[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) › 16.308 # Skandapurana 16.308 Skandapurāṇa 16.308 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.308.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tasmānnārāyaṇātpūrve kiṃcidīśānasaṃsthitam .. mūlacaṇḍīśanāmnā tu vikhyātaṃ bhuvanatrayaṃ .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / East of that Nārāyaṇa, situated slightly towards the northeast, / is that which is renowned throughout the three worlds by the name Mūlacaṇḍīśa. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.2) yatra liṃgaṃ purā'smākaṃ pātitaṃ tvṛṣibhiḥ priye .. krodharaktekṣaṇairdevi mūlacaṇḍīśatā? gatam .. 2 .. > Where in ancient times our liṅga was cast down by the seers, O beloved, / their eyes red with wrath, O goddess, and it attained the state of Mūlacaṇḍīśa. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.3) ādyaṃ liṃgodbhavaṃ devi ṛṣikopānnipātitam .. ye kecidṛṣayastatra devadāruvane sthitāḥ .. 3 .. > The primeval manifestation of the liṅga was thrown down through the anger of the seers, O goddess. / The seers who were staying there in the pine forest (Devadāruvana)— // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.4) kālāṃtare mahādevi ahaṃ tatra samāgataḥ .. teṣāṃ jijñāsayā devi tataste roṣitā bhavan .. śaptastato'haṃ deveśi cakrurme liṃgapātanam .. 4 .. .. > after some time, O great goddess, I went there. / In order to test them, O goddess, \[I went\]; thereupon they became enraged. / Cursed then by them, O ruler of gods, they brought about the falling of my liṅga. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.5) .. devyuvāca .. .. roṣopahatasadbhāvāḥ kathamete dvijātayaḥ .. saṃjātā etadākhyāhi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ mama .. 5 .. > The goddess said: / How did these twice-born ones come to have their true nature destroyed by anger? / Tell me this, for my curiosity is very great. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.6) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. ḍiṃḍi rūpaḥ purā devi bhūtvā'haṃ dāruke vane .. ṛṣīṇāmāśrame puṇye nagno bhikṣācaro'bhavam .. bhikṣaṃtamāśrame dṛṣṭvā tāḥ sarvā ṛṣiyoṣitaḥ .. 6 .. > Īśvara said: / In ancient times, O goddess, having assumed the form of a naked mendicant (ḍiṇḍi) in the Dāruka forest, / I wandered as an ascetic gathering alms in the holy hermitage of the seers. / Seeing me begging in the hermitage, all those wives of the seers // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.7) kāmasya vaśamāpannāḥ priyamutsṛjya sarvataḥ.. tamūrdhvaliṃgamālokya jaṭāmukuṭadhāriṇam .. 7 .. .. > fell under the sway of desire, abandoning their beloveds on all sides, / beholding him whose liṅga was erect, wearing a crown of matted locks, // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.8) bhikṣaṃtaṃ bhasmadigdhāṃgaṃ jhaṣaketumivāparam .. vikṣobhitāśca naḥ sarve dārā etena ḍiṃḍinā .. 8 .. > begging alms, his body smeared with ashes, like another fish-bannered \[Kāma\]. / \[The seers said:\] 'All our wives have been agitated by this naked mendicant! // 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.9) tasmācchāpaṃ ca dāsyāma ṛṣayaste tadā'bruvan .. tataḥ śāpodakaṃ gṛhya saṃdhyātvā'tha tapodhanāḥ .. 9 .. > Therefore, we shall pronounce a curse upon him!' so said those seers then. / Then, taking up the water for the curse and having meditated, the rich in austerities \[said\]: // 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.10) asya liṃgamadho yātu dṛśyate yatsadonnatam .. ityukte patitaṃ liṃgaṃ tatra devakule mama .. 7.1.308.10 .. > 'Let his liṅga go down, which is seen to be perpetually erect!' / When this was spoken, my liṅga fell there in that temple. // 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.11) mūlacaṇḍīśanāmnā tu vikhyātaṃ bhuvanatraye .. talliṃgaṃ patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā kopopahatacetasaḥ .. punarhaṃtuṃ samārabdhā ḍiṃḍinaṃ te tapodhanāḥ .. 