[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) › 14.0.p32 # Skandapurana 14.0.p32 Skandapurāṇa 14.0.p32 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.0.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p32) adhyāyaḥ 34 mahattvākāṃkṣayā brahmaviṣṇvoḥ parasparaṃ kalahāyamānayoryudhyatośca madhya ekasyānādyantasya liṃgasyotpattivarṇanam, tata ākāśavāṇyā tayoryuddhaparāvartanaṃ kārayitvā 'yo liṃgāntaṃ paśyetsa mahān ' iti paṇakathanam, tatra brahmaṇā śivasaṃnidhau mithyā liṃgordhvaparyantadarśanavṛttakathanācchivena brahmaṇe'pūjyatvaprāpakaśāpadānama, tathaiva brahmaṇo mithyāsākṣyaṃ dātuṃ pravṛttasya ketakasyāpi śāpadānam, tato viṣṇave śaṃkareṇa varapradānam, kṛṣṇatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 34: Description of the origin of a single liṅga without beginning or end in the midst of Brahmā and Viṣṇu, who were quarrelling and fighting with each other out of a desire for greatness; then, an incorporeal voice causing their fight to stop, stating the wager: 'He who sees the end of the liṅga shall be the greater'; there, because Brahmā falsely related in Śiva's presence the incident of seeing the upper limit of the liṅga, Śiva gave Brahmā a curse causing him to be unworthy of worship; likewise, the giving of a curse also to the Ketaka flower who had come forward to give false witness for Brahmā; then Śaṃkara granting a boon to Viṣṇu; description of the māhātmya of the Kṛṣṇatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.0.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p31) - [Next: 14.0.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p33) - [Up: 14.0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.0.p32) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p32) · Pramāṇa