[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) › 16.14 # Skandapurana 16.14 Skandapurāṇa 16.14 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.1) .. devyuvāca .. .. yadetadbhavatā proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ sūryadaivatam.. tanme vistarato brūhi devadeva jagatpate .. 1 .. > The goddess said: / This māhātmya relating to the sun deity that has been spoken of by you, / tell me that in detail, O god of gods, O lord of the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.2) kathamarkasthalo bhūtaḥ prabhāsakṣetrabhūṣaṇaḥ .. pūjanīyo mahādevaḥ samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ .. 2 .. > How did Arkasthala become the ornament of the sacred field of Prabhāsa, / \[and how should\] Mahādeva be worshipped properly by those desiring the fruit of the pilgrimage? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.3) ke maṃtrāḥ kiṃ vidhānaṃ tu keṣu parvasu pūjayet.. jaigīṣavyeśvaro bhūtvā hyabhūtsiddheśvaraḥ katham .. tanme kathaya deveśa vistarātsarvameva hi .. 3 .. > What are the mantras, and what is the procedure? On what lunar occasions should one worship? / How did \[the liṅga\] that was Jaigīṣavyeśvara become Siddheśvara? / Tell me all of that in detail, O lord of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.4) pātāle vivaraṃ tatra yoginyastatra kiṃ purā .. tathā mātṛgaṇaścaiva kathametadabhūtpurā .. 4 .. > The chasm to Pātāla there, why were the yoginīs there in ancient times, / and likewise the group of Mothers—how did this happen formerly? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.5) etatsarvamaśeṣeṇa dayāṃ kṛtvā jagatpate .. mamācakṣva virūpākṣa yadyahaṃ te priyā hara .. 5 .. > Explain all of this without omission, having taken pity, O lord of the world; / tell it to me, O Virūpākṣa, if I am dear to you, O Hara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.6) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā devi kathayāmi samāsataḥ .. siddheśvaro hyabhūdyena jaigīṣavyeśvaro haraḥ .. 6 .. > Īśvara said: / Well asked by you, O goddess! I shall tell in brief / how Hara as Jaigīṣavyeśvara became Siddheśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.7) pūjāvidhānaṃ vistīrya tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu .. āsīdasminkṛte devi sarva jñānaviśāradaḥ .. 7 .. > I shall explain the rite of worship in full; listen to me reciting it. / In this Kṛta \[age\], O goddess, there was one proficient in all knowledge, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.8) putraḥ śatakalākasya jaigīṣavya iti śrutaḥ .. prabhāsakṣetramāsādya sa cakre duścaraṃ tapaḥ .. 8 .. > the son of Śatakalāka, renowned as Jaigīṣavya. / Having reached the sacred field of Prabhāsa, he performed severe austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.9) atiṣṭhadvāyubhakṣaśca varṣāṇāṃ śatakaṃ kila .. ambubhakṣaḥ sahasraṃ tu śākāhāro'yutaṃ tathā .. 9 .. > He stood subsisting on air for a hundred years, indeed, / subsisting on water for a thousand, and subsisting on greens for ten thousand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.10) cāṃdrāyaṇasahasraṃ ca kṛtaṃ sāṃtapanaṃ punaḥ .. śoṣayitvā mitāhāro digvāsāḥ samapadyata .. 7.1.14.10 .. > A thousand Cāndrāyaṇa fasts were performed, and then the Sāṃtapana penance; / having emaciated himself, of measured food, he became sky-clad \[naked\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.11) pūrve kalpe svayaṃ bhūtaṃ mahodayamiti śrutam .. sa liṃgaṃ devadevasya pratiṣṭhāpyārcayannapi .. 11 .. > Having installed the liṅga of the god of gods, which was self-manifest / in a former kalpa and renowned as Mahodaya, while worshipping it, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.12) bhasmaśāyī bhasmadigdho nṛtta gītairatoṣayat .. japena vṛṣanādaiśca tapasā bhāvitaḥ śuciḥ .. 12 .. > lying on ashes, smeared with ashes, he pleased \[the god\] with dances and songs, / with muttered prayer and bull-roars, purified and absorbed in austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.13) tamevaṃ toṣayāṇaṃ tu bhaktyā paramayā yutam .. bhagavāṃśca tamabhyetya idaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 13 .. > To him who was thus pleasing \[him\], endowed with supreme devotion, / the Lord approached and spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.14) jaigīṣavya mahābuddhe paśya māṃ divyacakṣuṣā .. tuṣṭo'smi varadaścāhaṃ brūhi yatte manogatam .. 14 .. > "O Jaigīṣavya of great intellect, behold me with divine sight. / I am pleased and ready to grant a boon; speak what is in your heart." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.15) sa evamukto devena devaṃ dṛṣṭvā trilocanam.. praṇamya śirasā pādāvidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 15 .. > Addressed thus by the god, having seen the three-eyed god, / bowing with his head to his feet, he spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.16) .. jaigīṣavya uvāca .. .. bhagavandevadeveśa mama tuṣṭo yadi prabho .. jñānayogaṃ hi me dehi yaḥ saṃsāranikṛntanam.. 16 .. > Jaigīṣavya said: / "O Blessed Lord, ruler of the gods, if you are pleased with me, O master, / then give me the yoga of knowledge that cuts through worldly existence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.17) bhagavannānyadicchāmi yogātparataraṃ hitam .. tvayi bhaktiśca nityaṃ me devyāṃ skande gaṇeśvare .. .. 