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# Skandapurana 5.133

Skandapurāṇa 5.133

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.133.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.1)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..  
yadā dakṣeṇa kruddhena purā śapto himadyutiḥ ..  
tatsarvaṃ bhavatā proktaṃ somanāthakathānakam.. 1 ..

> The seers said:  
> "When the Moon (the cold-rayed one) was formerly cursed by angry Dakṣa,  
> all of that story of Somanātha was recounted by you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.2)

sāṃprataṃ vada kāmasya yathā kuṣṭho'bhavatpurā ..  
yena doṣeṇa śāpaśca kena tasya niyojitaḥ .. 2 .

> Now tell how leprosy formerly came upon Kāma,  
> through what fault, and by whom the curse was placed upon him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.3)

śilākhaṃḍā ca yā devī tathā saubhāgyakūpikā ..  
yathā tatra samutpannā tathā'smākaṃ prakīrtaya .. 3 ..

> And how the goddess Śilākhaṇḍā and the Saubhāgyakūpikā  
> came to be there—proclaim that to us."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.4)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
purāsīdbrāhmaṇo nāma hārīta iti viśrutaḥ ..  
sa tapastatra saṃtepe vānaprasthāśrame vasan .. 4 ..

> Sūta said:  
> Formerly there was a brahmin renowned by the name of Hārīta;  
> he performed austerity there, dwelling in the stage of a forest-dweller.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.5)

tasya bhāryā'bhavatsādhvī rūpaudāryasamanvitā ..  
trailokyasundarī sākṣāllakṣmīriva madhudviṣaḥ .. 5 ..

> His virtuous wife was endowed with beauty and nobility,  
> a beauty of the three worlds, like Lakṣmī the consort of Madhudviṣ (Viṣṇu) in visible form,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.6)

khyātā pūṇakalānāma sarvaiḥ samuditāguṇaiḥ ..  
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā padmajo'pyāśu kāmasya vaśago'bhavat .. 6 ..

> known by the name of Puṇyakalā, endowed with all virtues.  
> Seeing her, even the lotus-born \[Brahmā\] quickly came under the power of desire (Kāma).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.7)

kadācidapi sa prāptastasminkṣetre manobhavaḥ ..  
saha ratyā tathā prītyā kāmeśvaradidṛkṣayā .. 7 ..

> Once that mind-born \[Kāma\] arrived in that sacred field  
> along with Rati and Prīti, wishing to see Kāmeśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.8)

etasminnaṃtare sāpi snānārthaṃ tatra cāgatā ..  
kṛtvā vastraparityāgaṃ viveśa jalāśayam .. 8 ..

> In the meantime, she too came there to bathe; / having cast off her clothes, she entered the pool of water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.9)

atha tāṃ kāmadevopi samālokya śubhānanām..  
ātmīyairapi nirviddho hṛdaye puṣpasāyakaiḥ .. 9 ..

> Then, upon seeing that fair-faced lady, even the god of love / was pierced in his own heart by his floral arrows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.10)

tato ratiṃ parityaktvā prītiṃ ca śarapīḍitaḥ..  
vijanaṃ kaṃcidāsādya prasuptaḥ sa taroradhaḥ .. 6.134.10 ..

> Then, tormented by his arrows, abandoning Rati / and Prīti, he approached a solitary place and fell asleep beneath a tree.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.11)

gātraiḥ pulakitaiḥ sarvairniḥśvāsānniḥśvasanmuhuḥ ..  
agnivarṇānsudīrghāṃśca bāṣpa pūrṇavilocanaḥ .. 11 ..

> With all his limbs bristling, repeatedly drawing deep sighs / of a fiery hue, his eyes full of tears,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.12)

tiṣṭhansa darśane tasyā ekadṛṣṭyā vyalokayat..  
yogīva susamādhistho dhyāyaṃstadbrahma saṃsthitam .. 12 ..

> Standing in her sight, he gazed with an unwavering gaze, / like a yogi seated in deep absorption meditating upon that immanent Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.13)

sāpi kāmaṃ samālokya sānurāgaṃ puraḥ sthitam ..  
jṛṃbhābhaṃgakṛtāsyaṃ ca vepamānaśarīrakam .. 13 ..

> She too, seeing Kāma standing before her filled with longing, / his mouth gaping in yawns and his body trembling,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.14)

sāpi tadbāṇanirbhinnā sābhilāṣā babhūva ha ..  
kāmaṃ prati viśeṣeṇa tasya rūpeṇa mohitā .. 14 ..

