[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) › 5.116 # Skandapurana 5.116 Skandapurāṇa 5.116 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.116.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.1) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. bhaṭṭikākhyā purā proktā yā tvayā sūtanandana .. kasmāttasyāḥ śarīrāntāddaṃṣṭrā nāgasamudbhavāḥ .. 1 .. > The seers said: / She who was called Bhaṭṭikā of old by you, O son of Sūta— / why were the fangs originating from the serpent shattered from her body? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.2) viśīrṇāḥ kiṃ prabhāvaśca tapasaḥ sūtanandana .. kiṃ vā maṃtraprabhāvaśca etannaḥ kautukaṃ param .. 2 .. > Was it the power of austerity, O son of Sūta, / or the power of mantra? This is our greatest wonder! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.3) yanmānuṣaśarīre'pi viśīrṇāstā viṣolbaṇāḥ .. nāgānāṃ tu viśeṣeṇa tasmātsarvaṃ prakīrtaya .. 3 .. > That even in a human body those \[fangs\] fierce with venom were shattered, / especially those of the serpents—therefore recount it all! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.4) . sūta uvāca .. .. sā purā brāhmaṇī bālye vartamānā piturgṛhe .. vaidhavyena samāyuktā jātā karmavipākataḥ .. 4 .. > Sūta said: / Formerly, in her childhood while dwelling in her father's house, / that brahmin woman was afflicted with widowhood through the ripening of past actions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.5) tato bālye'pi śuśrāva śāstrāṇi vividhāni ca .. devayātrāṃ pracakre'tha tīrthe snāti samāhitā .. 5 .. > Then, even in childhood, she listened to various sacred scriptures; / she undertook pilgrimages to deities and, composed in mind, bathed in the sacred ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.6) tatra kedāradevaṃ ca gatvā nityaṃ samāhitā .. prātarutthāya gītaṃ ca bhaktyā cakre tadagrataḥ .. 6 .. > Having gone there to the god Kedāra, always composed, / she rose in the morning and sang songs before him with devotion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.7) tatastadgītalaulyena pātālātsamupetya ca .. takṣako vāsukiścaiva dvija rūpadharāvubhau .. 7 .. > Then, drawn by their longing for that song, having come from Pātāla, / both Takṣaka and Vāsuki assumed the form of twice-born men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.8) sā'pi tatra mahadgītaṃ tānaiḥ sarvairalaṃkṛtam.. mūrcchanābhiḥ samopetaṃ saptasvaravirājitam .. 8 .. > She sang a great song there, adorned with all melodic patterns, / endowed with modulations, and radiant with the seven notes, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.9) yatibhiśca tathā grāmairvarṇagrāmaiḥ pṛtha gvidhaiḥ.. tataṃ ca vitataṃ caiva ghanaṃ suṣirameva ca .. 9 .. > with pauses, tone-scales, and various classes of melodic figures, / with stringed, covered, solid, and hollow \[instruments\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.10) tālakālakriyāmānavardhamānādikaṃ ca yat .. avidagdhāpi sā teṣāṃ gītāṃgānāṃ dvijāṃganā .. kevalaṃ kaṃṭhasaṃśuddhyā tābhyāṃ toṣaṃ samādadhe ..6.117.10.... > and with rhythm, tempo, action, measure, augmentations, and the like. / Though untaught in these elements of song, that brahmin woman / produced satisfaction in them purely through the purity of her throat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.12) tatastadgītalobhena sarve tatpuravāsinaḥ .. prātarutthāya kedāraṃ samāgacchaṃti kautukāt ...... kasya cittvatha kālasya nāgau tau svapuraṃ prati .. ninyurbalātsamudyamya sarvalokasya paśyataḥ.. 12 .. > Then, out of eagerness for her singing, all the inhabitants of that city / would rise in the morning and come to Kedāra out of curiosity. / But after some time, those two serpents, having raised her by force / in the sight of all the people, carried her off toward their own city. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.13) nāgarūpaṃ samādhāya raudraṃ janavibhīṣaṇam .. bhogāgryeṇa ca saṃveṣṭya pātālatalamabhyayuḥ .. 13 .. > Assuming their terrible serpent form that terrified people, / and wrapping her with the tip of their coils, they went down to the depths of Pātāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.14) atha tāṃ svagṛhaṃ nītvā procatuḥ kāmapīḍitau .. bhavāvābhyāṃ viśālākṣi bhāryā dharmaparāyaṇā .. etadarthaṃ samānītā tvaṃ pātāle mahītalāt .. 14 .. > Then, having brought her to their home, afflicted by desire, they said: / 'O large-eyed lady devoted to dharma, be a wife unto us both; / for this purpose you have been brought to Pātāla from the surface of the earth.