11 .. > It became renowned in the three worlds by the name Mūlacaṇḍīśa. / Seeing that liṅga fallen, their minds overcome with wrath, / those rich in austerities set about again to kill the naked mendicant. // 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.12) vṛsikāpāṇayaḥ kecitkamaṃḍaludharāḥ pare .. gṛhītvā pādukāścānye tasya dhāvaṃti pṛṣṭhataḥ .. 12 .. > Some had grass cushions in hand, others held water-pots, / and others, grabbing wooden sandals, ran behind him. // 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.13) ḍiṃḍiścāṃtarhito bhūtvā tvāmuvāca sumadhyamām .. roṣopahatacetaskānpaśyaitāṃstvaṃ tapodhanān .. 13 .. > And the naked mendicant, disappearing, spoke to you of slender waist: / 'Look at these rich in austerities, whose minds are afflicted by wrath! // 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.14) etasmātkāraṇāddevi tava vākyānmayā'naghe .. na kṛto'nugrahasteṣāṃ saroṣāṇāṃ tapasvinām .. 14 .. > For this reason, O sinless goddess, according to your words, / no grace was granted by me to those angry ascetics.' // 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.15) atrāṃtare te munayo hyapaśyaṃto hi ḍiṃḍinam .. nirānaṃdaṃ gatāḥ sarve draṣṭuṃ devaṃ pitāmaham.. 15 .. > Meanwhile, those sages, no longer seeing the naked mendicant, / all became devoid of joy and went to see the god, the grandfather \[Brahmā\]. // 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.16) taṃ dṛṣṭvā vibudheśānaṃ viraṃciṃ vigatajvaram .. praṇamya śirasā sarva ṛṣayaḥ prāhuraṃjasā .. 16 .. > Seeing that lord of the gods, Virañci, free from fever, / all the seers bowed with their heads and said straightforwardly: // 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.17) bhagavanḍiṃḍi rūpeṇa kaścidasti tapodhanaḥ .. vidhvaṃsanāya dārāṇāṃ praviṣṭaḥ kila bhikṣitum.. 17 .. > 'O Lord, there is a certain ascetic in the form of a naked mendicant / who entered, it is said, to beg alms for the ruin of our wives. // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.18) śapto'smābhistu durvṛttastasya liṃgaṃ nipātitam.. tasminnipatite'smākaṃ tathaiva patitāni ca .. 18 .. > Cursed by us, that wicked one had his liṅga cast down. / When that fell, ours fell in the very same way! // 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.19) gato'sau kāraṇāttasmāttalliṃge patite vayam .. nirānaṃdāḥ sthitāḥ sarva ācakṣvaitaddhi kāraṇam ..19... .. > For that reason he departed; and with that liṅga fallen, / we have all remained joyless. Tell us, indeed, the cause of this!' // 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.20) .. brahmovāca .. .. aśobhanamidaṃ kāryaṃ yuṣmābhiryatkṛtaṃ mahat. rudrasyātisurūpasya serṣyā ye hantumudyatāḥ ..7.1.308.20.. > Brahmā said: / 'This is a terrible and improper deed that has been done by you, / who with jealousy set out to kill Rudra of exceedingly handsome form! // 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.21) āsurīṃ dānavīṃ daivīṃ yakṣiṇīṃ kiṃnarīṃ tathā .. vidyādharīṃ ca gandharvīṃ nāgakanyāṃ manoramām .. etā varastriyastyaktvā yuṣmadīyāsu tāsvapi .. 21 .. > Forsaking the beautiful women of the Asuras, Dānavas, gods, / Yakṣas, Kiṃnaras, Vidyādharas, Gandharvas, and charming daughters of the Nāgas— / having forsaken all these excellent women, \[would he find\] // 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.22) āhlādaṃ kurute sarve naiva jānīta bho dvijāḥ .. trailokyanāyakāṃ sarvāṃ rūpātiśayasaṃyutām .. 22 .. > delight in those wives of yours? You do not know at all, O brahmins! / \[His consort is\] the mistress of the three worlds, endowed with the perfection of beauty; // 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.23) tāṃ tyaktvā munipatnīnāmāhlādaṃ kurute katham .. tayā rudro hi vijñapta ṛṣīṇāṃ kurvanugraham .. 