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# Skandapurana 6.2.5

Skandapurāṇa 6.2.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.2.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.1)

.. śrīrudra uvāca .. ..

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

### [6.2.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.2)

anādikalpeśvaraṃ devaṃ paṃcamaṃ viddhi pārvati ..

> Know the fifth god to be Anādikalpeśvara, O Pārvatī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.3)

sarvapāpaharaṃ nityamanādirgīyate sadā .. 1 ..

> destroyer of all sins, eternal; he is ever sung of as beginningless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.4)

kalpasyādau purā devi liṃgametadvinirgatam ..

> At the beginning of the kalpa in ancient times, O goddess, this liṅga emerged,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.5)

yadā nāgnirna cādityo na bhūmirna diśo na kham .. 2 ..

> when there was neither fire nor sun, neither earth nor directions nor space,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.6)

na vāyurna jalaṃ caiva na dyaurne ndurgrahā na ca ..

> neither wind nor water, neither sky nor moon nor planets,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.7)

na devāsuragaṃdharvā na piśācā na rākṣasāḥ .. 3 ..

> neither gods nor asuras nor gandharvas, neither piśācas nor rākṣasas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.8)

ato liṃgātsamudbhūtaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam ..

> From this liṅga arose the universe, both unmoving and moving,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.9)

kālena ca layaṃ yāti liṃge'sminparvatātmaje .. 4 ..

> and in time it dissolves into this liṅga, O daughter of the mountain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.10)

asmālliṃgātsamudbhūtā vaṃśā devarṣipaitṛkāḥ ..

> From this liṅga arose the lineages of divine seers and ancestors,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.11)

manvaṃtarāṇi vaṃśāni vaṃśyānucaritaṃ ca yat .. 5 ..

> the manvantaras, the genealogies, and the deeds of their descendants;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.12)

yāvatyaḥ sṛṣṭayaścaiva yāvaṃtaḥ pralayāstathā ..

> as many creations as there are, and as many dissolutions;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.13)

samudrāḥ parvatāścaiva nimnagāḥ kānanāni ca .. 6 ..

> the oceans, mountains, rivers, and forests;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.14)

bhūrlokādyāśca ye lokāḥ pātālāḥ sapta ye smṛtāḥ ..

> the worlds such as Bhūrloka and the seven known netherworlds;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.15)

gatistathārkasomādigraharkṣa jyotiṣāmapi .. 7 ..

> as well as the courses of the sun, moon, planets, lunar mansions, and celestial lights.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.16)

dṛśyādṛśyaṃ ca tatsarvamato liṃgādvarānane ..

> All that is visible and invisible \[arose\] from this liṅga, O fair-faced one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.17)

anādikāraṇaṃ yattadavyaktākhyaṃ maharṣayaḥ ..

> That which is the beginningless cause, which the great seers call the unmanifest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.18)

yadāhuḥ puruṣaṃ sūkṣmaṃ nityaṃ sadasadā tmakam .. 8 ..

> which they call the subtle, eternal Puruṣa, having the nature of being and non-being,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.19)

dhruvamakṣayamajaramameyaṃ nānyasaṃśrayam ..

> fixed, imperishable, ageless, immeasurable, dependent on nothing else,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.20)

gaṃdharūparasairhīnaṃ śabdasparśavivarjitam .. 9 ..

> devoid of smell, form, and taste, free from sound and touch,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.21)

anādyaṃtaṃ jagadyoniṃ triguṇaprabhavāvyayam ..

> without beginning or end, womb of the universe, source of the three guṇas, undecaying,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.22)

asādṛśyamavijñeyaṃ liṃgaṃ proktaṃ maharṣibhiḥ .. 5.2.5.10 ..

> peerless, unknowable—\[this\] liṅga is proclaimed by the great seers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.23)

pralayasyāṃte tenedaṃ divyamāsīdaśeṣataḥ .. 11 ..

> At the end of the dissolution, this entire divine \[reality\] existed by it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.24)

ahamurvyāṃ prabuddhastu jagadādiranādimān ..

> I, awakened on the earth, the origin of the world, having no beginning,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.25)

sarvaheturaciṃtyātmā paraḥ ko'pyaparakriyaḥ .. 12 ..

> the cause of all, incomprehensible in self, supreme, extraordinary, transcending actions,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.26)

prakṛtiṃ puruṣaṃ caiva pradarśyāśu jagatpatiḥ ..

> swiftly manifesting Prakṛti and Puruṣa, the Lord of the universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.27)

kṣobhayāmāsa yogena pareṇa parameśvaraḥ .. 13 ..

> the Supreme Lord, agitated them through supreme yoga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.28)

yathā saṃnidhimātreṇa gaṃdhaḥ kṣobhāya jāyate ..

> Just as fragrance causes an agitation merely by its presence,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.29)

manaso nopakartṛtvāttathāsau parameśvaraḥ ..

