[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) › 5.30 # Skandapurana 5.30 Skandapurāṇa 5.30 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.30.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.30.1) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. toṣitaḥ kena siddhena tatra siddheśvaro vibhuḥ .. etatsarvaṃ samācakṣva vistarātsūtanandana .. 1 .. > The seers said: > By which Siddha was the all-pervading lord Siddheśvara propitiated there? / Explain all this in detail, O delight of Sūta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.30.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.30.2) .. sūta uvāca .. .. āsītsiddhādhiponāma purā haṃsa iti smṛtaḥ .. anapatyatayā tasya kālaścakrāma bhūriśaḥ .. 2 .. > Sūta said: > Formerly, there was a lord of the Siddhas known by the name of Haṃsa; / because he was childless, a great amount of time passed for him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.30.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.30.3) tataścintā prapannaḥ sa gatvā devapurohitam .. papracchāgirasaḥ putraṃ vipraśreṣṭhaṃ bṛhaspatim .. 3 .. > Then, seized by sorrow, he went to the priest of the gods, / the son of Aṅgiras, the best of brahmins, Bṛhaspati, and asked him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.30.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.30.4) bhagavaṃścānapatyasya vārddhakaṃ me samāgatam .. tasmādapatyalābhāya mamopāyaṃ prakīrtaya .. 4 .. > “O venerable one, old age has arrived for me, and I am childless; / therefore, proclaim to me the means for obtaining offspring, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.30.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.30.5) tīrthayātrāṃ vrataṃ vāpi śāṃtikaṃ vā dvijottama .. yena syātsaṃtatiḥ śīghraṃ tvatprasādādbṛhaspate .. 5 .. > a pilgrimage to sacred fords, a vow, or a propitiatory rite, O best of the twice-born, / by which progeny may quickly come about through your grace, O Bṛhaspati.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.30.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.30.6) bṛhaspatiściraṃ dhyātvā siddhaṃ prāha tataḥ param .. camatkārapuraṃ kṣetraṃ gatvā tatra tapaḥ kuru .. 6 .. > After meditating for a long time, Bṛhaspati then said to the Siddha: / “Go to the sacred field of Camatkārapura and perform austerity there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.30.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.30.7) tataḥ prāpsyasi satputraṃ vaṃśoddhārakṣamaṃ śubham .. nānyaṃ paśyāmi siddheśa sutopāyaṃ śubhāvaham .. 7 .. > Then you will obtain an auspicious, noble son capable of uplifting your lineage; / O lord of Siddhas, I see no other auspicious means for \[gaining\] a son.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.30.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.30.8) tatastatkṣetramāsādya sa siddhaḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ .. liṃgaṃ saṃpūjayāmāsa yathoktavidhinā svayam .. 8 .. > Then, having reached that sacred field, that Siddha, endowed with faith, / himself worshipped the liṅga according to the prescribed rules. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.30.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.30.9) tataścārādhayāmāsa divānaktamataṃdritaḥ .. bali pūjopahāreṇa gītavādyocchrayādibhiḥ .. 9 .. > Unwearied by day and night, he then worshipped \[it\] / with offerings of food, worship, gifts, and the performance of vocal and instrumental music. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.30.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.30.10) cāṃdrāyaṇaistathā kṛcchraiḥ pārākairdvijasattamāḥ .. tathā māsopavāsaiśca toṣayāmāsa śaṃkaram .. 6.30.10 .. > By means of cāndrāyaṇa penances, kṛcchra penances, and parāka penances, O best of the twice-born, / and by fasts lasting for a month, he propitiated Śaṃkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.30.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.30.11) tato varṣasahasrābhyāṃ tasya tuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ .. provāca darśanaṃ gatvā vṛṣārūḍhaḥ sahomayā .. 11 .. > Then, after two thousand years, Maheśvara was pleased with him; / mounted on a bull along with Umā, he went into his vision and said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.30.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.30.12) haṃsādya tava tuṣṭo'haṃ tasmātprārthaya vāṃchitam .. ahaṃ te saṃpradāsyāmi duṣprāpyamapi niścitam .. 12 .. > “O Haṃsa, today I am pleased with you; therefore, ask for what you desire; / I shall certainly grant it to you, even if it is difficult to attain.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.30.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.30.13) .. haṃsa uvāca .. .. apatyārthaṃ samāraṃbho mayā'dya vihitaḥ purā .. tasmāttvaṃ dehi me putrānvaṃśoddhārakṣa mānvibho .. 13 .. > Haṃsa said: > “Formerly, an undertaking for the sake of offspring was initiated by me; / therefore, grant me sons capable of uplifting my lineage, O lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.30.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.30.14) tvayā caiva sadā liṃge stheyamatra surottama .. mama vākyādasaṃdigdhaṃ sarvalokahitārthataḥ .. 14 .. > And you must always remain here in this liṅga, O best of the gods, / undoubtedly at my request, for the sake of the welfare of all the worlds.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.30.14\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.30.14_1) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. adyaprabhṛti liṃgesminnāśrayo me bhaviṣyati .. tava vākyena siddheśa satyametanmayoditam ...5.. > The Holy Lord said: > “From this day forward, my dwelling will be in this liṅga / at your word, O lord of Siddhas; this which has been spoken by me is the truth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.30.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.30.16) yo māmatra sthitaṃ martyaḥ pūjayiṣyati bhaktitaḥ .. tasyāhaṃ saṃpradāsyāmi cittasthaṃ sakalaṃ phalam .. 16 .. > Whatever mortal will worship me residing here with devotion, / to him I will give all the fruit abiding in his heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.30.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.30.17) yo me liṃgasya yāmyāśāṃ sthitvā maṃtraṃ japiṣyati .. ṣaḍakṣaraṃ pradāsyāmi tasyāyuṣyaṃ sutānvitam .... .. 17 .. > Whoever, standing in the southern direction of my liṅga, will recite the mantra / of six syllables, to him I will give long life accompanied by sons.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.30.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.30.18) evamuktvā mahādevastataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ .. haṃso'pi ca gṛhaṃ gatvā putrānāpa mahodayān.. 18 .. > Having spoken thus, the great god then disappeared from sight; / and Haṃsa, having returned home, obtained highly prosperous sons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.30.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.30.19) tasmātsarvaprayatnena talliṃgaṃ yatnato dvijāḥ .. sparśanīyaṃ ca pūjyaṃ ca namaskāryaṃ prayatnataḥ .. 19 .. > Therefore, by every effort, that liṅga should be carefully touched, / worshipped, and saluted with diligence, O twice-born, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.30.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.30.20) ṣaḍakṣareṇa mantreṇa kīrtanīyaṃ ca śaktitaḥ .. vāṃchadbhirvāṃchitānkāmāndurlabhāṃstridaśairapi ..6.30.20.. > and celebrated according to one's power with the six-syllable mantra / by those who desire desired objects, which are difficult even for the thirty gods to attain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.30.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.30.30) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye siddheśvarotpattivṛttāntavarṇanaṃnāma triṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 30 .. .. va .. > Thus ends the thirtieth chapter, titled ‘Description of the Account of the Origin of Siddheśvara,’ in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\], in the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.30.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.30) · Pramāṇa