[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) › 16.75 # Skandapurana 16.75 Skandapurāṇa 16.75 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.75.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi liṃgaṃ śākalakaleśvaram .. śākalyeśvaranairṛtye dhanuṣāṃ ṣaṣṭibhiḥ sthitam .. .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the liṅga Śākalakaleśvara, / situated sixty bow-lengths to the southwest of Śākalyeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.2) taccaturyuganāmāḍhyaṃ smṛtaṃ pātakanāśanam .. pūrvaṃ kāmeśvaraṃnāma tretāyāṃ pulaheśvaram .. 2 .. > It is remembered as enriched with names across the four ages, the destroyer of sins: / formerly, its name was Kāmeśvara; in the Tretā age, Pulaheśvara; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.3) dvāpare siddhināthaṃ tu nāradeśaṃ kalau smṛtam .. tathā kalakaleśaṃ ca nāma tasyaiva kīrttitam .. 3 .. > in the Dvāpara age, Siddhinātha; and in the Kali age, it is remembered as Nāradeśa; / likewise, Kalakaleśa is celebrated as its name. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.4) samudre ca mahāpuṇye yasminkāle sarasvatī .. āgatā sā mahābhāgā hṛṣṭā tuṣṭā saridvarā .. tasya toyasya śabdena sāgarasya mahātmanaḥ .. 4 .. > And when the Sarasvatī, that highly fortunate and best of rivers, / arrived at the ocean of great religious merit, delighted and satisfied, / \[it was then,\] through the roaring sound of the water of that great-souled ocean, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.5) tato devāḥ sagandharvā ṛṣayaḥ siddhacāraṇāḥ .. neduḥ kalakalaṃ tatra tumulaṃ lomaharṣaṇam .. .. 5 .. > that the gods together with the gandharvas, the seers, siddhas, and cāraṇas, / raised a tumultuous clamor there that caused the hair to stand on end. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.6) tena śabdena mahatā mama mūrttiḥ samutthitā .. kalkaleśvaranāmeti tato liṃgaṃ prakīrtitam .. 6 .. > Through that great sound, my form arose; / therefore the liṅga was proclaimed by the name Kalakaleśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.7) iti te pūrvavṛttāṃtaṃ kathitaṃ nāmakāra ṇam.. sāṃprataṃ tu yathā jātaṃ punaḥ kalakaleśvaram.. tatte'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣvaikamanāḥ priye .. 7 .. > Thus has the former account been told to you, the reason for its name. / But now, how it became Kalakaleśvara once again, / that I shall relate to you; listen with a single-minded focus, O beloved! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.9) purā dvāparasaṃdhau ca praviṣṭe tu kalau yuge .. nāradastu samāgatya kṣetraṃ prābhāsikaṃ śubham.. saṃcakāra tapaścograṃ tatra liṃgasamīpataḥ .. 9 .. > Formerly, at the junction of the Dvāpara age, when the Kali age had set in, / Nārada came to the auspicious sacred field of Prabhāsa / and performed severe austerity there near the liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.9\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.9_1) tato varṣaśate pūrṇe samārādhya vṛṣadhvajam .. gāṃdharvaṃ prāpya deveśi bhūṣitaṃ saptabhiḥ svaraiḥ .. 9 .. > Then, when a hundred years had elapsed, having worshipped the one whose banner bears the bull, / and having attained the musical lore of the gandharvas adorned with the seven notes, O ruler of gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.10) tato hṛṣṭamanā bhūtvā talliṃgasya samīpataḥ .. sa cakāra mahāyajñaṃ pauṃḍarīkamiti śrutam .. 7.1.75.10 .. > he, being delighted in mind, near that liṅga / performed the great sacrifice celebrated as the Pauṇḍarīka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.11) devadevasya tuṣṭyarthaṃ sa sadā bhāvitātmavān .. samāhūya ṛṣīṃstatra brahmalokātsahasraśaḥ .. 11 .. > For the satisfaction of the god of gods, he, ever self-controlled, / summoned thousands of seers from the world of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.12) tataḥ saṃbhṛtasaṃbhāro yajñopakaraṇānvitaḥ .. kṛtvā kuṇḍādikaṃ sarvaṃ samārebhe tataḥ kratum .. 