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/ For what reason were you not invited by our father?' / Hearing those words of theirs, you, out of dishonour, / then gave up your life-breaths through yoga before them, O Pārvatī. / Then, burning with grief, they went to where the lord of creatures was / and reported the whole incident before Dakṣa just as it had happened. / Hearing those terrible words, Dakṣa said nothing at all. / When I saw you fallen on the ground having succumbed to death, O goddess, / the gaṇas were then dispatched to destroy the sacrifice. / Having gone there, those fierce gaṇas, by the hundreds and thousands, / misshapen, terrifying, frightful, bearing various weapons and of great strength, / released showers of arrows while making ferocious roars. / Then all the hosts of gods, the Vasus together with the suns, / the Viśvedevas and the Sādhyas, bows in hand, possessing great might, / marched forth to battle and unleashed sharp shafts. / Meeting there, the Pramathas fought with the gods; / they released showers of arrows like clouds discharging streams of water. / In their midst, a gaṇa of great might named Vīrabhadra / struck Śakra in the heart with a trident. / Rendered unconscious by that blow, he sank down. / Then the elephant Airāvata was struck on the frontal globes with a fist; / struck suddenly by him, that king of elephants, roaring with ferocious cries / and seized with fear, rushed towards the sacrificial enclosure. / In the meantime, the gods were routed by him; / then they sought refuge with Viṣṇu, the sole leader of the universe. / Then, filled with rage upon seeing the gods / all put to flight by the gaṇas, Viṣṇu quickly released the Sudarśana. / As that Sudarśana discus of Viṣṇu came hurtling with speed, / \[Vīrabhadra\] opened his mouth and suddenly swallowed it into his stomach. / When that unfailing discus, destroyer of the Daityas, was thus swallowed, / Nārāyaṇa, enraged, O goddess, rushed at Vīrabhadra. / Seizing him by both feet, he hurled him down to the ground from far away; / and as he was being struck on the ground with a mace, the Sudarśana, / accompanied by gouts of blood, issued forth from his mouth. / Having received a boon from me, O goddess, that best of gaṇas, Vīrabhadra, / did not succumb to death even though struck with the mace. / Then all the Pramathas, distressed by the power and might of Viṣṇu, / arrived with difficulty, suddenly, where I was staying, O goddess. / Seeing me with trident in hand, Viṣṇu vanished. / Indra too, together with the thirty \[gods\], with the ancestors and the brahmins, / his heart seized with terror of me, vanished from sight. / When the sacrifice had thus been destroyed and the host of gods was lost, / a gaṇa was then stationed by me at the gate of heaven, O goddess: / 'Entrance must never be granted to the thirty \[gods\], O lord of gaṇas! / A blockage of the gate must be vigilantly maintained by my command. / Whichever god is seen must undoubtedly be slain.' / And then heaven became deserted, and the gods were utterly defeated. / But when the gate of heaven was blocked, Śakra and the others, bewildered by fear, / consulted again and again and went to the world of Brahmā. / Before him, the entire blockage of heaven's gate was reported: / 'The gate of heaven is occupied by the gaṇas of the Great Lord, O grandfather! / Entrance has become difficult to obtain now that the gate is blocked. / By what means shall we go to the world of heaven as before? / We have no joy without heaven, O grandfather!' / Hearing these words of theirs, it was then spoken by Brahmā: / 'Lord Śaṃkara, the Great God, the master of the world, must be propitiated; / he, the maker of creation and destruction, is to be praised, revered, and saluted. / Difficult to attain is heaven, O gods, without his favor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_1) goptā sraṣṭā samarthaśca sa cāsmākaṃ parā gatiḥ .. > He is the protector, the creator, the capable one, and he is our supreme refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_2) sa evārādhanīyastu sa ca pūjyatamo mataḥ .. 33 .. > He alone is to be propitiated, and he is considered the most worthy of worship. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_3) tasmātsarvaprayatnena gamyatāṃ śaraṇaṃ śivaḥ .. > Therefore, with every effort, go to Śiva for refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_4) upāyaṃ kathayiṣyāmi śrūyatāṃ sāvadhānataḥ .. 34 .. > I shall explain the means; let it be heard attentively. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_5) tridaśaiḥ sahitaḥ śakra tūrṇaṃ gaccha mamājñayā .. > Accompanied by the thirty \[gods\], O Śakra, go quickly at my command > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_6) mahākālavane ramye kapāleśvarapūrvataḥ .. 35 .. > to the delightful Mahākālavana, to the east of Kapāleśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_7) svargadvāra paraṃ liṃgaṃ vidyate tattu vāsava .. > The supreme liṅga Svargadvāra is situated there, O Vāsava, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_8) lokānāmanukaṃpārthaṃ mahādevena nirmitam .. > fashioned by the Great God out of compassion for the worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_9) tamārādhayata kṣipraṃ sa vaḥ kāmaṃ pradāsyati .. 36 .. > Propitiate it swiftly; he will grant your desire.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_10) brahmaṇo vacanaṃ śrutvā tridaśā muditā bhṛśam .. > Hearing the words of Brahmā, the thirty \[gods\] were exceedingly delighted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_11) samāyātā mahādevi mahākālavanaṃ tadā .. 37 .. > They came then to the Mahākālavana, O great goddess, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_12) svargadvārapradaṃ puṇyaṃ dadṛśurliṃgamuttamam .. > and beheld the auspicious, supreme liṅga that bestows the gate of heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_13) tasya darśanamātreṇa svargadvāramapāvṛtam .. 38 .. > By the mere sight of it, the gate of heaven opened. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_14) svargalokaṃ gatāḥ sarve yathāpūrvaṃ yaśasvini .. > All went to the world of heaven just as before, O glorious one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_15) niḥśaṃkāṃstridaśāndṛṣṭvā vijñaptohaṃ gaṇaistadā .. 39 .. > Seeing the thirty \[gods\] free from fear, I was then petitioned by the gaṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_16) mayājñaptāśca te sarve nivarttadhvaṃ gaṇottamāḥ .. > And they were all commanded by me: 'Turn back, O best of gaṇas! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_17) svayameva pratijñātaṃ kathaṃ mithyā bhaviṣyati .. .. 5.2.9.40 .. > What was promised by myself—how could it turn out false? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_18) svargadvāraprado devo dṛṣṭo devairna saṃśayaḥ .. > The god who bestows the gate of heaven has undoubtedly been seen by the gods, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_19) mahākālavane ramye kathito hi viraṃcinā .. 41 .. > as spoken by Virañci in the delightful Mahākālavana.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_20) svargadvāraṃ gatāḥ sadyaḥ śakrādyāstridaśā gaṇāḥ .. > The hosts of the thirty \[gods\], beginning with Śakra, instantly reached the gate of heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_21) ataḥ prabhṛti vikhyātaḥ svargadvāreśvaraḥ śivaḥ .. 42 .. > From then on, Śiva became renowned as Svargadvāreśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_22) khyātiṃ yāsyati bhūloke svargalokapradāyakaḥ .. 43 .. > He who bestows the world of heaven shall attain renown in the mortal world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_23) ye paśyaṃti narā loke svargadvāreśvaraṃ śivam .. > Those men in the world who behold Śiva as Svargadvāreśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_24) te yāṃti svargalokaṃ hi svargadvāreśvarārcanāt .. 44 .. > they indeed go to the world of heaven through the worship of Svargadvāreśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_25) svargadvāreśvaraṃ devaṃ ye paśyaṃti prasaṃgataḥ .. > Those who see the god Svargadvāreśvara even in passing > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_26) na teṣāṃ bhayamastīti kalpa koṭiśatairapi .. 45 .. > have no fear even in hundreds of millions of kalpas. (45) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_27) aśvamedhasahasreṇa yatpuṇyaṃ samudāhṛtam .. > Whatever merit is proclaimed to come from a thousand horse sacrifices, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_28) tatpuṇyamadhikaṃ devi svargadvāreśvarārcanāt .. 46 .. > greater than that is the merit, O goddess, from worshipping Svargadvāreśvara. (46) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_29) janmāṃtarasahasreṇa yatpāpaṃ pūrva saṃcitam .. > Whatever sin has been accumulated previously through a thousand other births, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_30) yatpāpaṃ vilayaṃ yāṃti liṃgasyāsya ca kīrtanāt .. 47 .. > that sin dissolves through chanting the name of this liṅga. (47) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_31) aṣṭamyāṃ vā caturdaśyāmathavā caṃdravāsare .. > On the eighth or the fourteenth \[day\], or on a Monday, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_32) ye paśyaṃti narā bhaktyā svargadvāreśvaraṃ śivam .. > those men who with devotion behold Śiva Svargadvāreśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_33) te devi me śarīraṃ tu praviṣṭāstvapunarbhavāḥ .. 48 .. > they enter into my body, O goddess, free from rebirth. (48) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_34) daśakoṭisahasrāṇi tasmim̐lliṃge tu pūjite .. > When that liṅga is worshipped, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_35) pūjitāni bhavaṃ tīha liṃgānyaṃtaḥsthitāni tu .. 49 .. > a hundred million liṅgas situated within it are worshipped here. (49) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_36) sparśanāttasya liṃgasya kīrttanādyajanāttathā .. > From touching that liṅga, from praising it, and from worshipping it, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_37) sukhena svargamāyāṃti yathā kāmānavāpnuyāt .. 5.2.9.50 .. > they easily go to heaven, and one attains one's desires. (50) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_38) akāmāvā sakāmā vā ye paśyaṃti dine dine .. > Whether free from desire or filled with desire, those who see \[it\] day after day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_39) te'pi puṇyā mahābhāgāḥ svargalokaṃ prayāṃti vai .. 51 .. > they too, meritorious and fortunate, indeed go to the heavenly world. (51) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.9.32\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.9.32_40) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvaṃtyakhaṇḍe caturaśītiliṅgamāhātmye svargadvāreśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma navamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 9 .. .. > Thus in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\], in the fifth \[section\], the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorification of the eighty-four liṅgas, the ninth chapter, titled 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Svargadvāreśvara'. (9) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.10.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.10.10) .. śrīmahādeva uvāca .. .. karkoṭeśvarasaṃjñaṃ ca daśamaṃ viddhi pārvati .. yasya darśanamātreṇa viṣairnaivābhibhūyate .. 1 .. mātrā ca bhujagāḥ śaptāḥ svavacobhaṃgakāraṇāt .. madvaco na kṛtaṃ yasmādbhavadbhiḥ pāpakarmaṇi .. 2 .. vahnirhi dhakṣyate yuṣmānsatre janmejayasya hi .. śrutvā śāpaṃ tato māturmṛtyubhītāśca pannagāḥ .. 3 .. gatāḥ sarve yathāsthānaṃ jīvanārthaṃ yaśasvini .. himaśailaṃ gataḥ śeṣastapaḥ karttuṃ tataḥ priye .. 4 .. sarpaśca kaṃbalonāma lokaṃ paitāmahaṃ gataḥ .. śaṃkhacūḍo'tha nāgeṃdro maṇipūraṃ gatastataḥ .. 5 .. yamunāṃbhasi saṃlīnaḥ kāliyo bhayavihvalaḥ .. 6 .. evaṃ te sarparā jāno nāgāḥ susmitaśobhane .. kurukṣetre gatāḥ sarve tapaścartuṃ yaśasvini.. dhṛtarāṣṭrastathā nāgaḥ prayāgamagamatpriye 47... elāpatrastu nāgeṃdro brahmalokaṃ jagāma ha .. praṇamya tamathovāca māturutsaṃgasaṃsthitāḥ .. 