[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) › 5.130 # Skandapurana 5.130 Skandapurāṇa 5.130 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.130.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.1) .. deva uvāca .. .. eṣā rātriḥ samādiṣṭā dānavānāṃ sureśvari .. piśācānāṃ ca bhūtānāṃ rākṣasānāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 1 .. > The Lord said: / ‘This night has been assigned, O ruler of the gods, to the Dānavas, / and especially to Piśācas, Bhūtas, and Rākṣasas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.2) yatkiṃcitkriyate karma tatra snānādikaṃ śubham.. tatsarvaṃ jāyate teṣāṃ purā dattaṃ svayaṃbhuvā .. 2 .. > Whatever auspicious rite is performed then, such as ritual ablution, / all of that belongs to them; this was granted long ago by the Self-manifest.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.3) maryādā taiḥ samaṃ yena devānāṃ ca yadā kṛtā .. arhāṇāṃ yajñabhāgasya kāśyapānāmathāgrajām.. 3 .. > when a boundary was set by him alongside them and the gods, / who are worthy of their share of the sacrifice, for the elder-born offspring of Kaśyapa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.4) tadarthaṃ daśasāhasrā dānavā yuddha durmadāḥ .. kuṃtaprāsakarā bhānuṃ ruṃdhantyudgatakārmukāḥ ..4.. > For that purpose, ten thousand Dānavas, arrogant in battle, / holding spears and darts, blocking the sun with raised bows; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.5) tamuddiśya sahasrāṃśuṃ yajjalaṃ parikṣipyate. sāvitreṇa ca mantreṇa teṣāṃ tajjāyate phalam ..5.. > The water that is cast aiming at the thousand-rayed sun / with the Savitṛ mantra results in their \[destruction\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.6) te hatāstena toyena vajratulyena tatkṣaṇāt .. pramuṃcaṃti sahasrāṃśuṃ nityameva sureśvari .. 6 .. > Slain instantly by that water, which is like a thunderbolt, / they release the thousand-rayed sun, O ruler of the gods, constantly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.7) etasmātkāraṇāttoyamastrarūpaṃ kṣipāmyaham .. saṃdhyā kālaṃ samuddiśya bhānuṃ saṃdhyāṃ na pārvati .. 7 .. > For this reason I cast water that has the form of a missile, / addressing the twilight hour and the sun, not \[worshiping\] twilight \[as a woman\], O Pārvatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.8) yadyadācarati śreṣṭhastattaduttarataḥ sthitaḥ .. udayārthaṃ raviṃ yāntaṃ nirundhanti ca dāruṇāḥ .. 8 .. > Whatever the best person practices, those standing behind follow that. / When the sun advances toward sunrise, the cruel \[demons\] obstruct him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.9) te'pi saṃdhyājalairdevi nihatā brāhmaṇottamaiḥ .. mayā ca taṃ vimuñcaṃti mūrcchitā nipatanti ca .. 9 .. > They too, O goddess, slain by the twilight waters by the best of brahmins / and by me, release him, fainting and falling down. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.10) etasmātkāraṇāddevi sandhyayorubhayorapi .. ahaṃ cānye ca viprā ye te namaṃti divākaram.. 6.131.10 .. > For this reason, O goddess, at both twilights, / I and whatever other brahmins there are bow down to the daymaker. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.11) tasmāttvaṃ gṛhamāgaccha tyaktverṣyāṃ parvatātmaje .. praśasyāṃ tvāṃ parityaktvā nānyāsti hṛdaye mama .. 11 .. > Therefore, abandon jealousy and return home, O daughter of the mountain; / abandoning you, who are praiseworthy, there is no other woman in my heart." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.12) .. devyuvāca .. .. niṣkāmo vā sakāmo vā saṃdhyāṃ strīsaṃjñitāmimām .. yattvaṃ namasi deveśa tanme duḥkhaṃ prajāyate .. 12 .. > The goddess said: / "Whether without desire or with desire, that you bow to this twilight, / who is named as a woman, O lord of gods, causes grief to me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.13) tasmādgaṅgāparityāgaṃ sandhyāyāśca viśeṣataḥ .. yāvanna kuruṣe deva tāvattuṣṭirna me bhavet .. 13 .. > Therefore, until you abandon the Gaṅgā and especially the twilight, / O god, there will be no satisfaction for me." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.14) evamuktvā'tha sā devī viśeṣavratamāsthitā.. avamanya mahādevaṃ prārthayānamapi svayam.. 14 .. > Having spoken thus, the goddess then undertook a special vow, / showing disregard even for Mahādeva, though he himself was pleading. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.19) tataḥ sa cintayāmāsa kimetatkāraṇaṃ sthitam.. viraktā'pi mamotkaṇṭhāṃ yenaiṣā prakaroti na .. 19 .. > Then he reflected, "What is this state of affairs? / Even though estranged, why does she not show longing for me? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.19\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.19_1) na ca sāmnā vrajettuṣṭiṃ kathaṃcidapi pārvatī .. mṛṣerṣyāṃdhāriṇī devī naitatsvalpaṃ hi kāraṇam .. 16 .. > And Pārvatī can by no means be appeased by conciliation; / the goddess is consumed by false jealousy—surely this is no small cause." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.19\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.19_2) tato mantraprabhāvaṃ taṃ vijñāya parameśvaraḥ .. dhyānaṃ dhṛtvā susūkṣmeṇa jñānenātha svayaṃ tataḥ .. 17 .. > Then, knowing that power of the mantra, the supreme lord, / having taken up meditation through very subtle knowledge, then himself > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.19\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.19_3) tameva mantraṃ mantreṇa nyāsena ca viśeṣataḥ .. samyagārādhayāmāsa saṃpūjyātmānamātmanā .. 18 .. > worshiped that very mantra through the mantra and especially through nyāsa, / fully worshiping the Self by the Self. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.19\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.19_4) yathā devyātmabhūtāni pṛthakkṛtvā ca paṃca ca .. pūjitāni tathā devaḥ sarveṣāmaṃtare gataḥ .. 19 .. > Just as the goddess worshiped her own five forms, having separated them, / so the god entered into the midst of all of them, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.19\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.19_5) tānyeva pūjayāmāsa pṛthakkṛtvā samādhitaḥ .. niyojya ca punarbāhye tataḥ pūjāṃ samācarat ..6.131.2... > and worshiped them, having separated them through absorption; / and having projected them outward again, he then performed the worship. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.21) tasmānnāsti paraḥ kaścitpūjyapūjyaḥ sa eva ca .. aiśvaryātsarvadevānāmīśānastena nirmitaḥ .. 21 .. > Therefore there is no other higher being; he alone is the worshiper and the worshiped. / Because of his lordship over all gods, he manifested as Īśāna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.22) evaṃ yāvatsa īśānaḥ samārādhayati prabhuḥ .. tāvaddevī samāyātā mantrākṛṣṭā ca yatra saḥ .. 22 .. > While the lord Īśāna was worshiping in this manner, / the goddess, drawn by the mantra, arrived where he was. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.23) tataḥ provāca taṃ devaṃ praṇipatyakṛtāṃjaliḥ .. jñātaṃ mayā vibho sarvaṃ na māṃ tyaja tava priyām .. 23 .. > Then, prostrating herself with folded hands, she spoke to the god: / "All is understood by me, O omnipresent one; do not abandon me, your beloved! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.24) tasmādāgaccha gacchāvo yatra tvaṃ vāñchasi prabho .. kṣamyatāṃ deva me sarvaṃ na kṛtaṃ yadvacastava .. 24 .. > Therefore come, let us go wherever you wish, O lord; / forgive me everything, O god—that I did not obey your word." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.25) tatastuṣṭo mahādevastāmāliṅgya śucismitām .. idamūce vihasyoccairmeghagambhīrayā girā .. 25 .. > Then Mahādeva, delighted, embraced her of pure smiles / and spoke these words, laughing loudly, with a voice deep as a thundercloud: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.26) yaiṣā tvayā''tmabhūtotthā nirmitā paramā tanuḥ .. etāṃ yā kāminī kācitpūjayiṣyati bhaktitaḥ .. anenaiva vidhānena tasyā bhartā bhaviṣyati .. 26 .. > "This supreme body which has been created, arising from yourself— / whatever woman with desire worships this with devotion, / by this very procedure, will obtain a husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.27) tṛtīyāyāṃ viśeṣeṇa yāvatsaṃvatsaraṃ śubhe .. sā labhiṣyati satkāntaṃ putradaṃ sarvakāmadam .. 27 .. > Especially on the third lunar day for a year, O auspicious one, / she will obtain an excellent beloved who gives sons and grants all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.28) tathaitāṃ māmakīṃ mūrtimīśānākhyāṃ ca ye narāḥ .. teṣāṃ duṣṭāpi yā kāntā saumyā caiva bhaviṣyati .. 