides by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Indra, and the Sādhyas, 8.26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.27) nandīśvaragaṇādhyakṣaiścendrādityaiśca tadvṛtam . paśyāmi liṅgamīśānaṃ mahāliṅgaṃ tameva ca .. 8.27 .. > and encompassed by Nandīśvara and the leaders of the gaṇas, and by Indra and the Ādityas. / I saw that liṅga, Īśāna, that very Great Liṅga, 8.27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.28) parivārya tatastaṃ tu prasuptāndevadānavān . nimīlitākṣānpaśyāmi divyābharaṇabhūṣitān .. 8.28 .. > and surrounding it, I saw gods and Dānavas asleep, / with closed eyes, adorned with divine ornaments. 8.28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.29) tatastāḥ padmapatrākṣyo nāryaḥ paramasaṃmatāḥ . nadyāstasyā jale snātvā divyapuṣpairmanoramaiḥ .. 8.29 .. > Then those women, lotus-petal-eyed, highly esteemed, / having bathed in the water of that river, with divine, delightful flowers, 8.29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.30) dattvārghapādyaṃ vidhivalliṃgasya saha pakṣiṇā . arcayantīrvarārohā daśa tāḥ pramadottamāḥ .. 8.30 .. > having offered arghya and pādya according to rule to the liṅga along with the bird, / those ten excellent women of fair hips worshipped \[it\]. 8.30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.31) tatastvabhyarcya talliṅgaṃ tasminneva purottame . sarvā adarśanaṃ jagmurvidyuto'bhragaṇeṣviva .. 8.31 .. > Then, having worshipped that liṅga in that very best of cities, / they all vanished from sight like flashes of lightning in masses of clouds. 8.31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.32) na cāsau pakṣirāṭtasminna striyo na ca devatāḥ . tadevaikaṃ sthitaṃ liṅgamarcayanvismayānvitaḥ .. 8.32 .. > And neither was that king of birds there, nor the women, nor the deities; / filled with wonder, I worshipped that single liṅga that remained. 8.32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.33) tato'haṃ duḥkhamūḍhātmā rudramāyeti cintayan . tataḥ kanyāḥ samuttīrya divyāṃbaravibhūṣaṇāḥ .. 8.33 .. > Then, my mind bewildered with sorrow, thinking, "This is Rudra's illusion!", / maidens then emerged, adorned with divine garments and ornaments, 8.33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.34) bhāsayantyo jagatsarvaṃ vidyuto'bhragaṇāniva . padmairhiraṇmayairdivyairarcayitvā śubhānanāḥ .. 8.34 .. > illuminating the entire world like flashes of lightning in masses of clouds; / those fair-faced ones, having worshipped with divine golden lotuses, 8.34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.35) viviśustajjalaṃ kṣipraṃ samaṃtādvarabhūṣaṇāḥ . tasminpuravare cānye tāmevāhaṃ punaḥpunaḥ .. 8.35 .. > those women with excellent ornaments quickly entered that water on every side. / In that best of cities and in the other, again and again I 8.35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.36) paśyāmi hyamarāṃ kanyāmarcayantīṃ maheśvaram . tato'haṃ tāṃ varārohāmapṛcchaṃ kamalekṣaṇām .. 8.36 .. > beheld that immortal maiden worshipping Maheśvara. / Then I asked that lotus-eyed woman of fair hips: 8.36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.37) kā tvamasminpure devi vasase śivamarcatī . tāścāgatāḥ striyaḥ sarvāḥ kva gatāste gaṇeśvarāḥ .. 8.37 .. > "Who are you, O goddess, dwelling in this city, worshipping Śiva? / And all those women who arrived—where have they gone, and where have those lords of gaṇas gone? 8.37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.38) namo'stu te mahābhāge brūhi puṇye maheśvari . tava prasādādvijñātumetadicchāmi suvrate . dayāṃ kṛtvā mahādevi kathayasva mamānaghe .. 8.38 .. > Praise be to you, O highly fortunate one! Speak, O holy one, O Maheśvarī! / By your grace I wish to know this, O one of good vows; / taking pity, O great goddess, tell me, O sinless one!" 8.38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.39) śryuvāca - vismṛtāhaṃ kathaṃ vipra dṛṣṭvā kalpe purātane . mā te'bhūtsmṛtivibhraṃśaḥ sā cāhaṃ kalpavāhinī .. 8.39 .. > Śrī said: / "How is it that I am forgotten, O twice-born, having been seen in the ancient kalpa? / Let there be no loss of memory for you! I am that Kalpavāhinī, 8.39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.40) narmadā nāma vikhyātā rudradehādviniḥsṛtā . yāstāḥ kanyāstvayā dṛṣṭā hyarcayantyo maheśvaram .. 8.40 .. > renowned as Narmadā, issued from the body of Rudra. / Those maidens seen by you worshipping Maheśvara, 8.40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.41) yābhistviha samānītaḥ pakṣirājasamanvitāḥ . diśastā viddhi sarveśāḥ sarvāstvaṃ munisattama .. 8.41 .. > by whom the king of birds was brought along here— / know them all to be the directions, the sovereign mistresses of all, O best of sages! 8.41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.42) tiryakpakṣisvarūpeṇa mahāyogī maheśvaraḥ . ebhiḥ śivapurādvipra ānītaḥ sa maheśvaraḥ .. 