[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) › 5.103 # Skandapurana 5.103 Skandapurāṇa 5.103 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.103.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.1) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. rākṣasaistatra liṃgāni yāni bhaktyā samanvitaiḥ .. sthāpitāni ca māhātmyaṃ teṣāṃ sūta prakīrtaya .. 1 .. > The seers said: / As for the liṅgas that were established there by the rākṣasas / endowed with devotion, proclaim their māhātmya, O Sūta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.2) .. sūta uvāca .. .. teṣāṃ pūjākṛte raudrā rākṣasā balavattarāḥ .. laṃkāpuryāḥ samāyāṃti sadaiva śataśaḥ purā .. 2 .. > Sūta said: / For the sake of worshiping them, fierce, exceedingly powerful rākṣasas / would in ancient times always come by the hundreds from the city of Laṅkā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.3) āgacchanto vrajantaste mārge kṣetre ca tatra ca .. bhakṣayanti janaughāṃśca bālavṛddhāñjanānapi .. 3 .. > Coming and going on the road and there in the sacred field, / they would devour multitudes of people, even children and the elderly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.4) tataste mānavāḥ sarve pradravaṃtaḥ samaṃtataḥ .. itaścetaśca dhāvanti prāṇarakṣaṇatatparāḥ .. 4 .. > Then all those people, fleeing in all directions, / ran here and there, intent on saving their lives. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.5) tathānye bahavo gatvā hyayodhyākhyāṃ mahāpurīm .. rāmaputraṃ nṛpaśreṣṭhaṃ kuśaṃ procuḥ suduḥkhitāḥ .. 5 .. > Likewise, many others, having gone to the great city called Ayodhyā, / spoke in deep distress to Kuśa, the son of Rāma and foremost of kings: 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.6) tava pitrā samaṃ prāptāḥ pūrvaṃ ye rākṣasā nṛpa .. hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre vibhīṣaṇapuraḥsarāḥ .. 6 .. > “O king, those demons who formerly arrived with your father / in the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara, led by Vibhīṣaṇa, 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.7) saṃsthāpitāni liṃgāni caturvaktrāṇi tatra vai .. rākṣaseṃdraiḥ svamantraistaistasya kṣetrasya paścime .. 7 .. > set up four-faced liṅgas there, / in the west of that sacred field, the lords of the demons using their own mantras. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.8) tenaiva cānuṣaṃgeṇa samāgacchaṃti nityaśaḥ .. tasminkṣetre prakurvaṃti tathā lokasya bhakṣaṇam .. 8 .. > And on that very account they come continually, / and in that sacred field they devour the people. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.9) yadi vā tāni liṃgāni kaścitsaṃpūjayennaraḥ .. sadyo vināśamāyāti so'pyanartho mahānabhūt .. 9 .. > Furthermore, if any man were to worship those liṅgas, / he immediately meets destruction; that too has become a great calamity. 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.10) tasmādyadi na rakṣā naḥ kariṣyasi mahīpate .. tacchanairyāsyate lokaḥ sarvo'yaṃ saṃkṣayaṃ dhruvam .. 6.104.10 .. > Therefore, if you do not protect us, O lord of the earth, / then gradually all this world will surely perish, 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.11) tacca kṣetraṃ viśeṣeṇa yatrāgacchaṃti te sadā .. rākṣasāḥ krūrakarmāṇo mahāmāṃsasya lolupāḥ .. 11 .. > and especially that sacred field to which they constantly come— / those cruel-acting demons greedy for human flesh.” 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.12) tacchrutvā sa nṛpastūrṇaṃ svāmātyānāṃ nyavedayat .. rājyabhāraṃ tatastatra balena sahito yayau .. 12 .. > Having heard that, the king swiftly entrusted the burden of the kingdom / to his ministers, and then went there accompanied by an army. 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.13) atha prāptaṃ kuśaṃ dṛṣṭvā hataśeṣā dvijottamāḥ .. procustaṃ bhartsayitvā tu vacanaiḥ paruṣākṣaraiḥ .. 13 .. > Then, seeing Kuśa arrived, the best of the twice-born who had survived / rebuked him and said in harsh words: 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.14) kimevaṃ kriyate rājyaṃ yathā tvaṃ kṣatriyādhamaḥ .. karoṣi yatra vidhvaṃsaṃ rākṣasai rnīyate janaḥ . 14 .. > “Is a kingdom to be ruled in this manner, as you, the vilest of kṣatriyas, / rule, wherein people are led to destruction by demons? 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.15) nūnaṃ jāto na rāmeṇa bhavānrāvaṇasaṃbhavaḥ .. yenopekṣasi sarvānno rākṣasaiḥ paripīḍitān .. 15 .. > Surely you were not fathered by Rāma; you were born of Rāvaṇa, / since you neglect all of us who are tormented by demons. 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.16) satyametatpurā proktaṃ nītiśāstravicakṣaṇaiḥ .. yasya varṇasya yo rājā sa varṇaḥ sukhamedhate .. 16 .. > True is this saying uttered of old by those skilled in political treatises: / ‘The class to which a king belongs is the class that thrives in happiness.’ 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.17) tasmāttvaṃ rākṣasodbhūto rākṣasairdvijasattamān .. upekṣase tataḥ sarvānbhakṣyamāṇāṃstathāparān .. 