Skandapurana 17.3
English (machine translation) 17.3
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17.3.1
Īśvara said: / Now, in the sacred field of Vastrāpatha there are crores of sacred fords; / nevertheless, I tell you their essence, the great elevation of all sacred fords. // 1
17.3.2
At Dāmodara a river is proclaimed, known as Svarṇareṣā; / Brahmakuṇḍa is right there, and likewise Brahmeśvara is recorded. // 2
17.3.3
And Kālamegha is proclaimed, and Bhava [along with] Dāmodara are recorded. / Just two gavyūtis away, Kālikā is celebrated there. // 3
17.3.4
And Indreśvara is right there, as well as Mount Raivata; / and Ujjayanta is right there, and the deity is recorded as Kumbhīśvara. // 4
17.3.5
And Bhīmeśvara is right there; beyond it lies the splendid sacred field / named Tailasāraṇika, called Haimamāraka in the Tretā age. // 5
17.3.6
That sacred field is proclaimed to measure just five gavyūtis; / and Mṛgīkuṇḍa is right there, destroying all sins. // 6
17.3.7
This sacred field of Vastrāpatha, a mine of jewels and minerals, / has thus been described to you again in brief by me, O ruler of gods! // 7
17.3.7_1
Thus ends the third chapter, named 'Enumeration of the Foremost Sacred Fords,' in the Vastrāpathakṣetramāhātmya, in the second [sub-section of] Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the seventh part of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 3
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- Skandapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit