[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) › 16.95 # Skandapurana 16.95 Skandapurāṇa 16.95 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.95.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.95.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchedvarārohe liṃgaṃ mṛtyuñjayeśvaram .. tasyaiva vahni koṇasthaṃ dhanuṣāṃ daśake sthitam .. 1 .. > The Lord said: / Then one should go, O woman of beautiful hips, to the liṅga Mṛtyuñjayeśvara, / situated in the fire direction (southeast) of that very \[shrine\], at a distance of ten bows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.95.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.95.2) paścime sāgarādityātsthitaṃ dhanuścatuṣṭaye .. pāpaghnaṃ sarvajantūnāṃ darśanātsparśanādapi .. 2 .. > It stands four bows to the west of Sāgarāditya; / it destroys sins for all creatures merely by darśana and by touch. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.95.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.95.3) pūrve yuge samākhyātaṃ nāma nandīśvareti ca .. yatra taptaṃ tapo ghoraṃ nandināmnā gaṇena me .. 3 .. > In a previous age, it was celebrated by the name Nandīśvara, / where fierce austerity was performed by my attendant named Nandin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.95.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.95.4) pratiṣṭhāpya mahāliṃgaṃ nityaṃ pūjāpareṇa ca .. tatra japto mahāmantro mṛtyuñjaya iti śrutaḥ .. 4 .. > Having installed the great liṅga and having remained constantly devoted to worship, / he recited there the renowned great mantra 'Mṛtyuñjaya'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.95.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.95.5) koṭīnāṃ niyutaṃ devi tatastuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ .. dadau gaṇeśatāṃ tasya muktiṃ sāmīpyagāṃ tathā .. 5 .. > He recited a million crores, O goddess; then Maheśvara, being pleased, / granted him the status of the chief of attendants, and likewise liberation that consists in proximity \[to God\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.95.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.95.6) mṛtyuñjayena mantreṇa tasya tuṣṭo yato haraḥ .. tena mṛtyuñjayeśeti khyātaṃ liṃgaṃ dharātale .. 6 .. > Since Hara was pleased with him through the Mṛtyuñjaya mantra, / the liṅga is therefore celebrated on the surface of the earth as Mṛtyuñjayeśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.95.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.95.7) yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā paśyedvā bhāvitātmavān .. nāśayettasya pāpāni saptajanmārjitānyapi .. 7 .. > Whoever worships it with devotion or beholds it with a purified self, / it destroys his sins even though accumulated over seven births. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.95.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.95.8) snāpayetpayasā liṃgaṃ dadhnā ghṛtayutena ca .. madhunekṣurasenaiva kuṃkumena vilepayet .. 8 .. > One should bathe the liṅga with milk, curds mixed with clarified butter, / honey, and sugarcane juice, and anoint it with saffron. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.95.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.95.9) karpūrośīra miśreṇa mṛganābhirasena ca .. candanena sugandhena puṣpaiḥ saṃpūjayettataḥ .. 9 .. > Then one should worship it with fragrant sandalwood / mixed with camphor, uśīra root, and musk fluid, and with flowers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.95.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.95.10) dadyāddhūpaṃ puro devi tato devasya cāgurum .. vastraiḥ saṃpūjya vividhairātmavittānusārataḥ .. 7.1.95.10 .. > O goddess, one should offer incense before the god, and then agallochum, / worshipping \[him\] with various garments according to one's wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.95.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.95.11) naivedyaṃ paramānnaṃ ca dattvā dīpasamanvitam .. aṣṭāṃgaṃ praṇipātaṃ ca tataḥ kāryaṃ ca bhaktitaḥ .. 11 .. > Having offered the food oblation consisting of supreme rice cooked with milk, along with a lamp, / a prostration with eight limbs should then be performed with devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.95.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.95.12) hemadānaṃ pradātavyaṃ brāhmaṇe vedapārage .. 12 .. > A gift of gold should be given to a brahmin who has mastered the Vedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.95.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.95.13) evaṃ yātrā bhavettasya śāstroktā nātra saṃśayaḥ .. evaṃ kṛtvā naro devi labhate janmanaḥ phalam .. 13 .. > Thus his pilgrimage will be one declared in scripture; of this there is no doubt. / Having done so, O goddess, a man obtains the fruit of his life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.95.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.95.14) iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ mṛtyuñjayamahodayam .. pāpaghnaṃ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam .. 14 .. > Thus the great majesty of Mṛtyuñjaya has been related in brief; / it destroys the sins of all living beings and grants the fruit of all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.95.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.95.95) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsa khaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya ekādaśarudramāhātmye mṛtyuñjayamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcanavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 95 .. > Thus ends the ninety-fifth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of Mṛtyuñjaya', in the Praise of the Eleven Rudras, in the first \[part\], the 'Glory of Prabhāsakṣetra', 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.16.95.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.206.13) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.95) · Pramāṇa