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# Skandapurana 5.138

Skandapurāṇa 5.138

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.138.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.1)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
dharmarājeśvarotthaṃ ca māhātmyaṃ dvijasattamāḥ ..  
yanmayā praśrutaṃ puṇyaṃ sakāśātsvapituḥ purā .. 1 ..

> Sūta said: / O best of the twice-born, the sacred māhātmya arising from Dharmarājeśvara, / which was formerly heard by me from my father,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.2)

tadahaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi śṛṇudhvaṃ susamāhitāḥ ..  
trailokye'pi suvikhyātaṃ sarva pātakanāśanam .. 2 ..

> that I will proclaim; listen with focused minds! / It is renowned throughout the three worlds and destroys all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.3)

tatra kṣetre purā vipraḥ kaśyapānvayasaṃbhavaḥ ..  
upādhyāya iti khyāto vedavidyāparāyaṇaḥ .. 3 ..

> In that sacred field, in ancient times, there was a brahmin born of the lineage of Kaśyapa, / renowned as Upādhyāya, dedicated to the study of the Vedas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.4)

paścime vayasi prāpte tasya putro babhūva ha ..  
svādhyāyaniyamasthasya prabhūtavibhavasya ca ..4..

> When he had reached his later age, a son was born to him / who remained steadfast in the rules of Vedic study and possessed great wealth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.5)

pañcavarṣakamātrastu yadā jajñe ca tatsutaḥ ..  
tadā mṛtyuvaśaṃ prāptaḥ pitṛmātṛsuduḥkhakṛt ..5..

> When his son was only five years old, / he fell under the sway of death, causing immense grief to his mother and father.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.6)

tataḥ sa brāhmaṇaḥ kopaṃ cakre vaivasvatopari ..  
dharmarājagṛhaṃ prāptaṃ dṛṣṭvā nijakumārakam .. 6 ..

> Then that brahmin became enraged at the son of Vivasvat, / seeing his own young boy arrived at the abode of Dharmarāja.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.7)

ādāya salilaṃ haste śucirbhūtvāsamāhitaḥ ..  
pradadau dāruṇaṃ śāpaṃ dharmarājāya duḥkhitaḥ .. 7 ..

> Taking water in his hand, having purified himself, agitated in mind, / the sorrowful one pronounced a terrible curse upon Dharmarāja:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.8)

aputro'dya kṛto yasmādahaṃ tena durātmanā ..  
ataḥ so'pi ca duṣṭātmā yamo'putro bhaviṣyati .. 8 ..

> “Since I have been made sonless today by that evil-minded one, / therefore that wicked-souled Yama too shall be childless!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.9)

tathāsya bhūtale loko naiva pūjāṃ vidhāsyati ..  
kīrtayiṣyati no nāma yathānyeṣāṃ divaukasām .. 9 ..

> “Likewise, on the surface of the earth, people will not worship him at all, / nor praise his name, as \[they do\] for other celestial beings.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.10)

yaḥ kaścitprātarutthāya nāma cāsya grahī ṣyati ..  
maṃgalyakaraṇe cātha vighnaṃ tasya bhaviṣyati .. 6.139.10 ..

> “Whoever, having risen in the morning, speaks his name / shall meet an obstacle in the performing of auspicious acts.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.11)

taṃ śrutvā tasya viprasya yamaḥ śāpaṃ sudāruṇam ..  
svadharme vartamānastu tato duḥkhā nvito'bhavat .. 11 ..

> Having heard that very terrible curse of the brahmin, / Yama, though abiding by his own duty, became overcome with sorrow.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.12)

etasminnaṃtare gatvā brahmaṇaḥ sadanaṃ prati ..  
kṛtāṃjalipuṭo bhūtvā yamaḥ prāha pitāmaham .. 12 ..

> In the meantime, having gone to the abode of Brahmā, / folding his hands in reverence, Yama said to the Grandfather:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.13)

paśya deveśa śapto'haṃ nirdoṣopi dvijanmanā ..  
svadharme vartamānastu yathānyaḥ prākṛto janaḥ .. 13 ..

> “Behold, O Lord of gods! I have been cursed by a twice-born, though faultless / and abiding by my own duty, as if I were some common person!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.14)

tasmādahaṃ tyajiṣyāmi niyogaṃ te pitāmaha ..  
brahmaśāpabhayā dbhītaḥ satyametanmayoditam .. 14 ..

