[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) › 6.3.95 # Skandapurana 6.3.95 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.95 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.95.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.p1) adhyāya 95 > Chapter 95 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchettu rājendra badaryāśramamuttamam . sarvatīrthavaraṃ puṇyaṃ kathitaṃ śaṃbhunā purā .. 95.1 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go, O best of kings, to the excellent hermitage of Badarī, / the best of all sacred fords, auspicious, spoken of formerly by Śambhu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.2) yaścaiṣa bhāratasyārthe tatra siddhaḥ kirīṭabhṛt . bhrātā te phālguno nāma viddhyenaṃ naradaivatam .. 95.2 .. > and where that crowned one achieved perfection for the sake of the Bhārata war— / know your brother named Phālguna to be the deity Nara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.3) naranārāyaṇau dvau tāvāgatau narmadātaṭe . jñānaṃ tasyaiva yo rājanbhaktimānvai janārdane .. 95.3 .. > Those two, Nara and Nārāyaṇa, came to the bank of the Narmadā. / Knowledge belongs to him alone, O king, who is devoted to Janārdana, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.4) samaṃ paśyati sarveṣu sthāvareṣu careṣu ca . brāhmaṇaṃ śvapacaṃ caiva tatra prīto janārdanaḥ .. 95.4 .. > who looks with equality upon all stationary and moving beings, / upon a brahmin and an outcaste; with him Janārdana is pleased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.5) aikātmyaṃ paśya kaunteya mayi cātmani nāntaram . naranārāyaṇābhyāṃ hi kṛtaṃ badarikāśramam .. 95.5 .. > “Behold oneness of self, O son of Kuntī; there is no difference between me and the soul. / Indeed, Badarikāśrama was founded by Nara and Nārāyaṇa. 95.5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.6) sthāpitaḥ śaṅkarastatra lokānugrahakāraṇāt . trimūrtisthāpitaṃ liṅgaṃ svargamārgānumuktidam .. 95.6 .. > Śaṃkara was established there for the sake of bestowing grace upon the world. / The liṅga established by the three deities grants passage to heaven followed by liberation. 95.6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.7) tatra gatvā śucirbhūtvā hyekarātropavāsakṛt . rajastamastathā tyaktvā sāttvikaṃ bhāvamāśrayet .. 95.7 .. > Having gone there and become pure, having observed a fast for one night, / having cast aside passion and darkness, one should resort to a state of purity. 95.7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.8) rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā madhumāsāṣṭamīdine . athavā ca caturdaśyāmubhau pakṣau ca kārayet .. 95.8 .. > Having kept a night-vigil on the eighth day of the spring month, / or on the fourteenth, one should perform \[the rites\] during both fortnights. 95.8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.9) āśvinasya viśeṣeṇa kathitaṃ tava pāṇḍava . snāpayetparayā bhaktyā kṣīreṇa madhunā saha .. 95.9 .. > Especially during \[the month of\] Āśvina, O son of Pāṇḍu, \[this\] has been told to you. / With supreme devotion, one should bathe \[the liṅga\] with milk together with honey, 95.9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.10) dadhnā śarkarayā yuktaṃ ghṛtena samalaṃkṛtam . pañcāmṛtamidaṃ puṇyaṃ snāpayedvṛṣabhadhvajam .. 95.10 .. > combined with curd and sugar, adorned with clarified butter: / with this sacred five-nectar mixture one should bathe the bull-bannered \[god\]. 95.10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.11) snāpyamānaṃ śivaṃ bhaktyā vīkṣate yo vimatsaraḥ . tasya vāsaḥ śivopānte śakraloke na saṃśayaḥ .. 95.11 .. > He who, free from jealousy, gazes with devotion upon Śiva being bathed, / his dwelling is near Śiva in Indra's world—there is no doubt. 95.11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.12) śāṭhyenāpi namaskāraḥ prayuktaḥ śūlapāṇine . saṃsāramūlabaddhānāmudveṣṭanakaro hi yaḥ .. 95.12 .. > Even when offered deceitfully, a salutation to the trident-handed \[god\] / indeed unties the knots of those bound by the root of cyclic existence. 95.12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.13) tenādhītaṃ śrutaṃ tena tena sarvamanuṣṭhitam . yenauṃ namaḥ śivāyeti mantrābhyāsaḥ sthirīkṛtaḥ .. 95.13 .. > By him has been studied, by him heard, by him all has been practiced, / by whom the repetition of the mantra ‘Om, obeisance to Śiva’ has been made steadfast. 95.13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.14) yaḥ punaḥ snāpayedbhaktyā ekabhakto jitendriyaḥ . tasyāpi yatphalaṃ pārtha vakṣye talleśatastava .. 95.14 .. > Moreover, he who bathes \[the liṅga\] with devotion, single-minded and with senses subdued— / the fruit of his act too, O son of Pṛthā, I shall describe to you in brief. 95.14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.15) pīḍito vṛddhabhāvena tava bhaktyā vadāmyaham . te yānti paramaṃ sthānaṃ bhittvā bhāskaramaṇḍalam .. 95.15 .. > Though afflicted by old age, out of devotion to you I speak: / They pierce the solar orb and go to the supreme abode. 95.15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.16) saṃsāre sarvasaukhyānāṃ nilayāste bhavanti ca . āścaryaṃ jñātivargāṇāṃ dharmāṇāṃ nilayāstu te .. 95.16 .. > And in cyclic existence they become the abode of all pleasures; / a marvel to their circle of kinsmen, they are indeed the dwellings of virtues. 95.16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.17) sampannāḥ sarvakāmaiste pṛthivyāṃ pṛthivīpate . śrāddhaṃ tatraiva yaḥ kuryānnarmadodakamiśritam .. 95.17 .. > Furnished with all desires, they \[prosper\] on the earth, O lord of the earth. / Whoever performs a śrāddha right there with water mingled from the Narmadā, 95.17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.18) yogyaiśca brāhmaṇairrājankulīnairvedapāragaiḥ . surūpaiśca suśīlaiśca svadāranirataiḥ śubhaiḥ .. 95.18 .. > with suitable brahmins, O king, well-born, masters of the Vedas, / handsome, of good character, devoted to their own wives, auspicious, 95.18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.19) āryadeśaprasūtaiśca ślakṣṇaiścaiva surūpibhiḥ . kārayetpiṇḍadānaṃ vai bhāskare kutapasthite .. 95.19 .. > born in the Āryan land, refined, and shapely, / should have the offering of rice-balls made when the sun reaches the kutapa period. 95.19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.20) pitḥṇāṃ paramaṃ lokaṃ yadīccheddharmanandana . varjayettānprayatnena kāṇānduṣṭāṃśca dāmbhikān .. 95.20 .. > If he desires the supreme world of the ancestors, O joy of Dharma, / he must carefully avoid those who are one-eyed, wicked, and hypocritical. 95.20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.21) tasmātsarvaprayatnena yogyaṃ vipraṃ samāśrayet . narakānmocayetpretānkumbhīpākapurogamān .. 95.21 .. > Therefore, by every effort, one should resort to a worthy brahmin. / One delivers departed spirits from hell, beginning with Kumbhīpāka; 95.21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.22) mokṣo bhavati sarveṣāṃ pitḥṇāṃ nṛpanandana . viprebhyaḥ kāñcanaṃ dadyātprīyatāṃ me pitāmahaḥ .. 95.22 .. > liberation comes to all ancestors, O prince. / One should give gold to the brahmins, \[praying:\] ‘May my grandfather be pleased!’ 95.22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.23) annaṃ ca dāpayettatra bhaktyā vastraṃ ca bhārata . gāṃ vṛṣaṃ medinīṃ dadyācchatraṃ śastaṃ nṛpottama .. 95.23 .. > And there one should devoutly give food, O Bhārata, and clothing; / one should give a cow, a bull, land, an umbrella, \[and\] a sword, O best of kings. 95.23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.24) sa pumānsvargamāpnoti ityevaṃ śaṅkaro'bravīt . prāṇatyāgaṃ tu yaḥ kuryācchikhinā salilena vā .. 95.24 .. > That man attains heaven—thus indeed Śaṅkara declared. / But he who abandons his life by fire or by water, 95.24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.25) anāśakena vā bhūyaḥ sa gacchecchivamandiram . naranārāyaṇītīre devadroṇyāṃ ca yo nṛpa .. 95.25 .. > or furthermore by fasting, goes to Śiva's temple. / O king, he who \[perishes\] on the bank of the Naranārāyaṇī or in the Devadroṇī, 95.25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.26) sa vasedīśvarasyāgre yāvadindrāścaturdaśa . punaḥ svargāccyutaḥ so'pi rājā bhavati vīryavān .. 95.26 .. > shall reside before Īśvara for as long as fourteen Indras \[endure\]. / Fallen again from heaven, he becomes a valiant king, 95.26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.27) sarvaiśvaryaguṇairyuktaḥ prajāpālanatatparaḥ . tataḥ smarati tattīrthaṃ punarevāgamiṣyati .. 95.27 .. > endowed with all royal virtues and powers, intent on protecting the subjects. / Then he remembers that sacred ford and will come there once again.” 95.27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.95.27\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95.27_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe nārāyaṇītīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcanavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the ninety-fifth chapter, titled ‘Description of the Māhātmya of the Nārāyaṇī Tīrtha,’ in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth Avantī section in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.95.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.95.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.95) · Pramāṇa