[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) › 4.6 # Skandapurana 4.6 English (machine translation) 4.6 - **Language:** English ### [4.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.1) Pārāśarya said: ### [4.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.2) "Listen, O highly fortunate Sūta, to the narrative that is the twin sister of the Veda, ### [4.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.3) keeping which in his heart, a person partakes of the goals of human life in this world. ### [4.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.4) Then the sage, having plunged into the river of the stream of nectar that was the joy of the darśana of Śrī ### [4.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.5) together with his wife, attained supreme delight. ### [4.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.6) O Sūta, born from the sacrificial fire-pit, whose mind is immaculate, ### [4.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.7) listen to one well-spoken saying uttered by the wise of old: ### [4.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.8) 'For those good people in whose hearts assisting others remains awake, ### [4.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.9) misfortunes perish, and prosperities arise at every step.' ### [4.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.10) That purification is not obtained by ritual ablutions at sacred fords, nor that fruit by generous gifts, ### [4.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.11) nor can it be attained by severe austerities, which is obtained by helping others. ### [4.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.12) The dharma that comes from helping others and the dharma arising from gifts and the like— ### [4.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.13) when both were weighed together on a balance by the Creator, the former proved heavier. ### [4.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.14) Having thoroughly churned the whole web of words, precisely this has been determined: ### [4.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.15) there is no dharma higher than helping others, and no sin worse than harming others. ### [4.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.16) This is illustrated by Agastya, who was a benefactor: ### [4.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.17) where was such grief born of Kāśī, and where was the sight of Śrī's face?" ### [4.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.18) Life and wealth of various kinds are unsteady like the tip of an elephant's ear. ### [4.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.19) Therefore, doing good to others is the sole duty of a wise man. ### [4.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.20) Since a man can scarcely contain himself anywhere merely by obtaining the name of fortune, ### [4.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.21) beholding Fortune herself before his eyes, the sage attained the fulfillment of his goal. ### [4.6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.22) Then, as he was walking along at his pleasure, he saw Śrīśaila from afar, ### [4.6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.23) where the glorious god, the destroyer of Tripura, resides in person. ### [4.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.24) Then the sage, with a delighted mind, addressed these words to his wife: ### [4.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.25) "Remaining right here, beloved, behold what is supreme and most lovely, ### [4.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.26) this glorious peak of Śrīśaila, from the sight of which ### [4.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.27) rebirth for human beings in this world never occurs again. ### [4.6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.28) Indeed, this mountain is eighty-four yojanas in extent; ### [4.6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.29) since it is composed entirely of liṅgas, one should circumambulate it." ### [4.6.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.30) Lopāmudrā said: ### [4.6.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.31) "I wish to submit a humble question, if my lord permits. ### [4.6.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.32) For a woman who speaks \[without\] being permitted by her husband becomes fallen." ### [4.6.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.33) Agastya said: ### [4.6.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.34) "What do you wish to say, O lady? Speak the truth without hesitation. ### [4.6.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.35) For words spoken by women like you never lead to distress for a husband." ### [4.6.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.36) Then, bowing humbly to the sage, the noble lady asked, ### [4.6.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.37) for the welfare of all and to dispel her own doubt: ### [4.6.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.38) Lopāmudrā said: ### [4.6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.39) "If by seeing the peak of Śrīśaila rebirth is no more, ### [4.6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.40) and if this is truly so, for what purpose is Kāśī sought?" ### [4.6.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.41) Agasti said: ### [4.6.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.42) "Listen, O beautiful woman; what you have asked is true, O faultless one. ### [4.6.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.43) This has been repeatedly determined by sages contemplating reality. ### [4.6.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.44) There are many places of liberation, and there too a conclusion has been reached. ### [4.6.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.45) I shall tell them to you now; focus your mind for a moment. ### [4.6.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.46) First is the king of sacred fords, renowned as Prayāga, ### [4.6.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.47) fulfilling wishes among all sacred fords, granting dharma, pleasure, wealth, and liberation; ### [4.6.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.48) Naimiṣa, Kurukṣetra, Gaṅgādvāra, Avantikā, ### [4.6.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.49) Ayodhyā, Mathurā, and Dvārakā, as well as Amarāvatī; ### [4.6.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.50) Sarasvatī, the confluence with the sea, the confluence of Gaṅgā and the ocean, ### [4.6.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.51) Kāñcī, Tryambaka, and the banks of the Saptagodāvarī; ### [4.6.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.52) Kālañjara, Prabhāsa, and likewise Badarikāśrama; ### [4.6.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.53) Mahālaya, likewise Oṃkāra, and the sacred field of Puruṣottama; ### [4.6.