[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) › 5.63 # Skandapurana 5.63 Skandapurāṇa 5.63 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.63.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. atha someśvarākhyaṃ ca tatra liṃgaṃ suśobhanam .. asti khyātaṃ triloke'tra svayaṃ somena nirmitam .. 1 .. > Sūta said: > Now, there is a very splendid liṅga named Someśvara > renowned in the three worlds, fashioned by Soma himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.2) somavāreṇa yastatra vatsaraṃ yāvadarcayet .. kṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā sa rogeṇa dāruṇenāpi mucyate ..2.. > He who worships it there on Mondays for a year, > devoting \[even\] a moment to it, is freed even from terrible disease, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.3) yakṣmaṇāpi na saṃdehaḥ kiṃ punaḥ kuṣṭhapūrvakaiḥ .. tasmātsarvaprayatnena rogārttastaṃ prapūjayet ..3.. > even from consumption, without a doubt, not to mention leprosy and the like. > Therefore, one afflicted with illness should worship it with every effort. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.4) tadārādhya purā somaḥ kṣayavyādhisamanvitaḥ .. babhūva nīrugdeho'sau yathā pāṃḍyo narādhipaḥ .. 4 .. > Having worshipped it in ancient times, Soma, afflicted with the disease of consumption, > became free of disease in his body, as did the king of the Pāṇḍyas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.5) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. oṣadhīnāmadhīśasya kathaṃ somasya sūtaja .. kṣayavyādhiḥ purā jātā upaśāṃtiṃ kathaṃ gataḥ ..5.. > The seers said: > How did Soma, the lord of medicinal plants, O son of Sūta, > contract the disease of consumption in former times, and how did he find relief? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.6) etannaḥ sarvamācakṣva vistareṇa mahāmate.. tathā tasya mahīpasya pāṃḍyasyāpi kathāṃ śubhām .. 6 .. > Tell us all this in detail, O highly wise one, > and also the auspicious story of that king of the Pāṇḍyas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.7) .. sūta uvāca .. .. dakṣasya kanyakāḥ pūrvaṃ saptaviṃśatisaṃkhyayā .. upayeme niśānātho devāgnigurusaṃnidhau .. 7 .. > Sūta said: > In former times, the lord of the night married the daughters of Dakṣa, > twenty-seven in number, in the presence of the gods, fire, and the guru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.8) nakṣatrasaṃjñitā loke kīrtyaṃte yā dvijottamaiḥ .. daivajñairaśvinīpūrvā rūpaudāryaguṇānvitāḥ ..8.. > They are celebrated as the Nakṣatras in the world by the best of brahmins > and astrologers, beginning with Aśvinī, endowed with beauty, generosity, and virtues. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.9) atha tāsāṃ samastānāṃ madhye tasya niśāpateḥ .. rohiṇī vallabhā jajñe prāṇebhyo'pi garīyasī .. 9 .. > Then, among all of them, Rohiṇī became beloved > to that lord of the night, dearer to him than his very life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.10) tataḥ samaṃ parityajya sarvāstā dakṣakanyakāḥ .. rohiṇyā saha saṃyuktaḥ saṃbabhūva divāniśam .. 6.63.10 .. > Abandoning all those daughters of Dakṣa equally, > he united with Rohiṇī day and night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.11) tatastāḥ kāma saṃtaptā daurbhāgyena samanvitāḥ .. procurduḥkhānvitā dakṣaṃ gatvā bāṣpaplutānanāḥ .. 11 .. > Tormented by desire and afflicted with misfortune, > they then went in sorrow, their faces bathed in tears, and said to Dakṣa: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.12) vayaṃ yasmai tvayā dattāḥ patnyarthaṃ tāta pāpine.. ṛtumātramapi prītyā so'smākaṃ na prayacchati .. 12 .. > "To that sinner to whom we were given as wives by you, O father, > he does not out of affection grant us even the time suitable for conception. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.13) tasmātprāṇānvihāsyāmaḥ saṃpraviśya hutāśanam .. avilaṃbānmahābhāga satyaṃ brūmastavāgrataḥ ..3 .. 13 .. > Therefore, entering the fire, we shall abandon our lives > without delay, O blessed one; we speak the truth before you." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.14) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tāsāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā dakṣo duḥkhasamanvitaḥ .. sarvāstāḥ svayamādāya jagāma śaśisaṃnidhau .. 14 .. > Sūta said: > Hearing their words, Dakṣa was filled with grief. > Taking all of them himself, he went to the presence of the moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.15) tataḥ provāca so'nvakṣaṃ tāsāṃ dakṣaḥ prajāpatiḥ .. bhartsayanparuṣairvākyairniśānāthaṃ muhurmuhuḥ .. 15 .. > Then Dakṣa, the progenitor of creatures, immediately spoke, > rebuking the lord of the night repeatedly with harsh words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.16) kimidaṃ yujyate kartuṃ tvayā rātripate'dhama .. karma mūḍha satāṃ bāhya dharmaśāstravigarhitam.. 16 .. > "Is it proper for you to do this, O vile lord of the night? > O fool, \[this is\] an act foreign to the virtuous and condemned by the Dharmaśāstras! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.17) ṛtukāle'pi saṃprāpte sutā mama samudbhavāḥ .. yanna saṃbhāṣasi prītyā dharmaśāstraṃ na vetsi kim .. 17 .. > Since, even when the time suitable for conception has arrived, you do not converse affectionately > with my daughters, do you not know the Dharmaśāstra? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.18) ṛtu snātāṃ tu yo bhāryāṃ saṃnidhau nopagacchati .. ghorāyāṃ bhrūṇahatyāyāṃ yujyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 18 .. > He who does not approach his wife who has bathed after her season, > becomes bound to terrible embryo-murder; of this there is no doubt." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.19) tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā salajjo rātrināyakaḥ .... provācādhomukho dakṣaṃ prakariṣye vacastava .. 19 .. > Hearing his words, the lord of the night, ashamed > and looking downwards, said to Dakṣa: "I shall carry out your word." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.20) tato hṛṣṭamanā dakṣaḥ sutāḥ sarvā himadyute .. nivedyāmaṃtrya taṃ paścājjagāma nijamaṃdiram .. 6.63.20 ..3 > Then, delighted in mind, having entrusted all his daughters > to the cold-rayed one and taken leave of him, Dakṣa went to his own abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.21) candro'pi pūrvavatsarvāstāḥ parityajya dakṣajāḥ .. rohiṇyā saha saṃsargaṃ pracakārānurāgataḥ .. 21 .. > The moon also, abandoning all those daughters of Dakṣa just as before, > consorted passionately with Rohiṇī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.22) atha tā duḥkhitā bhūyo jagmuryatra pitā sthitaḥ .. procuśca bāṣpapūrṇākṣāstatkālasadṛśaṃ vacaḥ .. 22 .. > Then, aggrieved once again, they went to where their father was > and, their eyes filled with tears, spoke words suited to that moment: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.23) etattāta mahadduḥkhamasmākaṃ vartate hṛdi .. yaddaurbhāgyaṃ prasaṃjātaṃ sarvastrījanagarhitam .. .. 23 .. > "This is the great sorrow in our hearts, O father: > the misfortune that has befallen us, condemned by all womankind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.24) yatpunastvaṃ kṛtastena kāmukena durātmanā .. vyarthaśramo'pramāṇīva kṛte'smākaṃ gataḥ svayam .. 24 .. > And moreover, that you were made to exert yourself in vain by that wicked, lustful one, > as if you carried no authority, though you went yourself on our behalf— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.25) tadduḥkhaṃ na vayaṃ śaktā hṛdi dhartuṃ kathaṃcana .. ramate sa hi rohiṇyā caṃdramāḥ sahito'niśam .. 25 .. > we are not able to bear that sorrow in our hearts in any way. > For the moon takes his pleasure with Rohiṇī day and night, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.26) viśeṣāttava vākyena niṣiddho rātrināyakaḥ .. anujñāṃ dehi tasmāttvamasmākaṃ tatra sāṃpratam .. daurbhāgyaduḥkhasaṃtaptāstyajāmo yena jīvitam .. 