17 .. > Therefore you are born of a demon, since you ignore the best of the twice-born / and all the others being devoured by demons. 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.18) ārtānāṃ yatra lokānāṃ doṣaiḥ pārthivasaṃbhavaiḥ .. pataṃtyaśrūṇi bhūpṛṣṭhe tatra rājā sa doṣabhāk .. 18 .. > Where the tears of afflicted people fall upon the surface of the earth / through faults originating from the ruler, there the king incurs guilt.” 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.19) .. kuśa uvāca .. .. prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ viprā na mayā jñātamīdṛśam .. rākṣasebhyaḥ samutpanno brāhmaṇānāṃ parābhavaḥ .. 19 .. > Kuśa said: / “Be gracious, O brahmins! I did not know of such / humiliation of brahmins arising from the demons. 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.20) adyaprabhṛti yaḥ kaścidvināśaṃ nīyate kvacit .. brāhmaṇo vā'thavā'nyo'pi tadbhavenmama pātakam .. 6.104.20 .. > From this day forward, if anyone anywhere is brought to destruction, / whether a brahmin or another, let that sin be mine!” 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.21) evamuktvā tatastūrṇaṃ preṣayāmāsa rāghavaḥ .. vibhīṣaṇāya saṃkruddho dūtaṃ bhayavivarjitam .. 21 .. > Having spoken thus, the descendant of Raghu, enraged, / swiftly sent to Vibhīṣaṇa an envoy who was free from fear: 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.22) gaccha dūta drutaṃ gatvā tvayā vācyo vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. rāmocitastvayā sneho mayā saha kṛto mahān .. 22 .. > “Go, messenger, and having gone quickly, say to Vibhīṣaṇa: / ‘Great affection, becoming of Rāma, was shown by you toward me, 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.23) yadrākṣasagaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ mama bhūmiṃ samaṃtataḥ .. tvaṃ kleśayasi durbuddhe māṃ viśvāsya subhāṣitaiḥ .. 23 .. > in that together with hordes of demons you afflict my land on every side, / O evil-minded one, after winning my trust with polite words! 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.24) mama pitrā kṛteyaṃ te pratiṣṭhā rākṣasādhama .. tena no hanmi te bhrātā yathā tātena śātitaḥ .. 24 .. > This position of yours was established by my father, O vilest of demons; / on that account I do not slay you, just as your brother was struck down by my father. 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.25) viṣavṛkṣo'pi yo vṛddhiṃ svayameva praṇīyate .. kathaṃ saṃchidyate so'tra svayameva manīṣibhiḥ .. 25 .. > Even a poisonous tree that one has nurtured oneself— / how could it be cut down with one's own hand by the wise? 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.26) tasmādadya dinādūrdhvaṃ yadi kaścinniśācaraḥ .. samudrasyottaraṃ pāraṃ kathaṃcidāgamiṣyati .. 26 .. > Therefore, if from this day onward any night-stalker / should in any way come to the northern shore of the ocean, 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.27) tadahaṃ satvaraṃ prāpya laṃkāṃ tava purīmimām .. sasainyo dhvaṃsayiṣyāmi tathā sarvānniśācarān .. 27 .. > then I, quickly reaching this city of yours, Laṅkā, / will destroy it with my army, along with all the night-stalkers. 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.28) tvāṃ ca baddhvā dṛḍhaiḥ pāśairnigaḍaiśca susaṃyatam .. kārāsaṃsthaṃ kariṣyāmi sadya eva na saṃśayaḥ .. 28 .. > And binding you firmly with strong cords and fetters, / I will cast you into prison at once; of this there is no doubt.’ ” 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.29) evamuktastato dūto gatvā setuṃ drutaṃ tataḥ .. dṛṣṭvā rāmeśvaraṃ devaṃ yāvadagre vyava sthitaḥ .. 29 .. > Thus addressed, the messenger went quickly to the bridge, / and as he stood before the god Rāmeśvara, having beheld him, 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.30) tāvatpṛṣṭo janaiḥ kaiścitkastvaṃ vatsa ihāgataḥ .. kena kāryeṇa no brūhi nātra gacchaṃti mānavāḥ .. 6.104.30 .. > he was asked by certain people: “Who are you, child, that have come here? / For what purpose? Tell us; human beings do not go here.” 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.31) .. dūta uvāca .. .. ahaṃ kuśena bhūpena vibhīṣaṇagṛhaṃ prati .. preṣitaḥ kāryamuddiśya tatra yāsyāmyahaṃ katham .. 31 .. > The envoy said: / “I have been sent on an errand by King Kuśa / to the abode of Vibhīṣaṇa. How shall I go there?” 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.32) .. janā ūcuḥ .. .. nātaḥ paraṃ naraḥ kaścidgantuṃ śaktaḥ kathaṃcana .. bhagnaḥ seturyato madhye rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā .. 32 .. > The people said: / “No human being can go any further than this by any means, / because the bridge was broken in the middle by Rāma of untiring deeds. 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.33) tasmādatraiva te kāryaṃ siddhiṃ dūta prayāsyati .. vibhīṣaṇakṛtaṃ sarvaṃ darśanāttasya rakṣasaḥ .. 