[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt) › 14.8 # Skandapurana 14.8 English (machine translation) 14.8 - **Language:** English ### [14.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.8.1) Pulastya said: / Then one should go, O best of kings, to the great pool Bhadrakarṇa, / where stones resembling the Three-eyed One are still seen in abundance today. ### [14.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.8.2) On the western side of that very pool is the liṅga of the Wielder of the Pināka, / seeing which a mortal there becomes equal to the Three-eyed One. ### [14.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.8.3) Formerly there was an attendant named Bhadrakarṇa, dear to Śiva; / by him this liṅga was installed here, and the pool was also fashioned. ### [14.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.8.4) Then, after some time, in a battle with the dānavas, / accompanied by various attendants, he fought before Śambhu. ### [14.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.8.5) When Skanda had fled, the army was slain, Vīrabhadra was defeated, / and Mahākāla was conquered, they fled, terrified with fear. ### [14.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.8.6) A mighty dānava named Namuci, exceedingly strong, / bearing a sword and shield, swiftly rushed upon Maheśvara. ### [14.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.8.7) Then Bhadrakarṇa, seeing that dānava / charging right before him, said, "Halt! Halt!" ### [14.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.8.8) Having cut through his sword and also his shield with a sword, the mighty one, / overcome with wrath, struck the daitya between his breasts, O king. ### [14.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.8.10) Then he, struck down by him, entering into vast darkness, / fell upon the surface of the earth like a tree broken by the wind. / Having met his death, that daitya bowed to Hara and stood; / and seeing him abiding in truth, Maheśvara was pleased. ### [14.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.8.11) The Blessed Lord said: / "I am pleased with your valor and especially with your righteousness. / Choose a boon—blessing be upon you—which has ever dwelt in your heart." ### [14.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.8.12) Bhadrakarṇa said: / "The liṅga which was installed by me on Arbuda, O best of gods— / let there be your presence here, and be steadfast in this pool." ### [14.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.8.13) The Blessed Lord said: / "In the month of Māgha, on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight, / my special presence will always be in the pool and in the liṅga. ### [14.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.8.14) He who, having bathed in the pool of Bhadrakarṇa, focused in mind, / sees the Three-eyed One, will surely attain my eternal abode. ### [14.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.8.15) Therefore, by every effort, one should perform a ritual ablution there; / and having worshipped that liṅga, he goes to the world of Śiva." ### [14.8.15\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.8.15_1) Thus ends the eighth chapter, named 'Description of the Greatness of the Pool of Bhadrakarṇa and the Three-eyed One', in the third \[part\], the Arbudakhaṇḍa, of the seventh section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. ## Linked texts (1) - [Skandapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.8.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.8) · Pramāṇa