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# Skandapurana 3.2.27

Skandapurāṇa 3.2.27

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.2.27.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.1)

.. .. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.27.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.2)

tatra tasya samīpasthaṃ mārkaṃḍenopalakṣitam ..

> Near to it was the sacred ford observed by Mārkaṇḍeya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.3)

tīrthaṃ govatsasaṃjñaṃ tu sarvatra bhuvi saṃśrutam .. 1 ..

> named Govatsa, renowned everywhere on earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.4)

tatrāvatīrya govatsasvarūpeṇāṃbikāpatiḥ ..

> Having descended there in the form of a calf, the husband of Ambikā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.5)

svayaṃbhūliṃgarūpeṇa saṃsthito jagatāṃ patiḥ .. 2 ..

> the Lord of the worlds, stood established in the form of a self-manifest liṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.6)

āsīdbalāhakonāma rudrabhakto mahābalaḥ ..

> There was a king named Balāhaka, a devotee of Rudra, endowed with great strength,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.7)

ākheṭakasamāyukto nṛpaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ .. 3 ..

> engaged in hunting, a conqueror of the cities of his foes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.8)

mṛgayūthe sthitaṃ dṛṣṭvā govatsaṃ tatpadātinā ..

> Having seen a calf standing in a herd of deer, by his foot-soldier  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.9)

ukto rājā mayā dṛṣṭaṃ kautukaṃ nṛpasattama .. 4 ..

> the king was told: 'A wonder has been seen by me, O best of kings!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.10)

govatso mṛgayūthasya dṛṣṭo madhyasthito mayā ..

> A calf standing in the midst of a herd of deer was seen by me;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.11)

teṣāmevānurakto'sau jananyā rahitastathā .. 5 ..

> it is affectionate toward them, and devoid of its mother.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.12)

draṣṭuṃ tu kautukaṃ rājā taṃ padātiṃ puraḥ sthitam ..

> Desiring to see the wonder, the king spoke to that foot-soldier standing before him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.13)

uvāca darśayasveti govatsaṃ ca samāviśat .. 6 ..

> 'Show me!' and he approached the calf.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.14)

gatvāṭavīṃ tadā rājño darśitaḥ sa padātinā ..

> Having gone to the forest then, it was shown to the king by the foot-soldier.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.15)

padātibhirmṛgānīkaṃ dudrāva trāsitaṃ yadā .. 7 ..

> When the herd of deer, frightened by the foot-soldiers, fled,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.16)

pīlugulmaṃ prati gataṃ govatsaḥ prasthitastadā ..

> and departed toward a pīlu thicket, the calf then set out.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.17)

rājā taddharaṇākāṃkṣo prāviśadgulmamādarāt .. 8 ..

> The king, desiring to capture it, entered the thicket with eagerness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.18)

tatra sthitaṃ sa govatsamapaśyannṛpatiḥ svayam ..

> The king himself saw that calf standing there;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.19)

yāvadgṛhṇāti taṃ tāvalliṃgaṃ jātaṃ samujvalam .. 9 ..

> as he took hold of it, it became a blazing liṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.20)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā vismito rājā kimetadityaciṃtayat ..

> Seeing that, the king was astonished and thought, “What is this?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.21)

yāvacciṃtayate hyevaṃ dehaṃ tyaktvā divaṃ gataḥ .. 3.2.27.10 ..

> Indeed, while he was thus thinking, he left his body and went to heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.22)

atrāṃtare gaganatale samaṃtataḥ śrūyate surajayakāragarjitam ..

> At that moment, the roar of the gods' shouts of victory was heard everywhere in the sky.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.23)

papāta puṣpavṛṣṭiraṃbarādrājā gataḥ śivabhuvanaṃ ca tatkṣaṇāt .. 11 ..

> A shower of flowers fell from the sky, and instantly the king reached the realm of Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.24)

tāvatpaśyati tannābhyaṃ govatsaṃ bālakaṃ sthitam ..

> Meanwhile, \[another\] sees standing there that navel-born, youthful calf.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.25)

nūnameṣa mahādevo vatsarūpī maheśvaraḥ .. 12 ..

> “Surely this is Mahādeva, Maheśvara in the form of a calf.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.26)

tamānetuṃ samudyukto rājā tamujjahāra ca ..

> Determined to bring it along, the king raised it up.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.27)

tadā taddeva liṃgaṃ tu nottiṣṭhati kathaṃcana ..

> Then indeed that divine liṅga would not rise by any means.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.28)

tadā devāḥ sahānena prārthayāmāsurīśvaram .. 13 ..

