[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) › 5.129 # Skandapurana 5.129 Skandapurāṇa 5.129 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.129.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.1) ..ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. yājñavalkyasutaḥ sūta yastvayā parikīrtitaḥ .. katamā tasya mātābhūtsarvaṃ no brūhi vistarāt .. 1 .. > The seers said: / "O Sūta, the son of Yājñavalkya who was mentioned by you— / which \[wife\] was his mother? Tell us everything in detail!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.2) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tasya bhāryādvayaṃ śreṣṭhamāsītsarvaguṇānvitam.. ekā guṇavatī tasya maitreyīti prakīrtitā .. 2 .. > Sūta said: / "He had two excellent wives, endowed with all virtues. / One virtuous \[wife\] of his was renowned as Maitreyī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.3) jyeṣṭhā cānyātha kalyāṇī khyātā kātyāyanīti ca .. yasyāḥ kātyāyanaḥ putro vedārthānāṃ prajalpakaḥ .. 3 .. > And the other, the elder and auspicious one, was known as Kātyāyanī, / whose son was Kātyāyana, the expounder of the meanings of the Veda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.4) tābhyāṃ kuṇḍadvayaṃ tatra saṃtiṣṭhati suśobhanam .. yatra snātā narā yāṃti lokāṃstāṃśca mahodayān ..4 .. > Between the two of them there are two very beautiful pools, / bathing in which men go to worlds of great splendour. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.5) kātyāyanyāśca tīrthasya śāṃḍilyāstīrthamuttamam.. pativratātvayuktāyāstathānyattatra saṃsthitam .. 5 .. > Next to Kātyāyanī's sacred ford, there is another excellent sacred ford located there, / belonging to Śāṇḍilī, who was devoted to her husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.6) yatra kātyāyanī prāptā śāṃḍilyā pratibodhitā .. vairāgyaṃ paramaṃ prāptā sapatnīduḥkhaduḥkhitā .. 6 .. > Where Kātyāyanī arrived, instructed by Śāṇḍilī, / and reached supreme detachment, grieved by the sorrow of a co-wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.8) tatra yā kurute snānaṃ tṛtīyāyāṃ samāhitā .. nārī mārgasite pakṣe sā saubhāgyavatī bhavet .. atha daurbhāgyasaṃpannā kāṇā vṛddhā'tha vāmanā .. abhīṣṭā jāyate sā ca tatprabhāvāddvijottamāḥ .. 8 .. > Whatever woman, composed in mind, bathes there / on the third day of the bright fortnight of the month of Mārgaśīrṣa, becomes fortunate in marriage. / Even if she is afflicted with misfortune, one-eyed, old, or a dwarf, / she becomes beloved through its power, O best of brahmins." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.9) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. kīdṛksapatnijaṃ duḥkhaṃ kātyāyanyā upasthitam .. upadeśaḥ kathaṃ labdhaḥ śāṃḍilyāḥ sūta kīdṛśaḥ .. 9 .. > The seers said: / "What kind of sorrow born of a co-wife befell Kātyāyanī? / How was instruction received from Śāṇḍilī, O Sūta, and of what kind was it? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.10) kātyāyanyā samācakṣva kautukaṃ no vyavasthitam .. sāmānyo bhavitā naiṣa upadeśastayeritaḥ .. 6.130.10 .. > Explain to us the curious circumstance concerning Kātyāyanī. / This instruction uttered by her must not have been an ordinary one!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.11) .. sūta uvāca .. .. maitreyyā saha saṃsaktaṃ yājñavalkyaṃ vilokya sā .. kātyāyanī suduḥkhārtā saṃjātā cerṣyayā tataḥ .. 11 .. > Sūta said: / "Beholding Yājñavalkya deeply attached to Maitreyī, / that Kātyāyanī became intensely tormented by grief and jealousy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.12) sā na snāti na bhuṃkte ca na hāsyaṃ kurute kvacit .. kevalaṃ bāṣpapūrṇākṣī niḥśvāsāḍhyā babhūva ha .. 12 .. > She did not bathe, she did not eat, nor did she ever laugh; / her eyes were only filled with tears, and she was heave with sighs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.13) tataḥ kadācidevātha phalārthaṃ nirgatā bahiḥ .. apaśyacchāṃḍilīnāma patipārśve vyavasthitām.. 