[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) › 1.3.8 # Skandapurana 1.3.8: adhyāyaḥ 10 Skandapurāṇa 1.3.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### adhyāyaḥ 10 ### [1.3.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.1) ..munaya ūcuḥ.. yattvayā kathitaṃ brahmanbrahmāṃḍaṃ sacarācaram.. bhasmībhūtaṃ rudrakopātkālakūṭāgninā'tha़khilam.. 10.1 .. > The sages said: / O brahmin, as you have related that the entire cosmic egg with its moving and unmoving beings / was burned to ashes by the fire of the kālakūṭa poison through Rudra's wrath, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.2) brahmāṃḍāṃtarataḥ kiṃ tu rudraṃ manyāmahe vayam.. tadā carācaraṃ naṣṭaṃ brahmaviṣṇupurogamam.. 10.2 .. > yet we consider Rudra to be within the cosmic egg. / When everything moving and unmoving was destroyed, headed by Brahmā and Viṣṇu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.3) bhasmībhūtaṃ rudrakopātkathaṃ sṛṣṭiḥ pravartitā.. kuto brahmā ca viṣṇuśca kutaścaṃdrapurogamāḥ.. 10.3 .. > and reduced to ashes through Rudra's wrath, how did creation proceed? / Whence came Brahmā and Viṣṇu, and whence came the moon and the others? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.4) anye surā surāḥ kutra bhasmībhūtā layaṃ gatāḥ.. ata ūrdhvaṃ kimabhavattatsarvaṃ vaktumarhasi.. 10.4 .. > Where were the other gods? Where were the demons when they were reduced to ashes and dissolved? / You ought to tell us all of what happened after that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.5) vyāsaprasādātsakalaṃ vettha tvaṃ nāparo hi tat.. tasmājjñānamayaṃ śāstraṃ tajjānāsi na cāparaḥ.. 10.5 .. > Through the grace of Vyāsa, you know everything, and no one else; / therefore you know that scripture filled with knowledge, and no one else does. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.6) iti pṛṣṭastadā sarvairmunibhirbhāvitātmabhiḥ.. sūto vyāsaṃ namaskṛtya vākyaṃ cedamathābravīt.. 10.6 .. > Thus questioned then by all the sages of cultivated minds, / Sūta, having bowed to Vyāsa, spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.7) .. lomaśa uvāca.. yadā brahmāṃḍamadhyasthā vyāptā devā viṣāgninā.. haribrahmādayo hyete lokapālāḥ savāsavāḥ.. tadā vijñāpitaḥ śaṃbhurheraṃbena mahātmanā.. 10.7 .. > Lomaśa said: / When the gods dwelling within the cosmic egg were pervaded by the fiery poison— / these ones, Hari, Brahmā, and the others, the world-protectors along with Indra— / then Śambhu was petitioned by the great-souled Heramba. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.8) ..heraṃba uvāca.. he rudra he mahādeva he sthāṇo ha jagatpate.. mayā vighnaṃ vinodena kṛtaṃ teṣāṃ sudurjayam.. 10.8 .. > Heramba said: / O Rudra! O Mahādeva! O Sthāṇu! O Lord of the universe! / In sport, I have created an insurmountable obstacle for them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.9) bhayena mati mohāttvāṃ nārccayaṃti ca māmapi.. udyogaṃ ye prakurvanti teṣāṃ kleśo'dhiko bhavet.. 10.9 .. > Out of fear and delusion of intellect, they worship neither you nor me. / Those who exert effort shall only suffer greater distress. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.10) evamabhyarthitastena pinākī vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ.. vighnāṃdhakārasūryeṇa gaṇādhipatinā tadā.. 10.10 .. > Thus petitioned then by him, the wielder of the Pināka, whose emblem is the bull, / by the lord of the gaṇas, the sun to the darkness of obstacles, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.11) liṃgarūpo'bravīcchaṃbhurnirākāro nirāmayaḥ.. niraṃjano vyomakeśaḥ kaparddī nīlalohitaḥ.. 