[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) › 5.136 # Skandapurana 5.136 Skandapurāṇa 5.136 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.136.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.136.1) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. kenāsau muniśārdūlo māṃḍavyaḥ sumahātapāḥ .. śūlāyāṃ sthāpitaḥ kena kāraṇena ca no vada .. 1 .. > The seers said: / 'By whom was this tiger among sages, Māṇḍavya, of great austerity, / placed upon the spike, and for what reason? Tell us.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.136.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.136.2) .. sūta uvāca .. .. sa māṃḍavyo muniḥ pūrvaṃ tīrthayātrāṃ samācaran .. asminkṣetre samāyātaḥ śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ .. 2 .. > Sūta said: / 'Formerly, that sage Māṇḍavya, undertaking a pilgrimage to sacred fords, / arrived in this sacred field endowed with the highest faith. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.136.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.136.3) viśvāmitrīyamāsādya sattīrthaṃ pāvanaṃ mahat .. pitṝṇāṃ tarpaṇaṃ cakre bhāskaraṃ prati sa vratī .. 3 .. > Having reached the great and purifying true sacred ford of Viśvāmitra, / that observer of vows performed the libation to the ancestors facing the Sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.136.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.136.4) japanvibhrāḍiti śreṣṭhaṃ sūktaṃ bhāskaravallabham .. etasminnaṃtare cauro loptramādāya kasyacit .. 4 .. > reciting the excellent hymn beginning with "vibhrāṭ", dear to the Sun. / Meanwhile, a certain thief carrying stolen goods > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.136.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.136.5) kopi tatra samāyātaḥ pṛṣṭhe lagnairjanairdvijāḥ .. tataścauro'pi taṃ dṛṣṭvā maunasthaṃ munisattamam .. 5 .. > came there, pursued closely from behind by people, O twice-born. / Then the thief too, seeing that best of sages observing silence, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.136.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.136.6) loptraṃ muktvā tadagre'tha praviveśa guhāṃtare .. etasminnaṃtare prāptāste janā loptrahetave .. 6 .. > dropped the stolen goods in front of him and entered inside a cave. / Meanwhile, those people arrived in pursuit of the stolen goods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.136.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.136.7) dṛṣṭvā loptraṃ tadagrasthaṃ tamūcurmunipuṃgavam .. mārgeṇānena cāyāto loptrahasto malimlucaḥ .. brūhi śīghraṃ mahābhāga kena mārgeṇa nirgataḥ .. 7 .. > Seeing the stolen goods lying in front of him, they said to that eminent sage: / "A thief with stolen goods in hand came by this path. / Tell us quickly, O fortunate one, by which path did he escape?"' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.136.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.136.8) sa ca jānannapi prājño guhāsaṃsthaṃ malimlucam .. na kiṃcidapi covāca maunavrata parāyaṇaḥ .. 8 .. > And although the wise \[sage\] knew that the thief was inside the cave, / committed to his vow of silence, he said nothing at all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.136.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.136.9) asakṛtprocyamāno'pi paraciṃtāsamanvitaḥ .. yadā provāca no kiṃcitsa rakṣaṃścaurajīvitam .. 9 .. > Though questioned repeatedly, engaged in supreme contemplation, / he said nothing, thereby protecting the thief's life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.136.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.136.10) tatastairmaṃtritaṃ sarvaireṣa nūnaṃ malimlucaḥ .. saṃprāptaḥ pṛṣṭhato'smābhirmunirūpo babhūva ha .. 6.137.10 .. > Then they all conferred among themselves: “This is surely the thief! / Followed by us, he has assumed the form of a sage.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.136.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.136.11) avicārya tataḥ sarvairābhīraistairdurātmabhiḥ.. śūlīmāropitaḥ sadyo nītvā kiṃcidvanāṃtaram .. 11 .. > Then, without deliberating, all those wicked cowherds / took him a short distance into another part of the forest and immediately impaled him upon a stake. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.136.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.136.12) evaṃ prāptā tadā śūlī muninā tena dāruṇā .. pūrvakarmavipākena doṣahīnena dhīmatā ..12.. > Thus the dreadful stake was received then by that wise sage, / free from fault, through the ripening of past deeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.136.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.136.137) itiśrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye māṃḍavyaśūlīprāptivṛttāntavarṇanaṃnāma saptatriṃśaduttaraśatatamokyayāyaḥ .. 137 .. .. dha .. > Thus ends the one hundred thirty-seventh chapter, entitled “Description of the Event of Māṇḍavya’s Impalement,” in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection of the glorious Skanda Purāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.136.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.136) · Pramāṇa