[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) › 14.51 # Skandapurana 14.51 Skandapurāṇa 14.51 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.51.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.51.1) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. tato gacchennṛpaśreṣṭha caṃdrodbhedamanuttamam .. tīrthaṃ pāpaharaṃ nṛṇāṃ niśānāthena nirmitam .. 1 .. > Pulastya said: / Then, O best of kings, one should go to the unsurpassable Candrodbheda, / a sacred ford that removes the sins of men, created by the lord of night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.51.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.51.2) pratijñātaṃ yadā rājangrahaṇe caṃdrasūryayoḥ .. rāhuṇā kṛtavaireṇa cchinne śirasi viṣṇunā .. 2 .. > When, during an eclipse of the moon and sun, O king, a pledge was made / by Rāhu who bore enmity after his head had been severed by Viṣṇu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.51.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.51.3) tadā bhayānvitaścandro matvā daityaṃ durāsadam.. pīyūṣabhakṣaṇodyuktaṃ tataścārbudamabhyagāt .. 3 .. > then the Moon, seized with fear, considering the Daitya difficult to overcome / as he strove to devour the nectar, went to Arbuda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.51.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.51.4) tatra bhittvā gireḥ śṛṃge kṛtvā vivaramuttamam.. praviṣṭastasya madhye tu tapastepe suduścaram.. 4 .. > Having cleft the peak of the mountain there and made an excellent cavern, / he entered its interior and performed very arduous austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.51.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.51.5) tataḥ kālena mahatā tuṣṭastasya maheśvaraḥ .. abravīdvṛṇu bhadraṃ te varaṃ yatte hṛdisthitam .. 5 .. > Then, after a long time, Maheśvara was pleased with him / and said: “Choose a boon that is in your heart, may good fortune be yours!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.51.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.51.6) .. caṃdra uvāca .. .. pratijñātaṃ suraśreṣṭha rāhuṇā grahaṇaṃ mama .. balavāneṣa durdharṣaḥ prakṛtyā siṃhikāsutaḥ .. 6 .. > The Moon said: > It was sworn by Rāhu, O best of the gods, that I would be seized. > He is mighty, difficult to assault, the son of Siṃhikā by nature. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.51.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.51.7) sāṃprataṃ bhakṣitaṃ tena pīyūṣaṃ surasattama .. ahaṃ madhye dhṛtaścāpi rāhuṇā'sau durāsadaḥ .. 7 .. > Just now the nectar was consumed by him, O best of the gods, > and I was held in the midst by Rāhu; he is unapproachable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.51.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.51.8) pīyamāne'mṛte deva devaiḥ pūrvaṃ parājitaiḥ .. daivataṃ rūpamāsthāya dānavo'sau samāgataḥ .. 8 .. > O god, while the nectar was being drunk formerly by the defeated gods, > that Dānava arrived having assumed a divine form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.51.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.51.9) apibaccāmṛtaṃ rāhustenāsya mṛtyuvarjitam .. amṛtaṃ cākṣayaṃ jātaṃ śiro devabhayapradam .. 9 .. > And Rāhu drank the nectar; therefore, free from death, > his head became imperishable through the nectar, bringing terror to the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.51.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.51.10) tato devaiḥ kṛtaṃ sāma grahamadhye pratiṣṭhitaḥ .. pratijñāte grahe'smākaṃ tato me bhayamāviśat .. 7.3.51.10 .. > Then conciliation was made by the gods, and he was established among the planets. > When our seizure was promised, then fear entered me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.51.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.51.11) bhayāttasya suraśreṣṭha bhittvā śṛṃgaṃ gireridam .. kṛtaṃ śvabhramagādhaṃ ca tapo'rthaṃ surasattama .. tasmādatra prasādaṃ me kuru kāmaniṣūdana .. 11 .. > Out of fear of him, O best of gods, breaking this peak of the mountain, > an unfathomable cleft was made for the sake of austerity, O best of gods. > Therefore show me your favour here, O destroyer of desire! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.51.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.51.12) .. bhagavānuvāca .. .. avadhyaḥ sarvadevānāmajeyaḥ sa mahābalaḥ .. kariṣyati grahaṃ nūnaṃ rāhuḥ kopaparāyaṇaḥ .. paraṃ tava niśānātha kariṣye'haṃ pratikriyām .. 12 .. > The Blessed Lord said: > He cannot be killed by any of the gods; he is invincible, exceedingly mighty. > Rāhu, intent on wrath, will indeed carry out the seizure; > nevertheless, O lord of the night, I shall provide a remedy for you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.51.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.51.13) grahaṇe tava saṃprāpte snānadānādikāḥ kriyāḥ .. kariṣyaṃti janā loke samyakchreyaḥsamanvitāḥ .. 13 .. > When your eclipse arrives, rites such as ritual ablution and gifts > will be performed by people in the world, accompanied by proper welfare. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.51.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.51.14) tābhistava na saṃtāpaḥ svalpo'pyevaṃ bhaviṣyati .. akṣayaṃ sukṛtaṃ teṣāṃ kṛtaṃ karma bhaviṣyati .. 14 .. > By those \[rites\] there will not be even the slightest torment for you in this way; > the deed performed by them shall become imperishable merit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.51.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.51.15) grahaṇe tava saṃjāte mama vākyādasaṃśayam .. etadbhinnaṃ tvayā yasmāttapo'rthaṃ śikharaṃ gireḥ .. candrodbhedamiti khyātaṃ tīrthaṃ loke bhaviṣyati .. 15 .. > When your eclipse has occurred, through my word there is no doubt. > Since this peak of the mountain was cleaved by you for the sake of austerity, > it shall become a sacred ford known in the world as Candrodbheda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.51.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.51.16) grahaṇe tava saṃprāpte yo'tra snānaṃ kariṣyati .. na tasya punarevātra janma loke bhaviṣyati ..16.. > Whoever will perform a ritual ablution here when your eclipse arrives, > for him there will never again be rebirth in this world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.51.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.51.17) yo vā somadine snānaṃ darśanaṃ tatra cācaret .. tava loke dhruvaṃ vāsastasya caṃdra bhaviṣyati .. 17 .. > Or whoever performs a ritual ablution and darśana there on a Monday, > his dwelling shall certainly be in your world, O Moon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.51.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.51.18) evamuktvā sa bhagavāṃstataścāṃtardadhe haraḥ.. candro'pi prayayau hṛṣṭaḥ svasthānaṃ nṛpasattama .. 18 .. > Having spoken thus, that Blessed Lord Hara then vanished. > The Moon too departed, delighted, to his own abode, O best of kings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.51.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.51.51) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe candrodbhedatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikapaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 51 .. > Thus ends the fifty-first chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of the Candrodbheda Sacred Ford', in the third Arbuda section of the seventh Prabhāsa section, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.51.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.51) · Pramāṇa