[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) › 14.15 # Skandapurana 14.15 Skandapurāṇa 14.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.15.1) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tataḥ śukreśvaraṃ gacchecchukreṇa sthāpitaṃ purā .. yaṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavaḥ sadyaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / Then one should go to Śukreśvara, formerly established by Śukra, / seeing which a human being is instantly freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.15.2) dṛṣṭvā daityānpurā devairnirjitānnṛpasattama .. cintayāmāsa medhāvī bhārgavastānprati dvijaḥ .. 2 .. > Having seen the Daityas vanquished by the gods of old, O best of kings, / the intelligent Bhārgava, a twice-born, reflected with regard to them: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.15.3) kathaṃ daityāḥ surāñjitvā prāpsyaṃti ca mahāyaśaḥ .. ārādhya śaṃkaraṃ siddhiṃ gacchāmi manasepsitam .. 3 .. > 'How will the Daityas, having conquered the gods, attain great fame? / Having propitiated Śaṃkara, I shall go to the perfection desired in my heart.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.15.4) evaṃ sa niścayaṃ kṛtvā gato'rbudamathācalam .. bhūme vivaramāsādya tapastepe sudāruṇam .. 4 .. > Having thus made his resolve, he then went to the Arbuda mountain. / Entering a cleft in the earth, he performed very severe austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.15.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.15.5) śivaliṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya dhūpagaṃdhānulepanaiḥ .. aniśaṃ pūjayāmāsa śraddhayā parayānvitaḥ .. 5 .. > Having consecrated a Śivaliṅga, with incenses, perfumes, and unguents / he worshipped it day and night, endowed with supreme faith. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.15.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.15.6) tato varṣasahasrāṃte tutoṣa bhagavāñchivaḥ .. tasya saṃdarśanaṃ dattvā vākyametaduvāca ha .. 6 .. > Then, at the end of a thousand years, the blessed Śiva was pleased. / Granting him his darśana, he spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.15.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.15.7) .. śrīmahādeva uvāca .. .. parituṣṭo'smi te vipra bhaktyā tava dvijottama .. varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te yadyapi syātsudurlabham .. 7 .. > The glorious Mahādeva said: / 'I am well pleased with your devotion, O twice-born, O best of the twice-born. / Choose a boon—blessing unto you—even if it should be very difficult to obtain.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.15.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.15.8) .. śukra uvāca .. .. yadi tuṣṭo mahādeva vidyāṃ dehi maheśvara .. yayā jīvaṃti saṃprāptā mṛtyuṃ saṃkhyepi jaṃtavaḥ .. 8 .. > Śukra said: / 'If you are pleased, O Mahādeva, grant \[me\] the lore, O Maheśvara, / by which living beings who have met death even in battle revive.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.15.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.15.9) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. pradāya vai śivastasmai tāṃ vidyāṃ nṛpasattama .. abravīcca punaḥ śukraṃ varamanyaṃ vṛṇīṣva me .. 9 .. > Pulastya said: / Having granted him that lore, O best of kings, / Śiva spoke again to Śukra: 'Choose another boon from me.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.15.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.15.10) .. śukra uvāca .. .. etatkārtikamāsasya śuklāṣṭamyāṃ tu yaḥ spṛśet .. tato liṃgaṃ pūjayecca yaḥ pumāñchraddhayānvitaḥ.. 7.3.15.10 .. > Śukra said: / 'Whoever touches this \[liṅga\] on the eighth day of the light half of the month of Kārttika, / and whichever man, endowed with faith, then worships the liṅga— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.15.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.15.11) alpamṛtyubhayaṃ tasya mā bhūttava prasādataḥ .. iṣṭānkāmānavāpnotu ihaloke paratra ca .. 11 .. > by your grace, let there be no fear of premature death for him, / \[and\] let him obtain his desired wishes in this world and the next.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.15.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.15.12) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. evamastviti sa procya tatraivāṃtaradhīyata .. śukropi dānavānsaṃkhye hatāndevairanekaśaḥ ..12.. > Pulastya said: / Having said, "So be it," he vanished right there. / And Śukra too, \[when\] the Dānavas were slain in battle many times by the gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.15.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.15.13) vidyāyāśca prabhāvena jīvayāmāsa tānmuniḥ .. tasyāgre'sminmahākuṇḍaṃ nirmalaṃ pāpanāśanam .. 13 .. > revived them by the power of that lore, the sage. / In front of it there is a great pool, stainless and destroying sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.15.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.15.14) tatra snāto naraḥ samyakpātakaiśca pramucyate .. tatra śrāddhena rājeṃdra tuṣṭā yāṃti pitāmahāḥ .. 14 .. > A man who has bathed there is completely freed from sins. / Through a śrāddha there, O king of kings, the ancestors depart satisfied, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.15.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.15.15) tarpitāḥ salilenaiva kiṃ punaḥ piṃḍadānataḥ .. tasmātsarvaprayatnena snānaṃ tatra samācaret .. 15 .. > satiated with mere water, so how much more from the offering of rice-balls! / Therefore, with all effort, one should perform ritual ablution there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.15.15\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.15.15_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇaekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe śukreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma paṃcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 15 .. > Thus ends the fifteenth chapter, named 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Śukreśvara,' 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.14.15.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.15) · Pramāṇa