[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) › 6.3.73 # Skandapurana 6.3.73 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.73 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.73.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.p1) adhyāya 73 > Chapter 73 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - kāśī: gaṃgātaṭe kūle tīrthaṃ paramaśobhanam . sarvapāpaharaṃ pārtha goprekṣeśvaramuttamam . godehānniḥsṛtaṃ liṅgaṃ puṇyaṃ bhūmitale nṛpa .. 73.1 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / On the bank and shore of Kāśī-Gaṅgā, there is an exceedingly beautiful sacred ford, / destroying all sin, O son of Pṛthā, the supreme Goprekṣeśvara, / where a holy liṅga emerged from the body of a cow upon the earth, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.2) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca - godehānniḥsṛtaṃ kasmālliṅgaṃ pāpakṣayaṃkaram . kāśī: gaṃgātaṭe kūle maṇināgasamīpataḥ . saṃkṣepātkathyatāṃ vipra goprekṣeśvarasambhavam .. 73.2 .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: / Why did the liṅga that destroys sins emerge from the cow's body, / on the bank and shore of Kāśī-Gaṅgā near Maṇināga? / Tell me in brief, O brahmin, the origin of Goprekṣeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.3) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - kāmadhenustapastatra purā pārtha cakāra ha . dhyāyate parayā bhaktyā devadevaṃ maheśvaram .. 73.3 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Long ago the wish-fulfilling cow Kāmadhenu performed austerity there, O son of Pṛthā; / she meditated with supreme devotion on the god of gods, Maheśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.4) tuṣṭastasyā jagannātha kapilāya maheśvaraḥ . niḥsṛto dehamadhyāttu acchedyaḥ parameśvaraḥ .. 73.4 .. > Pleased with that brown cow, Maheśvara, the Lord of the universe, / the indivisible Supreme Lord, emerged from the middle of her body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.5) tuṣṭo devi jaganmātaḥ kapile parameśvari . ārādhanaṃ kṛtaṃ yasmāttadvadāśu śubhānane .. 73.5 .. > \[He said:\] 'I am pleased, O goddess, mother of the universe, brown cow, supreme ruler! / State quickly the reason for which worship was performed, O lovely-faced one.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.6) surabhyuvāca - lokānāmupakārāya sṛṣṭāhaṃ parameṣṭhinā . lokakāryāṇi sarvāṇi sidhyanti matprasādataḥ .. 73.6 .. > Surabhi said: / 'For the benefit of the worlds I was created by the Supreme Lord; / all affairs of the worlds are accomplished by my grace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.7) lokāḥ svargaṃ prayāsyanti matprasādena śaṅkara . tīrthe tvaṃ bhava me śambho lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā .. 73.7 .. > Creatures will go to heaven by my grace, O Śaṅkara. / Dwell in my sacred ford, O Śambhu, out of a desire for the welfare of the worlds.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.8) tatheti bhagavānuktvā tīrthe tatrāvasanmudā . tadāprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ vikhyātaṃ vasudhātale . snānenaikena rājendra pāpasaṅghaṃ vyapohati .. 73.8 .. > Having said, 'So be it,' the Lord resided in that sacred ford with joy. / From that time forward, that sacred ford became renowned upon the earth; / by a single bath, O king of kings, it dispels the mass of sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.9) goprekṣeśvaragodānaṃ yastu bhaktyā ca kārayet . yogye dvijottame deyā yogyā dhenuḥ sakāñcanā .. 73.9 .. > Whoever performs the gift of a cow at Goprekṣeśvara with devotion— / a suitable cow, accompanied by gold, should be given to a worthy best of the twice-born, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.10) savatsā taruṇī śubhrā bahukṣīrā savastrakā . kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśyāmaṣṭamyāṃ vā pradāpayet .. 73.10 .. > with a calf, young, white, with abundant milk, clothed with a garment; / one should give it on the fourteenth or the eighth day of the dark fortnight, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.11) sarveṣu caiva māseṣu kārttike ca viśeṣataḥ . dāpayetparayā bhaktyā dvije svādhyāyatatpare .. 73.11 .. > and in all months, especially in Kārttika; / with supreme devotion one should give it to a twice-born devoted to Vedic recitation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.12) vidhinā ca pradadyādyo vidhinā yastu gṛhṇate . tāvubhau puṇyakarmāṇau prekṣakaḥ puṇyabhājanam .. 