[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) › 6.3.141 # Skandapurana 6.3.141 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.141 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.141.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.141.p1) adhyāya 141 > Chapter 141 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.141.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.141.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchenmahīpāla tāpeśvaramanuttamam . yatra sā hariṇī siddhā vyādhabhītā nareśvara .. 141.1 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go, O protector of the earth, to the unsurpassed Tāpeśvara, / where that doe, frightened by a hunter, attained perfection, O lord of men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.141.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.141.2) jale prakṣipya gātrāṇi hyantarikṣaṃ gatā tu sā . vyādho vismitacittastu tāṃ mṛgīmavalokya ca .. 141.2 .. > Having cast her limbs into the water, she went to the sky; / and the hunter, his mind filled with wonder having seen that female deer, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.141.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.141.3) vimucya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ prārebhe tapa uttamam . divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu vyādhenācaritaṃ tapaḥ .. 141.3 .. > abandoned his bow along with the arrow and undertook supreme austerity. / Austerity was performed by the hunter for a thousand divine years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.141.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.141.4) atīte tu tataḥ kāle parituṣṭo maheśvaraḥ . varaṃ brūhi mahāvyādha yatte manasi rocate .. 141.4 .. > Then, after time had passed, Maheśvara was pleased: / "Choose a boon, O great hunter, whatever pleases your mind." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.141.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.141.5) vyādha uvāca - yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa yadi deyo varo mama . tava pārśve mahādeva vāso me pratidīyatām .. 141.5 .. > The hunter said: / "If you are pleased, O Lord of Gods, if a boon is to be given to me, / grant me residence by your side, O Mahādeva." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.141.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.141.6) īśvara uvāca - evaṃ bhavatu te vyādha yastvayā kāṅkṣito varaḥ . daivadevo mahādeva ityuktvāntaradhīyata . gate cādarśanaṃ deve sthāpayitvā maheśvaram .. 141.6 .. > Īśvara said: / "Let it be so for you, O hunter, as the boon was desired by you." / Having spoken thus, Mahādeva, the God of gods, vanished. / When the god had disappeared, having established Maheśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.141.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.141.7) pūjayitvā vidhānena gato vyādhastato divam . tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam .. 141.7 .. > and having worshipped according to the rule, the hunter went from there to heaven. / From that time on, that sacred ford has been renowned in the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.141.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.141.8) vyādhānutāpasaṃjātaṃ tāpeśvaramiti śrutam . tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā sampūjayati śaṅkaram .. 141.8 .. > Born from the hunter's repentance (anutāpa), it is heard of as Tāpeśvara. / Whoever bathes in that sacred ford and thoroughly worships Śaṅkara > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.141.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.141.9) śivalokamavāpnoti māmuvāca maheśvaraḥ . ye snātā narmadātoye tīrthe tāpeśvare narāḥ .. 141.9 .. > attains the world of Śiva; so Maheśvara said to me. / Those men who have bathed in the waters of the Narmadā at the sacred ford Tāpeśvara > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.141.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.141.10) tāpatrayavimuktāste nātra kāryā vicāraṇā . aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ tṛtīyāyāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 141.10 .. > are freed from the threefold miseries; no doubt should be entertained here, / especially on the eighth, fourteenth, and third \[tithis\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.141.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.141.11) snānaṃ samācarennityaṃ sarvapātakaśāntaye .. 141.11 .. > one should regularly perform ritual ablution for the pacification of all sins. // 141.11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.141.11\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.141.11_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe tāpeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikacatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred and forty-first chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Tāpeśvaratīrtha,' in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.141.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.141.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.141) · Pramāṇa