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# Skandapurana 6.2.2

Skandapurāṇa 6.2.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.2.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.1)

śrīrudrauvāca .. ..

> The venerable Rudra said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.2)

śṛṇu guheśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ dvitīyaṃ pāpanāśanam ..

> Hear about the second liṅga, Guheśvara, which destroys sin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.3)

yasya darśanamātreṇa jāyate siddhiruttamā .. 1 ..

> by the mere darśana of which the highest siddhi is attained. // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.4)

purā rāthaṃtare kalpe devadāruvane śubhe ..

> Formerly, in the Rāthantara Kalpa, in the auspicious Devadāru forest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.5)

ṛṣirmaṃkaṇakonāma vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ ..

> there lived a seer named Maṅkaṇaka, master of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.6)

yogābhyāsarato nityaṃ śāṃtidāṃtisamāsthitiḥ .. 2 ..

> constantly devoted to the practice of yoga, firmly established in calmness and self-restraint. // 2  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.7)

siddhikāmastapastepe kathaṃ siddho bhavāmyaham ..

> Desiring siddhi, he performed tapas, \[thinking,\] 'How may I become perfected?  
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### [6.2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.8)

raktamayavikāroyaṃ kathaṃ yāsyati saṃkṣayam .. 3 ..

> How will this transformation consisting of blood come to an end?' // 3  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.9)

iti saṃciṃtya hṛdaye prārabdhaṃ tapa uttamam ..

> Having reflected thus in his heart, he undertook supreme tapas;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.10)

bahūnyabdasahasrāṇi tasyātītāni pārvati .. 4 ..

> many thousands of years passed for him, O Pārvatī. // 4  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.11)

kasmiṃścidatha kāle tu viddhasya parvatātmaje ..

> Then, at a certain time, O daughter of the mountain, as he was pricked  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.12)

karācchākaraso jātaḥ kuśāgreṇa tadaiva hi .. 5 ..

> by the tip of a kuśa grass, vegetable sap flowed at that very moment from his hand. // 5  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.13)

sa ca dṛṣṭvā tadāścaryaṃ vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ ..

> And seeing that wonder, he was filled with supreme astonishment;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.14)

mene siddhiṃ parāṃ prāptāṃ sagarvo vākyamabravīt .. 6 ..

> he thought that he had attained the supreme siddhi, and spoke proudly: // 6  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.15)

aho tapaḥprabhāvo'yaṃ prāptā siddhirmayādya vai ..

> 'Ah, this is the power of tapas! Indeed, today siddhi has been attained by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.16)

mattulyo nāsti vai vipro yena siddhiḥ samāgatā .. 7 ..

> Truly there is no brahmin equal to me, by whom siddhi has been attained! // 7  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.17)

śarīraṃ kutsitaṃ cedaṃ malamūtreṇa saṃyutam ..

> And this body is contemptible, filled with feces and urine,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.18)

mantrasnāyuvasāpṛktamāṃsaśoṇitapūritam ..

> entangled with intestines, sinews, and fat, and filled with flesh and blood.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.19)

harṣeṇa mahatā yuktaḥ sa nanartta dvijastathā .. 8 ..

> Filled with great joy, the twice-born then began to dance. // 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.20)

etasminnṛtyati vipre jagatsthāvara jaṃgamam ..

> While this brahmin was dancing, the world, both stationary and moving,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.21)

anṛtyadrāgasaṃyuktaṃ prabhāvāttasya vai muneḥ .. 9 ..

> began to dance, filled with passion, by the power of that sage indeed. // 9  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.22)

na svādhyāyo vaṣaṭkāraḥ karmakāṃḍo na ca kvacit .. 5.2.2.10 ..

> Nowhere was there any study of the Veda, the utterance of 'vaṣaṭ', or the performance of rituals. // 10  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.23)

etasminnaṃtare devā brahmaviṣṇu puraḥsarāḥ ..

> In the meantime, the gods, led by Brahmā and Viṣṇu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.24)

māmūcurvismitāḥ sarve nātha nṛtyaṃ tadā kuru .. 11 ..

> all filled with wonder, said to me: 'O Lord, then do dance!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.25)

ṛṣau maṃkaṇake deva nṛtyati nṛtyati sarvataḥ ..

