[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) › 7.16.24.2 # Skandapurana 7.16.24.2 Skandapurāṇa 7.16.24.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.16.24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24.2) yaḥ siddhacāraṇaniṣevitacārutoyāṃ gaṅgāṃ mahormirabhasāṃ gaganātpatantīm . mūrdhnā dadhe srajamivāpratilolapuṣyāṃ, taṃ śaṅkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi . .23 .. kailāsaśṛṅgaśikharaṃ pravikampyamānaṃ kailāśaśṛṅgasadṛśena daśānanena . yaḥ pādapadmaparipīḍanayā dadhāra, taṃ śaṅkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi .. 24. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 5 vijñāpayāmāsa - kha . 6 pañca - kha. . 7 śaradaṃ - kha . 8 bhaktyekatānamanaso (?) . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 802 yenāsakṛdditisutāśca danoḥ sutāśca9 vidyādharoragagaṇāśca varaissamagrāḥ . saṃyojitā munivarāḥ phalamūlabhakṣā,staṃ śaṅkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ10 śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi ..25.. dakṣādhvaraṃ ca nayanañca tathā bhagasya pūṣṇastadā daśanapaṃktimaśātayacca11 . vyaṣṭambhayat kuliśayuktamahendrabāhuṃ, taṃ śaṅkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi . .2 6.. - kṛ - - trividhabandhavimokṣabhāvā jñānānvayaśrutaguṇairapi naiva yuktāḥ . yaṃ saṃśritāḥ sukhabhujaḥ puruṣā bhavanti, taṃ śaṅkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi . .27.. agre mṛtasya ravikoṭisamānatejaḥ12 santrāsanaṃ vibudhasattamadānavānām13 . yaḥ kālakūṭamapibat samudīrṇavegaṃ, taṃ śaṅkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi ..28 .. brahmendraviṣṇumarutāṃ ca saṣaṇmukhānāṃ yodād varān subahuśo bhagavānmaheśaḥ . nandiñca mṛtyuvadanātprabhurujjahāra,14 taṃ śaṅkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi ..29.. kāmaśca kārmukadharo bhuvi pañcabāṇo hāsyātkṛto bhagavatā sa tadā videhaḥ . ekeṣuṇā tripurameva purā jaghāna, taṃ śaṅkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi . .8.155.3 0 .. > ‘Who bore upon his head, like a garland of motionless flowers, the Gaṅgā, whose lovely waters are visited by Siddhas and Cāraṇas, / rushing down from the sky with the violent speed of huge waves—to that Śaṅkara, the granter of refuge, I go for refuge. // 23 > Who, by pressing down with his lotus-foot, steadied the summit of Kailāsa’s peak / as it was violently shaken by the Ten-faced one, who resembled a peak of Kailāsa—to that Śaṅkara, the granter of refuge, I go for refuge. // 24 > By whom the sons of Diti, the sons of Danu, the hosts of Vidyādharas and Uragas, / and the best of munis subsisting on fruits and roots, were repeatedly joined with complete boons—to that Śaṅkara, the granter of refuge, I go for refuge. // 25 > Who destroyed the sacrifice of Dakṣa, and likewise the eye of Bhaga, and the row of teeth of Pūṣan, / and paralyzed the thunderbolt-wielding arm of mighty Indra—to that Śaṅkara, the granter of refuge, I go for refuge. // 26 > \[…\] having the state of release from the threefold bondage, though not endowed with the qualities of knowledge, lineage, and sacred learning, / people who resort to whom become enjoyers of happiness—to that Śaṅkara, the granter of refuge, I go for refuge. // 27 > Who drank the Kālakūṭa poison of surging fury, which had the radiance equal to ten million suns \[…\], / the terror of the best of gods and Dānavas—to that Śaṅkara, the granter of refuge, I go for refuge. // 28 > Who, the divine Maheśa, bestowed boons abundantly upon Brahmā, Indra, Viṣṇu, the Maruts, and him with six faces, / and, the Lord, snatched Nandin from the jaws of death—to that Śaṅkara, the granter of refuge, I go for refuge. // 29 > And by whom, the Lord, Kāma, holding a bow with five arrows on earth, was then made bodiless through laughter, / who in ancient times destroyed Tripura with a single arrow—to that Śaṅkara, the granter of refuge, I go for refuge. // 30 //’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.16.24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24.1) - [Next: 7.16.24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24.3) - [Up: 7.16.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.16.24.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24.2) · Pramāṇa