[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) › 5.140 # Skandapurana 5.140 Skandapurāṇa 5.140 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.140.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.1) .. sūtauvāca .. .. tathānyo'pi hi tatrāsti devo miṣṭānnadāyakaḥ .. yasya saṃdarśanādeva miṣṭānnaṃ labhate naraḥ .. 1 .. > Sūta said: > Likewise, there is also another deity there who grants sweet food, / from whose mere darśana a man obtains sweet food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.2) āsītpūrvaṃ nṛpo nāmnā vasusena iti smṛtaḥ .. ānarttādhipatiḥ khyāto bṛhatkalpe dvijottamāḥ .. 2 .. > In the past, O best of the twice-born, there was a king known by the name of Vasusena, / renowned as the ruler of Ānarta in the Bṛhatkalpa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.3) atyaiśvaryasamāyukto gajavājirathānvitaḥ .. jitāripakṣastejasvī dātā bhogī jiteṃdriyaḥ .. 3 .. > He was endowed with great sovereignty, possessed elephants, horses, and chariots, / was one who conquered enemy factions, was radiant, generous, an enjoyer of pleasures, and self-restrained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.4) sa saṃkrāṃtau vyatīpāte grahaṇe ravi somayoḥ .. parvakāleṣu cānyeṣu vividheṣu subhaktitaḥ .. 4 .. > At a solstice, at a vyatīpāta, during an eclipse of the sun and moon, / and on various other festival days, with great devotion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.5) prayacchati dvijātibhyo ratnāni vividhāni ca .. iṃdranīlamahānīlavidrumasphaṭikādi ca .. 5 .. > he would give diverse gems to the twice-born: / sapphire, large sapphire, coral, crystal, and so forth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.6) māṇikyamauktikānyeva vidrumāṇi viśeṣataḥ .. hastyaśvarathayānāni vastrāṇi vividhāni ca .. 6 .. > rubies and pearls indeed, especially corals, / vehicles of elephants, horses, and chariots, and diverse clothes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.7) na kasyacitpradadyātsa sasyaṃ brāhmaṇasattamāḥ .. atīva sulabhaṃ matvā tathā toyaṃ viśeṣataḥ.. 7 .. > He would not give grain to anyone, O best of brahmins, / nor water especially, considering it exceedingly easily obtained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.8) tato rājyaṃ ciraṃ kṛtvā dṛṣṭvā putrodbhavānsutān .. kāladharmamanuprāptaḥ kasmiṃścitkālaparyaye .. 8 .. > Then, having ruled for a long time and seen the sons born of his sons, / he met the law of time at a certain turn of time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.9) tataśca maṃtribhistasya satyasena iti smṛtaḥ .. abhiṣiktaḥ suto rājye vīryodāryasamanvitaḥ .. 9 .. > And then, his son known as Satyasena, endowed with valour and magnanimity, / was consecrated in the kingdom by his ministers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.10) vasuseno'pi saṃprāpya svargaṃ dānaprabhāvataḥ .. divyāṃbaradharo bhūtvā divyaratnairvibhūṣitaḥ .. 6.141.10 .. > Vasusena too, having attained heaven by the power of his giving, / wearing celestial garments and adorned with celestial jewels, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.11) sevyamāno'psarobhiśca vimānavaramāśritaḥ .. babhrāma sarvalokeṣu svecchayā kṣutsamāvṛtaḥ .. 11 .. > attended by apsarases and mounted upon an excellent aerial chariot, / roamed through all the worlds at will, overcome by hunger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.12) pipāsākulacittaśca mukhena pariśuṣyatā .. na kaṃciddadṛśe tatra bhuṃjānamaparaṃ divi .. 12 . > His mind distressed by thirst, and with a parched mouth, / he saw no one else there in heaven eating, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.13) na ca pānasamāsaktaṃ na sasyaṃ salilaṃ na ca .. 13 .. > nor attached to drinking, nor \[did he see\] grain or water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.14) tato gatvā sahasrākṣamuvāca dvijasattamāḥ .. kṣuttṛṣāvṛtadehastu lajjayā'dhomukhaḥ sthitaḥ .. 14 .. > Then, having gone to the thousand-eyed one, O best of the twice-born, / with a body seized by hunger and thirst, he stood with his face turned downwards in shame, and said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.15) naivātra dṛśyate kaścitkṣuttṛṣāparipīḍitaḥ .. māṃ muktvā vibudhaśreṣṭha tatkimetadvadasvame .. 15 .. > "No one here is seen afflicted with hunger and thirst / except me, O best of the gods; therefore, tell me, what is this? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.16) eṣa me svargarūpeṇa narakaḥ samupasthitaḥ .. kimetairbhūṣaṇairvastrairvimānādibhireva ca .. 