[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) › 1.4.8 # Skandapurana 1.4.8: adhyāyaḥ 10 Skandapurāṇa 1.4.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### adhyāyaḥ 10 ### [1.4.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.1) .. nārada uvāca.. gṛdhrasyaitadvacaḥ śrutvā duḥkhavismayasaṃyutaḥ.. indradyumnastamā pṛcchaya maraṇāyopacakrame.. 10.1 .. > Nārada said: / Having heard these words of the vulture, filled with sorrow and wonder, / Indradyumna took leave of him and prepared to die. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.2) tatastamālokya tathā mumūrṣuṃ kauśikādibhiḥ.. sa saṃhitaṃ viciṃtyāha dīrghāyuṣamathātmanaḥ.. 10.2 .. > Then, seeing him thus wishing to die, \[the vulture\] along with Kauśika and the others / reflected, and then spoke of someone having a longer life than himself: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.3) maivaṃ kārṣīḥ śruṇu giraṃ bhadraka tvaṃ ciraṃtanaḥ.. matto'pyasti sphuṭaṃ caiva jñāsyati tvadabhīpsitam.. 10.3 .. > "Do not do so! Listen to \[my\] word, O good man! There is one older / even than me, and he will clearly know what you desire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.4) mānase sarasi khyātaḥ kūrmomaṃtharakākhyayā.. tasya nāviditaṃ kiṃcidehi tatra vrajāmahe.. 10.4 .. > In Lake Mānasa lives a tortoise renowned by the name of Mantharaka; / nothing is unknown to him. Come, let us go there!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.5) tataḥ pratītāste bhūpamunigṛdhrabakāstathā.. ulūkasahitā jagmuḥ sarve kūrmadidṛkṣavaḥ.. 10.5 .. > Then, trusting \[his words\], they—the king, the sage, the vulture, and the crane, / together with the owl—all went, wishing to see the tortoise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.6) sarastīre sthitaḥ kūrmastānnirīkṣya vidūragān.. kāṃdiśīko viveśāsau jalaṃ śīghrataraṃ tadā.. 10.6 .. > The tortoise, stationed on the shore of the lake, seeing them approaching from afar, / panicked and entered the water very swiftly then. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.7) kauśiko'tha tamāhedaṃ prahasya vacanaṃ svayam.. kasmātkūrma pranaṣṭodya vimukho'bhyāgateṣvapi.. 10.7 .. > Kauśika then, laughing, spoke these words himself to him: / "Why, O tortoise, have you fled today and turned away even when guests have arrived? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.8) agnirdvijānāṃ vipraśca varṇānāṃ ramaṇaḥ striyām.. guruḥ pitā ca putrāṇāṃ sarvasyābhyāgato guruḥ.. 10.8 .. > Fire is the guru of the twice-born, the brahmin of the castes, the husband of women, / the father is the guru of sons, and the arrived guest is the guru of all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.9) vihāya tamimaṃ dharmamātithyavimukhaḥ katham.. gṛhṇāsi pāpaṃ sarveṣāṃ brūhi kūrmādhunottaram.. 10.9 .. > Abandoning this righteousness, why do you turn away from hospitality / and take upon yourself the sin of all? Speak your answer now, O tortoise!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.10) ..kūrma uvāca.. ciraṃtano hi jānāmi karttumātithyasatkriyām.. abhyāgateṣvapacitiṃ dharmaśāstreṣu niścitam.. 10.10 .. > The tortoise said: / "Being very old, I indeed know how to perform the respectful rites of hospitality, / and reverence towards arrived guests, as determined in the treatises on dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.11) sumahatkāraṇaṃ cātra śrūyatāṃ tadvadāmi vaḥ.. nāhaṃ parāṅmukho jāta etāvaṃti dinānyapi.. 10.11 .. > There is a very great reason in this matter; listen, I shall tell it to you. / I have not turned my face away \[from anyone\] in all these days, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.12) abhyāgatasya kasyāpi sarvasatkārasadvratī.. kiṃ tveṣa paṃcamo yo vo dṛśyate saralākṛtiḥ.. 10.12 .. > holding the good vow of all kinds of hospitality toward any guest who arrived. / But who is this fifth one among you, seen to have an upright form? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.13) iṃdradyumno mahīpālo bibhomyasmādalaṃtarām.. amunā yajamānena raucakākhye purā pure.. 10.13 .. > It is King Indradyumna; I fear him exceedingly! / Formerly, when he was the sacrificer in the city named Raucaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.14) yajñapāvakadagdhā me pṛṣṭhirnādyāpi nirvraṇā.. tanme bhayaṃ punarjātaṃ kimayaṃ punareva mām.. 10.14 .. > my back was burnt by the sacrificial fire, and even today it is not free of scars. / Therefore, fear has arisen in me once more: will he now again > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.15) āsutīvalamādhāya bhuvi dhakṣyati saṃprati.. iti vākyāvasāne tu kūrmasya kurusattama.. 