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# Skandapurana 5.134

Skandapurāṇa 5.134

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.134.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.1)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
tathānyāpi ca tatrāsti dīrghikākhyā suśobhanā ..  
sarasī lokavikhyātā sarvapātakanāśanī .. 1 ..

> Sūta said:  
> Likewise, there is also another very beautiful reservoir there named Dīrghikā,  
> renowned in the world, the destroyer of all sins, (1)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.2)

yasyāṃ snāto naraḥ samyagbhāskarasyodayaṃ prati ..  
jyeṣṭhaśuklacaturdaśyāṃ mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ ..2..

> in which a person who bathes properly towards the rising of the sun  
> on the fourteenth of the bright half of Jyeṣṭha is freed from all sins. (2)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.3)

āsītpūrvaṃ dvijo vīraśarmanāmātiviśrutaḥ ..  
vedavidyāvratasnāto vardhamāne purottame .. 3 ..

> Formerly there was a very famous twice-born named Vīraśarman,  
> who had completed his vows and Vedic study, in the excellent city of Vardhamāna. (3)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.4)

tasya kanyā samutpannā kadācillakṣaṇāccyutā ..  
atidīrghā pramāṇena janahāsyavivarddhinī .. 4 ..

> A daughter was born to him, who at some time was devoid of auspicious marks,  
> extremely tall in measure, increasing the laughter of people. (4)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.5)

tataḥ sā yauvanaṃ prāptā tadrūpāpi kumārikā ..  
na kaścidvarayāmāsa śāstravākyamanusmaran .. 5 ..

> Then, though that maiden attained youth with such a form,  
> no one chose her as a bride, remembering the injunction of scripture: (5)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.6)

atisaṃkṣiptakeśā yā atidīrghātivāmanā ..  
udvāhayati yaḥ kanyāṃ puruṣaḥ kāmamohitaḥ .. 6 ..

> “A man who, infatuated with desire, marries a maiden  
> who has very short hair, who is excessively tall, or who is excessively dwarfish, (6)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.7)

ṣaṇmāsābhyaṃtare mṛtyuṃ sa prāpnoti naro dhruvam ..  
etasmātkāraṇātsarve tāṃ tyajaṃti kumārikām .. 7 ..

> that man certainly meets death within six months.”  
> For this reason, all men shunned that maiden, (7)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.8)

puruṣā atidīrghatvayuktāṃ vīkṣya samaṃtataḥ ..  
tato vairāgyamāpannā tapastepe'tidāruṇam.. 8 ..

> seeing her endowed with extreme tallness on every side.  
> Then, having attained dispassion, she performed very fierce austerity. (8)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.9)

cāṃdrāyaṇāni kṛcchrāṇi tayā cīrṇānyanekaśaḥ ..  
pārākāṇi yathoktāni tathā sāṃtapanāni ca .. 9 ..

> The cāndrāyaṇa penances and kṛcchra penances were performed by her many times,  
> as well as the pārāka penances and sāṃtapana penances as prescribed. (9)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.10)

vrataṃ yadvidyate kiṃcinniyamaḥ saṃyamastathā ..  
anyaccāpi śubhaṃ kṛtyaṃ tatsarvaṃ ca tayā kṛtam .. 6.135.10 ..

> Whatever vow, observance, and restraint existed,  
> and whatever other auspicious rite, all that was performed by her. (10)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.11)

evaṃ tasyā vratasthāyā jarā samyagupasthitā ..  
tathāpi tejaso vṛddhirvavṛdhe tapasā kṛtā .. 11 ..

> Thus, while she was steadfast in vows, old age fully approached her;  
> yet the increase of luster produced by her austerity grew. (11)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.12)

sā ca nityaṃ mahendrasya sabhāṃ yātyatikautukāt ..  
devarṣīṇāṃ mataṃ śrotuṃ devatānāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 12 ..

