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Skanda Purana · Chapter 5.196

5.196.196.1

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
tato gaccheddharādhīśa haṃsatīrthamanuttamam /
yatra haṃsastapastaptvā brahmavāhanatāṃ gataḥ

5.196.196.2

haṃsatīrthe naraḥ snātvā dānaṃ dattvā ca kāñcanam /
sarvapāpavinirmukto brahmalokaṃ sa gacchati

5.196.196.3

haṃsayuktena yānena taruṇādityavarcasā /
sarvakāmasamṛddhena sevyamāno'psarogaṇaiḥ

5.196.196.4

tatra bhuktvā yathākāmaṃ sarvān bhogān yathepsitān /
jātismaro hi jāyeta punarmānuṣyamāgataḥ

5.196.196.5

saṃnyāsena tyajeddehaṃ mokṣamāpnoti bhārata

5.196.196.6

etatte kathitaṃ pārtha haṃsatīrthasya yatphalam /
sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvaduḥkhavināśanam

// iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe haṃsatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṇṇavatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ //

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