[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 1.3.11.51 # Skandapurana 1.3.11.51 Skandapurāṇa 1.3.11.51 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.3.11.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.11.51) rudrākṣā ye śivenoktāstācchṛṇudhvaṃ dvijottamāḥ.. ārambhaikamukhaṃ tāvadyābadvaktrāṇi ṣoḍaśa.. eteṣāṃ dvau ca vijñeyau śreṣṭhau tārayituṃ dvijāḥ.. 13.51 .. > Hear, O best of the twice-born, of the rudrākṣas spoken of by Śiva, / beginning with the one-faced up to sixteen-faced ones. / Among these, two are to be known as the best for carrying one across \[the ocean of existence\], O twice-born: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.3.11.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.11.50) - [Next: 1.3.11.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.11.52) - [Up: 1.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.11) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.3.11.51) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vaisnavakhanda.17.61) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.11.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.11.51) · Pramāṇa