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# Skandapurana 6.2.3

Skandapurāṇa 6.2.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.2.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.1)

.. śrīrudra uvāca .. ..

> Glorious Rudra said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.2)

ḍhuṃḍheśvaraṃ tṛtīyaṃ tu sukhasvargaphalapradam ..

> “Now the third is Ḍhuṇḍheśvara, who bestows the fruit of happiness and heaven,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.3)

sarvapāpaharaṃ ligaṃ nṛṇāṃ duṣkṛtanāśanam .. 1 ..

> a liṅga that takes away all sins and destroys the wicked deeds of men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.4)

ḍhuṃḍhaścāsītpurā devi kailāse gaṇanāyakaḥ ..

> Long ago, O goddess, there was a troop-leader named Ḍhuṇḍha on Kailāsa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.5)

sa ca kāmī durācāro vyasanopahatendriyaḥ .. 2 ..

> he was lustful, ill-behaved, with senses impaired by addiction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.6)

gato'sau śakralokaṃ tu kautukārthaṃ yadṛcchayā ..

> He went to the world of Śakra out of curiosity and at his own whim,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.7)

yatra nṛtyati sā raṃbhā śakrasyāgre vivṛṇvatī .. .. 3 ..

> where Rambhā was dancing before Śakra, displaying  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.8)

bhāvānbahuvidhānramyāndṛṣṭihastādikāñchubhān.  
sūcīviddhādikaraṇānpatākādikahastakān..

> many kinds of charming moods, auspicious glances, hand-gestures, and the like, / body postures such as sūcīviddha, and hand positions such as patāka,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.9)

nṛtyaṃ hastādisaṃyuktaṃ layatālānugaṃ tathā ..4..

> a dance accompanied by movements of the hands and other limbs, following tempo and rhythm.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.10)

śakro'pi tridaśaiḥ sārddhaṃ tanmukhāsaktalocanaḥ ..

> Śakra too, along with the thirty gods, with eyes fixed upon her face,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.11)

babhūva hṛṣṭacetā vai hṛṣitāṃgaruhānanaḥ .. 5 ..

> became delighted in mind, his bodily hairs bristling and face radiant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.12)

etasminnaṃtare devi ḍhuṃḍhastallalitena tu ..

> In the meantime, O goddess, Ḍhuṇḍha, by her graceful charm,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.13)

kāmarāgavaśenaiva bhāvyarthena ca mohitaḥ .. 6 ..

> under the sway of lust and passion, and deluded by destiny,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.14)

tena raṃgaratā raṃbhā puṣpagucchena tāḍitā ..

> struck Rambhā, who was engrossed in the dance performance, with a bunch of flowers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.15)

sa śapto vāsavenaiva dṛṣṭvā'nyāyaṃ gaṇasya tu .. 7 ..

> He was cursed by Vāsava, who saw the impropriety of that troop-member:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.16)

pata tvaṃ mānuṣaṃ lokaṃ raṃgabhaṃgastvayā kṛtaḥ ..

> ‘Fall into the world of mortals! You have interrupted the stage-performance.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.17)

iti śapto gaṇo devi śakreṇāmitatejasā .. 8 ..

> Having been cursed thus by Śakra of boundless splendor, O goddess,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.18)

patito mānuṣe loke visaṃjño vihvalendriyaḥ ..

> the troop-member fell into the world of mortals, unconscious, his senses bewildered.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.19)

kādigbhūto hato tsāho vilalāpa punaḥpunaḥ .. 9 ..

> Disoriented, his spirit crushed, he lamented again and again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.20)

aho'nyāyaphalaṃ prāptaṃ mayā mohādanuṣṭhitam ..

> "Alas! I have reaped the fruit of unrighteousness, committed out of delusion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.21)

tasmānnītirvidhātavyā puruṣeṇa vijānatā .. 5.2.3.10 ..

> Therefore, a discerning man must act with moral conduct,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.22)

nyāyamārgaṃ samāśritya yena siddhirbhavenmama .. 11 ..

> resorting to the path of righteousness, whereby success may come to me."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.23)

ityuktvā sa tapastepe maheṃdre parvatottame ..

> Having said this, he performed tapas on Mahendra, the best of mountains,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.24)

śrīśaile malaye viṃdhye pāriyātre yamālaye .. 12 ..

> on Śrīśaila, Malaya, Vindhya, Pāriyātra, \[and\] Yamālaya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.25)

no siddho'sau yadā devi tadā gaṃgāmahattaṭam ..