> And out of great curiosity she constantly went to the assembly of Mahendra  
> to hear the views of the celestial seers, and especially of the deities. (12)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.13)

yadā sā svāsanaṃ tyaktvā prayāti svagṛhonmukhī ..  
tadaivābhyukṣaṇaṃ cakrustatra śakrasya kiṃkarāḥ .. 13 ..

> Whenever she left her seat and set out facing towards her own home,  
> just then the attendants of Śakra performed sprinkling with water there. (13)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.14)

tathānyadivase dṛṣṭaṃ kriyamāṇaṃ tayā hi tat ..  
abhyukṣaṇaṃ svakīye ca āsane dvijasattamāḥ .. .. 14 ..

> Then, on another day, O best of brahmins, that sprinkling upon her own seat was indeed seen being performed by her.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.15)

tataḥ kopaparītāṃgī dīrghikā sā kumārikā ..  
triśākhāṃ bhṛkuṭīṃ kṛtvā tataḥ prāha puraṃdaram .. 15 ..

> Then, her limbs overcome with rage, knitting her eyebrows into three furrows, that maiden Dīrghikā spoke to Puraṃdara:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.16)

kiṃ doṣaṃ vīkṣya me śakra prokṣitaṃ cāsanaṃ tvayā ..  
paradvā rakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ kiṃ mayaitatkṛtaṃ kvacit .. 16 ..

> “O Śakra, seeing what fault of mine has the seat been sprinkled by you? Was a fault committed through an alien path, or was this done by me anywhere?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.17)

tasmānme pātakaṃ brūhi no cecchāpaṃ sudāruṇam ..  
tvayi dāsyāmyasaṃdigdhaṃ satye nātmānamālabhe .. 17 ..

> Therefore tell me my sin; otherwise I shall bestow a terrible curse upon you without doubt. I swear by truth!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.18)

.. indra uvāca .. ..  
na te dīrghe'stidoṣotra kaścidekaṃ vinā śubhe ..  
tenātha kriyate caitadāsanasyābhiṣecanam .. .. 18 ..

> Indra said: / “O Dīrghā, O auspicious one, there is no fault in you here, except for one; by reason of that, this sprinkling of the seat is performed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.19)

tvaṃ kumāryapi saṃprāptā ṛtukālaṃ vigarhitā ..  
tena doṣaṃ tvamāpannā nānyadastīha kāraṇam .. 19 ..

> Though a maiden, you have reached your fertile season, condemned \[unmarried\]. Therefore you have incurred fault; there is no other reason here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.20)

tasmādadyāpi tvāṃ kaścidudvāhayati tāpasaḥ ..  
tvaṃ taṃ varaya bharttāraṃ yena gacchasi medhyatām .. 6.135.20 ..

> Therefore, even today, if an ascetic marries you, choose him as your husband, through which you will attain purity.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.21)

tataśca lajjayā yuktā sā tadā dīrghakanyakā ..  
gatvā bhūmitale tūrṇaṃ vardhamāne purottame .. 21 ..

> Filled with shame then, that tall maiden quickly went to the earth's surface, to the excellent city of Vardhamāna.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.22)

tataḥ phūtkartumārabdhā catvareṣu trikeṣu ca ..  
ucchritya dakṣiṇaṃ pāṇiṃ bhramamāṇā itastataḥ .. 22 ..

> Then, raising her right hand and wandering here and there in public squares and crossroads, she began to call out aloud:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.23)

yadi kaściddvijo jātyā karoti mama sāṃpratam ..  
pāṇigrāhaṃ tapo'rddhasya śreyo yacchāmi tasya ca ..23..

> “If any brahmin by birth takes my hand in marriage right now, I will grant him the merit of half my austerity!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.24)

evaṃ tāṃ pravijalpantīṃ śrutvā lokā divāniśam ..  
unmattāmiti manvānā hāsyaṃ cakruḥ parasparam .. 24 ..

> Hearing her speaking thus day and night, the people, thinking she was mad, laughed at one another.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.25)

tataḥ katipayāhasya prakurvaṃtī ca dīrghikā ..  
kuṣṭhavyādhigṛhītena brāhmaṇena pariśrutā .. 25 ..

