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# Skandapurana 6.3.38

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.38

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.38.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.p1)

adhyāya 38

> Chapter 38  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
tato gaccheta rājendra guhāvāsīti cottamam .  
yatra siddho mahādevo guhāvāsī samārbudam .. 38.1 ..

> The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go to the supreme \[sacred ford\] named Guhāvāsin, O king of kings, / where Mahādeva, dwelling in the cave, attained perfection for one hundred million years.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.2)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
kena kāryeṇa bho tāta mahādevo jagadguruḥ .  
guhāyāmanayatkālaṃ sudīrghaṃ dvijasattama .. 38.2 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / For what purpose, O dear one, O best of the twice-born, did Mahādeva, the teacher of the world, / spend so very long a time in a cave?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.3)

etadvistarataḥ sarvaṃ kathayasva mamānagha .  
śrotumicchāmyahaṃ sarvaparaṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me .. 38.3 ..

> Tell me all this in detail, O sinless one. / I wish to hear everything; indeed, great is my curiosity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.4)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
sādhu praśno mahārāja pṛṣṭo yo vai tvayottamaḥ .  
purāṇe vistaro hyasya na śakyo hi mayādhunā .. 38.4 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said: / It is a good question, O great king, an excellent one that you have asked; / its full extent in the Purāṇa cannot indeed \[be told\] by me now.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.5)

kathituṃ vṛddhabhāvatvādatīto bahukālikaḥ .  
saṃkṣepāttena te tāta kathayāmi nibodha me .. 38.5 ..

> to tell in detail, because of my old age, for a long time has passed.  
> Therefore, my dear, I tell it to you in brief; listen to me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.6)

purā kṛtayuge rājannāsīddāruvanaṃ mahat .  
nānādrumalatākīrṇaṃ nānāvallyupaśobhitam .. 38.6 ..

> Long ago, in the Kṛtayuga, O king, there was a great forest named Dāruvana,  
> filled with various trees and creepers, and adorned with diverse vines.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.7)

siṃhavyāghravarāhaiśca gajaiḥ khaḍgairniṣevitam .  
bahupakṣiyutaṃ divyaṃ yathā caitrarathaṃ vanam .. 38.7 ..

> It was frequented by lions, tigers, boars, elephants, and rhinoceroses,  
> filled with many birds, divine like the Caitraratha forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.8)

tatra kecinmahāprājñā vasanti saṃśitavratāḥ .  
vasanti parayā bhaktyā caturāśramabhāvitāḥ .. 38.8 ..

> Certain men of great wisdom, resolute in their vows, dwelt there;  
> they lived with supreme devotion, devoted to the four stages of life:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.9)

brahmacārī gṛhasthaśca vānaprastho yatistathā .  
svadharmaniratāḥ sarve vāñchantaḥ paramaṃ padam .. 38.9 ..

> The student, the householder, the forest hermit, and the ascetic,  
> all devoted to their own duties, desiring the highest state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.10)

tāvadvasantasamaye kasmiṃścitkāraṇāntare .  
vimānastho mahādevo gacchanvai hyumayā saha .. 38.10 ..

> Meanwhile, in the spring season, for some particular reason,  
> Mahādeva, seated in an aerial chariot, travelling along with Umā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.11)

dadarśa toya āvāsamṛksāmayajurnāditam .  
alakṣyāgatanirgamyaṃ sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram .. 38.11 ..

> saw by the water a hermitage resounding with the Ṛg, Sāma, and Yajur Vedas,  
> whose entrance and exit were invisible, destroying all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.12)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā muditā devī harṣagaṅgadayā girā .  
papraccha devadeveśaṃ śaśāṅkakṛtabhūṣaṇam .. 38.12 ..

> Seeing it, the goddess was delighted and, with a voice choked with joy,  
> questioned the lord of the gods, who was adorned with the crescent moon:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.13)

devyuvāca -  
kasyāyamāśramo deva vedadhvaninināditaḥ .  
yaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṣutpipāsādyaiḥ śramaiśca parihīyate .. 38.13 ..

> The goddess said:  
> Whose hermitage is this, O god, resounding with the sound of the Vedas,  
> seeing which one is freed from exhaustion, hunger, thirst, and the like?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.14)

maheśvara uvāca -  
kiṃ tvayā na śrutaṃ devi mahādāruvanaṃ mahat .  
bahuviprajano yatra gṛhadharmeṇa vartate .. 38.14 ..

