[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) › 14.21 # Skandapurana 14.21 Skandapurāṇa 14.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.21.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.21.1) .. pulastya uvāca.. .. tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha piṇḍodakamanuttamam .. tīrthaṃ yatra tapastaptaṃ piṇḍodakadvijātinā .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / Then one should go, O best of kings, to Piṇḍodaka, an unsurpassed / sacred ford where austerity was performed by the twice-born Piṇḍodaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.21.2) purā piṇḍodakonāma brāhmaṇo'bhūnmahāmate .. mandaprajño'lpamedhāvī sopādhyāyena pāṭhitaḥ .. 2 .. > Long ago, O wise one, there was a brahmin named Piṇḍodaka. / Dull-witted and of small intellect, he was instructed by a teacher, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.21.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.21.3) aśakto'dhyayanaṃ kartuṃ jāḍyabhāvānmahīpate .. sa vairāgyaṃ paraṃ gatvā saṃprāpto girigahvare .. 3 .. > \[yet\] unable to study due to his sluggish state, O king. / Having reached supreme dispassion, he went into a mountain cave. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.21.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.21.4) etasminneva kāletu tatraiva ca sarasvatī.. vīṇāvinodasaṃyuktā vivikte tamupasthitā .. 4 .. > At that very time, Sarasvatī, / engaged in delighting with her vīṇā, approached him in that solitary place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.21.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.21.5) taṃ dṛṣṭvā brāhmaṇaṃ khinnaṃ vairāgyeṇa samanvitam .. kṛpāviṣṭā mahādevī vākyametaduvāca ha .. 5 .. > Seeing that brahmin despondent and filled with dispassion, / the great goddess, overcome with compassion, uttered these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.21.6) .. sarasvatyuvāca .. .. kasmāttvaṃ khidyase vipra virakta iva bhāsase .. kasmānna hṛṣyasi hṛdā kasmādatra tvamāgataḥ .. vada śīghraṃ mahābhāga tavāṃtike vasāmyaham .. 6 .. > Sarasvatī said: / Why are you grieving, O brahmin? You seem like one who has renounced. / Why are you not glad at heart? For what reason have you come here? / Speak quickly, O fortunate one; I dwell near you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.21.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.21.7) .. piṇḍodaka uvāca .. .. ahaṃ vairāgyamāpanna upādhyāyatiraskṛtaḥ .. jñānahīno mahābhāge mṛtyuṃ vāṃchāmi sāṃpratam .. 7 .. > Piṇḍodaka said: / Having met with dispassion, rebuked by my teacher, / \[and\] devoid of knowledge, O noble lady, I now desire death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.21.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.21.9) na me sarasvatī devī jihvāgre parivartate .. kāraṇaṃ nānyadastīha mṛtyormama varānane .. .. dṛṣṭo'kasmāttvayā cāhaṃ tato yāsyāmi cānyataḥ .. maraṇaṃ hi mama śreyo mūkabhāvānna jīvitam .. 9 .. > Goddess Sarasvatī does not turn upon the tip of my tongue. / There is no other reason for my death, O fair-faced one. / And seen suddenly by you, I shall go elsewhere from here. / For death is better for me, not life in the condition of a mute. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.21.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.21.10) .. sarasvatyuvāca ... .. ahaṃ sarasvatī devī sadāsminvaraparvate.. niśāsukhe trayodaśyāṃ karomi vasatiṃ dvija .. tasmāttvaṃ prārthaya varaṃ yadabhīṣṭaṃ sudurlabham .. 7.3.21.10 .. > Sarasvatī said: / I am Goddess Sarasvatī. On this excellent mountain, / I always make my dwelling at nightfall on the thirteenth day \[of the lunar fortnight\], O twice-born. / Therefore, ask for a boon, whatever is desired and hard to obtain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.21.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.21.11) .. piṇḍodaka uvāca .. .. prasādāttava vai vāṇi sarvajñatvaṃ mamepsitam .. etattīrthaṃ tu mannāmnā khyātiṃ yātu śucismite .. 11 .. > Piṇḍodaka said: / By your grace, O Vāṇī, omniscience is desired by me, / and may this sacred ford attain renown through my name, O smiling one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.21.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.21.12) .. sarasvatyuvāca .. .. adyaprabhṛti sarvajño hyatra loke bhaviṣyasi .. nāmnā tava tathā tīrthametatkhyātiṃ prayāsyati ..12.. > Sarasvatī said: / From this day onward you will be omniscient in this world, / and likewise this sacred ford will attain renown through your name. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.21.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.21.13) niśāmukhe trayodaśyāṃ yo'tra snānaṃ kariṣyati .. bhaviṣyati sa sarvajño yadyapi syātsumandadhīḥ .. 13 .. > Whoever performs ritual ablution here at nightfall on the thirteenth day, / he will become omniscient even if he were very dull-minded. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.21.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.21.14) atra me satataṃ vāso bhaviṣyati dvijottama .. yasmāttasmātsadā snānaṃ kartavyaṃ susamāhitaiḥ .. 14 .. > My perpetual dwelling will be here, O best of the twice-born. / Therefore, ritual ablution should always be performed \[here\] by the self-composed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.21.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.21.15) evamuktvā tato devī tatraivāṃtaradhīyata .. piṇḍodako hi sarvajño bhūtvātha svagṛhaṃ yayau .. vyasmāpayajjanānsarvāṃstattīrthasya samāśrayāt .. 15 .. > Having spoken thus, the goddess then vanished right there. / Piṇḍodaka, having indeed become omniscient, then went to his home / and amazed all the people by taking refuge in that sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.21.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.21.21) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe piṇḍodakatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 21 .. > Thus, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\], in the seventh Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the third Arbudakhaṇḍa, the twenty-first chapter, named "Description of the Greatness of Piṇḍodakatīrtha." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.21.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.21) · Pramāṇa