26 .. > even though the lord of the night was explicitly forbidden by your word. > Therefore, grant us permission now, > so that, burned by the sorrow of misfortune, we may cast off our lives." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.27) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tāsāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā dakṣaḥ kopasamanvitaḥ .. śaśāpa śarvarīnāthaṃ gatvā tatsaṃnidhau tataḥ .. 27 .. > Sūta said: / Hearing those words of theirs, Dakṣa was filled with wrath; / he went into his presence and cursed the lord of the night: 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.28) yasmātpāpa na me vākyaṃ tvayā dharmasamanvitam .. kṛtaṃ tasmātkṣayavyādhistvāṃ grasiṣyati dāruṇaḥ .. 28 .. > "Since you, sinner, did not obey my word endowed with righteousness, / therefore a dreadful consumptive disease shall devour you." 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.29) evamuktvā yayau dakṣaścandro'pi dvijasattamāḥ .. tatkṣaṇādyakṣmaṇāśliṣṭaḥ kṣayaṃ yāti dine dine .. 29 .. > Having spoken thus, Dakṣa departed; and the moon too, O best of brahmins, / seized that very moment by consumption, waned day by day. 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.30) tato'sau kṛśatāṃ prāptaḥ saṃparityajya rohiṇīm .. aśaktaḥ sevituṃ kāmaṃ vabhrāma jagatītale .. 6.63.30 .. > Then, having become emaciated, abandoning Rohiṇī / and unable to indulge in pleasure, he wandered over the earth, 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.31) kṣayavyādhipraṇāśāya pṛccha mānaścikitsakān.. auṣadhāni vicitrāṇi prakurvāṇo jitendriyaḥ .. 31 .. > inquiring of physicians for the cure of the consumptive disease, / trying various medicines, with his senses controlled. 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.32) tathāpi mucyate naiva yakṣmaṇā sa niśāpatiḥ .. dakṣaśāpena raudreṇa kṣayaṃ yāti dinedine .. 32 .. > Even so, the lord of the night was not at all released from consumption; / due to Dakṣa's terrible curse, he waned day by day. 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.33) tato vairāgyamāpannastīrthayātrāparāyaṇaḥ .. babhūva śraddhayāyuktastyaktvā bheṣajamuttamam .. 33 .. > Then, filled with dispassion and devoted to pilgrimage to sacred fords, / he abandoned the best of remedies and became imbued with faith. 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.34) athāsau bhramamāṇastu tīrthānyāyatanāni ca .. saṃprāpto brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ prabhāsaṃ kṣetramuttamam.. 34 .. > Now, wandering among sacred fords and temples, / O best of brahmins, he reached the excellent sacred field of Prabhāsa. 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.35) tatra snātvā śucirbhūtvā prabhāsaṃ vīkṣya rātripaḥ .. yāvatsaṃprasthitonyatra tāvadagre vyavasthitam .. 35 .. > Having bathed there and become pure, having gazed upon Prabhāsa, as the lord of the night / was about to set out elsewhere, standing right before him 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.36) apaśyadromakaṃnāma sa muni saṃśitavratam .. tapovīryasamopetaṃ sarvasattvānukampakam .. 36 .. > he saw a sage named Romaka, of strict vows, / endowed with the power of austerity, compassionate to all living beings. 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.37) taṃ dṛṣṭvā sa praṇamyoccai stataḥ provāca sādaram .. kṣayavyādhiyutaścandro nirvedāddvijasattamāḥ .. 37 .. > Having seen him and bowed down deeply, afflicted with the consumptive disease, / the moon, out of despondency, respectfully said, O best of brahmins: 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.38) parikṣīṇo'smi vipreṃdra kṣayavyādhiprabhāvataḥ .. tasmātkuru pratīkāra mahaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ .. 38 .. > "I am severely wasted, O best of brahmins, by the power of the consumptive disease; / therefore, bring about a cure; I have come to you for refuge. 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.39) mayā cikitsakāḥ pṛṣṭāstairuktaṃ bheṣajaṃ kṛtam .. anekadhā mahābhāga parikṣīṇo dinedine .. 