> Maheśvara said:  
> Have you not heard, O goddess, of the great Mahādāruvana,  
> where many brahmins live according to the duties of a householder?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.15)

atra yaḥ strījanaḥ kaścidbhartṛśuśrūṣaṇe rataḥ .  
nānyo devo na vai dharmo jñāyate śailanandini .. 38.15 ..

> Whatever women there are here, they are devoted to the service of their husbands;  
> no other deity, nor any other duty, is known to them, O daughter of the mountain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.16)

etacchrutvā paraṃ vākyaṃ devadevena bhāṣitam .  
kautūhalasamāviṣṭā śaṅkaraṃ punarabravīt .. 38.16 ..

> Having heard this supreme speech spoken by the god of gods,  
> filled with curiosity, she spoke again to Śaṅkara:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.17)

yattvayoktaṃ mahādeva patidharmaratāḥ striyaḥ .  
tāsāṃ tvaṃ madano bhūtvā cāritraṃ kṣobhaya prabho .. 38.17 ..

> Since you have said, O Mahādeva, that the women are devoted to the duty of fidelity to their husbands,  
> become Love incarnate, O Lord, and agitate their virtue!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.18)

īśvara uvāca -  
yattvayoktaṃ ca vacanaṃ na hi me rocate priye .  
brāhmaṇā hi mahadbhūtaṃ na caiṣāṃ vipriyaṃ caret .. 38.18 ..

> Īśvara said:  
> What you have said does not please me at all, O beloved.  
> Brahmins are great beings, and one should never do what is displeasing to them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.19)

manyupraharaṇā viprāścakrapraharaṇo hariḥ .  
cakrātkrūrataro manyustasmādvipraṃ na kopayet .. 38.19 ..

> Brahmins have anger as their weapon; Hari has the discus as his weapon.  
> Anger is crueller than the discus; therefore one must not anger a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.20)

na te devā na te lokā na te nagā na cāsurāḥ .  
dṛśyante triṣu lokeṣu ye tairdṛṣṭairna nāśitāḥ .. 38.20 ..

> No gods, no worlds, no mountains, nor asuras  
> are seen in the three worlds who have not been destroyed by their glance.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.21)

teṣāṃ mokṣastathā svargo bhūmirmartye phalāni ca .  
yeṣāṃ tuṣṭā mahābhāgā brāhmaṇāḥ kṣitidevatāḥ .. 38.21 ..

> For them there is liberation and heaven, and the fruits on the mortal earth,  
> with whom the fortunate brahmins, deities of the earth, are pleased.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.22)

evaṃ jñātvā mahābhāge asadgrāhaṃ parityaja .  
tatra loke viruddhaṃ vai kupyante yena vai dvijāḥ .. 38.22 ..

> Knowing this, O fortunate one, abandon this improper obstinacy,  
> which is forbidden in this world and by which the twice-born would be angered.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.23)

devyuvāca -  
nāhaṃ te dayitā deva nāhaṃ te vaśavartinī .  
akṛtvādhaśva vai tāsāṃ mānaṃ surasupūjitam .. 38.23 ..

> The goddess said:  
> I am not your beloved, O god, nor am I obedient to you,  
> if you do not bring low their pride, which is well-honoured by the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.24)

lokaloke mahādeva aśakyaṃ nāsti te prabho .  
kriyatāṃ mama caivaikametatkāryaṃ surottama .. 38.24 ..

> In this world and beyond, O Mahādeva, there is nothing impossible for you, O Lord;  
> perform this one task for me, O best of gods!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.25)

evamukto mahādevo devyā vākyahite rataḥ .  
kṛtvā kāpālikaṃ rūpaṃ yayau dāruvanaṃ prati .. 38.25 ..

> Thus addressed, Mahādeva, devoted to fulfilling the goddess's word,  
> assumed the form of a Kāpālika and went toward Dāruvana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.26)

mahāhitajaṭājūṭaṃ niyamya śaśibhūṣaṇam .  
kaṇṭhatrāṇaṃ paraṃ kṛtvā dhārayan karṇakuṇḍale .. 38.26 ..

