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# Skandapurana 14.38

Skandapurāṇa 14.38

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [14.38.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.1)

.. pulastya uvāca .. ..  
kuṃḍaṃ tu śivaliṃgākhyaṃ tato gacchenmahīpate ..  
yatra sā jāhnavī guptā tiṣṭhate bhūpasattama .. 1 ..

> Pulastya said: / Then one should go, O king, to the pool named Śivaliṅga, / where the hidden Jāhnavī resides, O best of kings.  
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### [14.38.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.2)

tasyāṃ snāto naraḥ samyaksarvatīrthaphalaṃ labhet ..  
mucyate pātakātkṛtsnādājanmamaraṇāṃtikāt .. 2 ..

> A man who performs ritual ablution in it properly obtains the fruit of all sacred fords; / he is freed from all sin from birth until the end of life. (2)  
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### [14.38.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.3)

.. yayāti ruvāca .. ..  
kimarthaṃ tatra sā guptā jāhnavī tiṣṭhate vibho ..  
kasminkāle samāyātā paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me .. 3 ..

> Yayāti said: / For what reason does that Jāhnavī remain hidden there, O lord? / At what time did she arrive? Great indeed is my curiosity. (3)  
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### [14.38.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.4)

.. pulastya uvāca .. ..  
yadā prasādito devairbhagavānvṛṣabhadhvajaḥ ..  
arbude'sminsadā stheyamacalena tvayā vibho .. 4..

> Pulastya said: / When the blessed Lord whose banner bears the bull was propitiated by the gods, \[they said:\] / "You must always dwell immovable on this Arbuda, O lord!" (4)  
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### [14.38.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.5)

tatra saṃsthāpite liṃge svayaṃ devena śaṃbhunā ..  
yatpātitaṃ purā liṃgaṃ vālakhilyairmaharṣibhiḥ .. 5 ..

> When that liṅga was installed there by the god Śambhu himself— / the liṅga which had formerly been cast down by the great seers, the Vālakhilyas, (5)  
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### [14.38.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.6)

atikopasamāyuktaiḥ kasmiṃścitkāraṇāṃtare ..  
tadā devena pratijñātaṃ sarveṣāṃ tridivaukasām .. 6 ..

> filled with intense wrath for some other reason— / then the god made a promise to all the dwellers of heaven: (6)  
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### [14.38.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.7)

acale tu mayātraiva sthātavyaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ ..  
tataḥ kālena mahatā vasatastasya tatra ca .. 7 ..

> "Indeed, I shall remain right here upon the mountain; there is no doubt about this." / Then, after a long time had passed while he dwelt there, (7)  
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### [14.38.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.8)

acaleśvararūpasya gaṃgā citte vyajāyata ..  
kathaṃ nityaṃ tayā sārddhaṃ bhaviṣyati samāgamaḥ .. 8 ..

> the thought of Gaṅgā arose in the mind of the Lord of the Mountain \[Śiva\]: / "How can there be a constant union with her, (8)  
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### [14.38.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.9)

atha jānāti no gaurī māninī parameśvarī ..  
tasyaivaṃ cintayānasya bahuśo nṛpasattama .. 9 ..

> so that Gaurī, the haughty supreme goddess, does not find out?" / As he was contemplating thus repeatedly, O best of kings, (9)  
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### [14.38.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.10)

upāyaṃ sumahaddhyātvā jāhnavīsaṃgasaṃbhavam ..  
tenādiṣṭā gaṇāḥ sarve naṃdibhṛṅgipuraḥsarāḥ .. 7.3.38.10 ..

> and had devised a great plan to bring about union with Jāhnavī, / he ordered all the gaṇas, headed by Nandi and Bhṛṅgin: (10)  
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### [14.38.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.11)

abhiprāyo'sti me kaścijjalāśrayavratodbhavaḥ ..  
kriyatāmuttamaṃ kuṇḍamasminparvatarodhasi .. 11 ..

> "I have a certain intention to observe an observance seated in water. / Let an excellent pool be made on the slope of this mountain; (11)  
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### [14.38.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.12)

tatrāhaṃ jalamadhyasthaḥ sthāsyāmi jalatatparaḥ ..  
tacchrutvā tvaritaṃ cakrurgaṇāḥ kuṇḍamanekaśaḥ .. 12 ..

> staying in the midst of the water there, I shall remain absorbed in the water." / Hearing that, the gaṇas quickly made a pool in various ways, (12)  
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### [14.38.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.13)

svacchodakasamākīrṇaṃ sutīrthaṃ susukhāvaham ..  
tato gaurīmanujñāpya jāhnavīsaṃgalālasaḥ .. 13 ..

> filled with clear water, an auspicious sacred ford bestowing great happiness. / Then, taking leave of Gaurī, longing for union with Jāhnavī, (13)  
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### [14.38.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.14)

vratavyājena deveśo viveśa tadanantaram ..  
cintayāmāsa tatrastho gaṃgāṃ trailokyapāvinīm .. 14 ..