> “Therefore, I shall abandon your appointment, O Grandfather! / I am terrified of the fear of a brahmin's curse; this is the truth spoken by me.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.15)

purā māṃḍavyaśāpena śūdrayonyavatāritaḥ ..  
sāṃprataṃ putrarahitaḥ kṛto'pūjyaśca sattama .. 15 ..

> “Formerly, by the curse of Māṇḍavya, I was made to descend into the womb of a Śūdra; / now I have been rendered devoid of sons and unworthy of worship, O best of beings!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.16)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā dīnaṃ vaivasvatasya ca ..  
tatkālocitamāhedaṃ svayameva śatakratuḥ .. 16 ..

> Sūta said: / Hearing those plaintive words of the son of Vivasvat, / Śatakratu himself spoke this, fitting for that occasion:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.17)

yuktamuktamanenaitaddharmarājena padmaja ..  
niyoge vartamānena tāvakīye sureśvara .. 17 ..

> “What has been spoken by this Dharmarāja is fitting, O lotus-born one, / as he abides by your command, O Lord of the gods!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.18)

avaśyameva martye ca manuṣyāḥ samaye sthitāḥ..  
bālye vā yauvane vātha vārdhakye vā pitāmaha ..  
saṃhartavyā na saṃdeho nākāle ca kathaṃcana .. 18 ..

> In the mortal world, men whose time has come must certainly / be gathered in, whether in childhood, youth, or old age, O Grandfather; / of this there is no doubt, but never before their time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.19)

etadeva kṛtaṃ nāma dharmarājākhyamuttamam ..  
tvayā ca samamitrasya samaśastrormahātmanaḥ .. 19 ..

> For this very reason, the noble title 'King of Dharma' was given / by you to this great-souled one, who views friend and foe alike.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.20)

tasmādadya samālokya kaścideva viciṃtyatām ..  
upāyo yena nirdoṣo niyogaṃ kurute tava .. 6.139.20 ..

> Therefore, consider the matter today and devise some means / whereby, free of fault, he may carry out your charge."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.21)

.. brahmovāca .. ..  
brahmaśāpaṃ na śakto'ha manyathākartumevaca ..  
upāyaṃ ca kariṣyāmi sāṃprataṃ tridaśādhipa .. 21 ..

> Brahmā said: / "I am not able to undo a brahmin's curse; / yet I shall now devise a means, O lord of the thirty \[gods\]."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.22)

tato dhyānaṃ pracakre sa brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ ..  
tadarthaṃ sarvadevānāṃ purataḥ susa māhitaḥ .. 22 ..

> Then Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, deeply composed, / entered into meditation for that purpose before all the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.23)

tasyaivaṃ dhyānasaktasya prādurbhūtāḥ samaṃtataḥ ..  
mūrtā rogāḥ suraudrāste vātagulmakaphātmakāḥ ..  
aṣṭottaraśataprāyāḥ procustaṃ ca kṛtādarāḥ .. 23 ..

> As he was thus absorbed in meditation, there manifested on all sides / embodied diseases, exceedingly dreadful, of the nature of wind, spleen, and phlegm; / roughly one hundred and eight, and paying homage, they said to him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.24)

.. rogā ūcuḥ .. ..  
kimarthaṃ devadeveśa tvayā sṛṣṭā vayaṃ vibho ..  
ādeśo dīyatāṃ śīghraṃ prasādaḥ kriyatāmiti .. 24 .. ..

> The diseases said: / "For what purpose, O lord of the god of gods, have we been created by you, O omnipresent one? / Give your order quickly, and bestow your favor!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.25)

.. vrahmovāca .. ..  
vrajadhvaṃ bhūtale śīghraṃ mamādeśādasaṃśayam ..  
yamādeśānmanuṣyeṣu gantavyamavikalpitam .. 25 ..

> Brahmā said: / "Go swiftly to the surface of the earth by my command, without doubt. / At the order of Yama, you must go among mortals without hesitation."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.26)

evamukttvā tu tānrogāṃstataḥ prāha pitāmahaḥ ..  
dharmarājaṃ samīpasthaṃ bhṛśaṃ dīnamadhomukham .. 26

> Having spoken thus to the diseases, the Grandfather then addressed / the King of Dharma, who was standing nearby, deeply downcast and with head bowed:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.27)

ete te vyādhayaḥ sarve mayā yama niyojitāḥ ..  
sāhāyyaṃ ca kariṣyaṃti sarvakṛ tyeṣu sarvadā ..27..

