[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) › 5.163 # Skandapurana 5.163 Skandapurāṇa 5.163 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.163.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. etasminnaṃtare puṣpaḥ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā .. caṃḍaśarmagṛhaṃ gatvā diṣṭyādiṣṭyeti cābravīt .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Meanwhile, Puṣpa, delighted in his inner self, / went to Caṇḍaśarman's house and cried, “Good fortune! Good fortune!” 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.2) vivarṇavadanaṃ dṛṣṭvā vāṣpapūrṇekṣaṇaṃ tadā .. bāndhavaiḥ sahitaṃ sarvairdārairbhṛtyaistathā sutaiḥ .. 2 .. > Seeing him pale-faced, with eyes filled with tears, / accompanied by all his kinsmen, his wife, his servants, and his sons, 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.3) .. puṣpa uvāca .. .. tavārthe ca mayā sūryaḥ kāyatyāgena toṣitaḥ .. patitattvaṃ na te kāye tatprasādādbhaviṣyati .. .. 3 .. > Puṣpa said: / “For your sake I propitiated the Sun by giving up my body. / By his grace, there will be no fallen state in your person. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.4) tava putrāśca pautrāśca ye bhaviṣyaṃti vaṃśajāḥ .. nāgarāṇāṃ ca te sarve bhaviṣyaṃti guṇādhikāḥ .. 4 .. > Your sons and grandsons, whoever is born in your lineage, / will all surpass the Nāgaras in virtues. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.5) tasmāduttiṣṭha gacchāmo nadīṃ puṇyāṃ sarasvatīm .. tasyāstaṭe nivāsāya kṛtvā caivāśramaṃ dvija .. 5 .. > Therefore arise, let us go to the sacred river Sarasvatī; / after making a hermitage on its bank to dwell in, O brahmin, 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.6) tvayā saha vasiṣyāmi ahameva na saṃśayaḥ .. asti me vipulaṃ vittaṃ ye cānye te'nuyāyinaḥ .. 6 .. > I myself shall dwell with you, without a doubt. / I have ample wealth, and for whatever others follow you, 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.7) tānsarvānpoṣayiṣyāmi tyajyatāṃ mānaso jvaraḥ .. tacchrutvā caṇḍaśarmā tu putrairbaṃdhubhiranvitaḥ .. 7 .. > I shall maintain them all; let the fever in your mind be discarded!” / Having heard that, Caṇḍaśarman, accompanied by his sons and kinsmen, 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.8) sarasvatīṃ samuddiśya niṣkrāṃto nagarāttataḥ .. sthānaṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya namaskṛtya suduḥkhitaḥ .. 8 .. > set out from the city heading towards the Sarasvatī. / Having circumambulated the place and bowed respectfully, deeply sorrowful, 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.9) bāṣpapūrṇekṣaṇo dīna uttarābhimukho yayau .. puṣpeṇa sahitaścaiva muhurmuhuḥ prabodhitaḥ .. 9 .. > wretched, his eyes filled with tears, he went northward / together with Puṣpa, who comforted him again and again. 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.10) tataḥ sarasvatīṃ prāpya puṇyāṃ śītajalāṃ nadīm .. sevitāṃ munisaṃghaistāṃ lolakallolamālinīm .. 6.164.10 .. > Then, reaching the sacred river Sarasvatī with its cool waters, / frequented by hosts of sages and garlanded with rolling waves, 6.164.10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.11) tasyā dakṣiṇakūle sa nivāsamakarottadā .. puṣpasya matimāsthāya bandhubhiḥ sakalairvṛtaḥ .. 11 .. > he took up residence on its southern bank, / following Puṣpa's counsel, surrounded by all his kinsmen. 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.12) tasyāsīnnagarasthasya pratijñā caṇḍaśarmaṇaḥ .. saptaviṃśati bhirliṃgairdṛṣṭaibhokṣyāmyahaṃ sadā .. 12 .. > When he had lived in the city, Caṇḍaśarman had made a vow: / “I will eat only after beholding twenty-seven liṅgas, always.” 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.13) tāṃ ca saṃsmaratastasya pratijñāṃ pūrvasaṃcitām .. hṛdayaṃ dahyate tasya divānaktaṃ dvijottamāḥ .. 