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# Skandapurana 3.1.14

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.14

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.1)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..

> The venerable Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.2)

snātvā tvamṛta vāpyāṃ vai sevitvaikāṃtarāghavam ..

> Having bathed in Amṛtavāpī and worshipped Ekāntarāghava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.3)

jiteṃdriyo naraḥ snātuṃ brahmakuṃḍaṃ tato vrajet .. 1 ..

> a man with subdued senses should then go to Brahmakuṇḍa to bathe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.4)

setumadhye mahātīrthaṃ gaṃdhamādanaparvate ..

> In the middle of the bridge, on the Gandhamādana mountain,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.5)

brahmakuṃḍamiti khyātaṃ sarva dāridryabheṣajam .. 2 ..

> there is a great sacred ford known as Brahmakuṇḍa, a cure for all poverty;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.6)

vidyate brahmahatyānāmayutāyutanāśanam ..

> it destroys tens of millions of murders of a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.7)

darśanaṃ brahmakuṃḍasya sarvapāpaughanāśanam .. 3 ..

> The sight of Brahmakuṇḍa destroys the entire flood of sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.8)

kiṃ tasya bahubhistīrthaiḥ kiṃ tapobhiḥ kimadhvaraiḥ ..

> What need has he of many sacred fords, what need of austerities, what need of sacrifices,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.9)

mahādānaiśca kiṃ tasya brahmakuṃḍavilokinaḥ .. 4 ..

> and what need has he of great gifts—he who gazes upon Brahmakuṇḍa?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.10)

brahmakuṃḍe sakṛtsnānaṃ vaikuṃṭhaprāptikāraṇam ..

> A single ritual ablution in Brahmakuṇḍa is the cause of attaining Vaikuṇṭha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.11)

brahmakuṃḍasamudbhūtaṃ bhasma yena dhṛtaṃ dvijāḥ.. .. 5 ..

> He by whom the ash produced from Brahmakuṇḍa is applied, O brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.12)

tasyānugāstrayo devā brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ ..

> the three gods Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara attend upon him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.13)

brahmakuṃḍasamudbhūtabhasmanā yastripuṃḍrakam .. 6 ..

> Whoever makes the tripuṇḍra mark with the ash produced from Brahmakuṇḍa—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.14)

karoti tasya kaivalyaṃ karasthaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ ..

> absolute liberation rests in his hand; there is no doubt about this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.15)

tadbhasmaparamāṇurvā yo lalāṭe dhṛto bhavet .. 7 ..

> Or if even an atom of that ash is borne upon one's forehead,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.16)

tāvadevāsya muktiḥ syānnātra kāryā vicāraṇā ..

> just by that much his liberation would occur; no doubt is to be entertained here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.17)

tatkuṃḍabhasmanā martyaḥ kuryāduddhūlanaṃ tu yaḥ .. 8 ..

> That mortal who smears himself with the ash of that kuṇḍa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.18)

tasya puṇyaphalaṃ vaktuṃ śaṃkaro vetti vā na vā ..

> whether Śaṃkara knows how to describe the fruit of his merit or not!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.19)

brahmakuṃḍasamudbhūtaṃ bhasma yo naiva dhārayet .. 9 ..

> Whoever does not bear the ash produced from Brahmakuṇḍa  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.20)

raurave narake so'yaṃ patedācaṃdratārakam ..

> will fall into the Raurava hell as long as the moon and stars endure.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.21)

uddhūlanaṃ tripuṃḍraṃ vā brahmakuṃḍasthabhasmanā .. 3.1.14.10 ..

> That lowest of men who does not apply ash from Brahmakuṇḍa  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.22)

narādhamo na kuryādyaḥ sukhaṃ nāsya kadācana ..

> as anointment or as a tripuṇḍra mark has never any happiness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.23)

brahmakuṃḍasamudbhūtabhasmaniṃdāratastu yaḥ .. 11 ..

> Whoever is devoted to reviling the ash produced from Brahmakuṇḍa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.24)

utpattau tasya sāṃkaryamanumeyaṃ vipaścitā ..

> a wise man should infer illegitimate mixture in his birth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.25)

brahmakuṃḍasamudbhūtaṃ bhasmaitallokapāvanam .. 12 ..

> This ash produced from Brahmakuṇḍa purifies the world;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.26)

anyabhasmasamaṃ yastu nyūnaṃ vā vakti mānavaḥ ..

> the human being who declares it equal to or less than any other ash,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.27)

utpattau tasya sāṃkarya manumeyaṃ vipaścitā .. 13 ..

