[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) › 5.38 # Skandapurana 5.38 Skandapurāṇa 5.38 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.38.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.38.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tatraiva sthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ dhundhumāreṇa bhūbhujā .. sarvaratnamayaṃ kṛtvā prāsādaṃ sumanoharam .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Right there a liṅga was installed by King Dhundhumāra, / after he made a very charming temple made of all kinds of gems. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.38.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.38.2) tatra kṛtvā''śramaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ tapastepe sudāruṇam .. yatprabhāvādayaṃ devastasmim̐lliṅge vyavasthitaḥ .. 2 .. > Establishing an excellent hermitage there, he performed terrible tapas, / by whose power this god took up his abode in that liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.38.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.38.3) tasya saṃnihitā vāpī kṛtā tena mahātmanā .. sunirmalajalāpūrṇā sarvatīrthopamā śubhā .. 3 .. > Close to it a stepwell was constructed by that great soul, / filled with very pure water, auspicious and equal to all sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.38.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.38.4) dhundhumāreśvaraṃ paśyettatra snātvā narottamaḥ .. na sa paśyati durgāṇi narakāṇi yamālaye .. 4 .. > Having bathed there, the best of men should behold Dhundhumāreśvara; / he will not behold the impassable hells in Yama's abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.38.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.38.5) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. dhuṃdhumāro mahīpālaḥ kasminvaṃśe babhūva saḥ .. kasminkāle tapastaptaṃ tenātra sumahātmanā .. 5 .. > The ṛṣis said: / In which lineage was King Dhundhumāra born? / At what time was tapas performed here by that very great soul? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.38.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.38.6) .. sūta uvāca .. .. sūryavaṃśasamudbhūto bṛhadaśvasuto balī .. khyātaḥ kuvalayāśveti dhaṃdhumārastathaiva saḥ .. 6 .. > Sūta said: / Born in the Solar dynasty was the mighty son of Bṛhadaśva, / known as Kuvalayāśva and likewise as Dhundhumāra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.38.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.38.7) tena dhundhurmahādaityo nihato marujāṃgale .. dhundhumāraḥ smṛtastena vikhyāto bhuvanatraye .. 7 .. > By him the great Daitya Dhundhu was slain in the desert waste; / therefore he is remembered as Dhundhumāra, renowned across the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.38.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.38.8) camatkārapuraṃ kṣetraṃ sa gatvā pāvanaṃ mahat .. tapastepe vayoṃ'te ca dhyāyamāno maheśvaram .. 8 .. > Having gone to the great and purifying kṣetra of Camatkārapura, / he performed tapas at the end of his life, meditating upon Maheśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.38.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.38.9) saṃsthāpya sumahalliṃgaṃ prāsāde ratnamaṃḍite .. balipūjopahārādyaiḥ puṣpadhūpānulepanaiḥ .. 9 .. > Having installed a very great liṅga in a gem-adorned temple, / \[he worshipped\] with offerings, oblations, presents, flowers, incense, and unguents. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.38.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.38.10) tatastasya mahādevaḥ svayameva maheśvaraḥ .. pratyakṣo'bhūdvṛṣārūḍho gauryā saha tathā gaṇaiḥ .. 6.38.10 .. > Then Mahādeva himself, Maheśvara, / mounted on the bull, became visible to him along with Gaurī and his gaṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.38.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.38.11) uvāca varado'smīti prārthayasva yathepsitam .. sarvaṃ te'haṃ pradāsyāmi yadyapi syātsudurlabham .. 11 .. .. > He said: "I am a granter of boons; ask whatever you desire; / I will give you everything, even though it be very difficult to attain." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.38.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.38.12) dhundhumāra uvāca .. .. yadi deyo varo'smākaṃ tvayā sarvasureśvara .. saṃnidhānaṃ prakartavyaṃ liṃge'sminvṛṣabhadhvaja .. 12 .. > Dhundhumāra said: / "If a boon is to be given to me by you, O Lord of all gods, / your presence should be established in this liṅga, O bull-bannered Lord!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.38.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.38.13) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. caitre śuklacaturdaśyāṃ sāṃnidhyaṃ nṛpasattama .. ahaṃ sadā kariṣyāmi gauryā sārdhaṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. 13 .. > The Blessed Lord said: / "On the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight of Caitra, O best of kings, / I will always abide here in presence together with Gaurī, without a doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.38.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.38.14) tatra vāpyāṃ naraḥ snātvā yo māṃ saṃpūjayiṣyati .. liṃge'sminsaṃsthitaṃ bhūpa mama lokaṃ sa yāsyati .. 14 .. > A man who, having bathed in that stepwell, worships me / residing in this liṅga, O king, will go to my realm." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.38.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.38.15) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evamuktvā sa bhagavāṃstataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ .. so'pi rājā prahṛṣṭā tmā sthitastatraiva muktibhāk .. 15 .. > Sūta said: / Having spoken thus, the Blessed Lord then vanished from sight. / That king too, his soul delighted, remained right there, attaining liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.38.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.38.38) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye dhundhumāreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭātriṃśo adhyāyaḥ .. 38 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the thirty-eighth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Dhundhumāreśvara', in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\], in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.38.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.38) · Pramāṇa