> Then, after some days, Dīrghikā, crying out thus, was heard by a brahmin afflicted with leprosy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.26)

tataḥ provāca mandaṃ sa samāhūya suduḥkhitām .. 26 ..

> Then, summoning the deeply grieved woman, he spoke softly:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.27)

ahaṃ tvāmudvahāmyadya kṛtvā pāṇigrahaṃ tava ..  
yadi madvacanaṃ sarvaṃ sarvadaivānutiṣṭhasi .. 27 .. ..

> “I will wed you today, taking your hand in marriage, if you always follow all my instructions.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.28)

.. kumārikovāca .. ..  
kariṣyāmi na saṃdehastava vākyaṃ dvijādhipa ..  
kuru pāṇigrahaṃ me'dya vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā .. 28 ..

> The maiden said: / “Without doubt I will carry out your word, O lord of brahmins. Take my hand in marriage today according to the rites seen in the ordinances.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.29)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
tatastasyāḥ kumāryāḥ sa pāṇiṃ jagrāha dakṣiṇam ..  
gṛhyoktena vidhānena devāgnigurusaṃnidhau .. 29 ..

> Sūta said: / Then he took the right hand of that maiden according to the rite prescribed in the householder manuals, in the presence of the gods, fire, and the preceptor.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.30)

atha sā prāha bhūyo'pi vivāhakṛtamaṃgalā ..  
ādeśaṃ dehi me nātha yaṃ karomi tavādhunā .. 6.135.30 ..

> Then, having completed the auspicious marriage ceremonies, she spoke again: “Give me a command, O my lord, which I may now fulfill for you.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.31)

.. patiruvāca .. ..  
aṣṭaṣaṣṭiṣu tīrtheṣu snātumicchāmi sundari ..  
sāhāyyena tvadīyena yadi śaknoṣi tatkuru .. 31 ..

> The husband said: / “O beautiful one, I wish to bathe in the sixty-eight sacred fords with your assistance. If you are able, do that.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.32)

bāḍhamityeva sā procya tatastūrṇaṃ pativratā ..  
tatpramāṇaṃ dṛḍhaṃ kṛtvā ramyaṃ vaṃśakuṭīrakam .. 32 ..

> Saying “So be it,” that devoted wife quickly made a charming, sturdy bamboo basket of suitable measure,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.33)

mṛdu tūlasamāyuktaṃ tataḥ prāha nijaṃ patim ..  
kṛtāṃjalipuṭā bhūtvā prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā .. 33 ..

> furnished with soft cotton; and then, folding her hands in reverence, with a gladdened inner heart, she spoke to her husband:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.34)

etattava kṛte ramyaṃ kṛtaṃ vaṃśakuṭīrakam ..  
mama nāthāruhāśu tvaṃ yena kṛtvātha mūrdhani ..  
nayāmi sarvatīrtheṣu kṣetreṣu suśubheṣu ca .. 34 ..

> “For your sake this charming bamboo basket has been made. O my lord, climb in quickly so that, placing it upon my head, I may carry you to all the sacred fords and very auspicious sacred fields.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.35)

tataḥ kuṣṭhī prahṛṣṭātmā śanairutthāya bhūtalāt ..  
tayā coddhṛtadehaḥ sansupto vaṃśakuṭīrake .. 35 ..

> Then the leper, glad at heart, gently rose from the ground and, his body lifted by her, slept in the bamboo basket.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.36)

tatastaṃ mastake kṛtvā sarvatīrthe yathāsukham ..  
sarvakṣetreṣu babhrāma snāpayantī nijaṃ patim .. 36 ..

> Then, placing him upon her head, she wandered at ease to all the sacred fords and through all the sacred fields, bathing her husband.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.37)

yathā yathā sa cakre'tha snānaṃ tīrtheṣu kuṣṭhabhāk ..  
tathātathāsya gātreṣu tejo vṛddhiṃ pragacchati ..37..

