[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 # Skandapurana 14.0 Skandapurāṇa 14.0 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.0.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p1) adhyāyaḥ 1 arbudācalamāhātmyavarṇanopakramaḥ, tatrādau vasiṣṭhasyārbudācale gamanam, tatra tapastaptvā yajñārthaṃ pālitāyā dhenoraraṇye tṛṇādi carituṃ gatāyāḥ śvabhre patanam, sāyaṃ dhenorapratyāgamanādvasiṣṭhena cintākaraṇam, tato vasiṣṭhena śvabhrasamīpametya svadhenorbhuṃbhārāvaṃ śrutvā tasyā bahirnirgamanārthaṃ sarasvatīdhyānakaraṇam, tena dhyānena sarasvatyā svajalena śvabhraṃ pūrayitvā gorbahirniḥsaraṇakaraṇam, tāṃ dhenuṃ gṛhītvā vasiṣṭhasya svāśrame gamanam, tato vasiṣṭhena tacchvabhra pūraṇāya himavantaṃ gatvā śvabhrāyāmavistāraṃ himavate kathayitvā himavadvacanācchvabhrotpattithanam, vasiṣṭhāśramasamīpavarti vivaravṛttāntopakramavarṇanama > Chapter 1: The beginning of the description of the māhātmya of Mount Arbuda; therein, first, the going of Vasiṣṭha to Mount Arbuda; having performed austerity there, the cow reared for the sake of the sacrifice, having gone to graze on grass and the like in the forest, falling into a chasm; because the cow did not return in the evening, Vasiṣṭha experiencing worry; then Vasiṣṭha, having approached near the chasm and heard the lowing sound of his own cow, performing meditation on Sarasvatī for the sake of her coming out; through that meditation, Sarasvatī filling the chasm with her own water and causing the cow's emergence; taking that cow, Vasiṣṭha going to his own hermitage; then Vasiṣṭha going to Himavat to fill that chasm, telling the length and breadth of the chasm to Himavat, and the telling of the origin of the chasm by the word of Himavat; the beginning of the description of the account of the cavern situated near Vasiṣṭha's hermitage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p2) adhyāyaḥ 2 gautamaśiṣyasyottaṃkasya gurudakṣiṇāṃ dātuṃ gurupatnyā saudāsapatnīmadayantīkuṇḍalānayane pracoditasya saudāsagṛhaṃ prati gamanam, tatra svasya dehaṃ bhakṣitumāgataṃ vyāghrāsyaṃ saudāsaṃ dṛṣṭvā svātmapradānāya tasmai pratijñākaraṇam, tatastatpatnyāḥ sakāśātkuṇḍalalabdhiḥ, saudāsasya śāpādvimuktiḥ, tataḥ kuṇḍale gṛhītvā gatena gautama-śiṣyeṇa madhyemārgaṃ nihitayostayoḥ kuṃḍalayostakṣakeṇa haraṇam, tatastakṣakasya pṛṣṭhatastatpratyānayanārthaṃ pātāle gamanam, tasminneva samaye tatra gartotpādanam, gautamaśiṣyottaṃkacaritravarṇanam > Chapter 2: Gautama's pupil Uttaṅka, urged by the guru's wife to bring the earrings of Madayantī, wife of Saudāsa, in order to give the fee to the guru, going toward Saudāsa's house; there seeing Saudāsa with a tiger's face who had come to eat his body, making a promise to him to surrender himself; then the acquisition of the earrings from his wife; the release of Saudāsa from the curse; then Gautama's pupil, having gone taking the two earrings, their being stolen by Takṣaka when placed midway on the path; then the going to Pātāla behind Takṣaka in order to bring them back; at that very time, the creation of a pit there; the description of the deeds of Gautama's pupil Uttaṅka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p3) adhyāyaḥ 3 vasiṣṭhājñayā himavadvacanānnaṃdivardhanaparvatenārbudanāganītena śvabhrapūraṇakaraṇam, arbudācalamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 3: The filling of the chasm by the mountain Nandivardhana brought by the serpent Arbuda at the command of Vasiṣṭha by the word of Himavat; the description of the māhātmya of Mount Arbuda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p4) adhyāyaḥ 4 tatrārbudānītanaṃdivardhanākhyaparvate śivāvāsārthaṃ vasiṣṭhena tapaḥkaraṇam, vasiṣṭhena śivastavakaraṇam, tato vasiṣṭhena śivaprasādenācaleśvaretināmnā liṃgasthāpanam, śivena mandākinyā vāsakaraṇam, acaleśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 4: There, on the mountain named Nandivardhana brought by Arbuda, Vasiṣṭha performing austerity for the sake of Śiva's residence; Vasiṣṭha offering praise to Śiva; then, by the grace of Śiva, the installation of a liṅga by Vasiṣṭha under the name Acaleśvara; Śiva's dwelling with the Mandākinī; the