[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) › 14.64.3\_35 # Skandapurana 14.64.3\_35 Skandapurāṇa 14.64.3\_35 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.64.3\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.64.3_35) 34 mahattvākāṃkṣayā brahmaviṣṇvoḥ parasparaṃ kalahāyamānayoryudhyatośca madhya ekasyānādyantasya liṃgasyotpattivarṇanam, tata ākāśavāṇyā tayoryuddhaparāvartanaṃ kārayitvā 'yo liṃgāntaṃ paśyetsa mahān ' iti paṇakathanam, tatra brahmaṇā śivasaṃnidhau mithyā liṃgordhvaparyantadarśanavṛttakathanācchivena brahmaṇe'pūjyatvaprāpakaśāpadānama, tathaiva brahmaṇo mithyāsākṣyaṃ dātuṃ pravṛttasya ketakasyāpi śāpadānam, tato viṣṇave śaṃkareṇa varapradānam, kṛṣṇatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam..... .... 260 2 > 34. While Brahmā and Viṣṇu were quarreling and fighting with each other out of a desire for greatness, the description of the emergence of a single liṅga without beginning or end between them; then, causing them to cease from fighting through a voice from the sky, the declaration of the wager: "He who sees the end of the liṅga is the greater"; there, because Brahmā falsely related the account of seeing the upper limit of the liṅga in the presence of Śiva, Śiva's bestowal of a curse bringing unworthiness of worship upon Brahmā; likewise, the curse upon the ketaka plant that stepped forward to give false testimony for Brahmā; then the granting of a boon to Viṣṇu by Śaṃkara; description of the māhātmya of Kṛṣṇatīrtha ... 260 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.64.3\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.64.3_34) - [Next: 14.64.3\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.64.3_36) - [Up: 14.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.64) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.64.3_35) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.64.3_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.64.3_35) · Pramāṇa