> When the seer Maṅkaṇaka dances, O Lord, everything dances on all sides—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.26)

sadevāsuramānuṣyaṃ sarvaṃ lokatrayaṃ vibho .. 12 ..

> the entire threefold world, O All-pervading One, including gods, asuras, and humans. // 12  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.27)

calitāḥ parvatāḥ sthānātkṣubhitā meghapaṃktayaḥ ..

> The mountains have moved from their places; the banks of clouds are agitated;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.28)

śikharāṇi viśīryaṃte dharaṇī pīḍitā bhṛśam .. 13 ..

> the mountain peaks are crumbling; the earth is deeply afflicted; // 13  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.29)

srotomātrā mahānadyo grahā unmārgataḥ sthitāḥ .. 14 ..

> the great rivers are reduced to mere streams; the planets have gone astray from their courses. // 14  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.30)

trailokyaṃ vyākulībhūtaṃ yāvannāyāti saṃkṣayam ..

> The threefold world is agitated; before it meets destruction,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.31)

tāvannivārayasvainaṃ nānyaḥ śakto vinā tvayā .. 15 ..

> restrain him! None other than you is capable.' // 15  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.32)

teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā tridaśānāṃ yaśasvini ..

> Hearing those words of the gods, O renowned lady,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.33)

pratijñātaṃ mayātyarthaṃ gatvā tasya samīpataḥ .. 16 ..

> I promised \[to do so\], and having gone near him, // 16  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.34)

dvijarūpaṃ samāsthāya mayā pṛṣṭo dvijottamaḥ ..

> assuming the form of a brahmin, I questioned that best of brahmins:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.35)

kimarthaṃ nṛtyasi brahmankasmātte harṣa āgataḥ .. 17 ..

> 'Why do you dance, O brahmin? Whence has this joy come to you? // 17  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.36)

viruddhamṛṣidharmāṇāṃ kāmarāgeṇa narttanam ..

> Dancing out of passion and desire is contrary to the duties of seers;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.37)

gītaṃ ca narttanaṃ caiva yuvatījanavallabham .. 18 ..

> singing and dancing are beloved only by young women. // 18  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.38)

brāhmaṇasya tapo bhraṃśaḥ sadācārasya sattama ..

> It is the destruction of tapas and right conduct for a brahmin, O best of men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.39)

iti matvā dvijaśreṣṭha kimarthaṃ nṛtyase bhṛśam.. 19 ..

> Reflecting thus, O best of brahmins, why do you dance so vehemently?' // 19  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.40)

.. ṛṣiruvāca .. ..

> The seer said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.41)

kiṃ na paśyasi bho brahmankarācchākarasaṃ cyutam ..

> 'Do you not see, O brahmin, the vegetable sap flowing from my hand?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.42)

ataeva hi me nṛtyaṃ siddho'haṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 5.2.2.20 ..

> For this very reason is my dancing; I have attained siddhi, of this there is no doubt.' // 20  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.43)

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā hāso'tīva mayā kṛtaḥ ..

> Hearing his words, I laughed heartily,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.44)

aṃguṣṭhastāḍitaḥ svīyoṃgulyagreṇa ca pārvati .. 21 ..

> and struck my own thumb with the tip of my finger, O Pārvatī. // 21  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.45)

tato vinirgataṃ bhasma tatkṣaṇāddhimapāṃḍuram ..

> Then, instantly, ashes as white as snow came forth \[from it\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.46)

hāsenokto viśālākṣi sagarvo brāhmaṇo mayā .. 22 ..

> With a laugh, O large-eyed lady, that proud brahmin was addressed by me: // 22  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.47)

paśya meṃ'guṣṭhato brahmanbhūri bhasma vinirgatam ..

> 'See, O brahmin, abundant ashes have come forth from my thumb!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.48)

na nṛtyehaṃ na me harṣastathāpi munissama .. 23 ..

> Even so, I do not dance, nor do I have joy, O equal among sages.' // 23  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.49)

taddṛṣṭvā mahadāścaryaṃ lajjito dvijasattamaḥ ..