39 .. > I consulted physicians and took the remedies prescribed by them / in many ways, O fortunate one, yet I waste away day by day. 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.40) yadi naivopadeśaṃ me kañcittvaṃ saṃpradāsyasi .. vyādhināśāya tattena tyakṣyāmyadya kalevaram .. 6.63.40 .. > If you do not impart to me some instruction / for the destruction of the disease, then because of it I shall cast off my body today." 40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.41) .. romaka uvāca .. .. anyasyāpi niśānātha na śāpaḥ kartumanyathā .. śakyate kiṃ punastasya dakṣasyāmitatejasaḥ .. 41 .. > Romaka said: / "The curse even of another cannot be undone, O lord of night; / what then of that Dakṣa of boundless splendor? 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.42) tasmādatropadeśaṃ te prayacchāmi susaṃmatam .. yena te syādasaṃdigdhaṃ kṣayavyādhi parikṣayaḥ .. 42 .. > Therefore, I give you well-considered instruction in this matter, / by which the complete destruction of your consumptive disease will undoubtedly take place. 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.43) nādeyaṃ kiṃcidastīha devadevasya śūlinaḥ .. saṃprahṛṣṭasya tadvākyāttasmādārādhayasva tam .. 43 .. > There is nothing that cannot be granted in this world by the God of gods, the trident-bearer, / when he is fully pleased; therefore, worship him according to his word. 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.44) aṣṭaṣaṣṭiṣu tīrtheṣu satyaṃ vāsaḥ sadā kṣitau .. teṣu saṃsthāpya talliṃgaṃ tasya nāśāya rātripa .. 44 .. > Truly, his dwelling is always on earth in the sixty-eight sacred fords; / having installed his liṅga in them for the destruction of that \[disease\], O lord of night, 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.45) ārādhaya tato nityaṃ śraddhāpūtena cetasā .. saṃprāpsyasi na saṃdehaḥ kṣayavyādhi parikṣayam .. 45 .. > worship him there constantly with a mind purified by faith; / without doubt, you will attain the total destruction of your consumptive disease." 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.46) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā saṃprahṛṣṭo niśāpatiḥ .. tasminprabhāsake kṣetre divyaliṃgāni śūlinaḥ .. saṃsthāpya pūjayāmāsa svanāmāṃkāni bhaktitaḥ .. 46 .. > Sūta said: / Hearing those words of his, the lord of the night was overjoyed; / having installed divine liṅgas of the trident-bearer marked with his own name / in that sacred field of Prabhāsa, he worshipped them with devotion. 46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.47) tatastuṣṭo mahādevastasya saṃdarśanaṃ gataḥ .. provāca varado'smīti prārthayasva yathepsitam .. 47 .. .. > Then Mahādeva, being pleased, appeared before him / and said: "I am the granter of boons; ask whatever you desire." 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.48) .. candra uvāca .. .. paraṃ kṣīṇo'smi deveśa yakṣmaṇāhaṃ padāṃtikam .. prāptastasmātparitrāhi nānyatsaṃprārthayāmyaham .. 48 .. > The Moon said: / "I am exceedingly wasted by consumption, O Lord of gods, and have come to your feet; / therefore, rescue me; I ask for nothing else." 48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.49) tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhagavānvṛṣabhadhvajaḥ .. dakṣamāhūya tatraiva tataḥ provāca sādaram .. 49 .. > Hearing those words of his, the blessed Lord whose emblem is the bull / summoned Dakṣa right there and then respectfully said: 49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.50) eṣa caṃdrastvayā śapto jāmātā na kṛtaṃ śubham .. tasmādanugrahaṃ cāsya mama vākyātsamācara .. 6.63.50 .. > "This Moon, your son-in-law, was cursed by you; that was not well done. / Therefore, bestow favor upon him at my word." 50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.51) .. dakṣa uvāca .. .. mayā dharmyamapi prokto vākyameṣa kubuddhimān .. nākaronme puraḥ procya kariṣyāmītya satyavāk .. 51 .. > Dakṣa said: / "Though addressed by me in accordance with righteousness, this foolish one / did not carry it out; having promised in front of me 'I shall do it,' he proved false to his word. 51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.52) tena śaptastu kopena sutārthe vṛṣabhadhvaja .. hāsyenāpi mayā proktaṃ nānyathā saṃprajāyate .. 