[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 6.3.120 # Skandapurana 6.3.120 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.120 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.120.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.p1) adhyāya 120 > Chapter 120 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi kambukeśvaramuttamam . hiraṇyakaśipurdaityo dānavo baladarpitaḥ .. 120.1 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Hereafter I shall declare the supreme Kambukeśvara. / The Daitya Hiraṇyakaśipu was a Dānava arrogant in strength, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.2) avadhyaḥ sarvalokānāṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ . tasya putro mahātejāḥ prahlādo nāma nāmataḥ .. 120.2 .. > invulnerable to all beings, renowned in the three worlds. / His son of great fiery splendor was celebrated by the name Prahlāda; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.3) viṣṇuprasādādbhaktyā ca tasya rājye pratiṣṭhitaḥ . virocanastasya sutastasyāpi balireva ca .. 120.3 .. > by Viṣṇu's grace and through devotion, he was established in his kingdom. / Virocana was his son, and Bali was verily his son as well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.4) baliputro'bhavadbāṇastasmādapi ca śambaraḥ . śambarasyānvaye jātaḥ kamburnāma mahāsuraḥ .. 120.4 .. > Bali's son was Bāṇa, and from him also Śambara; / born in Śambara's lineage was a great Asura named Kambu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.5) jñātvā viṣṇumayaṃ ghoraṃ mahadbhayamupasthitam . dānavānāṃ vināśāya nānyo hetuḥ kadācana .. 120.5 .. > Knowing that terrible, great danger filled with Viṣṇu had arisen— / for there was never any other cause for the destruction of the Dānavas— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.6) sa tyaktvā putradārāṃśca suhṛdbandhuparigrahān . cacāra maunamāsthāya tapaḥ kamburmahāmatiḥ .. 120.6 .. > he abandoned sons, wives, friends, relatives, and possessions; / observing silence, the magnanimous Kambu performed austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.7) akṣasūtrakaro bhūtvā daṇḍī muṇḍī ca mekhalī . śākayāvakabhakṣaśca valkalājinasaṃvṛtaḥ .. 120.7 .. > Holding a rosary in his hand, bearing a staff, having a shaved head, wearing a girdle, / subsisting on greens and barley gruel, clothed in bark and black-antelope skin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.8) snātvā nityaṃ dhṛtiparo narmadājalamāśritaḥ . pūjayaṃstu mahādevamarbudaṃ varṣasaṃkhyayā .. 120.8 .. > bathing daily, devoted to steadfastness, having taken refuge in the waters of the Narmadā, / he worshipped Mahādeva for a count of one hundred million years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.9) tatastutoṣa bhagavāndevadevo maheśvaraḥ . uvāca dānavaṃ kāle meghagambhīrayā girā .. 120.9 .. > Then the blessed lord of gods, Maheśvara, was pleased; / in due time he spoke to the Dānava in a voice deep as a thundercloud: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.10) bhobhoḥ kambo mahābhāga tuṣṭo'haṃ tava suvrata . iṣṭaṃ vratānāṃ paramaṃ maunaṃ sarvārthasādhanam .. 120.10 .. > 'O Kambu, O fortunate one of good vows, I am pleased with you! / Silence, which accomplishes all goals, is cherished as the highest of vows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.11) caritaṃ ca tvayā loke devadānavaduścaram . varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te yatte manasi rocate .. 120.11 .. > And it was practiced by you—a feat difficult for gods and Dānavas to perform in the world. / Choose a boon, good fortune to you, whatever pleases your mind!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.12) kamburuvāca - yadi prasanno deveśa yadi deyo varo mama . akṣayyaścāvyayaścaiva svecchayā vicarāmyaham .. 120.12 .. > Kambu said: / 'If you are pleased, O Lord of gods, if a boon is to be granted to me, / may I wander at my own will, imperishable and undecaying, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.13) daityadānavasaṅghānāṃ saṃyugeṣvapalāyitā . bhayaṃ cānyanna vidyeta muktvā devaṃ gadādharam .. 120.13 .. > not fleeing in battles among the hosts of Daityas and Dānavas; / and let there be no other fear, except for the mace-bearing God. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.14) tasyāhaṃ saṃyuge sādhyo yenopāyena śaṅkara . bhavāmi na sadā kālaṃ taṃ vadasva varaṃ mama .. 