> As the leper bathed in the sacred fords, so did the brilliance in his limbs increase.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.38)

tataḥ krameṇa sā sādhvī bhramamāṇā mahītale ..  
hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre saṃprāptā rajanī mukhe .. 38 ..

> Then gradually, wandering over the surface of the earth, that virtuous woman arrived at nightfall in the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.39)

klāntā vaiklavyamāpannā bhārākrāntā pativratā ..  
nidrāndhā niśvasantī ca praskhalantī padepade .. 39 ..

> Exhausted, overcome with weakness, weighed down by the burden, that devoted wife was blinded by sleep, sighing, and stumbling at every step.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.40)

atha tatra pradeśe tu māṇḍavyo munipuṃgavaḥ ..  
śūlāropitagātrastu saṃtiṣṭhati suduḥkhitaḥ .. 6.135.40 ..

> Now in that region, Māṇḍavya, the foremost among sages, was remaining in extreme agony, his body impaled on a stake.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.41)

atha sā taṃ samāsādya śūlaṃ rātrau pativratā ..  
nijagātreṇa bhārārttā gacchamānā mahāsatī .. 41 ..

> Then that great virtuous wife, going at night afflicted by the burden, approached the stake with her body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.42)

tayā saṃcālitaḥ so'tha māṃḍavyo munipuṃgavaḥ ..  
parāṃ pīḍāṃ samāsādya tataḥ prāha suduḥkhitaḥ ..42..

> Jolted then by her, that foremost of sages, Māṇḍavya, experiencing intense torment, spoke in deep agony:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.43)

kenedaṃ pāpmanā śalyaṃ mamāṃtaḥ paricālitam ..  
yenāhaṃ duḥkhayukto'pi bhūyo duḥkhāspadīkṛtaḥ .. 43 ..

> “By what sinful person has this stake been shaken inside me, whereby, though already full of misery, I have been made the seat of misery once more?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.44)

.. dīrghikovāca .. ..  
na mayā tvaṃ mahābhāga nidropahatayā dṛśā ..  
dṛṣṭastena parispṛṣṭo hyaspṛśyaḥ pāpakṛttamaḥ .. 44 ..

> Dīrghikā said: / “O illustrious one, because my sight was impaired by sleep, you were not seen by me; hence you were touched, O untouchable one, O greatest committer of sins!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.45)

na tvayā sadṛśaścānyaḥ pāpātmāsti dharātale ..  
śirasyudbhūtaśūlo'pi yo mṛtyuṃ nādhigacchati .. .. 45 ..

> There is no other sinful soul equal to you on the surface of the earth, who, even with a stake piercing out through your head, does not meet death!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.46)

ahaṃ pativratā mūḍha vahāmi śirasā dhṛtam ..  
tīrthayātrākṛte kāṃtaṃ vikalāṃgaṃ suvallabham .. 46 ..

> O fool, I am a devoted wife carrying upon my head my beloved husband, who is deformed of limb, for the sake of a pilgrimage to sacred fords.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.47)

kasmāttasyāstiraskāraṃ mama yacchasi niṣṭhuram..  
ajñātāṃ mūḍhabuddhiḥ sanviśeṣānmānuṣodbhavām .. 47 ..

> Why do you cast harsh insults at me, an unknown woman, you fool, and especially one born human?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.48)

.. māṇḍavya uvāca .. ..  
ahaṃ yādṛktvayā proktastādṛgeva na saṃśayaḥ ..  
pāpātmā mūḍhabuddhiśca aspṛśyaḥ sarvadehinām .. 48 ..

> Māṇḍavya said: / “Just as I was described by you, exactly so am I, without doubt: a sinful soul, foolish-minded, and untouchable to all living beings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.49)

yadi prātastavāyaṃ ca bharttā jīvati niṣṭhure ..  
yena me janitā pīḍā prāṇāṃtakaraṇī dṛḍhā .. 49 ..