> Seeing that great wonder, the best of brahmins was ashamed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.50)

dhairyaṃ ca tādṛśaṃ dṛṣṭvā vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ .. 24 ..

> and seeing such fortitude, he attained supreme astonishment. // 24  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.51)

abravītprāṃjalirbhūtvā vismitenāṃtarātmanā ..

> With folded hands, his heart filled with wonder, he said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.52)

nānyaṃ devamahaṃ manye tvāṃ muktvā vṛṣabhadhvajam .. 25 ..

> 'I consider you no other deity than the bull-bannered \[Śiva\]! // 25  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.53)

nānyasya vidyate śakti rīdṛśī bhuvanatraye ..

> No one else in the three worlds possesses such power.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.54)

tasmātkṣamasva deveśa mayājñānādanuṣṭhitam .. 26 ..

> Therefore, forgive me, O Lord of the gods, what was done by me through ignorance! // 26  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.55)

tapaḥkṣayakaraṃ karma viruddhaṃ narttanaṃ satām..

> Dancing is an act that destroys tapas, contrary \[to the conduct\] of the virtuous.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.56)

bahukālārjitaṃ puṇyaṃ tapasā duṣka reṇa tu ..

> The merit acquired over a long time through difficult tapas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.57)

tadgataṃ sahasā deva madīyaṃ narttanena su .. 27 ..

> that merit of mine has suddenly perished, O Lord, through dancing. // 27 //'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.58)

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā mayokto dvijasattamaḥ ..

> Hearing his words, that best of brahmins was addressed by me:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.59)

varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te tuṣṭo'haṃ dvijasattama .. 28 ..

> 'Choose a boon, may good betide you; I am pleased, O best of brahmins.' // 28  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.60)

jñānenānena vipreṃdra kaṃ te kāmaṃ karomyaham ..29 ..

> With this knowledge, O leader of brahmins, what desire of yours shall I fulfill?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.61)

ṛṣiruvāca .. ..

> The seer said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.62)

yadi deva prasannastvaṃ śaraṇāgatavatsala ..

> “If you are pleased, O Lord, compassionate to those who seek refuge,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.63)

yathā na syāttapohānistathā nītirvidhīyatām..5.2.2.30..

> let such a path be decreed that there may be no loss of my austerity.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.64)

mayā proktaṃ prasannena tasya viprasya pārvati ..

> I said to that brahmin, O Pārvatī, being pleased \[with him\]:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.65)

tapaste varddhatāṃ vipra mahākālavanaṃ vraja..31..

> “May your austerity increase, O brahmin! Go to the forest of Mahākāla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.66)

tatrāste sarvadā puṇyā saptakalpodbhavā guhā..

> There lies eternally a holy cave, arisen through seven cosmic cycles,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.67)

piśāceśvaradevasya uttareṇa vyavasthitā .. 32 ..

> situated to the north of Lord Piśāceśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.68)

tatra drakṣyasi yalliṃgaṃ saptakalpodbhavaṃ śubham..

> There you will see an auspicious liṅga arisen through seven cosmic cycles;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.69)

tasya darśanamātreṇa tapaste vṛddhimeṣyati ..33..

> by merely beholding it, your austerity will increase.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.70)

kāma krodhodbhavaṃ pāpaṃ lobhamohasamanvitam ..

> Sin born of lust and anger, accompanied by greed and delusion,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.71)

īrṣyāmatsarajaṃ caiva nāśaṃ yāti ca kilbiṣam ..34..

> as well as the taint born of envy and jealousy, is destroyed.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.72)

madīyaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā sa vipro vedapāragaḥ ..

> Having heard my word, that brahmin, a master of the Vedas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.73)

śrutvā ca niyamaṃ devi maduktaṃ sa tato dvijaḥ .. 35 ..

> and having heard the rule spoken by me, O goddess, that twice-born  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.74)

niḥsṛto niyato bhūtvā namaskṛtya punaḥpunaḥ ..

> set forth, having disciplined himself, bowing again and again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.75)

ājagāma guhā yatra mahākālavanottame.. 36..

> He came to where the cave was in the excellent forest of Mahākāla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.76)

dadarśa tatra talliṃgaṃ tapaso varddhanaṃ param ..