33 .. > Therefore, O messenger, your errand will meet with success right here, / entirely accomplished by Vibhīṣaṇa, through the sight of that demon. 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.34) sarvadā rākṣasendro'sau śubhaṃ rāmeśvaratrayam .. trikālaṃ pūjayatyeva niyamaṃ samupāśritaḥ .. 34 .. > That lord of the demons always, observing a religious vow, / worships the auspicious triad of Rāmeśvaras at the three junctures of the day. 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.35) laṃkādvāre sthito yo vai setukhaṇḍe maheśvaraḥ .. prabhāte kurute tasya svayaṃ pūjāṃ vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 35 .. > At the gateway of Laṅkā, upon that section of the bridge where Maheśvara resides, / Vibhīṣaṇa himself performs his worship at dawn. 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.36) jalamadhyagataṃ yacca setukhaṃḍaṃ dvitīyakam .. tatra rāmeśvaro yaśca madhyāhne taṃ prapūjayet .. 36 .. > And in the second section of the bridge that stands amidst the waters, / he worships the Rāmeśvara who is there at midday. 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.37) enaṃ deva niśīthe ca sarvadāgatya bhaktitaḥ .. saṃpūjayenna sandehaḥ satyametatprakīrtitam .. 37 .. > And coming here with devotion, he always worships this god at midnight; / of this there is no doubt; this is declared as true. 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.38) tasmāttiṣṭha tvamavyagraḥ sthāne'traiva samāhitaḥ .. yāvadāgamanaṃ tasya rākṣasasya mahātmanaḥ .. 38 .. > Therefore, remain undisturbed and attentive in this very place / until the arrival of that great-souled demon. 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.39) tenaiva sahitaḥ paścātsvecchayā tasya mandiram .. prayāsyasi gṛhaṃ vāpi svakīyaṃ tadvisarjitaḥ .. 39 .. > Afterward, accompanied by him, you will go at your will to his mansion, / or, dismissed by him, you will return to your own home.” 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.40) atha teṣāṃ tadākarṇya sa dūto harṣasaṃyutaḥ .. bāḍhamityeva coktvātha tatra caiva vyavasthitaḥ .. 6.104.40 .. > Then, having heard their words, the messenger, filled with joy, / said ‘Very well!’ and remained right there. 40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.41) atha prāpte niśārdhe sa rākṣasaiḥ parivāritaḥ .. vibhīṣaṇaḥ samāyātastasminnāyatane śubhe .. 41 .. > Then, when midnight arrived, Vibhīṣaṇa, / surrounded by demons, arrived at that auspicious sanctuary, 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.42) vimānavaramārūḍhaḥ stūyamānaḥ samantataḥ .. rākṣasairbaṃdirūpaistairgīyamānastathā paraiḥ ..42.. > mounted upon an excellent aerial chariot, praised on all sides / by those demons acting as bards, and sung of likewise by others. 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.43) uttīrya ca vimānāgryātkṛtvā'tha triḥ pradakṣiṇām .. rāmeśvaraṃ praṇamyoccaiḥ stotrametaccakāra saḥ ..43.. > Stepping down from the foremost aerial chariot and circumambulating three times, / he bowed low to Rāmeśvara and uttered this praise aloud: 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.44) namaste devadeveśa bhaktānāmabhayaprada .. sarvataḥ pāṇipādaṃ te sarvatokṣiśiromukham .. 44.. > “Homage to you, O lord of the gods, granter of fearlessness to devotees! / Everywhere are your hands and feet; everywhere your eyes, heads, and faces. 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.45) tvaṃ yajñastvaṃ vaṣaṭkārastvaṃ caṃdrastvaṃ prabhākaraḥ .. tvaṃ viṣṇustvaṃ caturvaktraḥ śakrastvaṃ parameśvaraḥ ..45.. > You are the sacrifice; you are the vaṣaṭ exclamation; you are the moon; you are the sun; / you are Viṣṇu; you are the four-faced one; you are Indra; you are the Supreme Lord. 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495) yathā tilagataṃ tailaṃ gūḍhaṃ tiṣṭhati sarvadā.. tathā tvaṃ sarva lokeṣu gūḍhastiṣṭhasi śaṃkara .. 495 .. > Just as oil residing in sesame seeds remains hidden at all times, / so do you, O Śaṃkara, remain hidden within all worlds.” 46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_1) yathā kāṣṭhagato vahniḥ saṃsthito'pi na lakṣyate.. mūḍhaiḥ sarvatrasaṃsthopi tathā tvaṃ naiva lakṣyase..47.. > Just as fire residing in wood, though present, is not seen, / so you, though present everywhere, are not seen at all by the foolish. (47) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_2) yathā dadhigataṃ sarpirnigūḍhatvena saṃsthitam.. carācareṣu bhūteṣu tathā tvaṃ deva saṃsthitaḥ ..48.. > Just as ghee residing in curd exists in a hidden manner, / so you, O God, abide in all moving and unmoving beings. (48) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_3) yathā jalaṃ dharāpṛṣṭhātkhanannāpnoti mānavaḥ .. tathā tvāṃ pūjayannityaṃ mokṣamāpnotyasaṃśayam .. 49 .. > Just as a man digging into the surface of the earth obtains water, / so one who constantly worships you obtains liberation, without a doubt. (49) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_4) tāvacca durlabhaḥ svargastāvacchūrāśca śatravaḥ .. yāvadeva na santoṣaṃ tvaṃ karoṣi śarīriṇām .. 