[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) › 1.3.4 # Skandapurana 1.3.4 Skandapurāṇa 1.3.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.3.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.1) ..ṛṣaya ūcuḥ.. liṃge pratiṣṭhā ca kathaṃ śivaṃ hitvā pravartitā.. tatkathyatāṃ mahābhāga paraṃ śuśruṣatāṃ hi naḥ.. 6.1 .. > The seers said: / 'How was consecration established in the liṅga, leaving aside Śiva \[himself\]? / Let that be told, O fortunate one, for we are eager to hear.' 6.1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.2) ..lomaśa uvāca.. yadā dāruvane śaṃbhurbhikṣārthaṃ prācaratprabhuḥ.. 6.2 .. > Lomaśa said: / 'When the lord Śambhu wandered in the Dāruvana for the sake of alms, 6.2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.3) digaṃbaro muktajaṭākalāpo vedāṃtavedyo bhuvanaikabhartā.. sa īśvaro brahmakalāpadhāro yogīśvarāṇāṃ paramaḥ paraśca.. 6.3 .. > sky-clad, his mass of matted hair unbound, knowable through the Vedānta, the sole protector of the world, / that Īśvara, wearing the crescent of Brahmā, the supreme and beyond the lords of yogins, 6.3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.4) aṇoraṇīyānmahato mahī yānmahānubhāvo bhuvanādhipo mahān.. sa īśvaro bhikṣurūpī mahātmā bhikṣāṭanaṃ dāruvane cakāra.. 6.4 .. > subtler than the subtle, greater than the great, of great majesty, the great sovereign of the world, / that Īśvara, the great soul in the form of a mendicant, wandered for alms in the Dāruvana. 6.4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.5) madhyāhna ṛṣayo viprāstīrthaṃ jagmuḥ svakāśramāt.. tadānīmeva sarvāstā ṛṣībhāryāḥ samāgatāḥ.. 6.5 .. > At midday, the seers, the brahmins, went to the sacred ford from their hermitage. / At that very time, all those wives of the seers gathered together. 6.5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.6) vilokayaṃtyaḥ śaṃbhuṃ tamācakhyuśca parasparam.. ko'sau bhikṣukarūpoyamāgato'pūrvadarśanaḥ.. 6.6 .. > Beholding that Śambhu, they said to one another: / 'Who is this one in the form of a mendicant who has arrived, never seen before? 6.6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.7) asmai bhikṣāṃ prayacchāmo vayaṃ ca sakhibhiḥ saha.. tatheti gatvā sarvāstā gṛhebhya ānayanmudā.. 6.7 .. > Let us give alms to him together with our companions.' / Saying 'So be it', all of them joyfully brought \[food\] from their homes. 6.7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.8) bhikṣānnaṃ vividhaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ sopacāraṃ ca śaktitaḥ.. pradattaṃ bhikṣitaṃ tena devadevena śūlinā.. 6.8 .. > Alms-food of various kinds, delicate, and accompanied with respectful service according to their ability, / was offered and accepted as alms by that god of gods, the bearer of the trident. 6.8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.9) kācitpriyatamaṃ śaṃbhuṃ babhāṣe vismayānvitā.. kosi tvaṃ bhikṣuko bhūtvā āgatotra mahāmate.. 6.9 .. > Filled with wonder, a certain woman spoke to the beloved Śambhu: / 'Who are you, having become a mendicant, who have come here, O wise one? 6.9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.10) ṛṣīṇāmāśramaṃ śuddhaṃ kimarthaṃ no niṣīdasi.. tayokto'pi tadā śaṃbhurbabhāṣe prahasanniva.. 