[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) › 5.105 # Skandapurana 5.105 Skandapurāṇa 5.105 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.105.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.1) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. bhūpṛṣṭhe pāṃsubhistasminpretaistaiḥ paripūrite .. yāni tīrthāni luptāni liṅgāni ca vadasva naḥ .. 1 .. > The seers said: / Tell us of those sacred fords and liṅgas that vanished / when the surface of the earth was filled with dust by those pretas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.2) .. sūta uvāca .. .. asaṃkhyātāni tīrthāni tathā liṃgāni ca dvijāḥ .. lopaṃ gatāni vakṣyāmi prādhānyena prabodhata .. 2 .. > Sūta said: / Countless sacred fords and liṅgas, O twice-born, / went to oblivion. I shall declare the principal ones; listen attentively. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.3) tatra lopaṃ gataṃ tīrthaṃ cakratīrthamiti smṛtam .. yatra cakraṃ purā nyastaṃ viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā .. .. 3 .. > The sacred ford known as Cakra-tīrtha was lost there, / where the discus was formerly deposited by the all-powerful Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.4) mātṛtīrthaṃ tathaivānyatsarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇām .. yatra tā mātaro divyāḥ kārtikeyapratiṣṭhitāḥ .. 4 .. > Likewise, another \[ford was\] Mātṛ-tīrtha, which grants all desires to mortals, / where those divine Mothers were established by Kārtikeya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.5) mucukundasya rājarṣestathānyalliṃga muttamam .. tatra lopaṃ gataṃ viprāḥ sagarasya tu bhūpateḥ .. 5 .. > The excellent liṅga of the royal seer Mucukunda, / and that of King Sagara, O brahmins, were lost there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.6) ikṣvākorvasuṣeṇasya kakutsthasya mahātmanaḥ .. ailasya candradevasya kāśirājasya sanmateḥ .. 6 .. > \[as well as the liṅgas\] of Ikṣvāku, of Vasuṣeṇa, of the noble Kakutstha, / of Aila, of Candradeva, and of the wise King of Kāśī; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.7) agniveśasya raibhyasya cyavanasya bhṛgostathā .. āśramo yājñavalkyasya tatra lopaṃ samāyayau .. 7 .. > \[the liṅgas\] of Agniveśa, of Raibhya, of Cyavana, and of Bhṛgu; / the hermitage of Yājñavalkya met with destruction there; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.8) hārītasya maharṣeśca haryaśvasya mahātmanaḥ .. kutsasya ca vasiṣṭhasya nāradasya tritasya ca .. 8 .. > \[the liṅgas\] of the great seer Hārīta, of the noble Haryaśva, / of Kutsa, of Vasiṣṭha, of Nārada, and of Trita; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.9) tathaiva ṛṣipatnīnāṃ tatra liṃgāni bhūriśaḥ.. kātyāyanyāśca śāṃḍilyā maitreyyāśca tathā purā .. 9 .. > likewise, numerous liṅgas of the wives of the seers: / of Kātyāyanī, of Śāṇḍilyā, and formerly of Maitreyī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.10) anyāsāṃ munipatnīnāṃ yāsāṃ saṃkhyā na vidyate .. tatrāścaryamabhūdanyatpūryamāṇe mahītale .. 6.106.10 .. > and of other wives of the sages, who are beyond count. / Another wonder occurred there while the surface of the earth was being filled > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.10\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.10_1) pāṃsubhī rākṣasairyaistaiḥ pretairbrāhmaṇasattamāḥ .. tadvo'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi śrotavyaṃ susamāhitaiḥ .. 10 .. > with dust by those rākṣasas and pretas, O best of brahmins; / I shall recount that to you; it should be heard with full concentration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.11) dṛṣṭvā pāṃsumayīṃ vṛṣṭiṃ muktāṃ pretaiḥ samaṃtataḥ .. mātṛvargeṇa tenātha pramuktaḥ pracuro'nilaḥ .. 11 .. > Seeing the shower of dust released on all sides by the pretas, / a fierce wind was then let loose by that group of Mothers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.13) tena pāṃsukṛtā vṛṣṭiḥ samaṃtānmathitā bahiḥ . tasyā bhūmeḥ patatyeva na kiṃcittatra pūryate .. 