> There he saw that liṅga, supreme increaser of austerity;  
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### [6.2.2.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.77)

dvādaśādityasaṃkāśo jāto vai liṃgadarśanāt ..37..

> resembling the twelve suns, he indeed became so through the darśana of the liṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.78)

etasminnaṃtare devi devairuktaṃ nabhastale ..

> In the meantime, O goddess, the gods said in the firmament:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.79)

gopyaṃ liṃgaṃ guhotthaṃ tu dṛṣṭaṃ maṃkaṇakena tu ..38..

> “The secret liṅga arisen in the cave has been seen by Maṅkaṇaka!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.80)

siddhiḥ prāptā dvijenaiva darśanena sudurlabhā ..

> Siddhi exceedingly difficult to attain has been obtained by the brahmin through darśana alone.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.81)

tasmādguheśvaro devi bhaviṣyati mahītale ..39..

> Therefore, O goddess, it will be known as Guheśvara on the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.82)

bhaktyā paramayopetā ye drakṣyaṃti guheśvaram ..

> Those who, endowed with supreme devotion, shall see Guheśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.83)

na teṣāṃ jāyate vighno dharmasya tapasastathā .. 5.2.2.40 ..

> for them no obstacle to righteousness or austerity shall arise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.84)

aṣṭamyāṃ vā caturdaśyāṃ darśanaṃ yaḥ kariṣyati ..

> Whoever performs darśana on the eighth or the fourteenth day,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.85)

brahmalokaṃ gamiṣyaṃti pitarastasya dehinaḥ .. 41 ..

> the ancestors of that embodied soul will go to the world of Brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.86)

atrāgatya prayatnena darśanaṃ yaḥ kariṣyati ..

> Whoever comes here and performs darśana with effort  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.87)

uddhariṣyati cātmānaṃ puruṣānekaviṃśatim.. 42 ..

> will deliver himself and twenty-one generations of ancestors.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.88)

kṛtvā pāpasahasrāṇi darśanaṃ yaḥ kariṣyati ..

> Even having committed thousands of sins, whoever performs darśana  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.89)

sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ yatra devo maheśvaraḥ .. 43 ..

> goes to the supreme abode where Lord Maheśvara resides.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.90)

brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ steyaṃ gurvaṃganāgamaḥ ..

> Killing a brahmin, drinking liquor, theft, intercourse with the teacher's wife—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.91)

darśanāttasyaliṃgasya sarvaṃ yāsyati saṃkṣayam .. 44 ..

> all will be utterly destroyed through the darśana of that liṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.92)

yatkiṃcidaśubhaṃ karma janmakoṭiśatārjitam ..

> Whatever inauspicious deed was acquired across hundreds of crores of births,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.93)

kṣayaṃ yāsyati tatsarvaṃ sparśamātreṇa nānyathā .. 45 ..

> all that will come to destruction merely through touch, not otherwise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.94)

mahāpātakayuktā hi dehino ye mahītale ..

> Indeed, embodied beings on earth who are tainted with heinous crimes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.95)

te'pi liṃgaṃ samāsādya mucyaṃte sarvapātakaiḥ .. 46 ..

> even they, having approached the liṅga, are liberated from all sins.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.96)

ityuktvā sa dvijo devi divyo maṃkaṇako muniḥ ..

> Having spoken thus, O goddess, that divine brahmin, the sage Maṅkaṇaka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.97)

kṛtvāśramapadaṃ puṇyaṃ tatraiva tapasi sthitaḥ .. 47 ..

> established a holy hermitage and remained there in austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.98)

eṣa vai kathito devi prabhāvaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ ..

> This glory which destroys sin has indeed been told to you, O goddess;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.99)

śravaṇātkīrttanādvāpi sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 48 ..

> by hearing it or recounting it, one is completely freed from all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.2.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.2.100)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvaṃtyakhaṃḍe caturaśītiliṅgamāhātmye guheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ .. 2 ..

> Thus ends the second chapter, entitled ‘Description of the Glory of Guheśvara’ in the ‘Glory of the Eighty-Four Liṅgas’ of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.2.2.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Śrīpraśnasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.sriprasna.46.41) — Sanskrit

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