[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) › 16.131 # Skandapurana 16.131 Skandapurāṇa 16.131 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.131.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131.1) .. śrīdevyuvāca .. .. yadetadbhavatā proktaṃ nāleśvaramiti śrutam .. dhruveśvareti talliṃgaṃ kathaṃ vai saṃbabhūva ha .. 1 .. > The goddess said: / This \[liṅga\] which was mentioned by you, heard of as Nāleśvara, / how indeed did it come to be called the liṅga of Dhruveśvara? // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.131.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131.2) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi dhruveśvaramahodayam .. yacchrutvā mānavo devi mucyate bhavabaṃdhanāt .. 2 .. > Īśvara said: / Listen, O goddess, I shall proclaim the great glory of Dhruveśvara, / hearing which, O goddess, a mortal is freed from the bond of worldly existence. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.131.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131.3) uttānapādanṛpateḥ putro'bhūddhruvasaṃjñitaḥ .. mahātmā jñānasaṃpannaḥ sarvajñaḥ priyadarśanaḥ .. 3 .. > There was a son of King Uttānapāda named Dhruva, / noble-minded, endowed with knowledge, all-knowing, and pleasant to behold. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.131.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131.4) sa kadācitsamāsādya prabhāsaṃ kṣetramuttamam .. tatāpa vipulaṃ devi tapaḥ paramadāruṇam .. 4 .. > Once having reached the excellent sacred field of Prabhāsa, / he performed extensive, exceedingly fierce austerity, O goddess. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.131.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131.5) divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu pratiṣṭhāpya maheśvaram .. saṃpūjayati sadbhaktyā stauti stotraiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ .. 5 .. > Having established Maheśvara for a divine thousand years, / he worshipped with true devotion and praised him with diverse hymns. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.131.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131.6) tatstotraṃ te pravakṣyāmi yenāhaṃ tuṣṭimāgataḥ .. 6 .. > I shall tell you that hymn by which I was pleased. // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.131.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131.7) .. dhruva uvāca .. .. kailāsatuṃgaśikharaṃ pravikampyamānaṃ kailāsaśṛṃgasadṛśena daśānanena .. yaḥ pādapadmaparipīḍanayā dadhāra taṃ śaṃkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi .. 7 .. > Dhruva said: / He who held the high peak of Kailāsa being shaken by the ten-headed \[Rāvaṇa\], who was like a peak of Kailāsa, / by pressing down his lotus-like toe—to that Śaṃkara, granter of refuge, I go for refuge. // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.131.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131.8) yenāsurāścāpi danośca putrā vidyādharoragagaṇaiśca vṛtāḥ samagrāḥ .. saṃyojitā na tu phalaṃ phalamūlamuktāstaṃ śaṃkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi .. 8 .. > He by whom all the asuras and Danu's sons, accompanied by hosts of vidyādharas and serpents, / were united \[to his service\] yet released from \[the cycle of\] fruits, roots, and actions—to that Śaṃkara, granter of refuge, I go for refuge. // 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.131.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131.9) yasyākhilaṃ jagadidaṃ vaśavarti nityaṃ yo'ṣṭābhireva tanubhirbhuvanāni bhuṃkte .. yatkāraṇaṃ paramakāraṇakāraṇānāṃ taṃ śaṃkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi ..9.. > To whose control this entire universe is ever subject, who enjoys the worlds through his eight bodies alone, / who is the cause of supreme causes—to that Śaṃkara, granter of refuge, I go for refuge. // 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.131.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131.10) yaḥ savyapāṇikamalāgranakhena devastatpaṃcamaṃ ca sahasaiva purātiruṣṭaḥ .. brāhmaṃ śirastaruṇapadmanibhaṃ cakarta taṃ śaṃkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi ..7.1.131.10... > The god who, exceedingly enraged of old, suddenly severed with the tip of the claw of his left lotus hand / the fifth, Brahma-head that was like a fresh lotus—to that Śaṃkara, granter of refuge, I go for refuge. // 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.131.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131.11) yasya praṇamya caraṇau varadasya bhaktyā śrutvā ca vāgbhiramalābhirataṃdritābhiḥ .. dīptastamāṃsi nudati svakarairvivasvāṃstaṃ śaṃkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi .. .. 11 .. > Bowing with devotion at whose feet, having heard \[his command\] with pure, unwearied words, / the radiant sun dispels the darkness with his rays—to that Śaṃkara, granter of refuge, I go for refuge. // 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.131.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131.12) yaḥ paṭhetstavamidaṃ rucirārthaṃ mānavo dhruvakṛtaṃ niyatātmā .. viprasaṃsadi sadā śucisiddhaḥ sa prayāti śivalokamanādim .. 