[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) › 14.41 # Skandapurana 14.41 Skandapurāṇa 14.41 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.41.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.1) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha mārkaṃḍeyasya cāśramam.. yatra pūrvaṃ tapastaptaṃ mārkaṃḍena mahātmanā .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / Then, O best of kings, one should go to the hermitage of Mārkaṇḍeya, / where formerly austerity was performed by the great-souled Mārkaṇḍa. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.2) mṛkaṇḍo brāhmaṇonāma purā''sīcchaṃsitavrataḥ .. ante vayasi saṃjātastasya putro'tisundaraḥ .. 2 .. > Anciently there was a brahmin named Mṛkaṇḍu who strictly observed his vows. / At an advanced age, a very handsome son was born to him, 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.3) sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpūrṇaḥ śāṃtaḥ sūryasamaprabhaḥ .. kasyacittvatha kālasya tasyāśramapade nṛpa .. 3 .. > endowed with all auspicious marks, tranquil, possessing the radiance of the sun. / Then, after some time, O king, at the precinct of his hermitage 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.4) āgato brāhmaṇo jñānī kaścitsāmudravicchubhaḥ .. tato'sau krīḍamānastu bālakaḥ paṃcavārṣikaḥ .. 4 .. > came a wise, auspicious brahmin who knew the signs of the body. / Then, as that five-year-old boy was playing, 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.5) ānāsāgraśikhāgrābhyāṃ ciraṃ caivāvalokitaḥ .. tato'hasatsa sahasā taṃ mṛkaṇḍo hyalakṣayat.. 5 .. > he gazed at him for a long time from the tip of his nose to the crest of his hair. / Then suddenly he laughed; and Mṛkaṇḍu noticed him. 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.6) athā'bravīcciraṃ dṛṣṭastvayā putro mama dvija.. tato hasitavānbhūyaḥ kimidaṃ kāraṇaṃ vada.. 6.. > Then \[Mṛkaṇḍu\] said: 'You looked at my son for a long time, O twice-born, / and then you laughed. Tell \[me\], what is the reason for this?' 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.7) asakṛtsa mṛkaṇḍena yāvatpṛṣṭo dvijottamaḥ .. uparodhavaśāttasmai yathārthaṃ saṃnyavedayat .. 7 .. > When questioned repeatedly by Mṛkaṇḍu, that best of the twice-born, / yielding to importunity, disclosed the truth to him: 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.8) asya bālasya cihnāni yāni kāye dvijottama .. ajaraścāmaraścaiva tairbhavetpuruṣaḥ kila .. 8 .. > 'The marks that exist on the body of this boy, O best of the twice-born— / by those a person would indeed become ageless and immortal. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.9) ṣaṇmāsenāsya bālasya nūnaṃ mṛtyurbhaviṣyati .. etasmātkāraṇāddhāsyaṃ mayā'kāri dvijottama .. anṛtaṃ noktapūrvaṃ me vairiṣvapi kadācana .. 9 .. > \[Yet\] within six months, death will certainly come to this boy. / For this reason laughter was made by me, O best of the twice-born. / An untruth has never been spoken by me before, even to enemies.' 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.10) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. evamuktvā tu sa jñānī uṣitvā tatra śarvarīm .. mṛkaṃḍenābhyanujñāta iṣṭaṃ deśaṃ jagāma ha .. 7.3.41.10 .. > Pulastya said: / Having spoken thus, that wise man, after dwelling there for the night / and being given leave by Mṛkaṇḍu, departed to his desired region. 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.11) mṛkaṃḍopi sutaṃ jñātvā tataḥ kṣīṇāyuṣaṃ nṛpa .. paṃcavārṣikamapyārttaścakāropanayānvitam .. 11 .. > Mṛkaṇḍu, too, having learned that his son had a short lifespan, O king, / though he was only five years old, afflicted with grief, invested him with the sacred thread. 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.12) śrutādhyayanasaṃpannaṃ yaṃyaṃ paśyasi cāgrataḥ .. tasyābhivādanaṃ kāryaṃ tvayā putraka nityaśaḥ .. 12 .. > \[He said:\] 'Endowed with the study of the scriptures, whomever you see before you, / to him an obeisance must be made constantly by you, my son.' 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.13) tataścakre brahmacārī piturvākyaṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 13 .. > Then the student of the Veda carried out the command of his father with special care. 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.14) bālaṃ vṛddhaṃ yuvānaṃ ca yaṃyaṃ paśyati cakṣuṣā .. namaskaroti taṃ sarvaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ vinayānvitaḥ .. 14 .. > Whomever he sees with his eyes—a child, an old man, or a youth— / to every such brahmin he bows down, endowed with modesty. 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.15) kasyacittvatha kālasya tasyāśramasamīpataḥ .. saptarṣayaḥ samāyātāstīrthayātrāparāyaṇāḥ .. 