10.11 .. > Śambhu, who has the form of a liṅga, formless, free from disease, / taintless, having the sky for hair, matted-haired, blue and red, spoke: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.12) ..maheśvara uvāca.. heraṃba śrṛṇu me vākyaṃ śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ.. ahaṃkārātmakaṃ caiva jagadetaccarācaram.. 10.12 .. > Maheśvara said: / O Heramba, listen to my words endowed with supreme faith: / this entire world of moving and unmoving beings consists of ego-sense. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.13) sthitiṃ karotyahaṃkāraḥ pralayotpattimeva ca.. jagadādaugaṇapate tadā vijñaptimātrataḥ.. 10.13 .. > Ego-sense performs maintenance, dissolution, and origination. / At the beginning of the universe, O lord of the gaṇas, by mere consciousness, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.14) māyāvirahitaṃ śāṃtaṃ dvaitādvaitaparaṃ sadā.. jñaptimātrasvarūpaṃ tatsadānaṃdaikalakṣaṇam.. 10.14 .. > free from māyā, peaceful, beyond duality and non-duality, / that whose essential nature is pure consciousness alone, whose sole mark is eternal bliss \[persists\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.15) ..gaṇapatiruvāca.. yadi tvaṃ kevalo hyātmā paramānandalakṣaṇaḥ.. tasmāttvadaparaṃ kiṃcinnānyadasti paraṃtapa.. 10.15 .. > Gaṇapati said: / If you alone are the Self, characterized by supreme bliss, / then there is nothing other than you, O scorcher of foes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.16) nānārūpaṃ kathaṃ jātaṃ surāsuravilakṣaṇam.. vicitraṃ mohajananaṃ tribhirddevaiśca lakṣitam.. 10.16 .. > How did multiform existence arise, distinct as gods and demons, / manifold, causing delusion, observed by the three gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.17) bhūtagrāmaiścaturbhiśca nānābhedaiḥ samanvitaiḥ.. jātaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ ca nityānityavilakṣaṇam.. 10.17 .. > along with the four classes of living beings endowed with diverse differences? / How did the wheel of worldly existence arise, distinct as eternal and non-eternal? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.18) parasparavirodhena jñānavādena mohitāḥ.. karmavādaratāḥ kecitkecitsvaguṇamāśritāḥ.. 10.18 .. > Deluded by mutually contradictory doctrines of knowledge, / some are devoted to doctrines of action, while others rely on their own qualities; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.19) jñānaniṣṭhāśca ye kecitparasparavirodhinaḥ.. evaṃ saṃśayamāpannaṃ trāhi māṃ vṛṣabhadhvaja.. 10.19 .. > and those who are devoted to knowledge are mutually opposed. / Save me, who am thus fallen into doubt, O one whose emblem is the bull! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.20) ahaṃ gaṇaśca kutratyāḥ kva cāyaṃ vṛṣabhaḥ prabho.. ete cānye ca bahavaḥ kuto jātāśca kutra vai.. 10.20 .. > Where do I and the gaṇas come from? And where did this bull come from, O Lord? / Whence were these and many others born, and where indeed > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.21) kṛtāḥ sarve mahābhāgāḥ sāttvikā rājasāśca vai.. prahasya bhagavāñchaṃbhurgaṇeśaṃ vaktumudyataḥ.. 10.21 .. > were all the fortunate ones made, both sāttvika and rājasa? / Laughing, the Lord Śambhu prepared to speak to Gaṇeśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.22) ..maheśvara uvāca.. kālaśaktyā ca jātāni rajaḥsattvatamāṃsi ca.. tairāvṛtaṃ jagatsarvaṃ sadevāsumānuṣam.. 10.22 .. > Maheśvara said: / Through the power of time were born rajas, sattva, and tamas; / by them the entire universe is pervaded, along with gods, demons, and humans. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.23) paridṛśyamānametaccānaśvaraṃ paramārthataḥ.. viddhyetatsarvasiddhyaiva kṛtakatvācca naśvaram.. 10.23 .. > And this that is seen around is not imperishable in ultimate reality; / know that all this, through accomplishment and because it is made, is perishable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.24) .. lomaśa uvāca.. yāvadgaṇeśasaṃyukto bhāṣamāṇaḥ sadāśivaḥ.. liṃgarūpī viśvarūpaḥ prādurbhūtā sadāśivāt.. 10.24 .. > Lomaśa said: / While Sadāśiva was speaking together with Gaṇeśa, / having the form of a liṅga, universal in form, there appeared from Sadāśiva > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.25) śivarūpā jagadyoniḥ kāryakāraṇarūpiṇī.. liṃgarūpī sa bhagavānnimagnastatkṣaṇādabhūt.. 10.25 .. > she who has the form of Śiva, the womb of the universe, having the form of effect and cause; / and that Lord, having the form of a liṅga, became submerged from that very moment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.26) ekā sthitā parā śaktirbrahmavidyātmalakṣaṇā.. gaṇeśo vismayāviṣṭo hyavalokanatatparaḥ.. 10.26 .. > The one supreme power remained, whose self-nature is the knowledge of Brahman. / Gaṇeśa, overcome with wonder, was intent on watching. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.27) ..ṛṣaya ūcuḥ.. prakṛtyantargataṃ sarvaṃ jagadetaccarācaram.. gaṇeśasya pṛthaktvaṃ ca kathaṃ jātaṃ taducyatām.. 10.27 .. > The seers said: / All this universe of moving and unmoving beings is contained within nature; / let it be explained how the distinctness of Gaṇeśa arose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.28) ..lomaśa uvāca.. sākṣātprakṛtyāḥ saṃbhūto gaṇeśo bhagavānabhūt.. yathārūpaḥ śivaḥ sākṣāttadrūpo hi gaṇeśvaraḥ.. 10.28 .. > Lomaśa said: / Born directly from nature, Gaṇeśa became a lord; / just as the visible form of Śiva is, such indeed was the form of the lord of gaṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.29) śivena saha saṃgrāmo hyabhūttasya mahātmanaḥ.. ajñānātprakṛto bhūtvā bahukālaṃ nirantaram.. 10.29 .. > A battle took place between him, the great-souled one, and Śiva; / having become an ordinary being through ignorance, \[he fought\] continuously for a long time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.30) tasya dṛṣṭvā hyajeyatvaṃ gajārūḍhasya tattadā.. triśūlenāhanacchaṃbhuḥ sagajaṃ tamapātayat.. 10.30 .. > Seeing that he who was mounted on an elephant was then invincible, / Śambhu struck him with his trident and brought him down together with the elephant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.31) tadā stuto mahādevaḥ paraśaktyā paraṃtapaḥ.. paraśaktimuvācedaṃ varaṃ varaya śobhane.. 10.31 .. > Then Mahādeva, the scorcher of foes, was praised by the supreme power; / he said to the supreme power: 'Choose a boon, O fair one.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.32) tadā vṛto mahādevo vareṇa parameṇa hi.. yo'yaṃ tvayā hato deva mama putro na saṃśayaḥ.. 10.32 .. > Then Mahādeva was chosen \[by her\] with a supreme boon: / 'This one who was slain by you, O Lord, is my son, without a doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.33) tvāṃ na jānātyayaṃ mūḍhaḥ prakṛtyaṃśasamudbhavaḥ.. tasmātputraṃ jīvayemaṃ mama tṛṣṭyarthameva ca.. 10.33 .. > This foolish one, born of a portion of nature, does not know you; / therefore revive this son, just for my satisfaction.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.34) prahasya bhagavānrudro māyāputramajīvayat.. siṃdhuravadanenaiva mukhe sa samayojayat.. 10.34 .. > Laughing, the Lord Rudra revived the son of māyā; / he joined an elephant face to his head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.35) tadā gajānano jātaḥ prasādācchaṃkarasya ca.. māyāputropi nirmāyo jñānavānsaṃbabhūva ha.. 10.35 .. > Then he became the elephant-faced one through the grace of Śaṃkara; / even though the son of māyā, he became free of māyā and full of knowledge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.36) ātmajñānāmṛtenaiva nityatṛpto nirāmayaḥ.. samādhisaṃsthito raudraḥ kālakālāṃtako'bhavat.. 10.36 .. > Eternally satisfied by the nectar of self-knowledge alone, free from affliction, / established in deep meditation, fierce, he became the ender of the ender of time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.37) yogadaṃḍārthamutpāṭya svakīyaṃ daśanaṃ mahat.. kare gṛhya gaṇādhyakṣaḥ śabdhabrahmātivarttate.. ṛddhisiddhidvayenaiva ekatvena virājitaḥ.. 10.37 .. > Pulling out his own large tusk to serve as a yogic staff / and holding it in his hand, the leader of the gaṇas transcends the sound-Brahman, / shining forth in unity with the pair of Ṛddhi and Siddhi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.38) ye te gaṇāśca vighnāśca ye cānye'bhyadhikā bhuvi.. teṣāmapi patirjātaḥ kṛto'sau śaṃbhunā tadā.. 10.38 .. > Those who are gaṇas, and obstacles, and those others who are superior on earth — / of them too he became the lord, made so by Śambhu at that time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.39) tasmādvi lokayāmāsa prakṛtiṃ viśvarūpiṇīm.. pṛthaksthitvāgrato jānālliṃgaṃ prakṛtimeva ca.. dadarśa vimalaṃ liṃgaṃ prakṛtisthaṃ svabhāvataḥ.. 10.39 .. > Therefore he beheld primordial matter which embodies the universe. / Standing apart, in front, through knowledge he knew the liṅga and primordial matter; / by nature he saw the spotless liṅga abiding in primordial matter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.40) ātmānaṃ ca gaṇaiḥ sāddhaṃ tathaiva ca jagattrayam.. līnaṃ liṃge samastaṃ taddherambo jñānavānapi.. 10.40 .. > Heramba, though possessed of knowledge, \[saw\] himself along with the gaṇas, / and likewise the three worlds, all dissolved in that liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.41) mumoha ca punaḥ saṃjñāṃ pratilabhya prayatnataḥ.. nanāma śirasā tābhyāmīśābhyāṃ sa gaṇeśvaraḥ.. 10.41 .. > And he fell into a swoon; then regaining consciousness with effort, / that lord of gaṇas bowed his head to those two rulers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.42) tadā dadarśa tatraiva lokasaṃhārakārakam.. brahmāṇaṃ caiva rudraṃ ca viṣṇuṃ caiva sadāśivam.. 10.42 .. > Then right there he saw the cause of the dissolution of the worlds, / and Brahmā, and Rudra, and Viṣṇu, and Sadāśiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.43) dadarśa pretatulyāni liṃgaśaktyātmakāni ca.. brahmāṇḍagolakānyeva koṭiśaḥ paramāṇuvat.. 10.43 .. > He saw the globes of the cosmos, equal to corpses, / consisting of the liṅga and śakti, by the crores, like atoms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.44) līyaṃte ca vilīyaṃte maheśe liṃgarūpiṇi.. prakṛtyaṃtargataṃ liṃgaṃ liṃgasyāṃtargatā ca sā.. 10.44 .. > They dissolve and are completely dissolved in Maheśa who has the form of a liṅga; / the liṅga entered within primordial matter, and she entered within the liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.45) śaktyā liṃgaṃ ca saṃchannaṃ tadā sarvamadṛśyata.. liṃgena śaktiḥ saṃchannā parasparamavartata.. 10.45 .. > The liṅga was covered by śakti, and then everything was seen \[by him\]; / śakti was covered by the liṅga; they were mutually engaged. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.46) śivābhyāṃ saṃśritaṃ lokaṃ jagadetaccarācaram.. gaṇeśo vāpi tajjñānaṃ na pare'pi tathāvidan.. 10.46 .. > The world, this movable and immovable universe, took refuge in the two Śivas; / even Gaṇeśa possessed that knowledge, while others did not know it so. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.47) tadovāca mahātejā gaṇādhyakṣo gaṇaiḥ saha.. saśaktikaṃ stūyamānaḥ śaktyā ca parayā tadā.. 10.47 .. > Then the commander of the gaṇas, endowed with great splendor, together with the gaṇas, / being praised with his śakti, spoke to \[Śiva\] with the supreme Śakti: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.48) ..gaṇeśa uvāca.. namāmi devaṃ śaktyānvitaṃ jñānarūpaṃ prasannaṃ jñānātparaṃ paramaṃjyotirūpam.. rūpātparaṃ paramaṃ tattvarūpaṃ tattvātparaṃ paramaṃ maṃgalaṃ ca ānaṃdākhyaṃ niṣkalaṃ nirviṣādam.. 10.48 .. > Gaṇeśa said: / I bow to the God endowed with śakti, the form of knowledge, gracious, beyond knowledge, whose form is the supreme light, / beyond form, whose form is the supreme reality, beyond reality, supreme auspiciousness, called bliss, partless, devoid of sorrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.49) dhūmātparamayovahnirdhūmavatpratibhāsate.. prakṛtyaṃtargastvaṃ hi lakṣyase jñānisaṃbhavaḥ.. prakṛtyaṃtargatastvaṃ hi māyāvyaktiritīyase.. 10.49 .. > The fire beyond smoke appears like smoke. / Abiding within primordial matter, you are perceived as the origin of the knower; / abiding within primordial matter, you are known as the manifestation of māyā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.50) evaṃvidhastvaṃ bhagavansvamāyayā sṛjasyatholuṃpasi pāsi viśvam.. asmādgarātsarvamidaṃ pranaṣṭaṃ sabrahmavipreṃdrayutaṃ carācaram.. 10.50 .. > Being of such a nature, O Blessed One, through your own māyā you create, then destroy, and protect the universe. / From this poison, all this has perished, the movable and immovable along with Brahmā, the brahmins, and Indra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.51) yathā purāsīrbhagavānmaheśastrailokyanātho'si carācarātmā.. kuruṣya śīghraṃ sahajīvakośaṃ carācaraṃ tatsakalaṃ pradagdham.. 10.51 .. > As you were formerly, O Blessed Maheśa, you are the lord of the three worlds, the self of the movable and immovable. / Quickly restore, together with their sheaths of living beings, all those movable and immovable things that have been consumed by fire! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.52) .. lomaśa uvāca.. evaṃ stuto gaṇeśena bhagavānbhūtabhāvanaḥ.. yadutthitaṃ kālakūṭaṃ lokasaṃhārakārakam.. 10.52 .. > Lomaśa said: / Praised thus by Gaṇeśa, the Blessed One, the source of beings, / \[swallowed\] the kālakūṭa that had arisen, the cause of the dissolution of the worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.53) liṃgarūpeṇa tadgrastaṃ vimalaṃ cākarottadā.. sadevāsuramartyāśca sarvāṇi trijaganti ca.. tatkṣaṇādrakṣitānyeva kṛpayā parayā yutaḥ.. 10.53 .. > In the form of the liṅga it was swallowed, and he made it pure then. / Together with the gods, asuras, and mortals, all the three worlds / were instantly protected by him, filled with supreme compassion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.54) brahmā viṣṇuḥ sureṃdraśca lokapālāḥ saharṣayaḥ.. yakṣā vidyādharāḥ siddhā gaṃdharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ.. utthitāścaiva te sarve nidrāparigatā iva.. 10.54 .. > Brahmā, Viṣṇu, the lord of gods, the guardians of the quarters along with the seers, / the yakṣas, vidyādharas, siddhas, gandharvas, and the hosts of apsarases, / all of them arose as if overcome by sleep. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.55) vismayena samāviṣṭā babhūvurjātasādhvasāḥ.. sarve devāsurāścaiva ūcurāścaryavattataḥ.. 10.55 .. > Seized with astonishment, they became filled with fear. / All the gods and asuras then spoke with wonder: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.56) kva kālakūṭaṃ sumahadyena vidrāvitā vayam.. mṛtaprāyāḥ kṛtāḥ sadyaḥ salokapālakā hyamī.. 10.56 .. > “Where is that immense kālakūṭa by which we were driven away, / and all these \[beings\], together with the guardians of the quarters, were instantly made almost dead?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.57) ityabruvaṃstadā daityāstūṣṇīṃbhūtāstadā sthitāḥ.. śakrādayo lokapālā viṣṇuṃ sarveśvareśvaram.. brahmāṇaṃ ca puraskṛtya idamūcuḥ samedhitā.. 10.57 .. > Saying this, the daityas then stood silent. / Indra and the other guardians of the quarters, placing Viṣṇu, the lord of the lord of all, / and Brahmā at their head, having regained strength, spoke this: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.58) kenedaṃ kāritaṃ viṣṇo na vidāmo'lpamedhasaḥ.. tadā prahasya bhagavānbrahmaṇā saha taiḥ suraiḥ.. 10.58 .. > “By whom was this accomplished, O Viṣṇu? We of little intellect do not know.” / Then, laughing, the Blessed One along with Brahmā and those gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.59) samādhimagamansarve'pyekāgramanasastadā.. tattvajñānena nirhṛtya kāmakrodādikāndvijāḥ.. 10.59 .. > all entered into samādhi with one-pointed minds at that time, / having removed lust, anger, and the like by knowledge of the truth, O twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.60) tadātmani sthitaṃ liṃgamapaśyanvi budhādayaḥ.. viṣṇuṃ puraskṛtya tadā tuṣṭuvuḥ paramārthataḥ.. 10.60 .. > Then the gods and others saw the liṅga abiding within the self. / Placing Viṣṇu at their head, they then praised in accordance with the ultimate truth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.61) ātmanā paramātmānaṃ yoginaḥ paryupāsate.. 10.61 .. > By the self, yogins worship the supreme Self: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.62) liṃgameva paraṃ jñānaṃ liṃgameva paraṃ tapaḥ.. liṃgameva paro dharmo liṃgameva parā gatiḥ.. tasmālliṃgātparataraṃ yacca kiṃcinna vidyate.. 10.62 .. > “The liṅga alone is the supreme knowledge; the liṅga alone is the supreme austerity; / the liṅga alone is the supreme dharma; the liṅga alone is the supreme goal. / There is nothing whatever higher than that liṅga.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.63) evaṃ bruvaṃto hi tadā surāsurāḥ salokapālā ṛṣibhiśca sākam.. viṣṇuṃ puraskṛtya tamālavarṇaṃ śaṃbhuṃ śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapannāḥ.. 10.63 .. > Saying this at that time, the gods and asuras, together with the guardians of the quarters and the seers, / placing Viṣṇu, whose color is like the tamāla tree, at their head, sought refuge in Śambhu, the refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.64) trāhitrāhi mahādeva kṛpālo parameśvara.. purā trātā yathā sarve tathātvaṃ trātumarhasi.. 10.64 .. > “Save, save, O Mahādeva, compassionate Parameśvara! / Just as you were the savior of all in the past, so ought you to save \[now\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.65) taddevadeva bhavataścaraṇāraviṃdaṃ sevānubaṃdhamahimānamanaṃtarūpam.. tvadāśritaṃ yatparamānukaṃpayā namo'stu te devavara prasīda.. 10.65 .. > Therefore, O God of gods, your lotus foot, the greatness of whose service is boundless, whose form is infinite, / has been resorted to by \[us\] through your supreme compassion. Salutation to you, O best of gods! Be gracious!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.66) liṃgasvarūpamadhyastho bhagavānbhūtabhāvanaḥ.. sarvaiḥ suragaṇaiḥ sākaṃ babhāṣedaṃ ramāpatiḥ.. 10.66 .. > The Blessed One, the source of beings, who is situated in the midst of the nature of the liṅga, / was spoken to by the lord of Ramā together with all the hosts of gods: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.67) tvaṃ liṃgarūpī bhagavāñjagatāmabhayapradaḥ.. viṣṇunā saṃstuto devo liṃgarūpī maheśvaraḥ.. 10.67 .. > “You are the Blessed One possessing the form of the liṅga, granting fearlessness to the worlds.” / The God possessing the form of the liṅga, Maheśvara, was praised by Viṣṇu: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.68) mṛtāstrātā garātsarve tasmānmṛtyuṃjaya prabho.. rakṣarakṣa mahākāla tripurāṃta namostu te.. 10.68 .. > “Those who were dead were all saved from the poison; therefore, O Conqueror of Death, O Lord, / protect, protect, O Mahākāla, O destroyer of Tripura! Salutation to you!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.69) viṣṇunā saṃstuto devo liṃgarūpī maheśvaraḥ.. prādurbabhūva sāṃbo'tha bodhayanniva tānsurān.. 10.69 .. > Praised by Viṣṇu, the God possessing the form of the liṅga, Maheśvara, / accompanied by Ambā, then manifested, as though awakening those gods: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.70) he viṣṇo he surāḥ sarva ṛṣayaḥ śrūyatāmidam.. manyate'pi hi saṃsāre anitye nityatākulam.. 10.70 .. > “O Viṣṇu, O all gods and seers, let this be heard! / Even in the impermanent cycle of rebirth, one considers it full of permanence, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.71) avilokayatā''tmātmanā vibudhādayaḥ.. kiṃ yajñaiḥ kiṃ tapobhiśca kimudyogena karmaṇām.. 10.71 .. > not looking at the Self by the self, O gods and others! / What is the use of sacrifices, what of austerities, what of the effort of actions? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.72) ekatvena pṛthaktvena kiṃcinnaiva prayojanam.. yasmādbhavadbhirmilitaiḥ kṛtaṃ yatkarma duṣkaram.. 10.72 .. > In oneness or in separateness, there is no purpose at all. / For that difficult deed which was done by you all assembled together, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.73) kṣīrābdhermathanaṃ tattu amṛtārthaṃ kathaṃ kṛtam.. mṛtyuṃ jayaṃ nirākṛtya avajñāya ca māṃ sadā.. 10.73 .. > that churning of the Ocean of Milk for the sake of nectar—how was it done? / Having rejected the conqueror of death, and always having disregarded me, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.74) tasmātsarve mṛtyumukhaṃ patitā vai na saṃśayaḥ.. asmābhirnirmito devo gaṇeśaḥ kāryasiddhaye.. 10.74 .. > therefore all of you have indeed fallen into the mouth of death; of this there is no doubt. / The god Gaṇeśa was created by us for the accomplishment of purposes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.75) na namaṃti gaṇeśaṃ ca durgāṃ caiva tathāvidhām.. kleśabhājo bhaviṣyati nātra kāryā vicāraṇā.. 10.75 .. > Those who do not bow to Gaṇeśa, and likewise to Durgā, / will become partakers of suffering; there should be no deliberation about this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.76) yūyaṃ sarve tvadharmiṣṭhāḥ stabdhāḥ paṃḍitamāninaḥ.. kāryākāryamavijñāya kevalaṃ mānamohitāḥ.. 10.76 .. > You all are completely unrighteous, stubborn, thinking yourselves learned, / not knowing what should and should not be done, completely deluded by pride. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.77) tasmātkālamukhe sarve patitā nātra saṃśayaḥ.. sarve śrutiparā yūyamiṃdrādyā devatāgaṇāḥ.. 10.77 .. > Therefore, all have fallen into the mouth of Death; of this there is no doubt. / All of you, the hosts of deities headed by Indra, are intent on the Vedic texts, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.78) prarocanaparāḥ sarve kṣudrāśceṃdrādayo vṛthā.. nātmānaṃ ca prapaṃcena vetsi tvaṃ hi śacīpate.. 10.78 .. > Yet, \[being\] petty, Indra and the rest are all vainly devoted to mere cajolery. / Indeed, O lord of Śacī, you do not know yourself in this phenomenal world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.79) kṛtaḥ prayatno hi mahānamṛtārthaṃ tvayā śaṭha.. aśvamedhaśatenaiva yadrājyaṃ prāptavānasi.. api tacca parādhīna tanna jānāsi durmate.. 10.79 .. > A great effort was indeed made by you for the sake of nectar, you villain! / The kingdom that you attained solely through a hundred horse-sacrifices— / even that is dependent on others, yet you do not understand it, O evil-minded one! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.80) yairvadavākyaistvaṃ mūḍha saṃstuto'si tapasvibhiḥ.. te mūḍhāsto ṣayaṃti tvāṃ tattadrāgaparāyaṇāḥ.. 10.80 .. > The Vedic words by which you have been praised by ascetics, O fool— / those fools, intent on their respective passions, merely flatter you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.81) viṣṇo tvaṃ ca pakṣapātānna jānāsi hitāhitam.. kecidadhatāstvayā viṣṇo rakṣitāścaiva kecana.. 10.81 .. > And you, O Viṣṇu, because of partiality, do not distinguish between good and bad. / Some were struck down by you, O Viṣṇu, and some were protected. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.82) icchāyuktastvamatraiva sadā bālakaceṣṭitaḥ.. ye'nye ca lokapāḥ sarve teṣāṃ vārtā kutastviha.. 10.82 .. > Possessed of desire here, your behavior is always like that of a child. / As for the others who are world-guardians, what need is there to speak of them here? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.83) anyathā hi kṛte hyarthe anyathātvaṃ bhaviṣyati.. kāryasiddhirbhavedyena bhavadbhirvismṛtaṃ ca tat.. 10.83 .. > For if an action is performed incorrectly, contrary results will ensue. / That by which success in an undertaking would arise has been forgotten by you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.84) yenādya rakṣitāḥ sarve kālakūṭamahābhayāt.. yena nīlīkṛto viṣṇuryena sarve parājitāḥ.. 10.84 .. > The one by whom all were protected today from the great terror of the Kālakūṭa poison, / by whom Viṣṇu was turned blue, by whom all were subdued, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.85) lokā bhasmīkṛtā yena tasmādyenāpi rakṣitāḥ.. tasyārccanāvidhiḥ kāryo gaṇeśasya mahātmanaḥ.. 10.85 .. > By whom the worlds were reduced to ashes, and yet by whom they were also preserved— / the rite of worshipping that great-souled Gaṇeśa must be performed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.86) karmāraṃbhe tu vighneśaṃ ye nārcaṃti gaṇādhipam.. kāryasiddhirna teṣāṃ vai bhavettu bhavatāṃ yathā.. 10.86 .. > Those who do not worship the lord of obstacles, the commander of the gaṇas, at the beginning of an undertaking / will surely have no success in their enterprise, just like you." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.87) etanmaheśasya vaco niśamya surāsurāḥ kiṃnaracāraṇāśca.. pūjāvidhānaṃ paramārthato'pi papracchurenaṃ ca tadā girīśam.. 10.87 .. > Hearing this speech of the great lord, the gods and demons, Kinnaras and Cāraṇas, / then asked that Lord of the Mountain about the ritual procedure of worship in its true reality. 10.87 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.3.8.87\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8.87_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kedārakhaṇḍe samudramaṃthanākhyāne śivakṛtaviṣabhakṣaṇavṛttāntavarṇanaṃnāma daśamo'dhyāyaḥ.. 10 .. cha .. > Thus ends the tenth chapter, titled “The Description of the Eating of Poison by Śiva in the Account of the Churning of the Ocean,” in the Kedārakhaṇḍa of the first \[part\], the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. 10. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.3.8.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Alaṅkāramaṇihāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.yasobhusana.alankaramanihara.1.22.616_33) — Śrīkṛṣṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.3.8) · Pramāṇa