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.54) Gokarṇa, Bhṛgukaccha, Bhṛgutuṅga, and Puṣkara; ### [4.6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.55) sacred fords such as Śrīparvata, and likewise Dhārātīrtha; ### [4.6.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.56) and also the mental sacred fords, truth and the rest, O beloved. ### [4.6.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.57) These indeed bestow liberation; no doubt should be entertained here. ### [4.6.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.58) And the sacred ford of Gayā, which is declared to bestow liberation on ancestors, ### [4.6.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.59) their sons also become freed from their debt to their forebears." ### [4.6.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.60) His lawful wife said: ### [4.6.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.61) "The mental sacred fords that have been mentioned, O noble-minded one, ### [4.6.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.62) which ones are they in this world? You ought to explain this." ### [4.6.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.63) Agastya said: ### [4.6.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.64) "Listen, O sinless one, as I declare the mental sacred fords, ### [4.6.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.65) bathing properly in which a person attains the supreme goal. ### [4.6.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.66) Truth is a sacred ford, patience is a sacred ford, restraint of the senses is a sacred ford, ### [4.6.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.67) compassion for all beings is a sacred ford, and uprightness is a sacred ford. ### [4.6.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.68) Generosity is a sacred ford, self-control is a sacred ford, contentment is said to be a sacred ford, ### [4.6.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.69) celibacy is a supreme sacred ford, and gentle speech is a sacred ford. ### [4.6.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.70) Knowledge is a sacred ford, steadfastness is a sacred ford, and austerity is proclaimed a sacred ford; ### [4.6.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.71) the highest sacred ford among sacred fords is the supreme purity of the mind. ### [4.6.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.72) Having the body washed with water is not called a ritual ablution. ### [4.6.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.73) He is truly bathed who is bathed in self-control, pure, and cleansed of the impurities of the mind. ### [4.6.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.74) One who is greedy, slanderous, cruel, deceitful, and attached to sensual pleasures, ### [4.6.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.75) even if he bathes in all sacred fords, remains sinful and dirty. ### [4.6.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.76) A person does not become pure merely by discarding bodily dirt; ### [4.6.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.77) but when mental dirt is cast away, one becomes exceedingly pure within." ### [4.6.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.78) Water-dwelling creatures are born and die in water alone; ### [4.6.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.79) yet they do not go to heaven, with the impurities of their minds unpurified. ### [4.6.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.80) Excessive attachment to sense objects is said to be mental impurity; ### [4.6.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.81) indeed, detachment toward those very objects is proclaimed as one's purity. ### [4.6.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.82) A wicked mind within is not purified by bathing at a sacred ford, ### [4.6.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.83) just as an impure liquor pot is not cleansed though washed a hundred times with water. ### [4.6.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.84) Giving, sacrificial worship, austerity, cleanliness, resort to sacred fords, and learning— ### [4.6.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.85) all these are not sacred fords if one's inner disposition is not pure. ### [4.6.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.86) Wherever a man dwells with his host of senses restrained, ### [4.6.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.87) there for him are Kurukṣetra, Naimiṣa, and the Puṣkaras. ### [4.6.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.88) In the water of knowledge purified by knowledge, which removes the impurity of passion and hatred, ### [4.6.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.89) he who bathes in that sacred ford of the mind attains the supreme state. ### [4.6.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.90) This, O goddess, has been declared to you as the character of the mental sacred ford. ### [4.6.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.91) Hear also the cause of the sanctity of earthly sacred fords. ### [4.6.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.92) Just as certain parts of the body are traditionally regarded as most pure, ### [4.6.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.93) so on the earth certain localities are traditionally regarded as most holy. ### [4.6.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.94) Through the wondrous power of the earth, the water, and radiant energy, ### [4.6.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.95) and through the possession by sages, the sanctity of sacred fords is remembered. ### [4.6.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.96) Therefore, in both earthly and mental sacred fords constantly— ### [4.6.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.97) he who bathes in both of them goes to the supreme state. ### [4.6.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.98) Without fasting for three nights and without visiting sacred fords, ### [4.6.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.99) and without giving gold and cattle, one is indeed born poor. ### [4.6.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.100) Having sacrificed with rituals such as the Agniṣṭoma accompanied by generous priestly fees, ### [4.6.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.101) one does not obtain that fruit which \[is gained\] by visiting sacred fords. ### [4.6.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.102) He whose hands, feet, and mind are well controlled, ### [4.6.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.103) and \[who possesses\] knowledge, austerity, and renown, enjoys the fruit of a sacred ford. ### [4.6.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.104) He who has turned away from accepting gifts, is content with whatever comes, ### [4.6.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.105) and is free from egoism, enjoys the fruit of a sacred ford. ### [4.6.