8 .. mātrā śaptā vayaṃ deva kruddhayā tava saṃnidhau .. sā kathaṃ śāpakāle tu bhavatā na nivāri tā .. 9 .. .. brahmovāca .. .. niṣiddhā naiva te mātā bhāvikarmabalānmama .. sarpasatro hi bhavitā rājño janmejayasya ca .. 5.2.10.10 .. tvaṃ ca vatsa mamādeśānmahākālavanaṃ vraja ..\] śāṃtyarthaṃ sarvanāgānāṃ bhaktyā yuktastu satvaram ..11.. samārādhaya deveśaṃ mahāmāyāsamīpataḥ.. bhavitā tatra te siddhi devadevaprasādataḥ .. 12 .. tatra gatvātha karkoṭaḥ svayaṃ devi samāhitaḥ .. devamārādhayāmāsa mahāmāyāpuraḥsthitaḥ .. tasya tuṣṭotha deveśo varaṃ prādādya śasvini .. 13 .. ye daṃdaśūkāḥ krūrāśca pāpācārā viṣolbaṇāḥ .. teṣāṃ vināśo bhavitā na tu ye dharmacāriṇaḥ .. 14 .. bhaktyā tavādya tuṣṭosmi tvaṃ me sāyujyatāṃ vraja .. deve tatra vilīnotha nāgaḥ karkoṭakaḥ priye .. 15 .. karkoṭakeśvaraḥ khyātastato devo maheśvaraḥ.. tasya darśanamātreṇa vyādhayo yāṃti saṃkṣayam .. 16 .. yastaṃ pūjayate devaṃ bhaktyā yukto hi mānavaḥ .. aiśvaryaṃ jāyate tasya kulānāṃ tārayecchatam .. 17 .. vyādhito vyādhito mukto duḥkhī duḥkhātpramucyate .. darśanāttu bhavetsadya sarvapātakavarjitaḥ .. 18 .. niyamena prapaśyaṃti ye ca karkoṭakeśvaram .. te sarvakāmānāpsyaṃti vasaṃtyaṃte ca matpure .. 19 .. paṃcamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ ye paśyaṃti raverdine .. na teṣāṃ tu kule sarpāḥ pīḍāṃ kurvaṃti karhicit .. 5.2.10.20 .. yā nārī durbhagā sāpi saubhāgyaṃ labhate sadā .. gurviṇī labhate putramarogaṃ kulabhūṣaṇam .. śiśugrahāśca naśyaṃti nāpamṛtyubhayaṃ bhavet ..21.. yaṃyaṃ kāmamabhidhyāyenmana sā bhaktimānnaraḥ .. taṃtaṃ durllabhamāpnoti karkoṭeśvaradarśanāt .. 22 .. eṣa te kathito devi prabhāvaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ .. karkoṭeśvaradevasya śṛṇu siddheśvaraṃ param ..23.. iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvaṃtyakhaṃḍe caturaśītiliṅgamāhātmye karkoṭeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma daśamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 10 > The glorious Mahādeva said: > Know the tenth, O Pārvatī, named Karkoṭeśvara, / by the mere sight of which one is not overcome by poisons. (1) > The serpents were cursed by their mother because they disobeyed her word: / 'Since my command was not obeyed by you in an act of sin, (2) > fire will burn you at the sacrifice of Janamejaya!' / Hearing then their mother's curse, terrified of death, the snakes (3) > all went to various places to preserve their lives, O illustrious one. / Śeṣa went to the snowy mountain to perform tapas, O beloved. (4) > The snake named Kambala went to the world of Brahmā; / then Śaṅkhacūḍa, lord of serpents, went to Maṇipūra; (5) > Kāliya, overwhelmed by fear, took refuge in the waters of the Yamunā. (6) > Thus those serpent kings, the nāgas, O lovely one of sweet smile, / all went to Kurukṣetra to perform tapas, O illustrious one. / Likewise the nāga Dhṛtarāṣṭra went to Prayāga, O beloved. (7) > And Elāpatra, lord of serpents, went to the world of Brahmā. / Having bowed to him who sat on the mother's lap, he spoke: (8) > 'O god, we were cursed by our angry mother in your presence. / Why was she not prevented by you at the time of the curse?' (9) > Brahmā said: > 'Your mother was not restrained by me because of the power of destined deeds; / indeed the snake sacrifice of King Janamejaya will take place. (10) > And you, child, by my command, go to the Mahākāla forest, / for the pacification of all serpents, quickly, filled with devotion. (11) > Worship the lord of gods near Mahāmāyā; / there your perfection will come to be by the grace of the god of gods.' (12) > Having gone there, Karkoṭa himself, collected in mind, O goddess, / worshipped the god, standing before Mahāmāyā. / Pleased with him, the lord of gods granted a boon, O illustrious one: (13) > 'Those serpents that are cruel, sinful in conduct, and violent with poison, / their destruction will take place, but not of those who act righteously. (14) > I am pleased today with your devotion; enter into union with me.' / The nāga Karkoṭaka then dissolved into the god there, O beloved. (15) > From that time, the god Maheśvara became renowned as Karkoṭakeśvara; / by the mere sight of him, diseases perish. (16) > Whatever human being worships that god filled with devotion, / lordly power arises for him, and he redeems a hundred of his lineages. (17) > A sick person is freed from sickness, a suffering person is liberated from suffering; / by darśana alone, he immediately becomes freed from all sins. (18) > Those who regularly behold Karkoṭakeśvara / will obtain all desires and at the end dwell in my city. (19) > Those who see \[him\] on the fifth and on the fourteenth, or on a Sunday, / in their family snakes never cause harm. (20) > Even an unfortunate woman always attains good fortune; / a pregnant woman obtains a son free from disease, the ornament of his lineage; / afflictions caused by child-demons vanish, and there is no fear of untimely death. (21) > Whatever desire a devoted man meditates upon in his mind, / he attains that, however difficult to obtain, through the darśana of Karkoṭeśvara. (22) > This power that destroys sins has been told to you, O goddess, / of the god Karkoṭeśvara; hear now about the supreme Siddheśvara. (23) > Thus in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\], in the fifth \[section\], the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorification of the eighty-four liṅgas, the tenth chapter, titled 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Karkoṭeśvara'. (10) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.1) .. .. śrīmahādeva uvāca .. .. > The glorious Mahādeva said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.2) liṃgamekādaśaṃ viddhi devi siddheśvaraṃ śubham .. > Know the auspicious Siddheśvara to be the eleventh liṅga, O goddess, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.3) vīrabhadrasamīpe tu sarvasiddhipradāyakam ..1.. > situated near Vīrabhadra, the granter of all perfections. (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.4) deva dāruvane pūrvaṃ viprā yogasamanvitāḥ .. > Long ago, in the Devadāru forest, brahmins endowed with yoga, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.5) sparddhayā siddhilabdhyarthaṃ tapo'kurvata saṃyatāḥ..2.. > restrained, performed tapas in rivalry to obtain perfection. (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.6) śākāhārā nirāhārāḥ parṇāhārāstathāpare .. > Some ate vegetables, some took no food, while others fed on leaves; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.7) daṃtolūkhalinaḥ kecidaśmakuṭṭāstathā pare .. 