[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\_75 # Skandapurana 7.13.3\_75 Skandapurāṇa 7.13.3\_75 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.13.3\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_75) 77 tapodhanaṃ - kha . 78 tu - kha . 79 modati - ka. kha. . 80 mṛtyurogavivarjitaḥ - ka. kha. . 81 kāmakārī - ka. . 82 devasama. - ka., sadā - kha. . 83 devatāḥ - ka. kha . 84 gacchantaṃ (?) . 85 hareḥ - ka., hariścacandre girau - kha. . 86 dhautapāpmā - kha. . 87 tameva ka kha . 682 - - 88 prati tadā vegādutthāya89 ṛṣisattama90 . śikharāt sannipatyāśu teṣāṃ madhyevatiṣṭhata91 .. 101 .. tataste muditāḥ samyagghariṇā saha saṃgatāḥ . śikharaṃ tad girestasya phalena92 samayojayan . .1 02 .. yasmāddharirayaṃ93 hyatra candravannirmalo babhau . tapasā mahatā caiva tasmādeṣocaleśvaraḥ ..1 03 .. hariścandra iti khyāto bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ . yasmādaprakṛtenaiva prapātotra kṛtaḥ punaḥ . tasmād bhṛgurayaṃ loke puṇyo bhavatu sarvaśaḥ . .1 04.. atra94 yobhyetya deveśā bhṛguprapatanaṃ naraḥ . sādhayeta sa gaccheta harerlokamatiprabham . .1 05. . mahāpātakasaṃyukto vyādhinā samupadrutaḥ . yotra sādhayate prāṇān sopi mucyenmahābhayāt .. 1 06.. yadvā prārthayate95 nityaṃ prapāte cātra96 kiṃcana . tatprāpnuyānnaraḥ sarvamacirāttacca97 vai smṛtam ..1 07.. sanatkumāra uvāca hariścandramimaṃ98 yastu puriścandrantu99 dharmavit . paṭheta śṛṇuyādvāpi sa pāpmānaṃ viśasyati . .1 08.. idaṃ tu yaḥ śuciranasūyavān100 sadā naraḥ paṭhed dvijagaṇadevasaṃsadi . sa nirmalo raviriva tejasā jvalan triviṣṭape vasati yathāmarovaraḥ101 ..1 0 9.. iti skandapurāṇe hariścandragirivarṇano nāma dvāviṃśottaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ102 > \[77-87 Apparatus variants\] > \[682\] > Rising up with speed towards them, O best of seers, > he swiftly descended from the peak and stood among them. > Then, delighted, meeting together fully with Hari, > they endowed that peak of the mountain with a reward: > ‘Because Hari shone here as stainless as the moon > by means of great austerity, therefore this Lord of Mountains > shall be known as Hariścandra; of this there is no doubt. > And because a descent was made here by one who is not ordinary, > therefore let this precipice become holy in the world in every way.’ > O lords of gods, whichever man, coming here, casts himself from this cliff, > shall go to Hari's exceedingly radiant world. > A person afflicted with disease, \[even if\] tainted by the great sins, > who gives up his life-breaths here, is also freed from great terror. > Whatever a man continually prays for here at the precipice, > all that he swiftly obtains—so it is declared. > Sanatkumāra said: > The knower of dharma who reads or listens to this \[account of\] Hariścandra and Puriścandra > destroys all his sin. > And whatever man, pure and free from malice, always reads this in an assembly of twice-born and gods, > he, stainless, blazing with brilliance like the sun, dwells in heaven like an immortal, foremost among them. > Thus ends the one hundred and twenty-second chapter, titled ‘Description of Mount Hariścandra’, in the Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.13.3\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_74) - [Next: 7.13.3\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_76) - [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_75) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.13.3_75) · Pramāṇa