[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) › 14.30 # Skandapurana 14.30 Skandapurāṇa 14.30 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.30.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.1) pulastya uvāca.. agnitīrthaṃ tato gacchetpāvanaṃ paramaṃ nṛṇām.. tatra vahniḥ purā naṣṭo labdhaśca tridaśairapi.. 1 .. > Pulastya said: > Then one should go to Agnitīrtha, which brings supreme purification to men; > there Fire was lost in ancient times, and recovered even by the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.2) yayātiruvāca.. kimarthaṃ bhagavanvahniḥ purā naṣṭo dvijottama.. kathaṃ tatraiva labdhastu kautukaṃ me mahāmune..2.. > Yayāti said: > For what reason, O venerable one, was Fire lost in ancient times, O best of the twice-born? > And how was he recovered right there? Great is my curiosity, O great sage! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.3) pulastya uvāca.. purā vṛṣṭinirodho'bhūdyāvaddvādaśavatsarān.. saṃśayaṃ paramaṃ prāptaḥ sarvo lokaḥ kṣudhārditaḥ .. 3 .. > Pulastya said: > In ancient times there was a cessation of rain for twelve years; > all the world was afflicted with hunger and faced extreme peril. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.4) prāyo mṛto mṛtaprāyaḥ śeṣo'bhūddharaṇītale .. naṣṭā araṇyajā grāmyāḥ paśavaḥ pakṣiṇo mṛgāḥ .. 4 .. > For the most part it was dead; what was left on the surface of the earth was almost dead; > wild and domestic animals, birds, and deer were destroyed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.5) evaṃ kṛcchramanuprāpte martyaloke narādhipaḥ .. viśvāmitro munivaraḥ saṃdehaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ .. 5 .. > When the mortal world had thus fallen into dire distress, O lord of men, > Viśvāmitra, the best of sages, fell into extreme uncertainty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.6) annauṣadhirasābhāvādasthiśeṣo vyajāyata .. anyasmindivase prāptaḥ kṣutkṣāmaḥ paryaṭandiśaḥ .. 6 .. > Owing to the lack of food, herbs, and essence, he became reduced to mere bones; > on another day, emaciated by hunger, wandering through the directions, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.7) caṃḍālanilayaṃ prāptaḥ kṣuttṛṣāpīḍito bhṛśam .. tatrāpaśyanmṛtaṃ śvānaṃ śuṣkaṃ pārthivasattama .. 7 .. > tormented greatly by hunger and thirst, he reached the dwelling of a Caṇḍāla. > There he saw a dead, dried dog, O best of kings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.8) tamādāya gṛhaṃ prāptaḥ prakṣālya salilena tu .. kṣutkṣāmaḥ pācayāmāsa tatastaṃ pāvake'juhot .. 8 .. > Taking it, he reached home, washed it with water, > and emaciated by hunger, cooked it; then he offered it into the fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.9) abhakṣyabhakṣaṇaṃ jñātvā havyavāhastato nṛpa .. śakrasyopari manyuṃ svaṃ cakre'tīva mahīpate .. 9 .. > Knowing that uneatable food was being eaten, the fire-god, O king, > then conceived violent anger against Śakra, O lord of the earth: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.10) naṣṭauṣadhirase loke yuktametaddhi sāṃpratam .. yādṛgāptaṃ havistādṛgagnibhakṣo viśiṣyate .. 7.3.30.10 .. > “In a world where the essence of herbs is lost, this is indeed fitting now; > whatever oblation has been obtained, such becomes the food of Fire! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.11) nābhakṣyaṃ bhakṣayiṣyāmi tyajiṣye kṣitimaṃḍalam .. yena śakrādayo devā yāṃti kaṣṭatarāṃ daśām.. 11 .. > I will not consume what is uneatable; I shall abandon the orb of the earth, > so that the gods headed by Śakra will go to an even more wretched state.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.12) evaṃ saṃciṃtya manasā sakopo havyavāhanaḥ .. praṇaṣṭaḥ sakalaṃ hitvā martyalokaṃ carācaram .. 12 .. > Having thus reflected in his mind, the fire-god, filled with wrath, > vanished, leaving behind the entire mortal world, moving and unmoving. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.13) praṇaṣṭe sahasā vahnāvagniṣṭomādikāḥ kriyāḥ .. praṇaṣṭāstu janāḥ sarve viśeṣātsaṃśayaṃ gatāḥ .. 13 .. > When Fire had suddenly disappeared, rites such as the Agniṣṭoma were discontinued; > all people were ruined and fell into utter distress. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.14) tato devagaṇāḥ sarve saṃdehaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ .. yajñabhāgavihīnatvānmaṃtraṃ cakrustato mithaḥ .. 14 .. > Then all the hosts of gods fell into extreme uncertainty; > being deprived of their sacrificial shares, they then took counsel among themselves: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.15) tyaktastu vahninā martyastato nāśaṃ gatā narāḥ .. śeṣanāśādvayaṃ sarve vinaṃkṣyāmo na saṃśayaḥ .. 15 .. > “Mortal \[existence\] has been abandoned by Fire, and therefore men have perished; > by the destruction of the remainder, all of us will perish, there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.16) tasmādanveṣyatāṃ vahniryatra tiṣṭhati sāṃpratam .. yathā carati martye ca tathā nītirvidhīyatām.. 16 .. > Therefore let Fire be searched for, wherever he now stays; > and let such policy be ordained so that he may move among mortals again.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.17) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. evaṃ te niścayaṃ kṛtvā sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ .. anvaiṣayaṃstathāgniṃ te samaṃtātkṣitimaṃḍale .. 17 .. > Pulastya said: > Having thus made their resolve, all the gods along with Indra > searched for Fire all around the orb of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.18) tataste purato dṛṣṭvā śukaṃ śrāṃtā divaukasaḥ .. papracchuḥ śraddhayā vahniryadi dṛṣṭaḥ prakathyatām ..18.. > Then the exhausted denizens of heaven, seeing a parrot before them, > asked with faith: “If Fire has been seen, let it be told.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.19) .. śuka uvāca .. .. yo'yaṃ vaṃśo mahānagre pradagdho vahnisaṃgataḥ .. praṇaṣṭo havyavāhotra mayā dṛṣṭo mahādyutiḥ .. 19 .. > The parrot said: > “That great bamboo which was burnt in front, in contact with fire— > there the fire-god of great splendor vanished; he was seen by me.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.20) śukenāvedito vahniḥ śaptvā taṃ manyunā vṛtaḥ .. gadgadā bhāvi te vāṇī proktvedaṃ prasthito drutam .. 7.3.30.20 .. > Betrayed by the parrot, Fire, filled with wrath, cursed him: > “Your voice shall become stammering!” Having said this, he quickly departed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.21) praviveśa śamīgarbhamaśvatthaṃ tarusattamam .. tatrastho dviparājñā sa kathito vibudhānprati .. 21 .. > He entered the hollow of a śamī tree and an aśvattha, the best of trees; > standing there, he was told to the gods by the king of elephants. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.22) sa taṃ provāca te jihvā viparītā bhaviṣyati .. tato jalāśayaṃ gatvā parvate'rbudasaṃjñake .. 22 .. > He said to him: “Your tongue shall become inverted!” > Then, having gone to a body of water on the mountain named Arbuda, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.23) praviṣṭo bhagavānvahniryathā devairna lakṣyate .. tatrotthena dardureṇa teṣāṃ prokto hutāśanaḥ .. 23 .. > the venerable Fire entered so that he would not be noticed by the gods; > by a frog that rose up there, the Fire was reported to them: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.24) atrā'sau tiṣṭhate vahnirnirjhare parvatasya ca .. dagdhāśca jalajāḥ sarve sutaptenaiva vāriṇā .. .. 24 .. > “Here stays this Fire, in the mountain's waterfall; > and all water-born creatures have been burnt by the thoroughly boiling water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.25) kṛcchrādahaṃ viniṣkrāṃtastasmānmṛtyumukhātsurāḥ .. tacchrutvā yatnamāsthāya praviṣṭo havyavāhanaḥ .. 