13 .. > Then once, having gone outside to gather fruits, / she saw the woman named Śāṇḍilī standing beside her husband, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.14) kṛtāṃjalipuṭāṃ sādhvī vinayāvanatā sthitām .. so'pi tasyā mukhāsaktaḥ sānurāgaḥ prasannadṛk .. 14 .. > standing with folded hands, virtuous and bent low with humility. / He too was gazing attentively at her face, full of affection, with a pleased look, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.15) guṇadoṣodbhavāṃ vārtāmāpṛcchyākathayattathā .. sā ca tau daṃpatī dṛṣṭvā saṃhṛṣṭāvitaretaram .. 15 .. > and inquired about and spoke of news regarding virtues and shortcomings. / And seeing those two spouses delighted with one another, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.16) citte sve ciṃtayāmāsa sudhanyeyaṃ tapasvinī .. yasyāḥ patirmukhāsakto guṇadoṣaprajalpakaḥ .. sānurāgaśca susnigdho nānyāṃ nārīṃ bibhartti ca .. 16 .. > she thought in her mind: 'Truly blessed is this ascetic woman, / whose husband gazes intently at her face, converses on virtues and faults, / is affectionate and very tender, and maintains no other woman!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.17) evaṃ saṃcitya sā sādhvī bhūyobhūyo dvijottamāḥ .. jagāma svāśramaṃ paścānniṃdyamānā svakaṃ vapuḥ .. 17 .. > Reflecting thus again and again, O best of brahmins, / that virtuous woman went back to her own hermitage, reproaching her own body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.18) tataḥ kadācidekāṃte sthitāṃ tāṃ śāṃḍilīṃ dvijāḥ .. bahirgate bhartari ca tasyāḥ kāryeṇa kenacit .. 18 .. > Then once, when Śāṇḍilī was remaining in private, O brahmins, / and her husband had gone outside on some business, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.19) kātyāyanī samāgamya tataḥ papraccha sādaram .. vada kalyāṇi me kaṃcidupadeśaṃ mahodayam .. 19 .. > Kātyāyanī approached and then respectfully inquired of her: / 'Tell me, O auspicious one, some instruction of great consequence, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.20) mukhaprekṣaḥ sadā bharttā yena strīṇāṃ prajāyate .. nāpamānaṃ karotyeva duruktavacanaiḥ kvacit .. .. 6.130.20 .. > by which a husband ever looks intently at his wife's face / and never dishonours her with harsh-spoken words, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.21) nānyāṃ saṃgacchate nārīṃ cittenāpi kathaṃcana .. ahaṃ bhartuḥ kṛtairduḥkhairatīva paripīḍitā .. sapatnījairviśeṣeṇa tasmānme tvaṃ prakīrtaya .. .. 21 .. > nor ever approaches another woman, even in his thoughts! / I am exceedingly afflicted by sorrows caused by my husband, / especially by those born of a co-wife; therefore, explain this to me: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.22) yathā te vaśago bharttā saṃjātaḥ kāmadaḥ sadā .. manasāpi na saṃdadhyānnārīmeṣa kathaṃcana .. 22 .. > how your husband has come under your control, ever granting your wishes, / so that he would never direct his mind toward any other woman!'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.23) .. śāṃḍilyuvāca .. .. śṛṇu sādhvi pravakṣyāmi tavāhaṃ guhyamuttamam .. yathā mamābhavadvaśyo mukhaprekṣastathā patiḥ .. 23 .. > Śāṇḍilī said: / "Listen, O virtuous woman, I shall tell you the supreme secret / of how my husband came under my control and looks intently at my face. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.24) mama tātaḥ kurukṣetre śāṃḍilyo munisattamaḥ .. vānaprasthāśrame'tiṣṭhatpūrve vayasi saṃsthitaḥ .. 24 .. > My father was the excellent sage Śāṇḍilya in Kurukṣetra; / in his early age, he stayed in the hermit's life in the forest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.25) tatraikāhaṃ samutpannā kanyā tasya mahātmanaḥ .. vṛddhiṃ gatā krameṇātha tasminneva tapovane .. 25 .. > There I was born, the only daughter of that great-souled one, / and grew up gradually in that very penance grove." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.26) karomi tatra śuśrūṣāṃ homakāle yathocitām .. nīvārādīni dhānyāni nityaṃ caivānayāmyaham .. 26 .. > I performed service there at the time of the fire offering as was proper, / and I always brought wild grains and other provisions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.27) kasyacittvatha kālasya nārado munisattamaḥ .. āśrame mama tātasya suśrāṃtaḥ samupāgataḥ .. 