[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) › 6.3.92 # Skandapurana 6.3.92 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.92 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.92.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchettu rājendra yamahāsyamanuttamam . sarvapāpaharaṃ tīrthaṃ narmadātaṭamāśritam .. 92.1 .. > Glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, king of kings, one should go to the unsurpassed Yamahāsya, / A sacred ford that removes all sins, situated on the bank of the Narmadā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.2) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca - yamahāsyaṃ kathaṃ jātaṃ pṛthivyāṃ dvijapuṃgava . etatsarvaṃ mamākhyāhi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me .. 92.2 .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: / How did Yamahāsya come to be on earth, O best of twice-born? / Tell me all this, for great indeed is my curiosity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.3) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - sādhu sādhu mahāprājña pṛṣṭo'haṃ nṛpanandana . snānārthaṃ narmadāṃ puṇyāmāgataste pitā purā .. 92.3 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Well asked, well asked, O highly wise son of a king! / Formerly, your father came to the holy Narmadā for the sake of ritual ablution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.4) rajakena yathā dhautaṃ vastraṃ bhavati nirmalam . tathāsau nirmalo jāto dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhira .. 92.4 .. > Just as a cloth washed by a washerman becomes stainless, / so that Dharmarāja became stainless, O Yudhiṣṭhira. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.5) sa paśyannirmalaṃ dehaṃ hasanprovāca vismitaḥ .. 92.5 .. > Seeing his stainless body, he said, laughing in astonishment: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.6) yama uvāca - matpuraṃ kathamāyānti manujāḥ pāpabṛṃhitāḥ . snānenaikena revāyāḥ prāpyate vaiṣṇavaṃ padam .. 92.6 .. > Yama said: / How can men burdened with sins come to my city? / By a single ritual ablution in the Revā, the state of Viṣṇu is attained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.7) samarthā ye na paśyanti revāṃ puṇyajalāṃ śubhām . jātyandhaiste samā jñeyā mṛtaiḥ paṅgubhireva vā .. 92.7 .. > Those who, being capable, do not behold the auspicious Revā of holy waters, / are to be considered equal to those blind from birth, or to the dead and the crippled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.8) samarthā ye na paśyanti revāṃ puṇyajalāṃ nadīm . etasmātkāraṇādrājanhasito lokaśāsanaḥ .. 92.8 .. > Those who, being capable, do not behold the river Revā of holy waters— / for this reason, O King, the punisher of the world laughed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.9) sthāpayitvā yamastatra devaṃ svargaṃ jagāma ha . yamahāseśvare rājañjitakrodho jitendriyaḥ .. 92.9 .. > Having installed the deity Yamahāseśvara there, O King, / Yama, with anger conquered and senses controlled, went to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.10) viśeṣāccāśvine māsi kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśīm . upoṣya parayā bhaktyā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 92.10 .. > Especially on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight in the month of Āśvina, / fasting with supreme devotion, one is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.11) rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryāddīpaṃ devasya bodhayet . ghṛtena caiva rājendra śṛṇu tatrāsti yatphalam .. 92.11 .. > One should keep vigil at night and kindle a lamp for the deity / with ghee, O lord of kings. Hear the fruit that lies therein: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.12) mucyate pātakaiḥ sarvairagamyāgamanodbhavaiḥ . abhakṣyabhakṣaṇodbhūtairapeyāpeyajairapi .. 92.12 .. > He is freed from all sins born of approaching women who should not be approached, / born of eating food that should not be eaten, and arising from drinking what should not be drunk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.13) avāhyavāhite yatsyādadohyādohane yathā . snānamātreṇa tasyaivaṃ yānti pāpānyanekadhā .. 92.13 .. > Whatever \[sin\] arises from riding an animal that should not be ridden, or from milking an animal that should not be milked, / by the mere ritual ablution of that person, thus do the sins depart in manifold ways. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.14) yamalokaṃ na vīkṣeta manujaḥ sa kadācana . pitḥṇāṃ paramaṃ guhyamidaṃ bhūmau nareśvara .. 92.14 .. > That man shall never behold the world of Yama. / This is the supreme secret of the ancestors on earth, O ruler of men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.15) dadatāmakṣayaṃ sarvaṃ yamahāsye na saṃśayaḥ . amāvāsyāṃ jitakrodho yastu pūjayate dvijān .. 92.15 .. > For those who give at Yamahāsya, everything is imperishable, there is no doubt. / The one who, with anger conquered, worships twice-born men on the new moon day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.16) hiraṇyabhūmidānena tiladānena bhūyasā . kṛṣṇājinapradānena tiladhenupradānataḥ .. 