[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) › 16.90 # Skandapurana 16.90 Skandapurāṇa 16.90 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.90.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi caturthaṃ rudramuttamam .. vṛṣabheśvaranāmānaṃ kalpaliṃgaṃ surapriyam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then, O great goddess, one should go to the fourth supreme Rudra, / named Vṛṣabheśvara, the kalpa-liṅga beloved by the gods, 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.2) bālarūpī mahādevi yatra brahmā svayaṃ sthitaḥ .. tasyaiva cottare bhāge dhanuṣāṃ tritaye sthitam .. 2 .. > where Brahmā himself dwells in the form of a child, O great goddess; / it stands three bow-lengths to his north. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.3) ādyaṃ mahāprabhāvaṃ hi nāpuṇyo veda mānavaḥ .. tasyaiva kalpanāmāni sāṃprataṃ prabravīmi te .. 3.. > A person devoid of merit certainly does not know this primeval one of great power. / I shall now tell you its names in different kalpas. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.4) pūrvakalpe mahādevi brahmeśvara iti smṛtaḥ .. brahmaṇārādhitaḥ pūrvaṃ varṣāṇāmayutaṃ priye .. 4 .. > In a previous kalpa, O great goddess, it was remembered as Brahmeśvara, / having been worshipped formerly by Brahmā for ten thousand years, O beloved. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.5) sṛṣṭikāmena devena tatastuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ .. caturvidhāṃ bhūtasṛṣṭiṃ tataścakre pitāmahaḥ .. 5 .. > Maheśvara was pleased with the god who desired creation; / then the Grandfather brought forth the fourfold creation of living beings. 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.6) brahmaṇastvīśabhāvena gatastuṣṭiṃ yato haraḥ .. tena brahmeśvaraṃ nāma tasmim̐lliṃge purā'bhavat .. 6 .. > Because Hara attained satisfaction through Brahmā's lordly state, / therefore, in ancient times, the name Brahmeśvara was given to that liṅga. 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.7) tato dvitīyakalpe tu saṃprāpte varavarṇini .. raivateśvaranāmeti prakhyātaṃ dharaṇītale ..7.. > Then, when the second kalpa arrived, O lady of fair complexion, / it became renowned on the surface of the earth under the name Raivateśvara. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.8) raivato nāma rājā'bhūdbrahmāṃḍe sacarācare .. jagadyonirjigāyedaṃ talliṃgasya prabhāvataḥ .. 8 .. > There was a king named Raivata in the universe of moving and unmoving beings; / by the power of that liṅga he conquered this \[world\], the womb of creation. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.9) raivateśvaranāmābhūttena liṃgaṃ mahāprabham .. punastṛtīyakalpe tu saṃprāpte varavarṇini..9 .. > By him the liṅga of great splendour came to have the name Raivateśvara. / Again, when the third kalpa arrived, O lady of fair complexion, 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.10) vṛṣabheśvaranāmābhūttasya liṃgasya bhāmini .. mamaiva vāhanaṃ yo'sau dharmoyaṃ vṛṣarūpadhṛk .. 7.1.90.10 .. > that liṅga acquired the name Vṛṣabheśvara, O passionate lady. / He who is my own mount is this Dharma who assumes the form of a bull. 7.1.90.10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.11) tena tatpūjitaṃ liṃgaṃ divyābdānāṃ sahasrakam.. tatastuṣṭena deveśi nītaḥ sāyujyatāṃ vṛṣaḥ .. 11 .. > By him that liṅga was worshipped for a thousand divine years. / Then, pleased \[with him\], O queen of the gods, the bull was led to union \[with me\]. 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.12) tena talliṃgamabhavadvṛṣabheśeti bhūtale .. tataścaturthe saṃprāpte vārāhekalpa saṃjñite .. 12 .. > Therefore, that liṅga came to be known as Vṛṣabheśa on the surface of the earth. / Then, when the fourth \[kalpa\] named the Vārāha Kalpa arrived, 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.13) aṣṭāviṃśatime tatra tretāyugamukhe tadā .. ikṣvākurnāma rājā'bhūtsūryavaṃśavibhūṣaṇaḥ .. 13 .. > at the beginning of the Tretāyuga during the twenty-eighth \[cycle\], / there was a king named Ikṣvāku, an ornament of the Solar dynasty. 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.14) sa liṃgaṃ pūjayāmāsa trikālaṃ bhaktibhāvitaḥ .. ekāhāro jitāhāro bhūbhiśāyī jiteṃdriyaḥ .. 