[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) › 16.98 # Skandapurana 16.98 Skandapurāṇa 16.98 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.98.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi caṃḍeśvaramiti śrutam.. someśādvāyave bhāge dhanuṣāṃ ṣaṣṭibhiḥ sthitam.. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Then one should go, O great goddess, to what is renowned as Caṇḍeśvara, / situated sixty dhanuses to the north-west of Someśa. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.2) divyaṃ liṃgaṃ mahādevi sarvapātakanāśanam .. tatpūrve tu yuge khyātaṃ manoḥ svāyaṃbhuvāṃtare .. 2 .. > A divine liṅga, O great goddess, destroying all sins; / in a former yuga, during the interval of the Svāyambhuva Manu, it was celebrated. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.3) tretāyugamukhe devi pṛthivyā saṃpratiṣṭhitam.. pūrvamanvaṃtare cāsmim̐lliṅgaṃ pṛthvīśvaraṃ priye .. 3 .. > At the beginning of the Tretāyuga, O goddess, it was established by the Earth; / and in that former manvantara, O beloved, the liṅga was \[known as\] Pṛthvīśvara. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.4) punaścaṃdreṇa tatprāptaṃ liṃgaṃ caṃdreśvaraṃ priye .. brahmahatyādipāpānāṃ nāśanaṃ puṇyavarddhanam .. 4 .. > Then it was reached by Candra, \[becoming\] the liṅga Candreśvara, O beloved, / destroying sins such as the killing of a brahmin, and increasing merit. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.5) taṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavo devi saptajanmasamudbhavaiḥ .. mucyate kalmaṣaiḥ sarvaiḥ kṛtakṛtyastu jāyate .. 5 .. > Beholding it, a mortal is freed from all taints / arising from seven births, O goddess, and becomes one whose duty is accomplished. 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.6) .. devyuvāca .. .. kathaṃ pṛthvīśvaraṃ khyātaṃ talliṃgaṃ pāpa nāśanam .. kathaṃ punaḥ samākhyātaṃ candreśvaramiti prabho .. etadvistarato brūhi śrotukāmāhamādarāt .. 6 .. > The Goddess said: / How was that sin-destroying liṅga celebrated as Pṛthvīśvara? / How was it again proclaimed as Candreśvara, O Lord? / Tell this in detail; I desire to hear it with reverence. 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.7) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi kathā pāpapraṇāśinīm .. yāṃ śrutvā mucyate jaṃtustrividhaiḥ karmabandhanaiḥ .. 7 .. > Īśvara said: / Listen, O goddess, I shall relate the sin-destroying story, / hearing which a living being is freed from the threefold bonds of karma. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.8) āsītpūrvaṃ mahādevi daityabhārārdditā mahī .. sā'dho vrajaṃtī sahasā gorūpā saṃbabhūva ha .. 8 .. > Formerly, O great goddess, the Earth was oppressed by the burden of daityas; / sinking down, she suddenly took the form of a cow. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.9) itastato dhāvamānā na lebhe nirvṛtiṃ kvacit .. tato varṣaśate pūrṇe bhramamāṇā kvacitkvacit .. 9 .. > Running here and there, she found peace nowhere; / then, wandering in various places until a hundred years had passed, 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.10) āsasāda mahākṣetraṃ prabhāsamiti viśrutam .. devadānavagaṃdharvaiḥ sevitaṃ pāpanāśanam.. 7.1.98.10 .. > she reached the great sacred field renowned as Prabhāsa, / attended by gods, dānavas, and gandharvas, destroying sin. 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.11) tatra sthitvā mahākṣetre kṛtvā manasi niścayam .. liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhayāmāsa bhaktyā paramayā yutā .. 11 .. > Staying in that great sacred field, having resolved in her mind, / she established a liṅga, endowed with supreme devotion. 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.12) varṣāṇāṃ ca śataṃ sāgraṃ kṛte tapasi duścare .. tutoṣa bhagavānrudro dharitrīṃ vākyamabravīt .. 12 .. > When austere penance had been performed for more than a hundred years, / the blessed Rudra was pleased and said these words to the Earth: 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.13) devi viśvaṃbhare sarvaṃ tapaḥ sucaritaṃ tvayā .. mā śokaṃ kuru kalyāṇi bhaviṣyati tavepsitam .. 13 .. > “O goddess Viśvambharā, all penance has been well performed by you; / do not grieve, O auspicious one, what you desire will come to pass. 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.14) daityā nāśaṃ gamiṣyaṃti viṣṇunā nihatā bhuvi .. bhavitrī tvaṃ mahādevi daityabhāravivarjitā .. 14 .. > The daityas will meet destruction, slain on earth by Viṣṇu; / you, O great goddess, shall be relieved of the daityas’ burden. 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.15) idaṃ tvayā sthāpitaṃ yalliṃgaṃ paramaśobhanam .. dharitrīnāmnā vikhyātaṃ loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyati .. .. 15 .. > This exceedingly beautiful liṅga which has been established by you / shall attain renown in the world under the name of the Earth. 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.16) atrāhaṃ saṃsthito nityaṃ liṃgarūpī mahāprabhuḥ .. sthāsyāmi kalpekalpe vai nṛṇāṃ pāpāpahārakaḥ .. 