[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) › 7.16.24.3 # Skandapurana 7.16.24.3 Skandapurāṇa 7.16.24.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.16.24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24.3) ārādhitaḥ sutapasā himavannikuñje dhūmavratena manasāpi parairagamye . sañjīvanīmadita yaḥ paramārthagamya15 stasmai namaḥ śivakarāya śivāya nityam ..3 1 . . nānāvidhairgajaviḍālasamānavaktrairdakṣādhvarapramathanairvalibhirgaṇaindraiḥ16 . yobhyarcyatemaragaṇaḥ sahalokapālai,staṃ śaṅkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi . .32.. krīḍārthameva bhagavān bhuvanāni sapta nānānadīvihagapādapamaṇḍitāni . sabrahmakāni sasṛje sukṛtehitāni, taṃ śaṅkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi . .3 3 . . yasyākhilaṃ jagadidaṃ vaśavarti nityaṃ yoṣṭābhireva tanubhirbhuvanāni bhuṃkte . yaḥ kāraṇaṃ sumahatāmapi kāraṇānāṃ, taṃ śaṅkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi ..34. . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - āsajya māṃ kṣitidharendrasutānuyāta . - - - - - - - ma vibhūṣaṇāṅgaṃ taṃ śaṅkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ17 śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi . .3 5.. śvetaṃ muniṃ yamaniyogaparāyaṇaistairbhīmairmahograpuruṣaiḥ pratinīyamānam . baddhvā - - - - - - - - - - - - taṃ śaṅkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi .. 36 .. - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 9 danośca putrā - kha . 10 śaraṇajaṃ - kha . 11 śca - kha., maśātayadya (?) . 12 samānatejaṃ - kha. . 13 vibudhadānavasattamānāṃ (?) . 14.. tpunarājahāra - kha. . 15 paramārthagabhyaṃ - kha. . 16.. rgajendraiḥ - kha. . 17 śaraṇajaṃ - kha. . - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -- - - - 803 ?? . - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . 3 7.. . - - - - - - - - paricintyamānaṃ taṃ śaṅkaraṃ śaraṇadaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi . . 38 . . - - - - - - - - - - - vimūḍhā, jānanti nāsya jagato bhavabandharūpāḥ . > Propitiated by great austerity in an icy mountain bower, through the vow of consuming smoke, by one unreachable even in mind by others, / he who granted the Sañjīvanī \[vidyā\], accessible only through supreme truth—to that benevolent Śiva homage ever be! // 31 > By diverse chiefs of gaṇas, having faces resembling elephants and cats, crushers of Dakṣa’s sacrifice, powerful, / and by the hosts of gods accompanied by the guardians of the world, he is worshiped; to that Śaṃkara, grantor of refuge, I go for refuge. // 32 > For mere sport the Lord created the seven worlds adorned with varied rivers, birds, and trees, / together with Brahmā, accompanied by auspicious endeavors; to that Śaṃkara, grantor of refuge, I go for refuge. // 33 > Under whose mastery this whole universe continually abides, who through his eight bodies alone enjoys the worlds, / who is the cause even of the greatest causes; to that Śaṃkara, grantor of refuge, I go for refuge. // 34 > \[…\] attaching me, followed by the daughter of the king of mountains, / \[…\] having ornaments on his limbs, to that Śaṃkara, grantor of refuge, I go for refuge. // 35 > When the sage Śveta was being carried away by those fierce, most terrifying attendants devoted to the command of Yama, / having bound \[…\] to that Śaṃkara, grantor of refuge, I go for refuge. // 36 > \[…\] // 37 > \[…\] being meditated upon, to that Śaṃkara, grantor of refuge, I go for refuge. // 38 > \[…\] deluded, they do not know \[him\] who forms the bondage of worldly existence for this world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.16.24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24.2) - [Next: 7.16.24.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24.4) - [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.7.16.24.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.16.24.3) · Pramāṇa