[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) › 4.14 # Skandapurana 4.14 Skandapurāṇa 4.14 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.1) .. gaṇāvūcatuḥ .. > The two attendants said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.2) alakāyāḥ purobhāge pūraiśānīmahodayā .. > To the front of Alakā is the illustrious city of the northeast. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.3) asyāṃ vasaṃti satataṃ rudrabhaktāstapodhanāḥ ..1.. > Here dwell constantly the devotees of Rudra rich in austerity, (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.4) śivasmaraṇasaṃsaktāḥ śivavrataparāyaṇāḥ .. > absorbed in the remembrance of Śiva, devoted to the observances of Śiva, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.5) śivasātkṛtakarmāṇaḥ śivapūjāratāḥ sadā ..2.. > having consecrated their actions to Śiva, always delighting in the worship of Śiva. (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.6) sābhilāṣāstapasyaṃti svargabhogostvitīha naḥ .. > Desirous \[of this alone\], they practice tapas, thinking, 'May ours be the enjoyment of heaven here!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.7) te'tra rudrapure ramye rudrarūpadharā narāḥ .. 3 .. > Those men dwell here in the charming city of Rudra, bearing the form of Rudra. (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.8) ajaikapādahirbudhnya mukhyā ekādaśāpi vai .. > Led by Ajaikapād and Ahirbudhnya, indeed all eleven > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.9) rudrāḥ parivṛḍhāścātra triśūlodyatapāṇayaḥ .. 4 .. > Rudras are the lords here, their hands holding up tridents. (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.10) puryaṣṭakaṃ ca duṣṭebhyo devadhrugbhyo hyavaṃti te .. > And they protect the group of eight cities from wicked beings and enemies of the gods; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.11) prayacchaṃti varānnityaṃ śivabhaktajane varāḥ .. 5 .. > the excellent ones constantly grant boons to the devotees of Śiva. (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.12) etairapi tapastaptaṃ prāpya vārāṇasīṃ purīm .. > Austerity was performed by them as well, having reached the city of Vārāṇasī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.13) īśāneśaṃ mahāliṃgaṃ paristhāpya śubhapradam .. 6 .. > and having established the auspicious, great liṅga Īśāneśa. (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.14) īśāneśa prasādena diśyaiśyāṃ hi digīśvarāḥ .. > By the grace of Īśāneśa, the guardians of the northeast direction, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.15) ekādaśāpyekacarā jaṭāmukuṭamaṃḍitāḥ .. 7 .. > even all eleven, walking alone, adorned with crowns of matted hair, (7) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.16) bhālanetrā nīlagalāḥ śuddhāṃgā vṛṣabhadhvajāḥ .. > with an eye on the forehead, blue throats, pure limbs, and bull banners, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.17) asaṃkhyātāḥ sahasrāṇi ye rudrā adhibhūtalam .. 8 .. > and the thousands of countless Rudras who are upon the earth, (8) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.18) te'syāṃ puri vasaṃtyaiśyāṃ sarvabhogasamṛddhayaḥ .. > dwell in this northeastern city, rich with all enjoyments. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.19) īśāneśaṃ samabhyarcya kāśyāṃ deśāṃtareṣvapi .. 9 .. > Those who, having worshipped Īśāneśa in Kāśī, or even in other regions, (9) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.20) vipannāstena puṇyena jāyaṃte 'trapurohitāḥ .. > have died, are born here as favored ministers by that merit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.21) aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāmīśāneśaṃ yajaṃti ye .. 4.1.14.10 .. > Those who worship Īśāneśa on the eighth and fourteenth days \[of the lunar fortnight\] (10) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.22) ta eva rudrā vijñeyā ihāmutrāpyasaṃśayam .. > are certainly to be recognized as Rudras themselves, both in this world and the next. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.23) kṛtvā jāgaraṇaṃ rātrāvīśāneśvara saṃnidhau ..11.. > Having kept a vigil at night in the presence of Īśāneśvara, (11) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.24) upoṣyabhūtāṃyāṃkāṃcinna naro garbhabhākpunaḥ .. > and having fasted on whatever fourteenth day \[it may be\], a person does not partake of the womb again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.25) svargamārge kathāmitthaṃ śṛṇvanviṣṇugaṇoditām .. 12 .. > Listening thus on the path to heaven to the tale told by the attendants of Viṣṇu, (12) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.26) śivaśarmā divāpyuccairapaśyaccaṃdracaṃdrikām .. > Śivaśarman saw from high above the moonlight of the moon even by day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.27) āhlādayaṃtīṃ bahuśaḥ samaṃ sarveṃdriyairmanaḥ .. 