[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) › 16.203 # Skandapurana 16.203 Skandapurāṇa 16.203 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.203.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.1) ..īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi maṃkīśvara mahālayam .. rāmeśāduttare bhāge devamātuḥ samīpagam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the great shrine of Maṅkīśvara, / to the north of Rāmeśa, near the mother of the gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.2) arkasthalāttato yāmye pūrvataśca kṛtasmarāt .. liṃgaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ tu maṃkinā sthāpitaṃ purā .. 2 .. > and to the south of Arkasthala, and east of Kṛtasmara. / The liṅga of great power was installed long ago by Maṅki. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.3) taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavaḥ samyagaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 3 .. > Having seen it, a man properly obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.4) .. devyuvāca .. .. ko'sau maṃkirmahādeva kathaṃ liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhitam .. kiṃ prabhāvaṃ ca talliṃgametanme vada vistarāt .. 4 .. > The goddess said: / Who was this Maṅki, O Mahādeva? How was the liṅga established? / And what is the power of that liṅga? Tell me this in detail. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.5) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. maṃkirnāmābhavatpūrvaṃ kubjakāyo dvijottamaḥ .. prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāsādyatapastepe mahattamam .. 5 .. > Īśvara said: / Formerly there was an excellent twice-born named Maṅki, who had a hunchbacked body. / Having reached the Prabhāsa kṣetra, he performed the greatest austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.6) pratiṣṭhāpya mahādevaṃ śivabhaktiparāyaṇaḥ .. na tutoṣa harastasya vahuvarṣagaṇārcitaḥ .. 6 .. > Having installed Mahādeva, devoted to the worship of Śiva, / Hara was not pleased with him, though worshipped for many groups of years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.7) tasyaivaṃ tapyamānasya siddhiṃ prāptā hyanekaśaḥ .. tatrārādhya mahādevaṃ svargalokamito gatāḥ .. 7 .. > While he was thus performing austerity, many indeed attained perfection; / having worshipped Mahādeva there, they departed from here to the heavenly world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.8) tato duḥkhaṃ samabhavanmaṃkestatra varānane .. kasmānme bhagavāṃstuṣṭiṃ na gacchati maheśvaraḥ .. 8 .. > Then sorrow arose for Maṅki there, O fair-faced one: / 'Why does the blessed Maheśvara not take pleasure in me?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.9) tatastīvraratiṃ cakre kṛtvā tīvranivartanam .. evaṃ vṛddhatvamāpanno japadhyānaparāyaṇaḥ .. 9 .. > Then he conceived an intense devotion, practicing intense cessation \[of worldly thought\]; / thus he reached old age, intent on repetition \[of mantras\] and meditation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.10) tasya tuṣṭo mahādevo vayaso'nte varaṃ dadau .. parituṣṭo'smi te maṃke brūhi kiṃ karavāṇi te .. 7.1.203.10 .. > At the end of his life, Mahādeva, pleased with him, granted a boon: / 'I am well pleased with you, O Maṅki; speak, what shall I do for you?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.11) .. maṃkiruvāca .. .. kiṃ vareṇa suraśreṣṭha mama vṛddhasya sāṃpratam .. kiñcinme paramaṃ duḥkhaṃ sthitasyātra paraṃ prabho .. 11 .. > Maṅki said: / 'What use is a boon to me now, O best of gods, when I am old? / Yet, O Lord, I have had a certain supreme sorrow while remaining here.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.12) .. śiva uvāca .. .. śṛṇu yatkāraṇaṃ tatra teṣāṃ tava tapasvinām .. vratacaryāptaye viprāḥ pūjayantyadhikaṃ hi te ..12.. > Śiva said: / 'Hear the reason for that, O ascetic, concerning them and you: / to attain the practice of vows, those brahmins worship excessively. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.13) te puṣpāṇi samānīya nānāvarṇāni sarvaśaḥ .. vṛkṣāṇāmatigaṃdhīni na teṣāṃ harṣakāraṇam .. 13 .. > They bring flowers of various colors from all around, / of great fragrance from trees; \[flowers\] are not a cause of joy for them \[merely for pleasure\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.14) tvaṃ punaḥ kubjarūpaśca yajñapūjāparāyaṇaḥ .. na ca prāpnoṣi vṛkṣāṇāṃ śākhāgrāṇyatiyatnavān .. 