[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) › 5.122 # Skandapurana 5.122 Skandapurāṇa 5.122 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.122.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tathānyadapi tatrāsti śuklatīrthamanuttamam.. darbhaiḥ saṃsūcitaṃ śvetairyadadyāpi dvijottamāḥ .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Likewise, there is another unsurpassed sacred ford there, Śuklatīrtha, / indicated by white kuśa grass even today, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.2) camatkārapure pūrvamāsītkaścitsuśalyavit .. rajakaḥ śuddhakonāma putrapautrasamanvitaḥ .. .. 2.. > Formerly, in Camatkārapura, there was an expert bone-setter, / a washerman named Śuddhaka, along with his sons and grandsons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.3) sa sarvarajakānāṃ ca prādhānyena vyavasthitaḥ .. pradhānabrāhmaṇānāṃ ca karotyaṃbaraśodhanam .. 3 .. > He stood at the head of all the washermen, / and he cleansed the garments of the prominent brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.4) kasyacittvatha kālasya nīlīkuṇḍyāṃ samāhitaḥ .. prākṣipadbrāhmaṇeṃdrāṇāṃ vāso vijñātavāṃścirāt .. 4 .. > Now, at a certain time, fixed in intent, into a vat of indigo / he cast the clothing of the foremost brahmins, \[only\] realising it after a long time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.5) athāsau mandacittaśca svāmāhūyakuṭumbinīm .. putrāṃśca vacanaṃ prāha rahasye bhayavihvalaḥ .. 5 .. > Then, troubled in mind, he called his wife / and sons, and, overcome with fear, spoke these words in secret: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.6) nirmūlyāni suvastrāṇi brāhmaṇānāṃ mahātmanām .. nīlīmadhye vimohena prakṣiptāni bahūni ca .. 6 .. > "Many priceless fine garments of the great-souled brahmins / have been thrown into the indigo by delusion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.7) vadhabandhādikaṃ karma te kariṣyaṃtyasaṃśayam .. tasmādanyatra gacchāmo gṛhītvā rajanīmimām .. 7 .. > They will undoubtedly carry out punishment such as killing and binding; / therefore, taking advantage of this night, let us go elsewhere." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.8) evaṃ sa niścayaṃ kṛtvā sāramādāya maṃdirāt .. prasthito bhāryayā sārddhaṃ kāṃdiśīko dvijottamāḥ .. 8 .. > Having thus made a decision and taken the valuables from the house, / he set out with his wife, fleeing in terror, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.9) tāvattasya sutā gatvā svāṃ sakhīṃ dāśasaṃbhavām .. uvāca kṣamyatāṃ bhadre yanmayā kukṛtaṃ kṛtam.. 9 .. > Meanwhile, his daughter went to her friend, a fisherman's daughter, / and said: "Forgive me, good friend, whatever wrong action I have done, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.10) ajñānājjñānato vāpi prakrīḍaṃtyā tvayā saha .. praṇayādbālyabhāvācca krodhādvātha maherṣyayā .. 6.123.10 .. > whether unwittingly or wittingly while playing with you, / out of affection, childish nature, or through anger or great envy." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.11) atha sā sahasā śrutvā bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇā .. uvāca kimidaṃ bhadre yanmāmitthaṃ prabhāṣase .. 11 .. > Then she, suddenly hearing this, with eyes bewildered by tears, / said: "What is this, good friend, that you speak to me in this manner?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.12) .. sakhyuvāca .. .. mama tātena nīlāyāṃ prakṣiptānyaṃbarāṇi ca .. brāhmaṇānāṃ mahārhāṇi vibhrameṇa sulocane .. 12 .. > The friend said: / "My father has thrown the costly garments of the brahmins / into indigo through an error, O fair-eyed one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.13) tatprabhāte parijñāya daṃḍaṃ dhāsyaṃti dāruṇam .. evaṃ citte samāsthāya tātaḥ saṃprasthito'dhunā .. 13 .. > Therefore, when they discover it in the morning, they will inflict severe punishment; / keeping this in mind, my father has now set out. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.14) ahaṃ tavātikaṃ prāptā darśanārthamanindite .. anujñātā prayāsyāmi tvayā tasmātpramucyatām .. 14 .. > I have come to your presence to see you, O blameless one; / having been permitted by you, I shall depart; therefore, let me go." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.15) atha sā tadvacaḥ śrutvā prasannavadanā'bravīt .. yadyevaṃ mā sarojākṣi kutracitsaṃprayāsyasi .. 