[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) › 5.273 # Skandapurana 5.273 Skandapurāṇa 5.273 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.273.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tathānyadapi tatrāsti durvāsaḥsthāpitaṃ purā .. talliṃgaṃ devadevasya trinetrasya mahātmanaḥ .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Likewise, there is another \[liṅga\] there, installed in ancient times by Durvāsas, / that liṅga of the great-souled god of gods, the three-eyed Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.2) caitramāsi naro yastu tamārādhayate dvijāḥ .. nṛtyagītapravādyaiśca trikālaṃ vihitakṣaṇaḥ .. sa nūnaṃ tatprasādena gandharvādhipatirbhavet 1. 2 .. > Whatever person worships it in the month of Caitra, O twice-born ones, / holding a festival at the three junctures of the day with dance, song, and musical instruments, / he will surely become a lord of Gandharvas by his grace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.3) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. durvāsā nāmakaścāyaṃ kenāyaṃ sthāpito haraḥ .. kasminkāle mahābhāga sarvaṃ no vistarādvada .. 3 .. > The seers said: / Who was this one named Durvāsas, and by whom was this Hara installed? / At what time, O highly fortunate one? Tell us everything in detail. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.4) .. sūta uvāca .. .. āsītpurā niṃbaśuco vaidiśe ca purottame .. 4 .. > Sūta said: / Formerly there was one named Nimbasuc in the excellent city of Vaidiśa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.5) sa ca pūjayate liṃgaṃ kiṃcinmaṭhapatiḥ sthitaḥ .. sa yatkiṃcidavāpnoti vastrādyaṃ ca tathā param .. 5 .. > He was the head of a monastery who worshipped a certain liṅga. / Whatever cloth and other things he obtained > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.6) māheśvarasya lokasya vikrīṇīte tatastataḥ .. tato gṛhṇāti nityaṃ sa hema mūlyena tasya ca .. 6 .. > from people devoted to Śiva, he sold here and there. / Then he continually took gold in exchange for the price thereof. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.7) na karoti vyayaṃ tasya kevalaṃ saṃcaye rataḥ .. tataḥ kālena mahatā maṃjūṣā'sya nirargalā .. jātā hemamayī viprāḥ kārpaṇyaniratasya ca .. 7 .. > He spent none of it, intent only on accumulation. / Then after a great time, O brahmins, the unlocked chest / of that miserly man became filled with gold. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.8) atha saṃsthāpya bhūmadhye maṃjūṣāṃ tāṃ prapūritām .. karoti vyavahāraṃ sa kakṣāṃ tāṃ naiva muṃcati .. 8 .. > Then, having placed that full chest inside the ground, / he carried on his affairs and never left that corner. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.9) kadāciddevapūjāyāṃ so'pi brāhmaṇasattamāḥ .. viśvāsaṃ naiva niryāti kasyacicca kathaṃcana .. 9 .. > Even when worshipping the god, O best of brahmins, / he would never place his trust in anyone at all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.10) kasyacittvatha kālasya paravittāpahārakaḥ .. alakṣadbrāhmaṇastacca duḥśīlākhyo vyaciṃtayat .. 6.274.10 .. > Now after some time, a stealer of others' wealth, / a brahmin named Duḥśīla, noticed this and thought: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.11) tataḥ śiṣyo bhaviṣyāmi viśvāsārthaṃ durātmanaḥ .. sudīnaiḥ kṛpaṇairvākyaiścāṭukāraiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ .. 11 .. > "I will become a disciple of this wicked-souled man to gain his trust / with very humble, wretched words and various kinds of flattery. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.12) ālasyaṃ ca divānaktaṃ sādhayiṣyāmyasaṃśayam .. anyasminnahani prāpte dṛṣṭvā taṃ maṭhamadhyagam .. 12 .. > Day and night, without doubt, I will overcome his hesitation." / When another day came, seeing him seated inside the monastery, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.13) tataḥ samīpamagamaddaṃḍākāraṃ praṇamya ca .. abravītprāṃjalirbhūtvā vinayāvanataḥ sthitaḥ .. 13 .. > he approached, bowed down prostrating like a staff, / and, standing bent with modesty with folded hands, said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.14) bhagavaṃste prabhāvo'dya tapasā vai mayā śrutaḥ .. 14 .. > "O venerable one, today I have heard of your power due to austerity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.15) yadanyastāpaso nāsti īdṛśo'tra dharātale .. tenāhaṃ dūrataḥ prāpto vairāgyeṇa samanvitaḥ .. 15 .. > that there is no other ascetic like you here on the face of the earth. / Therefore, filled with detachment, I have come from afar, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.16) saṃsārāsāratāṃ jñātvā janmamṛtyujarātmikām.. arthātsvapnapratīkāśaṃ yauvanaṃ ca nṛṇā miha .. 16 .. > having recognized the worthlessness of saṃsāra, which consists of birth, death, and old age, / and that wealth is like a dream, and that the youth of men here > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.17) yadvatparvatasaṃjātā nadī ca kṣaṇabhaṃgurā .. putrāḥ kalatrāṇi ca vā ye cānye bāṃdhavādayaḥ .. 17 .. > is like a mountain river, fleeting in an instant. / Sons, wives, and whatever other kinsmen there are, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.18) te sarve ca parijñeyā yathā pāpa samāgamāḥ .. tatsaṃsārasamudrasya tāraṇārthaṃ bravīhi me .. 18 .. > all of them are to be understood as encounters born of sin. / Therefore tell me, for the crossing of the ocean of saṃsāra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.19) upāyaṃ kaṃcidadyaiva upadeśe vyavasthitam .. tarāmi yena saṃsāraṃ prasādāttava suvrata .. 19 .. > some means established in spiritual instruction this very day, / by which, by your grace, O man of good vows, I may cross over saṃsāra." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.20) tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā romāṃcita tanūruhaḥ .. jñātvā māheśvaraḥ ko'yaṃ ciṃtāvānsamupasthitaḥ .. 6.274.20 .. > Hearing his words, with the hair of his body standing on end, / recognizing that some devotee of Śiva had approached with concern, \[the abbot said:\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.21) yathā bravīṣi dhanyo'si yasya te matirīdṛśī .. tāruṇye vartamānasya sukumārasya caiva hi .. 21 . > "As you say, fortunate are you whose mind is of such a kind, / while still in your youth and tender indeed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.22) tāruṇye vartamāno yaḥ śāṃtaḥ so'tra nigadyate .. dhātuṣu kṣīyamāṇeṣu śamaḥ kasya na jāyate .. 22 .. > He who is tranquil while still in youth is praised here; / when the bodily humors are waning, in whom does calm not arise? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.23) yadyevaṃ suviraktiḥ syātsaṃsāropari saṃsthitā .. samārādhaya deveśaṃ śaṃkaraṃ śaśiśekharam .. 23 .. > If you have such intense detachment regarding saṃsāra, / then worship Śaṃkara, the lord of gods, who bears the crescent moon on his crest." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.24) nānyathā ghorajāpyena tīryate bhavasāgaraḥ .. mayā samyakparijñātametacchāstrasamāgamāt .. 24 .. > The ocean of worldly existence cannot be crossed otherwise than by recitation of the terrifying \[mantra\]. / This has been fully understood by me through access to the scriptures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.25) śūdro vā yadi vā vipro mlecho vā pāpakṛnnaraḥ .. śivadīkṣāsamopetaḥ puṣpamekaṃ tu yo nyasait \[. 25 .. > Whether a śūdra, a brahmin, an outcaste, or a sinful man, / endowed with Śiva's initiation, whoever places a single flower, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56) ṣaḍakṣareṇa maṃtreṇa liṃgasyopari bhaktitaḥ .. sa tāṃ gatimavāpnoti yāṃyāṃ yāṃtīha yajvinaḥ .. 56 .. > With devotion upon the liṅga using the six-syllable mantra, / attains the very destination that sacrificers reach here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_1) yo dadāti prabhaktyā ca śivadīkṣānvitāya ca .. vastropānahakaupīnaṃ sa yajñaiḥ kiṃ kariṣyati .. 27 .. > He who offers with deep devotion to one endowed with Śiva's initiation / clothes, sandals, and a loincloth—what need has he of sacrifices? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_2) tacchrutvā caraṇau tasya duḥśīlo'sau tadā''dade .. vinyasya svaśira stābhyāṃ tatovākyamuvāca ha .. 28 .. > Hearing that, that Duḥśīla then clasped his feet. / Placing his head upon them, he spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_3) śivadīkṣāpramāṇena prasādaṃ kuru me prabho .. śuśrūṣāṃ yena te nityaṃ prakaromi samāhitaḥ .. 29 .. > “Bestow your favor upon me, lord, by the authority of Śiva's initiation, / so that, composed in mind, I may constantly render service to you.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_4) tato'sau tāpaso viprāściṃtayāmāsa cetami .. dakṣo'yaṃ dṛśyate ko'pi pumāṃścaiva samāgataḥ .. 