10.15 .. > burn me on the earth, establishing an enclosure for the pressing of soma?" / At the conclusion of the tortoise's statement, O best of the Kurus, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.16) papāta puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ khādvimuktāpsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ.. sasvanurdevavādyāni kīrtyuddhāre mahīpateḥ.. 10.16 .. > a shower of flowers fell from the sky, released by groups of apsarases, / and celestial instruments sounded at the restoration of the king's fame. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.17) vismitāste ca dadṛśurvimānaṃ purataḥ sthitam.. iṃdradyumnakṛte devadūtenādhiṣṭhitaṃ tadā.. 10.17 .. > Astonished, they saw an aerial chariot stationed before them, / occupied at that time by a messenger of the gods for the sake of Indradyumna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.18) ayātayāmāḥ pradadurāśiṣo'smai suradvijāḥ.. sādhuvādo divi mahānāsīttasya mahīpateḥ.. 10.18 .. > The gods and brahmins bestowed unwaning blessings upon him; / there was a great shout of acclaim in heaven for that king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.19) tato vimānamālaṃbya devadūtastamuccakaiḥ.. iṃdradyumnamuvācedaṃ śrṛṇvatāṃ nākavāsinām.. 10.19 .. > Then, clinging to the aerial chariot, the messenger of the gods spoke loudly / this to Indradyumna, while the dwellers of heaven listened: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.20) ..devadūta uvāca.. navīkṛtādhunā kīrtistava bhūpāla nirmalā.. trilokyāmapi tacchīghraṃ vimānamidamāruha.. 10.20 .. > The messenger of the gods said: / "Now your stainless fame has been renewed, O protector of the earth, / even in the three worlds. Therefore, quickly mount this aerial chariot! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.21) gamyatāṃ brahmaṇo lokamākalpaṃ tapasorjitam.. preṣito'hamanenaiva tavānayanakāraṇāt.. 10.21 .. > Let it be gone to the world of Brahmā, which endures until the end of the kalpa, acquired by austerity! / I have been sent by him alone for the purpose of bringing you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.22) yāvatkīrtirmanuṣyasya pṛthivyāṃ prathitā bhavet.. tāvāneva bhavetsvargī sati puṇye hyanaṃtake.. 10.22 .. > As long as a man's fame remains renowned on earth, / so long does he dwell in heaven, when endless merit exists. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.23) surālayasarovāpīkūpārāmādikalpanā.. etadarthaṃ hi pūrtākhyā dharmaśāstreṣu niścitā.. 10.23 .. > The construction of temples, lakes, large wells, wells, and gardens— / indeed for this purpose is it designated as 'pūrta' in the dharma treatises." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.24) ..iṃdradyumna uvāca.. amī mamaiva suhṛdo mārkaṃḍabakakauśikāḥ.. gṛdhrakūrmau prabhāvo'yamamīṣāṃ mama vṛddhaye.. 10.24 .. > Indradyumna said: / "These are my friends: Mārkaṇḍa, the crane, and Kauśika, / and the vulture and the tortoise; this power of theirs has brought about my advancement. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.25) taccedamī mayā sākaṃ brahmalokaṃ prayāṃtyuta.. puraḥsthitāstadāyāsye brahmalokaṃ ca nānyathā.. 10.25 .. > Therefore, if these go together with me to the world of Brahmā, / standing in front, then I shall go to the world of Brahmā, and not otherwise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.26) pareṣāmanapekṣyaiva kṛtapratikṛtaṃ hi yaḥ.. pravartate hitāyaiva sa suhṛtprocyate budhaiḥ.. 10.26 .. > He who acts solely for the benefit of others without expecting / any return for what was done is called a true friend by the wise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.27) svārthodyuktadhiyo ye syuranvarthāstepyasuṃdharāḥ.. maraṇaṃ prakṛtiścaiva jīvitaṃ vikṛtiryadā.. 10.27 .. > Those whose minds are devoted to their own self-interest, though bearing life-breaths, are useless. / When death is the natural state and life is merely an alteration, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.28) prāṇināṃ paramo lābhaḥ kevalaṃ prāṇisauhṛdam.. daridrā rāgiṇo'satyapratijñātā gurudruhaḥ.. 10.28 .. > the highest gain for living beings is solely friendship with living beings. / The impoverished who are passionate, those who break their promises, those who betray their elders, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.29) mitrāvasāninaḥ pāpāḥ prāyo narakamaṃḍanāḥ.. parārthanaṣṭāstadamī paṃca saṃprati sādhavaḥ.. 