[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt) › 14.45 # Skandapurana 14.45 English (machine translation) 14.45 - **Language:** English ### [14.45.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.45.1) Pulastya said: / 'Then one should go to Devakhāta, an exceedingly holy, supreme tīrtha, whose renown was created by all the gods themselves. ### [14.45.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.45.2) Whoever performs a śrāddha there, especially on the new moon day when the sun has entered Virgo, O king, attains the supreme abode; / he indeed delivers his ancestors even if they have fallen into an evil state.' ### [14.45.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.45.45) Thus ends the forty-fifth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Origin and Māhātmya of the Holy Devakhāta,' in the Arbuda Section, the third \[part\] of the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. ## Linked texts (1) - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.45.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.45) · Pramāṇa