[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) › 16.255 # Skandapurana 16.255 Skandapurāṇa 16.255 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.255.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.1) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. tato gacchenmahādevi tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam .. tasyaiva paścime bhāge ṛṣīṇāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām .. 1 .. > Īśvara said: / Next, O great goddess, one should go to the sacred ford renowned across the three worlds, / on the western side of that very place, belonging to the seers of meritorious deeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.2) tasmiṃstrinetrā matsyāśca dṛśyaṃte'dyāpi bhāmini .. aṃgirā gautamo'gastyaḥ sumatiḥ susakhistathā .. 2 .. > In that place, three-eyed fish are seen even today, O passionate lady: / Aṅgiras, Gautama, Agastya, Sumati, and Susakhi, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.3) viśvāmitraḥ sthūlaśirāḥ saṃvarttaḥ pratimarddanaḥ .. raibhyo bṛhaspatiścaiva cyavanaḥ kaśyapo bhṛguḥ .. 3 .. > Viśvāmitra, Sthūlaśiras, Saṃvarta, Pratimardana, / Raibhya, Bṛhaspati, Cyavana, Kaśyapa, Bhṛgu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.4) durvāsā jāmadagnyaśca mārkaṃḍeyo'tha gālavaḥ .. uśanā'tha bharadvājo yavakrītastritastathā .. 4 .. > Durvāsas, Jāmadagnya, then Mārkaṇḍeya, Gālava, / Uśanas, then Bharadvāja, Yavakrīta, and Trita, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.5) nāradaḥ parvataścaiva vasiṣṭho'ruṃdhatī tathā .. 5 .. > Nārada, Parvata, Vasiṣṭha, and Arundhatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.6) kāṇvo'tha gautamo dhaumyaḥ śatānando'kṛtavraṇaḥ .. jamadagnistathā rāmo bakaścetyevamādayaḥ .. kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaścaiva putraśiṣyaiḥ samanvitaḥ .. 6 .. > Kāṇva, then Gautama, Dhaumya, Śatānanda, Akṛtavraṇa, / Jamadagni, Rāma, Baka, and so forth, / and Kṛṣṇadvaipāyana together with his sons and disciples. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.7) etatkṣetraṃ samā sādya prabhāsaṃ munisattamāḥ .. tapastepurmahātmāno vividhaṃ paramādbhutam .. 7 .. > Having arrived at this sacred field, Prabhāsa, the excellent sages, / the great-souled ones, performed various, exceedingly marvelous austerities. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.8) evaṃ te niyatātmāno damayuktāstapasvinaḥ .. samādhinā jigīṣante brahmalokaṃ sanātanam.. 8 .. > Thus these ascetic practitioners, restrained in mind and endowed with self-control, / sought to conquer the eternal world of Brahmā through absorption. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.9) athābhavadanāvṛṣṭiḥ kadācinmahatī priye .. kṛcchraṃ prāpto hyabhūttatra sarvalokaḥ kṣudhārditaḥ .. 9 .. > Then once, O dear lady, a great drought occurred; / having fallen into distress, everyone there was afflicted with hunger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.10) tato niranne loke'sminnātmānaṃ te parīpsavaḥ .. mṛtaṃ kumāramādāya kṛcchraṃ prāptāstadā'pacan .. 7.1.255.10 .. > Then, when this world was devoid of food, wishing to preserve themselves, / having fallen into distress, they took a dead child and cooked it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.11) athoparicarastatra kliśyamānānhi tānṛṣīn.. dṛṣṭvā rājā vṛṣādarbhiḥ provācedaṃ vacastadā.. 11.. > Then King Vṛṣādarbhi, who moved about, / seeing those seers suffering there, spoke these words at that time: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.12) rājovāca .. pratigraho brāhmaṇānāṃ dṛṣṭā vṛttiraniṃditā.. tasmātpratigrahaṃ matta gṛhṇīdhvaṃ munipuṃgavāḥ .. 12.. > The king said: / Acceptance of gifts is seen as a blameless livelihood for brahmins; / therefore, accept a gift from me, O foremost sages! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.13) mudgānmāṣāṃśca vrīhīṃśca tathā ratnāni kāṃcanam .. yuṣmākaṃ saṃpradāsyāmi yaccānyadapi durllabham .. nivarttadhvamataḥ sarve hyetasmātpātakātparam.... 13 .. > Mung beans, black gram, grains of rice, as well as jewels and gold— / I shall grant you whatever else is difficult to obtain. / Desist, all of you, from this sin hereafter! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.14) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. tajjānaṃtaḥ kathaṃ rājangṛhṇīmaste pratigraham .. 14 .. > The seers said: / Knowing that, O king, how can we accept a gift from you? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.15) daśasūnāsamaścakrī daśacakrisamo dhvajī .. daśadhvaji samā veśyā daśaveśyāsamo nṛpaḥ .. 15 .. > An oilman is equal to ten slaughterhouses; a tavern-keeper is equal to ten oilmen; / a courtesan is equal to ten tavern-keepers; a king is equal to ten courtesans. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.16) yo rājñāṃ pratigṛhṇāti brāhmaṇo lobhamohitaḥ .. tāmisrādiṣu ghoreṣu narakeṣu sa pacyate .. 16 .. > A brahmin who accepts a gift from kings, deluded by greed, / is cooked in Tāmisra and other terrifying hells. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.17) tadgaccha kuśalaṃ te'stu saha dānena pārthiva .. anyeṣāṃ dīyatāmetadityuktvā te vanaṃ yayuḥ .. 17 .. > Therefore go, may welfare be yours along with your gift, O ruler of the earth! / Let this be given to others!—having spoken thus, they went to the forest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.18) atha rājñaḥ samādeśāttatra gatvā ca maṃtriṇaḥ .. ūdumbarāṇi vyakiranhemagarbhāṇi bhūtale ..18.. > Then, by order of the king, the ministers went there / and scattered cluster-figs containing gold upon the ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.19) atha tāni vyacinvaṃśca ṛṣayo varavarṇini .. gurūṇīti viditvā tu na grāhyāṇyaṃgirā'bravīt .. 19 .. > Then, as the seers were gathering them, O fair-complexioned lady, / perceiving that they were heavy, Aṅgiras said they should not be taken. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.20) .. atriruvāca .. .. nāsmahenāsmahe mūḍha vayamajñānabuddhayaḥ .. haimānīmāni jānīmaḥ pratibuddhāḥ sma jāḍyataḥ ..7.1.255.20.. > Atri said: / We are not, we are not fools, O dullard, with minds devoid of knowledge! / We know these are made of gold; we have awakened from stupor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.21) .. vasiṣṭha uvāca .. .. dharmārthaṃ saṃcayo yasya dravyāṇāṃ sa na śasyate .. tapaḥsaṃcayanaṃ manye vasiṣṭho dhanasaṃcayam .. 21 .. > Vasiṣṭha said: / An accumulation of material goods for the sake of virtue is not praised; / I, Vasiṣṭha, consider the accumulation of austerity to be the true accumulation of wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.22) tyajadhvaṃ saṃcayānsarvāñjātīnāṃ samupadravān .. na hi saṃcayavānkaściddṛśyate nirupadravaḥ .. 22 .. > Abandon all hoards, which bring calamities upon one's kin; / for no one who possesses hoards is seen to be free of calamity. 22. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.23) yathāyathā na gṛhṇāti brāhmaṇo'satpratigraham .. tathātathā'niśaṃ cāsya brahmatejastu vardhate .. 23 .. > The more a brahmin refuses improper gifts, / the more his brahminical splendor increases day and night. 23. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.24) akiṃcanatvaṃ rājyaṃ ca tulayā samatolayam.. akiṃcanatvamadhikaṃ rājyādapi na saṃśayaḥ .. 24 .. > I weighed poverty and kingship equally upon a balance; / poverty is superior even to kingship, without a doubt. 24. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.25) ..kaśyapa uvāca .. .. anartho brāhmaṇasyaiṣa yadarthanicayo mahān .. arthaiśvaryavimūḍho'pi śreyaso bhraśyate dvijaḥ .. 25 .. > Kaśyapa said: / This is a misfortune for a brahmin: that \[he has\] a great hoard of wealth; / deluded by the sovereignty of wealth, the twice-born falls away from the highest good. 25. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.26) arthasaṃpadvimohāya bahuśokāya caiva hi .. tasmādarthamanarthākhyaṃ śreyo'rthī dūratastyajet .. 26 .. > An abundance of wealth leads indeed to delusion and to abundant sorrow; / therefore, one who desires the highest good should abandon from afar wealth, which is \[really\] called misfortune. 26. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.27) yasya dharmārthamapyarthāstasyāpi na hi dṛśyate .. prakṣālanāddhi paṃkasya dūrādasparśanaṃ varam ..27.. > Even for one whose wealth is meant for righteousness, it is not seen \[to bring peace\]; / for rather than washing off mud, not touching it from afar is better. 27. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.28) .. bharadvāja uvāca.. .. jīryaṃti jīryataḥ keśā daṃtā jīryaṃti jīryataḥ.. cakṣuḥ śrotre ca jīryete tṛṣṇaikā na tu jīryate .. 28 .. > Bharadvāja said: / As one grows old, the hair grows old; as one grows old, the teeth grow old; / the eyes and ears also grow old, but craving alone does not grow old. 28. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.29) sūcī sūtra tathā vastre samānayati sūcikā .. tadvatsaṃsārasūtrasya tṛṣṇā sūcī vidhīyate .. 29 .. > Just as a needle brings the thread together through the cloth, / even so is craving ordained as the needle of the thread of saṃsāra. 29. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.30) yathā śṛṃgaṃ ruroḥ kāye varddhamāne hi varddhate .. anaṃtapārā durvārā tṛṣṇā duḥkhapradā sadā .. adharmabahulā caiva tasmāttāṃ parivarjayet.. ... 7.1.255.30 .. > Just as a horn on a deer's body grows as it grows, / \[so\] craving is boundless, irresistible, ever bringing sorrow, / and full of unrighteousness; therefore, one should shun it. 30. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.31) .. gautama uvāca .. .. saṃtuṣṭaḥ ko na śaknoti phalaiścāpi hi varttitum.. sarvo'pīṃdriyalobhena saṃkaṭānyabhigāhate ..31.. > Gautama said: / Being content, who cannot live even on fruits? / Everyone plunges into difficulties solely through greed for the sense objects. 31. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.32) sarvatra saṃpadastasya saṃtuṣṭaṃ yasya mānasam .. upānadgūḍhapādasya nanu carmāvṛteva bhūḥ .. 32 .. > All prosperities are his whose mind is content; / for one whose feet are covered with shoes, is not the earth as if covered in leather? 32. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.33) saṃtoṣāmṛtatṛptānāṃ yatsukhaṃ śāṃtacetasām.. kutastaddhanalubdhānāṃ sukhaṃ cāśāṃtacetasām ..33.. > The happiness of those of tranquil mind who are satisfied with the nectar of contentment— / whence could that happiness belong to those greedy for wealth and of untranquil mind? 33. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.34) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. kāmaṃ kāmayamānasya yadi kāmaḥ sa siddhyati .. tathainamaparaḥ kāmo bhūyo vidhyati bāṇavat ..34.. > Viśvāmitra said: / If a desire succeeds for one who desires desire, / then another desire pierces him again like an arrow. 34. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.35) na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānāmupabhogena śāmyati .. haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva bhūya evābhivarddhate .. 35 .. > Never is desire extinguished through the enjoyment of desires; / like a fire \[fed\] with clarified butter, it only blazes up all the more. 35. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.36) kāmānabhilaṣanlobhānna naraḥ sukhamedhate.. samālabhya tarucchāyāṃ bhavanaṃ vāñcho naraḥ ..36.. > Desiring desires out of greed, a man does not thrive in happiness; / having reached the shade of a tree, a man desires a mansion. 36. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.37) catuḥsāgarasaṃyuktāṃ yo bhuṃkte pṛthivīmimām .. ekastu vanavāsī ca sa kṛtārtho na pārthivaḥ ..37.. .. > The one who lives alone in the forest has fulfilled his purpose, / not the king who enjoys this earth surrounded by four oceans. 37. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.38) .. jamadagniruvāca .. .. pratigrahasamartho yastapo varddhayate mahān.. na karoti tapastasya jāyate ca sahasradhā .. 38 .. > Jamadagni said: / A great one who, though capable of accepting gifts, increases his austerity \[instead\], / does not \[need to perform\] austerity: his \[merit\] is produced a thousandfold. 38. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.39) pratigrahasamarthānāṃ nivṛttānāṃ pratigrahāt .. ya eva dadatāṃ lokāsta evāpratigṛhṇatām .. 39 .. > For those who are capable of accepting gifts but desist from acceptance, / the very same worlds that belong to givers belong to those non-receivers. 39. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.40) .. aruṃdhatyuvāca .. .. bisataṃturyathā nityaṃ samaṃtānnālasaṃsthitaḥ .. tṛṣṇā caivamanādyaṃtā tathā dehāśritā sadā .. 7.1.255.40 .. > Arundhatī said: / Just as a lotus fiber remains constantly within the stalk all around, / even so does craving, without beginning or end, ever reside in the body. 40. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.41) yā dustyajā durmatibhiryā na jīryati jīryataḥ .. yo'sau prāṇāṃtiko rogastāṃ tṛṣṇāṃ tyajataḥ sukham .. .. 41 .. > Which is hard to abandon for the foolish, which does not age as one ages, / which is a disease that ends only with life—he who abandons that craving has happiness. 41. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.42) .. caṃḍovāca .. .. ugrātpratigrahādyasmādbibhyatyete maheśvarāḥ .. balīyāṃso durbalavattathā caiva bibhemyaham .. 42 .. > Caṇḍa said: / Since these great lords, strong though they are, fear a fierce gift / as if they were weak, so too do I fear it. 42. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.43) .. paśumukha uvāca .. .. yadācaraṃti vidvāṃsaḥ sadā dharmaparāyaṇāḥ .. tadeva viduṣā kāryamātmano hitamicchatā .. 43 .. > Paśumukha said: / Whatever the wise who are ever devoted to righteousness practice, / that alone should be done by an intelligent man wishing his own welfare. 43. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.44) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. ityuktvā hemagarbhāṇi tyaktvā tāni phalāni ca .. ṛṣayo jagmuranyatra sarva eva dṛḍhavratāḥ .. 44 .. > Īśvara said: / Having spoken thus and abandoned those fruits containing gold, / all the seers of firm vows went elsewhere. 44. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.45) tataste vicaraṃto vai dadṛśuḥ sumahatsaraḥ .. padminībhiḥ samākīrṇaṃ sarvato varavarṇini .. 45 .. > Then, wandering about, they saw a very large lake / crowded on all sides with lotus beds, O fair-complexioned lady. 45. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.46) tasmindeśe tadā prāptaḥ parivrājaḥ śunomukhaḥ .. tenaiva sahitāstatra snātāḥ sarve maharṣayaḥ .. 46 .. > At that time, the wandering mendicant Śunomukha arrived in that region; / accompanied by him, all the great seers bathed there. 46. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.47) tatrāvatāraṃ kṛtvā tairgṛhītāni bisāni tu .. nikṣipya sarasastīre cakruḥ puṇyāṃ jalakriyām .. 47 .. > Having stepped down into it, lotus stalks were gathered by them; / placing them on the shore of the lake, they performed the holy water-rite. 47. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.48) athottīrya jalāttasmātte sametya parasparam .. bisāni tānyapaśyaṃta idaṃ vacanamabruvan .. 48 .. > Then, emerging from that water and assembling together, / not seeing those lotus stalks, they spoke these words: 48. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.49) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. kena kṣudhābhitaptānāmasmākaṃ pāpakarmaṇā .. bisāni tāni sarvāṇi hṛtāni ca munīśvarāḥ .. .. 