[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) › 14.40 # Skandapurana 14.40 Skandapurāṇa 14.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.40.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.1) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tataḥ kāmeśvaraṃ gacchettatra kāmapratiṣṭhitam .. yasmindṛṣṭe sadā martyaḥ surūpaḥ suprabho bhavet .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / Then one should go to Kāmeśvara, installed there by Kāma, / upon seeing which a mortal becomes handsome and of brilliant radiance forever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.2) .. yayātiruvāca .. .. tvayā proktaṃ purā śaṃbhuḥ kāmabāṇa bhayātkila .. vālakhilyāśramaṃ prāpto yatra liṃgaṃ papāta ha .. 2 .. > Yayāti said: / You said that formerly Śambhu, out of fear of Kāma's arrow, / reached the hermitage of the Vālakhilyas where the liṅga fell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.3) sa kathaṃ pūjitastena śaṃbhurme kautukaṃ mahat .. vada sarvaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha kāmeśvaraniveśanam .. 3 .. > How was that Śambhu worshipped by him? It is a great wonder to me. / Speak all, O best of brahmins, concerning the dwelling of Kāmeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.4) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. muktaliṃge'pi deveśe na smarastaṃ mumoca ha .. darśayannātmano bāṇaṃ tasyāsau pṛṣṭhataḥ sthitaḥ .. 4 .. > Pulastya said: / Even when the Lord of the gods released the liṅga, Smara did not let him go; / showing his own arrow, he stood behind him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.5) tato vārāṇasīṃ prāptastadbhayāttripurāṃtakaḥ .. tatrā'pi ca tathā dṛṣṭvā dhṛtacāpaṃ manobhavam..5.. > Then, out of fear of him, the Destroyer of Tripura reached Vārāṇasī. / Even there, he saw the mind-born \[Kāma\] holding his bow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.6) tataḥ prayāgamāpannaḥ kedāraṃ ca tataḥ param.. naimiṣaṃ bhadrakarṇaṃ ca jaṃbūmārge tripuṣkaram ..6.. > Then he arrived at Prayāga, and further on to Kedāra, / Naimiṣa, and Bhadrakarṇa, and to Tripuṣkara on the path to Jambū; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.7) gokarṇaṃ ca prabhāsaṃ ca puṇyaṃ ca kṛmijāṃgalam.. gagādvāraṃ gayāśīrṣaṃ kālābhīṣṭaṃ vaṭeśvaram ..7.. > and to Gokarṇa, Prabhāsa, holy Kṛmijāṅgala, / Gaṅgādvāra, Gayāśīrṣa, Kālābhīṣṭa, and Vaṭeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.8) kiṃ vā tena bahūktena tīrthānyāyatanāni ca .. asaṃkhyāni gato devaḥ kāmaṃ ca dadṛśe tathā .. 8 .. > Or what is the use of speaking much about that? To innumerable sacred fords / and sanctuaries the god went, and saw Kāma likewise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.9) yatrayatra mahādevastadbhayānnṛpa gacchati .. tatratatra punaḥ kāmaṃ prapaśyati dhṛtāyudham.. 9 .. > Wherever the Great God went out of fear of him, O king, / there and there again he saw Kāma holding his weapon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.10) kasyacittvathakālasya punaḥ prāpto'rbudaṃ prati .. tatrāpaśyattathā kāmamākarṇākarṣitāyudham.. ākuṃcitaikapādaṃ ca sthiradṛṣṭiṃ nṛpo ttama .. 7.3.40.10 .. > Then after some time, he arrived at Arbuda again. / There he saw Kāma with his weapon drawn to his ear, / with one foot bent, and with a steady gaze, O best of kings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.11) athā'sau bhagavāñchāṃtaḥ priyāduḥkhasamanvitaḥ .. krodhaṃ cakre viśeṣeṇa dṛṣṭvā taṃ purataḥ sthitam.. 11 .. > Then the Lord, who had been calm, possessed by grief for his beloved, / became especially angry upon seeing him standing before him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.12) tasya kopābhibhūtasya tṛtīyānnayanānnṛpa .. niścakrāma mahājvālā yayā'sau bhasmasātkṛtaḥ .. 12 .. > From the third eye of him who was overcome with anger, O king, / a great flame burst forth, by which he was reduced to ashes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.13) sacāpaḥ saśaro rājaṃstasminparvatarodhasi .. śaṃkaro roṣaparyaṃtaṃ gatvā saukhyamavāptavān.. 13 .. > along with his bow and along with his arrows, O king, on that mountain slope. / Śaṃkara, having reached the limit of his fury, attained happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.14) kailāsaṃ parvataśreṣṭhaṃ jagāma surapūjitaḥ .. dagdhe manobhave bhāryā ratirasya pativratā .. vyalapatkaruṇaṃ dīnā patiśokapari plutā .. 