[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) › 5.147 # Skandapurana 5.147 Skandapurāṇa 5.147 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.147.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.147.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ taṃ niḥspṛhaṃ jñātvā gṛhaṃ prati nijātmajam .. piṃgalā duḥkhasaṃyuktā vyāsametaduvāca ha .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Knowing thus that her son was free from desire for domestic life, / Piṅgalā, filled with sorrow, addressed Vyāsa in this way: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.147.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.147.2) ahaṃ tapaścariṣyāmi putrārthaṃ dvijasattama .. anujñāṃ dehi me yena toṣayāmi maheśvaram .. putro yena bhavenmahyaṃ vaṃśavṛddhikaraḥ paraḥ .. 2 .. > 'I will perform austerity for the sake of a son, O best of the twice-born; / grant me permission, so that I may propitiate Maheśvara, / so that a son may be born to me, an excellent perpetuator of the lineage.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.147.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.147.3) evaṃ sā niścayaṃ kṛtvā labdhvānujñāṃ munestataḥ .. kṣetrametatsamāsādya tapastepe pativratā .. 3 .. > Having thus made her resolve and obtained permission from the sage, / the devoted wife approached this sacred field and performed austerity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.147.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.147.4) saṃsthāpya śaṃkaraṃ devaṃ tadagre nirmalodakam .. kṛtvā vāpīṃ suvistīrṇāṃ snānātpātakanāśanīm .. 4 .. > having installed the god Śaṃkara and, in front of him, / made a very large step-well of clear water, destroying sins upon ritual ablution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.147.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.147.5) tatastasyā gatastuṣṭiṃ bhagavāṃstripurāṃtakaḥ .. varado'smīti tāṃ prāha prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā .. 5 .. > Then the blessed slayer of Tripura, having attained satisfaction with her, / with a delighted heart spoke to her, saying, 'I am the granter of boons.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.147.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.147.6) .. śrīmahādeva uvāca .. .. parituṣṭo'smi te bhadre varaṃ varaya suvrate .. yaḥ sthito hṛdaye nityaṃ nādeyaṃ vidyate mama .. 6 .. > Śrī Mahādeva said: / 'I am well-pleased with you, auspicious lady of good vows; choose a boon / that has dwelt continually in your heart; there is nothing that cannot be given by me.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.147.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.147.7) .. vaṭikovāca .. .. sutaṃ dehi suraśreṣṭha mama vaṃśavivardhanam .. cittāhlādakaraṃ nityaṃ suśīlaṃ vinayānvitam .. 7 .. .. > Vaṭikā said: / 'Grant me a son, O best of gods, who will multiply my lineage, / constantly delighting my heart, well-behaved, and endowed with humility.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.147.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.147.8) .. śrīmahādeva uvāca .. .. bhaviṣyati na saṃdehastava putraḥ suśobhane .. yādṛktvayā mahābhāge prārthitastadviśeṣataḥ .. 8 .. > Śrī Mahādeva said: / 'There will be a son to you without a doubt, O beautiful woman, / just as he was requested by you, O fortunate one, and even better. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.147.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.147.9) anyāpi mānuṣī yā'tra vāpyāṃ snātvā samāhitā .. pañcamyāṃ vatsaraṃ yāvacchuklapakṣe hyupasthite .. pūjayiṣyati malliṃgaṃ yaccādya sthāpitaṃ tvayā .. 9 .. > Any other mortal woman who, composed in mind, bathes here in the step-well / on the fifth day when the bright fortnight has arrived, throughout a year, / and worships my liṅga that has been established by you today, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.147.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.147.10) sātha lapsyati satputraṃ dattvā phalamanuttamam .. yā ca daurbhāgyasaṃyuktā tṛtīyādivase'tra vai .. 6.148.10 .. > having offered an unsurpassed fruit, she shall obtain a virtuous son. / And whatever woman, afflicted with misfortune, on the third lunar day here indeed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.147.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.147.11) snātvā'tra salile paścānmalliṃgaṃ pūjayiṣyati .. sā saubhāgya samopetā varṣāṃte ca bhaviṣyati .. 11 .. > having bathed here in the water, shall then worship my liṅga, / she will be endowed with good fortune at the end of the year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.147.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.147.12) yaḥ punaḥ puruṣaścātra snātvā māṃ pūjayiṣyati .. sakāmo lapsyate kāmānvikāmo mokṣameva ca .. 12 .. > Moreover, whatever man, having bathed here, will worship me, / if full of desire, he will obtain his desires, and if free from desire, liberation itself.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.147.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.147.13) evamuktvā mahādevastataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ .. sā'pi lebhe sutaṃ vyāsātkapiṃjalamiti śrutam .. 13 .. > Having spoken thus, Mahādeva vanished from there; / and she too obtained from Vyāsa a son renowned as Kapiñjala, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.147.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.147.14) yādṛktena purā prokto devadevena śūlinā .. yenaiva sthāpitā cātra devī kelīvarī purā .. sarvasiddhipradā loke tatra yā''rādhitā purā .. 14 .. > just as was formerly stated by the god of gods, the spear-wielder, / by whom also the goddess Kelīśvarī was formerly installed here, / the granter of all perfections in the world, where she was formerly worshipped. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.147.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.147.148) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye vaṭikeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭacatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 148 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the one hundred forty-eighth chapter, named 'Description of the Greatness of Vaṭikeśvara', in the Hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmya in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the auspicious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. // 148 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.147.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.147) · Pramāṇa