6.10 .. > Why do you not sit in the pure hermitage of the seers?' / Though addressed by her then, Śambhu spoke as if smiling: 6.10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.11) īśvarohaṃ sukeśāṃte pāvanaṃ prāptavānimam.. īśvarasya vacaḥ śrutvā ṛṣibhāryā uvāca tam.. 6.11 .. > 'I am Īśvara, O fair-haired one, and I have arrived at this purifying \[place\].' / Hearing the words of Īśvara, the seer's wife said to him: 6.11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.12) īśvaro'si mahābhāga kailāsapatireva ca.. ekākinaḥ kathaṃ deva bhikṣārthamaṭanaṃ tava.. 6.12 .. > 'You are Īśvara, O fortunate one, the very lord of Kailāsa. / Why do you wander alone for alms, O god?' 6.12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.13) evamuktastayā śaṃbhuḥ punastāmabravīdvacaḥ.. dākṣāyaṇyā virahito vicarāmi digaṃbaraḥ.. 6.13 .. > Thus addressed by her, Śambhu spoke words to her again: / 'Separated from Dākṣāyaṇī, I wander sky-clad 6.13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.14) bhikṣāṭanārthaṃ suśroṇi saṃkalparahitaḥ sadā.. tayā satyā vinā kiṃcitstrīmātraṃ mama bhāmini.. na rocate viśālākṣi satyaṃ prativadāmi te.. 6.14 .. > for the sake of begging alms, O fair-hipped one, always free from desire. / Without that Satī, no woman whatsoever pleases me, O lady; / I tell you the truth, O wide-eyed one.' 6.14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.15) tasyoktaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā uvāca kamalekṣaṇā.. striyo hi sukhasaṃsparśāḥ puruṣasya na saṃśayaḥ.. 6.15 .. > Hearing the words spoken by him, the lotus-eyed woman said: / 'Women are indeed of delightful touch for a man, without doubt. 6.15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.16) tāsstriyo varjitāḥ śaṃbho tvādṛśena vipaścitā.. 6.16 .. > Those women are avoided, O Śambhu, by a wise person like you.' 6.16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.17) iti ca pramadāḥ sarvā militā yatra śaṃkaraḥ.. bhikṣāpātraṃ ca tacchaṃbhoḥ pūritaṃ ca mahāguṇaiḥ.. 6.17 .. > Thus all the women gathered where Śaṃkara was, / and that begging bowl of Śambhu was filled with excellent things, 6.17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.18) annaiścaturvidhaiḥ ṣaḍbhī rasaiśca paripūritam.. yadā saṃbhurgaṃtukāmaḥ kailāsaṃ parvataṃ prati.. tadā sarvā viprapatnyo hyangacchanmudānvitāḥ.. 6.18 .. > completely filled with the four kinds of food and the six flavors. / When Śambhu wished to go toward Mount Kailāsa, / then all the wives of the brahmins followed, filled with joy. 6.18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.19) gṛhakāryaṃ parityajya cerustadgatamānasāḥ.. gatāsu tāsu sarvāsu patnīṣu ṛṣisattamāḥ.. 6.19 .. > Abandoning their household duties, they walked along with their minds fixed on him. / When all those wives had gone, the best of seers, 6.19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.20) yāvadāśramamabhyetya tāvacchūnyaṃ vyalokayan.. parasparamathocuste patnyaḥ sarvāḥ kuto gatāḥ.. 6.20 .. > as soon as they returned to the hermitage, saw it completely empty. / Then they said to one another: 'Where have all the wives gone? 6.20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.21) na vidāmo'tha vai sarvāḥ kena naṣṭena cāhṛtāḥ.. evaṃ vimṛśyamānāste vicinvaṃtastatastataḥ.. 6.21 .. > We do not know by what vile creature they have all been taken away.' / Deliberating thus, searching here and there, 6.21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.22) samapaśyaṃstataḥ sarve śivasyānugatāśca tāḥ.. śivaṃ dṛṣṭvā tu saṃprāptā ṛṣayaste ruṣānvitāḥ.. 6.22 .. > they all then saw them following after Śiva. / Seeing Śiva, those seers approached, filled with rage. 6.22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.23) śivasyāthāgrato bhūtvā ūcuḥ sarve tvarānvitāḥ.. kiṃ kṛtaṃ hi tvayā śaṃbho viraktena mahātmanā.. paradārāpaharttāsi tvamṛṣīṇāṃ na saṃśayaḥ.. 