> She too, pierced by his arrows, was filled with desire; / infatuated especially with Kāma on account of his beauty,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.15)

atha tasmājjalātkṛcchrādviniṣkramya śucismitā ..  
tīropāṃtaṃ samāsādya sthitā taddṛṣṭigocare .. 15 ..

> Then, having emerged with difficulty from that water, the fair-smiling woman, / having approached the edge of the bank, stood within the range of his vision.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.16)

tataḥ kāmaḥ samutthāya śanaistadaṃtikaṃ yayau ..  
kṛtāṃjalipuṭo bhūtvā tataḥ provāca sādaram .. 16 ..

> Then Kāma arose and went slowly to her presence; / having joined his hands in reverence, he spoke respectfully:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.17)

kā tvamatra viśālākṣi prāptā snātuṃ jalāśaye ..  
mama nāśāya cārvaṃgi tasmācchṛṇu vaco mama .. 17 ..

> "Who are you, large-eyed lady, who have come to bathe in this pool of water / for my destruction, fair-limbed one? Therefore, listen to my words.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.18)

ahaṃ puṣpaśaro loke prasiddhaścāruhāsini ..  
viḍaṃbanāṃ mayā nītā devā api nijaiḥ śaraiḥ .. 18 ..

> I am renowned in the world as the flower-arrowed god, sweet-smiling lady; / even the gods have been brought to humiliation by my own arrows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.19)

madbāṇenāhato rudraḥ svaśarīre nitaṃbinīm ..  
arddhena dhārayāmāsa tyaktvā lajjāṃ sudūrataḥ .. 19 ..

> Struck by my arrow, Rudra held the broad-hipped woman / on one half of his body, casting shame far away.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.20)

brahmā maccharanirbhinnaḥ svasutāṃ cakame tataḥ ..  
janayāmāsa tānviprānvālakhilyāṃstathāvidhān .. 20 ..

> Brahmā, pierced by my arrow, then lusted after his own daughter; / and he fathered those renowned brahmins, the Vālakhilyas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.21)

ahilyāṃ cakame śakro gautamasya priyāṃ satīm ..  
madbāṇaiḥ pīḍito'tīva svargādetya dharātalam .. 21 ..

> Śakra, exceedingly tormented by my arrows, came from heaven to the surface of the earth / and lusted after Ahilyā, the beloved and virtuous wife of Gautama.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.22)

evaṃ devā api kṣuṇṇā maccharairye mahattarāḥ ..  
kiṃ punarmānavāḥ subhrūḥ kṛmiprāyāḥ sucaṃcalāḥ .. 22 ..

> Thus even the gods, who are exalted, were shattered by my arrows; / what then of human beings, fair-browed one, who are akin to worms and utterly fickle?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.23)

ākīṭāṃtaṃ jagatsarvamābrahmāṃtaṃ tathaiva ca ..  
viḍaṃbanāṃ parāṃ prāptaṃ maccharaiścāruhāsini .. 23 ..

> The entire world, from insects up to Brahmā, / has been brought to supreme humiliation by my arrows, sweet-smiling one.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.24)

ahaṃ punastvayā bhīru nīto'vasthāmimāṃ śubhe .. 24 ..

> Yet, timid one, auspicious woman, I have been brought to this state by you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.25)

tasmāddehi mahābhāge mamādya ratadakṣiṇām ..  
yāvanna yāṃti saṃtyajya mama prāṇāḥ kalevarāt .. .. 25 ..

> Therefore, fortunate lady, give me today the gift of amorous union, / before my life-breaths depart from my body!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.26)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
sāpi tadvacanaṃ śrutvā pativrataparāyaṇā ..  
hanyamānā viśeṣeṇa tadbāṇairhṛdaye bhṛśam .. 26 ..

> Sūta said: / Hearing his words, she, devoted to her husband, / was stricken vehemently in her heart, especially by his arrows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.27)

anabhijñā ca sā sādhvī kāmadharmasya kevalam ..  
tāpasaiḥ saha saṃvṛddhā nānyaṃ jānāti kiṃcana .. 27 ..

> And that virtuous woman was completely unacquainted with the nature of passion; / having grown up among ascetics, she knew nothing else.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.28)

vaktuṃ tadviṣaye yacca procyate kāmapīḍitaiḥ ..  
adhomukhā'likhadbhūmimaṃguṣṭhena sthitā ciram .. 28 ..