14 .. > You, however, are hunchbacked, though devoted to sacrificial worship, / and despite great effort you cannot reach the tips of the branches of the trees. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.15) ekenāpi pradattena puṣpeṇa dvijasattama .. bhaktyā śirasi liṃgasya labhyate yājñikaṃ phalam.. 15 .. > Even with a single flower offered with devotion, O best of the twice-born, / upon the head of the liṅga, the fruit of a sacrificer is obtained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.16) liṃgasya dakṣiṇe brahmā svayameva vyavasthitaḥ .. vāme ca bhagavānviṣṇurmadhyehaṃ vai pratiṣṭhitaḥ .. 16 .. > Brahmā himself resides on the right of the liṅga, / the blessed Viṣṇu on the left, and I myself am established in the middle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.17) trayo'pi pūjitāstena yena liṃgaṃ prapūjitam .. 17 .. > All three have been worshipped by him by whom the liṅga has been worshipped. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.18) bilvapatraṃ śamīpatraṃ karavīraṃ ca mālatīm .. unmattakaṃ campakaṃ ca sadyaḥ prītikaraṃ bhavet .. 18 .. > A bilva leaf, a śamī leaf, karavīra, and mālatī, / unmattaka, and campaka bring immediate pleasure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.19) caṃpakāśoka kahlāraiḥ karavīraistathā mama .. pūjeṣṭā dvijaśārdūla ye cānye vahugaṃdhinaḥ .. etairhi pūjito nityaṃ śīghraṃ tuṣṭiṃ prayāmyaham .. 19 .. .. > Worship with campaka, aśoka, kahlāra, and likewise karavīra, / and whatever other fragrant \[flowers\] there are, is dear to me, O tiger among the twice-born; / worshipped constantly with these, I quickly attain pleasure.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.20) .. brāhmaṇa uvāca .. .. yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva yadi deyo varo mama .. ihāgatya naraḥ snātvā yo jalenāpi siñcati .. 7.1.203.20 .. > The brāhmaṇa said: / 'If you are pleased with me, O god, if a boon is to be given to me: / a man who comes here, bathes, and sprinkles with water alone > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.21) liṃgametaddhi sarvāsāṃ pūjānāṃ phalamāpnuyāt .. adyaprabhṛti ye vṛkṣā daivikāḥ pārthivāśca ye .. teṣāṃ sānnidhyamatrāstu prasādāttava śaṃkara .. 21 .. > this liṅga, may he obtain the fruit of all worships! / From this day forward, whatever trees there are, celestial and earthly, / let their presence be here, by your grace, O Śaṃkara!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.22) .. bhagavānuvāca .. .. salilenāpi yaḥ pūjāmasmim̐lliṃge vidhāsyati .. tasya pūjāphalaṃ sarvaṃ bhaviṣyati dvijottama .. .. 22 .. > The Lord said: / 'Whoever will perform worship with water alone on this liṅga, / to him shall accrue all the fruit of worship, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.23) vṛkṣāṇāmatrasānnidhyaṃ sarveṣāṃ ca bhaviṣyati .. adyaprabhṛti nāmnaitannāgasthānaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 23 .. > And the presence of all trees shall be here. / From this day forward, this will be known by name as Nāgasthāna, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.24) yatastu sarvanāgānāṃ sāṃnidhya matra saṃsthitam . tvamapi dvijaśārdūla prayāsyasi mamāntikam .. 24 .. > because the presence of all serpents is established here. / You too, O tiger among the twice-born, shall go to my presence.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.25) evamuktvā tu bhagavāṃstatraivāntaradhīyata .. maṃkistu dehamutsajya śivalokaṃ tato gataḥ .. 25 .. > Having spoken thus, the Lord vanished right there. / And Maṅki, having cast off his body, then went to Śiva's world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.26) ityevaṃ kathitaṃ devi maṃkīśodbhavamuttamam .. śrutaṃ harati pāpāni samyakchraddhāsamanvitaiḥ .. 26 .. > Thus, O goddess, the excellent origin of Maṅkīśa has been told. / Heard by those endowed with full faith, it removes sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.203.203](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203.203) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye maṃkīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tryuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 203 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and third chapter, named 'Description of the Maṅkīśvara-māhātmya', in the first \[part\], Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, in the seventh \[section\], 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.16.203.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.203) · Pramāṇa