[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) › 5.128 # Skandapurana 5.128 Skandapurāṇa 5.128 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.128.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.1) .. sūta uvāca .. tathānyo'pi ca tatrāsti yājñavalkyasamudravaḥ .. āśramo loka vikhyāto mūrkhāṇāmapi siddhidaḥ .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Likewise, there is also another hermitage there, originating from Yājñavalkya, / world-renowned, granting accomplishment even to fools, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.2) yatra taptvā tapastīvraṃ yājñavalkyena dhīmatā .. saṃprāptā nikhilā vedā guruṇā'pahṛtāśca ye .. 2 .. > where, having performed severe austerity, the wise Yājñavalkya / obtained all the Vedas that had been taken away by his guru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.3) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. ko'sau gururabhūttasya yājñavalkyasya dhīmataḥ .. pāṭhayitvā punaryena hṛtā vedā mahātmanā .. 3 .. > The seers said: / Who was that guru of the wise Yājñavalkya, / by which great soul the Vedas, having been taught, were taken back again? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.4) kimarthaṃ ca samācakṣva sūtaputrātra vistarāt.. kautukaṃ paramaṃ jātaṃ sarveṣāṃ no dvijanmanām .. 4 .. > And for what reason? Explain it in detail here, O son of Sūta; / supreme curiosity has arisen in all of us twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.5) .. sūta uvāca .. .. āsīdbrāhmaṇaśārdūlaḥ śākalya iti viśrutaḥ.. bhārgavānvayasaṃbhūto veda vedāṃgapāragaḥ .. 5 .. > Sūta said: / There was a tiger among brahmins, celebrated as Śākalya, / born in the lineage of Bhṛgu, fully versed in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.6) bṛhatkalpe purā viprā vardhamāne purottame .. bahuśiṣyasamāyukto vedādhyayanatatparaḥ .. 6 .. > Formerly, in the Bṛhatkalpa, O brahmins, in the excellent city of Vardhamāna, / endowed with many pupils, he was devoted to the study of the Vedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.7) sa sadā prātarutthāya vidyādānaṃ prayacchati . śiṣyebhyaścānurūpebhyaḥ prasādādvijasattamāḥ .. 7 .. > Having risen in the morning, he always imparted knowledge / to worthy pupils out of favor, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.8) cakāra sa tadā viprāḥ paurohityaṃ mahīpateḥ .. sūryavaṃśaprasūtasya supriyasya mahātmanaḥ .. .. 8 .. > At that time, O brahmins, he performed the priestly duties for the king / named Supriya, the great soul born in the solar dynasty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.9) sa tasya dharmakṛtyāni sarvāṇyeva dinedine .. kṛtvā svagṛhamabhyeti pūjitastena bhūbhujā .. 9 .. > Every day, having performed all his religious duties, / he would return to his own house, honored by that king, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.10) ekaṃ śiṣyaṃ samāropya śāṃtyarthaṃ tasya bhūpateḥ .. kathayitvā pramāṇaṃ ca vidhānaṃ homasaṃbhavam .. 6.129.10 .. > having appointed a single disciple for that king's rites of pacification, / having explained the measure and the procedure pertaining to the oblation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.11) śiṣyo'pi sakalaṃ kṛtvā tatkarma susamāhitaḥ .. āśīrvādaṃ pradattvā ca bhūpatergṛhameti ca .. 11 .. > The disciple also, having performed that entire rite with great concentration / and having bestowed a blessing upon the king, would return home. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.12) evaṃ prakurvatastasya śākalyasya mahātmanaḥ .. paurohityaṃ gataḥ kālaḥ kiyanmātro dvijottamāḥ .. 12 . > While the noble Śākalya was thus performing / the priestly office, O best of the twice-born, some time passed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.13) tadā vaivāhike kāle śapto yaḥ śaṃbhunā svayam .. suniṃdyāṃ vikṛtiṃ dṛṣṭvā tasya vedyāṃ gatasya ca .. 