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.15) .. bhaṭṭikovāca .. .. yattvaṃ takṣaka māṃ śāṃtāmanapekṣāṃ ratotsave .. ānaiṣīrapahṛtyāśu brāhmaṇānvaya saṃbhavām .. 15 .. > Bhaṭṭikā said: / 'Because you, O Takṣaka, have swiftly abducted and brought me, / a peaceful woman born of a brahmin line who cares nothing for the pleasure of love— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.16) mānuṣaṃ rūpamāsthāya purā māṃ tvaṃ samāśritaḥ .. kāmopahṛtacittātmā tasmānmartyo bhaviṣyasi .. 16 .. > "Assuming a human form, you formerly approached me, / your mind and heart afflicted by desire; therefore, you shall become a mortal! 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.17) yadi māṃ tvaṃ durācāra dharṣayiṣyasi vīryataḥ .. śatadhā tava mūrdhā'yaṃ sadya eva bhaviṣyati .. 17 .. > If by force you violate me, evil-doer, / this head of yours will immediately split into a hundred pieces!" 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.18) taṃ śrutvā sumahāśāpaṃ tasyāḥ sa bhayavihvalaḥ .. tataḥ prasādayāmāsa kṛtāṃjalipuṭaḥ sthitaḥ .. 18 .. > Hearing that immense curse from her, he was overwhelmed with fear; / standing with folded hands, he then sought to appease her: 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.19) mayā tvaṃ kāmasaktena samānītā sumohataḥ .. tasmātkuru prasādaṃ me śāpasyāṃto yathā bhavet .. 19 .. > "Bound by desire, I brought you here out of sheer delusion; / therefore, grant me favor so that my curse may have an end." 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.20) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ prasāditā tena takṣakeṇa dvijātmajā .. tataḥ provāca taṃ nāgaṃ bāṣpavyākulalocanā .. 6.117.20 .. > Sūta said: / Being thus appeased by that Takṣaka, the brahmin's daughter, / her eyes overflowing with tears, then spoke to that nāga: 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.21) yadi māṃ martyaloke tvaṃ bhūyo na yasi takṣaka .. tatra śāpasya paryaṃtaṃ kariṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ .. 21 .. > "If you lead me back to the mortal world, Takṣaka, / there I shall bring an end to your curse; of this there is no doubt." 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.22) etasminnaṃtare jñātvā mānuṣīṃ svagṛhāgatām .. takṣakeṇa samānītāṃ kāmopahatace tasā .. 22 .. > Meanwhile, learning that a human woman had arrived at their house, / brought by Takṣaka whose mind was afflicted by desire, 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.23) tatastasya kalatrāṇi maherṣyāsaṃśritāni ca .. tasyā nāśārthamājagmuḥ koparaktekṣaṇāni ca .. 23 > his wives, filled with great jealousy, / came with eyes red with fury in order to destroy her. 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.24) atha tāsāṃ parijñāya takṣakaḥ sa viceṣṭitam .. vāñchañchāpasya paryaṃtaṃ tatpārśvādbhayasaṃyutaḥ ..24.. > Then Takṣaka, perceiving their intention, / desiring an end to the curse and filled with fear for her safety, 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.25) vajrāṃ nāmāsmaradvidyāṃ tasyā gātraṃ tatastayā .. yojayāmāsa rakṣārthaṃ prāptā cātha bhujaṃgamī .. 25 .. > remembered the lore named Vajrā. Thereupon, to protect her, he invested / her body with it; and just then a female serpent arrived. 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.26) adaśattāṃ tataḥ kruddhā brāhmaṇasya sutāṃ satīm.. sapatnīṃ manyamānoccaiḥ śīrṇadaṃṣṭrā vyajāyata .. 26 .. > Then, enraged, regarding her openly as a co-wife, she bit / the virtuous daughter of the brahmin, and her fangs were shattered! 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.27) atha tāmapi sā kruddhā śaśāpa dvijasaṃbhavā .. dṛṣṭvā sāpatnyajairbhāvairvartamānāṃ saherṣyayā .. 27 .. > Then the brahmin-born maiden, enraged at seeing her / acting out of feelings of rivalry and full of jealousy, cursed her as well: 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.28) yasmāttvaṃ doṣahīnāṃ māṃ sadoṣāmiva manyase .. tasmādbhava drutaṃ pāpe mānuṣī duḥkhabhāginī .. 28 .. > "Because you regard me, who am blameless, as guilty, / therefore, wretched one, swiftly become a mortal woman, sharing in sorrow!" 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.29) atha tāṃ saṃgṛhītvā sa takṣako nāgasattamaḥ .. kedārāyatane tasminnardharātre mumoca ha .. 29 .. > Then that Takṣaka, best among nāgas, taking her, / released her at midnight in that sanctuary of Kedāra. 