[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) › 14.11 # Skandapurana 14.11 Skandapurāṇa 14.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11.1) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha devaṃ koṭīśvaraṃ param .. yaṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavaḥ samyakparāṃ siddhimavāpnuyāt .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / Then, O best of kings, one should go to the supreme god Koṭīśvara, / seeing whom a human being would properly attain supreme perfection. / 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11.2) śṛṇu tatrābhavatpūrvaṃ yadāścaryaṃ mahīpate .. dakṣiṇasyā munivarāḥ koṭisaṃkhyāpramāṇataḥ .. 2 .. > Hear what wonder occurred there of old, O lord of the earth: / the foremost sages of the southern region, numbering one crore, / 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11.3) anyo'nyaṃ spardhayā sarve helayā'rbudamāgatāḥ .. ahaṃ pūrvamahaṃ pūrvaṃ prapaśyāmyacaleśvaram .. 3 .. > all came easily to Arbuda out of rivalry with one another, / saying, 'I shall see the Lord of the Mountain first! I first!' / 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11.4) āgamiṣyati yaḥ paścādbrāhmaṇaḥ śvā bhaviṣyati .. pāpīyānbhaktirahitaḥ śraddhāhīno bhaviṣyati .. 4 .. > 'The brahmin who arrives later shall become a dog; / he shall become a sinner, devoid of devotion and lacking faith.' / 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11.5) ityevaṃ spardhamānāste helayā'rbudamāgatāḥ .. tataḥ sarve yatātmānaḥ samyagvrataparāyaṇāḥ .. 5 .. > Rivaling thus with one another, they came easily to Arbuda. / Then all those self-controlled ones, properly devoted to their vows, / 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11.6) śāṃtāstapasvinaḥ sarve vedavidyāviśāradāḥ .. teṣāmīhitamājñāya samyakkāmaniṣūdanaḥ .. 6 .. > all tranquil ascetics skilled in the knowledge of the Vedas— / knowing their desire fully, the destroyer of Kāma, / 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11.7) kṛpayā parayāviṣṭo bhaktibhāvānmaheśvaraḥ .. koṭiṃ kṛtvā''tmaliṃgānāṃ tasminsthāne vyavasthitaḥ .. 7 .. > filled with supreme compassion because of their devotion, / became present in that place having made a crore of his own liṅgas. / 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11.8) ekasminneva kāle tu sarvairdṛṣṭo maheśvaraḥ .. munibhiśca nṛpaśreṣṭha koṭisaṃkhyaiḥ pṛthakpṛthak .. 8 .. > At that very same moment Maheśvara was seen by all, / individually by the sages numbering one crore, O best of kings. / 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11.9) atha te munayaḥ sarve samaṃ dṛṣṭvā maheśvaram .. vismayotphullanayanā sādhusādhviti cābruvan .. 9 .. > Then all those sages, having seen Maheśvara simultaneously, / their eyes wide with wonder, said, 'Excellent! Excellent!' / 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.11.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11.10) bhaktiyuktā dvijāḥ sarve'stuvaṃste vaidikaiḥ stavaiḥ .. teṣāṃ tuṣṭastataḥ śaṃbhurvākyametaduvāca ha .. 7.3.11.10 .. .. > Endowed with devotion, all the twice-born praised him with Vedic hymns. / Then Śambhu, pleased with them, spoke these words: / 7.3.11.10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.11.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11.11) .. śrīmahādeva uvāca .. .. tuṣṭo'haṃ munayaḥ sarve śraddhayā parayā hi vaḥ .. varaṃ vai vriyatāṃ śīghraṃ sarvaiścaiva pṛthakpṛthak ..11.. > The venerable Mahādeva said: / 'I am pleased, O all you sages, by your supreme faith indeed; / choose a boon quickly, and each of you individually.' / 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.11.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11.12) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. eṣa eva varo'smākaṃ sarveṣāṃ hṛdi varttitaḥ .. yugapaddarśanāddeva jāyatāṃ phalamuttamam .. 12 .. > The seers said: / 'This very boon resides in the hearts of all of us: / from this simultaneous sight, O god, let the highest fruit arise.' / 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.11.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11.13) .. śrīmahādeva uvāca .. .. na vṛthā darśanaṃ me syādviśeṣādbrāhmaṇasya ca .. darśanaṃ ye kariṣyaṃti teṣāṃ ca tīrthajaṃ phalam .. 