8.42 .. > In the form of an animal bird is Maheśvara, the great yogin. / That Maheśvara was brought by them from the city of Śiva, O twice-born." 8.42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.43) saiṣa devo mahādevo liṅgamūrtirvyavasthitaḥ . arcyate brahmaviṣṇvindraiḥ surāsurajagadguruḥ .. 8.43 .. > This very god is Mahādeva, established in the form of a liṅga; / he is worshipped by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Indra, the guru of the universe of gods and demons. 8.43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.44) layamāyāti yasmāddhi jagatsarvaṃ carācaram . tena liṅgamiti proktaṃ purāṇajñairmaharṣibhiḥ .. 8.44 .. > Because indeed the entire universe, moving and unmoving, attains dissolution \[laya\] in him, / it is therefore called liṅga by great seers who know the Purāṇas. 8.44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.45) tena devagaṇāḥ sarve saṃkṣiptā māyayā purā . pralīnāścaiva lokeśa na dṛśyante hi sāṃpratam .. 8.45 .. > By him all the hosts of gods were formerly drawn in through his māyā; / and having dissolved, O lord of the world, they are not seen at present. 8.45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.46) punardṛśyā bhaviṣyanti sṛjamānāḥ svayaṃbhuvā . sāhaṃ liṅgārcanaparā narmadā nāma nāmataḥ .. 8.46 .. > They will be seen again when being created by the self-manifest one. / I am devoted to worshipping the liṅga, Narmadā by name. 8.46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.47) kālaṃ yugasahasrasya rudrasya paricārikā . asya prasādādamarastathā tvaṃ dvijapuṃgava .. 8.47 .. > For the span of a thousand yugas I have been an attendant of Rudra. / By his grace, you too are immortal, O best of brahmins! 8.47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.48) satyārjavadayāyuktaḥ siddho'si tvaṃ śivārcanāt . evamuktvā tu sā devī tatraivāntaradhīyata .. 8.48 .. > Endowed with truth, honesty, and compassion, you are perfected through worshipping Śiva.' / Having spoken thus, that goddess vanished right there, 8.48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.49) tāḥ striyaḥ sa ca deveśo bakarūpo maheśvaraḥ . tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā avatīrya mahānadīm .. 8.49 .. > as did those women and that lord of gods, Maheśvara in the form of a crane. / Having heard her speech, descending into the great river, 8.49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.50) snātvā samarcaya tvaṃ hi vidhinā mantrapūrvakam . tato'haṃ sahasā tasmātsamuttīrya jalāśayāt .. 8.50 .. > \[she had said:\] 'Having bathed, do worship him according to rule, preceded by mantras.' / Then, having quickly emerged from that body of water, 8.50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.51) na ca paśyāmi talliṅgaṃ na ca tāṃ nimnagāṃ nṛpa . tadaiva lokāḥ saṃjātāḥ kṣitiścaiva sakānanā .. 8.51 .. > I did not see that liṅga, nor that river, O king. / Just then the worlds came into being, and the earth with its forests; 8.51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.52) ṛkṣacandrārkavitataṃ tadeva ca nabhastalam . yathāpūrvamadṛṣṭaṃ tu tathaiva ca punaḥ kṛtam . nato'haṃ manasā devamapūjayaṃ maheśvaram .. 8.52 .. > and the vault of the sky was spread over with stars, moon, and sun. / What had been unseen was made again just as before; / bowing in my mind to the god, I worshipped Maheśvara. 8.52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.53) evaṃ bake purā kalpe mayā dṛṣṭeyamavyayā . narmadā martyalokasya mahāpātakanāśinī .. 8.53 .. > Thus in the ancient Baka-kalpa, this imperishable Narmadā was seen by me, / the destroyer of great sins for the world of mortals. 8.53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.54) tasmāddharmaparairvipraiḥ kṣatraśūdraviśādibhiḥ . sadā sevyā mahābhāgā dharmavṛddhyarthakāribhiḥ .. 8.54 .. > Therefore, by brahmins devoted to dharma, by kṣatriyas, śūdras, vaiśyas, and others, / desiring to foster dharma, the illustrious one is always to be resorted to. 8.54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.55) ye'pi bhaktayā sakṛttoye narmadāyā maheśvaram . snātvā te sarvaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayantyasaṃśayam .. 8.55 .. > Those who, with devotion, even once in the water of the Narmadā \[worship\] Maheśvara / after having bathed, destroy all sin without a doubt. 8.55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.8.55\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8.55_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe narmadāmāhātmye bakakalpasamudbhavo nāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the eighth chapter, named 'The Origin in the Baka-kalpa,' in the praise of the Narmadā in the Revākhaṇḍa of 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.6.3.8.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.8.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.8) · Pramāṇa