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.30) tataḥ provāca tāṃ devīṃ kṛtāṃ jalipuṭaḥ sthitaḥ .. śāpāṃtaṃ kuru me sādhvi svagṛhaṃ yena yāmyaham .. 6.117.30 .. > Then, standing with folded hands, he said to that lady: / "Virtuous one, grant an end to my curse, so that I may go to my own home." 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.31) .. bhaṭṭikovāca .. .. saurāṣṭraviṣaye rājā tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi pannaga .. bhūmau raivatako nāma bhogānāṃ bhājanaṃ sadā .. 31 .. > Bhaṭṭikā said: / "O serpent, you will become a king in the country of Saurāṣṭra / on earth, named Raivataka, an eternal vessel of worldly pleasures. 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.32) tataścaiva tanuṃ tyaktvā kṣetreṣvāśramamadhyataḥ .. saṃprāpsyasi nijaṃ sthānaṃ tatkṣetrasya prabhāvataḥ .. .. 32 .. > And then, casting off your body in the sacred fields amidst the hermitage, / you shall attain your own abode through the power of that sacred field." 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.33) .. takṣaka uvāca .. .. eṣā mama priyā kāṃtā tvayā śāpena yojitā .. yā sā bhavatu me bhāryā mānuṣatve'pi vartite .. 33 .. > Takṣaka said: / "This beloved wife of mine has been visited with a curse by you; / let her be my wife even when human life has begun. 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.34) eta tkuru prasādaṃ me dīnasya pariyācataḥ .. mā'syā bhavatu cānyena puruṣeṇa samāgamaḥ .. 34 .. > Grant this favor to me, miserable and begging: / may she have no union with any other man." 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.35) .. bhaṭṭikovāca .. .. ānartādhipatereṣā bhavitrī duhitā śubhā.. tataḥ pāṇigrahaṃ prāpya bhāryā tava bhaviṣyati..35.. > Bhaṭṭikā said: / "She will become the auspicious daughter of the ruler of Ānarta; / then, having attained marriage, she will be your wife. 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.36) kṣemaṃkarīti vikhyātā rūpayauvanaśālinī .. tvayā sārdhaṃ bahūnbhogānbhuktvā'tha pṛthivītale.. paraloke punastvāṃ vai cānuyāsyati śobhanā .. 36.. > Renowned as Kṣemaṃkarī, endowed with beauty and youth, / after enjoying many pleasures together with you on the surface of the earth, / the fair one will indeed follow you again to the other world." 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.37) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ ca sa tayā proktaḥ kṣamyatāmiti sādaram .. praṇipatya jagāmā'tha nijaṃ sthānaṃ praharṣitaḥ ..37.. > Sūta said: / Being thus addressed by her, saying respectfully, "Forgive me," / he bowed down and then went to his own abode, delighted. 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.38) sā'pi prāpte niśāśeṣe kedārasya puraḥ sthitā .. punaścakre ca tadgītaṃ śrutisaukhyakaraṃ param..38.. > She too, when the end of the night arrived, stood before Kedāra / and sang that song again, supremely delightful to the ear. 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.39) atha tasya samāyātāḥ kedārasya didṛkṣavaḥ.. punaḥ kedārabhaktyāḍhyā brāhmaṇāḥ śataśaḥ param ..39.. > Then hundreds of brahmins, filled with intense devotion to Kedāra / and wishing to see Kedāra, arrived there. 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.40) te tāṃ dṛṣṭvā samāyātāṃ bhaṭṭiṃkāṃ tāṃ dvijodbhavām .. vismayena samāyuktāḥ papracchustadanaṃta ram..6.117.40... > Seeing that Bhaṭṭikā, born of a brahmin, who had arrived, / filled with astonishment, they immediately questioned her: 40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.40\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.40_1) ko'sau brāhmaṇarūpeṇa nāgaḥ prāptaḥ suśobhane .. tena tvaṃ kutra nītāsi kimarthaṃ ca vadasva naḥ..4... > "O beautiful lady, who was that nāga who came in the form of a brahmin? / Where were you taken by him, and why? Tell us! 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.42) kasmātpunaḥ pramuktā'si sarvaṃ vada yathātatham.. atra naḥ kautukaṃ jātaṃ sumahattava kāraṇāt..42.. > Why have you been released again? Tell everything as it happened! / A very great curiosity has arisen in us concerning you." 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.43) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tataḥ sā kathayāmāsa sarvaṃ takṣakasaṃbhavam .. vṛttāṃtaṃ nāgasaṃbhūtaṃ śāpānugrahajaṃ tathā .. 43 .. > Sūta said: / Then she related everything that had happened with Takṣaka, / the entire episode concerning the nāga, and the origin of the curses and the favors. 