13 .. > Then, at the time of a wedding, \[the king\] who had been cursed by Śambhu himself, / seeing his very contemptible disfigurement as he went to the sacrificial altar, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.14) atha taṃ yojayāmāsa śāṃtyarthaṃ nṛpamaṃdire .. yājñavalkyaṃ sa śākalyaḥ pratipadyāgataṃ tadā .. 14 .. > then for rites of pacification in the king's palace, that Śākalya / directed Yājñavalkya, who had arrived on that occasion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.15) so'pi tāruṇyagarveṇa veśyākarajavikṣataḥ .. sarvāṃgeṣu sunirlajjaḥ prakaṭāṃgo jagāma vai .. 15 .. > He too, out of pride of youth, wounded by the fingernails of a courtesan / all over his limbs, shameless, went indeed with his body bare. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.16) tataśca śāṃtikaṃ kṛtvā japāṃte bhūpatiṃ ca tam .. śāṃtodakapradānāya hasyamāno janairyayau .. 16 .. > Then, having performed the pacification rite, at the end of the recitation / he approached the king to give the sanctified water, being mocked by the people. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.17) pārthivo'pi ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā tādṛgrūpaṃ viṭaṃ dvijam .. nāśīrjagrāha tenoktāṃ vākyametaduvāca ha .. 17 . > The king, too, seeing him, a twice-born of such form, a gallant, / did not accept the blessing spoken by him, and spoke this sentence: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.18) ucchiṣṭo'haṃ dvijaśreṣṭha śayyārūḍho vyavasthitaḥ . atra śālodbhave staṃbhe tasmādetajjalaṃ kṣipa .. 18 .. > 'I am impure, O best of the twice-born, remaining mounted on my bed; / therefore, throw this water here onto the pillar made of Śāla wood.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.19) so'pi sāvajñamājñāya taṃ bhūpaṃ kupitānanaḥ .. taṃ ca staṃbhaṃ samuddiśya dhyātvā tadbrahma śāśvatam .. 19 .. > He too, realizing that the king was treating him with contempt, his face filled with wrath, / directed \[the water\] toward that pillar, having meditated upon the eternal Brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.20) dyāṃ tvamālikhya ityeva proktvā maṃtraṃ ca yājuṣam.. (yāṃ tvamālikhya- pāṭhabhedaḥ) prākṣipacchāṃtikaṃ toyaṃ tasya mūrdhani satvaram.. 6.129.20 .. > Saying 'dyāṃ tvam ālikhya' and reciting this mantra from the Yajurveda, / he quickly poured the pacifying water upon its top. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.21) tataḥ sa patite toye staṃbhaḥ pallavaśobhitaḥ .. tatkṣaṇādeva saṃjajñe phala puṣpairvirājitaḥ .. 21 .. > Then, as soon as that water fell, that pillar / immediately became adorned with shoots and shone with fruits and flowers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.22) taṃ dṛṣṭvā pārthivaḥ so'tha vismayotphullalocanaḥ .. paścāttāpaṃ vidhāyātha vākyametaduvāca ha .. 22 .. > Seeing that, the king, his eyes wide with astonishment, / felt remorse and spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.23) abhiṣekaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha mamāpi tvaṃ prayaccha bhoḥ .. anenaiva tu mantreṇa śucitvaṃ me vyavasthitam .. 23 .. > "O best of brahmins, bestow an ablution upon me too! / By this very mantra my purity shall be established." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.24) .. yājñavalkya uvāca .. .. mamābhiṣekadānasya tvamanarho'si pārthiva .. tasmādyāsyāmyahaṃ sadyo yatrasthaḥ sa gururmama .. 24 .. > Yājñavalkya said: / "O king, you are unworthy of receiving an ablution from me. / Therefore, I shall at once go to where my guru resides." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.25) .. rājovāca .. .. tava dāsyāmi vastrāṇi vāhanāni vasūni ca .. tasmādyacchābhiṣekaṃ me mantreṇā'nena sāṃpratam .. 25 .. > The king said: / "I shall give you garments, conveyances, and wealth. / Therefore, bestow the ablution upon me now with this mantra!