[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) › 6.3.154 # Skandapurana 6.3.154 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.154 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.154.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.154.p1) adhyāya 154 > Chapter 154 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.154.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.154.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - narmadādakṣiṇe kūle tīrthaṃ kalakaleśvaram . vikhyātaṃ sarvalokeṣu svayaṃ devena nirmitam .. 154.1 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / "On the southern bank of the Narmadā is the Kalakaleśvara sacred ford, / renowned in all the worlds, fashioned by the God himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.154.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.154.2) andhakaṃ samare hatvā devadevo maheśvaraḥ . sahito devagandharvaiḥ kinnaraiśca mahoragaiḥ .. 154.2 .. > Having slain Andhaka in battle, the great Lord, the god of gods, / accompanied by gods, gandharvas, kinnaras, and great serpents, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.154.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.154.3) śaṅkhatūryaninādaiśca mṛdaṅgapaṇavādibhiḥ . vīṇāveṇuravaiścānyaiḥ stutibhiḥ puṣkalādibhiḥ .. 154.3 .. > amidst the blasts of conches and trumpets, with mṛdaṅgas, paṇavas, and other drums, / with the sounds of vīṇās and flutes, and with abundant hymns of praise, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.154.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.154.4) gāyanti sāmāni yajūṃṣi cānye chandāṃsi cānye ṛcamudgiranti . stotrairanekairapare gṛṇanti maheśvaraṃ tatra mahānubhāvāḥ .. 154.4 .. > some singing the Sāman hymns, others the Yajus hymns, others reciting the metres and the Ṛg verses, / while other exalted ones praised Maheśvara there with manifold hymns— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.154.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.154.5) pramathānāṃ ninādena kalkalena ca bandinām . yasmātpratiṣṭhitaṃ liṅgaṃ tasmājjātaṃ tadākhyayā .. 154.5 .. > because the liṅga was established amidst the roaring of the Pramathas / and the tumultuous acclaim of the bards, it came to be known by that name. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.154.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.154.6) tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā vīkṣetkalakaleśvaram . vājapeyātparaṃ puṇyaṃ sa labhenmānavo bhuvi .. 154.6 .. > Whoever, having bathed at that sacred ford, beholds Kalakaleśvara, / that human being on earth attains merit superior to that of a Vājapeya sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.154.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.154.7) tena puṇyena pūtātmā prāṇatyāgāddivaṃ vrajet . ārūḍhaḥ paramaṃ yānaṃ gīyamāno'psarogaṇaiḥ .. 154.7 .. > Purified in self by that merit, upon relinquishing his breath he goes to heaven, / having mounted an excellent aerial vehicle, sung of by hosts of apsarases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.154.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.154.8) upabhujya mahābhogānkālena mahatā tataḥ . martyaloke mahātmāsau jāyate vimale kule .. 154.8 .. > Having enjoyed immense delights there for a long time, / that great-souled one is subsequently born into a pure family in the mortal world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.154.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.154.9) brāhmaṇaḥ subhago loke vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ . vyādhiśokavinirmukto jīvecca śaradāṃ śatam .. 154.9 .. > A fortunate brahmin in the world, a master of the Vedas and the Vedāṅgas, / freed from disease and grief, he lives for a hundred autumns." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.154.9\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.154.9_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe kalakaleśvaratīrthaphalamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma catuḥpañcāśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred fifty-fourth chapter, entitled "Description of the Fruit and Māhātmya of the Kalakaleśvara Sacred Ford," in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compilation of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.154.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.154.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.154) · Pramāṇa