25 .. > With difficulty have I escaped from that mouth of death, O gods!” > Hearing that, Fire, having made an effort, entered \[deep within\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.26) bhaviṣyasi vijihvastvaṃ śaptvā taṃ darduraṃ nṛpaḥ .. 26 .. > “You shall become tongueless!” cursed he the frog, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.27) tato devagaṇāḥ sarve niṣkrāṃtāḥ salilāśrayāt .. saṃveṣṭya tuṣṭuvuḥ sarve stavairvedodbhavairnṛpa .. 27 .. > Then all the hosts of gods, emerging from the shelter of the water, > surrounded him and all praised him with hymns born of the Vedas, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.28) .. devā ūcuḥ .. .. tvamagne sarvabhūtānāmaṃtaścarasi pāvaka .. tvayā hīnaṃ jagatsarvaṃ nāśaṃ yāsyati satvaram .. 28 .. > The gods said: > O Agni, you move within all beings, O purifier; > deprived of you, the entire universe will swiftly go to ruin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.29) tvaṃ mukhaṃ sarvadevānāṃ tvayi lokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ .. bhūloke ca tvayā tyakte vayaṃ sarve savāsavāḥ .. vināśameva yāsyāmastasmāttvaṃ trātumarhasi .. 29 .. > You are the mouth of all the gods; on you the worlds are established; > and when the mortal world is abandoned by you, all of us along with Indra > shall go to utter destruction. Therefore you ought to protect us. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.30) tvaṃ brahmā tvaṃ mahādevastvaṃ viṣṇustvaṃ divākaraḥ .. tvaṃ caṃdrastvaṃ ca dhanado maruttvaṃ ca sureśvaraḥ ..7.3.30.30.. > You are Brahmā, you are Mahādeva, you are Viṣṇu, you are the sun, > you are the moon, and you are the giver of wealth, the wind, and the lord of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.31) iṃdrādyā vibudhāḥ sarve tvadāyattā hutāśana .. kimarthaṃ bhagavanmarttyaṃ tyaktvā tvamatra saṃsthitaḥ .. kimarthaṃ bhagavannasmānanāgāṃstyaktumicchasi .. 31 .. > All the deities beginning with Indra depend on you, O Fire; > why, O venerable one, have you remained here, having abandoned the mortal world? > Why, O venerable one, do you wish to abandon us who are sinless? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.32) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. veṣṭito bhagavānvahnirdevaiḥ stutiparāyaṇaiḥ .. tasyaiva nirjharasyātha taṭastho vākyamabravīt .. 32 .. > Pulastya said: > Surrounded by the gods intent upon praise, > the venerable Fire, standing on the bank of that very waterfall, then spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.33) .. vahniruvāca .. .. abhakṣyabhakṣaṇe śakro māmicchati niyojitum .. tenaiva na karotyeṣa vṛṣṭiṃ marttye sureśvaraḥ .. 33 .. > Fire said: > Śakra wishes to engage me in eating uneatable things; > for that very reason this lord of the gods does not make rain in the mortal world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.34) ato'haṃ bhūtalaṃ tyaktvā praviṣṭo nirjhare tviha .. praṇaṣṭānnarase loke na cāhaṃ sthātumutsahe .. 34 .. > Therefore, having abandoned the surface of the earth, I have entered here into the waterfall; > and in a world where the essence of food is ruined, I have no desire to stay. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.35) .. śakra uvāca .. .. śṛṇu yasmānmayā rodhaḥ kṛto vṛṣṭerhutāśana .. devāpirnāma dharmajñaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ yaśaskaraḥ .. 35 .. > Śakra said: > Hear, O Fire, why the obstruction of rain was made by me: > there was a knower of dharma named Devāpi, who brought fame to the kṣatriyas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.36) pratīpastatsutaḥ sādhuḥ sarvaśīlavatāṃ varaḥ .. devāpau ca gate svargaṃ jyeṣṭhabhrātaramagrajam.. saṃtyaktvā jagṛhe rājyaṃ śaṃtanustatsuto'varaḥ .. 36 .. > Pratīpa's son was virtuous, the best of all well-behaved men; > and when Devāpi went to heaven, his younger brother Śaṃtanu, > having superseded the eldest brother, took the kingdom. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.37) etasmātkāraṇādrājye tasya vṛṣṭirnirākṛtā .. tavādeśātkariṣyāmi nivartasva hutāśana .. 