[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) › 1.4.65.41 # Skandapurana 1.4.65.41 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.65.41 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.65.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.41) 40 atha mahākālanāmakasya siddhasya caritravarṇanam, tatra vārāṇasīnivāsino māṇṭi maharṣeḥ śivaprasādena patnyāścaṭikākhyāyā udare garbhasya caturvarṣaparyantaṃ sthitāvapi tasya garbhasya bahirnirgamanābhāvaṃ nirīkṣya māṇṭinā tasya vahirnirgamanāyājñākaraṇam-janmasaṃsārabhītyā garbhasya bahirnirgamane'nicchāṃ dṛṣṭvā māṇṭinā śivaṃ prati prasādanam śivena tasya garbhasyāśvāsanārthaṃ nijavibhūtīnāmājñākaraṇam, śivavibhūtibhirdharmādibhistasya sāntvane kṛte sati garbhagṛhādbālakasya prasūtiḥ,tasya bālakasya kālādbhītimāpannatayā kālabhītināmakasya bilvavṛkṣasyādhastāttapaḥ kurvataḥ samīpe śaṃkareṇa nararūpeṇāgatya nijacaraṇāṃguṣṭhena gartapūraṇena tīrthaṃ nirmāya nijarūpaprakaṭanam tataḥ kālabhītiprārthanayā mahākālaliṅgarūpeṇa bhagavato'vasthānam, mahākālaprasādena kālabhītermocanānmahākālatvaprāptipūrvakaṃ mahākālabhagavataḥ prasādena nandigaṇarūpeṇa śivapratīhāratvaprāptivṛttāntavarṇanam, atha mahākālena karaṃdhamabhūpataye dharmasvarūpacatuyurgavyavasthādidharmakarmopadeśavarṇanam.. 155 > 40 Then the account of the deeds of the perfected sage named Mahākāla: therein, by the grace of Śiva, a child was conceived in the womb of Caṭikā, the wife of the great sage Māṇṭi who resided in Vārāṇasī; Māṇṭi, seeing that although it remained in the womb for four years the embryo did not come out, commanded it to emerge; seeing its reluctance to emerge out of fear of birth and worldly existence, Māṇṭi propitiated Śiva; Śiva instructed his own manifestations to reassure the embryo; when the manifestations of Śiva, Dharma and others, comforted it, the child was born from the womb-chamber; because that boy was overcome with fear of Kāla, he was named Kālabhīti, and while he was performing austerities beneath a bilva tree, Śaṃkara arrived in human form, created a sacred ford by filling a pit with his big toe, and revealed his true form; then, at Kālabhīti's request, the Lord assumed the form of the Mahākāla liṅga; by the grace of Mahākāla, Kālabhīti was released, attained the status of Mahākāla, and by the grace of Lord Mahākāla obtained the role of Śiva's door-keeper in the form of a Nandi attendant; then a description of the teaching on the nature of righteousness, the arrangement of the four ages, and other duties and rites given by Mahākāla to King Karaṃdhama... 155 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.4.65.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.40) - [Next: 1.4.65.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.42) - [Up: 1.4.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.65.41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.65.41) · Pramāṇa