[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) › 5.114 # Skandapurana 5.114 Skandapurāṇa 5.114 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.114.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.1) trijāto brāhmaṇastatra kinnāmā kasya sambhavaḥ .. kiṃgotraścaiva kiṃsaṃjñaḥ kīrtayasva mahāmate .. 1 .. > “That brahmin Trijāta there—what was his name, whose son was he, / of what lineage was he, and what was his appellation? Relate \[this\], O great-minded one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.2) kiṃ kulīnairguṇāḍhyairvā tejovidyāvicakṣaṇaiḥ .. trijāto'pi varaṃ so'pi svaṃ sthānaṃ yena coddhṛtam .. 2 .. > What of those of noble family, or those rich in virtues, or those discerning in radiance and learning? / Even Trijāta was preferable, by whom his own abode was delivered.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.3) sūta uvāca .. .. sāṃkṛtyasya munervaṃśe sa saṃbhūto dvijottamaḥ .. prabhāva iti vikhyāto dattasaṃjño nimeḥ sutaḥ .. 3 .. > Sūta said: / “In the lineage of the sage Sāṅkṛti was that best of the twice-born born; / renowned as Prabhāva, the son of Nimi was given the name \[Trijāta\].” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.4) sa evaṃ sthānamuddhṛtya cakārāyatanaṃ śubham .. trijāteśvaranāmnā ca devadevasya śūlinaḥ .. 4 .. > Having thus restored the place, he built an auspicious temple / in the name of Trijāteśvara for the trident-bearing God of gods. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.5) tamārādhya divā naktaṃ samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ.. saśarīro gataḥ svargaṃ tataḥ kālena kenacit .. 5 .. > Having worshipped him day and night, fully endowed with faith, / he went to heaven in his bodily form after some time. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.6) yastaṃ paśyati sadbhaktyā snāpayedviṣuve sadā .. na trijātaḥ kule tasya kathañcidapi jāyate .. 6 .. > Whoever beholds him with true devotion and bathes him at the equinox, / in his family a trijāta is never born. // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.8) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. yāni gotrāṇi naṣṭāni yāni saṃsthāpitāni ca.. nāmatastāni no brūhi tatpuraṃ sūta nandana .. 7 .. .. sūta uvāca .. .. tatropamanyugotrā ye krauṃcagotrasamudbhavāḥ .. kaiśoryaṃ gotrasaṃbhūtāstraivaṇeyā dvijottamaḥ 8 .. > The seers said: / Which lineages were lost, and which were re-established— / tell us their names, O son of Sūta, \[along with\] that city. // 7 // / Sūta said: / There, those of the Upamanyu lineage, those born of the Krauñca lineage, / those born of the Kaiśorya lineage, \[and\] the Traivaṇeyas, O best of brahmins, // 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.9) te bhūyo'pi na saṃprāptā yathā gotracatuṣṭayam .. tatpūrvakaṃ śukādīnāṃ yannaṣṭaṃ nāgajādbhayāt .. 9 .. > those four lineages did not return again, / which, beginning with Śuka and the others, had been lost out of fear of the Nāga. // 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.10) śeṣānvaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi brāhmaṇāngotrasaṃbhavān .. kauśikānvayasaṃ bhūtāḥ ṣaḍviṃśatiśca te smṛtāḥ .. 10 .. > The remaining brahmins born in the lineages I shall describe to you: / those born in the Kauśika line are recalled as twenty-six. // 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.11) kaśyapānvayasaṃbhūtāḥ saptāśītirdvijottamāḥ .. lakṣmaṇānvayasaṃbhūtā ekaviṃśatirāgatāḥ .. 11 .. > Those born in the Kaśyapa line are eighty-seven best brahmins; / those born in the Lakṣmaṇa line who arrived are twenty-one. // 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.12) tatra naṣṭāḥ punaḥ prāptāstasminsthāne suduḥkhitāḥ .. bhāradvājāstrayaḥ prāptāḥ kauṃḍanīyāścaturdaśa .. 12 .. > Those lost there arrived again at that place, deeply grieved: / three Bhāradvājas arrived, and fourteen Kauṇḍinīyas; // 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.13) raitikānāṃ tathā viṃśatpārāśaryāṣṭakaṃ tathā .. gargāṇāṃ ca dviviṃśaṃ ca hārītānāṃ viviṃśatiḥ .. 