Pramāṇa · Search · About · API

Skandapurana 1.3.34.17

Skandapurāṇa 1.3.34.17

Language
Sanskrit

1.3.34.17

16 indrānayanārthaṃ śacyā bṛhaspatyādīnpratyājñākaraṇaṃ bṛhaspateḥ svāvahelanācchāpapradānaṃ ca, śacīśāpabhītyā bhītasya bṛhaspateḥ śakrānayanārthaṃ sarastīrapratigamanam, indrasyāhvāne kriyamāṇe sarastīrasthayā brahmahatyayā devānprati nijāvāsaprārthanāyāṃ kṛtāyāṃ satyāṃ tasyāścaturvibhāgānpṛthivīvṛkṣajalanārīṣu varapradānapūrvakaṃ nikṣipya niṣpāpamindramamarāvatyāmānīyendrapade'bhiṣecanama, tato viśvarūpavadhakupitena tvaṣṭrā tapasā brahmāṇaṃ santoṣya tato devabhayāvahaputraprārthanama, tato brahmavarāttasya vṛtranāmakaputraprāptiḥ, tena vṛtrāsureṇa saṃjā taharṣāṇāṃ daityānāṃ pātālādbhūtalaṃ pratyāgamanam, taddṛṣṭvā devānāṃ bhayaprāptiḥ parasparaṃ mantrakaraṇaṃ ca, brahmaṇa ājñayā devairdadhīcāśramaṃ prati gatvā śastrārthaṃ dadhīciṃ prati tadasthiprārthanam, devairasthikṛte'bhyarthitena dadhīcinā yogena svadehavisarjanam... 28

16. Śacī issuing an order to Bṛhaspati and others to bring back Indra, and Bṛhaspati pronouncing a curse because of his own disregard; Bṛhaspati, frightened by fear of Śacī's curse, going to the bank of the lake to bring Śakra; when the invocation to Indra was being made, the sin of killing a brahmin residing on the bank of the lake petitioning the gods for her own abode, and their casting her into four divisions—earth, trees, water, and women—while conferring boons upon them, bringing Indra, cleansed of sin, to Amarāvatī and consecrating him in Indra's station; then Tvaṣṭṛ, enraged at the slaying of Viśvarūpa, pleasing Brahmā through austerity and requesting from him a son who would bring terror to the gods; then, by Brahmā's boon, his obtaining a son named Vṛtra; the demons, filled with joy because of that demon Vṛtra, coming back from Pātāla to the surface of the earth; the gods, seeing this, becoming terrified and taking counsel with one another; by the command of Brahmā, the gods going to Dadhīci's hermitage and requesting his bones from Dadhīci for a weapon; Dadhīci, besought by the gods for his bones, relinquishing his own body through yoga. ... 28

English (machine translation) (machine translation)

Translations (1)