[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) › 1.3.34.9 # Skandapurana 1.3.34.9 Skandapurāṇa 1.3.34.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.3.34.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.34.9) 8 śivabhaktimāhātmyaprasaṃgena-taskarasya śivaśiro'dhiruhya ghaṇṭāṃ harataḥ śivalokaprāptivṛttāntaḥ, sarvajagataḥ śivaśaktimayatvavarṇanam, tatra narāṇāṃ liṃgayuktatvam , strīṇāṃ ca piṇḍībhūtatvam, śivaviṣṇvorabhedavarṇanam, brahmādikṛtamaṇimayādiliṃgapūjāvarṇanam, prahlādabalibāṇāsurādidaityānāṃ śivaliṃgapūjāparatvavarṇanama, śivārcanaprabhāvādhigataduḥsahapratāparāvaṇanirjitaiḥ surairnandivākyācchivaliṃgārādhane samudyogaḥ. tatra prasaṃgena devapṛṣṭena nandinā svasya vānarānanatvakāraṇavarṇanam, tatra rāvaṇaśāpato nandino vānarānanatvaprāptiḥ, nandinā ca 'vānaraiḥ sametasya kasyāpi hastena te mṛtyurbhaviṣyati' iti rāvaṇāya śāpadānam. tato nandiprabhṛtibhiḥ sarvadevairvaikuṃṭhaṃ gatvā liṃgasya pīṭhikābhavanāya viṣṇoḥ prārthanā, bhagavatā viṣṇunā rāvaṇahananāyāvatāra- grahaṇe devānāmāśvāsanam, viṣṇorājñayā sarvadevānāṃ vānareṣvaṃśāvatāravarṇanam rāmāvatāraḥ, rāmeṇa rāvaṇahananam, rāvaṇasya śivasāyujyaprāptiḥ, śivaliṃgārcanamahimavarṇanam..... ........ ....... 13 1 > 8. In connection with the greatness of devotion to Śiva, the account of a thief attaining the world of Śiva while climbing onto the head of Śiva to steal a bell; the description of the entire world consisting of Śiva and Śakti, wherein men are endowed with the liṅga and women have become the pedestal (piṇḍī); the description of the non-difference between Śiva and Viṣṇu; the description of the worship of liṅgas made of gems and other materials by Brahmā and others; the description of the devotion to worshipping the Śivaliṅga by Prahlāda, Bali, Bāṇāsura, and other daityas; the effort undertaken by the gods, defeated by Rāvaṇa whose irresistible prowess was acquired through the power of Śiva worship, to worship the Śivaliṅga according to Nandin's words; in that connection, Nandin, questioned by the gods, explains the reason for his having a monkey face; there, Nandin acquired a monkey face due to Rāvaṇa's curse, and Nandin cursed Rāvaṇa saying, "Your death will come at the hands of someone accompanied by monkeys"; then all the gods, led by Nandin, went to Vaikuṇṭha and prayed to Viṣṇu to become the pedestal of the liṅga; the Lord Viṣṇu comforted the gods by agreeing to take an incarnation to slay Rāvaṇa; by Viṣṇu's command, the description of all the gods taking partial incarnations among the monkeys; the Rāma incarnation; the slaying of Rāvaṇa by Rāma; Rāvaṇa's attainment of union with Śiva; the description of the greatness of worshipping the Śivaliṅga. 13 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.3.34.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.34.8) - [Next: 1.3.34.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.34.10) - [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.1.3.34.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.34.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.34.9) · Pramāṇa