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# Skandapurana 1.2.4

Skandapurāṇa 1.2.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.1)

.. naṃdikeśvara uvāca .. ..

> Nandikeśvara said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.2)

mune manaḥparīkṣārthaṃ tathā tvaṃ bhāṣito mayā ..

> “O sage, you were spoken to in that manner by me in order to test your mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.3)

tava cennābhidhāsyāmi kasya vānyasya kathyate .. 1 ..

> If I do not tell you, to what other person could it be told?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.4)

tvādṛganyosti kiṃ loke śivadharmaparāyaṇaḥ ..

> Is there anyone else like you in the world devoted to the religious path of Śiva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.5)

yena svalpāyuṣāpyevaṃ nityenābhāvi bhaktitaḥ .. 2 ..

> by whom, although short-lived, immortality was thus attained through devotion?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.6)

kasyānyasya kṛte devaḥ svasyaivājñākaraṃ yamam ..

> For the sake of whom else \[did\] the God \[kick\] Yama, his own servant,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.7)

kruddho niyaṃtrayāmāsa caraṇāṃguṣṭhapīḍitam .. 3 ..

> enraged, restrained Yama, his own servant, crushed under the big toe of his foot?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.8)

tvameva śāṃkarāndharmānsarvānviddhi rahasyataḥ ..

> You alone should know in secret all the Śaiva duties,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.9)

yogre'si kālavadbhrāṃtaḥ paripakvosi cetasā .. 4 ..

> since previously, wandering like the god of death, you have become mature in mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.10)

tvayaivānyena kenāhamevaṃ śuśrūṣitaściram ..

> By you alone, and by what other, have I been thus served for a long time?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.11)

tvayīva kasminnanyasminmamāpi prītirīdṛśī .. 5 ..

> In what other person do I also have such affection as in you?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.12)

upadekṣyāmi te kṣetraṃ guptaṃ taddharmaśāsanaiḥ ..

> I shall instruct you about the sacred field hidden by the ordinances of the law,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.13)

bhaktyāvadhāraṇīyaṃ yadbhaktikaivalyakāṃkṣibhiḥ .. 6 ..

> which must be grasped with devotion by those who desire devotion and liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.14)

ādarādanuyuṃjānaṃ śiṣyaṃ yo deśikaḥ svayam ..

> Which teacher, when a disciple approaches him on his own with reverence,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.15)

upadeśena saṃtuṣṭaṃ na karoti sa kiṃ guruḥ .. 7 ..

> does not make him satisfied with instruction? Is such a person a guru?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.16)

samāhitamanā bhūtvā viśvāsaṃ kuru śāśvatam ..

> Having concentrated your mind, place lasting trust  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.17)

mayopadiśyamāne'sminrahasye pārameśvare .. 8 ..

> in this supreme secret of Parameśvara being taught by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.18)

smara smarāṃtakaṃ devaṃ vaṃdasvādhyāya śāṃkarīm ..

> Remember the god who is the end of the god of love; praise the Śaiva tradition of study;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.19)

upāṃśūccārayoṃkāraṃ śreyaste mahadāgatam .. 9 ..

> whisper the syllable Oṃ. Great welfare has come to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.20)

asti dakṣiṇadigbhāge drāviḍeṣu tapodhana ..

> O you whose wealth is austerity, in the southern direction, among the Drāviḍas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.21)

aruṇākhyaṃ mahākṣetraṃ taruṇeṃduśikhāmaṇeḥ .. 1.3.2.4.10 ..

> there is the great sacred field called Aruṇa, belonging to him who has the crescent moon as crest-jewel,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.22)

yojanatrayavistīṇamupāsyaṃ śivayogibhiḥ ..

> extending for three yojanas, worthy of worship by Śaiva yogins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.23)

tadbhūmerhṛdayaṃ viddhi śivasya hṛdayaṃgamam .. 11 ..

> Know it to be the heart of the earth, dear to the heart of Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.24)

tatra devaḥ svayaṃ śambhuḥ parvatākāratāṃ gataḥ ..

> There the god Śambhu himself, having taken the form of a mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.25)

aruṇācalasaṃjñāvānasti lokahitāvahaḥ .. 12 ..

> bears the name Aruṇācala, bringing benefit to the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.26)

āvāsaḥ sarvasiddhānāṃ maharṣīṇāṃ suparvaṇām ..

> It is the dwelling place of all perfected beings, great seers, gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.27)

vidyādharāṇāṃ yakṣāṇāṃ gaṃdharvāpsarasāmapi .. 13 ..

