[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) › 17.7 # Skandapurana 17.7 Skandapurāṇa 17.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.1) .. rājovāca .. .. kathaṃ tvaṃ hariṇīrūpe jātā mānuṣarūpiṇī .. kena saṃvardhitā bālye kathaṃ te rūpamīdṛśam .. 1 .. > The king said: / How were you born in human form from the body of a doe? / By whom were you raised in childhood, and how did you come to have such a form? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.2) .. mṛgyuvāca .. .. śṛṇu deva pravakṣyāmi yadvṛttaṃ kanyake vane .. ṛṣiruddālakonāma gaṃgākūle mahātapāḥ .. 2 .. > The doe-faced woman said: / Listen, O king, I will tell what took place in the Kanyaka forest. / There was a seer named Uddālaka on the bank of the Gaṅgā, of great austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.3) prabhāte mūtramutsṛṣṭuṃ gato deva vanāṃtare .. mūtrāṃte patito bhūmau vīryabiṃdurdvijanmanaḥ .. 3 .. > At dawn he went into the forest, O king, to pass urine. / At the end of urinating, a drop of the twice-born's semen fell upon the ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.4) yāvatsa calito vipraḥ śaucaṃ kṛtvā prayatnataḥ .. tāvanmṛgī samāyātā dṛṣṭvā puṣpavanāṃtarāt .. 4 .. > As soon as that brahmin walked away, having carefully performed his purification, / a doe arrived, having seen it from within a grove of flowers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.5) cāpalyādbhakṣitaṃ vīryaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ brahmarṣiṇā svayam .. yasmādaśnāti me vīryaṃ tasmādgarbho bhaviṣyati .. 5 .. > Out of fickleness she consumed the semen, and was seen by the brahmin seer himself. / \[He thought:\] 'Because she consumes my semen, therefore conception will occur. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.6) mamarūpā tavavaktrā nārī garbhe bhaviṣyati .. varddhayiṣyati devyastāṃ rasairdivyaiḥ sutāṃ tava .. 6 .. > In her womb will be a woman with my form and your face. / The goddesses will nurture that daughter of yours with heavenly juices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.7) kenāpi daivayogena jñānaṃ tasyā bhaviṣyati .. evamuddālakādeva saṃjātāhaṃ mṛgānanā .. praviśyāgnau mṛtā pūrvaṃ tvayā sārddhaṃ narādhipa .. 7 .. > By some divine fate, knowledge will come to her.' / Thus, O king, I was born deer-faced from Uddālaka. / Having entered the fire, I died of old with you, O lord of men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.8) tasmājjātaṃ satītvaṃ me saptajanmani vai prabho .. yattvayā kurvatā rājyaṃ pāpaṃ vai samupārjitam .. 8 .. > From that arose my state of being a virtuous wife across seven births, O lord. / As for the sin that was accumulated by you while ruling the kingdom, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.9) kṣattradharmaṃ parityajya palāyanaparo mṛtaḥ .. tadeno hi mayā dagdhaṃ citāgnau nṛpasattama .. 9 .. > having abandoned the duty of a warrior and dying intent on flight, / that very sin was burned by me in the fire of the funeral pyre, O best of kings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.10) patiṃ gṛhītvā yā nārī mṛtamagnau viśedyadi .. sā tārayati bhartāramātmānaṃ ca kuladvayam .. 7.2.7.10 .. > If a woman, embracing her deceased husband, enters the fire, / she delivers her husband, herself, and both families. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.11) gograhe deśabhaṃge ca saṃgrāme sammukhe mṛtaḥ .. sa sūryamaṇḍalaṃ bhittvā brahmaloke mahīyate ..11.. > One who dies in a cattle-raid, during the overthrow of a kingdom, or facing the enemy in battle / pierces the solar orb and is glorified in the world of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.12) anāśakaṃ yo vidadhāti marttyo dinedine yajñasahasrapuṇyam .. sa yāti yānena gaṇānvitena vidhūya pāpāni suraiḥ sa pūjyate .. 12.. > The mortal who undertakes fasting to death gains the merit of a thousand sacrifices day by day; / casting off sins, he goes by a vehicle accompanied by attendants and is worshipped by the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.13) gaṃgājale prayāge vā kedāre puṣkare ca ye .. vastrāpathe prabhāse ca mṛtāste svargagāminaḥ .. 13 .. > Those who die in the waters of the Gaṅgā, at Prayāga, at Kedāra, or at Puṣkara, / at Vastrāpatha, and at Prabhāsa—they go to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.14) dvārāvatyāṃ kurukṣetre yogābhyāsena ye mṛtāḥ .. harirityakṣaraṃ mṛtyau yeṣāṃ te svargagāminaḥ .. 14 .. > Those who die in Dvāravatī or Kurukṣetra through the practice of yoga, / or those who have the syllable 'Hari' at death—they go to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.15) pūjayitvā hariṃ ye tu bhūmau darbhatilaiḥ saha .. tilāṃśca pañcalohaṃ ca dattvā ye tu payasvinīm .. 