13 .. > delighting abundantly the mind together with all the senses. (13) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.28) camatkṛtya camatkṛtya koyaṃ loko harergaṇau .. > Filled with wonder again and again, Śivaśarman asked the two attendants of Hari: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.29) papraccha śivaśarmā tau procatustaṃ ca tau dvijam .. 14 .. > 'What realm is this?' And the two spoke to that twice-born: (14) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.30) gaṇāvūcatuḥ .. .. > The two attendants said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.31) śivaśarmanmahābhāga loka eṣa kalānidheḥ .. > 'O highly fortunate Śivaśarman, this is the realm of the treasury of arts (the Moon), > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.32) pīyūṣavarṣibhiryasya karairāpyāyyate jagat .. 15 .. > by whose rays raining nectar the world is refreshed. (15) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.33) pitā somasya bho vipra jajñe'trirbhagavānṛṣiḥ .. > O brahmin, the blessed seer Atri was born as the father of Soma > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.34) brahmaṇo mānasātpūrvaṃ prajāsargaṃ vidhitsataḥ .. 16 .. > from the mind of Brahmā, who in the beginning was eager to create offspring. (16) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.35) anuttaraṃ nāma tapo yena taptaṃ hi tatpurā .. > Indeed, an unexcelled tapas was performed by him long ago > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.36) trīṇivarṣasahasrāṇi divyānītīha nau śrutam .. 17 .. > for three thousand celestial years, as we have heard here. (17) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.37) ūrdhvamācakrame tasya retaḥ somatvamīyivat .. > His semen, having attained the state of Soma, surged upward, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.38) netrābhyāṃ tacca susrāva daśadhā dyotayaddiśaḥ .. 18 .. > and flowed forth from his two eyes, illuminating the directions in ten ways. (18) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.39) taṃ garbhaṃ vidhinā diṣṭā daśa devyo dadhustataḥ .. > Then the ten goddesses (directions), commanded by Brahmā, received that embryo; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.40) sametya dhārayāmāsurnaiva tāḥ samaśaknuvan .. 19 .. > having gathered, they held it, but they were not able to hold it at all. (19) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.41) yadā na dhāraṇe śaktāstasya garbhasya tā diśaḥ .. > When those directions were unable to bear that embryo, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.42) tatastābhiḥ sajūḥ somo nipapāta vasuṃdharām ..4.1.14.20.. > then Soma fell down to the earth together with them. (20) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.43) patitaṃ somamālokya brahmā lo kapitāmahaḥ .. > Seeing Soma fallen, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.44) rathamāropayāmāsa lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā ..21.. > placed him upon a chariot out of a desire for the welfare of the worlds. (21) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.45) sa tena rathamukhyena sāgarāṃtāṃ vasuṃdharām .. > With that excellent chariot, Brahmā carried him in circumambulation > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.46) triḥsaptakṛtvo druhiṇaścakārāmuṃ pradakṣiṇam ..22.. > around the ocean-bounded earth three times seven (twenty-one) times. (22) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.47) tasya yatplavitaṃ tejaḥ pṛthivīmanvapadyata .. > Whatever radiance of his dripped down and reached the earth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.48) tathauṣadhyaḥ samudbhūtā yābhiḥ saṃdhāryate jagat .. 23 .. > from that the medicinal plants arose by which the world is sustained. (23) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.49) salabdhatejā bhagavānbrahmaṇā vardhitaḥ svayam .. > Having obtained his brilliance and being nurtured by Brahmā himself, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.50) tapastepe mahābhāga padmānāṃ daśatīrdaśa .. 24 .. > the blessed one performed tapas, O fortunate one, for a hundred padmas \[of years\]. (24) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.51) avimuktaṃ samāsādya kṣetraṃ paramapāvanam .. > Having reached the supreme, purifying sacred field Avimukta, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.52) saṃsthāpya liṃgamamṛtaṃ caṃdreśākhyaṃ svanāmataḥ .. 25 .. > and having established an immortal liṅga called Candreśa after his own name, (25) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.53) bījauṣadhīnāṃ toyānāṃ rājābhūdagrajanmanām .. > he became the king of seeds, medicinal plants, waters, and brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.54) prasādāddevadevasya viśveśasya pinākinaḥ .. 26 .. > by the grace of the god of gods, the lord of the universe who holds the Pināka bow. (26) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.55) tatra kūpaṃ vidhāyaikamamṛtodamiti smṛtam .. > Having constructed a well there known as Amṛtoda, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.56) yasyāṃbupānasnānābhyāṃ naro'jñātātpramucyate .. 