[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) › 6.3.214 # Skandapurana 6.3.214 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.214 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.214.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.214.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - caturthaṃ sampravakṣyāmi devasya caritaṃ mahat . śrutamātreṇa yenaiva sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 214.1 .. > Glorious Mārkaṇḍeya said: / I shall tell the fourth great deed of the god, / by the mere hearing of which one is freed from all sins: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.214.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.214.2) kapālī kānthiko bhūtvā yathā sa vyacaranmahīm . piśācairrākṣasairbhūtairḍākinīyoginīvṛtaḥ .. 214.2 .. > How, carrying a skull and wearing rags, he wandered the earth, / surrounded by Piśācas, Rākṣasas, Bhūtas, Ḍākinīs, and Yoginīs, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.214.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.214.3) bhairavaṃ rūpamāsthāya pretāsanaparigrahaḥ . trailokyasyābhayaṃ dattvā cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ .. 214.3 .. > Assuming a terrifying form, taking corpses as his seat, / granting fearlessness to the three worlds, he performed vast austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.214.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.214.4) āṣāḍhī tu kṛtā tatra hyāṣāḍhīnāma viśrutam . kanthā muktā tato'nyatra devena parameṣṭhinā .. 214.4 .. > A staff called āṣāḍhī was made there, renowned indeed as Āṣāḍhī; / then the patched garment was left elsewhere by the god, the Supreme Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.214.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.214.5) tadāprabhṛti rājendra sa kantheśvara ucyate . tasya darśanamātreṇa hyaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 214.5 .. > From then on, O best of kings, he is called Kantheśvara; / by merely seeing him, one obtains the fruit of an Aśvamedha sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.214.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.214.6) devo mārge punastatra bhramate ca yadṛcchayā . vikrīṇāti balākāro dṛṣṭvā cokto hareṇa tu .. 214.6 .. > Then on the road the god wandered at will; / a bangle-maker was selling, and upon seeing him, he was addressed by Hara: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.214.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.214.7) yadi bhadra na cetkopaṃ karoṣi mayi sāmpratam . balābhirbhara me liṅgaṃ dadāmi bahu te dhanam .. 214.7 .. > "Good sir, if you do not get angry with me now, / fill my liṅga with bangles; I will give you much wealth." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.214.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.214.8) evamukto'tha devena sa vaṇiglobhamohitaḥ . yojayāmāsa balakā liṅge cottamamadhyamān .. 214.8 .. > Thus addressed by the god, that merchant, deluded by greed, / applied bangles—best and middling—upon the liṅga, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.214.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.214.9) tāvadyāvatkṣayaṃ sarve gatāḥ kāle susaṃcitāḥ . sthitaṃ samunnataṃ liṅgaṃ dṛṣṭvā śokamupāgamat .. 214.9 .. > Until in due course all those well-collected \[bangles\] were exhausted. / Seeing the liṅga still standing lofty, he fell into sorrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.214.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.214.10) kṛtvā tu khaṇḍakhaṇḍāni sa devaḥ parameśvaraḥ . uvāca prahasanvākyaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā gatasādhvasam .. 214.10 .. > Having broken them into pieces, the Lord, the supreme Īśvara, / seeing that his fear had departed, laughed and said these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.214.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.214.11) na ca me pūritaṃ liṅgaṃ yāsyāmi yadi manyase . dadāmi tatra vittaṃ te yadi liṅgaṃ prapūritam .. 214.11 .. > "My liṅga has not been filled; I shall depart if you agree. / I will give you wealth there if the liṅga is fully filled." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.214.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.214.12) vaṇiguvāca - adhanyaḥ kṛtapuṇyo'haṃ nigrāhyaḥ parameśvara . tava priyamakurvāṇaḥ śociṣye śāśvatīḥ samāḥ .. 214.12 .. > The merchant said: / "I am unfortunate, having accumulated merit; yet I deserve punishment, O supreme Īśvara, / since, not doing what pleases you, I shall grieve for perpetual years." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.214.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.214.13) etacchrutvā vacastasya vaṇikputrasya bhārata . asaṃkṣayaṃ dhanaṃ dattvā sthitastatra maheśvaraḥ .. 214.13 .. > Hearing these words of that merchant's son, O descendant of Bharata, / Maheśvara gave him inexhaustible wealth and remained right there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.214.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.214.14) tadā prabhṛti rājendra balākairiva bhūṣitam . pratyayārthaṃ sthitaṃ liṅgaṃ lokānugrahakāmyayā .. 214.14 .. > From then on, O best of kings, as if adorned with cranes, / the liṅga remained there to inspire faith, out of a desire to show grace to the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.214.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.214.15) devena racitaṃ pārtha krīḍayā supratiṣṭhitam . devamārgamiti khyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam . paśyan prapūjayan vāpi sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 214.15 .. > Fashioned in play by the god, O son of Pṛthā, and well-established, / it is known as Devamārga, celebrated in the three worlds. / Beholding it or worshipping it, one is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.214.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.214.16) devamārge tu yo gatvā pūjayedbalākeśvaram . pañcāyatanamāsādya rudralokaṃ sa gacchati .. 214.16 .. > Going to Devamārga, whoever worships Balākeśvara / and reaches the fivefold shrine goes to the realm of Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.214.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.214.17) devamārge mṛtānāṃ tu narāṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām . na bhavetpunarāvṛttī rudralokātkadācana .. 214.17 .. > For self-purified men who die at Devamārga, / there will never be a return from the realm of Rudra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.214.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.214.18) devamārgasya māhātmyaṃ bhaktyā śrutvā narottama . mucyate sarvapāpebhyo nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 214.18 .. > Having heard with devotion the māhātmya of Devamārga, O best of men, / one is freed from all sins; no doubt should be entertained on this point. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.214.18\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.214.18_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe śrīkapālatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma caturdaśottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the two hundred and fourteenth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of the Sacred Kapālatīrtha,' in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.214.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.214.1) — Sanskrit - [Karmavipāka (Ravi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.prayascitta.karmavipaka.karmavipaka-ravi.1134.1214) — Ravi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.214](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.214) · Pramāṇa