[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) › 6.3.98 # Skandapurana 6.3.98 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.98 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.98.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchettu rājendra prabhāseśvaramuttamam . vikhyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu svargasopānamuttamam .. 98.1 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then, O best of kings, one should go to the excellent Prabhāseśvara, / renowned in the three worlds, the supreme stairway to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.2) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca - prabhāsaṃ tāta me brūhi kathaṃ jātaṃ mahāphalam . svargasopānadaṃ dṛśyaṃ saṃkṣepātkathayasva me .. 98.2 .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: / Tell me, father, how Prabhāsa became of great fruit, / visible as bestower of a stairway to heaven; tell me in brief. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.3) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - durbhagā ravipatnī ca prabhānāmeti viśrutā . tayā cārādhitaḥ śambhurugreṇa tapasā purā .. 98.3 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / The unloved wife of the Sun, renowned by the name Prabhā, / formerly worshipped Śambhu with severe austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.4) vāyubhakṣā sthitā varṣaṃ varṣaṃ dhyānaparāyaṇā . tatastuṣṭo mahādevaḥ prabhāyāḥ pāṇḍunandana .. 98.4 .. > She remained for a year consuming only air, and for a year devoted to meditation. / Thereupon Mahādeva was pleased with Prabhā, O son of Pāṇḍu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.5) īśvara uvāca - kasmātsaṃkliśyase bāle kathyatāṃ yadvivakṣitam . ahaṃ hi bhāskaro'pyeko nānātvaṃ naiva vidyate .. 98.5 .. > Īśvara said: / Why do you torment yourself, child? Let that which you wish to say be told. / Indeed, the Sun and I are one; diversity does not exist at all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.6) prabhovāca - nānyo devaḥ striyaḥ śambho vinā bhartrā kvacitprabho . saguṇo nirguṇo vāpi dhanāḍhyo vāpyakiṃcanaḥ .. 98.6 .. > Prabhā said: / For a woman there is no other god anywhere apart from her husband, O Śambhu, O Lord, / whether he has good qualities or lacks them, whether he is rich or destitute, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.7) priyo vā yadi vā dveṣyaḥ strīṇāṃ bhartaiva daivatam . durbhagatvena dagdhāhaṃ sakhīmadhye sureśvara . bharttaryallabdhasaukhyāsmi tena kliśyāmyahaṃ bhṛśam .. 98.7 .. > whether dear or hateful; a husband alone is the deity of women. / I am burnt by being unloved among my companions, O Lord of gods; / from my husband I have obtained little happiness, therefore I suffer intensely. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.8) īśvara uvāca - vallabhā bhāskarasyaiva matprasādādbhaviṣyasi .. 98.8 .. > Īśvara said: / By my favor you will surely become the beloved of the Sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.9) pārvatyuvāca - apramāṇaṃ bhavadvākyaṃ bhāskaro'pi kariṣyati . vṛthā kleśo bhavedasyāḥ prabhāyāḥ parameśvara .. 98.9 .. > Pārvatī said: / Even the Sun might treat your word as unauthoritative. / In vain would be the torment of this Prabhā, O Supreme Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.10) umāvākyānmaheśānadhyātastimiranāśanaḥ . āgato gaganādbhānurnarmadottararodhasi .. 98.10 .. > Upon Umā’s word, Maheśāna meditated upon the Dispeller of Darkness. / The Sun came from the sky to the northern bank of the Narmadā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.11) bhānuruvāca - āhūto'smi kathaṃ deva hyaghāsuraniṣūdana .. 98.11 .. > The Sun said: / Why have I been summoned, O God, slayer of the demon Agha? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.12) īśvara uvāca - prabhāṃ pālaya bho bhāno saṃtoṣeṇa pareṇa hi .. 98.12 .. > Īśvara said: / O Sun, protect Prabhā with the utmost pleasure! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.13) umovāca - prabhāyā mandire nityaṃ sthīyatāṃ himanāśana . agrapatnī samastānāṃ bhāryāṇāṃ kriyatāṃ rave .. 