6.274.30 .. > Then that ascetic, O brahmins, thought in his mind: / “This person who has arrived appears to be capable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_5) mamāsti nāparaḥ śiṣyastasmādenaṃ karomyaham .. tato'bravītkare gṛhya yadyevaṃ vatsa me samam .. samayaṃ kuru yena tvāṃ dīkṣayāmyadya caiva hi .. 31 .. > I have no other disciple, therefore I shall accept him.” / Then, taking him by the hand, he said: “If so, my child, / make an agreement with me, whereby I shall indeed initiate you this very day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_6) tvayā kuṭīrakaṃ kāryaṃ maṭhasyāsya vidūrataḥ .. praveśo naiva kāryastu mamātrāstaṃ gate ravau .. 32 .. > You must make a small hut far away from this monastery. / You must certainly not enter my presence here once the sun has set.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_7) .. duḥśīla uvāca .. .. tavādeśaḥ pramāṇaṃ me kevalaṃ tāpasottama .. kiṃ maṭhena kariṣyāmi viśeṣādrā trisaṃgame .. 33 .. > Duḥśīla said: / “Your command alone is my standard, O best of ascetics. / What would I do in the monastery, especially when night arrives? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_8) yaḥ śiṣyo guruvākyaṃ tu na karoti yathoditam .. tasya vrataṃ ca tadvyarthaṃ narakaṃ ca tataḥ param .. 34 .. > The disciple who does not carry out the guru's word as spoken, / his vow is useless, and after that he goes to hell.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_9) tacchrutvā tuṣṭimāpannaḥ śivadīkṣāṃ tato dadau .. tasmai vinayayuktāya tadā niṃbaśuco muniḥ .. 35 .. > Hearing that, the sage Nimbaśuci was pleased, and then / bestowed Śiva's initiation upon him who was endowed with humility. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_10) tataḥprabhṛti so'tīva tasya śuśrūṣaṇe rataḥ... raṃjayāmāsa taccittaṃ paricaryāparāyaṇaḥ .. 36 .. > From then on, he was exceedingly devoted to his service; / intent on serving, he gladdened his heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_11) manasā cintayānastu tanmātrārthaṃ dinedine .. na cchidraṃ vīkṣate kiṃcidvīkṣamāṇo'pi yatnataḥ .. 37 .. > Thinking in his mind day after day solely of that vessel, / though watching carefully, he saw no vulnerability at all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_12) śaivo'pi ca sa kakṣyāṃ tāṃ tāṃ mātrāṃ hemasaṃbhavām .. kathaṃcinmokṣate bhūmau bhojye devārcane'pi na..38 .. > And that Śaiva devotee never let that gold-producing vessel / from his armpit touch the ground, even while eating or worshipping the deity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_13) tato'sau cintayāmāsa duḥśīlo nijacetasi .. maṭhe tāvatpraveśo'sti naiva rātrau kathaṃcana .. 39 .. > Then Duḥśīla thought in his own mind: / “There is no entry into the monastery at night under any circumstances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_14) sūryāstamānavelāyāṃ yatprayacchati tatkṣaṇāt .. parighaṃ sudṛḍhaṃ pāpastatkaromi ca kiṃ punaḥ .. 6.274.40 .. > At sunset, that villain immediately puts up / a very firm bolt; so what can I do? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_15) maṭho'yaṃ suśilābaddho naiva khātaṃ prajāyate .. tuṃgatvānna praveśaḥ syādupāyairvividhaiḥ paraiḥ .. 41 .. > This monastery is built with solid stone, so no trench can be dug; / because of its height, entry cannot be achieved by various other means. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_16) tatkiṃ viṣaṃ prayacchāmi śastrairvyāpādayāmi kim .. divāpi paśumāreṇa paṃcatvaṃ vā nayāmi kim .. 42 .. > So shall I give him poison? Shall I kill him with weapons? / Or even by day, shall I bring about his death by slaughtering him like an animal?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_17) evaṃ cintayatastasya prāvṛṭkāla upasthitaḥ .. śrāvaṇasyāsite pakṣe karkaṭasthe divākare .. 43 .. > As he was thinking thus, the rainy season arrived / in the dark fortnight of Śrāvaṇa, when the sun was in Cancer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_18) prāpto maheśvarastasya ko'pi tatra dhanī drutam .. tenoktaṃ praṇipatyoccaiḥ kariṣyāmi pavitrakam .. 44 .. > A certain wealthy devotee of Maheśvara quickly arrived there before him. / Bowing low, he said aloud: “I shall perform the Pavītraka festival > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_19) caturddaśyāmahaṃ svāminyadyādeśo bhavettava .. yadyāgacchasi me grāmaṃ prasādena sama nvitaḥ .. 45 .. > On the fourteenth day, master, if your command permits— / if you come to my village, accompanied by grace.