[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) › 6.3.191 # Skandapurana 6.3.191 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.191 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.191.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.1) adhyāya 191 śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - siddheśvaraṃ tato gacchettasyaiva tu samīpataḥ . amṛtasrāvi talliṅgamādyaṃ svāyambhuvaṃ tathā .. 191.1 .. > Chapter 191 > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: > Then one should go to Siddheśvara, which is very close to it. / That primeval, self-manifest liṅga flows with nectar, 191.1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.2) dṛṣṭamātreṇa yeneha hyanṛṇo jāyate naraḥ . purā varṣaśataṃ sāgramārādhya parameśvaram .. 191.2 .. > by merely seeing which a person becomes free from debt here \[in this world\]. / Long ago, having worshipped the Supreme Lord for over a full hundred years, 191.2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.3) prāpnuyuḥ paramāṃ siddhimādityā dvādaśaiva tu . ataḥ siddheśvaraḥ proktaḥ siddhidaḥ siddhikāṅkṣiṇām .. 191.3 .. > the twelve Ādityas attained supreme perfection. / Therefore it is called Siddheśvara, bestower of perfections to those who desire perfections. 191.3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.4) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca - kathaṃ siddheśvare prāptāḥ siddhiṃ devā dvijottama . ādityā iti yaccoktaṃ tanme vismāpanaṃ kṛtam .. 191.4 .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: > How did the gods attain perfection at Siddheśvara, O best of the twice-born? / And that it was said to be the Ādityas—that has caused me wonder! 191.4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.5) tapasyugre vyavasitā ādityāḥ kena hetunā . samprāptāstu dvijaśreṣṭha siddhiṃ caivābhilāṣikīm .. 191.5 .. > For what reason did the Ādityas engage in fierce austerity / and attain their desired perfection, O best of the twice-born? 191.5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.6) saṃkṣipya tu mayā pṛṣṭaṃ vistarāddvija śaṃsa me .. 191.6 .. > I have asked in brief; tell me in detail, O twice-born one. 191.6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.7) mārkaṇḍeya uvāca - aditerdvādaśādityā jātāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ . indro dhātā bhagastvaṣṭā mitro'tha varuṇo'ryamā .. 191.7 .. > Mārkaṇḍeya said: > The twelve Ādityas were born of Aditi, with Śakra at their head: / Indra, Dhātṛ, Bhaga, Tvaṣṭṛ, Mitra, then Varuṇa, Aryaman, 191.7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.8) vivasvānsavitā pūṣā hyaṃśumānviṣṇureva ca . ta ime dvādaśādityā icchanto bhāskaraṃ padam .. 191.8 .. > Vivasvat, Savitṛ, Pūṣan, and Aṃśumat, and Viṣṇu. / These twelve Ādityas, desiring the solar station, 191.8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.9) narmadātaṭamāśritya tapasyugre vyavasthitāḥ . siddheśvare mahārāja kāśyapeyairmahātmabhiḥ .. 191.9 .. > resorted to the bank of the Narmadā and engaged in fierce austerity. / At Siddheśvara, O great king, by those magnanimous sons of Kaśyapa, 191.9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.10) parā siddhiranuprāptā dvādaśādityasaṃjñitaiḥ . sthāpitaśca jagaddhātā tasmiṃstīrthe divākaraḥ .. 191.10 .. > known as the twelve Ādityas, supreme perfection was achieved. / And the Sun, creator of the world, was installed at that sacred ford 191.10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.11) svakīyāṃśavibhāgena dvādaśādityasaṃjñitaiḥ . tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ rājankhyātiṃ gataṃ bhuvi .. 191.11 .. > by those known as the twelve Ādityas through the division of their own portions. / Thenceforth, O king, that sacred ford became renowned on earth. 191.11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.12) pralaye samanuprāpte hyādityā dvādaśaiva te . dvādaśādityato rājan sambhavanti yugakṣaye .. 191.12 .. > When dissolution arrives, those twelve Ādityas indeed / arise from Dvādaśāditya at the end of the age, O king. 191.12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.13) indrastapati pūrveṇa dhātā caivāgnigocare . gabhastipatirvai yāmye tvaṣṭā nairṛtadiṅmukhaḥ .. 