[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) › 14.39 # Skandapurana 14.39 Skandapurāṇa 14.39 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.39.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.1) .. yayātiruvāca .. .. yattvayā kīrtitaṃ brahmanpūrvaṃ devaiḥ prasāditaḥ .. liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsa sthirarūpo maheśvaraḥ .. 1 .. > Yayāti said: / What you have proclaimed, O holy one, that formerly, propitiated by the gods, / Maheśvara installed a liṅga, remaining in a fixed form— (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.2) kasmāttatpātitaṃ liṃgaṃ vālakhilyairmahātmabhiḥ .. kasmāttatrācalo jāto devadevo maheśvaraḥ .. 2 .. > Why was that liṅga felled by the great-souled Vālakhilyas? / Why did Maheśvara, the god of gods, become immovable there? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.3) etanme kautukaṃ sarvaṃ yathāvadvaktumarhasi .. tasmindṛṣṭe ca kiṃ puṇyaṃ narāṇāṃ tatra jāyate .. 3 .. > You ought to tell me all of this wonderful tale properly. / And what merit accrues to men when it is beheld there? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.4) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. maheśvarasya māhātmyaṃ śṛṇu pārthivasattama .. atra te kīrtayiṣyāmi pūrvavṛttaṃ kathāṃtaram .. 4 .. > Pulastya said: / Listen to the māhātmya of Maheśvara, O best of kings. / In this regard, I shall relate to you an ancient event, another story. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.5) yadā pañcatvamāpannā satī satyaparākramā .. apamānena dakṣasya yajñe na ca nimaṃtritā .. 5 .. > When Satī, possessed of true prowess, met her demise, / \[feeling\] dishonoured by Dakṣa, and not having been invited to the sacrifice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.6) tadā kāmo drutaṃ gṛhya puṣpacāpaṃ tamabhyagāt.. kandarppaṃ sahasā dṛṣṭvā sandhiteṣuṃ sudurjayam .. 6 .. > then Kāma swiftly took up his flower-bow and approached him. / Seeing Kandarpa suddenly with his arrow fitted, exceedingly hard to conquer, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.7) āpatantaṃ bhayāttasya praṇaṣṭastripurāṃtakaḥ .. sa tadā bhramamāṇaśca itaścetaśca pārthiva .. 7 .. > the destroyer of Tripura fled in fear as he rushed forward. / Wandering here and there at that time, O king, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.8) vālakhilyāśramaṃ prāptaḥ puṇyaṃ sadvṛkṣaśobhitam .. sa tatra bhagavāṃsteṣāṃ dārairdṛṣṭaḥ surūpavān.. 8 .. > he reached the hermitage of the Vālakhilyas, holy and adorned with fine trees. / There the handsome Lord was seen by their wives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.9) digvāsāḥ supriyālāpastatastāḥ kāmamohitāḥ .. tyaktvā putragṛhādyaṃ ca sarvāstatpṛṣṭhasaṃsthitāḥ .. babhūvuścāniśaṃ rājanmāṃ bhajasveti cābruvan .. 9 .. > Naked \[and\] speaking charmingly, thereupon they were infatuated with desire. / Abandoning their sons, homes, and everything, all stood behind him, / and they continuously said, O king: "Accept me!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.10) cakrurāliṃganaṃ kāściccumbanaṃ ca tathāparāḥ .. anyāstasya hi liṃgaṃ tatspṛśaṃti ca muhurmuhuḥ .. 7.3.39.10 .. > Some embraced him, while others kissed him; / yet others touched that liṅga of his again and again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.11) sa cāpi bhagavāñchambhurniṣkāmaḥ parameśvaraḥ .. jagadvyāptiṃ samāśritya sarvaprāṇiṣu vartate .. 11 .. > And yet the Lord Śambhu, the supreme ruler, was free from desire; / pervading the universe, he abides in all living beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.12) sa cāpi bhagavācchaṃbhustāsāṃ sarati prāṅmukhaḥ .. bhrāṃtastatrāśrame teṣāṃ dārānkāmena pīḍayan .. 12 .. > And that Lord Śambhu moved forward, facing east from them; / wandering there in their hermitage, tormenting their wives with desire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.13) atha te munayo dṛṣṭvā vikṛtiṃ dārasaṃbhavām .. ajānanto mahādevaṃ ruṣṭāstasya mahātmanaḥ .. .. 13 .. > Then those sages, seeing the perturbation arising in their wives, / unaware of the great-souled Mahādeva, became enraged with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.14) daduḥ śāpaṃ susaṃtaptāḥ kalatrārthe paraṃtapa .. patatāṃ patatāṃ liṅgametatte pāpakṛttama .. 14 .. > Deeply distressed for the sake of their wives, O scorcher of foes, they uttered a curse: / "Let it fall, let this liṅga of yours fall, O worst of evildoers! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.15) viḍambayasi no dārānajasraṃ cāsya darśanāt .. tataścaivāpatalliṃgaṃ tatkṣaṇāttatpuradviṣaḥ .. 15 .. > You deceive our wives continually through the sight of it." / And then the liṅga of the foe of Tripura fell instantly > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.16) brahmavākyena rājarṣe cakampe vasudhā tataḥ .. śīrṇāni giriśṛṃgāṇi cukṣubhurmakarālayāḥ .. .. 16 .. > by the word of the brahmins, O royal sage. Thereupon the earth trembled, / the mountain peaks shattered, and the oceans churned. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.17) tato devagaṇāḥ sarve bhayatrastā narādhipa .. akāle pralayaṃ matvā trailokye paryavasthitam .. 17 .. > Then all the hosts of gods, terrified with fear, O lord of men, / thinking that an untimely dissolution was imminent upon the three worlds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.18) tata pitāmahaṃ jagmu stasmai sarvaṃ nyavedayan .. pralayasyeva cihnāni dṛśyante parameśvara .. 18 .. > went then to the Grandfather and reported everything to him: / "Omens like those of a dissolution are seen, O supreme lord! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.19) kiṃ nimittaṃ suraśreṣṭha na jānīmo vayaṃ prabho .. teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā ciraṃ dhyātvā pitāmahaḥ .. 19 .. > What is the cause of this, O best of the gods? We do not know, O Lord!" / Having heard those words of theirs, and meditating for a long time, the Grandfather > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.20) abravītpātitaṃ liṃgaṃ vālakhilyaiḥ pinākinaḥ .. tenaite dāruṇotpātāḥ saṃjātā bhayasūcakāḥ .. 7.3.39.20 .. > said: "The liṅga of Pinākin has been felled by the Vālakhilyas. / Because of that, these dreadful portents signifying danger have arisen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.21) tasmānmayā samāyuktāḥ sarve tatra divaukasaḥ .. vrajaṃtu yena talliṃgaṃ sthāne saṃsthāpayecchivaḥ ..21.. > Therefore, let all the gods of heaven, accompanied by me, / go there, so that Śiva may install that liṅga in its place, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.22) yāvanno jāyate loke pralayo' kālasaṃbhavaḥ .. evaṃ saṃmaṃtrya te sarve tato'rbudamupāyayuḥ .. 22 .. > before an untimely dissolution takes place in the world." / Having thus deliberated, they all went to Arbuda, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.23) vālakhilyāśrame yatra talliṃgaṃ nipapāta ha .. tuṣṭuvurvividhaiḥ sūktairvedoktairvinayānvitāḥ .. 23 .. > to the hermitage of the Vālakhilyas where that liṅga had indeed fallen. / Filled with humility, they praised him with various hymns proclaimed in the Vedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.24) .. devā ūcuḥ .. .. namaste devadeveśa bhaktānāṃ cābhayaṃkara .. namaste sarvavāsāya sarvayajñamayāya ca .. 24 .. > The gods said: / Homage to you, O lord of the gods, who grant fearlessness to devotees! / Homage to you, who dwell in all and who consist of all sacrifices! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.25) sarveśvarāya devāya paramajyotiṣe namaḥ .. namaḥ sphuṭatara jñānagamyāya vedhase .. 25 .. > Homage to the god who is the lord of all, the supreme light! / Homage to the creator, attainable through clearly defined knowledge! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.26) tryaṃbakāya ca bhīmāya pinākavarapāṇaye .. tvayi sarvamidaṃ protaṃ sūtre maṇigaṇā iva .. 26 .. > To Tryambaka, the terrible, whose hand holds the excellent Pināka! / All this is strung upon you like clusters of gems upon a cord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.27) saṃsāre vibudhaśreṣṭha jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam .. na tadasti triloke'sminsusūkṣmamapi śaṃkara .. yattvayā na prabho vyāptaṃ sṛṣṭisaṃhārakāraṇāt .. 27 .. > In this cycle of existence, O best of the immortals, the animate and inanimate world— / there is nothing in this triple world, even the most minute, O Śaṃkara, / that is not pervaded by you, O Lord, as the cause of creation and destruction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.28) pṛthivyādīni bhūtāni tvayā sṛṣṭāni kāmataḥ .. yāsyaṃti tāni bhūyo'pi tava kāye jagatpate .. 28 .. > The elements, beginning with earth, were created by you at your will; / they will enter your body once again, O lord of the universe. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.29) prasīda bhagavaṃstasmālliṃgametatsureśvara .. sthāne sthāpaya bhadraṃ te yāvanna syātprajākṣayaḥ .. 29 .. > Be gracious, O Lord, O lord of the gods! Therefore, install this liṅga / in its place—may good betide you—before the destruction of creatures occurs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.30) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. nirvikārasya malliṃgaṃ vālakhilyaiḥ prapātitam.. kathaṃ bhūyaḥ pragṛhṇāmi yāvacchuddhirna jāyate .. 7.3.39.30 .. > The Holy Lord said: / My liṅga, belonging to the changeless one, has been felled by the Vālakhilyas. / How can I take it back again until purification is effected? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.31) śakto'haṃ vālakhilyānāṃ nigrahaṃ karttumañjasā .. kintu me brāhmaṇā mānyāḥ pūjyāśca surasattamāḥ .. 31 .. > I am capable of subduing the Vālakhilyas instantly, / but brahmins are to be respected and worshipped by me, O best of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.32) acalaṃ liṃgametaddhi noddharttuṃ śakyate vibho .. eka evātra nirdiṣṭa upāyo nāparaḥ smṛtaḥ .. 32 .. > Indeed, this liṅga is immovable; it cannot be lifted up, O all-pervading one. / One single remedy is indicated here; no other is taught: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.33) yadi me tvaṃ purā liṃgaṃ pūjayethāḥ pitāmaha .. tato devagaṇāḥ sarve tato viprāstato'pare .. 33 .. > If you, O Grandfather, worship my liṅga first, / then all the hosts of gods, then the brahmins, and then others, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.34) tato nau śāṃtimāgacchejjagatsthāvarajaṃgamam .. 34 .. > then peace may come to us and to the world, animate and inanimate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.35) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. evamuktaḥ sa bhagavāñchaṃkareṇa nṛpottama .. tatastaṃ pūjayāmāsa brahmā pūrvaṃ subhaktitaḥ .. 35 .. > Pulastya said: / Thus addressed by Śaṃkara, O best of kings, / Brahmā then worshipped it first with great devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.36) brahmaṇo'nantaraṃ viṣṇustataḥ śakra stato'pare .. vālakhilyādayo viprā mantraiśca śatarudriyaiḥ .. 36 .. > After Brahmā, Viṣṇu \[worshipped it\], then Śakra, then the others, / \[and\] the brahmins, the Vālakhilyas and the rest, with the Śatarudrīya mantras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.37) tataste dāruṇotpātā upaśāṃtāśca tatkṣaṇāt .. abhavatsumukho loko vṛtto gandhavaho mṛduḥ .. 37 .. > Thereupon those dreadful portents subsided that very moment. / The world became joyful, and a gentle fragrant breeze blew. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.38) athovāca mahādevaḥ sarvāṃstāṃstridaśālayān.. vṛṇudhvaṃ suvaraṃ sarve matto yanmanasīpsitam .. 38 .. > Then Mahādeva said to all those gods: / "Choose an excellent boon, all of you, from me, whatever is desired in your minds." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.39) .. devā ūcuḥ .. .. tava liṃgasya saṃsparśādapi pāpakṛto narāḥ .. svargaṃ yāsyaṃti deveśa nāśaṃ yāsyati kilbiṣam .. vratadānāni sarvāṇi tīrthayātrāyutāni ca .. 39 .. > The gods said: / Even by touching your liṅga, men who have committed sins / will go to heaven, O lord of the gods; their sin will be destroyed, / \[as will the fruits of\] all vows, gifts, and myriad pilgrimages to sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.40) tasmādvajreṇa devendrastavaitalliṃgamuttamam.. chādayiṣyati sarvatra yadi tvaṃ manyase prabho .. 7.3.39.40 .. > Therefore, the lord of gods will cover this excellent liṅga of yours / on all sides with a diamond, if you deem it proper, O Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.41) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. abhiprāyo mamāpyeṣa vartate hṛdi padmaja .. evaṃ karotu devendraḥ sarvadharmavivṛddhaye .. 41 .. > The Holy Lord said: / This intention is in my heart too, O lotus-born one. / Let the lord of the gods do so for the increase of all righteousness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.42) pulastya uvāca .. .. tataḥ saṃchādayāmāsa vajreṇa tridaśādhipaḥ .. talliṃgaṃ sarvamartyānāṃ yathā'dṛśyaṃ vyajāyata .. 42 .. > Pulastya said: / Then the lord of the thirty \[gods\] covered that liṅga / with a diamond, so that it became invisible to all mortals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.43) adyāpi vajrasaṃsparśāttatsānnidhyaṃ gato naraḥ .. ājanmamaraṇātpāpānmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. .. 