[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) › 14.31 # Skandapurana 14.31 Skandapurāṇa 14.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.31.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.1) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. raktānubandhaṃ vai gacchettīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam .. yatra snāto naraḥ samyaṅmucyate brahmahatyayā .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / One should go to Raktānubandha, a sacred ford renowned throughout the three worlds, / bathed in which a person is properly freed from \[the sin of\] killing a brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.2) purā''sītpārthivonāma iṃdraseno mahīpatiḥ .. tasyā''sītsupriyā bhāryā sunandānāma bhāminī .. pativratā patiprāṇā sadā patyuḥ priye sthitā .. 2 .. > Formerly there was an earthly king named Indrasena; / he had a very beloved wife, a lovely woman named Sunandā, / devoted to her husband, holding her husband as her life-breath, always intent on her husband's pleasure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.3) kasyacittvatha kālasya sa rājā saparigrahaḥ .. paradeśaṃ gato haṃtuṃ śatrusaṃghaṃ durāsadam .. 3 .. > Now, at a certain time, that king with his retinue / went to a foreign land to slay a host of foes difficult to approach. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.4) taṃ nihatya dhanaṃ bhūri gṛhītvā prasthito gṛham .. tato'gre preṣayāmāsa sa dūtaṃ kṛtrimaṃ nṛpa .. 4 .. > Having slain them and taken abundant wealth, he set out for home; / then, O king, he sent a deceptive messenger ahead, \[saying\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.5) sunandāṃ brūhi gatvā tvamindraseno hato raṇe .. tadākārastato lakṣyaḥ pātivratye mamājñayā .. 5 .. > 'Having gone, say to Sunandā: "Indrasena has been killed in battle"; / then, by my command, her demeanor regarding her devotion to her husband is to be observed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.6) yadi sā niścayaṃ gacchenmaraṇaṃ prati bhāminī .. tadā rakṣyā prayatnena vācyaṃ hāsyaṃ mamodbhavam .. 6 .. > If that lovely woman should form a resolve toward death, / then she is to be protected with effort, and my joke is to be spoken.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.7) evamukto gato dūtastatkṣaṇānnṛpasattama .. tasyai nivedadāmāsa yaduktaṃ tena bhūbhujā .. 7 .. > Having been spoken to thus, the messenger went at that very moment, O best of kings, / and announced to her what had been said by that king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.8) atha tasya vacaḥ śrutvā sunaṃdā cāruhāsinī .. gataprāṇā nṛpaśreṣṭha patiprāṇā mahāsatī .. 8 .. > Then, having heard his word, Sunandā of sweet smile, / holding her husband as her life-breath, a great chaste wife, departed this life, O best of kings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.9) yasminkāle mṛtā sā tu sunandā śīlamaṃḍanā .. tasminkāle nṛpaḥ so'pi tatpāpena samāśritaḥ .. 9 .. > At that very time when that Sunandā, whose ornament was good conduct, died, / at that time that king too was overtaken by that sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.10) athāpaśyaddvitīyāṃ sa cchāyāṃ gātrasya copari .. tathā gurutaraṃ kāyaṃ sālasyaṃ samapadyata .. 7.3.31.10 .. > Then he saw a second shadow over his body, / and his body became heavier, accompanied by lethargy, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.11) tejohīnaṃ sudurgaṃdhi vivarṇaṃ nṛpasattama .. atha prāpto gṛhaṃ rājā śrutvā bhāryāsamudbhavam .. 11 .. > devoid of radiance, foul-smelling, and discolored, O best of kings. / Then the king arrived home, and having heard of the destruction > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.12) vināśaṃ duḥkhaśokārtaḥ karuṇaṃ paryadevayat.. sa jñātvā pāpamātmānaṃ strīhatyāsuvidūṣitam.. 