[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) › 14.13 # Skandapurana 14.13 Skandapurāṇa 14.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.1) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam .. aṃbarīṣasya rājarṣeraiśānyāṃ pāpanāśanam .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / Then one should go, O best of kings, to the sacred ford renowned in the three worlds, / which destroys sins, in the north-east of the royal seer Ambarīṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.2) yatra svayaṃ hṛṣīkeśaḥ kāle ca kalisaṃjñake .. tasya vākyādṛtastīrthe svayaṃ hi paritiṣṭhati .. 2 .. > Where Hṛṣīkeśa himself, in the period called the Kali \[age\], / abides in person at the sacred ford, bound by his word. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.3) purāsītpṛthivīpālo hyaṃbarīṣo yuge kṛte .. harimārādhayāmāsa tapastepe suduṣkaram .. 3 .. > In ancient times, in the Kṛta age, there was a king named Ambarīṣa; / he worshipped Hari and practiced very severe austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.4) tasmiṃstīrthe sa rājendro mitabhakṣo jitendriyaḥ .. sahasramekaṃ varṣāṇāṃ tata āsītphalāśanaḥ .. 4 .. > At that sacred ford, that lord of kings, eating moderately and having subdued his senses, / lived eating \[only\] fruits for a thousand years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.5) sahasre dve tato rājañchīrṇaparṇāśano'bhavat.. sahasre dve tato bhūyo jalāhāro babhūva ha .. 5 .. > Then, O king, he lived for two thousand \[years\] eating \[only\] fallen leaves; / then again for two thousand \[years\] water became his sustenance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.6) sahasratritayaṃ rājanvāyubhakṣo babhūva ha .. cintayanpuṃḍarīkākṣaṃ mānase śraddhayānvitaḥ .. 6 .. > For three thousand \[years\], O king, he subsisted on air, / contemplating the Lotus-eyed One in his mind with faith. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.7) daśa varṣasahasrānte tataśca nṛpasattama .. tutoṣa bhagavānviṣṇustasyāsau darśanaṃ dadau .. 7 .. > Then, at the end of ten thousand years, O best of kings, / the blessed Viṣṇu was pleased, and he granted him his darśana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.8) kṛtvā devapate rūpamāruhyairāvataṃ gajam .. abravīdvarado'smīti aṃbarīṣaṃ narādhipam .. 8 .. > Assuming the form of the lord of the gods, mounted on the elephant Airāvata, / he said to King Ambarīṣa, 'I am a granter of boons.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.9) .. iṃdra uvāca .. .. varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te rājanyanmanasīpsitam .. tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā bhaktisaṃyuktamāgato'hamasaṃśayam .. 9 .. .. > Indra said: / 'Choose a boon, hail to you, O king, whatever is desired in your heart. / Seeing you endowed with devotion, I have arrived without doubt.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.10) .. aṃbarīṣa uvāca .. .. muktiṃ dātumaśaktosi tvaṃ ca vṛtraniṣūdana .. tava prasādāddeveśa trailokyaṃ mama varttate .. svāgataṃ gaccha deveśa na varo rocate mama .. 7.3.13.10 .. > Ambarīṣa said: / 'You are unable to grant liberation, O slayer of Vṛtra. / By your grace, O lord of gods, my three worlds exist! / Welcome, \[now\] depart, O lord of gods; I take no pleasure in your boon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.11) sarvathā dāsyate mahyaṃ varaṃ tuṣṭaścaturbhujaḥ .. tadāhaṃ pratigṛhṇāmi gaccha deva namostu te .. 11 .. > When the four-armed one is pleased, he will grant me a boon by all means; / then I shall accept it. Depart, O god, obeisance to you!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.12) .. indra uvāca .. .. varaṃ varaya rājarṣe yatte manasi varttate .. brahmaviṣṇutrinetrāṇāmahamīśo nṛpotama .. 12 .. > Indra said: / 'Choose a boon, O royal seer, whatever is in your mind. / I am the lord of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and the Three-eyed One, O best of men! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.13) anyeṣāṃ caiva devānāṃ trailokyasyāpyahaṃ vibhuḥ .. varaṃ varaya tasmāttvaṃ prasādānme sudurllabham .. 13 .. > And of the other gods and of the three worlds I am the master. / Therefore choose a boon very hard to attain through my favor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.14) prasanne mayi rājendra prasannāḥ sarvadevatāḥ .. kuru me vacanaṃ rājangṛhyatāṃ varamuttamam .. 