14 .. > Endowed with devotion, he worshipped the liṅga at the three junctions of the day, / taking a single meal, having conquered his appetite, sleeping on the bare ground, with senses subdued. 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.15) evaṃ kāle bahuvidhe tatastuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ .. dadau rājyaṃ mahodagraṃ saṃtatiṃ putra pautrikīm.. 15 .. > After a long period of time in this manner, Maheśvara was pleased / and gave him an exalted kingdom and offspring consisting of sons and grandsons. 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.17) ikṣvākvīśvaranāmābhūttenedaṃ liṃgamuttamam .. yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā devaṃ vṛṣabhavāhanam .. .16 .. saptajanmakṛtaiḥ pāpairmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. triṃśaddhanuṣpramāṇena tasya kṣetracaturddiśam.. 17.. > By him this supreme liṅga came to have the name Ikṣvākvīśvara. / He who worships that god whose mount is the bull with devotion / is freed from sins committed in seven births; of this there is no doubt. / The sacred field around it measures thirty bow-lengths in all four directions. 16–17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.18) snānaṃ jāpyaṃ baliṃ homaṃ pūjāṃ stotramudīraṇam .. tasmiṃstīrthe tu yaḥ kuryāttatsarvaṃ cākṣayaṃ bhavet .. 18 .. > Ablution, recitation of mantras, offerings, fire sacrifices, worship, and the chanting of hymns of praise— / whatever one performs at that sacred ford becomes imperishable. 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.19) catuṣkoṇāṃtarā kṣetramevaṃ mātrāpramāṇataḥ .. ekarātroṣito bhūtvā tasya liṃgasya sannidhau .. 19 .. > Thus is the field, measured within four corners. / Having fasted for a single night in the presence of that liṅga, 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.20) brahmacaryeṇa jāgartti sa pāpaiḥ saṃpramucyate .. homajāpyasamādhistho nṛtyagītādivādanaiḥ .. 7.1.90.20 .. > he who keeps vigil in celibacy is completely freed from sins, / absorbed in fire offerings, recitation, and meditation, with dances, songs, and instrumental music. 7.1.90.20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.21) goghno vā brahmahā pāpī mucyate duṣkṛtairnaraḥ .. yaḥ saṃprīṇayate viprāṃstatra bhojyaiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ .. 21 .. > Whether a slayer of a cow, a slayer of a brahmin, or a sinner, a man is freed from his misdeeds / if he gratifies the brahmins there with various kinds of food. 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.22) ekasminbhojite vipre koṭirbhavati bhojitā .. bhairavaṃ caiva kedāraṃ puṣkaraṃ drutijaṃgamam .. 22 .. > When one brahmin is fed, ten million are considered fed. / Bhairava, Kedāra, Puṣkara, Drutijaṅgama, 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.23) vārāṇasī kurukṣetraṃ mahā kālaṃ ca naimiṣam .. etattīrthāṣṭakaṃ devi tasmim̐lliṃge vyavasthitam .. 23 .. > Vārāṇasī, Kurukṣetra, Mahākāla, and Naimiṣa— / this group of eight sacred fords, O goddess, resides in that liṅga. 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.24) māghe kṛṣṇacaturddaśyāṃ tatra yo jāgṛyānniśi .. saṃpūjya vidhinā devaṃ sa tīrthāṣṭaphalaṃ labhet .. 24 .. > He who keeps vigil at night there on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight of Māgha, / having duly worshipped the god, obtains the fruit of the eight sacred fords. 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.25) dadāti tatra yaḥ piṇḍaṃ naṣṭendau śivasaṃnidhau .. tṛpyanti pitarastasya yāvadbrahmadināntakam .. 25 .. > He who offers a piṇḍa there in the presence of Śiva on the new moon day— / his ancestors are satisfied until the end of Brahmā's day. 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.26) dadhikṣīra ghṛtenaiva paṃcagavyakuśodakaiḥ .. kuṃkumāgarukarpūraistalligaṃ pūjayenniśi .. 26 .. > With curd, milk, and ghee, with the five products of the cow and kuśa water, / and with saffron, aloe-wood, and camphor, one should worship that liṅga at night. 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.27) saṃmaṃtryāghoramaṃtreṇa dhyātvā devaṃ sadāśivam .. evaṃ kṛtvā mahādevi mucyate paṃcapātakaiḥ .. 