16 .. > This hell has appeared before me in the form of heaven! / What use are these ornaments, garments, aerial chariots, and the like? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.17) kṣudhā saṃpīḍyamānasya svargametacchacīpate .. agnitulyaṃ samuddiṣṭaṃ mama citte'pi vartate .. 17 .. > For me, afflicted with hunger, O lord of Śacī, this heaven / is declared to be equal to fire, and it remains \[so\] in my mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.18) tasmātkuru prasādaṃ me yathā kṣunna prabādhate .. nocetkṣipa suraśreṣṭha raurave narake drutam ..18.. .. > Therefore, grant me a favor so that hunger does not torment me; / otherwise, O best of the gods, cast me quickly into the Raurava hell!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.19) .. iṃdrauvāca .. .. anarhosi mahīpāla narakasya tvameva hi .. tvayā dānāni dattāni saṃkhyāhīnāni sarvadā..19.. > Indra said: > O king, you indeed are not worthy of hell; / countless gifts were given by you at all times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.19\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.19_1) paraṃ kiṃ tu kvacinnānnaṃ dattaṃ rājanna codakam.. na kiṃcidapi saṃciṃtya yataḥ sulabhameva hi ..6.141.2... > Yet, O king, food was never given, nor was water, / thinking of it as nothing at all, because it was so easily obtained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.21) toyaṃ sānnaṃ sadā dadyādannaṃ caiva sadakṣiṇam.. ya icchecchāśvatīṃ tṛptimiha loke paratra ca .. 21 .. > One should always give water with food, and food with a sacrificial fee, / if one desires perpetual satisfaction in this world and in the next. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.22) tasmāttvaṃ hi kṣudhāviṣṭaḥ svarge caiva mahīpate .. bhūṣito bhūṣaṇaiḥ śreṣṭhairvimānavaramāśritaḥ .. 22 .. > Therefore, O king, you are seized by hunger even in heaven, / adorned with excellent ornaments and mounted on an excellent aerial chariot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.23) .. rājovāca .. .. asti kaścidupāyo'tra devau vā mānuṣo'pi vā .. kṣutpipāse'titīvre me vināśaṃ yena gacchataḥ ..23.. > The king said: > Is there any means here, whether divine or human, / by which my severe hunger and thirst might be destroyed? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.24) .. indra uvāca .. .. yadi kaścitsutastubhyaṃ viprebhyaḥ satataṃ jalam.. dadāti ca sadā sasyaṃ tatte tṛptiḥ prajāyate .. 24 .. > Indra said: > If any son of yours constantly gives water to brahmins / and always gives grain, then satisfaction will arise for you; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.25) nānyathā pārthivaśreṣṭha ekasminnapi vāsare .. adattasya tava prāptiḥ satyametanmayoditam ..25.. > otherwise, O best of rulers, not even on a single day / can there be acquisition of what was not given by you. This truth is spoken by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.26) so'pi bhūmipateḥ putrastava yacchati nodakam.. na ca sasyaṃ dvijātibhyastvanmārgamanusaṃcaran..26.. > Even that son of yours, O king, gives neither water / nor grain to the twice-born, following your path. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.27) etasminnaṃtare prāpto nārado munisattamaḥ.. brahmalokātsthitau yatra tau bhūmipasureśvarau .. 27 .. > At that moment arrived Nārada, the best of sages, / from Brahmaloka, where those two, the king and the lord of the gods, were staying. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.28) tataḥ śakraḥ samutthāya tasmai tuṣṭisamanvitaḥ .. arghaṃ dattvā vidhānena sādaraṃ cedamabravīt .ār 28 .. > Then Śakra rose, and filled with joy, / offered him the guest water according to the prescribed rules, and respectfully said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.29) kutaḥ prāpto'si vipreṃdra prasthitaḥ kva ca sāṃpratam.. kena kāryeṇa cedguhyaṃ na te'sti vada sāṃpratam.. 29 .. > "From where have you arrived, O leader of brahmins, and where are you bound now? / For what purpose, and if it is not secret, tell me now." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.30) nārada uvāca .. .. brahmalokādahaṃ prāptaḥ prasthitastu dharātale .. tīrthayātrākṛte śakra nānyadastīha kāraṇam .. 6.141.30 .. > Nārada said: / "I have come from Brahmaloka and am headed for the surface of the earth / for the purpose of a pilgrimage to sacred fords, O Śakra; there is no other reason here." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.31) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tacchrutvā sa nṛpo hṛṣṭastamuvāca munīśvaram .. prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ mahyaṃ dīnasya munipuṃgava .. 31 .. > Sūta said: / Hearing that, the king was delighted and said to that lord of sages: / "Bestow favor upon me, a wretched person, O best of sages! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.32) tvayā bhūmitale vācyo mama putro mahīpatiḥ .. ānarttādhipatiḥ khyātaḥ satyasena iti prabho .. .. 32 .. > You must tell my son, the king on the surface of the earth / known as the ruler of Ānarta, \[named\] Satyasena, O lord: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.33) tava tāto mayā dṛṣṭaḥ śakrasya sadanaṃ prati .. kṣutpipāsāparītāṃgo dīnātmā devamadhyagaḥ .. 33 .. > 'I saw your father at the abode of Śakra, / his limbs overcome by hunger and thirst, wretched at heart in the midst of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.34) tasmātputro'si cenmahyaṃ tvaṃ satyaṃ parirakṣasi .. tanmannāmnā prayacchoccaiḥ sasyāni salilāni ca .. 34 .. > Therefore, if you are my son, \[and\] you uphold the truth, / then give abundant grain and water in my name.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.35) sa tatheti pratijñāya nārado munisattamaḥ .. anujñāpya sahasrākṣaṃ prasthito bhūtalaṃ prati .. 35 .. > Consenting with "So be it," Nārada, the best of sages, / took leave of the thousand-eyed \[Indra\] and set out for the surface of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.36) tataḥ krameṇa tīrthāni bhramamāṇaḥ sa saddvijaḥ .. ānarttaviṣayaṃ prāpya satyasenamupādravat .. 36 .. > Then, wandering in due course through the sacred fords, that virtuous twice-born / reached the region of Ānarta and approached Satyasena. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.37) atha saṃpūjitastena samyagbhūpatinā muniḥ .. pituḥ saṃdeśamācakhyau vijane tasya sādaram .. 37 .. > Then, duly worshipped by that king, the sage / respectfully conveyed his father's message to him in private. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.38) tacchrutvā śokasaṃtaptaḥ satyaseno mahīpatiḥ .. taṃ visṛjya muniśreṣṭhaṃ pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ . 38 .. > Hearing that, King Satyasena was afflicted with grief; / having taken leave of that best of sages after worshipping him according to the rules, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.39) tato janakamuddiśya miṣṭānnena subhaktitaḥ .. sahasraṃ brāhmaṇeṃdrāṇāṃ bhojayāmāsa nityaśaḥ .. 39 .. > he then daily fed a thousand leading brahmins / with sweet food, out of great devotion for the sake of his father. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.41) prapādānaṃ tathā cakre grīṣmakāle viśeṣataḥ .. tyaktvānyāḥ sakalā yāśca kriyā dharmasamudbhavāḥ .. 6.141.40 . evaṃ tasya mahīpasya vartamānasya ca dvijāḥ .. anāvṛṣṭirabhūdraudrā sarvasasyakṣayāvahā .. 41 .. > He likewise established cisterns for distributing water, especially in the summer season, / setting aside all other religious duties, O twice-born; / and while that king was living in this manner, / there occurred a dreadful drought causing the destruction of all crops. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.42) yāvaddvādaśavarṣāṇi na jalaṃ tridaśādhipaḥ .. mumoca dharaṇīpṛṣṭhe sarve lokāḥ kṣudhārditāḥ .. 42 .. > For twelve years the lord of the thirty \[gods\] did not release / water onto the surface of the earth; all creatures were tormented by hunger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.43) atrābhāvāttato bhūyo na sasyaṃ saṃprayacchati .. brāhmaṇebhyaḥ samuddiśya pitaraṃ svaṃ yathā purā .. 43 .. > Then, owing to a lack of food, he could no longer give grain / to the brahmins for the sake of his father, as he had before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.44) tataḥ sa kṣutparītāṃgaḥ pitā tasya mahīpateḥ .. svapne provāca taṃ putramatīva malināṃbaraḥ .. 44 .. > Then the father of that king, his limbs overcome by hunger / and wearing exceedingly dirty garments, spoke to his son in a dream: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.45) tvayā putreṇa putrāhaṃ kṣutpipāsāsamākulaḥ .. svargastho'pi hi tiṣṭhāmi tasmādannaṃ prayaccha vai .. mannāmnā toyasaṃyuktaṃ yadi tvaṃ matsamudbhavaḥ .. 45 .. > "Though I have you as my son, my son, / even while residing in heaven I stand distressed with hunger and thirst; therefore give food / along with water in my name, if you are born of me!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.46) tataḥ śokasamāyuktaḥ sa nṛpaḥ svapnadarśanāt .. annābhāvātsamaṃ maṃtraṃ maṃtribhiḥ sa tadākarot .. 