27 .. > by drinking whose water and bathing \[in it\] a man is freed from ignorance. (27) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.57) tuṣṭenadevadevena svamaulau yo dhṛtaḥ svayam .. > He who was placed by the pleased god of gods upon his own crest-lock, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.58) ādāya tāṃ kalāmekāṃ jagatsaṃjavinīṃ parām ..28.. > having taken that single supreme digit which revives the universe. // 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.59) paścāddakṣeṇa śaptopi māsone kṣayamāpya ca .. > Afterwards, though cursed by Dakṣa and having waned throughout the month, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.60) āpyāyyatesau kalayā punareva tayā śaśī .. 29 .. > that moon is nourished again by that very digit. // 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.61) sa tatprāpya mahārājyaṃ somaḥ somavatāṃ varaḥ .. > Having obtained that great sovereignty, Soma, the best among those endowed with soma, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.62) rājasūyaṃ samājahre sahasraśatadakṣiṇam .. 4.1.14.30 .. > undertook the Rājasūya sacrifice, with a sacrificial fee of hundreds of thousands. // 4.1.14.30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.63) dakṣiṇāmadadatsomastrīṃllokāniti nau śrutam .. > Soma gave the three worlds as the sacrificial fee—so we have heard, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.64) tebhyo brahmarṣimukhyebhyaḥ sadasyebhyaśca bho dvija .. 31 .. > to those foremost brahmin seers and to the assembly members, O twice-born one! // 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.65) hiraṇyagarbho brahmā'trirbhṛguryatrartvijobhavan .. > Where Brahmā, Hiraṇyagarbha, Atri, and Bhṛgu were the priests, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.66) sadasyobhūddharistatra munibhirbahubhiryutaḥ .. 32 .. > and Hari, accompanied by many sages, was an assembly member. // 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.67) taṃsinī ca kuhūścaiva dyutiḥ puṣṭiḥ prabhāvasuḥ .. > Taṃsinī, Kuhū, Dyuti, Puṣṭi, Prabhāvasu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.68) kīrtirdhṛtiśca lakṣmīśca navadevyaḥ siṣevire .. 33 .. > Kīrti, Dhṛti, and Lakṣmī—nine goddesses served him. // 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.69) umayā sahitaṃ rudraṃ saṃtarpyādhvarakarmaṇā .. > Having propitiated Rudra together with Umā through the sacrificial rite, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.70) prāpa soma iti khyātiṃ dattāṃ somena śaṃbhunā .. 34 .. > he obtained the renown 'Soma', bestowed by Śambhu, who is with Umā. // 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.71) tatraiva taptavānsomastapaḥ paramaduṣkaram .. > Right there Soma performed the most difficult austerity; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.72) tatraiva rājasūyaṃ ca cakre caṃdreśvarāgrataḥ .. 35 .. > right there he also performed the Rājasūya before Candreśvara. // 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.73) tatraiva brāhmaṇaiḥ prītairityuktosau kalānidhiḥ .. > Right there that treasure of digits was addressed by the delighted brahmins: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.74) somosmākaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ rājā trailokyadakṣiṇaḥ .. 36 .. > 'Soma is the king of us brahmins, one whose generosity extends to the three worlds.' // 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.75) tatraiva devadevasya vilocanapadaṃ gataḥ .. > Right there he attained the position of the eye of the God of gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.76) devena prītamanasā trailokyāhlādahetave .. 37 .. > by the God with a delighted mind, for the sake of gladdening the three worlds. // 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.77) tvaṃ mamāsya parāmūrtirityuktastattapobalāt .. > 'You are my supreme form'—thus he was addressed by the power of that austerity— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.78) jagattavodayaṃ prāpya bhaviṣyati sukhodayam .. 38 .. > 'When the world attains your rising, happiness will arise. // 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.79) tvatpīyūṣamayairhastaiḥ spṛṣṭametaccarācaram .. > Touched by your hands filled with nectar, this moving and unmoving world, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.80) bhānutāpaparītaṃ ca parā glāniṃ vihāsyati .. 39 .. > though overcome by the heat of the sun, will cast off supreme exhaustion.' // 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.81) etaduktvā maheśāno varānanyānadānmudā .. > Having said this, Maheśāna joyfully granted other boons: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.82) dvijarājatapastaptaṃ yadatyugraṃ tvayātra vai .. 