Skandapurana 16.140
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Then, O great goddess, one should go to the river Citrapathā, / situated near the Brahmakuṇḍa, amidst Citrāditya. 1
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And when Citra, the very wise, was carried away in his body / by Yama's messengers devoted to Yama's command, O beloved of the gods, 2
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his sister, who was there, learning of this and grieving, / that sister of the noble-souled one, having then become the river Citrā, 3
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entered the ocean, O goddess, searching for her brother. / Then the twice-born named her Citrapathā. 4
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Thus that river was born there, O fair-complexioned lady. 5
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A man who bathes in it and beholds Citrāditya / goes to the supreme abode where the divine sun resides. 6
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In this Kali age, O goddess, the river has disappeared; / it can be seen in the rainy season, and its darśana is difficult to obtain. 7
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Bathing and giving especially destroy all sins. 8
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Whether one has eaten or not eaten, by night or by day, / on a festival day or at an improper time, whether pure or impure, 9
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whenever the river Citrapathā is seen there, O dear one, / its darśana is the authority; time is of no consequence there. 10
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Beholding the river, O great goddess, the ancestors residing in heaven / sing Sāman hymns there, dance, and laugh: 11
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“Someone born of our lineage will perform a śrāddha here / and bring us joy for as long as a kalpa!” 12
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Knowing this, a man should perform bathing and a śrāddha there / for the destruction of all sins and for the pleasure of the ancestors. 13
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Thus has this been told, O goddess, how the river Citrapathā, / having reached the Prabhāsa sacred field, remains destroying sins. 14
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Thus ends the one hundred and fortieth chapter, entitled “Description of the Greatness of the River Citrapathā,” in the first [part], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh [section], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. 140
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