[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) › 5.144 # Skandapurana 5.144 Skandapurāṇa 5.144 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.144.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.1) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. yattvayā kathitaṃ sūta na mṛtā sā kumārikā .. hatā raudraprahāraiśca kautukaṃ tanmahattaram .. 1 .. > The seers said: / That which was told by you, O Sūta, that the young girl did not die / when struck with violent blows, is a very great wonder; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.2) yato bhūyaḥ prasaṃjātā yoginī haratuṣṭidā .. yattvārthaṃ sarvamācakṣva kāraṇaṃ ca tadadbhutam .. 2 .. > since she was born again as a yoginī who brings delight to Hara. / Explain to us the entire matter and that wondrous cause. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.3) .. sūta uvāca .. .. sā praviṣṭā samaṃ tena supuṇyamamareśvaram .. māghakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ na mṛtyuryatra vidyate .. 3 ..' > Sūta said: / Together with him, she entered the holy Amareśvara / on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight of Māgha, where death does not exist, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.4) api caivāyuṣaḥ śeṣe kimutākālato dvijāḥ.. tena no nidhanaṃ prāptā hatāpi sudṛḍhaṃ tadā .. 4.. > even at the end of life's span, O twice-born ones, to say nothing of an untimely \[death\]! / Therefore she did not meet death, even though she was struck very hard at that time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.5) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. amareśvara ityukto yo devo hyamaratvadaḥ .. kena saṃsthāpito hyatra kiṃprabhāvaśca kīrtaya .. 5 .. > The seers said: / The god called Amareśvara, who bestows immortality— / by whom was he established here, and what is his power? Proclaim this! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.6) ..sūta uvāca .. .. aditiśca ditiścaiva prajāpatisute śubhe.. kṛte purātirūpāḍhye kaśyapena mahātmanā..6.. > Sūta said: / Aditi and Diti, the auspicious daughters of the Prajāpati, / were married formerly by the high-souled Kaśyapa, being richly endowed with great beauty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.8) adityāṃ vibudhā jātā diteścaiva tu daityapāḥ... teṣāṃ sāpatnyabhāvena mahadvairamupasthitam.. atha daityaiḥ surā dhvastāḥ kṛtāścānye parāṅmukhāḥ .. anye tu bhayasaṃtrastā diśo jagmuḥ kṣatāṃgakāḥ ..8.. > From Aditi the gods were born, and from Diti the rulers of the Daityas. / Great enmity arose among them through rivalry between co-wives. / Then the gods were destroyed by the Daityas, and others were put to flight; / others, terrified by fear, fled in all directions with wounded limbs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.9) tato duḥkhasamāyuktā devamātātra saṃsthitā .. tapaścakre divānaktaṃ śivadhyānaparāyaṇā .. 9 .. > Then, filled with grief, the mother of the gods remained here / and performed austerity day and night, intent on meditating upon Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.10) evaṃ tasyāstapaḥsthāyā gate yugacatuṣṭaye .. nirbhidya dharaṇīpṛṣṭhaṃ śivaliṃgaṃ samutthitam .. 6.145.10 .. > As she was thus engaged in austerity and four yugas passed, / a Śivaliṅga arose, bursting through the surface of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.11) tatastasmai kṛtānandā stutvā stotraiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ .. aṣṭāṃgapraṇipātena namaścakre samāhitā .. 11 .. > Then, filled with joy, having praised it with various hymns, / she bowed down in focused devotion with an eightfold prostration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.12) etasminnaṃtare vāṇī saṃjātā gaganāṃgaṇe .. śarīrarahitā divyā meghagambhīraniḥsvanā .. 12 .. > In the meantime, a divine incorporeal voice arose / in the courtyard of the sky, with a sound deep as a thundercloud: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.13) varaṃ prārthaya kalyāṇi yaste hṛdi vyavasthitaḥ .. prasanno'haṃ pradāsyāmi tavādya śaśiśekharaḥ .. 