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# Skandapurana 5.142

Skandapurāṇa 5.142

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.142.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.1)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
tathānyo'pi ca tatrāsti devaścitreśvaro dvijāḥ ..  
citrapīṭhasya madhyasthaścitrasaukhyaprado nṛṇām .. 1 ..

> Sūta said: / Likewise, there is also another deity there, Citreśvara, O brahmins, / seated in the middle of Citrapīṭha, granting varied happiness to men;  
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### [5.142.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.2)

yaṃ dṛṣṭvā pūjayitvā ca snāpayitvāthavā naraḥ ..  
mucyate paradārotthaiḥ pātakaiścopapātakaiḥ .. 2 ..

> whom having seen, worshipped, or bathed, a person / is freed from sins and secondary sins arising from \[adultery with\] another's wife,  
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### [5.142.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.3)

dharṣayitvā guroḥ patnīṃ kanyāṃ vā nijavaṃśajām ..  
nīcāṃ vā vratayuktāṃ vā kāmāsaktena cetasā .. 3 ..

> \[such as\] having violated the guru's wife, or a maiden born in one's own family, / or a low-caste woman, or one observing a vow, with a mind attached to lust.  
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### [5.142.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.4)

caitraśuklacaturdaśyāṃ yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ ..  
sa tatpāpaṃ nihatyāśu svargalokaṃ tato vrajet .. 4 ..

> The man who worships it on the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight of Caitra / destroys that sin quickly and then goes to heaven. (4)  
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### [5.142.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.5)

tathā citrāṃgadastatra jābālisahito nṛpaḥ ..  
kumāryā sahitaḥ sārddhaṃ nagnayā tatsamutthayā ..  
santiṣṭhate tadagre tu śapto jābālinā purā .. 5 ..

> Likewise, King Citrāṅgada stays there together with Jābāli, / accompanied by his naked daughter who was born of him; / indeed, he stands before him, having been cursed by Jābāli in the past. (5)  
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### [5.142.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.6)

trayāṇāmapi yasteṣāṃ tasminnahani nirvapet ..  
sa iṣṭāṃ labhate nārīṃ siddhiṃ ca manasi sthitām .. 6 ..

> Whoever makes offerings for all three of them on that day / obtains the desired woman and the accomplishment set in his mind. (6)  
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### [5.142.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.7)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..  
kasmājjābālinā śaptaḥ pūrvaṃ citrāṃgado yuvā ..  
sā ca tattanayā kasmātkumārī vastravarjitā .. 7 ..

> The seers said: / Why was the youth Citrāṅgada cursed by Jābāli in the past? / And why is that maiden, his daughter, stripped of garments? (7)  
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### [5.142.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.8)

adyāpi tiṣṭhate tatra viruddhaṃ rūpamāśritā ..  
janahāsya karaṃ nityaṃ tasmātsūta vadasva naḥ .. 8 ..

> Even today she remains there, having assumed a contradictory form / that constantly provokes laughter among people. Therefore, Sūta, tell us! (8)  
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### [5.142.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.9)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
ārsotpūrvaṃ munirnāmnā jābāliriti viśrutaḥ ..  
kaumārabrahmacaryeṇa yena cīrṇaṃ tapaḥ sadā .. 9 ..

> Sūta said: / Formerly, there was a sage known by the name Jābāli, / by whom austerity was constantly performed with lifelong celibacy. (9)  
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### [5.142.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.10)

hāṭakeśvarajaṃ kṣetraṃ samāsādya sa saddvijāḥ ..  
bālye'pi vayasi prāpte samārebhe mahattapaḥ .. 6.143.10 ..

> Having reached the sacred field originating from Hāṭakeśvara, O good brahmins, / he undertook great austerity even when he had reached his childhood age. (10)  
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### [5.142.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.11)

kṛcchracāṃdrāyaṇādīni pārākāṇi śanaiḥśanaiḥ ..  
kurvatā tena te devāḥ saṃnītā bhayagocaram .. 11 ..

> As he gradually performed the kṛcchra, cāndrāyaṇa, and other parāka penances, / the gods were brought into the range of fear by him. (11)  
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### [5.142.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.12)

tataḥ śakrādayo devāḥ saṃtrastā merumūrdhani ..  
militvā cakrire maṃtraṃ tasya vighnakṛte mithaḥ ..12..

> Then the gods, led by Śakra, terrified on the summit of Meru, / gathered together and took counsel with one another to cause him an obstacle: (12)  
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### [5.142.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.13)

yadyasya tapaso vṛddhirevaṃ yāsyati nityaśaḥ ..  
cyāvayiṣyati tannūnaṃ svargarājyācchatakratum ..13..

