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Tell them to us! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.3) sūta uvāca.. tatra ca maṃkaṇākhyaṃ tu liṃgamasti suśobhanam.. tathā siddheśvaraṃ nāma gautameśvarasaṃyutam..3.. > Sūta said: / There is indeed a very beautiful liṅga named Maṅkaṇa; / likewise one named Siddheśvara, together with Gautameśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.4) kapāleśvamanyacca caturthaṃ parikīrtitam.. ekaikaṃ sarvaliṃgānāṃ phalaṃ yacchatyasaṃśayam.. yathoktavidhinā samyagyathoktaṃ dvijasattamāḥ..4.. > and Kapāleśvara is proclaimed as the fourth. / Each one gives the fruit of all liṅgas without a doubt, / when properly \[worshipped\] according to the prescribed rule, as has been said, O best of twice-born ones. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.5) tatra tāvatpravakṣyāmi maṃkaṇeśvarajaṃ phalam.. makārākṣarayuktasya liṃgasyātra dvijottamāḥ..5.. > There, first I will declare the fruit arising from Maṅkaṇeśvara, / the liṅga endowed with the syllable 'Ma' here, O best of twice-born ones. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.6) śivarātriṃ samāsādya yastasya puruṣo dvijāḥ.. kuryājjāgaraṇaṃ rātrau nirāhāraḥ sthitaḥ śuciḥ..6.. > The man who, on reaching Śivarātri, O twice-born ones, / keeps vigil through the night, remaining fast-free and pure, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.7) sarvaliṃgodbhavaṃ caiva phalaṃ darśanasaṃbhavam.. jāyate nātra saṃdeha ityuvāca haraḥ svayam..7.. > the fruit arising from all liṅgas and produced by their darśana / arises for him, there is no doubt in this—so Hara himself declared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.8) ṛṣaya ūcuḥ.. śivarātrirmahābhāga kasminkāle tu sā bhavet.. vidhyānaṃ caiva māhātmyaṃ sarvaṃ no vistarādvada..8.. > The seers said: / At what time does that Śivarātri occur, O highly fortunate one? / Declare to us all the rule and its māhātmya in detail! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.9) sūta uvāca.. māghasya kṛṣṇapakṣe yā tithiścaiva caturdaśī.. tasyā rātriḥ samākhyātā śivarātrisamudbhavā..9.. > Sūta said: / The fourteenth lunar day in the dark half of Māgha— / the night of that \[day\] is proclaimed as being Śivarātri. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.10) tasyāṃ sarveṣu liṃgeṣu sadā saṃkramate haraḥ.. viśeṣātsarvapuṇyeṣu khyāteyaṃ maṃkaṇeśvare..6.266.10.. > On that night, Hara always enters into all liṅgas, / especially among all holy ones; this is famous in Maṅkaṇeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.11) ṛṣaya ūcuḥ.. śivarātriḥ kathaṃ jātā kenaiṣā ca vinirmitā.. kasmādbahuphalā jātā sarvaṃ no vistarādvada..11.. > The seers said: / How did Śivarātri arise, and by whom was it established? / Why has it become productive of great fruit? Tell us all in detail! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.12) sūta uvāca.. atra vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi pūrvavṛttaṃ kathānakam.. bhartṛyajñasya saṃvādamaśvasenasya bhūpateḥ..12.. > Sūta said: / Here I shall tell you an ancient narrative of past events: / the conversation between Bhartṛyajña and King Aśvasena. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.13) ānartādhipatiḥ pūrvamaśvasena iti smṛtaḥ.. āsīddharmaparo nityaṃ vedavedāgaṃpāragaḥ..13.. > Formerly, there was a ruler of Ānarta named Aśvasena. / He was ever devoted to dharma and had mastered the Vedas and Vedāṅgas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.14) bhartṛyajñaḥ purā tena idaṃ pṛṣṭaḥ kutūhalāt.. kalikālaṃ samudvīkṣya vardhamānaṃ dinedine..14.. > Out of curiosity, he previously asked Bhartṛyajña this question, / seeing the Kali Age waxing day by day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.15) aśvasena uvāca.. kalikālakṛte