73.12 .. > Both the one who gives according to the rule and the one who accepts according to the rule / are actors of holy deeds, and the bystander is a recipient of merit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.13) piṇḍadānaṃ prakuryādyaḥ pretānāṃ bhaktisaṃyutaḥ . piṇḍenaikena rājendra pretā yānti parāṃ gatim .. 73.13 .. > Whoever, endowed with devotion, performs the offering of rice-balls for the ancestors— / by a single rice-ball, O king of kings, the spirits of the dead go to the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.14) bhaktyā praṇāmaṃ rudrasya ye kurvanti dine dine . teṣāṃ pāpaṃ pralīyeta bhinnapātre jalaṃ yathā .. 73.14 .. > Those who daily make obeisance to Rudra with devotion— / their sin dissolves away like water in a cracked vessel. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.15) tatra tīrthe tu yo rājanvṛṣabhaṃ ca samutsṛjet . pitaraścoddhṛtāstena śivaloke mahīyate .. 73.15 .. > He who sets loose a bull at that sacred ford, O king— / his ancestors are rescued by him, and he is glorified in the world of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.16) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca - vṛṣotsarge kṛte tāta phalaṃ yajjāyate nṛṇām . tatsarvaṃ kathayasvāśu prayatnena dvijottama .. 73.16 .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: / When the release of a bull is performed, dear one, whatever fruit arises for men, / tell me all that quickly with diligence, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.17) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - sarvalakṣaṇasampūrṇe vṛṣe caiva tu yatphalam . tadahaṃ sampravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣva dharmanandana .. 73.17 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: > Whatever fruit \[accrues\] when a bull endowed with all auspicious marks \[is set free\], > that I shall fully declare; listen, O son of Dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.18) kārttike caiva vaiśākhe pūrṇimāyāṃ narādhipa . rudrasya sannidhau bhūtvā śuciḥ snāto jitendriyaḥ .. 73.18 .. > In Kārttika and Vaiśākha, on the full moon day, O king, > having come into the presence of Rudra, pure, bathed, and with senses subdued, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.19) vṛṣasyaiva samutsargaṃ kārayetprīyatāṃ haraḥ . sāṃnidhye kārayetputra catasro vatsikāḥ śubhāḥ .. 73.19 .. > one should cause the release of a bull, \[saying,\] 'May Hara be pleased.' > In \[his\] presence, O son, one should present four auspicious heifer calves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.20) dattvā tu vipramukhyāya sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutāḥ . prīyatāṃ ca mahādevo brahmā viṣṇurmaheśvaraḥ .. 73.20 .. > Having given \[them\], endowed with all auspicious marks, to an eminent brahmin, > \[one should pray,\] 'May Mahādeva, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara be pleased.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.21) vṛṣabhe romasaṃkhyā yā sarvāṅgeṣu narādhipa . tāvadvarṣapramāṇaṃ tu śivaloke mahīyate .. 73.21 .. > As many hairs as there are on all limbs of the bull, O king, > for that many years he is honored in the world of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.22) śivaloke vasitvā tu yadā martyeṣu jāyate . kule mahati sambhūtirdhanadhānyasamākule .. 73.22 .. > Having dwelt in the world of Śiva, when he is born among mortals, > his birth is in a great family, replete with wealth and grain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.23) nīrogo rūpavāṃścaiva vidyāḍhyaḥ satyavākśuciḥ . goprekṣeśvaramāhātmyaṃ mayā khyātaṃ yudhiṣṭhira . godehānniḥsṛtaṃ liṅgaṃ kāśī: gaṃgā taṭe .. 73.23 .. > Free from disease, handsome, rich in learning, speaking the truth, and pure. > The Goprekṣeśvara-māhātmya has thus been declared by me, O Yudhiṣṭhira; > the liṅga emerged from the body of a cow on the bank of the Gaṅgā in Kāśī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.73.23\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73.23_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe goprekṣeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma trisaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the seventy-third chapter, titled 'Description of the Goprekṣeśvara-māhātmya', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth \[part, the\] 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.6.3.73.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.73.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.73) · Pramāṇa