> binding his mass of matted hair, wearing the moon as an ornament,  
> with his throat wrapped securely, wearing earrings in his ears,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.27)

vyāghracarmaparīdhāno mekhalāhārabhūṣitaḥ .  
nūpuradhvaninighoṣaiḥ kampayan vai vasuṃdharām .. 38.27 ..

> clad in a tiger-skin, adorned with a girdle and garlands,  
> shaking the earth with the jingle of his anklets,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.28)

mahānūrddhvajaṭāmālī kṛttibhasmānulepanaḥ .  
kṛtvā haste kapālaṃ tu brahmaṇaśca mahātmanaḥ .. 38.28 ..

> bearing high-piled matted hair, smeared with hide and ashes,  
> holding in his hand the skull of the great-souled Brahmā,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.29)

mahāḍamarughoṣeṇa kampayan vai vasuṃdharām .  
prabhātasamaye prāpto mahādāruvanaṃ prati .. 38.29 ..

> making the earth tremble with the roar of his great ḍamaru drum,  
> he arrived at Mahādāruvana at the time of dawn.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.30)

tāvatpuṇyajanaḥ sarvapuṣpapatraphalārthikaḥ .  
nirgato bahubhiḥ sārddhaṃ pavamānaḥ samantataḥ .. 38.30 ..

> At that time, all those virtuous people, seeking flowers, leaves, and fruits,  
> had gone out everywhere with many others, purifying \[the forest\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.31)

taddṛṣṭvā mahadāścaryaṃ rūpaṃ devasya bhārata .  
yuvatīnāṃ manastāsāṃ kāmena kaluṣīkṛtam .. 38.31 ..

> Seeing that greatly wondrous form of the god, O descendant of Bharata,  
> the minds of those young women became tainted with passion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.32)

śobhanaṃ puruṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvā api varāṅganāḥ .  
kledabhāvaṃ tato jagmurmudā dāruvanastriyaḥ .. 38.32 ..

> Beholding that handsome man, all those excellent women,  
> the women of Dāruvana, were overcome with longing and lustful desire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.33)

vikārā bahavastāsāṃ devaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahādbhutam .  
saṃjātā viprapatnīnāṃ tadā tāsu narottama .. 38.33 ..

> Many emotional perturbations arose in those wives of brahmins,  
> upon seeing that greatly wondrous god, O best of men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.34)

paridhānaṃ na jānanti kāściddṛṣṭvā varāṅganāḥ .  
uttarīyaṃ tathā cānyā mahāmohasamanvitāḥ .. 38.34 ..

> Some excellent women, upon seeing him, were not aware of their lower garments;  
> others, seized by great infatuation, were unaware of their upper garments.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.35)

keśabhāraparibhraṣṭā kācidevāsanotthitā .  
dātukāmā tadā bhaikṣyaṃ ceṣṭituṃ naiva cāśakat .. 38.35 ..

> One woman, her mass of hair dishevelled, got up from her seat,  
> wishing to give alms, but was unable to move.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.36)

kāciddṛṣṭvā mahādevaṃ rūpayauvanagarvitā .  
utsaṅge saṃsthitaṃ bālaṃ vismṛtā pāyituṃ stanam .. 38.36 ..

> Another, proud of her beauty and youth, upon seeing Mahādeva,  
> forgot to nurse the child resting on her lap.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.37)

kāmabāṇahatā cānyā bāhubhyāṃ pīḍya sustanau .  
niḥśvasantī tadā coṣṇaṃ na kiṃcitpratijalpati .. 38.37 ..

> Another, struck by the arrows of love, squeezing her shapely breasts with her arms,  
> sighed hot sighs and did not answer anything.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.38)

evaṃ saṃkṣobhya taṃ sarvaṃ strījanaṃ parameśvaraḥ .  
jagāma tatra vai tāsāṃ kṣobhaṃ kṛtvā mahādbhutam .. 38.38 ..

> Having thus perturbed all those women, the supreme lord,  
> having caused an extraordinary agitation among them, departed thence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.39)

tāvatte brāhmaṇāḥ sarve bhramitvā kānanaṃ mahat .  
āgatāḥ svagṛhe dārān dadṛśuśca hataujasaḥ .. 38.39 ..