> a wise man must infer confusion of caste in his birth. (13)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.28)

brahmakuṃḍasamudbhūte'pyasminbhasmani jāgrati ..

> Even when this ash originating from the Brahmakuṇḍa is readily available,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.29)

bhasmāṃtareṇa manujo dhārayedyastripuṃḍrakam .. 14 ..

> the man who applies the tripuṇḍra with any other ash— (14)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.30)

utpattau tasya sāṃka ryamanumeyaṃ vipaścitā ..

> a wise man must infer confusion of caste in his birth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.31)

kadācidapi yo martyo bhasmaitattu na dhārayet .. 15 ..

> Whatever mortal never applies this ash, (15)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.32)

utpattau tasya sāṃkaryamanumeyaṃ vipaścitā ..

> a wise man must infer confusion of caste in his birth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.33)

brahmakuṃḍasamudbhūtaṃ bhasma dadyāddvijāya yaḥ .. 16 ..

> Whoever gives to a brahmin the ash born from the Brahmakuṇḍa, (16)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.34)

caturarṇavaparyaṃtā tena dattā vasundharā ..

> by him the earth bounded by the four oceans has been given.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.35)

saṃdeho nātra kartavyastrirvā śapathayāmyaham .. 17 ..

> No doubt should be entertained in this matter; I swear it thrice! (17)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.36)

satyaṃsatyaṃ punaḥ satyamuddhṛtya bhujamucyate ..

> It is true, it is true, it is true again; with arm raised it is declared:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.37)

brahmakuṃḍodbhavaṃ bhasma dhārayadhvaṃ dvijottamāḥ .. 18 ..

> Apply the ash originating from the Brahmakuṇḍa, O best of brahmins! (18)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.38)

etaddhi pāvanaṃ bhasma brahmayajñasamudbhavam ..

> For this purifying ash arose from the sacrifice of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.39)

purā hi bhagavānbrahmā sarvalokapitāmahaḥ .. 19 ..

> Long ago, indeed, the blessed Brahmā, the grandfather of all the worlds, (19)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.40)

sannidhau sarvadevānāṃ parvate gaṃdhamādane ..

> in the presence of all the gods on Mount Gandhamādana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.41)

īśaśāpanivṛttyarthaṃ kratūnsarvānsamātanot .. 3.1.14.20 ..

> performed all the sacrificial rites to avert the curse of the Lord. (20)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.42)

vidhāya vidhivatsarvānadhvarānbahudakṣiṇān ..

> Having performed in accordance with rule all the sacrifices with generous sacrificial gifts,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.43)

mumuce sahasā brahmā śaṃbhuśāpāddvijottamāḥ .. 21 ..

> Brahmā was swiftly freed from the curse of Śambhu, O best of brahmins! (21)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.44)

tadetattīrthamāsādya snānaṃ kurvaṃti ye narāḥ ..

> Those men who, having approached this sacred ford, take their ritual ablution,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.45)

te mahādevasāyujyaṃ prāpnuvaṃti na saṃśayaḥ .. 22 .. ..

> they attain union with Mahādeva; there is no doubt. (22)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.46)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..

> The seers said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.47)

vyāsaśiṣya mahāprājña purāṇārthaviśārada ..

> O disciple of Vyāsa, of great wisdom, skilled in the meaning of the Purāṇas!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.48)

caturdaśānāṃ lokānāṃ sraṣṭāraṃ caturānanam .. 23 ..

> Against the creator of the fourteen worlds, the four-faced one, (23)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.49)

śaṃbhuḥ kenāparādhena śaptavānbhāratīpatim ..

> for what offense did Śambhu curse the husband of Bhāratī?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.50)

śāpaśca kīdṛśastasya purā datto hareṇa vai ..

> And what kind of curse was formerly given to him by Hara?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.51)

etatsarvaṃ mune brūhi tattvato'smākamādarāt .. 24 ..

> Tell us all this in truth, O sage, out of affection. (24)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.52)

.. śrīsūta uvāca ..

> The auspicious Sūta said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.53)

purā babhūva kalaho brahmaviṣṇvoḥ parasparam.. 25 ..

> Long ago, a quarrel arose mutually between Brahmā and Viṣṇu, (25)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.54)

kaṃciddhetuṃ samuddiśya spardhayā ślāghamānayoḥ ..

> as they praised themselves in rivalry over a certain cause:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.55)

ahaṃ karttā na matto'nyaḥ karttāsti jagatītale .. .. 26 ..

> “I am the creator; there is no creator other than me on the surface of the earth!” (26)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.56)

evamāha hariṃ brahmā brahmāṇaṃ ca haristathā ..

