[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) › 16.87 # Skandapurana 16.87 Skandapurāṇa 16.87 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.87.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. evaṃ kṛtvā naro yātrāṃ samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. tato gacchenmahādevi rudrānekādaśa kramāt .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Having completed the pilgrimage thus, endowed with complete faith, / a man should then proceed, O great goddess, to the eleven Rudras in order, // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.87.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.2) prabhāsakṣetramadhyasthānmahāpātakanāśanān .. yadekādaśadhā pāpamarjitaṃ manujaiḥ pṛthak .. 2 .. > situated within the Prabhāsa sacred field, the destroyers of great sins. / The sin that has been accumulated separately by human beings in eleven ways, // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.87.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.3) tadekādaśarudrāṇāṃ pūjanātkṣayameṣyati .. saṃkrāṃtāvayane vāpi caṃdrasūryagrahe'thavā .. 3 .. > will go to destruction by the worship of the eleven Rudras. / On a solstitial transit, a solstice, or an eclipse of the moon or sun, // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.87.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.4) anyāsu puṇyatithiṣu samyagbhāvena bhāvitaḥ .. pūjayedānupūrvyeṇa rudraikādaśakaṃ kramāt .. 4 .. > or on other meritorious lunar days, inspired with right disposition, / he should worship the group of eleven Rudras in proper succession, step by step. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.87.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.5) teṣāṃ nāmāni vakṣyāmi yānyatītāni me purā .. ādye kṛtayuge tāni śṛṇu devi yathārthataḥ .. 5 .. > I shall proclaim their names which were mine in the past; / listen to them as they truly are in the first era, the Kṛta age, O goddess: // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.87.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.6) ajaikapādahirbudhnyo virūpākṣo'tha raivataḥ .. haraśca bahurūpaśca tryaṃbakaśca sureśvaraḥ .. vṛṣākapiśca śaṃbhuśca kapardī cāparājitaḥ .. 6 .. > Ajaikapād, Ahirbudhnya, Virūpākṣa, then Raivata, / Hara, Bahurūpa, Tryambaka, Sureśvara, / Vṛṣākapi, Śambhu, Kapardin, and Aparājita. // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.87.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.7) ādau kṛtayuge devi tretāyāṃ dvāpare'pi ca .. kalau yuge tu saṃprāpte jātaṃ nāmāṃtaraṃ punaḥ .. 7 .. > At first in the Kṛta age, O goddess, in Tretā, and also in Dvāpara; / but when the Kali age arrived, another set of names arose. // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.87.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.8) ekādaśadhā rudrāṇāṃ tāni te vacmi sāṃpratam.. bhūteśo nīlarudraśca kapālī vṛṣavāhanaḥ ..8.. > I tell you now those elevenfold names of the Rudras: / Bhūteśa, Nīlarudra, Kapālin, Vṛṣavāhana, // 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.87.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.10) tryaṃbako ghoranāmā ca mahākālo'tha bhairavaḥ .. mṛtyuṃjayo'tha kāmeśo yogeśa iti kīrtitaḥ .. ekādaśaite rudrāste kathitāḥ kramaśaḥ priye .. 9 \]. anādinidhanā devi bhedabhinnāstu te pṛthak .. ekādaśasvarūpeṇa pṛthaṅnāmaprabhedataḥ .. 7.1.87.10 .. > Tryambaka, he who is named Ghora, Mahākāla, then Bhairava, / Mṛtyuñjaya, then Kāmeśa, and he who is celebrated as Yogeśa. / These eleven Rudras have been spoken of to you in sequence, O beloved; // 9 // / without beginning or end, O goddess, they are distinguished separately / in the form of eleven \[beings\], divided by their distinct names. // 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.87.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.11) .. devyuvāca .. .. bhagavanvistarādbrūhi liṃgaikādaśakakramam .. sthānasīmāprabhedena māhātmyotpattikāraṇaiḥ ..11 .. > The goddess said: / O Lord, tell in detail the sequence of the eleven liṅgas, / according to the distinction of locations and boundaries, with the causes of the origin of their greatness. // 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.87.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.12) kathaṃ pūjyāni tānīśa ke maṃtrāḥ ko vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ .. kasminparvaṇi kāle vā sarvaṃ vistarato vada .. 12 .. > How are they to be worshipped, O Lord? What are the mantras? What is the prescribed ritual? / On what festive occasion or at what time? Tell everything in detail. // 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.87.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.13) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi rahasyaṃ pāpanāśanam .. somanāthāditaḥ kṛtvā siddhināthādikāraṇam.. 13 .. > Īśvara said: / Listen, O goddess, I shall proclaim the sin-destroying secret, / beginning from Somanātha, the origin of Siddhinātha and others, // 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.87.