> Meanwhile, all those brahmins, having wandered through the great forest,  
> returned to their own homes and saw their wives devoid of luster.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.40)

yāsāṃ pūrvatarā bhaktiḥ pātivratye patīnprati .  
calitāstā viditvāśu nirjagmurdvijasattamāḥ .. 38.40 ..

> Those whose devotion to their husbands in marital fidelity had been supreme—  
> knowing that they had wavered, the best of the twice-born quickly rushed out.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.41)

saṃvidaṃ paramāṃ kṛtvā jñātvā devaṃ maheśvaram .  
kṣobhayitvā manastāsāṃ tataścādarśanaṃ gatam .. 38.41 ..

> Reaching a firm understanding, they knew that it was the god Maheśvara  
> who, having agitated their minds, had then disappeared from sight.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.42)

krodhāviṣṭo dvijaḥ kaściddaṇḍamudyamya dhāvati .  
kalmāṣayaṣṭimanye ca tathānye darbhamuṣṭikām .. 38.42 ..

> One twice-born, filled with rage, ran raising a stick;  
> others with spotted staffs, and others with a handful of darbha grass.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.43)

itaścetaśca te sarve bhramitvā kānanaṃ nṛpa .  
ekībhūtvā mahātmāno vyājahruśca ruṣā giram .. 38.43 ..

> Wandering here and there through the forest, O king,  
> those great-souled ones gathered together and uttered words in anger:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.44)

yadidaṃ ca hutaṃ kiṃcidguravastoṣitā yadi .  
tena satyena devasya liṅgaṃ patatu cottamam .. 38.44 ..

> “If any offering has been made by us, if our teachers have been satisfied,  
> by that truth, let the god's excellent liṅga fall down!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.45)

āśramādāśramaṃ sarve na tyajāmo vidhikramāt .  
tena satyena devasya liṅgaṃ patatu bhūtale .. 38.45 ..

> If we all do not abandon \[our duties\] from stage to stage according to the rules,  
> by that truth, let the god's liṅga fall to the ground!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.46)

evaṃ satyaprabhāvena triruktena dvijanmanām .  
śivasya paśyato liṅgaṃ patitaṃ dharaṇītale .. 38.46 ..

> Thus, by the power of truth spoken three times by the twice-born,  
> as Śiva watched, his liṅga fell upon the surface of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.47)

hāhākāro mahānāsīllokāloke'pi bhārata .  
devasya patite liṅge jagataśca mahākṣaye .. 38.47 ..

> A great cry of distress arose even in the Lokāloka mountains, O descendant of Bharata,  
> when the god's liṅga fell and the great destruction of the world \[commenced\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.48)

patamānasya liṅgasya śabdo'bhūcca sudāruṇaḥ .  
ulkāpātā diśāṃ hāhā bhūmikampāśca dāruṇāḥ .. 38.48 ..

> As the liṅga fell, there arose a dreadful sound, / meteors fell, the quarters cried in lamentation, and fearful earthquakes occurred.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.49)

patanti parvatāgrāṇi śoṣaṃ yānti ca sāgarāḥ .  
devasya patite liṅge devā vimanaso'bhavan .. 38.49 ..

> Mountain peaks fell, and oceans dried up; / when the god's liṅga fell, the gods were dejected in mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.50)

sametya sahitāḥ sarve brahmāṇaṃ parameṣṭhinam .  
kṛtāñjalipuṭāḥ sarve stuvanti vividhaiḥ stavaiḥ .. 38.50 ..

> Assembling together, all approached Brahmā Parameṣṭhin, / and with folded hands, all praised him with various hymns.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.51)

tatastuṣṭo jagannāthaścaturvadanapaṅkajaḥ .  
ārtānprāha surānsarvānmā viṣādaṃ gamiṣyatha .. 38.51 ..

> Then the lord of the universe, whose face is a fourfold lotus, pleased, / spoke to all the distressed gods: “Do not fall into despondency!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.52)

brahmaśāpābhibhūto'sau devadevastrilocanaḥ .  
tuṣṭaistaistapasā yuktaiḥ punarmokṣaṃ gamiṣyati .. 38.52 ..

