[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) › 5.135 # Skandapurana 5.135 Skandapurāṇa 5.135 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.135.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.1) māṃḍavya uvāca .. .. grahīṣyāmi suraśreṣṭhā varaṃ yuṣmatsamudravam .. paraṃ me nirṇayaṃ caikaṃ dharmarājaḥ pracakṣatu.. . 1 .. > Māṇḍavya said: / 'O best of gods, I shall accept a boon arising from you. / But let Dharmarāja explain to me one decisive matter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.2) sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ loke kṛtaṃ karma śubhāśubham .. upatiṣṭhati nānyatra satyametatsurottamāḥ .. 2 .. > For all living beings in the world, the good or bad deed done / approaches \[them\] and none other; this is true, O best of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.3) mayāpyatra pare cāpi kiṃ kṛtaṃ pātakaṃ ca yat .. īdṛśīṃ vedanāṃ prāpto na ca mṛtyuṃ kathacana .. 3 .. > What sin was committed by me here or in another \[life\], / that I have suffered such pain and yet by no means met death?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.4) .. dharmarāja uvāca .. .. anyadehe tvayā vipra bālabhāvena vartatā .. śūlāgreṇa sutīkṣṇena kāye viddho bakaḥ kṣitau .. 4 .. > Dharmarāja said: / 'In another body, O brahmin, while you were still a child, / a heron was pierced on the ground in its body by you with the very sharp tip of a spike. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.5) nānyatkṛtamapi svalpaṃ pātakaṃ kiṃcideva hi .. etasmātkāraṇādeṣā vyathā saṃsevitā dvija .. 5 .. .. > Indeed, not even the slightest other sin was committed \[by you\]. / For that reason alone was this agony endured \[by you\], O twice-born.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.6) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhṛśaṃ krodhasamanvitaḥ .. tatastaṃ prāha māṃḍavyo dharmarājaṃ puraḥ sthitam .. 6 .. > Sūta said: / Hearing those words of his, filled with intense rage, / Māṇḍavya then addressed Dharmarāja standing before him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.7) asya svalpāparādhasya yasmādbhūyānvinigrahaḥ .. kṛtastvayā sudurbuddhe tasmācchāpaṃ gṛhāṇa me .. 7 .. > 'Since for this tiny fault such excessive punishment / was meted out by you, O evil-minded one, therefore receive my curse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.8) tvaṃ prāpya mānuṣaṃ dehaṃ śūdrayonau vyavasthitaḥ .. jātikṣayakṛtaṃ duḥkhaṃ prabhūtaṃ sevayiṣyasi .. 8 .. > Having obtained a human body and abiding in a śūdra's womb, / you shall experience immense suffering brought about by the destruction of \[your\] kinsmen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.9) tathā kṛtā mayaiṣādya vyavasthā sarvadehinām .. aṣṭamādvatsarādūrdhyaṃ karmaṇā garhitena ca .. pragrahīṣyati vai jaṃtuḥ puruṣo yoṣideva vā .. 9 .. > And today I have established this rule for all embodied beings: / only after the eighth year will a living creature, whether man or woman, / actually take on \[guilt\] through a censured deed.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.10) evamuktvā sa māṃḍavyo dharmarājaṃ tataḥ param .. prasthito roṣanirmukto vāṃchitāśāṃ prati dvijāḥ .. 6.136.10 .. > Having spoken thus to Dharmarāja, that Māṇḍavya then / departed, freed from anger, towards the quarter he desired, O twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.11) atha taṃ prasthitaṃ dṛṣṭvā procuḥ sarve divaukasaḥ .. dharmarājakṛte vyagrāḥ śrutvā śāpaṃ tathāvidham .. 11 .. > Then, seeing him depart, all the sky-dwellers spoke, / anxious on account of Dharmarāja, having heard a curse of that kind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.12) .. devā ūcuḥ .. .. bhagavanpāpasaktasya dharmarājasya kevalam.. na tvamarhasi śāpena śūdraṃ kartuṃ kathaṃcana .. 12 .. > The gods said: / 'O venerable one, Dharmarāja is devoted solely to righteousness; / you ought not by any means make him a śūdra through a curse. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.13) prasādaṃ kuru tasmāttvamasya dharmapaterdvija .. asmākaṃ vacanātsadyaḥ prārthayasva tathā varam .. .. 13 .. > Therefore, show grace to this lord of righteousness, O twice-born, / and at our word, immediately ask for a boon as well.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.14) .. māṃḍavya uvāca .. .. nānyathā jāyate vāṇī yā mayoktā surottamāḥ .. avaśyaṃ dharmarājo'yaṃ śūdrayonau prayāsyati .. 14 .. > Māṇḍavya said: / 'The word that has been spoken by me cannot turn out otherwise, O best of gods. / Dharmarāja will inevitably enter a śūdra's womb. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.15) paraṃ naivāsya saṃtānaṃ tasyāṃ yonau bhaviṣyati .. saṃprāpsyati ca bhūyo'pi dharmarājatvamuttamam .. 15 .. > However, he will have no offspring in that womb, / and he will attain the supreme state of Dharmarāja once again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.16) ārādhayatu cāvyagraḥ kṣetre'traiva trilocanam .. prasādāttasya devasya śīghraṃ mṛtyumavāpsyati .. 