> Yet, O cruel woman, if this husband of yours—by whom intense pain, bringing an end to life, has been inflicted on me—lives in the morning,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.50)

tasmādeṣa tavābhīṣṭaḥ spṛṣṭaḥ sūryasya raśmibhiḥ ..  
mayā śaptaḥ parityāgaṃ jīvitasya kariṣyati .. 6.135.50 ..

> then, cursed by me, this beloved of yours, touched by the rays of the sun, shall abandon life!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.51)

.. dīrghikovāca .. ..  
yadyevaṃ maraṇaṃ patyuḥ prabhāte saṃbhaviṣyati ..  
madīyasya tataḥ prātarnodgamiṣyati bhāskaraḥ .. 51 ..

> Dīrghikā said: / “If such death will come to my husband at dawn, then at dawn the sun shall not rise!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.52)

evamuktvā tataḥ sātha niṣasāda dharātale ..  
bhūmau tadbhartṛsaṃyuktaṃ muktvā vaṃśakuṭīrakam .. 52 ..

> Having spoken thus, she set down upon the earth that bamboo basket with her husband and sat upon the ground.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.53)

atha tāṃ prāha kuṣṭhī sa pipāsā saṃpravartate ..  
tasmāttoyaṃ samānehi pānārthamatiśītalam .. 53 ..

> Then that leper said to her: “Thirst has arisen; therefore bring very cool water for drinking.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.54)

tathaiva sā samākarṇya bharturādeśamutsukā ..  
itastataśca babhrāma jalārthaṃ na prapaśyati ..  
na ca niryāti dūraṃ sā tyaktvāraṇye tathāvidham .. 54 ..

> Hearing her husband’s command, eager \[to serve\], she wandered here and there, but saw no water; nor did she go far, abandoning him in such a state in the wilderness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.55)

bhartāraṃ śvāpadotthaṃ ca bhayaṃ hṛdi vitanvatī ..  
upaviśya tato bhūmau spṛṣṭvā pādau patestadā ..  
provāca dīrghikā vākyaṃ tāravākyena duḥkhitā .. 55 ..

> Feeling fear in her heart for her husband, arising on account of wild beasts, / she then sat down on the ground, touched her husband's feet, / and the tall woman, stricken with sorrow, spoke these words in a loud voice:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.56)

pativratā tvamācīrṇaṃ yadi samyaṅmayā sphuṭam ..  
tena satyena bhūpṛṣṭhānnirgacchatu jalaṃ śubham .. 56 ..

> "If the vow of devotion to my husband has been truly and properly observed by me, / by that truth let auspicious water burst forth from the earth's surface!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.57)

evamuktvā jaghānātha pādāghātena medinīm ..  
kāntabhaktiṃ puraskṛtya tasya jīvitavāṃchayā .. 57 ..

> Having spoken thus, she then struck the earth with a kick of her foot, / prioritizing devotion to her beloved husband, out of a desire for his life.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.58)

etasminnantare toyaṃ pādāghātādanantataram ..  
niṣkrāṃtaṃ nirmalaṃ svādu māṇḍavyasya ca paśyataḥ .. 58 ..

> At that moment, from that kick of her foot, an endless flow of water / came forth, clear and sweet, right before Māṇḍavya's eyes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.59)

tatastaṃ snāpayāmāsa tasmiṃstoye śramāturam ..  
apāyayattataḥ paścātsvayaṃ snātvā papau jalam .. 59 ..

> Then she bathed him, afflicted with exhaustion, in that water; / after that she gave him water to drink, and having bathed herself, she drank the water.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.60)

etasminnaṃtare sūryaḥ pativratakṛtādbhayāt ..  
nābhyudeti samutpannastataḥ kālātyayo mahān .. 6.135.60 ..

> Meanwhile, the sun, out of fear caused by the devoted wife, / did not rise, and a great lapse of time ensued.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.61)

atha rātriṃ samālokya dīrghāṃ ye kāmukā janāḥ ..  
te sarve tuṣṭimāpannāstathā ca kula striyaḥ .. 61 ..