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.106) He who is without deceit, free from worldly enterprise, eats little, has conquered his senses, ### [4.6.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.107) and is freed from all attachments, enjoys the fruit of a sacred ford. ### [4.6.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.108) Free from anger, pure in intellect, speaking the truth, firm in his vows, ### [4.6.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.109) and looking upon \[all\] beings as himself, he enjoys the fruit of a sacred ford. ### [4.6.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.110) Visiting sacred fords, wise, full of faith, and concentrated in mind, ### [4.6.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.111) one who has committed sins would be purified—how much more one who performs pure deeds! ### [4.6.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.112) He will not go to animal birth; he is never born in an unholy land; ### [4.6.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.113) he will not be miserable, he shares in heaven, and he finds the means to liberation. ### [4.6.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.114) One lacking faith, sinful in nature, an unbeliever, one whose doubts are unsevered, ### [4.6.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.115) and one devoted \[solely\] to rationalism—these five do not share in the fruit of a sacred ford. ### [4.6.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.116) Those who traverse the sacred fords according to the prescribed rule, ### [4.6.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.117) enduring all dualities, steadfast—those men share in heaven. ### [4.6.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.118) Desiring to make a pilgrimage to sacred fords, having first observed a fast at home, ### [4.6.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.119) and having worshipped Gaṇeśa, the ancestors, brahmins, and holy men according to one's capacity, ### [4.6.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.120) having broken the fast, joyful, holding to his vows, he should set out again. ### [4.6.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.121) Returning and worshipping the ancestors, he will receive the stated reward. ### [4.6.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.122) A twice-born seeking food at sacred fords is not to be examined, but simply fed; ### [4.6.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.123) and offering of funeral cakes \[made\] of roasted barley flour, sacrificial cooked porridge, or milk rice ### [4.6.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.124) should be made, as seen by the seers, or with oil-cake and molasses. ### [4.6.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.125) A śrāddha should be performed there without the water offering and invocation. ### [4.6.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.126) Whether at an improper time or at a proper time, at a sacred ford a śrāddha and libation ### [4.6.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.127) must be performed without delay; one should not cause any obstacle. ### [4.6.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.128) Having reached a sacred ford incidentally, one should perform a ritual ablution at the sacred ford; ### [4.6.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.129) he obtains the fruit born of the ritual ablution associated with the pilgrimage to a sacred ford. ### [4.6.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.130) For men who have committed sins, pacification of sin occurs at a sacred ford; ### [4.6.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.131) the sacred ford bestows the stated reward upon men who have faithful souls. ### [4.6.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.132) He who goes for another's sake obtains a sixteenth part; ### [4.6.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.133) half of the fruit of the sacred ford belongs to him who goes incidentally. ### [4.6.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.134) Having made an effigy of kuśa grass, one should plunge it into the water of the sacred ford; / and he for whose sake one plunges it shall indeed obtain an eighth part. ### [4.6.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.135) Fasting at a sacred ford should be observed, as well as the shaving of the head, / because sins situated in the head depart through shaving. ### [4.6.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.136) On the day before the day on which the sacred ford is reached, ### [4.6.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.137) a fast must be observed; on the day of arrival, one should offer a śrāddha. ### [4.6.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.138) In connection with the sacred ford, the subsidiary rites of the sacred ford have also been told by me before you. ### [4.6.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.139) This is indeed an instrument for heaven, and truly a means to liberation. ### [4.6.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.140) Kāśī, Kāñcī, and Māyā, Ayodhyā and Dvāravatī as well, ### [4.6.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.141) Mathurā, and Avantikā: these seven cities here bestow liberation. ### [4.6.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.142) All of Śrīśaila bestows liberation, and Kedāra even more than that; ### [4.6.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.143) and higher than both Śrīśaila and Kedāra, Prayāga bestows liberation. ### [4.6.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.144) Avimukta is distinguished even above Prayāga, the foremost of sacred fords; ### [4.6.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.145) as in Avimukta, so nowhere else is there nirvāṇa, without doubt. ### [4.6.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.146) The other sacred fields of liberation bring about the attainment of Kāśī; ### [4.6.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.147) a man of disciplined mind, meditating on Kāśī after hearing this, ### [4.6.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.148) and having recited it to brahmins endowed with faith and devotion, ### [4.6.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.149) to kṣatriyas intent on righteousness, to vaiśyas walking in the good path, ### [4.6.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.150) and to śūdras devoted to brahmins, that twice-born becomes free from sin. ### [4.6.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6.151) Thus ends the sixth chapter, named 'The Chapter on Sacred Fords', in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa of the fourth \[book\] in the glorious Skandapurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. ## Linked texts (1) - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.6.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.6) · Pramāṇa