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# Skandapurana 1.4.46: adhyāyaḥ 48

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.46

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 48

### [1.4.46.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.1)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

> Nārada said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.2)

athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi somanāthamahiṃ sphuṭam ..

> “Now, therefore, I shall clearly declare the greatness of Somanātha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.3)

śṛṇvanyāṃ kīrta yiṣyāmi pāpamokṣamavāpnuyāt .. 1 ..

> hearing which as I recount it, one attains release from sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.4)

purā tretāyuge pārtha cauḍadeśasamudbhavau ..

> Formerly in the Tretā age, O son of Pṛthā, born in the country of Cauḍa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.5)

ūrjayaṃtaśca prāleyo viprāvāstāṃ mahādyutī .. 2 ..

> there were two brahmins of great splendor, Ūrjayanta and Prāleya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.6)

tāvekadā purāṇārthe ślokamekamapaśyatām ..

> Once, among the contents of the Purāṇas, they saw a single verse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.7)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvaśāstrajñāvāstāṃ kaṃṭakitatvacau .. 3 ..

> Seeing it, knowing all scriptures, their skin bristled with excitement:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.8)

prabhāsādyāni tīrthāni pulastyāyāha padmabhūḥ .  
na yaistatrāplutaṃ caiva kiṃ taistīrthamupāsitam .. 4 ..

> ‘The lotus-born \[Brahmā\] said to Pulastya: “Regarding the sacred fords beginning with Prabhāsa, / what sacred ford has been worshipped by those who have not bathed there?”’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.9)

iti ślokaṃ paṭhitvā tau punaḥpunarabhiṣṭutam ..

> Having read this praised verse again and again,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.10)

tarhyeva ca prabhāsāya niḥsṛtau snātumuttamau .. 5 ..

> the two excellent men set out at that very moment for Prabhāsa to bathe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.11)

tau vanāni nadīścaiva vyatikramya śanaiḥśanaiḥ ..

> Gradually crossing forests and rivers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.12)

maharṣigaṇasaṃkīrṇāmuttīṇau narmadāṃ śivām .. 6 ..

> the two crossed the auspicious Narmadā, crowded with hosts of great sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.13)

guptakṣetrasya māhātmyaṃ mahīsāgarasaṃgamam ..

> \[Knowing\] the greatness of the hidden sacred field, the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.14)

tatra snātvā prabhāsāya tanmadhyena pratasthatuḥ .. 7 ..

> having bathed there, they departed for Prabhāsa right through it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.15)

tato mārgasya śūnyatvāttṛṭkṣudhāpīḍitau bhṛśam ..

> Then, because the path was desolate, intensely afflicted by thirst and hunger,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.16)

āstāṃ vicetanau viprau siddhaliṃgasamīpataḥ .. 8 ..

> the two brahmins were senseless near Siddhaliṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.17)

siddhanāthaṃ namaskṛtya saṃprayātau sudhairyataḥ ..

> Having bowed to Siddhanātha, they set forth with great fortitude.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.18)

kṣudhāvegena tīvreṇa tṛṣā madhyārkatāpitau .. 9 ..

> Scorched by the midday sun, through the fierce assault of hunger and through thirst,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.19)

sahasā patitau bhūmau sthūṇapādau vimūrchitau ..

> they suddenly fell to the ground, paralyzed in their limbs, fallen unconscious.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.20)

tato muhūrtātprāleya ūrjayaṃtamabhāṣata .. 1.2.48.10 ..

> Then, after a moment, Prāleya spoke to Ūrjayanta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.21)

kiṃcidviśvasya dhairyācca sakhe kiṃ na śrutaṃ tvayā ..

> recovering somewhat and taking courage: 'Friend, have you not heard?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.22)

yathā yathā vivarṇāṃgo jāyate tīrthayātrayā .. 11 ..

> Just as a person's body becomes pale through pilgrimage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.23)

tathātathā bhaveddānairdīnaḥ someśvaro haraḥ ..

> so too Someśvara Hara becomes humble through gifts.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.24)

tathā''stāṃ luṃṭhamānau tāvevamukte śrute'pi ca .. 12 ..

> Though this had been spoken and heard, the two continued rolling on the ground.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.25)

luṃṭhamāno jagāmaiva prāleyaḥ kiṃcidaṃtare ..

> Rolling along, Prāleya went a little distance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.26)

utthitaṃ sahasā liṃgaṃ bhūmiṃ bhittvā sudurdṛśam .. 13 ..

> and suddenly a liṅga, very hard to behold, rose up breaking through the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.27)

khe vāṇī cābhavattatra puṣpavarṣapuraḥsarā ..

> And in the sky a voice arose there, preceded by a shower of flowers:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.28)

prāleya tava hetostu somanāthasamaṃ phalam ..

> 'Prāleya, for your sake, yielding a fruit equal to Somanātha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.29)

utthitaṃ sāgarataṭe liṃgaṃ tiṣṭhātra suvrata .. 14 ..

> a liṅga has risen on the shore of the ocean. Remain here, O you of noble vows!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.30)

.. prāleya uvāca .. ..