kiṃcidvrataṃ me vada sanmune.. svalpāyāsaṃ mahatpuṇyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam..15.. > Aśvasena said: / 'O good sage, tell me of some observance for the Kali Age / involving little exertion yet yielding great merit and destroying all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.16) svalpāyuṣaḥ sadā martyā brahmankṛtayuge purā.. tretāyāṃ dvāpare caiva kimu prāpte kalau yuge..16. > Mortals always had short lifespans, O brahmin, formerly in the Kṛta age, / and likewise in the Tretā and Dvāpara; how much more so when the Kali age has arrived! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.17) tasmādvarṣavrataṃ tyaktvā kiṃcidekāhnikaṃ vada..17.. > Therefore, leave aside year-long observances and tell me of one lasting a single day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.18) śvaḥ kāryamadya kurvīta pūrvāhṇe cāparāhṇikam.. na hi pratīkṣate mṛtyuḥ kṛtaṃ vāsya na vā kṛtam..18. > One should do today the work of tomorrow, and in the morning the work of the afternoon; / for death does not wait to see whether a man’s work is done or undone.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.19) tasya tadvacaṃ śrutvā bhartṛyajña udāradhīḥ.. abravītsuciraṃ dhyātvā jñātvā divyena cakṣuṣā.. 19.. > Hearing his words, the noble-minded Bhartṛyajña / meditated for a long time, perceived with divine vision, and spoke: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.20) asti rājanvrataṃ puṇyaṃ śivarātrītisaṃjñitam.. ekāhnikaṃ mahārāja sarvapātakanāśanam..6.266.20.. > 'O king, there is an auspicious observance known as Śivarātri, / lasting a single day, O great king, which destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.21) tatra yaddīyate dānaṃ hutaṃ japtaṃ tathaiva ca.. sarvamakṣayatāṃ yāti rātri jāgaraṇe kṛte..21.. > Whatever gift is offered, whatever is sacrificed, and whatever is recited in prayer there, / all becomes inexhaustible when the night vigil is observed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.22) aputro labhate putrānadhano dhanamāpnuyāt.. svalpāyurdīrghamāyuṣyaṃ śatrūṇāṃ caiva saṃkṣayam..22.. > The childless obtains sons; the poor acquires wealth; / one of short life attains long life, and also the destruction of enemies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.23) yaṃyaṃ kāmamabhidhyāyanvratametatsamācaret.. taṃtaṃ samāpnuyānmartyo niṣkāmo mokṣamāpnuyāt..23.. > Whatever desire a mortal keeps in mind while undertaking this observance, / that very desire he will obtain; if free of desire, he will attain liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.24) kārpaṇyenātha vittena yadi kuryātprajāgaram.. tathā varṣakṛtātpāpānmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ..24.. > Even if he keeps vigil with stinginess or with \[modest\] wealth, / he is nonetheless freed from the sin accumulated over a year; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.25) yāni kānyatra liṃgāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca.. teṣu saṃkramate devastasyāṃ rātrau yato haraḥ..25.. > Because whatever liṅgas there are here, both stationary and movable, / into them Lord Hara enters on that night; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.26) śivarātristataḥ proktā tena sā haravallabhā.. prārthitaḥ sa suraiḥ sarvairlokānugrahakāmyayā..26.. > therefore it is called Śivarātri, and for that reason it is dear to Hara. / He was prayed to by all the gods out of a desire to show grace to the worlds: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.27) bhagavankalikāle'sminsarvapāpasamanvite.. varṣapāpaviśuddhyarthaṃ dinamekaṃ kṣitau vraja.. yena tvatpūjayā pūtā martyāḥ śuddhimavāpnuyuḥ..27.. > "O Blessed One, in this Kali Age filled with all manner of sins, / go to the earth for a single day to purify the sins of the year, / so that, purified by your worship, mortals may attain purity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.28) tato dattaṃ hutaṃ teṣāmasmākamupatiṣṭhati.. yaducchiṣṭaṃ narairdattaṃ tadvṛthā jāyate'khilam..28.. > Only then will what is offered and sacrificed by them reach us. / Whatever is offered by men when defiled turns entirely to waste. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.29) kalikāle na cāsmākaṃ kiṃcidevopatiṣṭhati.. aśuddhairmānavairdattaṃ prabhūtamapi śaṃkara..29.. > And in the Kali Age, nothing at all reaches us / when offered by impure men, even if abundant, O Śaṃkara." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.30) śrībhagavānuvāca.. māghamāsasya kṛṣṇāyāṃ caturdaśyāṃ sureśvara.. ahaṃ yāsyāmi bhūpṛṣṭhe rātrau naiva divā kalau..6.266.30.. > The Blessed One said: / 'On the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight of the month of Māgha, O lord of the gods, / I will go to the surface of the earth in the Kali Age—by night, not by day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.31) liṃgeṣu ca samasteṣu caleṣu sthāvareṣu ca.. saṃkramiṣyāmyasaṃdigdhaṃ varṣapāpaviśuddhaye..31.. > And into all liṅgas, movable and stationary, / I shall enter without doubt, for the purification of the sins of the year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.32) tasyāṃ rātrau hi me pūjāṃ yaḥ kariṣyati mānavaḥ.. maṃtrairetaiḥ suraśreṣṭha vipāpmā sa bhaviṣyati..32.. > For whatever person performs my worship on that night / with these mantras, O best of the gods, shall be freed from sin: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.33) oṃ sadyojātāya namaḥ.. oṃ vāmadevāya namaḥ.. oṃ ghorāya namaḥ.. oṃ tatpuruṣāya namaḥ.. oṃ īśānāya namaḥ.. evaṃ vaktrāṇi saṃpūjya gandhapuṣpānulepanaiḥ.. vastrairdīpaiśca naivedyaistato'rghaṃ saṃpradāpayet.. maṃtreṇānena saṃpūjya māṃ dhyātvā manasi sthitam..33. > "Om, reverence to Sadyojāta; / Om, reverence to Vāmadeva; / Om, reverence to Ghora; / Om, reverence to Tatpuruṣa; / Om, reverence to Īśāna." / Having thus worshipped the faces with perfumes, flowers, unguents, / garments, lamps, and food-offerings, he should then present the water offering, / worshipping with this mantra and meditating on me seated in his mind: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.34) gaurīvallabha deveśa sarvādya śaśiśekhara.. varṣapāpaviśuddhyarthamargho me pratigṛhyatām..34. > "O beloved of Gaurī, lord of the gods, first of all, adorned with the moon! / May my water offering be accepted for the purification of the sins of the year." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.35) tataḥ saṃpūjayedvipraṃ bhojanācchādanādibhiḥ.. dattvātha dakṣiṇāṃ tasmai vittaśāṭhyaṃ vivarjayet..35.. > Then he should worship a brahmin with food, clothing, and other gifts; / and having given him a priestly fee, he must avoid stinginess with his wealth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.36) dharmākhyānakathābhiśca salāsyaistāṃḍavaistathā..36.. > and \[pass the night\] with stories and discourses on dharma, and with lāsya and tāṇḍava dances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.37) evaṃ kariṣyate yo'tra vratametatsureśvara.. varṣapāpaviśuddhyarthaṃ prāyaścittaṃ bhaviṣyati..37.. > Whoever performs this observance in this manner, O lord of the gods, / will obtain an expiation for the purification of the sins of the year.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.38) tacchrutvā tridaśāḥ sarve praṇamya śaśiśekharam.. saṃprahṛṣṭā naraśreṣṭha svāni sthānāni bhejire..38.. > Hearing that, all the gods bowed down to the moon-crested god / and, greatly delighted, O best of men, returned to their respective abodes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.39) preṣayāmāsururvyāṃ ca nāradaṃ munisattamam.. prabodhanāya lokānāṃ śivarātrikṛte sadā..39.. > And they dispatched Nārada, the best of sages, to the earth / to awaken the worlds forever concerning the Śivarātri. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.40) so'pi gatvā dharāpṛṣṭhaṃ śrāvayāmāsa sarvataḥ.. śivarātrestu māhātmyaṃ yaduktaṃ śūlapāṇinā.. 6.266.40.. > He too went to the surface of the earth and proclaimed everywhere / the māhātmya of Śivarātri, as spoken by the Trident-holder. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.41) tataḥ prabhṛti saṃjātā śivarātrirdharātale.. sarvakāmapradā puṇyā sarvapātakanāśinī..41.. > From that time forth, Śivarātri came into being on the earth's surface, / bestowing all desires, auspicious, and destroying all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.42) atra vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi purāvṛttaṃ kathānakam.. yadvṛttaṃ naimiṣāraṇye lubdhakasyātra kasyacit..42.. > Here I shall relate to you an ancient story of what took place / in Naimiṣāraṇya concerning a certain hunter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.43) tatrāsīllubdhakaḥ kaścijjātimātrānna karmataḥ.. vyasenānābhibhūtātmā paravittāpahārakaḥ..43. > There was a hunter there, hunter by birth alone and not by conduct, / his mind overcome by vice, a stealer of others' wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.44) na kadācidvrataṃ tena na dattaṃ na japaḥ kṛtaḥ.. kevalaṃ ca hṛtaṃ vittaṃ lokānāṃ chalasaṃśrayāt..44.. > He never observed a vow, gave no gifts, and performed no prayer; / he only seized the wealth of people by resorting to deceit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.45) kasyacittvatha kālasya śivarātriḥ samāgatā.. māghamāse'sitepakṣe sarvapātakanāśinī..45.. > Then at a certain time, Śivarātri arrived / in the dark fortnight of the month of Māgha, destroying all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.46) tatrāstyāyatanaṃ puṇyaṃ devadevasya śūlinaḥ.. tatra jāgaraṇaṃ rātrau prārabdhaṃ bahubhirjjanaiḥ..46.. > There was a holy temple there of the god of gods, the Trident-holder; / a night vigil was undertaken there by many people, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.47) nārībhirnaraśārdūla bhūṣitābhiḥ subhūṣaṇaiḥ.. athāsau ciṃtayāmāsa coro dṛṣṭvātha jāgaram..47.. > and by women adorned with fine ornaments, O tiger among men. / Then that thief, seeing the vigil, thought to himself: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.48) gacchāmi yadi kāṃcitstrīṃ bhūṣaṇaiḥ paribhūṣitām.. niṣkrāṃtāṃ bāhyataścāsya prāsādasyāpnuyāmaham..48.. > 'If I can catch some woman adorned with ornaments / coming out to the exterior of this temple, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.49) tato hatvā samādāya bhūṣaṇāni vrajāmyaham..49. > then I will kill her, take her ornaments, and depart.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.50) evaṃ niścitya manasā gatastasya samīpataḥ. karṇikāraṃ samāruhya sthito guptastato hi saḥ..6.266.50.. > Having so resolved in his mind, he went near it, / climbed a karṇikāra tree, and stayed there in hiding. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.51) vīkṣamāṇo diśaḥ sarvā nārīniṣkrāmaṇodbhavāḥ.. caurakarmapravṛttasya śītārtasya viśeṣataḥ..51.. > Watching in all directions for the exit of women, / occupied with the deed of theft, and especially afflicted by the cold, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.52) alpāpi nidrā nāyātā na ca nārī vinirgatā.. tasyādhastāttato liṃgamabhavattu dharodbhavam.. gatvā ca patrāṇyādāya pracikṣepāsya copari..52.. > not even a little sleep came to him, nor did any woman come out. / Beneath that tree there was an earthen liṅga; / he plucked leaves and dropped them down upon it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.53) etasminneva kāle tu prodgatastīkṣṇadīdhitiḥ.. asatīnāṃ ca caurāṇāṃ kāmināmasukhāvahaḥ.. 