14 .. > When I am pleased, O king of kings, all the deities are pleased. / Obey my word, O king, and accept an excellent boon!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.15) .. aṃbarīṣa uvāca .. .. rājā tvaṃ sarvadevānāṃ trailokyasya tatheśvaraḥ .. saptadvīpavatī rājā ahaṃ vṛtraniṣūdana .. 15 .. > Ambarīṣa said: / 'You are the king of all the gods and likewise the ruler of the three worlds. / I am the king of \[the earth\] possessing the seven continents, O slayer of Vṛtra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.16) haṣīkeśasya sadbhaktaṃ viddhi māṃ tāta niścayam .. āgataśca hṛṣīkeśo varaṃ dāsyatyasaṃśayam .. 16 .. > Know me with certainty, dear sir, to be a true devotee of Hṛṣīkeśa; / and when Hṛṣīkeśa has come, he will undoubtedly grant me a boon.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.17) .. indra uvāca .. .. dadato mama bhūpāla na gṛhṇāsi varaṃ yadi .. vajraṃ tvāṃ prerayiṣyāmi vadhāya kṛtaniścayaḥ .. 17 .. > Indra said: / 'If you do not accept the boon from me while I offer it, O protector of the earth, / I, having resolved upon your slaying, will hurl my thunderbolt at you!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.18) evamuktvā sahasrākṣaḥ sṛkkiṇī parilelihan .. kuliśaṃ bhrāmayāmāsa gṛhītvā dakṣiṇe kare .. 18 .. > Having spoken thus, the thousand-eyed one, licking the corners of his mouth, / brandished the thunderbolt, seizing it in his right hand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.19) tasyevaṃ bhrāmyamāṇasya mahotpātā babhūvire .. tataḥ parvataśṛṃgāṇi viśīrṇāni samaṃtataḥ .. 19 .. > As it was being brandished in this way, great portents occurred; / then mountain peaks shattered on all sides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.20) āvṛtaṃ gagana meghairvidhunvānairmahīṃ tadā .. na kiṃciddṛśyate tatra sarvaṃ saṃtamasāvṛtam .. 7.3.13.20 .. > The sky was covered then with clouds that shook the earth; / nothing could be seen there, as everything was enveloped in complete darkness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.21) etasminneva kāle tu sa rājā harivatsalaḥ .. nimīlya locane svīye samādhistho babhūva ha .. 21 .. > At that very time, that king devoted to Hari / closed his eyes and became absorbed in deep meditation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.22) tatastuṣṭo jagannātha sākṣātpratyakṣatāṃ gataḥ .. airāvataḥ sa garuḍastatkṣaṇātsamajāyata .. 22 .. > Then, pleased, the Lord of the World became visibly manifest in person; / that Airāvata instantly became Garuḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.23) tamuvāca hṛṣīkeśo meghagaṃbhīrayā girā .. dhyānasthitaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭhaṃ śaṃkha cakragadādharaḥ .. 23 .. .. > Hṛṣīkeśa, wielding the conch, discus, and mace, / spoke to that best of kings absorbed in meditation with a voice deep as a thundercloud: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.24) śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. parituṣṭo'smi te vatsānanyabhakta janeśvara .. varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te yadyapi syātsudurlabham .. 24 .. .. > The Blessed Lord said: / 'I am highly pleased with you, dear one, O lord of men of exclusive devotion! / Choose a boon, hail to you, even if it be very hard to attain.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.25) .. aṃbarīṣa uvāca .. .. yadi prasanno bhagavanyadi deyo varo mama .. saṃsārābdhestāraṇāya varado bhava me hare .. 25 .. > Ambarīṣa said: / 'If the Blessed Lord is pleased, if a boon is to be given to me, / then become the granter of a boon to deliver me from the ocean of worldly existence, O Hari!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.26) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. athāha bhagavānviṣṇuraṃbarīṣaṃ janādhipam .. jñānayogaṃ suvistīrṇaṃ saṃsārakṣayakāraṇam .. 26 .. > Pulastya said: / Then the blessed Viṣṇu spoke to Ambarīṣa, the ruler of men, / of the extensive yoga of knowledge, which brings an end to worldly existence, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.27) yasmiñjāte naraḥ sadyaḥ saṃsārānmucyate nṛpa .. śrutvā sa nṛpatiḥ samyakpraṇamyovāca keśavam .. 27 .. > Upon the arising of which a man is instantly liberated from worldly existence, O king. / Having heard that, the king, bowing reverently, spoke to Keśava: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.28) .. aṃbarīṣa uvāca .. .. bhagavanyastvayā prokto yogo'yaṃ mama vistarāt .. durjñeyaḥ sa nṛṇāṃ deva viśeṣācca kalau yuge .. 