[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 6.2.85.85 # Skandapurana 6.2.85.85 Skandapurāṇa 6.2.85.85 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.2.85.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.85.85) 84 athottareśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatra parīkṣinnāmakasyāyodhyādhipatermṛgayārthamaraṇye gamanama, tatra kayācitkanyayā samaṃ praśnottaragadyaprabandhena saṃbhāṣaṇam, tāṃ gṛhītvā viharati rājani tayā kanyayā vāpīṃ praviśya pātāle gamanam, parīkṣitā śokakaraṇam, parīkṣidājñayā pradhānādibhirdarduravadhakaraṇam, tata ekena vṛddhadardureṇa nijapṛrvajanmakathānakakathanapūrvakaṃ gālavaśāpena darduratvaprāptikathanam, dardureṇa kanyāsmaraṇe kṛte sati smaraṇottaramāgatāyāḥ kanyāyāstasmai parīkṣite samarpaṇam, uttareśvarapūjanena dardurasya gālavadattaśāpanivṛttiḥ, uttareśvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanam, itthamavantīkṣetrasthitacaturaśītiliṃgamāhātmyakathāphalaśrutivarṇanam, āvantyakhaṇḍasthita caturaśītiliṃgamāhātmyopasaṃhāravarṇanam . .. - ... 171 1 > 84 Now, the description of the māhātmya of the Uttareśvara liṅga: wherein the ruler of Ayodhyā named Parīkṣit goes to the forest for hunting; there, he converses with a certain maiden by means of questions and answers composed in prose; while the king sports after taking her \[with him\], that maiden enters a stepped well and goes to Pātāla; Parīkṣit's lamentation; by Parīkṣit's order, the slaughter of frogs by his ministers and others; then, an old frog relates the story of his own previous birth and tells of his becoming a frog due to the curse of Gālava; when the frog remembers the maiden, her return upon being remembered, and handing her over to that Parīkṣit; the frog's release from the curse given by Gālava through the worship of Uttareśvara; description of the māhātmya of the Uttareśvara liṅga; thus, the description of the fruit of hearing the stories of the māhātmya of the eighty-four liṅgas situated in the Avantīkṣetra; description of the conclusion to the māhātmya of the eighty-four liṅgas situated in the Āvantyakhaṇḍa. ... 171 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.2.85.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.85.84) - [Next: 6.3.0.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.0.p1) - [Up: 6.2.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.85) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.2.85.85) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.85.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.85.85) · Pramāṇa