[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) › 14.62 # Skandapurana 14.62 Skandapurāṇa 14.62 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.62.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.62.1) .. pulastyasya uvāca .. .. tataḥ kaṭeśvaraṃ gacchelliṃgaṃ gaurīvinirmitam .. tathā gaṃgeśvaraṃ cānyadgaṅgayā nirmitaṃ svayam .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / Then one should go to Kaṭeśvara, the liṅga fashioned by Gaurī, / and likewise to another, Gaṅgeśvara, fashioned by Gaṅgā herself. 1. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.62.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.62.2) purā samabhavadyuddhamumāyāḥ saha gaṃgayā .. saubhāgyaṃ prati rājendra tato gaurītyabhāṣata .. 2 .. > Long ago, a rivalry arose between Umā and Gaṅgā / regarding good fortune \[with their husband\], O best of kings; then Gaurī spoke: 2. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.62.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.62.3) yayā saṃpūjitaḥ śaṃbhuḥ śīghraṃ yāsyati darśanam .. sā saubhāgyavatī nūnabhāvayoḥ saṃbhaviṣyati .. 3 .. > "She by whom Śambhu is worshipped and will swiftly grant darśana, / she indeed of the two of us will be the one possessing good fortune." 3. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.62.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.62.4) evamuktā tato gaṃgā satvaraityātra parvate .. liṃgamanveṣayāmāsa cirakālādavāpa sā .. 4 .. > Addressed thus, Gaṅgā then went quickly to this mountain; / she searched for a liṅga and found one after a long time. 4. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.62.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.62.5) dṛṣṭvā gauryātha kaṭakaṃ parvatasya manoharam .. liṃgākāraṃ mahārāja pūjayāmāsa sā tadā .. 5 .. > Then Gaurī, having seen a delightful slope of the mountain / shaped like a liṅga, O great king, worshipped it at that time. 5. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.62.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.62.6) samyakchraddhāsamopetā tatastuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ .. pradadau darśanaṃ tasyā varado'smīti cābravīt .. 6 .. > She was endowed with complete faith; pleased with that, Maheśvara / granted his darśana to her and said, "I am the granter of boons." 6. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.62.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.62.7) .. gauryuvāca .. .. sāpatnyajerṣyayā deva mayā liṃgaṃ prakalpitam .. tasmātkaṭeśvarākhyā ca loke cāsya bhaviṣyati .. 7 .. > Gaurī said: / "O God, this liṅga was fashioned by me out of jealousy arising from having a co-wife; / therefore, its name in the world shall be Kaṭeśvara. 7. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.62.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.62.8) yā nārī patinā muktā sapatnīduḥkhaduḥkhitā .. asya saṃdarśanādeva sā bhaviṣyati vijvarā .. sutasaubhāgyasaṃpannā bhartṛprāṇasamā tathā .. 8 .. > Whatever woman is abandoned by her husband or afflicted by the sorrow caused by a co-wife, / merely by seeing this \[liṅga\] she will be free of sorrow, / endowed with sons and good fortune, and as dear to her husband as his own life." 8. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.62.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.62.9) gaṃgayārādhito deva evameva varaṃ dadau .. tasmālliṃgadvayaṃ tacca draṣṭavyaṃ manujādhipa .. 9 .. > Worshipped by Gaṅgā, the god granted the very same boon; / therefore, that pair of liṅgas must be seen, O lord of men, 9. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.62.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.62.10) viśeṣataśca nārībhiḥ sapatnīdoṣahānidam .. sukhasaubhāgyadaṃ nityaṃ tathā'bhīṣṭapradaṃ nṛṇām .. 7.3.62.10 .. > especially by women, as it destroys the afflictions caused by a co-wife, / constantly bestows happiness and good fortune, and grants the desires of humans. 7.3.62.10. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.62.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.62.62) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe kaṭeśvaragaṃgeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dviṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 62.. > Thus ends the sixty-second chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Kaṭeśvara and Gaṅgeśvara,' in the third \[section\], the Arbudakhaṇḍa, in the seventh \[section\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. 62. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.62.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.62) · Pramāṇa