[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) › 14.8 # Skandapurana 14.8 Skandapurāṇa 14.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.8.1) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha bhadrakarṇaṃ mahāhradam .. trinetrābhāḥ śilā yatra dṛśyaṃte'dyāpi bhūriśaḥ ..1.. > Pulastya said: / Then one should go, O best of kings, to the great pool Bhadrakarṇa, / where stones resembling the Three-eyed One are still seen in abundance today. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.8.2) tasyaiva paścime bhāge liṃgamasti pinākinaḥ .. yaṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavastatra trinetrasadṛśo bhavet .. 2 .. > On the western side of that very pool is the liṅga of the Wielder of the Pināka, / seeing which a mortal there becomes equal to the Three-eyed One. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.8.3) bhadrakarṇagaṇonāma purāsīcchivavallabhaḥ .. tenātra sthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ hradaścaiva vinirmitaḥ .. 3 .. > Formerly there was an attendant named Bhadrakarṇa, dear to Śiva; / by him this liṅga was installed here, and the pool was also fashioned. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.8.4) kenacittvatha kālena saṃgrāme dānavaiḥ saha .. yuyudhe purataḥ śaṃbhornānāgaṇasamanvitaḥ .. 4 .. > Then, after some time, in a battle with the dānavas, / accompanied by various attendants, he fought before Śambhu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.8.5) naṣṭe skaṃde hate sainye vīrabhadre parājite .. gatāste bhayasaṃtrastā mahākāle vinirjite .. 5 .. > When Skanda had fled, the army was slain, Vīrabhadra was defeated, / and Mahākāla was conquered, they fled, terrified with fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.8.6) balavānnamucirnāma dānavo balavattaraḥ .. khaḍgacarmadharaḥ śīghraṃ maheśvaramupādravat .. 6 .. > A mighty dānava named Namuci, exceedingly strong, / bearing a sword and shield, swiftly rushed upon Maheśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.8.7) bhadrakarṇastu taṃ dṛṣṭvā dānavaṃ tadanaṃtaram .. pataṃtaṃ saṃmukhastasya tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābravīt .. 7 .. > Then Bhadrakarṇa, seeing that dānava / charging right before him, said, "Halt! Halt!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.8.8) chittvā'simasinā tasya carma cāpi mahābalaḥ .. stanayoraṃtare daityaṃ kopāviṣṭo'hanannṛpa .. 8 .. > Having cut through his sword and also his shield with a sword, the mighty one, / overcome with wrath, struck the daitya between his breasts, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.8.10) athāsau nihatastena praviśya vipulaṃ tamaḥ .. nipapāta mahīpṛṣṭhe vāyubhagna iva drumaḥ .. vadhaṃ prāptastu daityo'sau natvā haramasau sthitaḥ .. satye sthitaṃ ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā tatastuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ .. 7.3.8.10 .. > Then he, struck down by him, entering into vast darkness, / fell upon the surface of the earth like a tree broken by the wind. / Having met his death, that daitya bowed to Hara and stood; / and seeing him abiding in truth, Maheśvara was pleased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.8.11) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. tava vīryeṇa saṃtuṣṭo dharmeṇa ca viśeṣataḥ .. varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te nityaṃ yo hṛdaye sthitaḥ .. 11 .. > The Blessed Lord said: / "I am pleased with your valor and especially with your righteousness. / Choose a boon—blessing be upon you—which has ever dwelt in your heart." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.8.12) .. bhadrakarṇaṃ uvāca .. .. yanmayā sthāpitaṃ liṃgamarbude surasattama .. atrāstu tava sāṃnidhyaṃ hrade'smiṃśca sthiro bhava .. 12 .. > Bhadrakarṇa said: / "The liṅga which was installed by me on Arbuda, O best of gods— / let there be your presence here, and be steadfast in this pool." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.8.13) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. māghamāse caturddaśyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe sadā mama .. sāṃnidhyaṃ ca viśeṣeṇa hrade liṃge bhaviṣyati .. 13 .. > The Blessed Lord said: / "In the month of Māgha, on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight, / my special presence will always be in the pool and in the liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.8.14) bhadrakarṇahrade snātvā trinetraṃ yaḥ samāhitaḥ .. drakṣyate sa tu me sthānaṃ śāśvataṃ yāsyati dhuvam .. 14 .. > He who, having bathed in the pool of Bhadrakarṇa, focused in mind, / sees the Three-eyed One, will surely attain my eternal abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.8.15) tasmātsarvatra yatnena snānaṃ tatra samācaret .. pūjayitvā ca talliṃgaṃ śivalokaṃ sa gacchati .. 15 .. > Therefore, by every effort, one should perform a ritual ablution there; / and having worshipped that liṅga, he goes to the world of Śiva." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.8.15\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.8.15_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe bhadrakarṇahradatrinetramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 8 .. > Thus ends the eighth chapter, named 'Description of the Greatness of the Pool of Bhadrakarṇa and the Three-eyed One', 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.14.8.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.8) · Pramāṇa