[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) › 1.4.33 # Skandapurana 1.4.33: adhyāyaḥ 35 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.33 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### adhyāyaḥ 35 ### [1.4.33.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.33.1) ..nārada uvāca.. kumāreṇa sthāpito'tra kumāreśastataḥ surāḥ.. praṇamya guhamūcuśca prabaddhakarasaṃpuṭāḥ.. 35.1 .. > Nārada said: / When Kumāreśa had thus been installed here by Kumāra, the gods / bowed to Guha and said with folded hands: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.33.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.33.2) kiṃcidvijñāpayaṣyāmo vayaṃ tvāṃ śrṛṇu tattvataḥ.. pūrvaprasiddha ācāraḥ procyate jayināmayam.. 35.2 .. > "We wish to submit something to you; listen in truth: / this ancient, renowned custom of victors is proclaimed: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.33.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.33.3) jayaṃti ye raṇe śatrūṃstaiḥ kāryaḥ staṃbhacihnakaḥ.. tasmāttava jayoddyotanimittaṃ staṃmamuttamam.. 35.3 .. > Those who conquer enemies in battle must erect the token of a pillar. / Therefore, for the sake of celebrating your victory, an excellent pillar > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.33.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.33.4) nakṣipāma vayaṃ yāvattmanujñātumarhasi.. viśvakarmakṛtaṃ yacca tṛtīyaṃ liṃgamuttamam.. 35.4 .. > let us erect, if you will deign to grant permission. / And this excellent third liṅga fashioned by Viśvakarman— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.33.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.33.5) tasya staṃbhāgratasataṃ ca saṃsthāpaya śivātmaja.. evamukte suraiḥ skandastatetyāha mahāmanāḥ.. 35.5 .. > install it in front of that pillar, O son of Śiva!" / When the gods spoke thus, the magnanimous Skanda said, "So be it." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.33.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.33.6) tato hṛṣṭāḥ suragaṇāḥ śakrādyāḥ staṃbhamuttamam.. jāṃbūnadamayaṃ śubhraṃ raṇabhūmau vinikṣipuḥ.. 35.6 .. > Then the delighted hosts of gods headed by Śakra erected an excellent pillar / made of Jāmbūnada gold, bright and splendid, upon the battlefield. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.33.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.33.7) paritaḥ sthaṃḍilaṃ dikṣu sarvaratnamayaṃ tu te.. tatra hṛṣṭāścāpsaraso nanṛturdaśadhā śubhāḥ.. 35.7 .. > All around it in the directions \[they made\] an altar fashioned of all jewels; / there the delighted, auspicious apsarases danced in ten ways. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.33.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.33.8) mātaro maṃgalānyasya jaguḥ skandasya naṃditāḥ.. iṃdrādyā nanṛtustatra svayaṃ viṣṇuśca vādakaḥ.. 35.8 .. > Rejoicing, the Mothers sang auspicious songs for Skanda; / Indra and the others danced there, and Viṣṇu himself was the instrumentalist. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.33.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.33.9) petuḥ khātpuṣpavarṣāṇi devavādyāni sasvanuḥ.. evaṃ staṃbhaṃ samāropya jayākhyaṃ viśvanaṃdakaḥ.. 35.9 .. > Showers of flowers fell from the sky, divine musical instruments sounded; / having thus set up the pillar named 'Victory', which gladdens the universe, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.33.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.33.10) stambheśvarastato devaḥ sthāpitastryakṣasūnunā.. viriṃcipramukhairdevairjātānandaiḥ samaṃ tadā.. 35.10 .. > the god Stambheśvara was then installed by the three-eyed god's son, / together with the gods headed by Viriñci, who were filled with joy, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.33.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.33.11) hariharādityuktaistaiḥ sendrairmunigaṇairapi.. tasyaiva paścime bhāge śaktyagreṇa mahātmanā.. 35.11 .. > along with Hari, Hara, and the Ādityas, accompanied by Indra and hosts of sages. / On the western side of that very \[pillar\], with the tip of his lance, the great-souled > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.33.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.33.12) guhena nirmitaḥ kūpo gaṃgā tatra talodbhavā.. māghasya ca caturdaśyāṃ kṛṣṇāyāṃ pitṛtarpaṇam.. 35.12 .. > Guha fashioned a well; the Gaṅgā arose there from the nether world. / On the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight of Māgha, offering libations to the ancestors > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.33.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.33.13) kūpe snānaṃ naraḥ kṛtvā bhaktyā yaḥ pāṃḍunaṃdana.. gayāśrāddhena yatpuṇyaṃ tatphalaṃ labhate sphuṭam.. 35.13 .. > and bathing in the well with devotion, O son of Pāṇḍu, / a man clearly obtains the fruit of whatever merit comes from a śrāddha at Gayā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.33.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.33.14) staṃbheśvaraṃ tato devaṃ gandhapuṣpaiḥ prapūjayet.. vājapeyaphalaṃ prāpya modate rudrasadmāni.. 35.14 .. > He should then worship the god Stambheśvara with fragrant perfumes and flowers; / having attained the fruit of a Vājapeya sacrifice, he rejoices in the abode of Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.33.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.33.15) paurṇamāsyāmamāvāsyāṃ mahīsāgarasaṃgame.. śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā ca yo'bhyarcceṃtstaṃbheśvaramakalmaṣaḥ.. 35.15 .. > On a full-moon or new-moon day at the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean, / having performed a śrāddha, whoever, free from sin, worships Stambheśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.33.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.33.16) pitarastasya tṛpyaṃti tṛptā yacchaṃti cāśiṣaḥ.. sa bhittvā sarvapāpāni rudraloke mahīyate.. 35.16 .. > his ancestors are satisfied, and being satisfied they grant blessings; / he shatters all sins and is glorified in the world of Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.33.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.33.17) ityāha bhagavānrudraḥ skandasya prītaye purā.. evameva caturthaṃ ca sthāpitaṃ liṃgamuttamam.. 35.17 .. > Thus the blessed Rudra spoke of old for the delight of Skanda. / In this very way the excellent fourth liṅga was installed; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.33.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.33.18) praṇemurdevatāḥ sarve sādhusādhviti te jaguḥ.. 35.18 .. > all the gods bowed down, chanting, "Well done! Well done!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.33.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.33.35) iti skāṃdemahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe staṃbheśvaramāhātmyavarṇana nāma paṃcatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ.. 35 .. cha .. > Thus ends the thirty-fifth chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Stambheśvara', in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa of the first section, the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.33.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.33) · Pramāṇa