[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) › 14.17 # Skandapurana 14.17 Skandapurāṇa 14.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.17.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.17.1) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. paṃgu tīrthaṃ tato gacchetsarvapātakanāśanam .. yatra pūrvaṃ tapastaptaṃ paṃgunā brāhmaṇena ca .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / Then one should go to the Paṅgutīrtha, which destroys all sins, / where formerly austerity was performed by the lame brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.17.2) paṃgunāmā dvijaḥ pūrvaṃ cyavanasyānvaye'bhavat .. aśaktaścalituṃ bhūmau paṃgubhāvānnṛpottama .. 2 .. > Formerly, a twice-born named Paṅgu was born in the lineage of Cyavana; / he was unable to walk on the ground due to his lameness, O best of kings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.17.3) gṛhakṛtyaniyukto'sāvekadā bāndhavairnṛpa .. paṃgurgaṃtuṃ na śakto'sau paraṃ duḥkhamavāptavān .. 3 .. > Once assigned to household chores by his relatives, O king, / that lame man, unable to walk, attained supreme grief. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.17.4) athāsau taiḥ parityakto gatvārbudamathācalam .. ekaṃ saraḥ samāsādya tapastepe sudāruṇam .. 4 .. > Then, abandoned by them, having gone to Mount Arbuda / and reached a lake, he performed severe austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.17.5) liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpya tatraiva pūjayāmāsa taṃ vibhum .. gandhapuṣpādinaivedyaiḥ samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. 5 .. > Having installed a liṅga right there, he worshipped that all-pervading Lord / with fragrances, flowers, food offerings, and the like, endowed with complete faith. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.17.6) śivabhaktiparo jāto vāyubhakṣo babhūva ha .. japahomarato nityaṃ paṃgunāmā dvijottamaḥ .. 6 .. > He became devoted to the worship of Śiva and lived on air alone; / that best of the twice-born named Paṅgu was constantly devoted to recitation and oblations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.17.7) tatastuṣṭo mahādevo brāhmaṇaṃ nṛpasattama .. paṃguṃ prati mahārāja vākyametaduvāca ha .. 7 .. > Then Mahādeva, pleased with the brahmin, O best of kings, / spoke this word to Paṅgu, O great king: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.17.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.17.8) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. paṃgo tuṣṭo mahādevo varaṃ varaya suvrata .. tava dāsyāmyahaṃ sarvaṃ yadyapi syātsudurlabham .. 8 .. > Īśvara said: / 'O Paṅgu, Mahādeva is pleased; choose a boon, O you of noble vows! / I will grant you everything, even if it should be exceedingly difficult to obtain.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.17.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.17.9) .. paṃguruvāca .. .. nāmnā me khyātimāyātu tīrthametatsureśvara .. paṃgubhāvo'tra me yātu prasādāttava śaṃkara .. 9 .. > Paṅgu said: / 'O Lord of gods, let this sacred ford become famous by my name. / Let my lameness depart here by your grace, O Śaṃkara! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.17.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.17.10) tavāstu satataṃ cātra sāṃnidhyaṃ saha bhāryayā .. evamuktaḥ sa tenātha vipraṃ prati vacobravīt .. 7.3.17.10 .. > And may your presence here be eternal, along with your wife.' / Being spoken to in this way by him, he then addressed these words to the brahmin: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.17.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.17.11) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. nāmnā tava dvijaśreṣṭha tīrthametadbhaviṣyati .. khyātiṃ tapaḥprabhāvena tīrthaṃ yāsyati sattama .. 11 .. > Īśvara said: / 'O best of the twice-born, this sacred ford shall be named after you. / By the power of your austerity, O excellent one, the sacred ford shall attain renown. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.17.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.17.12) caitraśuklacaturddaśyāṃ sāṃnidhyaṃ me bhavettathā .. 12 .. .. > Likewise, on the fourteenth day of the bright half of Caitra, my presence shall be \[here\].' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.17.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.17.13) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. snānamātreṇa vipro'sau divyarūpamavāpa ha .. tatra tasthau mahādevo gauryā saha maheśvaraḥ .. 13 .. > Pulastya said: / By mere ritual ablution, that brahmin attained a divine form; / Mahādeva, Maheśvara, remained there along with Gaurī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.17.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.17.14) tasmindine nṛpaśreṣṭha snānaṃ tatra samācaret .. sa paṃgutvādvinirmukto divyarūpamavāpnuyāt .. 14 .. > On that day, O best of kings, one should perform ritual ablution there; / freed from lameness, he will obtain a divine form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.17.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.17.17) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe paṃgutīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 17 .. > Thus ends the seventeenth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Paṅgutīrtha,' in the third Arbuda Section of the seventh Prabhāsa Section, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.17.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.17) · Pramāṇa