[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) › 14.60 # Skandapurana 14.60 English (machine translation) 14.60 - **Language:** English ### [14.60.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.60.1) 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 ### [14.60.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.60.2) 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 ### [14.60.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.60.3) Having undertaken fasting unto death, he stayed there, composed in mind. / Then hosts of sages came to his side by the thousands. // 3 ### [14.60.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.60.4) They engaged in holy discourse on dharma concerning the great royal seers, / the ancient celestial seers, and other great souls. // 4 ### [14.60.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.60.5) Then, at the end of the narrative, a true sage named Lomaśa / proclaimed the greatness originating from all sacred fords. // 5 ### [14.60.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.60.6) Hearing that, King Nimi became exceedingly dejected, / O king, because he had not performed bathing in sacred fords previously. // 6 ### [14.60.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.60.7) 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 ### [14.60.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.60.8) 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 ### [14.60.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.60.9) 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. ### [14.60.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.60.10) 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. ### [14.60.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.60.11) Having spoken thus, that brahmin seer concentrated his mind in meditation; / thereupon, all the sacred fords arrived there in that very instant. 11. ### [14.60.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.60.12) 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. ### [14.60.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.60.13) 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. ### [14.60.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.60.14) 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. ### [14.60.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.60.60) 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. ## Linked texts (1) - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.60.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.60) · Pramāṇa