[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) › 5.39 # Skandapurana 5.39 Skandapurāṇa 5.39 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.39.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.39.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tasyaivottaradigbhāge dhundhumāreśvarasya ca .. yayātinā nareṃdreṇa sthāpitaṃ liṃgamuttamam .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / In the northern region of that very Dhundhumāreśvara, / an excellent liṅga was installed by King Yayāti, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.39.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.39.2) devayānyā tathānyacca tathā śarmiṣṭhayā dvijāḥ .. bhāryayā bhūpatestasya sarvakāmaphalapradam .. 2 .. > and another by Devayānī, and also by Śarmiṣṭhā, O twice-born, / the wives of that king, bestowing the fruit of all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.39.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.39.3) sa yadā sarvabhogānāṃ tṛptiṃ prāpto dvijottamāḥ .. tadā putrasya rājyaṃ svaṃ vapuścaiva nyavedayat ..3.. > When he had reached satiety with all pleasures, O best of the twice-born, / he then offered his kingdom and his own body to his son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.39.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.39.4) jarāmādāya tadgātrādbhāryābhyāṃ sahitastadā .. papraccha vinayopeto mārkaṃḍaṃ munisattamam .. 4 .. > Taking back the old age from his \[son's\] body, accompanied by his two wives, / he then, endowed with humility, questioned Mārkaṇḍa, best of sages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.39.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.39.5) bhagavansarvatīrthānāṃ kṣetrāṇāṃ ca vadasva me .. yatpradhānaṃ pavitraṃ yattadasmākaṃ prakīrtaya .. 5 .. .. > "O venerable one, tell me of all sacred fords and sacred fields! / Proclaim to us that which is foremost and holy!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.39.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.39.6) .. śrīmārkaṃḍeya uvāca .. .. kṣetrāṇāmiha sarveṣāṃ tīrthaiḥ sarvairalaṃkṛtam .. camatkārapuraṃ kṣetraṃ sāṃprataṃ pratibhāti naḥ .. 6 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / "Among all sacred fields here, adorned with all sacred fords, / the sacred field Camatkārapura now shines forth to us, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.39.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.39.7) yatra viṣṇupadī gaṃgā jaṃtūnāṃ pāpanāśinī .. svayaṃ sthitā nṛpaśreṣṭha tathā devā harādayaḥ .. 7 .. > where the Gaṅgā that flows from Viṣṇu's foot, destroyer of the sins of living beings, / is personally present, O best of kings, and likewise the gods beginning with Hara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.39.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.39.8) tathānyāni ca tīrthāni yāni saṃti dharātale .. teṣāṃ yatra ca sāṃnidhyaṃ sarvadā nṛpasattama .. 8 .. > and whatever other sacred fords exist on the surface of the earth, / whose presence is always there, O best of kings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.39.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.39.9) śilā yatra dvipañcāśaddhastānāṃ parisaṃkhyayā .. pitāmahena nirmuktā pramodāya dvijanmanām .. 9 .. > where a stone measuring fifty-two cubits / was cast down by the Grandfather for the delight of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.39.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.39.10) yadanyatra śubhaṃ karma varṣeṇaikena sidhyati .. tattatra divasenāpi siddhiṃ yāti kṣitīśvara .. 6.39.10 .. > An auspicious rite which succeeds elsewhere in one year / attains success there in even a single day, O lord of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.39.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.39.11) tasmāttatra drutaṃ gatvā tapaḥ kuru mahīpate .. yena prāpsyasi cittasthām̐llokānbhāryāsamanvitaḥ .. 11 .. > Therefore, go there quickly and perform austerity, O king of the earth, / whereby, accompanied by your wives, you will attain the worlds desired in your heart." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.39.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.39.12) tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sa rājā nahuṣātmajaḥ .. camatkārapure kṣetre bhāryābhyāṃ sahito yayau .. 12 .. > Hearing his words, that king, the son of Nahuṣa, / went with his two wives to the sacred field of Camatkārapura. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.39.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.39.13) tataḥ saṃsthāpya talliṃgaṃ devadevasya śūlinaḥ .. samyagārādhayāmāsa śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ .. 13 .. > Then, having installed that liṅga of the god of gods, the trident-bearer, / he worshipped it properly, endowed with supreme faith. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.39.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.39.14) tatastasya prabhāvena bhāryābhyāṃ sahito nṛpaḥ .. vimānavaramārūḍho jagāma tridivālayam .. 14 .. > Then, through its power, the king, accompanied by his two wives, / mounted an excellent aerial chariot and went to the abode of heaven, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.39.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.39.15) kinnarairgīyamānaśca stūyamānaśca cāraṇaiḥ .. sparddhamānaḥ samaṃ devairdvādaśārkasamaprabhaḥ .. 15 .. > being sung of by kinnaras and praised by cāraṇas, / rivaling the gods, resplendent as twelve suns. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.39.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.39.39) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye yayātīśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ.. .. 39 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the thirty-ninth chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Yayātīśvara', in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] in the Śrī 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.5.39.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.39) · Pramāṇa