> Thus Brahmā spoke to Hari, and likewise Hari to Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.57)

evaṃ vivādaḥ sumahānprāvarttata purā tayoḥ .. 27 ..

> In this way, a very great dispute proceeded between the two in the past. (27)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.58)

etasminnaṃtare viprāḥ kurvatoḥ kalahaṃ mithaḥ ..

> In the meantime, O brahmins, as the two were quarreling with each other,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.59)

tayorgarvavināśāya prabodhārthaṃ ca devayoḥ .. 28 ..

> to destroy their pride and for the awakening of the two gods, (28)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.60)

madhye prādurabhūlliṃgaṃ svayaṃjyotiranāmayam ..

> a liṅga manifested between them, self-luminous and devoid of affliction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.61)

tau dṛṣṭvā vismitau liṃgaṃ brahmaviṣṇu parasparam .. 29 ..

> Seeing that liṅga, amazed, Brahmā and Viṣṇu mutually (29)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.62)

samayaṃ cakraturviprā devānāṃ sannidhau purā ..

> made an agreement, O brahmins, in the presence of the gods in ancient times:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.63)

anādyaṃtaṃ mahāliṃgaṃ yadetaddṛśyate puraḥ .. 3.1.14.30 ..

> “This great liṅga without beginning or end that is seen before us, (30)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.64)

anaṃtādityasaṃkā śamanaṃtāgnisamaprabham ..

> resembling endless suns, equal in radiance to endless fire—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.65)

āvayorasya liṃgasya yoṃ'tamādiṃ ca drakṣyati .. 31 ..

> whichever of the two of us shall see the top and bottom of this liṅga, (31)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.66)

sa bhavedadhiko loke lokakartā ca sa prabhuḥ ..

> he shall be superior in the world, the creator of the world, and its lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.67)

ahamūrdhvaṃ gamiṣyāmi liṃgasyātaṃ gaveṣayan .. 32 ..

> I will go upward, searching for the end of the liṅga; (32)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.68)

gaveṣaṇāya mūlasya tvamadhastāddhare vraja ..

> go down below, O Hari, to search for its base!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.69)

iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā tathe tyāha ramāpatiḥ .. 33 ..

> Hearing his words, the husband of Ramā said: “So be it.” (33)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.70)

evaṃ tau samayaṃ kṛtvā mārgaṇāya vinirgatau ..

> Having thus made the agreement, the two departed to search.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.71)

viṣṇurvarāharūpeṇa gato'dhastādgaveṣitum .. 34 ..

> Viṣṇu, in the form of a boar, went below to search; (34)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.72)

haṃsatāṃ bhāratījāniḥ svīkṛtyopari niryayau ..

> the husband of Bhāratī, assuming the nature of a swan, flew upward.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.73)

adho lokānvicityātho viṣṇurvarṣagaṇānbahūn ..

> Then Viṣṇu, having searched the lower worlds for many groups of years,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.74)

yathāsthānaṃ samāgatya vabhāṣe devasannidhau .. 35 ..

> returned to the place and spoke in the presence of the gods. (35)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.75)

.. viṣṇuruvāca .. ..

> Viṣṇu said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.76)

ahaṃ liṃgasya nādrākṣamādimasyeti satyavāk.. 36 ..

> “I did not see the beginning of this liṅga,” speaking the truth. (36)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.77)

ūrdhvaṃ gaveṣayitvātha brahmāpyāgacchadatra saḥ ..

> Having searched upward, Brahmā also came there;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.78)

āgatya ca vacaḥ prāha chadmanā caturānanaḥ .. .. 37 ..

> and having arrived, the four-faced one uttered a deceitful statement: (37)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.79)

.. brahmovāca .. ..

> Brahmā said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.80)

ahamadrākṣamasyāṃtaṃ liṃgasyeti mṛṣā punaḥ ..

> “I saw the end of this liṅga”—falsely indeed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.81)

tayostadvacanaṃ śrutvā vrahmaviṣṇvormaheśvaraḥ ..

> Hearing that statement of the two, Brahmā and Viṣṇu, Maheśvara  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.82)

mithyāvādinamāhedaṃ prahasya caturānanam .. 38 ..

> laughed and spoke thus to the four-faced one who spoke falsely: (38)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.83)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..

> Īśvara said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.84)

asatyaṃ yadavocastvaṃ caturānana matpuraḥ .. 39 ..

> “Because you spoke an untruth in front of me, O four-faced one, (39)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.85)

tasmātpūjā na te bhūyālloke sarvatra sarvadā ..

