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# Skandapurana 6.2.1

Skandapurāṇa 6.2.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.2.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.1)

..atha śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇe pañcamaāvantyakhaṃḍe 'vaṃtīsthacaturaśītiliṅgamāhātmyaṃ dvitīyaṃ prārabhyate..(5-2)..

> Now begins the second \[part\], the māhātmya of the eighty-four liṅgas situated in Avantī, in the fifth Avantī section in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. (5.2)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.2)

.. śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ..

> Homage to glorious Gaṇeśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.3)

śrīmahākālāya namaḥ ..

> Homage to glorious Mahākāla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.4)

.. athāvantyakhaṇḍe'vantīsthacaturaśītiliṅgamāhātmyaṃ prārabhyate ..

> Now begins the māhātmya of the eighty-four liṅgas situated in Avantī in the Avantī section.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.5)

.. umovāca .. ..

> Umā said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.6)

pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni puṇyāśca saritastathā ..

> Whatever sacred fords there are on earth, and likewise holy rivers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.7)

kathyatāṃ tāni yatnena śrāddhaṃ yeṣu pradīyate .. 1 ..

> please describe them carefully, \[those\] at which funeral offerings are made. (1)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.8)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..

> Īśvara said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.9)

asti lokeṣu vikhyātā gaṃgā tripathagāminī ..

> There is the Gaṅgā, famous throughout the worlds, flowing through the three realms,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.10)

sevitā devagaṃdharvairmunibhiśca niṣevitā .. 2 ..

> frequented by gods and gandharvas, and attended by sages. (2)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.11)

tapanasya sutā devī yamunā lokapāvanī ..

> The goddess Yamunā, daughter of the sun, purifier of the worlds,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.12)

pitṝṇāṃ vallabhā devi mahāpātaka hāriṇī .. 3 ..

> is dear to the ancestors, O goddess, and removes great sins. (3)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.13)

candrabhāgā vitastā ca narmadā'marakaṃṭake ..

> The Candrabhāgā, the Vitastā, and the Narmadā at Amarakaṇṭaka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.14)

kurukṣetraṃ gayā devi prabhāsaṃ naimiṣaṃ tathā ..4..

> Kurukṣetra, Gayā, O goddess, Prabhāsa, and likewise Naimiṣa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.15)

kedāraṃ puṣkaraṃ caiva tathā kāyāvarohaṇam ..

> Kedāra, and Puṣkara, and also Kāyāvarohaṇa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.16)

tathā puṇyatamaṃ devi mahākālavanaṃ śubham .. 5 ..

> and likewise, O goddess, the most holy, auspicious forest of Mahākāla,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.17)

yatrāste śrīmahākālaḥ pāpeṃdhanahutāśanaḥ ..

> where resides glorious Mahākāla, a fire for the firewood of sin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.18)

kṣetraṃ yojanaparyaṃtaṃ brahmahatyāvināśanam .. 6 ..

> The sacred field extends for a yojana; it destroys the sin of killing a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.19)

bhuktidaṃ muktidaṃ kṣetraṃ kalikalmaṣanāśanam ..

> The sacred field grants worldly enjoyment and liberation; it destroys the impurities of the Kali \[age\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.20)

pralaye'pyakṣayaṃ devi duṣprāpyaṃ tridaśairapi .. 7 ..

> Even at the cosmic dissolution, O goddess, it is imperishable, difficult to reach even for the thirty \[gods\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.21)

.. umovāca .. ..

> Umā said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.22)

prabhāvaḥ kathyatāṃ deva kṣetrasyāsya maheśvara.. 8 ..

> Let the power of this sacred field be told, O god, O Maheśvara!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.23)

yāni tīrthāni vaṃdyāni yāni liṃgāni saṃti vai ..

> Which sacred fords are worthy of worship, and which liṅgas exist there indeed?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.24)

tānyahaṃ śrotumicchāmi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me .. 9 ..

> I wish to hear about them; great curiosity has arisen in me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.25)

.. īśvara uvāca .. ..

> Īśvara said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.26)

śṛṇu devi prayatnena prabhāvaṃ pāpanāśanam ..

> Listen attentively, O goddess, to the power that destroys sin!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.27)

kṣetramādyaṃ mahādevi mamātīva priyaṃ sadā .. 5.2.1.10 ..