13 .. > "Request a boon, O auspicious lady, that which is in your heart; / pleased am I, the moon-crested lord, and I will grant it to you today." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.14) .. aditiruvāca .. .. mama putrāḥ suraśreṣṭha hanyante yudhi dānavaiḥ.. tatkuruṣva gatāyāsānavadhyānraṇamūrdhani .. 14 .. > Aditi said: / "O best of gods, my sons are being slain in battle by the Dānavas; / therefore, make them free of fatigue and unslayable at the forefront of battle!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.15) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. etalliṃgaṃ madīyaṃ ye spṛṣṭvā yāsyaṃti saṃyuge .. avadhyāste bhaviṣyanti yāvatsaṃvatsaraṃ śubhe .. 15 .. > The Blessed Lord said: / "Those who touch this liṅga of mine and go into battle / will be unslayable for a whole year, O auspicious lady. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.16) anyo'pi mānavo yo'tra caturdaśyāṃ samāhitaḥ .. māghamāsasya kṛṣṇāyāṃ prakariṣyati jāgaram .. ..16.. > Any other man, too, who keeps vigil here with a concentrated mind / on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight of the month of Māgha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.17) so'pi saṃvatsaraṃ yāvadbhaviṣyati nirāmayaḥ .. api mṛtyudine prāpte yo'sminnāyatane śubhe .. 17 .. > he too shall be free from illness for a year. / Even if the day of death has arrived, whoever comes to this auspicious sanctuary > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.18) āgamiṣyati taṃ mṛtyurdūrātparihariṣyati .. evamuktvātha sā vāṇī virarāma tataḥ param .. 18 .. > will be avoided from afar by Death." / Having spoken thus, that voice fell silent thereafter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.19) aditiścāpi santuṣṭā hataśeṣānsutāṃstataḥ .. samānīyātha talliṃgaṃ teṣāmeva nyadarśayat .. kathayāmāsa tatsarvaṃ māhātmyaṃ yadvaroditam .. 19 .. > Aditi, too, highly pleased, brought her surviving sons / and showed them that very liṅga; / she told them all that māhātmya as it had been declared in the boon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.20) tataste vibudhāḥ sarve talliṃgaṃ praṇipatya ca .. pratijagmustuṣṭiyuktāḥ śastrāṇyādāya tānprati.. 6.145.20 .. > Then all those gods bowed down to that liṅga / and, filled with satisfaction, taking up their weapons, set out against them, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.21) yatra te dānavā hṛṣṭāḥ sthitāḥ śakrapade śubhe .. svargabhogasamāyuktā nandanāṃtarvyavasthitāḥ .. 21 .. > where those Dānavas, rejoiced, were situated in the auspicious position of Śakra, / endowed with the pleasures of heaven, staying within the Nandana garden. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.22) atha te dānavā dṛṣṭvā saṃprāptāṃstridivaukasaḥ .. sahasā saṃgarārthāya nānāśastradharānbahūn .. 22 .. > Then those Dānavas, seeing that the many gods had arrived / all at once for battle, bearing various weapons, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.23) rathavaryānsamāruhya dhṛtaśastrāstravarmaṇaḥ .. yuddhārthaṃ sammukhā jagmurgarjamānā ghanā iva .. 23 .. > mounted excellent chariots, holding weapons, missiles, and armour, / and marched forward for battle, roaring like clouds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.24) tataḥ samabhavadyuddhaṃ devānāṃ dānavaiḥ saha .. roṣapreritacittānāṃ mṛtyuṃ kṛtvā nivartanam .. 24 .. > Then a battle took place between the gods and the Dānavas, / whose minds were driven by rage, refusing to turn back except by death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.25) tataste vibudhāḥ sarve haralabdhavarāstadā .. jaghnurdaityānasaṃkhyātācchitaiḥ śastrairanekadhā .. 25 .. > Then all those gods, who had received boons from Hara at that time, / slew innumerable Daityas in many ways with sharp weapons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.26) hataśeṣāśca ye teṣāṃ te tyaktvā tridaśālayam .. palāyanakṛtotsāhāḥ praviṣṭā makarālayam .. 