[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) › 6.3.69 # Skandapurana 6.3.69 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.69 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.69.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.69.p1) adhyāya 69 > Chapter 69 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.69.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.69.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchettu rājendra maṅgaleśvaramuttamam . sthāpitaṃ bhūmiputreṇa lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā .. 69.1 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: > Then one should go, O best of kings, to the excellent Maṅgaleśvara, > installed by the son of the earth out of desire for the welfare of the worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.69.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.69.2) toṣitaḥ parayā bhaktyā śaṅkaraḥ śaśiśekharaḥ . caturdaśyāṃ gururdevaḥ pratyakṣo maṅgaleśvaraḥ .. 69.2 .. > Śaṅkara, who bears the crescent moon on his crest, was pleased through supreme devotion. > On the fourteenth day, the guru, the lord, Maṅgaleśvara became visible \[and said\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.69.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.69.3) brūhi putra varaṃ śubhraṃ taṃ te dāsyāmi maṅgala .. 69.3 .. > "Speak, O son, an auspicious boon; that I shall give to you, O Maṅgala." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.69.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.69.4) maṅgala uvāca - prasādaṃ kuru me śambho pratijanmani śaṅkara . tvadaṅgasvedasambhūto grahamadhye vasāmyaham .. 69.4 .. > Maṅgala said: > "Be gracious to me, O Śambhu, birth after birth, O Śaṅkara! > Born of the sweat of your body, I dwell among the planets. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.69.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.69.5) tvatprasādena īśāna pūjyo'haṃ sarvadaivataiḥ . kṛtārtho hyadya saṃjātastava darśanabhāṣaṇāt .. 69.5 .. > By your grace, O Īśāna, I am worshipful to all deities. > Indeed, today I have achieved my goal from seeing and speaking with you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.69.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.69.6) sthāne'smin devadeveśa mama nāmnā maheśvaraḥ . evaṃ bhavatu te putretyuktvā cāntaradhīyata .. 69.6 .. > \[May\] Maheśvara \[dwell\] in this place by my name, O Lord of the gods of gods!" > Saying, "So be it for you, O son," he then disappeared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.69.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.69.7) maṅgalo'pi mahātmā vai sthāpayitvā maheśvaram . ātmayogabalenaiva śūlināpūjayattataḥ .. 69.7 .. > The noble Maṅgala, having installed Maheśvara, > then worshipped the bearer of the trident by the power of his own yoga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.69.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.69.8) sarvaduḥkhaharaṃ liṅgaṃ nāmnā vai maṅgaleśvaram . tatra tīrthe tu vai rājanbrāhmaṇānprīṇayetsudhīḥ .. 69.8 .. > The liṅga, named indeed Maṅgaleśvara, removes all sorrow. > At that sacred ford, O king, the wise man should gratify brahmins > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.69.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.69.9) sapatnīkānnṛpaśreṣṭha caturthyaṅgārake vrate . patnībhartārasaṃyuktaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ śrotriyaṃ dvijam .. 69.9 .. > along with their wives, O best of kings, during the vow on a Tuesday fourth \[tithi\], > to a learned, Vedic scholar brahmin accompanied by his wife and husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.69.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.69.10) vratānte caiva gaurdhuryaiḥ śivamuddiśya dīyate . prīyatāṃ me mahādevaḥ sapatnīko vṛṣadhvajaḥ .. 69.10 .. > And at the end of the vow, a cow along with draft oxen is given dedicated to Śiva: > "May Mahādeva, whose emblem is the bull, be pleased along with his consort!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.69.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.69.11) vastrayugmaṃ pradātavyaṃ lohitaṃ pāṇḍunandana . dhūrvahau raktavarṇau ca śubhraṃ kṛṣṇaṃ tathaiva ca .. 69.11 .. > A pair of red garments should be given, O son of Pāṇḍu, > and two draft oxen that are red-colored, or white or black as well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.69.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.69.12) chatraṃ śayyāṃ śubhāṃ caiva raktamālyānulepanam . dātavyaṃ pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha viśuddhenāntarātmanā .. 69.12 .. > An umbrella, an auspicious bed, and red garlands and ointments > should be given, O best of Pāṇḍavas, with a purified inner soul. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.69.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.69.13) caturthyāṃ tu tathāṣṭamyāṃ pakṣayoḥ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ . śrāddhaṃ tatraiva kartavyaṃ vittaśāṭhyena varjitaḥ .. 69.13 .. > On the fourth as well as on the eighth day of both fortnights, bright and dark, > a śrāddha should be performed right there, free from dishonesty regarding wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.69.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.69.14) pretā bhavanti suprītā yugamekaṃ mahīpate . saputro jāyate martyaḥ pratijanma nṛpottama .. 69.14 .. > The deceased spirits remain well-pleased for an entire yuga, O lord of the earth; > the mortal is born with sons in every birth, O best of kings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.69.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.69.15) tasya tīrthasya bhāvena sarvāṅgaruciro nṛpa . maṅgalaṃ bhavate vaṃśo nāśubhaṃ vidyate kvacit .. 69.15 .. > Through the power of that sacred ford, O king, with all limbs handsome, > his lineage becomes auspicious, and inauspiciousness is never found anywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.69.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.69.16) bhaktyā yaḥ kīrtayennityaṃ tasya pāpaṃ vyapohati .. 69.16 .. > Whoever constantly recites \[this\] with devotion, his sin is dispelled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.69.16\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.69.16_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe maṅgaleśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikonasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the sixty-ninth chapter, entitled "The Description of the Greatness of Maṅgaleśvaratīrtha," in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, 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.6.3.69.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.69.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.69) · Pramāṇa