> “If the increase of his austerity continues in this way constantly, / he will surely depose Śatakratu from the kingdom of heaven. (13)  
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### [5.142.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.14)

tasmādgacchatu raṃbhākhyā tatpārśve 'psarasāṃ varā ..  
brahmacaryavighātāya tasyarṣerbhāvitātmanaḥ .. 14 ..

> Therefore, let the best of apsarases, named Rambhā, go to his side / for the destruction of the celibacy of that cultivated seer. (14)  
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### [5.142.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.15)

brahmacaryaṃ tapomūlaṃ yataḥ saṃkīrtitaṃ dvijaiḥ ..  
tasyābhāvātparikleśaḥ kevalaṃ na phalaṃ vrate .. 15 ..

> For celibacy is proclaimed by brahmins to be the root of austerity; / in its absence, there is mere distress, without fruit in the vow.” (15)  
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### [5.142.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.16)

evaṃ te niścayaṃ kṛtvā samāhūya tataḥ param ..  
raṃbhāmūcurmaheṃdreṇa sarve devāstadādarāt .. 16 ..

> Having made this decision, after that / all the gods, along with Mahendra, summoned Rambhā and respectfully said to her: (16)  
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### [5.142.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.17)

gaccha śīghraṃ mahābhāge jābāliryatra tiṣṭhati ..  
hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre tapovighnāya tasya vai .. 17 ..

> “Go quickly, O fortunate one, to where Jābāli stays / in the sacred field originating from Hāṭakeśvara, to cause an obstacle to his austerity! (17)  
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### [5.142.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.18)

te te bhāvāḥ prayoktavyāḥ kathāstāstā manoharāḥ ..  
vardhayaṃtī tathā citte tasya kāmaṃ nirargalam .. 18 .. ..

> Various expressions are to be employed, and various charming stories, / thereby increasing unrestrained passion in his heart.” (18)  
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### [5.142.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.19)

.. raṃbhovāca .. ..  
sa munirna vijānāti kāmadharmaṃ sureśvara ..  
arasajñaṃ kathaṃ deva kariṣyāmi smarānvitam.. 19 ..

> Rambhā said: / “That sage does not know the nature of passion, O lord of the gods. / How, O god, shall I make one who has no taste for pleasure possessed by love?” (19)  
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### [5.142.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.20)

.. indra uvāca .. ..  
eṣa yāsyati madvākyādvasaṃtastasya sannidhau ..  
asya saṃdarśanādeva bhaviṣyati sa sasmaraḥ .. 6.143.20 ..

> Indra said: / “At my word, this Spring will go into his presence; / merely upon seeing him, he will become possessed of love. (20)  
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### [5.142.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.21)

tasmādgaccha drutaṃ tatra sahānena varānane ..  
saṃsiddhirjāyate yena devakṛtyaṃ bhaveddrutam .. 21 ..

> Therefore, go quickly there along with him, O fair-faced one, / so that success may arise and the task of the gods may be accomplished swiftly.” (21)  
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### [5.142.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.22)

atha sā taṃ praṇamyoccaiḥ prasthitā dharaṇītalam..  
vasaṃtena samāyuktā jābāliryatra tiṣṭhati .. 22 ..

> Then, having bowed deeply to him, she departed for the surface of the earth, / accompanied by Spring, to where Jābāli stayed. (22)  
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### [5.142.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.23)

athākasmādaśokasya saṃjātaḥ puṣpasaṃcayaḥ ..  
tilakasya ca cūtasya maṃjaryaḥ samupasthitāḥ .. 23 ..

> Then suddenly there arose an abundance of flowers on the aśoka tree, / and blossoms appeared on the tilaka and mango trees. (23)  
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### [5.142.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.24)

śiśire ca sarojāni vikāsaṃ prāpureva hi ..  
vavau ca surabhirvāyurdākṣiṇātyaḥ sukāmadaḥ .. 24 ..

> And even in the cool season lotuses truly bloomed, / and the fragrant southern wind, inspiring desire, blew. (24)  
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### [5.142.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.25)

etasminnaṃtare prāptā raṃbhā tatra varāpsarāḥ ..  
salilāśayatīrastho jābāliryatra tiṣṭhati ... .. 25 ..

> In the meantime, that excellent apsaras Rambhā arrived there, / where Jābāli was standing on the shore of a reservoir of water, (25)  
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### [5.142.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.26)

akṣamālādhṛtakaro japanmaṃtramanekadhā ..  
abhīṣṭaṃ śraddhayā yukto vidhāya pitṛtarpaṇam .. 26 ..