> Thereupon, the gods along with him prayed to Īśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.29)

.. devā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.2.27.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.30)

bhagavansarvadeveśa sthātavyaṃ bhavatā vibho..

> “O Lord, ruler of all the gods! You must remain \[here\], O all-pervading one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.31)

śuklena liṃgarūpeṇa sarvalokahitaiṣiṇā .. 14 ..

> in the form of a white liṅga, desiring the welfare of all the worlds.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.32)

.. śrīmahādeva uvāca ..

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

### [3.2.27.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.33)

sthāsyāmyahaṃ sadaivātra liṃgarūpeṇa devatāḥ ..

> “I will always remain here, O deities, in the form of a liṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.34)

yasmādbhādrapade māsi kṛṣṇapakṣe kuhū dine .. 15 ..

> Because on the new-moon day of the dark fortnight in the month of Bhādrapada,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.35)

tathā taddivase tatra snānaṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ ..

> those who perform a ritual ablution there on that day according to rule,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.36)

liṃgaṃ ye pūjayiṣyaṃti na teṣāṃ vidyate bhayam .. 16 ..

> and worship the liṅga—for them there is no fear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.37)

ṛte ca piṃḍadānena pūrvajāḥ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ ..

> And without the offering of a funeral ball, ancestors for eternal years  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.38)

raurave narake ghore kuṃbhīpāke ca ye gatāḥ .. 17 ..

> who have gone to the dreadful hell of Raurava and to Kumbhīpāka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.39)

anekanarakasthāśca tiryagyonigatāśca ye ..

> and those dwelling in many hells or gone into animal wombs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.40)

sakṛtpiṃḍapradānena syātte ṣāmakṣayā gatiḥ .. 18 ..

> by offering a funeral ball just once, their destination shall become imperishable.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.41)

tato balāhako rājā sarvadevasamanvitaḥ ..

> Then King Balāhaka, accompanied by all the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.42)

sthāpayāmāsa talliṃgaṃ sarvadevasamīpataḥ .. 19 ..

> installed that liṅga in the presence of all the deities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.43)

cakāra bahudānāni lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā ..

> He made numerous gifts wishing for the welfare of the worlds.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.44)

yāvadarcayate hyevaṃ rudro'pi svayamāgataḥ .. 3.2.27.20 ..

> Indeed, as he was worshiping in this manner, Rudra himself arrived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.45)

.. rudra uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.27.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.46)

asyāṃ rātrau tu manujāḥ śraddhābhaktisamanvitāḥ ..

> “On this night, those men endowed with faith and devotion  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.47)

yercayiṣyaṃti deveśaṃ teṣāṃ puṇyamanaṃtakam .. 21 ..

> who worship the lord of the gods—their merit is boundless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.48)

jāgaraṃ ye kariṣyaṃti gītaśāstrapuraḥsaram ..

> Those who keep a vigil, accompanied by songs and scripture,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.49)

uddhariṣyaṃti te martyāḥ kulamekottaraṃ śatam .. 22..

> those mortals will redeem one hundred and one generations of their family.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.50)

tāvadgarjjaṃti tīrthāni naimiṣaṃ puṣkaraṃ gayā ..

> The sacred fords—Naimiṣa, Puṣkara, Gayā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.51)

prayāgaṃ ca prabhāsaṃ ca dvārakā mathurā'rbudaḥ .. 23 ..

> Prayāga, Prabhāsa, Dvārakā, Mathurā, and Arbuda—roar only as long  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.52)

yāvanna dṛśyate liṃgaṃ govatsaṃ paramādbhutam..

> as this most wondrous calf-liṅga is not seen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.53)

yadā hi kurute bhāvaṃ govatsagamanaṃ prati .. 24 ..

> For whenever one sets his mind toward going to the calf \[liṅga\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.54)

svavaṃśajāstadā sarve nṛtyaṃti harṣitā dhruvam .. 25 ..

> then all those born of his lineage surely dance rejoicing.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.55)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.27.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.56)

yaccānyadadbhutaṃ tatra vṛttāṃtaṃ śṛṇu ta dvijā ..

> “Listen, O twice-born ones, to another wondrous event that took place there,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.57)

yena vai śrutamātreṇa sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet .. 26 ..

> by the mere hearing of which destruction of all sins occurs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.58)

yadā vai sthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ sarvadevaiḥ purātanam ..

> When that ancient liṅga was established by all the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.59)

viṣṇoḥ pratiṣṭhānaguṇātsarveṣāṃ ca divauka sām .. 27 ..

> due to the power of the consecration by Viṣṇu and by all the celestials,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.60)

aṇumātrapramāṇena pratyahaṃ samavarddhata ..