> "All these diseases have been appointed by me for you, O Yama; / they will render assistance to you in all tasks at all times.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.28)

yaḥ kaścidadhunā martyo gatāyuḥ saṃprapadyate ..  
vadhāya tasya yatnena tvayā preṣyāḥ sadaiva tu..28..

> Whatever mortal now has reached the end of his lifespan, / you must constantly send them with care for his destruction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.29)

eteṣāṃ jāyate tena jananāśasamudbhavaḥ ..  
apavādo dharāpṛṣṭhe na ca saṃjāyate tava ..29..

> Thereby the blame for the destruction of people will fall upon them, / and no reproach will come upon you on the surface of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.29\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.29_1)

tasmādgatvā nijaṃ sthānaṃ svādhikāraparo bhava ..  
mamādeśādasaṃdigdhaṃ naivaṃ doṣamavāpsyasi..6.139.3...

> Therefore, go to your own abode and attend to your duty; / by my command, undoubtedly, you will incur no fault in this way."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.31)

tatastānsakalānvyādhīngṛhītvā ravinaṃdanaḥ..  
yamalokaṃ samāsādya tataḥ provāca sādaram .. 31 ..

> Then, taking all those diseases, the son of the sun / reached Yamaloka and then respectfully said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.32)

pṛṣṭvāpṛṣṭvā ca gaṃtavyaṃ citraguptaṃ dharātale ..  
gaṃtavyaṃ jananāśāya samaye samupasthite .. 32 ..

> "After repeatedly consulting Citragupta, you must go to the surface of the earth; / you must go for the destruction of people when the appointed time has arrived.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.33)

paramasti mayā tatra sthāpitaṃ liṃgamuttamam .  
hāṭakeśvarajekṣetre sarvapātakanāśanam ..33..

> However, there is an excellent liṅga installed by me / in the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara, which destroys all sins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.34)

yastaṃ paśyati sadbhaktyā prātarutthāya mānavaḥ ..  
sa yuṣmābhiḥ sadā tyājyo dūrato vacanānmama .. 34 ..

> Whatever man, having risen in the morning, beholds it with true devotion, / he must always be avoided by you from afar, by my word."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.35)

evamuktvā sa tānvyādhīṃstato vaivasvataḥ svayam ..  
tasya viprasya taṃ putraṃ gṛhītvā satvaraṃ yayau ..  
tasyaiva maṃdire ramye kṛtvā rūpaṃ dvijanmanaḥ .. 35 ..

> Having spoken thus to those diseases, the son of Vivasvat himself / quickly departed, taking that son of the brahmin with him / to his lovely home, having assumed the form of a twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.36)

athāsau brāhmaṇo dṛṣṭvā svaṃ putraṃ gṛhamāgatam ..  
sahitaṃ viprarūpeṇa dharmarājena dhīmatā .. 36 ..

> Then that brahmin, seeing his son arrived home / accompanied by the wise King of Dharma in the guise of a brahmin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.37)

tataḥ prahṛṣṭacittena satvaraṃ sammukho yayau ..  
putraputreti jalpansa nijabhāryāsamanvitaḥ .. 37 ..

> hastened forward with a delighted heart, / crying out, "Son! Son!" together with his wife.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.38)

pariṣvajya tato bhūyo vāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇaḥ ..  
āghrāya ca tato mūrdhni vākyametaduvāca ha .. 38 ..

> Then, repeatedly embracing him, his eyes filled with tears, / and having smelled his head, he spoke these words:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.39)

.. brāhmaṇa uvāca .. ..  
kathaṃ putra samāyātastvaṃ tasmā dyamamaṃdirāt ..  
na kaścitpunarāyāti yatra gatvā'pi vīryavān .. 39 ..

> The brahmin said: / "How, O son, have you returned from that abode of Yama, / from where no one, even a powerful man, ever returns?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.39\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.39_2)

kiṃ vā caitatsamutpannamindrajālaṃ mamāṃtikam ..  
kiṃ vā svapnamidaṃ kiṃ vā mamāyaṃ dṛṣṭivibhramaḥ ..6.139.4...