28 .. > Ambarīṣa said: / 'O Blessed Lord, this yoga which you have described to me in detail / is difficult for men to understand, O god, especially in the Kali age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.29) api cetsuprasanno'si kriyāyogaṃ bravīhi me .. lokānāṃ tāraṇārthāya śaṃkhacakragadādhara .. 29 .. > Moreover, if you are very pleased, speak to me of the yoga of ritual action, / for the sake of delivering the worlds, O wielder of the conch, discus, and mace!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.30) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tatastasmai narendrāya kriyāyogaṃ janārddanaḥ .. yathāyogyaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha kathayāmāsa keśavaḥ .. 7.3.13.30 .. > Pulastya said: / Then Janārdana Keśava properly explained to that lord of men, / O best of kings, the yoga of ritual action. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.31) taṃ śrutvā tuṣṭahṛdayoṃ'barīṣo vākyamabravīt .. 31 .. > Having heard that, Ambarīṣa, his heart delighted, spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.32) .. aṃbarīṣa uvāca .. .. yadi tuṣṭo'si bhagavanrūpeṇānena mādhava .. mamāśrame tvaṃ deveśa sadā sannihito bhava .. 32 .. > Ambarīṣa said: / 'If you are pleased, O Blessed Lord, in this form, O Mādhava, / always be present in my hermitage, O lord of the gods! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.33) yatastvatpratimāmekāmarcayāmi vidhānataḥ .. pūjayiṣyaṃti lokāstvāṃ śaṃkhacakragadādharam .. 33 .. > For I shall worship an image of you in accordance with the prescribed rules; / people will worship you, the wielder of the conch, discus, and mace.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.34) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tathokto mādhavenāsau cakāra harimaṃdiram .. pratimāṃ pūjayāmāsa gandhapuṣpānulepanaiḥ .. 34 .. > Pulastya said: / Being told "So be it" by Mādhava, he constructed a temple to Hari; / he worshipped the image with fragrant pastes, flowers, and ointments. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.35) tataḥ kālena mahatā bhagavānviṣṇumaṃdire .. tenaiva vapuṣā prāptaḥ saputraḥ sahabāṃdhavaḥ .. 35 .. > Then, after a long time, the king, along with his son and relatives, / attained the abode of Viṣṇu in that very body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.36) adyāpi bhagavānviṣṇuḥ satyavākyena bhūpateḥ .. sadā saṃnihito viṣṇustasminnavasare kalau .. 36 .. > Even today, the blessed Lord Viṣṇu, by the king's true promise, / is ever present there during this Kali \[age\], O ruler of the earth. 36. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.37) tadārabhya mahārāja kriyāyogo dharātale .. pravṛttaḥ pratimākāraḥ kāle ca kalisaṃjñake .. 37 .. > Beginning from that time, O great king, in the time named Kali, / the yoga of ritual action in the form of images was set in motion on the face of the earth. 37. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.38) yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā hṛṣīkeśe nṛpārbude .. sa yāti viṣṇusālokyaṃ prasādācca harernṛpa .. 38 .. > Whoever worships Hṛṣīkeśa on Arbuda with devotion, O king, / attains dwelling in the same world as Viṣṇu by the grace of Hari, O king. 38. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.39) ekādaśyāṃ mahārāja jāgaraṃ yaḥ sadā nṛpa .. kariṣyati nirāhāro hṛṣīkeśāgrataḥ sthitaḥ .. sa yāsyati paraṃ sthānaṃ durllabhaṃ tridaśairapi .. .. 39 .. > Whoever constantly observes a night vigil on the eleventh lunar day, O great king, / standing fasting before Hṛṣīkeśa, / shall go to the supreme realm that is difficult to attain even for the gods. 39. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.40) yatpuṇyaṃ kapilādāne kārtikyāṃ jyeṣṭhapuṣkare .. tatphalaṃ labhate marttyo hṛṣīkeśasya darśanāt .. 7.3.13.40 .. > The merit which comes from giving a brown cow at Jyeṣṭhapuṣkara on the full moon of Kārttika, / that fruit a mortal obtains from the darśana of Hṛṣīkeśa. 40. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.41) śukle vā yadi vā kṛṣṇe saṃprāpte harivāsare .. yaḥ paśyati hṛṣīkeśamaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 41 .. > Whether in the bright fortnight or in the dark, when the day of Hari has arrived, / whoever sees Hṛṣīkeśa obtains the fruit of an horse sacrifice. 41. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.42) tasmātsarvaprayatnena pūjayettu vidhānataḥ .. yastatra caturo māsansamyagvrataparāyaṇaḥ .. abhyarcayeddhṛṣīkeśaṃ na sa bhūyo'bhijāyate .. 42 .. > Therefore, one should worship \[him\] according to the rules with every effort. / Whoever, devoted to the rite, worships Hṛṣīkeśa properly there / for the four months is not born again. 42. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.43) ekaḥ sarvāṇi tīrthāni karoti nṛpasattama .. paśyatyanyo hṛṣīkeśaṃ cāturmāsyaṃ samāhitaḥ .. .. 43 .. > One person visits all sacred fords, O best of kings, / \[while\] another, collected in mind, gazes upon Hṛṣīkeśa throughout the Cāturmāsya. 43. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.44) eko dānāni sarvāṇi brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prayacchati .. paśyatyanyo hṛṣīkeśaṃ cāturmāsyaṃ samāhitaḥ .. 44 .. > One gives all gifts to brahmins, / \[while\] another, collected in mind, gazes upon Hṛṣīkeśa throughout the Cāturmāsya. 44. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.45) ekaḥ kanyāsahasraṃ tu pradadyācca yathāvidhi .. paśyatyanyo hṛṣīkeśaṃ cāturmāsyaṃ samāhitaḥ .. 45 .. > One gives away a thousand maidens \[in marriage\] according to the rite, / \[while\] another, collected in mind, gazes upon Hṛṣīkeśa throughout the Cāturmāsya. 45. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.46) sūryagrahe kurukṣetre dadyāddānamanuttamam .. paśyatyanyo hṛṣīkeśaṃ cāturmāsyaṃ samāhitaḥ .. 46 .. > One gives an unsurpassed gift at Kurukṣetra during a solar eclipse, / \[while\] another, collected in mind, gazes upon Hṛṣīkeśa throughout the Cāturmāsya. 46. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.47) agniṣṭomādibhiryajñairyajatyekaḥ sadakṣiṇaiḥ.. paśyatyanyo hṛṣīkeśaṃ cāturmāsyaṃ samāhitaḥ .. 47 .. > One sacrifices with the Agniṣṭoma and other rites accompanied by priestly fees, / \[while\] another, collected in mind, gazes upon Hṛṣīkeśa throughout the Cāturmāsya. 47. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.48) eko himālayaṃ gatvā tyajati sva kalevaram .. paśyatyanyo haṣīkeśaṃ cāturmāsyaṃ samāhitaḥ ...48... > One goes to the Himālaya and abandons one's own body, / \[while\] another, collected in mind, gazes upon Hṛṣīkeśa throughout the Cāturmāsya. 48. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.49) ekastu bhṛgupātena tyajeddehaṃ sutīrthake .. paśyatyanyo hṛṣīkeśaṃ cāturmāsyaṃ samāhitaḥ .. 49 .. > One casts off one's body at an excellent sacred ford by throwing oneself from a precipice, / \[while\] another, collected in mind, gazes upon Hṛṣīkeśa throughout the Cāturmāsya. 49. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.50) ekaḥ prāyopaveśena prāṇāṃstyajati mānavaḥ .. paśyatyanyo hṛṣīkeśaṃ cāturmāsyaṃ samāhitaḥ .. 7.3.13.50 .. > One human being casts off the vital breaths by fasting unto death, / \[while\] another, collected in mind, gazes upon Hṛṣīkeśa throughout the Cāturmāsya. 50. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.51) brahmajñānaṃ vadatyekaḥ śrutvā jñānavi śāradaḥ .. paśyatyanyo hṛṣīkeśaṃ cāturmāsyaṃ samāhitaḥ .. 51 .. > One, hearing \[the teachings\] and skilled in knowledge, discourses on knowledge of Brahman, / \[while\] another, collected in mind, gazes upon Hṛṣīkeśa throughout the Cāturmāsya. 51. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.52) gayāśrāddhaṃ karotyekaḥ pitṛpakṣe nṛpottama .. paśyatyanyo hṛṣīkeśaṃ cāturmāsyaṃ samāhitaḥ .. 52 .. > One performs the Gayā-śrāddha during the fortnight of the ancestors, O best of kings, / \[while\] another, collected in mind, gazes upon Hṛṣīkeśa throughout the Cāturmāsya. 52. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.53) cāṃdrāyaṇasahasraṃ ca karotyekaḥ samāhitaḥ .. paśyatyanyo hṛṣīkeśaṃ cātumāsyaṃ samāhitaḥ .. 53 .. > One, collected in mind, performs a thousand Cāndrāyaṇa penances, / \[while\] another, collected in mind, gazes upon Hṛṣīkeśa throughout the Cāturmāsya. 53. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.54) vrataṃ tapaḥ sahasrābdamekaḥ samyakcarennaraḥ .. paśyatyanyo hṛṣīkeśaṃ cāturmāsyaṃ samāhitaḥ .. 54 .. > One human being properly observes a vow of austerity for a thousand years, / \[while\] another, collected in mind, gazes upon Hṛṣīkeśa throughout the Cāturmāsya. 54. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.55) ekastu caturo vedānsamyakpaṭhati brāhmaṇaḥ .. paśyatyanyo hṛṣīkeśaṃ cāturmāsyaṃ samāhitaḥ .. 55 .. > One brahmin properly recites the four Vedas, / \[while\] another, collected in mind, gazes upon Hṛṣīkeśa throughout the Cāturmāsya. 55. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.56) bahunā kimihoktena śṛṇu saṃkṣepato nṛpa .. ekatastu bhavetsarvamekato haridarśanam .. 56 .. > What is the use of saying much here? Listen in brief, O king: / On one side is all \[of that\], on the other is the darśana of Hari. 56. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.57) tasmātsarvaprayatnena sthātavyaṃ harisaṃnidhau .. ambarīṣasya rājarṣeḥ sthānake pāpanāśane .. 57 .. > Therefore, with every effort one should dwell in the presence of Hari, / at the sin-destroying abode of the royal seer Ambarīṣa. 57. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.58) ekatastu hṛṣīkeśa ekataḥ karṇikeśvaraḥ .. tayormartyā mṛtā ye ca mānavā nṛpasattama .. 58 .. > On one side is Hṛṣīkeśa, on the other is Karṇikeśvara; / the mortals, the human beings who die between the two, O best of kings, 58. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.59) api kṛtvā mahatpāpaṃ gacchaṃti harisannidhau .. hṛṣīkeśaṃ samālokya sadyo muktimavāpnuyāt .. 59 .. > even after committing great sin, go to the presence of Hari. / Having beheld Hṛṣīkeśa, one attains liberation immediately. 59. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.60) puṣpamekaṃ hṛṣīkeśe yaścāropayate nṛpa .. sukhasaubhāgyasaṃyukta iha loke paratra ca .. 7.3.13.60 .. > And whoever offers a single flower to Hṛṣīkeśa, O king, / is endowed with happiness and good fortune in this world and the next. 60. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.61) hṛṣīkeśasya yo bhaktyā kariṣyatyanulepanam .. sa yāsyati paraṃ sthānaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam .. 61 .. > Whoever applies an ointment to Hṛṣīkeśa with devotion / will go to the supreme realm free from old age and death. 61. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.62) saṃmārjanaṃ ca tasyāgre yaḥ karoti samāhitaḥ .. yāvatyo reṇavastatra tāvadvarṣaśatāni saḥ .. modate viṣṇulokastho nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 62 .. > And whoever, collected in mind, sweeps before him, / for as many dust particles as are there, for that many hundreds of years / he rejoices, dwelling in the world of Viṣṇu; no doubt should be entertained on this. 62. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.63) kārtike śuklapakṣe ca ekādaśyāṃ nṛpottama .. dīpamāropayedyaśca hṛṣīkeśāgrato nṛpa .. 63 .. > In the month of Kārttika, in the bright fortnight, on the eleventh lunar day, O best of kings, / whoever offers a lamp before Hṛṣīkeśa, O king, 63. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.64) yathāyathā prakāśeta pāpaṃ janmāṃtarārjitam .. tathātathā vrajennāśaṃ tasya kāyādaśeṣataḥ .. 64 .. > just as it shines, so the sin acquired in other births / goes to destruction completely from his body. 64. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.65) paṃcāmṛtena yaḥ pūjāṃ hṛṣīkeśe kariṣyati .. dadhnā kṣīreṇa vā yastu na sa bhūyo'bhijāyate .. 65 .. > Whoever performs worship to Hṛṣīkeśa with the five nectars, / or with curd and milk, is not born again. 65. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.66) tasmātsarvaprayatnena hṛṣīkeśaṃ samarcayet .. saṃsārabaṃdhato rājanmuktimāpnoti mānavaḥ .. 66 .. > Therefore, one should worship Hṛṣīkeśa with every effort. / A human being obtains liberation from the bond of worldly existence, O king. 66. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.67) hṛṣīkeśe viśeṣeṇa karttavyaṃ pūjanaṃ sadā .. 67 .. > Worship of Hṛṣīkeśa should especially always be performed. 67. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.13.67\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13.67_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe hṛṣīkeśamāhātmya varṇanaṃnāma trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 13 .. > Thus ends the thirteenth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Hṛṣīkeśa', in the Arbuda Section, the third \[part\] of the Prabhāsa Section, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. 13. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.13.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.13) · Pramāṇa