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.44) etasminnaṃtare prāptaṃ sarvaṃ tasyāḥ kuṭumbakam .. rorūyamāṇaṃ duḥkhārtaṃ śrutvā tāṃ tatra cāgatām .. 44 .. > Meanwhile, her entire family arrived, / weeping piteously and stricken with grief, having heard that she had returned there. 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.45) atha sā jananī tasyā vāṣpa paryākulekṣaṇā .. sasvaje tāṃ tathā cānyāḥ sakhyaḥ snigdhena cetasā .. 45 .. > Then her mother, her eyes overcome with tears, / embraced her, as did the other female friends with affectionate hearts. 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.46) tato ninyurgṛhaṃ svaṃ ca śṛṇvaṃtaśca muhurmuhuḥ .. nāgalokodbhavāṃ vārtāṃ visya yāviṣṭacetasaḥ .. 46 .. > Then, their minds filled with astonishment, hearing repeatedly / the news of what had happened in the world of nāgas, they took her to their own home. 46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.47) atha tatra pure paurāḥ sarve procuḥ parasparam .. ayuktaṃ kṛtametena brāhmaṇena durātmanā .. 47 .. > Then all the citizens in that city said to one another: / "An improper deed has been done by this wicked brahmin, 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.48) yadānītā sutaruṇī paraharmyoṣitā tayā? .. anyeṣāmapi viprāṇāṃ saṃti nāryo hyanekaśaḥ .. 48 .. > in that a young daughter who dwelt in another's mansion was brought back by him! / There are indeed numerous women belonging to other brahmins too— 48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.49) taruṇyo rūpavatyaśca vaidhavyena samanvitāḥ .. tāsāmapi ca sarvāsāmeṣa nyāyo bhaviṣyati .. yonisaṃkarajo nūnaṃ tasmānnirvāsyatāmiti .. 49 .. > young, beautiful, and afflicted with widowhood. / This will become the precedent for all of them as well, / undoubtedly giving rise to miscegenation; therefore, let him be exiled!" 49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.50) ekībhūya tataḥ sarve brāhmaṇaṃ taṃ dvijottamāḥ .. sāmapūrvamidaṃ vākyaṃ procuḥ śāstra samudbhavam .. 6.117.50 .. > Then all those excellent brahmins gathered together / and spoke these concilatory words rooted in the scriptures to that brahmin: 50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.51) eṣā tava sutā vipra taruṇī rūpasaṃyutā .. sānurāgeṇa nāgeṇa pātāle ca samāhṛtā .. 51 .. > "This daughter of yours, O brahmin, is young and endowed with beauty; / she was carried away to Pātāla by an impassioned nāga. 51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.52) tadvakṣyati pramuktāhaṃ nirdoṣā tena rāgiṇā .. na śraddhāṃ yāti loko'yaṃ śuddhaiṣā samudāhṛtā 52 .. > Though she will say, 'I was released faultless by that passionate one,' / this world will not believe it, even if she is declared pure. 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.53) tasmācchuddhiṃ dvijedrāṇāṃ prayacchatu dvijottama .. yenānyeṣāmapi prājña vinaśyaṃti na yoṣitaḥ .. 53 .. > Therefore, O best of brahmins, offer proof of purification to the lords of the twice-born, / so that, wise one, the women of others may not be ruined." 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.54) bāḍhamityeva sa proktvā tatastāṃ vijane sutām .. papraccha yadi te doṣaḥ kaścidasti prakīrtaya.. 54 .. > Saying, "So be it," he then questioned his daughter in private: / "If there is any fault in you, speak out! 54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.55) no cetprayaccha saṃśuddhiṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ pratuṣṭaye .. 55 .. > If not, provide proof of purification for the satisfaction of the brahmins." 55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.56) .. bhaṭṭikovāca .. .. yuktamuktaṃ tvayā tāta tathānyairapi ca dvijaiḥ .. yuktā syādyoṣitaḥ śuddhirdvārātikramaṇādapi.. .. .. 56 .. > Bhaṭṭikā said: / "What you have said is proper, father, and so also what was said by the other brahmins. / Purification is proper for a woman merely from crossing the threshold, 56 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.57) kiṃ punaḥ paradeśaṃ ca gatāyā rāgiṇā saha .. tasmādahaṃ na saṃdehaḥ prātaḥ snātā hutāśanam .. 57 .. > how much more for one who has gone to another land with an impassioned man! / Therefore, having bathed in the morning, beyond doubt, I \[shall enter\] the fire..." 57 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.58) praviśya sarvaviprāṇāṃ śuddhiṃ dāsyāmya saṃśayam .. ahamatra ca pānaṃ ca yaccānyadapi kiṃcana .. prāśayiṣyāmi saṃprāpya śuddhiṃ caiva hutāśanāt .. 