> holding a rosary in his hand, reciting various mantras, / filled with faith after having performed the desired water offering to the ancestors. (26)  
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### [5.142.26\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.26_1)

atha saṃpaśyatastasya muktvā vastraparigraham ..1

> Then, while he was looking on, having abandoned her clothes, (27a)  
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### [5.142.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.27)

snānārthaṃ tajjalaṃ sā'tha praviveśa varāpsarāḥ .. 27 ..

> that excellent apsaras then entered that water in order to bathe. (27b)  
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### [5.142.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.28)

vivastrāṃ tāṃ samālokya so'pi yauvanaśālinīm..  
yāmyānilena ca spṛṣṭaḥ kāmasya vaśago 'bhavat .. 28 ..

> Beholding her disrobed and possessing youthfulness, / and touched by the southern wind, he too fell under the sway of desire. (28)  
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### [5.142.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.29)

tatastasyābhavatkaṃpastatkṣaṇādeva sanmune ..  
akṣamālā karāgrācca papāta dharaṇītale .. 29 ..

> Then trembling arose in that good sage at that very moment, / and the rosary fell from the tip of his hand to the surface of the earth. (29)  
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### [5.142.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.30)

pulakaḥ sarvagātreṣu saṃjajñe'tīva dāruṇaḥ ..  
aśrupātāḥ pataṃti sma koṣṇāḥ plāvitabhūtalāḥ .. 30 ..

> An intense bristling of hairs arose all over his limbs; / warm tears fell, inundating the ground. (30)  
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### [5.142.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.31)

atha taṃ kṣubhitaṃ jñātvā cittajñā sā varāpsarāḥ ..  
nirgatya salilāttasmāccakre vastraparigraham.. .. 31 ..

> Then, knowing him to be agitated, that excellent apsaras, skilled in reading the mind, / came out of that water and put on her clothes. (31)  
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### [5.142.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.32)

tatastasyāṃtike gatvā praṇipatya kṛtādarā ..  
provāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ varddhaṃtī tasya tanmatam .. 32 ..

> Then, having approached his presence and bowed with respect, / she spoke sweet words, nurturing his disposition: (32)  
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### [5.142.32\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.32_2)

āśrame sakalaṃ brahmankaccitte kuśalaṃ mune ..  
svādhyāye tapasi prājña śiṣyeṣu mṛgapakṣiṣu .. 3\_3 ..  
.. muniruvāca.. .. 9..

> “O brahmin, is all well in your hermitage, O sage? / In your Vedic study, in your austerity, O wise one, among your disciples, deer, and birds?” / The sage said: (33)  
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### [5.142.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.34)

kuśalaṃ me varārohe sarvatraivādhunā sthitam..  
viśeṣeṇātra saṃprāptā sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitā..34..

> “All is well with me everywhere now, O woman of fair hips, / especially since you, marked with all auspicious marks, have arrived here. (34)  
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### [5.142.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.35)

kā tvaṃ vada mahābhāge mama manmathavardhanī..  
kiṃ devī vāsurī vā kiṃ pannagī kiṃ tu mānuṣī..35..

> Tell me, who are you, O fortunate one, who increase my desire? / Are you a goddess, or an asura woman, or a nāga woman, or indeed a human? (35)  
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### [5.142.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.36)

nivedaya śarīre me kiṃ na paśyasi vepathum..  
nirargalaśca romāṃco bāṣpapūraśca netrajaḥ..36..

> Explain to me: do you not see the trembling in my body, / the unrestrained bristling of hairs, and the flood of tears arising from my eyes?” (36)  
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### [5.142.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.37)

raṃbhovāca..  
kiṃ te gātrasvabhāvo'yam kiṃ vānyo vyādhisaṃbhavaḥ ..  
kaccideva na te svāsthyaṃ prapaśyāmi śarīrajam .. 37 ..

> Rambhā said: / “Is this natural to your limbs, or does it arise from some other disease? / Indeed, I do not see health in your body.” (37)  
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### [5.142.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.38)

.. muniruvāca .. ..  
na me gātrasvabhāvo na vyādhibhiśca sulocane ..  
śṛṇuṣva kāraṇaṃ kṛtsnaṃ yenedṛksaṃsthitaṃ vapuḥ .. 38 ..

> The sage said: / “It is not natural to my limbs, nor is it due to diseases, O fair-eyed one. / Hear the entire cause on account of which my body has become such: (38)  
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### [5.142.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.40)

yāvatī vartate velā tava darśanasaṃbhavā ..  
tāvatkālamidaṃ rūpaṃ mama gātrasamudbhavam .. 30. ..  
tadahaṃ manmathāviṣṭo darśanāttava śobhane ..  
brahmacaryaparopītthaṃ mahāvratadharo'pi ca .. 6.143.40 ..