13 .. > twenty of the Raitikas, and eight of the Pārāśaryas; / twenty-two of the Gargas, and twenty of the Hārītas; // 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.14) aurvabhārgavagotrāṇāṃ pañcaviṃśadudāhṛtāḥ .. gautamānāṃ ca ṣaḍviṃśamālūbhāyanaviṃśatiḥ .. 14 .. > twenty-five of the Aurva-Bhārgava lineage are declared; / twenty-six of the Gautamas, and twenty Ālūbhāyanas; // 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.15) māṃḍavyānāṃ triviṃśacca bahvṛcānāṃ triviṃśatiḥ .. sāṃkṛtyānāṃ viśiṣṭānāṃ pṛthaktvena daśaiva tu .. 15 .. > twenty-three of the Māṇḍavyas, and twenty-three Bahvṛcas; / of the distinguished Sāṅkṛtyas, exactly ten distinct \[families\]; // 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.16) tathaivāṃgirasānāṃ ca paṃca caiva prakīrtitāḥ .. ātreyā daśa saṃkhyātāḥ śuklātreyāstathaiva ca .. 16 .. > likewise of the Āṅgirasas, five are proclaimed; / ten Ātreyas are counted, and likewise \[ten\] Śuklātreyas; // 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.16\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.16_1) vātsyāḥ pañca samākhyātāḥ kautsāśca nava sapta vai .. śāṃḍilyā bhārgavāḥ pañca maudgalyā viṃśatiḥ smṛtāḥ ...7.. > five Vātsyas are proclaimed, and nine \[and\] seven Kautsas; / five Śāṇḍilya-Bhārgavas, and twenty Maudgalyas are remembered; // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.16\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.16_2) baudhāyanāḥ kauśalāśca triṃśanmātrāḥ prakīrtitāḥ .. atharvāḥ paṃcapaṃcāśanmaunasāḥ saptasaptatiḥ ...8.. > Baudhāyanas and Kauśalas are declared to be thirty only; / fifty-five Atharvas, and seventy-seven Maunasas; // 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.19) yājuṣāstriṃśatiḥ khyātāścyāvanāḥ sapta viṃśatiḥ .. āgastyāśca trayastriṃśajjaimineyā daśaiva tu .. 19.. > thirty Yājuṣas are renowned, and twenty-seven Cyāvanas; / thirty-three Āgastyas, and ten Jaimineyas; // 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.19\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.19_3) naivṛtāḥ paṃcapaṃcāśatpāṭhīnāḥ saptatirdvijāḥ .. gobhilāścāpi kākvāśca paṃcapaṃca dvijāḥ smṛtāḥ ..2... > fifty-five Naivṛtas, and seventy Pāṭhīna brahmins; / five Gobhilas, and five Kākva brahmins are remembered; // 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.21) auśanasāśca dāśārhāstrayastraya udāhṛtāḥ .. lokākhyānāṃ tathā ṣaṣṭiraiṇiśānāṃ dvisaptatiḥ ..21... > three Auśanasas, and three Dāśārhas are declared; / sixty of those called Lokākhya, and seventy-two Aiṇiśas; // 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.22) kāpiṣṭhalāḥ śārkarākhyā dattākhyāḥ saptasaptatiḥ .. śārkavānāṃ śataṃ proktaṃ dārjyānāṃ saptasaptatiḥ..22.. > seventy-seven of the Kāpiṣṭhalas, Śārkaras, and Dattas; / one hundred of the Śārkavas are declared, and seventy-seven Dārjyas; // 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.23) kātyāyanyāstrayo'dhiṣṭhā vaidiśāśca trayaḥ smṛtāḥ .. kṛṣṇātreyāstathā paṃca dattātreyā stathaiva ca ..23.. > three settled Kātyāyanīs, and three Vaidiśas are remembered; / five Kṛṣṇātreyas, and likewise \[five\] Dattātreyas; // 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.24) nārāyaṇāḥ śaunakeyā jābālāḥ śatasaṃkhyayā .. gopālā jāmadanyāśca śālihotrāśca karṇikāḥ ..24.. > one hundred in number of Nārāyaṇas, Śaunakeyas, and Jābālas; / Gopālas, Jāmadagnyas, Śālihotras, and Karṇikas; // 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.25) bhāgurāyaṇakāścaiva mātṛkāstraiṇavāstathā.. sarve te brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ krameṇa dvijasattamāḥ ..25.. > and Bhāgurāyaṇakas, Mātṛkas, and Traiṇavas— / all these foremost brahmins, in order, best of brahmins. // 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.26) eteṣāmeva sarveṣāṃ satkārāya dvijotamāḥ .. catvāriṃśattathāṣṭau ca purā proktāḥ svayaṃbhuvā ..26.. > For the honour of all these alone, O best of brahmins, / forty-eight \[rules\] were anciently spoken by the self-manifest \[Brahmā\]. // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.27) te sarve ca pṛthaktvena nirdiṣṭāḥ padmayoninā .. saṃdhyātarpaṇakṛtyāni vaiśvadevodbhavāni ca .. śrāddhāni pakṣakṛtyāni pitṛpiṃḍāṃstathaiva ca ..27.. > All of them were separately assigned by the lotus-born \[Brahmā\]: / rites of twilight worship and water-offerings, rites born of the Vaiśvadeva, / śrāddhas, rites of the lunar fortnights, and ancestor-balls; // 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.28) yajñopavītasaṃyuktāḥ pravarāścaiva kṛtsnaśaḥ .. tathā mauṃjīviśeṣāśca śikhābhedāḥ prakīrtitāḥ .. 