> This three-eyed god of gods has been overpowered by a brahmin's curse; / when they, endowed with austerity, are satisfied, he will attain release once more.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.53)

etacchrutvā yayurdevā yathāgatamarindama .  
bhāvayitvā tataḥ sarve munayaścaiva bhārata .. 38.53 ..

> Hearing this, the gods went as they had come, O conqueror of foes; / then all the sages, having deliberated, O Bhārata,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.54)

viśvāmitravasiṣṭhādyā jābāliratha kaśyapaḥ .  
sametya sahitāḥ sarve tamūcustripurāntakam .. 38.54 ..

> Viśvāmitra, Vasiṣṭha and others, and then Jābāli and Kaśyapa, / assembling together, all spoke to that destroyer of Tripura:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.55)

brahmatejo hi balavaddvijānāṃ hi sureśvara .  
kṣāntiyuktastapastaptvā bhaviṣyasi gataklamaḥ .. 38.55 ..

> “The brahmic power of the twice-born is indeed mighty, O Lord of the gods; / endowed with forbearance and having performed austerity, you will be freed from exhaustion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.56)

yataḥ kṣobhādṛṣīṇāṃ ca tadevaṃ liṅgamuttamam .  
patitaṃ te mahādeva na tatpūjyaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 38.56 ..

> Since this excellent liṅga of yours has thus fallen / through the agitation of the seers, O Mahādeva, it would not be worshipped.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.57)

na tacchreyo'gnihotreṇa nāgniṣṭomena labhyate .  
prāpnuvanti ca yacchreyo mānavā liṅgapūjane .. 38.57 ..

> That good is not obtained by the agnihotra nor by the agniṣṭoma / which human beings obtain in worshipping the liṅga.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.58)

devadānavayakṣāṇāṃ gandharvoragarakṣasām .  
vacanena tu viprāṇāmetatpūjyaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 38.58 ..

> By the word of the brahmins, it shall be worthy of worship / for gods, dānavas, yakṣas, gandharvas, serpents, and rākṣasas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.59)

brahmaviṣṇvindracandrāṇāmetatpūjyaṃ bhaviṣyati .  
yatphalaṃ tava liṅgasya iha loke paratra ca .. 38.59 ..

> It shall be worthy of worship for Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Indra, and Candra, / \[granting\] whatever fruit belongs to your liṅga here in this world and in the beyond.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.60)

evamukto jagannāthaḥ praṇipatya dvijottamān .  
mudā paramayā yuktaḥ kṛtāñjalirabhāṣata .. 38.60 ..

> Thus addressed, the lord of the universe bowed down to the best of the twice-born, / and, filled with supreme joy, spoke with folded hands:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.61)

brāhmaṇā jaṅgamaṃ tīrthaṃ nirjalaṃ sārvakāmikam .  
yeṣāṃ vākyodakenaiva śudhyanti malino janāḥ .. 38.61 ..

> “Brahmins are a moving tīrtha, waterless, fulfilling all desires, / by the water of whose very words impure people are cleansed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.62)

na tatkṣetraṃ na tattīrthamūṣaraṃ puṣkarāṇi ca .  
brāhmaṇe manyumutpādya yatra gatvā sa śudhyati .. 38.62 ..

> There is no kṣetra, no tīrtha, no barren ground, nor Puṣkara waters / where one may go and be purified after causing anger in a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.63)

na tacchāstraṃ yanna viprapraṇītaṃ na taddānaṃ yanna viprapradeyam .  
na tatsaukhyaṃ yannavipraprasādānna tadduḥkhaṃ yanna vipraprakopāt .. 38.63 ..

> There is no treatise not composed by brahmins, no gift not to be given to brahmins; / there is no happiness not from the favor of brahmins, no sorrow not from the wrath of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.64)

pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni gaṅgādyāḥ saritastathā .  
ekasya vipravākyasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm .. 38.64 ..

> Whatever tīrthas there are on earth, and rivers such as the Gaṅgā, / are not worth a sixteenth part of a single word of a brahmin.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.65)

abhinandya dvijānsarvānanujñāto maharṣibhiḥ .  
tato'gamattadā devo narmadātaṭamuttamam .. 38.65 ..

