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# Skandapurana 4.55

Skandapurāṇa 4.55

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.55.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.1)

.. skaṃda uvāca ..

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

### [4.55.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.2)

anyepi ye gaṇāstatra kāśyāṃ liṃgāni cakrire ..

> The other gaṇas who established liṅgas there in Kāśī—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.3)

tāṃśca te kathayiṣyāmi kuṃbhayone niśāmaya .. 1 ..

> about them too I shall tell you, O pot-born one; listen!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.4)

gaṇena piṃgalākhyena piṃgalākhyeśasaṃjñitam ..

> By the gaṇa named Piṅgala, the liṅga known as Piṅgaleśa  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.5)

liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ śaṃbhoḥ kapardīśādudagdiśi ..2..

> of Śambhu was installed in the northern direction from Kapardīśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.6)

tasya darśanamātreṇa pāpānāṃ jāyate kṣayaḥ ..

> By the mere darśana of it, destruction of sins occurs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.7)

vīrabhadro mahāprīto devadevasya śūlinaḥ .. 3 ..

> Vīrabhadra, greatly cherished by the god of gods who holds the trident,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.8)

vīrabhadreśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ dhyāyedadyāpi niścalaḥ ..

> even today unswervingly meditates upon the Vīrabhadreśvara liṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.9)

tasya darśanamātreṇa vīrasiddhiḥ prajāyate .. 4 ..

> By the mere darśana of it, the accomplishment of a hero is produced.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.10)

avimukteśvarātpaścādvīrabhadreśvaraṃ naraḥ ..

> A man, having worshipped Vīrabhadreśvara  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.11)

samarcya na raṇe bhaṃgaṃ kadācidapi cāpnuyāt .. 5 ..

> to the west of Avimukteśvara, will never meet defeat in battle.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.12)

vīrabhadraḥ svayaṃ sākṣādvīramūrtidharo mune ..

> Vīrabhadra himself, directly bearing the form of a hero, O sage,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.13)

saṃharedviprasaṃghātamavimuktanivāsināma .. 6 ..

> protects the assembly of brahmins dwelling in Avimukta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.14)

bhadrayā bhadrakālyā ca bhāryayā śubhayā yutam ..

> Accompanied by the auspicious Bhadrakālī, his auspicious wife,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.15)

vīrabhadraṃ narobhyarcya kāśīvāsaphalaṃ labhet .. 7 ..

> a man who worships Vīrabhadra obtains the fruit of living in Kāśī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.16)

kirātena kirāteśaṃ liṃgaṃ kāśyāṃ pratiṣṭhitam ..

> The Kirāteśa liṅga was installed in Kāśī by Kirāta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.17)

kedārāddakṣiṇe bhāge bhaktānāmabhayapradam .. 8 ..

> in the southern direction from Kedāra, granting fearlessness to devotees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.18)

caturmukho gaṇaḥ śrīmānvṛddhakāleśa sannidhau ..

> Near Vṛddhakāleśa, the glorious gaṇa Caturmukha  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.19)

caturmukheśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ dhyāyedadyāpi niścalaḥ .. 9 ..

> even today unswervingly meditates upon the Caturmukheśvara liṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.20)

bhaktāścaturmukheśasya caturānanavaddivi ..

> Devotees of Caturmukheśa, like the four-faced one \[Brahmā\] in heaven,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.21)

pūjyaṃte surasaṃghātaiḥ sarvabhogasamanvitāḥ.. 4.2.55.1 0..

> are worshipped by hosts of gods, endowed with all enjoyments.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.22)

nikuṃbheśvaramālokya nikuṃbhagaṇapūjitam ..

> Having beheld Nikumbheśvara, worshipped by the gaṇa Nikumbha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.23)

pūjayitvā vrajangrāmaṃ kāryasiddhimavāpnuyāt ..

> and having worshipped \[it\], one who goes to a village will obtain success in his undertaking;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.24)

kubereśa samīpetu śivaloke mahīyate .. 11 ..

> near Kubereśa, however, he is exalted in the world of Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.25)

paṃcākṣeśaṃ mahāliṃgaṃ mahādevasya dakṣiṇe ..

> Having worshipped the great liṅga Pañcākṣeśa to the south of Mahādeva,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.26)

samabhyarcya naraḥ kāśyāṃ jātismṛtimavāpnuyāt .. 12 ..

> a man in Kāśī obtains memory of previous births.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.27)

bhārabhūteśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ bhārabhūtagaṇārcitam..

