[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) › 2.2.50.5 # Skandapurana 2.2.50.5 Skandapurāṇa 2.2.50.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.2.50.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.50.5) 4 lakṣmīyamasaṃvādaprasaṃgena pratitīrthakiñcitkathādarśanam, tatra ca kapālamocanatīrthavarṇa- nama sindhurājasya salilādvaṭasyāmūlāntasthitānāmābrahmasthāvarāntānāṃ sarveṣāṃ muktirbhavatīti tatsthānamāhātmyakathanam, tataḥ kāmākhyanṛsiṃhatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam, maṅgalādyaṣṭadevatānāmaṣṭasu dikṣu saṃsthāpanam, kapālamocanayameśvaramārkaṇḍeya- bilveśavaṭeśanīlakaṇṭheśānakṣetrapālādyaṣṭaliṅgasthāpanam indradyumnasya kathānakam, tadanantaraṃ yamabrahmaṇoḥ svasthānaṃ prati gamanama bhagavato dārumayavapurdhāraṇapūrvaka- mindradyumnāya varapradānam, dāruvapuṣmato harerguṇānuvādaśravaṇasaṃjātakautukayordurva- tanakariṇoḥ puṇḍarīkāṃbarīṣakanāmnorbrāhmaṇakṣatriyayostatrāgamanam, tatraiva cendra- dyumnena dārumayatīrthasthāpanam, tanmāhātmyavarṇanaṃ ca -.... - .. 59 1 > 4. In the context of the dialogue between Lakṣmī and Yama, an account given for each sacred ford: therein, description of Kapālamocanatīrtha; the proclamation of the māhātmya of that place stating that all beings from Brahmā down to immobile creatures, situated from the water of the ocean king to the root of the banyan tree, obtain liberation; then, description of the māhātmya of the sacred ford called Kāmākhya-Nṛsiṃha; the installation of the eight deities headed by Maṅgalā in the eight directions; the installation of the eight liṅgas headed by Kapālamocana, Yameśvara, Mārkaṇḍeya, Bilveśa, Vaṭeśa, Nīlakaṇṭheśa, and the Kṣetrapāla; the narrative of Indradyumna; after that, the departure of Yama and Brahmā to their respective realms; the granting of a boon to Indradyumna by the Lord after assuming a wooden form; the arrival there of a brahmin and a kṣatriya named Puṇḍarīka and Ambarīṣaka, who were misbehaved but whose curiosity had been aroused upon hearing the recitation of the virtues of Hari with a wooden form; and Indradyumna's establishment of the wooden sacred ford right there, and the description of its māhātmya. (59, 1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.2.50.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.50.4) - [Next: 2.2.50.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.50.6) - [Up: 2.2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.50) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.2.2.50.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.50.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.2.2.50.5) · Pramāṇa