[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) › 14.7 # Skandapurana 14.7 Skandapurāṇa 14.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.1) pulastya uvāca .. .. tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha supuṇyamacaleśvaram .. yaṃ dṛṣṭvā siddhimāpnoti naraḥ śraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / Then one should go, O best of kings, to the most sacred Acaleśvara, / by seeing whom a person endowed with faith attains perfection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.2) tatra kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute naraḥ .. āśvine phālgune vāpi sa yāti paramāṃ gatim .. 2 .. > A man who performs a śrāddha there on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight, / either in Āśvina or in Phālguna, attains the supreme destination. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.3) yastu pūjayate bhaktyā dakṣiṇāṃ diśamāsthitaḥ .. puṣpaiḥ patraiḥ phalaiścaiva so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 3 .. > One who worships with devotion while facing the southern direction, / with flowers, leaves, and fruits, obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.4) paṃcāmṛtena yastatra tarpaṇaṃ kuru te naraḥ .. so'pi devasya sāṃnidhyaṃ śivalokamavāpnuyāt .. 4 .. > A man who performs a propitiation there with the five nectars, / he too attains presence with the god and the realm of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.5) pradakṣiṇāṃte yastasya praṇāmaṃ kurute naraḥ .. naśyaṃti sarvapāpāni pradakṣiṇapadepade .. 5 .. > A man who bows down to him at the end of circumambulation— / all his sins are destroyed with every step of the circumambulation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.6) tatrāścaryamabhūtpūrvaṃ tattvaṃ śṛṇu mahāmate .. mayā pūrvaṃ śrutaṃ svarge nāradācchakrasannidhau .. 6 .. > A wonder occurred there in the past; hear it in truth, O wise one, / as it was previously heard by me in heaven from Nārada, in the presence of Śakra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.7) tatra pūrvaṃ śuko nīḍaṃ vṛkṣe caivākaroddvijaḥ .. gatāgatena nīḍasya kurute taṃ pradakṣiṇām.. 7 .. > In ancient times a parrot, a bird, built a nest there in a tree. / By going and coming from the nest, he performed circumambulation around him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.8) na ca bhaktyā mahārāja pakṣiyonisamudbhavaḥ .. athāsau mṛtyumāpannaḥ kālena mahatā śukaḥ .. 8 .. > It was not out of devotion, O great king, since he was born from the womb of a bird. / Then, after a long time, that parrot met his death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.9) saṃjātaḥ pārthive vaṃśe rājā veṇuriti smṛtaḥ .. jātismaro mahārāja sarvaśatrunikṛntanaḥ .. 9 .. > He was born in a royal lineage as a king known as Veṇu, / remembering his previous births, O great king, a destroyer of all enemies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.10) sa taṃ smṛtvā prabhāvaṃ hi pradakṣiṇāsamudbhavam .. acaleśvaramāsādya pradakṣiṇāmathākarot .. 7.3.7.10 .. > Remembering indeed the power arising from circumambulation, / he approached Acaleśvara and then performed circumambulation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.11) naktaṃ dinaṃ mahārāja nānyatkiṃcitkaroti saḥ .. na tathā tapase yatno na naivedye kathaṃcana .. 11 .. > Day and night, O great king, he did nothing else at all; / he made no effort for austerity in that way, nor for food offerings by any means, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.12) na puṣpe dhūpadāne ca pradakṣiṇāparaḥ sadā .. kenacittvatha kālena munayo'tra samāgatāḥ .. 12 .. > nor for flowers and the offering of incense; he was always devoted solely to circumambulation. / Then, after some time, sages arrived there: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.13) nāradaḥ śaunakaścaiva hārīto devalastathā .. gālavaḥ kapilo naṃdaḥ suhotraḥ kaśyapo nṛpaḥ .. 13 .. > Nārada, Śaunaka, Hārīta, Devala, / Gālava, Kapila, Nanda, Suhotra, and the king Kaśyapa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.14) ete cānye ca bahavo devavrataparāyaṇāḥ .. kecitsnānaṃ kārayaṃti tasya liṃgasya bhaktitaḥ .. 14 .. > These and many others devoted to divine vows \[arrived\]. / Some performed the ablution of that liṅga with devotion; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.15) anye ca vividhāṃ pūjāṃ japamanye samāhitāḥ .. eke nṛtyaṃti rājeṃdra gāyaṃti ca tathā pare .. 