> Having meditated upon the Bhārabhūteśvara liṅga, worshipped by the gaṇa Bhārabhūta,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.28)

aṃtargṛhottaradvāri dhyātvā śivapure vaset .. 13 ..

> at the northern gate of the Antargṛha, one shall dwell in the city of Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.29)

bhārabhūteśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ yaiḥ kāśyāṃ na vilokitam ..

> Those by whom the Bhārabhūteśvara liṅga has not been seen in Kāśī  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.30)

bhārabhūtāḥ pṛthivyāste'vakeśina iva drumāḥ .. 14 ..

> have become a burden to the earth, like barren trees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.31)

gaṇena tryakṣasaṃjñena liṃgaṃ tryakṣeśvaraṃ param ..

> The supreme Tryakṣeśvara liṅga \[established\] by the gaṇa named Tryakṣa  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.32)

trilocanapurobhāge śīlyetādyāpi kuṃbhaja .. 15 ..

> in front of Trilocana is frequented even today, O pot-born one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.33)

tasya liṃgasya ye bhaktāste tu dehāvasānataḥ ..

> Those who are devotees of that liṅga, upon the end of the body,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.34)

tryakṣā eva prajāyaṃte nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 16 ..

> verily become three-eyed; no doubt should be had in this matter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.35)

kṣemako nāma gaṇapaḥ kāśyāṃ mūrtidharaḥ svayam ..

> The leader of gaṇas named Kṣemaka, taking physical form himself in Kāśī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.36)

viśveśvaraṃ sarvagataṃ dhyāyedadyāpi niścalaḥ ..17..

> even today unswervingly meditates upon the all-pervading Viśveśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.37)

kṣemakaṃ pūjayedyastu vārāṇasyāṃ mahāgaṇam ..

> Whoever worships Kṣemaka, the great gaṇa in Vārāṇasī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.38)

vighnāstasya pralīyaṃte kṣemaṃ syācca padepade .. 18 ..

> his obstacles dissolve and well-being attends him at every step.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.39)

deśāṃtaraṃ gato yastu tasyāgamanakāmyayā ..

> With the desire for the return of one who has gone to another country,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.40)

kṣemakaṃ pūjanīyotra kṣemeṇāśu sa āvrajet ..19..

> Kṣemaka should be worshipped here; he will quickly return in safety.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.41)

lāṃgalīśvaramālokya liṃgaṃ lāṃgalinārcitam ..

> Having beheld the Lāṅgalīśvara liṅga worshipped by Lāṅgalin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.42)

viśveśāduttarebhāge na naro rogabhāgbhavet ..4.2.55.20 ..

> to the north of Viśveśa, a man shall not fall prey to disease.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.43)

lāṃgalīśaṃ sakṛtpūjya paṃcalāṃgaladānajam ..

> Worshipping Lāṅgalīśa once, \[the merit\] born of the gift of five ploughs  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.44)

phalaṃ prāpnotyavikalaṃ sarvasaṃpatkaraṃ param .. 21 ..

> a man attains in full, the supreme cause of all prosperity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.45)

virādheśvaramārādhya virādhagaṇapūjitam..

> Having worshipped Virādheśvara, who is worshipped by the gaṇa Virādha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.46)

sarvāparādhayuktopi nāparādhyati kutracit .. 22 ..

> even though loaded with all transgressions, one commits no fault anywhere.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.47)

dinedineparādho yaḥ kriyate kāśivāsibhiḥ ..

> Whatever transgression is committed day by day by the residents of Kāśī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.48)

sa yāti saṃkṣayaṃ kṣipraṃ virādheśa samarcanāt .. 23 ..

> that is swiftly destroyed through the worship of Virādheśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.49)

nairṛte daṃḍhapāṇastu virādheśaṃ prayatnataḥ..

> To the southwest of Daṇḍapāṇi, Virādheśa with devotion  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.50)

natvā sarvāparādhebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ..24..

> having bowed down to, one is freed from all transgressions; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.51)

sumukheśaṃ mahāliṃgaṃ sumukhākhyagaṇārcitam ..

> The great liṅga Sumukheśa, worshipped by the gaṇa named Sumukha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.52)

paścimābhimukhaṃ liṃgaṃ dṛṣṭvā pāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 25 ..

> which faces west—having seen that liṅga, one is freed from sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.53)

snātvā pilipilā tīrthe sumukheśaṃ vilokya ca ..

