[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) › 6.3.80 # Skandapurana 6.3.80 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.80 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.80.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.80.p1) adhyāya 80 > Chapter 80 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.80.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.80.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchettu rājendra nandikeśvaramuttamam . yatra siddho mahānandī tatte sarvaṃ vadāmyaham .. 80.1 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: > Then one should go, O best of kings, to the excellent Nandikeśvara, > where the great Nandī attained perfection. I shall tell you all about it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.80.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.80.2) revāyāṃ purataḥ kṛtvā purā nandī gaṇeśvaraḥ . tapastapañjayaṃ kurvaṃstīrthāttīrthaṃ jagāma ha .. 80.2 .. > Formerly Nandī, the lord of the gaṇas, placing the Revā in front \[of him\], > went from sacred ford to sacred ford, performing tapas and repeating prayers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.80.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.80.3) dadhiskandaṃ madhuskandaṃ yāvattyaktvā tu gacchati . tāvattuṣṭo mahādevo nandināthamuvāca ha .. 80.3 .. > As he left Dadhiskanda and Madhuskanda and went on, > Mahādeva became pleased and spoke to the lord Nandī: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.80.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.80.4) īśvara uvāca - bhobhoḥ prasanno nandīśa varaṃ vṛṇu yathepsitam . tapasā tena tuṣṭo'haṃ tīrthayātrākṛtena te .. 80.4 .. > Īśvara said: > "Hail, hail! I am pleased, O lord of Nandī; choose a boon as you desire. > I am satisfied with that tapas performed by you during your pilgrimage to the sacred fords." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.80.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.80.5) nandīśvara uvāca - na cāhaṃ kāmaye vittaṃ na cāhaṃ kulasantatim . muktvā na kāmaye kāmaṃ tava pādāmbujātparam .. 80.5 .. > Nandīśvara said: > "I do not desire wealth, nor do I desire offspring for my lineage. > Apart from your lotus feet, I desire no object of desire whatsoever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.80.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.80.6) kṛmikīṭapataṅgeṣu tiryagyoniṃ gatasya vā . janma janmāntare'pyastu bhaktistvayi mamācalā .. 80.6 .. > Even if I enter the womb of animals, among worms, insects, or moths, > may my devotion to you remain unshakable in life after life!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.80.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.80.7) tathetyuktvā mahādevaḥ parayā kṛpayā nṛpa . gṛhītvā taṃ kare siddhaṃ jagāma nilayaṃ haraḥ .. 80.7 .. > Saying, "So be it," out of supreme compassion, O king, > Hara took that perfected one by the hand and went to his abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.80.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.80.8) tasmiṃstīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā bhaktyā tryakṣaṃ prapūjayet . agniṣṭomasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ .. 80.8 .. > Whoever bathes at that sacred ford and worships the Three-Eyed One with devotion, > that person obtains the fruit of an Agniṣṭoma sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.80.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.80.9) tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā prāṇatyāgaṃ karoti cet . śivasyānucaro bhūtvā modate kalpamakṣayam .. 80.9 .. > If a person bathes at that sacred ford and gives up their life, > they become an attendant of Śiva and rejoice for an imperishable aeon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.80.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.80.10) tataḥ kālena mahatā jāyate vimale kule . vedavedāṅgatattvajño jīvecca śaradāṃ śatam .. 80.10 .. > Then, after a great length of time, he is born into a pure lineage, > knowing the true meaning of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, and lives for a hundred autumns. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.80.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.80.11) etatte kathitaṃ tāta tīrthamāhātmyamuttamam . durlabhaṃ martyasaṃjñasya sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram .. 80.11 .. > This excellent māhātmya of the sacred ford has been told to you, dear one; > it is difficult to attain for mortals and destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.80.11\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.80.11_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe nandikeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the eightieth chapter, titled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Nandikeśvara Tīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.80.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.80.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.80) · Pramāṇa