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.14) yacchrutvā mucyate jaṃtuḥ pātakaiḥ pūrvasaṃcitaiḥ .. ye caikādaśa rudrā vai tava proktā mayā priye .. 14 .. > hearing which a living creature is freed from previously accumulated sins. / And the eleven Rudras who have indeed been declared to you, O beloved, // 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.87.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.15) daśa te vāyavaḥ proktā ātmā caikādaśaḥ smṛtaḥ .. teṣāṃ nāmāni vakṣyāmi vāyūnāṃ śṛṇu me kramāt.. 15 .. > are declared as the ten vital airs, and the Ātman is held to be the eleventh. / I shall tell their names; hear from me the winds in order: // 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.87.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.16) prāṇo'pānaḥ samānaśca hyudāno vyāna eva ca .. nāgaśca kūrmaḥ kṛkalo devadatto dhanaṃjayaḥ.. 16 .. > prāṇa, apāna, samāna, udāna, and vyāna, / nāga, kūrma, kṛkala, devadatta, and dhanañjaya. // 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.87.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.17) ātmā ceti kramājjñeyā rudrādhipatayaḥ kramāt .. teṣāṃ yātrāṃ kramādvakṣye sarvaprāṇihitāya vai .. 17 .. > And the Ātman: thus are to be understood the presiding deities of the Rudras in order. / I shall describe their pilgrimage in sequence for the benefit of all living beings. // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.87.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.18) rudrāṇāmādidevo'sau pūrvaṃ someśvaraḥ priye .. bhūteśvareti nāmnā vai pūjayettaṃ vidhānataḥ .. 18 .. > He who was previously the primal god among the Rudras, O beloved, Someśvara, / one should worship according to the prescribed rite under the name Bhūteśvara, // 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.87.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.19) rājopacārayogena śraddhāpūtena cetasā .. paṃcāmṛtena saṃsnāpya sadyojātena pūjayet .. 19 .. > employing royal services of homage, with a mind purified by faith. / Having bathed it ceremonially with the five nectars, he should worship it with the Sadyojāta mantra, // 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.87.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.20) puṣpairmanoharairbhaktyā dhyātvā devaṃ sadāśivam .. tribhiḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya sāṣṭāṃgaṃ praṇipatya ca .. 7.1.87.20 .. > with captivating flowers in devotion, having meditated upon the god Sadāśiva. / Circumambulating three times and bowing down with all eight limbs, // 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.87.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.21) rudraikādaśayātrārthī nirvighnārthaṃ vrajettataḥ .. bhūteśvareti yannāma proktaṃ tatte bravīmyaham.. 21 .. > the one desiring the pilgrimage of the eleven Rudras should then proceed, for the sake of freedom from obstacles. / The name Bhūteśvara which was mentioned—I explain that to you: // 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.87.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.22) mahadādi viśeṣāṃtaṃ bhūtajālaṃ yadīritam .. paṃcaviṃśati saṃkhyākaṃ teṣāmīśo yataḥ smṛtaḥ .. 22 .. > The multitude of beings that has been proclaimed, beginning with the Mahat and ending with the gross elements, / numbering twenty-five: since he is held to be the Lord of those, // 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.87.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.23) tena bhūteśvaretyuktaṃ nāma tasya purā kila .. paṃcaviṃśatitattvāni jñātvā muktimavāpnuyāt .. 23 .. > therefore, his name was formerly stated to be Bhūteśvara. / Having known the twenty-five principles, one attains liberation; // 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.87.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.24) bhūteśarudraṃ saṃpūjya gacchedvai muktimavyayām .. iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktamādi rudrasya kīrtanam.. kīrtanīyaṃ dvijātīnāṃ kīrtitaṃ puṇyavarddhanam.. 24 .. > having worshipped the Rudra Bhūteśa, one will indeed attain imperishable liberation. / Thus the proclamation of the first Rudra has been declared in brief; / it is to be celebrated by the twice-born, and when celebrated it increases merit. // 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.87.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87.87) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya ekādaśarudramāhātmye bhūteśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 87 .. > Thus ends the eighty-seventh chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Bhūteśvara' in the Glory of the Eleven Rudras, within the first \[part\], the Glory of Prabhāsa Sacred Field, of the seventh section, Prabhāsa Section, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 87 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.87.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.87) · Pramāṇa