49 .. > The seers said: / By which evil-doer have all those lotus stalks been stolen / from us who are afflicted with hunger, O lords of sages? 49. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.50) te śaṃkamānāstvanyonyaṃ paryapṛcchandvijottamāḥ .. cakruste śapathānsarve yathānyāyaṃ ca bhāmini .. 7.1.255.50 .. .. > Suspecting one another, those best of the twice-born questioned each other; / they all took oaths according to rule, O beautiful lady. 50. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.51) kaśyapa uvāca .. .. sarvabhakṣaḥ sa bhavatu nyāsalopaṃ karotu saḥ .. kūṭasākṣitvamabhyetu bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ .. 51 .. > Kaśyapa said: / May he eat anything, may he misappropriate a deposit, / may he incur \[the guilt of\] false testimony, who commits the theft of the lotus stalks. 51. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.52) .. vasiṣṭha uvāca .. .. anṛtau maithunaṃ yātu para nārīṃ viśeṣataḥ .. atithiḥ syāttathānyonyaṃ bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ .. 52 .. > Vasiṣṭha said: / May he engage in sexual intercourse outside the fertile period, especially with another's wife; / may he be an \[uninvited\] guest of one and all, who commits the theft of the lotus stalks. 52. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.53) .. bharadvāja uvāca.. nṛśaṃso vai sa bhavatu samṛddhyā cāpyahaṃkṛ taḥ .. matsarī piśunaścaiva bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ .. 53 .. > Bharadvāja said: / May he be cruel and arrogant because of prosperity; / may he be envious and slanderous, who commits the theft of the lotus stalks. 53. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.54) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. nityaṃ kāmarataḥ sostu divā sevatu maithunam .. nīcakarmarataścaiva bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ .. 54 .. > Viśvāmitra said: / May he be constantly addicted to lust, may he engage in sexual intercourse by day, / and may he be devoted to base deeds, who commits the theft of the lotus stalks. 54. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.55) .. jamadagniruvāca .. .. kanyāṃ yacchatu vṛddhāya sa bhūyādvṛṣalīpatiḥ .. astu vārddhuṣiko nityaṃ bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ .. 55 .. > Jamadagni said: / May he give a maiden to an old man, may he become the husband of an outcaste woman, / may he constantly be a usurer, who commits the theft of the lotus stalks. 55. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.56) .. gautama uvāca .. .. sa gṛhṇātvavikādānaṃ karotu hayavikrayam .. prakarotu gurorniṃdāṃ bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ .. 56 .. > Gautama said: / May he accept a gift of sheep, may he engage in selling horses, / may he censure his teacher, who commits the theft of the lotus stalks. 56. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.57) (?)atriruvāca .. .. mātaraṃ pitaraṃ nityaṃ durmatiḥ so'vamanyatām .. śūdraṃ pṛcchatu dharmārthaṃ bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ .. 57 .. > Atri said: / May that evil-minded one constantly disrespect mother and father; / may he consult a śūdra on matters of righteousness, who commits the theft of the lotus stalks. 57. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.58) .. arundhatyuvāca .. .. karotu patyuḥ pūrvaṃ sā bhojanaṃ śayanaṃ tathā .. nārī duṣṭasamācārā bisastainyaṃ karoti yā .. 58 .. > Arundhatī said: / May she eat before her husband, and likewise sleep \[before him\], / a woman of wicked conduct, who commits the theft of the lotus stalks. 58. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.59) .. caṇḍovāca .. .. svāminaḥ pratikūlāstu dharmadveṣaṃ karotu ca .. sādhudveṣaparā caiva bisastainyaṃ karoti yā ..59.. > Caṇḍa said: / May she be contrary to her husband, and may she hate righteousness, / and may she be devoted to hating virtuous people, who commits the theft of the lotus stalks. 59. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.60) .. paśumukha uvāca .. .. parasya preṣyatāṃ yātu sadā janmanijanmani .. sarvadharma kriyāhīno bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ..7.1.255.60.. > Paśumukha said: / May he fall into servitude to another constantly in birth after birth, / bereft of all rites of righteousness, who commits the theft of the lotus stalks. 60. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.61) .. śunomukha uvāca.. .. vedānsa paṭhatu nyāyādgṛhasthaḥ syātpriyātithiḥ .. satyaṃ vadatu cājasraṃ bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ ..61.. > Śunomukha said: > “May he study the Vedas in accordance with proper rule, be a householder devoted to guests, / and constantly speak truth—he who steals the lotus stalks!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.62) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. iṣṭametaddvijātīnāṃ yastvayā śapathaḥ kṛtaḥ .. tvayā kṛtaṃ bisastainyaṃ sarveṣāṃ naḥ śunomukha ..62.. > The seers said: > “What you have made into an oath is desirable for the twice-born! / By you was the theft of the lotus stalks committed against all of us, O Śunomukha!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.63) .. śunomukha uvāca .. .. mayā hṛtāni sarveṣāṃ bisānīmāni vai dvijāḥ .. dharmaṃ vai śrotukāmena jānīdhvaṃ māṃ puraṃdaram..63.. > Śunomukha said: > “Indeed, by me were all these lotus stalks taken, O twice-born ones, / wishing to hear of dharma! Know me to be Puraṃdara \[Indra\]! > ” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.64) alobhādakṣayā lokā jitā vai munisattamāḥ .. prārthayadhvaṃ varaṃ śubhraṃ sarvameva hyasaṃśayam ..64.. > “Through your lack of greed, imperishable worlds have been won, O best of sages! / Request an auspicious boon, everything indeed without doubt!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.65) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. ihāgatya naro yastu trirātropoṣitaḥ śuciḥ .. kṛtvā snānaṃ pitṝṃstarpya śrāddhaṃ kuryātsamāhitaḥ ..65.. > The seers said: > “Whatever man, having come here, fasts for three nights, remains pure, / performs his ritual ablution, satisfies the ancestors, and performs a śrāddha with composed mind— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.66) sarvatīrthodbhavaṃ tasya puṇyaṃ bhūyātpuraṃdara .. nādhogatimavāpnoti vibudhaissaha modatām .. tathetyuktvā tataḥ śakrasta traivāntarhito'bhavat..66.. > may the merit arising from all sacred fords be his, O Puraṃdara! / May he not meet a downward path, and may he rejoice with the gods!” / Having said, “So be it,” Śakra then vanished right there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [16.255.255](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255.255) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṃḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya ṛṣitīrthamāhātmya varṇanaṃ nāma pañcapañcāśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..255.. > Thus ends the two hundred and fifty-fifth chapter, named ‘Description of the Māhātmya of the Ṛṣitīrtha,’ in the First Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya of the Seventh Section, the Prabhāsakhaṇḍa, 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.16.255.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Padmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.padma.1.19.206) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Mantrakaumudī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.prayoga.purascarana.mantrakaumudi.3.440) — Sanskrit - [Itihāsasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.itihasasamuccaya.5.3) — Sanskrit - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.49.p98.2) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.16.255) · Pramāṇa