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.26) .. yājñavalkya uvāca .. .. na homāṃtaṃ vinā mantraḥ sphurate pārthivottama .. abhiṣekavidhau prokto yaḥ pūrvaṃ padmayoninā .. tasmānnāhaṃ kariṣyāmi tava yadvai hṛdi sthitam.. 26 .. > Yājñavalkya said: / "A mantra does not take effect without concluding with an oblation, O best of kings, / as was declared anciently by the Lotus-born \[Brahmā\] in the rite of ablution. / Therefore, I shall not do what is in your heart." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.27) ityuktvā vacanaṃ bhūpaṃ yājñavalkyaḥ sa vai dvijaḥ .. jagāma svagṛhaṃ tūrṇaṃ nispṛhatvaṃ samāśritaḥ .. 27 > Having spoken these words to the king, that brahmin Yājñavalkya, / relying on desirelessness, went quickly to his own home. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.28) apare'hni samāyātaṃ śākalyamatha bhūpatiḥ .. provāca prāṃjalirbhūtvā vinayāvanataḥ sthitaḥ .. 28 .. > On the next day, when Śākalya arrived, the king, / folding his hands and bowing in humility, spoke: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.29) yastvayā preṣitaḥ kalya śiṣyo brāhmaṇasattamaḥ .. śāṃtyarthaṃ preṣaṇīyaśca bhūyo'pyevaṃ gṛhe mama .. 29 .. > "That pupil, the best of brahmins, who was sent by you yesterday, / should be sent again to my house for the pacification rite." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.30) bāḍhamityeva sa proktvā tato gatvā nijālayam .. yājñavalkyaṃ samāhūya tataḥ provāca sādaram .. 6.129.30 .. > Saying 'So be it,' he went to his own abode, / summoned Yājñavalkya, and spoke to him with respect: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.31) adyāpi tvaṃ nareṃdrasya śāṃtyarthaṃ bhavane vraja .. viśeṣātpārthiveṃdreṇa samāhūto'si putraka .. 31 .. .. > "Go today as well to the king's palace for the pacification rite. / You have been specially invited by the king, my child." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.32) .. yājñavalkya uvāca .. .. nāhaṃ tāta gamiṣyāmi śāṃtyarthaṃ tasya maṃdire .. avalepena yuktasya śuddhyā virahitasya ca .. 32 .. > Yājñavalkya said: / "Father, I will not go to his mansion for the pacification rite, / for he is filled with arrogance and devoid of purity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.33) mayā tasyābhiṣekārthaṃ salilaṃ codyataṃ ca yat .. salilaṃ tena tatkāṣṭhe samādiṣṭaṃ kubuddhinā .. 33 .. > The water which was prepared by me for his ablution / was directed by that evil-minded one toward that piece of wood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.34) tato mayāpi tatraiva tatkṣaṇātsalilaṃ ca yat .. tasminkāṣṭhe parikṣiptaṃ nītaṃ vṛddhiṃ ca tatkṣaṇāt .. 34 .. > Then, the water that was immediately thrown by me / right there onto that wood caused it instantly to sprout and grow." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.35) .. śākalya uvāca .. .. ata eva viśeṣeṇa samāhūto'si putraka .. tasmāttatra drutaṃ gaccha nāvajñeyā mahībhujaḥ .. 35 .. > Śākalya said: / "For that very reason you have been specially invited, my child. / Therefore, go there quickly; kings must not be disregarded. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.36) apamānādbhavenmānaṃ pārthivānāmasaṃśayam .. yaḥ karoti punastatra mānaṃ na sa bhavetpriyaḥ .. 36 .. > From disrespect, respect from kings may arise without doubt; / but one who displays pride there will not become dear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.37) kopaprasāda vastūni vicinvaṃtīha ye sadā .. ārohaṃti śanairbhṛtyā dhunvaṃtamapi pārthivam .. 37 .. > Servants who constantly observe the causes of anger and favor / gradually win over a king, even when he shakes them off. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.38) samau mānāpamānau ca cittajñaḥ kālavittathā .. sarvaṃsahaḥ kṣamī vijñaḥ sa bhavedrājavallabhaḥ .. 