[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) › 6.3.86 # Skandapurana 6.3.86 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.86 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.86.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86.p1) adhyāya 86 > Chapter 86 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.86.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchenmahārāja piṅgalāvartamuttamam . saṅgamasya samīpasthaṃ revāyā uttare taṭe . havyavāhena rājendra sthāpitaḥ piṅgaleśvaraḥ .. 86.1 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go, O great king, to the excellent Piṅgalāvarta / situated near the confluence on the northern bank of the Revā. / O chief of kings, Piṅgaleśvara was installed by the Carrier of Oblations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.86.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86.2) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca - havyavāhena bhagavannīśvaraḥ sthāpitaḥ katham . etadākhyāhi me sarvaṃ prasādādvaktumarhasi .. 86.2 .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: / O lord, how was Īśvara installed by the Carrier of Oblations? / Tell me all this; you ought to speak out of grace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.86.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86.3) mārkaṇḍeya uvāca - śambhunā retasā rājaṃstarpito havyavāhanaḥ . prāptasaukhyena raudreṇa gauryākrīḍanacetasā .. 86.3 .. > Mārkaṇḍeya said: / O king, the Carrier of Oblations was satiated by Śambhu with his semen, / when the fierce \[god\] had attained pleasure with a mind intent on sporting with Gaurī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.86.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86.4) havyavāhamukhe kṣiptaṃ rudreṇāmitatejasā . rudrasya retasā dagdhastīrthayātrākṛtādaraḥ .. 86.4 .. > It was cast into the mouth of the Carrier of Oblations by Rudra of unmeasured splendor. / Burned by the semen of Rudra, having undertaken pilgrimage to sacred fords with zeal, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.86.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86.5) sāgarāṃśca nadīrgatvā kramādrevāṃ samāgataḥ . cacāra parayā bhaktyā dhyānamugraṃ hutāśanaḥ .. 86.5 .. > having gone to oceans and rivers, he came in due course to the Revā. / With supreme devotion, the Fire-god practiced severe meditation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.86.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86.6) vāyubhakṣaḥ śataṃ sāgraṃ yāvattepe hutāśanaḥ . tāvattuṣṭo mahādevo varado jātavedasaḥ . saṃnidhau samupetyātha vacanaṃ cedamabravīt .. 86.6 .. > As long as the Fire-god practiced austerity, consuming only wind for a full hundred years, / so long \[afterward\] Mahādeva, pleased, the giver of boons to the all-knowing \[Fire\], / having approached his presence, spoke this word: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.86.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86.7) īśvara uvāca - varaṃ vṛṇīṣva havyāśa yaste manasi vartate .. 86.7 .. > Īśvara said: / Choose a boon, O devourer of oblations, whatever is in your mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.86.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86.8) vahniruvāca - namaste sarvalokeśa ugramūrte namo'stu te . retasā tava saṃdagdhaḥ kuṣṭhī jāto maheśvara . kṛpāṃ kuru mahādeva mama rogaṃ vināśaya .. 86.8 .. > Agni said: / Homage to you, O Lord of all the worlds! O fierce-formed one, homage to you! / Scorched by your semen, I have become a leper, O Maheśvara. / Have mercy, O Mahādeva; destroy my disease! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.86.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86.9) īśvara uvāca - havyavāha bhavārogo matprasādācca satvaram . atra tīrthe kṛtasnānaḥ svarūpaṃ pratipatsyase .. 86.9 .. > Īśvara said: / O Carrier of Oblations, become free of disease quickly through my grace. / Having taken a ritual ablution at this sacred ford, you will regain your natural form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.86.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86.10) ityuktvā ca mahādevastatraivāntaradhīyata . anantaraṃ havyavāhaḥ sasnau revājale tvaran .. 86.10 .. > Having spoken thus, Mahādeva disappeared right there. / Immediately, the Carrier of Oblations swiftly bathed in the water of the Revā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.86.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86.11) tadaiva roganirmukto'bhavaddivyasvarūpavān . sthāpayāmāsa deveśaṃ sa vahniḥ piṅgaleśvaram .. 86.11 .. > At that very moment, freed from disease, he came to possess a divine form. / That Fire installed the Lord of gods as Piṅgaleśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.86.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86.12) nāmnā saṃpūjayāmāsa tuṣṭāva stutibhirmudā . tato jagāma deśaṃ svaṃ devānāṃ havyavāhanaḥ .. 86.12 .. > By name he worshipped him and joyfully praised him with hymns of praise. / Then the Carrier of Oblations went to the realm of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.86.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86.13) havyavāhena bhūpaivaṃ sthāpitaḥ piṅgaleśvaraḥ . jitakrodho hi yastatra upavāsaṃ samācaret .. 86.13 .. > Thus, O king, Piṅgaleśvara was installed by the Carrier of Oblations. / Indeed, whoever, with anger conquered, observes a fast there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.86.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86.14) atirāntraphalaṃ tasya ante rudratvamāpnuyāt . guṇānvitāya viprāya kapilāṃ tatra bhārata .. 86.14 .. > his fruit is \[that of\] an Atirātra sacrifice, and in the end he attains the state of Rudra. / There \[giving\] a tawny cow to a virtuous brahmin, O descendant of Bharata, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.86.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86.15) alaṃkṛtya savatsāṃ ca śaktyālaṅkārabhūṣitām . yaḥ prayacchati rājendra sa gacchetparamāṃ gatim .. 86.15 .. > having adorned her along with her calf, adorned with ornaments according to one's means— / whoever gives \[her\], O chief of kings, goes to the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.86.15\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86.15_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe piṅgaleśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaḍaśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the eighty-sixth chapter, titled "Description of the Greatness of the Piṅgaleśvara Sacred Ford," in the Revākhaṇḍa of the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, 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.6.3.86.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.86.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.86) · Pramāṇa