23 .. > leaving her, how could he delight in the wives of sages? / For Rudra was requested by her: "Bestow grace upon the seers." // 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.24) tena vākyena pārvatyā jijñāsārthaṃ kṛtaṃ manaḥ .. caturddaśavidhasyāpi bhūtagrāmasya yaḥ prabhuḥ .. 24 .. > Due to those words of Pārvatī, his mind was resolved to test \[you\]. / He who is the master of all the fourteen classes of living beings, // 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.25) sa śapto ḍiṃḍirūpastu bhavadbhiḥ karaṇeśvaraḥ .. tacchāpācchaptamevaitatsamastaṃ tadguṇāspadam .. devatiryaṅmanuṣyāṇāṃ nirānaṃdamiti sthitam .. 25 .. > that Lord of the senses in the form of a naked mendicant was cursed by you! / Because of that curse, this entire abode of his qualities has been cursed; / thus gods, animals, and humans have come to be joyless! // 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.26) śāpenānena bhavatāṃ mahā doṣaḥ prajāyate .. ārādhyaṃ nānyathā liṃgamunnatiṃ yātyadhogatam .. 26 .. > A great fault arises for you on account of this curse. / The fallen liṅga cannot otherwise rise again unless propitiated.' // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.27) evamukte'tha devena viprā ūcuḥ pitāmaham .. draṣṭavyaḥ kutra so'smābhiḥ kathayasva yathāsthitam .. 27 .. > When this was spoken by the god, the brahmins said to the grandfather: / 'Where should he be seen by us? Tell us as it really is!' // 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.28) .. brahmovāca .. .. āste gajasvarūpeṇa kuberāśramasaṃsthitaḥ .. tatra gatvā tamāsādya toṣayadhvaṃ pinākinam .. .. 28 .. > Brahmā said: / 'He dwells in the form of an elephant, staying at Kubera’s hermitage. / Having gone there and approached him, propitiate the wielder of the Pināka!' // 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.29) etacchrutvā vacastasya sarve te hṛṣṭamānasāḥ .. gaṃtuṃ pravṛttāḥ sahasā koṭisaṃkhyāstapodhanāḥ .. 29 .. > Hearing his words, all those rich in austerities, glad at heart, / numbering in the tens of millions, set out at once to go, // 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.30) ciṃtayaṃtaḥ śubhaṃ deśaṃ draṣṭuṃ taṃ gajarūpiṇam .. rudraṃ pitāmahākhyātaṃ kuberāśramavāsinam .. 7.1.308.30 .. > pondering the auspicious place to see that one having the form of an elephant, / Rudra dwelling in the hermitage of Kubera, described by the grandfather. // 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.31) kṣutkāmakaṃṭhāstṛṣitāngaurī matvā tapodhanān .. ādāya gorasaṃ teṣāṃ kāruṇyātsā puraḥ sthitā .. 31 .. > Perceiving the ascetics to be thirsty, with their throats parched by hunger, / Gaurī, out of compassion, took milk and stood before them. // 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.32) asitāṃ kuṭilāṃ snigdhāmāyatāṃ bhujagīmiva .. veṇīṃ śirasi bibhrāṇā gaurī gorasasaṃyutā .. 32 .. > Wearing on her head a braid of hair—black, curled, glossy, / and long like a female serpent—Gaurī stood endowed with milk. // 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.33) sā tānāha munīnsarvānyanmayā parvatāhṛtam.. kapitthaphalasaṃgaṃdhaṃ gorasaṃ tvamṛtopamam ..33.. > She said to all those sages: 'Drink this milk like nectar, / smelling of kapittha fruit, which has been brought by me from the mountain!' // 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.34) tayaivamuktā viprāstu āhustāṃ vipulekṣaṇām .. snātvā ca sarve pāsyāmo gorasaṃ tu tvayāhṛtam .. 34 .. > Addressed thus by her, the brahmins said to that large-eyed lady: / “Having bathed, we shall all drink the milk brought by you.