6.104.50 .. > Heaven is difficult to attain, and enemies are valiant, / only so long as you do not bestow satisfaction upon embodied beings. (50) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_5) tāvallakṣmīścalā nṝṇāṃ tāvadrogāḥ pṛthagvidhāḥ .. na yāvaddevadeva tvaṃ santoṣaṃ saṃprayāsyasi .. 51 .. > Fortune is unsteady for men, and various diseases afflict them, / only as long as you, O God of gods, do not attain satisfaction. (51) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_6) tāvatputrodbhavaṃ duḥkhaṃ tathā priyasamu dbhavam.. yāvattvaṃ deva nāyāsi santoṣaṃ dehināmiha . 52 .. > Sorrow caused by sons arises, as does sorrow caused by loved ones, / only so long as you, O God, are not pleased with embodied beings here. (52) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_7) evaṃ stutvā tato liṃgaṃ snāpayitvā yathāvidhi .. gandhānulepanaidivyairmardayāmāsa vai tataḥ .. 53 .. > Having thus praised \[the Lord\], he then bathed the liṅga according to rule / and rubbed it with divine fragrant unguents. (53) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_8) pārijātakapuṣpaiśca tathā santānasambhavaiḥ .. kalpapādapasaṃbhūtaistathā mandārajairapi ..54.. > With flowers of the pārijātaka, with those born of the santāna tree, / with those produced by the wish-fulfilling tree, and also with those born of the mandāra, (54) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_9) pūjāṃ cakre suvistīrṇā śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ .. divyairābharaṇairbhūṣya divyavastraistataḥ param .. 55 .. > he performed extensive worship, endowed with supreme faith; / and thereafter, adorning \[it\] with divine ornaments and divine garments, (55) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_10) sa ca gītaṃ svayaṃ cakre tālamādāya pāṇinā .. mūrchātālakṛtaṃ ramyaṃ saptasvaravirājitam .. 56 .. > he himself sang a song, keeping time with his hand, / charming, regulated by tempo and pauses, adorned with the seven notes, (56) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_11) tānayuktyā samopetaṃ grāmai rāgaiḥ svalaṃkṛtam .. evaṃ kṛtvā sa śuśrūṣā tasya devasya bhaktitaḥ .. 57 .. > accompanied by melodic phrasing, and well adorned with scales and musical modes. / Having thus rendered service to that God with devotion, (57) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_12) yāvatsaṃprasthito bhūyo laṃkāṃ prati vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. tāvaddūto'grataḥ sthitvā kuśavākyamuvāca ha .. 58 .. > just as Vibhīṣaṇa was setting out again toward Laṅkā, / the messenger stood before him and spoke Kuśa's words. (58) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_13) viśeṣatastu tenoktaṃ yattasya purataḥ purā .. atikopābhibhūtena praraktanayanena ca .. 59 .. > In particular, he conveyed what had previously been said in his presence \[by Kuśa\], / overcome with excessive anger and with blood-red eyes. (59) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_14) tacchrutvātha praṇamyoccairdūtaṃ prāha vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. kṛtāṃjalipuṭo bhūtvā vinayāvanataḥ sthitaḥ ..6.104. 60 .. > Hearing that, Vibhīṣaṇa bowed low and said to the messenger, / folding his hands in reverence and standing bowed in humility: (60) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_15) yadyevaṃ vihitaṃ rājye rāmaputrasya rākṣasaiḥ .. tannūnaṃ tanmayā sarvaṃ vihitaṃ dūtasattama .. 61 .. > “If such has been done in the kingdom of Rāma's son by the rākṣasas, / surely all of that was done by me, O best of messengers. (61) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_16) tasmānmahāprasādo me kṛtastena mahātmanā .. kuśena preṣito yastvaṃ mama mūrkhasya saṃnidhau .. 62 .. > Therefore, a great favor was done to me by that great-souled Kuśa, / who dispatched you into the presence of a fool like me.” (62) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_17) evamuktvā sa tānsarvāñchodhayāmāsa rākṣasān .. ye gatvā bhūtale martyāndhvaṃsayaṃti sadaiva hi .. 63 .. > Having spoken thus, he investigated all those rākṣasas / who, having gone to the earth, were constantly destroying mortals. (63) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_18) tatastatraiva cānīya tasya dūtasya saṃnidhau .. pratyekaṃ tānuvācedaṃ kopādaśrūṇi cotsṛjan.. 64 .. > Then, bringing them right there into the presence of that messenger, / he said this to each of them, shedding tears out of anger: (64) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_19) yaiḥ kṛto janavidhvaṃso rākṣasaiḥ sudurātmabhiḥ .. rājye kuśasya saṃprāptaiḥ prabhormama mahātmanaḥ .. .. 65 .. > “Those very evil-minded rākṣasas who have wrought the destruction of people / after entering the realm of Kuśa, my great-souled master, (65) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_20) te sarve vyaṃtarā raudrāḥ prabhavaṃtu suduḥkhitāḥ .. laṃkādvāragatā nityaṃ kṣutpipāsānipīḍitāḥ .. 