28 .. > Likewise, whichever men worship this form of mine named Īśāna, / their beloved, even if malicious, will become gentle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.29) ye punaḥ kanyakāhetoḥ pūjayiṣyaṃti bhaktitaḥ .. yāṃ kanyāṃ manasi sthāpya tāṃ labhiṣyantyasaṃśayam ..29.. > Moreover, those who worship with devotion for the sake of obtaining a maiden, / fixing that maiden in their minds, will without doubt obtain her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.30) niṣkāmāścāpi ye martyā pūjayiṣyaṃti sarvadā .. te yāsyaṃti parāṃ siddhiṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitām .. 6.131.30 .. > And whatever mortals, devoid of desire, worship constantly, / they will attain supreme perfection, free from old age and death." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.31) evamuktvā mahādevo vṛṣamāropya tāṃ priyām .. svayamāruhya paścācca kailāsaṃ parvataṃ gataḥ .. 31 .. > Having spoken thus, Mahādeva placed his beloved upon the bull, / and having mounted it himself afterwards, went to Mount Kailāsa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.32) .. nārada uvāca . .. tasmāttava suteyaṃ yā tāmārādhayatu drutam .. pañcapiṇḍamayā gaurīṃ yāvatsaṃvatsaraṃ śubhām .. 32 .. > Nārada said: / "Therefore, let this daughter of yours quickly worship that / auspicious Gaurī consisting of five lumps, for the duration of a year, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.33) tṛtīyāyāṃ viśeṣeṇa tataḥ prāpsyati satpatim .. mukhaprekṣamatiprītaṃ rūpādibhirguṇairyutam .. 33 .. > especially on the third lunar day; then she will obtain an excellent husband, / eager to gaze upon her face, exceedingly loving, endowed with good qualities such as beauty." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.34) .. śāṃḍilyuvāca .. .. evamuktvā muniśreṣṭho nāradaḥ prayayau tataḥ .. tīrthayātrāṃ prati prītyā mama mātrā visarjitaḥ .. 34 .. > Śāṇḍilī said: / "Having spoken thus, Nārada, the best of sages, then departed / on a pilgrimage to sacred fords, affectionately seen off by my mother. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.35) mayāpi ca tadādeśātkaumāryepi ca saṃsthayā .. pūjayā vatsaraṃ yāvatpūjitā patikāmyayā .. 35 .. > And by me also, according to his instruction, staying in maidenhood, / worship was performed for a year with the desire for a husband, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.36) tṛtīyāyāṃ viśeṣeṇa mārgamāsāditaḥ śubhe .. naivedyairvividhairdānairgaṃdhamālyānulepanaiḥ .. 36 .. > especially on the third lunar day, beginning in the month of Mārga, O auspicious one, / with various offerings, gifts, fragrant incenses, garlands, and ointments. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.37) tatprabhāvādayaṃ prāpto jaiminirnāma saddvijaḥ .. kātyāyani yathā dṛṣṭastvayā kiṃ kīrtitaiḥ paraiḥ .. 37 > Through its power this excellent brahmin named Jaimini was obtained, / whom you have seen, O Kātyāyanī; what need is there to speak of others? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.38) tasmāttvamapi kalyāṇi pūjayaināṃ samāhitā .. saṃprāpsyasi susaubhāgyaṃ maitreyyā sadṛśaṃ śubhe .. 38 .. > Therefore you too, O blessed one, worship her with a concentrated mind; / you will attain great marital fortune equal to Maitreyī, O auspicious one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.39) tvayā na pūjitā ceyaṃ kaumārye vartamānayā .. yāvatsaṃvatsaraṃ gaurī tṛtīyāyāṃ na cādhikam .. 39 .. > This Gaurī was not worshiped by you while living in maidenhood / for a year on the third lunar day, nor beyond that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.40) sāpatnyaṃ tena saṃjātaṃ saubhāgyepi nirargale .. yathoktavidhinā devī satyametanmayoditam .. 6.131.40 .. > Because of that, cowife rivalry has arisen, even though your marital fortune is unobstructed. / \[Worship\] the goddess according to the prescribed rite; this truth has been spoken by me." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.41) .. sūta uvāca .. .. śrutvā kātyāyanī sarvaṃ śāṃḍilyā yatprakīrtitam .. tataḥ praṇamya tāṃ pṛṣṭvā svameva bhavanaṃ yayau .. 41 .. > Sūta said: / Having heard all that was proclaimed by Śāṇḍilī, / Kātyāyanī then bowed to her, took her leave, and went to her own house. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.42) mārgaśīrṣe'tha saṃprāpte tṛtīyādivase site .. tāṃ devīṃ pūjayāmāsa varṣaṃ yāvakṛtakṣaṇā .. 42 .. > Then, when Mārgaśīrṣa arrived, on the third day of the bright fortnight, / she worshiped that goddess for a year, having found her opportunity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.43) gauriṇīrbhojayāmāsa mṛṣṭānnairbhojanai rasaiḥ .. tailakṣāraparityaktairgandhaiḥ kuṃkumapūrvakaiḥ .. 