[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) › 5.52 # Skandapurana 5.52 Skandapurāṇa 5.52 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.52.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. umāmaheśvarau tatra sthāpitau tena bhūbhujā .. prāsādaṃ paramaṃ kṛtvā sādhudṛṣṭisukhapradam .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Umā and Maheśvara were installed there by that king, / who built a supreme temple that brought delight to the eyes of good people. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.2) tasyāgrataḥ śubhaṃ kuṃḍaṃ tatra caiva vinirmitam .. svacchodakena sampūrṇaṃ padminīkhaṃḍamaṃḍitam .. 2 .. > In front of it, an auspicious pool was also constructed there, / filled with clear water and adorned with clusters of lotuses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.3) snātvā tatra naro bhaktyā tau paśyedyaḥ samāhitaḥ .. māghaśuklacaturdaśyāṃ na sa bhūyo'tra jāyate .. 3 .. > A man who bathes there with devotion and beholds the two with a concentrated mind / on the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight of Māgha is not born here again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.4) tasyaiva pūrvadigbhāge'gastyakuṇḍasamīpataḥ .. asti vāpī mahāpuṇyā sarvapātakanāśinī .. 4 .. > To the east of it, near Agastya's pool, / there is a very sacred step-well that destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.5) tasyāṃ yaḥ kurute snānaṃ māsi vai phālgune naraḥ .. sopavāsaḥ sitāṣṭamyāṃ vāṃchitaṃ labhate ca saḥ .. 5 .. > The man who takes a ritual ablution in it in the month of Phālguna, / fasting on the eighth day of the bright fortnight, obtains his desired wish. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.6) tasyā dakṣiṇadigbhāge tatrāsti kapilā nadī .. kapilo yatra saṃprāptaḥ siddhiṃ sāṃkhyasamudbhavām .. 6 .. > To its south is the river Kapilā, / where Kapila attained the perfection born of Sāṃkhya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.7) kapilāyāśca pūrveṇa siddhakṣetraṃ prakīrtitam .. yatra siddhiṃ gatāḥ siddhāḥ purā śata sahasraśaḥ .. 7 .. > East of the Kapilā is the celebrated Siddhakṣetra, / where formerly hundreds and thousands of perfected beings attained perfection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.8) yo yaṃ kāmamabhidhyāya tapastatra samācaret .. ṣaṇmāsābhyaṃtare nūnaṃ sa tamāpnoti mānavaḥ .. 8 .. > Whatever desire a man contemplates when performing austerity there, / he certainly attains it within six months. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.9) tasyādhastācchilā viprā vidyate vaiṣṇavī śubhā .. bhramantī caturasrā ca sarvapātakanāśinī .. 9 .. > Beneath it, O brahmins, is an auspicious, four-sided Vaiṣṇava slab / that turns, destroying all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.10) sadā mahānadītoyakṣālitā muktidā nṛṇām .. gaṃgāyamunayormadhye saṃniviṣṭā sarasvatī .. 6.52.10 .. > Constantly washed by the water of the great river, it bestows liberation on human beings. / Sarasvatī is situated between Gaṅgā and Yamunā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.11) triveṇī vahate tasyāḥ purato bhuktimuktidā .. tasyāmupari dagdhānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 11 .. > The Triveṇī flows before it, bestowing enjoyment and liberation. / For the brahmins who are cremated above it, in particular, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.12) nūnaṃ muktirbhavetteṣāṃ citā bhasmani goṣpadam .. dṛśyate tatra tajjñātvā saṃskāryā brāhmaṇā mṛtāḥ .. 12 .. > liberation is certain. A cow's hoofprint is seen there in the funeral pyre's ashes; / knowing that, deceased brahmins should be given the funeral rites \[there\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.13) tasyaivottaradigbhāge rudrakoṭirdvijottamāḥ .. asti saṃpūjitā viprai rdākṣiṇātyairmahātmabhiḥ .. 13 .. > To its north, O best of brahmins, / is Rudrakoṭi, worshipped by high-souled southern brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.14) mahāyogisvarūpeṇa dākṣiṇātyā dvijottamāḥ .. camatkārapure kṣetre śrutvā svayamumāpatim .. 14 .. > Hearing that the Lord of Umā was personally present in the sacred field of Camatkārapura / in the form of a great yogin, the best of southern brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.15) tataḥ kautūhalāviṣṭāḥ śraddhayā parayā yutāḥ .. koṭisaṃkhyā drutaṃ jagmustasya darśanavāṃchayā .. 15 .. > filled with wonder and endowed with supreme faith, / went swiftly by the crore, wishing to have his darśana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.16) ahaṃpūrvamahaṃpūrvaṃ vīkṣayiṣyāmi taṃ haram .. iti śraddhāsamo petāścakruste śapathaṃ gatāḥ .. 16 .. > 'I will see Hara first! I will see him first!' / Having arrived, full of faith, they swore an oath: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.17) eteṣāṃ madhyato yastaṃ mahāyoginamīśvaram .. caramaṃ devamīkṣeta bhaviṣyati sa pāpakṛt .. 