> it expanded each day by the measure of an atom.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.61)

tataste manujā devā bhītāstaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ .. 28 ..

> Then those men and gods, being afraid, went to him for refuge.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.62)

.. devā ūcuḥ .. ..

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

### [3.2.27.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.63)

vṛddhiṃ saṃhara deveśa lokā nāṃ svasti tadbhavet..

> “O lord of the gods, check the growth! Let there be well-being for the worlds!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.64)

evamukte tato liṃgādvāguvācāśarīriṇī..29..

> When this was spoken, a bodiless voice then spoke from the liṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.65)

.. śivavāṇyuvāca .. ..

> Śiva's voice said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.66)

he lokā mā bhayaṃ vo'stu upāyaḥ śrūyatāmayam ..

> “O people, do not fear! Let this remedy be heard:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.67)

kaściccaṃḍālamānīya matpuraḥ sthāpyatāṃ dhuvam ..3.2.27.30..

> bring a certain caṇḍāla and place him firmly before me.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.68)

caṃḍālāṃśca samānīya dadhurdevasya te puraḥ..

> And having brought caṇḍālas, they placed them before the deity;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.69)

tathāpi tasya vṛddhistu naiva nirvartate punaḥ ..31..

> nevertheless, its growth did not cease at all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.70)

vāguvāca ..

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

### [3.2.27.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.71)

karmmaṇā yastu caṃḍālaḥ so'gre me sthāpyatāṃ janāḥ ..

> “O people, let one who is a caṇḍāla by deed be placed before me.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.72)

tacchrutvā mahadāścaryaṃ matiṃ cakurvilocane .. 32 ..

> Hearing that, being greatly astonished, they set their minds to searching.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.73)

mārgamāṇāstadā te tu grāmāṇi ca purāṇi ca ..

> Then, searching the villages and towns,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.74)

kañcitkarmarataṃ pāpaṃ dadṛśurbrāhmaṇabruvam ..33..

> they saw a wicked pseudo-brahmin engaged in \[cruel\] actions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.75)

vṛṣabhānbhārasaṃyuktānmadhyāhnevāhayattu saḥ ..

> At midday he was driving bulls laden with heavy burdens,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.76)

kṣuttṛṭśramaparītāṃśca durbalānkrūramānasaḥ ..34..

> afflicted by hunger, thirst, and fatigue, and weak, being cruel-minded.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.77)

asnātvāpi paryuṣitaṃ bhakṣayaṃtīha vai dvijāḥ ..

> \[O Brahmins, here eating stale food without even bathing,\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.78)

taṃ samādāya deveśaṃ jagmuryatra jagadguruḥ .. 35 ..

> taking that lord of the gods, they went to where the guru of the universe was;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.79)

devālayāgrabhūmau taṃ sthāpayāsurādṛtāḥ ..

> respectfully, they placed him on the ground in front of the temple.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.80)

bhasmī babhūva sahasā govatsāgre nirūpitaḥ .. 36 ..

> Placed in front of Govatsa, he instantly turned to ashes. // 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.81)

caṃḍālasthala ityeṣa prasiddhosau'bhavatkṣitau ..

> This \[place\] became known upon earth as Caṇḍālasthala.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.82)

tatra sthitairna cādyāpi prāsādo daśyate hi saḥ .. .. 37 ..

> Even today, that temple cannot be seen by those standing there. // 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.83)

tadāprabhṛti talliṃgaṃ sāmyabhāvamupāgatam ..

> From that time forward, that liṅga assumed an ordinary nature.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.84)

dhautapāpmā gatastīrthaṃ dvijo liṃganirīkṣiṇāt .. 38 ..

> His sins washed away by looking upon the liṅga, the twice-born went to the tīrtha. // 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.85)

pratyahaṃ pūjayāmāsa govatsaṃ gata kilbiṣaḥ ..

> Freed from sin, he worshipped Govatsa every day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.86)

viśeṣātkṛṣṇapakṣasya caturddaśyāṃ samāgataḥ .. 39 ..

> having arrived especially on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight. // 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.87)

etattadadbhutaṃ tasya devasya ca triśūlinaḥ ..

> Whatever man hears with devotion this wonder of that god  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.88)

śṛṇuyādyo naro bhaktyā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 3.2.27.40 ..

> who bears the trident is freed from all sins. // 3.2.27.40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.89)

.. bhūta uvāca .. ..

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

### [3.2.27.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.90)

govatsamiti vikhyātaṃ narāṇāṃ puṇyadaṃ param ..

> Known as Govatsa, it bestows supreme merit upon mortals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.91)

anekajanmapāpaghnaṃ mārkaṃḍeyena bhāṣitam .. 41 ..