92.16 .. > by giving gold and land, by giving an abundance of sesame seeds, / by bestowing a black antelope skin, and by giving a cow made of sesame seeds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.17) vidhānoktadvijāgryāya ye pradāsyanti bhaktitaḥ . hayaṃ vā kuṃjaraṃ vātha dhūrvahau sīrasaṃyutau .. 92.17 .. > and who with devotion give to an eminent twice-born described in the ordinances / a horse, or an elephant, or two \[oxen\] bearing a yoke together with a plough, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.18) kanyāṃ vasumatīṃ gāṃ ca mahiṣīṃ vā payasvinīm . dadate ye nṛpaśreṣṭha nopasarpanti te yamam .. 92.18 .. > a maiden, land, a cow, or a buffalo cow yielding milk— / those who give \[these\], O best of kings, do not approach Yama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.19) yamo'pi bhavati prītaḥ pratijanma yudhiṣṭhira . yamasya vāho mahiṣo mahiṣyastasya mātaraḥ .. 92.19 .. > Yama too becomes pleased in every birth, O Yudhiṣṭhira. / The mount of Yama is the buffalo, and female buffaloes are his mothers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.20) tāsāṃ dānaprabhāveṇa yamaḥ prīto bhaveddhruvam . nāsau yamamavāpnoti yadi pāpaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ .. 92.20 .. > By the power of giving them, Yama will surely be pleased. / He does not reach Yama even if covered with sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.21) etasmātkāraṇādatra mahiṣīdānamuttamam . tasyāḥ śṛṅge jalaṃ kāryaṃ dhūmravastrānuveṣṭitā .. 92.21 .. > For this reason, the gift of a female buffalo is supreme here. / Water should be placed on her horns, and she should be covered with a dark grey cloth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.22) āyasasya khurāḥ kāryāstāmrapṛṣṭhāḥ subhūṣitāḥ . lavaṇācalaṃ pūrvasyāmāgneyyāṃ guḍaparvatam .. 92.22 .. > Her hooves should be made of iron, her back covered with copper, handsomely adorned. / \[One should place\] a heap of salt in the east, a heap of molasses in the south-east, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.23) kārpāsaṃ yāmyabhāgaṃ tu navanītaṃ tu nairṛte . paścime saptadhānyāni vāyavye taṃdulāḥ smṛtāḥ .. 92.23 .. > cotton in the southern direction, and butter in the south-west; / the seven grains in the west, and husked rice is prescribed in the north-west. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.24) saumye tu kāñcanaṃ dadyādīśāne ghṛtameva ca . pradadyādyamarājo me prīyatāmityudīrayan .. 92.24 .. > In the north he should give gold, and in the north-east, ghee; / saying, ‘May the king of death, Yama, be pleased with me,’ he should give \[it\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.25) ityuccārya dvijasyāgre yamalokaṃ mahābhayam . asipattravanaṃ ghoraṃ yamacullī sudāruṇā .. 92.25 .. > Having spoken thus before the twice-born: ‘The realm of Yama is full of great terror, / the forest of sword-leaved trees is terrible, Yama’s furnace is most dreadful, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.26) raudrā vaitaraṇī caiva kumbhīpāko bhayāvahaḥ . kālasūtro mahābhīmastathā yamalaparvatau .. 92.26 .. > the fierce Vaitaraṇī, the fear-inspiring Kumbhīpāka, / the terrible Kālasūtra, and the twin mountains of Yama, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.27) krakacaṃ tailayantraṃ ca śvāno gṛdhrāḥ sudāruṇāḥ . nirucchvāsā mahānādā bhairavo rauravastathā .. 92.27 .. > the saw, the oil-press, the dogs, and the dreadful vultures, / the Nirucchvāsa, the Mahānāda, the Bhairava, and the Raurava— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.28) ete ghorā yāmyaloke śrūyante dvijasattama . tvatprasādena te somyāstīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ .. 92.28 .. > these dreadful things are heard of in the realm of Yama, O best of twice-born. / By your grace may they become gentle through the power of this sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.29) dānasyāsya prabhāveṇa yamarājaprasādataḥ . narake'haṃ na yāsyāmi dvija janmani janmani .. 92.29 .. > By the power of this gift, by the grace of King Yama, / may I not go to hell, O twice-born, birth after birth.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.30) yamahāsyasya cākhyānamidaṃ śṛṇvanti ye narāḥ . te'pi pāpavinirmuktā na paśyanti yamālayam .. 92.30 .. > Those men who listen to this narrative of Yamahāsya / are also freed from sin and do not behold the abode of Yama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.92.30\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92.30_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe yamahāsyatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma dvinavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the ninety-second chapter, titled ‘Description of the Greatness of Yamahāsyatīrtha’, in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, 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.6.3.92.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.92.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.92) · Pramāṇa