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_20) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tacchrutvā tuṣṭimāpannastato niṃbaśuco muniḥ .. tatheti caivamuktvā taṃ preṣayāmāsa tatkṣaṇāt .. 46 .. > Sūta said: / Hearing that, the sage Nimbaśuci was pleased. / Saying ‘So be it,’ he sent him away at once: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_21) āgamiṣyāmyahaṃ kāle svaśiṣyeṇa samanvitaḥ .. kariṣyāmi paraṃ śreyastava vatsa na saṃśayaḥ .. 47 .. > “I will come at the proper time, accompanied by my disciple. / I shall ensure your supreme spiritual welfare, my child, there is no doubt.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_22) atha kāle tu saṃprāpte cintayitvā prabhātikam .. prabhātasamaye prāpte sa śaivaḥ prasthitastadā .. duḥśīlena samāyuktaḥ saṃprahṛṣṭatanūruhaḥ .. 48 .. > Then, when the time had arrived, having considered the morning rites, / and dawn having come, that Śaiva devotee departed, / accompanied by Duḥśīla, the hair of his body bristling with joy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_23) tato vai gacchamānasya tasya mārge vyavasthitā .. puṇyā nadī suvikhyātā muralā sāgaraṃgamā .. 49 .. > Then, as he was traveling, there lay along the path / the sacred, celebrated river Muralā, which goes to the ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_24) sa tāṃ dṛṣṭvā'bravīdvākyaṃ vatsa śiṣya karomyaham .. bhavatā saha devārcāṃ muralāyāṃ sthiro bhava .. 6.274.50 .. > Seeing it, he said: “My child, disciple, / I shall worship the deity together with you at the Muralā; remain here.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_25) bāḍhamityeva sa proktvā saṃsthito'syāstaṭe śubhe .. so'pi niṃbaśucastasya raṃjitaḥ sarvadā guṇaiḥ .. 51 .. > Saying ‘Certainly,’ he remained on its auspicious bank. / Nimbaśuci too, always delighted by his good qualities, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_26) suśiṣyaṃ taṃ parijñāya viśvāsaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ.. sthagitāṃ tāṃ samādāya hemamātrāsamudbhavām .. 52 .. > Recognized him as a good disciple and felt complete trust. / Taking off the concealed \[garment\] arising from the gold vessel, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_27) jāgeśvarasamopetāṃ sa kanthāṃ vyākṣipatkṣitau .. purīṣotsargakāryeṇa tatastokāṃtaraṃ gataḥ .. 53 .. > He placed that patched garment containing Jāgeśvara upon the ground, / and went a short distance away for the purpose of answering nature's call. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_28) yāvaccādarśanaṃ prāpto vetasaiḥ parivāritaḥ .. tāvanmātrāṃ samādāya duḥśīlaḥ prasthito drutam .. uttarāṃ diśamāśritya prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā .. 54 .. . > As soon as he was out of sight, surrounded by canes, / Duḥśīla quickly took the vessel and departed, / heading toward the northern direction, his inner soul rejoicing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_29) athāsau cāgato yāvadduḥśīlaṃ naiva paśyati .. kevalaṃ dṛśyate kanthā jāgeśvarasamanvitā .. 55 .. > Now, when \[the sage\] returned, he did not see Duḥśīla at all; / only the patched garment accompanied by Jāgeśvara was seen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.56\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.56_30) tataḥ śīghrataraṃ śaucaṃ kiñcitkṛtvā sudurmanāḥ .. vinaivācamanaṃ prāptaḥ sā kanthā yatra tiṣṭhati ..56 .. > Then, doing a hasty cleansing, deeply distressed, / without even doing the ritual rinsing of the mouth, he reached the place where that patched garment lay. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.57) yāvanmātrāvihīnāṃ ca tato jñātvā ca tāṃ hṛtām .. tena śiṣyeṇa mūrcchāḍhyo nipapāta mahītale .. 57 .. > Finding it devoid of the vessel, and knowing it had been stolen / by that disciple, he fell unconscious to the ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.58) tataśca cetanāṃ prāpya kṛcchrāccotthāya tatkṣaṇāt .. śilāyāṃ tāḍayāmāsa nijāṃgāni śirastathā .. 58 .. > Regaining consciousness and getting up with difficulty at once, / he beat his limbs and his head against a rock: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.59) hā hato'smi vinaṣṭo'smi muṣṭastena durātmanā .. kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi kathaṃ taṃ vīkṣayāmyaham.. 59 .. > “Alas, I am undone! I am ruined! I have been robbed by that wretch! / What shall I do? Where shall I go? How can I find him?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.60) tatastu padavīṃ vīkṣya tasya tāṃ calito dhruvam .. vṛddha bhāvātpariśrāṃto vāvṛtya sa maṭhaṃ gataḥ .. 