[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) › 7.20.9 # Skandapurana 7.20.9 Skandapurāṇa 7.20.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.20.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.9) prajāsṛṣṭyarthaṃ brahmaṇaḥ punastapaścaraṇam . rudrādvaraprāptiḥ, putrakāmanayāgnau havirjuhvato brahmaṇo lalāṭajasvedasaṃsa- rgādagnito nīlalohitarudrasyotpattiḥ, dakṣadharmādīnāmutpattiḥ, krameṇa sakalaprajāsṛṣṭiḥ, kālāntare tasya (brahmaṇaḥ) visarjanam, prayāge yajato marīcyādiṣaṭkulīyānāmṛṣīṇāmāgamaḥ, samāgatānāṃ teṣāṃ sarvajaganniyantṛparamakāraṇa- jijñāsayā praśnaḥ, brahmaṇā rudrasyaiva sarvajaganniyantṛparamakāraṇatvakathanam, taddarśanārthaṃ ca mahāsatrānuṣṭhānopadeśaḥ, brahmaṇā cakrasya virjanam, naimiśotpattiḥ . > Brahmā's practicing of austerity once more for the sake of creating progeny; the obtaining of a boon from Rudra; the birth of the dark-red (Nīlalohita) Rudra from the fire due to contact with the sweat arising on Brahmā's forehead as he offered oblations into the fire desiring a son; the birth of Dakṣa, Dharma, and others; the gradual creation of all creatures; in the course of time, his (Brahmā's) departure; the arrival of the seers belonging to the six lineages, Marīci and others, who were sacrificing at Prayāga; the inquiry by those who had assembled out of a desire to know the supreme cause and controller of the entire world; Brahmā's declaration that Rudra alone is the supreme cause and controller of the entire world, and his instruction to perform a great sacrificial session in order to see him; Brahmā's release of the wheel; the origin of Naimiṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.8) - [Next: 7.20.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.10) - [Up: 7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.20.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.20.9) · Pramāṇa