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# Skandapurana 1.2.5

Skandapurāṇa 1.2.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.2.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.1)

.. naṃdikeśvara uvāca .. ..

> Nandikeśvara said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.2)

śuddhasattvaguṇopeto loke'smindurlabhaḥ pumān ..

> “A man endowed with the quality of pure sattva is rare in this world;  
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### [1.2.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.3)

rajastamoguṇopetā bhavaṃti sulabhā narāḥ .. 1 ..

> men endowed with the qualities of rajas and tamas are easily found. // 1  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.4)

sāttvikaḥ puṇyaśīlatvānniḥśreyasamavāpnuyāt ..

> A person endowed with sattva, through a virtuous disposition, would attain the highest beatitude.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.5)

vaicitryātkarmaṇāmeṣāmanubhogāya vedhasā .. 2 ..

> Because of the variety of these actions, for their experience, by the Creator  
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### [1.2.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.6)

vaicitryāṇyeva sṛṣṭāni narakāṇyatra tatra ca ..

> various hells indeed have been created here and there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.7)

mahārauravabhāgbhūtvā kharaḥ śvā śūkaro'pi vā .. 3 ..

> Experiencing \[the hell\] Mahāraurava, a donkey, a dog, or a pig,  
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### [1.2.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.8)

caṃḍālo vā bhavetpretya puruṣo brahmahatyayā ..

> or an outcaste after death, a man would become through killing a brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.9)

ciraṃ rauravasaṃruddhaḥ kṛmikīṭapataṃgatām .... 4 ..

> Imprisoned in Raurava for a long time, the state of a worm, insect, or moth  
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### [1.2.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.10)

prāpnuyātkarmakartṛtvaṃ surāpānena ca dvijaḥ ..

> a twice-born man would attain, and \[servile\] manual labor, through drinking liquor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.11)

brahmasvaharaṇādbrahmarākṣasatvamavāpnuyāt .. 5 ..

> From stealing the property of a brahmin, he would obtain the state of a brahmarākṣasa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.12)

yadyattu corayettattacchūnyaṃ syādanyajanmani ..

> Whatever he steals, he would be bereft of that in another birth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.13)

asipatravane pīḍāmavāpya suciraṃ punaḥ .. 6 ..

> Having suffered torment in the Asipatravana hell for a very long time, again,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.14)

napuṃsakatvaṃ saṃgacchetpuruṣo gurutalpagaḥ ..

> a man who violates his guru's bed would become a eunuch.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.15)

taptaiḥ kālāyasairdaṃḍaiḥ pīḍito yamakiṃkaraiḥ .. 7 ..

> Tormented by the servants of Yama with heated iron rods,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.16)

narake kālasūtrākhye nivasetparadāragaḥ ..

> the seducer of another's wife would dwell in the hell called Kālasūtra.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.17)

agnido nivasedghore sughore garadāyakaḥ .. 8 ..

> An arsonist would reside in Ghora; in Sughora, a poisoner.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.18)

mahāghore ca piśuno'vīcyāṃ dharmaviniṃdakaḥ ..

> In Mahāghora, a slanderer; and in Avīci, a reviler of dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.19)

vasetkarāle mitradhrugbhīme hiṃsaikatatparaḥ .. 9 ..

> A betrayer of friends would dwell in Karāla; in Bhīma, one solely devoted to violence.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.20)

saṃhāre channapāpiṣṭho mṛṣāvādī bhayānake ..

> In Saṃhāra, a covert sinner; in Bhayānaka, a liar.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.21)

asighore vasedvāpi kūpakṣetranarādihṛt .. 1.3.2.5.10 ..

> In Asighora would reside one who robs stepwells, wells, fields, men, and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.22)

vajre paradroharato māṃsāśī tarale dvija ..

> In Vajra, one intent on malice toward others; in Tarala, a meat-eating twice-born, \[O sage\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.23)

tīkṣṇe mātṛpitṛdrohī tāpane japadūṣakaḥ .. 11 ..

> In Tīkṣṇa, one who betrays mother and father; in Tāpana, one who corrupts mantra-recitation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.24)

aśvaghnopi nirucchvāse vasedgoghnaśca dāruṇe ..

> Even a killer of a horse would dwell in Nirucchvāsa; and a cow-killer in Dāruṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.25)

bhrūṇahā nivaseccaṃḍe strīhatyākṛtkukūlake .. 12 ..

> An abortionist would dwell in Caṇḍa; a slayer of women in Kukūla.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.26)

devasvahārī dahane ghoraghore parasvahṛt ..

> A stealer of god's property \[dwells\] in Dahana; in Ghoraghora, a stealer of others' property.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.27)

kṛtāṃtadūtā narake sarvāneva hi pāpinaḥ .. 13 ..