15 .. > others performed various kinds of worship; others, concentrated, recited prayers; / some danced, O lord of kings, and others likewise sang; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.16) balimanye prayacchaṃti stutiṃ kurvaṃti cāpare .. athāścaryaṃ paraṃ dṛṣṭvā pradakṣiṇāparaṃ nṛpam .. 16 .. > others offered oblations, and others offered hymns of praise. / Then, seeing the extraordinary wonder of the king devoted to circumambulation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.17) paraṃ kautukamāpannā vākyametadathābruvan .. pradakṣiṇāsamudbhūtaṃ kāraṇaṃ jñātumicchavaḥ .. 17 .. .. > struck with extreme curiosity, they spoke this word, / wishing to know the reason born of circumambulation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.18) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. kasmāttvaṃ pārthivaśreṣṭha pradakṣiṇāparaḥ sadā .. devasyāsya viśeṣeṇa satyaṃ no vaktumarhasi .. 18 .. > The seers said: / Why, O best of kings, are you constantly devoted to circumambulation / of this god especially? You ought to tell us the truth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.19) na dadāsi jalaṃ liṃge prabhūtaṃ sumanoharam .. puṣpadhūpādikaṃ vātha stotrāṇi vividhāni ca .. 19 .. > You do not offer abundant, captivating water on the liṅga, / nor flowers, incense, and the like, nor various hymns of praise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.20) samartho'si tathānyeṣāṃ dānānāṃ tvaṃ mahīpate .. etannaḥ kautukaṃ sarvaṃ yathāvadvaktumarhasi .. 7.3.7.20 .. > "You are capable of other gifts as well, O lord of the earth. / You ought to tell us truly the reason for this whole wonder." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.21) .. veṇuruvāca .. .. yadahaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi śrūyatāṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. pūrvadehāṃtare vṛttaṃ sarvaṃ satyaṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 21 .. > Veṇu said: / "Listen, O best among the twice-born, to what I shall declare: / what occurred in a previous body, all entirely true. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.22) prāsāde'sminpurā pakṣī śuko'haṃ sthitavāṃstadā .. kṛtavāṃśca tadā devaṃ pradakṣiṇāmaharniśam ..22.. > "Formerly, in this temple, I lived as a bird, a parrot; / and then I performed circumambulation around the deity day and night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.23) kṛpayā'sya prabhāvācca jāto jātismarastvaham .. adhunā parayā bhaktyā yatkaromi pradakṣiṇām .. 23 .. > "By his grace and by the power thereof, I was born with memory of past lives; / that I now perform circumambulation with supreme devotion— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.24) na jāne kiṃ phalaṃ me'dya devasyāsya prasādataḥ .. etasmātkāraṇāccāhaṃ nānyatkiṃcitkaromi bhoḥ .. 24 .. .. > "I know not what fruit awaits me today through the favor of this god. / For this reason, O sirs, I do nothing else." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.25) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. veṇuvākyaṃ tataḥ śrutvā munayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ .. vismayotphullanayanāḥ sādhusādhviti cābruvan .. 25 .. > Pulastya said: / Then, having heard the words of Veṇu, the sages of celebrated vows, / their eyes wide with wonder, said, "Well done! Well done!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.26) tataḥ pradakṣiṇa parāḥ sarve tatra maharṣayaḥ .. babhūvurmunayaḥ sarve śraddhayā parayā yutāḥ .. 26 .. > Then all the great seers there became devoted to circumambulation; / all the sages were filled with supreme faith. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.27) so'pi rājā mahābhāgo veṇuḥ śaṃbhoḥ prasādataḥ .. śāśvataṃ sthānamāpanno durllabhaṃ tridaśairapi .. 27 .. > And that noble king, Veṇu, by the favor of Śambhu, / attained the eternal abode, difficult to attain even for the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.7.27\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7.27_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe'caleśvaraprabhāvavarṇanaṃnāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 7 .. > Thus ends the seventh chapter, named 'Description of the Power of Acaleśvara', in the third \[part\], the Arbudakhaṇḍa, of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.7.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Kālikāpurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.kalika.3.1281) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.7) · Pramāṇa