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# Skandapurana 3.1.15

Skandapurāṇa 3.1.15

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.1.15.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5)

.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..  
brahmakuṇḍe mahāpuṇye snānaṃ kṛtvā samāhitaḥ ..  
naro hanūmataḥ kuṇḍamatha gacchedvijottamāḥ .. 1 ..  
purā hateṣu rakṣaḥsu samāpte raṇakarmaṇi ..  
rāmādiṣu nivṛtteṣu gaṃdhamādanaparvate .. 2 ..  
sarva lokopakārāya hanūmānmārutātmajaḥ ..  
sarvatīrthottamaṃ cakre svanāmnā tīrthamuttamam .. 3 ..  
viditvā vaibhavaṃ yasya svayaṃ rudreṇa sevyate ..  
tasya tīrthasya sadṛśaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati .. 4 ..  
yatra snātā narā yāṃti śivalokaṃ sanātanam ..  
yasmiṃstīrthe mahāpuṇye mahāpātakanāśane .. 5 ..  
sarvalokopakārāya nirmite vāyusūnunā ..  
sarvāṇi narakāṇyāsañcchūnyānyeva cirāya vai .. 6 ..  
vaibhavaṃ tasya tīrthasya śaṃkaro vetti vā na vā ..  
yatra dharmasakhonāma rājā kekayavaṃśajaḥ .. 7 ..  
bhaktyā saha purā snātvā śataṃ putrānavāpta vān ..  
.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..  
sūta dharmasakhasyādya caritaṃ vaktumarhasi ..  
hanūmatkuṇḍatīrthe yo lebhe snātvā śataṃ sutān .. 8 .. ..  
.. śrīsūta uvāca .. ..  
śṛṇudhvamṛṣayo yūyaṃ caritaṃ tasya bhūpateḥ .. 9 ..  
adya dharmasakhasyāhaṃ pravakṣyāmi samāsataḥ ..  
rājā dharmasakhonāma vijitāriḥ sudhārmikaḥ .. 3.1.15.10 ..  
babhūva nītimānpūrvaṃ prajāpālanatatparaḥ ..  
tasya bhāryāśataṃ viprā vabhūva patidaivatam .. 11 ..  
sa pālayanmahīṃ rājā saśailavanakānanām ..  
tāsu bhāryāsu tanayaṃ nāviṃdadvaṃśavarddhanam .. 12 ..  
putrārthaṃ sa mahīpālo bahūyatnānathākarot ..5

> Glorious Sūta said: / Having performed a ritual ablution with a concentrated mind in the highly sacred Brahmakuṇḍa, / a man should then go to the pool of Hanūmat, O best of brahmins. / Formerly, when the demons had been slain, when the task of battle was over, / and Rāma and the others had returned to Mount Gandhamādana, / for the benefit of all the worlds, Hanūmat, the son of the Wind, / created the best of all sacred fords bearing his own name. / Knowing the glory of which it is served by Rudra himself, / equal to that sacred ford there has never been, nor will there ever be. / Bathing in which men go to the eternal world of Śiva; / in which highly sacred ford, which destroys great sins, / created by the son of the Wind for the benefit of all worlds, / all the hells became utterly empty for a long time indeed. / Śaṃkara knows the glory of that sacred ford, or perhaps he does not! / Where formerly a king of the Kekaya lineage named Dharmasakha, / having bathed with devotion, obtained one hundred sons. / The seers said: / O Sūta, you ought to tell today the life-story of Dharmasakha, / who, having bathed in the sacred ford of Hanūmatkuṇḍa, obtained one hundred sons. / Glorious Sūta said: / Listen, O seers, to the deeds of that protector of the earth; / today I will relate in brief \[the story\] of Dharmasakha. / Formerly there was a king named Dharmasakha who had conquered his enemies, was exceedingly righteous, / virtuous, and devoted to the protection of his subjects. / He had one hundred wives, O brahmins, to whom their husband was a deity. / Ruling the earth along with its mountains, forests, and groves, / the king did not obtain in those wives a son to continue his lineage. / Then, for the sake of a son, that protector of the earth made many efforts;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_1)

akarocca mahādānaṃ putrārthaṃ sa mahīpatiḥ .. 13 ..

> and for the sake of a son, that ruler of the earth made great gifts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_2)

aśvamedhādibhiryajñairayajacca surānprati ..

> With sacrifices such as the horse sacrifice, he sacrificed to the gods;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_3)

tulāpuruṣamukhyāni dadau dānāni bhūriśaḥ .. 14 ..

> he repeatedly bestowed gifts, foremost of which was the balance-scale gift of a man's weight in gold.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_4)

āmadhyarātramannāni sarvebhyo'pyanivāritam ..

> Until midnight, to everyone without restriction,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_5)

prāyacchadbahusūpāni sasyopetāni bhūmipaḥ .. 15 ..

> the ruler of the earth gave food with abundant soup and rich in grain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_6)

pitṝnuddiśya ca śrāddhamakarodvidhipūrvakam ..

> He also performed ancestral rites according to rule, directed towards the ancestors;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_7)

saṃtānadāyino maṃtrāñjajāpa niyatedriyaḥ .. 16 ..

> with senses restrained, he muttered mantras that bestow offspring.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_8)

evamādīnbahūndharmānputrārthaṃ kṛtavānnṛpaḥ ..

> The king performed many such righteous acts for the sake of a son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_9)

putramuddiśya satataṃ kurvandharmānanuttamān .. 17 ..

> Constantly performing unmatched righteous acts with a view toward \[getting\] a son,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_10)

rājā dīrgheṇa kālena vṛddhatāṃ pratyapadyata ..

> with the passage of a long time, the king reached old age.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_11)

kadācittasya vṛddhasya yatamānasya bhūpateḥ .. 18 ..

> Once, as that aged king was thus striving,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_12)

putrassucaṃdranāmābhūjjyeṣṭhapatnyāṃ manoramaḥ ..

> a delightful son named Sucandra was born to his eldest wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_13)

jātaṃ putraṃ jananyastāḥ sarvā vaiṣamyavarjitāḥ .. 19 ..

> When the son was born, all the mothers, free from jealousy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_14)

samaṃ saṃvarddhayāmāsuḥ kṣīrādibhiranuttamāḥ ..

> noble as they were, raised him equally with milk and other foods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_15)

rājñaśca sarvamātṝṇāṃ paurāṇāmmaṃtriṇāṃ tathā .. 3.1.15.20 ..

> And to the king, to all the mothers, to the citizens, and to the ministers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_16)

manonayanasaṃtoṣajanako'yaṃ suto'bhavat ..

> this son became the cause of joy to their minds and eyes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_17)

lālayānaḥ sutaṃ rājā mudaṃ lebhe parātparām..21..

> Fondling his son, the king attained the highest joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_18)

āṃdolikāśayānasya sūnostasya kadācana ..

> Once, while that son was lying in a cradle,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_19)

vṛściko'kuṭṭayatpāde pucchenodyadviṣāgninā .. 22 ..

> a scorpion stung him on the foot with its tail blazing with poisonous fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_20)

kuṭṭanādvṛścikasyāsāvarudattanayo bhṛśam ..

> From the scorpion's sting, the child cried bitterly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_21)

tatastanmātaraḥ sarvāḥ prārudañcchokakātarāḥ .. 23 ..

> Then all his mothers began to weep, overcome with grief.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_22)

parivāryātmajaṃ viprāḥ sadhvaniḥ saṃkulo'bhavat ..

> Surrounding the boy, O brahmins, a tumultuous uproar arose.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_23)

ārtadhvaniṃ sa śuśrāva rājā dharmasakhastadā .. 24 ..

> King Dharmasakha then heard that cry of distress,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_24)

upaviṣṭaḥ sabhāmadhye sahāmātyapurohitaḥ ..

> as he sat in the midst of the assembly with his ministers and royal priest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_25)

atha prātiṣṭhipadrājā sauvidallaṃ sa veditum .. 25 ..

> Then the king dispatched a chamberlain to find out.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_26)

antaḥpurabahirdvāraṃ sauvidallaḥ sametya saḥ ..