26 .. > Those among them who were left unslain abandoned the abode of the thirty \[gods\] / and, eager to flee, entered the abode of the sea-monsters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.27) tataḥ śakraḥ samāpede svarājyaṃ dānavairhṛtam .. yadāsītpūrvakāle tatsamagraṃ hatakaṇṭakam .. 27 .. > Then Śakra regained his kingdom that had been seized by the Dānavas, / exactly as it had been in earlier times, completely freed of thorns. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.28) tataste dānavāḥ śeṣā jñātvā talliṃgasaṃbhavam .. māhātmyaṃ vṛṣanāthasya kṣetrasyāsyodbhavasya ca .. 28 .. > Then the remaining Dānavas learned of the power of that liṅga, / the māhātmya of the Lord of the Bull, and the origin of this sacred field, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.29) śukreṇa kathitaṃ sarvaṃ māghakṛṣṇe niśāgame .. caturdaśyāṃ śucirbhūtvā yastalliṃgaṃ prapūjayet .. kālāghrāto'pi na prāṇaiḥ sa pumāṃstyajyate kvacit ..29.. > as all was told by Śukra: "Whoever, becoming pure, worships that liṅga / on the arrival of night on the fourteenth of the dark fortnight of Māgha, / though sniffed by Death, he is never abandoned by his life-breaths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.30) tasmādyūyaṃ samāsādya talliṃgaṃ taddine niśi .. pūjayadhvaṃ mahābhāgā yena syurmṛtyuvarjitāḥ .. 6.145.30 .. > Therefore, O fortunate ones, approach that liṅga on that day at night / and worship it, so that you may be free from death > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.31) yāvatsaṃvatsarasyātaṃ satyametanmayoditam .. yathā te devasaṃghāśca tatprabhāvādasaṃśayam .. 31 .. > until the end of the year; this has been truthfully declared by me, / just as the hosts of gods \[became\], through its power, without a doubt." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.32) atha taṃ dānavendrāṇāṃ maṃtraṃ jñātvā sureśvaraḥ .. nāradādbrāhmaṇaḥ putrādbhayatrastamanāstataḥ .. 32 .. > Then the lord of the gods, learning of that counsel of the lords of the Dānavas / from Nārada, the son of Brahmā, became terrified in mind; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.33) maṃtraṃ cakre samaṃ devaistatra devasya rakṣaṇe .. yathā syādudyamaḥ samyaktasminnahani sarvadā .. 33 .. > he held counsel together with the gods for guarding the god there, / so that there would be a proper effort on that day always. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.34) koṭayastu trayastriṃśaddevānāṃ sāyudhāstataḥ .. rakṣārthaṃ tasya liṃgasya tasminkṣetre vyavasthitāḥ .. māghakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ susaṃnaddhāḥ prahāriṇaḥ .. 34 .. > Then thirty-three crores of gods, bearing weapons, > stationed themselves in that sacred field to protect that liṅga, > fully armed and ready to strike on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight of Māgha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.35) atha te dānavā dṛṣṭvā tāndevāṃstatra saṃsthitān .. bhayasaṃtrastamanaso dudruvuḥ sarvato diśam .. 35 .. > Then those Dānavas, seeing those gods stationed there, > their minds terrified with fear, fled in all directions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.36) atha prabhāte vimale prodgate ravimaṇḍale .. bhūya eva surāḥ sarve maṃtraṃ cakruḥ parasparam .. 36 .. > Then, when the morning was bright and the sun's orb had risen, > all the gods took counsel among themselves once more: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.37) yadyetatkṣetramutsṛjya gamiṣyāmaḥ surālayam .. liṃgametatsamabhyetya pūjayiṣyaṃti dānavāḥ .. 37 .. > "If we abandon this sacred field and go to the abode of the gods, > the Dānavas will approach this liṅga and worship it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.38) tato'vadhyā bhaviṣyaṃti te'pi sarve yathā vayam .. tasmādatraiva tiṣṭhāmastrayastriṃśatpranāyakāḥ .. 38 .. > Then they too will all become invulnerable, just as we are. > Therefore, let us, the thirty-three leaders, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.39) koṭīnāmeva sarveṣāṃ śeṣā gacchantu tatra ca .. sahasrākṣeṇa saṃyuktāḥ svarge svapararakṣakāḥ .. 