[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) › 6.3.187 # Skandapurana 6.3.187 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.187 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.187.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.187.1) adhyāya 187 śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - jāleśvaraṃ tato gacchelliṅgamādyaṃ svayambhuvaḥ . kālāgnirudraṃ vikhyātaṃ bhṛgukacche vyavasthitam .. 187.1 .. > Chapter 187. / The glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go to Jāleśvara, the primal self-manifest liṅga / renowned as Kālāgnirudra, situated at Bhṛgukaccha. 187.1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.187.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.187.2) sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ sarvopadravanāśanam . kṣetrapāpavināśāya kṛpayā ca samutthitam .. 187.2 .. > It pacifies all sins, destroys all afflictions, / and arose out of compassion for the destruction of the sins of the sacred field. 187.2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.187.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.187.3) purā kalpe'suragaṇairākrānte bhuvanatraye . vedoktakarmanāśe ca dharme ca vilayaṃ gate .. 187.3 .. > Formerly in a cosmic age, when the three worlds were overwhelmed by hosts of asuras, / when the rituals prescribed by the Vedas were destroyed, and when dharma went to ruin, 187.3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.187.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.187.4) devarṣimunisiddheṣu viśvāsaparameṣu ca . kālāgnirudrādutpanno dhūmaḥ kālodbhavodbhavaḥ .. 187.4 .. > when divine seers, sages, and siddhas were filled with utmost faith, / smoke, born of the fire of cosmic time, arose from Kālāgnirudra. 187.4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.187.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.187.5) dhūmātsamutthitaṃ liṅgaṃ bhittvā pātālasaptakam . avaṭaṃ dakṣiṇe kṛtvā liṅgaṃ tatraiva tiṣṭhati .. 187.5 .. > From that smoke arose the liṅga, piercing the seven underworlds. / Having made a pit to the south, the liṅga stands right there. 187.5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.187.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.187.6) tatra tīrthe nṛpaśreṣṭha kuṇḍaṃ jvālāsamudbhavam . yatra sā patitā jvālā śivasya dahataḥ puram .. 187.6 .. > At that sacred ford, O best of kings, is a pool originating from a flame, / where that flame of Śiva fell as he was burning the city \[of Tripura\]. 187.6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.187.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.187.7) tatrāvaṭaṃ samudbhūtaṃ dhūmāvartastato'bhavat . tasminkuṇḍe tu yaḥ snānaṃ kṛtvā vai narmadājale .. 187.7 .. > A cavity was formed there, and from that came the whirlpool of smoke. / Having performed a ritual ablution in that pool and in the waters of the Narmadā, 187.7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.187.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.187.8) kuryācchrāddhaṃ pitṛbhyo vai pūjayecca trilocanam . kālāgnirudranāmāni sa gacchetparamāṃ gatim .. 187.8 .. > one who performs a śrāddha for the ancestors, worships the three-eyed god, / \[and recites\] the names of Kālāgnirudra, attains the supreme destination. 187.8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.187.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.187.9) yatkiṃcitkāmikaṃ karma hyābhicārikameva vā . ripusaṃkṣayakṛdvāpi sāṃtānikamathāpi vā . atra tīrthe kṛtaṃ sarvamacirātsidhyate nṛpa .. 187.9 .. > Whatever rite is performed for desire, or sorcery, / or causing destruction to enemies, or for progeny— / everything performed at this sacred ford succeeds without delay, O king. 187.9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.187.9\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.187.9_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe kālāgnirudratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptāśītyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred and eighty-seventh chapter, named the Description of the Greatness of the Sacred Ford of Kālāgnirudra, 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.6.3.187.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.187.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.187) · Pramāṇa