6.274.60 .. > Then, seeing his tracks, he certainly set out \[after him\]; / but exhausted due to old age, he turned back and went to the monastery. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.61) duḥśīlo'pi samādāya mātrāṃ sthānāṃtaraṃ gataḥ .. tatastena suvarṇena vyavahārānkaroti saḥ .. 61 .. > Duḥśīla too, having taken the vessel, went to another place. / Then, with that gold, he engaged in commercial transactions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.62) tato gṛhasthatāṃ prāptaḥ kṛtadāraparigrahaḥ .. vṛddhabhāvaṃ samāpannaḥ saṃtānena vivarjitaḥ .. 62 .. > Then he attained the householder's life, took a wife, / reached old age, and was devoid of offspring. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.63) kasyacittvatha kālasya tīrthayātrāparāyaṇaḥ .. bhāryayā sahito vipraścamatkārapuraṃ gataḥ .. 63 .. > After some time, intent on a pilgrimage to sacred fords, / that brahmin went to Camatkārapura accompanied by his wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.64) snātvā tīrtheṣu sarveṣu devatāyataneṣu ca .. bhramamāṇena saṃdṛṣṭo durvāsā nāma sanmuniḥ .. 64 .. > Having bathed in all the sacred fords and temples of deities, / as he was wandering, he saw the noble sage named Durvāsas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.65) nijadevasya sadbhaktyā nṛtyagītaparāyaṇaḥ .. taṃ ca dṛṣṭvā namaskṛtya vākyametaduvāca saḥ .. 65 .. > Devoted to dancing and singing with sincere devotion to his own deity. / Seeing him and bowing down, he spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.66) kenaitatsthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ nirmalaṃ śaṃkarodbhavam .. kiṃ tvaṃ nṛtyasi gītaṃ ca puro'sya prakaroṣi ca .. munīnāṃ yujyate naiva yadetattava ceṣṭitam..66.. > "By whom was this spotless liṅga arising from Śaṃkara established? / Why do you dance and sing before it? / This conduct of yours does not at all befit sages." \[66\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.67) .. durvāsā uvāca .. .. mayaitatsthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ devadevasya śūlinaḥ.. nṛtyagītapriyo yasmāddevadevo maheśvaraḥ .. 67 .. > Durvāsas said: / "By me was this liṅga of the god of gods, the trident-bearer, established, / because the god of gods, Maheśvara, is fond of dancing and singing. \[67\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.68) na me'sti vibhavaḥ kaścidyena bhogaṃ karomyaham..68.. > I possess no wealth by which I might perform worship with offerings." \[68\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.69) etasminnaṃtare prāptaścirbhaṭirnāma yogavit .. tena pṛṣṭaḥ sa durvāsā vedāṃtikamidaṃ vacaḥ ..69.. cirbhaṭi > In the meantime, one named Cirbhaṭi, a knower of yoga, arrived; / by him was Durvāsas asked this word belonging to the Vedānta: \[69\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.70) asūryā nāma te lokā aṃdhena tamasā vṛtāḥ .. tāṃste pretyā'bhigacchaṃti ye kecātmahano janāḥ .. .. 6.274.70 .. > "Sunless indeed are those worlds, enveloped in blinding darkness; / to them after death go whoever are slayers of the self." \[70\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.71) upaviśya tatastena tasya dattastu nirṇayaḥ .. duḥśīlenāpi tatsarva vijñātaṃ tasya saṃstutam .. 71 .. > Sitting down, the decision was then given to him by \[Durvāsas\]; / and all that which was recited by him was understood by Duḥśīla. \[71\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.72) tato viśeṣato jātā bhaktistasya haraṃ prati .. taṃ praṇamya tataścoccairvākyametaduvāca ha .. 72 .. > Then devotion toward Hara arose especially in him; / then, having bowed down to him, he spoke these words aloud: \[72\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.74) bhagavan brāhmaṇo'smīti jātyā caiva na karmaṇā .. na kasyacinmayā dattaṃ kadācinnaiva bhojanam .. kevalaṃ devaviprāṇāṃ vaṃcayitvā dhanaṃ hṛtam .. vyasanenābhibhūtena dyūtaveśyodbhavena ca .. 74 .. > "O venerable one, I am a brahmin only by birth and not by deed! / Food was never given by me at any time to anyone; / I only robbed the wealth of gods and brahmins after deceiving them, / overcome by vice arising from gambling and courtesans. \[74\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.75) tathā ca brāhmaṇenāpi mayā śaivo guruḥ kṛtaḥ .. vaṃcitaśca tathānekaiścāṭubhirvihṛtaṃ dhanam .. 