27 .. > Then, after some time, Nārada, the best of sages, / arrived at my father’s hermitage, utterly exhausted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.28) tātādeśāttatastatra mayā sa viśramaḥ kṛtaḥ .. pādaśaucādibhiḥ kṛtyaiḥ snānādyaiśca tathāparaiḥ .. 28 .. > Then, by my father’s command, rest was provided to him there by me / through services such as washing his feet, bathing, and other such rites. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.29) tato bhuktāvasāne'tha niviṣṭaḥ mukhasaṃsthita.. mama mātrā paripṛṣṭo vinayādvaravarṇini .. 29 .. > Then, when he had finished eating, seated at ease and comfortably rested, / he was asked with deference by my mother, O fair-complexioned lady: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.30) ekeyaṃ kanyakāsmākaṃ jāte vayasi saṃsthite .. saṃjātā muniśārdūla prāṇebhyo'pi garīyasī .. 6.130.30 .. > “This is our only daughter, born when our youth was already advanced, / dearer \[to us\] even than our own life-breaths, O tiger among sages! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.31) tadasyāḥ kīrtaya kṣipraṃ sukhopāyaṃ sukhodayam .. vrataṃ vā niyamaṃ vā tvaṃ homaṃ vā mantrameva vā .. 31 .. > Therefore, swiftly declare for her an easy means that brings forth happiness: / a vow, an observance, a fire offering, or even a mantra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.32) yena cīrṇena bharttā syātsusaumyaḥ sadguṇānvitaḥ .. priyaṃvado mukhaprekṣaḥ paranārīparāṅmukhaḥ .. 32 .. > by performing which she may obtain a very gentle husband endowed with good qualities, / sweet-speaking, attentive to her countenance, and turning away from other women.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.33) tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā sa munistadanaṃtaram .. ciraṃ dhyātvā vacaḥ prāha prasannavadanastataḥ .. 33 .. > Having heard those words of hers, that sage immediately / meditated for a long time, and then spoke with a serene countenance: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.34) hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre pañcapiṃḍā vyavasthitā .. gaurī gauryā svayaṃ tatra sthāpitā parameśvarī .. 34 .. > “In the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara, Parameśvarī Gaurī / resides as Pañcapiṇḍā, having been installed there by Gaurī herself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.35) tāmeṣā vatsaraṃ yāvacchraddhayā parayā yutā .. sadā pūjayatu prītyā tṛtīyāyāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 35 .. > Let her always worship her with supreme faith and devotion for a year, / especially on the third lunar day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.36) tato varṣāṃtamāsādya saṃprāpsyati yathocitam .. bharttāraṃ nātra saṃdeho yādṛgrūpaṃ yathocitam .. 36 > Then, at the end of the year, she will obtain a husband / of suitable form and worthy \[of her\]; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.37) tatra pūrvaṃ gatā gaurī parityajya maheśvaram .. gaṃgerṣyayā mahābhāge jñātvā kṣetraṃ susiddhidam .. 37 .. > In former times Gaurī went there, having abandoned Maheśvara / out of jealousy toward the Gaṅgā, O noble lady, knowing it to be a sacred field that grants great success. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.38) tataḥ sā ciṃtayāmāsa kāṃ devīṃ pūjayāmyaham .. saubhāgyārthaṃ yato'nyā māṃ pūjayaṃti surastriyaḥ .. 38 .. > Then she reflected: ‘Which goddess shall I worship / for the sake of marital fortune, since other divine women worship me? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.39) tasmādahaṃ prabhaktyāḍhyā svayamātmānameva ca .. ātmanaiva kṛtotsāhā pūjayiṣyāmi siddhaye .. .. 39 .. > Therefore, filled with great devotion, inspired with enthusiasm through my own self, / I will worship my very own self for the sake of accomplishment.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.40) tataḥ prāṇāgnihotrotthairmaṃtrairātharvaṇaiḥ śubhaiḥ .. mṛtpiṃḍānpaṃca saṃyojya hyekasthāne samāhitā .. 