> \[Unable\] to speak regarding that which is uttered by those tormented by passion, / she stood for a long time with her face turned downward, scratching the ground with her big toe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.29)

etasminnantare bhānuḥ prāptaścāstaṃ giriṃ prati ..  
vihārasamaye prāpta āhitāgnirniveśane .. 29 ..

> In the meantime, the sun reached the setting mountain; / and Hārīta, who maintained the sacred fires, returned home at the time of daily recreation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.30)

hārīto'pi ciraṃ vīkṣya tanmārgaṃ cākṛtāśanaḥ ..  
tataḥ sa ciṃtayāmāsa kasmātsā cātra nāgatā .. 30 ..

> Watching the path for her for a long time without taking his meal, / he then reflected: "Why has she not come here,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.31)

snātvā tīrthavare tasmindṛṣṭvā tāṃ candrakūpikām..  
kāmeśvaraṃ ca deveśaṃ kāmadaṃ sukhadaṃ nṛṇām .. 31 ..

> having bathed at that excellent sacred ford and visited that Candrakūpikā / and Kāmeśvara, the lord of gods, who grants desires and happiness to men?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.32)

tataḥ śiṣyasamāyukto vīkṣamāṇa itastataḥ ..  
taṃ deśaṃ samanuprāpto yatra tau dvāvapi sthitau .. 32 ..

> Then, accompanied by his disciples, looking here and there, / he arrived at that place where both of them were standing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.33)

ālapanbahudhā kāmo hanyamāno nijaiḥ śaraiḥ ..  
sāpi caiva viśeṣeṇa vrīḍayā'dhomukhī sthitā .. 33 ..

> Kāma was speaking at length, struck by his own arrows, / and she too stood with her face turned down in extreme shame.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.34)

sa gulmāṃtaritaḥ sarvaṃ tacchrutvā kāmajalpitam ..  
tasyāśca tadgataṃ bhāvaṃ tataḥ kopāduvāca saḥ .. 34 ..

> Concealed behind a bush, hearing all of Kāma's prattle / and \[seeing\] her disposition directed toward him, he then spoke in anger:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.35)

yasmātpāpa tvayā patnī mamaivaṃ śarapīḍitā ..  
anabhijñā tathā sādhvī patidharmaparāyaṇā ..  
kuṣṭhavyādhisamāyuktastasmādvipriyadarśanaḥ .. 35 ..

> "Since my wife, innocent, virtuous, and devoted to her wifely duties, / has been thus tormented with arrows by you, wicked one, / therefore, afflicted with leprosy, unpleasant to behold,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.36)

tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi pāpātmanmukto dāraiḥ svakairapi ..  
sā'pi caiva viśeṣeṇa vrīḍayā'dhomukhī sthitā .. 36 ..

> you shall become, sinful soul, abandoned even by your own wives!" / And she too stood with her face turned down in extreme shame.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.37)

eṣāpi ca śilāprāyā bhaviṣyati vicetanā ..  
tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā yā sarāgā'bhūnnijadharmabahiṣkṛtā .. 37 ..

> "And this woman, having seen you and felt passion, forsaking her own duty, / shall become like a stone, insensate!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.38)

tataḥ prasādayāmāsa taṃ kāmaḥ praṇipatya ca ..  
na jñāteyaṃ mayā vipra tava bhāryeti sundarī .. 38 ..

> Then Kāma, bowing down, propitiated him: / "Brahmin, it was not known by me that this beautiful woman was your wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.39)

tena proktā viruddhāni vākyāni vividhāni ca ..  
etasyā nāsti doṣo'tra madbāṇaiḥ pīḍitā bhṛśam .. 39

> By that \[ignorance\] improper words of various kinds were spoken \[by me\]. / There is no fault of hers here; she was severely tormented by my arrows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.40)

sānurāgā paraṃ jātā noktaṃ kiṃcidvaco mune ..  
tasmānnārhasi śāpaṃ tvaṃ dātumasyāḥ kathaṃcana .. 40 ..

> She only became impassioned, sage; no word was spoken \[by her\]. / Therefore, you ought not to pronounce a curse upon her in any way.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.41)

mamāstyeṣo 'parādho'tra tasmānme nigrahaṃ kuru ..  
bhūyo'pi brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha asyāḥ śāpasamudbhavam .. 41 ..

> This offence is mine alone; therefore, inflict punishment on me! / Furthermore, best of brahmins, concerning the origin of her curse:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.42)

api rudrādayo devā madbāṇebhyo dvijottama ..  
soḍhuṃ śaktā na te yasmāttatkathaṃ syādiyaṃ śilā .. 42 ..