6.23 .. > Then stepping in front of Śiva, they all spoke in haste: / 'What has been done by you, O Śambhu, a great soul who is supposedly detached? / You are an abductor of others' wives, the wives of seers, without doubt!' 6.23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.24) evaṃ kṣiptaḥ śivo maunī gacchamāno'pi parvatam.. tadā sa ṛṣibhiḥ prāpto mahādevo'vyayastathā.. yasmātkalatrahartā tvaṃ tasmātṣaṃḍho bhava tvaram.. 6.24 .. > Though thus reproached, Śiva remained silent while continuing toward the mountain. / Then Mahādeva, the imperishable, was approached by the seers \[who said\]: / 'Because you are an abductor of wives, therefore become an eunuch at once!' 6.24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.25) evaṃ śaptaḥ sa munibhirliṃgaṃ tasyāpatadbhuvi.. bhūmiprāptaṃ ca talliṃgaṃ vavṛdhe tarasā mahat.. 6.25 .. > Thus cursed by the sages, his liṅga fell upon the earth; / and that liṅga, having reached the ground, grew rapidly and exceedingly vast. 6.25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.26) āvṛtya sapta pātālānkṣaṇālliṃgamadordhvataḥ.. vyāpya pṛthvīṃ samagrāṃ ca aṃtarikṣaṃ samāvṛṇot.. 6.26 .. > Enveloping the seven netherworlds in an instant, the liṅga \[extended\] downwards and upwards; / pervading the entire earth, it covered the atmosphere. 6.26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.27) svargāḥ samāvṛtāḥ sarve svargātītamathābhavat.. na mahī na ca dikcakraṃ na toyaṃ na ca pāvakaḥ.. 6.27 .. > All the heavens were covered, and then it surpassed heaven. / There was neither earth, nor the circle of directions, nor water, nor fire, 6.27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.28) na ca vāyurna vākāśaṃ nāhaṃkāro na vā mahat.. na cāvyaktaṃ na kālaśca na mahāprakṛtistathā.. 6.28 .. > nor wind, nor space, nor ego, nor the cosmic intellect, / nor the unmanifest, nor time, nor primordial nature. 6.28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.29) nāsīddvavaitavibhāgaṃ ca sarvaṃ līnaṃ ca tatkṣaṇāt.. yasmāllīnaṃ jagatsarvaṃ tasmim̐llige mahātmanaḥ.. 6.29 .. > There was no division of duality, and everything dissolved in that instant. / Because the entire universe dissolved in that liṅga of the great soul, 6.29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.30) layanālliṃgamityevaṃ pravadaṃti manīṣiṇaḥ.. tathābhūtaṃ varddhamānaṃ dṛṣṭvā te'pi surarṣayaḥ.. 6.30 .. > the wise call it 'liṅga' on account of dissolution. / Seeing it growing in such a manner, the divine seers as well, 6.30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.31) brahmeṃdraviṣṇuvāyyagnilokapālāḥ sapannagāḥ.. vismayāviṣṭamanasaḥ parasparamathābruvan.. 6.31 .. > along with Brahmā, Indra, Viṣṇu, Vāyu, Agni, the world guardians, and the serpents, / their minds overcome with wonder, then said to one another: 6.31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.32) kimāyāmaṃ ca vistāraṃ kva cāṃtaḥ kva ca pīṭhikā.. iti ciṃtānvitā viṣṇumūcuḥ sarve surāstadā.. 6.32 .. > 'What is its length and its breadth? Where is its end, and where is its pedestal?' / Thus filled with anxiety, all the gods then spoke to Viṣṇu. 6.32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.33) ..devā ūcuḥ.. asya mūlaṃ tvayā viṣṇo padmodbhava ca mastakam.. yuvābhyāṃ ca vilokyaṃ syātsthāne syātparipālakau.. 6.33 .. > The gods said: > “Its base \[should be seen\] by you, O Viṣṇu, and its head by you, O lotus-born \[Brahmā\]! / It should be looked for by you two; in this position, be its protectors!