[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) › 3.3.23.5 # Skandapurana 3.3.23.5 Skandapurāṇa 3.3.23.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.3.23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.23.5) 4 atha śrīśivapūjāmāhātmyavarṇanam, tatprasaṅgena kirātadeśasthavimardanākhyarājavṛttānta- varṇanam, tasya rājño niraṃtaramadharmaparatve'pi śivabhaktiparatvam, athaikadaikānte tasya patnyā kumudvatyā taṃ rājānaṃ prati sutarāṃ durācāraparatve'pi śivabhaktitatpara- tvakāraṇajijñāsayā praśnakaraṇam, tato vimardanabhūpena nijapūrvajanmavṛttāṃtavarṇanam, pūrvajanmani paṃpānagare sārameyena mahāśivarātryāṃ śrīśivamandire mahāpūjāyāṃ pravartamānāyāṃ śrīśivamaṃdirasya pradakṣiṇākaraṇam, tatratyairjanairdvāradeśe tasya sārameyasya śaraprahāreṇa hananātprāṇe gate sati śrīśivasaṃnidhiprabhāvādrājajanmaprāptivarṇanam, śvayonau bhakṣyalipsāvāsanāvaśātsarvabhakṣatānairghṛṇyādidurācārapravṛttivarṇanaṃ ca, tato rājñā rājñyai tasyā rājñyāḥ pūrvajanmavṛttāntavarṇanam, tatra tasyāḥ prāgjanmani kapotyā māṃsapiṇḍamādāya śivamandiraśikharamārūḍhāyā māṃsapiṇḍajighṛkṣayā tīkṣṇatuṇḍena gṛdhreṇa pātanānmaraṇe sati śrīśaṅkarasyāgre maraṇasya prabhāvādrājapatnītvaprāptivarṇanam, atha rājñīpṛṣṭena rājñobhayorapi bhaviṣyatsaptajanmavṛttāntavarṇanapūrvakaṃ mahāśivarātryāṃ śrīśivapūjanaprabhāveṇa śivapadaprāptirbhaviṣyatīti varṇanam.... 179 2 > 4. Now, description of the māhātmya of the worship of Śrī Śiva; in that connection, description of the account of the king named Vimardana residing in the Kirāta country; that king's devotion to Śiva despite his continuous inclination toward unrighteousness; then, once, in solitude, the asking by his wife Kumudvatī of that king out of a desire to know the reason for his devotedness to Śiva-bhakti despite his being utterly prone to wicked conduct; then, description by King Vimardana of the account of his own previous birth; in the previous birth, circumambulation of the Śrī Śiva temple having been performed in the city of Pampā by a dog during the great worship occurring on Mahāśivarātri; when its life departed because that dog was struck down by the stroke of an arrow by the people of that place at the entranceway, description of the attainment of birth as a king by the power of Śrī Śiva's presence; and description of his engagement in wicked conduct such as omnivorousness, pitilessness, and so forth, under the influence of the latent impression of desire for food in canine birth; then, description by the king to the queen of that queen's previous birth; therein, in her previous birth as a female pigeon who had taken a lump of meat and mounted the summit of the Śiva temple, when death occurred upon being knocked down by a sharp-beaked vulture seeking to seize the lump of meat, description of the attainment of the status of a king's wife through the power of dying in the presence of Śrī Śaṃkara; then, by the king questioned by the queen, preceded by the description of the account of future seven births for both of them, description stating that attainment of the abode of Śiva will occur through the power of the worship of Śrī Śiva on Mahāśivarātri. ... 179 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.3.23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.23.4) - [Next: 3.3.23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.23.6) - [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.3.3.23.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.23.5) · Pramāṇa