13 .. > By it, the shower produced by dust was churned on all sides outside; / it simply falls away from that land; nothing there is filled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.14) tataste vyaṃtarāḥ khinnā nirāśāstasya pūraṇe .. bhūtāstasya puro gatvā cukruśuḥ kuśabhūpateḥ .. 14 .. > Then those Vyantaras, dejected and despairing of filling it, / as spirits went before King Kuśa and cried out: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.19) asmābhirvihitā tatra pāṃsuvṛṣṭirmahīpate .. nīyate śatadhā'nyatra mātṛmuktena vāyunā .. 19 .. > The shower of dust caused by us there, O king, / is carried away in a hundred directions elsewhere by the wind loosed by the Mothers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.19\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.19_2) sa tvaṃ tāsāṃ vighātārthamupāyaṃ bhūpa ciṃtaya .. yena tāṃ pāṃsubhirbhūmiṃ pūrayāmaḥ samaṃtataḥ .. 16 .. > Therefore, O king, devise an expedient to counteract them, / whereby we may fill that land with dust on all sides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.19\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.19_3) teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā tataḥ kuśamahīpatiḥ .. rudramārādhayāmāsa tatkṣetraṃ prāpya saddvijāḥ .. 17 .. > Having heard their words, King Kuśa then, / having reached that sacred field, worshipped Rudra, O virtuous twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.198](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.198) tatastasya gatastuṣṭiṃ varṣāṃte bhagavānharaḥ .. provāca prārthayābhīṣṭaṃ yatte manasi vāṃchitam .. 198 .. > Thereupon, at the end of a year, the Lord Hara, having become pleased with him, / said: Ask for a boon that is desired in your heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.198\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.198_4) .. kuśa uvāca .. .. yathā saṃpūryate cāśu pāṃsubhirbhūmimaṃḍalam.. etatpretapramuktaiśca prasādātte tathā kuru .. 19 .. > Kuśa said: / By your grace, make it so that this orb of the earth is quickly filled / with the dust loosed by the pretas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.198\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.198_5) mayā pretagaṇādeva nirdiṣṭāstasya pūraṇe .. mātṛsaṃrakṣyamāṇaṃ tacchakyaṃ caitanna pūritum .. 6.106.20 .. > The hosts of pretas were directed by me to fill it, / yet being protected by the Mothers, it is not possible to fill it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.198\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.198_6) tatra rākṣasajairmaṃtraiḥ saṃti liṃgāni ca prabho .. pratiṣṭhitāni tatsparśāddarśanātsyājjanakṣayaḥ .. 21 .. > There are liṅgas there consecrated with mantras of the rākṣasas, O Lord; / from touching them or seeing them, destruction of people would occur. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.198\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.198_7) acalatvāttathā deva liṃgānāṃ śāstrasadbhayāt .. anyadutpāṭanādyaṃ ca naiva kurmaḥ kathaṃcana .. 22 .. > Because liṅgas are immovable, O God, and from true fear of the scriptures, / we do not by any means uproot them or the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.198\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.198_8) tasmālliṃgakṛto nāśo brāhmaṇānāṃ tapasvinām .. yathā na syātsuraśreṣṭha tathā nītirvidhīyatām .. 23 .. > Therefore, O best of the gods, let a policy be ordained / so that the destruction of brahmins and ascetics caused by the liṅgas may not occur. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.198\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.198_9) tataśca bhagavānrudrastāḥ samāhūya mātaraḥ .. provāca tyajyatāṃ sthānaṃ bhavatyo yatra saṃsthitāḥ .. 24 .. > Then the Lord Rudra, having summoned those Mothers, / said: Abandon the place where you reside. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.198\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.198_10) tatra pāṃsubhiravyagrāḥ kariṣyaṃti divāniśam .. pretāḥ kuśasamādeśādvṛṣṭiṃ lokahitāya ca .. 