> That chamberlain, going up to the outer gate of the inner apartments,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_27)

ṣaṃḍhavṛddhānsamāhūya vākyametadabhāṣata .. 26 ..

> summoned the elderly eunuchs and spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_28)

ṣaṃḍhāḥ kimarthamadhunā rudatyantaḥpura striyaḥ ..

> “O eunuchs, why are the women of the inner apartments weeping now?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_29)

tatparijñāyatāṃ tatra gatvā rodanakāraṇam .. 27 ..

> Go there and find out the cause of their crying.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_30)

etadarthaṃ hi māṃ rājā prerayāmāsa saṃsadi ..

> For this purpose the king sent me from the royal assembly.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_31)

ityuktāstu parijñāya nidānaṃ rodanasya te .. 28 ..

> Addressed thus, they ascertained the cause of the crying,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_32)

nirgamyāṃtaḥpurāttasmai yathāvṛttaṃ nyavedayat ..

> came out of the inner apartments, and reported what had happened to him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_33)

sa ṣaṃḍhakavacaḥ śrutvā sauvidallaḥ sabhāṃ gataḥ .. 29 ..

> Having heard the words of the eunuchs, the chamberlain went to the assembly  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_34)

rājñe nivedayāmāsa putraṃ vṛścikapīḍitam ..

> and reported to the king that his son had been stung by a scorpion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_35)

tato dharmasakho rājā śrutvā vṛttāṃtamīdṛśam .. 3.1.15.30 ..

> Then King Dharmasakha, having heard such an account,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_36)

tvaramāṇaḥ samutthāya sāmātyaḥ sapurohitaḥ ..

> rose up in haste together with his ministers and priest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_37)

praviśyāṃtaḥpuraṃ sārddhaṃ māṃtrikairviṣahā ribhiḥ .. 31 ..

> Entering the inner apartments along with sorcerers skilled in removing poison,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_38)

cikitsayāmāsa sutamauṣadhādyairanekaśaḥ ..

> he had his son treated repeatedly with medicines and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_39)

jātasvāsthyaṃ tataḥ putraṃ lālayitvā sa bhūpatiḥ .. 32 ..

> Then, having fondled his son once he regained health,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_40)

mānayitvā ca maṃtrajñānratnakāṃ canamauktikaiḥ ..

> and having honored the knowers of mantras with gems, gold, and pearls,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_41)

niṣkramyāṃtaḥpurādrājā bhṛśaṃ ciṃtāsamākulaḥ .. 33 ..

> the king came out of the inner apartments, deeply agitated by anxiety,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_42)

ṛtvikpurohitāmātyaistāṃ sabhāṃ sanupāviśat ..

> and sat down in that assembly together with his officiating priests, royal priest, and ministers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_43)

tatra dharmasakho rājā samāsīno varāsane ..

> There King Dharmasakha, seated upon an excellent throne,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_44)

uvācedaṃ vaco yuktamṛtvijaḥ sapurohitān .. 34 ..

> addressed these fitting words to the officiating priests and the royal priest:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_45)

.. dharmasakha uvāca .. ..

> Dharmasakha said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_46)

duḥkhāyaivaikaputratvaṃ bhavati brāhmaṇo ttamāḥ .. 35 ..

> “Having only one son leads only to grief, O best of brahmins!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_47)

ekaputratvato tṛṇāṃ varā caiva hyaputratā ..

> Childlessness is surely better for men than having an only son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_48)

nityaṃ vyapāyayuktatvādvarameva hyaputratā ..

> Because of constantly being subject to danger, childlessness is indeed better.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_49)

ahaṃ bhāryāśataṃ viprā udavoḍha viciṃtya tu .. 36 ..

> Having reflected on this, O brahmins, I married a hundred wives.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_50)

vayaśca samatikrāṃtaṃ sapatnīkasya me dvijāḥ ..

> And old age has overtaken me along with my wives, O twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_51)

prāṇā mama ca bhāryāṇāmasminputre vyavasthitāḥ .. 37 ..

> My life-breaths and those of my wives are anchored in this one son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_52)

tannāśe mama bhāryāṇāṃ sarvāsāṃ ca mṛtirdhruvā ..