43 .. > She fed married women with delicious foods and savors, / free from oil and salt, and honored them with perfumes beginning with saffron. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.44) tatastu vatsare pūrṇe yājñavalkyastadantikam .. gatvā provāca kiṃ kaṣṭaṃ tvaṃ karoṣi śucismite .. 44 .. > Then, when the year was completed, Yājñavalkya approached her / and said: "What hardship are you undergoing, O you of pure smile, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.45) mayā kāṃtena raktena kāmadena sadaiva tu .. tasmādāgaccha gacchāva svameva bhavanaṃ śubhe .. 45 .. > when I am your beloved, impassioned, and always fulfilling your desires? / Therefore come, let us go to our own abode, O auspicious one!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.46) evamuktvā tu tāṃ hṛṣṭāṃ gṛhītvā dakṣiṇe kare .. jagāma bhavanaṃ paścātpulakāṃkitagātrajām .. 46.. > Having spoken thus, he took her, who was joyful and whose limbs were bristling with hair-thrills, / by the right hand and then went to his home. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.47) tataḥ paraṃ tayā sārdhaṃ vartate harṣitānanaḥ .. maitreyyā sahito yadvadaviśeṣeṇa sarvadā .. 47 .. > Thereafter, with a delighted countenance, he lived with her, / just as \[he lived\] with Maitreyī, always without differentiation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.48) tataḥ saṃjanayāmāsa tasyāṃ putraṃ guṇānvitam .. kātyāyanābhidhānaṃ ca yajña vidyāvicakṣaṇam.. 48 .. > Then upon her he begot a son endowed with virtues, / named Kātyāyana, who was discerning in the knowledge of sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.49) putro vararuciryasya babhūva guṇasāgaraḥ.. sarvajñaḥ sarvakṛtyeṣu vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ ..49.. > His son was Vararuci, an ocean of virtues, / omniscient in all rites and proficient in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.50) sthāpito'tra śubhe kṣetre yena vidyārthināṃ kṛte .. samārādhya viśeṣeṇa caturthyāṃ śuklavāsare .. 6.131.50 .. > By him, for the sake of seekers of learning, was installed here in this auspicious sacred field, / having worshipped \[him\] especially on a Friday fourth lunar day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.51) mahāgaṇapatirbhaktyā sarvavidyāpradāyakaḥ .. yastasya purato viprāḥ śāṃtipāṭhavidhānataḥ .. .. 51 .. > the great Gaṇapati, with devotion, the grantor of all learning. / O brahmins, whoever before him, according to the rite of reciting the śānti hymns, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.52) gṛhṇāti puṣpamālāṃ yaḥ paṭhecchaktyā dvijottamāḥ .. vedāṃtakṛtsa vipraḥ syātsadā janmanijanmani .. 52 .. > takes up a garland of flowers and recites according to his capacity, O best of the twice-born, / that brahmin will always be an author of Vedānta in birth after birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.53) aśaktyā cātha pāṭhasya yo gṛhṇāti dhanena ca .. sa viśeṣādbhavedvipro vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ .. 53.. > And if through incapacity for recitation he takes it with money, / that brahmin will especially become proficient in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.54) viduṣāṃ sa gṛhe janma yājñikānāṃ sadā labhet.. na kadācittu mūrkhārṇāṃ ninditānāṃ kathañcana .. 54 .. > He will always obtain birth in the home of learned men who perform sacrifices, / never in any way among fools or censured men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.130.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130.131) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmya īśānotpattipaṃcapiṃḍikāgaurīmāhātmya vararucisthāpitagaṇapatimāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikatriṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 131 .. > Thus ends the hundred and thirty-first chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of the Gaṇapati Installed by Vararuci' in the Māhātmya of the Origin of Īśāna and the Five Piṇḍikā-Gaurīs, in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the sixth section, the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, of the glorious 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.5.130.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Sātvatasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.pancaratra.satvata.1.43) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.130) · Pramāṇa