[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) › 14.14 # Skandapurana 14.14 Skandapurāṇa 14.14 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.14.1) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha devaṃ siddheśvaraṃ param .. siddhidaṃ prāṇināṃ samyaksiddhena sthāpitaṃ purā .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / Then, O best of kings, one should go to the supreme god Siddheśvara, / the giver of perfections to living beings, properly installed in ancient times by a Siddha. 1. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.14.2) tatra viśvāvasurnāma siddhastepe mahātapaḥ .. bahuvarṣāṇi saṃsthāpya śivaṃ bhaktiparāyaṇaḥ .. 2 .. > There a Siddha named Viśvāvasu performed great austerity; / having installed Śiva, devoted to bhakti, \[he practiced\] for many years. 2. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.14.3) jitakrodho jitamado jitasarveṃdriyakriyaḥ .. tāvadvarṣasahasrāṃte bhagavānvṛṣabhadhvajaḥ .. tutoṣa nṛpatestasya svayaṃ darśanamāyayau .. 3 .. > Having conquered anger, having conquered pride, having conquered all actions of the senses, / at the end of that thousand years the blessed Lord whose emblem is the bull / was pleased, O king; he came in person to give him darśana. 3. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.14.4) abravīttaṃ mahādevo varadosmīti pārthiva.. 4 .. > The Great God said to him, 'I am the giver of boons', O king. 4. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.14.5) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te yatte manasi varttate .. dāsyāmi te prasanno'haṃ yadyapi syātsudurlabham .. 5 .. .. > The blessed Lord said: / Choose a boon—blessing be upon you—whatever is in your mind. / Being pleased, I will grant it to you, even if it is very difficult to attain. 5. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.14.6) .. viśvāvasuruvāca .. .. etalliṃgaṃ suraśreṣṭha dhyātvā manasi niścayam .. sarvānkāmānavāpnotu prasādāttava śaṃkara .. 6.. > Viśvāvasu said: / Having meditated on this liṅga with resolution in mind, O best of the gods, / let \[a mortal\] obtain all desires by your grace, O Śaṃkara! 6. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.14.7) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. evamastviti sa procya tatraivāṃtaradhīyata .. siddheśvaraṃ tato gatvā siddhiṃ yāti sahasraśaḥ .. 7 .. > Pulastya said: / Having said, 'So be it,' he vanished right there. / Then, having gone to Siddheśvara, \[people\] attain perfection by the thousands. 7. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.14.8) prabhāvāttasya liṃgasya kāmāniṣṭānavāpnuyuḥ .. tato dharmakriyāḥ sarvā gatā nāśaṃ dharātale .. 8 .. > Through the power of that liṅga, they obtained their cherished desires; / thereupon, all religious rites went to ruin on the surface of the earth. 8. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.14.9) na kaścidyajate yajñairna dānāni prayacchati .. siddheśvaraprasādena siddhiṃ yāṃti narā bhuvi .. 9 .. > No one sacrificed with Vedic offerings, nor did they bestow gifts; / by the grace of Siddheśvara, men on earth attained perfection. 9. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.14.10) ucchinneṣu ca yajñeṣu dāneṣu nṛpasattama .. indrādyāstridaśāḥ sarve paraṃ duḥkhamupāgatāḥ .. 7.3.14.10 .. > And when sacrifices and gifts had been broken off, O best of kings, / all the thirty \[gods\] headed by Indra were plunged into supreme distress. 10. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.14.11) jñātvā yajñavighātaṃ ca tadvighātāya vāsavaḥ .. vajreṇācchādayāmāsa yathā siddhirna jāyate .. 11 .. > And perceiving the impediment to sacrifices, Vāsava, to impede it, / covered it with his thunderbolt so that perfection would not arise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.14.12) tathāpi saṃnidhau tasya siddheśasya nṛpottama .. karmaṇo jāyate siddhiḥ pātakasya parikṣayaḥ .. 12 .. > Even so, in the presence of that Siddheśa, O best of kings, / perfection of an action arises and sin is completely destroyed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.14.13) yastu māghacaturddaśyāṃ somavāre nṛpottama .. śuklāyāṃ vātha kṛṣṇāyāṃ spṛṣṭvā siddho bhavennaraḥ .. 13 .. > A man who touches it on the fourteenth lunar day of Māgha on a Monday, O best of kings, / whether in the light or the dark \[fortnight\], becomes a perfected one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.14.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.14.14) adyāpi jāyate siddhiḥ satyametanmayoditam.. tasmātsiddheśvaraṃ gatvā natvā yāsyati sadgatim .. 14 .. > Even today perfection arises; this has been spoken truly by me. / Therefore, having gone to Siddheśvara and bowed, one will attain the good path. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.14.14\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.14.14_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe siddheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma caturddaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 14 .. > Thus ends the fourteenth chapter, named 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Siddheśvara,' in the third \[section\], the Arbudakhaṇḍa, of the seventh \[part\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a 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.14.14.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.14) · Pramāṇa