[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) › 16.96 # Skandapurana 16.96 Skandapurāṇa 16.96 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.96.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.96.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tatogacchenmahādevi kāmeśvaramiti smṛtam .. tasyaivottaradigbhāge dhanuṣāṃ tritaye sthitam .. ratīśvaramiti khyātaṃ tretāyāṃ tatsure śvari .. 1 .. > The Lord said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to what is known as Kāmeśvara, / situated in the northern direction of that very \[shrine\], at a distance of three bows; / it was celebrated as Ratīśvara in the Tretā age, O queen of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.96.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.96.2) yasmindṛṣṭe manuṣyāṇāṃ pūjite tu varānane .. naśyecca saptajanmāghaṃ gṛhabhaṃgaśca no bhavet .. 2 .. > When it is beheld, and indeed worshipped by human beings, O fair-faced one, / the sin of seven births is destroyed, and ruin of the household does not happen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.96.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.96.3) .. devyuvāca .. .. kenāyaṃ sthāpito deva kasmātprokto ratīśvaraḥ .. darśanenāsya kiṃ śreyaḥ sarvaṃ vistarato vada .. 3 .. > The goddess said: / By whom was this installed, O god? Why is it called Ratīśvara? / What good comes from seeing it? Tell me everything in detail. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.96.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.96.4) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm .. ratirnāmābhavatsādhvī kāmapatnī yaśasvinī ..4.. > The Lord said: / Hear, O goddess, and I will narrate the sin-destroying story. / There was a virtuous and renowned wife of Kāma named Rati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.96.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.96.5) dagdhe manasije pūrvaṃ devena tripurāriṇā.. tadarthāya tapastepe tasmindeśe ratiḥ kila ..5.. > When the mind-born \[Kāma\] was burned formerly by the god who was the enemy of Tripura, / Rati, indeed, performed austerity in that place for his sake. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.96.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.96.6) aṃguṣṭhāgreṇa tiṣṭhantyā yāvadyugacatuṣṭayam .. ārādhito mahādevaḥ śāṃtena manasā priye .. 6 .. > Standing on the tip of her big toe for four ages, / Mahādeva was worshipped by her with a serene mind, O beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.96.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.96.7) kasmiṃścidatha kāle tu nirbhidya dharaṇītalam .. tadagrataḥ samuttasthau ligaṃ māheśvaraṃ priye .. 7 .. > Then, at a certain time, having split open the surface of the earth, / a liṅga belonging to Maheśvara rose up before her, O beloved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.96.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.96.8) etasminneva kāle tu vāguvācāśarīriṇī .. āhlādayaṃtī sahasā tasyāścittaṃ varānane .. 8 .. > At that very time, a bodiless voice spoke, / suddenly gladdening her heart, O fair-faced one: 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.96.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.96.9) yasmānmāheśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ tvadbhaktyā sahasotthitam .. pūjayestanmahābhāge tataḥ kāṃtamavāpsyasi ..9.. > “Since this liṅga of Maheśvara has suddenly emerged through your devotion, / you should worship it, O fortunate lady; then you will regain your beloved.” 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.96.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.96.10) etacchutvā tu sā sādhvī devadūtasya bhāṣitam.. talliṃgaṃ pūjayāmāsa sa bhaktyā paramayā yutā .. 7.1.96.10 .. > Hearing this utterance of the divine messenger, that chaste woman / worshipped that liṅga, filled with supreme devotion. 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.96.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.96.11) tataḥ kāmaḥ samuttasthau suptotthita iva priye .. tataḥ prabhṛti talliṃgaṃ kāmeśvaramiti śrutam .. 11 .. > Then Kāma arose, like one waking from sleep, O beloved; / from then on, that liṅga has been renowned as Kāmeśvara. 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.96.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.96.12) tataḥ sā kāmadayitā vākyametaduvāca ha .. prahṛṣṭā kāmadevāptyā purataḥ puṣpadhanvanaḥ .. 12 .. > Then that beloved of Kāma spoke these words, / overjoyed at regaining Kāmadeva, before the god with the flower-bow: 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.96.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.96.13) pūjayiṣyaṃti ye cānye liṃgametatsamāhitāḥ .. evaṃ te vāṃchitāṃ siddhiṃ bhūyo yāsyaṃti sadgatim.. 13 .. > “And whatever other people worship this liṅga with concentrated mind / shall likewise obtain their desired success and further attain the highest state. 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.96.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.96.14) mano'bhīṣṭaṃ tathā sarvaṃ yadyapi syātsadurllabham .. tatprāpsyaṃti na saṃdeho liṃgasyāsya prasādataḥ .. .. 14 .. > Likewise, every desire of their heart, even if it be extremely difficult to obtain, / they shall obtain—of this there is no doubt—by the grace of this liṅga.” 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.96.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.96.15) evamuktvā gatā sādhvī ratiḥ kāmena saṃyutā .. svasthāne pūrṇakāmā sā prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā .. 15 .. > Having spoken thus, the virtuous Rati, united with Kāma, / went to her own abode, her desire fulfilled, her inner self overjoyed. 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.96.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.96.16) enaṃ caitratrayodaśyāṃ śuklāyāṃ yaḥ samarcati .. sakāmavadbhavennṛṇāṃ śrutaṃ saubhāgyadāyakam .. 16 .. > Whoever worships this \[liṅga\] on the thirteenth day of the bright fortnight of Caitra / will have all desires fulfilled; it is traditionally taught as granting good fortune to men. 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.96.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.96.96) hṛti śrīskāṃdemahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya ekādaśarudramāhātmye kāmeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṇṇavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 96 .. > Thus ends the ninety-sixth chapter, named “The Description of the Māhātmya of Kāmeśvara,” in the Māhātmya of the Eleven Rudras, in the first \[part\], the Māhātmya of the Prabhāsakṣetra, in the seventh \[book\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. 96 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.96.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.96) · Pramāṇa