description of the māhātmya of Acaleśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p5) adhyāyaḥ 5 arbudācale nāgatīrthamāhātmyavarṇane yayātipulastvasaṃvāde gautamyā nāgatīrthe snānārthaṃ gamanavarṇanam, tatra snātuṃ pravṛttāyāstasyāḥ putrecchāvyākulitahṛdayatvātkevalasnānena garbhadhāraṇam, tato lajjayā citāṃ praveṣṭukāmāyāstasyā nabhovāṇīśravaṇānmaraṇato nivartanam, nāgatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 5: In the description of the māhātmya of the Nāgatīrtha on Mount Arbuda, in the dialogue of Yayāti and Pulastya, the description of Gautamī's going to the Nāgatīrtha for a ritual ablution; of her who had set out to bathe there, because her heart was agitated by the desire for a son, the conceiving of a child merely by bathing; then, of her who wished out of shame to enter the funeral pyre, the turning back from death upon hearing a voice from the sky; the description of the māhātmya of the Nāgatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p6) adhyāyaḥ 6 vasiṣṭhāśramamāhātmyavarṇanama, > Chapter 6: The description of the māhātmya of Vasiṣṭha's hermitage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p7) adhyāyaḥ 7 acaleśvaraprabhāvavarṇanam > Chapter 7: The description of the power of Acaleśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p8) adhyāyaḥ 8 bhadrakarṇahradatrinetramāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 8: The description of the māhātmya of Bhadrakarṇahrada and Trinetra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p9) adhyāyaḥ 9 kedāramāhātmyavarṇane'jāpālaṃ prati vasiṣṭhena 'prāgjanmani śūdratvaṃ prāptena tvayā kamalaiḥ kedāreśvarapūjaneneha janmani te rājyapadaprāptiḥ iti kathanam, kedāreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 9: In the description of the māhātmya of Kedāra, the statement by Vasiṣṭha to Ajāpāla: 'In a previous birth, having attained the status of a Śūdra, by your worship of Kedāreśvara with lotuses, your attainment of the rank of kingship has occurred in this birth'; the description of the māhātmya of Kedāreśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p10) adhyāyaḥ 10 yugakālapramāṇādivarṇanam, caturyugadharmādharmavivecanam , kaliyugaprabhāvātsarvatīrthāgamanavarṇanam | adhyāyaḥ 11 koṭīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 10: The description of the duration of the yugas and the like; the examination of virtue and non-virtue in the four yugas; the description of the arrival of all sacred fords due to the power of the Kali yuga. / Chapter 11: The description of the māhātmya of Koṭīśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p11) adhyāyaḥ 12 vapurnāmakāpsarasā rūpatīrthe snānakaraṇena susvarūpaprāptiḥ, rūpatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 12: The attainment of a beautiful form by the apsaras named Vapuḥ by performing a ritual ablution at the Rūpatīrtha; the description of the māhātmya of Rūpatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p12) adhyāyaḥ 13 hṛṣīkeśamāhātmyavarṇane'mbarīṣarājarṣiṇā tapaḥ kṛtvā harimūrtisthāpanam, hṛṣīkeśa-māhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 13: In the description of the māhātmya of Hṛṣīkeśa, the installation of the image of Hari by the royal seer Ambarīṣa having performed austerity; the description of the māhātmya of Hṛṣīkeśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p13) adhyāyaḥ 14 viśvāvasunāmakasiddhena śivamārādhya śivakṛpayā liṃgasthāpanam, siddheśvaraliṃga-māhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 14: By the perfected being named Viśvāvasu, having worshipped Śiva, the installation of a liṅga by the grace of Śiva; the description of the māhātmya of the Siddheśvara liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p14) adhyāyaḥ 15 daityāndevairnirjitāndṛṣṭvā ciṃtayā daityajayaprāptyarthaṃ daityaguruṇā śukrācāryeṇa devamārādhya varaṃ labdhā daityajayakaraṇaṃ tatraiva śukreśvaretināmnā liṃgasthāpanaṃ ca, śukreśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 15: Seeing the Daityas defeated by the gods, Śukrācārya, the preceptor of the Daityas, with anxiety in order to gain victory for the