[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) › 14.4 # Skandapurana 14.4 Skandapurāṇa 14.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.1) sūta uvāca .. .. sa kṛtvā svāśramaṃ tatra vasiṣṭho bhagavānmuniḥ .. tatra śaṃbhornivāsāya tapastepe sudāruṇam.. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Having established his hermitage there, the venerable sage Vasiṣṭha / performed extremely severe austerity for the sake of Śambhu's dwelling there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.2) sa babhūva muniḥ samyakphalāhārasamanvitaḥ .. śīrṇa parṇāśanaḥ paścāddve śate samapadyata .. 2 .. > The sage subsisted fully on a diet of fruit; / afterwards, he spent two hundred \[years\] eating fallen leaves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.3) jalāhāraḥ pañcaśatavarṣāṇi saṃbabhūva ha .. varṣāṇāṃ vāyubhakṣo'bhūttato daśaśatāni ca .. 3 .. > He subsisted on water for five hundred years; / then for a thousand years he lived on air. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.4) pañcāgnisādhako grīṣme hemante salilāśayaḥ .. varṣāsvākāśavāsī ca sahasraṃ ca tato'bhavat .. 4 .. > Practicing the five fires in summer, dwelling in water in winter, / and staying in the open air during the rains, a thousand \[years\] then passed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.5) tatastuṣṭo mahādevastasyarṣeḥ sumahātmanaḥ .. bhittvā taṃ parvataṃ sadyastatpuro liṃgamutthitam .. taṃ dṛṣṭvā vismayāviṣṭo muniḥ stotramudairayat.. 5 .. > Then Mahādeva, pleased with that great-souled seer, / split open that mountain, and a liṅga immediately arose before him. / Seeing it, filled with wonder, the sage uttered a hymn of praise: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.6) namaḥ śivāya śuddhāya sarvagāyā'mṛtāya ca .. kaparddine namastubhyaṃ namastasmai trimūrttaye .. 6 .. > "Obeisance to Śiva, the pure, the omnipresent, and the immortal! / Obeisance to you who have matted hair; obeisance to him of threefold form! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.7) namaḥ sthūlāya sūkṣmāya vyāpakāya mahātmane .. niṣaṃgiṇe namastubhyaṃ trinetrāya namonamaḥ .. 7 .. > Homage to the gross, to the subtle, to the all-pervading, to the great Self! / Homage to you who hold a quiver; homage, homage to the three-eyed one! 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.8) namaścandrakalādhāra namo digvasanāya ca .. pinākapāṇaye tubhyamaṣṭamūrte namonamaḥ .. 8.. > Homage to the bearer of the crescent moon; homage to him whose garment is space! / Homage to you with Pināka in hand; homage, homage to the eight-formed one! 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.9) namaste jñānarūpāya jñānagamyāya te namaḥ .. namaste jñānadehāya sarvajñānamayāya ca .. 9 .. > Homage to you whose form is knowledge; homage to you who are accessible through knowledge! / Homage to you whose body is knowledge, and who are composed of all knowledge! 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.10) kāśīpate namastubhyaṃ giriśāya namonamaḥ .. jagatkāraṇarūpāya mahādevāya te namaḥ .. 7.3.4.10 .. > Homage to you, lord of Kāśī; homage, homage to the mountain-dweller! / Homage to you, Mahādeva, whose form is the cause of the universe! 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.11) gaurīkānta nama stubhyaṃ namastubhyaṃ śivātmane .. brahmaviṣṇusvarūpāya trinetrāya namonamaḥ .. 11 .. > O beloved of Gaurī, homage to you; homage to you whose essence is Śiva! / Homage, homage to the three-eyed one, who has the nature of Brahmā and Viṣṇu! 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.12) viśvarūpāya śuddhāya namastubhyaṃ mahātmane .. namo viśvasvarūpāya sarvadevamayāya ca .. 12 .. > Homage to you, the universal-formed, the pure, the great Self! / Homage to you whose nature is the universe, and who are composed of all the gods! 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.13) .. sūta uvāca .. .. etasminneva kāle tu vāguvācāśarīriṇī .. parituṣṭo'smi te bhadraṃ varaṃ varaya suvrata .. 13 .. > Sūta said: / Just at that time, an incorporeal voice spoke: / “I am well pleased with you; may you have good fortune! Choose a boon, O you of noble vows!” 