3 .. > some used their teeth as a mortar, and others used stones to grind their food; (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.8) kecidvīrāsanaratā dhūmrapānaratāḥ pare .. > some were devoted to the vīrāsana posture, others were engaged in inhaling smoke; (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.9) pādairūrdhvairadhovaktraiḥ kecidabhrāvakāśikāḥ .. 4 .. > some hung with feet upward and faces downward; some lived exposed to the open sky; (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.10) kṛcchracāṃdrāyaṇādīni kurvantyanye samāhitāḥ .. > others, composed in mind, performed the kṛcchra, cāndrāyaṇa, and other penances; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.11) na cāpi paramā prāptā siddhirvarṣaśatairapi .. 5 .. > yet supreme perfection was not attained even in hundreds of years. (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.12) duḥkhārttāściṃtayāmāsuḥ kathaṃ siddhirbhaviṣyati .. > Afflicted by distress, they reflected: 'How will perfection arise? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.13) tapasā duṣkareṇaiva siddhirna vātra labhyate .. 6 .. > Perfection is not gained here even by difficult tapas! (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.14) vyarthā śrutistathā jātā yā gītā munibhiḥ purā .. > Thus the sacred tradition that was sung by the sages of old has become useless: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.15) tapasā labhyate sarvaṃ tapomūlamidaṃ jagat .. 7 .. > "Everything is obtained through tapas; this world has tapas as its root." (7) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.16) aṃjanaṃ guṭikā caiva pādukāgamanaṃ tathā .. > The magical collyrium, the pill, magical flight with wooden sandals, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.17) khaḍgasiddhirbile vāsaściṃtāmaṇirapekṣitam .. 8 .. > the perfection of the sword, dwelling in subterranean caverns, and the wish-fulfilling jewel that was desired—' (8) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.18) evaṃ te'ciṃtayasiddhāḥ paramāmarṣapūritāḥ .. > Thus reflected those seekers of perfection, filled with extreme indignation; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.19) utsārya tattapodharmaṃ nāstikyaṃ bhāvamāgatāḥ .. 9 .. > casting aside that duty of tapas, they arrived at an attitude of unbelief. (9) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.20) etasminneva kāle tu vāguvācāśarīriṇī .. > At that very time, an incorporeal voice spoke: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.21) āśvāsayaṃtī tānsiddhānmātā putramivaurasam .. 5.2.11.10 .. > comforting those Siddhas like a mother to her own begotten son: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.22) mā'vamanyadhvamāryā hi śrutirvyarthā mahītale .. > "O noble ones, do not hold that revelation is in vain on the face of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.23) tapo na niṃdyaṃ dharmo vā śrūyatāmatra kāraṇam .. 11 .. > Austerity is not to be despised, nor righteousness; listen to the reason for this: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.24) bhavitā bhavatāṃ siddhiratra naiva tapodhanāḥ .. > O you whose wealth is austerity, no accomplishment will come to you here; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.25) sparddhayā siddhikāmaiśca tapastaddhi kṛtaṃ vṛthā .. 12 .. > for that austerity performed out of rivalry and desiring accomplishment was in vain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.26) kāmācca tapaso hānirahaṃkārācca vismayaḥ .. > From desire comes the loss of austerity, and from egotism comes pride; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.27) krodhāllobhāttathā mohājjāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. .. 13 .. > and likewise from anger, greed, and delusion; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.28) sparddhayā rahito yastu kāmakrodhavivarjitaḥ .. > He, however, who is free from rivalry, devoid of desire and anger, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.29) karoti karma bhāvena sa tapaḥphalamaśnute .. 14 .. > and performs action with devotion, enjoys the fruit of austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.30) vāsanāvāsito yastu ekacittaḥ samāhitaḥ .. > He who is perfumed with good impressions, single-minded, concentrated, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.31) āstikaḥ śraddadhānaśca sa tapaḥphalamaśnute .. 15 .. > believing in the hereafter, and full of faith, enjoys the fruit of austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.32) mātṛvatparadārāṇi paradravyāṇi loṣṭavat .. > The man who always regards another's wife as a mother, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.33) yaḥ paśyati naro nityaṃ sa tapaḥ phalamaśnute .. 16 .. > and another's wealth as a clod of earth, enjoys the fruit of austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.34) īdṛśe puruṣe viprāstapaḥsiddhiśca dṛśyate .. > In such a person, O brahmins, the success of austerity is seen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.35) bhavaṃtaḥ sparddhayā caiva kṛtavaṃtaśca duṣkaram ..17.. > You have performed what is difficult to do purely out of rivalry. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.36) tasmādvarṣasahasreṇa naiva siddhirbhaviṣyati .. > Therefore, even in a thousand years, accomplishment will not come to be. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.37) yadi madvacanaṃ kāryaṃ nirvikalpena cetasā .. 18 .. > If my word is to be carried out with an unwavering mind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.38) mahākālavanaṃ gatvā yūyaṃ sarve samāhitāḥ .. > having gone to Mahākālavana, all of you concentrated, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.39) ārādhayadhvaṃ deveśaṃ sadā siddhipradāyakam .. 