> Since even gods such as Rudra, supreme twice-born, / are unable to withstand my arrows, how could she become a stone?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.43)

tathātra trividhaṃ pāpaṃ pravadaṃti manīṣiṇaḥ ..  
mānasaṃ vācikaṃ caiva karmajaṃ ca tṛtīyakam..  
tadasmākaṃ dvidhā jātamekaṃ cāsyā munīśvara . 43 ..

> Moreover, the wise declare sin in this world to be threefold: / mental, verbal, and the third born of bodily action. / That \[sin\] occurred twofold in us, and only single in her, lord of sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.44)

bhāryāyāste surūpāyāstasmātsaṃpūrṇanigraham ..  
kariṣyasi na te bhītiḥ kācidasti paratrajā .. .. 44 ..

> your beautiful wife. Therefore, if you inflict full punishment \[upon her\], / have you no fear whatsoever born of the next world?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.45)

manastāpādvrajetpāpaṃ mānasaṃ vācikaṃ ca yat ..  
tasya prasādanenaiva yasyopari vijalpitam .. 45 ..

> Mental sin is dispelled through remorse; and that which is verbal / is dispelled only through the appeasement of the person against whom it was spoken;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.46)

prāyaścittairyathoktaiśca karmajaṃ pātakaṃ vrajet .  
dharmaśāstraiḥ pariproktaṃ yataḥ sarvairmahāmune .. 46 ..

> and sin born of action is dispelled through expiations as prescribed, / because this has been declared by all the treatises on dharma, great sage."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.47)

.. hārīta uvāca .. ..  
anyatra viṣaye tasyāḥ pātakaṃ kāmadevate ..  
etasya tava dharmasya prādhānyaṃ manasaḥ smṛtam .. 47 ..

> Hārīta said: / "In another matter her sin might be \[minor\], god of love; / but in this domain of yours, the mind is traditionally held to be primary.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.48)

tasmādevaṃvidhā ceyaṃ sadā sthāsyati cādhama ..  
kiṃ punaḥ kuru yatkṛtyaṃ nāhaṃ vakṣyāmi kiṃcana .. 48 ..

> Therefore, vile one, she shall remain in such a condition forever. / What more? Do what you will; I shall not say anything further.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.49)

prathamaṃ manasā sarvaṃ ciṃtyate tadanaṃtaram ..  
tataḥ prajalpate vācā kriyate karmaṇā tataḥ .. 49 ..

> First everything is conceived by the mind; thereafter / it is uttered in speech, and then performed in bodily action.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.50)

pramāṇaṃ hi manastasmātsarvakṛtyeṣu sarvadā ..  
etasmātkāraṇātpūrṇo mayā'syā nigrahaḥ kṛtaḥ .. 50 ..

> For the mind is the authority in all actions at all times; / for this reason, full punishment has been inflicted on her by me."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.51)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
evamuktvā muniśreṣṭho hārītaḥ svāśramaṃ yayau ..  
sāpi pūrṇakalā jātā śilārūpā ca tatkṣaṇāt .. 51 ..

> Sūta said:  
> Having spoken thus, Hārīta, the best of sages, went to his own hermitage.  
> And she, Pūrṇakalā, instantly turned into stone. (51)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.52)

kāmadevo'pi kuṣṭhena grasto raudreṇa ca dvijāḥ ..  
śīrṇanāsāṃghripāṇiśca netrāṇāmapriyo'bhavat.. 52 ..

> Kāmadeva also, seized by dreadful leprosy, O twice-born ones,  
> having his nose, feet, and hands decayed, became offensive to the eyes. (52)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.53)

atha kāme nirutsāhe saṃjāte dvijasattamāḥ ..  
vyādhigraste jagatyasminsṛṣṭirodho vyajāyata ..53..

> Then, when Kāma became dispirited and seized by disease,  
> O best of the twice-born, the obstruction of procreation arose in this world. (53)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.54)

kevalaṃ kṣīyate loko naiva vṛddhiṃ pragacchati ..  
svedajā ye'pi jīvāḥ syustepi yātāḥ parikṣayam .. 54 ..

> The world was only decreasing; it did not advance in growth at all.  
> Even whatever living beings were sweat-born went to ruin. (54)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.55)

etasminnaṃtare devāḥ sarve ciṃtāsamākulāḥ ..  
kimidaṃ kṣīyate loko jalasthaiḥ sthalajaiḥ saha ..55..