75 .. > And likewise, though a brahmin, a Śaiva guru was made by me; / and he was deceived, and his wealth was carried off by numerous flatteries. \[75\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.76) tasya saktaṃ dhanaṃ bhūyaḥ sādhumārgeṇa cāhṛtam .. sa cāpi ca gururmahyaṃ paralokamihāgataḥ .. .. 76 .. > The wealth attached to him was taken away again through the pretext of being virtuous; / and that guru of mine has here departed to the other world. \[76\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.77) paścāttāpena tenaiva pradahyāmi divāniśam .. puraścaraṇadānena tatprasādaṃ kuruṣva me .. 77 .. > Day and night I burn with that very remorse; / by giving \[instruction for\] preparatory rites, bestow that favor upon me! \[77\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.78) asti me vipulaṃ vittaṃ na saṃtānaṃ munīśvara .. tanme vada mune śreyastadvittasya yathā bhavet .. iha loke pare caiva yena sarvaṃ karomyaham .. 78 .. > I have abundant wealth, but no offspring, O lord of sages; / therefore tell me, O sage, how that wealth may result in spiritual welfare / in this world and in the next, so that I may perform everything." \[78\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.79) .. durvāsā uvāca .. .. kṛtvā pāpasahasrāṇi paścāddharmaparo bhavet .. yaḥ pumānso'tikṛcchreṇa taretsaṃsārasāgaram .. 79 .. > Durvāsas said: / "Having committed thousands of sins, if a man should later become intent on dharma, / he may cross the ocean of transmigration only with great difficulty. \[79\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.80) dinenāpi gururyo'sau tvayā śaivo vinirmitaḥ . adharmeṇāpi saṃjātaḥ sa gurustena saṃśayaḥ .. 6.274.80 .. > That Śaiva guru who was adopted by you even for a day— / that guru was acquired through adharma, and there is doubt about it. \[80\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.81) brāhmaṇo brahmacārī syādgrahasthastadanaṃtaram .. vānaprastho yatiścaiva tata ścaiva kuṭīcaraḥ .. 81 .. > A brahmin should be a celibate student, and after that a householder, / a forest-dweller, and a renunciant, and after that a kuṭīcara; \[81\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.82) bahūdakastato haṃsaḥ paramaśca tato bhavet .. tataśca muktimāyāti mārgamenaṃ samāśritaḥ .. 82 .. > then a bahūdaka, then a haṃsa, and then he should become a supreme \[ascetic\]; / and resorting to this path, he then attains liberation. \[82\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.83) tvayā punaḥ kumārgeṇa yadvrataṃ brāhmaṇena ca \[. śaivamārgaṃ samāsthāya tanmahāpātakaṃ kṛtam .. 83 .. > You, however, as a brahmin taking up a Śaiva path by a wrong course— / that vow you undertook was a great sin committed by you. \[83\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.84) .. duḥśīla uvāca .. .. sarveṣveva hi vedeṣu rudraḥ saṃkīrtyate prabhuḥ .. tatkiṃ doṣastvayā proktastasya dīkṣāsamudbhavaḥ .. 84 .. > Duḥśīla said: / "Indeed, in all the Vedas the lord Rudra is celebrated; / then why is a fault declared by you as arising from initiation into his \[cult\]?" \[84\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.85) .. durvāsā uvāca .. .. satyametattvayā khyātaṃ vede rudraḥ prakīrtitaḥ .. bahudhā vāsudevo'pi brahmā caiva viśeṣataḥ .. 85 .. > Durvāsas said: / "This spoken by you is true: Rudra is proclaimed in the Veda; / Vāsudeva also in many ways, and especially Brahmā. \[85\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.86) paraṃ viprasya yā dīkṣā vratavaṃdhasamudbhavā .. gāyatrī paramā jāpye gururvrataparo hi saḥ .. vaiṣṇavīṃ cātha śaivīṃ ca yo'nyāṃ dīkṣāṃ samācaret .. 86 .. > Yet the initiation of a brahmin arises from the investiture with the sacred thread; / the supreme Gāyatrī is to be muttered, for he is a guru devoted to that vow. / But whoever undertakes another initiation, whether Vaiṣṇava or Śaiva, \[86\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.87) brāhmaṇo na bhavetso'tra yadyapi syātṣaḍaṃgavit .. aparaṃ liṃgabhedaste saṃjātaḥ kapaṭādiṣu .. 87 .. > he cannot be a brahmin here, even if he were a knower of the six auxiliary sciences; / moreover, an alteration of sectarian marks occurred for you through deceit and the like. \[87\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.88) vratatyāgānna saṃdehastatra te nāsti kiṃcana .. prāyaścittaṃ mayā samyaksmṛtimārgeṇa ciṃtitam.. 88 .. > There is no doubt that there is nothing left for you on account of abandoning your vow; / an expiation has been properly considered by me in accordance with the path of the Smṛti." \[88\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.89) .. duḥśīla uvāca .. .. satāṃ saptapadīṃ maitrīṃ pravadaṃti manīṣiṇaḥ .. mitratāṃ tu puraskṛtya kiṃcidvakṣyāmi tacchṛṇu .. 