19 .. > worship the Lord of gods, who ever bestows accomplishment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.40) darśanāttasya devasya labhyate siddhiruttamā .. > From the darśana of that god, supreme accomplishment is obtained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.41) sanakādayo'pi ye devamāsādya yogatatparāḥ .. > Even Sanaka and the others, intent on yoga, having approached the god > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.42) pūjayitvāpi bhāvena saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ gatāḥ .. 5.2.11.20 .. > and worshipped him with devotion, attained the supreme perfection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.43) rājñā vasumatā pūrvaṃ khaṅgasiddhiḥ sudurlabhā .. > Formerly, by King Vasumat the very rare sword-accomplishment > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.44) prāptā darśanamātreṇa liṃgasyāsya prabhāvataḥ ..21.. > was attained through the mere darśana by the power of this liṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.45) pādukāgamanaṃ labdhaṃ haihayena mahātmanā .. > Travel by magic sandals was attained by the great-souled Haihaya, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.46) kṛtavīrātmajenaiva vāhānāṃ ca sahasrakam ..22.. > the son of Kṛtavīrya, as well as a thousand vehicles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.47) adṛśyakaraṇaṃ caiva prāptaṃ cānūruṇā purā.. > And the power of making oneself invisible was obtained in former times by Anūru; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.48) svarṇasiddhiśca siddhena pādalepo rasāyanam.. > and gold-making by the Siddha, foot-ointment, alchemy, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.49) aṃjanaṃ ca tathā labdhaṃ liṃgasyāsya ca darśanāt..23.. > and magic collyrium were likewise obtained from the darśana of this liṅga." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.50) ākāśavacanaṃ śrutvā te siddhā vismayānvitāḥ.. > Hearing the voice from the sky, those Siddhas, filled with wonder, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.51) samāyātā mudā yuktā mahākālavanottame..24.. > went joyfully to the excellent Mahākālavana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.52) sarvasiddhipradaṃ caiva dadṛśurliṃgamuttamam .. > And they beheld the excellent liṅga, bestower of all accomplishments; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.53) darśanāttasya liṃgasya saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ gatāḥ .. 25 .. > from the darśana of that liṅga, they attained supreme perfection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.54) tataḥprabhṛti vikhyāto devaiḥ siddheśvaraḥ paraḥ .. > From that time forth, the supreme Siddheśvara was celebrated by the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.55) ye paśyaṃti narā devi devaṃ siddheśvaraṃ param .. > Those men who see the supreme god Siddheśvara, O goddess, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.56) na teṣāṃ durlabhā siddhirbhaviṣyati mahītale .. 26 .. > accomplishment will not be hard for them to attain on the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.57) siddheśvaraṃ gamiṣyaṃti bhāvahīnāḥ prasaṃgataḥ .. > Those who, lacking devotion, happen to go to Siddheśvara in passing, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.58) saṃsiddhāste bhaviṣyaṃti niyatā nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 27 .. > they will certainly become fully accomplished; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.59) mahāpātakasaṃyukto yastu siddheśvaraṃ smaret .. > Even one joined with great sins who remembers Siddheśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.60) saṃsiddhastu bhavennūnaṃ jñānaiśvaryasamanvitaḥ .. 28 .. > will indeed become perfected, endowed with knowledge and sovereignty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.61) niyamena tu yaḥ paśyeddevaṃ siddheśvaraṃ param .. > He who beholds the supreme god Siddheśvara according to rule, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.62) ṣaṇmāsājjāyate siddhirvāṃchitā yā bhaveddhṛdi .. 29 .. > after six months the accomplishment desired in his heart comes to pass. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.63) aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturddaśyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe viśeṣataḥ .. > Especially on the eighth and fourteenth days of the dark fortnight, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.64) siddheśvaraṃ tu yaḥ paśyetsa paśyenmama maṃdiram .. 5.2.11.30 .. > he who beholds Siddheśvara shall behold my abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.65) aputro labhate putraṃ nirdhanastu dhanaṃ labhet .. > The childless obtains a child, and the penniless obtains wealth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.66) vidyārthī labhate vidyāṃ bhāryārthī labhate striyam .. .. 31 .. > the seeker of learning obtains learning, the seeker of a wife obtains a woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.67) saṃkrāṃtau somavāre ca grahaṇe caiva yo'rcayet .. > Whoever worships at a transit of the sun, on a Monday, or during an eclipse, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.68) kulānāṃ śatamuddhṛtya paitṛkaṃ svādhikaṃ priye .. > having delivered a hundred ancestral families, especially his own, O beloved, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.69) modate mama loke ca yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa ..32.. > rejoices in my world as long as the fourteen Indras endure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.70) eṣa te kathito devi prabhāvaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ .. > This power that destroys sin has been told to you, O goddess, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.71) siddheśvarasya devasya lokapāleśvaraṃ śṛṇu .. 33 .. > concerning the god Siddheśvara. Listen now to Lokapāleśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.11.