28 .. > along with the sacred thread, and all the ancestral invocations in full, / as well as the particular girdles of muñja-grass and the distinct tufts of hair are proclaimed. // 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.29) trijātena samārādhya devadevaṃ pitāmaham .. teṣāṃ kṛtvā dvijedrāṇāmātmakīrtikṛte tadā .. 29 .. > Having worshipped the God of gods, the Grandfather, / the trijāta, for his own renown, then made \[these rules\] for those lords of brahmins. // 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.30) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. kathaṃ santoṣito brahmā trijātena mahātmanā .. karmakāṃḍaṃ kathaṃ bhinnaṃ kṛtaṃ tena mahātmanā .. sarvaṃ vistarato brūhi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ .. 30 .. > The seers said: / How was Brahmā pleased by the great-souled trijāta? / How was the division of ritual actions made by that great-souled one? / Tell everything in full, for our curiosity is great. // 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.31) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tasyārthe brāhmaṇaiḥ sarvaistoṣitaḥ prapitāmahaḥ .. anenaivoddhṛtaṃ sthānamasmākaṃ sakalaṃ vibho .. 31 .. > Sūta said: / For his sake, the Great-Grandfather was pleased by all the brahmins \[saying\]: / 'By him alone our entire abode was restored, O all-pervading Lord. // 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.32) tasmādasya vibho yaccha vedajñānamanutamam .. yena karmaviśeṣāśca jāyate'tra purottame .. 32 .. > Therefore, O all-pervading Lord, give him unsurpassed knowledge of the Veda, / by which the particular rituals may arise here in this best of cities; // 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.33) etasya ca gurutvaṃ ca prasādāttava padmaja .. yathā bhavati deveśa tayā nītirvidhīyatām .. 33 .. > and so that by your favour, O lotus-born one, he may become a preceptor, / O Lord of gods, let such a rule be established.' // 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.34) brahmā dadau tatastasya maṃtragrāmamanuttamam .. yena vijñāyate sarvaṃ vedārtho yajñakarma ca .. 34 .. > Then Brahmā gave him the unsurpassed collection of mantras, / by which all the meaning of the Veda and sacrificial rituals are known. // 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.35) tataḥ provāca tānsarvānprahaṣṭenātarātmanā .. eṣa vedārthasaṃpanno bhaviṣyati mahāyaśāḥ .. 35 .. > Then he said to them all, with his inner self deeply delighted: / 'This renowned one will be endowed with the meaning of the Veda. // 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.35\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.35_4) bhartṛyajña iti khyāto yajñakarmavicakṣaṇaḥ .. yadeva vakti yuṣmākaṃ kriyākāṃḍamaśaṃkitaiḥ .. 3 .. > Known as Bhartṛyajña, skilled in sacrificial rituals, / whatever division of rituals he tells you, unhesitatingly, // 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.37) tatkāryaṃ svargamokṣāya mama vākyātprabodhitaiḥ .. vedārthāneṣa sarveṣāṃ yuṣmākaṃ yojayiṣyati .. 37 .. > that must be done for heaven and liberation, enlightened by my word. / He will adapt the meanings of the Veda for all of you. // 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.38) ye cānyeṣu ca deśeṣu sthāneṣu ca gatāḥ kvacit .. etatsthānaṃ parityajya satyametadvijottamāḥ .. 38 .. > And for those who went to other countries and places anywhere, / having left this place—this is the truth, O best of brahmins. // 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.39) vedasthāne ca buddhyaiṣa yatkarma pracariṣyati .. nānṛte vātha pāpe ca vāṇī cāsya cariṣyati .. 39 .. > Whatever rite he performs through understanding of the seat of the Veda, / his speech will never proceed into falsehood or sin.' // 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.40) evamuktvā sa deveśo virarāma pitāmahaḥ .. bhartṛyajño'pi tāḥ sarvāścakre yajñakriyāḥ śubhāḥ .. 