> Upon his death, the death of all my wives is certain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_53)

mamāpi prāṇanāśaḥ syādekaputrasya māraṇe .. 38 ..

> My own life would also end upon the death of this only son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_54)

ato me bahuputratvaṃ kenopāyena vai bhavet ..

> Therefore, by what means can I have many sons?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_55)

tamupāyaṃ mama brūta brāhmaṇā vedavi ttamāḥ .. 39 ..

> Tell me that means, O brahmins, foremost among knowers of the Veda!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_56)

ekaikaḥ śatabhāryāsu putro me syādyathā guṇī ..

> So that I may have a virtuous son with each of my hundred wives,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_57)

tatkarma vrata yūyaṃ tu śāstramālokya dharmataḥ .. 3.1.15.40 ..

> tell me that rite, looking into the sacred texts according to dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_58)

mahatā laghunā vāpi karmaṇā duṣkareṇa vā ..

> Whether by a great rite or a small one, or even by one difficult to perform,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_59)

phalaṃ yadyapi tatsādhyaṃ kariṣye'haṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. 41 ..

> if that fruit is achievable, I will perform it without doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_60)

yuṣmābhiruditaṃ karma kariṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ ..

> I will perform the rite prescribed by you, there is no doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_61)

kṛtameva hi tadvitta śape'haṃ sukṛtairmama .. 42 ..

> Know it as already done; I swear by my merits!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_62)

asti cedīdṛśaṃ karma yena putraśataṃ bhavet ..

> If there is such a rite by which a hundred sons may be obtained,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_63)

tatkarma kutra kartavyaṃ mayeti vadatādhunā .. 43 ..

> tell me now where that rite must be performed by me.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_64)

iti pṛṣṭāstadā rājñā ṛtvijaḥ sapurohitāḥ ..

> Questioned thus at that time by the king, the officiating priests with the royal priest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_65)

saṃbhūya sarve rājānamidamūcuḥ suniścitam .. 44 ..

> having assembled together, spoke this to the king with complete certainty:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_66)

.. ṛtvija ūcuḥ .. ..

> The officiating priests said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_67)

asti rājanpravakṣyāmo yena putraśataṃ tava ..

> “There is \[such a means\], O king; we will tell you how a hundred sons  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_68)

bhaveddharmeṇa mahatā śatabhāryāsu kaikaya .. 45 ..

> may be born to you from your hundred wives through a great dharma, O king of the Kaikayas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_69)

asti kaścinmahāpuṇyo gandhamādanaparvataḥ ..

> There is a most holy mountain named Gandhamādana,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_70)

dakṣiṇāṃbudhimadhye yaḥ seturūpeṇa vartate .. 46 ..

> which exists in the form of a bridge in the midst of the southern ocean.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_71)

siddhacāraṇagaṃdharvadevarṣigaṇasaṃkulaḥ ..

> crowded with hosts of Siddhas, Cāraṇas, Gandharvas, and celestial seers,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_72)

darśanātsparśanānnṛṇāṃ mahāpātakanāśanaḥ .. 47 ..

> destroying great sins of men merely by being seen or touched.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_73)

tatrāsti hanumatkuṃḍamiti lokeṣu viśrutam ..

> There is a pool there known in the worlds as Hanumatkuṇḍa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_74)

mahāduḥkhapraśamanaṃ svargamokṣaphalapradam.. 48 ..

> which relieves great sorrow and grants the fruits of heaven and liberation,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_75)

narakakleśaśamanaṃ tathā dāridryamocanam ..

> which calms the torments of hell, relieves poverty likewise,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_76)

putrapradamaputrāṇāmastrīṇāṃ strīpadaṃ nṛṇām .. 49 ..

> gives sons to the sonless, and gives wives to wifeless men.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_77)

tatra tvaṃ prayataḥ snātvā sarvābhīṣṭapradāyinīm..

> There, having bathed with self-restraint, that which grants all desired things,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_78)

putrīyeṣṭiṃ ca tattīre kuruṣva susamāhitaḥ ..3.1.15.50 ..

