Skandapurana 3.2.26
English (machine translation) 3.2.26
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Vyāsa said:
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Indeed, opened by Mārkaṇḍeya, the gate to heaven stands uncovered.
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Those who abandon their bodies there, desiring its fruit,
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truly obtain that fruit in the end: they attain union with Viṣṇu.
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Therefore, what need is there of saying much? In Dvāravatī, men
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should always abandon the body with the desire to conquer the world of Viṣṇu.
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Those best of men who [die] through fasting, in water, or in fire,
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freed from all sins, always go to the city of Viṣṇu.
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Even another man, free from disease, who resorts to fasting to death,
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freed from all sins, goes to the city of Viṣṇu.
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In the end, that twice-born man would dwell in heaven for a hundred thousand years.
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On earth there is nothing pure and purifying superior to brahmins.
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No act of austerity equal to fasts exists;
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there is no scripture higher than the Veda; there is no guru equal to a mother;
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there is nothing higher here than dharma; there is no austerity superior to fasting.
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Having bathed, whoever performs śrāddha and the rites of funeral cakes and water here as well,
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his ancestors are satisfied for as long as a day and night of Brahmā.
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The man who, having bathed at that sacred ford, worships Keśava,
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freed from all sins, attains the world of Viṣṇu.
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The best sacred ford among sacred fords is where Hari is present;
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He takes away all sin from one who stays at that sacred ford.
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It grants liberation to those who desire liberation, and gives wealth to those seeking wealth;
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it gives longevity, gives happiness, and yields the fruits of all desires.
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What need is there for another sacred ford here, where Lord Janārdana
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Himself always resides out of compassion for everyone?
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Whatever gift is given there endowed with faith
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shall all become imperishable in this world and in the other world.
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The fruit which is obtained by the wise through sacrifices, gifts, and austerities,
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that is obtained here merely by bathing, even by śūdras who are good servants.
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And whoever, having fasted on the eleventh lunar day, performs a śrāddha there,
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delivers all his ancestors from hells; of this there is no doubt.
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The Supreme Self, Janārdana, attains imperishable satisfaction;
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whatever is given here dedicated [to Him] is declared to be imperishable.
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Thus ends the twenty-sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Dvārikā-māhātmya', in the Dharmāraṇya-māhātmya of the first part of the third section, the Brahmakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.
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- Skandapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit