[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) › 1.4.31 # Skandapurana 1.4.31: adhyāyaḥ 33 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### adhyāyaḥ 33 ### [1.4.31.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.1) ..nārada uvāca.. tatastaṃ girivarṣmāṇaṃ patitaṃ vasudhopari.. āliṃgitamiva pṛthvyā guṇinyā guṇinaṃ yathā.. 33.1 .. > Nārada said: > Then, seeing him of mountain-like body fallen upon the earth, > as if embraced by the earth, as a virtuous woman \[embraces\] a virtuous man, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.2) dṛṣṭvā devā vismitāste jayaṃ jagustathā muhuḥ.. kecitsamīpamāgaṃtuṃ bibhyati tridivaukasaḥ.. 33.2 .. > the gods were astonished, and repeatedly sang of victory; > yet some of the heaven-dwellers were afraid to approach, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.3) utthāya tārako daityaḥ kadā cinno nihaṃti cet.. taṃ tathā patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā vasudhāmaṇḍale guhaḥ.. 33.3 .. > \[fearing:\] "What if the daitya Tāraka should rise and strike us?" > Seeing him thus fallen on the circle of the earth, Guha— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.4) āsīddīnamanāḥ pārtha śuśoca ca mahāmatiḥ.. stavanaṃ cāpi devānāṃ vārayitvā vaco'bravīt.. 33.4 .. > O Pārtha, the wise \[Skanda\] became downcast in mind and grieved. / Checking the praises of the gods, he spoke these words: 33.4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.5) śocyaṃ pātakinaṃ māṃ ca saṃstuvadhvaṃ kathaṃ surāḥ.. paṃcānāmapi yo bhartā prākṛto'sau na kīrtyate.. 33.5 .. > "Why do you gods praise me, a wretched sinner? / He who is the master of even five \[elements or beings\] is not reckoned ordinary. 33.5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.6) sa tu rudrāṃśajaḥ proktastasya druhyanna rudram̐vat.. svāyaṃbhuvena gītaśca ślokaḥ saṃśrūyate tathā.. 33.6 .. > Moreover, he was proclaimed to be born from a portion of Rudra; harming him is like \[harming\] Rudra. / And likewise a verse sung by Svāyambhuva \[Manu\] is heard: 33.6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.7) vīraṃ hi puruṣaṃ hatvā gosahasreṇa mucyate.. yathākathaṃcitpuruṣo na haṃtavyastato budhaiḥ.. 33.7 .. > 'Having killed a heroic man, one is released by a thousand cows; / therefore, a man should never be killed in any way by the wise.' 33.7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.8) pāpaśīlasya hanane doṣo yadyapi nāsti ca.. tathāpi rudrabhakto'yaṃ saṃsmaranniti śocimi.. 33.8 .. > Even though there is no fault in slaying an evil-natured person, / still, remembering that he was a devotee of Rudra, I grieve thus. 33.8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.9) tadahaṃ śrotumicchāmi prāyāścittaṃ ca kiṃcana.. prāyaścittairapaityeno yatopi mahadarjitam.. 33.9 .. > Therefore, I wish to hear of some expiation; / for by expiations even great \[sin\] that has been acquired goes away." 33.9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.10) iti saṃśocatastasya śivaputrasya dhīmataḥ.. vāsudevo guruḥ puṃsāṃ devamadhye vaco'bravīt.. 33.10 .. > As that wise son of Śiva was thus lamenting, / Vāsudeva, the teacher of men, spoke these words amidst the gods: 33.10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.11) śrutiḥ smṛtiścetihāsāḥ purāṇaṃ ca śivātmaja.. pramāṇaṃ cettato duṣṭavadhe doṣo na vidyate.. 33.11 .. > "O son of Śiva, if Śruti, Smṛti, the Itihāsas, and the Purāṇa / are authoritative, then there is no fault in slaying the wicked. 33.11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.12) svaprāṇānyaḥ paraprāṇaiḥ prapuṣṇātyaghṛṇaḥ pumān.. tadvadhastasya hi śreyo yaddoṣādyātyadhaḥ pumān.. 33.12 .. > When a merciless man nourishes his own life with the lives of others, / his slaying is indeed a benefit to him, since because of that sin a man sinks down. 33.12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.13) annāde bhrūṇahā mārṣṭi patyau bhāryā pacāriṇī.. gurau śiṣyaśca yājyaśca steno rājani kilbiṣam.. 33.13 .. > The killer of an embryo wipes off \[his sin\] on the one who eats his food, the adulterous wife on her husband, / the disciple and the sacrificer on the guru, and the thief wipes off his sin on the king. 33.13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.14) pāpinaṃ puruṣaṃ yo hi samartho na nihaṃti ca.. tasya tāvaṃti pāpāni tadardhaṃ so'pyavāśrute.. 33.14 .. > He who is capable and does not slay a sinful man, / \[takes on\] as many sins of that man; he attains half of them. 33.14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.15) pāpino yadi vadhyaṃte naiva pālanasaṃsthitaiḥ.. tato'yamakṣamo lokaḥ kaṃ yāti śaraṇaṃ guha.. 33.15 .. > If sinners are not slain by those appointed to protect, / then to whom does this helpless world go for refuge, O Guha? 33.15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.16) kathaṃ yajñāśca vedāśca vartate viśvadhārakāḥ.. tasmāttvayā puṇyamāptaṃ na ca pāpaṃ kathaṃcana.. 33.16 .. > How would the sacrifices and the Vedas, which sustain the universe, continue? / Therefore, merit was obtained by you, and no sin whatsoever. 33.16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.17) atha cedrudrabhakteṣu bahumānastava prabho.. tatra te kīrtayiṣyāmi prāyaścittaṃ mahottamam.. 33.17 .. > Yet if you have great regard for the devotees of Rudra, O Lord, / I shall proclaim to you the supreme expiation in that regard, 33.17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.18) ājanmasaṃbhavaiḥ pāpaiḥ pumānyena vimucyate.. ākalpāṃta ca vā yena rudraloke pramodate.. 33.18 .. > by which a man is freed from the sins born of his whole life, / and by which he rejoices in the world of Rudra until the end of the kalpa. 33.18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.19) kṛte pāpe'nutāpo vai yasya skanda prajāyate.. rudrārādhanato'nyacca prāyaśtittaṃ paraṃ na hi.. 33.19 .. > O Skanda, when repentance indeed arises in one who has committed a sin, / there is no higher expiation other than the worship of Rudra. 33.19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.20) na yasyālamapi brahmāmahimānaṃ vivarṇitum.. śrutiśca bhītā yaṃ vakti kiṃ tasmātparamaṃ bhavet.. 33.20 .. > Even Brahmā is not able to describe his greatness; / who could be higher than him, of whom the Veda speaks in awe? 33.20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.21) akāṃḍe yacca brahmāṃḍakṣayodyuktaṃ halāhalam.. kaṇṭhe dadhāra śrīkaṇṭhaḥ kastasmātparamo bhavet.. 33.21 .. > Śrīkaṇṭha held in his throat the halāhala \[poison\] / that had unexpectedly set out to destroy the universe—who could be higher than him? 33.21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.22) duḥkhatāṃḍavadīno'bhūdaṇḍasaṃkīrṇamānasaḥ.. māramāraśca yo devaḥ kastasmātparamo bhavet.. 33.22 .. > The god who became distressed in the cosmic dance of suffering, with his mind overwhelmed by the egg \[of the universe\], / and who is the slayer of Kāma—who could be higher than him? 33.22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.23) viyadvyāpī surasaritpravāho vipruṣākṛtiḥ.. babhūva yasya śirasi kastasmātparamo bhavet.. 33.23 .. > The stream of the river of the gods, filling the sky, became the form of a drop / on his head—who could be higher than him? 33.23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.24) yajñādikāśca ye dharmā vinā yasyārcanaṃ vṛthā.. dakṣo'tra satyadṛṣṭāṃtaḥ kastasmātparamo bhavet.. 33.24 .. > Righteous duties such as sacrifice and the like are futile without his worship; / Dakṣa is a true example in this matter—who could be higher than him? 33.24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.25) kṣoṇī ratho vidhiryaṃtā śaro'haṃ mandaro dhanuḥ.. rathāṃge cāpi caṃdrārkau yuddhe yasya ca traipure.. 33.25 .. > The earth was the chariot, Brahmā the charioteer, I the arrow, Mandara the bow, / and the moon and sun the wheels in his battle against Tripura. 33.25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.26) ārādhanaṃ tasya kecidyogamārgeṇa kurvate.. duḥkhasādhyaṃ hi tatteṣāṃ nityaṃ śūnyamupāsatām.. 33.26 .. > Some perform his worship by the path of yoga; / but that is difficult to accomplish for those who constantly meditate on the void. 33.26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.27) tasmāttasyārcayelliṃgaṃ bhuktimuktī ya icchati.. sṛṣṭyādau liṃgarūpī sa vivādo mama brahmaṇaḥ.. 33.27 .. > Therefore, he who desires enjoyment and liberation should worship his liṅga. / At the beginning of creation he took the form of a liṅga, and a dispute of mine with Brahmā 33.27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.28) abhūdyasya paricchede nālamāvāṃ babhūviva.. carācaraṃ jagatsarvaṃ yato līnaṃ sadātra ca.. 33.28 .. > arose; the two of us were unable to delimit it. / Because all the moving and unmoving universe is always dissolved (līna) in it, 33.28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.29) tasmālliṃgamiti proktaṃ devai rudrasya dhīmataḥ.. toyena snāpayelliṃgaṃ śraddhayā śucinā ca yaḥ.. 33.29 .. > therefore it is called 'liṅga' by the gods of wise Rudra. / Whosoever bathes the liṅga with pure water and faith, 33.29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.30) brahmāditṛṇaparyaṃtaṃ tenedaṃ tarpitaṃ jagat.. paṃcāmṛtena talliṃgaṃ snāpayedyaśca buddhimān.. 33.30 .. > by him this universe, from Brahmā down to a blade of grass, is propitiated. / And whichever wise person bathes that liṅga with the five nectars, 33.30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.31) tarpitaṃ tena viśvaṃ syātsudhayā pitṛbhiḥ samam.. puṣpairabhyarcayelliṃgaṃ yathākālodbhavaiścayaḥ.. 33.31 .. > by him the universe together with the ancestors is propitiated with nectar. / And whosoever worships the liṅga with flowers blooming according to the season, 33.31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.32) tena saṃpūjitaṃ viśvaṃ sakalaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ.. naivedyaṃ tatra yo dadyālliṃgasyāgre vicakṣaṇaḥ.. 33.32 .. > by him the entire universe is worshipped—there is no doubt in this. / The discerning person who offers food before the liṅga, 33.32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.33) bhojitaṃ tena viśvaṃ syālliṃgasyaivaṃ phalaṃ mahat.. kimatra bahunoktena svalpaṃ vā yadi va bahu.. 33.33 .. > by him the universe has been fed; such is the great fruit of the liṅga. / What is the use of saying much here? Whether little or much, 33.33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.34) liṃgasya kriyate yacca tatsarvaṃ viśvaprītidam.. tacca ligaṃ sthāpayedyaḥ śucau deśe subhaktitaḥ.. 33.34 .. > whatever is done for the liṅga gives delight to the entire universe. / And he who installs that liṅga in a pure place with great devotion, 33.34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.35) sa sarvapāpanirmukto rudraloke pramodate.. yannityaṃ yajato yajñaiḥ phalamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ.. 33.35 .. > freed from all sins, rejoices in the world of Rudra. / The fruit that the wise say comes from constantly sacrificing with sacrifices, 33.35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.36) tacca sthāpayato liṃgaṃ śivasya śubhalakṣaṇam.. yathāgniḥ sarvadevānāṃ mukhaṃ skanda prakīrtyate.. 33.36 .. > that belongs to the one who installs the auspiciously marked liṅga of Śiva. / Just as fire is proclaimed to be the mouth of all the gods, O Skanda, 33.36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.37) tathaiva sarvajagatāṃ mukhaṃ liṃgaṃ na saṃśayaḥ.. prāraṃbhānmucyate pāpaiḥ sarvajanmakṛtairapi.. 33.37 .. > so too the liṅga is without doubt the mouth of all the worlds. / From the very beginning \[of the work\], one is freed even from the sins committed in all births. 33.37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.38) atītaṃ ca tathāgāmi kulānāṃ tārayecchatam.. mṛnmayaṃ kāṣṭhaniṣpannaṃ pakveṣṭaṃ śailameva ca.. 33.38 .. > One delivers a hundred past and future families. / A shrine made of clay, constructed of wood, of baked bricks, or of stone, 33.38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.39) kṛtamāyatanaṃ dadyātkramācchataguṇaṃ phalam.. kalaśaṃ tatra cāropya ekaviṃśatkulairyutaḥ.. 33.39 .. > gives progressively a hundredfold fruit. / Having placed the pinnacle-jar upon it, accompanied by twenty-one generations, 33.39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.40) ākalpāṃtaṃ rudraloke modate rudravatsukhī.. evaṃvidhaphalaṃ liṃgamato bhūyo'pyadho na hi.. 33.40 .. > he rejoices happily in the world of Rudra like Rudra until the end of the kalpa. / The liṅga has such fruit; never again does one fall down from there. 33.40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.41) tasmādatra mahāsena liṃgaṃ sthāpitumarhasi.. yaduktametadaślīlaṃ yadi kiṃcana cātra cet.. 33.41 .. > Therefore, O Mahāsena, you ought to install a liṅga here. / If anything improper has been spoken here, 33.41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.42) tadbravītu mahā sena svayaṃ sākṣī maheśvaraḥ.. evaṃ vadati goviṃde sādhuvādo mahānabhūt.. 33.42 .. > let Maheśvara himself, the witness, declare that, O Mahāsena." / As Govinda spoke thus, there was a great shout of approval. 33.42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.43) mahādevo hyathāliṃgya skandaṃ vacanabravīt.. yadbhavānmama bhakteṣu prakaroti kṛpāṃ parām.. 33.43 .. > Then Mahādeva, embracing Skanda, spoke these words: / "Because you show supreme compassion toward my devotees, 33.43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.44) tenāpi paramā prītirmama jātā tavopari.. kiṃ tu yadbhagavānāha vāsudevo jagadguruḥ.. 33.44 .. > by that too supreme love for you has arisen in me. / But as to what the Lord Vāsudeva, the teacher of the universe, said: 33.44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.45) tattthā nānyathā kiṃcidatra proktaṃ hi viṣṇunā.. yo hyahaṃ sa harirjñeyo yo hariḥ so'hamityutā.. 33.45 .. > that is true, nothing spoken here by Viṣṇu is otherwise. / Indeed, whoever is I, that is to be known as Hari; whoever is Hari, that is I. 33.45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.46) nāvayoraṃtaraṃ kiṃciddīpayoriva suvrata.. enaṃ dveṣṭi sa māṃ dveṣṭiyonvetyenaṃ sa mā'nugaḥ.. 33.46 .. > There is no difference whatsoever between the two of us, like two lamps, O you of noble vows! / He who hates him hates me; he who follows him is my follower. 33.46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.47) iti skanda vijānāti sa madbhaktonyathā na hi.. 33.47 .. > O Skanda, he who understands thus is my devotee, not otherwise." 33.47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.48) ..skanda uvāca.. evamevāsmi jānāmi tvāṃ ca viṣṇuṃ ca śaṃkara.. 33.48 .. > Skanda said: / Just so do I know you and Viṣṇu \[to be one\], O Śaṃkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.49) yacca liṃgakṛte prāha harirmāṃ dharmavatsalaḥ.. khe vāṇī tārakavadhe evameva purāha mām.. 33.49 .. > And what Hari, who loves righteousness, told me concerning the liṅga— / that voice in the sky at the slaying of Tāraka—said the very same to me of old. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.50) liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpayiṣyāmi sarvapāpā pahaṃ tataḥ.. ekaṃ yatra pratijñā me gṛhītāsya vadhāya ca.. 33.50 .. > Therefore, I will establish a liṅga that removes all sins: / the first where my vow was taken for his destruction, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.51) dvitīyaṃ yatra niḥsattvasatyaktaḥ śaktyā'suro'bhavat.. tṛtīyaṃ yatra nihato hatyā pāpopaśāṃtidam.. 33.51 .. > the second where the Asura was left deprived of strength by the spear, / and the third where he was slain, which pacifies the sin of killing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.52) ityuktvā viśvakarmāṇamāhūya prāha pāvakiḥ.. trīṇi liṃgāni śuddhāni śīghraṃ tvaṃ kartumarhasi.. 33.52 .. > Having spoken thus, the son of the Fire-god summoned Viśvakarman and said: / "You ought quickly to fashion three flawless liṅgas." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.53) vacanādbāhuleyasya nirmame devavarddhakiḥ.. trīṇi liṃgāni śuddhāni nyavedayata tāni ca.. 33.53 .. > At the command of the son of the Kṛttikās, the architect of the gods made / three flawless liṅgas and presented them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.54) tato brahmādibhiḥ sārdhaṃ viṣṇunā śaṃkareṇa ca.. pūrvaṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsa paścimāyāmadūrataḥ.. 33.54 .. > Then, together with Brahmā and the others, with Viṣṇu and Śaṃkara, / he first installed \[one\] not far from the west, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.55) pratijñeśvaramityeva liṃgaṃ paramaśobhanam.. aṣṭamyāṃ bahule cātra caitre snātvā upoṣya ca.. 33.55 .. > the exceedingly beautiful liṅga named Pratijñeśvara. / Here, having bathed and fasted on the eighth day of the dark fortnight in Caitra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.56) pūjāṃ ca jāgaraṃ kṛtvā mucyetpāruṣyapāpataḥ.. ityāha skaṃdaprītyarthaṃ svayaṃ tatra maheśvaraḥ.. 33.56 .. > and having performed worship and a vigil, one is freed from the sin of harshness. / Thus Maheśvara himself spoke there to please Skanda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.57) tato dvitīyaṃ liṃgaṃ tu vahnikoṇāśritaṃ tathā.. sthāpayāmāsa saraso yatra śaktirviniryayau.. 33.57 .. > Then he installed the second liṅga in the southeast quarter / of the lake, where the spear had emerged, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.58) kapāleśvaramityeva liṃgaṃ pāpāpahaṃ śubham.. śaktiṃ ca tāmabhiṣṭūya sthāpayāmāsa tatra ca.. 33.58 .. > the auspicious liṅga named Kapāleśvara, which removes sins. / And having praised that spear, he also established there > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.59) kapāleśvarasāṃnidhyaṃ devīṃ kāpālikeśvarīm.. tatra cottaradigbhāge śakticchidraṃ pracakṣate.. 33.59 .. > the goddess Kāpālikeśvarī in the presence of Kapāleśvara. / And there, in the northern direction, they speak of Śakticchidra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.60) pātālagaṃgā yatrāstiṃ sarvapāpaharā śivā.. tatra snātvā dadau skaṃdaḥ kṛpayābhipariplutaḥ.. 33.60 .. > where the auspicious Pātālagaṅgā is, which removes all sins. / Having bathed there, Skanda, overflowing with compassion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.61) tadā toyaṃ tārakāya sahitaḥ sarvadaivataiḥ.. 33.61 .. > then offered water for Tāraka, accompanied by all the deities, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.62) kāśyapeyāya vajrāṃgatanayāya mahātmane.. rudrabhaktāya satilamakṣayyodakamastviti.. 33.62 .. > saying: "May there be imperishable water with sesamum seeds for the noble son of Kaśyapa, / the offspring of Vajrāṅga, who was devoted to Rudra." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.63) tato maheśvaraḥ prītaḥ prāha skaṃdasya śrṛṇvataḥ.. caturdaśyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe madhau caivātra yo naraḥ.. snātvopoṣya samabhyarcya kapāleśvaramīśvarīm.. 33.63 .. > Then Maheśvara, pleased, spoke while Skanda listened: / "The human who, on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight in Madhu, / having bathed, fasted, and thoroughly worshipped Kapāleśvara and the goddess, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.64) tejovadhasamudbhūtapātakena sa mucyate.. 33.64 .. > is freed from the sin born of the destruction of splendour. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.65) asyāmeva tithau somaḥ śivayogaśca taitilam.. ṣaḍyogaḥ śakticchidreyo dinaṃ rudraṃ japanniśi.. snātvātra saśarīro vai rudralokaṃ vrajīṣyati.. 33.65 .. > On this very lunar day, when there is Monday, the Śiva yoga, and the Taitila \[karaṇa\], / a sixfold conjunction, he who chants Rudra's \[mantra\] during the night and day at Śakticchidra, / having bathed here, will indeed go in bodily form to the world of Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.66) kapāleśasya sāṃnidhye śakticchidraṃ hi kīrtyate.. tasya tulyaṃ paraṃ tīrthaṃ pṛthivyāṃ naiva vidyate.. 33.66 .. > Śakticchidra is celebrated in the presence of Kapāleśa; / there exists on earth no other sacred ford equal to it." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.67) iti śrutvā rudravākyaṃ skaṃdaḥ prīto'bhavadbhṛśam.. devāśca muditāḥ sarve sādhusādhviti te jaguḥ.. 33.67 .. > Hearing these words of Rudra, Skanda was exceedingly pleased, / and all the gods rejoiced and chanted, "Excellent! Excellent!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.31.67\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31.67_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe kumārasthāpitajñeśvaraśakticcidreśvara māhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma trayastriṃśo.़dhyāyaḥ.. 33 .. cha .. > Thus ends the thirty-third chapter, entitled "The Description of the Greatness of Jñeśvara and Śakticchidreśvara Installed by Kumāra", in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa of the first Māheśvarakhaṇḍa in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.31.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.31) · Pramāṇa