> The primordial sacred field, O great goddess, is always exceedingly dear to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.28)

yatrāsti ca mahāpuṇyā sarvapāpaharā parā ..

> Where there is the most holy, supreme \[river\] that removes all sins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.29)

tathā gaṃdhavatī puṇyā divyā navanadīpriyā .. 11 ..

> and the holy Gandhavatī, divine, beloved of the new rivers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.30)

nīlagaṃgā caturthī tu śreṣṭhā nadyaḥ prakīrtitāḥ ..

> and Nīlagaṅgā as the fourth; these are proclaimed the foremost rivers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.31)

āsāṃ tu saṃgame snātvā śrāddhaṃ yaḥ kurute naraḥ .. .. 12 ..

> Having bathed at their confluence, whatever man performs a śrāddha  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.32)

gaṃgāyāstriguṇaṃ devi caturvargaphalapradam ..

> \[attains\] three times the merit of the Gaṅgā, O goddess, bestowing the fruit of the four aims of life.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.33)

kṣetraṃ yojanaparyaṃtamavaṃtyā viddhi suvrate .. 13 ..

> Know, O lady of good vows, that the sacred field of Avantī extends for a yojana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.34)

siddhaliṃgāni tiṣṭhaṃti bhuktimuktikarāṇi ca ..

> There abide perfected liṅgas granting enjoyment and liberation:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.35)

īśvarāścaturāśītistathāṣṭau saṃti bhairavāḥ .. 14 ..

> there are eighty-four lords (īśvaras), and likewise eight Bhairavas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.36)

ekādaśa tathā rudrā ādityā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ ..

> likewise eleven Rudras, and twelve Ādityas are commemorated;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.37)

ṣaḍvai vināyakāścātra caturviṃśatimātaraḥ .. 15 ..

> six Vināyakas, and here are twenty-four Mothers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.38)

yadāhaṃ gatavāṃstatra mahākālavane śubhe ..

> When I went there, to the auspicious forest of Mahākāla,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.39)

brahmaviṣṇvādayaḥ sarve tatrājagmurmudānvitāḥ .. 16 ..

> all \[the gods\] led by Brahmā and Viṣṇu came there, filled with joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.40)

ebhirvyāptaṃ kṣetramidaṃ devi yojanamāyatam ..

> This sacred field, a yojana in extent, is pervaded by these \[deities\], O goddess.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.41)

daśa sthānagato viṣṇuḥ sarvapāpapraṇāśanaḥ .. 17 ..

> Viṣṇu resides in ten stations, destroying all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.42)

etannāmāni yo'dhīte prabhāte bhaktitaḥ pumān ..

> Whatever person recites these names at dawn with devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.43)

vimuktaḥ sarvapāpaistu rudralokaṃ sa gacchati .. 16 ..

> freed from all sins, goes to the world of Rudra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.44)

.. umovāca .. ..

> Umā said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.45)

caturāśītiliṃgāni tvayoktānīha yāni tu..

> The eighty-four liṅgas that were mentioned by you here,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.46)

tāni vistarato brūhi sarvapāpaharāṇi tu .. 19 ..

> speak of them in detail, which indeed remove all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.47)

.. hara uvāca .. ..

> Hara said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.48)

śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi teṣāṃ nāmāni yāni ca ..

> Listen, O goddess, I shall proclaim what their names are!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.49)

khyātaṃ pṛthivyāṃ prathamamagastyeśvaramuttamam ..

> Renowned on earth as the first is the supreme Agastyeśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.50)

yasya darśanamātreṇa kṛtakṛtyo naro bhavet .. 5.2.1.20 .. ..

> by merely seeing which a person accomplishes their purpose.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.51)

.. umovāca .. ..

> Umā said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.52)

agastyeśvaranāmeha kathaṃ labdhamanena vai..

> How was this name Agastyeśvara obtained by it here?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.53)

kasminsthāne kathaṃ jātaṃ vistarādvaktumarhasi .. 21 ..

> In what place and how did it arise? You should speak in detail.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.54)

.. hara uvāca .. ..

> Hara said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.55)

śṛṇu devi mahābhāge kathāmasya purātanīm ..

> Listen, O fortunate goddess, to this ancient tale,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.56)

sarvapāpapraśamanīṃ samīhitaphalapradām..22..

> which calms all sins and bestows desired fruits!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.57)

purā'surairjitā devā nirutsāhāśca te tataḥ..