43 .. > Even today, by touching the diamond, a person who has attained its presence / is freed from sin from birth to death; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.44) māhātmyaṃ kīrtitaṃ yasmāttalliṃge śaṃkareṇa tu .. vastreṇācchāditaṃ caiva śakreṇaiva dharātale .. 44 .. > Because the māhātmya of that liṅga was proclaimed by Śaṃkara, / and it was covered with a cloth by Indra on the earth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.45) tataḥprabhṛti liṃgasya marttye pūjā vyajāyata .. purāsīcchaṃkaraḥ pūjyo yathānye tridaśālayāḥ .. 45 .. > from then on, the worship of the liṅga arose in the mortal world. / Formerly, Śaṃkara was worshipped just as other abodes of the gods \[were\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.46) evametatpurāvṛttamarbude parvatottame .. liṃgasya patanātpūjāṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ pari pṛcchasi .. 46 .. > Such is this ancient account on the best of mountains, Arbuda, / concerning the worship arising from the falling of the liṅga, about which you ask me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.47) phālgunāntacaturddaśyāṃ naivedyaṃ nūtanairyavaiḥ .. yo dadātyacaleśāya sa bhūyo neha jāyate .. 47 .. > He who offers a food-offering of fresh barley to the Lord of the Mountain on the fourteenth day at the end of Phālguna / is not born here again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.48) brāhmaṇānbhojayedyastu bhaktyā tasminnavairyavaiḥ .. yavasaṃkhyāpramāṇāni yugāni divi modate .. 48 .. > And he who feeds brahmins with devotion with fresh barley on that day, / rejoices in heaven for as many yugas as the number of grains of barley. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.49) tatra dānaṃ praśaṃsanti saktūnāṃ munisattamāḥ .. nūtanānāṃ mahārāja yataḥ proktaṃ purāriṇā .. 49 .. > There, the best among sages praise the donation of barley-meal, / of fresh \[barley-meal\], O great king, because it was declared by the Enemy of Pura: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.50) kiṃ dānairvividhairdattaiḥ kiṃ yajñaiśca suvistaraiḥ .. kiṃ tīrthairvividhaihomaistapobhiḥ kiṃ ca kaṣṭadaiḥ .. 7.3.39.50 .. > "What \[use are\] various gifts given? What \[use are\] very extensive sacrifices? / What \[use are\] diverse sacred fords, oblations, and austerities that cause hardship? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.51) phālgunāntacaturddaśyāṃ sumaheśvarasannidhau .. dharmāṇyetāni sarvāṇi kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm.. 51 .. > On the fourteenth day at the end of Phālguna, in the presence of the great Maheśvara, / all these religious merits are not worth a sixteenth part \[of it\]." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.52) śṛṇu rājanpurā vṛttaṃ tatrāścaryaṃ yaduttamam .. kaścitpāpasamācāraḥ kuṣṭhī kṣāmatanurnaraḥ .. 52 .. > Hear, O king, an ancient event, an excellent wonder that took place there: / A certain man of sinful conduct, a leper, his body emaciated, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.53) bhikṣārthamāgatastatra lokairanyaiḥ samanvitaḥ .. tena bhikṣārjitaṃ tatra saktūnāṃ kuḍavaṃ nṛpa .. 53 .. > came there for the sake of alms together with other people. / By begging, he earned a kuḍava measure of barley-meal there, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.54) tato roga parikleśādbhojanaṃ na cakāra saḥ .. dāghārdito jale tasminsnāto bhaktivivarjitaḥ .. saktūnkṛtvopadhāne tānsa ca supto niśāgame .. 54 .. > Then, owing to the affliction of his disease, he did not take food. / Tormented by heat, he bathed in that water devoid of devotion; / making a pillow of that barley-meal, he fell asleep when night arrived. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.55) tato nidrābhibhūtasya sārameyo jahāra ca .. bhakṣayāmāsa yukto'nyaiḥ sārameyairbubhukṣitaḥ .. 55 .. > Then, as he was overcome by sleep, a dog carried it off; / joined by other dogs, hungry, he devoured it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.56) athāsau vismayādrājanpaṃcatvaṃ samupasthitaḥ .. tato jātismaro jāto vidarbhādhipatergṛhe .. 56 .. > Then he, out of astonishment, O king, met his death. / Thereupon, remembering his past birth, he was born in the house of the king of Vidarbha > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.57) bhīmonāma nṛpaśreṣṭha damayantīpitā hi yaḥ .. taṃ prabhāvaṃ hi vijñāya saktūnāṃ tatra parvate .. 