> Then, observing the long night, lustful people— / all of them were filled with delight, and so were unfaithful women.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.62)

kauśikā rākṣasāścāpi corā jārāśca ye narāḥ ..  
te sarve procuḥ saṃhṛṣṭāḥ samāliṃgya parasparam .. 62..

> Owls, rākṣasas, and men who were thieves and paramours— / all of them, overjoyed, embraced one another and said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.63)

adyāsmākaṃ vidhistuṣṭo bhagavānmanmathastathā ..  
yena dīrghā kṛtā rātrirnāśaṃ nītaśca bhāskaraḥ .. 63 ..

> "Today fate is pleased with us, as is Lord Kāmadeva, / by whom the night has been lengthened and the sun brought to destruction!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.64)

ye punarbrāhmaṇāḥ śāṃtā yajñakarmasamudyatāḥ ..  
te sarve duḥkhamāpannāḥ sūryodayavinākṛtāḥ .. 64 ..

> Those peaceful brahmins, however, who were intent on sacrificial rites, / all fell into sorrow, deprived of the rising of the sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.65)

na kaścidyajanaṃ cakre yājanaṃ na ca saddvijaḥ ..  
na śrāddhaṃ na ca saṃkalpaṃ na svādhyāyaṃ kathaṃcana .. .. 65 ..

> No one performed sacrifices, nor did any good twice-born officiate at sacrifices; / neither ancestral rites nor ritual resolves nor sacred recitation occurred at all,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.66)

na snānaṃ na ca dānaṃ ca lokayātrāṃ viśeṣataḥ ..  
vyavahāraṃ na kṛtyaṃ ca kiṃciddharmasamudbhavam .. 66 ..

> nor ritual ablution nor gifting, especially ordinary worldly affairs, / commerce, or any duty arising from dharma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.67)

etasminnantare devāḥ sarve śakrapurogamāḥ .  
paraṃ dauḥsthyaṃ samāpannā yajñabhāgavivarjitāḥ .. 67 ..

> Meanwhile, all the gods led by Śakra / fell into extreme distress, deprived of their portions of sacrificial offerings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.68)

tato bhāskaramāsādya ūcurduḥkhasamanvitāḥ ..  
kasmānnodgamanaṃ deva prakaroṣi divākara .. .. 68 ..

> Then, approaching the sun, filled with grief, they said: / "O god, O maker of daylight, why do you not make your rising?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.69)

etattvayā vinā sarvaṃ jagadvyākulatāṃ gatam .. 69 ..

> Without you, this entire world has fallen into confusion!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.70)

tasmāllokahitārthāya tvamudgaccha yathāpurā ..  
agniṣṭomādikā yajñā vartaṃte yena bhūtale .. 6.135.70 ..

> Therefore, for the welfare of the world, rise as before, / so that sacrifices such as the Agniṣṭoma may take place on the face of the earth."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.71)

.. sūrya uvāca . ..  
pativratāsamādeśāttyaktaścābhyudayo mayā ..  
tasmādgatvā surāḥ sarve tāṃ vadaṃtu kṛte mama .. 71 ..

> The sun said: / "By the command of the devoted wife, my rising was abandoned by me. / Therefore, O gods, go all of you and speak to her on my behalf,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.72)

yena tadvākyamāsādya pravarttāmi yathāsukham ..  
anyathā māṃ śapetkruddhā nūnaṃ sā hi pativratā .. 72 ..

> so that, obtaining her permission, I may proceed as I please; / otherwise, enraged, that devoted wife would surely curse me!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.73)

evaṃ sā tapasā yuktā protkṛṣṭaṃ hi surottamāḥ ..  
pativratātvamādhatte tathānyadaparaṃ mahat .. 73 ..

