[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) › 5.141 # Skandapurana 5.141 Skandapurāṇa 5.141 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.141.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tathānyadapi tatrāsti puṇyaṃ gaṇapatitrayam .. svargadaṃ martyadaṃ puṇyaṃ tathānyannarakāpaham..1.. > Sūta said: / Likewise, there is also another sacred triad of Gaṇapatis there, / holy, granting heaven, granting the mortal realm, and also averting hell, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.2) haṃtṛ vai sarvavighnānāṃ pūjitaṃ suradānavaiḥ.. sarvakāmapradaṃ caiva vidyākīrtivivardhanam .. 2 .. > destroying all obstacles, worshipped by gods and Dānavas, / bestowing all desires, and increasing learning and fame. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.3) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. trividhāḥ puruṣāḥ sūta jāyaṃtetra mahītale .. uttamā madhyamāścānye tathā cānye'dhamāḥ sthitāḥ .. 3 .. > The seers said: / Three kinds of men are born here on the surface of the earth, O Sūta: / the highest, the middling, and others who are base. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.4) uttamāḥ prārthayaṃti sma mokṣameva hi kevalam .. gatā yatra nivartaṃte na kathaṃciddharātale .. 4 .. > The highest pray for liberation alone, / having gone to which they never return in any way to the surface of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.5) madhyamāḥ svargamārgaṃ ca divyānbhogānmanoramān .. apsarobhiḥ samaṃ krīḍāṃ yajñādyaiḥ karmabhiḥ kṛtām .. .. 5 .. > The middling \[pray for\] the path to heaven and delightful celestial enjoyments, / sport with apsarases, attained by rites such as sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.6) adhamā martyaloketra ramaṃte viṣayātmakāḥ .. viṣakīṭakavattatra ratiṃ kṛtvā garīyasīm .. 6 . > The base, devoted to sensory objects, delight here in the mortal world, / taking great pleasure there like worms in poison. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.7) svargamokṣau parityajya tatkasmānmartya iṣyate .. yenāsau prārthyate martyairmartyado gaṇanāyakaḥ .. 7 .. > Why, having abandoned heaven and liberation, is mortal existence desired, / on account of which that lord of gaṇas, the granter of mortal existence, is besought by mortals? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.8) kena saṃsthāpitāste ca tasminkṣetre gajānanāḥ .. kasminkāle ca draṣṭavyāḥ sarvaṃ vistarato vada .. 8 .. > And by whom were those elephant-faced ones installed in that sacred field? / At what time should they be seen? Tell everything in detail. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.9) .. sūta uvāca .. .. pūrvaṃ taptvā tapastīvraṃ martyaloke dvijottamāḥ .. tato gacchaṃti saṃhṛṣṭāḥ svecchayā tridivaṃ prati .. mokṣamārgaṃ tathaivānye dhyānāviṣkṛtamānasāḥ .. 9 .. > Sūta said: / Formerly, having performed severe austerity in the mortal world, best of brahmins, / then, overjoyed, they would go to heaven according to their own wish; / others likewise \[went on\] the path to liberation, their minds enlightened by meditation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.10) tataḥ svarge samākīrṇe kadācinmanujottamaiḥ .. deveṣu kṣipyamāṇeṣu samaṃtāttatprabhāvataḥ .. 6.142.10 .. > Then, once heaven had become crowded with the best of men, / and the gods were being displaced all around due to their power, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.11) gatvā svayaṃ sahasrākṣaḥ sarvairdevagaṇaiḥ saha .. provāca śaṃkaraṃ gauryā sārdhamekāsanasthitam .. 11 .. > the thousand-eyed one \[Indra\] himself, having gone along with all the hosts of gods, / spoke to Śaṃkara, who was seated upon one throne together with Gaurī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.12) .. indra uvāca .. .. tapaḥprabhāvasaṃsiddhairmānavaiḥ parameśvara .. asmākaṃ vyāpyate sarvaṃ mahimānaṃ gṛhādikam.. 12 .. > Indra said: / O Supreme Lord, by mortals perfected through the power of austerity / our entire glory, dwellings, and so forth are being occupied. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.13) tasmātkṛtvā prasādaṃ naḥ kaṃcicciṃtaya sāṃpratam .. upāyaṃ yena tiṣṭhāmaḥ saukhyenātra śivālaye .. 13 .. > Therefore, having shown us favor, devise some means now / whereby we may abide happily here in the abode of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.14) atha śrutvā virūpākṣasteṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ dvijāḥ .. pārvatyāḥ pārśvasaṃsthāyā mukhacandraṃ samaikṣayat .. 14 .. > Then, having heard that speech of theirs, O brahmins, the three-eyed one \[Virūpākṣa\] / looked at the moon-like face of Pārvatī standing beside him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.15) nijagātraṃ tato devī susaṃmardya muhurmuhuḥ .. malamāhṛtya taṃ kṛtsnaṃ cakre nāgamukhaṃ tataḥ 15.. > Then the goddess, having rubbed her own limbs thoroughly again and again, / and gathered all that scurf, then fashioned an elephant-faced one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.16) caturhastaṃ mahākāyaṃ laṃbodarasamanvitam .. sukautukakaraṃ teṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ ca divaukasām .. 16 .. > four-armed, huge-bodied, endowed with a pot-belly, / exciting great wonder among all those heaven-dwellers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.17) tataḥ sa vinayādāha devīṃ śikharavāsinīm .. yadarthamaṃba sṛṣṭo'haṃ tatkāryaṃ vada mā ciram .. 17 . > Then he respectfully said to the goddess who dwells on the peak: / 'Tell me without delay, O Mother, the task for which I was created. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.18) trailokye tvatprasādena nāsādhyaṃ vidyate mama .. .. 18 .. > In the three worlds, by your grace, nothing is impossible for me.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.19) .. śrīdevyuvāca .. .. martyaloke narā ye ca svargamokṣaparāḥ sadā .. teṣāṃ vighnaṃ tvayā kāryaṃ śubhakṛtyeṣu caiva hi .. 19 .. > The holy Goddess said: / Those men in the mortal world who are always intent upon heaven and liberation, / obstacles should be placed by you in their auspicious deeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.20) saritāṃ patayastriṃśacchaṃkavaḥ saptasaptatiḥ .. mahāsarojaṣaṣṭiśca nikharvāṇāṃ ca viṃśatiḥ .. 6.142.20 .. > Thirty 'lords of rivers' \[oceans\], seventy-seven śaṅkus, / sixty mahāsarojas, and twenty nikharvas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.21) arbudāyutasaṃyuktāḥ koṭyo navatipañca ca .. lakṣāśca paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasrāḥ paṃcaviṃśatiḥ.. śatāni navaṣaṣṭiśca gaṇāścānye'tra saṃsthitāḥ..21.. > along with ninety-five crores, arbuda, and ayuta, / fifty-five lakhs, twenty-five thousand, / and six hundred and ninety other gaṇas reside here; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.22) yeṣāṃ nadī smṛtaḥ pūrvo mahākālastathā paraḥ.. te sarve vaśagāstubhyaṃ prabhavaṃtu gaṇottamāḥ..22.. > of whom Nadī is remembered as the first and Mahākāla as the next, / may all those best of gaṇas become subject to your command. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.23) ādhipatyaṃ mayā dattaṃ tava vatsa kuruṣva tat .. sarveṣāṃ gaṇavṛṃdānāmādhipatye vyavasthitaḥ ..23.. > Sovereignty has been granted by me to you, O child; exercise it, / established in the sovereignty over all the multitudes of gaṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.24) evamuktvātha sā devī samānīyauṣadhībhṛtān .. hemakuṃbhānsutīrthāṃbhaḥ paripūrṇānmahodayān.. 24 .. > Having spoken thus, the goddess then brought golden jars / containing medicinal herbs, filled with water from excellent sacred fords, auspicious and grand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.25) tasyābhiṣecanaṃ cakre svayameva sureśvarī .. gītavādyavinodena nṛtyamaṃgalajaiḥ svanaiḥ .. 25 .. > The mistress of the gods herself performed his consecration / to the delight of songs and instrumental music, with sounds arising from auspicious dancing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.26) trayastriṃśatsmṛtāḥ koṭayo devānāṃ yāḥ sthitā divi .. tāḥ sarvāstatra cāgatya tasya cakruśca maṃgalam .. 26 .. > The thirty-three crores of gods who, it is recorded, reside in heaven, / all of them, having arrived there, performed auspicious rites for him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.27) atha tasya dadau tuṣṭo bhagavānvṛṣabhadhvajaḥ .. kuṭhāraṃ niśitaṃ haste sadā vai śreṣṭhamāyudham .. 27 .. > Then, delighted, the Lord whose banner is a bull gave him / a sharp battle-axe into his hand, truly the supreme weapon for ever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.28) pātraṃ modakasaṃpūrṇamakṣayaṃ caiva pārvatī .. bhojanārthe mahābhāgā mātṛsnehaparāyaṇā .. 28 .. > And Pārvatī \[gave him\] an inexhaustible vessel full of sweetmeats / for the purpose of food, the illustrious one devoted to maternal love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.29) mūṣakaṃ kārtikeyastu vāhanārthaṃ praharṣitaḥ .. bhrātaraṃ manyamānastu bandhusnehena saṃyutaḥ .. 29 .. > And Kārtikeya, greatly delighted, \[gave him\] a mouse / to serve as his mount, regarding him as a brother, endowed with affection for his kin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.30) jñānaṃ divyaṃ dadau brahmā tasmai hṛṣṭena cetasā .. atītānāgataṃ caiva vartamānaṃ ca yadbhavet..6.142.30.. > With a joyful mind Brahmā gave him divine knowledge, / whatever may be of the past, future, and present. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.31) prajñāṃ viṣṇuḥ sahasrākṣaḥ saubhāgyaṃ cottamaṃ mahat.. saubhāgyaṃ kāmadevastu kubero vibhavādikam..31.. > Viṣṇu \[gave\] intellect; the thousand-eyed one \[gave\] supreme, great good fortune; / Kāmadeva gave good fortune; Kubera \[gave\] riches and the like; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.32) pratāpaṃ bhagavānsūryaḥ kāṃtimagryāṃ niśākaraḥ..32.. > the Lord Sūrya gave splendor; the moon-maker \[Candra\] gave prime radiance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.33) tathānye vibudhāḥ sarve daduriṣṭāni bhūriśaḥ.. ātmīyāni pratuṣṭyarthaṃ devyā devasya ca prabhoḥ..33.. > So all the other deities gave many desired things / belonging to themselves, for the pleasure of the Goddess and the lordly God. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.34) evaṃ labdhavaraḥ so'tha gaṇanātho dvijottamāḥ .. devakṛtyaparo nityaṃ cakre vighnāni bhūtale .. 34 .. > Having thus obtained boons, O best of brahmins, that lord of gaṇas, / ever devoted to the service of the gods, created obstacles on the surface of the earth > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.35) dharmārthaṃ yatamānānāṃ mokṣāya sukṛtāya ca .. tato bhūmitale'bhyetya gaṇeśastatra yaḥ smṛtaḥ .. 35 .. > for those striving for righteousness, for liberation, and for good deeds. / Then, having arrived on the surface of the earth, that Ganeśa who is commemorated there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.36) vaimānikaiḥ samabhyetya sthāpitastatra sa dvijāḥ .. yena svargārthino lokāḥ pūjāṃ tasya pracakrire .. prathamaṃ sarvakṛtyeṣu vighnanāśāya tatparāḥ .. 36 .. > having arrived, was installed there by those possessing aerial chariots, O brahmins, / whereby people desirous of heaven performed worship to him / first in all undertakings, intent upon the destruction of obstacles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.37) etasminneva kāle ca camatkārapurodbhavaiḥ .. brāhmaṇairbrahmavijñānatatparairmokṣahetubhiḥ .. īśānaḥ sthāpitastatra mokṣado ya udāhṛtaḥ .. 37 .. > At that very time, by the brahmins born in Camatkārapura, / intent upon the knowledge of Brahman, seeking liberation, / Īśāna, who is proclaimed as the granter of liberation, was installed there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.38) svargaṃ vāñchadbhirevānyaiḥ svargadvārapradastathā .. heraṃbaḥ sthāpitastatra satyanāmā yathoditaḥ .. 38 .. > By others desiring heaven, Heramba, the granter of the door to heaven, / was installed there as described, truly matching his name. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.39) tathānyairmartyado nāma gaṇaiśastatra yaḥ sthitaḥ.. yena svargāccyutā yāṃti na kadā narakādikam.. tiryaktvaṃ vā kṛmitvaṃ vā sthāvaratvamathāpi vā .. 39 .. > Likewise, by others \[was installed\] the lord of gaṇas named 'Granter of Mortal Existence' stationed there, / through whom those fallen from heaven never go to hell and the like, / nor to the state of animals, or of worms, or of immovable beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.40) etasmātkāraṇāttatra kṣetre puṇye dvijottamāḥ .. herambo martyado jātaḥ svargiṇāṃ martyadaḥ sadā .. 6.142.40 .. > For this reason, in that holy sacred field, O best of brahmins, / Heramba became the granter of mortal existence, always the granter of mortal existence to the dwellers of heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.41) etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ puṇyaṃ heraṃbasaṃbhavam .. ākhyānaṃ sarvavighnāni yannihanti śrutaṃ nṛṇām .. 41 .. > This entire holy narrative concerning the origin of Heramba has been related to you, / which, when heard, destroys all obstacles for men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.42) etanmāghacaturthāṃ? yaḥ śuklāyāṃ pūjayennaraḥ .. na tasya vatsaraṃ yāvadvighnaṃ sañjāyate kvacit .. 42 .. > Whatever person worships him on this fourth day of the bright half of Māgha, / no obstacle arises anywhere for him for a year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.141.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.141.142) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye gaṇapatitrayamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvicatvāriṃśaduttaraśata tamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 142 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the one hundred and forty-second chapter, named 'The Description of the Māhātmya of the Three Gaṇapatis', in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\], in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.141.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: 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