6.130.40 .. > Then, with auspicious mantras from the Atharvaveda arising from the internal fire offering, / having brought together five lumps of clay in one place with a collected mind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.41) pṛthvīmapaśca tejaśca vāyumākāśameva ca . teṣu saṃyojayāmāsa mṛtpiṃḍeṣu nidhāya sā .. 41 .. > earth, water, fire, wind, and ether— / she placed these and united them in those lumps of clay. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.42) mahadbhūtāni caitāni pañca devī yatavratā .. tataḥ saṃpūjayāmāsa puṣpadhūpānulepanaiḥ .. 42 .. > Then the goddess, steadfast in her vow, worshipped these / five great elements with flowers, incenses, and ointments. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.43) atha tāṃ tatra vijñāya tapaḥsthāṃ girajāṃ bhavaḥ .. tanmaṃtrākṛṣṭacittaśca satvaraṃ samupāgataḥ .. 43 .. > Now, knowing that Girijā was stationed there in austerity, Bhava, / his mind drawn by those mantras, quickly arrived. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.44) provāca ca prahṛṣṭātmā kasmāttvamiha cāgatā .. māṃ muktvā doṣanirmuktaṃ mukhaprekṣaṃ sadā ratam .. 44 .. > And delighted in mind, he spoke: ‘Why have you come here, / leaving me, who am free from fault, attentive to your countenance, and ever affectionate? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.45) tasmādāgaccha kailāsaṃ vṛṣārūḍhā mayā saha .. athavā kāraṇaṃ brūhi yadi doṣo'sti me kvacit .. .. 45 .. > Therefore, mount the bull and come with me to Kailāsa, / or else tell me the reason if there is any fault in me.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.46) .. devyuvāca .. .. tvaṃ mūrdhnā jāhnavīṃ dhatse mūrtāṃ padajalātmikām .. tasmānnāhaṃ gamiṣyāmi maṃdiraṃ te kathaṃcana .. 46 .. > The goddess said: / ‘You bear the Jāhnavī on your head, embodied as water from \[Viṣṇu’s\] foot; / therefore, I will by no means go to your abode > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.47) yāvanna tyajasi vyaktaṃ mama sāpatnyatāṃ gatām .. tathā nityaṃ praṇāmaṃ tvaṃ karoṣi vṛṣabhadhvaja .. 47 .. > so long as you do not visibly abandon her who has become my co-wife. / Moreover, you continually bow down, O Bull-bannered Lord, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.48) pratyakṣamapi me nityaṃ saṃdhyāyāśca na lajjase .. tasmādetatparityajya karma lajjākaraṃ param .. 48 .. > even before my very eyes every day to Sandhyā, and you feel no shame. / Therefore, give up this exceedingly shameful conduct! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.49) ākārayasi māṃ deva tatsyādyadi mataṃ mama .. anyathāhaṃ na yāsyāmi tava harmye kathaṃcana .. etacchrutvā yadiṣṭaṃ te kuruṣva vṛṣabhadhvaja .. 49 .. > If you summon me, O Lord, let it be according to my wish; / otherwise, I will by no means go to your palace. / Having heard this, do as you please, O Bull-bannered Lord!’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.50) .. deva uvāca . .. nāhaṃ saukhyena tāṃ gaṃgāṃ dhārayāmi sureśvari .. 6.130.50 .. > The Lord said: / ‘I do not bear the Gaṅgā for the sake of pleasure, O ruler of the gods! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.51) bhagīrathena bhūpena prārthito jñāti kāraṇāt .. divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu tapastaptvā sudāruṇam .. 51 .. > I was entreatied by King Bhagīratha on behalf of his kinsmen, / after he performed severe austerity for a divine thousand years, \[saying:\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.52) yena no yāti pātālaṃ gaṃgā svargaparicyutā .. tasmāttvaṃ deva madvākyātsvamūrdhnā vaha jāhnavīm ..52.. > “So that the Gaṅgā, fallen from heaven, does not go down to Pātāla, / therefore, O Lord, at my request, bear the Jāhnavī on your head!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.53) mayā tasya pratijñātaṃ dhārayiṣyāmyasaṃśayam .. ākāśājjāhnavīvegaṃ pataṃtaṃ dharaṇītale .. 53 .. > I promised him, “Without doubt I shall hold / the speed of the Jāhnavī falling from the sky upon the surface of the earth.