[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) › 3.3.4.26 # Skandapurana 3.3.4.26 Skandapurāṇa 3.3.4.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.3.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.4.26) .. sūta uvāca .. .. bhūyopi śivamāhātmyaṃ vakṣyāmi paramādbhutam .. śṛṇvatāṃ sarvapāpaghnaṃ bhavapāśavimocanam .. .. 1 .. dustare duritāṃbhodhau majjatāṃ viṣayātmanām .. śivapūjāṃ vinā kaścitplavo nāsti nirūpitaḥ .. 2 .. śivapūjāṃ sadā kuryādbuddhimāniha mānavaḥ .. aśaktaścetkṛtā pūjāṃ paśyedbhaktivinamradhīḥ .. 3 .. aśraddhayāpi yaḥ kuryācchivapūjāṃ vimuktidām .. paśyedvā sopi kālena prayāti paramaṃ padam .. 4 .. āsītkirātadeśeṣu nāmnā rājā vimardanaḥ .. śūraḥ paramadurddharṣo jitaśatruḥ pratāpavān .. 5 .. sarvadā mṛgayāsaktaḥ kṛpaṇo nirghṛṇo balī .. sarvamāṃsāśanaḥ krūraḥ sarvavarṇāṃganāvṛtaḥ .. 6 .. tathāpi kurute śaṃbhoḥ pūjāṃ nityamataṃdritaḥ .. caturdaśyāṃ viśeṣeṇa pakṣayoḥ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ .. .. 7 .. mahāvibhavasaṃpannāṃ pūjāṃ kṛtvā sa modate .. harṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭo nṛtyati stauti gāyati .. 8 .. tasyaivaṃ vartamānasya nṛpateḥ sarvabhakṣiṇaḥ .. durācārasya mahiṣī ceṣṭitenānvatapyata .. 9 .. sā vai kumudvatīnāma rājñī śīlaguṇānvitā .. ekadā patimāsādya rahasye tadapṛcchata .. 3.3.4.10 .. etatte caritaṃ rājanmahadāścaryakāraṇam .. kva te mahādurācāraḥ kva bhaktiḥ parameśvare .. 11 .. sarvadā sarvabhakṣastvaṃ sarvastrījanalālasaḥ .. sarvahiṃsāparaḥ krūraḥ kathaṃ bhaktistaveśvare .. 12 .. iti pṛṣṭaḥ sa bhūpālo vimṛśya suciraṃ tataḥ .. trikālajñaḥ prahasyaināṃ provāca sukutūhalaḥ .. 13 .. .. .. rājovāca .. .. ahaṃ pūrvabhave kaścitsārameyo varānane .. paṃpānagaramāśritya paryaṭāmi samaṃtataḥ .. 14 .. evaṃ kāleṣu gacchatsu tatraiva nagarottame .. kadācidāgataḥ sohaṃ manojñaṃ śivamaṃdiram .. 15 .. pūjāyāṃ vartamānāyāṃ caturdaśyāṃ mahātithau .. apaśyamutsavaṃ dūrādbahirdvāraṃ samāśritaḥ .. 16 .. athāhaṃ paramakruddhairdaṃḍahastaiḥ pradhāvitaḥ .. tasmāddeśādapakrāṃtaḥ prāṇarakṣāparāyaṇaḥ .. 17 .. tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya manojñaṃ śivamaṃdiram .. dvāradeśaṃ punaḥ prāpya punaścaiva nivāritaḥ .. 18 .. punaḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya tadeva śivamandiram .. balipiṃḍādilobhena punardvāramupāgataḥ .. 19 .. evaṃ punaḥpunastatra kṛtvā kṛtvā pradakṣiṇām .. dvāradeśe samāsīnaṃ nijaghnurniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ .. 3.3.4.20 .. sa viddhagātraḥ sahasā śivadvāri gatāsukaḥ .. jāto'smyahaṃ kule rājñāṃ prabhāvācchivasannidheḥ .. 21 .. dṛṣṭvā caturdaśīpūjāṃ dīpamālā vilokitāḥ .. tena puṇyena mahatā trikālajño'smi bhāmini .. 22 .. prāgjanmavāsanābhiśca sarvabhakṣo'smi nirghṛṇaḥ .. viduṣāmapi durlaṃghyā prakṛtirvāsanāmayī .. 23 .. ato'hamarcayāmīśaṃ caturdaśyāṃ jagadgurum .. tvamapi śraddhayā bhadre bhaja devaṃ pinākinam .. 24 .. .. rājñyuvāca .. .. trikālajño'si rājendra prasādādgirijāpateḥ .. matpūrvajanmacaritaṃ vaktumarhasi tattvataḥ .. 25 .. .. rājovāca .. .. tvaṃ tu pūrvabhave kācitkapotī vyomacāriṇī .. kvāpi labdhavatī kiṃcinmāṃ sapiṃḍaṃ yadṛcchayā .. 