12 .. > that had befallen his wife, afflicted with grief and sorrow, he wailed piteously. / Knowing himself to be a sinner thoroughly defiled by the murder of a woman, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.13) brāhmaṇānāṃ samādeśāttathā yātrāparo'bhavat .. kṛtvaurddhvadaihikaṃ tasyā laghumātra parigrahaḥ .. vārāṇasyāṃ gataḥ pūrvaṃ tatra dānaṃ dadau bahu ..13.. > by the instruction of brahmins he then became intent on pilgrimage; / having performed her funeral rites with only minimal retinue, / he went first to Vārāṇasī and there gave abundant gifts > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.14) kapālamocane tīrthe sarvapāpapraṇāśane .. trinetro yatra nirmuktaḥ purā vai brahmahatyayā ..14.. > at Kapālamocana sacred ford, which destroys all sins, / where the Three-Eyed One was formerly freed indeed from \[the sin of\] killing a brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.15) tasya cchāyā dvitīyā sā na naṣṭā tatra bhūpate .. tataḥ kanakhalaṃ prāptaḥ supuṇyaṃ śuddhidaṃ nṛṇām .. 15 .. > That second shadow of his did not disappear there, O lord of the earth; / then he reached Kanakhala, which is very holy and confers purity upon mortals; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.16) tathaiva puṣkarāraṇyaṃ tasmādamarakaṇṭakam .. kurukṣetraṃ tato rājanprāpto'sau nṛpasattamaḥ .. 16 .. > likewise the forest of Puṣkara, and from there Amarakaṇṭaka; / then, O king, that best of kings reached Kurukṣetra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.17) prabhāsaṃ somatīrthaṃ ca tatastu kṛmijāṃgale .. ekahaṃsaṃ tato rājanpuṇyapāriplavaṃ tataḥ .. 17 .. > Prabhāsa, and Somatīrtha; and then in Kṛmi-jāṅgala, / Ekahaṃsa; then, O king, holy Pāriplava; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.18) rudrakoṭiṃ virūpākṣaṃ tataḥ paṃcanadaṃ nṛpa .. evamādīni tīrthāni puṇyānyāyatanāni ca .. paribhramanmahīpāla pariśrāṃto narādhipaḥ .. 18 .. > Rudrakoṭi, Virūpākṣa, and then Pañcanada, O king. / Wandering about these and other sacred fords and holy shrines, / O protector of the earth, the king became exhausted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.19) tato varṣasahasrāṃte saṃprāpto'rbudaparvate .. tatrāpaśyannarapatistīrthānyāyatanāni ca .. 19 .. > Then, at the end of a thousand years, he arrived at Mount Arbuda; / there the lord of men saw sacred fords and shrines, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.20) tapasvisaṃghānvividhānbrāhmaṇānvedapāragān .. dadau dānāni bahuśo brāhmaṇebhyo yadṛcchayā .. 7.3.31.20 .. > various hosts of ascetics, and brahmins who had mastered the Vedas; / he gave abundant gifts spontaneously to the brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.21) prāpto raktānubaṃdhaṃ ca tīrthaṃ tatraiva parvate .. tatra snāto viniṣkrāṃto yāvatpaśyati bhūmipaḥ .. 21 .. > And on that very mountain he reached the sacred ford Raktānubandha; / having bathed there, as soon as the ruler of the earth came out and looked, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.22) tāvanna dṛśyate cchāyā dvitīyā strīvadhodbhavā .. laghutvaṃ sarvagātrāṇi saṃprāptāni mahīpate .. 22 .. > so soon that second shadow arising from the killing of a woman was seen no more; / all his limbs attained lightness, O lord of the earth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.23) vigandhatā praṇaṣṭā ca tejovṛddhiḥ parābhavat .. tato hṛṣṭamanā bhūtvā dattvā dānāni bhūriśaḥ .. stūyamānaścaturdikṣu baṃdibhiḥ prasthito gṛham .. 23 .. > the foul smell vanished, and a supreme increase of radiance occurred. / Then, having become joyful at heart and given copious gifts, / being praised in the four directions by bards, he set out for home. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.24) tato raktānubaṃdhasya somātikramaṇaṃ nṛpa .. yāvatkaroti rājendra tāvadasya punastathā ..24.. > Then, O king, as soon as the best of kings crossed the boundary / of Raktānubandha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.25) sā cchāyā dṛśyate dehe dvitīyā nṛpasattama .. sa eva gandho gātreṣu tejohāniśca sā nṛpa .. 