15 .. > Then she, hearing those words, said with a pleasant face: / "If that is so, do not go anywhere, O lotus-eyed one! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.16) nivāraya drutaṃ gatvā tātaṃ no gamyatāmiti .. asti pūrvottare bhāge sthānādasmājjalāśayaḥ .. 16 .. > Go quickly and stop your father, saying, 'We must not go.' / To the northeast of this place there is a reservoir of water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.16\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.16_1) tatraikadā vinikṣiptaṃ mama tātena jālakam .. atīvakṛṣṇakeśotthaṃ tāvacchuklatvamāgatam...7.. > Once, a net made of very black hair was cast in there / by my father, and at once it became white. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.19) tataḥ sa vismayāviṣṭaḥ svayaṃ sasnau kutūhalāt . yāvacchuklatvamāpannastādṛkkṛṣṇavapurdharaḥ .. 19 .. > Then, filled with wonder, he bathed in it himself out of curiosity; / and while he had possessed such a dark body, he became white. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.19\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.19_2) suśvetamūrdhajaḥ sadyaḥ strīṇāṃ vairāgyakārakaḥ .. tataḥprabhṛti no jñātvā kaścittatra pragacchati .. 19 .. > With hair turned bright white at once, an object of dispassion to women, / from that time forward no one, upon learning this, goes there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.20) tasmāttatraiva vastrāṇi prakṣālayatu satvaram .. tātaḥ sa tava yāsyaṃti viśuddhiṃ paramāṃ śubhe .. 6.123.20 .. > Therefore, O fair one, let that father of yours wash the clothes / there without delay; they will attain the highest purity.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.21) atha sā satvaraṃ gatvā nijatātasya tadvacaḥ .. satvaraṃ kathayāmāsa prahṛṣṭavadanā satī .. 21 > Then she quickly went and reported that advice / to her own father in haste, her face beaming with joy, the virtuous girl \[saying\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.22) mama sakhyā samādiṣṭaṃ nātidūre jalāśayaḥ .. tatra śvetatvamāyāti sarvaṃ kṣiptaṃ sitetaram ..22.. > “My friend has directed that not far away is a pool of water; / whatever is other than white, when cast in there, becomes white. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.23) tasmātprakṣālaya prātastatra gatvā jalāśaye .. vastrāṇyamūni śuklatvaṃ saṃprayāsyaṃtyasaṃśayam.. 23.. > Therefore, go to that pool in the morning and wash / these clothes; they will undoubtedly become white.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.24) .. rajaka uvāca .. naitatsaṃpatsyate putri yannīlasya parikṣayaḥ .. vastralagnasya jāyeta yataḥ proktaṃ purātanaiḥ ..24.. > The washerman said: / “This will not happen, daughter, that indigo / clinging to a garment would be eradicated; for it has been said by the ancients: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.25) vajralepasya mūrkhasya nārīṇāṃ karkaṭasya ca .. eko grahastu mīnānāṃ nīlīmadyapayostathā ..25.. > ‘The grasp of diamond-cement, of a fool, of women, and of a crab / is single, as is that of fish, and likewise of indigo and wine.’ ” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.26) .. kanyovāca .. .. tatra hyāgamyatāṃ tāvadvastraṇayādāya yatnataḥ .. toyācchuddhiṃ prayāsyaṃti tadā''gaṃtavyameva hi .. ..26.. > The maiden said: / “Come there then, having taken the clothes with care! / If they attain purity from the water, only then should we return home, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.27) bhūyo'pi maṃdire vā'tha tasmātsthānāddigaṃtaram .. gaṃtavyaṃ sakalaireva mamaitaddhṛdi saṃsthitam..27.. > or else from that place we must all go to another region; / this is what is fixed in my heart.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.28) tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā sādhusādhviti te'sakṛt .. procya bāṃdhavabhṛtyāśca rātrāveva prajagmire ..28.. > Hearing her words, saying repeatedly, “Good! Good!”, / the kinsmen and servants departed that very night, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.29) dāśakanyāṃ puraḥ kṛtvā saṃśayaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ .. vibhavena samāyuktā nijena dvijasattamāḥ ..29.. > keeping the fisherman’s daughter in front, filled with utmost doubt, / accompanied by their possessions, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.30) tataḥ sā darśayāmāsa dāśakanyā jalāśayam .. bahuvīrudhasaṃchannaṃ duṣpraveśaṃ ca dehinām .. 