> vidyādharas, yakṣas, and also gandharvas and apsarases.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.28)

sumerorapi kailāsādapyasau mandarādapi ..

> Even more than Sumeru, even more than Kailāsa, even more than Mandara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.29)

mānanīyo maharṣīṇāṃ yaḥ svayaṃ parameśvaraḥ .. 14 ..

> it is to be honored by the great seers, for it is Parameśvara himself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.30)

spṛhayaṃti yadīyebhyo jaṃtubhyopi divaukasaḥ ..

> Even the gods in heaven long for its creatures,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.31)

ayatnalabhyamuktibhyo divāvāsapravaṃcitāḥ .. 15 ..

> who attain liberation without effort, while they \[the gods\] are cheated by their heavenly dwelling.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.32)

na kalpavṛkṣāḥ sadṛśā yatratyānāṃ mahīruhām ..

> The wishing trees of heaven are not equal to the trees there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.33)

patrapuṣpaphalairnityaṃ yercayaṃti girau haram .. 16 ..

> which constantly worship Hara on the mountain with leaves, flowers, and fruits.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.34)

hiṃsaikarucayo vyādhā api rūpānusārataḥ ..

> Where hunters, who take pleasure only in violence, by roaming around its form,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.35)

anaṃtā yatra devasya prādakṣiṇyaphalāspadam.. 17 ..

> endlessly become receptacles of the fruit of circumambulating the god;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.36)

yaduddeśacarā meghāḥ śikharāṇyabhibaṃdhakāḥ ..

> where clouds moving about its grounds, veiling its peaks,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.37)

gaṃgāvato himavato'pyadhikaṃ svaṃ vijānate .. 18 ..

> consider themselves superior even to the snowy mountain that possesses the Gaṅgā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.38)

kalārāvāḥ khagā yatra kvaṇaṃte kīcakā api ..

> where sweet-sounding birds and even humming reeds  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.39)

yakṣakiṃnaragandharvailabhyate durlabhaṃ padam .. 19 ..

> attain a state difficult to obtain even for yakṣas, kiṃnaras, and gandharvas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.40)

smaranto yatra khadyotāḥ kṛṣṇapakṣe niśāgame ..

> where fireflies, remembering \[him\] at the arrival of night during the dark fortnight,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.41)

ārārtikapradātṝṇāṃ devasyāśnuvate padam ..1.3.2.4.20..

> attain the status of those who offer the waving of lamps to the god;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.42)

niṣpratyūhakṛtāśleṣā nityaṃ yattaṭinīruhāḥ ..

> where the trees growing along the streams, their embrace made unobstructed every day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.43)

saubhīgyagarvato devīmaparṇāmavamanvate ..21..

> despise out of pride in their good fortune the goddess Aparṇā;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.44)

yasyottuṃgasya śṛṃgāgrasaṃgamā api tārakāḥ ..

> meeting the tops of whose towering peaks, even the stars,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.45)

ātmano labdhasāmānyāścandreṇa bahu manvate .. 22 ..

> having attained equality with the moon, hold themselves in high esteem;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.46)

mṛgāḥ sarvepi satataṃ caraṃto yatra sānuṣu ..

> where all the deer continually roaming its slopes  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.47)

pāṇipraṇayinaṃ śambhoreṇamapyavajānate .. 23 ..

> even disregard the deer resting fond in the hand of Śambhu;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.48)

yasya pādāṃtikacaraiḥ prāyeṇa śabarairapi ..

> by moving near whose foot, even the wild hunters usually  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.49)

nikumbhakumbhasādṛśyamayatnādupalabhyate .. 24 ..

> attain similarity with the Kumbhas and Nikumbhas without effort;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.50)

kiṃ bahūktyābhyasūyaṃte dvaimāturakumārayoḥ ..

> what is the use of many words? Even the trees, animals, and hunters  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.51)

yadaṃgarūḍhāstaravastiryaṃcaḥ śabarā api .. 25 ..

> growing upon his body envy the two sons \[Gaṇeśa and Skanda\] of the Mother;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.52)

siṃhavyāghradvipā yasminkāle tyaktakalevarāḥ ..

> where lions, tigers, and elephants, when they abandon their bodies in time,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.53)

vāsapradatvānmānyaṃte dhruvaṃ śoṇādriśambhunā .. 26 ..