25 .. > so soon that second shadow was seen on his body again, O best of kings; / that very same smell was on his limbs, and that loss of radiance, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.26) tato duḥkhābhisaṃtapto gatastatraiva tatkṣaṇāt .. raktabaṃdhamanuprāpto vipāpmā so'bhavatpunaḥ .. 26 .. > Then, burning with distress, he went back to that very place that moment; / having arrived back at Raktabandha, he became free from sin once again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.27) sa jñātvā tīrthamāhātmyaṃ paraṃ pārthivasattamaḥ .. tatra dārūṇi cāhṛtya citāṃ kṛtvā tato nṛpa .. dānaṃ dattvā dvijāgrebhyaḥ praviṣṭo havyavāhanam .. 27 .. > Knowing the supreme māhātmya of the sacred ford, that best of kings / fetched firewood there, built a funeral pyre, O king, / gave gifts to the foremost twice-born, and entered the fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.28) tato vimānamāruhya parityajya kalevaram .. divyamālyāṃbaradharaḥ śivalokamupāgamat .. 28 .. > Then, having abandoned his bodily frame and ascended an aerial chariot, / wearing divine garlands and garments, he went to the world of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.29) śivalokamanuprāpte tasminpārthivasattame .. devarṣayastadā vākyamidamāhuḥ suvismayāt .. 29 .. > When that best of kings had arrived in the world of Śiva, / the divine seers then spoke this utterance in great wonder: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.30) tīrthebhyastu paraṃ tīrthamidaṃ vai pāvanaṃ param .. indraseno hyataḥ pāpāttīrthasaṃgādvyamucyata .. 7.3.31.30 .. > 'This is indeed the supreme purifier, a sacred ford higher than \[all other\] sacred fords; / for from this contact with the sacred ford Indrasena was freed from sin.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.31) tataḥ prabhṛti tattīrthaṃ khyātaṃ ca dharaṇītale .. raktānāṃ prāṇināṃ yasmādanubandhaṃ karoti yat .. 31 .. > From that time forth, that sacred ford became renowned on the surface of the earth; / because it binds attached living beings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.32) raktānubandhamityeva tasmāttatkīrttyate kṣitau .. tatra santarpya vai devānyaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute nṛpa .. 32 .. > therefore it is proclaimed on earth as Raktānubandha. / O king, one who, having gratified the gods there, performs a funeral offering, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.33) tatra saṃkramaṇe bhānoryaḥ snānaṃ kurute naraḥ .. śraddhayā parayā yukto mucyate brahmahatyayā .. 33 .. > The man who bathes there at the transit of the sun, / endowed with supreme faith, is freed from the sin of killing a brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.34) pitṛkṣetre gayāyāṃ ca śrāddhaṃ yaḥ kurute naraḥ .. gayāśrāddhasamaṃ prāhuḥ phalaṃ tasya maharṣayaḥ .. 34 .. > When a man offers an ancestral rite there or in Gayā, the sacred field of the ancestors, / great seers say the fruit is equal to an ancestral rite at Gayā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.35) candrasūryoparāge vā godānaṃ nṛpasattama .. yaḥ karoti narastatra sa kulānsapta tārayet .. 35 .. > Or on an eclipse of the moon or the sun, O best of kings, / the man who gives a cow there delivers seven generations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.31.35\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31.35_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṃḍe raktānubandhamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 31 .. > Thus ends the thirty-first chapter, entitled “Description of the Greatness of Raktānubandha,” in the Arbuda Section, the third part of the Prabhāsa Section, 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.14.31.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.31) · Pramāṇa