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.11.72) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvaṃtyakhaṇḍe caturaśītiliṃgamāhātmye siddheśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikādaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 11 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the eleventh chapter, titled 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Siddheśvara', in the Māhātmya of the Eighty-Four Liṅgas in the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.1) .. śrīhara uvāca .. > The glorious Hara said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.2) dvādaśaṃ viddhi deveśi lokapāleśvaraṃ śivam .. > "Know the twelfth, O ruler of gods, to be the auspicious Lokapāleśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.3) yasya darśanamātreṇa sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 1 .. > by the mere darśana of which one is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.4) purā daityagaṇā devi prādurbhūtāḥ sahasraśaḥ .. > Formerly, O goddess, hosts of Daityas by the thousands appeared, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.5) hiraṇyakaśiporvakṣaḥsthalādatiparākramāḥ .. 2 .. > of great prowess, from the chest of Hiraṇyakaśipu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.6) tairiyaṃ vasudhā vyāptā saśailavanakānanā .. > By them this earth was pervaded, together with its mountains and forests; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.7) vidhvastāḥ svāśramāḥ sarve yajñā vidhvaṃsitāstathā .. 3 .. > all their hermitages were wrecked, and sacrifices were ruined; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.8) brāhmaṇā bhakṣitāścaiva veda vedāṃgapāragāḥ .. > and brahmins who had mastered the Vedas and their auxiliary sciences were devoured. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.9) pūritānyagnikuṇḍāni pāṃsunā madhunā tathā .. 4 .. > The sacrificial fire-pits were filled with dust and with intoxicating liquor; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.10) vidhvastāḥ kalaśāḥ sarve mṛdbhāṃḍādi ca cūrṇitam .. > all the ritual pitchers were smashed, and the earthen vessels and utensils crushed to powder. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.11) niḥsvādhyāyavaṣaṭkārā svadhāsvāhāvivarjitā .. 5 .. > Deprived of Vedic recitation and the vaṣaṭ-call, shorn of svadhā and svāhā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.12) kṛtā ca dharaṇī devi naṣṭayajñotsavābhavat .. > the earth, O goddess, was made bereft of sacrificial festivals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.13) lokapālāstato bhītā mādhavaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ .. 6 .. > Thereupon the guardians of the world, terrified, took refuge with Mādhava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.14) ūcuḥ prāṃjalayaḥ sarve kṣudhārtā duḥkhitāḥ kṛtāḥ .. > With folded hands, all of them afflicted with hunger and plunged into distress, spoke: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.15) vayaṃ glāniṃ gatā deva yajñabhāgaṃ vinā kṛtāḥ .. 7 .. > “O Lord, we have fallen into exhaustion, deprived of our sacrificial shares! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.16) vayaṃ trātāstvayā pūrvaṃ namucervṛṣaparvaṇaḥ .. > Formerly we were saved by you from Namuci and Vṛṣaparvan, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.17) hiraṇyakaśipo raudrānnarakācca murostathā .. 8 .. > from the dreadful Hiraṇyakaśipu, from Naraka, and likewise from Mura. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.18) tathā rakṣa suraśreṣṭha bhayaṃ naḥ samupasthitam .. 9 .. > So too, O best of gods, protect us; fear has overtaken us!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.19) teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā śaṃkhacakragadādharaḥ .. > Hearing those words of theirs, the wielder of the conch, discus, and mace > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.20) jagāma sa tato daityāḥ praviṣṭā varuṇālayam ..5.2.12.1 0.. > departed. Then the Daityas entered the abode of Varuṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.21) te niṣkramya tato rātrau nighnaṃti dvijasattamān .. > Issuing forth from there at night, they slew the best of brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.22) tāpasāndīkṣitāndevi dharmavrataparāyaṇān .. 11 .. > ascetics who had undergone initiation, O goddess, devoted to vows of righteousness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.23) atha svargaṃ gatāḥ kāṃte jitaḥ śakro marutpatiḥ .. > Then they went to heaven, O beloved, and Śakra, the lord of the Maruts, was conquered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.24) tathaiva dakṣiṇāmāśāṃ dharmarājo jitastataḥ .. 12 .. > Likewise, having marched to the southern quarter, the King of Dharma was conquered next. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.25) gatvātha paścimāmāśāṃ jalarājo vinirjitaḥ .. > Then, having gone to the western quarter, the king of waters was completely defeated; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.26) uttare dhanado devi tairdaityaiḥ sa vinirjitaḥ .. 13 .. > in the north, O goddess, the giver of wealth was defeated by those Daityas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.27) tataste vyākulā jātā viṣṇuṃ śaraṇamāgatāḥ .. > Then, thrown into turmoil, they came to Viṣṇu for refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.28) upāyaḥ kathito devi devebhyo viṣṇunā tadā .. 14 .. > A means was then told by Viṣṇu to the gods, O goddess: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.29) mahākālavanaṃ gatvā devā bhaktyā samāhitāḥ.. > “Having gone to the Mahākāla forest, O gods, concentrated with devotion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.30) ārādhayata sarveśaṃ śaṃkaraṃ lokaśaṃkaram..15.. > worship the Lord of All, Śaṃkara, who brings welfare to the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.31) bhavatāṃ bhavitā siddhistatra tasya prasādataḥ.. 16.. > There your success will come to be, through his grace.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.32) iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā kṛṣṇasyāmitatejasaḥ .. > Having heard this speech of Kṛṣṇa of boundless splendour, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.33) prasthitā lokapālāste mahākālavane śubhe .. 