Skandapurana 14.33

English (machine translation) 14.33

Language: English

14.33.1

Pulastya said: / Then one should go to Pārtheśvara, which destroys sins in this way, / seeing which a human being is completely freed from all sins. .. 1 ..

14.33.2

A virtuous wife named Pārthā was the beloved, faithful wife of Devala. / Formerly, austerity was practiced by her at that place, O protector of the earth. .. 2 ..

14.33.3

Formerly she, the illustrious wife of the seer, was barren. / Having attained supreme detachment, she then went to Arbuda. .. 3 ..

14.33.4

Feeding on air, taking no food, remaining on her seat with an even mind, / then, at the end of a thousand years, through her devotion, O protector of the earth, .. 4 ..

14.33.5

bursting through the surface of the earth, a liṅga suddenly arose. / At that very time, a bodiless voice spoke: .. 5 ..

14.33.6

"Worship this very purifying Śiva-liṅga, O highly fortunate lady! / Through your devotion, it has issued forth from the surface of the earth, great and granting desires. .. 6 ..

14.33.7

Whatever desire any human being contemplates when worshipping [it], / he too will obtain what is desired; there is no doubt about this. .. 7 ..

14.33.8

Indeed, this shall attain renown in the world under the name Pārtheśvara." / Having spoken thus, the voice then ceased, O protector of the earth. ..8..

14.33.9

Then, filled with wonder, she worshipped it at that time; / thereafter, she obtained a hundred divine sons who carried on the lineage. .. 9 ..

14.33.10

From that time forward, that liṅga became renowned on the surface of the earth. / There is pure water there, issuing from a mountain cave. .. 7.3.33.10 ..

14.33.11

Having bathed there, the person who beholds it properly with devotion / does not experience sorrow arising from offspring in worldly existence. .. 11 ..

14.33.12

Whoever, fasting, keeps a vigil in front of it / on the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight, he certainly obtains a son. .. 12 ..

14.33.13

Whoever performs the offering of ancestral rice-balls there with concentration, / through its grace, his ancestors attain the state of sonship [for him]. .. 13 ..

Thus ends the thirty-third chapter, titled 'Description of the Greatness of Pārtheśvara', in the Arbuda Section of the third part, within the seventh book, the Prabhāsa Section, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand [verses]. .. 33 ..

Linked texts (1)

Skandapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit