[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) › 5.75 # Skandapurana 5.75 Skandapurāṇa 5.75 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.75.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.75.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. purā kalpe bhagavatā etatkṣetramanuttamam .. rudreṇa brahmaṇe dattaṃ tuṣṭena dvijasattamāḥ .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Formerly, in an earlier aeon, this peerless sacred field, O best of twice-born, / was given to Brahmā by the pleased Lord Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.75.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.75.2) yadā tu sthāpitaṃ liṃgaṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñitam .. devaiḥ prītena rudreṇa pradattaṃ brahmaṇe punaḥ .. 2 .. > When the liṅga named Hāṭakeśvara was established, / it was again given to Brahmā by Rudra, pleased with the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.75.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.75.3) etatkṣetraṃ tadā dattaṃ śaṃbhunā ṣaṇmukhasya ha .. rakṣaṇārthaṃ hi viprāṇāṃ kalikālādidoṣataḥ ..3.. > Then this sacred field was bestowed by Śambhu upon the Six-faced One (Skanda) / for the protection of brahmins against the blemishes of the Kali age and other evils. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.75.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.75.4) brahmaṇā prārthitenedaṃ svayamādimamuttamam .. pitrādiṣṭastu gāṃgeyastatra vāsamathākarot .. 4 .. > Requested by Brahmā, this primal, supreme \[field was given by him personally\]; / and commanded by his father, the Son of Gaṅgā then made his dwelling there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.75.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.75.5) kārtikyāṃ kṛttikāyoge yaḥ kuryātsvāmidarśanam .. saptajanma bhavedvipro dhanāḍhyo vedapāragaḥ ..5.. > Whoever has darśana of the Master on the full moon of Kārttika during the conjunction with Kṛttikā, / becomes a wealthy brahmin who has mastered the Vedas for seven lifetimes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.75.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.75.6) mahāsenasya devasya prāsādaṃ sumanoharam.. uccaiḥ sthitaṃ sarvaloke pātukāmamivāṃbaram .. 6 .. > There is a very charming temple of the god Mahāsena, / standing high above all the world, as though wishing to drink the sky. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.75.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.75.7) tacchrutvā vibudhāḥ sarve kautukādetya satvaram .. vīkṣāṃcakrustato gatvā dṛṣṭvā medhyatamaṃ puram .. 7 .. > Hearing of that, all the gods quickly arrived out of curiosity; / they went and gazed upon it, beholding the most sacred city. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.75.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.75.8) prāsādasyottare deśe prācye deśe tathā dvijāḥ .. yajñakriyāsamāraṃbhāṃścakurviprairyathoditān ..8.. > To the north of the temple and to the east, O twice-born, / they began the performances of sacrifices as prescribed by the brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.75.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.75.9) iṣṭvā ca vibudhāḥ sarve dattvā tebhyaśca dakṣiṇām .. jagmustriviṣṭapaṃ hṛṣṭā labdhvā tatsthānajaṃ phalam .. 9 .. > Having sacrificed and given sacrificial gifts to them, all the gods / went rejoiced to heaven, having obtained the fruit born of that place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.75.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.75.10) tatastu devayajanaṃnāma tasya babhūva ha .. yadanyatra śataṃ kṛtvā kratūnāṃ phalamāpnuyāt .. tadatraikena labhate kratunā dakṣiṇāvatā .. 6.75.10 .. > From then on, it indeed became known as Devayajana; / the fruit that one would obtain elsewhere by performing a hundred sacrifices, / that one obtains here by a single sacrifice accompanied by sacrificial gifts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.75.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.75.75) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye yajña bhūmimāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 75 .. .. a .. > Thus ends the seventy-fifth chapter, titled 'Description of the Glorification of the Sacrificial Ground,' 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.5.75.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.75) · Pramāṇa