[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) › 16.91 # Skandapurana 16.91 Skandapurāṇa 16.91 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.91.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.91.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi tryaṃbakeśvaramavyayam .. tatpaṃcamaṃ samākhyātaṃ rudrāṇāmādidaivatam .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to the imperishable Tryambakeśvara; / that is declared to be the fifth, the primordial deity among the Rudras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.91.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.91.2) śikhaṃḍīśvaramākhyātaṃ pūrvaṃ tretāyuge priye .. taccādyāhaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathā saṃjñāyate naraiḥ ..2.. > It was proclaimed as Śikhaṇḍīśvara previously in the Tretāyuga, O beloved; / and today I shall tell that by which it is known by men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.91.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.91.3) asti sāṃbapuraṃ devi tatrasthaṃ parameśvari .. tasyaivottaradigbhāge sthānaṃ kāpālikaṃ smṛtam .. 3 .. > There is Sāmbapura, O goddess, situated there, O supreme lady; / in the northern quarter of it, a Kāpālika abode is recalled, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.91.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.91.4) kapāleśvaranāmā ca yatreśo liṃgamūrtimān .. saṃsthitaḥ pāpanāśāya darśanātsparśanānnṛṇām .. 4 .. > named Kapāleśvara, where the Lord embodied as a liṅga / is stationed for the destruction of sin from seeing and touching \[him\] for mortals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.91.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.91.5) tasmādīśānadigbhāge dhanuṣāṃ ṣoḍaśāṃtare .. tryaṃbakeśvaranāmā ca tatra rudraḥ sthitaḥ svayam .. .. 5 .. > In the northeast quarter from there, at a distance of sixteen bow-lengths, / Rudra himself is situated there under the name Tryambakeśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.91.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.91.6) sarvānugrahakarttā ca sarvakāmaphalapradaḥ .. purā yatrātapaddevi tapo ghoraṃ suduṣkaram .. gururnāmā ṛṣivaro devadānavaduḥsaham .. 6 .. > the maker of grace for all, the grantor of the fruit of all desires; / where formerly, O goddess, the best of ṛṣis named Guru practiced severe austerity, / extremely difficult to perform and unbearable to gods and demons, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.91.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.91.7) koṭīnāṃ tritayaṃ yena tryaṃbako maṃtranāyakaḥ .. japto divyena vidhinā trikālaṃ pūjya śaṃkaram .. 7 .. > by whom thirty million \[recitations\] of the king of mantras, Tryambaka, / were chanted according to divine rites, worshiping Śaṃkara at the three junctures of the day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.91.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.91.8) tataḥ prasādya deveśaṃ divyaiśvaryamavāpa saḥ .. cakre nāma svayaṃ tasya tryaṃbakeśvaramavyayam .. 8 .. > Then, having propitiated the Lord of gods, he obtained divine sovereignty; / he himself named it the imperishable Tryambakeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.91.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.91.9) japtvā tu tryaṃbakaṃ maṃtraṃ yataḥ siddhimavāpa saḥ .. divyāṣṭaguṇamaiśvaryaṃ tenāsau tryaṃbakeśvaraḥ .. 9 .. > Since he attained siddhi by chanting the Tryambaka mantra, / \[and attained\] divine eightfold sovereignty, therefore it is Tryambakeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.91.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.91.10) sarvapātaka vidhvaṃsī darśanātsparśanādapi .. yastryaṃbakaṃ japedviprastryaṃbakeśvarasaṃnidhau .. sa prāpnoti mahāsiddhiṃ pratyakṣaṃ rudra eva saḥ ..7.1.91.10.. > It destroys all sins by darśana and even by touch; / whatever brahmin chants the Tryambaka \[mantra\] in the presence of Tryambakeśvara, / he attains great siddhi; he is truly Rudra manifest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.91.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.91.11) darśanādapi tasyātha pāpaṃ yāti sahasradhā .. yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā vidhinā bhāvamāsthitaḥ .. vāmadevena maṃtreṇa sa muktaḥ pātakairbhavet .. 11 .. > Even from the darśana of it, sin is scattered a thousandfold; / whoever worships it with devotion according to the rites, established in reverence, / with the Vāmadeva mantra, becomes freed from sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.91.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.91.12) caitraśuklacaturdaśyāṃ tatra yo jāgṛyānniśi .. pūjāstutikathābhiśca sa prāpnotīpsitaṃ phalam .. 12 .. > Whoever keeps vigil there at night on the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight of Caitra / with worship, hymns of praise, and sacred narratives, attains the desired fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.91.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.91.13) dhenustatraiva dātavyā samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ .. 13.. > A cow should be given right there by those desiring the complete fruit of the pilgrimage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.91.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.91.14) iti te kathitaṃ devi māhātmyaṃ pāpanāśanam .. tryaṃbakeśvararudrasya nṛṇāṃ puṇyaphalapradam .. 14 .. > Thus has been told to you, O goddess, the sin-destroying māhātmya / of Tryambakeśvara Rudra, which bestows the fruit of religious merit on mortals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.91.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.91.91) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya ekādaśarudramāhātmye tryaṃbakeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 91 .. > Thus ends the ninety-first chapter, named 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Tryambakeśvara,' 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.16.91.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.91) · Pramāṇa