6.123.30 .. > Then the fisherman’s daughter showed them the pool of water, / overgrown with many creepers and difficult for embodied beings to enter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.31) tataḥ sa rajakastatra vastrāṇyādāya sarvaśaḥ .. praviṣṭaḥ salile tasminkṣālayāmāsa vai dvijāḥ .. 31 .. > Then the washerman, taking all the clothes, / entered that water, O brahmins, and washed them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.32) atha tāni suvastrāṇi mecakābhāni tatkṣaṇāt .. jātāni sphaṭikābhāni tatkṣaṇādeva kṛtsnaśaḥ .. .. 32 .. > Then those fine garments, dark-hued as they were, instantly / became bright as crystal at that very moment, entirely so. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.33) tatastuṣṭisamāyuktaḥ sādhusādhviti cā'bravīt .. samāliṃgya sutāṃ prāha dāśakanyāṃ ca sādaram .. 33 .. > Then, filled with satisfaction, saying “Well done! Well done!”, / he embraced his daughter and respectfully addressed the fisherman’s daughter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.34) suvastrāṇi dvijeṃdrāṇāmarpayāmo yathākramam .. 34 .. > “Let us deliver the fine clothes to the lords of brahmins in proper order.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.35) tataḥ sa svagṛhaṃ gatvā tāni vastrāṇi kṛtsnaśaḥ .. yathākrameṇa saṃhṛṣṭaḥ pradadau dvijasattamāḥ .. 35 .. > Then, going to his own house, he, rejoiced, / gave back all those clothes in proper order, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.36) atha te brāhmaṇā dṛṣṭvā tāṃ śuddhiṃ vastrasaṃbhavām .. taṃ ca śvetīkṛtaṃ cedṛgrajakaṃ vismayānvitāḥ .. 36 .. > Then those brahmins, seeing that cleanliness of the garments / and such a washerman turned white, were filled with astonishment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.37) papracchuḥ kimidaṃ citraṃ vastramūrdhajasaṃbhavam .. anaupamyaṃ ca saṃjātaṃ vadasva yadi manyase .. 37 .. > They asked: “What is this wondrous thing concerning the clothes and \[your\] hair? / An incomparable thing has occurred; tell us, if you please.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.38) .. rajaka uvāca .. .. etāni viprā vastrāṇi mayā kṣiptāni mohataḥ .. nīlīmadhye suvastrāṇi vinaṣṭāni ca kṛtsnaśaḥ .. .. 38 .. > The washerman said: / “O brahmins, through delusion these fine garments were thrown by me / into the indigo, and were completely ruined. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.39) tato bhayaṃ mahadbhūtaṃ kuṭumbena samanvitaḥ .. calito rajanīvaktre digaṃte brāhmaṇottamāḥ .. 39 .. > Then great fear arose, and together with my family / I set out at nightfall for a distant quarter, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.40) athaiṣā tanayā'smākaṃ gatā nijasakhīṃ prati .. dāśātmajāṃ suduḥkhārtā punardarśanalālasā .. 6.123.40 .. > Then this daughter of ours, deeply stricken with grief, / went to her friend, the fisherman's daughter, eager to see her again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.41) tayā sarvamabhiprāyaṃ jñātvā me duḥkhahetukam .. tataḥ saṃdarśayāmāsa sthitāgre svajalāśayam .. 41 .. > Having learned from her all the intention and the cause of my grief, / she, standing before her, then showed her own pool of water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.42) tasminprakṣiptamātrāṇi vastrāṇīmāni tatkṣaṇāt .. īdṛgvarṇāni jātāni vismayasya hi kāraṇam .. 42 .. > The moment these garments were thrown into it, / they instantly took on such a colour, truly a cause for wonder! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.43) tathā me mūrdhajāḥ kṛṣṇāstatra snātasya tatkṣaṇāt .. paraṃ śuklatvamāpannā etatproktaṃ mayā sphuṭam .. 43 .. > Likewise, my dark hair, as I bathed there, instantly / attained supreme whiteness; this has been clearly told by me.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.44) evaṃ te brāhmaṇāḥ śrutvā kautūhalasamanvitāḥ .. tatra jagmuḥ parīkṣārthaṃ vikṣipya tadanaṃtaram .. 44 .. > Hearing this, those brahmins, filled with curiosity, / went there to test it, and cast in subsequently > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.45) kṛṣṇadravyāṇi bhūrīṇi keśādīni sahasraśaḥ .. sarvaṃ tacchuklatāṃ yāti tyaktvā varṇaṃ malīmasam .. 45 .. > many dark substances, hair and the like, by the thousands; / all of that turned white, shedding its dirty hue. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.46) tato vṛddhatayā ye ca viśeṣācchvetamūrdhajāḥ .. te sasnuḥ śraddhayā yuktāstaruṇāścāpi dharmiṇaḥ .. 46 .. > Then those who had white hair especially on account of old age, / and righteous youths as well, bathed there with faith. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.47) tataḥ śuklatvamāpannāstejovīryasamanvitāḥ .. bhavaṃti tatprabhāvena prayāṃti ca parāṃ gatim . 47 .. > Then, having attained whiteness, endowed with fiery energy and vigour / by its power, they reach the highest state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.48) atha tadvāsavo dṛṣṭvā śuklatīrthaṃ pramuktidam .. pūrayāmāsa rajasā mānuṣotthabhayena ca .. 48 .. > Then Indra, seeing that Śuklatīrtha which bestows ultimate liberation, / filled it with dust out of fear arising from mortals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.49) adyāpi tatra yatkiṃcijjāyate'tha tṛṇādikam .. tatsarvaṃ śuklatāmeti tattoyasya prabhāvataḥ .. 49 .. > Even today, whatever grass and the like grows there, / all of it turns white due to the power of that water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.49\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.49_3) tatrotthairyaḥ kuśaiḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute śraddhayānvitaḥ .3 > Whoever performs a śrāddha with devotion using the kuśa grass grown there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.50) śvaitaistaistārayetsarvānpitṝnnarakagānapi . 6.123.50 .. > by means of those white blades would deliver all his ancestors, even those who have gone to hell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.51) tattīrthotthāṃ mṛdaṃ gātre yojayitvā narottamaḥ .. snānaṃ karoti tīrthānāṃ sarveṣāṃ labhate phalam .. 51 .. > The best of men who, applying to his body the mud originating from that sacred ford, / takes a bath, obtains the fruit of all sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.52) yastairdarbhairnaro bhaktyā tilaiścāraṇyasaṃbhavaiḥ .. karoti tarpaṇaṃ viprāḥ sa prīṇāti pitāmahān .. 52 .. > The man who with devotion offers a tarpaṇa with that darbha grass / and with wild-grown sesamum seeds, O brahmins, gladdens the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.53) athāśvamedhātsaṃprāpyaṃ gayāśrāddhena yatphalam .. nīlasaṃjñagavotsarge tathātrāpi dvijottamāḥ .. 53 .. > Moreover, whatever fruit is obtained from a horse-sacrifice, from a śrāddha at Gayā, / and likewise from releasing a dark-coloured bull, is obtained here, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.54) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. . śuklatīrthaṃ kathaṃ jātaṃ tatra tvaṃ sūtanaṃdana .. vistareṇa samācakṣva paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ .. 54 .. > The seers said: / “How did the Śuklatīrtha come to be there? O delight of Sūta, / describe it in detail, for our curiosity is immense.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.55) .. sūta uvāca .. .. śvetadvīpaḥ samānīto viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā .. tatkṣetre kalibhītena yathā śauklyaṃ na saṃtyajet .. 55 .. > Sūta said: / “Śvetadvīpa was brought by the almighty Viṣṇu / to that sacred field, out of fear of the Kali age, so that it might not lose its whiteness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.56) kalikālena saṃspṛṣṭaḥ śvetadvīpo'pi śyāmatām .. na prayāti dvijaśreṣṭhāstatastatra niveśitaḥ .. 56 .. > Even when touched by the Kali age, Śvetadvīpa does not turn / black, O best of brahmins; therefore it was placed there.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.122.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122.123) itiśrīskāṃdemahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe śrīhāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śuklatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma trayoviṃśatyuttara śatatamodhyāyaḥ .. 123 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the one hundred and twenty-third chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of Śuklatīrtha', in the Hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmya in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\], in the glorious Skandapurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.122.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.122) · Pramāṇa