[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) › 4.67.92.1 # Skandapurana 4.67.92.1 Skandapurāṇa 4.67.92.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.67.92.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.67.92.1) .. agastya uvāca .. .. ratneśvarasamutpatiṃ kathayasva ṣaḍānana .. ratnabhūtaṃ mahāliṃgaṃ yatkāśyāṃ parivarṇyate .. 1 .. kosya liṃgasya mahimā kenaitacca pratiṣṭhitam .. etaṃ vistarato brūhi gaurīhṛdayanaṃdana .. 2 .. .. skaṃda uvāca .. ratneśvarasya māhātmyaṃ kathayiṣyāmi te mune.. yathā ca ratnaliṃgasya prādurbhāvo'bhavadbhuvi .. 3 .. śrutaṃ nāmāpi liṃgasya yasya janmatrayārjitam.. vṛjinaṃ nāśayettasya prādurbhāvaṃ bruve mune .. 4.. śailarājena ratnāni yāni puṃjīkṛtānyaho.. uttare kālarājasya tāni tasya girervṛṣāt.. 5 .. sarvaratnamayaṃ liṃgaṃ jātaṃ tatsukṛtātmanaḥ .. śakracāpasamacchāyaṃ sarvaratnadyutiprabham .. 6 .. talliṃgadarśanādeva jñānaratnamavāpyate .. śaileśvaraṃ samālokya śivau tatra samāgatau .. 7.. yatra ratnamayaṃ liṃgamāvirbhūtaṃ svayaṃ mune .. tasya sphuratprabhājālaistatamaṃbaramaṃḍalam .. 8 .. tatra dṛṣṭvā śubhaṃ liṃgaṃ sarvaratnasamudbhavam .. bhavānyadṛṣṭapūrvā hi paripapraccha śaṃkaram .. 9 .. devadeva jagannātha sarvabhaktābhayaprada .. kutastyametalliṃgaṃ dvisaptapātālamūlavat .. 4.2.67.10 .. jvālājaṭilitākāśaṃ prabhābhāsita diṅmukham .. kimākhyaṃ kiṃ svarūpaṃ ca kiṃ prabhāvaṃ bhavāṃtaka .. 11 .. yasya saṃvīkṣaṇādeva manometīva hṛṣṭavat .. ihaiva ramate nātha kathayaitatprasādataḥ .. 12 .. .. devadeva uvāca .. .. śṛṇvaparṇe samākhyāmi yattvayā pṛcchi pārvati .. svarūpametalliṃgasya sarvatejonidheḥ param .. 13 .. tava pitrā himavatā girirājena bhāmini .. tvāmuddiśya mahāratnasaṃbhārotrāpyanāyi hi .. 14 .. atra tāni ca ratnāni rāśīkṛtya himādriṇā .. > Agastya said: > Tell of the origin of Ratneśvara, O six-faced one, / the jewel-like great liṅga that is praised in Kāśī. 1 > What is the greatness of this liṅga, and by whom was it established? / Explain this in detail, O delighter of Gaurī's heart! 2 > Skanda said: > I will tell you the māhātmya of Ratneśvara, O sage, / and how the jewel-liṅga appeared on earth. 3 > The mere name of which liṅga, when heard, destroys the sins / accumulated in three lifetimes—of its appearance I speak, O sage. 4 > Ah, the gems that were heaped up by the king of mountains / north of Kālarāja, from the virtuous merit of that mountain, 5 > became a liṅga composed of all precious gems for that virtuous soul, / matching the hue of Indra's bow, possessing the radiant luster of all gems. 6 > From the mere sight of that liṅga, the jewel of knowledge is attained. / Having seen Śaileśvara, the two Śivas came there, 7 > where the gem-filled liṅga manifested of its own accord, O sage. / By the networks of its flashing splendor, the sphere of the sky was pervaded. 8 > Seeing there that auspicious liṅga arisen from all jewels, / Bhavānī, who had never seen it before, asked Śaṃkara: 9 > "O God of gods, Lord of the universe, granter of fearlessness to all devotees! / Whence comes this liṅga, rooted as deep as the twice-seven Pātālas, 10 > its sky enveloped in flames, illuminating the directions with radiance? / What is its name, what is its nature, and what is its power, O destroyer of mundane existence? 11 > From the mere sight of which my mind feels exceedingly joyful, / and delights right here, O Lord—tell me this out of your grace." 12 > The God of gods said: > "Listen, O Aparṇā, and I shall explain what you have asked, O Pārvatī: / the supreme nature of this liṅga, the treasury of all fiery splendor. 13 > O lovely lady, by your father, the king of mountains Himavat, / for your sake a great hoard of jewels was brought here. 14 > Having piled up those jewels here, the mountain of snow, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.66.47\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.66.47_1) - [Next: 4.67.92.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.67.92.2) - [Up: 4.67.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.67.92) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.67.92.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.67.92.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.67.92.1) · Pramāṇa