89 .. > Duḥśīla said: / "Wise men declare friendship of the virtuous to consist of seven steps; / prioritizing friendship, I shall say something; listen to it: \[89\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.90) asti me vipulaṃ vittaṃ yadi tena prasiddhyati .. tadvadasva mahābhāga yena sarvaṃ karomyaham .. .. 6.274.90 .. > I have abundant wealth; if by it success may be accomplished, / then tell me that, O highly fortunate one, by which I may do everything." \[90\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.91) .. durvāsā uvāca .. .. eka eva hyupāyo'sti tava pātakanāśane .. taṃ cetkaroṣi me vākyādviśuddhaḥ saṃbhaviṣyasi .. 91 .. > Durvāsas said: / "There is indeed only one means for destroying your sins; / if you do it according to my word, you will become purified. \[91\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.92) tapaḥ kṛte praśaṃsaṃti tretāyāṃ jñānameva ca .. dvāpare tīrthayātrāṃ ca dānameva kalau yuge .. 92 .. > They praise austerity in the Kṛta age, and knowledge in the Tretā, / pilgrimage to sacred fords in the Dvāpara, and only giving in the Kali age. \[92\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.93) sāṃprataṃ kalikālo'yaṃ vartate dāruṇākṛtiḥ .. tasmātkṛṣṇājinaṃ dehi sarvapāpaviśuddhaye .. 93 .. > At present this Kali age exists, of terrible aspect; / therefore give a black antelope skin for purification from all sins. \[93\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.94) tathā ca te ghṛṇā'pyasti guruvittasamudbhavā .. tadarthaṃ kuru tannāmnā śaṃkarasya niveśanam.. 94 .. > And likewise, there is aversion in you arising from the guru's wealth; / for that purpose, build an abode of Śaṃkara in his name, \[94\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.95) yena tasmādapi tvaṃ hi ānṛṇyaṃ yāsi tatkṣaṇāt .. anyatrāpi ca tadvittaṃ yatkiṃcicca prapadyate .. 95 .. > so that you will immediately attain freedom from debt even on that account; / and whatever other wealth of that kind is acquired, \[95\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.96) brāhmaṇebhyo viśiṣṭebhyo nityaṃ dehi samāhitaḥ .. tilapātraṃ sadā dehi sahiraṇyaṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 96 .. > give it constantly with collected mind to distinguished brahmins; / always give a vessel filled with sesame seeds, especially with gold, \[96\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.97) yena te sakalaṃ pāpaṃ dehānnāśaṃ pragacchati .. aparaṃ caitramāse'haṃ sadā''gacchāmi bhaktitaḥ .. 97 .. > so that all your sin will depart from your body into destruction. / Furthermore, in the month of Caitra I always come with devotion \[97\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.98) kalpagrāmātsudūrācca prāsāde'tra svayaṃ kṛte .. punaryāmi ca tatraiva vratametaddhi me sthitam .. 98 .. > from far-off Kalpagrāma to this temple built by myself, / and then I go back there; for this is established as my vow. \[98\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.99) tasmācciṃtyastvayāhyeṣa prāsādo yo mayā kṛtaḥ .. ciṃtanīyaṃ sadaiveha snānādibhiranekaśaḥ .. 99 .. > Therefore, this temple which was built by me should be cared for by you; / it should always be attended to here in various ways with ritual ablution and the like." \[99\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.100) .. duḥśīla uvāca .. .. kariṣyāmi vacaste'haṃ yathā vadasi sanmune .. 6.274.100 .. .. .. > Duḥśīla said: / "I shall perform your word, as you say, O good sage." \[100\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.101) .. durvāsā uvāca .. .. sarvapāpaviśuddhyarthaṃ datte kṛṣṇājine dvijaḥ .. prayaccha tilapātrāṇi guptapāpasya śuddhaye .. 101 .. > Durvāsas said: / "For purification from all sins, when the black antelope skin is given, O twice-born, / give vessels filled with sesame seeds for purification from hidden sin." \[101\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.102) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā dattaṃ tena mahātmanā .. tataḥ kṛṣṇājinaṃ bhaktyā brāhmaṇāyāhitāgnaye .. 102 .. > Sūta said: / Hearing that speech of his, a black antelope skin / was then given with devotion by that great-souled one to a brahmin who maintains sacred fires. \[102\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.103) durvāsasaḥ samā deśādyathoktavidhinā dvijāḥ . yacchatastilapātrāṇi tasya nityaṃ prabhaktitaḥ .. 