> Having bathed in the Pilipilā tīrtha and having beheld Sumukheśa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.54)

sadaiva sumukhaṃ paśyeddharmarājaṃ na durmukham .. 26 ..

> one will always see the King of Dharma with a gracious face, not with a wrathful face.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.55)

āṣāḍhinārcitaṃ liṃgamāṣāḍhīśvarasaṃjñakam ..

> The liṅga worshipped by Āṣāḍhin, known by the name Āṣāḍhīśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.56)

dṛṣṭvāṣāḍhayāṃ naro bhaktyā sarvaiḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 27 ..

> having seen \[it\] with devotion on the full moon of Āṣāḍha, a man is freed from all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.57)

udīcyāṃ bhārabhūteśādāṣāḍhīśaṃ samarcayan ..

> Worshipping Āṣāḍhīśa to the north of Bhārabhūteśa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.58)

āṣāḍhyāṃ paṃcadaśyāṃ vai na pāpaiḥ paritapyate .. 28 ..

> on the fifteenth day of the month of Āṣāḍha indeed, one is not tormented by sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.59)

śuciśuklacaturdaśyāṃ paṃcadaśyāmathāpi vā ..

> On the bright fourteenth day of Śuci or on the fifteenth day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.60)

kṛtvā sāṃvatsarīṃ yātrāmanenā jāyate naraḥ .. 29 ..

> having performed the annual pilgrimage, a man becomes free from sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.61)

.. skaṃda uvāca .. ..

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

### [4.55.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.62)

mune gaṇeṣu caiteṣu vārāṇasyāṃ sthiteṣviti ..

> O sage, when these gaṇas had thus settled in Vārāṇasī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.63)

svanāmnā sthāpya liṃgāni viśveśaparituṣṭaye .. .. 4.2.55.30 ..

> having installed liṅgas under their own names for the pleasure of Viśveśa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.64)

viśveśaściṃtayāṃ cakre punaḥ kāśīpravṛttaye ..

> Viśveśa reflected concerning news of Kāśī once more:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.65)

kaṃ vā hitaṃ prahityādya nirvṛtiṃ paramāṃ bhaje .. 31 ..

> ‘Whom, indeed, having sent as a benefactor today, may I attain supreme peace?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.66)

yoginyastigmagurvedhāḥ śaṃkukarṇamukhāgaṇāḥ ..

> The Yoginīs, the Sun, Vidhi, and the gaṇas headed by Śaṅkukarṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.67)

vyāvṛttyanāgatāḥ kāśyāḥ siṃdhugā iva siṃdhavaḥ .. 32 ..

> having turned away \[from returning\], have not come back from Kāśī, just as rivers \[disappear into\] the ocean.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.68)

dhuvaṃ kāśyāṃ praviṣṭā ye te praviṣṭā mamodare ..

> Indeed, those who have entered Kāśī have entered my belly;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.69)

teṣāṃ vinirgamo nāsti dīptegnau haviṣāmiva .. 33 ..

> for them there is no coming out, just as oblations \[do not return\] from a blazing fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.70)

yeṣāṃ hi saṃsthitiḥ kāśyāṃ liṃgārcanaratātmanām ..

> Those whose dwelling is indeed in Kāśī, whose minds are devoted to worshipping the liṅga,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.71)

ta eva mama liṃgāni jaṃgamāni na saṃśayaḥ .. 34 ..

> they alone are my moving liṅgas; of this there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.72)

sthāvarā jaṃgamāḥ kāśyāmacetanasacetanāḥ ..

> The immobile and the mobile in Kāśī, the inanimate and the animate,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.73)

sarve mamaiva liṃgāni tebhyo druhyaṃti durdhiyaḥ .. 35 ..

> all are indeed my liṅgas; evil-minded ones bear malice toward them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.74)

vāci vārāṇasī yeṣāṃ śrutau vaiśveśvarī kathā ..

> Those on whose tongues is “Vārāṇasī” and in whose hearing is the story of Viśveśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.75)

ta eva kāśī liṃgāni varāṇyarcyānyahaṃ yathā .. 36 ..

> they themselves are the excellent liṅgas of Kāśī, to be worshipped like myself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.76)

vārāṇasīti kāśīti rudrāvāsa iti sphuṭam ..

> “Vārāṇasī”, “Kāśī”, “the abode of Rudra”—clearly  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.77)

mukhādvinirgataṃ yeṣāṃ teṣāṃ na prabhavedyamaḥ .. 37 ..

