[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) › 17.20.11 # Skandapurana 17.20.11 Skandapurāṇa 17.20.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.20.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.20.11) 9 brahmaṇe viṣṇunā dakṣayajñakathādivarṇane dakṣayajñavidhvaṃsavarṇanam, pārvatījananavi-vāhādivarṇanam ta tata ekasminsamaye'ntardhānaṃ gataṃ śaṃkaramadṛṣṭvā siṃhārūḍhayā pārvatyā samaṃ viṣṇvādidevānāṃ śivānveṣaṇāya gamanam, tataḥ prabhāse vastrāpatha-kṣetre taiḥ śaṃkarasya darśanam, viṣṇvādyājñayā śaṃkareṇa bhaveti nāmnā svasyā mūrte--statra vastrāpathakṣetre sthāpanam, bhavotpattimāhātmyavarṇanam... 207 2 > 9 In the description by Viṣṇu to Brahmā of the story of Dakṣa's sacrifice and other matters, the description of the destruction of Dakṣa's sacrifice; description of the birth, marriage, and other deeds of Pārvatī; then, upon not seeing Śaṃkara who had disappeared at one time, the departure of the gods led by Viṣṇu together with Pārvatī mounted on a lion in order to search for Śiva; then, the darśana of Śaṃkara by them in the Vastrāpathakṣetra at Prabhāsa; the installation of his own form named Bhava there in the Vastrāpathakṣetra by Śaṃkara upon the command of Viṣṇu and others; description of the māhātmya of the origin of Bhava. \[p.\] 207.2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 17.20.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.20.10) - [Next: 17.20.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.20.12) - [Up: 17.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.17.20.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.20.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.20.11) · Pramāṇa