17 .. > the guardians of the world set out for the auspicious Mahākāla forest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.34) tāvattatraiva saṃruddhā daityaiḥ śastradharaistadā.. > Right then and there, they were intercepted by the Daityas bearing weapons; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.35) bhūyo naṣṭāśca saṃprāptā yatra devo janārdanaḥ .. 18 .. > fleeing once again, they arrived where the divine Janārdana was. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.36) kathayāmāsuratyugraṃ yathā ruddhaṃ jagattrayam .. > They reported the terrible manner in which the three worlds had been besieged. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.37) nārāyaṇena te proktā lokapālāḥ punaḥ punaḥ .. 19 .. > Those guardians of the world were addressed again and again by Nārāyaṇa: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.38) yūyaṃ vratadharā bhūtvā kapālaiśca vibhūṣitāḥ .. > “Take upon yourselves vows and adorn yourselves with skulls, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.39) khaṭvāṃgadhāriṇaḥ śāṃtāḥ paṃcamudrāvibhūṣitāḥ .. 5.2.12.20 .. > carrying skull-topped staffs, tranquil, adorned with the five seals, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.40) bhasmabhūṣitasarvāṃgāḥ kṣudraghaṃṭāvirājitāḥ .. > all your limbs adorned with ashes, beautified with tiny bells, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.41) mahāvratadharā bhūtvā mahākālavano ttamam .. > undertaking the Great Vow; to the supreme Mahākāla forest > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.42) gacchadhvaṃ brahmaṇā sārddhaṃ pādabaddhaiśca nūpuraiḥ .. 21 .. > go together with Brahmā, with anklets fastened to your feet.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.43) atha te lokapālāśca śrutvā kṛṣṇasya bhāṣitam .. > Then those guardians of the world, having heard the words of Kṛṣṇa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.44) samāyātā mahādevi kṛtvā kāpālikaṃ vapuḥ .. 22 .. > arrived, O great goddess, having assumed Kāpālika forms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.45) tatra dṛṣṭaṃ mahalliṃgaṃ tejasāṃ rāśimadbhutam .. > There they beheld the great liṅga, a wondrous mass of splendour, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.46) stutaṃ ca vividhaiḥ stotrairlokapālaiḥ punaḥpunaḥ .. 23 .. > and it was praised again and again with various hymns by the guardians of the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.47) tatastu tasya liṃgasya vahnijvālā viniḥsṛtā .. > Then from that liṅga a flame of fire burst forth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.48) yayā te dānavāḥ sarve dagdhā bhasmatvamāgatāḥ .. 24 .. > by which all those Dānavas were burnt and reduced to ashes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.49) jñātvā liṃgasya māhātmyaṃ nāma cakruḥ samāhitāḥ .. > Recognizing the greatness of the liṅga, they, with concentrated minds, gave it a name. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.50) sevitaṃ lokapālaistu liṃgaṃ tejomayaṃ param .. 25 .. > Because this supreme, luminous liṅga was worshipped by the guardians of the world, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.51) lokapāleśvaronāma khyātiṃ yāsyati bhūtale .. > it shall become known on the surface of the earth by the name Lokapāleśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.52) ityuktvā tridaśāḥ sarve lokapālaiḥ samāvṛtāḥ .. > Having said this, all the thirty \[gods\], surrounded by the guardians of the world, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.53) svasvasthānaṃ gatā divyaṃ yathāpūrvaṃ mudānvitāḥ .. 26 .. > went each to their own celestial abode, filled with joy as before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.54) ye paśyaṃti narā devi lokapāleśvaraṃ śivam .. > Those men who behold the auspicious Lokapāleśvara, O goddess, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.55) samṛddhibhiḥ susaṃpannā bhaveyurjanmajanmasu .. .. 27 .. > shall be richly endowed with prosperities in birth after birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.56) na dāridryaṃ na ca vyādhirnākālamaraṇaṃ tathā .. > Neither poverty nor disease, nor untimely death, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.57) aiśvaryaṃ cātulaṃ teṣāṃ jāyate darśanātsadā .. 28 .. > and matchless sovereignty is always born for them from its darśana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.58) yo yamuddiśya vai kāmaṃ darśanaṃ tu kariṣyati .. > Whatever desire one intends when making this darśana, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.59) tasya tajjāyate sarvaṃ mṛtasya paramā gatiḥ .. 29 .. > all that comes to pass for him, and upon death he attains the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.60) aśvamedhasya yajñasya samyagiṣṭasya yatphalam .. > Whatever fruit is obtained from a horse sacrifice properly performed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.61) tatphalaṃ labhate devi lokapāle śvarārcanāt .. 5.2.12.30 .. > that fruit one attains, O goddess, from worshipping Lokapāleśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.62) prasaṃgenāpi yaḥ paśyellokapāleśvaraṃ śivam .. > Even if someone should see the auspicious Lokapāleśvara merely by chance, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.63) modate svargaloke sa lokapālaiḥ samaṃ sadā .. 31 .. > he rejoices in the heavenly world forever along with the guardians of the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.64) saṃkrāṃtau somavāre ca caturdaśyāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. > Particularly on a solar transit, on a Monday, and on the fourteenth lunar day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.65) ye paśyaṃti narā bhaktyā hyaṣṭamyāmayanadvaye ..32.. > those men who behold it with devotion on the eighth lunar day and during the two solstices, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.66) te durddharṣā bhavaṃtīha śatrūṇāṃ saṃgare tathā .. > they become invincible here to their enemies in battle, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.67) mṛtā yāṃti vimānena śakralokaṃ sudurlabham .. 