[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) › 6.3.41 # Skandapurana 6.3.41 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.41 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.41.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.p1) adhyāya 41 > Chapter 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchecca rājendra kuṇḍaleśvaramuttamam . yatra siddho mahāyakṣaḥ kuṇḍadhāro nṛpottama .. 41.1 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / 'Then one should go, O king of kings, to the excellent Kuṇḍaleśvara, / where the great yakṣa Kuṇḍadhāra attained perfection, O best of kings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.2) tapaḥ kṛtvā suvipulaṃ surāsurabhayaṃkaram . paulastyamandire caiva cikrīḍa nṛpasattama .. 41.2 .. > having performed immense austerity that caused dread to gods and demons, / and sportively lived in the palace of Paulastya, O best of kings.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.3) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca - kasminyuge samutpannaḥ kasya putro mahāmatiḥ . tapastaptvā suvipulaṃ toṣito yena śaṅkaraḥ .. 41.3 .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: / 'In which yuga was he born? Whose son was that noble-minded one, / by whom, having practiced immense austerity, Śaṃkara was pleased? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.4) etadvistaratastāta kathayasva mamānagha . śṛṇvataśca na tṛptirme kathāmṛtamanuttamam .. 41.4 .. > Tell this to me in detail, dear sir, O sinless one; / for I have no satiety in listening to the supreme nectar of your tales.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.5) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tretāyuge brahmasamaḥ paulastyonāma viśravāḥ . tapaḥ kṛtvā suvipulaṃ bharadvājasutodbhavaḥ .. 41.5 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / 'In the Tretāyuga, equal to Brahmā, the descendant of Pulastya named Viśravas, / born as the son of Bharadvāja's daughter, performed immense austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.6) putraṃ pautragaṇairyuktaṃ patnyā bhaktyā sutoṣitaḥ . dhanadaṃ janayāmāsa sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam .. 41.6 .. > Having thoroughly satisfied his wife with devotion, he begot a son endowed with a host of grandsons, / Dhanada, who was marked with all auspicious characteristics. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.7) jātamātraṃ tu taṃ jñātvā brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ . cakāra nāma suprīta ṛṣidevasamanvitaḥ .. 41.7 .. > Learning that he was born, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, / surrounded by seers and gods, gave him a name with great joy: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.8) yasmādviśravaso jāto mama pautratvamāgataḥ . tasmādvaiśravaṇo nāma tava dattaṃ mayānagha .. 41.8 .. > "Since you were born of Viśravas and have become my grandson, / therefore the name Vaiśravaṇa has been given to you by me, O sinless one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.9) tathā tvaṃ sarvadevānāṃ dhanagoptā bhaviṣyasi . caturtho lokapālānāmakṣayaścāvyayo bhuvi .. 41.9 .. > Likewise, you shall be the guardian of wealth for all the gods, / the fourth of the world-protectors, imperishable and undecaying on earth." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.10) tasya bhāryā mahārāja īśvarīti ca viśrutā . yakṣo yakṣādhipaḥ śreṣṭhastasya kuṇḍo'bhavatsutaḥ .. 41.10 .. > His wife, O great king, was famed as Īśvarī; / he, the yakṣa, the best ruler of yakṣas, had a son named Kuṇḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.11) sa ca rūpaṃ paraṃ prāpya mātāpitroranujñayā . tapaścacāra vipulaṃ narmadātaṭamāśritaḥ .. 41.11 .. > Attaining supreme beauty, by the permission of his parents, / he resorted to the bank of the Narmadā and performed immense austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.12) grīṣme pañcāgnisaṃtapto varṣāsu sthaṇḍileśayaḥ . hemante jalamadhyastho vāyubhakṣaḥ śataṃ samāḥ .. 41.12 .. > Scorched by the five fires in summer, lying on bare ground in the rainy season, / standing in water in the winter, feeding on wind for a hundred years, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.13) evaṃ varṣaśate pūrṇe ekāṅguṣṭhe'bhavannṛpa . asthibhūtaḥ paraṃ tāta ūrdhvabāhustataḥ param .. 41.13 .. > when a hundred years were thus complete, he stood on one big toe, O king, / reduced to mere bones, my dear, and thereafter with upraised arms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.14) atapacca ghṛtaśvāsaḥ kuṇḍalo bharatarṣabha . caturthe varṣaśatake tutoṣa vṛṣavāhanaḥ .. 41.14 .. > Restraining his breath, Kuṇḍala practiced austerity, O bull of the Bharatas; / in the fourth century of years, he whose vehicle is the bull was pleased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.15) varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bho vatsa yatte manasi rocate . dadāmi te na sandehastapasā toṣito hyaham .. 41.15 .. > 'Choose a boon, my child, whatever pleases your mind; / I grant it to you, have no doubt, for I am pleased by your austerity.