> are surely honored by Śambhu on the red mountain because they provided him with skins to wear;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.54)

asya bhāskaranāmādriḥ pūrvasyāṃ diśi dṛśyate ..

> to the east of it is seen a mountain named Bhāskara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.55)

yatra sthitaḥ sadā vajrī sevate śoṇaparvatam ..27..

> abiding upon which the wielder of the thunderbolt \[Indra\] constantly serves the crimson mountain;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.56)

pratīcyāṃ diśi daṃḍādririti kaścinmahīdharaḥ ..

> in the western direction there is a mountain named Daṇḍādri;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.57)

prācetasastadagagaḥ sevate'ruṇaparvatam .. 28 ..

> residing at its peak, Varuṇa serves the crimson mountain;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.58)

dakṣiṇasyāṃ ca śoṇādreradrirastyamarācalaḥ ..

> and to the south of the crimson mountain there is the Amarācala mountain;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.59)

kālaḥ śoṇādrisevārthamadhyāste tadadhityakām ..29..

> Kāla sits upon its tableland in order to serve the crimson mountain;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.60)

uttare'sminharidbhāge siddhādhyāsitakandaraḥ ..

> in this northern direction, with caves inhabited by perfected beings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.61)

virājate triśūlādriḥ śrīdena paripālitaḥ .. 1.3.2.4.30 ..

> shines the Triśūlādri mountain, protected by Kubera;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.62)

tatparyaṃtaprabhūtānāmanyeṣāmapi bhūbhṛtām ..

> on the shores of the other abundant mountains surrounding it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.63)

taṭakeṣvapare caiva dikpālāḥ paryupāsate .. 31 ..

> the other world-protectors also worship \[him\];  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.64)

dhāritā yena satataṃ sarvepi dharaṇīruhāḥ ..

> borne by which, all the trees continually  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.65)

ārādhanādapyadhikamadhigacchaṃti vaibhavam .. 32 ..

> attain a grandeur even greater than \[that earned by\] worship;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.66)

yasmingirīśe saṃdṛṣṭe menātuhinabhūbhṛtoḥ ..

> when which Lord of Mountains is seen, regarding Menā and the Snowy Mountain...  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.67)

samānasaṃbaṃdhatayā pramodo varddhatetarām .. 33 ..

> Because of their equal kinship \[with him\], the joy \[of Menā and the Snow Mountain\] increases exceedingly. // 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.68)

tarupallavalakṣeṇa lakṣyamāṇajaṭādharaḥ ..

> Bearing matted locks perceived as hundreds of thousands of tree-shoots,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.69)

sthāvaroyaṃ svayaṃ śambhuriheśa iva jaṃgamaḥ .. 34 ..

> this stationary one is Śambhu himself, just as Īśa here is moving. // 34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.70)

jyotiṣmattoyaśṛṃgasya dvipārśvasthendubhāskaraḥ ..

> With the moon and sun standing on both sides of his luminous, water-rich peak,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.71)

vyanakti svasya lokebhyastejastritayanetratām .. 35 ..

> he reveals to the worlds that he possesses the triple light as his eyes. // 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.72)

varṣāsu śikharādhastādabhinīlabalāhakaḥ ..

> In the rainy season, with a deep-blue cloud beneath his crest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.73)

virājate yaḥ kaṇṭhena kālakūṭamivodvahan .. 36 ..

> he shines as though bearing the Kālakūṭa poison at his throat. // 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.74)

sahasrapādaḥ sāhasraśīrṣo yaḥ parvateśvaraḥ ..

> This lord of mountains, who has a thousand feet and a thousand heads,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.75)

ukto na kevalaṃ śrutyā sākṣādapyupalakṣyate .. 37 ..

> is not merely declared by the Veda, but is also perceived directly with one's own eyes. // 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.76)

śirolīnāmarasaritsrotāḥ prāgiti nādbhutam ..

> That the stream of the river of the gods formerly rested upon his head is not wondrous;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.77)

girīśo'dyāpi yaḥ śṛṃgalīnānekasaridgaṇaḥ .. 38 ..

> even today, this Lord of the Mountain has hosts of numerous rivers resting upon his peaks. // 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.78)

āsāditāpakaṭakaḥ śāradairyaḥ payodharaiḥ ..

> Having obtained slopes with autumn clouds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.79)

viḍaṃbayati gośreṣṭhamārūḍhavṛṣapuṃgavam .. 39 ..

