Skandapurana 14.60
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Pulastya said: / Then one should go, best of kings, to the unsurpassed Jambūtīrtha; / a man who bathes there duly attains the desired reward / of the sacred fords situated in Jambūdvīpa, best of kings. // 1
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In ancient times there was a kṣatriya named Nimi, born of the solar dynasty. / In the maturity of his age, he went to Mount Arbuda. // 2
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Having undertaken fasting unto death, he stayed there, composed in mind. / Then hosts of sages came to his side by the thousands. // 3
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They engaged in holy discourse on dharma concerning the great royal seers, / the ancient celestial seers, and other great souls. // 4
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Then, at the end of the narrative, a true sage named Lomaśa / proclaimed the greatness originating from all sacred fords. // 5
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Hearing that, King Nimi became exceedingly dejected, / O king, because he had not performed bathing in sacred fords previously. // 6
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Then he said to that brahmin: ‘Is there any means, best of the twice-born, / by which the fruit of all sacred fords is obtained?’ // 7
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Lomaśa said: / ‘Compassion has arisen in me, O king, seeing you deeply distressed; / for the purpose of a pilgrimage to sacred fords, I shall do what pleases you.’ // 8
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And right here, O best of kings, by the power of mantras, / I will bring all the sacred fords born in Jambudvīpa; there is no doubt. 9.
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Take your ritual ablution, O great king, right there when they are united / in this holy reservoir; I speak this truth to you. 7.3.60.10.
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Having spoken thus, that brahmin seer concentrated his mind in meditation; / thereupon, all the sacred fords arrived there in that very instant. 11.
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And to inspire trust, O royal seer, a rose-apple tree sprang up; / there the king took his ritual ablution in the eternal [waters] embodying all sacred fords. 12.
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And he went to heaven with his physical body immediately after the ritual ablution in the sacred ford; / from that time onward, that sacred ford has been commemorated as Jambūtīrtha. 13.
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When the sun has entered the sign of Virgo, whatever person performs an ancestral rite there, / the great seers say his merit is equal to [that of performing it at] Gayāśīrṣa. 14.
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Thus ends the sixtieth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Jambūtīrtha,' in the third [section], the Arbudakhaṇḍa, in the seventh [section], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. 60.
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