[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) › 3.1.53.6 # Skandapurana 3.1.53.6 Skandapurāṇa 3.1.53.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.53.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.6) 3 atha setumūlākhyacakratīrthaprasiddhivṛttāntavarṇanam, tatra dharmapuṣkariṇītīre gālavākhya-. maharṣitapastuṣṭena bhagavatā gālavāya varapradānapūrvakaṃ dharmasyārādhanasantoṣitahara- prasādalabdhaharavāhanavṛṣabhatvaprāptivṛttāntavarṇanam, athaharibhaktiparāyaṇasya gālava- maharṣeḥ kenacidrākṣasena bhakṣaṇārthaṃ gṛhītasya stutyā bhagavatā preṣitena sudarśanacakreṇa rākṣasasya hananam sū tato nihataṃ rākṣasaṃ dṛṣṭvā gālavena puraḥsthitasya dedīpyamānasya sudarśanacakrasya stutikaraṇam, tataḥ sudarśanacakreṇa gālavamaharṣaye varapradānapūrvakaṃ dharmapuṣkariṇyāṃ sadā sannidhānakaraṇam , tata eva dharmapuṣkariṇyāścakratīrthatvena prasiddhiḥ, dharmatīrthāparaparyāyacakratīrthasya māhātmyavarṇanam...... . 6 2 > 3. Now begins the account of the fame of Cakratīrtha, also known as the Root of the Setu (Setumūla): There, on the bank of the Dharmapuṣkariṇī, the Lord, pleased by the tapas of the great seer named Gālava, granted a boon to Gālava, and the account of Dharma’s gaining the state of being Hara's vehicle, the bull, obtained through the grace of Hara who was pleased by his worship; then, when the great seer Gālava, who was devoted to the worship of Hari, was seized by a certain rākṣasa in order to devour him, the slaying of the rākṣasa by the Sudarśanacakra sent by the Lord upon his praise; then Gālava, seeing the rākṣasa slain, praised the blazing Sudarśanacakra standing before him; then the Sudarśanacakra granted a boon to the great seer Gālava and established its perpetual presence in the Dharmapuṣkariṇī; therefore the Dharmapuṣkariṇī became famous as Cakratīrtha; the description of the māhātmya of Cakratīrtha, another name for Dharmatīrtha...... 62 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.1.53.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.5) - [Next: 3.1.53.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.7) - [Up: 3.1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.53.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.6) · Pramāṇa