[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) › 6.3.91 # Skandapurana 6.3.91 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.91 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.91.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.91.p1) adhyāya 91 > Chapter 91 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.91.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.91.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchenmahīpāla tīrthaparamapāvanam . caṇḍādityaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha sthāpitaṃ caṇḍamuṇḍayoḥ .. 91.1 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go, O ruler of the earth, to the supremely purifying sacred ford / Caṇḍāditya, O best of kings, established by Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.91.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.91.2) āstāṃ purā mahādaityau caṇḍamuṇḍau sudāruṇau . narmadātīramāśritya ceraturvipulaṃ tapaḥ .. 91.2 .. > Formerly there were two very terrible great Daityas, Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa. / Resorting to the bank of the Narmadā, they performed extensive austerity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.91.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.91.3) dhyāyantau bhāskaraṃ devaṃ tamonāśaṃ jagattraye . tuṣṭastattapasā devaḥ sahasrāṃśuruvāca ha .. 91.3 .. > meditating upon the Sun god, who destroys darkness in the three worlds. / Pleased by their austerity, the thousand-rayed god spoke: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.91.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.91.4) sādhu sādhviti tau pārtha narmadāyāḥ śubhe taṭe . varaṃ prārthayataṃ vīrau yatheṣṭaṃ cetasecchitam .. 91.4 .. > "Well done, well done!" to the two, O Pārtha, on the auspicious bank of the Narmadā. / "Choose a boon, O heroes, according to your desire, whatever your mind wishes." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.91.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.91.5) caṇḍamuṇḍāvūcatuḥ . ajeyau sarvadevānāṃ bhūyāsvāvāṃ samāhitau . sarvarogaiḥ parityaktau sarvakālaṃ divākara .. 91.5 .. > Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa said: / "May we two be unconquerable by all the gods, focused in mind, / and free from all diseases at all times, O Sun!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.91.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.91.6) evamastviti tau prāha bhāskaro vāritaskaraḥ . ityuktvāntardadhe bhānurdaityābhyāṃ tatra bhāskaraḥ .. 91.6 .. > "So be it!" the Sun, the stealer of water, said to them. / Having spoken thus, the Sun vanished there before the two Daityas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.91.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.91.7) sthāpitaḥ parayā bhaktyā taṃ gacchedātmasiddhaye . gīrvāṇāṃśca manuṣyāṃśca pitḥṃstatrāpi tarpayet .. 91.7 .. > Established by them with supreme devotion, one should go to it for one's own perfection. / One should satisfy gods, humans, and ancestors there as well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.91.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.91.8) sa vasedbhāskare loke viriñcidivasaṃ nṛpa . ghṛtena bodhayeddīpaṃ ṣaṣṭhyāṃ sa ca nareśvara . mucyate sarvapāpaistu pratiyāti puraṃ raveḥ .. 91.8 .. > He dwells in the world of the Sun for a day of Brahmā, O king. / And whoever lights a lamp with ghee on the sixth day, O lord of men, / is freed from all sins and goes to the city of the Sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.91.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.91.9) utpattiṃ caṇḍabhānoryaḥ śṛṇoti bharatarṣabha . vijayī sa sadā nūnamādhivyādhivivarjitaḥ .. 91.9 .. > Whoever hears the origin of Caṇḍabhānu, O bull of the Bharatas, / is surely always victorious and free from mental agony and physical disease. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.91.9\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.91.9_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe caṇḍādityatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikanavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the ninety-first chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Caṇḍādityatīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.91.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.91.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.91) · Pramāṇa