[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) › 14.57 # Skandapurana 14.57 Skandapurāṇa 14.57 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.57.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.57.1) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. aviyuktavanaṃ gacchettataḥ pārthivasattama .. yasmindṛṣṭe narobhīṣṭairna viyujyeta karhicit ..1.. > Pulastya said: / Then one should go to the Aviyuktavana, best of kings, / upon seeing which a man is never separated from his loved ones. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.57.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.57.2) tatra pūrvaṃ śacī rājanpraviṣṭā duḥkhasaṃyutā .. nahuṣeṇa hṛte rājye devendrasya mahātmanaḥ .. 2 .. > There formerly entered Śacī, O king, filled with grief, / when the kingdom of the great Indra, lord of the gods, was seized by Nahuṣa. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.57.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.57.3) tatprabhāvātpunaḥ prāpto viyukto'pi śatakratuḥ .. tatastasya varo datto vanasya hi tayā nṛpa .. 3 .. > Through its power, Śatakratu, though separated, was recovered; / therefore a boon was granted by her to that forest, O king: // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.57.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.57.4) naro vā yadi vā nārī viyuktā'tra vane śubhe .. priyairnivāsa ekasminrātrimekāṃ vasiṣyati .. 4 .. > ‘Whether a man or a woman, separated \[from a lover\], / shall stay for a single night in this auspicious forest in a dwelling with loved ones, // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.57.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.57.5) sa tena labhate saṃgaṃ bhūya eva yathā mayā .. priyaiḥ sa labhate vāsamekarātraṃ vasannṛpa .. 5 .. > he shall obtain union with that person again, just as I did; / staying for a single night, he attains residence with his loved ones, O king.’ // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.57.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.57.6) phaladānaṃ praśaṃsaṃti tatra brāhmaṇasattamāḥ .. vaṃdhyānāṃ ca viśeṣeṇa yataḥ putraphalaṃ labhet .. 6 .. > The best among brahmins praise the giving of fruit there, / especially for barren women, because one obtains the fruit of sons. // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.57.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.57.57) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe'viyuktakṣetramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptapañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 57 .. > Thus ends the fifty-seventh chapter, entitled "Description of the Greatness of the Aviyuktakṣetra", in the third section, the Arbudakhaṇḍa, of the seventh book, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses. // 57 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.14.57.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.57) · Pramāṇa