> the lord of the gods immediately entered \[it\] under the pretext of the observance. / Standing there, he meditated on Gaṅgā, the purifier of the three worlds. (14)  
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### [14.38.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.15)

sā dhyātā tatkṣaṇāttatra śivena saha saṃgatā ..  
evaṃ sa bhagavāṃstatra jāhnavīṃ bhajate sadā .. 15 ..

> Meditated upon, she united with Śiva there that very instant. / Thus that blessed Lord always enjoyed Jāhnavī there (15)  
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### [14.38.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.16)

vratavyājena rājendra na tu gaurī vyajānata ..  
kasyacittvatha kālasya nārado bhagavānmuniḥ ..  
kaivalyajñānasaṃpannastatrāyātaḥ paribhraman .. 16 ..

> under the pretext of the observance, O king of kings, and Gaurī did not know. / Then, after some time, the blessed sage Nārada, / endowed with knowledge leading to isolation, arrived there wandering about. (16)  
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### [14.38.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.17)

sa tu dṛṣṭvā mahādevaṃ jalasthaṃ vratadhāriṇam ..  
kāmajairiṃgitairyuktaṃ tatrā'sau vismayānvitaḥ .. 17 ..

> Seeing Mahādeva standing in the water keeping the observance, / yet displaying gestures born of desire, he was filled with wonder: (17)  
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### [14.38.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.18)

vaktranetravikāro'yaṃ kimasya vratadhāriṇaḥ ..  
īdṛkkāmasamāyuktastato dhyānasthito muniḥ .. 18 ..

> "Why is this alteration of the face and eyes in him who is keeping an observance, / accompanied by such passion?" Then the sage entered meditation. (18)  
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### [14.38.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.19)

athā'paśyaddhyānadṛṣṭyā gaṃgāsaktaṃ maheśvaram ..  
gauryā bhayena savyājaṃ tato vismayamāgataḥ .. 19 ..

> Then, through his meditative vision, he saw Maheśvara attached to Gaṅgā, / behaving deceitfully out of fear of Gaurī; then he was astonished. (19)  
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### [14.38.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.20)

tadā sa kathayāmāsa sarvaṃ haraviceṣṭitam .. 7.3.38.20 ..

> Then he told \[her\] all of Hara's actions. (20)  
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### [14.38.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.21)

tato devī tvarāyuktā yayau yatra maheśvaraḥ ..  
ātāmranayanā roṣādvepamānā muhurmuhuḥ .. 21 ..

> Then the goddess, full of haste, went to where Maheśvara was, / her eyes reddish with anger, trembling again and again. (21)  
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### [14.38.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.22)

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā kopasaṃyuktāṃ samāyātāṃ maheśvarīm ..  
uvāca jāhnavī bhītā jñātvā divyena cakṣuṣā .. 22 ..

> Seeing that supreme goddess arrive full of wrath, / Jāhnavī, frightened, having perceived \[the truth\] by divine sight, said: (22)  
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### [14.38.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.23)

āvayoḥ saṃgame devī nāradena niveditā ..  
seyaṃ ruṣṭā samāyāti kuruṣva yadanantaram .. 23 ..

> "Our meeting has been reported to the goddess by Nārada. / Here she comes, infuriated! Do whatever needs to be done next." (23)  
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### [14.38.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.24)

.. śrīmahādeva uvāca .. ..  
karttavyaṃ jāhnavi śreyaḥ puro gatvā nagātmajām ..  
atyarthaṃ māninī hyeṣā sāmnā ca vaśavartinī .. 24 ..

> The blessed Mahādeva said: / "O Jāhnavī, what is proper must be done: go before the daughter of the mountain! / For she is extremely haughty, yet amenable to gentle conciliation. (24)  
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### [14.38.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.25)

tatkṣaṇājjāyate sādhvī tasmātsāmaparā bhava ..  
no cecchāpaṃ mayā sārdhaṃ tava dāsyatyasaṃśayam .. 25 ..

> Instantly she will become well-disposed; therefore, be devoted to gentle words. / Otherwise, she will curse you together with me, without a doubt." (25)  
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### [14.38.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.26)

evamuktā ca rudreṇa jāhnavī nṛpasattama ..  
kuṇḍānnirgatya sā gaṃgā sammukhaṃ prayayau tadā .. 26 ..

> Having been spoken to thus by Rudra, O best of kings, / that Gaṅgā, Jāhnavī, coming out of the pool, then went forward to meet her. (26)  
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### [14.38.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.27)

pratyudyayau salajjā ca kṛtāṃjalipuraḥsarā ..  
praṇamya śirasā ceyaṃ tataḥ prāha svalaṃkṛtā .. 27 ..

> She went out toward her bashfully, with folded hands; / having bowed with her head, well-adorned, she said: (27)  
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### [14.38.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.28)

purā'haṃ tava kāṃtena nipatantī nabhastalāt ..  
dhṛtā devi tavā pyetadviditaṃ nṛpateḥ kṛte .. 28 ..

> "Formerly, as I was falling from the firmament, I was caught / by your beloved \[husband\], O goddess; this is known even to you, for the sake of the king (28)  
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### [14.38.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.29)

bhagīrathābhidhānasya tataḥ sneho vyavardhata ..  
āvayostava bhītyā ca nābhūtkvāpi samāgamaḥ .. 29 ..