12 .. > A restrained man who recites this hymn of charming meaning composed by Dhruva, / constantly purified and perfected in an assembly of brahmins, reaches the beginningless realm of Śiva. // 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.131.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131.13) tasyaivaṃ stuvato devi tuṣṭo'haṃ bhāvitātmanaḥ .. pūrṇe varṣasahasrāṃte dhruvasyāha mahātmanaḥ .. 13 .. > While he of refined soul was praising me thus, O goddess, I was pleased; / at the end of a full thousand years, I said to noble-minded Dhruva: // 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.131.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131.14) putra tuṣṭo'smi bhadraṃ te jātastvaṃ nirmalo'dhunā .. divyaṃ dadāmi te cakṣuḥ paśya māṃ vigatajvaraḥ .. 14 .. > 'O son, I am pleased; hail to you! You have now become spotless. / I grant you a divine eye; free from sorrow, look at me! // 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.131.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131.15) yacca te manasā kiñcitkāṃkṣitaṃ phalamuttamam .. tatsarvaṃ te pradāsyāmi brūhi śīghraṃ mamāgrataḥ .. 15 .. > Whatever supreme fruit you have desired in your mind, / I shall grant you all of that; speak quickly before me! // 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.131.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131.16) brāhmyaṃ vā vaiṣṇavaṃ śākraṃ padamanyatsudurlabham .. dadāmi nātra saṃdeho bhaktyā saṃprīṇitastava .. 16 .. > Whether the realm of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Indra, or any other exceedingly rare station, / I grant it, there is no doubt, pleased by your devotion.' // 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.131.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131.17) .. dhruva uvāca .. .. brāhmyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ māhendraṃ padamāvṛttilakṣaṇam.. viditaṃ mama tatsarvaṃ manasā'pi na kāmaye..17.. > Dhruva said: / 'The realms of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Mahendra are characterised by return; / all that is known to me, and I do not desire it even in thought. // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.131.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131.18) yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva bhaktiṃ dehi sunirmalām.. asmim̐lliṃge sadā vāsaṃ kuru deva vṛṣadhvaja..18.. > If you are pleased with me, O God, grant me purest devotion; / and O God whose banner is a bull, make your dwelling forever in this liṅga.' // 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.131.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131.19) īśvara uvāca.. iti yatprārthitaṃ sarvaṃ taddattaṃ sarvameva hi.. sthānaṃ ca tasya taddhrauvyaṃ tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam..19.. > Īśvara said: / All that he thus requested was indeed granted entirely, / and that eternal station of his became that supreme abode of Viṣṇu. // 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.131.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131.20) śrāvaṇasya tvamāvāsyāṃ yastalliṃgaṃ prapūjayet .. āśvayukpaurṇamāsyāṃ vā so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 7.1.131.20 .. > He who worships that liṅga on the new moon day of the month of Śrāvaṇa, / or on the full moon day of Āśvina, obtains the fruit of an aśvamedha sacrifice. // 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.131.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131.21) aputro labhate putraṃ dhanārthī labhate dhanam .. rūpavānsubhago bhogī sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ .. haṃsayuktavimānena rudraloke mahīyate .. 21 .. > The childless person obtains a son, the seeker of wealth obtains wealth; / handsome, fortunate, enjoying pleasures, and skilled in all scriptures, / he is glorified in the world of Rudra in an aerial chariot drawn by swans. // 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.131.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131.22) asurasuragaṇānāṃ pūjitasya dhruvasya kathayati kamanīyāṃ kīrtimetāṃ śṛṇoti .. sakalasukhanidhānarudralokaṃ suśāṃtaḥ suragaṇadanunāthairarcitaṃ yātyanaṃtam .. 22 .. > He who recites or hears this lovely glory of Dhruva, who was worshipped by hosts of asuras and gods, / perfectly tranquil, reaches the eternal realm of Rudra, the treasury of all bliss, adored by hosts of gods and chiefs of the Dānavas. // 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.131.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131.131) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekā śītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye dhruveśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikatriṃśaduttaraśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ ..131.. > Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-first chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Dhruveśvara,' in the first \[part\], the Glory of the Prabhāsa Sacred Field, of the seventh section, Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 131 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.131.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.131) · Pramāṇa