> The messengers of Yama in hell indeed \[punish\] all the sinners:  
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### [1.2.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.28)

badhnaṃti pāśairnighnaṃti daṃḍairvidhyaṃti śaṃkubhiḥ ..

> They bind them with ropes, strike them with clubs, pierce them with spikes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.29)

tīkṣṇāyaścaṃcavaḥ kaṃkāḥ krūradaṃṣṭrā mahoragāḥ .. 14 ..

> Herons with sharp iron beaks, great serpents with cruel fangs,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.30)

kāleyakāśca vyāghrāśca hiṃsrāścānye daśaṃtyamūn ..

> dogs, tigers, and other beasts of prey bite them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.31)

śakalīkurvate śastrairdahaṃtidehameva ca .. 15 ..

> They hack them to pieces with weapons and burn their bodies.  
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### [1.2.5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.32)

khanaṃti gahane śvabhre kaśābhistāḍayaṃti ca ..

> They bury them in deep pits and beat them with whips.  
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### [1.2.5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.33)

tailadroṇyāṃ vipacyaṃte tudyaṃte sūkṣmasūcibhiḥ .. 16 ..

> They are cooked in caldrons of oil; they are pricked with fine needles.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.34)

bāhyante durvahānbhārānyamadūtairhi pāpinaḥ ..

> Sinners are indeed forced to carry unendurable loads by Yama's messengers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.35)

brahmahā kṣayarogī syatsurāpaḥ śyāvadaṃtakaḥ .. 17 ..

> A killer of a brahmin becomes consumptive; a drinker of liquor has blackish teeth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.36)

svarṇāpahārī kunakhī duścarmā gurutalpagaḥ ..

> A gold thief has diseased nails; one who violates his guru's bed has skin disease.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.37)

apasmārī gurudrohī caṃḍālo vedadūṣakaḥ .. 18 ..

> A betrayer of a guru is epileptic; a reviler of the Vedas is an outcaste.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.38)

kūṭasākṣī cākṣirogī maṃdāgniścāgrabhojanaḥ ..

> A false witness has eye disease; and one who eats before \[others/offerings\] has weak digestion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.39)

vidyāpahārī mūkaḥ syādaṃdhaḥ pustakacorakaḥ .. 19 ..

> One who steals knowledge becomes mute; a thief of books is blind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.40)

paradārarataḥ paṃgu badhiraḥ paraniṃdakaḥ ..

> One given to another's wife becomes lame; a slanderer of others is deaf.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.41)

viḍvarāho nirācāro jihvārogī ca taskaraḥ .. 1.3.2.5.20 ..

> One devoid of proper conduct becomes a cesspool swine, and a thief gets a tongue disease.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.42)

abhyāgatātithityāgī kapolakaṃṭako bhavet ..

> One who abandons an arrived guest gets boils on his cheeks.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.43)

parvasu strīrato mehī pūtyāsyo'bhakṣyabhakṣakaḥ .. 21 ..

> One who has intercourse with women on festive days suffers from urinary disease; an eater of forbidden food has a foul mouth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.44)

maryādābhedako dāsastaṭākārāmahṛtkharaḥ ..

> A violator of boundaries becomes a servant; an appropriator of tanks and pleasure gardens, a donkey.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.45)

pratiśrutāpradātā syādalpāyuḥ śvā vikatthanaḥ .. 22 ..

> One who fails to give what was promised becomes short-lived; a boaster becomes a dog.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.46)

viṣṇudrohī ca saraṭhaḥ śivadrohī ca mūṣakaḥ ..

> One who harbors malice toward Viṣṇu becomes a chameleon; one who harbors malice toward Śiva becomes a mouse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.47)

evaṃ pāpaphalaṃ jñātvā prāyaścittaṃ samācaret .. 23 ..

> Thus, having understood the fruition of sin, one should perform expiation.  
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### [1.2.5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.48)

taccāsminnaruṇakṣetre kartavyaḥ samyagāstikaiḥ .. 24 ..

> And that must be performed properly in this sacred field of Aruṇa by the faithful.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.49)

iti niśamya sa duṣkṛtakāriṇāṃ bahuvidhāṃ narakeṣu nṛṇāṃ vyathām ..

> Having thus heard the manifold torment of evil-doing men in the hells,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.50)

caraṇayoḥ patitaśca tadā punaḥpunarayācata tacchamanakriyām.. 25 ..

> he fell at \[his\] feet and then repeatedly begged for the rite that appeases it.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.2.5.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.2.5.51)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe'ruṇācalamāhātmya uttarārdhe karmavipākavarṇanaṃ nāma paṃcamodhyāyaḥ .. 5 .. .. cha ..

> Thus ends the fifth chapter, titled "Description of the Ripening of Actions," in the second half of the Aruṇācalamāhātmya, in the first Māheśvarakhaṇḍa in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

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