13 .. > The venerable Mahādeva said: / 'Sight of me cannot be in vain, especially for a brahmin; / for those who have sight of me, there shall be the fruit born of the sacred ford.' / 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.11.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11.14) .. munaya ūcuḥ .. .. avaśyaṃ yadi dātavyo varo'smākaṃ maheśvara .. ekaṃ koṭimayaṃ liṃgaṃ kriyatāṃ vṛṣabhadhvaja .. 14 .. > The sages said: / 'If a boon must certainly be granted to us, O Maheśvara, / let one single liṅga consisting of a crore be made, O bull-bannered lord, / 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.11.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11.15) yasmindṛṣṭe phalaṃ nṛṇāṃ jāyate koṭiliṃgajam .. evameṣa varo'smākaṃ dīyatāṃ vṛṣabhadhvaja .. .. 15 .. > upon seeing which the fruit born of a crore of liṅgas arises for men; / grant us this boon, O bull-bannered lord!' / 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.11.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11.16) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. evaṃ saprārthamānānāṃ munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām .. nirbhidya parvataśreṣṭhaṃ sahasā liṃgamudgatam .. 16 .. > Pulastya said: / As the sages of purified souls were praying thus, / having burst through the excellent mountain, a liṅga suddenly arose. / 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.11.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11.17) etasminneva kāle tu vāguvācāśarīriṇī .. kṛpayā parayā sarvāṃstānṛṣīnvasudhādhipa .. 17 .. > At that very moment, an unembodied voice spoke / with supreme compassion to all those seers, O lord of the earth: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.11.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11.18) .. vāguvāca .. .. koṭīśvarākhyaṃ me liṃgaṃ loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyati .. māghakṛṣṇacaturddaśyāṃ yaścainaṃ pūjayiṣyati .. 18 .. > The voice said: / "My liṅga shall become known in the world by the name Koṭīśvara; / and whoever worships it on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight of Māgha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.11.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11.19) sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ tasya phalaṃ viprā bhaviṣyati .. dākṣiṇātyo naro yastu śrāddhamatra kariṣyati .. 19 .. > all the fruit for him, O brahmins, shall be ten-million-fold. / Moreover, whatever man from the south performs a śrāddha here, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.11.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11.20) phalaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ tasya gayāśrāddhasamaṃ bhavet .. tasmādviśeṣataḥ pūjyaṃ mama liṃgaṃ ca mānavaiḥ .. 7.3.11.20 .. > his fruit shall be ten-million-fold, equal to a śrāddha at Gayā. / Therefore, my liṅga should be especially worshipped by human beings." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.11.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11.21) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. evamuktvā tu sā vāṇī virarāma mahīpate .. tataste munayaḥ sarve gaṃdhadhūpānulepanaiḥ .. 21 .. > Pulastya said: / Having spoken thus, that voice fell silent, O lord of the earth. / Thereupon, all those sages, with perfumes, incense, and unguents, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.11.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11.22) talliṃgaṃ pūjayāmāsuḥ śraddhayā parayā nṛpa .. pūjayitvā gatāḥ siddhiṃ sarve liṃgaprasādataḥ .. 22 .. > worshipped that liṅga with supreme faith, O king. / Having worshipped it, they all attained perfection through the grace of the liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.11.22\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11.22_1) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhātakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe koṭīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikādaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 11 .. > Thus ends the eleventh chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Koṭīśvara', in the Arbuda section, the third \[part\] of the Prabhāsa section, in the Mahāpurāṇa of Śrī Skanda, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.11.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.11) · Pramāṇa