> Prāleya said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.31)

yadyevaṃ satyametacca tathāpyātmā prakalpitaḥ .. 15 ..

> 'Even if this is so and true, nevertheless my resolve was formed:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.32)

prabhāsāya prayātavyaṃ yadā'' mṛtyormayā sphuṭam ..

> clearly I must journey to Prabhāsa even until death.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.33)

tataścaivorjjayaṃto'pi mūrchābhāvālluṭhanpuraḥ .. 16 ..

> Then Ūrjayanta also, rolling forward in a state of fainting,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.34)

apaśyadutthitaṃ liṃgaṃ sa caivaṃ pratyapadyata ..

> saw the liṅga that had risen up, and he too understood thus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.35)

tataḥ pratyakṣatāṃ prāpto bhavaścakre tayordṛḍhe .. 17 ..

> Then Bhava, having become manifest, made their two bodies firm  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.36)

dṛṣṭyā tanū tato yātau prabhāsaṃ śivasadma ca ..

> by his gaze; then they went to Prabhāsa, the abode of Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.37)

tāvetau somanāthau dvau siddheśvarasamīpataḥ .. 18 ..

> These are the two Somanāthas near Siddheśvara:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.38)

ūrjayaṃtaḥ pratīcyāṃ ca prāleyasyeśvaro'paraḥ ..

> Ūrjayanta is in the west, and the other is the lord of Prāleya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.39)

somakuḍāṃbhasi śanaiḥ snātvārṇavamahījale .. 19 ..

> Having slowly bathed in the water of Somakuṇḍa, in the water of the ocean and the Mahī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.40)

somanāthadvayaṃ paśyejjanmapāpātpramucyate ..

> one who beholds the pair of Somanāthas is freed from the sin of birth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.41)

brahmātra sthāpayitvā tu hāṭakeśvara saṃjñitam .. 1.2.48.20 ..

> Having installed here the liṅga named Hāṭakeśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.42)

mahīnagarake liṃgaṃ pātālātsumanoharam ..

> which is very charming, brought from Pātāla to Mahīnagara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.43)

tuṣṭāva devaṃ prayataḥ stutiṃ tāṃ śṛṇu pāṃḍava .. 21 ..

> Brahmā devoutly praised the god. Listen to that hymn of praise, O Pāṇḍava:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.44)

namaste bhagavanrudra bhāskarāmitatejase ..

> 'Homage to you, O blessed Rudra, possessing the immeasurable splendor of the sun!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.45)

namo bhavāya rudrāya rasāyāṃbumayāya te .. 22 ..

> Homage to Bhava, to Rudra, to the taste whose essence is water!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.46)

śarvāya kṣitirūpāya sadā surabhiṇe namaḥ ..

> Homage to Śarva, who has the form of the earth and is ever fragrant!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.47)

īśāya vāyave tubhyaṃ saṃsparśāya namonamaḥ .. 23 ..

> Homage, homage to you, the Lord, the wind, the sense of touch!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.48)

paśūnāṃ pataye cāpi pāvakāyātitejase ..

> And \[homage\] to the Lord of beasts, to fire of supreme brilliance!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.49)

bhīmāya vyomarūpāya śabdamātrāya te namaḥ .. 24 ..

> Homage to you, Bhīma, who have the form of space, whose essence is sound!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.50)

mahādevāya somāya amṛtāya namo'stu te ..

> Homage be to you, Mahādeva, the moon, the nectar!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.51)

ugrāya yajamānāya namaste karmayogine .. 25 ..

> Homage to Ugra, the sacrificer, to you, the performer of actions!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.52)

ityevaṃ nāmabhirdivyaiḥ stava eṣa udīritaḥ ..

> Thus this hymn was uttered with divine names.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.53)

yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi pitāmahakṛtaṃ stavam .. 26 ..

> A person who recites or hears this hymn composed by the Grandfather  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.54)

hāṭakeśvaraliṃgasya nityaṃ ca prayato naraḥ ..

> to the liṅga of Hāṭakeśvara, being ever devout,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.55)

aṣṭamūrteḥ sa sāyujyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 27 ..

> attains union with the eight-formed Lord; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.56)

hāṭakeśvaraliṃgaṃ ca prayato yaḥ smaredapi ..

> And whoever, being devout, even remembers the liṅga of Hāṭakeśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.57)

tasya syādvarado brahmā tenedaṃ sthāpitaṃ jaya .. 28 ..

> to him Brahmā becomes the granter of boons, by whom this was installed, O Arjuna.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.58)

evaṃvidhāni tīrthāni mahīsāgarasaṃgame ..

> Such sacred fords at the confluence of the Mahī and the ocean,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.59)

bahūni saṃti puṇyāni saṃkṣepādvarṇitāni me .. 29 ..

> many and holy, have been described in brief by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.46.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.46.60)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe stambhatīrthamāhātmye somanāthavṛttāṃtavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 48 ..

> Thus ends the forty-eighth chapter, named 'Description of the Account of Somanātha,' in the praise of Stambhatīrtha, in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa, in the first Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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