> from whose mouth \[these words\] have issued, over them Yama cannot prevail.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.78)

ānaṃdakānanaṃ prāpya ye nirānaṃdabhūmikām ..

> Having reached the Forest of Bliss, those who desire another joyless ground,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.79)

anyāṃ hṛdāpi vāṃchaṃti nirānaṃdāḥ sadātra te .. 38 ..

> even in their hearts, are always joyless here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.80)

adyaiva vāstumaraṇaṃ bahukālāṃtarepi vā..

> Whether death comes today or after a long period,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.81)

kalikāla bhiyā puṃsāṃ kāśī tyājyā na karhicit .. 39 ..

> out of fear of the Kali age, Kāśī must never be abandoned by men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.82)

avaśyaṃbhāvino bhāvā bhaviṣyaṃti padepade ..

> Inevitable occurrences will come to pass at every step;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.83)

salakṣmīnilayāṃ kāśīṃ te tyajaṃti kuto dhiyaḥ .. 4.2.55.40 ..

> from where \[would come the wisdom that\] intellects abandon Kāśī, the abode of fortune?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.84)

varaṃ vighnasahasrāṇi soḍhavyāni padepade ..

> Better that a thousand obstacles be endured at every step  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.85)

kāśyāṃ nānyatra nirvighnaṃ vāṃchedrājyamapi kvacit .. 41 ..

> in Kāśī; nowhere else should one desire even a kingdom without obstacles.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.86)

kiyannimeṣasaṃbhogyāḥ saṃti lakṣmyāḥ padepade ..

> How many fleeting moments of enjoyment are there in riches at every step?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.87)

paraṃ niraṃtarasukhā'mutrāpyatrāpi kā śikā .. 42 ..

> Supreme, of continuous joy both in the next world and in this one, what compares to Kāśī?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.88)

viśvanātho hyahaṃ nāthaḥ kāśikāmuktikāśikā ..

> I am indeed the lord Viśvanātha; Kāśī is the manifest radiance of liberation;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.89)

sudhātaraṃgā svargaṃgā trayyeṣā kinna yacchati .. 43 ..

> the celestial Gaṅgā has waves of nectar: what does this triad not bestow?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.90)

paṃcakrośyāparimitā tanureṣā purī mama ..

> This city of mine, measuring five krośas, is my body,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.91)

avicchinnapramāṇardhirbhaktanirvāṇakāraṇam .. 44 ..

> an unbroken abundance of authority, the cause of liberation for devotees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.92)

saṃsārabhārakhinnānāṃ yātāyātakṛtāṃ sadā ..

> For those distressed by the burden of saṃsāra, constantly engaged in coming and going,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.93)

ekaiva me purī kāśī dhruvaṃ viśrāmabhṛmikā .. 45 ..

> my single city Kāśī is truly the resting ground.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.94)

maṃḍapaḥ kalpavallīnāṃ manorathaphalairalam ..

> A bower of wish-fulfilling vines, filled to abundance with the fruits of desire,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.95)

phalitaḥ kāśikākhyoyaṃ saṃsārādhvajuṣāṃ sadā .. 46 ..

> this place named Kāśikā has borne fruit always for those treading the path of saṃsāra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.96)

cakravarteriyaṃ chatraṃ vicitraṃ sarvatāpahṛt ..

> This is the wondrous parasol of an emperor, dispelling all distress;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.97)

kāśīnirvāṇarājasya mamaśūlocca daṃḍavat .. 47 ..

> it is the king of liberation of Kāśī, like the tall shaft of my trident.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.98)

nirvāṇalakṣmīṃ ye puṇyāḥ parivāṃchaṃti līlayā ..

> Those virtuous ones who effortlessly desire the fortune of liberation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.99)

niraṃtarasukhaprāptyai kāśī tyājyā na tai nṛbhiḥ .. 48 ..

> for the sake of obtaining uninterrupted joy, Kāśī must not be abandoned by those men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.100)

mamānaṃdavane ye vai niraṃ tara vanaukasaḥ ..

> Those who are dwellers in my Forest of Bliss continually,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.101)

mokṣalakṣmīphalānyatra susvādūni labhaṃti te ..49..

> they obtain here the delicious fruits that are the fortune of liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.102)

nirmamaṃ cāpi nirmohaṃ yā māmapi vimohayet ..