> Endowed with such austerity, O best of gods, / she possesses exalted devotion to her husband, as well as another great \[power\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.74)

kastasyā vacanaṃ śaktaḥ kartumevamato'nyathā ..  
etasmātkāraṇādbhīto nodgacchāmi kathaṃcana.. 74 ..

> Who is able to act contrary to her word? / Afraid for this reason, I do not rise by any means.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.79)

na tatkratusahasreṇa yajaṃtaḥ prāpnuyuḥ phalam ..  
pativratātvamāpannā yatstrī viṃdati kevalam .. 79 ..

> Those who sacrifice with a thousand rituals cannot attain that fruit / which a woman who has attained devotion to her husband obtains alone."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.79\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.79_1)

tataste vibudhāḥ sarve gatvā tatkṣetramuttamam ..  
procustāṃ dīrghikāṃ vākyairmṛdubhiḥ purataḥ sthitāḥ .. 76 ..

> Then all those gods, having gone to that excellent sacred field, / stood before that tall woman and spoke to her with gentle words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.79\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.79_2)

tvayā pativrate sūryo yanniṣiddho na tatkṛtam ..  
śubhaṃ yato hatāḥ sarvā bhūtale śobhanāḥ kriyāḥ ..77..

> "O devoted wife, that the sun was forbidden by you was not well done, / since all auspicious rites on the earth's surface have been destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.79\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.79_3)

tasmādudgacchatu prājñe tvadvākyāttīkṣṇadīdhitiḥ ..  
yajñakriyā viśeṣeṇa yena vartaṃti bhūtale .. 78 ..

> Therefore, O wise woman, let the hot-rayed \[sun\] rise at your word, / so that sacrificial rites in particular may proceed on the earth's surface."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.79\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.79_4)

.. pativratovāca ..  
ayaṃ ca me patiḥ sadyaḥ prāṇebhyo'pi ca yaḥ priyaḥ ..  
so'bhyeti nidhanaṃ devāḥ prodgate ravimaṃḍale .. 79 ..

> The devoted wife said: / "And this husband of mine, who is dearer to me even than life— / he will meet his death, O gods, as soon as the solar orb has risen!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.80)

śaptaścānena duṣṭena māṃḍavyena supāpmanā ..  
kāryaṃ vināpi nirdiṣṭastadbrūyāṃ bhāskaraṃ katham .. 6.135.80 ..

> He was cursed by that wicked, exceedingly sinful Māṇḍavya, / ordained \[to die\] without even any fault. How, then, could I tell the sun \[to rise\]?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.81)

udayārthaṃ na me yajñaiḥ kāryaṃ kiṃcinna cāparaiḥ ..  
śrāddhadānādikaiḥ kṛtyaiḥ saṃjātairdaryitaṃ vinā .. 81 ..

> I have no need of sacrifices for the sake of the sunrise, nor of anything else— / of duties such as ancestral rites and gifts performed without my beloved."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.82)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
tataste vibudhāḥ sarve samālokya parasparam ..  
cirakālaṃ suduḥkhārtāstāmūcurvinayānvitāḥ .. 82 ..

> Sūta said: / Then all those gods, looking at one another, / afflicted with great sorrow for a long time, spoke to her with humility:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.83)

udgacchatu ravirbhadre tavāyaṃ dayitaḥ patiḥ ..  
prayātu nidhanaṃ sadyo bhūyādeṣa munīśvaraḥ .. 83 ..

> "O auspicious one, let the sun rise; \[though\] this dear husband of yours / may meet death immediately, let this lord of sages \[nevertheless continue\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.84)

punarjīvāpayiṣyāmo vayamenamapi drutam ..  
mṛtyumārgamanuprāptaṃ tvatkṛte pativatsale .. 84 ..

> We shall bring him back to life again quickly, / even though he has reached the path of death, for your sake, O lover of your husband!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.85)

pañcaviṃśativarṣīyaṃ kāmadevamivāparam ..  
tvaṃ drakṣyasi sudīptāṃgaṃ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam .. 85 ..