191.13 .. > Indra shines in the east, and Dhātṛ in the southeast; / Gabhastipati shines in the south, Tvaṣṭṛ facing the southwest; 191.13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.14) varuṇaḥ paścime bhāge mitrastu vāyave tathā . viṣṇuśca saumyadigbhāge vivasvānīśagocare .. 191.14 .. > Varuṇa in the western quarter, and Mitra in the northwest; / Viṣṇu in the northern quarter, and Vivasvat in the northeast; 191.14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.15) ūrdhvataścaiva savitā hyadhaḥ pūṣā viśoṣayan . aṃśumāṃstu tathā viṣṇurmukhato nirgataṃ jagat .. 191.15 .. > Savitṛ above, and below Pūṣan desiccating \[all\]; / Aṃśumat and Viṣṇu—\[all\] issued forth from the mouth of the universe, 191.15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.16) pradahanvai naraśreṣṭha babhramuśca itastataḥ . yathaiva te mahārāja dahanti sakalaṃ jagat .. 191.16 .. > burning \[everything\], O best of men, and roamed here and there. / Just as they burn the entire universe, O great king, 191.16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.17) tathaiva dvādaśādityā bhaktānāṃ bhāvasādhanāḥ . prātarutthāya yaḥ snātvā dvādaśādityasaṃjñitam .. 191.17 .. > so the twelve Ādityas accomplish the heartfelt desires of their devotees. / Having risen at dawn and bathed, whoever beholds the lord of the gods, 191.17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.18) paśyate devadeveśaṃ śṛṇu tasyaiva yatphalam . vācikaṃ mānasaṃ pāpaṃ karmajaṃ yatpurākṛtam .. 191.18 .. > who is known as Dvādaśāditya—hear the fruit thereof! / Vocal, mental, or born of action—whatever sin was committed in the past 191.18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.19) naśyate tatkṣaṇādeva dvādaśādityadarśanāt . pradakṣiṇaṃ tu yaḥ kuryāttasya devasya bhārata .. 191.19 .. > perishes at that very moment upon the darśana of Dvādaśāditya. / And whoever performs circumambulation of that deity, O descendant of Bharata, 191.19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.20) pradakṣiṇīkṛtā tena pṛthivī nātra saṃśayaḥ . tatra tīrthe tu saptamyāmupavāsena yatphalam .. 191.20 .. > by him the earth has been circumambulated, without doubt. / Whatever fruit is obtained by fasting on the seventh lunar day at that sacred ford, 191.20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.21) anyatra saptasaptamyāṃ labhanti na labhanti ca . ṣaṣṭhyāṃ vāre dainakare dvādaśādityadarśanāt .. 191.21 .. > one may or may not obtain elsewhere even in seven seventh lunar days. / On a Sunday that coincides with a sixth lunar day, by the darśana of Dvādaśāditya, 191.21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.22) pradakṣiṇaṃ tu yaḥ kuryāttasya pāpaṃ tu naśyati . arogī saptajanmāni bhavedvai nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 191.22 .. > the sin of whoever performs circumambulation is destroyed. / For seven lifetimes he will be free from disease, without doubt. 191.22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.23) yastu pradakṣiṇaśataṃ dadyādbhaktyā dine dine . dadrūpiṭakakuṣṭhāni maṇḍalāni vicarcikāḥ .. 191.23 .. > And he who devoutly gives a hundred circumambulations day after day— / ringworm, boils, leprosy, blotches, and scabies: 191.23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.24) naśyanti vyādhayaḥ sarve garuḍeneva pannagāḥ . putraprāptirbhavettasya ṣaṣṭyā vāsarasevanāt .. 191.24 .. > all diseases perish, as serpents by Garuḍa. / He obtains a son by serving \[the deity\] on the sixth lunar day. 191.24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.191.24\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191.24_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe dvādaśādityatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikanavatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-first chapter, named 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Dvādaśādityatīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a 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.6.3.191.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.191.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.191) · Pramāṇa