Daityas, propitiated the God, received a boon, and caused the Daityas to be victorious, and the installation of a liṅga there named Śukreśvara; description of the māhātmya of the Śukreśvara liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p15) adhyāyaḥ 16 kayācinmaṇikarṇikākhyayā striyā snānakaraṇena tasyāḥ susvarūpaprāptirato maṇikarṇiketināmnā kuṇḍakhyātikathanam, maṇikarṇikeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 16: By performing a bath, a certain woman named Maṇikarṇikā attained a beautiful form, and therefore the narration of the renown of the pool by the name of Maṇikarṇikā; description of the māhātmya of Maṇikarṇikeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p16) adhyāyaḥ 17 kenacitpaṃgunāmakena paṃgutvaṃ gatena vipreṇa śivaṃ prasādya paṃgutvaṃ nirākṛtya svanāmnā tīrthasthāpanam, paṃgutīrthamāhātmyavarṇanama, > Chapter 17: A certain brahmin who had become lame, having propitiated Śiva, got rid of his lameness and established a sacred ford in his own name; description of the māhātmya of the Paṅgutīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p17) adhyāyaḥ 18 atīvapāpakāriṇaścitrāṃgadasya jalaṃ praviṣṭasya tṛṣārtasya grāheṇa haraṇam, tato yama-dūtaiḥ pāpinaścitrāṃgadasya narake prakṣepaṇam, citrāṃgadasya narake prakṣepaṇena tatratyajīvānāṃ sukhaprāptiḥ, tata āścaryaṃ dṛṣṭvā yamena jñānekṣaṇena samavalokya mattīrthasnānakaraṇena tatraivāsya mṛtiprāpternāyaṃ narakalokaduḥkhabhāgiti manasi vicārya tasya narakato mocanam, tatastasya citrāṃgadasyāpsarogaṇaveṣṭitavimānena svarge gamanam, yamatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 18: The seizing by an alligator of Citrāṅgada, a great committer of sin, when he entered the water afflicted by thirst; then the throwing into hell of the sinner Citrāṅgada by Yama's messengers; the attainment of comfort by the beings residing there by the throwing of Citrāṅgada into hell; then, seeing the wonder, Yama looked with the eye of knowledge and, reflecting in his mind, 'Because of his taking a bath in my sacred ford and attaining death right there, he is not one to share in the suffering of the world of hell,' liberated him from hell; then the departure of Citrāṅgada to heaven in an aerial chariot surrounded by a host of apsarases; description of the māhātmya of the Yamatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p18) adhyāyaḥ 19 vārāhatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 19: Description of the māhātmya of the Vārāhatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p19) adhyāyaḥ 20 dakṣeṇa candraṃ prati svakanyāsu viṣamatvena vartanadarśanādyakṣmajanakaśāpapradānam, tataścandreṇa tapastapanam, tena tapasā tasya yakṣmaroganivṛttiḥ, candreṇa candraprabhāseti nāmnā liṃgasthāpanam, candraprabhāsatīrthaliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 20: Dakṣa giving a curse causing consumption to Candra on seeing his unequal conduct towards his own daughters; then Candra performing austerity, and by that austerity the cure of his disease of consumption; the installation of a liṅga by Candra under the name Candraprabhāsa; description of the māhātmya of the Candraprabhāsatīrtha and liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p20) adhyāyaḥ 21 piṇḍodakatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 21: Description of the māhātmya of the Piṇḍodakatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p21) adhyāyaḥ 22 kaliṃganāmakadānavena jitairdevairdevyārādhanāṃ kṛtvā devīkṛpayā svargaprāpaṇam, kaliṃgadehopari parvataśṛṃga nidhāya tacchikhare devyā svāvasthānakaraṇam, devaiḥ śrīmātādevīstavanakaraṇam, śrīmātāmāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 22: The gods, defeated by the Dānava named Kaliṅga, having worshipped the Goddess, gained heaven through the Goddess's grace; having placed a mountain peak upon the body of Kaliṅga, the Goddess established her abode upon that summit; the gods offering praise to the goddess Śrīmātā; description of the māhātmya of Śrīmātā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p22) adhyāyaḥ 23 atha śuklatīrthamāhātmyam, tatra rajakena nīlīmadhye prakṣiptānāṃ vastrāṇāṃ śuklatvaprāptyā