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# Skandapurana 6.2.8

Skandapurāṇa 6.2.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.2.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.1)

.. śrīrudra uvāca .. ..

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

### [6.2.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.2)

kapāleśvarasaṃjñaṃ ca hyaṣṭamaṃ viddhi pārvati ..

> Know the eighth \[liṅga\], O Pārvatī, as named Kapāleśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.3)

yasya darśanamātreṇa brahmahatyā praṇaśyati .. 1 ..

> by the mere sight of which the sin of killing a brahmin is destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.4)

purā vaivasvate kalpe tretākāle samāgate ..

> Formerly, in the Vaivasvata kalpa, when the Tretā age had arrived,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.5)

mahākālavane divye yaje paitāmahe priye .. 2 ..

> at the sacrifice of Brahmā in the divine forest of Mahākāla, O dear one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.6)

upaviṣṭeṣu vipreṣu hūyamāne hutāśane ..

> when the brahmins were seated and the sacrificial fire was being offered into,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.7)

veṣaṃ kāpālikaṃ kṛtvā gato'haṃ tatra saṃsadi .. 3 ..

> I went there to that assembly, having assumed the guise of a Kāpālika.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.8)

jīrṇakaṃthāvṛto devi muṃḍaḥ khaṭvāṃgadhārakaḥ ..

> Covered in ragged cloth, O goddess, shaven-headed, bearing a skull-topped staff,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.9)

citābhasmaviliptāṃgo vikṛto vikṛtānanaḥ ..

> with limbs smeared with funeral ashes, grotesque and of distorted countenance,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.10)

kapālaṃ ca kare kṛtvā kapālakṛtabhūṣaṇaḥ .. 4 ..

> holding a skull in hand, and adorned with skull-ornaments.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.11)

brāhmaṇāśca tataḥ kruddhā dṛṣṭvā māṃ jālmarūpiṇam ..

> Then the brahmins, seeing me in the form of a rogue, became enraged;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.12)

kapāladhāriṇaṃ sarve dhikchabdaiśca jagarhire .. 5 ..

> seeing the bearer of a skull, they all reviled me with shouts of "Fie!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.13)

asakṛtpāpapāpeti gacchagaccha viḍaṃbitāḥ ..

> Repeatedly saying, "Sinner, sinner! Go away, go away, base deceiver!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.14)

kathaṃ ca homaḥ kriyate prāpte kāpālike puraḥ .. 6 ..

> How can an oblation be made when a Kāpālika has arrived in front?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.15)

akapālāni śaucāni iti vedeṣu gīyate ..

> It is sung in the Vedas: 'Skull-bearers are impure.' \[or: 'Ritual purities are free of skulls.'\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.16)

yajñavedirna terhā tu manuṣyāsthi dharasya vai .. 7 ..

> The sacrificial altar is indeed not for you, a bearer of human bones!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.17)

mayā proktāstu te viprāḥ śrūyatāṃ dvijasattamāḥ ..

> Those brahmins were then addressed by me: "Listen, O best of the twice-born!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.18)

yūyaṃ kāruṇikāḥ sarve paraduḥkhena duḥkhitāḥ .. 8 ..

> You are all compassionate, pained by the suffering of others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.19)

karttavyā ca dayā sadbhiḥ sarvadā sarvadehinām ..

> Compassion should always be shown by the good toward all embodied beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.20)

sarveṣāmeva jaṃtūnāṃ mitraṃ brāhmaṇa ucyate .. 9 ..

> A brahmin is said to be the friend of all living beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.21)

ahaṃ kāpāliko vipro bhasmabhūṣitavigrahaḥ ..

> I am a Kāpālika brahmin, my body adorned with ashes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.22)

kāpālavratamāsthāya carāmi pṛthivītale .. 5.2.8.10 ..

> Having undertaken the skull-vow, I wander upon the surface of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.23)

ārādhayāmi satataṃ mahādevaṃ jagatpatim ..

> I constantly worship Mahādeva, the Lord of the universe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.24)

brahmahatyāvināśāya vrataṃ dvādaśavārṣikam .. 11 ..

> For the destruction of \[the sin of\] killing a brahmin, this twelve-year vow,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.25)

aghaghnaṃ viśrutaṃ loke prārabdhaṃ hi mayā dvijāḥ ..

> renowned in the world as destroying sin, has indeed been commenced by me, O twice-born ones.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.26)

prāyaścittanimittaṃ tu śuddho yāsyāmi sadgatim .. 12 ..

> For the purpose of expiation, once purified, I shall attain the good destination."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.27)

madīyaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā taiḥ proktaṃ dvijasattamaiḥ ..