15 .. > Then, after some time, in the vicinity of his hermitage / arrived the seven seers, intent on a pilgrimage to sacred fords. 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.16) atha tānsatvaraṃ gatvā vaṃdayāmāsa pārthiva .. bālaḥ savinayopetaḥ sarvāṃścaiva yathākramam .. 16 .. > Then, having approached quickly, O ruler of the earth, the boy, endowed with humility, / bowed to all of them in due order. 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.17) dīrghāyurbhava tairuktaḥ sa bālastuṣṭitatparaiḥ .. āsthitāśca yathābhīṣṭaṃ deśaṃ bālaṃ visarjya tam .. 17 .. > 'May you be long-lived,' said those \[seers\] who were pleased with him to the boy; / and having dismissed that boy, they set off to their desired region. 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.18) teṣāṃ madhyeṃ'girānāma divyajñānasamanvitaḥ .. tenāvalokito bālaḥ sūkṣmadṛṣṭyā paraṃtapa .. 18 .. > Among them was one named Aṅgiras, endowed with divine knowledge. / By him the boy was examined with subtle insight, O scorcher of foes. 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.19) atha tānabravītsarvānmunīnkiṃcitsavismayaḥ .. dīrghāyurna ca bālo'yaṃ yuṣmābhiḥ saṃprakīrtitaḥ .. 19 .. > Then, somewhat amazed, he spoke to all those sages: / 'This boy whom you have pronounced long-lived is not long-lived. 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.20) gamiṣyati kumāro'yaṃ nidhanaṃ paṃcame dine .. tanna yuktaṃ hi no vākyamasatyaṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. 7.3.41.20 .. > This young boy will go to destruction on the fifth day. / Therefore, our words should not be untruthful, O best of the twice-born. 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.21) yathā'yaṃ cirajīvī syāttathā nītirvidhīyatām .. atha te munayo bhītā mithyā vākyasya pārthiva .. 21 .. > A plan should be devised so that he may live long.' / Then those sages, afraid of an untrue word, O ruler of the earth, 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.22) bālakaṃ taṃ samādāya brahmalokaṃ gatāstadā .. tatra dṛṣṭvā caturvaktraṃ namaścakrurmunīśvarāḥ .. 22 .. > taking that boy, went then to the world of Brahmā. / Having seen the four-faced one there, the lords of sages bowed down. 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.23) teṣāmanaṃtaraṃ tena bālake nābhivāditaḥ .. dīrghāyurbhava tenā'pi brahmaṇoktaḥ sa bālakaḥ .. 23 .. > Immediately after them, the boy made his obeisance to him. / To him also Brahmā said, 'May you be long-lived, O boy.' 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.24) tataḥ saptarṣayo hṛṣṭāḥ svacitte nṛpasattama .. sukhāsīnānsaviśrāṃtānabravīnmunipuṃgavān .. 24 .. > Then the seven seers rejoiced in their hearts, O best of kings; / \[and Brahmā\] spoke to those eminent sages who were seated comfortably and rested: 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.25) .. brahmovāca .. .. paripṛcchata kiṃ kāryaṃ kuto yūyamihāgatāḥ .. 25 .. > Brahmā said: / 'Ask; what is to be done? Whence have you come here?' 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.26) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena bhramamāṇā mahītalam .. arbudaṃ parvataṃ nāma tasya tīrtheṣu vai gatāḥ .. 26 .. > The seers said: / 'Wandering over the surface of the earth in the course of a pilgrimage to sacred fords, / we went to the sacred fords on the mountain named Arbuda. 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.27) athāgatya drutaṃ dūrādbālenānena vaṃditāḥ .. dīrghāyurbhava saṃdiṣṭastataścāyamanekadhā .. paṃcame divase'syāpi mṛtyurdeva bhaviṣyati .. 27 .. > Then this boy, coming swiftly from afar, bowed to us. / "May you be long-lived" was thereupon pronounced to him by many. / Yet on the fifth day his death will occur, O god. 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.28) yathā vayaṃ tvayā sārddhamasatyā na caturmukha .. bhavāmo'sya kṛte deva tathā kiṃcidvidhīyatām.. 28.. > Devise something, O god, so that we, together with you, / do not become untruthful on his account, O four-faced one.' 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.29) atha brahmā prahṛṣṭātmā dṛṣṭvā taṃ munidārakam .. matprasādādayaṃ bālo bhāvī kalpāyurabravīt .. 29 .. > Then Brahmā, his soul delighted upon seeing that sage's boy, / said: 'By my grace this boy shall live for an eon.' 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.30) tataste munayo hṛṣṭāstamādāya gṛhaṃ prati .. prasthitā brahmalokāttu namaskṛtvā caturmukham .. 7.3.41.30 .. > Then those sages, delighted, taking him, set out towards home / from the world of Brahmā, having bowed down to the four-faced one. 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.31) atha tasya pitā tatra mṛkaṃḍo munisattamaḥ .. tato bhāryāsamāyukto vilalāpa suduḥkhitaḥ .. 