> Or has this illusion arisen before me? / Or is this a dream, or an aberration of my vision?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.41)

kaścāyaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ pārśve tava saṃtiṣṭhate suta ..  
divyena tejasā yuktastaṃ namāmyahamātmaja .. 41 ..

> And who is this brahmin standing at your side, my son, / endowed with divine splendor? I bow to him, O child."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.42)

.. putra uvāca .. ..  
eṣa brāhmaṇarūpeṇa samāyāto yamaḥ svayam ..  
māmādāya kṛpāviṣṭo jñātvā tvāṃ duḥkhasaṃyutam .. 42 ..

> The son said: / "This is Yama himself, who has come in the form of a brahmin; / filled with compassion, he has brought me, knowing you were stricken with grief.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.43)

tasmāttvaṃ kuru tātāsya śāpānugrahamadya vai..  
gṛhaprāptasya susnehādyadyahaṃ tava vallabhaḥ .. 43 ..

> Therefore, O father, grant him today the mitigation of your curse / with great affection, as he has reached your home, if I am dear to you."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.44)

tatastasya praṇāmaṃ sa kṛtvā brāhmaṇasattamaḥ ..  
vrīḍayā'dhomukho bhūtvā tataḥ provāca sādaram .. 44 .. ..

> Then that best of brahmins, having bowed down to him, / lowered his head with shame and then spoke respectfully:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.45)

.. brāhmaṇa uvāca .. ..  
adya me saphalaṃ janma jīvitaṃ ca sujīvitam ..  
yatputrasya mama prāptirgatasya yamasādanam . 45 ..

> The brahmin said: / "Today my birth is fruitful, and my life is well-lived, / since my son, who had gone to the abode of Yama, has been restored.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.46)

tvaṃ ca putrakṛte tāta santoṣaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ ..  
tasmātputreṇa saṃyukto yathāyaṃ syāttathā kuru .. 46 ..

> And you, O father, have attained the highest satisfaction on account of my son; / therefore, act in such a way that he may remain united with his son."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.47)

.. brāhmaṇa uvāca .. ..  
na me syādanṛtaṃ vākyaṃ kadā cidapi putraka ..  
api svaireṇa yatproktaṃ kiṃ punarduḥkhitena ca .. 47 ..

> The brahmin said: / "My word can never be false, O dear son, / even when spoken at random, much less when spoken in grief.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.48)

tasmāttasya bhavetputro daivayonisamudbhavaḥ ..  
na kathaṃcidapi prājña mama śāpavaśāddhruvam.. 48 ..

> Therefore, a son born of a divine womb can by no means / be born to him, O wise one, firmly due to the power of my curse.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.49)

bhaviṣyati sutaścānyo mānuṣīyonisaṃbhavaḥ ..  
rājasūyāśvamedhābhyāṃ yaścainaṃ tārayiṣyati .. 49 ..

> However, another son born of a human womb will come to be, / who will deliver him by means of the Rājasūya and the Aśvamedha.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.50)

ko'rthaḥ putreṇa jātena yo na saṃtāraṇakṣamaḥ ..  
pitṛpakṣaṃ śubhaṃ karma kṛtvā sarvottamaṃ bhuvi .. 6.139.50 ..

> What is the use of a son being born who is incapable of delivering / his paternal ancestors by performing auspicious actions, the best of all on earth?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.51)

tathā pūjākṛte yo'sya śāpo dattaśca vai purā ..  
tatrāpi śṛṇu me vākyaṃ tasya putraka jalpataḥ ..51..

> Moreover, regarding the curse that was previously given concerning his worship, / hear also my statement, O son, as he speaks:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.52)

vedoktairvividhairmantrairyā pūjā cāsya saṃsthitā ..  
na bhaviṣyati sā loke kathaṃcidapi putraka .. 52 ..

> That worship of his which was established with various mantras spoken in the Vedas / shall not take place in the world in any manner, O son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.53)

asya mānuṣasaṃbhūtairmantraiḥ pūjā bhaviṣyati ..  
viśiṣṭā sarvadevebhyaḥ satyametanmayoditam .. 53 ..

> His worship shall take place with mantras of human origin, / superior to all the gods; this truth has been declared by me."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.54)

.. putra uvāca .. ..  
ahamenaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya drijaśreṣṭha mahītale ..  
samyagārādhayiṣyāmi kimanyairvibudhairmama .. 54 ..