> named Bhagīratha. Then affection increased / between the two of us, yet out of fear of you no union occurred anywhere. (29)  
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### [14.38.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.30)

adhunā tava vākyena jāne'haṃ na sureśvari ..  
samāhūtā'smi rudreṇa kiṃ vā svacchandataḥ śubhe .. 7.3.38.30 ..

> Now, by your command—I do not know, O sovereign of the gods!— / was I summoned by Rudra or out of \[his own\] desire, O auspicious one? (30)  
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### [14.38.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.31)

trailokyasya prabhurayaṃ tanniṣkramya kathañcana ..  
tasmādatraiva saṃprāptā satyametanmayoditam .. 31 ..

> He is the master of the three worlds; having slipped away somehow, / I have therefore arrived right here. This that I have spoken is the truth." (31)  
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### [14.38.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.32)

.. pulastya upāca .. ..  
tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā tato devī praharṣitā ..  
provāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ satyametattva yoditam.. 32 ..

> Pulastya said: / Hearing those words of hers, the goddess then was delighted; / she spoke gentle words: "This that you have spoken is the truth. (32)  
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### [14.38.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.33)

tasmādvaraya bhadraṃ te varaṃ matto yathepsitam ..  
muktvaikaṃ patidharmmatve mama kāṃtaṃ maheśvaram.. 33 ..

> Therefore, choose a boon as you wish from me, may it be well with you, / except for one thing: regarding marital duty with my beloved Maheśvara." (33)  
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### [14.38.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.34)

.. gaṃgovāca .. ..  
api daurbhāgyayuktā'haṃ bhāryā jātā'smi śūlinaḥ ..  
tasmādekaṃ dinaṃ dehi krīḍanārthamanena tu .. 34 ..

> Gaṅgā said: / "Even though unfortunate, I have become a wife of the Trident-bearer; / therefore, grant me one day to play with him, (34)  
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### [14.38.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.35)

caitraśuklatrayodaśyāmahorātraṃ sureśvari ..  
śivakuṃḍaṃ tathāstvetanmayā yasmātsamāvṛtam .. 35 ..

> a day and night on the thirteenth of the bright half of Caitra, O sovereign of the gods! / And let this pool of Śiva, because it was entered by me, (35)  
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### [14.38.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.36)

śivagaṃgābhidhānaṃ ca tasmātkuṇḍaṃ dharātale ..  
khyātiṃ yātu prasādena tava parvatanaṃdini .. 36 ..

> attain renown on the earth by the name of Śivagaṅgā pool, / by your grace, O daughter of the mountain!" (36)  
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### [14.38.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.37)

.. pulastya uvāca .. ..  
evamastviti sā devī procya gaṃgāṃ mahānadīm ..  
tato visarjayāmāsa tāmāliṃgya muhurmuhuḥ .. 37 ..

> Pulastya said: / Saying to the great river Gaṅgā, "Let it be so," / that goddess then dismissed her, embracing her again and again. (37)  
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### [14.38.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.38)

gatāyāmatha gaṃgāyāmadhovaktraṃ sulajjitam ..  
pāṇau gṛhya yayau rudraṃ bhramamāṇā gṛhaṃ prati ..38..

> When Gaṅgā had departed, taking Rudra by the hand, who hung his face down with great shame, / she went toward her home, rambling about. (38)  
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### [14.38.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.39)

evametatpurāvṛttaṃ tasminkuṇḍe narādhipa ..  
tasmātsarvaprayatnena caturddaśyāṃ samāhitaḥ .. 39 ..

> Such was the event that took place formerly at that pool, O ruler of men. / Therefore, with all effort, concentrated in mind, on the fourteenth (39)  
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### [14.38.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.40)

śuklāyāṃ caitramāse tu snānaṃ tatra samācaret ..  
sāṃnidhyāddevadevasya gaṃgāyāśca nṛpottama .. 7.3.38.40 ..

> of the bright half in the month of Caitra, one should perform ritual ablution there, / on account of the presence of the god of gods and Gaṅgā, O best of kings. (40)  
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### [14.38.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.41)

yatra saṃkṣayamāyāti sarvaṃ tatrāśubhaṃ kṛtam ..  
tatra yo vṛṣabhaṃ dadyādbrāhmaṇāya nṛpottama ..  
tadromasaṃkhyayāsvarge sa pumānvasati dhruvam ..41..

> Where all the inauspicious deeds committed are completely destroyed, / he who gives a bull to a brahmin there, O best of kings, / that person dwells in heaven for as many years as the hairs on that \[bull\], assuredly. (41)  
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### [14.38.41\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.38.41_1)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe śivagaṃgākuṇḍotpattimāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 38 .. ..

> Thus ends the thirty-eighth chapter, named 'Description of the Origin and Greatness of the Śivagaṅgā Pool,' in the Arbuda section, the third \[section\] of the Prabhāsa section, in the Mahāpurāṇa of Śrī Skanda, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. (38)  
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