> Having heard my speech, it was spoken by those best of the twice-born:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.28)

atīva pāpiṣṭhataro yo hyevaṃ bhāṣase'dhama .. 13 ..

> "You are exceedingly sinful, O vile one, who speaks in this manner!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.29)

kapālairbhūṣito niṃdyo viśeṣeṇa tu viprahaḥ ..

> Adorned with skulls, you are contemptible, especially as a killer of a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.30)

nākārito mahādevo dakṣayajñamahotsave .. 14 ..

> Mahādeva was not invited to the great festival of Dakṣa's sacrifice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.31)

yasminyajñe samāyātā ādityā vasavastathā ..

> to which sacrifice arrived the Ādityas as well as the Vasus,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.32)

viśvedevāśca maruto gaṃdharvāḥ kiṃnarāstathā .. 15 ..

> and the Viśvedevas, the Maruts, the Gandharvas, and the Kinnaras,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.33)

brahmā viṣṇuḥ sahasrākṣo varuṇo vāyureva ca ..

> Brahmā, Viṣṇu, the thousand-eyed \[Indra\], Varuṇa, and Vāyu,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.34)

dhanadaḥ sāgarā nadyaḥ sarāṃsi sakalāni ca .. 16 ..

> the Bestower of Wealth \[Kubera\], the oceans, rivers, and all lakes,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.35)

suparṇā girayo nāgāḥ sarve cākāritāḥ kratau ..

> the eagles, mountains, and serpent deities—all were invited to the rite,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.36)

sānugāste sabhāryāśca brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ .. 17 ..

> along with their followers and wives, as well as brahmins who had mastered the Vedas,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.37)

brahmarṣayo mahābhāgāstathā devarṣayo'malāḥ ..

> great-souled brahmin-seers, and spotless celestial seers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.38)

evamuktvā mahādevaṃ mānuṣāsthivibhūṣitam .. 18 ..

> Having thus regarded Mahādeva as adorned with human bones  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.39)

apavitramiti jñātvā kathaṃ tvaṃ vaktumarhasi ..

> and impure—how do you dare to say:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.40)

praveśo dīyatāṃ mahyaṃ viśeṣeṇāsi brahmahā .. 19 ..

> 'Let entrance be granted to me'? Especially since you are a slayer of a brahmin!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.41)

ityukto'haṃ yadā viprairmayā proktaṃ vacastadā ..

> When I was thus addressed by the brahmins, these words were spoken by me then:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.42)

pratīkṣyatāṃ muhūrtaṃ tu bhuktvā yāsyāmyahaṃ punaḥ .. 5.2.8.20 ..

> "Let me wait for just a moment; having eaten, I shall go away again."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.43)

ityukte vacane devi tāḍito'haṃ bhṛśaṃ tadā ..

> When these words were spoken, O goddess, I was violently struck then  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.44)

loṣṭhairlaguḍakaiḥ pādairmuṣṭibhiśca punaḥpunaḥ .. 21 ..

> with clods of earth, with sticks, with feet, and repeatedly with fists.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.45)

atha prahasya tatkṣiptvā tāṃ vediṃ darbhasaṃstṛtām ..

> Then, laughing, having thrown that \[skull\] upon the altar strewn with darbha grass,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.46)

kapāladīpavannaṣṭo na jñāto'haṃ dvijottamaiḥ .. 22 ..

> I disappeared like the lamp of a skull \[being snuffed out\], unnoticed by the best of the twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.47)

mayi naṣṭe kapālaṃ tatkṣiptaṃ maṃḍapabāhyataḥ ..

> When I had vanished, that skull was thrown outside the sacrificial pavilion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.48)

athānyattatra saṃjātaṃ tādṛgrūpaṃ yaśasvini .. 23 ..

> Then another of the same form arose there, O glorious one!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.49)

evaṃ śatasahasrāṇi prayutānyarbudāni ca ..

> Thus hundreds of thousands, millions, and tens of millions  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.50)

tatra kṣiptāni jātāni tataste vismayānvitāḥ .. 24 ..

> were thrown away and yet appeared there; thereupon they were filled with amazement.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.51)

athāhurjñāninaḥ sarve nedamanyasya ceṣṭitam ..

> Then all the wise ones said: "This is not the doing of anyone else,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.52)

ṛte devānmahādevādgaṃgācaṃdrārddhaśekharāt .. 25 ..

> except the god Mahādeva, who bears the Gaṅgā and the crescent moon upon his crest!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.53)

tato'haṃ vividhaiḥ stotraiḥ stuto vipraiḥ pṛthakpṛthak ..

