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# Skandapurana 6.3.111

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.111

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.111.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.p1)

adhyāya 111

> Chapter 111  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
narmadādakṣiṇe kūle tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam .  
skandena nirmitaṃ pūrvaṃ tapaḥ kṛtvā sudāruṇam .. 111.1 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> On the southern bank of the Narmadā is an exceedingly splendid sacred ford / created formerly by Skanda after performing exceedingly severe austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.2)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
skandasya caritaṃ sarvamājanma dvijasattama .  
tīrthasya ca vidhiṃ puṇyaṃ kathayasva yathārthataḥ .. 111.2 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said:  
> Tell me truly, O best among the twice-born, the entire life of Skanda / from his birth, and the holy rite of the sacred ford.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.3)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
devadevena vai taptaṃ tapaḥ pūrvaṃ yudhiṣṭhira .  
vijñaptena suraiḥ sarvairumādevī vivāhitā .. 111.3 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> In ancient times, O Yudhiṣṭhira, austerity was practiced by the God of gods. / When implored by all the gods, the goddess Umā was taken in marriage.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.4)

nāsti senāpatiḥ kaściddevānāṃ surasattama .  
nīyante dānavairghoraiḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ .. 111.4 ..

> There is no commander of the army for the gods, O best among gods; / all the gods along with Indra are being led captive by the dreadful Dānavas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.5)

yathā niśā vinā candraṃ divaso bhāskaraṃ vinā .  
na śobhate muhūrtaṃ vai tathā senā vināyakā .. 111.5 ..

> Just as a night without the moon, or a day without the sun / does not look splendid even for a moment, so an army without a leader does not shine.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.6)

evaṃ jñātvā mahādeva parayā dayayā vibho .  
senānīrdīyatāṃ kaścittriṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ .. 111.6 ..

> Knowing this, O Mahādeva, out of supreme compassion, O omnipresent Lord, / let a commander of the army renowned in the three worlds be granted.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.7)

etacchrutvā śubhaṃ vākyaṃ devānāṃ parameśvaraḥ .  
kāmayāna umāṃ devīṃ sasmāra manasā smaram .. 111.7 ..

> Hearing this auspicious statement of the gods, the Supreme Lord, / desiring the goddess Umā, remembered the god of love in his mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.8)

tena mūrchitasarvāṅgaḥ kāmarūpo jagadguruḥ .  
kāmayāmāsa rudrāṇīṃ divyaṃ varṣaśataṃ kila .. 111.8 ..

> All his limbs overwhelmed by him, the Preceptor of the universe, who assumes forms at will, / made love to Rudrāṇī for a full hundred divine years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.9)

devarājastato jñātvā mahāmaithunagaṃ haram .  
saṃmantrya daivataiḥ sārddhaṃ praiṣayajjātavedasam .. 111.9 ..

> The king of the gods, learning that Hara was engaged in great intercourse, / consulted with the deities and dispatched Agni (Jātavedas).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.10)

tena gatvā mahādevaḥ paramānandasaṃsthitaḥ .  
sahasā tena dṛṣṭo'sau hāhetyuktvā samutthitaḥ .. 111.10 ..

> Having gone there, Mahādeva was situated in supreme bliss; / seen suddenly by him, he exclaimed 'Alas, alas!' and rose up.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.11)

tataḥ kruddhā mahādevī śāpavācamuvāca ha .  
vepamānā mahārāja śṛṇu yatte vadāmyaham .. 111.11 ..

> Then the great goddess, angered, uttered a curse; / trembling, O great king, listen to what I tell you:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.12)

ahaṃ yasmātsuraiḥ sarvairyācitā putrajanmani .  
kṛtā ratiśca viphalā saṃpreṣya jātavedasam .. 111.12 ..

> 'Since I was begged by all the gods for the birth of a son, / and yet our lovemaking has been rendered futile by sending Agni,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.13)

tasmātsarve putrahīnā bhaviṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ .  
hareṇoktastato vahnirasmākaṃ bījamāvaha .. 111.13 ..

> therefore all of them shall become devoid of sons, without a doubt.' / Then the Fire-god was addressed by Hara: 'Carry our seed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.14)

yathā bhavati lokeṣu tathā tvaṃ kartumarhasi .  
mama tejastvayā śakyaṃ gṛhītuṃ surasattama .  
devakāryārthasiddhyarthaṃ nānyaḥ śakto jagattraye .. 111.14 ..

> You ought to act so that it comes about in the worlds. / My fiery energy can be held by you, O best of gods; / for the sake of accomplishing the task of the gods, no other is capable in the three worlds.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.15)

agniruvāca -  
tejasastava me deva kā śaktirdhāraṇe vibho .  
karoti bhasmasātsarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram .. 111.15 ..