> For as much time as has passed since seeing you, / for that long this state has arisen in my limbs. / Therefore, I am overcome by love from the sight of you, O fair one, / even though I am devoted to celibacy and uphold great vows.” (39–40)  
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### [5.142.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.41)

.. raṃbhovāca . ..  
yadyevaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha māṃ bhajasva yathāsukham ..  
nātra kaścidbhaveddoṣaḥ paṇyanārī yato'smyaham .. 41 ..

> Rambhā said: / “If it is so, O best of brahmins, enjoy me as you please! / No fault could occur here, since I am a courtesan. (41)  
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### [5.142.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.42)

sādhāraṇā vayaṃ vipra yataḥ sṛṣṭāḥ svayaṃbhuvā ..  
sarveṣāmeva lokānāṃ viśeṣeṇa dvijanmanām .. 42 ..

> For we were created common to all by the self-born \[Brahmā\], O brahmin, / for all the worlds, and especially for the twice-born. (42)  
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### [5.142.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.43)

ahaṃ cāpi samālokya tvāṃ mune manmathopamam .  
hatā kāmaśaraistīkṣṇairna ca gaṃtuṃ samutsahe .. .. 43 ..

> And I too, beholding you resembling the god of love, O sage, / am struck by the sharp arrows of love and am unable to depart. (43)  
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### [5.142.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.44)

mayā dṛṣṭāḥ surāḥ pūrvaṃ yakṣā vidyādharāstathā ..  
siddhāśca kiṃnarā nāgā guhyakāḥ kimu mānuṣāḥ .. 44 ..

> I have previously seen gods, yakṣas, vidyādharas, / siddhas, kinnaras, nāgas, and guhyakas, not to speak of humans. (44)  
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### [5.142.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.45)

nedṛgrūpaṃ vapusteṣāmekasyāpi vilokitam ..  
madhye brāhmaṇaśārdūla tasmādbhaktāṃ bhajasva mām .. 45 ..

> A bodily form such as this has not been seen in any one of them / among them, O tiger among brahmins; therefore, enjoy me who am devoted to you!” (45)  
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### [5.142.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.46)

yo nārīṃ kāmasaṃtaptāṃ svayaṃ prāptāṃ parityajet ..  
sa mūrkhaḥ pacyate ghore narake śāśvatīḥ samāḥ .. 46 ..

> "He who abandons a woman burning with desire who has come to him of her own accord— / that fool burns in a terrible hell for eternal years."  
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### [5.142.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.47)

evamuktvā tayā so'tha pariṣvakto mahāmuniḥ ..  
anicchannapi vākyena hṛdayena ca saspṛhaḥ .. 47 ..

> Having spoken thus, she embraced that great sage, / who, though refusing with his words, was full of longing in his heart.  
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### [5.142.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.48)

tato latāni kuṃje taṃ samānīya munīśvaram .  
kāmaśāstroditairbhāvai rarāma kṛtrimairmunim .. 48 ..

> Then, leading that lord of sages into a bower of creepers, / she sported with the sage through artificial moods spoken of in the Kāmaśāstra.  
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### [5.142.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.49)

evaṃ tayā samaṃ tatra sthito yāvaddinakṣayam ..  
kāmadharmasamāsaktaḥ saṃtyaktāśeṣakarmakaḥ .. 49 ..

> Thus he remained there with her until the close of day, / entirely attached to the duty of passion, having abandoned every single ritual action.  
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### [5.142.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.50)

tato niṣkāmatāṃ prāpto lajjayā parivāritaḥ ..  
visasarja ca tāṃ raṃbhāṃ śaucaṃ cakre tataḥ param .. 6.143.50 ..

> Then, having lost his desire, surrounded with shame, / he dismissed Rambhā and afterward performed his ritual purification.  
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### [5.142.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.51)

sāpi tena vinirmuktā kṛtakṛtyā vilāsinī .  
prahṛṣṭā prayayau tatra yatra devāḥ savāsavāḥ .. 51 ..

> Released by him, having achieved her purpose, that charming woman / departed overjoyed to where the gods were, along with Indra.  
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### [5.142.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.142.143)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye jābālikṣobhaṇonāma tricatvāriṃśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 143 ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and forty-third chapter, named 'The Agitation of Jābāli,' in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the auspicious 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.5.142.1) — English, machine translation

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