103 .. > By command of Durvāsas, according to the prescribed rule, O twice-born ones, / to him who was constantly giving vessels filled with sesame seeds with great devotion, \[103\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.104) gatapāpasya dīkṣāṃ ca dadau nirvāṇasaṃbhavām .. tathāsau gatapāpasya dīkṣāṃ dattvā yathāvidhi .. 104 .. > and whose sins were gone, \[Durvāsas\] imparted initiation leading to final release. / Thus having imparted initiation according to rule to him whose sins were gone, \[104\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.105) tataḥ provāca madhuraṃ dehi me gurudakṣiṇām .. 105 .. > he then spoke sweetly: "Give me the guru's fee." \[105\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.106) .. duḥśīla uvāca .. .. yācasva tvaṃ prabho śīghraṃ yāṃ te yacchāmi dakṣiṇām .. tāṃ pradāsyāmi cecchaktirvittaśāṭhyavivarjitām.. 106 .. > Duḥśīla said: / "Ask quickly, O lord, for whichever fee I am to give you; / if there is capacity, I will give it free from deceit regarding wealth." \[106\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.107) .. durvāsā uvāca .. .. kalpagrāmaṃ gamiṣyāmi sāṃprataṃ vartate kaliḥ .. nāhamatrāgamiṣyāmi yāvannaiva kṛtaṃ bhavet .. 107 .. > Durvāsas said: > “I shall go to Kalpagrāma; now the Kali \[age\] is prevailing. > I shall not return here until it is completed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.108) ardhaniṣpādito hyeṣa prāsādo yo mayā kṛtaḥ .. paripūrtiṃ tvayā neya eṣā me gurudakṣiṇā .. 108 .. > Indeed, this temple that has been built by me is only half-completed. > You must bring it to completion; this is the fee for your guru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.109) nṛtyagītādikaṃ yacca tathā kāryaṃ svaśaktitaḥ .. purato'sya balirdeyastathānyatkusumādikam .. 109 .. > And whatever pertains to dance, singing, and so forth must likewise be performed according to your ability. > An offering must be presented before it, as well as flowers and other items.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.110) evamuktvā gataḥ so'tha kalpagrāmaṃ munīśvaraḥ .. duḥśīlo'pi tathā cakre yattena samudāhṛtam .. 6.274.110 .. > Having spoken thus, that lord of sages then departed for Kalpagrāma. > Duḥśīla too did just as had been told to him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.111) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ tasya prabhaktasya tatkāryāṇi prakurvataḥ .. tannāmnā kīrtyate so'tha duḥśīla iti saṃjñitaḥ .. 111 .. > Sūta said: > As he, being deeply devoted, was performing those tasks, > he \[the deity\] then came to be named after his name, called ‘Duḥśīla’. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.112) caitramāse ca yo nityaṃ taṃ ca devaṃ prapaśyati .. kṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā sa pāpena vārṣikeṇa pramucyate .. 112 .. > And whoever constantly looks upon that god in the month of Caitra, > having spent a moment \[there\], is freed from the sin of an entire year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.113) yaḥ punaḥ snapanaṃ tasya sarvaṃ caiva karoti ca .. triṃśadvarṣodbhavaṃ pāpaṃ tasya gātrātpraṇaśyati .. 113 .. > Moreover, whoever performs all the ceremonial bath for him, > the sin born of thirty years is destroyed from his body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.114) yaḥ punarnṛtyagītādyaṃ kurute ca tadagrataḥ .. ājanmamaraṇātpāpātso'pi muktimavāpnuyāt ..114 .. > Furthermore, whoever performs dance, singing, and so forth in front of him > also attains liberation from sin from birth unto death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.273.274](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273.274) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye durvāsaḥsthāpita śivaliṃgasya duḥśīleśvarasaṃjñāprāptikāraṇavṛttāntavarṇanaṃ nāma catuḥsaptatyuttara dviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 274 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the two hundred and seventy-fourth chapter, entitled “The Account of the Reason for Attaining the Name Duḥśīleśvara for the Śivaliṅga Installed by Durvāsas,” in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\], in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.273.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Kālikāpurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.kalika.3.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.273) · Pramāṇa