> Agni said:  
> O God, O all-pervading Lord, what power do I have to bear your fiery energy? / It turns the entire threefold world, with all that moves and is still, to ashes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.16)

īśvara uvāca -  
udarasthena bījena yadi te jāyate rujā .  
tadā kṣipasva tattejo gaṅgātoye hutāśana .. 111.16 ..

> Īśvara said:  
> If pain arises for you from the seed staying in your belly, / then, O consumer of oblations, cast that fiery energy into the water of the Gaṅgā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.17)

evamuktvā mahādevo'moghaṃ bījamuttamam .  
havyavāhamukhe sarvaṃ prakṣipyāntaradhīyata .. 111.17 ..

> Having spoken thus, Mahādeva deposited all his excellent, unfailing seed / into the mouth of the fire-god and vanished.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.18)

gate cādarśanaṃ deve dahyamāno hutāśanaḥ .  
gaṅgātoye vinikṣipya jagāma svaṃniveśanam .. 111.18 ..

> When the god had vanished, Fire, burning with heat, / threw it into the waters of the Gaṅgā and went to his own abode.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.19)

asahantī tu tattejo gaṅgāpi saritāṃ varā .  
śarastambe vinikṣipya jagāmāśu yathāgatam .. 111.19 ..

> Gaṅgā too, the best of rivers, unable to bear that fiery brilliance, / threw it into a reed-bed and swiftly went back the way she came.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.20)

tatra jātaṃ tu taddṛṣṭvā sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ .  
kṛttikāṃ preṣayāmāsuḥ stanyaṃ pāyayituṃ tadā .. 111.20 ..

> Seeing that \[child\] born there, all the gods, along with Indra, / sent the Kṛttikās to give him breast-milk then.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.21)

dṛṣṭvā tā āgatāḥ sarvā gaṅgāgarbhe mahāmateḥ .  
ṣaṇmukhaiḥ ṣaṇmukho bhūtvā pipāsurapibatstanam .. 111.21 ..

> Seeing that they had all arrived, the noble-minded one, born of Gaṅgā's womb, / became six-faced and drank the breast-milk with six mouths, longing to drink.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.22)

jātakarmādisaṃskārānvedoktānpadmasambhavaḥ .  
cakāra sarvāndājendra vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā .. 111.22 ..

> Brahmā, born of the lotus, performed all the rites, beginning with the birth-rite, / as prescribed by the Vedas according to the prescribed rules, O best of kings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.23)

ṣaṇmukhātṣaṇmukho nāma kārttikeyastu kṛttikāt .  
kumāraśca kumāratvādgaṅgāgarbho'gnijo'paraḥ .. 111.23 ..

> From his six faces he is called Ṣaṇmukha, and Kārttikeya from the Kṛttikās; / he is Kumāra because of his boyhood, Gaṅgāgarbha, and also Agrija.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.24)

evaṃ kumāraḥ sambhūto hyanadhītya sa vedavit .  
śāstrāṇyanekāni veda cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ .. 111.24 ..

> Thus Kumāra was born. Without studying, he knew the Vedas / and knew many treatises; and he performed extensive austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.25)

devāraṇyeṣu sarveṣu nadīṣu ca nadeṣu ca .  
pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni samudrādyāni bhārata .. 111.25 ..

> In all the divine forests, at rivers and streams, / and at whatever sacred fords exist on earth, beginning with the ocean, O descendant of Bharata,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.26)

tataḥ paryāyayogena narmadātaṭamāśritaḥ .  
narmadādakṣiṇe kūle cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ .. 111.26 ..

> he then, in the course of wandering, resorted to the bank of the Narmadā, / and on the southern bank of the Narmadā he performed extensive austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.27)

ṛgyajuḥsāmavihitaṃ japañjāpyamaharniśam .  
dhyāyamāno mahādevaṃ śucirdhamanisaṃtataḥ .. 111.27 ..

> chanting day and night the prayers prescribed by the Ṛg, Yajur, and Sāma Vedas, / meditating on Mahādeva, pure, his veins standing out \[on his skin\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.28)

tato varṣasahasrānte pūrṇe devo maheśvaraḥ .  
umayā sahitaḥ kāle tadā vacanamabravīt .. 111.28 ..

> Then, at the end of a full thousand years, the god Maheśvara, / accompanied by Umā, spoke these words at that time:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.29)

īśvara uvāca -  
ahaṃ te varadastāta gaurī mātā pitā hyaham .  
varaṃ vṛṇīṣva yacceṣṭaṃ triṣu lokeṣu durlabham .. 111.29 ..

