[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) › 6.3.212 # Skandapurana 6.3.212 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.212 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.212.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.212.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - athānyatsampravakṣyāmi devasya caritaṃ mahat . śrutamātreṇa yenāśu sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 212.1 .. > Glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Now I shall tell another great deed of the god, / by the mere hearing of which one is quickly freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.212.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.212.2) bhikṣurūpaṃ paraṃ kṛtvā devadevo maheśvaraḥ . ekaśālāṃ gato grāmaṃ bhikṣārthī kṣutpipāsitaḥ .. 212.2 .. > Having assumed the supreme form of a mendicant, the God of gods, Maheśvara, / went to the village of Ekaśālā seeking alms, hungry and thirsty, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.212.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.212.3) akṣasūtrodyatakaro bhasmaguṇṭhitavigrahaḥ . sphurattriśūlo viśveśo jaṭākuṇḍalabhūṣitaḥ .. 212.3 .. > With an akṣa rosary raised in his hand, his body smeared with ashes, / his trident gleaming, the Lord of the universe, adorned with matted locks and ear-rings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.212.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.212.4) kṛttivāsā mahākāyo mahāhikṛtabhūṣaṇaḥ . vādayanvai ḍamarukaṃ ḍiṇḍimapratimaṃ śubham .. 212.4 .. > Clad in an animal hide, of immense body, adorned with great serpents, / playing a small ḍamaru drum resembling a splendid ḍiṇḍima, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.212.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.212.5) kapālapāṇirbhagavānbālakairbahubhirvṛtaḥ . kvacidgāyanhasaṃścaiva nṛtyanvadan kvacitkvacit .. 212.5 .. > The Lord with a skull in hand, surrounded by many boys, / singing somewhere, and laughing, dancing and speaking here and there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.212.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.212.6) yatra yatra gṛhe devo līlayā ḍiṇḍamaṃ nyaset . bhārākrāntaṃ gṛhaṃ pārtha tatratatra vinaśyati .. 212.6 .. > In whatever house the god playfully placed the ḍiṇḍima drum, / that house, O Pārtha, overwhelmed by weight, perished right there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.212.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.212.7) evaṃ sampracaran devo veṣṭito bahubhirjanaiḥ . dṛśyādṛśyena rūpeṇa nirjagāma bahiḥ prabhuḥ .. 212.7 .. > Wandering thus, the god, surrounded by many people, / in a visible and invisible form, the Lord went outside. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.212.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.212.8) itaścetaśca dhāvantaṃ na paśyanti yadā janāḥ . vismitāste sthitāḥ śambhurbhaviṣyati tato'stuvan .. 212.8 .. > When the people did not see him running here and there, / they stood astonished, and thinking, "It must be Śambhu," they praised him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.212.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.212.9) teṣāṃ tu stuvatāṃ bhaktyā śaṅkaraṃ jagatāṃ patim . ḍiṇḍirūpo hi bhagavāṃstadāsau pratyadṛśyata .. 212.9 .. > While they were praising Śaṃkara, the Lord of the worlds, with devotion, / the Lord then became visible to them in the form of a ḍiṇḍi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.212.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.212.10) tadāprabhṛti deveśo ḍiṇḍimeśvara ucyate . darśanātsparśanādrājan sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 212.10 .. > From then on the Lord of gods is called Ḍiṇḍimeśvara; / by seeing and touching him, O King, one is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.212.10\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.212.10_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe ekaśālaḍiṇḍimeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma dvādaśottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the two hundred and twelfth chapter, entitled "Description of the māhātmya of Ekaśāla-Ḍiṇḍimeśvaratīrtha," in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth book, 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.6.3.212.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.212.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.212](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.212) · Pramāṇa