> Formerly, the gods were conquered by the asuras, and then became dispirited.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.58)

bhāgāścaiṣāṃ hṛtāḥ sarve nirāśāḥ pitaraḥ kṛtā ..

> All their portions \[of sacrificial offerings\] were stolen, and the ancestors were made despairing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.59)

bhraṣṭaiśvaryyāstadā devi cerurdevā mahītale .. 23 ..

> Stripped of their dominion, O goddess, the gods then wandered on the surface of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.60)

tataḥ kadācitte dīnā dīptamādityavarcasam..

> Then, one day, those distressed \[gods\] saw Agastya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.61)

dadṛśustejasāyuktamagastyaṃ vipulavratam .. 24 ..

> shining with the radiance of the sun, endowed with splendour, possessing vast vows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.62)

abhivādya tato devā dṛṣṭvā taṃ tejasā vṛtam ..

> Then the gods, having seen him surrounded by splendour and having saluted \[him\],  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.63)

idamūcurmahātmānamagastyaṃ lokaviśrutam .. 25..

> spoke this to the great-souled Agastya, world-renowned:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.64)

dānavairnirjitā yuddhe sarve svargācca pātitāḥ ..

> “We have all been conquered in battle by the dānavas and cast down from heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.65)

tatastvaṃ no bhayāttīvrāttrāyasva munipuṃgava .. 26 ..

> Therefore protect us from this intense fear, O best of sages!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.66)

ityuktaḥ sa tadā devairagastyaḥ kupito'bhavat ..

> Thus addressed then by the gods, Agastya became enraged,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.67)

prajajvāla ca tejasvī kālāgniriva saṃkṣaye .. 27 ..

> and the splendid one blazed like the fire of destruction at cosmic dissolution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.68)

tadā dīptāṃśujālena nirdagdhā dānavāstathā ..

> Then, burned up by the mass of blazing rays, the dānavas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.69)

aṃtarikṣānmahādevi patitāśca sahasraśaḥ .. 28 ..

> O great goddess, fell by thousands from the intermediate space.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.70)

dahyamānāstato daityā stasyāgastyasya tejasā ..

> Then, being consumed by that splendour of Agastya,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.71)

ṛṣeśca dānavāḥ sarve pātālaṃ vavrajurbhayāt .. 29 ..

> all the daityas and dānavas fled in fear from the seer to Pātāla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.72)

tato 'gastyo mahātmā vai tānhatvā śokamūrchitaḥ ..

> Then the great-souled Agastya, having slain them, was overwhelmed with grief,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.73)

babhūvātiśayaṃ cāsau ciṃtayodvignamānasaḥ .. 5.2.1.30 ..

> and he became exceedingly agitated in mind with sorrow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.74)

kṛtaṃ ghoraṃ mahatpāpaṃ hatā yaddānavā mayā ..

> "A terrible, great sin was committed by me when the Dānavas were slain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.75)

ahiṃsā paramo dharmo manunā kathyate yataḥ ..

> For non-violence is declared by Manu to be the highest dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.76)

kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi kathaṃ śudhyeya cāpyaham .. 31 ..

> What shall I do? Where shall I go? And how may I be purified?" // 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.77)

evaṃ ciṃtayatastasya samāgacchatpitāmahaḥ ..

> As he was contemplating thus, the Grandfather \[Brahmā\] arrived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.78)

provāca sa muniṃ tatra kasmāttvaṃ śokavihvalaḥ .. 32 ..

> There he spoke to the sage: "Why are you overcome with grief, // 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.79)

lakṣyase muniśārdūla kāraṇaṃ kathyatāṃ tvaram ..

> \[and\] appear agitated, O tiger among sages? Speak the reason quickly!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.80)

sa brahmāṇaṃ namaskṛtya kathayāmāsa pṛcchataḥ .. 33 ..

> Bowing to Brahmā, he explained to him as he questioned him: // 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.81)

devadeva jagannātha dāhoṃtarmānasaṃ mama ..

> "O God of gods, Lord of the world, my inner mind burns!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.82)

brahmahatyā samāyātā yanmayā dānavā hatāḥ .. 34 ..

> The guilt of slaying a brahmin has come upon me because the Dānavas were killed by me. // 34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.83)

mamopāyaṃ samācakṣva prasādatsurasattama ..

> Out of grace, declare to me the remedy, O best of the gods!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.84)

bahukālārjitaṃ deva gataṃ me saṃkṣayaṃ tapaḥ ..35..