> without acting directly upon the mind, so that Supreme Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.30)

anādiḥ kathyate devo jagatkāraṇatatparam ..14..

> the beginningless God, is spoken of as the supreme cause of the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.31)

pradhānaṃ kṣobhyamāṇaṃ tu tena liṃgena pārvati ..

> As Pradhāna was agitated by that liṅga, O Pārvatī,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.32)

jāyate bhuvanādhāro brahmāṃḍa iti viśrutaḥ .. 15 ..

> there arose the support of the worlds, celebrated as the cosmic egg,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.33)

yasminnaṃḍe jagatsarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam ..

> in which egg the entire universe, with gods, asuras, and mortals,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.34)

utpannaṃ ca vilīnaṃ ca yasyāṃto'pi na labhyate ..16..

> is born and dissolved, and whose end cannot be reached.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.35)

sa eva kṣobhakaḥ pūrvaṃ sa kṣobhyaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ ..

> He alone was formerly the agitator, and he the agitated, the sovereign of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.36)

sa saṃkocavikāsābhyāṃ pradhānatve vyavasthitaḥ .. 17 ..

> Through contraction and expansion, he remains in the state of the primordial matter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.37)

utpannaḥ sa jagannātho nirguṇo'pi rajoguṇaḥ ..

> He, the Lord of the universe, though devoid of qualities, manifests quality of passion;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.38)

bhuṃjanpravartate sargaṃ brahmatvaṃ samupāgataḥ .. 18 ..

> experiencing it and attaining the nature of Brahmā, he initiates creation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.39)

brahmatve sṛjate lokāṃstataḥ sattvātirekataḥ ..

> In the nature of Brahmā he creates the worlds; then, through the predominance of goodness,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.40)

viṣṇutvametya dharmeṇa karoti paripālanam .. 19 ..

> attaining the nature of Viṣṇu, he preserves them according to dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.41)

tatastamoguṇodbhinno rudratvenākhilaṃ jagat ..

> Then, moved by the quality of darkness, in the nature of Rudra, having withdrawn the entire universe,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.42)

upasaṃhṛtya vai śete trailokyaṃ triguṇo'guṇaḥ .. 5.2.5.20 ..

> the three worlds, he indeed sleeps—the possessor of the three qualities, yet devoid of qualities.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.43)

yathā prāgvāpakaḥ kṣetrī pālako lāvakastathā ..

> Just as the same field-owner is first called a sower, then a protector, and then a reaper,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.44)

sa saṃjñā yāti tadvacca brahmaviṣṇutvarudratāḥ .. 21 ..

> and acquires those names accordingly, so it is with the states of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.45)

brahmatve sṛjate lokānudratve saṃharatyapi ..

> In the nature of Brahmā he creates the worlds, and in that of Rudra he destroys them;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.46)

viṣṇutve pāti tānsarvāṃstisro'vasthāḥ smṛtāḥ sadā .. 22 ..

> in the nature of Viṣṇu he protects them all. These three states are always remembered:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.47)

rajo brahmā tamo rudraḥ sattvaṃ viṣṇurjagatpatiḥ ..

> Passion is Brahmā, darkness is Rudra, and goodness is Viṣṇu, the lord of the world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.48)

eta eva trayo vedā eta eva trayo narāḥ .. 23 ..

> These indeed are the three Vedas; these indeed are the three men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.49)

kalpe kalpe hyanādistu gīyate tridaśaiḥ sadā ..

> In every aeon he is sung of as beginningless by the gods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.50)

pitṛbhiśca gaṇaiḥ siddhairato'nādikalpeśvaraḥ .. 24 ..

> by the ancestors, the gaṇas, and the perfected ones; hence, Anādikalpeśvara  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.51)

nāma prāptaṃ viśālākṣi mahākālavanaṃ sadā ..

> is the name acquired, O large-eyed lady, always in the Mahākāla forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.52)

yadā jāto vivādastu brahmaṇaḥ keśavasya ca .. 25 ..

> When a dispute arose between Brahmā and Keśava,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.53)

ahaṃ jyāyānahaṃ jyāyānkalpādau sṛṣṭikāraṇāt ..

> “I am superior! I am superior!” at the start of the aeon, concerning the cause of creation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.54)

divyā samutthitā vāṇī nirālaṃbā tadāṃbarāt .. .. 26 ..

> a divine voice arose then from the sky without support:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.55)

mahākālavane liṃgaṃ kalpeśvareti saṃjñakam ..

> “In the Mahākāla forest there is a liṅga named Kalpeśvara;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.56)

tasyādimathavāṃtaṃ ca yaḥ paśyati sa ca prabhuḥ ..

> whoever perceives its beginning or its end, he shall be the lord.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.57)

bhaviṣyati na saṃdeho na vādaḥ kriyatā miti .. 27 ..

> There is no doubt about it; let no dispute be made.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.58)

tato devi gato brahmā ūrddhvalokamanaṃtakam ..