98.13 .. > Umā said: / Dwell constantly in the mansion of Prabhā, O Dispeller of Cold; / make her the foremost wife among all your wives, O Sun! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.14) bhānuruvāca - evaṃ devi kariṣyāmi tava vākyaṃ varānane . etacchrutvā prabhāhūtā pratyuvāca maheśvaram .. 98.14 .. > The Sun said: / So shall I do, O goddess, according to your word, O fair-faced one! / Having heard this, Prabhā was summoned and replied to Maheśvara: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.15) prabhovāca - svāṃśena sthīyatāṃ deva manmathāre umāpate . ekāṃśaḥ sthāpyatāmatra tīrthasyonmīlanāya ca .. 98.15 .. > Prabhā said: / Dwell here by a portion of yourself, O God, enemy of Manmatha, Lord of Umā! / Let one portion be established here for the manifestation of the sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.16) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - sarvadevamayaṃ liṅgaṃ sthāpitaṃ tatra pāṇḍava . prabhāseśa iti khyātaṃ sarvalokeṣu durlabham .. 98.16 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / A liṅga composed of all deities was established there, O Pāṇḍava, / famed as Prabhāseśa, difficult to attain in all the worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.17) anyāni yāni tīrthāni kāle tāni phalanti vai . prabhāseśastu rājendra sadyaḥ kāmaphalapradaḥ .. 98.17 .. > Whatever other sacred fords there are bear fruit in due course of time, / but Prabhāseśa, O best of kings, immediately grants the fruit of desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.18) māghamāse site pakṣe saptamyāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ . aśvaṃ yaḥ sparśayettatra yathoktabrāhmaṇe nṛpa .. 98.18 .. > Especially on the seventh day of the bright fortnight in the month of Māgha, / whoever causes a horse to touch a brahmin qualified as prescribed there, O king, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.19) indratvaṃ prāpyate tena bhāskarasyāthavā padam . snātvā paramayā bhaktyā dānaṃ dadyāddvijātaye .. 98.19 .. > the status of Indra or the realm of the Sun is attained by him. / Having bathed with supreme devotion, he should give a gift to a twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.20) gopradātā labhetsvargaṃ satyalokaṃ vareśvara . sarvāṅgasundarīṃ śubhrāṃ kṣīriṇīṃ taruṇīṃ śubhām .. 98.20 .. > The giver of a cow attains heaven, the Satyaloka, O best of rulers; / \[a cow\] beautiful in every limb, bright, giving milk, young, auspicious, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.21) savatsāṃ ghaṇṭāsaṃyuktāṃ kāṃsyapātrāvadohinīm . dadate ye nṛpaśreṣṭha na te yānti yamālayam .. 98.21 .. > with her calf, furnished with a bell, milked into a bronze vessel; / those who give such, O best of kings, do not go to the abode of Yama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.22) atha yaḥ parayā bhaktyā snānaṃ devasya kārayet . sa prāpnoti paraṃ lokaṃ yāvadābhūtasamplavam .. 98.22 .. > Furthermore, whoever causes a bath of the god to be performed with supreme devotion, / he attains the highest realm until the dissolution of all beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.23) daurbhāgyaṃ nāśamāyāti snānamātreṇa pāṇḍava . tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā kanyādānaṃ prayacchati .. 98.23 .. > Misfortune meets destruction by merely bathing, O Pāṇḍava. / Whoever with devotion gives the gift of a maiden at that sacred ford, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.24) brāhmaṇāya vivāhena dāpayetpāṇḍunandana . samānavayase deyā kulaśīladhanaistathā .. 98.24 .. > should give her through marriage to a brahmin, O son of Pāṇḍu; / she should be given to one equal in age, as well as in lineage, character, and wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.25) ye dadante mahārāja hyapi pātakasaṃyutāḥ . teṣāṃ pāpāni līyante hyudake lavaṇaṃ yathā .. 98.25 .. > Those who give, O great king, even if accompanied by major sins, / their sins dissolve just like salt in water: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.26) svāmidrohakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nikṣepasyāpahāriṇi . mitraghne ca kṛtaghne ca kūṭasākṣyasamudbhavam .. 