66 .. > shall all become dreadful vyantara spirits, utterly miserable, / remaining constantly at the gates of Laṅkā, tormented by hunger and thirst, (66) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_21) sarvabhogaparityaktāḥ śītātapasahi ṣṇavaḥ .. śleṣmamūtrakṛtāhārā nindyāḥ sarvajanasya ca .. 67 .. > deprived of all enjoyments, enduring cold and heat, / feeding on mucus and urine, and reviled by all people.” (67) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_22) evaṃ dattvātha teṣāṃ sa śāpaṃ rākṣasasattamaḥ .. tataḥ prāha ca taṃ dūtaṃ punareva kṛtāṃ jaliḥ .. 68 .. > Having thus pronounced a curse upon them, that best of rākṣasas / then spoke again to that messenger with folded hands: (68) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_23) adyaprabhṛti no kaścidrākṣasaḥ saṃprayāsyati .. tasmādvācyo raghuśreṣṭho madvākyātsa kuśastvayā .. kṣamyatāmaparādho me yadajñānā dayaṃkṛtaḥ .. 69 .. > “From this day forward, no rākṣasa shall go there. / Therefore, you must speak in my words to that best of the Raghus, Kuśa: / ‘Forgive my offense, which was committed out of ignorance (69) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_24) rākṣasairduṣṭajātīyairmahāmāṃsasyalolupaiḥ .. kṛtaśca nigrahasteṣāṃ pratyakṣaṃ tava dūta yaḥ .. 6.104.70 .. > by wicked-born rākṣasas greedy for human flesh.’ / And the punishment that was inflicted upon them, O messenger, was before your eyes. (70) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_25) yadanyadapi kṛtyaṃ syāddaivaṃ vā mānuṣaṃ ca vā .. mama bhṛtyasya tatsarvaṃ kathanīyamaśaṃkitam .. 71 .. > Whatever other task there may be, whether divine or human, / must all be stated without hesitation to me, his servant.” (71) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_26) .. dūta uvāca .. .. yāni tatra ca liṃgāni rākṣasairnirmitāni ca .. tāni gatvā svayaṃ śīghraṃ tvamutpāṭaya rākṣasa .. 72 .. > The messenger said: / “The liṅgas that were erected there by the rākṣasas— / go there yourself at once, O rākṣasa, and uproot them. (72) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_27) etadeva paraṃ kṛtyaṃ sarvalokasukhāvaham .. sthāpitāni ca yānyeva maṃtrai rākṣasasaṃbhavaiḥ .. 73 .. > This alone is the supreme task that brings happiness to all the world. / Those very ones that were consecrated with spells originating from the rākṣasas, (73) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_28) saṃpūjitāni rakṣobhiścaturvaktrāṇi rākṣasa.. ajānanmānavaḥ kaścidyadi pūjāṃ samācaret ..74.. > and worshiped by the demons, having four faces, O rākṣasa— / if any man should unknowingly perform worship \[to them\], (74) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_29) tatkṣaṇānnāśamāyāti etaddṛṣṭaṃ mayā svayam.. etasmātkāraṇādvacmi tvāmahaṃ rākṣasādhipa .. taiḥ sthitairbhūtale liṃgaiḥ sthitāḥ sarve niśācarāḥ ..75.. > he meets with destruction that very moment; this has been seen by me personally. / For this reason, O lord of rākṣasas, I tell you: / as long as those liṅgas remain on earth, all the night-wanderers remain.” (75) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_30) .. vibhīṣaṇa uvāca .. .. mayā pūrvaṃ pratijñātaṃ rāmasya purataḥ kila .. rāmeśvaramatikramya na gatavyaṃ dharātale .. 76 .. > Vibhīṣaṇa said: / “Formerly a vow was indeed made by me before Rāma: / ‘Having crossed beyond Rāmeśvara, I must not go upon the surface of the earth.’ (76) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_31) anyacca kāraṇaṃ dūta proktamatra manīṣibhiḥ .. duḥsthitaṃ susthitaṃ vāpi śivaliṃgaṃ na cālayet .. 77 .. > Another reason has been declared in this regard by the wise, O messenger: / whether poorly situated or well situated, one must not move a Śivaliṅga. (77) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_32) tatkathaṃ tatra gatvā'tha liṃgabhedaṃ karomyaham .. svayaṃ māheśvaro bhūtvā pratijñāya ca vai svayam .. 78 .. > How then, going there, shall I split a liṅga, / having myself become a devotee of Maheśvara and having myself taken a vow? (78) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_33) tasmātprasādanīyaste madvākyātsa narādhipaḥ .. yadyuktaṃ mayā proktaṃ tattvaṃ kuru vinigraham.. 79 .. > Therefore, that king should be appeased by you with my words. / As to what was spoken by me as proper, execute that punishment.” (79) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_34) evamuktvātha taṃ dūtaṃ ratnaiḥ sāgarasaṃbhavaiḥ .. prabhūtairbhūṣayitvā'tha visasarja nṛpaṃ prati .. 6.104.80 .. > Having spoken thus to that messenger, and having adorned him with abundant / jewels originating from the ocean, he sent him back to the king. (80) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_35) atha te rākṣasāstena śaptāḥ procuḥ suduḥkhitāḥ .. kuru śāpasya mokṣaṃ naḥ sarveṣāṃ rākṣaseśvara .. 81 .. > Then those rākṣasas cursed by him, deeply distressed, said: / “Grant release from the curse to all of us, O lord of rākṣasas!” (81) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_36) .. vibhīṣaṇa uvāca .. .. nāhaṃ karomi bhūyo'pi yuṣmākaṃ rākṣasādhamāḥ. .. anugrahaṃ praśaptānāṃ vaṃcakānāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 82 .. > Vibhīṣaṇa said: / “I will not grant favor once again to you, O lowest of rākṣasas, / who have been cursed, especially being deceivers. (82) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_37) tasmātso'pi raghuśreṣṭhaḥ prasādaṃ vaḥ kariṣyati .. mama vākyāda saṃdigdhaṃ kālaḥ kaścitpratīkṣyatām .. 