33 .. > and upon death they go by aerial chariot to the realm of Śakra, so difficult to attain, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.68) krameṇa vāruṇaṃ lokaṃ dhanadasya yathāsukham .. > and successively to the realm of Varuṇa and of the giver of wealth, at their pleasure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.69) punaḥ paitāmahaṃ yāṃti lokaṃ devaiḥ sudurlabham .. 34 .. > Then they go to the world of the Grandfather, which is very difficult even for gods to attain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.70) eṣa te kathito devi prabhāvaḥ pāpanāśanaḥ .. > This power that destroys sin has been told to you, O goddess; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.71) durlabhaḥ paramo guhyaṃ kāmeśvaramatho śṛṇu .. 35 .. > it is hard to attain, supreme, and secret. Now listen about Kāmeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.12.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.12.72) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe caturaśītiliṅgamāhātmye lokapāleśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 12 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the twelfth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Lokapāleśvara,' in the Glory of the Eighty-Four Liṅgas of the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the fifth part of the Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa containing eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.13.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.13.5) .. hara uvāca .. .. viddhi kāmeśvaraṃ devi tatra liṃgaṃ trayodaśam .. yasya darśanamātreṇa saubhāgyaṃ jāyate śubham .. 1 .. brahmaṇo dhyāyamānasya prajākāmasya pārvati .. utpanno'rkaprabhākāro lāvaṇyanicayo mahān .. alaṃkārāvṛtaḥ kāṃto divyamaṃḍanamaṃḍitaḥ .. 2 .. taṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaṃ divyaṃ kāṃtaṃ saubhāgyaśobhitam .. apratarkyamavijñeyaṃ brahmā provāca taṃ tadā .. 3 .. ko bhavānkiṃ nimittaṃ tu iha vā kimupāgataḥ .. vada tvaṃ manmathākāra kaṃdarpa iva lakṣyame .. 4 .. brahmaṇo vacanaṃ śrutvā proktaṃ tenaiva sādaram .. ahaṃ te sṛṣṭikāmasya bhāvena vihitoṃśakaḥ .. prajāpate mahābhāga kiṃ karomi diśasva mām .. 5 > Hara said: / Know Kāmeśvara, O goddess, as the thirteenth liṅga there, / by the mere sight of which auspicious good fortune arises. / While Brahmā was meditating, desirous of progeny, O Pārvatī, / there arose a great mass of beauty, shaped with the splendour of the sun, / covered with ornaments, attractive, adorned with heavenly adornments. / Seeing him, supreme, divine, handsome, adorned with charm, / unfathomable and unknowable, Brahmā said to him then: / 'Who are you? For what purpose, or why have you come here? / Speak, you who resemble Manmatha! You appear to me like Kandarpa.' / Hearing Brahmā's words, he respectfully said to him: / 'I am a portion produced by your intention, as you desired creation. / O noble Prajāpati, what shall I do? Command me!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.13.5\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.13.5_1) .. brahmovāca .. .. > Brahmā said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.13.5\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.13.5_2) mayā tu sṛṣṭikāmena ye prajāpatayaḥ kṛtāḥ .. > 'The Prajāpatis whom I created, desiring creation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.13.5\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.13.5_3) na te śaktāḥ prajāḥ sraṣṭuṃ kāmaite sukhamāpnuyuḥ .. 6 .. > are unable to generate progeny, so that these \[beings\] might obtain happiness through desire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.13.5\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.13.5_4) tvamagraṇīḥ prajāsarge tvadadhīnamidaṃ jagat .. > You are the foremost leader in the creation of progeny; this universe depends on you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.13.5\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.13.5_5) kuru sṛṣṭiṃ vicitrāṃ ca kaṃdarpa mama śāsanāt..7.. > Bring about manifold creation, O Kandarpa, by my command!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.13.5\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.13.5_6) ityukto brahmaṇā devi jagāmādarśanaṃ smaraḥ.. > Addressed thus by Brahmā, O goddess, Smara disappeared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.13.5\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.13.5_7) kruddhena brahmaṇā śapto vināśaṃ yāsyasi dhruvam..8.. > Angered, Brahmā cursed him: 'You shall certainly go to destruction > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.13.5\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.13.5_8) madvaco na kṛtaṃ yasmādbhavanetrodbhavāgninā.. > by the fire born of Bhava's eye, because you did not heed my word!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.13.5\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.13.5_9) tacchrutvā dāruṇaṃ śāpaṃ kaṃdarpo bhayavihvalaḥ.. > Hearing that terrible curse, Kandarpa, agitated with fear, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.13.5\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.13.5_10) brahmāṇaṃ praṇato bhūtvā prahvaḥ prāṃjalirabravīt..9.. > bowed down to Brahmā and, bending low with folded hands, said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.13.5\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.13.5_11) prasīda devadeveśa ananyagatike mayi.. > 'Be gracious, O Lord of the gods of gods, to me who have no other refuge! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.13.5\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.13.5_12) nahi nirbharatāṃ yāṃti prabhūṇāmāśrite ruṣaḥ..5.2.13.10.. > The angers of masters do not attain complete intensity towards one who has taken refuge.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.2.13.5\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.13.5_13) ..brahmovāca.. > Brahmā said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 200 of 7,778 passages. 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