57 .. > named Bhīma, the best of kings, who was indeed the father of Damayantī. / For having realized that power of barley-meal on that mountain, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.58) phālgunāṃtacaturdaśyāṃ varṣe varṣe jagāma saḥ .. kṛtvā caivopavāsaṃ tu rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ tathā .. 58 .. > he went year after year on the fourteenth day at the end of Phālguna, / and having fasted, and likewise kept vigil through the night, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.59) acaleśvarasānnidhye dadau saktūṃstato bahūn .. sahiraṇyāndvijendrāṇāṃ paśupakṣimṛgeṣu ca .. 59 .. > he gave there abundant barley-meal in the presence of Acaleśvara / accompanied with gold to the best of brahmins, and also to beasts, birds, and deer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.60) atha te munayaḥ sarve gālavapramukhā nṛpa .. papracchuḥ kautukāviṣṭāḥ saktudānakṛte nṛpam .. 7.3.39.60 .. > Then all those sages, headed by Gālava, O king, / seized by curiosity, questioned the king on account of the gift of barley-meal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.61) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. hastvaśvarathadānānāṃ śaktirasti tavādbhutā .. kasmātsaktūnpramuktvā tvaṃ nānyaddātumihecchasi .. 61 .. > The ṛṣis said: / "You have the marvelous ability to make gifts of elephants, horses, and chariots. / Leaving aside barley-meal, why do you not wish to give anything else here?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.62) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. athā'sau kathayāmāsa pūrvametatsamudbhavam .. saktudānasya māhātmyaṃ munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām .. 62 .. > Pulastya said: / Then he related this previous event, / the māhātmya of the gift of barley-meal, to the sages of cultivated minds: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.63) pūrvaṃ bhaktyā vihīnasya śunā vai saktavo hṛtāḥ .. tatprabhāvādiyaṃ prāptirmama jātā dvijottamāḥ .. 63 .. > "Formerly, when I was devoid of devotion, the barley-meal was indeed taken by a dog; / through the power of that, this attainment has occurred to me, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.64) sāṃprataṃ bhaktida ttānāṃ kiṃ syājjānāmi no phalam.. etasmātkāraṇāddānaṃ saktūnāṃ prakaromyaham .. tīrthe'sminbhaktisaṃyuktaḥ satyenātmānamālabhe .. 64 .. .. > What might be the fruit now of \[meals\] given with devotion? I do not know. / For this reason, I perform the donation of barley-meal / endowed with devotion in this sacred ford; I touch my self with truth." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.65) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tataste munayo hṛṣṭāḥ sādhusādhviti cābruvan.. cakruścaivātmaśaktyā te saktūnāṃ dānamuttamam .. 65.. > Pulastya said: / Then those sages were delighted, and said, "Well done! Well done!" / And according to their own capacity, they performed the excellent donation of barley-meal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.66) eṣa prabhāvo rājarṣe saktudānasya kīrttitaḥ .. maheśvarasya māhātmyaṃ satyaṃ cāpi prakīrttitam .. 66 .. > This power of the gift of barley-meal has been proclaimed, O royal seer, / and the true māhātmya of Maheśvara has also been proclaimed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.67) yaścaitacchṛṇuyādbhaktyā kathyamānaṃ dvijānanāt .. ahorātra kṛtātpāpānmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 67 .. > And he who listens to this with devotion as it is spoken from the mouth of a brahmin, / is freed from sin committed during a day and night; there is no doubt about this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.39.67\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39.67_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe śivaliṃga maheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃpuraḥsara saktudānamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 39 .. > Thus ends the thirty-ninth chapter, entitled 'The Description of the māhātmya of the Gift of Barley-meal Preceded by the Description of the māhātmya of the Śivaliṅga and Maheśvara', in the Arbudakhaṇḍa, the third \[section\] of the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, the seventh \[book\] of the Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.39.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.39) · Pramāṇa