52 .. > Therefore, he was cursed out of anger for the sake of my daughters, O Lord whose emblem is the bull; / even what is uttered by me in jest does not turn out otherwise." 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.53) .. devadeva uvāca .. .. adyaprabhṛti sarvāstāḥ sutā eṣa niśākaraḥ .. samāḥ saṃvīkṣate nityaṃ mama vākyādasaṃśayam .. 53 .. > The God of gods said: / "From this day forward, this maker of night will always regard / all those daughters equally, in accordance with my word, without doubt. 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.54) tasmātpakṣaṃ kṣayaṃ yātu pakṣaṃ vṛddhiṃ pragacchatu .. yena te syādvacaḥ satyaṃ matprasādasamanvitam .. 54 .. > Therefore, let him wane for one fortnight and wax for one fortnight, / so that your word may remain true, joined with my favor." 54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.55) tato dakṣastathetyuktvā jagāma nijamandiram .. devo'pi śaṃkaro bhūyaḥ provāca śaśalāṃchanam .. 55 .. > Then Dakṣa said 'So be it' and went to his own abode; / and Lord Śaṃkara spoke again to the hare-marked moon: 55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.56) bhūyo'pi prārthayābhīṣṭaṃ mattastvaṃ śaśalāṃchana .. yena sarvaṃ prayacchāmi yadyapi syātsudurlabham .. 56 .. .. > "Ask yet another desired wish from me, O hare-marked one, / so that I may grant all, even if it be very difficult to attain." 56 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.57) .. candra uvāca .. .. yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa yadi deyo varo mama .. tatsthāpiteṣu liṃgeṣu mayā sarveṣu sarvadā.. saṃnidhānaṃ tvayā kāryaṃ lokānāṃ hita kāmyayā .. 57 .. > The Moon said: / "If you are pleased, O Lord of gods, if a boon is to be given to me, / then in all the liṅgas installed by me, your presence / must always be maintained, out of desire for the welfare of the worlds." 57 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.58) .. deva uvāca .. .. aṣṭaṣaṣṭiṣu liṃgeṣu sthāpiteṣu tvayā vibho .. somavāreṇa sāṃnidhyaṃ kariṣye vacanāttava .. 58 .. > The God said: / "In the sixty-eight liṅgas installed by you, O powerful one, / I will make my presence on Mondays according to your word." 58 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.59) evamuktvā sa deveśastataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ .. candro'pi harṣasaṃyuktaḥ samaṃ paśyati tāstataḥ .. 59 .. > Having spoken thus, that Lord of gods disappeared from there; / and the moon, filled with joy, then looked upon them equally— 59 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.60) sutā dakṣasya vipreṃdrā śaṃkarasya vacaḥ smaran.. tato harṣa samāyuktā vabhūvustadanaṃtaram .. 6.63.60 .. > the daughters of Dakṣa, O best of brahmins, remembering the words of Śaṃkara; / then, immediately after that, they became filled with joy. 60 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.61) evaṃ someśvarāstatra babhūvurdvijasattamāḥ .. aṣṭaṣaṣṭiṣu tīrtheṣu tathānyeṣu tataḥ param .. 61 .. > Thus the Someśvara liṅgas came into being there, O best of brahmins, / in the sixty-eight sacred fords, and in others thereafter. 61 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.63.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63.63) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe śrīhāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye somanāthotpattimāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma triṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 63 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the sixty-third chapter, entitled 'Description of the Origin and Māhātmya of Somanātha,' in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Śrī Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. 63. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.63.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.63) · Pramāṇa