15 .. > Those who, having worshipped Hari on the ground with kuśa grass and sesame seeds, / and having given sesame seeds, five metals, and a milch cow, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.16) ye mṛtā rājaśārdūla te narāḥ svarga gāminaḥ .. utpādya putrānsaṃsthāpya pitṛpaitāmahe pade .. 16 .. > die, O tiger among kings—those men go to heaven. / Having fathered sons and established them in the ancestral station, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.17) nirmalā niṣkalaṃkā ye te mṛtāḥ svargagāminaḥ .. vratopavāsaniratāḥ satyācāraparāyaṇāḥ .. ahiṃsāniratāḥ śāṃtāste narāḥ svargagāminaḥ .. 17 .. > those who die pure and stainless go to heaven. / Those devoted to vows and fasts, dedicated to truthful conduct, / intent on non-violence, and peaceful—those men go to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.18) sāpavādo raṇaṃ tyaktvā mṛto yasmānnarādhipa .. saptayoniṣu te janma tasmājjātaṃ mayā saha .. 18 .. > Because you died under blame, having abandoned the battlefield, O lord of men, / your birth took place in seven wombs together with me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.19) tvāṃ vinā me patirmā bhūnmaraṇe yācitaṃ mayā .. tadāṃtarikṣe rājendra vāguvācāśarīriṇī .. ādau pāpaphalaṃ bhuktvā paścā tsvargaṃ gamiṣyasi .. 19.. > At my death I prayed: 'May I have no husband other than you.' / Then, O best of kings, a bodiless voice in the sky said: / 'Having first experienced the fruit of your sins, you will afterwards go to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.20) yadi vastrāpathe gatvā śiraḥ kaścidvimuṃcati .. svarṇarekhājale rājanmānuṣaṃ syānmukhaṃ mama .. 7.2.7.20 .. > If someone goes to Vastrāpatha and releases your head / into the water of the Svarṇarekhā, O king, my face will become human. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.21) ahaṃ mānuṣavaktrā'smi pāpacchāyā''vṛtaṃ mukham .. dṛśyate mṛgavaktrābhaṃ tasmācchīghraṃ vimuṃcaya .. 21 .. > I am a woman with a human face, but my face is veiled by the shadow of sin / and appears like a deer's face; therefore, have it released quickly.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.22) iti śrutvā vaco rājā sārasvatamudaikṣata .. jano vihasya sānandaṃ sarvaṃ satyaṃ mṛgīvacaḥ .. 22 .. > Hearing these words, the king looked at the sage belonging to Sarasvatī. / Smiling with joy, that brahmin said, 'All the doe's words are true. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.23) ityuktvā''ha dvijendraḥ sa evaṃ kuru nṛpottama .. evaṃ rājñā samādiṣṭaḥ pratīhāro yayau vanam .. 23 .. > Do thus, O best of kings!' / Thus commanded by the king, the gatekeeper went to the forest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.24) vastrāpathe mahātīrthe bhavaṃ draṣṭuṃ tvarānvitaḥ .. tvaksārajālirmahatī svarṇarekhājalopari .. 24 .. > Hastening to see Bhava at the great sacred ford of Vastrāpatha, / \[he went to\] the great thicket of bamboo over the water of the Svarṇarekhā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.25) varttate tacchiro yatra vaṃśaprotaṃ mahāvane .. sārasvatasya śiṣyeṇa kuśalena niveditam.. 25 .. > where that head was impaled on a bamboo in the great forest, / as reported by the skilled disciple of the sage belonging to Sarasvatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.26) tīrthaṃ vastrāpathaṃ gatvā bhavasyāgre mahānadī .. jāle tatra śiro dṛṣṭaṃ tacca toye vimocitam .. 26 .. > Having gone to the Vastrāpatha sacred ford, there was the great river in front of Bhava; / there in the thicket the head was seen, and it was released into the water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.27) snātvā saṃpūjya tīrtheśaṃ pratīhāraḥ samabhyagāt .. śiṣyeṇa sahito vegādrathenādityavarcasā .. 27 .. > Having bathed and worshipped the lord of the sacred ford, the gatekeeper returned / swiftly with the disciple in a chariot possessing the radiance of the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.28) yadāgataḥ pratīhārastadā sārasvatena sā .. vṛtā cāndrāyaṇenaiva māsamekaṃ nirantaram .. 28 .. > When the gatekeeper arrived, she was instructed by the sage belonging to Sarasvatī / to observe the cāndrāyaṇa vow continuously for one month. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.29) saṃpūrṇe tu vrate tasyā divyaṃ vaktraṃ sulocanam .. suśobhanaṃ dīrghakeśaṃ dīrghakarṇaṃ śubhadvijam .. 29 .. > When her vow was completed, she obtained a celestial face with beautiful eyes, / very lovely, with long hair, long ears, and auspicious teeth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.30) kambugrīvaṃ padmagaṃdhaṃ sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutam.. vratāṃte mūrcchitā bālā gatajñānā vabhūva sā .. 