14 .. > He, worshipped by the gods, went to Kailāsa, the best of mountains. / When the Mind-born was burned, his faithful wife Rati, / overwhelmed with grief for her husband, lamented piteously and miserably. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.15) tato dārūṇi cāhṛtya citiṃ kṛtvā narādhipa .. ārurohāgnisaṃdīptāṃ citiṃ sā patiduḥkhitā.. tāvadākāśagāṃ vāṇīṃ śuśrāva ca yaśasvinī.. 15.. > Then, having gathered wood and made a funeral pyre, O king, / she, grieving for her husband, mounted the funeral pyre blazing with fire. / Just then the renowned woman heard a voice coming from the sky: 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.16) vāguvāca.. mā putri sāhasaṃ kārṣīstapasā tiṣṭha sundari.. bhūyaḥ prāpsyasi bharttāraṃ kāmeṃ tuṣṭena śaṃbhunā..16.. > The voice said: / 'Do not act rashly, my daughter; remain engaged in austerity, O beautiful one. / You will obtain your husband Kāma again when Śambhu is pleased.' 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.17) sā śrutvā tāṃ tadā vāṇīṃ samuttasthau samumadhyamā.. devamārādhayāmāsa divānaktamataṃdritā.. vratairdānairjapairhomairupavāsaistathā paraiḥ..17.. > Having heard that voice then, she of slender waist arose. / She worshipped the god day and night without wearying, / through vows, gifts, recitations, fire-offerings, and other fasts. 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.18) tato varṣa sahasrāṃte tuṣṭastasyā maheśvaraḥ .. abravīdvada kalyāṇi varaṃ yanmanasi sthitam .. 18 .. > Then, at the end of a thousand years, Maheśvara was pleased with her / and said, 'State, O blessed woman, the boon that is in your mind.' 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.19) .. ratiruvāca .. .. yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva bhagavam̐lloka bhāvanaḥ .. akṣatāṃgaḥ punaḥ kāmaḥ kāṃto me jāyatāṃ patiḥ .. 19 .. > Rati said: / 'If you are pleased with me, O God, O Lord who creates the worlds, / let Kāma, my beloved husband, be born again with his limbs unhurt.' 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.20) evamukte tayā vākye tatkṣaṇātsamupasthitaḥ .. yathā supto mahārāja tadvadrūpaḥ sa harṣita .. 7.3.40.20 .. > When this speech had been uttered by her, at that moment he appeared, / as if \[merely\] asleep, O great king, in that same form, delighted. 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.21) ikṣuyaṣṭimayaṃ cāpaṃ puṣpabāṇasamanvitam .. bhṛṃgaśreṇimayyā maurvyā śobhitaṃ sumanoharam .. 21 .. > He held a bow of sugarcane accompanied by flower-arrows, / adorned with a bowstring made of a swarm of bees, exceedingly enchanting. 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.22) tato ratisamāyuktaḥ praṇipatya maheśvaram.. anujñātastu tenaiva svavyāpāre'bhyavarttata .. 22 .. > Then, joined with Rati, having bowed to Maheśvara / and being permitted by him, he returned to his own duty. 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.23) sa dṛṣṭvā śivamāhātmyaṃ śraddhāṃ kṛtvā nṛpottama .. śivaṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsa parvate'rbudasaṃjñite .. 23 .. > Having seen the greatness of Śiva, and having developed faith, O best of kings, / he established Śiva on the mountain named Arbuda. 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.24) yasmindṛṣṭe mahārāja nārī vā yadi vā naraḥ .. saptajanmāṃtarāṇyeva na daurbhāgyamavāpnuyāt .. 24 .. > When that \[liṅga\] is seen, O great king, whether by a woman or a man, / for seven future lives they will never meet with misfortune. 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.25) evametanmayā khyātaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi .. kāmeśvarasya māhātmyaṃ kāmadāha savistaram .. 25 .. > Thus has been proclaimed by me what you asked of me, / the māhātmya of Kāmeśvara and the burning of Kāma in full detail. 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.40.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40.40) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe kāmeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 40 .. > Thus ends the fortieth chapter, named 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Kāmeśvara,' in the Arbuda section, the third \[part\] of the Prabhāsa section, in the Mahāpurāṇa of Śrī Skanda, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. 40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.40.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.40) · Pramāṇa