[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) › 3.3.23.19 # Skandapurana 3.3.23.19 Skandapurāṇa 3.3.23.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.3.23.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.23.19) 18 atha sarvārthasiddhipradomāmaheśvaravratamāhātmyavarṇaṃnam, tatprasaṃgenānartadeśasthitavedarathākhyadvijakanyāyāḥ śāradānāmnyāścaritravarṇanam, tatra tasyāḥ śāradāyāḥ patyuḥ padmanābhadvijasya sarpadaṃśena maraṇe sati prāptavaidhavyāyāḥ śāradāyāḥ svapiturgṛhe nivāse kadācittatra pitṛgṛhe samāgatasya naidhruvākhyamaharṣeḥ samīpe gatvā tayā śāradayā taṃ vṛddhamandhaṃ naidhruvamuniṃ prati namaskāre kṛte sati tena muninā tasyai 'saubhāgyavatī putravatī bhava' iti maṅgalāśīḥpradānam, tato jñātatadvaidhavyavṛttāntena naidhruvamuninā tasyai śāradāyai saubhāgyaprāptaye savistaromāmaheśvaravratavidhānopadeśakaraṇam, tatastayā śāradayā muniproktomāmaheśvaravratagrahaṇam, tatastasyāḥ pitṛmātrādibhiḥ śāradāyā vaidhavyaduḥkhavināśāya naidhruvamaharṣestasyā vratasya yathāsāṃgasamāptiparyantantaṃ nivāsakaraṇāya prārthanākaraṇam, tatprārthanayā naidhruvamahaṣeḥ śāradākṛtasya vratasya yathāsāṃgasamāptiparyantaṃ tatraiva maṭhe'vasthitikaraṇam -.... - 206 1 > 18. Now begins the description of the greatness of the Umāmaheśvara observance, which grants the attainment of all ends; and in that connection, the story of Śāradā, the daughter of a brahmin named Vedaratha living in the Ānarta country, is described. There, when her husband, the brahmin Padmanābha, died of a snakebite, Śāradā, having attained widowhood, resided in her father's house. Once, having approached the great seer named Naidhruva who had arrived at her father's house, when Śāradā bowed to that aged, blind sage Naidhruva, the sage gave her the auspicious blessing: 'May you be fortunate with your husband and possessed of sons!' Then, having learned the fact of her widowhood, the sage Naidhruva instructed that Śāradā in detail regarding the performance of the Umāmaheśvara observance for the sake of obtaining good fortune. Then that Śāradā undertook the Umāmaheśvara observance taught by the sage. Then her parents and relatives requested the great seer Naidhruva to stay until the proper completion of her observance, so as to destroy the sorrow of Śāradā's widowhood; and at their request, the great seer Naidhruva stayed right there in the hermitage until the proper completion of the observance performed by Śāradā. \[206.1\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.3.23.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.23.18) - [Next: 3.3.23.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.23.20) - [Up: 3.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.23) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.3.23.19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.23.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.23.19) · Pramāṇa