6.115.40 .. > Having spoken thus, the Lord of gods, the Grandfather, fell silent. / Bhartṛyajña too performed all those auspicious sacrificial rituals, // 40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.41) brāhmaṇānāṃ hitārthāya śrutyarthaṃ tasya kevalam .. daśapramāṇāḥ saṃproktāḥ sarve te brāhmaṇottamāḥ .. 41 .. > for the welfare of the brahmins, solely for the meaning of revelation. / All those foremost brahmins are proclaimed to be of ten authorities. // 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.42) catuḥṣaṣṭiṣu gotreṣu hyevaṃ te brāhmaṇottamāḥ .. tena tatra samānītāstrijātena mahātmanā .. 42 .. > Thus in sixty-four lineages, those foremost brahmins / were brought together there by that great-souled trijāta. // 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.43) teṣāmekatra jātāni daśapaṃcaśatāni ca .. sāmānya bhogamokṣāṇi tāni tena kṛtāni ca .. 43 .. > There arose fifteen hundred \[brahmins\] united together, / and common enjoyment and liberation were established for them by him. // 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.44) aṣṭaṣaṣṭivibhāgena pūrvamāyuvyayodbhavam .. tatrāsīdatha gotre ca puruṣāṇāṃ prasaṃkhyayā .. 44 .. > By a division of sixty-eight, there previously was the expenditure of lifespan; / there, and in the lineage, according to the count of men, // 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.45) tataḥ prabhṛti sarveṣāṃ sāmānyena vyavasthitam .. trijātasya ca vākyena yena dūrādapi drutam .. 45 .. > from that time forth, it was established in common for all, / by the word of the trijāta, through which \[they came\] swiftly even from afar. // 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.46) samāgacchaṃti viprendrāḥ puravṛddhiḥ prajāyate .. na kaścidyāti saṃtyaktvā dausthyādanyatra ca dvijāḥ .. 46 .. > Eminent brahmins arrive and the city grows. / Nor does anyone abandon it to go elsewhere out of distress, O twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.47) tatasteṣāṃ sutaiḥ pautrairnaptṛbhiśca sahasraśaḥ .. dauhitrairbhāgineyaiśca bhūyo bhūri prapūritam .. .. 47 .. > Then it was abundantly filled again by their sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons in the thousands, / and by daughters' sons and sisters' sons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.48) tatpuraṃ vṛddhimāyāti dūrvāṃkurairiva dvijāḥ .. kāṃḍātkāṃḍātprarohadbhiḥ saṃkhyāhīnairanekadhā .. 48 .. > That city keeps expanding, O twice-born, like shoots of dūrvā grass / sprouting node by node in countless ways. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.49) .. sūta uvāca .. .. etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ gotrasaṃkhyānakaṃ śubham .. ṛṣīṇāṃ kīrtanaṃ cāpi sarvapātakanāśanam .. 49 .. > Sūta said: / All this auspicious enumeration of gotras has been told to you, / as well as the recitation of the seers, which destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.50) yaścaitatpaṭhate nityaṃ śṛṇuyādvā prabhaktitaḥ .. na syāttasya kulacchedaḥ kadācidapi bhūtale .. 6.115.50 .. > Whoever constantly recites or hears this with great devotion / shall never suffer the extinction of his lineage on this earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.51) tathā vimucyate pāpairājanmamaraṇodbhavaiḥ .. na paśyati viyogaṃ ca kadācitpriyasaṃbhavam .. 51 .. > Likewise, he is freed from the sins born of life and death, / and he never witnesses separation from a loved one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.114.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114.115) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye'ṣṭaṣaṣṭitīrthopākhyāne bhartṛyajñakṛtayajñavidhānamunigotravarṇanaṃnāma paṃcadaśottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 115 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the one hundred and fifteenth chapter, titled "The Description of the Seers' Gotras and the Procedure of the Sacrifice Performed by Bhartṛyajña," in the Story of the Sixty-Eight Sacred Fords, within the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.114.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.114) · Pramāṇa