38 .. > He to whom honor and dishonor are equal, who knows the king's mind and knows the right time, / who endures all, is forgiving, and wise—he becomes a king's favorite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.39) apamānamanādṛtya tasmādgaccha nṛpālayam .. mamājñāpi na laṃghyā ta eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ .. 39 .. > Disregarding disrespect, therefore, go to the king's abode. / Moreover, my command must not be transgressed by you; this is the eternal dharma." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.40) .. yājñavalkya uvāca .. .. ājñābhaṃgo dhruvaṃ bhāvī paripāṭīvyatikramāt .. karoṣi yadi śiṣyāṇāṃ ye tvayā tatra yojitāḥ .. 6.129.40 .. > Yājñavalkya said: / "A breach of your command will certainly happen if you transgress the order of turn / regarding the disciples who were assigned there by you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.41) tasmādyadi balānmāṃ tvaṃ yojayiṣyasi taṃ prati .. tvāṃ tyaktvā'nyatra yāsyāmi yataḥ proktaṃ maharṣibhiḥ .. 41 .. > Therefore, if you forcibly send me to him, / I will leave you and go elsewhere, for it has been declared by the great seers: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.42) gurorapyavaliptasya kāryākāryamajānataḥ .. utpathe vartamānasya parityāgo vidhīyate .. 42 .. > 'Abandonment is prescribed even of a guru who is arrogant, / who does not know what ought and ought not to be done, and who walks on the wrong path.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.43) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā śākalyaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ .. tataḥ provāca taṃ bhūyo bhartsamāno muhurmuhuḥ .. 43 .. > Sūta said: / Hearing those words of his, Śākalya, faint with anger, / then spoke to him again, rebuking him repeatedly: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.44) ekamapyakṣaraṃ yatra guruḥ śiṣye nivedayet .. pṛthivyāṃ nāsti taddravyaṃ yaddattvā hyanṛṇī bhavet .. 44 .. > "Where a guru imparts even a single syllable to a pupil, / there exists no wealth on earth by giving which one could be freed from debt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.45) tasmādgaccha drutaṃ dattvā madadhyayanamālayam .. tyaktvā vidyāṃ mayā dattāṃ no cecchapsyāmyahaṃ tava .. 45 .. > Therefore, give back what was studied under me and quickly leave my house, / giving up the knowledge bestowed by me, or else I shall curse you!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.46) evamuktvābhimaṃtryātha nādabiṃdusamudbhavaiḥ .. maṃtrairātharvaṇaistoyaṃ pānārthaṃ cārpayattataḥ .. 46 .. > Having spoken thus, consecrating water with mantras of the Atharvaveda / arising from sound and the bindu, he then gave it \[to him\] to drink. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.47) so'pibattatkṣaṇāttoyaṃ tatpītvā vyākuleṃdriyaḥ .. udgiradvāṃtidharmeṇa tattvavidyāvimiśritam .. 47 .. > He drank the water at that moment; having drunk it, his senses agitated, / he vomited it out in the manner of an emetic, mixed with the knowledge of reality. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.48) tataḥ provāca taṃ bhūyaḥ śākalyaṃ kupitānanaḥ .. ekamapyakṣaraṃ nāsti tāvakīyaṃ mamodare .. 48 .. > Then, with an angry face, he spoke again to Śākalya: / "Not even a single syllable belonging to you remains in my belly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.49) tasmācchiṣyo'smi te nāhaṃ na ca me tvaṃ guruḥ sthitaḥ .. sāṃprataṃ svecchayā'nyatra prayāsyāmi karoṣi kim .. 49 .. > Therefore, I am not your disciple, nor do you remain my guru. / Now I will go elsewhere of my own accord; what will you do?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.50) evamuktvā'tha nirgatya tasmātsthānācciraṃtanāt .. papraccha mānavānbhūyaḥ siddhikṣetrāṇi cāsakṛt .. 6.129.50 .. > Having spoken thus and departed from that ancient place, / he repeatedly asked people about sacred fields yielding spiritual attainment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.51) tatastasya samādiṣṭaṃ kṣetrametanmanīṣibhiḥ .. siddhidaṃ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ na vṛthā syātkathaṃcana .. 