> Then I was praised by the brahmins individually with various hymns of praise,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.54)

homaṃ cakruśca te vahnau maṃtraiśca śatarudriyeḥ .. 26 ..

> and they made oblations into the fire with the mantras of the Śatarudrīya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.55)

ahaṃ tuṣṭastadā devi dvijānāmanukaṃpayā ..

> I was pleased then, O goddess, out of compassion for the twice-born \[and said\]:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.56)

vriyatāṃ brāhmaṇāḥ sarve varaṃ yanmanasepsitam .. 27 ..

> "Choose, O all brahmins, whatever boon is desired in your heart!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.57)

tadā te brāhmaṇāḥ procuryadajñānādvadhastava ..

> Then those brahmins said: "Because of our ignorance, violence was done  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.58)

kṛtastena kṛtāsmābhirbrahmahatyā jagatprabho .. 28 ..

> against you; thereby the sin of killing a brahmin was incurred by us, O Lord of the universe!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.59)

brahmahatyāvināśāya prasādaṃ kuru naḥ prabho ..

> For the destruction of that sin of killing a brahmin, grant us your favor, O Lord!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.60)

varayāmo varaṃ hyenaṃ nānyaṃ varamabhīpsitam .. 29 ..

> We choose indeed this boon, no other desired boon." // 29  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.61)

dvijānāṃ ca tadā teṣāmagre kathitavānidam ..

> And then he spoke this before those twice-born:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.62)

yatra rāśiḥ kapālānāṃ bhavadbhirvihito bhuvi .. 5.2.8.30 ..

> "Where the heap of skulls was placed on earth by you, // 30  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.63)

anādiliṃgaṃ tatrāsīcchannaṃ kālaviparyaye ..

> there was a beginningless liṅga hidden by the turning of time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.64)

paśyaṃtu viprāstalliṃgaṃ brahmahatyāvimocanam .. 31 ..

> Let the brahmins behold that liṅga, which brings deliverance from the killing of a brahmin! // 31  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.65)

kṛtā mayāpi vipreṃdrā brahmahatyā svayaṃ purā ..

> Even by me, O best of brahmins, the killing of a brahmin was committed myself formerly,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.66)

chiṃdatā brahmaṇaḥ śīrṣaṃ pañcamaṃ tejasotkaṭam .. 32 ..

> severing the fifth head of Brahmā, which was fierce with radiance. // 32  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.67)

brahmahatyā tato jātā mamātīva suduḥsahā ..

> Thereupon the sin of killing a brahmin arose, extremely unbearable to me,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.68)

kapālaṃ ca kare lagnaṃ tathā cātīva duḥsaham.. 33 ..

> and the skull adhered to my hand, likewise most unbearable. // 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.69)

dahyamānastataścāhaṃ vyāpto vai brahmahatyayā ..

> Then, burning and enveloped indeed by the killing of a brahmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.70)

nāśāya satvaraṃ tasyāḥ svārthayātrāmahaṃ gataḥ .. 34 ..

> I went quickly on a journey for my own purpose to destroy it. // 34  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.71)

gataḥ sarveṣu tīrtheṣu naiva muktastu hatyayā ..

> I went to all the sacred fords, yet was not freed from the murder;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.72)

tato duḥkhī susaṃtapto naiva lebhe sukhaṃ kvacita .. 35 ..

> then, sorrowful and sorely tormented, I found no happiness anywhere. // 35  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.73)

etasminnaṃtare daivī vāguvācāśarīriṇī ..

> In the meantime, a divine bodiless voice said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.74)

gacchāvantīṃ svayaṃ nātha kimarthaṃ khidyate vṛthā .. 36 ..

> 'Go to Avantī yourself, O Lord; why grieve in vain? // 36  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.75)

mahākālavanaṃ puṇyaṃ tvayā nātha vinirmitam ..

> The holy Mahākālavana was created by you, O Lord,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.76)

kapālakarasaṃsthānaṃ rudramadbhutadarśanam ..

> the station of the skull-handed one, Rudra, wondrous to behold;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.77)

na jānāsi kathaṃ kṣetraṃ mahāpātakanāśanam .. 37 ..

> how do you not know the sacred field that destroys great sins? // 37  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.78)

tasminkṣetre mahalliṃgaṃ gajarūpasya saṃnidhau ..

> In that sacred field there is a great liṅga near Gajarūpa;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.79)

vidyate paśya deveśa brahmahatyā praṇaśyati .. 38 ..

