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# Skandapurana 1.4.54: adhyāyaḥ 56

Skandapurāṇa 1.4.54

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### adhyāyaḥ 56

### [1.4.54.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.1)

.. nārada uvāca .. ..

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

### [1.4.54.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.2)

ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi brahmeśaṃ liṃgamuttamam ..

> After this I shall describe the supreme liṅga, Brahmeśa,  
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### [1.4.54.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.3)

yasya smaraṇamātreṇa vājapeyaphalaṃ bhavet .. 1 ..

> by merely remembering which the fruit of a Vājapeya sacrifice is attained.  
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### [1.4.54.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.4)

ekadā tu purā pārtha sṛṣṭi kāmena brahmaṇā ..

> Once in ancient times, O son of Pṛthā, by Brahmā desiring creation,  
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### [1.4.54.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.5)

tapaḥ sucaritaṃ ghoraṃ sārdhavarṣasahasrakam .. 2 ..

> terrible austerity was well performed for a thousand and a half years.  
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### [1.4.54.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.6)

tapasā tena santuṣṭaḥ pārvatīpatiśaṃkaraḥ ..

> Pleased by that austerity, Śaṃkara, the lord of Pārvatī,  
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### [1.4.54.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.7)

varamasmai tataḥ prādāllokakartre svavāṃchitam .. 3 ..

> then granted to him, the creator of the worlds, the boon desired by him.  
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### [1.4.54.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.8)

tato hṛṣṭaḥ pramuditaḥ kṛtakṛtyaḥ pitāmahaḥ ..

> Then the grandfather of all, delighted, rejoiced, and having fulfilled his purpose,  
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### [1.4.54.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.9)

jñātvā kṣetrasya māhātmyaṃ svayaṃ liṃgaṃ cakāra ha ..4..

> realizing the māhātmya of the sacred field, himself fashioned a liṅga.  
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### [1.4.54.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.10)

cakhāna ca saraḥ puṇyaṃ nāmnā brahmasaraḥ śubhama ..

> And he dug an auspicious, holy lake named Brahmasaras,  
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### [1.4.54.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.11)

mahīnagarakātpūrve mahāpātakanāśanam .. 5 ..

> to the east of Mahīnagara, which destroys great sins.  
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### [1.4.54.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.12)

asya tīre mahāliṃgaṃ sthāpayāmāsa vai vibhuḥ ..

> On its bank the all-pervading lord installed the great liṅga;  
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### [1.4.54.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.13)

tatra devaḥ svayaṃ sākṣādvidyate kila śaṃkaraḥ .. .. 6 ..

> there the god Śaṃkara himself is visibly present.  
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### [1.4.54.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.14)

puṣkarādadhikaṃ tīrthaṃ brahmeśaṃnāma phālguna ..

> The sacred ford named Brahmeśa is greater than Puṣkara, O Phālguna;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.54.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.15)

tatra snātvā naro bhaktyā piṇḍadānaṃ samācaret .. 7 ..

> having bathed there with devotion, a person should perform the offering of rice-balls (piṇḍadāna),  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.54.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.16)

dānaṃ caiva yathāśaktyā kārtikyāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ ..

> and make gifts according to his ability, especially on the full moon day of Kārttika,  
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### [1.4.54.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.17)

devaṃ prapūjayedbhaktyā brahmeśaṃ hṛṣṭamānasaḥ .. 8 ..

> and should worship the god Brahmeśa with devotion and a glad heart.  
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### [1.4.54.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.18)

pitarastasya tuṣyaṃti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam ..

> His ancestors remain pleased until the dissolution of all beings.  
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### [1.4.54.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.19)

puṣkareṣu ca yatpuṇyaṃ kurukṣetre ravigrahe .. 9 ..

> Whatever merit is gained at the Puṣkaras, or in Kurukṣetra during a solar eclipse,  
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### [1.4.54.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.20)

gaṃgādipuṇyatīrtheṣu yatphalaṃ prāpyate naraiḥ ..