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.34) śrutvā tu tau mahābhāgau vaikuṃṭhakamalodbhavau.. viṣṇurgato hi pātālaṃ brahmā sarvargaṃ jagāma ha.. 6.34 .. > Hearing this, those two illustrious ones, the dweller of Vaikuṇṭha and the lotus-born, \[departed\]; / Viṣṇu indeed went to Pātāla, and Brahmā went to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.35) svargaṃ gatastadā brahmā avalokanatatparaḥ.. nāpasyattatra liṃgasya mastakaṃ ca vicakṣamaḥ.. 6.35 .. > Having gone to heaven then, Brahmā, intent upon searching, / could not see the head of the liṅga there, \[though\] wise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.36) tathā gatena mārgeṇa pratyāvṛttyābjasaṃbhavaḥ.. merupṛṣṭhamanuprāptaḥ surabhyā lakṣitastataḥ.. 6.36 .. > Returning by the path he had taken, the lotus-born / reached the ridge of Meru, and was then noticed by Surabhi, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.37) sthitā yā ketakīcchāyāmuvāca madhuraṃ vacaḥ.. tasyā vacanamākarṇya sarvalokapitāmahaḥ.. uvāca prahasanvākyaṃ chaloktyā surabhiṃ prati.. 6.37 .. > who, standing in the shade of a ketakī \[tree\], spoke sweet words. / Hearing her speech, the grandfather of all the worlds / spoke these words, smiling, with a deceptive speech to Surabhi: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.38) liṃgaṃ mahādbhutaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ yenavyāptaṃ jagattrayam.. darśanārthaṃ ca tasyāṃtaṃ devaiḥ saṃpreṣitosmayaham.. 6.38 .. > “A greatly wondrous liṅga has been seen, by which the three worlds are pervaded. / I have been sent by the gods in order to see its end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.39) na dṛṣṭaṃ mastakaṃ tasya vyāpakasya mahātmanaḥ.. kiṃ vakṣye'haṃ ca devāgre ciṃtā me cāti vartate.. 6.39 .. > The head of that all-pervading, great-souled one was not seen. / What shall I say before the gods? A great anxiety indeed possesses me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.40) liṃgasya mastakaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ devānāṃ ca mṛṣā vadeḥ.. te sarve yadi vakṣyaṃti iṃdrādyā devatāgaṇāḥ.. 6.40 .. > You should falsely tell the gods: ‘The head of the liṅga has been seen.’ / If all those hosts of deities headed by Indra should say: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.41) te saṃti sākṣimo devā asminnarthe vadatvaram.. arthe'sminbhava sākṣī tvaṃ ketakyā saha suvrate.. 6.41 .. > ‘Who are the witnesses to this matter? Speak quickly, O gods!’ / In this matter, be a witness together with the ketakī, O lady of good vows!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.42) tadvacaḥ śirasā gṛhya brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ.. ketakīsahitā tatra surabhī tadamānayat.. 6.42 .. > Taking that command of Brahmā Parameṣṭhin on her head, / Surabhi, together with the ketakī, agreed to that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.43) evaṃ samāgato brahma devāgre samuvāca ha.. 6.43 .. > Having arrived thus, Brahmā spoke before the gods: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.44) ..brahmovāca.. liṃgasya mastakaṃ devā dṛṣṭavānahamadbhutam.. samīcīnaṃ cārtitaṃ ca ketakīdala saṃyutam.. 6.44 .. > Brahmā said: > “O gods, I have seen the wondrous head of the liṅga, / auspicious, worshipped, and adorned with ketakī petals, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.45) viśālaṃ vimalaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ prasannataramadbhutam.. ramyaṃ ca ramaṇīyaṃ ca darśanīyaṃ mahāprabham.. 6.45 .. > vast, stainless, smooth, exceedingly serene, wondrous, / delightful, charming, splendid to behold, and of great splendor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.46) etādṛśaṃ mayā dṛṣṭaṃ na dṛṣṭaṃ tadvinākvacit.. brahmaṇo hi vacaḥ śrutvā surā vismayamāyayuḥ.. 