> Īśvara said:  
> “I grant you a boon, dear child. Gaurī is your mother, and I am your father. / Choose a boon, whatever you desire, even if difficult to obtain in the three worlds.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.30)

ṣaṇmukha uvāca -  
yadi tuṣṭo mahādeva umayā saha śaṅkara .  
vṛṇomi mātāpitarau nānyā gatirmatirmama .. 111.30 ..

> Ṣaṇmukha said:  
> “If you are pleased, Mahādeva, Śaṅkara, together with Umā, / I choose you both as mother and father; I have no other refuge or thought.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.31)

etacchrutvā śubhaṃ vākyaṃ putrasya vadanāccyutam .  
tathetyuktvā tu snehena premṇā taṃ pariṣasvaje .. 111.31 ..

> Hearing these auspicious words spoken from the mouth of his son, / he said, ‘So be it,’ and embraced him with affection and love.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.32)

tatastaṃ mūrdhnyupāghrāya hyumayovāca śaṅkaraḥ .. 111.32 ..

> Then, smelling his head, Śaṅkara, along with Umā, said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.33)

īśvara uvāca -  
akṣayaścāvyayaścaiva senānīstvaṃ bhaviṣyasi .. 111.33 ..

> Īśvara said:  
> “You shall be imperishable, immutable, and the commander of the army.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.34)

śikhī ca te vāhanaṃ divyarūpo datto mayā śaktidharasya saṃkhye .  
surāsurādīṃśca jayeti coktvā jagāma kailāsavaraṃ mahātmā .. 111.34 ..

> A peacock of divine form has been given by me as a mount to you who wield the spear in battle. / Conquer the gods, asuras, and the rest!” Having said this, the Great-Souled one went to the excellent Kailāsa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.35)

gate cādarśanaṃ deve tadā sa śikhivāhanaḥ .  
sthāpayitvā mahādevaṃ jagāma surasannidhau .. 111.35 ..

> When the god had vanished, he whose mount is a peacock / installed Mahādeva and then went to the presence of the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.36)

tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ skandatīrthamiti śrutam .  
sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ martyānāṃ bhuvi durlabham .. 111.36 ..

> From that time forward, that sacred ford became known as Skandatīrtha, / removing all sins, holy, and difficult to attain for mortals on earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.37)

tatra tīrthe tu yo rājanbhaktyā snātvārcayecchivam .  
gandhamālyābhiṣekaiśca yājñikaṃ sa labhetphalam .. 111.37 ..

> O King, whoever bathes at that sacred ford with devotion and worships Śiva / with perfumes, garlands, and ceremonial bathing, obtains the fruit of a sacrificer.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.38)

skandatīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetpitṛdevatāḥ .  
tilamiśreṇa toyena tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu .. 111.38 ..

> Hear the meritorious fruit of him who bathes at Skandatīrtha / and worships the ancestors and deities with water mixed with sesame seeds:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.39)

piṇḍadānena caikena vidhiyuktena bhārata .  
dvādaśābdāni tuṣyanti pitaro nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 111.39 ..

> By a single offering of rice-balls performed according to the rules, O descendant of Bharata, / the ancestors are satisfied for twelve years; there is no doubt about this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.40)

tatra tīrthe tu rājendra śubhaṃ vā yādi vāśubham .  
iha loke pare caiva tatsarvaṃ jāyate'kṣayam .. 111.40 ..

> Whatever good or evil is done at that sacred ford, O best of kings, / all of that becomes imperishable, both in this world and in the next.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.41)

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ kaścitprāṇatyāgaṃ kariṣyati .  
śāstrayuktena vidhinā sa gacchecchivamandiram .. 111.41 ..

> Whoever abandons his life at that sacred ford / according to the injunctions laid down in the scriptures, goes to the abode of Śiva.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.42)

kalpamekaṃ vasitvā tu devagandharvapūjitaḥ .  
atra bhāratavarṣe tu jāyate vimale kule .. 111.42 ..

> Having lived \[there\] for one kalpa, honored by gods and gandharvas, / he is born here in the land of Bharata into a pure family.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.43)

vedavedāṅgatattvajñaḥ sarvavyādhivivarjitaḥ .  
jīvedvarṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ putrapautrasamanvitaḥ .. 111.43 ..

> Knowing the truth of the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas, free from all diseases, / he lives for more than a hundred years, endowed with sons and grandsons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.44)

idaṃ te kathitaṃ rājanskandatīrthasya sambhavam .  
dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ sarvaduḥkhaghnamuttamam .  
sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ devadevena bhāṣitam .. 111.44 ..

> Thus the origin of Skandatīrtha has been related to you, O King: / auspicious, bringing fame and longevity, destroying all sorrow, excellent, / removing all sins, holy, as spoken by the God of gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.111.44\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.111.44_2)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe skandatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikādaśottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and eleventh chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Skandatīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.111.p1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.111.1) — Sanskrit

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