4.1.14.40 .. > 'O king of the twice-born, because you performed exceedingly fierce austerity here, // 4.1.14.40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.83) yacca kratu kriyotsargastvayā mahyaṃ niveditaḥ .. > and because the offering of the sacrificial rite was dedicated by you to me, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.84) sthāpitaṃ yattvidaṃ liṃgaṃ mama caṃdreśvarābhidham .. 41 .. > and because this liṅga bearing the name Candreśvara was established by you, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.85) tatotra liṃge tvannāmni somasomārdharūpadhṛk .. > therefore, O Soma, in this liṅga bearing your name, bearing the form of the crescent moon, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.86) pratimāsaṃ paṃcadaśyāṃ śuklāyāṃ sarvagopyaham .. .. 42 .. > though I am all-pervading, every month on the fifteenth day of the bright fortnight, // 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.87) ahorātraṃ vasiṣyāmi trailokyaiśvaryasaṃyutaḥ .. > I will dwell for a day and a night endowed with the sovereignty of the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.88) tatotra pūrṇimāyāṃ tu kṛtā svalpāpi satkriyā .. 43 .. > Therefore, even a small pious deed performed here on the full moon day— // 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.89) japahomārcanadhyānadānabrāhmaṇabhojanam .. > recitation of mantras, oblation, worship, meditation, gift-giving, feeding of brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.90) mahāpūjā ca sā nūnaṃ mama prītyai bhaviṣyati .. 44 .. > and great worship—will surely be for my delight. // 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.91) jīrṇoddhārādikaraṇaṃ nṛtyavādyādikārpaṇam .. > Renovating ruins and the like, offering dance, instrumental music, and the like, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.92) dhvajāropaṇakarmādi tapasviyatitaparṇam .. 45 .. > the act of raising a banner, and satisfying ascetics and renunciants— // 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.93) caṃdreśvare kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ tadānaṃtyāya jāyate .. > all that is done at Candreśvara leads to endless fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.94) anyacca te pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu guhyaṃ kalānidhe .. 46 .. > I will tell you another secret; listen, O treasure of digits! // 46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.95) abhaktāya ca nākhyeyaṃ nāstikāya śrutidruhe .. > It should not be told to a non-devotee, to an atheist, or to a hater of the Vedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.96) amāvāsyā yadā soma jāyate somavāsare .. 47 .. > When a new moon day falls on a Monday, O Soma, // 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.97) tadopavāsaḥ kartavyo bhūtāyāṃ sadbhirādarāt .. > then a fast should be observed with reverence by virtuous men on the fourteenth day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.98) kṛtanityakriyaḥ soma trayodaśyāṃ niśāmaya .. 48 .. > Having performed the daily rites on the thirteenth day, O Soma, listen! // 48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.99) śanipradoṣe saṃpūjya liṃgaṃ caṃdreśvarāhvayam .. > Having worshipped the liṅga called Candreśvara during the twilight on Saturday, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.100) naktaṃ kṛtvā trayodaśyāṃ niyamaṃ parigṛhya ca .. 49 .. > having taken a single meal at night on the thirteenth day and undertaken the observance, // 49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.101) upoṣya ca caturdaśyāṃ kṛtvā jāgaraṇaṃ niśi .. > having fasted on the fourteenth day and kept vigil at night, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.102) prātaḥ somakuhūyoge snātvā caṃdrodavāribhiḥ ..4.1.14.50.. > and having bathed in the morning in the waters of Candroda at the conjunction of Monday and the new moon, // 4.1.14.50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.103) upāsya saṃdhyāṃ vidhivatkṛtasarvodaka kriyaḥ .. > having worshipped the twilight according to rule, and having performed all the water rites, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.104) upacaṃdrodatīrtheṣu śrāddhaṃ vidhivadācaret ..51.. > one should properly perform a śrāddha at the sacred fords near Candroda. // 51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.105) āvāhanārghyarahitaṃ piṃḍāndadyātprayatnataḥ .. > Without the invocation and the guest water, one should carefully offer rice balls > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.106) vasurudrāditisutasvarūpapuruṣatrayam ..52.. > to the three generations of ancestors who are in the nature of the Vasus, Rudras, and Ādityas, // 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.107) mātāmahāṃstathoddiśya tathānyānapi gotrajān .. > and dedicating them likewise to maternal grandfathers and to other members of the lineage, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.108) guruśvaśurabaṃdhūnāṃ nāmānyuccārya piṃḍadaḥ .. 