7.2.7.30 .. > with a conch-like neck, smelling of lotuses, and endowed with all auspicious marks. / At the end of the vow, the maiden fainted and lost consciousness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.31) na devī na ca gaṃdharvī nāsurī na ca kiṃnarī .. yādṛśī sā tadā jātā tīrthabhāvena sundarī .. 31 .. > Neither goddess, nor gandharva maiden, nor asura maiden, nor kinnara maiden / was such as she became then, beautiful by the nature of the sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.32) pariṇītā tu sā tena bhojarājena sundarī .. mṛgīmukhīti vikhyātā devī sā bhuvaneśvarī .. 32 .. > She was married by that king Bhoja, that lovely woman; / renowned as Mṛgīmukhī, she was like the goddess Bhuvaneśvarī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.33) na jānāti punaḥ kiṃcidyadvṛttaṃ rājamandire .. kṛtā sā paṭṭamahiṣī bhojarājena dhīmatā .. 33 .. > She remembered nothing of what had happened before in the royal palace. / She was made the chief queen by the wise king Bhoja. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.34) .. īśvara uvāca .. .. deśānāṃ pravaro deśo girīṇāṃ pravaro giriḥ .. kṣetrāṇāmuttamaṃ kṣetraṃ vanānāmuttamaṃ vanam .. 34 .. > Īśvara said: / This is the foremost country among countries, the foremost mountain among mountains, / the best sacred field among sacred fields, the best forest among forests. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.35) gaṃgā sarasvatī tāpī svarṇarekhājale sthitā .. brahmā viṣṇuśca sūryaśca sarva indrādayaḥ surāḥ .. 35 .. > Gaṅgā, Sarasvatī, and Tāpī abide in the water of the Svarṇarekhā; / Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Sūrya, and all the gods headed by Indra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.36) nāgā yakṣāśca gandharvā asminkṣetre vyavasthitāḥ .. brahmāṃḍaṃ nirmitaṃ yena trailokyaṃ sacarācaram .. 36 .. > nāgas, yakṣas, and gandharvas are established in this sacred field, / by which the cosmic egg, the three worlds with the moving and unmoving, was fashioned. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.37) devā brahmādayo jātāḥ sa bhavo'tra vyavasthitaḥ .. śivo bhaveti vikhyātaḥ svayaṃ devastrilocanaḥ .. 37 .. > \[and\] the gods headed by Brahmā were born—he, Bhava, is situated here. / He is celebrated as Śiva, Bhava, the three-eyed God himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.38) veveti skandaracanādbhavānī cātra saṃsthitā .. ato yannādhikaṃ proktaṃ tīrthaṃ devi mayā tava .. 38 .. > And on account of Skanda's babbling words Bhavānī is also established here. / Therefore no sacred ford greater than this has been spoken of by me to you, O goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.39) tasmiñjale snānaparo naro yadi saṃdhyāṃ vidhāyānu karoti tarpaṇam .. śrāddhaṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca dadāti dakṣiṇāṃ bhavodbhavaṃ paśyati mucyate bhavāt .. 39 .. > If a man intent on ritual ablution in that water, having performed the twilight prayers, then performs the water oblation, / offers the śrāddha to the ancestors, gives sacrificial fees, and looks upon Bhava’s origin, he is liberated from worldly existence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.40) atha yadi bhavapūjāṃ divyapuṣpaiḥ karoti tadanu śivaśiveti stotrapāṭhaṃ ca gītam .. suravara gaṇavṛndaiḥ stūyamāno vimānaiḥ suravaraśivarūpo mānavo yāti nākam .. 7.2.7.40 .. > Now, if he performs the worship of Bhava with celestial flowers, and then sings and recites hymns saying 'Śiva, Śiva,' / praised by hosts of the best of gods in aerial chariots, taking the form of the best of gods, Śiva, the mortal goes to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [17.7.40\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7.40_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe dvitīye vastrāpathakṣetramāhātmye svarṇarekhāyāṃ mṛgānanāyāḥ pūrvajanmamṛgamukhaprakṣepaṇena divyamukhatvaprāptyuttaraṃ bhojanṛpatipariṇaya vṛttāntapūrvakaṃ svarṇarekhāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 7 .. > Thus ends the seventh chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Svarṇarekhā, preceded by the account of the marriage of King Bhoja after the deer-faced woman obtained a divine face by casting away her deer-face from a past birth in the Svarṇarekhā,' in the Glory of the Vastrāpatha Field, in the second \[sub-section\], in the Prabhāsa Section, in the Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.17.7.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.17.7) · Pramāṇa