[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\_173 # Skandapurana 7.13.3\_173 Skandapurāṇa 7.13.3\_173 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.13.3\_173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_173) gaṅgāṃ tripathagāṃ divyāṃ yadi me tuṣyasevyaya . mama kāmo mahādeva mṛtān pūrvapitāmahān ..3 9.. svargaṃ nayeyaṃ nirayāttārayitvātha tān40 śubhān . teṣāmarthe mahādeva prayāsoyaṃ mayā kṛtaḥ . prasādāttava te svargaṃ gaccheyurgaṅgayāplutāḥ ..8.127.40 . . sanatkumāra uvāca tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhagavān govṛṣadhvajaḥ . uvāca rājaśārdūlaṃ sutuṣṭenāntanātmanā . .41 . . > the celestial Gaṅgā who flows along three paths, if you are pleased with me, O Imperishable One! / My desire, O Mahādeva, is to lead my departed ancestors / to heaven, having delivered those auspicious ones from hell. / For their sake, O Mahādeva, this effort has been made by me; / by your grace, may they go to heaven, bathed in the Gaṅgā.” > Sanatkumāra said: > Hearing his words, the Lord whose banner bears the bull / spoke to the tiger among kings with a thoroughly delighted mind: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.13.3\_172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_172) - [Next: 7.13.3\_174](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_174) - [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_173) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_173](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_173) · Pramāṇa