12 .. > Then, having gathered the provisions and being equipped with the sacrificial implements, / having prepared the pits and all else, he began the sacrificial rite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.13) tataḥ saṃpūrṇatāṃ prāpte tasminkratau varānane .. 13 .. > Then, when that sacrifice had reached completion, O fair-faced one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.14) athāgamaṃstato viprāstatra kṣetranivāsinaḥ .. dakṣiṇārthaṃ mahadevi śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ .. 14 .. > the brahmins residing in the sacred field arrived there / for the sacrificial fee, O great goddess, by hundreds and thousands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.15) tataḥ sa kautukāviṣṭasteṣāṃ yuddhārthameva hi .. prākṣipattatra ratnāni suvarṇaṃ ca mahītale .. 15 .. > Then he, filled with curiosity, indeed for the purpose of their fighting, / cast jewels and gold down upon the ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.16) tataste brāhmaṇāḥ sarve yudhyamānāḥ parasparam .. kolāhalaṃ paraṃ cakrurbahudravyaparīpsayā .. 16 .. > Then all those brahmins, fighting with one another / in their desire to seize much wealth, made a tremendous uproar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.17) eke digaṃbarā devi tyaktayajñopavītinaḥ .. vikacāḥ ke'pi dṛśyaṃte tvanye rudhiraviplavāḥ .. 17 .. > Some were stripped naked, O goddess, having abandoned their sacrificial cords; / some were seen with disheveled hair, while others were bathed in blood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.18) anye parasparaṃ jaghnurmuṣṭibhiścaraṇaistathā .. evaṃ tatra tadā kṣiptaṃ yaddravyaṃ nāradena tu .. 18 .. > Others struck one another with their fists and feet; / so it was there when that wealth was scattered by Nārada. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.19) athābhāve tu vittasya ye ca viprā hyakiṃcanāḥ .. vidyāvinayasaṃpannā brāhmaṇairjarjarīkṛtāḥ ..19.. > Then, in the absence of wealth, those destitute brahmins / endowed with learning and modesty who were battered by the \[other\] brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.20) te tamūcurbhṛśaṃ śāṃtāḥ smayamānaṃ muhurmuhuḥ .. kalahārthaṃ yato dānaṃ tvayā dattamidaṃ mune .. .. 7.1.75.20 .. > exceedingly calm, said to him as he smiled again and again: / “Since this gift was given by you, O sage, for the sake of strife, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.21) vidyāyuktānparityajya vidhiṃ tyaktvā tu yājñikam .. tasmādasya mune nāma khyātaṃ kalakaleśvaram .. 21 .. > abandoning those endowed with learning and disregarding sacrificial injunction, / therefore, O sage, its name is renowned as Kalakaleśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.22) tena nāmnā dvijaśreṣṭha liṃgametadbhaviṣyati .. etasmātkāraṇāddevi jātaṃ kalakaleśvaram .. 22 .. > By that name, O best of the twice-born, this liṅga shall be known.” / For this reason, O goddess, it became Kalakaleśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.23) yastaṃ snāpya naro bhaktyā kurute triḥ pradakṣiṇam .. sa gacchedrudralokaṃ tu tvatprasādādasaṃśayam .. 23 .. > The man who, after bathing it with devotion, circumambulates it thrice, / will go to the world of Rudra through your grace, without a doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.24) yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā gaṃdhapuṣpānulepanaiḥ .. hemaṃ dattvā dvijātibhyaḥ sa gacchetparamaṃ padam .. 24 .. > He who worships it with devotion, with perfumes, flowers, and unguents, / having given gold to the twice-born, shall go to the supreme abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.75.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75.75) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye kalakaleśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 75 .. .. > Thus ends the seventy-fifth chapter, named “The Description of the Māhātmya of Kalakaleśvara,” 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.16.75.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.75) · Pramāṇa