[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) › 3.1.53.18 # Skandapurana 3.1.53.18 Skandapurāṇa 3.1.53.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.53.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.18) 15 atha hanumatkuṃḍamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatprasaṃgena dharmasakhākhyarājacaritavarṇanam, dharma-sakhanṛpatiputrasya sucandrasya vṛścikadaṃśavṛttāṃtaḥ, atha bahuputratvamākāṃkṣamāṇena dharmasakhākhyamahīpatinā nijartvigvacanato yajñasāmagrīṃ saṃpādya svapatnībhiḥ sarva-parijanairṛtvigbhiśca saha dakṣiṇodadhitīrastha gandhamādanaparvatavarti hanumatkuṇḍaṃ pratigamanam, tatra snātvā putrīyeṣṭiṃ ca kṛtvā hutocchiṣṭaṃ prāśya brāhmaṇebhyo grāmā-grahārādikaṃ dattvā bhāryāśatena sahāvabhṛthasnānaṃ kṛtvā svapurīṃ prati pratyā-gamanam, tatra hanumatkuṇḍaprabhāvāttasya dharmasakhasya śatabhāryāsu śataputraprāptiḥ, athāntakāle hanumatkuṇḍamabhyetya dharmasakhena rājñā tapaḥkaraṇam, tatastasya vaikuṇṭhalokāvāptiḥ, tatputreṇa sucandreṇa pituraurdhvadaihikakarmakaraṇam, sucandrādīnāṃ sarveṣāṃ putrāṇāṃ saubhrātrapūrvakaṃ rājyasukhabhogavarṇanam, hanūmatkuṇḍamāhātmyam... 28 2 > 15. Now, description of the māhātmya of Hanumatkuṇḍa. In that connection, description of the deeds of the king named Dharmasakha: the account of the scorpion sting of Sucandra, son of King Dharmasakha; then, the sovereign named Dharmasakha, desiring many sons, assembling sacrificial materials upon the counsel of his priests, and departing with his wives, all attendants, and priests to Hanumatkuṇḍa situated on Mount Gandhamādana on the shore of the southern ocean; there, having bathed, performed the rite for obtaining offspring, consumed the sacrificial remnants, granted villages, land endowments, and the like to brahmins, and performed the concluding ablution with his hundred wives, his returning to his capital city; there, through the power of Hanumatkuṇḍa, that Dharmasakha's obtaining a hundred sons through his hundred wives; then, at the end of his life, King Dharmasakha's coming to Hanumatkuṇḍa and performing austerity; then his attainment of the realm of Vaikuṇṭha; the performance of the father's funeral rites by his son Sucandra; description of all the sons, Sucandra and the rest, enjoying the happiness of kingship with fraternal affection; the māhātmya of Hanūmatkuṇḍa... 28 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.1.53.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.17) - [Next: 3.1.53.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.19) - [Up: 3.1.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.1.53.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.18) · Pramāṇa