tasya tīrthasya śuklatīrtheti nāmakaraṇam, śuklatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 23: Now, the māhātmya of Śuklatīrtha; there, the naming of that sacred ford as Śuklatīrtha because of clothes thrown into indigo by a washerman becoming white; description of the māhātmya of the Śuklatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p23) adhyāyaḥ 24 niśuṃbhadaityaṃ hatvā devyāstatrārbudācale'vasthānāttasyāḥ kātyāyanītināmnā devaiḥ sthāpanam, kātyāyanīmāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 24: Having slain the Daitya Niśumbha, because the Goddess stayed there on Mount Arbuda, her establishment by the gods under the name Kātyāyanī; description of the māhātmya of Kātyāyanī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p24) adhyāyaḥ 25 piṇḍārakatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. > Chapter 25: Description of the māhātmya of the Piṇḍārakatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p25) adhyāyaḥ 26 kanakhalatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 26: Description of the māhātmya of the Kanakhalatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p26) adhyāyaḥ 27 cakratīrthaprabhāvavarṇanam > Chapter 27: Description of the efficacy of the Cakratīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p27) adhyāyaḥ 28 manuṣyatīrthaprabhāvavarṇanam > Chapter 28: Description of the efficacy of the Manuṣyatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p28) adhyāyaḥ 29 mṛgayāsaktena suprabhanṛpatinā bālaṃ stanaṃ dhayaṃtīṃ mṛgīṃ prati bāṇena vedhakaraṇam, tato mṛgyā rājñe raudravyāghro bhaviṣyasi iti śāpapradānam, tatkāla eva rājño vyāghratvaprāptiḥ, tatraivāraṇye gokulato bhraṣṭāyāḥ kasyāścitkapilānāmnyā gorāga-manam, vyāghrakapilayoḥ saṃvādavarṇanam, tataḥ kapilayā vyāghrasamīpe śapathaṃ kṛtvā svasthānaṃ goṣṭhaṃ gatvā dugdhaṃ bālāya pāyayitvā vatsāya vanagatavṛttāntaṃ śrāvayitvā vanametuṃ vatsāgrahaṃ dṛṣṭvā tato vatsasya nivāraṇaṃ kṛtvā svasakhīḥ pratyetya sarvaṃ kathayitvā sakhībhirvyāghrasannidhau gantuṃ nivāritayāpi tayā sakhīvacanamavamanya vyāghrasamīpe pratyāgamanam, goḥ satyavaktrītvaṃ dṛṣṭvā vismayotphullamānasenavyāghreṇa gave jīvadānam, suprabhasya śāpānmuktiḥ, tasyaiva sthānasya kapilātīrthetināmnā prasiddhiḥ, kapilātīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 29: King Suprabha, addicted to hunting, striking with an arrow a doe suckling her young; then the doe cursing the king, saying, 'You shall become a fierce tiger'; at that very moment the king becoming a tiger; the coming into that very forest of a certain cow named Kapilā who had strayed from the cow-herd; description of the dialogue between the tiger and Kapilā; then Kapilā, having made an oath before the tiger, went to her own place, the cow-pen, suckled her young with milk, narrated the forest event to her calf, saw the calf's insistence on going to the forest, dissuaded the calf, went to her female friends, told everything, and though dissuaded by her friends from going near the tiger, disregarded her friends' words and returned near the tiger; seeing the truthfulness of the cow, the tiger, with a heart blossoming with wonder, granted life to the cow; Suprabha was freed from the curse; the renown of that very place by the name Kapilātīrtha; description of the māhātmya of the Kapilātīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p29) adhyāyaḥ 30 agnitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam | adhyāyaḥ 31 indrasenasya śatruvināśārtha dhanaharaṇārtha paradeśe gamanam, tato dūtamukhenendrasenenendraseno mṛt iti tatpatnyai kathanakaraṇādindrasenapatnīvināśaḥ, indrasenasya strīhatyāvināśārthaṃ somatīrthādiprabhāsasthasarvatīrtheṣu gamanakaraṇam, indrasenasya tatra gatvā pāpahānerabhāvādraktānubaṃdhartārthe snānakaraṇenaiva pāpamuktivarṇanam, raktānubandhatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 30: Description of the māhātmya of the Agnitīrtha. / Chapter 31: Indrasena going to a foreign country to destroy his enemies and take their wealth; then, because of the messenger telling Indrasena's wife from Indrasena's mouth that 'Indrasena is dead,' the death of Indrasena's