[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) › 5.104 # Skandapurana 5.104 Skandapurāṇa 5.104 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.104.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.104.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. atha prāpte dinādhīśe tulāyāṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. pretā liṃgodbhavāṃ bhūmiṃ pūrayāmāsureva hi .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Then, when the lord of day entered Libra, O best of the twice-born, / the ghosts indeed filled the ground produced from the liṅgas. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.104.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.104.2) yatkiṃcittatra saṃsthaṃ tu ādyatīrthaṃ surālayam .. tatsarvaṃ vyantaraistaiśca pāṃsubhiḥ paripūritam .. 2 .. > Whatever ancient sacred ford or temple of the gods stood there, / was completely filled with dust by those Vyantaras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.104.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.104.3) tataḥ kṣemaṃ samutpannaṃ kṣetre tatra dvijottamāḥ .. anyeṣāmapi lokānāṃ liṃgaistairluptimāgataiḥ .. 3 .. > Thereupon, O best of the twice-born, well-being arose in that sacred field / for the other worlds too, when those liṅgas became concealed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.104.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.104.4) kasyacittvatha kālasya bṛhadaśvo mahīpatiḥ .. śālvadeśātsamāyātaḥ kasmiścidyugaparyaye .. 4 .. > Then, after some time, at a certain transition of the yugas, / King Bṛhadaśva arrived from the country of Śālva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.104.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.104.5) sa dṛṣṭvā vipulāṃ bhūmiṃ prāsādaiḥ parivarjitām .. prāsādārthaṃ matiṃ cakre tatra kṣetre dvijottamāḥ .. 5 .. > Seeing that vast land destitute of temples, / he set his mind on building temples in that sacred field, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.104.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.104.6) śilpinaśca samāhūyānekāṃstatra sahasraśaḥ .. śodhayāmāsa tāṃ bhūmimadhastādbahuvistṛtām .. 6 .. > Summoning numerous artisans there by the thousands, / he cleared that ground, which was very extensive underneath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.104.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.104.7) bhūmau nikhanyamānāyāṃ tato liṃgāni bhūriśaḥ .. caturvaktrāṇi tānyeva yāṃti dṛṣṭeśca gocaram .. 7 .. > As the ground was being dug, numerous liṅgas / having four faces then came into the range of sight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.104.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.104.8) tataḥ sa pārthivastaiśca liṃgairdṛṣṭvā vṛtāṃ bhuvam .. tatkṣaṇānmṛtyumāpannaḥ śilpibhiśca samanvitaḥ .. 8 .. > Then the king, having seen the earth covered with those liṅgas, / met his death at that very moment, along with his artisans. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.104.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.104.9) tataḥprabhṛti no tatra kaścinmartyo mahītale .. prāsādaṃ kurute bhītyā taḍāgaṃ kūpameva ca .. 9 .. > From that time forth, out of fear, no mortal on the face of the earth / builds a temple, a pond, or a well there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.104.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.104.105) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetra māhātmye rākṣasaliṃgacchedanaṃnāma pañcottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 105 .. .. .. > Thus ends the one hundred and fifth chapter, entitled 'Cutting Off the Rākṣasa Liṅgas,' in the māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara sacred field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\], in the Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses, the glorious Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.104.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.104) · Pramāṇa