> Meanwhile, all the gods were bewildered with anxiety:  
> “Why is this world dwindling away, along with the creatures living in water and on land? (55)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.56)

na dṛśyate kvacidbālaḥ ko'pi kaścitkathaṃcana ..  
na ca garbhavatī nārī kaccitkṣemaṃ smarasya ca .. ..56..

> Nowhere is any child seen in any way,  
> nor is any woman pregnant. Is Smara well?” (56)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.57)

tatastaṃ vyādhinā grastaṃ jñātvātra kṣetrasaṃśrayam ..  
ājagmustvaritāḥ sarve vyākulenāṃtarātmanā..57..

> Then, having learned that he was seized by disease, taking refuge here in the sacred field,  
> they all arrived swiftly with agitated minds. (57)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.58)

kāmeśvarapurasthaṃ ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā kusumāyudham..  
atyaṃtavikṛtākāraṃ ciṃtayānaṃ maheśvaram .. 58 ..

> And seeing him, the flower-arrowed \[god\], staying in the city of Kāmeśvara,  
> extremely deformed in shape, meditating upon Maheśvara, (58)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.59)

tataḥ procuḥ suduḥkhārtāḥ kimidaṃ kusumāyudha ..  
nirutsāhaḥ samutpannaḥ kuṣṭhavyādhisamākulaḥ ..59..

> they, afflicted with great distress, then said: “What is this, O flower-arrowed one?  
> You have become dispirited, afflicted with the disease of leprosy!” (59)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.60)

tataścādhomukho jāto lajjayā parayā vṛtaḥ ..  
provāca śāpajaṃ sarvaṃ hārītasya viceṣṭitam .. 6.134.60 ..

> Then he bowed his head down, filled with supreme shame,  
> and related the whole deed born of Hārīta's curse. (60)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.60\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.60_1)

tataste vibudhāḥ procuḥ pātakaṃ yadgirā kṛtam ..3

> Then those gods said: “The sin that was committed by speech, (61ab)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.61)

tattasyārādhanātsarvaṃ saṃkṣayaṃ yātyasaṃśayam .. 61 ..

> all that goes to destruction through worship of her, without doubt. (61cd)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.62)

tasmādetāṃ śilārūpāṃ tvamārādhaya cittaja ..  
yena kuṣṭhaḥ kṣayaṃ yāti tatastejo'bhivardhate .. 62 ..

> Therefore, worship this one who has the form of stone, O mind-born one,  
> by which your leprosy will perish, and then your luster will increase. (62)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.63)

jagati syānmahāsṛṣṭirdevakṛtyaṃ kṛtaṃ bhavet ..  
na te'sti kāyajaṃ pāpaṃ yato muktvā pravācikam .. 63 ..

> Great procreation will take place in the world, and the duty of the gods will be accomplished.  
> For you have no bodily sin, having been freed \[from it\], except for that of speech. (63)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.64)

atra kuṇḍe tvadīye'nyo yaḥ snātvā śraddhayānvitaḥ ..  
enāṃ pāpavinirmuktāṃ śilāṃ vai mānavaḥ spṛśet .. 64 ..

> Any other human being who, having bathed with faith in this pool of yours,  
> touches this stone that is freed from sin, (64)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.65)

kuṣṭhavyādhisamopetaḥ kāyotthenāpi karmaṇā ..  
so'pi vyādhivinirmukto bhaviṣyati gatajvaraḥ .. 65 ..

> even if afflicted with the disease of leprosy by action arising from the body,  
> he too will be freed from the disease, rid of fever. (65)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.66)

etatsaubhāgyakūpaṃ ca loke khyātaṃ jalāśayam ..  
bhaviṣyati na saṃdehaḥ sarvarogakṣayāvaham .. 66 ..

> And this reservoir will be known in the world as the Saubhāgyakūpa,  
> bringing the destruction of all diseases, of this there is no doubt. (66)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.67)

dadrūṇi durvibhūtāni tathānyāśca vicarcikāḥ ..  
atra snātasya yāsyaṃti dṛṣṭvaitāṃ sadya eva hi .. 67 ..

> Severe ringworms and other eczemas  
> of one who has bathed here will instantly vanish upon merely seeing this \[stone\].” (67)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.68)

evamuktvātha te devāḥ prajagmustridaśālayam ..  
kāmadevo'pi tatrasthastasyāḥ pūjāmatha vyadhāt .. 68 ..

> Having spoken thus, those gods then went to the abode of the thirty \[gods\].  
> Kāmadeva also, remaining there, performed her worship. (68)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.69)

tataśca samatikrāṃte māsamātre dvijottamāḥ ..  
tādṛgrūpaḥ sa saṃjāto yādṛgāsītpurā smaraḥ .. 69 ..

