[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) › 5.139 # Skandapurana 5.139 Skandapurāṇa 5.139 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.139.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.139.1) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. yadetadbhavatā proktaṃ putro mānuṣavigrahaḥ .. bhaviṣyati yamasyātra kaḥ saṃbhūtaḥ sa sūtaja .. 1 .. > The seers said: > Regarding what was spoken by you: "A son with a human form / will be born to Yama here"—who was he that was born, O son of Sūta? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.139.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.139.2) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tasya putraḥ samutpannaḥ pāṃḍoḥ kṣetre mahītale .. yudhiṣṭhira iti khyātaḥ sarvakṣatriyapuṃgavaḥ .. 2 .. > Sūta said: > His son was born on the surface of the earth in the field of Pāṇḍu, / renowned as Yudhiṣṭhira, the foremost of all kṣatriyas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.139.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.139.3) rājasūyo makho yena iṣṭaḥ sampūrṇadakṣiṇaḥ .. sarvānbhūmipatīnvīryātsaṃvidhāya karapradān .. 3 .. > by whom the Rājasūya sacrifice was offered with complete sacrificial fees, / having reduced all rulers of the earth to tribute-payers by his valour. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.139.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.139.4) aśvamedhāḥ kṛtāḥ paṃca tathā sampūrṇadakṣiṇāḥ .. bhrāmayitvā hayaṃ bhūmau paścātprāpa sa sadgatim .. 4 .. > Five horse-sacrifices were performed \[by him\], likewise with complete sacrificial fees; / after making the horse wander over the earth, he later attained the good destination. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.139.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.139.5) eṣṭavyā bahavaḥ putrā yadyekopi gayāṃ vrajet .. yajeta vā'śvamedhena nīlaṃ vā vṛṣamutsṛjet .. 5 .. > Many sons are to be desired, \[hoping\] that even one might go to Gayā, / or offer a horse-sacrifice, or release a dark blue bull. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.139.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.139.6) yadanena vṛtaṃ mattaḥ putritvaṃ sumahātmanā .. hayamedhānmahāyajñānkartā syādasya vai sutaḥ .. 6 .. > Since sonship was sought from me by that very great-souled one, / his son indeed became the performer of the great sacrifices, the horse-sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.139.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.139.7) manyeta kṛtakṛtyatvaṃ yena putreṇa dharmapaḥ .. anyaiḥ putraśataiḥ kiṃ vā vaṃśānuddhārakārakaiḥ .. 7 .. > The guardian of dharma would consider himself accomplished of purpose by such a son; / or what use are hundreds of other sons who do not rescue their lineage? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.139.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.139.8) .. sūta uvāca .. .. etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ dharmarājasutodbhavam .. ākhyānaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhā dharmavṛddhikaraṃ param .. 8 .. . > Sūta said: > All this narrative of the birth of the son of Dharmarāja, / which brings about an increase of dharma in the highest degree, has been related to you, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.139.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.139.140) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe śrīhāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye dharmarājaputrākhyānavarṇanaṃnāma catvāriṃśaduttara śatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 140 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and fortieth chapter, entitled "Description of the Narrative of Dharmarāja's Son," in the Māhātmya of the glorious 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.5.139.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.139) · Pramāṇa