> he imitates \[Śiva\] mounted upon the foremost bull, the best of cattle. // 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.80)

yatra śṛṅgāgrasaṃlagrasaṃlagnanīlalohitaḥ ..

> Where Nīlalohita clings closely to the tip of the peak—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.81)

sthāṇutvaṃ sthāvaratvena gahanatvena bhīmatām .. 1.3.2.4.40 ..

> he bears the state of Sthāṇu through being stationary, and terror (bhīmatā) through his dense forest (gahanatva); // 1.3.2.4.40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.82)

sudurgamatvādugratvamapi dhatte na nāmataḥ ..

> he also bears ferocity (ugratva) because of his extreme impassibility (sudurgamatva), not merely by name.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.83)

kṣudrāḥ sarīsṛpā yatra kaṭakeṣu kṛtāspadāḥ .. 41 ..

> Where petty reptiles, having made their dwelling on the mountain slopes, // 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.84)

takṣakānaṃtasarpādyaiḥ spardhante bhujageśvaraiḥ ..

> vie with Takṣaka, Ananta, and other lords of serpents;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.85)

aṣṭābhiryo'bhitaḥ koṇairāvibhūrto vibhūtibhiḥ .. 42 ..

> who, having manifested with eight corners all around by means of his powers (vibhūti), // 42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.86)

suspaṣṭaṃ viśinaṣṭīva svakīyāmaṣṭamūrtitām ..

> clearly defines, as it were, his own eightfold form (aṣṭamūrti);  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.87)

yerṇyāśaktitaraṃgiṇyo iḍāpiṃgalayoḥ svayam .. 43 ..

> the two rivers \[flowing from\] energy (śakti) are themselves the Iḍā and Piṅgalā, // 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.88)

śivasya śṛṅgato madhye suṣumnā kamalāpagā ..

> while in the middle, flowing from the peak of Śiva, the lotus-river is the Suṣumnā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.89)

jyotiḥstaṃbhasvarūpasya mūlāgre yasya vīkṣatum .. 44 ..

> To see the base and the top of him whose nature is the pillar of fire, // 44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.90)

kolahaṃsākṛtī nālaṃ brahmaviṣṇū babhūvatuḥ ..

> Brahmā and Viṣṇu, taking the forms of a boar and a swan, were not capable.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.91)

tābhyāṃ ca prārthitaḥ śambhustasminsāṃnidhyavānabhūt .. 45 ..

> And prayed to by both of them, Śambhu established his presence there. // 45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.92)

aruṇācalanāthākhyaṃ prapannaḥ pramadaiḥ samam ..

> Taking refuge \[there\] under the name Lord of Aruṇācala, along with his attendants,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.93)

gautamastatra yogīṃdraḥ sahasraṃ parivatsarān .. 46 ..

> there Gautama, the lord of yogins, for a thousand years // 46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.94)

taptvā tapāṃsi tīvrāṇi sākṣāccakre sadāśivam ..

> performed severe austerities and brought Sadāśiva before his eyes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.95)

prāleyaśailakanyāpi tatra kṛtvā tapaḥ purā .. 47 ..

> The daughter of the Snowy Mountain also, having performed austerity there of old, // 47  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.96)

alabdha vāmadehārddhaṃ manmathāreḥ praseduṣaḥ ..

> obtained the left half of the body of the enemy of Manmatha when he was pleased.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.97)

gauryā pratiṣṭhitaṃ tatra pravālādrīśvarābhidham .. 48 ..

> Installed there by Gaurī under the name Lord of Pravālādri, // 48  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.98)

liṃgaṃ bhogapradaṃ puṃsāṃ kaivalyāya prakalpate ..

> the liṅga grants enjoyment to men and prepares \[them\] for absolute liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.99)

tatra gaurīnideśena durgā mahiṣamardinī .. 49 ..

> There, by the command of Gaurī, Durgā, the slayer of Mahiṣa, // 49  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.100)

sākṣādbhūya satāṃ datte mantrasiddhimavighnataḥ ..

> manifesting visibly, grants the perfection of mantras without obstacle to the virtuous.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.101)

khaḍgatīrthamiti khyātaṃ tatra gauryāśrame navam .. 1.3.2.4.50 ..

> Known there at Gaurī’s hermitage is a new \[pool\], the Khaḍgatīrtha; // 1.3.2.4.50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.102)

sakṛnnimajjanānnṝṇāṃ paṃcapātakanāśanam ..