6.46 .. > Such a thing has been seen by me; nowhere else has anything like it been seen.” / Hearing the words of Brahmā, the gods were filled with wonder. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.47) evaṃ vismayapūrṇāste iṃdrādyā devatāgaṇāḥ.. tiṣṭhaṃti tāvatsarveśo viṣṇuradhyātmadīpakaḥ.. 6.47 .. > While those hosts of deities headed by Indra were thus standing full of wonder, / Viṣṇu, the lord of all, the illuminator of the inner self, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.48) pātālādāgataḥ sadyaḥ sarveṣāmavadattvaram.. tasyāpyaṃto na dṛṣṭo me hyavalokanatatparaḥ.. 6.48 .. > having just arrived from Pātāla, quickly spoke to all of them: / “Though intent upon searching, its end was not seen by me either. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.49) vismayo me mahāñjātaḥ pātālātparataścaran.. atalaṃ sutalaṃ cāpi nitalaṃ ca rasātalam.. 6.49 .. > Great wonder arose in me as I wandered beyond Pātāla: / Atala, Sutala, and also Nitala, Rasātala, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.50) tathā gatastalaṃ caiva pātālaṃ ca tathātalam.. talātalāni tānyenaṃ śūnyavadyadvibhāvyate.. 6.50 .. > and likewise I went to Tala, and Pātāla, and so to Atala; / those various netherworlds appear to be like a void. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.51) śūnyādapi ca śūnyaṃ ca tatsarvaṃ sunirīkṣitam.. na mūlaṃ ca na madhyaṃ ca na cāṃto hyasya vidyate.. 6.51 .. > All that was thoroughly inspected by me, emptier even than an empty void: / no base, no middle, and no end exists for it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.52) liṃgarūpī mahādevo yenedaṃ dhāryate jagat.. yasya prasādādutpannā yūyaṃ ca ṛṣayastathā.. 6.52 .. > This is Mahādeva in the form of a liṅga, by whom this universe is upheld, / and by whose grace you and the seers were brought forth.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.53) śrutvā surāśca ṛṣayastasya vākyamapūjayan.. tadā viṣṇuruvācedaṃ brahmāṇaṃ prahasanniva.. 6.53 .. > Hearing this, the gods and the seers honored his words. / Then Viṣṇu said this to Brahmā, as if laughing: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.54) dṛṣṭaṃ hi cettvayā brahmanmastakaṃ paramārthataḥ.. sākṣiṇaḥ ke tvayā tatra asminnarthe prakalpitāḥ.. 6.54 .. > “If indeed the head was truly seen by you, O Brahmā, / what witnesses have you prepared for this matter?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.55) ākarṇya vacanaṃ viṣṇorbrahmā lokapitāmahaḥ.. uvāca tvaritenaiva ketakī surabhīti ca.. 6.55 .. > Hearing Viṣṇu's words, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, / quickly said: “Ketakī and Surabhi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.56) te devā mama sākṣitve jānīhi paramārthataḥ.. brahmaṇo hi vacaḥ śrutvā sarve devāstvarānvitāḥ.. 6.56 .. > Know them, O gods, as my witnesses in truth.” / Hearing Brahmā's words, all the gods in haste > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.57) āhvānaṃ cakrire tasyāḥ surabhyāśca tayā saha.. āgate tatkṣamādeva kāryārthaṃ brahmaṇastadā.. 6.57 .. > summoned her, Surabhi, along with that \[ketakī\]. / Then, at that very moment, both arrived for the purpose of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.58) iṃdrādyaiśca tadā devairuktā ca surabhī tataḥ.. uvāca ketakīsārddhaṃ dṛṣṭo vai brahmaṇā surāḥ.. 6.58 .. > Addressed then by the gods headed by Indra, Surabhi thereupon / spoke together with the ketakī: “Indeed, O gods, it was seen by Brahmā! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.59) liṃgasya mastako devāḥ ketakīdalapūjitaḥ.. tadā nabhogatā vāṇī sarveṣāṃ śrṛṇvatāmabhūt.. 6.59 .. > The head of the liṅga, O gods, was worshipped with ketakī petals.” / Then a voice from the sky arose while everyone listened: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.60) surabhyā caiva yatproktaṃ ketakyā ca tathā surāḥ.. tanmṛṣoktaṃ ca jānīdhvaṃ na dṛṣṭo hyasya mastakaḥ.. 6.60 .. > “Whatever has been spoken by Surabhi and likewise by the ketakī, O gods, / know that to be spoken falsely; its head has not been seen.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.61) tadā sarve'tha vibudhāḥ seṃdrā vai viṣṇunā saha.. śepuśca surabhīṃ roṣānmṛṣāvādanatatparām.. 6.61 .. > Then all the gods, along with Indra and Viṣṇu, / cursed Surabhi in anger, because she had engaged in lying speech: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.62) mukhenoktaṃ tvayādyaivamanṛtaṃ ca tathā śubhe.. apavitraṃ mukhaṃ te'stu sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtam.. 6.62 .. > “Since an untruth was spoken by your mouth today, O auspicious one, / let your mouth be unholy, excluded from all religious duties! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.63) sugaṃdhaketakī cāpi ayogyā tvaṃ śivārcane.. bhaviṣyasi na saṃdeho anṛtā caiva bhāmini.. 6.63 .. > And you, fragrant ketakī, will also be unfit for the worship of Śiva; / there is no doubt of this, because you lied, O splendid lady!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.64) tadā nabho gatā vāṇī brahmaṇaṃ ca śaśāpa vai.. mṛṣoktaṃ ca tvayā maṃda kimarthaṃ bāliśena hi.. 6.64 .. > Then the voice from the sky cursed Brahmā indeed: / “Falsehood was spoken by you, O dull-witted one! Why \[did you do so\], like a child? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.65) bhṛguṇā ṛṣibhiḥ sākaṃ tathaiva ca purodhasā.. tasmādyuyaṃ na pūjyāśca bhaveyuḥ kleśabhāginaḥ.. 6.65 .. > Together with Bhṛgu, the seers, and likewise the family priest, / therefore you all shall not be worshipped, and shall be sharers in misery! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.66) ṛṣayo'pi ca dharmiṣṭhāstattvavākyabahiṣkṛtāḥ.. vivādaniratā mūḍhā atattvajñāḥ samatsarāḥ.. 6.66 .. > Even the seers, though very righteous, shall be excluded from statements of truth, / devoted to disputation, deluded, ignorant of truth, and full of envy, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.67) yācakāścāvadānyāśca nityaṃ svajñānaghātakāḥ.. ātmasaṃbhāvitāḥ stabdhāḥ parasparaviniṃdakāḥ.. 6.67 .. > beggars, ungenerous, constantly destroying their own knowledge, / self-conceited, obstinate, and revilers of one another!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.68) evaṃ śaptāśca munayo brahmādyā devatāstathā.. śivena śaptāste sarve liṃgaṃ śaraṇamāyayuḥ.. 6.68 .. > Having been thus cursed, the sages and the deities headed by Brahmā, / cursed by Śiva, all went to the liṅga for refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.4.68\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4.68_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kedārakhaṇḍe śrīśivaliṅgamāhātmye brahmādiśāpavṛttāntavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ.. 6 ..cha .. > Thus ends the sixth chapter, named ‘The Description of the Cursing of Brahmā and Others’ in the māhātmya of the glorious Śivaliṅga, in the Kedārakhaṇḍa of the first \[book\], the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.3.4.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.4) · Pramāṇa