> behold it, O Lord of the gods, \[and\] the killing of a brahmin will vanish.' // 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.80)

tato'hamāgatastūrṇa vākyaṃ śrutvā tadottamam..

> Then I came swiftly, having heard that excellent speech;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.81)

mahalliṃgaṃ mayā dṛṣṭaṃ(?) kapālakarasaṃsthitam .. 39 ..

> the great liṅga was beheld by me, situated with a skull in hand. // 39  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.82)

mama hastāttadā viprāḥ kapālamapatadbhuvi ..

> Then, O brahmins, the skull fell to the ground from my hand;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.83)

kapāleśvaradevo'yamiti nāma mayā kṛtam.. 5.2.8.40 ..

> 'This is the god Kapāleśvara'—thus was the name given by me. // 40  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.84)

paśyaṃtu viprāstaṃ devaṃ kapāleśvarasaṃjña kam ..

> Let the brahmins behold that god named Kapāleśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.85)

yasya darśanamātreṇa niṣkalaṃkā bhaviṣyatha .. 41 ..

> by the mere sight of whom you will become free from stain." // 41  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.86)

liṃgaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ tadā taistu kapālairbahubhivṛtam ..

> Then the liṅga was beheld by them, surrounded by many skulls;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.87)

kṛtārthāste tadā jātāstasya liṃgasya darśanāt .. 42 ..

> they became fulfilled in their purpose from the sight of that liṅga. // 42  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.88)

ato'sau bhuvi vikhyātaḥ kapāleśvarasaṃjñakaḥ ..

> Therefore it became famous on earth by the name Kapāleśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.89)

ye'rcayanti mahādevi kapāleśvarasaṃjñakam.. 43 ..

> Those who worship the one named Kapāleśvara, O great goddess, // 43  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.90)

kṛtapuṇyā narā devi te yāṃti paramaṃ padam ..

> those men having acquired merit, O goddess, go to the supreme abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.91)

kṛtvāpi pātakaṃ ghoraṃ brahmahatyādikaṃ naraḥ .. 44 ..

> Even having committed a terrible sin, the killing of a brahmin and the like, a man— // 44  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.92)

tatpāpaṃ vilayaṃ yāti liṃgasyāsya ca darśanāt ..

> that sin dissolves through the sight of this liṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.93)

karmaṇā manasā vācā yatpāpaṃ samupārjitam ..

> Whatever sin has been amassed by deed, mind, or speech,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.94)

tatkṣapayati devo'yaṃ caturddaśyāṃ samarcitaḥ .. 45 ..

> this god destroys it when worshipped on the fourteenth \[tithi\]. // 45  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.95)

prasaṃgādapi ye pūjāṃ kariṣyaṃti varānane ..

> Those who perform worship even incidentally, O fair-faced lady,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.96)

te'pi kāmānavāpsyaṃti yāṃśca kāṃścitsudurlabhān ..

> they too will attain whatever desires, even those very hard to obtain:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.97)

aiśvaryadharmamatulaṃ dīrghamāyurarogatām .. 46 ..

> incomparable lordship and virtue, long life, freedom from disease, // 46  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.98)

niḥsapatnatvamatulaṃ yaccānyattadavāpnuyāt ..

> unmatched freedom from rivals, and whatever else \[they wish\], one will obtain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.99)

atīva pāpino ye ca krūrakarmaratā narāḥ .. 47 ..

> And men who are exceedingly sinful and engaged in cruel acts // 47  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.100)

vipāpmāno bhaviṣyaṃti gaṇeśāśca mama priye ..

> will become free from sin and leaders of my gaṇas, O dear one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.101)

niyamena prapaśyaṃti ye devaṃ vatsaraṃ priye ..

> Those who regularly behold the god for a year, O dear one,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.102)

te paśyaṃti tanuṃ tyaktvā madīyaṃ bhavanaṃ priyam .. 48 ..

> leaving their body, behold my beloved abode. // 48  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.103)

eṣa te kathito devi prabhāvaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ ..

> This power of the god Kapāleśvara that destroys sin has been declared to you, O goddess;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.104)

kapāleśvaradevasya svargadvāreśvaraṃ śṛṇu .. 49 ..

> now hear of Svargadvāreśvara. // 49  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.2.8.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.8.105)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvaṃtyakhaṇḍe caturaśītiliṃgamāhātmye kapāleśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 8 ..

> Thus ends the eighth chapter, titled 'Description of the Glory of Kapāleśvara' in the Eighty-Four Liṅgas Praise in the fifth section, Avantīkhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skandapurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 8  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.2.8.1) — English, machine translation

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