83 .. > Therefore, that best of the Raghus will bestow grace upon you / at my word, without doubt. Let some time be awaited.” (83) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_38) evamuktvā'tha rakṣendraḥ preṣayāmāsa satvaram .. dūtaṃ kuśamahīpasya mānuṣaṃ devapūjakam .. 84 .. > Having spoken thus, the king of the demons quickly dispatched / a human messenger, a worshiper of the gods, to King Kuśa: (84) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_39) gatvā brūhi kuśaṃ bhūpaṃ satvaraṃ vacanānmama .. eteṣāṃ matpraśaptānāṃ rākṣasānāṃ durātmanām .. anugrahaṃ kuru vibho dīnānāṃ bhojanāya vai .. 85 .. > “Go and quickly tell King Kuśa in my name: / ‘Grant favor to these wretched, evil-minded rākṣasas cursed by me, / O Lord, so that they may obtain food!’” (85) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_40) evamuktastatastena ito dūtena saṃyutaḥ .. kuśastena viniryātaḥ satvaraṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. 86 .. > Having been spoken to in this way by him, Kuśa, accompanied by that messenger / who had returned from there, set out quickly, O best of brahmins. (86) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_41) tato gatvā drutaṃ dūtaḥ kuśaṃ provāca sādaram .. praṇipatya yathā nyāyaṃ vinayāvanataḥ sthitaḥ .. 87 .. > Then, having gone swiftly, the messenger respectfully addressed Kuśa, / bowing down according to rule and standing bent in humility: (87) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_42) vibhīṣaṇo mayā dṛṣṭo deve rāmeśvare vibho .. pūjārthaṃ tatra cāyāto rākṣasairbahubhirvṛtaḥ .. 88 .. > “Vibhīṣaṇa was seen by me at the divine Rāmeśvara, O Lord; / he had arrived there to perform worship, surrounded by many rākṣasas.” (88) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_43) prokto mayā bhavadvākyamaśeṣaṃ raghunandana .. śrutaṃ tenāpi tatsarvaṃ vinayāvanatena ca .. 89 .. > Your words were spoken in full by me, O delight of the Raghus, / and he heard it all, bowed down with humility. // 89 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_44) ajānataḥ prabho tasya rākṣasaiḥ sudurātmabhiḥ .. prajaivaṃ pīḍitā bhūmau mahāmāṃsasya lolupaiḥ .. 6.104.90 .. > Without his knowledge, O lord, the subjects were thus tormented on earth / by those wicked rākṣasas who were greedy for human flesh. // 90 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_45) tacchrutvā manmukhāttena sarveṣāṃ nigrahaḥ kṛtaḥ .. yaiḥ kṛtaṃ kadanaṃ bhūmau tava pārthiva sattama .. kṛtāste vyantarā sarve pāpāhāravihāriṇaḥ .. 91 .. > Hearing that from my mouth, he punished all those / who caused devastation on earth, O best of kings; / they were all made into vyantaras, roaming about with sinful food. // 91 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_46) bhaviṣyatha tathā yūyaṃ kṣutpipāsānipīḍitāḥ .. taiḥ sarvaiḥ prārthitaḥ so'pi bhūyobhūyaḥ praṇamya tam .. 92 .. > ‘You shall become thus, tormented by hunger and thirst!’ / And he was repeatedly entreated by all of them, bowing before him: // 92 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_47) śaptāḥ sarve vayaṃ tāvatprasādaṃ kuru tadvibho .. te tenātha tataḥ proktā nāhaṃ vo rākṣasādhamāḥ .. 93 .. > ‘We have all been cursed; therefore grant favor, O lord!’ / Then they were addressed by him: ‘O lowest of rākṣasas, // 93 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_48) anugrahaṃ kariṣyāmi na dāsyāmi ca bhojanam .. kuśādeśānmayā sarve yūyaṃ pāpasamanvitāḥ .. 94 .. > I will not grant favor, nor will I provide you with food. / By the order of Kuśa, you, full of sin, // 94 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_49) nigṛhītāḥ sa yuṣmākaṃ prasādaṃ prakariṣyati .. tadarthaṃ preṣito dūtastvatsakāśaṃ mahīpate .. 95 .. > have been punished by me; he will bestow favor upon you. / For that purpose, a messenger has been sent to your presence, O king. // 95 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_50) rakṣasā tena yadyuktamakhilaṃ tattvamācara .. kiṃ vā te bahunoktena nāsti bhaktastathā vidhaḥ .. bhaktiśaktisamopeto yathā te sa vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. 96 .. > Whatever has been said by that rākṣasa, carry it out in full. / What need is there to say much to you? There is no such devotee, / endowed with devotion and power, as that Vibhīṣaṇa of yours. // 96 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_51) adyaprabhṛti no bhūmau vicariṣyaṃti rākṣasāḥ .. tasya vākyādasaṃdehaṃ tvaṃ rājansukha bhāgbhava .. 97 .. > From today onward, the rākṣasas will no longer wander upon the earth / according to his word; have no doubt, O king, be happy.’ // 97 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_52) liṃgānāṃ ca kṛte rājanvijñaptaṃ tena rakṣasā .. na mayā cātra rājeṃdra āgantavyaṃ kathaṃcana .. rāmadevasya vākyena jaṃbudvīpe na me gatiḥ .. 