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.35) tataḥ śrutvā tathā devyā snānārthaṃ tīrthamuttamam .. taptodakenasaṃpūrṇaṃ kṛtaṃ kuṇḍaṃ manoramam .. 35 .. > Then, having heard \[this\], an excellent sacred ford was made by the goddess for their bath, / a charming pool filled with warm water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.36) tatra te saṃplutāḥ sarve vimuktā vipulācchramāt.. kṛtā''hnā gorasasvaiva pānārthaṃ samupasthitāḥ..36.. > Having plunged into it, all of them were freed from their great fatigue; / having performed their daily rites, they approached to drink the milk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.37) patrairdivākaratarorvidhāya puṭakāñchubhān .. upaviśya kramātsarve te pibaṃti sma gorasam .. 37 .. > Fashioning auspicious cups from the leaves of the sun-tree (Arka), / and sitting down in order, all of them drank the milk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.38) gorasena tadā teṣāmamṛteneva pūritān.. bubhukṣitānāṃ puṭakānmunīnāṃ tṛptikāraṇāt ..38.. > Then, to satisfy those hungry sages, / their cups were filled with milk as if with nectar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.39) punaḥ pūrayate gaurī pītvā te tṛptimāgatāḥ.. kṣuttṛṣāśramanirmuktāḥ punarjātā iva sthitāḥ ..39.. > Gaurī filled them again, and having drunk, they attained satisfaction; / freed from hunger, thirst, and fatigue, they stood as though reborn. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.40) svasthacittaistato jñātvā neyaṃ gopālisaṃjñikā .. anugrahārthamasmākaṃ gaurīyaṃ samupāgatā ..7.1.308.40.. > Then, with calm minds, they realized: “She is not a cowherdess; / this Gaurī has come here to bestow grace upon us.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.41) praṇamya śirasā sarve tāmūcuste sumadhyamām.. ume kathaya kutrasthaṃ drakṣyāmo rudramekadā .. 41 .. > Bowing their heads, they all said to that slender-waisted lady: / “O Umā, tell us where we may someday see Rudra!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.42) tathoktāste mahātmānastaṃ paśyata mahāgajam .. gajatāṃ ca samāsādya saṃcaraṃtaṃ mahābalam .. 42 .. > Thus addressed, she said to those high-souled ones: “Look upon that great elephant; / having assumed the form of an elephant, he roams about, full of great might. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.43) bhavadbhirnijabhaktyāyaṃ saṃgrāhyo hi yathāsukham .. te tadvacanamāsādya sametyaikatra ca dvijāḥ .. .. 43 .. > He should indeed be comfortably captured by you through your own devotion.” / Hearing her word, those twice-born assembled in one place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.44) pavitrāstaṃ gajaṃ draṣṭuṃ bhāvitenāṃtarātmanā .. yatraikatra sthitā viprāstatra tīrthaṃ mahodayam .. saṃgameśvarasaṃjñaṃ tu pūrvaṃ sarvatra viśrutam .. 44 .. > Purified, with hearts concentrated, in order to behold that elephant— / where the brahmins stood together in one place, there is a most auspicious sacred ford / known as Saṅgameśvara, celebrated everywhere from of old. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.45) tatastasmātpravṛttāste draṣṭukāmā mahāgajam .. kuṃḍikāḥ saṃparityajya saṃnahyātmānamātmanā ..45.. > Then they set out from there, desirous of seeing the great elephant, / abandoning their water-pots and girding themselves up. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.46) yatra tāḥ kuṃḍikāstyaktāstattīrthaṃ kuṇḍikāhvayam .. sarvapāpaharaṃ puṃsāṃ dṛṣṭā'dṛṣṭaphalapradam .. 46 .. > Where those water-pots were cast aside, that sacred ford is called Kuṇḍikā; / it removes all sins of mortals and grants both seen and unseen rewards. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.47) kuberasyāśramaṃ prāpya tataste munisattamāḥ .. nālikeravanīsaṃsthaṃ dadṛśustaṃ dvipaṃ tadā .. 47 .. > Reaching Kubera’s hermitage, those best of sages / then saw that elephant stationed in a coconut grove. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.48) kare grahītumārabdhāḥ svakarairhṛṣṭamānasāḥ .. gajastānkarasaṃlagnānvicikṣepa tapodhanān .. 48 .. > With joyful minds, they began to seize his trunk with their hands; / the elephant flung off those rich in austerity who clung to his trunk, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.49) kāścidaṃgasamālagnānsamaṃtādbhayavarjitān .. evaṃ sa taiḥ punaḥ sarvairmaśakairiva ceṣṭitam .. 49 .. > and some who clung to his limbs, free of fear from every side. / In this manner, all of them acted around him like gnats. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.50) krīḍāṃ karoti vividhāṃ vanasaṃstho haradvipaḥ .. tadrūpaṃ saṃparityajya rudro raudragajātmakam .. 7.1.308.50 .. > Standing in the forest, Hara's elephant engaged in various sports; / then Rudra abandoned that form consisting of a fierce elephant, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.51) punaranyaccakārāsau ḍiṃḍirūpaṃ manoramam .. jayaśabdapraghoṣeṇa vedamaṅgalagītakaiḥ .. 51 .. > and assumed another charming form as Ḍiṇḍi. / With the roaring sound of “Victory!” and auspicious Vedic chants, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.52) unnāmitaṃ punastena yatra liṃgaṃ mahodayam .. tadunnatamiti proktaṃ sthānaṃ sthānavatāṃ varam .. 52 .. > he was raised up again where the most auspicious liṅga was; / that place, the best among places, is called Unnata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.53) gajarūpadharastatra sthitaḥ sthāne mahābalaḥ .. gaṇanāthasvarūpeṇa hyunnato jagati sthitaḥ .. 53 .. > Bearing the form of an elephant, that mighty one stayed in that place; / in the form of Gaṇanātha, Unnata is established in the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.54) ḍiṃḍirūpa dharo bhūtvā rudraḥ prāha tapodhanān .. yanmayā bhavatāṃ kāryaṃ kartavyaṃ tadihocyatām .. 54 .. > Having assumed the form of Ḍiṇḍi, Rudra said to those rich in austerity: / “What service is to be done by me for you, let that be stated here.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.55) evamuktastu tairuktaḥ sarvajñānakriyāparaiḥ .. sānandāḥ prāṇinaḥ saṃtu tvatprasādātpurā yathā .. 55 .. > Being thus addressed, he was spoken to by those devoted to all knowledge and rituals: / “May living beings be joyful through your grace, just as before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.56) kṣaṃtavyaṃ devadeveśa kṛtaṃ yanmūḍhamānasaiḥ .. tvatprasādātsureśāna tattvaṃ sānugraho bhava .. 56 .. > O Lord of the gods of gods, forgive what was done by us with foolish minds; / by your grace, O Lord of gods, be gracious unto us!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.57) evamastviti tenoktāste sarve vigatajvarāḥ .. talliṃgānukṛtiṃ liṃgamījire munayastathā .. cakruste munayaḥ sarve stutiṃ vigatamatsarāḥ .. 57 .. > Told by him, “So be it,” all of them were freed from feverish distress. / Then the sages worshipped that liṅga in imitation of the divine liṅga, / and all those sages, freed from malice, offered praise: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.58) kṣamasva devadeveśa kurvasmākamanugraham .. asmim̐lliṃge layaṃ gaccha mūlacaṇḍīśasaṃjñake .. trikālaṃ devadeveśa grāhyā hyatra kalā tvayā .. 58 .. .. > “Forgive us, O Lord of the gods of gods! Bestow your grace upon us! / Enter into dissolution in this liṅga named Mūlacaṇḍīśa; / a portion of you should be received here at the three junctures of the day, O Lord of the gods of gods.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.59) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. caṇḍī tu procyate devī tasyā īśastvahaṃ smṛtaḥ .. tasya mūlaṃ smṛtaṃ liṃgaṃ tadatra patitaṃ yataḥ .. 