[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) › 5.74 # Skandapurana 5.74 Skandapurāṇa 5.74 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.74.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.74.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa bhūpena śataputrānvitena ca .. liṃgānāṃ sthāpitaṃ tatra śatamekottaraṃ dvijāḥ .. 1 .. > Sūta said: > By King Dhṛtarāṣṭra together with his hundred sons, > one hundred and one liṅgas were installed there, O twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.74.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.74.2) tathā ca pāṃḍavaiḥ sarvaiḥ sthāpitaṃ liṃgapaṃcakam .. draupadyā cā'tha kuntyā'tha gāṃdhāryā'tha yadṛcchayā .. 2 .. > And likewise a group of five liṅgas was installed by all the Pāṇḍavas; > and by Draupadī, and Kuntī, and Gāndhārī at their pleasure, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.74.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.74.3) bhānumatyā ca gaurīṇāṃ sthāpitaṃ ca catuṣṭayam .. vidureṇātha śalyena kaliṃ gena yuyutsunā .. 3 .. > and by Bhānumatī, a group of four Gaurīs was installed. > Then by Vidura, and Śalya, Kaliṅga, and Yuyutsu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.74.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.74.4) bāhlīkena saputreṇa karṇenātha sasūnunā .. tathā śakuninā tatra droṇena ca kṛpeṇa ca .. 4 .. > by Bāhlīka with his son, and by Karṇa with his son, > likewise there by Śakuni, Droṇa, and Kṛpa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.74.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.74.5) aśvatthāmnā pṛthaktvena liṅgamekaikamuttamam .. sthāpitaṃ parayā bhaktyā varaprāsādamāśritam .. 5 .. > and by Aśvatthāman, individually, one excellent liṅga each > was installed with supreme devotion, placed in an excellent temple. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.74.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.74.6) tathā saṃsthāpitaṃ tatra viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā .. liṃgaṃ prāsādamādhāya prottuṃgaśikharānvitam .. 6 .. > Likewise, a liṅga was installed there by all-powerful Viṣṇu, > placed in a temple endowed with an exceedingly lofty spire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.74.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.74.7) sātvatenāpi sāṃbena balabhadreṇa dhīmatā .. pradyumenāniruddhena tathānyairmukhyayādavaiḥ .. 7 .. > By the Sātvata \[Kṛṣṇa\] as well, by Sāmba, by wise Balabhadra, > by Pradyumna, by Aniruddha, and by the other principal Yādavas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.74.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.74.8) cārudeṣṇādibhiḥ putrai rukmiṇyā daśabhiḥ sutaiḥ .. liṃgānāṃ daśakaṃ mukhyaṃ sthāpitaṃ śraddhayānvitaiḥ .. 8 .. > by the ten sons of Rukmiṇī headed by Cārudeṣṇa, > a prominent group of ten liṅgas was installed with faith. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.74.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.74.9) evaṃ saṃsthāpya liṅgāni te sarve kurupāṃḍavāḥ .. yādavāśca susaṃhṛṣṭā kṛtakṛtyāstadā. 'bhavan .. 9 .. > Having thus installed the liṅgas, all those Kurus, Pāṇḍavas, > and Yādavas were exceedingly rejoiced and felt their purpose accomplished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.74.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.74.10) tatra sthitvā ciraṃ kālaṃ dattvā dānānyanekaśaḥ .. dhanāḍhyānbrāhmaṇānkṛtvā camatkārapurodbhavān .. 6.74.10 .. > Remaining there for a long time, granting gifts in various ways, > making the brahmins born in Camatkārapura wealthy, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.74.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.74.11) dattvā tebhyo varānnāgānha yāñjātyānanekaśaḥ.. sadgrāmāṇi vicitrāṇi kṣetrāṇi ca sudhenavaḥ .. 11 .. > giving them excellent elephants, many horses of noble breed, > prosperous and diverse villages, fields, and fine milk-cows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.74.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.74.12) mahokṣāṃśca suvastrāṇi bhūsthānānyāśrayāṃstathā .. dāsīdāsāṃstathā bhṛtyāndānāni vividhāni ca .. 12 .. > great bulls, fine garments, plots of land, and residences, > female and male slaves, servants, and various kinds of gifts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.74.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.74.13) tata āmantrya tānsarvānpraṇipatya muhurmuhuḥ .. svasthānaṃ prati saṃhṛṣṭāḥ prajagmuḥ sarva eva te .. 13 .. > Then, having taken leave of them all and bowed down repeatedly, / all of them departed with great delight to their respective homes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.74.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.74.14) .. sūta uvāca .. .. etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ sthāpitaṃ tena bhūbhujā .. tathā taddhṛtarāṣṭreṇa liṃgaṃ pātakanāśanam .. 14 .. > Sūta said: / All this has been narrated to you, \[concerning\] what was established by that king; / likewise the liṅga installed by Dhṛtarāṣṭra, which destroys sins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.74.14\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.74.14_1) tathānyairapi bhūpālaiḥ prādhānyena vyavasthitaiḥ .. pāṇḍavairyādavaiścaiva pṛthaktvena vyavasthitaiḥ ...5.. > as well as by other rulers who were positioned as prominent, / and by the Pāṇḍavas and Yādavas, each stationed separately. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.74.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.74.16) yastāni puruṣaḥ samyakpūjayedbhaktibhāvitaḥ .. sa labheccākhilānkāmānvāṃchitānsvena cetasā .. 16 .. > Whatever man properly worships them, filled with devotion, / shall obtain all desires longed for in his own heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.74.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.74.74) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhenāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye kauravapāṇḍavayādavakṛtaliṃga pratiṣṭhāvṛttāṃtavarṇanaṃnāma catuḥsaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 74 .. > Thus ends the seventy-fourth chapter, titled 'Description of the Account of the Installation of Liṅgas by the Kauravas, Pāṇḍavas, and Yādavas,' in the glorification of Hāṭakeśvara sacred field, in the sixth Nāgarakhaṇḍa of 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.5.74.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.74) · Pramāṇa