26.. > Sūta said: / Once again I shall speak of the supreme, wondrous glory of Śiva, / which destroys all sins for those who listen and releases them from the bonds of worldly existence. / For embodied beings drowning in the impassable ocean of wickedness, / no raft has been pointed out other than the worship of Śiva. / The wise man should always perform the worship of Śiva in this world; / if unable, he should view the worship that has been performed, his mind bowed with devotion. / Even one who performs the worship of Śiva, which grants liberation, without faith, / or merely views it, in course of time reaches the supreme abode. / In the Kirāta regions there was a king named Vimardana, / heroic, extremely unassailable, one who had conquered his enemies, and endowed with majesty. / Always addicted to hunting, stingy, pitiless, mighty, / an eater of all kinds of meat, cruel, surrounded by women of all castes. / Nevertheless, he constantly, without indolence, performed the worship of Śambhu, / especially on the fourteenth day of both the light and dark fortnights. / Having performed worship endowed with great magnificence, he rejoiced; / seized with great joy, he danced, praised, and sang. / As that all-devouring, ill-behaved king lived thus, / his queen was tormented by his conduct. / That queen, named Kumudvatī, who was endowed with good character and virtues, / once approached her husband in secret and asked him about it: / 'O king, this conduct of yours is a cause of great wonder! / Where is your great wicked conduct, and where is devotion to the supreme Lord? / You are always an omnivore, craving women of all sorts, / intent on all forms of violence, and cruel; how then do you have devotion to the Lord?' / Questioned thus, the king, having reflected for a long time, / knowing the three times, laughed and spoke to her, full of curiosity. / The king said: / 'In a previous life, O fair-faced one, I was a dog; / dwelling in the city of Pampā, I roamed about everywhere. / As time passed in this way in that best of cities, / I once went to a delightful temple of Śiva. / While worship was underway on that great tithi of the fourteenth day, / from afar, stationed at the outer gate, I watched the festival. / Then, chased by men with sticks in hand who were extremely angry, / I fled from that place, intent on saving my life. / Then, circumambulating the delightful temple of Śiva, / I reached the entrance again, and once again I was driven away. / Circumambulating that same temple of Śiva again, / out of greed for the balls of sacrificial food and the like, I approached the door once more. / Having thus made circumambulations there again and again, / while I sat in the entrance area, they struck me with sharp arrows. / With my limbs pierced, suddenly losing my life at the door of Śiva, / I was born into a line of kings through the power of Śiva's presence. / Because I witnessed the worship on the fourteenth day and looked upon the rows of lamps, / through that great merit, O lovely lady, I know the three times. / And due to the impressions of my previous birth, I am an omnivore and pitiless; / for the nature formed of past impressions is hard to overcome even for the wise. / Therefore on the fourteenth day I worship the Lord, the guru of the universe. / You too, O blessed one, worship the god Pinākin with faith.' / The queen said: / 'You know the three times, O king of kings, by the grace of the husband of Girijā; / you ought to tell me truly the story of my own previous birth.' / The king said: / 'In a previous life, you were a female pigeon flying in the sky; / somewhere or other, by chance, you obtained a piece of meat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.3.3.70\_193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.3.70_193) - [Next: 3.3.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.4.27) - [Up: 3.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.3.4.26) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Parāśaropapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.parasara.1.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.4.26) · Pramāṇa