> And then, when just a month had passed, O best of the twice-born,  
> he became endowed with such a form as Smara had possessed formerly. (69)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.70)

tataścāyatanaṃ tasyāḥ kṛtvā śraddhāsamanvitaḥ ..  
jagāma vāṃchitaṃ deśaṃ sṛṣṭyarthaṃ yatnamāsthitaḥ .. 6.134.70 ..

> Then, having built a shrine for her with faith,  
> he went to the desired region, undertaking effort for procreation. (70)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.71)

sāpi namramukhī tādṛktena śaptā tathaiva ca ..  
saṃjātā khaṇḍakākārā tena khaṇḍaśilā smṛtā .. 71 ..

> She too, having a lowered face, cursed by him in that very manner,  
> became fractured in appearance; therefore she is remembered as Khaṇḍaśilā. (71)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.72)

yastāṃ pūjayate bhaktyā trayodaśyāṃ tathaiva ca ..  
nāpavādo bhavettasya paradārasamudbhavaḥ .. 72 ..

> Whoever worships her with devotion, and likewise on the thirteenth \[lunar day\],  
> to him no slander arising from another's wife will occur. (72)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.73)

kāminyāśca viśeṣeṇa prāhaitacchaṃkarātmajaḥ ..  
kārtikeyo dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ satyametanmayoditam .. 73 ..

> Especially in the case of a desirable woman—so spoke the son of Śaṃkara,  
> Kārtikeya, O best of the twice-born; this spoken by me is true. (73)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.74)

tathā kāmeśvaraṃ devaṃ kāmadevapratiṣṭhitam ..  
trayodaśyāṃ samārādhya sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt .. 74 ..

> Likewise, having worshipped the god Kāmeśvara, installed by Kāmadeva,  
> on the thirteenth \[lunar day\], one obtains all desires. (74)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.75)

ratiprītisamāyuktaḥ sthitastatra smarastathā ..  
mūrto brāhmaṇaśārdūlāḥ śreṣṭhaṃ prāsādamāśritaḥ . 75 .

> Smara, endowed with Rati and Prīti, remains there,  
> embodied, O tigers among brahmins, dwelling in an excellent temple. (75)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.76)

virūpo durbhago yo vā trayodaśyāṃ samāhitaḥ ..  
yastaṃ kuṃkumajaiḥ puṣpaiḥ saṃpūjayati mānavaḥ .. 76 ..

> Whatever person is ugly or unfortunate, who with concentrated mind on the thirteenth \[lunar day\]  
> worships him with saffron-born flowers, (76)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.77)

sa saubhāgyasamāyukto rūpavāṃśca prajāyate ..  
yā nārī patinā tyaktā sapatnījanasaṃvṛtā .. 77 ..

> he becomes handsome and endowed with good fortune.  
> Any woman abandoned by her husband, surrounded by co-wives, (77)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.78)

taṃ devaṃ sukalatrāḍhyaṃ tathaiva paripūjayet ..  
trayodaśyāṃ dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ kesaraiḥ kuṃkumodbhavaiḥ .. 78 ..

> should likewise thoroughly worship that god endowed with good wives,  
> on the thirteenth \[lunar day\], O best of the twice-born, with filaments produced from saffron. (78)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.79)

sā saubhāgyavatī viprā jāyate ca prajāvatī ..  
dhanadhānyasamṛddhā ca duḥkhaśokavivarjitā ..  
doṣaiḥ sarvairvinirmuktā śaṃsitā dharaṇītale .. 79 ..

> She becomes fortunate, O brahmins, and blessed with offspring,  
> rich in wealth and grain, free from misery and grief,  
> freed from all faults, and praised on the surface of the earth. (79)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.133.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.133.134)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe śrīhāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye khaṃḍaśilāsaubhāgyakūpikotpattimāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma catustriṃśaduttaraśatatamodhyāyaḥ .. 134 ..

> Thus ends the one hundred thirty-fourth chapter, entitled “Description of the Māhātmya of the Origin of Khaṇḍaśilā and the Saubhāgyakūpikā,” in the glorious Skanda Purāṇa, in the compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\], in the sixth Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the glorification of the sacred field of Śrī Hāṭakeśvara. (134)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.133.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Daśavidhahetunirūpaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.vaikhanasa!tatparyacintamani.dasavidhahetunirupana.52.10) — Śrīnivāsamakhin, Sanskrit

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