37 .. > For this reason, rain was withheld in his kingdom. > At your command I shall make \[it rain\]; turn back, O Fire! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.38) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. evamuktvā sahasrākṣaḥ puṣkarāvartakānghanān .. drutamājñāpayāmāsa vṛṣṭyarthaṃ jagatītale.. 38.. > Pulastya said: > Having spoken thus, the thousand-eyed Indra quickly commanded > the Puṣkarāvarta clouds to rain upon the surface of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.39) atha śakrasamādiṣṭā vidyutvanto balāhakāḥ.. gambhīrarāviṇaḥ sarvaṃ bhūtalaṃ pracurairjalaiḥ.. pūrayāmāsuratyugrā dyutimanto mahīpate.. 39.. > Then, commanded by Śakra, the lightning-bearing clouds, > deep-thundering, highly fierce, and resplendent, filled the entire > surface of the earth with abundant waters, O lord of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.40) tato'gamatparāṃ tuṣṭiṃ bhagavānhavyavāhanaḥ.. rocayāmāsa bhūpṛṣṭhe vasatiṃ devakāraṇāt.. 7.3.30.40.. > Then the blessed Carrier of Oblations attained supreme satisfaction; / he was pleased to reside on the surface of the earth for the sake of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.41) devā ūcuḥ.. tavā''deśātkṛtā vṛṣṭiranyatkāryaṃ hutāśana .. yatte priyaṃ tadasmākaṃ suśīghraṃ hi nivedaya .. 41 .. > The gods said: / 'By your command rain has been made; what other task is there, O Fire, / that is pleasing to you? Declare that to us very quickly indeed.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.42) .. agniruvāca .. .. etajjalāśayaṃ puṇyaṃ mannāmnā tīrthamuttamam .. khyātiṃ yātu dharāpṛṣṭhe yuṣmākaṃ hi prasādataḥ .. 42 .. > Agni said: / 'Through your grace, may this holy pool of water, an excellent sacred ford in my name, / attain fame on the surface of the earth.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.43) .. devā ūcuḥ .. .. agnitīrthamidaṃ loke prakhyātiṃ saṃprayāsyati .. atra snāto naraḥ samyagagnilokaṃ prayāsyati .. 43 .. > The gods said: / 'This Agnitīrtha shall attain renown in the world; / a person having performed a ritual ablution here properly shall go to the world of Agni. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.44) yastilāndāsyati narastīrthe'sminsusamāhitaḥ .. agniṣṭomasya yajñasya phalaṃ tasya bhaviṣyati ..44.. > A person who, deeply concentrated, shall give sesamum seeds at this sacred ford, / shall attain the fruit of an Agniṣṭoma sacrifice.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.45) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. evamuktvā surāḥ sarve svasvasthānaṃ yayustataḥ .. vahniśca bhagavānrājanyathāpūrvamavartata .. 45 .. > Pulastya said: / Having spoken thus, all the gods then went to their respective abodes; / and the blessed fire, O king, remained as before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.46) yaścaitpaṭhate nityaṃ prātarutthāya cottamam .. agnitīrthasya māhātmyaṃ mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 46 .. > And whoever, rising in the morning, constantly recites this excellent / māhātmya of Agnitīrtha, is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.47) ahorātrakṛtātpāpātsa śṛṇvannapi mucyate .. 47 .. > Even while merely hearing it, he is freed from the sin committed by day and night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.30.47\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30.47_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekā śītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe'gnitīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma triṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 30 .. > Thus ends the thirtieth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Agnitīrtha', in the Arbuda section, the third \[part\] of the seventh \[book\], the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Purāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.30.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.30) · Pramāṇa