98.26 .. > the sin committed by treachery to one's master, in appropriating a deposit, / in killing a friend, and in ingratitude, and that arising from false testimony. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.27) tadgrāmodyānabhedotthaṃ paradāraniṣevaṇam . vārddhuṣikasya yatpāpaṃ yatpāpaṃ steyasambhavam .. 98.27 .. > The \[sin\] arising from destroying a village or garden, adultery with another's wife, / the sin of a usurer, and the sin born of theft; 98.27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.28) kūpabhedodbhavaṃ yacca baiḍālavratadhāriṇaḥ . dāmbhikaṃ vṛkṣacchedotthaṃ vivāhasya niṣedhajam .. 98.28 .. > and that born of destroying a well; of one keeping the cat-vow \[of hypocrisy\]; / of hypocrisy; arising from cutting down a tree; born of preventing a marriage; 98.28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.29) ārāmasthatarucchedamagamyāgamanodbhavam . svabhāryātyajane yacca parabhāryāsamīhanāt .. 98.29 .. > cutting down a tree standing in a grove; born of having intercourse with a woman forbidden to be approached; / and that which arises from abandoning one's own wife due to desiring another's wife; 98.29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.30) brahmasvaharaṇe yacca garade govighātini . vidyāvikrayaṇotthaṃ ca saṃsargādyacca pātakam .. 98.30 .. > and that arising from seizing the property of a brahmin; in a poisoner; in a cow-killer; / that arising from selling sacred knowledge; and that sin born of \[evil\] association; 98.30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.31) śvabiḍālavadhādghoraṃ sarpaśūdrodbhavaṃ tathā . bhūmihartuśca yatpāpaṃ bhūmihāriṇi caiva hi .. 98.31 .. > the terrible sin from killing a dog or cat, likewise that born of killing a snake or Śūdra; / and the sin of one who seizes land, and regarding a robber of land; 98.31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.32) mā dadasveti yatpāpaṃ govahnibrāhmaṇeṣu ca . tatpāpaṃ yāti vilayaṃ kanyādānena pāṇḍava .. 98.32 .. > and the sin of saying “Do not give!” with regard to cows, fire, and brahmins— / that sin dissolves away through the gift of a maiden, O Pāṇḍava. 98.32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.33) sa gatvā bhāskaraṃ lokaṃ rudraloke śubhe vrajet . krīḍate rudralokastho yāvadindrāścaturdaśa .. 98.33 .. > Having gone to the world of the sun, he goes to the auspicious world of Rudra. / Residing in the world of Rudra, he sports as long as fourteen Indras endure. 98.33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.34) sarvapāpakṣaye jāte śive bhavati bhāvanā . etadvrajati yastīrthaṃ prabhāsaṃ pāṇḍunandana .. 98.34 .. > When all sins have been destroyed, devotion to Śiva arises. / Whoever goes to this sacred ford, Prabhāsa, O son of Pāṇḍu, 98.34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.35) sarvatīrthaphalaṃ prāpya so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet . gopradānaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ sarvapāpakṣayaṃ param . praśastaṃ sarvakālaṃ hi caturdaśyāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 98.35 .. > having obtained the fruit of all sacred fords, he obtains the fruit of a horse-sacrifice. / The gift of a cow brings great religious merit, the supreme destruction of all sins, / and is indeed praised at all times, especially on the fourteenth day. 98.35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.98.35\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98.35_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe prabhāsatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭanavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the ninety-eighth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Prabhāsa Ford,' in the Revā Section of the fifth section, the Āvantya Section, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.98.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.98.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.98) · Pramāṇa