[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) › 1.3.34.2 # Skandapurana 1.3.34.2 Skandapurāṇa 1.3.34.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.3.34.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.34.2) 1 maṅgalācaraṇama, atha skāndamahāpurāṇopakramaḥ, tatra naimiṣāraṇye śaunakādimaharṣidarśanārthaṃ vyāsaśiṣyasya lomaśasūtamaharṣerāgamanam, śaunakādimaharṣibhirlomaśaṃ prati śrīśivamāhātmyaśravaṇecchayā praśnakaraṇam, atha lomaśamaharṣiṇā purāṇopakramapūrvakaṃ śivaparamamahimopakramavarṇanam, tatrādau-dakṣayajñavidhvaṃsavṛttāntavarṇanam, tatra dakṣeṇa śivaniṃdākaraṇapūrvakaṃ śivāya śivagaṇebhyaśca śāpapradānam, śivaśivakiṃkaraśāpamasahamānena nandinā dakṣādibrāhmaṇebhyaḥ śāpapradānam , atha śaṅkareṇa nandinaḥ sāntvanam, dakṣasya śaṅkaranindanenā'śāntivarṇanam.. 1 . > 1. Invocation of auspiciousness; now the commencement of the Skandamahāpurāṇa; therein, the arrival of the great seer Lomasa Sūta, the disciple of Vyāsa, at Naimiṣāraṇya to behold the great seers headed by Śaunaka; the posing of questions by the great seers headed by Śaunaka to Lomaśa out of a desire to hear the glorious Śivamāhātmya; now the description of the commencement of the supreme greatness of Śiva by the great seer Lomaśa following the introduction to the Purāṇa; therein, first, the narration of the destruction of Dakṣa's sacrifice; therein, Dakṣa pronouncing a curse upon Śiva and the attendants of Śiva following his censure of Śiva; Nandin, unable to bear the curse upon Śiva and Śiva's servants, pronouncing a curse upon Dakṣa and the other brahmins; now the pacification of Nandin by Śaṅkara; the description of Dakṣa's unrest caused by his reviling of Śaṅkara. 1. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.3.34.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.34.1) - [Next: 1.3.34.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.34.3) - [Up: 1.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.34) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.3.34.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.34.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.34.2) · Pramāṇa