[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) › 7.4.52\_38.26 # Skandapurana 7.4.52\_38.26 Skandapurāṇa 7.4.52\_38.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.4.52\_38.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.26) sthānaṃ pavitraṃ puṇyaṃ ca328 vara eṣostu me śiva ..217. . devadeva uvāca ete ca munikanye dve tapa āsthāya duṣkaram . kaṇaissaṃvatsare pūrṇṇe khalena ca yatośanam . .218 .. kṛtavatyau mahābhāge tvaṃ ca dakṣa yataḥ sthitaḥ . idaṃ kanakhalaṃ tasmānmama sthānaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 219 .. tīrthañcaiva mahatpuṇyaṃ gaṅgāsāgarasannibham329 . nātra pāpā na ca śaṭhā nāstikā na ca māninaḥ . .8.32.22 0 .. lapsyante vai sadā gantuṃ na ca vastuṃ kathaṃcana . mṛtotra na punarjanma lapsyate mama tejasā . .22 1 . . atrābhigamya snātvā ca caruṃ kṛtvā tathaiva ca . sarvapāpavimuktātmā330 śakraloke mahīyate ..222. . tato gaṇapatiṃ tatra haribhadramayojayat . kālīñcāsmai dadau prītyā331 bhāryāṃ sarvaguṇoditām . .223 .. varām̐śca .vipulān divyān dvīpañcāpi ghṛtodakam . bāhujebhyaśca subahūn gaṇebhyaḥ pradadau varān ..224.. sanatkumāra uvāca evaṃ sa dakṣayajño vai vidhvasto vyāsa śambhunā . yajñasya ca śiraśchinnaṃ yathaitat kathitaṃ tava . .22 5.. vyāsa uvāca sā devīmukhajā ghorā divyā332 deva bhayaṃkarī . kva vā gatā kathaṃ vāpi hyetadicchāmi veditum ..226.. - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- 327 tadāvyayam - gha. . 328 puṇyaṃ pavitraṃ ca - ka gha . 329 saṃmitaṃ - kha. . 330 . vinirmuktaḥ - kha. . 331 prīto (tyai) - kha . 332 divyā ghorā - ka. . - - - -- - -- - ---- - -- -- -- - -- - -- sanatkumāra uvāca stutā yadā333 bhagavatī praṇatai334 ssurasattamaiḥ . tadāsya sāmbikā prāha brūhi kiṅkaravāṇyaham . .227.. tato brahmā mahādevīṃ praṇamya bahumānataḥ . > be holy and auspicious; let this be my boon, O Śiva." // 217 > The God of gods said: > "And these two maiden sages, having undertaken severe austerity, > since they ate by means of grains in a threshing floor when a year was completed, // 218 > being highly fortunate, and since you, Dakṣa, have dwelt here, > therefore this Kanakhala shall be my dwelling place, // 219 > and a greatly holy tīrtha equal to the confluence of the Gaṅgā and the ocean. > Sinners, rogues, atheists, and proud people // 220 > shall never find a way to go here, nor to dwell here in any way. > He who dies here shall not obtain rebirth, through my splendour. // 221 > Having arrived here, bathed, and likewise prepared a caru offering, > his self freed from all sin, he is honoured in Indra's realm." // 222 > Then he appointed Haribhadra as the leader of the gaṇas there, > and affectionately gave him Kālī, endowed with all virtues, as his wife, // 223 > and vast divine boons, and also the continent of Ghṛtodaka; > and he bestowed very many boons upon the gaṇas born from his arms. // 224 > Sanatkumāra said: > Thus was that sacrifice of Dakṣa destroyed by Śambhu, O Vyāsa, > and the head of the sacrifice was severed, just as has been told to you. // 225 > Vyāsa said: > That dread, divine, terrifying female born from the mouth of the Goddess— > where did she go, or how? This I wish to know, O lord. // 226 > Sanatkumāra said: > When that blessed goddess was praised by the best of the gods who were bowed low, > then that mother said to him: "Speak, what shall I do?" // 227 > Then Brahmā, having bowed down to the Great Goddess with great reverence, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.4.52\_38.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.25) - [Next: 7.4.52\_38.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.27) - [Up: 7.4.52\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.7.4.52_38.26) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.7.4.52_38.26) · Pramāṇa