> perform with a concentrated mind the sacrifice for getting sons on its bank.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_79)

tena te śatabhāryāsu pratyekaṃ tanayo nṛpa ..

> By that, O king, each among your one hundred wives  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_80)

ekaikastu bhavecchīghraṃ mā kuru ṣvātra saṃśayam.. 51 ..

> will swiftly bear one son; do not have any doubt in this matter."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_81)

tathokto nṛpatirvipraiṛtvikbhiḥ sapurohitaiḥ ..

> Thus addressed by the brahmins, the officiating priests, together with the family priest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_82)

tatkṣaṇenaiva ṛtvikbhirbhāryābhiśca purodhasā .. 52 ..

> the king that very moment, \[accompanied\] by the officiating priests, his wives, and the family priest,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_83)

vṛtomātyaiśca bhṛtyaiśca yajñasaṃbhārasaṃyutaḥ ..

> surrounded by ministers and attendants, equipped with the provisions for the sacrifice,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_84)

prayayau dakṣiṇāṃbhodhau gandhamādanaparvatam .. 53 ..

> set out for Mount Gandhamādana in the southern ocean.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_85)

hanumatkuṃḍamāsādya tatra sasnau sasainikaḥ ..

> Having reached Hanumatkuṇḍa, he bathed there together with his army;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_86)

māsamātraṃ sa tattīre nyavasa tsnānamācaran .. 54 ..

> he dwelt on its bank for just a month, regularly performing ritual ablutions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_87)

tato vasaṃte saṃprāpte caitramāsi nṛpottamaḥ ..

> Then, when spring arrived in the month of Caitra, that best of kings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_88)

iṣṭimārabdhavāṃstatra putrīyāṃ sapurohitaḥ .. 55 ..

> accompanied by his family priest, began the sacrifice for sons there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_89)

samyakkarmāṇi cakruste ṛtvijaḥ sapurodhasaḥ ..

> Those officiating priests along with the family priest properly performed the rites  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_90)

sapatnīkasya rājarṣestathādharmasakhasya tu .. 56 ..

> for the royal seer Dharmasakha together with his wives.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_91)

iṣṭau tasya samāptāyāṃ hanūmatkuṃḍatīrataḥ ..

> When his sacrifice was completed on the bank of Hanūmatkuṇḍa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_92)

purohito hutocchiṣṭaṃ prāśa yadrājayoṣitaḥ .. 57 ..

> the family priest made the king’s wives consume the remnants of the oblation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_93)

tato dharmasakho rājā hanūmatkuṃḍavāriṣu ..

> Then King Dharmasakha, in the waters of Hanūmatkuṇḍa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_94)

samyakcakārāvabhṛthasnānaṃ bhāryāśatānvitaḥ .. 58 ..

> properly performed the concluding ceremonial bath accompanied by his hundred wives.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_95)

ṛtvikbhyo dakṣiṇāḥ prādādasaṃkhyātāstu bhūriśaḥ ..

> He gave innumerable and abundant gifts to the officiating priests,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_96)

grāmāṃśca pradadau rājā bāhmaṇebhyo dvijottamāḥ .. 59 ..

> and the king granted villages to the brahmins, O best of the twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_97)

sāmātyaḥ saparīvāraḥ sapatnīkaḥ sa dhārmmikaḥ ..

> Accompanied by his ministers, his retinue, and his wives, that righteous  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_98)

rājā tato nivavṛte purīṃ svāṃ prati naṃditaḥ .. 3.1.15.60 ..

> king returned, rejoiced, back to his own city.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_99)

tataḥ katipaye kāle gate daśamamāmi vai ..

> Then, after some time had passed, indeed in the tenth month,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_100)

śataṃ bhāryāḥ śataṃ putrānsuṣuvurguṇavattarān .. 61 ..

> the hundred wives gave birth to one hundred most virtuous sons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_101)

atha prītamanā rājā vīro dharmasakho mahān ..

> Then with a delighted heart, the heroic and great king Dharmasakha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_102)

snātaḥ śuddhaśca saṃkalpya jātakarmākarottadā..62 ..

> bathed and purified, having made the resolve, performed the birth-rite at that time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_103)

gobhūtilahiraṇyādi brāhmaṇebhyo dadau bahu ..