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.16) kuṇḍala uvāca - yakṣādhipaprasādena tasyaivānucaraḥ pure . vicarāmi yathākāmamavadhyaḥ sarvaśatruṣu .. 41.16 .. > Kuṇḍala said: / 'By the grace of the lord of yakṣas, let me wander as his attendant in the city / as I desire, invulnerable to all enemies.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.17) tathetyuktvā mahādevaḥ sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ . jagāmākāśamāviśya kailāsaṃ dharaṇīdharam .. 41.17 .. > Having said, 'So be it,' Mahādeva, bowed to by all the worlds, / entered the sky and went to Kailāsa, the mountain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.18) gate cādarśanaṃ deve so'pi yakṣo mudānvitaḥ . sthāpayāmāsa deveśaṃ kuṇḍaleśvaramuttamam .. 41.18 .. > And when the god had passed out of sight, that yakṣa too, filled with joy, / established the supreme Kuṇḍaleśvara, the lord of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.19) alaṃkṛtvā jagannāthaṃ puṣpadhūpānulepanaiḥ . vimānaiścāmaraiśchatraistathā vai liṅgapūraṇaiḥ .. 41.19 .. > Having adorned the Lord of the Universe with flowers, incenses, and ointments, / with aerial chariots, chowries, and umbrellas, and with the bathing of the liṅga, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.20) tarpayitvā dvijānsamyagannapānādibhūṣaṇaiḥ . prīṇayitvā mahādevaṃ tataḥ svabhavanaṃ yayau .. 41.20 .. > and having gratified the twice-born properly with food, drink, and ornaments, / having pleased Mahādeva, he then went to his own abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.21) tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam . uttamaṃ paramaṃ puṇyaṃ kuṇḍaleśvaranāmataḥ .. 41.21 .. > From that time forth, that sacred ford has been famed in the three worlds / as Kuṇḍaleśvara, supreme and most meritorious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.22) tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ kaścidupavāsaparāyaṇaḥ . arcayeddevamīśānaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 41.22 .. > Whoever, devoted to fasting at that sacred ford, / worships the god Īśāna, is completely freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.23) suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ vāpi maṇiṃ mauktikameva ca . dadyādbhojyaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ sa sukhī modate divi .. 41.23 .. > Whether one gives gold, silver, a gem, or a pearl, / or food to brahmins, he rejoices happily in heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.24) tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā ṛgyajuḥsāmago'pi vā . ṛcamekāṃ japitvā tu sakalaṃ phalamaśnute .. 41.24 .. > He who bathes at that sacred ford, whether a chanter of the Ṛg, Yajur, or Sāma Veda, / and mutters even a single ṛc, enjoys the full fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.25) gāṃ prayacchati viprebhyastatphalaṃ śṛṇu pāṇḍava . yāvanti tasyā romāṇi tatprasūtikuleṣu ca .. 41.25 .. > Hear the fruit of him who gives a cow to brahmins, O Pāṇḍava: / for as many hairs as are upon her and upon the line of her offspring, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.26) tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi svargaloke mahīyate . svarge vāso bhavettasya putrapautraiḥ samanvitaḥ .. 41.26 .. > for so many thousands of years he is glorified in the heavenly world; / he shall have residence in heaven accompanied by sons and grandsons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.27) tāvanti varṣāṇi mahānubhāvaḥ svarge vasetputrapautraiśca sārddham . tatrānnado yāti maheśalokamasaṃkhyavarṣāṇi na saṃśayo'tra .. 41.27 .. > That noble-minded person dwells in heaven for that many years along with his sons and grandsons; / the giver of food there goes to the world of Maheśa for countless years, there is no doubt here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.28) sa vai sukhī modate svargaloke gandharvasiddhāpsaraḥsampragīte . evaṃ tu te dharmasuta prabhāvastīrthasya sarvaḥ kathitaśca pārtha .. 41.28 .. > He indeed rejoices happily in the heavenly world, sung around by Gandharvas, Siddhas, and apsarases; / thus the entire power of the sacred ford has been told to you, O son of Dharma, O Pārtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.29) śrutvā stuvanmucyate sarvapāpaiḥ punastrilokīmiha tatprabhāvāt .. 41.29 .. > Having heard and praised \[it\], one is freed from all sins, and again \[attains\] the three worlds here by its power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.41.29\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41.29_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe narmadāmāhātmye kuṇḍaleśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the forty-first chapter, entitled “Description of the Māhātmya of the Kuṇḍaleśvara Sacred Ford,” in the Narmadā Māhātmya of the Revākhaṇḍa, in the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa comprising eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.41.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.41.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.41) · Pramāṇa