> and whatever fruit is obtained by people at the sacred fords such as the Gaṅgā,  
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### [1.4.54.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.21)

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti tīrthasyāsyāvagāhanāt .. 1.2.56.10 ..

> that fruit one completely obtains from taking a dip in this sacred ford.  
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### [1.4.54.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.22)

mokṣaliṃgasya māhātmyaṃ śṛṇu pārtha mahādbhutam ..

> Hear, O son of Pṛthā, the exceedingly wondrous māhātmya of the Mokṣaliṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.54.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.23)

mayā sthānahitārthaṃ ca samārādhya maheśvaram .. 11 ..

> For the benefit of this place, having propitiated Maheśvara,  
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### [1.4.54.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.24)

sthāpitaṃ pravaraṃ liṃgaṃ nāmnā mokṣeśvaraṃ haram ..

> the excellent liṅga, Hara named Mokṣeśvara, was installed by me.  
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### [1.4.54.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.25)

darbhāgreṇa tataḥ pārtha kūpaṃ khanitavānaham ..12..

> Then, O son of Pṛthā, with the tip of a darbha grass blade, I dug a well.  
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### [1.4.54.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.26)

prasādya lokakartāraṃ brahmāṇaṃ parameṣṭhinam ..

> Having propitiated Brahmā, the supreme creator of the worlds,  
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### [1.4.54.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.27)

kamaṇḍalorbrahmaṇaśca samānītā sarasvatī .. 13 ..

> the Sarasvatī was brought down from the water-pot (kamaṇḍalu) of Brahmā  
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### [1.4.54.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.28)

kūpe'sminmokṣanāthasya lokānāṃ pretamuktaye ..

> into this well of the Lord of Liberation, for the deliverance of people from ghosthood (pretatva).  
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### [1.4.54.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.29)

kārtikasya tu māsasya śuklapakṣe caturdaśī .. 14 ..

> On the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight of the month of Kārttika,  
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### [1.4.54.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.30)

kūpe snātvā narastasyāṃ tilapiṇḍaṃ samācaret ..

> a person who bathes in that well should offer balls of sesame seeds  
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### [1.4.54.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.31)

pretānuddiśya niyataṃ mokṣatīrthaphalaṃ bhavet .. 15 ..

> for the sake of the departed spirits; surely the fruit of the Mokṣatīrtha will be attained.  
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### [1.4.54.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.32)

kule na jāyate tasya pretaḥ pārtha na saṃśayaḥ ..

> No departed spirit (preta) is born in his family, O son of Pṛthā; of this there is no doubt.  
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### [1.4.54.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.33)

pretā mokṣaṃ pragacchanti tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ .. 16 ..

> The departed spirits attain liberation through the power of this sacred ford.  
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### [1.4.54.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.34)

jayādityakūpavare naraḥ snātvā prayatnataḥ ..

> Having bathed with care in the excellent well of Jayāditya, a man...  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.4.54.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.35)

garbheśvaraṃ namaskṛtya na sa garbheṣu majjati ..17..

> And bowing to Garbheśvara, he sinks no more into wombs. (17)  
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### [1.4.54.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.36)

idaṃ mayā pārtha tava praṇītaṃ guptasya kṣetrasya samāsayogāt ..

> This has been set forth by me, O Pārtha, briefly regarding the hidden sacred field.  
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### [1.4.54.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.37)

māhātmyametatsakalaṃ śṛṇoti yaḥ syādviśuddhaḥ kimu vacmi bhūyaḥ .. 18 ..

> Whoever hears this entire māhātmya becomes purified; what more should I say? (18)  
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### [1.4.54.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.54.38)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṃḍe kaumārikākhaṃḍe brahmeśvaramokṣeśvara garbhaśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭpaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ ..56..

> Thus ends the fifty-sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Brahmeśvara, Mokṣeśvara, and Garbheśvara', in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa of the first \[section\], the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. (56)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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