13 .. > Remembering that vow amassed long ago, / his heart burned day and night, O best of brahmins. 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.14) sa ca snātvā sarasvatyāṃ śucirbhūtvā samāhitaḥ .. ṣaḍakṣarasya mantrasya japaṃ cakre pṛthakpṛthak .. 14 .. > Having bathed in the Sarasvatī, purified and collected in mind, / he chanted the six-syllable mantra individually \[for each\], 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.15) nāma coccārya liṃgasya namaskārāntamādadhe .. kardamena dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ paṃcāṃgulaśatena ca .. 15 .. > and uttered the name of the liṅga concluding with namas. / O best of brahmins, out of clay measuring a hundred times five fingers, 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.16) saṃsthāpya pūjayedbhaktyā puṣpadhūpānulepanaiḥ .. prāṇarudrāñjapanpaścācchraddhayā parayā yutaḥ .. 16 .. > having set \[them\] up, he would worship \[them\] with devotion, with flowers, incense, and ointments, / afterwards chanting the Prāṇarudras, endowed with supreme faith. 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.17) duḥsthitaṃ susthitaṃ vāpi śivaliṃgaṃ na cālayet .. iti matvā dvijendro'sau naiva tāni visarjayet .. 17 .. > Thinking, “One must not move a liṅga of Śiva, whether badly situated or well situated,” / that lord of brahmins never discarded them. 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.19) uparyupari teṣāṃ ca kardamena dvijottamāḥ .. cakre liṃgāni nityaṃ sa saptaviṃśatisaṃkhyayā .. 19 .. > On top of them, O best of brahmins, out of clay / he continually made liṅgas numbering twenty-seven each day. 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.19\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.19_1) tataḥ kālena mahatā jātaḥ kardamaparvataḥ .. 19 .. > Then, after a long time, a mountain of clay came to be. 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.20) atha tuṣṭo mahādevastasya bhaktyatirekataḥ .. nirbhidya dharaṇīpṛṣṭhaṃ tasya liṃgamadarśayat .. 6.164.20 .. > Then Mahādeva, pleased by the abundance of his devotion, / broke through the surface of the earth and revealed a liṅga to him. 6.164.20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.21) abravītsādaraṃ taṃ ca meghagambhīrayā girā .. caṇḍaśarmanpratuṣṭosmi tava bhaktyā'nayā dvija .. 21 .. > And he spoke to him with respect, in a voice deep as a thundercloud: / “Caṇḍaśarman, I am exceedingly pleased with you, O brahmin, because of this devotion. 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.22) tasmālliṃgamidaṃ nityaṃ pūjayasva prabhaktitaḥ .. saptaviṃśatiliṃgānāṃ yataḥ phalamavāpsyasi .. 22 .. > Therefore, worship this liṅga constantly with great devotion, / from which you will obtain the fruit of twenty-seven liṅgas. 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.23) anyopi ca naro bhaktyā yaścainaṃ pūjayiṣyati .. saptaviṃśatiliṃgānāṃ so'pi śreyo'bhilapsyati .. 23 .. > Any other man also, who worships it with devotion, / will likewise obtain the welfare \[resulting from\] twenty-seven liṅgas.” 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.24) evamuktvā sa bhagavāṃstataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ .. caṃḍaśarmāpi taṃ hṛṣṭaḥ pūjayāmāsa tattvataḥ .. 24 .. > Having spoken thus, the Blessed Lord disappeared from sight; / and Caṇḍaśarman too, delighted, worshipped it in proper accordance \[with rule\]. 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.25) prāsādaṃ kārayāmāsa tasya liṃgasya śobhanam .. nāma cakre tatastasya vicārya ca muhurmuhuḥ .. 25 .. > He caused a splendid temple to be built for that liṅga, / and then, after reflecting again and again, gave it a name: 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.26) nagarasthita liṃgānāṃ yasmātsaṃsmaraṇātsthitaḥ .. nāgareśvarasaṃjñastu tasmādeṣa bhaviṣyati .. 