[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) › 5.55 # Skandapurana 5.55 Skandapurāṇa 5.55 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.55.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tasyā eva samīpasthaṃ devadevaṃ naleśvaram .. dṛṣṭvā vimucyute pāpātsthāpitaṃ nalabhūbhujā .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / By seeing Naleśvara, the god of gods, situated near her / and installed by King Nala, one is freed from sin. (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.55.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55.2) yastaṃ paśyennaro bhaktyā māghe ṣaṣṭhyāṃ site dvijāḥ .. sarva rogavinirmuktaḥ prāpnoti paramaṃ padam .. 2 .. > The man who beholds him with devotion on the sixth \[tithi\] of the bright \[fortnight\] of Māgha, O brahmins, / freed from all diseases, attains the supreme abode. (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.55.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55.3) kaṇḍūḥ pāmātha dadrūṇi maṃḍalāni vicarcikā .. darśanāttasya naśyanti jantūnāṃ bhāvitātmanām .. 3.. > Itching, scabies, ringworm, circular blotches, and eczema / are destroyed for living beings of purified mind by the sight of him. (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.55.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55.4) asti tasyāgrataḥ kuṇḍaṃ svacchodakasupūritam.. matsyakūrmasamākīrṇaṃ padminīkhaṃḍamaṃḍitam .. 4 .. > Before him there is a pool filled with clear water, / teeming with fish and tortoises, and adorned with clusters of lotuses. (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.55.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55.5) yastatra kurute snānaṃ pratyūṣe somavāsare .. api kuṣṭhāmayamastaḥ sa bhūyaḥ syātpunarnavaḥ .. 5 .. > Whoever performs ritual ablution there at dawn on a Monday, / even if afflicted with the disease of leprosy, shall become renewed again. (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.55.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55.6) yadā saṃsthāpitaḥ śaṃbhurnalena pṛthivībhujā .. tadā tuṣṭena sa prokto brūhi kiṃ te karomyaham .. 6 .. .. > When Śambhu was installed by King Nala, / he was pleased and said to him: "Tell me, what shall I do for you?" (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.55.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55.7) .. nala uvāca .. .. atra stheyaṃ tvayā deva sadā sannihitena ca .. sarvalokahitārthāya roganāśāya śaṃkara .. 7 .. > Nala said: / "O God, you should always remain here, close at hand, / for the benefit of all the world and the destruction of disease, O Śaṃkara." (7) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.55.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55.8) .. śaṃkara uvāca .. .. ahaṃ tvadvacanādrājansaṃprāpte somavāsare .. pratyūṣe ca nivatsyāmi prāsāde nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 8 .. > Śaṃkara said: / "At your word, O King, when Monday arrives / and at dawn, I will abide in this temple; of this there is no doubt. (8) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.55.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55.9) māghāṣṭamyāmahorātraṃ sakalaṃ ca mahīpate 0. prāṇināṃ roganāśāya śuklapakṣe viśeṣataḥ .. 9 .. > On the eighth \[tithi\] of Māgha, for the entire day and night, O King, / and especially during the bright fortnight, for the destruction of disease in living beings. (9) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.55.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55.10) yo māmatra sthitaṃ tatra divase vīkṣayiṣyati .. snātvā suvimale kuṃḍe samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. tasya nāśaṃ prayāsyaṃti vyādhayo gātrasaṃbhavāḥ .. 6.55.10 .. > Whoever beholds me staying here on that day, / having bathed in the exceedingly pure pool and endowed with true faith, / the diseases arising in his body will go to destruction. (10) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.55.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55.11) yo'sya kuṃḍasya saṃbhūtāṃ mṛttikāmapi mānavaḥ .. saṃdhāsyati nije dehe somavāre niśākṣaye .. so'pi rogairvinirmuktaḥ saṃbhaviṣyati puṣṭimān .. 11 .. > Whatever man applies even the mud produced from this pool / to his own body on a Monday at the end of the night, / he too, freed from diseases, shall become thriving. (11) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.55.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55.12) niṣkāmastu punaryo māṃ tasminkāle nṛpottama .. pūjayiṣyati sadbhaktyā puṣpadhūpānulepanaiḥ .. sarvapāpavinirmukto mama lokaṃ sa yāsyati .. 12 .. > Moreover, he who, free from desire, at that time, O best of kings, / worships me with true devotion using flowers, incense, and ointments, / freed from all sins, shall go to my world." (12) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.55.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55.13) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evamuktvā sa bhagavāṃstrailokyadīpako haraḥ .. antardhānaṃ gato viprā yathā dīpo'tra tatkṣaṇāt .. 13 .. > Sūta said: / Having spoken thus, the Lord Hara, the illuminator of the three worlds, / disappeared instantly, O brahmins, just like a lamp. (13) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.55.13\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55.13_1) nalo'pi tuṣṭimāpannastamārādhya ciraṃ nṛpaḥ .. tadāhūyākhilānviprāṃścamatkārapurodbhavān ...4.. > King Nala too, having worshipped him for a long time, attained satisfaction; / then, summoning all the brahmins born in Camatkārapura, \[he said:\] (14) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.55.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55.15) eṣa saṃsthāpitaḥ śaṃbhurmayā yuṣmatpuroṃtike .. yena dṛṣṭena rogāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ jāyate kṣayaḥ .. 15 .. > "This Śambhu has been installed by me near your city; / by beholding him, the destruction of all diseases comes to pass. (15) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.55.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55.16) adhunāhaṃ gamiṣyāmi svarājyāya kṛte dvijāḥ .. niṣadhāṃ ca purīmeṣa sarvaiḥ pūjyaḥ samāhitaiḥ .. 16 .. > Now I shall go to my own kingdom, the city of the Niṣadhas, O brahmins; / he should be worshipped by all with a collected mind." (16) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.55.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55.17) .. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .. .. evaṃ pārthivaśārdūla kariṣyāmaḥ samāhitāḥ .. tava devakṛte yatnaṃ yātrādyāsu kriyāsu ca .. 17 .. > The brahmins said: / "O tiger among kings, we shall, with collected minds, / make effort on behalf of your deity and in the rituals of pilgrimage and the like. (17) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.55.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55.18) tathā pūjāṃ kariṣyāmaḥ śraddhayā parayā yutāḥ .. asmākaṃ putrapautrā ye bhaviṣyaṃti tathā pare .. vaṃśajāste kariṣyaṃti pūjāmasya subhaktitaḥ .. 18 .. > Likewise, endowed with supreme faith, we will perform worship; / our sons, grandsons, and whatever other descendants / are born of our lineage will perform his worship with deep devotion." (18) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.55.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55.19) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evamuktaḥ sa bhūpālastairvipraistuṣṭisaṃyutaḥ .. pratasthe tānpraṇamyoccaiḥ sarvaistaiścābhinaṃditaḥ .. .. 19 .. > Sūta said: / Thus addressed by those brahmins, the king, filled with satisfaction, / bowed deeply to them and set out, applauded by all of them. (19) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.55.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55.20) evaṃ sa bhagavāñchaṃbhustasminsthāne vyavasthitaḥ .. hitāya sarvalokānāṃ sarvarogakṣayāvahaḥ .. 6.55.20 .. > Thus the Lord Śambhu remained in that place, / bringing about the destruction of all diseases for the good of all the worlds. (20) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.55.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55.21) tasmātsarvaprayatnena vīkṣaṇīyaḥ sadā hi saḥ .. viśeṣātsomavāreṇa śāśvataṃ śreya icchatā .. 21 .. > Therefore, by one desiring perpetual welfare, he is certainly to be beheld / with every effort at all times, especially on a Monday. (21) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.55.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55.55) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvara kṣetramāhātmye naleśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcapañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 55 .. > Thus ends the fifty-fifth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Naleśvara,' in the Hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmya of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. (55) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.55.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.55) · Pramāṇa