> O god, the austerity accumulated over a long time has gone to destruction!" // 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.85)

provācedaṃ suraśreṣṭhaḥ śṛṇu tvaṃ yatnataḥ param..

> The best of the gods said this: "Listen attentively to the supreme  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.86)

upāyaṃ sarvapāpasya kṣayo yena bhaveddhruvam..36..

> remedy by which the destruction of all sin will surely take place: // 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.87)

mahākālavane divye yakṣagaṃdharvasevite..

> In the divine Mahākālavana, frequented by Yakṣas and Gandharvas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.88)

uttare vaṭayakṣiṇyā yattalliṃgamanuttamam..37..

> north of Vaṭayakṣiṇī, is an unexcelled liṅga, // 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.89)

piśācasyāpi tīrthasya bhāge dakṣiṇataḥ sthitam ..

> situated in the southern region of the Piśācatīrtha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.90)

taṃ samārādhyataḥ sarvaṃ pāpaṃ nāśamavāpnuyāt .. 38 ..

> By propitiating it, all sin attains destruction. // 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.91)

ārādhaya śubhaṃ liṃgaṃ sarvapāpapraṇā śanam ..

> Worship that auspicious liṅga which destroys all sin!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.92)

bāḍhaṃ provāca dharmātmā mahākālavanaṃ yayau ..39..

> Saying "So be it!", the righteous-souled \[sage\] went to Mahākālavana. // 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.93)

tasminsa liṃge deveśi samārādhanatatparaḥ ..

> O ruler of the gods, intent upon worshipping that liṅga,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.94)

babhūvāharniśaṃ bhaktyā taddhyānaikarato muniḥ .. 5.2.1.40 ..

> the sage remained day and night with devotion, solely absorbed in meditating upon it. // 5.2.1.40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.95)

ahaṃ tuṣṭastadā devi munestasya mahātmanaḥ .. 41 ..

> Then, O goddess, I was pleased with that great-souled sage. // 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.96)

proktaṃ mayā mahābhāga mune śṛṇu samāhitaḥ ..

> I said: "O highly fortunate sage, listen with a concentrated mind!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.97)

varaṃ varaya vipreṃdra yatte manasi varttate .. 42 ..

> Choose a boon, O foremost of vipras, whatever is in your heart. // 42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.98)

tuṣṭo'hamanayā bhaktyā tapasā duṣkareṇa tu ..

> I am pleased by this devotion and by your difficult austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.99)

liṃgasyāsya prabhāveṇa jātastvaṃ nirmalo'dhunā ..43..

> By the power of this liṅga, you have now become free of taint; // 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.100)

praṇaṣṭā brahmahatyā te dānavotthā munīśvara ..

> your sin of slaying a brahmin, arising from \[slaying\] the Dānavas, has been destroyed, O lord of sages!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.101)

madīyaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā tenoktaṃ varavarṇini .. 44 ..

> Having heard my speech, O fair-complexioned one, he said: // 44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.102)

yadi deva prasannastvaṃ śaraṇāgatavatsalaḥ ..

> "O god, if you are pleased, being fond of those who take refuge,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.103)

tvadaṃghriyugale bhūyānmama bhaktirmaheśvara .. 45 ..

> may there be devotion in me to your pair of feet, O Maheśvara! // 45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.104)

tapasyatha tathā dharme na me vighno bhavediti ..

> And likewise let there be no obstacle to my austerity or to my dharma."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.105)

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā kuṃbhayonermahātmanaḥ ..

> Having heard that speech of the great-souled one born from a pitcher, // 46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.106)

mayā proktaṃ viśālākṣi mune evaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 46 ..

> I said, O large-eyed lady: "O sage, so shall it be!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.107)

yastvayā pūjito devo brahmahatyāvināśanaḥ ..

> The god who was worshipped by you, who destroys the sin of slaying a brahmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.108)

tvannāmnā triṣu lokeṣu so'haṃ khyāto bhaviṣyati .. 47 ..

> shall become famous in the three worlds by your name; so shall I. // 47  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.109)

agastyeśvaradevopi vikhyāto bhuvanatraye ..

> Even the god Agastyeśvara shall be renowned throughout the three worlds."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.110)

evamukto mayā devi sa viprastatra saṃsthitaḥ ..

> Having been addressed thus by me, O goddess, that vipra remained there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.111)

kṛpayā tasya liṃgasya paṃcamudrāvibhūṣitaḥ .. 48 ..

> By the grace of that liṅga, he was adorned with the five mudrās. // 48  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.112)

ye narāstanmahāliṃgaṃ nirīkṣiṣyaṃti bhaktitaḥ ..

> Those men who behold that great liṅga with devotion  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.113)

sarvapāpavinirmuktāḥ sarvakāmairalaṃkṛtāḥ..49..

> shall be liberated from all sins, adorned with all desires, // 49  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.114)

bhaviṣyaṃti mahātmānaḥ putraiśvaryasamanvitāḥ ..

> noble-minded, and endowed with sons and prosperity;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.115)

aṃtakāle ca māṃ yāṃti vimānaiḥ sarvakāmadaiḥ ..5.2.1.50..

> and at the end of time they go to me in aerial chariots that fulfill all desires, // 5.2.1.50  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.116)

stutā gaṃdharvamukhyaiśca rudraloke ca śāśvate ..

> praised by chiefs of the Gandharvas, in the eternal world of Rudra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.117)

ye'rcayaṃti sadā devamagastveśvarasaṃjñakam..51 ..

> Those who always worship the god named Agastyeśvara, // 51  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.118)

kṛtapuṇyā narā marttyāste yāṃti paramaṃ padam ..

> those mortal men, having made merit, go to the supreme abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.119)

saṃsmṛte devade veśe narāṇāṃ koṭijanmajam..52..

> When the god, ruler of the gods, is remembered, the inauspicious \[karma\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.120)

aśubhaṃ kṣayamāpnoti kastaṃ na praṇamecchivam..

> born of ten million births of men attains destruction; who would not bow to Śiva?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.121)

yaḥ praṇamya naro bhaktyā devaṃ taṃ ca niṣevate..53..

> The person who, having bowed with devotion, serves that god, // 53  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.122)

mucyate brahmahatyādipā takairnarakapradaiḥ .. 54 ..

> is freed from sins like the slaying of a brahmin, which cause hell. // 54  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.123)

rājasūyaśatenaiva yatpuṇyaṃ ca bhaviṣyati ..

> Whatever merit arises even from a hundred Rājasūya sacrifices,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.124)

tatpuṇyamadhikaṃ devi darśanācca bhaviṣyati .. 55 ..

> merit greater than that, O goddess, shall arise from the darśana \[of this liṅga\]. // 55  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.125)

kiṃ tīrthairvividhaiḥ snānaiḥ kiṃ dānairvividhaiḥ kṛtaiḥ ..

> What need of diverse sacred fords and ritual ablutions? What need of various gifts made?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.126)

te prāpsyaṃti phalaṃ sarve matprasādānna saṃśayaḥ ..56..

> They will obtain all the fruit by my grace; there is no doubt. // 56  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.127)

aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturddaśyāṃ dine somasya śaktitaḥ ..

> On the eighth and fourteenth day, \[or\] on a Monday according to one's ability,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.128)

yaḥ kariṣyati liṃgasya pūjā bhaktisamanvitaḥ ..

> whoever performs worship of the liṅga endowed with devotion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.129)

kulānāṃ tārayatyeva mātṛkaṃ pitṛkaṃ śatam ..57..

> rescues indeed a hundred families on his mother's side and on his father's side. // 57  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.130)

ye ca paśyaṃti puruṣā bhāvahīnāḥ prasaṃgataḥ ..

> And men who, even devoid of devotional feeling, see \[it\] incidentally,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.131)

na te paśyaṃti saṃsāre narakaṃ vai kadā cana .. 58 ..

> never see hell in the cycle of existence. // 58  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.132)

etatte kathitaṃ devi liṃgamahātmyamuttamam ..

> This has been declared to you, O goddess: the supreme māhātmya of the liṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.133)

prathamaṃ kathitaṃ loke dvitīyaṃ śṛṇu yatnataḥ.. 59 ..

> The first has been declared in the world; hear the second with care!" // 59  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.1.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.1.134)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvaṃtyakhaṇḍe caturaśītiliṃgamāhātmye'gastyeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 1 .. .. cha ..

> Thus ends the first chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Agastyeśvara', in the Glory of the Eighty-Four Liṅgas in the Fifth Section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the Mahāpurāṇa of Skanda consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

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