[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) › 14.5 # Skandapurana 14.5 Skandapurāṇa 14.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.1) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. arbudasya ca māhātmyaṃ vistareṇa vadasva naḥ .. kautukaṃ sūta no jātaṃ kathayasva yathā śubham .. 1 .. > The seers said: / Tell us in detail the māhātmya of Arbuda. / Curiosity has arisen in us, O Sūta; relate it properly and auspiciously. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.2) .. sūta uvāca .. .. purāsīcca ṛṣiśreṣṭhaḥ pulastyo bhagavānmuniḥ .. yayāteśca gṛhe yātastaṃ natvā cābravīnnṛpaḥ.. 2 .. . > Sūta said: / Long ago there was an excellent seer, the venerable sage Pulastya. / He went to the house of Yayāti, and having bowed to him, the king said: 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.3) . yayātiruvāca .. .. svāgataṃ te muniśreṣṭha saphalaṃ me'dyajīvitam .. kathayasva prasādena kathāmarbudasaṃbhavām .. 3 .. > Yayāti said: / “Welcome to you, O best of sages! My life is fruitful today. / By your grace, relate the story concerning the origin of Arbuda. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.4) arbudākhyo nago nāma vikhyāto yo dharātale .. tasya yātrākramaṃ brūhi tatphalaṃ dvijasattama .. 4 .. > Regarding the mountain named Arbuda, celebrated on the surface of the earth, / declare the order of pilgrimage to it and its fruit, O best of the twice-born! 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.5) sarvaṃ vistarato brūhi tīrthayātrāparāyaṇa .. tasmādvada muniśreṣṭha yena yātrāṃ karomyaham ..5 .. > Tell everything in detail, devoted as you are to pilgrimage to sacred fords! / Therefore speak, O best of sages, so that I may undertake the pilgrimage.” 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.6) .. pulastya uvāca .. .. bahudharmamayo rājannarbudaḥ parvatottamaḥ .. aśakto vistarādvaktumapi varṣaśatairapi .. 6 .. > Pulastya said: / “O king, Arbuda, the best of mountains, abounds in many religious duties. / It is impossible to speak \[of it\] in full even in hundreds of years. 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.7) saṃkṣepādeva vakṣyāmi tīrthamukhyāni te tathā .. nāgatīrthaṃ tu tatrādyaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇām .. 7 .. > I shall declare to you concisely the principal sacred fords there. / The first among them is Nāgatīrtha, which grants all desires to human beings, 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.8) nārīṇāṃ ca viśeṣeṇa putrasaubhāgyadāyakam .. śṛṇu rājanpurāvṛttaṃ yato'tyāścaryamuttamam.. 8 .. > and especially bestows sons and good fortune upon women. / Listen, O king, to an ancient event that is most extraordinary and excellent. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.9) gautamī brāhmaṇī nāmnā satī sādhvī pativratā .. bālavaidhavyasaṃprāptā tīrthayātrāparāyaṇā .. 9 .. > A brahmin woman named Gautamī, chaste, virtuous, devoted to her husband, / attained widowhood in her childhood and became devoted to pilgrimage to sacred fords. 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.10) arbudaṃ sā ca saṃprāptā nāgatīrthaṃ viveśa ha .. tasmiñjale nimagnā sā snātumabhyāyayau purā .. 7.3.5.10 .. > She arrived at Arbuda and entered Nāgatīrtha. / Submerged in that water, she came there long ago to bathe. 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.11) nāyakā putrasaṃyuktā tattīrthaṃ samupāgatā .. śuśrūṣāṃ sā tastasyāścakre nānāvidhāṃ nṛpa .. 11 .. > A woman accompanied by her son arrived at that sacred ford. / She performed various kinds of service for her \[mother\], O king, 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.12) sarvopakaraṇairdarbhaiḥ sumanobhiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ .. atha sā ciṃtayāmāsa gautamī putraduḥkhitā .. 12 .. > with all the requisites, darbha grass, and various kinds of flowers. / Then that Gautamī, grieved for want of a son, thought: 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.13) dhanyo'yaṃ tanayo hyasyāḥ śuśrūṣāṃ kurute sadā .. putrayuktā tviyaṃ dhanyā dhigahaṃ putravarjitā .. 13 .. > ‘Blessed is this son of hers, who always renders service \[to her\]! / Truly she is blessed, having a son; fie upon me, who am devoid of a son! 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.14) ahaṃ bhartrā viyuktā ca putrahīnā suduḥkhitā .. atha sā nirgatā tasmātsalilānnṛpasattama ..14.. > Separated from my husband, devoid of a son, I am sorely afflicted.’ / Then she emerged from that water, O best of kings. 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.15) vinā'pi bhartṛsaṃyogātsadyo garbhavatī hyabhūt .. sā garbhalakṣaṇairyuktā sujanavrīḍayā'nvitā .. 