120.14 .. > O Śaṅkara, tell me that boon by which means I / may never be conquered by him in battle at any time.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.15) īśvara uvāca - mama saṃnihito yatra tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi dānava . tatra viṣṇubhayaṃ nāsti vasātra vigatajvaraḥ .. 120.15 .. > Īśvara said: / 'Where you, O Dānava, will be near to me, / there is no fear of Viṣṇu; dwell here free from feverish anxiety. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.16) tasya devādhidevasya vedagarbhasya saṃyuge . śaṅkhacakradharasyeśā nāhaṃ sarve surāsurāḥ .. 120.16 .. > Against that supreme god of gods, who has the Vedas in his womb, / who holds the conch and discus, neither I nor all the gods and Asuras have mastery in battle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.17) kiṃ punaryo dviṣatyenaṃ lokālokaprabhuṃ harim . sa sukhī vartate kālaṃ na nimeṣaṃ mataṃ mama .. 120.17 .. > How much less can one who hates Hari, the Lord of all the worlds, / live in happiness for even a wink of an eye, in my opinion? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.18) tasmāttvaṃ parayā bhaktyā sarvabhūtahite rataḥ . vasiṣyasi ciraṃ kālamityuktvādarśanaṃ gataḥ .. 120.18 .. > Therefore, devoted to the welfare of all beings with supreme devotion, / you shall dwell for a long time.' Having spoken thus, he vanished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.19) gate cādarśanaṃ deve tatra tīrthe mahāmatiḥ . sthāpayāmāsa deveśaṃ śivaṃ śāntamanāmayam .. 120.19 .. > When the god had vanished, the magnanimous one, at that sacred ford, / installed the Lord of gods, Śiva, the peaceful and disease-free. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.20) tasmiṃstīrthe mahādevaṃ sthāpayitvā divaṃ gataḥ . tadāprabhṛti tatpārtha kambutīrthamiti śrutam . vikhyātaṃ sarvalokeṣu mahāpātakanāśanam .. 120.20 .. > Having installed Mahādeva at that sacred ford, he went to heaven. / From that time on, O son of Pṛthā, it was celebrated as Kambu tīrtha, / renowned in all the worlds, destroying heinous sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.21) kambutīrthe naraḥ snātvā vidhinābhyarcya bhāskaram . ṛgyajuḥsāmamantraiśca stūyamāno nṛpottama .. 120.21 .. > A man who bathes in Kambu tīrtha and duly worships the Sun, / being praised with the mantras of the Ṛg, Yajur, and Sāma Vedas, O best of kings— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.22) tasya puṇyaṃ samuddiṣṭaṃ brāhmaṇairvedapāragaiḥ . tatsarvaṃ tu śṛṇuṣvādya mamaiva gadato nṛpa .. 120.22 .. > the merit of this has been declared by brahmins who have mastered the Vedas. / Hear all of that today as I speak it, O king! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.23) ṛgyajuḥsāmagīteṣu sāṅgopāṅgeṣu yatphalam . tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti gāyatrīmātramantravit .. 120.23 .. > Whatever fruit is attained through the sung Ṛg, Yajur, and Sāma Vedas with their limbs and sub-limbs, / that fruit does a knower of the mere Gāyatrī mantra fully obtain \[there\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.24) tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā tarpayetpitṛdevatāḥ . pūjayeddevamīśānaṃ so'gniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet .. 120.24 .. > One who bathes at that sacred ford and offers libations to the ancestors and gods, / and worships the god Īśāna, obtains the fruit of an Agniṣṭoma sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.25) akāmo vā sakāmo vā tatra tīrthe kalevaram . yastyajennātra sandeho rudralokaṃ sa gacchati .. 120.25 .. > Whether without desire or with desire, whoever casts off their bodily frame / at that sacred ford—there is no doubt—goes to the realm of Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.120.25\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120.25_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe kambukeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma viṃśatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred and twentieth chapter, titled 'Description of the Glory of the Kambukeśvara Tīrtha,' in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, the compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.120.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.120.1) — Sanskrit - [Mahānirvāṇatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.mahanirvana.153_455) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.120) · Pramāṇa