[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) › 7.13.3 # Skandapurana 7.13.3 Skandapurāṇa 7.13.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3) 51 bhūyo - ka. kha . 52 naivā. - ka. kha. . 53 bādhaṃ - kha. . 54 mahātmāno - ka kha. . 55 hiraṇyavaṇa- śailendre - kha. . 56 ima - ka. kha. . 57 yaśa - kha. . 58 sarvadigdhāṅgo - ka. kha. . 59 rudraṃ yajat - śarīrasthaiḥ (?) . 680 ārdra snānāt paraṃ bhasma ārdre jantuvadho dhruvam60 . ārdrantu prakṛtiṃ vidyāt prakṛtiṃ cāpi bandhanam . .79 . . prakṛtestu prahāṇārthaṃ61 bhasmanā snānamiṣyate . digvāsastvaṃ ca śaucañca yena jāyenna62 karhicit . .8.122.80 .. yantrāṇāṃ63 paramaṃ yantra64manyadyasmānna vidyate . ṣaḍaṅga sarvakāmīyaṃ sarvalokanamaskṛtam .. 81 . . śuci sarvapavitraṃ65 ca sarvapāpāpahaṃ śubham . tapaso vardhanaṃ caiva te carantu66 samāhitāḥ67 . yantraṃ tvapāpaṃ68 vijñeyaṃ prakṛtissā ca saṃsmṛtā69 . .82 . . bandhaśca trividhaḥ proktaḥ sanyāsaphalameva ca . tasmāt sarvaprahāṇārthaṃ yantrametat samācaret ..03 . > \[Various readings\] > 680 > Ashes are superior to wet bathing; in wet \[bathing\], the destruction of living beings is certain. > One should know wetness as Prakṛti, and Prakṛti as bondage. > For the abandoning of Prakṛti, bathing with ashes is prescribed, > as well as being sky-clad and pure, so that one may never be reborn. > Among yantras, it is the supreme yantra, other than which none exists; > six-limbed, granting all desires, revered by all the worlds, > pure, all-purifying, removing all sins, auspicious, > and increasing austerity—let them practice it with focused minds. > The yantra should be understood as sinless, and that is considered Prakṛti. > Bondage is declared to be threefold, and renunciation itself has its fruit; > therefore, for the abandoning of everything, one should practice this yantra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.13.p63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.p63) - [Next: 7.13.3\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_64) - [Up: 7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.13.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3) · Pramāṇa