> Then, O goddess, Brahmā went to the endless upper world;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.59)

adholokaṃ gato viṣṇustena vākyena satvaram .. 28 ..

> prompted by that statement, Viṣṇu quickly went to the lower world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.60)

nādirdṛṣṭo na cāṃtaśca brahmaṇā keśavena tu ..

> Neither its beginning nor its end was seen by Brahmā or by Keśava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.61)

tadā tau vismayāpannau tuṣṭuvāte parasparam .. 29 ..

> Then, filled with wonder, they praised \[the liṅga\] to each other.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.62)

vedoktasūktairvividhairabhinaṃdya puraḥsthitau ..

> Honoring \[it\] with various hymns declared in the Vedas, standing before it:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.63)

nādirasti na cāṃtaśca na ca kalpo'tra dṛśyate .. 5.2.5.30 ..

> “There is no beginning, nor is there an end, nor is any limit seen here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.64)

tasmādanādikalpo'yamadyaprabhṛti bhūtale ..

> Therefore, from this day forth on the surface of the earth, this beginningless aeon \[Lord\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.65)

khyātiṃ yāsyati nāmnā ca mahākālavanottame .. 31 ..

> shall be renowned by name in the excellent Mahākāla forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.66)

pañcapātakasaṃyukto yo martyo duṣṭamānasaḥ ..

> Whatever mortal is afflicted with the five great sins and has an evil mind,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.67)

so'pi gacchecchivaṃ dṛṣṭvānādikalpeśvaraṃ śivam .. 32 ..

> even he, having seen the benevolent Anādikalpeśvara, would attain Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.68)

śivamastu sadā teṣāṃ yeṣāṃ tvaṃ darśanaṃ gataḥ ..

> May there always be auspiciousness for those to whom you have become visible;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.69)

te dhanyā mānuṣe loke ye tvāṃ śaraṇāgatāḥ .. 33 ..

> blessed are they in the world of mortals who have sought refuge in you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.70)

sarvatīrthābhiṣekaistu yatpuṇyaṃ prāpyate naraiḥ ..

> Whatever religious merit is attained by men through ablutions in all sacred fords,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.71)

tatsarvamadhikaṃ deva labhyate tava darśanāt .. 34 ..

> all that and more, O Lord, is obtained from your darśana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.72)

tāvatpataṃti saṃsāre sukhaduḥkhasamākule ..

> They fall into saṃsāra, filled with pleasure and pain, only so long as  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.73)

tāvanna dṛśyate deva saṃsārārṇavatārakaḥ .. 35 ..

> the savior from the ocean of saṃsāra, O Lord, is not seen.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.74)

yadā pāpakṣayaḥ puṃsāṃ tadā tvaddarśanaṃ bhavet .. 36 ..

> When men's sin is exhausted, then darśana of you occurs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.75)

brahmahā vā surāpo vā steyī ca gurutalpagaḥ ..

> Whether a slayer of a brahmin, or a drinker of liquor, a thief, or a violator of the guru's bed,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.76)

tatsaṃsargī naro yastu mahākilbiṣakārakaḥ ..

> or a man who associates with them, committing great wicked deeds—  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.77)

so'pi yāti paraṃ sthānaṃ punarāvṛttivarjitam .. 37 ..

> even he goes to the supreme abode, free from return.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.78)

yatphalaṃ cāśvamedhena rājasūyena yatphalam ..

> Whatever fruit is attained by the horse sacrifice and by the Rājasūya sacrifice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.79)

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti tava deva samarcanāt .. 38 ..

> that fruit one fully attains, O Lord, by worshiping you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.80)

te narāḥ paśavo loke teṣāṃ janma nirarthakam ..

> Those men in the world are beasts; their birth is futile  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.81)

yairna dṛṣṭo mahādevo'nā dikalpeśvaraḥ śivaḥ .. 39 ..

> by whom the great god, Anādikalpeśvara, Śiva, has not been seen.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.82)

ityuktvā keśavo devo brahmā caiva varānane ..

> Having spoken thus, the god Keśava and Brahmā, O fair-faced lady,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.83)

vāme dakṣiṇabhāge ca tasya liṃgasya saṃsthitau .. 5.2.5.40 ..

> stood on the left and right side of that liṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.84)

eṣa te kathito devi prabhāvaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ ..

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

### [6.2.5.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.85)

yasya śravaṇamātreṇa labhyate paramaṃ padam.. 41 ..

> by merely hearing which the supreme abode is attained.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.5.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.5.86)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṃḍe caturaśītiliṃgamāhātmye'nādikalpeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma paṃcamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 5 ..

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

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.2.5.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (4)

- [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.3.9) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Kulamuktikallolinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.kulamuktikallolini.19.645) — Sanskrit
- [Ṭoḍarānanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.todarananda.1.86) — Ṭoḍaramalla 1564, Sanskrit
- [Vicāratrayī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.vada.vicaratrayi.26.100) — Kṛṣṇānanda Sarasvatī 1697, Sanskrit

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