> therefore let there be no worship of you in the world, anywhere, at any time!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.86)

atha viṣṇuṃ punaḥ prāha bhagavānparameśvaraḥ .. 3.1.14.40 ..

> Then the blessed Parameśvara spoke again to Viṣṇu: (40)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.87)

yasmātsatyamavocastvaṃ kamalāyāḥ pate hare ..

> "Because you spoke the truth, O Hari, lord of Kamalā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.88)

tasmātte matsamā pūjā bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ .. 41 ..

> therefore your worship shall be equal to mine, there is no doubt."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.89)

tato brahmā viṣaṇṇaḥ sañchaṃkaraṃ pratyabhāṣata ..

> Then Brahmā, dejected, spoke to Śaṃkara:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.90)

svāminmamāparādhaṃ tvaṃ kṣamasva karuṇānidhe .. 42 ..

> "O Lord, treasure-house of compassion, forgive my offense!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.91)

ekoparādhaḥ kṣaṃtavyaḥ svāmi bhirjagadīśvaraiḥ ..

> One offense ought to be forgiven by masters, lords of the universe."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.92)

tato maheśvaro'vādīdbrahmāṇaṃ parisāṃtvayan .. 43 ..

> Then Maheśvara spoke, consoling Brahmā:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.93)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..

> Īśvara said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.94)

na mithyāvacanaṃ me syādbrahmanvakṣyāmi te śṛṇu ..

> "My words cannot be false, O Brahmā; listen to what I will tell you:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.95)

gaccha tvaṃ sahasā vatsa gandhamādanaparvatam ..44..

> Go quickly, my child, to Mount Gandhamādana;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.96)

tatra kratūnkuruṣva tvaṃ mithyādoṣapraśāṃtaye ..

> perform sacrifices there for the pacification of the fault of lying.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.97)

tato vidhūtapāpastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ .. ..45..

> Then, your sin washed away, you will be \[restored\], there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.98)

tena śrauteṣu te brahmansmārteṣvapi ca karmasu ..

> By virtue of that, O Brahmā, in Vedic and also in domestic rites,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.99)

pūjā bhaviṣyati sadā na pūjā pratimāsu te..46..

> there will always be worship for you, but there will be no worship for you in images."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.100)

ityuktvā bhagavānīśastatraivāṃtaradhīyata ..

> Having spoken thus, the divine Lord disappeared right there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.101)

tato brahmā yayau viprā gaṃdhamādanaparvatam .. 47 ..

> Then Brahmā went to Mount Gandhamādana, O brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.102)

īje ca kratukartāraṃ kratubhiḥ pārvatīpatim ..

> and with sacrifices worshipped the creator of sacrifices, the lord of Pārvatī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.103)

aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi varṣāṇi munipuṃgavāḥ .. 48 ..

> for eighty-eight thousand years, O best of sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.104)

pauṃḍarīkādibhiḥ sarvairadhvarairbhūridakṣiṇaiḥ ..

> with all the sacrifices such as the Pauṇḍarīka, with bountiful priestly fees;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.105)

indrādisarvadevānāṃ sannidhāvayajacchivam ..

> in the presence of Indra and all the gods, he sacrificed to Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.106)

tena tuṣṭobhavacchaṃbhurvaramasmai pradattavān .. 49 ..

> Gratified by this, Śambhu granted him a boon:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.107)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..

> Īśvara said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.108)

mithyoktidoṣaste naṣṭaḥ kṛtairetairmakhairiha .. 3.1.14.50 ..

> "Your fault of false speech has been destroyed here by performing these sacrifices;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.109)

caturānana te pūjā śrautasmārteṣu karmasu ..

> O four-faced one, in Vedic and domestic rites,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.110)

bhaviṣyatyamalā brahmanna pūjā pratimāsu te .. 51 ..

> your spotless worship will take place, O Brahmā, but there will be no worship for you in images.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.111)

yāgasthalamidaṃ te'dya brahmakuṇḍamiti prathām ..

> This sacrificial place of yours will from this day attain fame as 'Brahmakuṇḍa'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.112)

gamiṣyati trilokesminpuṇyaṃ pāpavināśanam .. 52 ..

> in this threefold world, holy and destroying sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.113)

brahmakuṇḍābhidhe tīrthe sakṛdyaḥ snānamā caret ..

> Whoever performs a ritual ablution even once in the sacred ford named Brahmakuṇḍa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.114)

muktidvārārgalaṃ tasya bhidyate tatkṣaṇādvidhe .. 53 ..

> for him the bolt of the door of liberation is broken at that very moment, O Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.115)

brahmakuṇḍasamudbhūtaṃ lalāṭe bhasma dhārayan ..

