The Greatness of Dhautapapa Tirtha

Verse 1 (skanda.5.265.1)

श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच। धौतपापं ततो गच्छेन्महापातकनाशनम्। समीपे चक्रतीर्थस्य विष्णुना निर्मितं पुरा।

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca| dhautapāpaṁ tato gacchenmahāpātakanāśanam| samīpe cakratīrthasya viṣṇunā nirmitaṁ purā||

Shri Markandeya said: Thereafter one should go to Dhautapapa, destroyer of great sins, made anciently by Vishnu near the Chakra tirtha.

Verse 2 (skanda.5.265.2)

निहतैर्दानवैर्घोरैर्देवदेवो जनार्दनः। तत्पापस्य विनाशार्थं दानवान्तोद्भवस्य च।

nihatairdānavairghorairdevadevo janārdanaḥ| tatpāpasya vināśārthaṁ dānavāntodbhavasya ca||

By the God of gods, Janardana, after the terrible demons were slain, for the destruction of the sin arising from the killing of the demons -

Verse 3 (skanda.5.265.3)

तत्र तीर्थे जितक्रोधश्चचार विपुलं तपः। दुश्चरं मौनमास्थाय ह्यशक्यं देवदानवैः।

tatra tīrthe jitakrodhaścacāra vipulaṁ tapaḥ| duścaraṁ maunamāsthāya hyaśakyaṁ devadānavaiḥ||

- having conquered anger, he practiced extensive austerity at that tirtha, observing a silence hard to keep, impossible even for gods and demons.

Verse 4 (skanda.5.265.4)

स्नात्वा दत्त्वा द्विजातिभ्यो दानानि विविधानि च। तत्क्षणात्सुपापस्तु गतस्तद्वैष्णवं पदम्।

snātvā dattvā dvijātibhyo dānāni vividhāni ca| tatkṣaṇātsupāpastu gatastadvaiṣṇavaṁ padam||

Having bathed there, and given various gifts to the twice-born, immediately even a great sinner attains that Vaishnava state.

Verse 5 (skanda.5.265.5)

एवं युक्तस्तु यस्तत्र पापं कृत्वा सुदारुणम्। स्नात्वा जप्त्वा विधानेन मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः।

evaṁ yuktastu yastatra pāpaṁ kṛtvā sudāruṇam| snātvā japtvā vidhānena mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ||

Thus, whoever there, even having committed a most terrible sin, bathes and recites according to rule, is freed from all sins.