27 .. > Consecrating it with the Aghora mantra and meditating on the god Sadāśiva, / having acted thus, O great goddess, one is freed from the five great sins. 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.28) aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturddaśyāṃ dadhnā saṃsnāpayedyadi .. sa brāhmaṇaścaturvedo jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 28 .. > And if one bathes it with curd on the eighth and fourteenth days, / he will be born as a brahmin learned in the four Vedas; of this there is no doubt. 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.29) kṣīreṇa snāpayeddevi yadi taṃ vṛṣabheśvaram .. saptadhenusahasrāṇāṃ sa phalaṃ viṃdate mahat .. 29 .. > If one bathes that Vṛṣabheśvara with milk, O goddess, / he attains the great fruit \[equivalent to the gift\] of seven thousand cows. 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.30) janmāṃtareṇa yatpāpaṃ sāṃprataṃ yatkṛtaṃ priye .. tatsarvaṃ nāśamāyāti ghṛtasnānena bhāmini .. 7.1.90.30 .. > Whatever sin was committed in another birth or is done now, O beloved, / all of that is destroyed by a bath of ghee, O passionate lady. 7.1.90.30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.31) paṃcagavyena yo devi snāpayedvṛṣabheśvaram .. sa dahetsarvapāpāni sarvayajñaphalaṃ labhet .. 31 .. > O goddess, he who bathes Vṛṣabheśvara with the five products of the cow / burns away all sins and obtains the fruit of all sacrifices. 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.32) taddṛṣṭvā brahmahā goghnaḥ steyī ca gurutalpagaḥ .. śaraṇāgataghātī ca mitraviśraṃbhaghātakaḥ .. 32 .. > Beholding it, a slayer of a brahmin, a slayer of a cow, a thief, one who violates the teacher's bed, / a slayer of one who sought refuge, and a betrayer of a friend's trust— 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.33) duṣṭapāpasamācāro mātṛhā pitṛhā tathā .. mucyate sarvapāpaistu talliṃgārādhanodyataḥ .. 33 .. > one who has practiced wicked sins, or even a killer of mother or father, / is freed from all sins when intent upon worshiping that liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.34) kārtikaṃ sakalaṃ yastu pūjayedbrahmaṇā saha .. brahmeśvaraṃ mahāliṃgaṃ sa muktaḥ pātakairbhavet .. 34 .. > Whoever worships the great liṅga Brahmeśvara together with Brahmā / for the entire month of Kārtika becomes liberated from sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.35) tena dattaṃ bhavetsarvaṃ guravastena toṣitāḥ .. śrāddhaṃ kṛtaṃ gayātīrthe tena taptaṃ mahattapaḥ .. yena devādhidevo'saupūjito vṛṣabheśvaraḥ .. 35 .. > Everything has been given by him; the gurus have been gratified by him; / a śrāddha has been performed at the tīrtha of Gayā; great austerity has been practiced by him / by whom this supreme God of gods, Vṛṣabheśvara, has been worshiped. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.36) iti te kathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ devapūjitam .. vṛṣabheśvaradevasya kalpaliṃgasya bhāmini .. 36 .. > Thus has been told to you, O goddess, the māhātmya worshiped by gods, / belonging to the lord Vṛṣabheśvara, the Kalpaliṅga, O fair-faced lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.37) yaḥ śṛṇoti mahādevi māhātmyaṃ daivadevatam .. mūrkho vā paṃḍito vā'pi sa yāti paramāṃ gatim .. 37 .. > A fool or even a learned man who hears this divine māhātmya / of the god of gods, O great goddess, attains the supreme destination. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.90.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90.90) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya ekādaśarudramāhātmye vṛṣavāhaneśvaramāhāmyavarṇanaṃnāma navatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 90 .. > Thus ends the ninetieth chapter, named 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Vṛṣavāhaneśvara,' in the Māhātmya of the Eleven Rudras, in the first \[part\], the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsakṣetra, in the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, 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.16.90.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Īśvarasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.isvara.1.p4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.90) · Pramāṇa