39 .. > of all the crores, remain right here; and let the rest go there > with the thousand-eyed \[Indra\] to heaven, guarding their own and others." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.39\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.39_1) tato'ṣṭau vasavastatra dvādaśārkāstathaiva ca .. ekādaśāpare rudrā nāsatyau dvau ca sundarau ..6.145.4... > Then the eight Vasus \[stayed\] there, and likewise the twelve Ādityas, > eleven other Rudras, and the two handsome Nāsatyas; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.41) ete talliṃgarakṣārthaṃ tasminkṣetre vyavasthitāḥ.. śeṣāḥ śakrasamāyuktāḥ prajagmustridaśālayam .. 41 .. > these remained stationed in that sacred field to protect that liṅga; > the rest, accompanied by Śakra, went to the abode of the thirty \[gods\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.42) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ prabhāvaṃ liṃgaṃ tu devadevasya śūlinaḥ .. bhavadbhiḥ paripṛṣṭaṃ yadadityā sthāpitaṃ purā .. 42 .. > Sūta said: > Such was the power of the liṅga of the god of gods, the trident-bearer, > about which you asked, which had formerly been installed by Aditi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.43) yasmānna vidyate mṛtyustena dṛṣṭena dehinām .. amarākhyaṃ tato liṃgaṃ vikhyātaṃ bhuvanatraye .. 43 .. > Because mortals see no death upon beholding it, > the liṅga is therefore renowned in the three worlds by the name 'Amara'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.44) yasmindeśe'pi sā kanyā hatā tena dvijanmanā .. jābālinā sukruddhena tasya devasya maṃdire .. .. 44 .. > In which place, also, that maiden was struck down by that twice-born, > by the furiously enraged Jābāli, in the temple of that god; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.45) āsīttatra dine kṛṣṇā māghamāsa caturdaśī .. tena no nidhanaṃ prāptā suhatā'pi tapasvinī .. 45 .. > on that day was the fourteenth \[day\] of the dark fortnight of the month of Māgha; > therefore she did not meet destruction, though struck down severely, ascetic as she was. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.46) etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ tasya liṃgasya sambhavam .. māhātmyaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 46 .. > All this origin of that liṅga has been told to you, > its māhātmya that destroys all sins, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.47) yaścaitatpaṭhate bhaktyā tasya liṃgasya saṃnidhau .. apamṛtyubhayaṃ tasya kathaṃcinnaiva jāyate .. 47 .. > And whoever recites this with devotion in the presence of that liṅga, > no fear of untimely death arises for him in any way. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.48) tasyāgre'sti śubhaṃ kuṇḍaṃ pūritaṃ svacchavāriṇā . adityā nirmitaṃ devyā snānārthaṃ cātmanaḥ kṛte .. 48 .. > In front of it there is an auspicious pool filled with pure water, > fashioned by goddess Aditi for her own ritual bath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.49) snānaṃ kṛtvā narastasminyastalliṃgaṃ prapaśyati .. karoti jāgaraṃ rātrau tasminneva dinedine .. so'dyāpi vatsaraṃ yāvannāpamṛtyumavāpnuyāt .. 49 .. > A person who, having bathed in it, beholds that liṅga, > and keeps vigil at night, on that very day year after year, > even today will not meet with an untimely death for a year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.144.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144.145) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye'marakeśvarakṣetramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma paṃcacatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ .. 145 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the one hundred and forty-fifth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Amarakeśvara' in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the auspicious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.144.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.144) · Pramāṇa