10.29 .. > those who destroy their friends, and sinners generally adorn hell. / But these five virtuous ones have now spent themselves for the sake of another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.30) mama kīrtisamuddhāraḥ sa prabhāvo mahātmanām.. amīṣāṃ yadi te svargaṃ prayāsyanti mayā saha.. tadāhamapi yāsyāmi devadūtānyathā na hi.. 10.30 .. > The restoration of my fame is due to the power of these great souls. / If they will go to heaven along with me, / then I too will go, O messenger of the gods, otherwise not." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.31) ..devadūta uvāca.. ete haragaṇāḥ sarveśāpabhraṣṭāḥ kṣitiṃ gatāḥ.. 10.31 .. > The messenger of the gods said: / "All these are Hara's attendants who have fallen to earth due to a curse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.32) śāpāṃte harapārśve tu yāsyaṃti pṛthivīpate.. vihāyemānato bhūpa tvamāgaccha mayā saha.. 10.32 .. > At the end of the curse, they will go to the side of Hara, O lord of the earth. / Therefore, leaving these behind, O king, come with me! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.33) na caiṣāṃ rocate svargo hitvā devaṃ maheśvaram.. ..iṃdradyumna uvāca.. yadyevaṃ gaccha taddūta nāyāsyehaṃ triviṣṭapam.. 10.33 .. > Heaven does not please them, forsaking the god Maheśvara." / Indradyumna said: / "If it is so, then go, O messenger! I will not come to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.34) tathā tathā yati ṣyāmi bhaviṣyāmi yathā gaṇaḥ.. aviśuddhikṣayādhikyadūṣaṇaireṣa niṃditaḥ.. 10.34 .. > I shall strive in such a way that I too may become an attendant \[of Śiva\]. / It is censured by the faults of impurity, decay, and excess; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.35) svargaḥ sadānuśravikastasmādenaṃ na kāmaye.. tatrasthāsya punaḥ pāto bhayaṃ na vyeti mānasāt.. 10.35 .. > heaven is ever dependent on Vedic tradition, therefore I do not desire it. / For one stationed there, the fear of falling again does not depart from the mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.36) punaḥ pāto yataḥ puṃsastasmātsvargaṃ na kāmaye.. sati puṇye svayaṃ tena pātito nijalokataḥ.. 10.36 .. > Since there is a fall again for a person, therefore I do not desire heaven. / Even when merit still exists, I was cast down from his own world by him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.37) caturmukhena vailakṣyaṃ gato'smi kathamemi tam.. itīdamuktvā dūtaṃ taṃ śrṛṇvato'syaiva vismayāt.. 10.37 .. > and I have been humiliated by the four-faced \[Brahmā\]—how could I go to him?" / Having said this to that messenger, while the messenger listened in wonder, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.38) aprākṣīdbhūpatiḥ kūrmaṃ tadāyuḥkāraṇaṃ tadā.. idamāyuḥ kathaṃ jātaṃ kūrma dīrghatamaṃ tava.. 10.38 .. > the king then asked the tortoise the cause of his lifespan: / "How did this exceedingly long life of yours come to be, O tortoise? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.39) suhṛnmitraṃ gurustvaṃ me yena kīrtirmamoddhṛtā.. 10.39 .. > You are my benevolent friend, ally, and elder, by whom my fame has been restored." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.40) ..kūrma uvāca.. śrṛṇu bhūpa kathāṃ divyāṃ śravaṇātpāpanāśinīm.. kathāṃ sumadhurāmetāṃ śivamāhātmyasaṃyutām.. 10.40 .. > The tortoise said: / "Listen, O king, to a divine story that destroys sin upon hearing, / a very sweet story endowed with the glory of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.41) śrṛṇvannimāmapi kathāṃ nṛpate manuṣyaḥ suśraddhayā bhavati pāpavimuktadehaḥ.. śaṃbhoḥ prasādamabhigamya yathāyurevamāsītprasādata iyaṃ mama kūrmatā ca.. 10.41 .. > Hearing this story also with good faith, O king, a man has his body freed from sin. / Having attained the grace of Śambhu, as \[my\] life \[was spared\], so too through his grace this tortoise-state of mine came to be. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.4.8.41\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8.41_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhastrāyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe mahīprādurbhāve daśamo'dhyāyaḥ.. 10 .. cha .. > Thus ends the tenth chapter, titled “Manifestation of the Earth,” in the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa of the first \[section\], the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.1.4.8.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Yogavāsiṣṭha (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.upajivya.yogavasistha*vulgate.5.12.31) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.1.4.8) · Pramāṇa