> When he achieved no success, O goddess, then the great bank of the Gaṅgā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.26)

yamunāṃ caṃdrabhāgāṃ ca vitastāṃ narmadāṃ nadīm .. 13 ..

> the Yamunā, the Candrabhāgā, the Vitastā, the river Narmadā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.27)

godāvarīṃ bhīmarathīṃ kauśikīṃ śāradāṃ śivām ..

> the Godāvarī, the Bhīmarathī, the Kauśikī, the auspicious Śāradā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.28)

carmaṇvatīṃ samāsādya snātvā tyaktakriyo'bhavat .. 14 ..

> \[and\] the Carmaṇvatī—having reached \[these\] and bathed, he abandoned ritual action:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.29)

tīrthaṃ vyarthaṃ tapo vyarthaṃ tīrthayātrāphalaṃ yataḥ ..

> "The sacred ford is useless, tapas is useless, as is the fruit of pilgrimage to sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.30)

na prāptaṃ ca mayābhīṣṭamaṭatā karmabhūmiṣu .. 15 ..

> since I, wandering through the realms of action, have not obtained what I desired."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.31)

etasminnaṃtare devi vāguvācāśarīriṇī ..

> In the meantime, O goddess, a bodiless voice spoke,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.32)

āśvāsayaṃtī gaṇapaṃ mahākālāyane vraja .. 16 ..

> comforting the gaṇa leader: "Go to the abode of Mahākāla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.33)

prayāgādyāni tīrthāni pṛthivyāṃ yāni saṃti vai ..

> Whatever sacred fords there are on earth, Prayāga and the others—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.34)

sadā siddhikaraṃ teṣāṃ mahākālaṃ viśiṣyate .. 17 ..

> Mahākāla is distinguished above them, constantly granting success.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.35)

tatrāste sumahāpuṇyaṃ liṃgaṃ sarvārthasādhakam ..

> There exists a most meritorious liṅga, accomplishing all goals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.36)

piśāceśvarasāṃnidhye tamārādhaya satvaram .. 18 ..

> in the presence of Piśāceśvara; worship it quickly!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.37)

prasādāttasya liṃgasya punaryāsyasi śāṃkaram ..

> By the grace of that liṅga, you will go again to Śaṃkara's  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.38)

lokaṃ tejasvināṃ gamyaṃ durlabhaṃ pāpināṃ sadā .. 19 ..

> world, attainable by the radiant, \[and\] ever hard to attain for sinners."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.39)

iti śrutvā tato vāṇīmākāśasthāṃ gaṇastadā ..

> Having heard that voice in the sky, the gaṇa then,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.40)

ājagāma mudā yukto mahākālavanottame .. 5.2.3.20 ..

> filled with joy, came to the supreme forest of Mahākāla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.41)

dadarśa tatra talliṃgaṃ sarvasaṃpatkaraṃ śubham..

> There he saw that auspicious liṅga, which produces all prosperity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.42)

pūjayāmāsa deveśaṃ bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ .. 21 ..

> \[and\] worshiped the Lord of the gods with supreme devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.43)

liṃgamadhyāttato vāṇī niḥsṛtā parva tātmaje ..

> Then, O Daughter of the Mountain, a voice came forth from the middle of the liṅga:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.44)

aho tuṣṭosmi te vatsa kiṃ kāmaṃ pradadāmyaham .. 22 ..

> "Ah, my child, I am pleased with you! What wish shall I grant?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.45)

.. ḍhuṃḍha uvāca .. ..

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

### [6.2.3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.46)

yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa śaraṇāgatavatsala ..

> "If you are pleased, O Lord of the gods, O you who are affectionate to those who seek refuge,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.47)

tvatpādapaṃkaje bhūyādbhaktirme'vicalā sadā .. 23 ..

> may my devotion to your lotus feet always be unwavering.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.48)

varamenaṃ prayacchāśu yadi tuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ .. 24 ..

> Grant this boon swiftly, if Maheśvara is pleased:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.49)

ye ca tvāṃ mānavā deva paśyaṃti parameśvara ..

> those mortals who behold you, O God, O Supreme Lord—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.50)

pāpātsadyo vinirmuktāste bhavaṃtu mahītale .. 25 ..

> may they be immediately freed from sin on the face of the earth!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.51)

ḍhuṃḍhasya bhāṣitaṃ śrutvā liṃgenoktaṃ yaśasvini ..

> Having heard Ḍhuṇḍha's speech, the liṅga said, O glorious lady:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.52)

ye ca māṃ pūjayiṣyaṃti śraddhayā parayā punaḥ..

> "Those who will worship me again with supreme faith,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.53)

te bhaviṣyaṃti satataṃ sadā pātakavarjitāḥ .. 26 ..

> they shall always be free from sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.54)

lapsyaṃti te parānkāmānbhaviṣyaṃti gaṇottamāḥ..

> They shall attain supreme desires \[and\] will become the best of gaṇas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.55)

pūjyāḥ sarveṣu lokeṣu sarvālaṃkārabhūṣitāḥ ..27..

> worthy of worship in all worlds, adorned with every ornament."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.56)

evaṃ labdhavaro ḍhuṃḍhaḥ prāṃjaliḥ punarabravīt ..

> Having thus received a boon, Ḍhuṇḍha, with palms joined, spoke again:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.57)

mannāmnā prathitaṃ liṃgaṃ saṃbhūyādbhuvane sadā .. 28 ..

> "May this liṅga be celebrated always in the world by my name!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.58)

evamastviti liṃgena proktaṃ tuṣṭena pārvati ..

> "So be it," said the pleased liṅga, O Pārvatī.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.59)

tadāprabhṛti vikhyāto devo ḍhuṃḍhe śvaraḥ paraḥ .. 29 ..

> From then on, that supreme deity has been renowned as Ḍhuṇḍheśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.60)

yasya darśanamātreṇa sadā siddhirbhavennṛṇām.. 5.2.3.30 ..

> by whose mere darśana men constantly attain success.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.61)

bhaktyā ye pūjayiṣyaṃti devaṃ ḍhuṃḍheśvaraṃ param ..

> Those who with devotion worship the supreme god Ḍhuṇḍheśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.62)

ājanmaprabhavaṃ pāpaṃ teṣāṃ yāsya ti tatkṣaṇāt ..31..

> their sin accumulated since birth will vanish in that very instant.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.63)

sa eva sukṛtī loke sa eva mama vallabhaḥ..

> He alone is virtuous in the world, he alone is dear to me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.64)

yaḥ paśyati naro bhaktyā liṃgaṃ ḍhuṃḍheśvaraṃ param .. 32 ..

> the man who with devotion beholds the supreme liṅga Ḍhuṇḍheśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.65)

rājasūyaśatenaiva yatpuṇyaṃ ca bhaviṣyati ..

> Whatever merit is gained through a hundred Rājasūya sacrifices,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.66)

tato bhaviṣyatyadhikaṃ ḍhuṃḍheśvaranirīkṣaṇāt..33..

> greater than that will be gained by seeing Ḍhuṇḍheśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.67)

mānasaṃ vācikaṃ vāpi kāyikaṃ guhyasaṃbhavam ..

> Whatever \[sin\] has been committed through mind, speech, or body, born in secret,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.68)

prakāśaṃ vā'prakāśaṃ ca prasaṃgādapi yatkṛ tam ..

> whether open or hidden, or even done through association—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.69)

tatsarvaṃ yāsyati kṣipraṃ ḍhuṃḍheśvarasya darśanāt..34..

> all that will quickly vanish by darśana of Ḍhuṇḍheśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.70)

ityuktastu mayā devi sa ḍhuṃḍho gaṇanāyakaḥ ..

> Being addressed thus by me, O goddess, that Ḍhuṇḍha, the gaṇa leader,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.71)

kṛto liṃgasya māhātmyādgato loke madīyake ..

> by the māhātmyā of the liṅga went to my world;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.72)

reje ca gaṇapaiḥ sārddhaṃ mamābhīṣṭataro'bhavat..35..

> and he shone alongside the gaṇa leaders, becoming most dear to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.73)

eṣa te kathito devi prabhāvaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ ..

> This power that destroys sins has been told to you, O goddess;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.74)

śravaṇātkīrttanādvāpi mama loke mahīyate ..36..

> by hearing or reciting it, one is honored in my world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.3.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.3.75)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvaṃtyakhaṇḍe caturaśītiliṃgamāhātmye ḍhuṃḍheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ ..3.. ..

> Thus ends the third chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Ḍhuṇḍheśvara', in the Māhātmya of the Eighty-Four Liṅgas in the Avantī Section, the fifth \[section\] of the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the 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.6.2.3.1) — English, machine translation

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