> You shall see him twenty-five years of age, like another Kāmadeva, / his limbs blazing with radiance, endowed with all auspicious marks.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.86)

bhūtvā paṃcadaśābdīyā padmapatrāyatekṣaṇā ..  
martyaloke sukhaṃ samyaktvecchayā sādhayiṣyasi .. 86 ..

> Becoming fifteen years of age, your eyes long like lotus petals, / you shall fully attain happiness in the mortal world according to your desire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.87)

eṣo'pi muniśārdūlo vipāpmā sāṃprataṃ śubhe ..  
śūlavedhena nirmuktaḥ sukhabhāgī bhavatklama.. .. 87 ..

> This tiger among sages too, freed from sin now, O auspicious one, / released from impalement upon the stake, shall share in happiness without distress."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.88)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
bāḍhamityeva ca prokte tayā sa dvijasattamāḥ ..  
udgato bhagavānsūryastatkṣaṇādeva vegataḥ .. 88 ..

> Sūta said: / When she had said 'So be it,' O best of the twice-born, / the blessed sun rose with speed at that very moment.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.89)

tataḥ sūryāṃśusaṃspṛṣṭaḥ sa mṛtaśca sukuṣṭhabhāk ..  
vibudhānāṃ karaiḥ spṛṣṭaḥ punareva samutthitaḥ .. 89 ..

> Then, touched by the sun's rays, the leper died; / but touched by the hands of the gods, he rose up once again,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.90)

paṃcaviṃśativarṣīyaḥ kāmadeva ivāparaḥ ..  
saṃsmaranpūrvikāṃ jātiṃ sarvā harṣa samanvitaḥ .. 6.135.90 ..

> twenty-five years of age, like another Kāmadeva, / remembering all of his previous birth, filled with joy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.91)

dīrghikāpi parispṛṣṭā svayaṃ devena śaṃbhunā .  
saṃjātā yauvanopetā divyalakṣaṇalakṣitā .. 91 ..

> The tall woman too, touched personally by the god Śambhu, / became endowed with youth, marked with divine characteristics,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.92)

padmapatrekṣaṇā ramyā candrabimbasamānanā ..  
madhye kṣāmā sugaurāṃgī pīnonnatapayodharā .. 92 ..

> having eyes like lotus petals, beautiful, with a face like the orb of the moon, / slender at the waist, very fair of limb, with full, elevated breasts.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.93)

tatastaṃ muniśārdūlaṃ śūlāgrādavatārya ca ..  
procuśca vibudhaśreṣṭhāḥ sādaraṃ harṣasaṃyutāḥ ..93..

> Then, bringing that tiger among sages down from the tip of the stake, / the best of the gods spoke to him respectfully, filled with joy:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.94)

etatsatyaṃ kṛtaṃ vākyaṃ mune tava yathoditam..  
mṛto'pi brāhmaṇaḥ kuṣṭhī saṃspṛṣṭo raviraśmibhiḥ..94..

> "This word of yours, O sage, has been made true as it was spoken: / the leprous brahmin died as soon as he was touched by the rays of the sun;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.95)

punarutthāpito'smābhiḥ kṛtaśca taruṇaḥ punaḥ..  
anayā bhāryayā sārdhaṃ tasmāttvaṃ svāśramaṃ vraja ..95..

> he has been raised up again by us and made youthful once more. / Therefore, go to your own hermitage together with this wife \[of his\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.96)

nāsmākaṃ darśanaṃ vyarthaṃ kathaṃcidapi jāyate ..  
tasmātprārthaya yaccitte tava nityaṃ samāśritam ..96..

> Our darśana is never in vain under any circumstance; / therefore, ask for whatever is constantly lodged in your heart."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.134.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.134.135)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye pativratāvaralābhonāma pañcatriṃśaduttaraśatata mo'dhyāyaḥ .. 135 .. .. cha .. ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-fifth chapter, named 'The Attainment of the Boon by the Devoted Wife,' in the māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara sacred field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.134.1) — English, machine translation

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