> He gave many cows, lands, sesame seeds, gold, and other gifts to the brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_104)

dvau putrau jyeṣṭhabhāryāyāḥ pūrvajo'varajastadā .. 63 ..

> The senior wife had two sons: an elder and a younger at that time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_105)

sarve vavṛdhire putrā ekādhikaśataṃ dvijāḥ ..

> All the sons grew up—one hundred and one, O twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_106)

prauḍheṣu teṣu rājāsau tebhyo rājyaṃ vibhajya tu .. 64 ..

> When they had reached maturity, that king, having divided the kingdom among them  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_107)

dattvā ca prayayau setuṃ sabhāryo gandhamādanam..

> and given it \[to them\], went with his wives to the bridge at Gandhamādana.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_108)

hanumatkuṃḍamāsādya tapo'tapyata tattaṭe .. 65 ..

> Having reached Hanumatkuṇḍa, he practiced austerity on its bank.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_109)

mahānkālo vyatīyāya rājña stasya tapasyataḥ ..

> A long time passed for that king while he was practicing austerity,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_110)

rājño dharmasakhasyāsya dhyāyamānasya śūlinam .. 66 ..

> for King Dharmasakha meditating upon the Bearer of the Trident.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_111)

tato bahutithe kāle gate dharmasakho nṛpaḥ ..

> Then, when a great amount of time had passed, King Dharmasakha,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_112)

kāladharmaṃ yayau tatra dhārmmikaśśāṃtamānasaḥ .. 67 ..

> righteous and tranquil in mind, went to the law of time there.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_113)

patnyopi tasya rājarṣeranujagmuḥ patiṃ tadā ..

> The wives of that royal seer also followed their husband at that time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_114)

jyeṣṭhaputraḥ sucandropi saṃskṛtya pitaraṃ tataḥ .. 68 ..

> The eldest son Sucandra too, having performed the funeral rites for his father,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_115)

akarocchrāddha paryaṃtaṃ karmāṇi śraddhayā saha ..

> performed the ceremonies up to the ancestral rite with faith.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_116)

rājā sabhāryo vaikuṃṭhaṃ maraṇādatra jagmivān .. 69 ..

> Because of death here, the king along with his wives went to Vaikuṇṭha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_117)

sucandramukhyāste sarve rājaputrā mahaujasaḥ ..

> All those immensely glorious princes, headed by Sucandra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_118)

svasvarājyaṃ bubhujire bhrātarastyaktamatsarāḥ .. 3.1.15.70 ..

> brothers devoid of envy, enjoyed each their own kingdom.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_119)

evaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ viprā hanūmatkuṃḍavaibhavam ..

> Thus has the glory of Hanūmatkuṇḍa been told to you, O brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_120)

rājño dharmasakhasyāpi caritraṃ paramādbhutam .. 71 ..

> as well as the most wonderful deeds of King Dharmasakha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_121)

tatsarvaṃ kāmasi ddhyarthaṃ snāyātkuṃḍe hanṛmataḥ .. 72 ..

> Therefore, for the attainment of all desires, one should bathe in the pool of Hanumat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_122)

adhyāyamenaṃ paṭhate manuṣyaḥ śṛṇoti vā yaḥ susamāhito dvijāḥ ..

> The human being who recites this chapter or hears it with a concentrated mind, O twice-born,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_123)

so'naṃtamāpnoti sukhaṃ paratra krīḍeta sārddhaṃ divi devavṛndaiḥ .. 73 ..

> attains unending happiness in the next world and shall sport with the hosts of gods in heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.1.15.5\_124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.15.5_124)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe setumāhātmye hanumatkuṃḍapraśaṃsāyāṃ dharmasakhaśatapuutrāvāptivarṇanaṃnāma pañcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 15 ..

> Thus ends the fifteenth chapter, entitled 'Description of Dharmasakha’s Attainment of a Hundred Sons' in the Praise of Hanumatkuṇḍa, in the Setumātmyā, in the third Brahmakhaṇḍa of the glorious 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.3.1.15.5) — English, machine translation

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