15 .. > Even without union with a husband, she immediately became pregnant. / Endowed with the signs of pregnancy, she was filled with shame before virtuous people. 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.16) cakāra maraṇe buddhiṃ jvālayāmāsa pāvakam .. etasminneva kāle tu vāguvācāśarīriṇī .. 16 .. > She resolved upon death and kindled a fire. / Just at that time, an incorporeal voice spoke: 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.17) .. vāguvāca .. .. no tvaṃ gautami cityāgnau praveśaṃ kartumarhasi .. doṣo nāsti tavātrārthe tīrthasyāsya prabhāvataḥ .. 17 .. > The voice said: / “O Gautamī, you should not enter the fire of the funeral pyre! / There is no fault in you in this matter, by the power of this sacred ford. 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.18) yo yadvāṃchati citte ca jalamadhye sthito naraḥ .. cintitaṃ ca tadāpnoti nārī vā nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 18 .. > Whatever a man desires in his mind while standing in the water, / or a woman, that desired thing they obtain; there is no doubt about this. 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.19) tvayā tasyāḥ sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā putravāṃchā kṛtā hṛdi .. tava garbhagato nūnaṃ putraḥ putri bhaviṣyati .. 19 .. > Having seen her son, a longing for a son was formed by you in your heart. / Surely a son has entered your womb, O daughter, and he shall be born. 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.20) tasmādvirama bhadraṃ te nirdoṣāsi pativrate .. virarāma tataḥ sādhvī gautamī maraṇānnṛpa .. 7.3.5.20 .. > Therefore desist, may good fortune be yours; you are free of fault, O devoted wife!” / Thereupon the virtuous Gautamī desisted from death, O king. 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.21) śrutvā''kāśagatāṃ vāṇīṃ devadūtena bhāṣitām .. dṛṣṭvā patiṃ vinā garbhaṃ vākyameta duvāca ha .. 21 .. > Having heard the voice in the sky spoken by a divine messenger, / and seeing the pregnancy without a husband, she spoke this word: 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.22) aho tīrthaprabhāvo'yamapūrvaḥ pratibhāti me .. yatra saṃjāyate garbhaḥ strīṇāṃ śukrarajovinā .. 22 .. > ‘Ah, the power of this sacred ford appears extraordinary to me, / where pregnancy occurs in women without semen and menstrual blood! 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.23) nāhaṃ kutrāpi yāsyāmi muktvedaṃ tīrthamuttamam .. evamuktvā tataḥ sādhvī tatraiva nyavasatsadā ..23.. > I shall not go anywhere leaving behind this excellent sacred ford.’ / Having spoken thus, the virtuous woman lived right there forever.” 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.24) putraṃ vai janayāmāsa sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam .. tatra pārthivaśārdūla kṛṣṇapakṣe 'śvinasya ca ..24.. > She indeed gave birth to a son endowed with all auspicious marks. / There, O tiger among kings, during the dark fortnight of the month of Āśvina, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.25) yaḥ punaḥ kurute śrāddhaṃ tasya vaṃśo na naśyati .. na preto jāyate rājanvaṃśe tasya kadācana ..25.. > whoever performs a śrāddha, his lineage does not perish; / no ghost is ever born in his family, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.26) yaḥ pumānkāmarahitaḥ snānaṃ tatra samācaret.. śrāddhaṃ ca pārthivaśreṣṭha tasya lokāḥ sanātanāḥ ..26.. > A man who, devoid of desire, takes a ritual bath there / and performs a śrāddha, O best among kings, his realms are eternal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.27) yā strī puṣpaphalānyeva tīrthe cāsminvisarjayet .. sā syātputravatī dhanyā saubhāgyaṃ ca prapadyate .. 27 .. > A woman who casts flowers and fruits into this sacred ford / becomes blessed, possesses sons, and attains good fortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.28) niṣkāmā svargamāpnoti duṣprāpyaṃ tridaśairapi .. tasmātsarvaprayatnena yātrāṃ tasya samācaret .. 28 .. > Free from desire, she attains heaven, hard to reach even by the gods. / Therefore, with all effort, one should undertake a pilgrimage to it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [14.5.28\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5.28_1) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe tṛtīye'rbudakhaṇḍe nāgatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma paṃcamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 5 .. .. > Thus ends the fifth chapter, titled "Description of the Māhātmya of Nāgatīrtha," in the third Arbudakhaṇḍa of the seventh 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.14.5.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.14.5) · Pramāṇa