53.. > At that very time, the sharp-rayed sun arose, / bringing displeasure to unchaste women, thieves, and passionate lovers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.54) tato narāśca nāryaśca jagmuḥ svaṃsvaṃ niketanam.. upacāraparāḥ śāṃtāḥ praṇipatya maheśvaram..54.. > Then men and women departed to their respective homes, / tranquil after performing their service, having bowed down to the Great Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.55) so'pi cauro nirāśaśca kṣutkṣāmaḥ śītavihvalaḥ.. avatīrya drumāttasmādupāyaṃ kaṃcidāśritaḥ..55.. > The thief too, disappointed, emaciated with hunger and trembling with cold, / climbed down from that tree and resorted to some means \[of livelihood\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.56) tataḥ kālena mahatā paṃcatvaṃ samapadyata.. jāto jātismaraḥ so'tha daśārṇādhipatergṛhe..56.. > Then after a long time he met his death. / He was born remembering his former birth in the house of the king of Daśārṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.57) upavāsaprabhāvena balādapi prajāgarāt.. śivarātrestathā tasya liṅgasyāpi prapūjayā..57.. > by virtue of the fast, through the vigil kept perforce, / and by the worship of that liṅga on Śivarātri. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.58) tato rājyaṃ samāsādya pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat.. kārayāmāsa liṃgasya prāsādaṃ tasya śobhanam..58.. > Then, having attained the great kingdom of his fathers and grandfathers, / he had a beautiful temple built for that liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.59) varṣevarṣe samāśritya śivarātrau prajāgarāt.. upavāsaparobhūtvā gītavāditraniḥsvanaiḥ..59.. > Year after year resorting \[there\], keeping vigil on Śivarātri, / intent on fasting, amidst the sounds of songs and musical instruments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.60) dharmākhyānakathābhiśca gītadhvanibhireva ca.. pūrvoktamaṃtraiḥ saṃpūjya arghaṃ dattvā vidhānataḥ.. saṃtarpya brāhmaṇānkāmairjagāma nilayaṃ nijam..6.266.60.. > and with stories narrating righteousness, and with the sounds of singing, / having worshipped with the previously mentioned mantras, having offered libations according to the injunctions, / and having gratified the brahmins with desired gifts, he would go to his own abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.61) kasyacittvatha kālasya śivarātrau samāgatāḥ.. prāsāde tatra munayaḥ prāptā śāṇḍilyapūrvakāḥ..61.. > Then, after some time had passed, on Śivarātri there arrived / at that temple sages headed by Śāṇḍilya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.62) śāṃḍilyo'tha bharadvājo yavakrīto'tha gālavaḥ.. pulastyaḥ pulaho gārgyastathānye bahavo nṛpa..62.. > Śāṇḍilya, Bharadvāja, Yavakrīta, and Gālava, / Pulastya, Pulaha, Gārgya, and many others, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.63) so'pi rājā bṛhatseno daśārṇādhipateḥ sutaḥ.. saṃprāpto jāgaraṃ kartuṃ tasya liṃgasya cāgrataḥ..63.. > That King Bṛhatsena too, the son of the lord of Daśārṇa, / arrived to keep vigil before that liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.64) pūjayitvā tato devaṃ praṇipatya munīśvarān.. upaviṣṭastasya cāgre hyanujñāto dvijottamaiḥ..64.. > Having worshipped the god, and having bowed before the foremost of sages, / he sat before him with the permission of those best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.65) tatastasyāgrataścakruḥ kathāste bahudhā nṛpa.. rājarṣīṇāmatītānāṃ brahmarṣīṇāṃ viśeṣataḥ..65.. > Then, before him, they recounted diverse tales, O king, / especially of royal seers and brahmin seers of the past. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.66) atha kasminkathāṃte sa taiḥ pṛṣṭo brahmavādibhiḥ.. kautukāviṣṭacittaiśca vismayotphullalocanaiḥ..66.. > Then, at the end of a certain story, he was asked by those who proclaim the Veda, / their minds filled with curiosity and their eyes wide with wonder: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.67) rājanpṛcchāmahe sarve vayaṃ kautūhalānvitāḥ.. yadi bravīṣi naḥ satyaṃ devatāyatane sthitaḥ..67.. > "O king, filled with curiosity, we all ask you: / tell us the truth, as you stand in the temple of the god. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.68) rājovāca.. yadi jñāsyāmi vipreṃdrāḥ kathayiṣyāmyasaṃśayam.. devasyāgre ca saṃpṛṣṭaḥ satyenātmānamālabhe..68.. > The king said: > If I know, O foremost of vipras, I shall certainly tell it; / and being questioned before the god, I pledge myself on truth." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.69) ṛṣaya ūcuḥ.. puṣkalāni parityajya kasmāddānānyanekaśaḥ.. jāgaraṃ kartukāmo'tra svadeśādupatiṣṭhasi..69.. > "The seers said: > Abandoning copious gifts in various ways, why do you / wait upon \[him\] from your own land, wishing to keep vigil here? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.70) varṣevarṣe sadā prāpte nūnaṃ tvaṃ vetsi kāraṇam.. rahasyaṃ yadi te na syāttadbravīhi narādhipa..6.266.70.. > Year after year, whenever it arrives, you surely know the reason; / if it is not a secret of yours, tell it, O lord of men." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.71) sūta uvāca.. savailakṣyaṃ smitaṃ kṛtvā tataḥ prāha sa durmanāḥ.. rahasyaṃ paramaṃ hyetadavācyaṃ hi dvijottamāḥ..71.. > Sūta said: > Smiling with embarrassment, he then said, downcast in mind: / "This is a supreme secret, not to be spoken, O best of the twice-born; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.72) tathāpi ca vadiṣyāmi pṛṣṭo devāgrato yataḥ..72.. > nevertheless, I will tell it, since I am questioned in front of the god." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.73) tataḥ sa kathayāmāsa pūrvadehasamudbhavam.. malimlucastato nūnaṃ śivarātrisamudbhavam..73.. > Then he related his origin in a former body, / and how Śivarātri indeed arose for the thief, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.74) cauryabhāvena devasya pūjanaṃ jāgarastathā.. upavāsaṃ vinā tena śivarātrau purā kṛtam..74.. > and how in the past, with the disposition of a thief, the worship of the god, / the vigil, without fasting, was performed by him on Śivarātri, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.75) jātismaraṇasaṃyuktaṃ janmajātaṃ yathātatham.. tataste munayaḥ sarve sādhuvādānpṛthagvidhān..75.. > and how the birth arose as it was, endowed with memory of former births. / Then all those sages, \[offering\] various words of praise > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.76) nṛpottamasya rājarṣerdattvāśīrbhiḥ samanvitān.. rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā prajagmuste nijāśramān..76.. > accompanied by blessings to the best of kings, the royal seer, / having kept vigil during the night, departed to their own hermitages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.77) so'pi rājāsamabhyarcya taṃ devaṃ tāndvijottamān.. jagāma svapuraṃ paścātkṛtvā rātrau prajāgaram..77.. > That king too, having properly worshipped that god and those best of the twice-born, / went to his own city after having kept vigil during the night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.78) bhartṛyajña uvāca.. śivarātriḥ samutpannā evaṃ bhūmitale nṛpa.. evaṃvidhaṃ ca māhātmyaṃ tasyāste parikīrtitam..78.. > Bhartṛyajña said: > Thus, O king, Śivarātri arose on the surface of the earth; / and such māhātmya of it has been proclaimed to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.79) tasmātsarvaprayatnena kāryā sa nṛpasattama.. kalikāle