16 .. > Remaining here constantly in the form of a liṅga, the great lord, / I shall abide through eon after eon, taking away the sins of men. 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.17) mūrtyaṣṭakasamāyukto liṃge 'sminsaṃsthitaḥ sadā .. nṛṇāṃ nāśayitā pāpaṃ pūrvajanmaśatārjitam .. 17 .. > Endowed with eight forms, constantly present in this liṅga, / I shall destroy the sins of men acquired in hundreds of past births.” 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.18) bhādre kṛṣṇatṛtīyāyāṃ yaścaitaṃ pūjayiṣyati .. so'śvamedhasahasrasya phalamāpsyatyasaṃśayam .. 18 .. > And whoever worships this \[liṅga\] on the third day of the dark fortnight of the month of Bhādrapada, / he will without doubt obtain the fruit of a thousand horse sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.19) sarvatīrthābhiṣekasya sarveṣāṃ dānakarmaṇām .. bhaviṣyati phalaṃ tasya liṃgasyaivāsya pūjanāt .. 19 .. > The fruit of ritual bathing in all sacred fords and of all acts of donation / will belong to him simply by worshiping this liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.20) dhanuṣāṃ ṣoḍaśaṃ yāvatsamaṃtātparimaṃḍalam .. kṣetramasya samākhyātaṃ prāṇināṃ muktidāyakam .. 7.1.98.20 .. > As far as sixteen bows' lengths all around in circumference, / its sacred field is proclaimed to grant liberation to living beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.21) tasminmṛtāḥ prāṇino ye kāmato vāpyakāmataḥ .. kṛmi kīṭasamā vāpi te yāṃti paramāṃ gatim .. 21 .. > Living beings who die there, willingly or even unwillingly, / even if like worms and insects, go to the highest state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.22) yo dadyātkāñcanaṃ meruṃ kṛtsnāṃ vā'pi vasundharām .. yaḥ pūjayati pṛthvīśaṃ sa tayoradhikaḥ smṛtaḥ ..22.. > Whether one gives a golden Meru or the entire earth, / he who worships Pṛthvīśa is considered superior to both. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.23) īśvara uvāca .. .. iti dattvā varāndevastatraivāṃtaradhīyata .. pṛthivīśvaranāmābhūttatprabhṛtyeva śaṃkaraḥ .. 23 .. > Īśvara said: / Having granted these boons, the god vanished right there. / From that time on, Śaṃkara became known by the name Pṛthivīśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.24) punarasminmahākalpe vārāha iti viśrute .. kadāciddakṣaśāpena kṣīṇaścandro babhūva ha .. 24 .. > Again, in this great cosmic cycle known as the Vārāha, / once the Moon became emaciated due to Dakṣa's curse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.25) papāta bhūtale devi yakṣmaṇā pīḍitaḥ śaśī .. kṣetraṃ prabhāsamāsādya tanmahodadhisaṃnidhau .. 25 .. > Afflicted by consumption, the Moon fell to the surface of the earth, O goddess, / having reached the sacred field of Prabhāsa near that great ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.26) dṛṣṭvā pṛthvīśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ saprabhāvaṃ mahāprabham .. tatpūjānirato bhūtvā varṣāṇāṃ tu sahasrakam .. 26 .. > Seeing the Pṛthvīśvara liṅga possessed of majesty and great splendour, / and becoming devoted to its worship for a thousand years, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.27) atapatsa tapo raudraṃ śīrṇaparṇāṃbubhakṣakaḥ .. yataḥ samabhavaddīptyā sarvāhlādakaraḥ śaśī .. 27 .. > he performed dreadful austerity, subsisting on withered leaves and water, / wherefore the Moon, delighting all with his radiance, was restored. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.28) talliṃgasyaiva māhātmyāttataścaṃdreśvaro'bhavat .. tasya liṃgasya māhātmyāccaṃdramā gatakalmaṣaḥ .. 28 .. > Indeed from the māhātmya of that liṅga, it became Candreśvara. / Through the māhātmya of that liṅga, the Moon was freed from impurity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.29) avāpa siddhimatyugrāṃ sparśaliṃgaprakāśinīm .. somanātheti yāṃ prāhuḥ prasiddhāṃ liṃgarūpiṇīm .. 29 .. > and attained an exceedingly fierce perfection that reveals the contact-liṅga, / which they proclaim as Somanātha, renowned in the form of a liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.30) iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ candradaivatam .. śrutaṃ harati pāpāni tathā''rogyaṃ prayacchati .. 7.1.98.30 .. > Thus has been briefly declared the māhātmya dedicated to the Moon. / Heard, it removes sins and likewise bestows health. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.98.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98.98) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye madhyayātrāyāṃ pṛthvīśvara( caṃdreśvara)māhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭanavatitamodhyāyaḥ .. 98 .. > Thus ends the ninety-eighth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Pṛthvīśvara (Candreśvara)', in the Intermediate Pilgrimage, in the first Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya of the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.16.98.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.98) · Pramāṇa