98 .. > ‘And concerning the liṅgas, O king, it was requested by that rākṣasa: / “I must not come here by any means, O king of kings; / by the command of the divine Rāma, I have no passage into Jambudvīpa. // 98 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_53) atra sthitasya yatkṛtyaṃ daivaṃ vā mānuṣaṃ ca vā . tavādeśaṃ kariṣyāmi yadyapi syātsuduṣkaram . 99 .. > Whatever duty there is, divine or human, for one situated here, / I will carry out your command, even if it be extremely difficult.” // 99 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_54) tasmāttena mahārāja rāmeśvaraprapūjakaḥ .. manuṣyaḥ preṣito dūto yastaṃ paśya mahīpate .. 6.104.100 .. > Therefore, O great king, a man who is a worshipper of Rāmeśvara / has been sent by him as a messenger; look upon him, O lord of the earth.’ // 100 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_55) atha tasya samādeśāḍḍhaukanīyaiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ .. sahitaḥ sa samāyāto dūto rakṣeṃdranoditaḥ .. 101 .. > Then, by his order, accompanied by various kinds of gifts, / that messenger arrived, sent by the king of the rākṣasas. // 101 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_56) dhātrīphalapramāṇānāṃ tena prasthāstrayodaśa .. mauktikānāṃ samānītāḥ kṛte tasya mahīpateḥ .. 102 .. > Thirteen prasthas of pearls measuring the size of an āmalaka fruit / were brought by him for that king. // 102 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_57) vaiḍūryāṇāṃ marakatānāṃ maṇīnāṃ ca dvijottamāḥ .. jātyānāṃ ṣoḍaśa droṇāḥ samānītāḥ sunirmalāḥ .. 103 .. > O best of the twice-born, sixteen droṇas of genuine, spotless / cat's-eye gems and emeralds were brought, // 103 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_58) agniśaucāni vastrāṇi tathā devamayāni ca .. asaṃkhyātāni vai hema jātyaṃ saṃkhyāvivarjitam .. 104 .. > along with fire-purified garments and celestial ones, / countless in number, and genuine gold beyond reckoning. // 104 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_59) tatsarvaṃ darśayitvātha kuśāya sumahātmane .. kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ paścātpraṇāmamakaroddvijāḥ . .. 105 .. > Having shown all that to the great-souled Kuśa, / and having circumambulated him, he then made an obeisance, O twice-born. // 105 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_60) eṣa pārthivaśārdūla rākṣasendro vibhīṣaṇaḥ .. praṇāmaṃ kurute bhaktyā manmukhenedamabravīt .. 106 .. > ‘This Vibhīṣaṇa, the king of the rākṣasas, O tiger among kings, / makes obeisance with devotion and has spoken this through my mouth: // 106 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_61) prasādātte pituḥ kṣemaṃ mama rājye mahī pate .. eṣa tiṣṭhāmyahaṃ nityaṃ pūjayaṃste piturharam .. .. 107 .. > “By the grace of your father, there is well-being in my kingdom, O lord of the earth. / Here I abide constantly, worshipping your father’s Hara. // 107 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_62) mama rājannavijñātairyadi taiḥ sudurātmabhiḥ .. mahītale kṛtaṃ kiṃcidviruddhaṃ kṣamyatāṃ mama .. 108 .. > If anything contrary \[to your will\] was done on earth by those wicked ones / unknown to me, O king, let it be forgiven me. // 108 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_63) ete ye rākṣasāḥ śaptāstavārthāya mayā prabho .. eteṣāṃ pretarūpāṇāṃ tvamāhāraṃ prakīrtaya .. 109 .. > These rākṣasas who have been cursed by me for your sake, O lord— / declare the food for these who have taken the form of ghosts.”’ // 109 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_64) .. kuśa uvāca .. .. mamādeśātsamāgatya te'tra liṃgāni kṛtsnaśaḥ .. pūrayaṃtu prayatnena pāṃsubhiḥ sarvatodiśam .. 6.104.110 .. > Kuśa said: / ‘Coming here by my command, let them thoroughly fill / the liṅgas on all sides with dust with effort. // 110 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_65) tatastu bhojanaṃ teṣāṃ yadbhaviṣyati bhūtale .. tadvakṣyāmi sthiro bhūtvā śṛṇu devaprapūjaka .. 111 .. > Then, what their food will be upon the surface of the earth, / that I shall declare; listen with composure, O worshipper of the deity! // 111 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_66) tulāgate sadāditye tairāgatya dharātale .. vihartavyaṃ prayatnena yāvadvṛścikadarśanam .. 112 .. > When the sun has entered Libra, they must come to the surface of the earth / and wander diligently until the sighting of Scorpio. // 112 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_67) tatra yairna kṛtaṃ śrāddhaṃ pretapakṣe narādhamaiḥ .. kanyāsthe vā ravau yāvanna tulāṃtagatirbhavet .. 113 .. > There, whatever food has been offered without a śrāddha by the lowest of men during the fortnight of the ancestors, / or while the sun is in Virgo until its course reaches the end of Libra, // 113 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_68) jvararūpaistadaṃgasthairbhakṣyamannaṃ pṛthagvidham .. mamādeśādasaṃdigdhaṃ māsamekaṃ niśācaraiḥ .. 