31 .. > Then his father, Mṛkaṇḍu, the best of sages, > together with his wife, wailed in great sorrow: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.32) hā putraputra karuṇaṃ ruditvā dharmavatsalaḥ .. anāmaṃtrya ca māṃ kasmāddīrghaṃ paṃthānamāśritaḥ ..32.. > Weeping piteously, 'Alas, my son, my son!' the lover of righteousness \[cried\]: > 'Without taking leave of me, why have you set out on the long road? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.33) akṛtvāpi kriyāḥ kāryāḥ kathaṃ mṛtyuvaśaṃ gataḥ .. so'haṃ tvayā vinā putra na jīvāmi kathaṃcana .. 33 .. > Without even performing the rites that ought to be done, how have you fallen into the power of Death? > Without you, my son, I cannot live in any way.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.34) evaṃ vilapatastasya bahudhā nṛpasattama .. bālaścābhyāgatastatra yatra deśe purā sthitaḥ .. 34 .. > As he was wailing thus in manifold ways, O best of kings, > the boy returned to the place where he had stayed before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.35) athāsau prayayau bālaḥ prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā .. taṃ dṛṣṭvā pathi tātaśca saṃprahṛṣṭo babhūva ha .. 35 .. > Then that boy walked on with an inner self filled with delight; > and his father, seeing him on the path, became exceedingly joyful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.36) papracchāṃkaṃ samāropya cirāgamana kāraṇam.. tataḥ sa kathayāmāsa sarvaṃ muniviceṣṭitam .. darśanaṃ brahmalokasya padmayonervaraṃ tathā .. 36 .. > Lifting him onto his lap, he asked the reason for his long absence. > Thereupon he related all the actions of the sages, / the sight of Brahmaloka, and the boon granted by the Lotus-born \[Brahmā\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.37) .. bālaka uvāca .. .. ajaraścāmaraścāhaṃ kṛtastāta svayaṃbhuvā .. tasmātsatyaṃ madarthe te vyetvasau mānaso jvaraḥ ..37.. > The boy said: / 'Father, I have been made free from old age and death by the Self-manifest \[Brahmā\]; > therefore, truly on my account, let this fever of your mind depart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.38) so'hamārādhayiṣyāmi tathaiva caturānanam .. kṛtvā''śramapadaṃ ramyamarbude parvatottame .. 38 .. > I shall likewise worship the Four-faced \[Brahmā\], > having established a delightful hermitage on Arbuda, the best of mountains.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.39) amṛtasrāvi tadvākyaṃ śrutvā putrasya sa dvijaḥ .. mṛkaṃḍo harṣasaṃyukto vācamityabravīcca tam .. 39 .. > Hearing that speech of his son dripping with nectar, that twice-born > Mṛkaṇḍu, filled with joy, spoke these words to him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.40) mārkkaṃḍo'pi drutaṃ gatvā ramya marbudaparvatam .. tapastepe suvistīrṇaṃ dhyāyandevaṃ pitāmaham.. 7.3.41.40 .. > Mārkaṇḍa too, having gone swiftly to delightful Mount Arbuda, > performed vast austerity, meditating upon the god, the Grandfather \[Brahmā\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.41) tasyāśramapade puṇye śrāvaṇe māsi pārthiva .. paurṇamāsyāṃ viśeṣeṇa yaḥ kuryātpitṛtarpaṇam .. pitṛmedhaphalaṃ tasya sakalaṃ syādasaṃśayam ..41.. > In his holy hermitage, O king, in the month of Śrāvaṇa, > whoever offers water to the ancestors especially on the full moon day / obtains the entire fruit of an ancestral sacrifice, without a doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.42) ṛṣiyogena yastatra tarpayedbrāhmaṇottamān .. brahmaloke ciraṃ vāsastasya saṃjāyate nṛpa .. .. 42 .. > Whoever propitiates excellent brahmins there through the sage-conjunction, > O king, attains a long residence in Brahmaloka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.43) yaḥ snānaṃ kurute tatra samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. nālpamṛtyubhayaṃ tasya kule kvāpi prajāyate .. 43 .. > Whoever performs ritual ablution there, endowed with full faith, > no fear of untimely death arises anywhere in his lineage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.41.43\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41.43_1) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍa tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe mārkaṃḍeyāśramapadotpattivarṇanaṃnāmaikacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ..41.. > Thus ends the forty-first chapter, entitled 'Description of the Origin of the Hermitage of Mārkaṇḍeya,' in the Arbuda Section, the third \[part\] of the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, 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.14.41.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.41) · Pramāṇa