53 .. > the giver of rice balls, having pronounced the names of teachers, fathers-in-law, and kinsmen, // 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.109) kurvañchrāddhaṃ ca tīrthesmiñchraddhayoddharatekhilān .. > and performing the śrāddha with faith at this sacred ford, delivers them all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.110) gayāyāṃ piṃḍadānena yathā tupyaṃti pūrvajāḥ .. 54 .. > Just as ancestors are satisfied by the offering of rice balls at Gayā, // 54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.111) tathā caṃdrodakuṃḍe'tra śrāddhaistṛpyaṃti pūrvajāḥ .. > so ancestors are satisfied by śrāddhas here at the Candroda pool. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.112) gayāyāṃ ca yathā mucyetsarvarṇātpitṛjānnaraḥ .. 55 .. > And just as a man at Gayā is released from all debts born of ancestors, // 55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.113) tathā pramucyate carṇāccaṃdrode piṇḍadānataḥ .. > so he is completely released from debt by the offering of rice balls at Candroda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.114) yadā caṃdreśvaraṃ draṣṭuṃ yāyātkopi narottamaḥ..56.. > Whenever any best of men goes to see Candreśvara, // 56 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.115) tadā nṛtyaṃti muditāstatpūrvaprapitāmahāḥ.. > then his ancestors and great-grandfathers dance with joy: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.116) ayaṃ caṃdrodatīrthesmiṃstarpaṇaṃ naḥ kariṣyati .. 57.. > 'He will make a water offering to us at this sacred ford Candroda!' // 57 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.117) asmākaṃ maṃdabhāgyatvādyadi naiva kariṣyati.. > If due to our misfortune he does not make it at all, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.118) tadātattīrtha saṃsparśādasmattṛptirbhaviṣyati.. 58.. > then through contact with that sacred ford our satisfaction will come to pass. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.119) spṛśennāpi yadā maṃdastadā drakṣyati tṛptaye.. > Even if the indolent person does not touch it, he will gaze upon it for \[our\] satisfaction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.120) evaṃ śrāddhaṃ vidhāyātha spṛṣṭvā caṃdreśvaraṃ vratī.. > Having thus performed the śrāddha and then touched Candreśvara, the observer of the vow, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.121) saṃtarpya viprāṃśca yatīnkuryādvai pāraṇaṃ tataḥ..59.. > having satisfied the brahmins and ascetics, should then break his fast. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.122) evaṃ vrate kṛte kāśyāṃ sadarśe somavāsare.. > When the vow is thus observed in Kāśī on a Monday with a new-moon day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.123) bhavedṛṇatrayānmukto mṛgāṃkamadanugrahāt .. 4.1.14.60 .. > he will be freed from the three debts, O moon, through my grace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.124) atra yātrā mahācaitryāṃ kāryā kṣetranivāsibhiḥ .. > Here a pilgrimage should be undertaken on the full-moon day of Caitra by dwellers of the sacred field; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.125) tārakajñānalābhāya kṣetravighnanivartinī .. 61 .. > it dispels obstacles in the sacred field to attain liberating knowledge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.126) caṃdreśvaraṃ samabhyarcya yadyanyatrāpi saṃsthitaḥ .. > Having thoroughly worshipped Candreśvara, even if staying elsewhere, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.127) aghaughapaṭalīṃ bhittvā somalokamavāpsyati ..62.. > having pierced the veil of the flood of sins, he will reach the world of Soma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.128) kalau caṃdreśamahimā nābhāgyairavagamyate.. > In the Kali age, the greatness of Candreśa is not comprehended by the unfortunate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.129) anyacca te pravakṣyāmi paraṃ guhyaṃ niśāpate .. 63.. > And I shall tell you something else, a supreme secret, O lord of the night: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.130) siddhayogīśvaraṃ pīṭhametatsādhakasiddhidam .. > This seat of Siddhayogīśvara grants accomplishment to practitioners. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.131) surāsureṣu gaṃdharva nāgavidyādhareṣvapi .. 64 .. > Among gods and asuras, Gandharvas, Nāgas, and Vidyādharas too, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.132) rakṣoguhyakayakṣeṣu kiṃnareṣu nareṣu ca .. > among Rākṣasas, Guhyakas, Yakṣas, Kiṃnaras, and mortals, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.133) saptakoṭyastu siddhānāmatra siddhā mamāgrataḥ 65.. > seventy million accomplished beings have attained perfection here before me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.134) ṣaṇmāsaṃ niyatāhāro dhyāyanviśveśvarīmiha.. > Restricting his diet for six months and meditating upon Viśveśvarī here, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.135) caṃdreśvarārcanāyātānsiddhānpaśyati so'gragān..66.. > he sees the foremost siddhas who have arrived to worship Candreśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.136) siddhayogīśvarī sākṣādvaradā tasya jāyate .. > Siddhayogīśvarī manifestly becomes the granter of boons to him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.137) tavāpi mahatī siddhiḥ siddhayogīśvarīkṣaṇāt.. 