114 .. > various kinds of food are to be consumed for one month, without doubt, by the night-roamers / abiding in their bodies in the form of fever, by my command. // 114 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_69) vidhihīnaṃ ca yairdattaṃ bhuktaṃ ca vidhivarjitam .. śrāddhaṃ vā mānuṣaiḥ sevyā jvararūpaiśca te sadā .. 115 .. > And whatever śrāddha has been given without rules or consumed without rules / by men, those men are ever to be plagued \[by the spirits\] in the form of fever. // 115 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_70) evaṃ vācyāstvayā sarve pretāste madvaco'khilam .. tasmādāgatya kurvaṃtu kārtike māsi madvacaḥ .. 116 .. > Thus all those ghosts are to be told all my words by you: / therefore, having arrived in the month of Kārtika, let them carry out my word. // 116 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_71) tathā dūta tvayā vācyo mama vākyādvibhīṣaṇaḥ .. pramādādyanmayā proktaṃ paruṣaṃ vacanaṃ tava .. 117 .. > Likewise, O messenger, Vibhīṣaṇa is to be spoken to by my words: / “Whatever harsh word was spoken to you by me through inadvertence— // 117 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_72) jānāmyahaṃ mahābhāga na te'sti vikṛtiḥ kvacit .. parikliṣṭaṃ janaṃ dṛṣṭvā mayaitadvyāhṛtaṃ vacaḥ .. 118 .. > I know, O highly fortunate one, that you have no perversity anywhere; / this word was uttered by me seeing my people afflicted. // 118 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_73) rākṣasendre sthite bhūmau tvayi jānāmyahaṃ sadā .. tiṣṭhate janako mahyaṃ rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ .. 119 .. > While you, the king of the rākṣasas, remain on earth, I always know / that my father Rāma, the best of weapon-bearers, remains \[present\].”’ // 119 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_74) evamuktvā tato dūtaṃ pūjayā māsa rāghavaḥ .. vastrairbahuvidhai ratnairnadyutthaiśca pṛthagvidhaiḥ .. 6.104.120 .. > Having spoken thus, the descendant of Raghu then honored the messenger / with many kinds of garments and various gems produced from rivers. // 120 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_75) vibhīṣaṇakṛte paścātpreṣayāmāsa rāghavaḥ .. ḍhaukanīyānyanekāni yāni saṃti ca tatra vai .. 121 .. > Afterward, for the sake of Vibhīṣaṇa, the descendant of Raghu sent / numerous gifts, whatever were available there. // 121 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_76) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ sa sukhasaṃyuktānkṛtvā sarvāndvijottamān . etatsarvaṃ dadau paścāttebhyo muktādikaṃ nṛpaḥ .. 122 .. > Sūta said: / Having thus made all the best of the twice-born happy, / the king then gave all this, pearls and the rest, to them, // 122 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_77) ḍhaukanīyaṃ tathā''yātaṃ tallaṃkāyāḥ pṛthagvidham .. śāsanāni tathānyāni gajāśvasahitāni ca .. 123 .. > and the various gifts that had arrived from Laṅkā, / as well as other royal charters along with elephants and horses, // 123 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_78) pattanāni vicitrāṇi grāmāṇi nagarāṇi ca .. yaccānyadvāṃchitaṃ yena taddattaṃ tena tasya vai .. 124 .. > wondrous towns, villages, and cities; / and whatever else was desired by anyone, that was indeed given to him by him. // 124 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_79) tataḥ kuśeśvaraṃ devaṃ vidhāya ca laveśvaram .. svāṃ tanuṃ ca mahābhāgau bhrātarau tau raghūttamau .. 125 .. > Then, having established the deities Kuśeśvara and Laveśvara / as their own forms, those two fortunate brothers, the best of the Raghus, // 125 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_80) nivedya brāhmaṇendrāṇāṃ kṛtvā vṛttiṃ yathocitām .. ayodhyāṃ nagarīṃ tūrṇaṃ kṛtakṛtyau vinirgatau .. 126 .. > having dedicated \[them\] to the best of brahmins and provided a proper livelihood, / quickly departed for the city of Ayodhyā, having accomplished their purpose. // 126 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.103.495\_81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103.495_81) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye kuśeśvaralaveśvarapratiṣṭhāvarṇanaṃnāma caturuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 104 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the one hundred and fourth chapter, entitled ‘Description of the Installation of Kuśeśvara and Laveśvara’, in the Hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmya of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection in the glorious Skandapurāṇa. // 104 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.103.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Samayapradīpa (Śrīdatta Upādhyāya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.suddhadvaita.vitthala.samayapradipa-sridatta-upadhyaya.p514) — Śrīdatta Upādhyāya, Sanskrit - [Samayapradīpa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.samayapradipa.p514) — Viṭhṭhaladīkṣita, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.103) · Pramāṇa