26 .. > “Since it has arisen from the memory of the liṅgas situated in the city (nagara), / it shall therefore be known by the name Nāgareśvara.” 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.27) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ saṃsthāpya talliṃgaṃ caṃḍaśarmā dvijottamāḥ .. ārādhayāmāsa tadā puṣpadhūpānulepanaiḥ ..27.. > Sūta said: / Having thus established that liṅga, O best of brahmins, Caṇḍaśarman / then worshipped it with flowers, incense, and ointments; 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.28) saptaviṃśatiliṃgānāṃ prāpnoti ca tathā phalam .. pūjitānāṃ dvijaśreṣṭhā nagare yāni tāni ca .. .. 28 .. > and in that way he obtained the fruit of the twenty-seven liṅgas / that had been worshipped in the city, O best of brahmins. 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.29) tataḥ kālena mahatā nāgareśvaratuṣṭitaḥ .. śivalokaṃ gataḥ sākṣādyānamadhye niveśitaḥ ..29.. > Then, after a long time, through the favor of Nāgareśvara, / he went in bodily form to the world of Śiva, placed within a celestial conveyance. 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.30) puṣpopi sthāpayāmāsa puṣpādityamathāparam.. puṇye sarasvatītīre tataḥ pūjāparo'bhavat .. 6.164.30 .. > Puṣpa too established another Puṣpāditya / on the sacred bank of the Sarasvatī, and then became devoted to \[his\] worship. 6.164.30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.31) tasyāpi darśanaṃ gatvā prītyā vacanamabravīt .. puṣpa tuṣṭosmi bhadraṃ te varaṃ prārthaya suvrata .. 31 .. > \[The Sun\] appeared before his eyes as well and affectionately spoke these words: / “Puṣpa, I am pleased, may it be well with you; ask for a boon, O one of noble vows! 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.32) adeyamapi dāsyāmi tasmātprārthaya mā ciram .. 32 .. > Even what should not be given I will give; therefore, ask without delay!” 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.33) .. puṣpa uvāca .. .. yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva yadi deyo varo mama .. taddehi yācamānasya mama yaddhṛdi saṃsthitam .. 33 .. > Puṣpa said: > If you are pleased with me, O god, if a boon is to be granted to me, / then grant to me as I ask that which resides in my heart. 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.34) camatkārapure deva tava yā mūrtayaḥ sthitāḥ .. dvādaśaiva pramāṇena pūjyāḥ sarvadivaukasām .. 34 .. > The forms of yours that are established in Camatkārapura, O god, / are twelve in number, worshipped by all the denizens of heaven. 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.35) tāsāṃ pūjāphalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ saṃprāpnotu naro bhuvi .. yaḥ pūjayati mūrtiṃ te yaiṣā saṃsthāpitā mayā .. 35 .. > May a mortal on earth obtain the entire fruit of their worship, / who worships your form that has been established here by me. 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.36) nāgarāditya ityeṣā khyātā bhavatu bhūtale .. yeyaṃ sarasvatītīre prāsāde sthāpitā mayā .. 36 .. > May it become renowned on the surface of the earth as Nāgarāditya, / this \[image\] which has been set up by me in a temple on the bank of the Sarasvatī. 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.37) .. sūta uvāca .. .. sa tatheti pratijñāya gataścādarśanaṃ raviḥ .. dīpavadbrāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāstadadbhutamivā bhavat .. 37 .. > Sūta said: > Having agreed, saying 'So be it,' the sun disappeared / like a lamp, O best of brahmins; that became like a marvel. 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.38) tataḥ kālena mahatā puṣpopi dvijasattamāḥ .. sūryalokamanuprāpto vimānena suvarcasā .. 38 .. > Then after a long time, O best of the twice-born, Puṣpa too / attained the world of the sun by means of a resplendent aerial chariot. 