> Which can captivate even me, free from mineness and free from delusion —  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.103)

kairna saṃsmaraṇīyā sā kāśī viśvavimohinī.. .. 4.2.55.50 ..

> by whom should that Kāśī, who captivates the universe, not be remembered?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.104)

nāmāpi madhuraṃ yasyāḥ parānaṃdaprakāśakam ..

> Her very name is sweet, revealing supreme bliss;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.105)

kāśyāḥ kāśīti kāśīti sā kaiḥ puṇyairna japyate .. 51 ..

> by what merits is that Kāśī not chanted as 'Kāśī! Kāśī!'?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.106)

kāśīnāmasudhāpānaṃ ye kurvaṃti niraṃtaram ..

> Those who constantly drink the nectar of the name of Kāśī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.107)

teṣāṃ vartma bhavatyeva sudhāma vasudhāmayam .. 52 ..

> their path becomes indeed a splendid abode made of the earth \[liberated from sorrow\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.108)

mamatārahitasyāpi mama sarvātmano dhruvam ..

> Though I am free from mineness, being the Self of all, certainly  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.109)

ta eva māmakā loke ye kāśīnāma jāpakāḥ .. 53 ..

> those alone are mine in the world who chant the name of Kāśī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.110)

rahasyamiti vijñāya vārāṇasyā gaṇeśvaraiḥ ..

> Knowing this secret of Vārāṇasī, the lords of Gaṇas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.111)

sabrahmayoginī bradhraiḥ sthitaṃ tatraiva nānyathā .. 54 ..

> along with Brahmā, the Yoginīs, and the Sun, have stayed right there, and not otherwise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.112)

anyathā tāśca yoginyaḥ saraviḥ sapitāmahaḥ ..

> Otherwise, how could those Yoginīs, along with the Sun and the Grandfather \[Brahmā\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.113)

te gaṇā māṃ parityajya kathaṃ tiṣṭheyuranyataḥ .. 55 ..

> and those Gaṇas, abandon me and dwell elsewhere?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.114)

atīva bhadraṃ saṃjātaṃ kāśyāṃ tiṣṭhatsu teṣu hi ..

> It has turned out exceedingly well indeed that they are staying in Kāśī;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.115)

ekopi bheda prabhavedrājye rājyāṃtaraṃ vinā .. 56 ..

> for even a single dissension may occur in a kingdom without another kingdom.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.116)

labdhapraveśāstāvaṃtaste sarve matsvarūpiṇaḥ ..

> Since all of them have gained entry, having my own nature,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.117)

yatiṣyaṃti yatovaśyaṃ madāgamanahetave ..57..

> they will certainly strive to bring about my arrival.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.118)

anyānapi preṣayāmi matpārśvaparivartinaḥ ..

> I shall send others as well who are by my side;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.119)

ye te tatra sthitāḥ śreṣṭhā apigaṃtāsmyahaṃ tataḥ .. 58 ..

> when those excellent ones are stationed there, I too shall go thence."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.120)

vicāryeti mahādevaḥ samāhūya gajānanam ..

> Having reflected thus, Mahādeva summoned Gajānana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.121)

prāhiṇotkathayitveti gaccha kāśīmitaḥ suta .. 59 ..

> and sent him, saying: "Go to Kāśī from here, my son!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.122)

tatrasthitopi saṃsiddhayai yatasva sahito gaṇaiḥ ..

> Stationed there, strive together with the Gaṇas for full success;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.123)

nirvighnaṃ kuru cāsmākaṃ nṛpe vighnaṃ samācara .. 4.2.55.60 ..

> make \[things\] free of obstacles for us, and create an obstacle for the king."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.124)

ādhāya śāsanaṃ mūrdhni gaṇādhīśotha dhūrjaṭeḥ ..

> Placing the command of Dhūrjaṭi upon his head, the lord of Gaṇas then,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.125)

pratasthe tvaritaḥ kāśīṃ sthitijñaḥ sthitihetave ..61..

> knowing proper order, swiftly departed for Kāśī for the sake of establishing \[our\] stay.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [4.55.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.55.126)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ caturthe kāśīkhaṃḍe uttarārddhe kāśīvarṇana gaṇeśapreṣaṇaṃ nāma paṃcapaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ..55..

> Thus ends the fifty-fifth chapter, named 'The Description of Kāśī and the Dispatch of Gaṇeśa,' in the latter half of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa in the eighty-one-thousand-verse Compendium of the glorious Skandapurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.55.1) — English, machine translation

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