> Applying to his forehead the sacred ash produced from Brahmakuṇḍa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.116)

māyākapāṭaṃ nirbhidya muktidvāraṃ prayā syati .. 54 ..

> breaking open the door-leaf of illusion, one will go to the door of liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.117)

brahmakuṇḍotthitaṃ bhasma lalāṭe yo na dhārayet ..

> He who does not apply to his forehead the sacred ash arisen from Brahmakuṇḍa  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.118)

svapiturbījasaṃbhūto na mātari sutastu saḥ ..55..

> is not a son born of his father's seed in his mother.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.119)

brahmakuṇḍasamudbhūtabhasmadhāraṇato vidhe ..

> From applying the sacred ash produced from Brahmakuṇḍa, O Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.120)

brahmahatyāyutaṃ naśyetsurāpānāyutaṃ tathā .. 56 ..

> ten thousand murders of a brahmin are destroyed, as well as ten thousand drinkings of liquor;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.121)

gurutalpāyutaṃ naśyetsvarṇasteyāyutaṃ tathā ..

> ten thousand defilements of the guru's bed are destroyed, as well as ten thousand thefts of gold;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.122)

tatsaṃsargāyutaṃ naśyetsatyamuktaṃ mayā vidhe .. .. 57 ..

> ten thousand associations with them are destroyed; I have spoken the truth, O Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.123)

brahmakuṇḍasamudbhūtabhasmadhāraṇavaibhavāt ..

> By the power of applying the sacred ash produced from Brahmakuṇḍa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.124)

bhūtapretapiśācādyā naśyaṃti kṣaṇamātrataḥ .. 58 ..

> bhūtas, pretas, piśācas, and other spirits perish in a mere moment."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.125)

ityuktvā bhagavānīśastatraivāṃtaradhīyata ..

> Having spoken thus, the divine Lord disappeared right there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.126)

yajñeṣvatha samāpteṣu munayaśca jiteṃdriyāḥ .. 59 ..

> When the sacrifices were completed, the sages of subdued senses,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.127)

indrādidevatāścaiva siddhacāraṇakinnarāḥ ..

> the gods headed by Indra, along with siddhas, cāraṇas, and kinnaras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.128)

anye ca devanivahā gaṃdhamādanaparvate .. 3.1.14.60 ..

> and other hosts of gods on Mount Gandhamādana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.129)

tāṃ yajñabhūmimāśritya svayaṃ rudreṇa sevitām ..

> resorting to that sacrificial ground attended by Rudra himself,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.130)

niraṃtaramavartaṃta viditvā tasya vaibhavam .. 61 ..

> remained there continually, knowing its glory.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.131)

yathāvidhi tato yajñānsamāpya bahudakṣiṇān ..

> Then Brahmā, having completed the sacrifices with plentiful priestly fees according to rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.132)

satyalokamagādbrahmā śivāllabdhamanorathaḥ .. 62 ..

> went to Satyaloka, having obtained his wish from Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.14.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.14.133)

28a  
tadāprabhṛti devāśca munayaśca dvijottamāḥ ..  
brahmakuṇḍaṃ samāsādya cakruryāgānvidhānataḥ .. 63 ..  
tasmādiyakṣavo martyāḥ kuryuryajñānihaiva hi .. 64 ..  
manujadevamunīśvaravaṃditaṃ sakalasaṃsṛtināśakaraṃ dvijāḥ ..  
jalajasaṃbhavakuṇḍamidaṃ śubhaṃ sakala pāpaharaṃ sakalārthadam .. 65 ..  
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe setumāhātmye brahmakuṇḍapraśaṃsāyāṃ brahmaśāpavimokṣaṇavarṇanaṃnāma caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 14 ..

> From that time forward, the gods, sages, and best of brahmins, / coming to Brahmakuṇḍa, performed sacrifices according to the ordinances. / Therefore, mortals wishing to sacrifice should perform sacrifices right here. / Revered by humans, gods, and lords of sages, bringing an end to all transmigratory existence, O brahmins, / this auspicious pool of the lotus-born \[Brahmā\] takes away all sin and grants all desired aims. / Thus ends the fourteenth chapter, named 'The Description of the Release from Brahmā's Curse, in the Praise of Brahmakuṇḍa', in the Setumāhātmya of the Brahmakhaṇḍa in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.14.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Śivarahasyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.sivarahasyapurana.1.131) — Sanskrit
- [Śivadharma (Nandiprokta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.sivadharma.sivadharmanandiprokta.1.53) — Sanskrit

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