> destroying the sins of many births, as related by Mārkaṇḍeya. // 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.92)

tatra tīrthe sakṛtsnānaṃ rudralokapradaṃ nṛṇām ..

> A single ritual ablution in that tīrtha grants the realm of Rudra to mortals;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.93)

pāpadehaviśuddhayarthaṃ pāpenopahatātmanām .. 42 ..

> it serves to purify the sinful body of those whose minds are struck down by sin. // 42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.94)

kūpe tarpaṇataścaiva śrāddhataścaiva tṛptatā ..

> By offering libations at the well and by śrāddha, satisfaction is attained,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.95)

bhādrapade viśe ṣeṇa pakṣasyāṃte bhavetkalau .. 43 ..

> especially in the month of Bhādrapada, at the close of the fortnight, in the Kali age. // 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.96)

ekaviṃśativārāṃstu gayāyāṃ tarpaṇe kṛte ..

> The supreme satisfaction of the ancestors that is gained  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.97)

pitṝṇāṃ paramā tṛptiḥ sakṛdvai gaṃgakūpake .. 44 ..

> by offering libations twenty-one times at Gayā, is gained at once indeed at the Gaṅgākūpaka. // 44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.98)

tasmingovatsasāmīpye tiṣṭhate gaṃgakūpakaḥ ..

> Near that Govatsa stands the Gaṅgākūpaka;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.99)

tasmiṃstilodakenāpi sadgatiṃ yāṃti tarpitāḥ .. 45 ..

> satisfied with even water and sesame seeds offered therein,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.100)

pitaro narakādvāpi supuṇyena sumedhasā ..

> ancestors go to a good realm, or \[are freed\] from hell, through the good merit of a wise descendant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.101)

gopradānaṃ praśaṃsaṃti tasmiṃstīrthe munīśvarāḥ .. 46 ..

> The foremost sages praise the gift of a cow at that tīrtha. // 46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.102)

viprāya svarṇadānaṃ tu rudraloke nayennaram ..

> A gift of gold to a brahmin leads a man to the realm of Rudra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.103)

sarasvatīśivakṣetre gaṃgā ca gaṃgakūpake .. 47 ..

> The Sarasvatī in the sacred field of Śiva, and the Gaṅgā in Gaṅgākūpaka—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.104)

ekasthametattritayaṃ svargāpavargakāraṇam ..

> this triad situated in one place is the cause of heaven and liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.105)

sevitaṃ carṣibhiḥ siddhaistīrthaṃ sarvatra viśrutam .. 48 ..

> Resorted to by seers and perfected beings, the tīrtha is celebrated everywhere. // 48  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.106)

pīluyugmaṃ sthitaṃ tatra tattīrthaṃ munisevitam ..

> A pair of Pīlu trees stands there; that tīrtha is frequented by sages;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.107)

snānātsvargapradaṃ caiva pānātpāpaviśuddhidam .. 49 ..

> by ablution it bestows heaven, and by drinking it gives purification from sin. // 49  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.108)

kīrttanātpuṇyajananaṃ sevanānmuktidaṃ param ..

> From reciting \[its name\] it generates merit, and from serving it, it bestows supreme liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.109)

tadvai paśyaṃti ye bhaktyā brahmahā yadi mātṛhā .. .. 3.2.27.50 ..

> Those who behold it with devotion, even if one be a slayer of a brahmin, or a slayer of a mother, // 3.2.27.50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.110)

bālaghātī ca goghnaśca ye ca strīśūdraghātakāḥ ..

> a slayer of a child, a killer of a cow, or killers of women or śūdras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.111)

garadāścāgnidāścaiva gurudroharatāśca ye .. 51 ..

> poisoners, arsonists, those intent on betraying their guru, // 51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.112)

tapasvinindakāścaiva kūṭasākṣyaṃ karoti yaḥ ..

> revilers of ascetics, and one who gives false testimony,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.113)

vaktā ca paradoṣasya parasya guṇalopakaḥ .. 52 ..

> one who speaks of another's fault, and one who erases another's virtues— // 52  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.114)

sarvapāpamayo'pyatra mucyate liṃgadarśanāt .. 53 ..

> though composed of all sins, here one is freed by the darśana of the liṅga. // 53  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.2.27.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.2.27.115)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe pātālakhaṇḍe dharmāraṇyamāhātmye balāhakopākhyānavarṇanaṃnāma saptaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 27 ..

> Thus ends the twenty-seventh chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Story of Balāhaka' in the Dharmāraṇyamāhātmya, in the Pātālakhaṇḍa of the third Brahmakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 27  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.2.27.1) — English, machine translation

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