17 .. > O Blessed Lord, I desire no other good higher than yoga, / and perpetual devotion to you, to the goddess, to Skanda, and to Gaṇeśvara." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.18) na ca vyādhibhayaṃ bhūyānna ca tejo'pamānatā .. anutsekaṃ tathā kṣāṃtiṃ damaṃ śamamathāpi ca .. 18 .. > And may there be no fear of disease for me, nor diminution of fiery splendour, / and likewise absence of pride, forbearance, self-restraint, and mental tranquillity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.19) etānvarānmahādeva tvadicchāmi trilocana .. 19 .. > These boons I desire from you, O Mahādeva, O three-eyed lord! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.20) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. ajaraścāmaraścaiva sarvaśokavivarjitaḥ .. mahāyogī mahāvīryo yogaiśvaryasamanvitaḥ..7.1.14.20.. > Īśvara said: / You shall be free from old age and death, rid of all sorrow, / a great yogin, of great virility, endowed with the sovereign powers of yoga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.21) prabhāvāccāsya kṣetrasya guhyasya mama śāśvatam .. yogāṣṭaguṇamaiśvaryaṃ prāpsyase paramaṃ mahat .. 21 .. > And by the power of this sacred field of mine, which is secret and eternal, / you shall attain supreme and great sovereignty consisting of the eightfold qualities of yoga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.22) bhaviṣyasi muniśreṣṭha yogācāryaḥ suviśrutaḥ .. 22 .. > You shall become a teacher of yoga, highly renowned, O best of sages! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.23) yaścedaṃ tvatkṛtaṃ ligaṃ niyamenārcayiṣyati .. sarvapāpavinirmukto yogaṃ divyamavāpsyati .. 23 .. > And whoever worships this liṅga established by you according to rule / shall be freed from all sins and shall attain divine yoga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.24) jaigīṣavyaguhāṃ cemāṃ prāpya yogaṃ karoti yaḥ .. sa saptarātrādyuktātmā saṃsāraṃ saṃtariṣyati .. 24 .. > And whoever reaches this cave of Jaigīṣavya and practises yoga, / disciplined in mind, shall cross over the cycle of worldly existence after seven nights. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.25) māsena pūrvajātiṃ ca janmātītaṃ ca vetsyati .. ekarātrāttanuṃ śuddhāṃ dvābhyāṃ tārayate pitṝn.. trirātreṇa vyatītena tvaparānsapta tārayet .. 25 .. > Within a month he shall know his previous state of existence and past births; / through a single night \[he makes\] his body pure; through two \[nights\] he rescues his ancestors; / and when three nights have passed, he can rescue seven others. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.26) punaśca tava viprarṣe ajeyatvaṃ ca yogibhiḥ .. icchato darśanaṃ caiva bhaviṣyati ca te mama .. 26 .. > Moreover, O brahmin seer, you shall be unconquerable by yogins, / and you shall have darśana of me whenever you desire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.27) iti devo varāndattvā tatraivāṃtaradhīyata .. etatkṛtayuge vṛttaṃ tava devi prabhāṣitam .. 27 .. > Having granted these boons, the god vanished right there. / This event in the Kṛta age has been related to you, O goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.28) tretāyuge mahādevi dvāpare'pi tathaiva ca .. kaliyugapraveśe tu vālakhilyā maharṣayaḥ .. 28 .. > In the Tretā age, O great goddess, and likewise in the Dvāpara, / but at the onset of the Kali age, the great seers, the Vālakhilyas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.29) asminprābhāsike kṣetre sūryasthalasamīpataḥ .. ārādhayaṃto deveśaṃ guhāmadhyanivāsinam .. 29 .. > in this sacred field of Prabhāsa, near Sūryasthala, / worshipping the lord of gods who dwells within the cave, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.30) aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi ṛṣayaścorddharetasaḥ .. varṣāyutaṃ tapastaptvā siddhiṃ jagmustadātmikām..7.1.14.30.. > eighty-eight thousand seers of sublimated sexual energy, / having performed tapas for ten thousand years, attained perfection consisting of Him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.31) tataḥ siddheśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ kalau khyātaṃ varānane .. yadā somena saṃyuktā kṛṣṇā śivacaturdaśī .. tadaiva tasya devasya darśanaṃ devi durllabham .. 31 .. > From then on, the liṅga became renowned in the Kali \[age\] as Siddheśvara, O fair-faced one. / When the dark fourteenth day of Śiva is joined with the Moon (Monday), / only then, O goddess, is the darśana of that god difficult to obtain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.32) brahmāṃḍaṃ sakalaṃ dattvā yatpuṇyamupajāyate .. tatpuṇyaṃ labhate devi siddhaliṃgasya pūjanāt .. 32 .. > The merit that is generated by giving the entire cosmos— / that merit one obtains, O goddess, from worshipping the Siddha-liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.14.32\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14.32_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye siddheśvarotpattivarṇanaṃnāma caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 14 .. > Thus ends the fourteenth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Origin of Siddheśvara', in the first \[part\], 'Māhātmya of Prabhāsakṣetra', of the seventh \[book\], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.14.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.14) · Pramāṇa