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(1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.2) eteṣvahaṃ varārohe sarveṣveva vyavasthitaḥ .. nāmnā cānyeṣu tīrtheṣu tridaśānāṃ hitārthataḥ .. 2 .. > In all these \[sacred fords\], O lady of beautiful hips, I abide / under different names, and also in other sacred fords, for the benefit of the gods. (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.3) yo māmeteṣu tīrtheṣu snātvā paśyati mānavaḥ .. kīrtayetkīrtanānnāmnā sa nūnaṃ mokṣamāpnuyāt .. 3 .. > Whichever man, having bathed in these sacred fords, beholds me / and celebrates me by name through recitation, he will surely attain liberation. (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.4) .. śrīdevyuvāca .. .. yeṣu tīrtheṣu yannāma kīrtanīyaṃ tava prabho .. tatkārtsyena mama brūhi yaccahaṃ tava vallabhā .. 4 .. > The goddess said: / In which sacred fords which name of yours should be celebrated, O Lord? / Tell me that in full, if indeed I am dear to you. (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.5) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. vārāṇasyāṃ mahādevaṃ prayāge ca maheśvaram .. naimiṣe devadevaṃ ca gayāyāṃ prapitāmaham .. 5 .. > Īśvara said: / In Vārāṇasī, \[I am celebrated as\] Mahādeva, and in Prayāga as Maheśvara; / in Naimiṣa as Devadeva, and in Gayā as Prapitāmaha. (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.6) kurukṣetre viduḥ sthāṇuṃ prabhāse śaśiśekharam .. puṣkare tu hyajāgandhiṃ viśvaṃ viśveśvare tathā .. 6 .. > In Kurukṣetra they know \[me as\] Sthāṇu; in Prabhāsa, as Śaśiśekhara; / in Puṣkara, as Ajāgandhi; and in Viśveśvara, as Viśva. (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.7) aṭṭahāse mahānādaṃ mahendre ca mahāvratam ( 10) .. ujjayinyāṃ mahākālaṃ marukoṭe mahotkaṭam ..7.. > In Aṭṭahāsa as Mahānāda; in Mahendra as Mahāvrata; / in Ujjayinī as Mahākāla; in Marukoṭa as Mahotkaṭa. (7) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.8) śaṃkukarṇe mahātejaṃ gokarṇe ca mahābalam .. rudrakoṭyāṃ mahāyogaṃ mahāliṃgaṃ sthaleśvare ..8.. > In Śaṅkukarṇa as Mahātejas; and in Gokarṇa as Mahābala; / in Rudrakoṭi as Mahāyoga; in Sthaleśvara as Mahāliṅga. (8) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.9) harṣite ca tathā harṣaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ vṛṣabhadhvaje .. kedāre caiva īśānaṃ śarvaṃ madhyamakeśvare ( 20 ).ṃ.9 .. > In Harṣita as Harṣa; in Vṛṣabhadhvaja as Vṛṣabha; / in Kedāra as Īśāna; in Madhyamakeśvara as Śarva. (9) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.10) suparṇākṣaṃ sahasrākṣe susūkṣmaṃ kārtikeśvare .. bhavaṃ vastrāpathe devi hyugraṃ kanakhale tathā .. 6.109.10 .. > In Sahasrākṣa as Suparṇākṣa; in Kārtikeśvara as Susūkṣma; / in Vastrāpatha, O goddess, as Bhava; and likewise in Kanakhala as Ugra. (10) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.11) bhadrakarṇe śivaṃ caiva daṇḍake daṇḍinaṃ tathā .. ūrdhvaretaṃ tridaṇḍāyāṃ caṇḍīśaṃ kṛmijāṃgale .. 11 .. > In Bhadrakarṇa as Śiva; and in Daṇḍaka as Daṇḍin; / in Tridaṇḍā as Ūrdhvaretas; in Kṛmijāṅgala as Caṇḍīśa. (11) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.12) kṛttivāsaṃ tathaikāmre chāgaleye kapardinam 030) .. kāliñjare nīlakaṇṭhaṃ śrīkaṇṭhaṃ maṇḍaleśvare .. 12 .. > In Ekāmra as Kṛttivāsas; in Chāgaleya as Kapardin; / in Kāliñjara as Nīlakaṇṭha; in Maṇḍaleśvara as Śrīkaṇṭha. (12) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.13) vijayaṃ caiva kāśmīre jayantaṃ marukeśvare .. hariścandre haraṃ caiva puraścandre ca śaṃkaram.. 13 .. > In Kaśmīra as Vijaya; in Marukeśvara as Jayanta; / in Hariścandra as Hara; and in Puraścandra as Śaṃkara. (13) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.14) jaṭiṃ vāmeśvare vindyātsaumyaṃ vai kukkuṭeśvare .. bhūteśvaraṃ bhasmagātre oṃkāre'marakaṇṭakam ( 40) .. 14 .. > One should know \[me\] in Vāmeśvara as Jaṭin; in Kukkuṭeśvara as Saumya; / in Bhasmagātra as Bhūteśvara; in Oṃkāra as Amarakaṇṭaka. (14) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.15) tryaṃbakaṃ ca trisaṃdhyāyāṃ virajāyāṃ trilocanam .. dīptamarkeśvare jñeyaṃ nepāle paśupālakam .. 