[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) › 6.3.183 # Skandapurana 6.3.183 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.183 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.183.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.183.1) adhyāya 183 śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - ataḥ paraṃ mahārāja gacchetkedārasaṃjñakam . yatra gatvā mahārāja śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā pibejjalam . sampūjya devadeveśaṃ kedārotthaṃ phalaṃ labhet .. 183.1 .. > Chapter 183 > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: > After this, O great king, one should go to the \[place\] called Kedāra. > Having gone there, O great king, having performed a śrāddha and drunk the water, > one should worship the god of the gods and obtain the fruit arising from Kedāra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.183.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.183.2) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca - kathamatra suraśreṣṭha kedārākhyaḥ sthitaḥ svayam . uttare narmadākūle etadvistarato vada .. 183.2 .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: > How did he who is called Kedāra himself remain here, > O best of gods, on the northern bank of the Narmadā? Tell this in detail. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.183.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.183.3) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - purā kṛtayugasyādau śaṅkarastu maheśvaraḥ . bhṛguṇārādhitaḥ śaptaḥ śriyā ca bhṛgukacchake .. 183.3 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: > Formerly, at the beginning of the Kṛta age, Śaṃkara, the Great Lord, > was worshipped by Bhṛgu, and \[the place\] was cursed by Śrī at Bhṛgukaccha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.183.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.183.4) apavitramidaṃ kṣetraṃ sarvavedavivarjitam . bhaviṣyati nṛpaśreṣṭha gatetyuktvā haripriyā .. 183.4 .. > Having said, 'This sacred field shall become impure, > devoid of all the Vedas, O best of kings,' the beloved of Hari departed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.183.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.183.5) tapaścacāra vipulaṃ bhṛgurvarṣasahasrakam . vāyubhakṣo nirāhāraściraṃ dhamanisaṃtataḥ .. 183.5 .. > Bhṛgu performed extensive austerity for a thousand years, > subsisting on wind, taking no food, his veins standing out for a long time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.183.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.183.6) tataḥ pratyakṣatāmāgālliṅgībhūto maheśvaraḥ . prādurbhūtastu sahasā bhittvā pātālasaptakam .. 183.6 .. > Then the Great Lord became manifest to his sight, having assumed the form of a liṅga; > bursting through the seven subterranean realms, he suddenly appeared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.183.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.183.7) dadarśātha bhṛgurdevamautpalīṃ kelikāmiva . stutiṃ cakre sa devāya sthāṇave tryambaketi ca .. 183.7 .. > Then Bhṛgu saw the god, like a water-lily sprout in play. > He offered praise to the god, to Sthāṇu, calling him Tryambaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.183.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.183.8) evaṃ stutaḥ sa bhagavān provāca prahasanniva . punaḥ punarbhṛguṃ mattaḥ kiṃtu prārthayase mune .. 183.8 .. > Praised in this manner, the Blessed Lord said, as if smiling: > 'Again and again, O Bhṛgu, what indeed do you request of me, O sage?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.183.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.183.9) bhṛguruvāca - pañcakrośamidaṃ kṣetraṃ padmayā śāpitaṃ vibho . upavitramidaṃ kṣetraṃ sarvavedavivarjitam . bhaviṣyatīti ca procya gatā devī vidaṃ prati .. 183.9 .. > Bhṛgu said: > 'This sacred field of five krośas was cursed by Padmā, O omnipresent one. > Having proclaimed, "This sacred field shall become impure, devoid of all the Vedas," > the goddess departed towards \[her\] destination. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.183.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.183.10) punaḥ pavitratāṃ yāti yathedaṃ kṣetramuttamam . tathā kuru maheśāna prasanno yadi śaṅkara .. 183.10 .. > Act in such a way, O Great Lord, that this excellent sacred field attains purity once more, > if you are pleased, O Śaṃkara.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.183.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.183.11) īśvara uvāca - kedārākhyamidaṃ brahmaṃlliṅgamādyaṃ bhaviṣyati . kṛtvedamādiliṅgāni bhaviṣyanti daśaiva hi .. 183.11 .. > The Lord said: > 'This first liṅga, named Kedāra, shall arise, O holy one. > Counting this, the primeval liṅgas shall indeed be ten. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.183.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.183.12) ekādaśamadṛśyaṃ hi kṣetramadhye bhaviṣyati . pāvayiṣyati tatkṣetramekādaśaḥ svayaṃ vibhuḥ .. 183.12 .. > The eleventh shall indeed be invisible in the midst of the sacred field. > The eleventh, the omnipresent Lord himself, shall purify that sacred field. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.183.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.183.13) tathā vai dvādaśādityā matprasādāttu mūrtitaḥ . vasiṣyanti bhṛgukṣetre rogaduḥkhanibarhaṇāḥ .. 183.13 .. > Likewise, the twelve Adityas, by my grace in visible form, > shall reside in the sacred field of Bhṛgu, destroying disease and sorrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.183.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.183.14) durgāḥ hyaṣṭādaśa tathā kṣetrapālāstu ṣoḍaśa . bhṛgukṣetre bhaviṣyanti vīrabhadrāśca mātaraḥ .. 183.14 .. > Likewise, eighteen Durgās, sixteen guardians of the field, > Vīrabhadras, and the Mothers shall dwell in the sacred field of Bhṛgu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.183.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.183.15) pavitrīkṛtametaddhi nityaṃ kṣetraṃ bhaviṣyati . nāghamāse hyuṣaḥkāle snātvā māsaṃ jitendriyaḥ .. 183.15 .. > This sacred field shall indeed remain permanently purified. > In the month of Māgha, having bathed at dawn for a month with senses restrained, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.183.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.183.16) yaḥ pūjayati kedāraṃ sa gacchecchivamandiram . tasmiṃstīrthe naraḥ snātvā pitḥnuddiśya bhārata . śrāddhaṃ dadāti vidhivattasya prītāḥ pitāmahāḥ .. 183.16 .. > whoever worships Kedāra shall go to the abode of Śiva. > Having bathed in that sacred ford and intended \[it\] for the ancestors, O descendant of Bharata, > if a man offers a śrāddha according to the rules, his ancestors are pleased.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.183.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.183.17) iti te kathitaṃ samyakkedārākhyaṃ savistaram . sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvaduḥkhapraṇāśanam .. 183.17 .. > Thus has the \[shrine\] named Kedāra been fully described to you in detail, > holy, sin-destroying, and removing all sorrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.183.17\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.183.17_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe kedāreśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma tryaśītyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred and eighty-third chapter, titled 'Description of the māhātmya of the Kedāreśvara sacred ford,' in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, 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.6.3.183.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.183.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.183) · Pramāṇa