[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) › 3.1.53.32 # Skandapurana 3.1.53.32 Skandapurāṇa 3.1.53.32 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1.53.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.32) 28 atha sādhyāmṛtatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanam, tatprasaṃgena purūravaso rājño vṛttāntavarṇanam, tatra purūravaso rājña urvaśyā'psarasā saha samāgamaḥ, atha kālāntare samaya-pratijñābhaṅgena viyoge'tiśokākulasya tasya kurukṣetre militayorvaśyā samā- gamāpuraḥsaraputraprāptikathanapūrvakamāśvāsanam , athaikavatsarānantaraṃ nṛpasya kurukṣe-trasthapadmataṭāke punarurvaśyā saha samāgamaḥ, urvaśyā nṛpāya svasyāṃ nṛpavīryataḥ samutpannasyāyurnāmakaputrasya samarpaṇam, athaikarātraprasaṃgena tasyāmurvaśyāṃ pañcagarbha-vīryasthāpanam, tatastatsūcanayā nirantaramurvaśīlokaprāptaye purūravasā gandharva prārthanākaraṇam , tatprārthanayā saṃtuṣṭairgandharvaistasmai purūravase'gnisthālīṃ pradāya yajñārthamupadeśakaraṇam, urvaśyaprāptivaśādasaṃtuṣṭena nṛpeṇa madhyevanamevāgnisthālīṃ prakṣipya svapuraṃ prati gamanam, agnisthālīnikṣepasthāne śamīgarbhāśvatthotpattiḥ, tatastasyāśvatthasya caturviśatyāṃgulāmaraṇiṃ kṛtvā tatra nirmanthanādagnitrayaṃ samutpādya bahūnyajñānkṛtvā gandharvalokamāsādyorvaśyā saha purūravaso nṛpasya ramaṇam, atha kadācicchakrasya purato nṛtyatsamāraṃbhe parasparaṃ vīkṣya hā-syatatparayorurvaśīpurūravasostuṃburuṇā devanāṭyācāryeṇa viyogo vāṃ bhaviṣyatīti śāpapradānam, atha purūravasā śakraṃ prārthya taduktopāyacikīrṣayā bhūtalaṃ sametya dakṣiṇodadhisthagandhamādanaparvatavartisādhyāmṛtākhyatīrthe snānamātreṇa śāpānmuktvā punarurvaśīlokaṃ prati gatvorvaśyā saha ramaṇavarṇanam, sādhyāmṛtatīrthamāhātmyam 50 2 > 28. Now, description of the māhātmya of Sādhyāmṛtatīrtha. In connection with that, description of the story of King Purūravas: there, King Purūravas's union with the apsaras Urvaśī; then, in the course of time, upon separation due to a breach of condition, his being consoled by Urvaśī, met at Kurukṣetra, who, seeing him overwhelmed with intense sorrow, spoke of union preceded by obtaining a son; then, after one year, the king's reunion with Urvaśī at the lotus-pond situated in Kurukṣetra; Urvaśī's handing over to the king the son named Āyus born in her from the king's seed; then, on the occasion of a single night, the depositing of seed for five conceptions in that Urvaśī; thereafter, upon her indication, Purūravas's making a request to the gandharvas in order to obtain the world of Urvaśī forever; by the gandharvas pleased with that request, giving Purūravas a vessel containing fire and instruction for sacrifice; by the king, discontented because of not obtaining Urvaśī, throwing the fire-vessel right in the middle of the forest and going to his own city; the birth of an aśvattha tree within a śamī at the place where the fire-vessel was thrown down; then, making an araṇi measuring twenty-four aṅgulas from that aśvattha, producing the three fires by churning there, performing many sacrifices, reaching the world of the gandharvas, and King Purūravas's sport with Urvaśī; then once, at the commencement of a dance before Śakra, Urvaśī and Purūravas looking at one another and intent on laughter being given a curse by Tumburu, the celestial dance-master, saying "There will be separation between the two of you!"; then Purūravas praying to Śakra, and wishing to perform the remedy told by him, coming to the earth's surface, and by merely bathing in the sacred ford named Sādhyāmṛta situated on Mount Gandhamādana on the southern ocean, being freed from the curse, going again to the world of Urvaśī, and sporting with Urvaśī. Māhātmya of Sādhyāmṛtatīrtha. 50 2. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.1.53.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.31) - [Next: 3.1.53.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.33) - [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.3.1.53.32) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.1.53.32) · Pramāṇa