15 .. > In Trisaṃdhyā as Tryambaka; in Virajā as Trilocana; / in Arkeśvara \[I am\] to be known as Dīpta; in Nepāla as Paśupālaka. (15) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.16) yamaliṃgaṃ ca duṣkarṇe kapālī karavīrake .. jāgeśvare triśūlī ca śrīśaile tripurāṃtakam .. 16 .. > In Duṣkarṇa as Yamaliṅga; in Karavīraka as Kapālin; / in Jāgeśvara as Triśūlin; and in Śrīśaila as Tripurāntaka. (16) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.17) rohaṇaṃ tu ayodhyāyāṃ pātāle hāṭakeśvaram ( 50) .. kārohaṇe nakulīśaṃ devikāyāmumāpatim.. 17 .. > In Ayodhyā as Rohaṇa; in Pātāla as Hāṭakeśvara; / in Kārohaṇa as Nakulīśa; in Devikā as Umāpati. (17) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.18) bhairave bhairavākāramamaraṃ pūrvasāgare .. saptagodāvare bhīmaṃ svayaṃbhūrnirmaleśvare .. 18 .. > In Bhairava as Bhairavākāra; in the eastern ocean as Amara; / in Saptagodāvara as Bhīma; in Nirmaleśvara as Svayambhū. (18) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.19) karṇikāre gaṇādhyakṣaṃ kailāse tu gaṇādhipam .. gaṃgādvāre himasthānaṃ jala liṃge jalapriyam( 60) .. 19 .. > In Karṇikāra as Gaṇādhyakṣa; and on Kailāsa as Gaṇādhipa; / at Gaṅgādvāra as Himasthāna; in Jalaliṅga as Jalapriya. (19) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.20) analaṃ vāḍave'gnau ca bhīmaṃ badarikāśrame .. śreṣṭhe koṭīśvaraṃ caiva vārāhaṃ vindhyaparvate .. 6.109.20 .. > In the submarine fire as Anala; in Badarikāśrama as Bhīma; / in Śreṣṭha as Koṭīśvara; and on the Vindhya mountain as Vārāha. (20) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.21) hemakūṭe virūpākṣaṃ bhūrbhuvaṃ gandhamādane .. liṃgeśvare ca varadaṃ laṃkāyāṃ ca narāṃtakam (68) .. 21 .. > On Hemakūṭa as Virūpākṣa; on Gandhamādana as Bhūrbhuva; / in Liṅgeśvara as Varada; and in Laṅkā as Narāntaka. (21) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.22) aṣṭaṣaṣṭiriyaṃ devi tavākhyātā viśeṣataḥ .. paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ vāpi sarvapātakanāśinī .. 22 .. > This \[group of\] sixty-eight has been narrated to you in detail, O goddess; / it destroys all sins for those who recite it or listen to it. (22) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.23) tasmātsarvaprayatnena kīrtanīyā vicakṣaṇaiḥ .. kālatraye'pi śucibhirviśeṣācchivadīkṣitaiḥ .. 23 .. > Therefore, it should be recited with every effort by the wise, / who are pure, at the three junctions of the day, especially by those initiated into the rites of Śiva. (23) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.24) likhitāpi varārohe yasyaiṣā tiṣṭhate gṛhe .. na tatra jāyate doṣo bhūtapretasamudbhavaḥ .. 24 .. > Even if merely kept written in one’s home, O fair-hipped lady, / no evil arising from ghosts or spirits occurs there. (24) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.25) na vyādherna ca sarpāṇāṃ na caurāṇāṃ varānane .. nānyeṣāṃ bhūbhujādīnāṃ kadācidapi kutracit .. 25 .. > No \[danger\] from disease, serpents, thieves, O fair-faced lady, / nor ever anywhere from other \[threats\] such as kings \[befalls it\]. (25) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.108.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108.109) iti śrīskāde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe śrīhāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye'ṣṭaṣaṣṭitīrthamāhātmya kathanaṃnāma navottaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ .. 109 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the one hundred and ninth chapter, named “Account of the Māhātmya of the Sixty-Eight Sacred Fords,” in the māhātmya of the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the sixth Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.108.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Vīrāgama](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.rudra.vira.1.27) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.108) · Pramāṇa