51 .. > Then this sacred field was indicated to him by the wise / as one giving spiritual attainment to all living beings, and never failing in any way: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.52) āstāṃ tāvattapastaptvā vrataṃ niyamameva vā .. hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre siddhiḥ saṃvasato'pi ca .. 52 .. > "Let alone performing austerity, a vow, or a restriction, / there is spiritual attainment even merely by dwelling in the sacred field born of Hāṭakeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.53) yenayena ca bhāvena tatra kṣetre vasejjanaḥ .. tasyānurūpiṇī siddhiḥ śubhā syādyadi vā'śubhā .. 53 .. > With whatever disposition a person lives in that sacred field, / attainment corresponding to it, whether auspicious or inauspicious, will arise." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.54) tacchrutvā ca drutaṃ prāpya kṣetrametaddvijottamāḥ .. bhānumārādhayāmāsa sthāpayitvā tataḥ param .. 54 .. > Hearing that and quickly reaching this sacred field, O best of brahmins, / he established \[an image\] and thereafter worshipped the Sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.55) niyato niyatāhāro brahmacaryaparāyaṇaḥ .. gāyatraṃ nyāsamāsādya nirvikalpena cetasā .. 55 .. > self-restrained, with controlled food, devoted to celibacy, / having performed the nyāsa of the Gāyatrī, with an unwavering mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.56) tataśca bhagavāṃstuṣṭo varṣāṃte tamuvāca saḥ .. darśane tasya saṃsthitvā tejaḥ saṃyamya dāruṇam .. 56 .. > Then, pleased at the end of a year, the Lord spoke to him, / standing visible to him after subduing his fierce fiery radiance: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.57) yājñavalkya varaṃ brūhi yatte manasi rocate .. sarvameva pradāsyāmi nādeyaṃ vidyate tvayi .. 57 .. > "O Yājñavalkya, choose a boon that pleases your mind. / I shall grant everything; there is nothing that should not be given to you." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.58) .. yājñavalkya uvāca .. .. yadi tuṣṭaḥ suraśreṣṭha vedādhyayanasaṃbhave .. gururbhava mamādyaiva mamaitadvāṃchitaṃ hṛdi . 58 .. > Yājñavalkya said: / "If you are pleased, O best of gods, / become my guru this very day in the study of the Vedas; this is my heart's desire." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.59) .. bhāskara uvāca .. .. ahaṃ tava kṛpāviṣṭastejaḥ saṃhṛtya tatparam .. tataścātra samāyātastena no dahyase dvija .. 59 .. > Bhāskara said: / "Filled with compassion for you, I have withdrawn that supreme fiery radiance / and come here, so that you are not burned by it, O brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.60) tasmādatraiva kuṃḍe ca maṃtrānsārasvatāñchubhān .. vedoktānkṣepayiṣyāmi svayameva dvijottama .. .. 6.129.60 .. > "Therefore, right here in this pool, O best of brahmins, / I myself shall cast the auspicious mantras belonging to Sarasvatī that are proclaimed in the Veda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.61) tatra snātvā śucirbhūtvā yatkiṃcidvedasaṃbhavam .. paṭhiṣyasi sakṛttatte kaṃṭhasthaṃ saṃbhaviṣyati .. 61 .. > Having bathed there and become pure, whatever part born of the Veda / you recite but once, that will be retained in your throat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.62) tattvārthaṃ prakaṭaṃ kṛtsnaṃ viditaṃ te bhaviṣyati .. matprasādānna saṃdehaḥ satyametanmayoditam .. 62 .. > The entire manifest meaning of reality will be known to you / by my grace—there is no doubt; this truth has been spoken by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.63) adyādi mānavaḥ prātaḥ snātvā tvatra hrade ca yaḥ .. sāvitreṇa ca sūktena māṃ dṛṣṭvā prapaṭhiṣyati .. tasmai tatsyādasaṃdigdhaṃ yattavoktaṃ mayā dvija .. 