> Having cheered all the twice-born and permitted by the great seers, / the god then went to the excellent bank of the Narmadā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.66)

paramaṃ vratamāsthāya guhāvāsī samārbudam .  
tapaścacāra bhagavāñjapasnānarataḥ sadā .. 38.66 ..

> Undertaking a supreme vow, dwelling in a cave for a hundred million years, / the Lord performed austerity, ever devoted to recitation and ritual ablutions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.67)

samāpte niyame tāta sthāpayitvā maheśvaram .  
vandyamānaḥ suraiḥ sārddhaṃ kailāsamagamatprabhuḥ .. 38.67 ..

> When the religious observance was completed, dear one, having installed Maheśvara, / the Lord, praised by the gods, went to Kailāsa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.68)

narmadāyāstaṭe tena sthāpitaḥ parameśvaraḥ .  
tenaiva kāraṇenāsau narmadeśvara ucyate .. 38.68 ..

> Parameśvara was installed by him on the bank of the Narmadā; / for that very reason he is called Narmadeśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.69)

yo'rcayennarmadeśānaṃ yatirvai saṃjitendriyaḥ .  
snātvā caiva mahādevamaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 38.69 ..

> Whatever ascetic with restrained senses worships Narmadeśvara / and Mahādeva after bathing, shall obtain the fruit of an horse sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.70)

dadāti yaḥ pitṛbhyastu tilapuṣpakuśodakam .  
triḥsaptapūrvajāstasya svarge modanti pāṇḍava .. 38.70 ..

> He who offers water with sesame, flowers, and kuśa grass to the ancestors— / his ancestors up to twenty-one generations rejoice in heaven, O Pāṇḍava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.71)

yastu bhojayate viprāṃstasmiṃstīrthe narādhipa .  
pāyasaṃ ghṛtamiśraṃ tu sa labhetkoṭijaṃ phalam .. 38.71 ..

> And he who feeds brahmins at that tīrtha, O king, / with milk-rice mixed with ghee, obtains a fruit multiplied ten million times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.72)

suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ vāpi brāhmaṇebhyo yudhiṣṭhira .  
dadāti toyamadhyasthaḥ so'gniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet .. 38.72 ..

> Or he who, standing in the middle of the water, gives gold or silver / to brahmins, O Yudhiṣṭhira, obtains the fruit of an agniṣṭoma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.73)

aṣṭamyāṃvā caturdaśyāṃ nirāhāro vasettu yaḥ .  
narmadeśvaramāsādya prāpnuyājjanmanaḥ phalam .. 38.73 ..

> He who, fasting, dwells there on the eighth or fourteenth day, / having approached Narmadeśvara, shall attain the fruit of life.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.74)

agnipraveśaṃ yaḥ kuryāttasmiṃstīrthe narādhipa .  
tasya vyādhibhayaṃ na syātsaptajanmasu bhārata .. 38.74 ..

> He who performs entry into fire at that tīrtha, O king, / shall have no fear of disease for seven births, O Bhārata.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.75)

anāśakaṃ tu yaḥ kuryāttasmiṃstīrthe narādhipa .  
anivartikā gatistasya rudraloke bhaviṣyati .. 38.75 ..

> And he who performs fasting unto death at that tīrtha, O king, / shall attain an irreversible state in the world of Rudra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.76)

eṣa te vidhiruddiṣṭastasyotpattirnarottama .  
purāṇe vihitā tāta saṃjñā tasya tu vistarāt .. 38.76 ..

> This rule has been declared to you, along with its origin, O best of men; / its designation has been laid down at length in the Purāṇa, dear one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.77)

etaṃ kīrtayate yastu narmadeśvarasambhavam .  
bhaktyā śṛṇoti ca naraḥ so'pi snānaphalaṃ labhet .. 38.77 ..

> A man who recites this origin of Narmadeśvara, / or listens to it with devotion, shall also obtain the fruit of a ritual ablution.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.38.77\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.38.77_2)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe narmadāmāhātmye narmadeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the thirty-eighth chapter, entitled the Description of the Māhātmya of the Tīrtha of Narmadeśvara, in the Narmadāmāhātmya of the Revākhaṇḍa, in the fifth Avantī section, in the Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses, the glorious Skandapurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.38.p1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.38.1) — Sanskrit
- [Bhāratamañjarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.bharatamanjari.17.30) — Kṣemendra, Sanskrit

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