[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) › 14.28 # Skandapurana 14.28 Skandapurāṇa 14.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.28.1) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha supuṇyaṃ mānuṣaṃ hradam .. yatra snāto naraḥ samyaṅmanuṣyo jāyate sadā .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: > Then one should go, O best of kings, to the very holy pool Mānuṣahrada, > where a man, properly bathed, is always born as a human. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.28.2) na tiryaktvamavāpnoti kṛtvā'pi bahupātakam .. tatrāścaryamabhūtpūrvaṃ yattacchṛṇu narādhipa .. 2 .. > Even having committed great sins, he does not attain an animal state. > A wonder happened there formerly; listen to that, O lord of men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.28.3) mṛgayūthamanuprāpta vyādhavyāptaṃ samantataḥ .. te mṛgā bhayasantrastāḥ praviṣṭā jalamadhyataḥ .. 3 .. > A herd of deer arrived, completely surrounded by hunters. > Those deer, terrified with fear, entered into the midst of the water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.28.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.28.4) sadyo manuṣyatāṃ prāptāḥ pūrvajātismarāstathā .. etasminneva kāle tu vyādhāste samupāgatāḥ .. 4 .. > Immediately they attained human state, and also remembered their previous births. > Just at that moment, those hunters arrived, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.28.5) cāpabāṇadharāḥ sarve yathā vai yamakiṃkarāḥ .. papracchuśca mṛgānbhūpa mānuṣatvamupāgatān .. 5 .. > all holding bows and arrows, just like the servants of Yama. > And they asked the deer, O king, who had attained human state: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.28.6) mṛgayūthamanu prāptamasminsthāne jalāśraye .. kena mārgeṇa tadyātaṃ vadadhvaṃ satvaraṃ hi naḥ .. vayaṃ sarve pariśrāṃtāḥ kṣuttṛḍbhyāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ .. 6 .. > "A herd of deer reached this place beside the water. > By which path did it go? Tell us quickly! > We are all exhausted, especially from hunger and thirst." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.28.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.28.7) .. manuṣyā ūcuḥ .. .. vayaṃ te hariṇāḥ sarve mānuṣyaṃ bhāvamāśritāḥ .. tīrthasyāsya prabhāveṇa satyametadasaṃśayam .. 7 .. > The men said: > "We are all those deer who have assumed human state > by the power of this sacred ford; this is the truth, without doubt." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.28.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.28.8) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tataste śabarāḥ sarve tyaktvā cāpāni pārthiva .. kṛtvā snānaṃ jale tasminsadyaḥ siddhiṃ gatā nṛpa .. 8 .. > Pulastya said: > Then all those Śabaras, casting away their bows, O king, > and performing a ritual ablution in that water, immediately attained perfection, O ruler of men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.28.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.28.9) tataḥ śakrastu taddṛṣṭvā tīrthaṃ pāpaharaṃ nṛpa .. pūrayāmāsa sarvatra pāṃsubhirnṛpasattama .. 9 .. > Then Śakra, seeing that sin-removing sacred ford, O king, > filled it everywhere with dust, O best of kings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.28.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.28.10) adyāpi manujāstatra budhāṣṭamyāṃ narādhipa .. snānaṃ ye prakariṣyaṃti tiryaktvaṃ na vrajaṃti te .. 7.3.28.10 .. > Even today, O lord of men, the humans who will perform a ritual ablution > there on a Wednesday eighth day \[of the lunar fortnight\] do not go to an animal state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.28.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.28.11) pitṛmedhaphalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ śrāddhadānādavāpnuyuḥ .. 11 .. > They obtain the entire fruit of a sacrifice to the ancestors from gifts and ancestral rites. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.28.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.28.28) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe manuṣyatīrthaprabhāva varṇanaṃnāmāṣṭāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 28 .. > Thus ends the twenty-eighth chapter, named 'Description of the Power of Manuṣyatīrtha', in the third \[section\], Arbudakhaṇḍa, in the seventh \[section\], Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, 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.14.28.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.28) · Pramāṇa