viśeṣeṇa ya icchedbhūtimātmanaḥ..79.. > Therefore, with every effort, it must be observed, O best of kings, / especially in the Kali age, by one who desires his own prosperity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.80) eṣā kṛtā dilīpena nalena nahuṣeṇa ca.. māndhātrā dhuṃdhumāreṇa sagareṇa yuyutsunā..6.266.80.. > It was performed by Dilīpa, by Nala, and by Nahuṣa, / by Māndhātṛ, Dhundhumāra, Sagara, and Yuyutsu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.81) tathānyaiśca viśeṣeṇa samyakchraddhāsamanvitaiḥ.. prāptāśca hṛdgatāḥ kāmā ye divyā ye ca mānuṣāḥ..81.. > and likewise by others especially, endowed with perfect faith; / and their heart's desires were attained, both divine and human. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.82) tathā caiva tu sāvitryā śriyā devyā tu sītayā.. aruṃdhatyā sarasvatyā menayā raṃbhayā tathā..82.. > And likewise by Sāvitrī, by the goddess Śrī, by Sītā, / by Arundhatī, Sarasvatī, Menā, and Rambhā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.83) iṃdrāṇyātha dṛṣadvatyā svadhayā svāhayā tathā.. ratyā prītyā prabhāvatyā gāyatryā ca nṛpottama.. sarvāḥ prāptāḥ priyānkāmānatisaubhāgyasaṃyutān..83.. > by Indrāṇī, Dṛṣadvatī, Svadhā, and Svāhā, / by Rati, Prīti, Prabhāvatī, and Gāyatrī, O best of kings; / they all attained their beloved desires, endowed with great good fortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.84) yaścaitāṃ paṭhate vyuṣṭiṃ bhāvena śivasaṃnidhau. dinajātpātakātso'pi mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ..84.. > And whoever recites this reward with devotion in the presence of Śiva, / he too is liberated from the sin born of the day; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.85) nāsti gaṃgāsamaṃ tīrthaṃ nāsti devo haropamaḥ.. śivarātreḥ paraṃ nāsti tapaḥ satyaṃ mayoditam..85.. > There is no sacred ford equal to Gaṅgā; there is no god like Hara; / there is no austerity higher than Śivarātri: I have spoken the truth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.86) sarvaratnamayo meruḥ sarvāścaryamayaṃ tapaḥ.. sarvadharmamayī rājañchivarātriḥ prakīrtitāḥ..86.. > Meru is composed of all jewels; austerity is full of all wonders; / Śivarātri is proclaimed to be composed of all righteousness, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.87) garuḍaḥ pakṣiṇāṃ yadvannadīnāṃ sāgaro yathā. pradhānaḥ sarvadharmāṇāṃ śivarātristathottamā..87.. > Just as Garuḍa is \[foremost\] among birds, as the ocean is among rivers, / so Śivarātri is the foremost, the highest among all religious duties. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.265.266](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265.266) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śivārātrimāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṭṣaṣṭyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ..266.. > Thus in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\], in the sixth Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the māhātmya of Hāṭakeśvarakṣetra, the two hundred and sixty-sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Śivarātri.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.265.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Vrata(2)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.vrata-2.p227) — Sanskrit - [Viṣvaksenasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.visvaksena.39.157) — Sanskrit - [Viṣṇusaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.visnusamhita.18.70) — Sanskrit - [Paramasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.parama.18.64) — Sanskrit - [Kālatattvavivecana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.kalatattvavivecana.9.p48) — Raghunātha Vājapeyin 1595, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.265) · Pramāṇa