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.14) ityuktvā parvataṃ bhittvā tatpuro liṃgamutthitam .. 14 .. > Having said this, a liṅga burst through the mountain and arose before him. 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.15) .. vasiṣṭha uvāca .. .. liṃge'smiṃstava sāṃnidhyaṃ sadā bhavatu śaṃkara .. mayā pūrvaṃ pratijñātaṃ nagasyeha mahātmane .. satyaṃ kuru vaco me tvaṃ yadi tuṣṭo'si śaṃkara .. 15 .. > Vasiṣṭha said: / “May your presence always remain in this liṅga, O Śaṃkara! / I previously made a promise here to the great-souled mountain. / Make my word true, if you are pleased, O Śaṃkara!” 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.16) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. adyaprabhṛti liṃge'sminsāṃnidhyaṃ me bhaviṣyati .. tvadvākyādbrāhmaṇaśreṣṭha sarvaṃ satyaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 16 .. > The Holy Lord said: / “From this day forth, my presence shall be in this liṅga. / By your word, O best of brahmins, everything shall come true. 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.17) stotreṇānena yo martyo māṃ staviṣyati bhaktitaḥ .. kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśyāmāśvine munisattama .. 17 .. > Whatever mortal praises me with devotion using this hymn / on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight in Āśvina, O best of sages— 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.18) matpriyārthaṃ tu śakreṇa preṣitā munisattama .. mandākinīti vikhyātā nadī trailokyapāvinī .. 18 .. > and sent by Śakra for my pleasure, O best of sages, / the river famed as Mandākinī, which purifies the three worlds, 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.19) devasyottaradigbhāge kuṃḍaṃ tiṣṭhati nityaśaḥ .. tasyāṃ snātvā muniśreṣṭha liṃgaṃ me paśyate tu yaḥ .. sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam .. 19 .. > has a pool that remains constantly on the northern side of the god. / Having bathed in it, O best of sages, whoever beholds my liṅga / goes to the supreme abode, free from old age and death. 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.20) acalaṃ bhedayitvā tu yasmānme liṃgamudgatam.. acaleśvaranāmnaiva loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyati .. 7.3.4.20 .. > Because my liṅga has burst forth through the mountain (acala), / it shall attain fame in the world by the very name ‘Acaleśvara’. 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.21) asya liṃgasya māhātmyānna kadāciccaliṣyati .. sarvathā ma idaṃ liṃgaṃ pralayānte na cālyate .. 21 .. > By virtue of the māhātmya of this liṅga, it shall never move. / By every means, this liṅga of mine will not be moved even at the end of dissolution.” 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.22) .. sūta uvāca .. etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ virarāma maheśvaraḥ .. vasiṣṭho'pi suhṛṣṭātmā gautamādyā munīśvarāḥ .. 22 .. > Sūta said: / Having spoken this word, Maheśvara fell silent. / Vasiṣṭha too, his mind delighted, and Gautama and the other lords of sages, 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.23) śakrādayastato devāstīrthānyāyatanāni ca .. ānayāmāsa brahmarṣistapasā parvatottame .. 23 .. > as well as Śakra and the other gods, the sacred fords, and the temples, / the brahmin seer brought there to the best of mountains by his austerity. 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.24) tatastuṣṭaḥ suraśreṣṭhastatra vāsamathākarot.. 24 .. > Pleased by that, the best of gods then took up residence there. 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.4.24\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4.24_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe'caleśvarotpatti varṇanaṃnāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ .. 4 .. > Thus ends the fourth chapter, titled ‘Description of the Origin of Acaleśvara,’ in the Arbuda Section, the third \[section\] of the Prabhāsa Section, in the seventh part of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.4.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śivadharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.sivadharma.sivadharmasastra.7.88) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.4) · Pramāṇa