58 .. > "Entering \[the fire\], I will give proof of purity beyond doubt to all the brahmins. / Here, after attaining purity from the fire, / I will cause \[them\] to take food and whatever else \[they desire\]." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.59) evamuktastayā so'tha harṣeṇa mahatānvitaḥ .. prātarutthāya dārūṇi purabāhye nyayojayat .. 59 .. > Addressed thus by her, he then was filled with great joy. / Having risen in the morning, he arranged firewood outside the city. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.60) bhaṭṭikā'pi tataḥ snātvā śuklāṃbaradharā śuciḥ .. sarvaiḥ parijanaiḥ sārdhaṃ tathā nija kuṭuṃbakaiḥ .. 6.117.60 .. > Then Bhaṭṭikā too, having bathed, wearing white garments, pure, / together with all her attendants and her own family, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.61) prasannavadanā hṛṣṭā viṣṇudhyānaparāyaṇā .. jagāma tatra yatrāste sumahāndāruparvataḥ .. 61 .. > cheerful-faced, joyful, devoted to meditation on Viṣṇu, / went there where that immense mountain of wood stood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.62) tato vahniṃ samādhāya svayaṃ tatra dvijottamāḥ.. pradakṣiṇātrayaṃ kṛtvā prāha caiva kṛtāṃjaliḥ .. 62 . > Then, O best of brahmins, after kindling the fire herself there, / having circumambulated it thrice, she spoke with joined palms: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.63) yadi me'sti kvaciddoṣaḥ kāmajo'lpo'pi gātrake .. kṛto vā'pi balāttena takṣakeṇa durātmanā .. 63 .. > "If there is any fault born of desire anywhere in my body, even the slightest, / or one committed by force by that wicked Takṣaka, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.64) anyenāpi ca kenāpi bhaviṣyatyathavā paraḥ .. tasmātpradahatu kṣipraṃ samiddho'yaṃ hutāśanaḥ .. 64 > or if another \[fault\] by any other person should exist, / therefore let this kindled fire burn me quickly!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.65) evamuktvā'tha sā sādhvī praviṣṭā nijaharmyavat .. susamiddho huto vahnirjāto jalamayaḥ kṣaṇāt .. 65 .. > Having spoken thus, that virtuous woman then entered as if into her own mansion. / The well-kindled fire offering instantly became composed of water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.80) sā ca paśyati cātmānaṃ jalamadhyagatāṃ śubhā .80 > and the auspicious woman saw herself standing in the midst of water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.80\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.80_2) papātā'tha mahāvṛṣṭiḥ kusumānāṃ nabhastalāt .. 66 .. > Then a great rain of flowers fell from the sky. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.80\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.80_3) devadūto vimānastha idaṃ vākyamuvāca ha .. śuddhāsi tvaṃ mahābhāge cāritrai rnijagātrajaiḥ .. 67 .. > A messenger of the gods, seated in an aerial chariot, spoke these words: / "You are pure, O highly fortunate one, by your conduct born of your own body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.80\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.80_4) na tvayā sadṛśī cānyā kācinnārī bhaviṣyati .. tisraḥ koṭyordhakoṭī ca yāni lomāni mānuṣe .. prabhavaṃti mahābhāge sarvagātreṣu sarvadā .. 68 . > No other woman will ever be equal to you. / The three and a half crores of hairs that / exist on all the limbs of a human being at all times, O highly fortunate one— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.80\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.80_5) teṣāṃ madhye na te sādhvi pāpamekamapi kvacit . tasmācchīghraṃ grahaṃ gaccha nijaṃ bāṃdhavasaṃyutā .. 69 .. > among them, O virtuous woman, you do not have even a single sin anywhere. / Therefore go quickly to your own house accompanied by your kinsmen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.80\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.80_6) kuru kṛtyāni puṇyāni samārādhaya keśavam .. etaccaiva citeḥ sthānaṃ tvadīyaṃ jalapūritam .. 6.117.70 .. > Perform meritorious deeds; worship Keśava. / And this place of your funeral pyre, filled with water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.80\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.80_7) tava nāmnā suvikhyātaṃ tīrthaṃ loke bhaviṣyati .. ye'tra snānaṃ kariṣyaṃti śayane bodhane hareḥ .. 71 .. > shall become a sacred ford well-known in the world by your name. / Those who take a ritual ablution here on the sleeping and waking \[days\] of Hari, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.80\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.80_8) te yāsyaṃti parāṃ siddhiṃ duṣprāpyā yā'marairapi .. uktvaivaṃ viratā vāṇī devadūtasamudbhavā .. 72 .. > they shall attain the supreme perfection, which is difficult even for the immortals to achieve." / Having spoken thus, the voice arising from the messenger of the gods ceased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.80\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.80_9) bhaṭṭikā tu tato hṛṣṭā praṇamya janakaṃ nijam .. nāhaṃ gṛhaṃ gamiṣyāmi kiṃ kariṣyāmyahaṃ gṛhe .. 73 .. > Then Bhaṭṭikā, overjoyed, bowed to her father \[and said\]: / "I will not go home; what shall I do at home? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.80\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.80_10) atraivārādhayiṣyāmi nijatīrthe sadā'cyu tam .. tathā tapaḥ kariṣyāmi bhikṣānnakṛtabhojanā .. 74 .. > Right here at my own sacred ford I will always worship Acyuta, / and I will practice austerity, taking food gained by begging alms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.80\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.80_11) tasmāttāta gṛhaṃ gaccha sthitā'haṃ cāgra saṃśraye .. 75 .. > Therefore, father, go home; I shall remain dwelling in front." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.80\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.80_12) tataḥ sa janakastasyāste vā'pi puravāsinaḥ .. saṃprahṛṣṭā gṛhaṃ jagmuḥ śaṃsatastāṃ pṛthakpṛthak .. 76 .. > Then her father as well as those citizens, / greatly delighted, went home, praising her each in their own way. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.80\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.80_13) tayā traivikramī tatra pratimā prāgvinirmitā .. paścānmāheśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ kṛtvā prāsādamuttamam .. 77 .. > By her an image of Trivikrama was first fashioned there; / afterward, having made an excellent temple \[and\] a liṅga of Maheśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.80\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.80_14) tataḥ paraṃ tapaścakre bhikṣānnakṛtabhojanā .. śasyamānā janaiḥ sarvaiścamatkārapurodbhavaiḥ .. 78 .. > she then performed supreme austerity, taking food gained by begging alms, / praised by all the people originating from the city of Camatkāra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.80\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.80_15) .. sūta uvāca .. .. etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭo'smi dvijottamāḥ .. yathā tasyā dṛḍhaṃ kāyamabhedyaṃ saṃsthitaṃ sadā .. 79 .. > Sūta said: / All this has been related to you, since I was asked, O best of brahmins, / how her body remained firm and impenetrable at all times, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.80\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.80_16) sarpāṇāṃ ca tathā'nyeṣāṃ śastrādīnāmapi dvijāḥ .. yaścaitatpaṭhate nityaṃ bhaṭṭikākhyānamuttamam .. nāpavādo bhavettasya kukṛto dvijasattamāḥ .. 6.117.80 .. > against serpents and likewise against other weapons and the like, O brahmins. / And whoever recites daily this excellent narrative of Bhaṭṭikā, / no ill-repute arising from misdeeds shall befall him, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.116.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116.117) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṃḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye bhaṭṭikātīrthotpattimāhātmyakathanaṃnāma saptadaśottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 117 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the one hundred and seventeenth chapter, entitled 'Narration of the origin and māhātmya of Bhaṭṭikātīrtha' in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvarakṣetra, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\], in the Skandamahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.116.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Ajitāgama](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.siva.ajita.27.129) — Sanskrit - [Vidhānamālā (Nṛsiṃha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.prayoga.sarvaprayoga.vidhanamala.120.36) — Nṛsiṃha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.116) · Pramāṇa