16 .. > And let him, untroubled, worship the Three-eyed Lord right in this sacred field; / by the grace of that god, he shall swiftly meet death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.17) tathā deyo varo mahyaṃ bhavadbhiryadi svargapāḥ .. tadeṣā śūlikā'smākaṃ sparśādbhūyātsudharmadā .. .. 17 .. > Likewise, if a boon is to be granted to me by you, O guardians of heaven, / then let this spike, by our touch, bestow great merit.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.18) .. devā ūcuḥ .. .. enāṃ yaḥ prātarutthāya sparśayiṣyati śūlikām .. pātakātsa vimukto vā iha loke bhaviṣyati .. 18 .. > The gods said: / 'Whoever rises in the morning and touches this spike / shall be freed from sin in this world.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.19) evamuktvā muniṃ taṃ te devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ .. tatastāṃ sādaraṃ prāhuḥ saha bhartrā pativratām .. 19 .. > Having spoken thus to that sage, those gods headed by Śakra / then spoke respectfully to that devoted wife together with her husband: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.20) tvamapi prārthayābhīṣṭamasmatto varavarṇini .. yatte citte sthitaṃ nityaṃ nādeyaṃ vidyate'tra naḥ .. 6.136.20 .. > 'You too ask of us what you desire, O lady of fair complexion, / whatever constantly resides in your mind; nothing is impossible for us to grant here.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.21) .. pativratovāca .. .. yeyaṃ mayākṛtā gartā sthāne'tra tridaśeśvarāḥ .. mannāmnā khyātimāyātu dīrghiketi jagattraye .. 21 .. > The devoted wife said: / 'May this ditch that has been made by me in this place, O lords of the thirty \[gods\], / attain renown in the three worlds under my name as Dīrghikā.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.22) .. devā ūcuḥ .. .. adyaprabhṛti loke'tra gartteyaṃ tava śobhane .. dīrghiketi suvikhyātā bhaviṣyati jagattraye .. 22 .. > The gods said: / 'From this day forward in this world, this ditch of yours, O fair lady, / shall be celebrated throughout the three worlds as Dīrghikā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.23) ye'syāṃ snānaṃ kariṣyaṃti prātarutthāya mānavāḥ .. sarvapāpavinirmuktāste bhaviṣyaṃti tatkṣaṇāt .. 23 .. > Those men who take a ritual ablution in it after rising in the morning / shall immediately become freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.24) kanyārāśigate sūrye saṃprāpte paṃcamīdine .. ye'tra snānaṃ kariṣyaṃti śraddhayā sahitā narāḥ .. 24 .. > When the sun enters the sign of Virgo and the fifth day has arrived, / those people who take a ritual ablution here with faith > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.25) aputrāste bhaviṣyaṃti saputrā vaṃśavardhanāḥ .. evamuktvā'tha tāṃ devā jagmuḥ svargaṃ dvijottamāḥ.. .. 25 .. > shall, if childless, be blessed with sons who propagate their lineage.' / Having spoken thus to her, the gods went to heaven, O best of twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.26) pativratāpi tenaiva saha kāṃtena sundarī .. sevayāmāsa kalyāṇī smarasaukhyamanuttamam .. 26 .. > The devoted wife, a lovely and auspicious lady, / enjoyed the unsurpassed bliss of love with that very beloved \[of hers\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.27) parvateṣu suramyeṣu nadīnāṃ pulineṣu ca .. udyāneṣu vicitreṣu vaneṣūpavaneṣu ca .. 27 .. > upon charming mountains and on river sandbanks, / in variegated gardens, and in forests and groves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.28) tato vayasi saṃprāpte paścime kālaparyayāt . tadevātmīyasattīrthaṃ sevayāmāsa sādaram .. 28 .. > Then, when old age arrived through the lapse of time, / she devotedly resorted to that very true sacred ford of her own. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.29) tato dehaṃ parityaktvā svakāṃtaṃ vīkṣya taṃ mṛtam .. tatra toye jagāmātha brahmalokaṃ pativratā . 29 .. > Then, having cast off her body upon seeing her beloved dead, / the devoted wife went to the world of Brahmā in that water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.30) etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ dīrghikākhyānamuttamam .. yasya saṃśravaṇādeva naraḥ pāpātpramucyate .. 6.136.30 .. > All this, the supreme narrative of Dīrghikā, has been related to you, / simply by hearing which a person is liberated from sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.135.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135.136) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṃḍe hāṭakeśvara kṣetramāhātmye dīrghikotpattimāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭtriṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 136 > Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-sixth chapter, named 'The Description of the Origin and Greatness of Dīrghikā,' 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.5.135.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.135) · Pramāṇa