> from plunging into it but once, the five great sins of men are destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.103)

durgayā cārcitaṃ liṃgaṃ pāpanāśananāmakam .. 51 ..

> And the liṅga worshipped by Durgā, named Pāpanāśana, // 51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.104)

sakṛtpraṇāmamātreṇa sarvapāpapraṇāśanam ..

> destroys all sins merely by a single bow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.105)

tatra vajrāṃgado rājā vittasāro vyatikramāt .. 52 ..

> There King Vajrāṅgada, though rich in wealth, \[fell\] through transgression, // 52  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.106)

punastadbhaktimāhātmyācchivasāyujyamāptavān ..

> yet attained union with Śiva through the greatness of devotion to him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.107)

tasya pradakṣiṇenaiva kāṃtiśālikalādharau .. 53 ..

> Merely by circumambulating it, Kāntiśālin and Kalādhara, // 53  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.108)

vidyādhareśvarau muktau durvāsaḥśāpabandhanāt ..

> two lords of Vidyādharas, were released from the bondage of Durvāsas's curse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.109)

nāsti śoṇādritaḥ kṣetraṃ nāsti paṃcākṣarānmanuḥ .. 54 ..

> There is no sacred field equal to the Crimson Mountain (Śoṇādri); there is no mantra equal to the five-syllable one; // 54  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.110)

nāsti māheśvarāddharmo nāsti devo maheśvarāt ..

> there is no duty higher than the Māheśvara path; there is no deity higher than Maheśvara;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.111)

nāsti jñānaṃ śivajñānānnāsti śrīrudrataḥ śrutiḥ ..55 ..

> there is no knowledge higher than knowledge of Śiva; there is no Vedic text higher than the Śrīrudra; // 55  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.112)

nāsti śaivāgraṇīrviṣṇornāsti rakṣā vibhūtitaḥ ..

> there is no leader of Śaivas higher than Viṣṇu; there is no protection higher than holy ash (vibhūti);  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.113)

nāsti bhakteḥ sadācāro nāsti rakṣākarādguruḥ .. 56 ..

> there is no good conduct without devotion; there is no guru superior to the one who extends protection; // 56  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.114)

nāsti rudrākṣato bhūṣā nāsti śāstraṃ śivāgamāt ..

> there is no ornament higher than a rudrākṣa; there is no sacred treatise higher than the Śiva-āgama;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.115)

nāsti bilvadalātpatraṃ nāsti puṣpaṃ suvarṇakāt..57..

> there is no leaf higher than a bilva leaf; there is no flower higher than the dhattūra (suvarṇaka); // 57  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.116)

nāsti vairāgyataḥ saukhyaṃ nāsti mukteḥ paraṃ padam ..

> there is no happiness higher than dispassion; there is no state higher than liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.117)

nāruṇādreḥ samo merurna kailāso na maṃdaraḥ .. 58 ..

> Meru is not equal to the Crimson Mountain, nor Kailāsa, nor Mandara: // 58  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.118)

te nivāsā girivyāptāḥ so'yaṃ tu giriśaḥ svayam .. 59 ..

> those are abodes occupied by mountains, but this one is Giriśa himself. // 59  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.119)

iti vadati śilādanaṃdane muditamanāḥ sa mṛkaṇḍunaṃdanaḥ ..

> While the son of Śilāda was speaking thus, that son of Mṛkaṇḍu, his mind delighted,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.120)

punarapi bahuśaḥ praṇamya taṃ cakitamanā bhavato vyajijñapat .. .. 1.3.2.4.60 ..

> having bowed to him again repeatedly, his mind filled with wonder, made an inquiry about worldly existence: // 1.3.2.4.60  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.121)

kiṃ kiṃ nṛṇāṃ karma bhavāya jāyate kathaṃ nu tattannarakāya śrūyate ..

> “Which actions of men lead to worldly rebirth? How indeed are each of them heard to lead to hell?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.122)

teṣāṃ ca teṣāṃ ca kathaṃ pratikriyā kathaṃ nu tattanmama kathyatāmiti .. 61 ..

> And what is the remedy for each of these? Let that be told to me.” // 61  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.4.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.4.123)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe'ruṇācalamāhātmya utarārdhe'ruṇācalasthānamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ .. 4 .. .. cha ..

> Thus ends the fourth chapter, titled ‘Description of the Greatness of the Abode of Aruṇācala,’ in the second half of the Aruṇācalamāhātmya, in the first \[section\], the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skandapurāṇa, the Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.2.4.1) — English, machine translation

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