wife; Indrasena's going to all the sacred fords situated in Prabhāsa, such as Somatīrtha, to destroy the sin of killing a woman; because of the non-elimination of sin upon going there, Indrasena's liberation from sin precisely through taking a bath in the Raktānubandha sacred ford is described; description of the māhātmya of the Raktānubandhatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p30) adhyāyaḥ 32 uddhartanajaṃ lepaṃ gṛhītvā pārvatyā bālakanirmāṇakaraṇam, pārvatyā lepābhāvācchirohīno bālako'yamiti matvā tatkabaṃdhena saha kasyacinmattagajamastakasya saṃdhānakaraṇam, tataḥ śivena mahāvināyaketi tasya nāmakaraṇam, mahāvaināyakīśāntikathanam, mahāvināyakamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 32: Taking the cosmetic paste derived from cleansing powder, Pārvatī fashioned a boy; considering, 'This boy is headless for lack of paste,' Pārvatī joined the head of a certain rutting elephant with that trunk; then Śiva named him Mahāvināyaka; narration of the pacification rite of Mahāvināyaka; description of the māhātmya of Mahāvināyaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p31) adhyāyaḥ 33 pārtheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 33: Description of the māhātmya of Pārtheśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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) ### [14.0.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p33) adhyāyaḥ 35 māmuhradotpattivṛttāntavarṇanam > Chapter 35: Description of the account of the origin of Māmuhrada. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p34) adhyāyaḥ 36 mahiṣāsurapīḍitairdevaiḥ kṛtenārādhanena prasannayā devyā mahiṣāsuravadhakaraṇam, tatraiva devaiścaṇḍikāśrametināmnā sthāpanavṛttāntavarṇanam, caṇḍikāśramamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 36: The slaying of Mahiṣāsura by the Goddess, who was pleased by the worship performed by the gods afflicted by Mahiṣāsura; the description of the account of the establishment right there by the gods under the name Caṇḍikāśrama; description of the māhātmya of Caṇḍikāśrama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p35) adhyāyaḥ 37 nāgodbhavatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 37: Description of the māhātmya of the Nāgodbhavatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p36) adhyāyaḥ 38 śivagaṃgākuṇḍotpattimāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 38: Description of the māhātmya of the origin of the Śivagaṅgā pool. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p37) adhyāyaḥ 39 śivaliṃgamāheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanapuraḥsarasaktudānamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 39: Description of the māhātmya of the gift of roasted barley flour preceded by the description of the māhātmya of the Śivaliṅgamāheśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p38) adhyāyaḥ 40 śaṃkareṇa kāmadahanakaraṇādratyā śokakaraṇam, taṃ ratikṛtaṃ śokaṃ śrutvā nabhovāṇyā kāmasvānaṅgatvapūrvakasaṃjīvanavarṇanam, tayā ratyā saha kāmena liṃgasthāpanam , kāme-śvaramāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 40: The description of Rati's lamentation due to Śaṃkara's burning of Kāma; upon hearing that grief made by Rati, the description of Kāma's revival endowed with bodilessness through a voice from the sky; the installation of the liṅga by Kāma together with Rati; and the description of the māhātmya of Kāmeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p39) adhyāyaḥ 41 mārkaṇḍajanmādikathānidarśanapūrvakaṃ mārkaṇḍeyāśramapadotpattivṛttāntavarṇanam > Chapter 41: The description of the story of the origin of the hermitage-site of Mārkaṇḍeya, preceded by the illustration of the tale of Mārkaṇḍa's birth and other events. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p40) adhyāyaḥ 42 uddālakeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 42: Description of the māhātmya of Uddālakeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p41) adhyāyaḥ 43 siddheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 43: Description of the māhātmya of Siddheśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p42) adhyāyaḥ 44 gajatīrthaprabhāvavarṇanam > Chapter 44: Description of the efficacy of Gajatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p43) adhyāyaḥ 45 śrīdevakhātotpattimāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 45: Description of the origin and māhātmya of Śrī Devakhāta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p44) adhyāyaḥ 46 vyāsatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 46: Description of the māhātmya of Vyāsatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p45) adhyāyaḥ 47 gautamāśramatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 47: Description of the māhātmya of Gautamāśramatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p46) adhyāyaḥ 48 indumatyaprastutākhyarājakathāvarṇanapūrvakaṃ kulasaṃtāraṇatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 48: Description of the māhātmya of Kulasaṃtāraṇatīrtha, preceded by the description of the tale of King Indumatyaprastuta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p47) adhyāyaḥ 49 paraśurāmatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam.. > Chapter 49: Description of the māhātmya of Paraśurāmatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p48) adhyāyaḥ 50 koṭitīrthaprabhāvavarṇanam. > Chapter 50: Description of the efficacy of Koṭitīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p49) adhyāyaḥ 51 candrodbhedatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 51: Description of the māhātmya of Candrodbhedatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p50) adhyāyaḥ 52 īśānīśikharamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 52: Description of the māhātmya of the peak of Īśānī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p51) adhyāyaḥ 53 brahmapadotpattimāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 53: Description of the origin and māhātmya of Brahmapada. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p52) adhyāyaḥ 54 tripuṣkaramāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 54: Description of the māhātmya of Tripuṣkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p53) adhyāyaḥ 55 rudrahradamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 55: Description of the māhātmya of Rudrahrada. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p54) adhyāyaḥ 56 guheśvaramāhāktyavarṇanam > Chapter 56: Description of the māhātmya of Guheśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p55) adhyāyaḥ 57 aviyuktakṣetramāhātmyavarṇanam. > Chapter 57: Description of the māhātmya of Aviyuktakṣetra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p56) adhyāyaḥ 58 umāmaheśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 58: Description of the māhātmya of Umāmaheśvaratīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p57) adhyāyaḥ 59 mahaujasatīrthaprabhāvavarṇanam > Chapter 59: Description of the efficacy of Mahaujasatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p58) adhyāyaḥ 60 jaṃbutīrthaprabhāvavarṇanam > Chapter 60: Description of the efficacy of Jambutīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p59) adhyāyaḥ 61 gaṅgādharatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam. > Chapter 61: Description of the māhātmya of Gaṅgādharatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p60) adhyāyaḥ 62 kaṭeśvaragaṅgeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanam > Chapter 62: Description of the māhātmya of Kaṭeśvara and Gaṅgeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p61) adhyāyaḥ 63 arbudakhaṇḍamāhātmyaphalaśrutivarṇanam > Chapter 63: Description of the fruit of hearing the māhātmya of Arbudakhaṇḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p62) arbudakhaṇḍasya viṣayānukramaṇikā > Table of contents of the Arbudakhaṇḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p63) arbudopari ṭippaṇī > Note on Arbuda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.0.p64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0.p64) sarpa upari ṭippaṇī > Note on the serpent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.0.p1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.0) · Pramāṇa