46 .. > Then the king, overcome with sorrow from seeing the dream / and because of the lack of food, held counsel with his ministers: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.47) ahamārādhayiṣyāmi sasyārthe vṛṣabhadhvajam .. rājye rakṣā vidhātavyā bhavadbhiḥ sādaraṃ sadā .. 47 .. > "I shall propitiate the one whose banner bears the bull for the sake of grain; / you must carefully maintain the protection of the kingdom at all times." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.48) tato'traiva samāgatya sthāpayitvā maheśvaram .. samyagārādhayāmāsa vrataiśca niyamaistathā..48.. > Then, having come right here and installed the Great Lord, / he propitiated him properly with vows and observances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.49) atha tasya gatastuṣṭiṃ varṣāṃte bhagavāñchivaḥ.. abravīdvarado'smīti prārthayasva yathepsitam..49.. > Then, at the end of a year, the blessed Śiva became pleased with him, / and said, "I am the granter of boons; ask whatever you desire." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.49\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.49_2) rājovāca.. annārthaṃ devadeveśa mayāyaṃ vihito vidhiḥ.. tasmāttvaṃ yaccha me śīghramasaṃkhyaṃ vṛṣavāhana..6.141.5... > The king said: / "For the sake of food this ritual was performed by me, O god of gods! / Therefore quickly grant me food in infinite quantity, O bull-mounted god! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.51) tathā saṃjāyatā vṛṣṭiḥ samaste dharaṇītale .. yena sasyāni jāyaṃte salilāni ca sāṃpratam .. 51 .. > Likewise, let rain fall across the whole surface of the earth, / by which grain and water may now be produced! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.52) jāyatāṃ mama tātasya svargasthasya mahātmanaḥ .. prasādāttava saṃtṛptirakṣayā surasattama ..52.. > Let there be inexhaustible satisfaction, by your grace, / for my noble father dwelling in heaven, O best of gods!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.53) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. bhavitā na cirādvṛṣṭiḥ prabhūtā dharaṇītale .. bhaviṣyaṃti tathānnāni yāni kāni mahītale .. 53 .. > The Blessed Lord said: / "Before long there will be abundant rain on the surface of the earth, / and all kinds of food will come to be on the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.54) tasmāttvaṃ gaccha rājeṃdra svagṛhaṃ prati sāṃpratam.. mama vākyādasaṃdigdhametadeva bhaviṣyati ..54 .. > Therefore go to your own home right now, O king of kings; / by my word, this shall happen without a doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.55) taccaitanmāmakaṃ liṃgaṃ yattvayā sthāpitaṃ nṛpa .. prātarutthāya yaḥ kaścitsamyaktadvīkṣayiṣyati .. 55 .. > And whoever, rising in the morning, properly gazes / upon this liṅga of mine that was installed by you, O king, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.56) miṣṭānnamamṛtasvādu sa hi nūnamavāpsyati.. mama vākyānnṛpaśreṣṭha sadā janmanijanmani .. 56 .. > will surely obtain sweet food as delicious as nectar / in birth after birth always, by my word, O best of kings." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.57) sa evaṃ bhagavānuktvā tataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ .. so'pi rājā nijaṃ sthānaṃ harṣeṇa mahatānvitaḥ .. ājagāma cakārātha rājyaṃ nihatakaṃṭakam ..57.. > Having spoken thus, the Blessed Lord then disappeared; / that king also returned to his own place filled with great joy, / and ruled his kingdom free of thorns. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.58) .. sūta uvāca .. .. adyāpi kalikāle'tra saṃprāpte dāruṇe yuge .. yastaṃ miṣṭānnadaṃ paśyetprātarutthāya bhaktitaḥ ..58.. > Sūta said: / Even today in this Kali age, when this terrible epoch has arrived, / whoever rising in the morning gazes with devotion upon that \[liṅga\] which gives sweet food, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.59) sa miṣṭānnamavāpnoti yadi kāmayate dvijāḥ .. niṣkāmo vā samabhyeti sthānaṃ devasya śūlinaḥ.. 59 .. > attains sweet food if he desires it, O twice-born; / or, if he is desireless, he reaches the abode of the trident-bearing god. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.140.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140.141) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye miṣṭānnadeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikacatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..141.. > Thus ends the one hundred and forty-first chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Miṣṭānnadeśvara' in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.140.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.140) · Pramāṇa