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.54) no cedvrajeta pātālaṃ yadatra viṣayesthi?m.. tato'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi tadihaikamanāḥ śṛṇu ..54.. > Lest what exists in this realm should go to Pātāla. / Therefore, I shall explain it; listen here with a single-pointed mind: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.55) eṣā gaṃgā varārohe mama mūrdhno vinirgatā .. himavaṃtaṃ nagaṃ bhittvā dvidhā jātā tataḥ param..55.. > This Gaṅgā, O lady of fair hips, issuing from my head, / cleaved Mount Himavat, and after that split into two. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.56) tataḥ siṃdhvabhidhānā sā paścimaṃ sāgaraṃ gatā.. śatāni nava saṃgṛhya nadīnāṃ parameśvari ..56.. > Then, under the name Sindhu, it went to the western ocean, / gathering nine hundred rivers, O Parameśvarī; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.57) tathā gaṃgābhidhānā ca saiva prāksāgaraṃ gatā .. tāvatīśca samādāya nadīḥ parvatanandini ..57.. > likewise, that same river, under the name Gaṅgā, went to the eastern ocean, / taking along an equal number of rivers, O daughter of the mountain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.58) evamaṣṭādaśaitāni nadīnāṃ parvatātmaje .. śatāni sāgare yāṃti tena nityaṃ sa tiṣṭhati ..58.. > Thus, these eighteen hundred rivers, O daughter of the mountain, / flow into the ocean; because of this it always endures, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.59) satataṃ śoṣyamāṇo'pi vāḍavena divāniśam .. samudrasalilaṃ meghāḥ samādāya tataḥ param ..59.. > even though it is constantly being dried up day and night by the submarine fire. / Then, gathering the waters of the ocean, the clouds > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.60) martyaloke pravarṣaṃti tataḥ sasyaṃ prajāyate.. sasyena jīvate lokaḥ prabhavanti makhāstathā .. makhāṃśena surāḥ sarve tṛptiṃ yāṃti tataḥ param.. 6.130.60 .. > rain down upon the mortal world; from that, grain is produced; / by grain, the world lives, and likewise sacrifices come into being; / through their share of sacrifices, all the gods attain satisfaction thereafter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.61) etasmātkāraṇānmūrdhni devi gaṃgāṃ dadhāmyaham .. na snehātkāmato naiva jagadyena pravartate .. 61 .. > For this reason, O goddess, I bear the Gaṅgā on my head, / not out of attachment, nor out of desire, so that the world may function. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.62) athavā santyajāmyenāṃ yadi mūrdhnaḥ kathaṃcana .. taddūraṃ vegato bhittvā pṛthvīṃ yāti rasātalam .. 62 .. > Alternatively, if I somehow let her go from my head, / cleaving far through the earth with her force, she will go to Rasātala. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.63) tataḥ śoṣaṃ vrajedāśu samudraḥ saritāṃ patiḥ .. aurveṇa pīyamāno'tra tato vṛṣṭirna jāyate .. vṛṣṭyabhāvājjagannāśaḥ satyametanmayoditam .. 63 .. > Then the ocean, the lord of rivers, would swiftly dry up, / being swallowed by the Aurva fire here; from that, rain would not occur, / and from the absence of rain would come the destruction of the world. This is the truth that I have spoken. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.64) evaṃ gaṃgākṛte proktaṃ mayā tava sureśvari .. śṛṇu sandhyākṛte'nyacca yena tāṃ praṇamāmyaham.. 64 .. > This has been told to you by me concerning the Gaṅgā, O ruler of the gods; / listen now to something else concerning Sandhyā, why it is that I bow down to her.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.129.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129.130) iti śrīskāndemahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśva rakṣetramāhātmye paṃcapiṇḍāgauryutpattivarṇanaṃnāma triṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 130 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the one hundred and thirtieth chapter, entitled ‘Description of the Origin of Pañcapiṇḍāgaurī,’ in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] in the Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses composed by Śrī Skanda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.129.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.129) · Pramāṇa