[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) › 5.126 # Skandapurana 5.126 Skandapurāṇa 5.126 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.126.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.1) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. yā sā karṇotpalānāma tvayāsmākaṃ prakīrtitā .. kiñcijjalāśrayaṃ prāpya tapastapati saṃsthitā .. tasyāḥ sarvaṃ samācakṣva yathā tapasi sā sthitā .. 1 .. > The seers said: / She who was praised to us by you, named Karṇotpalā, / who stayed practicing austerity after reaching a small water reservoir, / tell everything about her, how she remained in austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.2) .. sūta uvāca .. .. gaurīpādakṛtasthānā śraddhayā parayā yutā .. tāvattuṣṭiṃ gatā devī girijā śaṃkarapriyā .. 2 .. > Sūta said: / Having taken her place at the feet of Gaurī, endowed with supreme faith, / for so long, the goddess, the daughter of the mountain, the beloved of Śaṃkara, became pleased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.3) tataḥ provāca te putri tuṣṭāhaṃ vāṃchitaṃ vada .. yena yacchāmyasaṃdigdhaṃ yadyapi syātsudurlabham .. 3 .. > Then she said: “O daughter, I am pleased! State your desire, / so that I may grant it without doubt, even if it is very difficult to obtain.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.4) .. karṇotpalovāca .. .. mama patyuḥ kṛte devi mama tātaḥ suduḥkhitaḥ .. rājyādbhraṣṭaḥ sukhāccāpi kuṭuṃbena vivarjitaḥ .. 4 . > Karṇotpalā said: / “O goddess, for the sake of a husband for me, my father is deeply grieving; / he has fallen from kingship and from happiness, and is deserted by his family. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.5) tataścaiva tapastepe vairāgyaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ .. ahaṃ vārddhakyamāpannā kaumārye'pi ca saṃsthitā .. 5 .. > Therefore he practiced austerity, having attained supreme detachment; / and I have reached old age while still remaining in virginity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.6) tasmādbhavatu me bharttā kaścidrūpotkaṭaḥ smṛtaḥ .. sarveṣāṃ devamartyānāṃ tvatprasādātsureśvari ..6.. > Therefore, by your grace, O ruler of the gods, may someone known / for eminent beauty among all gods and mortals become my husband! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.7) tathā syātparamaṃ rūpaṃ tāruṇyaṃ tvatprasādataḥ .. yathāsya jāyate saukhyaṃ tāpasasyāpi me pituḥ .. 7 .. > And likewise, by your grace, may there be supreme beauty and youth \[for me\], / so that happiness may arise for this ascetic father of mine.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.8) .. devyuvāca .. .. māghamāsatṛtīyāyāṃ śanaiścaradine śubhe .. nakṣatre vasudaivatye rūpaṃ dhyātvātha yauvanam .. 8 .. > The goddess said: / “On the third lunar day of the month of Māgha, on an auspicious Saturday, / under the lunar mansion whose deity is the Vasus, having meditated on beauty and youth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.9) tvayā snānaṃ prakartavyaṃ supuṇye'tra jalāśaye .. tato divya vapurbhūtvā yauvanena samanvitā. bhaviṣyasi na saṃdehaḥ satyametanmayoditam .. 9 .. > a ritual ablution must be performed by you in this very holy reservoir of water. / Then, having assumed a celestial body endowed with youth, / you will become \[so\], there is no doubt; this spoken by me is true. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.11) anyāpi yā mahābhāge nārī snānaṃ kariṣyati.. tasminnahani sāpyevaṃ rūpayuktā bhaviṣyati .. 6.127.10. .. ..sūta uvāca.. .. evamuktvātha sā devī gatā cādarśanaṃ tataḥ .. sāpi cānveṣayāmāsa tṛtīyāṃ śaninā saha .. 11 .. > Any other woman, O highly fortunate one, who performs a ritual ablution / on that day, will likewise become endowed with beauty.” / Sūta said: / Having spoken thus, that goddess then disappeared from sight; / and she also sought out the third lunar day falling on a Saturday, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.12) vasudevātmakenaiva nakṣatreṇa prayatnataḥ .. dhyāyamānā ca tāṃ devīṃ sarvakāmapradāyinīm .. 12 .. > diligently \[awaiting\] the lunar mansion belonging to the deity of the Vasus, / and meditating on that goddess who grants all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.13) tataḥ katipayāhasya jātā sā yogasaṃyutā .. tṛtīyā yā yathoktā ca tayā devyā purā dvijāḥ .. 13 .. > Then, after a few days, that third lunar day arrived, endowed with the conjunction / as described previously by that goddess, O brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.14) tataḥ sā rūpasaubhāgyaṃ yauvanaṃ vāṃchitaṃ patim .. dhyāyamānā jale tasminnarddharātre viveśa ca .. 14 .. > Then, meditating on beauty, auspicious fortune, youth, and the desired husband, / she entered that water at midnight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.15) tato divyavapurbhūtvā yauvanena samanvitā .. niṣkrāṃtā salilāttasmājjanavismayakāriṇī .. 15 .. > Then, having assumed a celestial body, endowed with youth, / she emerged from that water, causing astonishment among the people. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.16) etasminnaṃtare prāpto gaurīvākyaprabodhitaḥ .. tadarthaṃ bhagavānkāmaḥ patnyarthaṃ prītisaṃyutaḥ .. abravīcca mahābhāge kāmohaṃ svayamāgataḥ .. 16 .. > In the meantime, awakened by the word of Gaurī, / the blessed Kāma arrived for that purpose, longing for a wife, filled with love; / and he said: “O highly fortunate one, I am Kāma, come in person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.17) pārvatyādeśitā bhāryā tasmānme bhava mā ciram .. .. 17 .. > You were designated as my wife by Pārvatī; therefore become mine without delay! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.18) yasmātprītyā samāyātastavāṃtikamahaṃ śubhe .. tasmātprītiriti khyātā mama bhāryā bhaviṣyasi .. 18 .. > Since I have come to your presence out of affection, O auspicious one, / therefore, known as Prīti, you shall become my wife.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.19) .. karṇotpalovāca .. .. yadyevaṃ smara mattātaṃ taṃ gatvā prārthaya svayam .. svacchaṃdā syādyataḥ kanyā na kathaṃcitpravartitā .. 19 .. > Karṇotpalā said: / “If it is so, O Smara, go yourself and ask my father, / since a maiden should never proceed according to her own will. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.20) ya eṣa dṛśyate ramyaḥ prāsādo nāti dūrataḥ .. asyāṃte tiṣṭhate'smākaṃ tātastapasi saṃsthitaḥ .. 6.127.20 .. > This charming temple which is seen not very far away— / beside it our father remains, engaged in austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.21) atrāhaṃ pūrvato gatvā tasya tiṣṭhāmi cāṃtike .. bhavānāgatya paścācca prārthayiṣyati māṃ tataḥ .. 21 .. > Having gone there first, I shall stand near him; / and having come afterwards, you may then ask for me.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.22) bāḍhamityeva kāmokte gatā sā tatsamīpataḥ .. praṇipatya tataḥ prāha diṣṭyā tāta mayā punaḥ .. 22 .. > When Kāma said, “Very well,” she went near him, / and having bowed down, she then said: “Fortunately, O father, once again > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.23) saṃprāptaṃ yauvanaṃ kāṃtaṃ samārādhya harapriyām .. tasmātkuru vivāhaṃ me hṛtsthaṃ sukhamavāpnuhi .. 23 .. > lovely youth has been attained by me, having propitiated the beloved of Hara. / Therefore arrange my marriage, and obtain the happiness dwelling in your heart! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.24) madarthe preṣito bharttā tayā devyā'tisundaraḥ .. puṣpa cāpaḥ svayaṃ prāptaḥ so'pi tāta tavāṃtikam .. 24 .. > A most handsome husband was sent by that goddess for my sake; / he whose bow is flowers has himself arrived into your presence, O father.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.25) atha tāṃ sa samālokya svāṃ sutāṃ yauvanānvitām .. harṣeṇa mahatā yuktāṃ kāṃtayuktāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. abravīdadya me putri saṃjātaṃ tapasaḥ phalam .. 25 .. > Then, beholding his own daughter endowed with youth, / filled with great joy and especially endowed with radiance, / he said: “Today, O daughter, the fruit of austerity has been born for me, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.26) jīvitasya ca kalyāṇi yatvaṃ prāptā navaṃ vayaḥ .. bhartāraṃ ca tathābhīṣṭaṃ devyā dattaṃ manobhavam .. 26 .. > and \[the fruit\] of life, O auspicious one, since you have obtained fresh youth, / and likewise a desired husband, Manobhava, given by the goddess.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.27) etasminnaṃtare kāmastasyāṃtikamupādravat .. abravīddehi me bhūpa svāṃ kanyāṃ cāruhāsinīm .. 27 .. > At that moment Kāma came running near her. / He said: 'O king, give me your daughter of sweet smiles! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.28) asyā arthe'hamādiṣṭaḥ svayaṃ gauryā nṛpottama .. kāmadeva iti khyātastrailokyaṃ yena mohitam .. 28 .. > For her sake I have been commanded by Gaurī herself, O best of kings; / I am known as Kāmadeva, by whom the three worlds are enchanted.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.29) tatastāmarpayāmāsa tāṃ kanyāṃ sa mahīpatiḥ .. kṛtvāgniṃ sākṣiṇaṃ vākyādbrāhmaṇānāṃ dvijottamāḥ .. 29 .. > Then that ruler of the earth gave away that maiden, / having made fire his witness at the word of the brahmins, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.30) sā cāsya cābhavatprītisthānaṃ yasmātsulocanā .. rateranaṃtarā tasmātprītināmā'bhavacchubhā .. 6.127.30 .. > And she, fair-eyed, became the source of pleasure (prīti) to him; / therefore, next to Rati, she became the auspicious one named Prīti. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.31) evaṃ tayā tapastaptaṃ tasmāttatra jalāśaye .. tannāmnā khyātimāyātaṃ samaste'tra mahītale .. 31 .. > Thus austerity was performed by her there in that reservoir of water; / therefore it has attained renown by her name everywhere on this earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.32) sakalaṃ māghamāsaṃ ca yā strī snānaṃ samācaret .. pumānvā prātarutthāya sa prayāgaphalaṃ labhet .. 32 .. > Whatever woman or man, having risen in the morning, / performs ritual ablution during the entire month of Māgha, obtains the fruit of Prayāga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.33) rūpavāñjāyate dakṣaḥ sadā janmani janmani .. na viyogamavāpnoti kadātridbāṃdhavaiḥ saha .. 33 .. > He is born handsome and capable always in birth after birth; / he never suffers separation from his kinsmen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.126.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126.127) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye karṇotpalātīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptaviṃśatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 127 .. .. > Thus ends the hundred and twenty-seventh chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Karṇotpalātīrtha', in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvarakṣetra, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the auspicious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa 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.5.126.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.126) · Pramāṇa