59 .. > The Lord said: / “The goddess is called Caṇḍī, and I am considered her lord (īśa); / this liṅga is considered its root (mūla), since it fell here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.60) tasmāttanmūla caṇḍīśa iti khyātiṃ gamiṣyati .. vā pīkūpataḍāgānāṃ śataistu vipulairapi .. 7.1.308.60 .. > Therefore, it will attain renown as Mūlacaṇḍīśa. / Whatever merit arises from digging hundreds of large stepwells, / wells, and reservoirs, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.61) kṛtairyajjāyate puṇyaṃ tatpuṇyaṃ liṃgadarśanāt .. brahmāṇḍaṃ sakalaṃ dattvā yatpuṇyaphalamāpnuyāt .. 61 .. > that merit comes from the darśana of this liṅga. / Whatever meritorious fruit one would attain by giving the entire universe, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.62) tatpuṇyaṃ labhate devi mūlacaṇḍīśadarśanāt .. tatra dānāni deyāni ṣoḍaśaiva narottamaiḥ .. 62 .. > that merit one obtains, O goddess, from the darśana of Mūlacaṇḍīśa; / there, the sixteen gifts should indeed be given by the best of men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.63) evaṃ tadbhavitā sarvaṃ yanmayoktaṃ dvijottamāḥ .. yāta dāruvanaṃ viprāḥ sarve yūyaṃ tapodhanāḥ .. mayā sarve samādiṣṭā yāta dāruvanaṃ dvijāḥ .. 63 .. > All that I have spoken will happen thus, O best of the twice-born! / Go to the Dāruvana, O brahmins, all of you rich in austerity! / You are all commanded by me: go to the Dāruvana, O twice-born!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.64) tatastu saṃprāpya mahadvaco mama sarve prahṛṣṭā munayo mahodayam .. gatvā ca taddāruvanaṃ maheśvari punaśca ceruḥ sutapastapodhanāḥ .. 64 .. > Then, having received that great and highly prosperous command of mine, all the sages rejoiced; / and going to that Dāruvana, O Maheśvarī, those rich in austerity performed great austerity again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.65) etasmātkāraṇāddevi mūlacaṇḍīśasaṃjñitam .. liṃgaṃ pāpaharaṃ nṛṇāmarddhacandreṇa bhūṣitam .. 65 .. > For this reason, O goddess, the liṅga named Mūlacaṇḍīśa, / adorned with a crescent moon, removes the sins of mortals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.66) dohanī dugthadānena munīnāṃ tṛṣitātmanām .. śramāpahāraṃ yaddevi tvayā kṛtamanuttamam .. tattaptodakanāmnā vā abhūtkuṇḍaṃ dharātale ..66 .. > Because of the milking vessel, through the gift of milk to the thirsty sages, / the supreme removal of exhaustion was accomplished by you, O goddess, / that pool on the surface of the earth came to be named Taptodaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.67) ṛṣitoyājale snātvā caṇḍīśaṃ yaḥ prapūjayet .. sa pracaṇḍo bhavedbhūmau bhuvanānāmadhīśvaraḥ .. 67 .. > Whoever bathes in the water of Ṛṣitoyā and worships Caṇḍīśa / shall become formidable on earth, a sovereign lord of the worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.68) etatsaṃkṣepato devi māhātmyaṃ kīrtitaṃ tava .. mūlacaṇḍīśadevasya śrutaṃ pātakanāśanam .. 68 .. > Thus, O goddess, has the māhātmya of Lord Mūlacaṇḍīśa been briefly proclaimed to you; / heard, it destroys sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.308.308](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308.308) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye taptodakakuṇḍotpattau mūlacaṇḍīśotpattimāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭottara triśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 308 .. > Thus ends the three hundred and eighth chapter, entitled “Description of the Māhātmya of the Origin of Mūlacaṇḍīśa in the Context of the Origin of the Taptodaka Pool,” in the first \[sub-section\], the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, of the seventh section, the 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.16.308.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.308) · Pramāṇa