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.39) śākambharīti vikhyātā bhāryā''sīccaṃḍaśarmaṇaḥ .. tayā saṃsthāpitā durgā sarasvatyāḥ śubhe taṭe .. 39 .. > The wife of Caṇḍaśarman was renowned as Śākambharī; / by her, Durgā was established on the auspicious bank of the Sarasvatī. 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.39\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.39_2) ārādhitā'tha sadbhaktyā divānaktaṃ dvijottamāḥ .. tatastuṣṭā varaṃ tasyāḥ sā dadau dvijasattamāḥ ..6.164.4... > She was then propitiated with true devotion day and night, O best of the twice-born; / pleased thereby, she gave her a boon, O best of brahmins: 40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.41) putri tuṣṭāsmi bhadraṃ te śākaṃbhari pragṛhyatām .. varaṃ yatte sadābhīṣṭaṃ matprasādādasaṃśayam ..41.. > ‘Daughter, I am pleased, good fortune to you, O Śākambharī! Receive / the boon that has always been desired by you, undoubtedly through my favor.’ 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.42) .. śākambharyuvāca .. .. catuḥṣaṣṭigaṇā devi mātṛṇāṃ ye vyavasthitāḥ.. camatkārapure khyātā hāsyāttuṣṭiṃ vrajaṃti yāḥ .. 42 .. > Śākambharī said: > ‘The groups of sixty-four mothers who are situated, O goddess, / renowned in Camatkārapura, who become pleased through laughter, 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.43) yā rātrau balidānena jāte vṛddhau tataḥ param.. tatsarvaṃ jāyatāṃ puṇyaṃ yaste mūrtiṃ prapūjayet.. 43 .. > and who \[are pleased\] at night by an offering of oblations, and after that when an increase \[of the family\] occurs— / may all that merit accrue to whoever worships your form, 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.44) atrāgatya nadītīre yaiṣā saṃsthāpitā mayā .. 44 .. > having come here to the river bank, which has been established by me.’ 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.45) .. śrīdevyuvāca .. .. āśvinasya site pakṣe mahānavamisaṃjñite .. yo mamāgre samāgatya pūjayiṣyati bhaktitaḥ .. 45 .. > The goddess said: > ‘In the bright fortnight of Āśvina, on the day known as Mahānavamī, / whoever approaches before me and worships with devotion, 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.46) tasya kṛtsnaṃ phalaṃ sadyo bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ .. nāgarasya viśeṣeṇa satyametanmayoditam .. 46 .. > to him the entire fruit shall immediately accrue, there is no doubt; / especially to a Nāgara—this truth has been spoken by me.’ 46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.47) evamuktvā tu sā devī tataścādarśanaṃ gatā .. tasyā nāmnā ca sā devī proktā śākambharī bhuvi .. 47 .. > Having spoken thus, the goddess then disappeared; / and by her name that goddess was called Śākambharī on earth. 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.48) vṛddheranaṃtaraṃ tasyā yaḥ pūjāṃ kurute naraḥ .. tasya vṛddherna vighnaḥ syātkadāciddvijasattamāḥ .. 48 .. > The man who performs her worship immediately after an increase \[of the family\]— / for his increase there shall never be any obstacle, O best of the twice-born. 48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.163.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163.164) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe śrīhāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye nāgareśvaranāgarādityaśākambharyutpattivarṇanaṃnāma catuḥṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamosdhyāyaḥ .. 164 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and sixty-fourth chapter, titled 'The Description of the Origin of Nāgareśvara, Nāgarāditya, and Śākambharī,' in the glory of the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection in the glorious Skandapurāṇa. 164 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.163.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.163) · Pramāṇa