[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) › 4.83.75.4 # Skandapurana 4.83.75.4 Skandapurāṇa 4.83.75.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [4.83.75.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.83.75.4) saptapātālamudbhidya sthitaṃ bṛhadanugrahāta .. 44 .. praṇamya daṃḍavadbhūmau parituṣṭāva dhūrjaṭim .. sūktairjanmāṃtarābhyastaiḥ suhṛṣṭo rudradevataiḥ .. 45 .. tataḥ prasanno bhagavāndevadevo maheśvaraḥ .. saṃtuṣṭastapasā tasya provāca vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ.. 46 .. .. devadeva uvāca .. .. varaṃ varaya saṃtapta tapasā kleśitaṃ vapuḥ .. tvayedaṃ bālavapuṣā vaśīkṛtaṃ mano mama .. 47 .. śivoktaṃ ca samākarṇya varadānaṃ punaḥpunaḥ .. varaṃ ca prārthayāṃcakre parihṛṣṭatanūruhaḥ .. 48 .. .. kumāra uvāca .. .. devadevamahādeva yadi deyo varo mama .. tadatra bhavatā stheyaṃ bhavatāpahṛtā sadā .. 49 .. asmim̐lliṃge sthitaḥ śaṃbho kuru bhaktasamīhitam .. vinā mudrādikaraṇaṃ maṃtreṇāpi vinā vibho .. 4.2.83.50 .. diśa siddhiṃ parāmatra darśanātsparśanānnateḥ .. asya liṃgasya ye bhaktā manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ ..51 .. sadaivānugrahasteṣu kartavyo vara eṣa me .. iti tadvratamākarṇya liṃgarūpovadatprabhuḥ ..52.. evamastu yaduktaṃ te vīravaiṣṇava sūnunā .. janeturviṣṇubhaktācca rājño'mitrajjito bhavān .. 53 .. viṣṇvaṃśa evamutpanno mama bhaktiparāṃgaja .. vīravīreśvaraṃ nāma liṃgametattvadākhyayā .. 54 .. kāśyāṃ dāsyatyabhīṣṭāni bhaktānāṃ ciṃtitānyaho .. asmim̐lliṃge sadā vīra sthāsyāmyadyadināvadhi .. 55 .. dāsyāmi ca parāṃ siddhimāśritebhyo na saṃśayaḥ .. paraṃ na mahimānaṃ me kalau kaścicca vetsyati .. 56 .. yastu vetsyati bhāgyena sa parāṃ siddhimāpsyati .. atra japtaṃ hutaṃ dattaṃ stutamarcitameva vā .. 57 .. jīrṇoddhārādikaraṇamakṣayyaphalahetukam .. > standing, bursting through the seven netherworlds by immense grace, / 44 > he bowed down on the earth like a staff and praised Dhūrjaṭi / with hymns addressed to the deity Rudra, practiced in other lifetimes, exceedingly delighted. / 45 > Then the pleased Lord, the God of gods, Maheśvara, / satisfied with his austerity, he whose banner bears a bull, spoke: / 46 > The God of gods said: / “Choose a boon, you who have performed austerity, whose body is afflicted by tapas! / By you, with this child's body, my mind has been won over.” / 47 > Hearing Śiva's words repeatedly granting a boon, / his hair standing on end with joy, he requested a boon: / 48 > The prince said: / “O God of gods, O Mahādeva, if a boon is to be granted to me, / then you should always abide here, you who remove worldly existence! / 49 > Remaining in this liṅga, O Śambhu, fulfill the desire of your devotees; / even without forming the mudrās and even without mantra, O Lord, / 50 > bestow supreme perfection here through sight, touch, and bowing! / Upon those who are devoted to this liṅga with mind, speech, and bodily actions, / 51 > your favor must always be bestowed; this is my boon!” / Hearing that vow of his, the Lord in the form of a liṅga said: / 52 > “Let it be so, as spoken by you, the heroic Vaiṣṇava son; / from a father devoted to Viṣṇu, King Amitrajit, you / 53 > were born of a portion of Viṣṇu, O son devoted to my worship! / This liṅga named Vīravīreśvara, after your name, / 54 > will indeed grant the cherished desires of devotees in Kāśī! / In this liṅga, O hero, I shall always abide from this day forth, / 55 > and I will bestow supreme perfection upon those who take refuge, without doubt. / But no one in the Kali age will know my ultimate greatness; / 56 > he who knows it through good fortune will attain supreme perfection. / Whatever is recited here, offered into fire, given, praised, or worshipped, / 57 > and the restoration of the dilapidated, is the cause of inexhaustible fruit.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.83.75.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.83.75.3) - [Next: 4.83.75.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.83.75.5) - [Up: 4.83.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.83.75) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.4.83.75.4) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.83.75.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.4.83.75.4) · Pramāṇa