17 .. > 'Whoever among us sees that great yogin, the Lord, / the God, last, will become a sinner.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.18) tatasteṣāmabhiprāyaṃ jñātvā devo maheśvaraḥ .. bhaktiprīto hitārthāya koṭirūpairvyavasthitaḥ .. 18 .. > Then, knowing their intention, the divine Maheśvara, / pleased with their devotion, assumed ten million forms for their welfare. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.19) helayā darśanaṃ prāptaḥ sarveṣāṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. tataḥ prabhṛti tatsthānaṃ rudrakoṭītiviśrutam .. 19 .. > Effortlessly, he granted darśana to all, O best of brahmins. / From that time on, that place became renowned as Rudrakoṭi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.20) tadarthaṃ paṭhitaḥ śloko nāradena purā dvijāḥ .. rudrāvartaṃ samālokya prahṛṣṭena dvijottamāḥ .. 6.52.20 .. > For that reason, a verse was recited in ancient times by Nārada, O brahmins; / gazing upon Rudrāvarta, delighted, O best of brahmins: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.21) āṣāḍhīṃ kārtikīṃ māghīṃ tathā caitrasamudbhavām .. dhanyāḥ pṛthivyāṃ lapsyaṃte rudrāvarte caturdaśīm .. 21 .. > 'Blessed on earth are those who will obtain the fourteenth day \[of the fortnight\] / in Āṣāḍha, Kārttika, Māgha, and also that arising in Caitra, at Rudrāvarta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.22) ājanmaśatasāhasraṃ kṛtvā pāpaṃ naraḥ kṣitau .. rudrāvartaṃ samālokya vipāpmatvaṃ prapadyate .. 22 .. > Having committed sins through hundreds of thousands of lifetimes on earth, / a person becomes free from sin upon seeing Rudrāvarta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.23) rudrāvartte naro gatvā dṛṣṭvā yogeśvaraṃ haram .. śuklapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ vipāpmā jāyate dhruvam .. 23 .. > Going to Rudrāvarta and seeing Hara, the Lord of Yoga, / on the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight, a man certainly becomes free from sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.24) yastatra kurute śrāddhaṃ mahāyogipure dvijāḥ .. rudrāvarte sa cāpnoti phalaṃ śatamakhodbhavam .. 24 .. > Whoever performs a śrāddha there at Mahāyogipura, O brahmins, / at Rudrāvarta, attains the fruit of performing a hundred horse-sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.25) upavāsaparo bhūtvā yaḥ kuryādrātrijāgaram .. kāmagena vimānena sa svarge yāti mānavaḥ .. 25 .. > A man who devotes himself to fasting and keeps a vigil through the night / goes to heaven in an aerial chariot that travels at will. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.26) tatra yaḥ kapilāṃ dadyādbrāhmaṇāyāhitāgnaye .. sa gaṇaḥ syānna saṃdeho harasya dayitastathā .. 26 .. > Whoever gives a tawny cow there to a brahmin who maintains the sacred fire / becomes a gaṇa and a beloved \[attendant\] of Hara—of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.27) ṣaḍakṣaraṃ japedyastu mahāyogipuraḥ sthitaḥ .. maṃtraṃ tasya bhavecchreyaḥ ṣaṅguṇaṃ rājasūyataḥ .. 27 .. > Whoever stands before the Great Yogin and recites the six-syllable mantra / obtains six times the merit of a Rājasūya sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.28) yastasya purato bhaktyā japedvā śatarudriyam .. caturṇāmapi vedānāṃ so'dhītānāṃ bhajetphalam .. 28 .. > Or whoever recites the Śatarudriya before him with devotion / enjoys the fruit of having studied all four Vedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.29) gītaṃ vā yadi vā nṛtyaṃ tatpuraḥ kurute naraḥ .. sa sarveṣāṃ bhajecchreyo makhānāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ ..29.. > If a man performs singing or dancing before him, / he enjoys the merit of all sacrifices; there is no doubt of this.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.30) evamuktvā dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ sa munirbrahmasaṃbhavaḥ .. virarāma tato hṛṣṭastīrthayātrāṃ gato drutam .. 6.52.30 .. > Having spoken thus, O best of brahmins, that sage born of Brahmā / fell silent; then, overjoyed, he quickly departed on his pilgrimage to sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.52.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52.92) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṃḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye rudrakoṭimāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvipañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 92 .. .. cha .. .. .. > Thus ends the fifty-second chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Rudrakoṭi,' in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.52.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.52) · Pramāṇa