25 .. > There the pretas, without disturbance, by the command of Kuśa, / will make a shower of dust day and night for the welfare of the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.198\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.198_11) .. mātara ūcuḥ .. .. tyakṣyāmaśca tavādeśāttatsthānaṃ vṛṣabhadhvaja .. paraṃ darśaya cāsmākaṃ kiṃcidanyattathāvidham .. 26 .. > The Mothers said: / At your command we will abandon that place, O you whose banner bears a bull; / but show us another place of a similar nature, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.198\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.198_12) kṣetre'traiva nivatsyāmo yena skandakṛte vayam .. tena saṃsthāpitāścātra proktāḥ stheyaṃ sadā tataḥ .. 27 .. > where we may dwell in this very sacred field for the sake of Skanda. / By him we were established here and told, 'You must always remain thenceforth.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.198\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.198_13) tataḥ provāca bhagavāṃstasmātsthānānmahattaram .. sthānaṃ dāsyāmi sarvāsāṃ pṛthaktvena śubhāvaham .. 28 .. > The Lord then said: I will grant to all of you / a greater and auspicious abode, individually, distinct from that place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.198\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.198_14) aṣṭaṣaṣṭistu kṣetrāṇāṃ madīyānāṃ samaṃtataḥ .. saṃsthitāsti mahābhāgā yeṣu matsaṃsthitiḥ sadā .. 29 .. > Sixty-eight sacred fields of mine exist all around, / O fortunate ones, in which my presence is eternal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.198\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.198_15) aṣṭaṣaṣṭivibhāgena bhūtvā sarvāḥ pṛthakpṛthak .. teṣu tiṣṭhatha madvākyātpūjāmagryāmavāpsyatha .. 6.106.30 .. > Dividing yourselves individually into sixty-eight parts, / dwell in them at my word; you will receive foremost worship. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.198\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.198_16) tasya devasya tacchrutvā vākyaṃ tā mātarastadā .. prahṛṣṭāstatparityajya sthānaṃ skandavinirmitam .. 31 .. > Hearing that word of that god, those Mothers then, / being delighted, abandoned that abode created by Skanda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.198\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.198_17) aṣṭaṣaṣṭivibhāgena bhūtvā rūpaiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ .. aṣṭaṣaṣṭiṣu kṣetreṣu tasya tāḥ saṃsthitāḥ sadā .. 32 .. > Dividing into sixty-eight parts with various distinct forms, / they abide forever in his sixty-eight sacred fields. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.198\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.198_18) tatastābhirvinirmuktaṃ tatsarvaṃ bhūmimaṇḍalam .. pāṃsubhiḥ pūritaṃ pretairdivārātramataṃdritaiḥ .. 33 .. evaṃ tasya varaṃ dattvā bhagavānvṛṣavāhanaḥ .. jagāmādarśanaṃ paścātsārdhaṃ savargaiṇairdvijāḥ ..34.. > Then that entire circle of the earth, vacated by them, / was filled with dust day and night by untiring spirits. // Having thus granted him a boon, the Blessed Lord whose mount is a bull / then vanished from sight along with his attendants, O twice-born ones. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.198\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.198_19) kuto'pi brāhmaṇaiḥ sarvestāpasaiśca praśaṃsitaḥ .. labdhāśī prayayau tasmādayodhyānagarīṃ prati .. 35 .. > Praised on every side by all the brahmins and ascetics, / having received their blessings, he set forth from there toward the city of Ayodhyā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.198\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.198_20) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye luptatīrthamāhātmyakathanaṃnāma ṣaḍuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 106 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and sixth chapter, named 'The Account of the Māhātmya of the Lost Tīrthas,' in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.105.198\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105.198_21) avāṅkapāṭhyāṃśaḥ > Unnumbered section. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.105.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.105) · Pramāṇa