[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) › 14.54 # Skandapurana 14.54 Skandapurāṇa 14.54 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.54.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.54.1) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tatastripuṣkaraṃ gacchedabhīṣṭaṃ padmajasya ca .. brahmaṇā tatsamānītaṃ parvate'rbudasaṃjñake .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / Then one should go to Tripuṣkara, which is dear to the Lotus-Born \[Brahmā\]; / it was brought by Brahmā to the mountain named Arbuda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.54.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.54.2) vasiṣṭhasya purā satre varttamāne narādhipa .. tasminnage samāyātā brahmādyāśca surottamāḥ .. 2 .. > Formerly, while Vasiṣṭha's sacrificial session was underway, O ruler of men, / Brahmā and the foremost gods arrived at that mountain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.54.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.54.3) pratijñātaṃ mahārāja brahmaṇā'vyaktajanmanā .. yāvatsthāsye nṛloke'smiṃstāvatsandhyāṃ tripuṣkare .. vaṃdayiṣyāmi saṃprāpte saṃdhyākāle samāhitaḥ .. 3 .. > A vow had been made, O great king, by Brahmā of unmanifest birth: / 'As long as I stay in this world of men, so long will I, composed in mind, / worship the twilight at Tripuṣkara when twilight time arrives.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.54.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.54.4) etasminneva kāle tu prasthitaḥ puṣkaraṃ prati .. saṃdhyārthaṃ padmajo yāvadvasiṣṭhastāvadabravīt .. 4 .. > Just at that time, as the Lotus-Born was setting out towards Puṣkara / for the twilight devotion, Vasiṣṭha said to him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.54.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.54.5) .. vasiṣṭha uvāca .. .. karmakālaśca samprāpto yajñe'sminsurasattama .. sa vinā na tvayā deva siddhiṃ yāsyati karhicit .. 5.. > Vasiṣṭha said: / 'The time for ritual actions has arrived in this sacrifice, O best of gods; / without you, O god, it will never reach completion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.54.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.54.6) tasmādānaya cātraiva padmayone tripuṣkaram .. saṃdhyopāstiṃ tataḥ kṛtvā tatra bhūyaḥ sureśvara .. brahmatvaṃ kuru deveśa satre cāsmindayānidhe .. 6 .. > Therefore bring Tripuṣkara right here, O Lotus-Born. / Having performed the twilight worship there again, O Lord of gods, / act as the chief priest (brahman) in this sacrificial session, O Lord of gods, O store of compassion!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.54.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.54.7) evamukto vasiṣṭhena brahmā loka pitāmahaḥ .. dhyātvā tatrānayāmāsa jyeṣṭhamadhyakaniṣṭhikam .. puṣkaratritayaṃ cāgātsupuṇye salilāśaye .. 7 .. > Addressed thus by Vasiṣṭha, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, / meditated and brought there the senior, middle, and junior ones; / and the triad of Puṣkaras entered into a most holy reservoir of water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.54.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.54.8) tataḥprabhṛti saṃjātamarbude'smiṃstripuṣkaram .. 8 .. > From that time onwards, Tripuṣkara came to be on this Arbuda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.54.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.54.9) tatra yaḥ kārtike māsi paurṇamāsyāṃ samāhitaḥ .. snānaṃ karoti dānaṃ ca tasya lokāḥ sanātanāḥ .. 9 .. > Whoever, composed in mind, bathes and gives gifts there / on the full-moon day in the month of Kārtika attains eternal worlds. // 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.54.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.54.10) tasya cottaradigbhāge sāvitrīkuṇḍamuttamam .. snānadānādikaṃ kurvanyatra yāti śubhāṃ gatim .. 7.3.54.10 .. > To the north of it is the excellent Sāvitrīkuṇḍa, / performing bath, gift-giving, and other rites at which one attains an auspicious realm. // 7.3.54.10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.54.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.54.54) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe tripuṣkaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma catuṣpaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 54 .. .. > Thus ends the fifty-fourth chapter, entitled "Description of the Greatness of Tripuṣkara", in the third section, the Arbudakhaṇḍa, of the seventh book, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses. // 54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.54.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.54) · Pramāṇa