> The son said: / "Having established him on the surface of the earth, O best of the twice-born, / I shall worship him properly; what need do I have of other gods?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.55)

tasmātsaṃkīrtayiṣyāmi maṃtrānmānuṣasaṃbhavān ..  
tathā pūjāvidhānaṃ ca tvatprasādena pūrvaja .. 55 ..

> Therefore, I will recite mantras originating from humans, / as well as the procedure of worship, by your favor, O ancestor."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.56)

tataḥ sugaṃ naḥ pantheti tasya maṃtraṃ vidhāya saḥ ..  
samācaratprahṛṣṭātmā dharmarājasya śṛṇvataḥ .. 56 ..

> Then, having composed a mantra for him with the words "May our path be good," / he, delighted in soul, performed \[the rite\] while the King of Dharma listened.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.97)

tacchrutvātha yamaḥ proccaiḥ suprasannena cetasā ..  
taṃ brāhmaṇa muvācedaṃ harṣagadgadayāgirā .. 97 ..

> Hearing that, Yama, highly pleased in his heart, / spoke thus to that brahmin in a voice choked with joy:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.97\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.97_3)

.. yama uvāca .. ..  
kathaṃcidapi vipredra na me syāddarśanaṃ vṛthā ..  
anyeṣāmapi devānāṃ tasmātprārthaya vāṃchi tam .. 58 ..

> Yama said: / "By no means, O prince of brahmins, should the sight of me, / or of the other gods, be in vain; therefore, request what you desire."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.97\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.97_4)

.. brāhmaṇa uvāca .. ..  
tavārcāṃ mama putro'yaṃ sthāpayiṣyati yāmiha ..  
tāmanenaiva maṃtreṇa yaḥ kaścitpūjayeddvijaḥ .. 59 ..

> The brahmin said:  
> Whatever image of you this son of mine shall establish here, / whichever twice-born \[man\] worships it with this very mantra,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.97\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.97_5)

bhavetsaṃvatsaraṃ yāvatsaṃprāpte paṃcamīdine ..  
mā tasya putraśoko hi iha loke kathañcana .. 6.139.60 ..

> for the duration of a year, when the fifth day arrives, / may he suffer no grief for a son whatsoever in this world.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.97\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.97_6)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
sa tatheti pratijñāya saṃprahṛṣṭamanā yamaḥ ..  
yamalokaṃ jagāmātha svādhikāraparo'bhavat.. 61 ..

> Sūta said:  
> Having promised, "So be it," Yama, with a rejoiced heart, / then went to the world of Yama and became intent upon his own office.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.97\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.97_7)

so'pi brāhmaṇadāyādaḥ kṛtvā prāsādamuttamam ..  
yamamārādhayāmāsa madhye saṃsthāpya bhaktitaḥ ..  
pitrā coktena mantreṇa tenaiva vidhipūrvakam.. 62 ..

> That son of the brahmin also, having built an excellent temple, / worshipped Yama, having installed \[him\] in the middle with devotion, / by means of that very mantra spoken by his father, according to ritual rules.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.97\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.97_8)

tataśca kramaśaḥ prāpya putrapautrānanekaśaḥ ..  
kāladharmamanuprāptaściraṃ sthitvā mahītale .. 63 ..

> And then, having attained many sons and grandsons in succession, / he met the law of time after remaining long on the surface of the earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.97\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.97_9)

etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ purāṇeyatpurā śrutam..  
yaścaitatkīrtayedbhaktyā saṃprāpte paṃcamīdine ..  
nāpamṛtyurbhavettasya na ca śokaḥ sutodbhavaḥ .. 64 ..

> All this, which was heard long ago in the Purāṇa, has been narrated to you. / Whoever recites this with devotion when the fifth day arrives, / will suffer no premature death, nor grief arising from a son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.138.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138.139)

iti śrīskāṃde mahapurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye dharmarājeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonacatvāriṃśaduttara śatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 139 .. .. cha ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-ninth chapter, entitled "Description of the Māhātmya of Dharmarājeśvara," in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] in the Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses, the glorious Skanda Purāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.138.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Mudgalapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.mudgala.3.26.7) — Sanskrit
- [Hāṭakeśvaramāhātmya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.hatakesvaramahatmya.139.1) — Sanskrit

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.138) · Pramāṇa