67.. > You too \[attained\] great perfection by beholding Siddhayogīśvarī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.138) saṃti pāṭhānyanekāni kṣitau sādhakasiddhaye.. > There are many sacred seats on earth for the accomplishment of practitioners; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.139) paraṃ yogīśvarī pīṭhādbhūpṛṣṭhenāśu siddhidam.. 68 .. > yet on the surface of the earth, none grants siddhi more swiftly than the seat of Yogīśvarī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.140) yatra caṃdreśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ tvayedaṃ sthāpitaṃ śaśin.. > Where this Candreśvara liṅga has been established by you, O moon, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.141) idameva hi tatpīṭhamadṛśyamakṛtātmabhiḥ.. 69.. > that very place is that seat, invisible to those whose minds are unrefined. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.142) jitakāmā jitakrodhā jitalobhaspṛhāsmitāḥ.. > Those who have conquered desire, anger, greed, longing, and pride > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.143) yogīśvarīṃ prapaśyaṃti mama śaktiparāṃ hitām .. 4.1.14.70 .. > behold Yogīśvarī, my supreme, beneficial Śakti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.144) ye tu pratyaṣṭami janāstathā prati caturdaśi .. > Those people who, on every eighth and fourteenth lunar day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.145) siddhayogīśvarīpīṭhe pūjayiṣyaṃti bhāvitāḥ .. 71 .. > worship with devotion at the seat of Siddhayogīśvarī— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.146) adṛṣṭarūpāṃ subhagāṃ piṃgalāṃ sarvasiddhidām .. > she of unseen form, auspicious, tawny-hued, granter of all accomplishments— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.147) dhūpanaivedyadīpādyaisteṣāmāvirbhaviṣyati .. 72 .. > she will manifest before them with incense, food-offerings, lamps, and other rites. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.148) iti dattvā varāñchaṃbhustasmai caṃdramase dvija .. > Having thus granted boons to that moon, O twice-born, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.149) aṃtarhito maheśānastatra vaiśveśvare pure .. 73 .. > Maheśāna vanished there in the city of the Lord of All. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.150) tadārabhya ca loke'smindvijarājodhipobhavat .. > Beginning from that time, the king of the twice-born became a ruler in this world, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.151) diśovitimirāḥ kurvannijaiḥ prasṛmaraiḥ karaiḥ .. 74 .. > making the quarters free from darkness with his spreading rays. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.152) somavāravratakṛtaḥ somapānaratā narāḥ .. > Men who observe the Monday vow and are devoted to drinking soma > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.153) somaprabheṇayānena somalokaṃ vrajaṃti hi .. .. 75 .. > go indeed to the world of Soma by a vehicle lustrous like the moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.154) caṃdreśvarasamutpattiṃ tathā cāṃdramasaṃ tapaḥ .. > The origin of Candreśvara and the austerity of the moon— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.155) yaḥ śroṣyati naro bhaktyā caṃdraloke sa ijyate .. 76 .. > the person who listens to this with devotion is honoured in the world of the moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.156) agastiruvāca .. .. > Agasti said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.157) śivaśarmaṇi śarmakāriṇīṃ pa thi divye śramahāriṇīṃ gaṇau .. > As the two attendants were telling this auspicious story that brought joy to Śivaśarman / and dispelled fatigue on the divine path, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.158) kathayaṃtau tu kathāmimāṃ śubhāmuḍulokaṃ parijagmatustataḥ .. 77 .. > they then reached the world of the stars. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [4.14.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14.159) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ caturthe kāśīkhaṃḍe pūrvārddhe somalokavarṇanaṃ nāma caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ ..14.. > Thus ends the fourteenth chapter, named 'The Description of the World of Soma', in the first half of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, in the fourth \[book\] of the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.14.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.9.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.14) · Pramāṇa