63 .. > From this day forward, whatever human bathes in the morning in this pool, / and beholding me recites the hymn to Savitṛ, / to him that shall undoubtedly happen which has been told by me to you, O brahmin." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.64) .. yājñavalkya uvāca .. .. evaṃ bhavatu deveśa yattvayoktaṃ vaco'khilam .. paraṃ mama vaco'nyacca tacchṛṇuṣva bravīmi te .. 64 .. > Yājñavalkya said: / "Let all that was spoken by you be so, O Lord of gods; / but hear another word of mine—I speak to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.65) nāhaṃ manuṣyadharmāṇamupādhyāyaṃ kathaṃcana .. kariṣyāmi jagannātha kṛpāṃ kuru mamopari .. 65 .. > Under no circumstances shall I take a teacher / who possesses human qualities, O Lord of the universe; have mercy on me!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.66) tatastasyā dadau sūryo laghimā nāma śobhanām.. vidyāṃ hi tatprabhāvāya sutuṣṭenāṃtarātmanā .. 66 .. > Then, with an exceedingly pleased inner spirit, the sun gave him / the auspicious lore named Laghimā for the sake of that power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.67) tatastaṃ prāha karṇāṃte mamāśvānāṃ praviśya vai .. abhyāsaṃ kuru vidyānāṃ vedādhyayanamācara .. 67 .. > Then he said to him: "Entering near the ear of my horses, / practice the sciences and perform the study of the Veda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.68) manmukhādbrāhmaṇaśreṣṭha yadyetattava vāṃchitam .. na te syādyena doṣo'yaṃ mama raśmisamudbhavaḥ .. 68 .. > \[Learn\] from my mouth, O best of brahmins, if this is your desire, / so that no fault arising from my rays will fall upon you." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.69) evamuktaḥ sa tenātha vājikarṇaṃ samāśritaḥ .. laghurbhūtvā'paṭhadvedānbhāskarasya mukhāttataḥ .. 69 .. > Thus addressed by him, taking refuge in the horse's ear / and having become light \[in body\], he then recited the Vedas from the mouth of the Sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.70) evaṃ siddhiṃ samāpanno yājñavalkyo dvijottamāḥ .. kṛtvopaniṣadaṃ cāru vedārthaiḥ sakalairyutam .. 6.129.70 .. > Having achieved perfection in this way, O best of brahmins, / Yājñavalkya composed a beautiful Upaniṣad endowed with all the meanings of the Veda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.71) janakāya nareṃdrāya vyākhyāya ca tataḥ param .. kātyāyanaṃ sutaṃ prāpya vedasūtrasya kārakam .. 71 .. > And after explaining it to King Janaka, / he obtained a son, Kātyāyana, the author of the Vedika aphorisms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.72) tyaktvā kalevaraṃ tatra brahmadvāri vinirmite .. tattejo brahmaṇo gātre yojayāmāsa śaktitaḥ .. 72 .. > Discarding his physical frame there at the fashioned gate of Brahmā, / he joined that splendour into the body of Brahman according to his power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.73) tasya tīrthe naraḥ snātvā dṛṣṭvā taṃ ca divākaram .. nādabiṃduṃ paṭhitvā ca tadagre muktimāpnuyāt .. 73 .. > A person who bathes at his sacred ford, sees the Sun, / and recites the Nādabindu before it, attains liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.128.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.128.129) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye yājñavalkyāśramamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonatriṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 129 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the hundred and twenty-ninth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of the Hermitage of Yājñavalkya,' in the 'Glory of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara' in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. 129. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.128.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: 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