[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) › 6.3.99 # Skandapurana 6.3.99 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.99 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.99.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99.p1) adhyāya 99 > Chapter 99 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.99.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchenmahīpāla narmadādakṣiṇe taṭe . sthāpitaṃ vāsukīśaṃ tu samastāghaughanāśanam .. 99.1 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go, O king, to the southern bank of the Narmadā, / to Vāsukīśa, which was consecrated \[there\] and destroys all hosts of sins. // 99.1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.99.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99.2) yudhiṣṭhira uvāca - kasmācca kāraṇāttāta revāyā dakṣiṇe taṭe . vāsukīśasthāpito vai vistarādvada me guro .. 99.2 .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: / And for what reason, dear sir, was Vāsukīśa consecrated / on the southern bank of the Revā? Tell me in detail, O guru. // 99.2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.99.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99.3) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - etatsarvaṃ samāsthāya nṛtyaṃ śambhuścakāra vai .. 99.3 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Undertaking all this, Śambhu performed a dance. // 99.3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.99.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99.4) śramādajāyata svedo gaṅgātoyavimiśritam . patantamurago'śnāti haramaulivinirgatam .. 99.4 .. > From fatigue, sweat arose, mixed with the waters of the Gaṅgā. / A serpent consumed it as it fell, having issued from Hara's head. // 99.4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.99.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99.5) mandākinī tataḥ kruddhā vyālasyopari bhārata . prāpnuhyajagarattvaṃ hi bhujaṅga kṣudrajantuka .. 99.5 .. > Then Mandākinī, enraged at the serpent, \[said\], O descendant of Bharata: / ‘Become a python, O serpent, you lowly creature!’ // 99.5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.99.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99.6) vāsukiruvāca - anugrāhyo'smi te pāpo durnayo'haṃ harādṛte . trailokyapāvanī puṇyā sarittvaṃ śubhalakṣaṇā .. 99.6 .. > Vāsuki said: / ‘I am sinful and ill-behaved, worthy of your favor; I have no resort except Hara. / You are the river that purifies the three worlds, auspicious and endowed with good marks; // 99.6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.99.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99.7) saṃsāracchedanakarī hyārtānāmārtināśanī . svargadvāre sthitā tvaṃ hi dayāṃ kuru mayīśvari .. 99.7 .. > you cut through transmigration and remove the distress of the afflicted. / Standing at the gate of heaven, O goddess, show compassion to me!’ // 99.7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.99.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99.8) gaṅgovāca - kuruṣva vipulaṃ vindhyaṃ tapastvaṃ śaṅkaraṃ prati . tataḥ prāpsyasi svaṃ sthānaṃ pannagatvaṃ mamājñayā .. 99.8 .. > Gaṅgā said: / ‘Go to the vast Vindhya mountain and perform austerity directed to Śaṅkara. / Then, by my command, you shall attain your own abode and status as a serpent.’ // 99.8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.99.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99.9) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato'sau tvarito vindhyaṃ nāgo gatvā nagaṃ śubham . tapastaptuṃ samārebhe śaṅkarārādhanodyataḥ .. 99.9 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then that snake went swiftly to the auspicious Vindhya mountain / and, intent on propitiating Śaṅkara, began to perform austerity. // 99.9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.99.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99.10) nityaṃ dadhyau mahādevaṃ tryakṣaṃ ḍamarukodyatam . tato varṣaśate pūrṇa uparuddho jagadguruḥ . āgatastatsamīpaṃ tu ślakṣṇāṃ vāṇīmudāharat .. 99.10 .. > He constantly meditated on Mahādeva, the three-eyed one holding up a ḍamaru drum. / Then, when a hundred years had elapsed, the guru of the world, having been besought, / came into his presence and spoke smooth words: // 99.10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.99.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99.11) varaṃ varaya me vatsa pannaga tvaṃ kṛtādara .. 99.11 .. > ‘Choose a boon from me, my child, O serpent, you who have paid reverence.’ // 99.11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.99.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99.12) vāsukiruvāca - yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva varaṃ dāsyasi śaṅkara . prasādāttava deveśa bhūyānniṣpāpatā mama . tīrthaṃ kiṃcitsamākhyāhi sarvapāpapraṇāśanam .. 99.12 .. > Vāsuki said: / ‘If you are pleased with me, O God, and will grant me a boon, O Śaṅkara, / by your grace, O Lord of gods, may I become sinless! / Tell me of some sacred ford that completely destroys all sins.’ // 99.12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.99.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99.13) īśvara uvāca - pannaga tvaṃ mahābāho revāṃ gaccha śubhaṃkarīm . yāmye tasyāstaṭe puṇye snānaṃ kuru yathāvidhi .. 99.13 .. > Īśvara said: / ‘O serpent of mighty arms, go to the auspicious Revā. / On its sacred southern bank, perform a ritual ablution according to rule.’ // 99.13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.99.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99.14) ityuktvāntardadhe devo vāsukistvarayānvitaḥ . rūpeṇājagareṇaiva praviṣṭo narmadājalam .. 99.14 .. > Having spoken thus, the god disappeared. Vāsuki, filled with haste, / entered the waters of the Narmadā in the very form of a python. // 99.14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.99.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99.15) mārgeṇa tasya saṃjātaṃ jāhnavyāḥ srota uttamam . nirdhūtakalmaṣaḥ sarpaḥ saṃjāto narmadājale .. 99.15 .. > Along his path arose an excellent stream of the Jāhnavī. / The serpent had his impurities washed away in the water of the Narmadā. // 99.15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.99.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99.16) sthāpitaḥ śaṅkarastatra narmadāyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira . tato nāgeśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ prasiddhaṃ pāpanāśanam .. 99.16 .. > Śaṅkara was consecrated there at the Narmadā, O Yudhiṣṭhira. / Thence the liṅga became renowned as Nāgeśvara, destroying sin. // 99.16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.99.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99.17) aṣṭamyāṃ vā caturdaśyāṃ snāpayenmadhunā śivam . vimuktakalmaṣaḥ sadyo jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 99.17 .. > On the eighth or fourteenth day, one should bathe Śiva with honey. / He instantly becomes freed from impurity; there is no doubt about this. // 99.17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.99.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99.18) aputrā ye narāḥ pārtha snānaṃ kurvanti saṅgame . te labhante sutāñchreṣṭhān kārttavīryopamāñchubhān .. 99.18 .. > Childless men who perform ritual ablution at the confluence, O son of Pṛthā, / obtain excellent and auspicious sons resembling Kārttavīrya. // 99.18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.99.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99.19) śrāddhaṃ tatraiva yaḥ kuryādupavāsaparāyaṇaḥ . kurvanpramocayetpretānnarakānnṛpanandana .. 99.19 .. > A person devoted to fasting who performs a śrāddha right there, / performing it, releases spirits of the dead from hell, O delight of kings. // 99.19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.99.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99.20) sarpāṇāṃ ca bhayaṃ vaṃśe jñātivarge na jāyate . nirdoṣaṃ nandate tasya kulaṃ nāgaprasādataḥ .. 99.20 .. > No fear of serpents arises in his lineage or kinship group. / His family rejoices free of blemish by the grace of the serpent. // 99.20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.99.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99.21) etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ tava snehānnṛpottama .. 99.21 .. > All this has been told to you out of affection for you, O best of kings. // 99.21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.99.21\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99.21_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe nāgeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikonaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the ninety-ninth chapter, titled “Description of the Māhātmya of Nāgeśvaratīrtha,” in the Revākhaṇḍa of 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.6.3.99.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.99.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.99) · Pramāṇa