[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) › 5.143 # Skandapurana 5.143 Skandapurāṇa 5.143 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.143.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. sā gatvā tridivaṃ paścātsahasrākṣaṃ surairyutam .. provāca bhagavandiṣṭyā kṣobhito'sau mahāmuniḥ .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Having gone to heaven, she then approached the thousand-eyed \[Indra\], who was accompanied by the gods, / and said, "O Blessed One, by good fortune that great sage has been agitated! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.2) tapastasya hataṃ kṛtsnaṃ yatkṛcchreṇa samācitam .. tathā nistejasatvaṃ ca nītastvaṃ sukhabhāgbhava .. 2 .. > "All his austerity, which had been accumulated with difficulty, is destroyed, / and he has been rendered lusterless; now partake of your happiness!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.3) evamuktvā'tha sā raṃbhā śaṃsitā nikhilaiḥ suraiḥ .. amogharetasastasya dadhre garbhaṃ nijodare . 3 . > Having spoken thus, Rambhā, praised by all the gods, / carried in her womb the child of that \[sage\] whose semen is never fruitless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.4) jābālirapi kṛtvā ca paścāttāpamanekadhā .. bhūyastu tapasi sthitvā sthitastatraiva cāśrame .. 4 .. > Jābāli too, having felt remorse in many ways, / stood again in austerity and stayed right there in that hermitage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.5) tatastu daśame māsi saṃprāpte suṣuve śubhām .. kanyāṃ sarojapatrākṣīṃ divyalakṣaṇalakṣitām .. 5 .. > Then, when the tenth month had arrived, she gave birth to an auspicious / girl with eyes like lotus petals, marked with divine characteristics. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.6) atha tāṃ mānuṣodbhūtāṃ matvā tasyaiva cāśramam .. gatvā mumoca pratyakṣaṃ tasyarṣeścedamabravīt .. 6 .. > Then, considering her to be born of a mortal, she went to that very hermitage of his, / released her before the sage's eyes, and said to him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.7) tava vīryasamudbhūtāmenāṃ majjaṭharoṣitām .. kanyakāṃ muniśārdūla tasmātpālaya sāṃpratam .. 7 .. > "This girl was born of your seed and dwelt in my womb, / therefore, O tiger among sages, protect her now! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.8) na svarge vidyate vāso mānuṣāṇāṃ kathaṃcana .. etasmātkāraṇāttubhyaṃ mayā brahmansamarpitā .. 8 .. > "There is in no way any dwelling in heaven for mortals; / for this reason, O brahmin, she has been handed over to you by me." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.9) evamuktvā yayau raṃbhā satvaraṃ tridaśālayam .. jābālirapi tāṃ dṛṣṭvā kanyakāṃ snehamāviśat .. 9 .. > Having spoken thus, Rambhā went swiftly to the abode of the gods; / and Jābāli, seeing that little girl, was filled with affection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.10) tatastāṃ kanyakāṃ kṛtvā suṣṭhu gupte latāgṛhe .. rasairmiṣṭaphalodbhūtaiḥ pupoṣa ca divāniśam .. 6.144.10 .. > Then, placing that little girl in a well-concealed bower of creepers, / he nourished her day and night with juices born of sweet fruits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.11) sāpi kanyā parāṃ vṛddhiṃ śanairyāti dinedine . śuklapakṣaṃ samāsādya yathā candrakalā divi .. 11 .. > That girl too slowly attained great growth day by day, / just like the crescent moon in the sky when it enters the bright fortnight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.12) yathāyathātha sā yāti vṛddhiṃ kamalalocanā .. tathātathāsya susneho jābālerapyavardhata . 12 . > Just as that lotus-eyed girl grew, / so too did Jābāli's deep affection for her increase. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.13) sā śiśutve mṛgaiḥ sārddhaṃ pakṣibhiśca suśobhanā .. krīḍāṃ cakre suviśrabdhairvardhayaṃtī munermudam .. 13 .. > In her childhood, that very beautiful girl played with the deer / and birds, who were completely trusting, increasing the joy of the sage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.14) tato bālyaṃ parityaktvā valkalāvṛtagātrikā .. tasyarṣeḥ sarvakṛtyeṣu sāhāyyaṃ prakaroti ca .. 14 .. > Then, leaving childhood behind, her limbs covered in bark garments, / she would assist that seer in all his duties. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.15) samitkuśādi yatkiṃcitphalapuṣpasamanvitam .. vanāttadānayāmāsa tasya prītimavardhayat .. .. 15 .. > Whatever \[she could find\], sacrificial twigs, kuśa grass, and the like, along with fruits and flowers, / she brought from the forest, increasing his pleasure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.16) tataḥ katipayāhasya phalārthaṃ sā mṛgekṣaṇā .. nidāghasamaye dūraṃ svāśramātprajagāma ha .. 16 .. > Then, some days later, in the summer season, that deer-eyed girl / went far from her hermitage for the sake of fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.17) etasminnaṃtare tatra vimānavaramāśritaḥ .. prāptaścitrāṃgadonāma gandharvastridivaukasām .. 17 .. > At that moment, riding a splendid aerial chariot, / a gandharva of the dwellers of heaven named Citrāṅgada arrived there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.18) tena sā vijane bālā pūrṇacandranibhānanā .. dṛṣṭā cāṃdramasī lekhā patiteva dharātale .. 18 .. > He saw that girl in the solitude, her face like the full moon, / like a digit of the moon fallen upon the surface of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.19) tataḥ kāmaparītāṃgaḥ sovatīrya dharātalam.. vimānānmadhurairvākyaistāmuvāca kṛtāṃjaliḥ .. 19 .. > Then, his body overcome with love, he descended to the earth / from his aerial chariot, and with joined palms addressed her in sweet words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.20) kā tvaṃ kamalagarbhābhā nirjane'tha mahāvane .. bhramasyekākinī bāle vanamadhye sulocane .. 6.144.20 .. > "Who are you, radiant as the womb of a lotus, / wandering alone, O fair-eyed maiden, in the midst of this desolate, great forest?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.21) .. kanyovāca .. .. ahaṃ phalavatīnāma jābālerduhitā mune .. phalapuṣpārthamāyātā tadarthamiha kānane .. 21 .. > The girl said: / "I am named Phalavatī, the daughter of the sage Jābāli; / I have come here into the forest for the sake of fruits and flowers, for his sake." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.22) .. citrāṃgada uvāca .. .. kumārabrahmacārī sa śrūyate munisattamaḥ .. tatkathaṃ tasya vāmoru tvaṃ jātā bhāryayā vinā .. 22 .. > Citrāṅgada said: / "That best of sages is heard to be a lifelong celibate; / how then, O woman of lovely thighs, were you born to him without a wife?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.23) .. kanyovāca .. .. satyametanmahābhāga nāsti dāraparigrahaḥ .. tasyarṣeḥ kiṃ tu saṃjātā yathā tanme'vadhāraya .. 23 .. > The girl said: / "This is true, O noble one, that seer has taken no wife; / but listen to me concerning how I was born: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.24) raṃbhā nāmāpsarāstena purā dṛṣṭā surāṃganā .. tataḥ kāmaparītena sevitā ca yathāsukham..24 .. > "Long ago, an apsaras named Rambhā, a celestial maiden, was seen by him; / then, overcome with desire, he enjoyed her at his pleasure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.25) tatastadudarājjātā devaloke mahattare .. tayāpi ceha tasyarṣerbhūya eva niyojitā .. 25 .. > "Then I was born from her womb in the great world of the gods; / and by her I was once again brought here to that seer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.26) evaṃ sa me pitā jāto jābālirmunisattamaḥ .. poṣitā'haṃ tatastena nānāphalasamudravaiḥ .. 26 .. > "Thus Jābāli, the best of sages, became my father, / and then I was nourished by him with the yields of various fruits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.27) tataḥ phalavatī nāma kṛtaṃ tena mahātmanā .. mamānurūpametaddhi yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi .. 27 .. > "Then the name Phalavatī was given to me by that great soul; / this is appropriate for me, about which you are inquiring of me." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.28) .. citrāṃgada uvāca .. .. tava rūpaṃ samālokya kāmasyāhaṃ vaśaṃ gataḥ .. tasmādbhajasva māṃ bhīru no cedyāsyāmi saṃkṣayam .. 28 .. > Citrāṅgada said: / "Beholding your beauty, I have fallen under the power of love; / therefore, accept me, O timid one, otherwise I will perish! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.29) ahaṃ citrāṃgadonāma gandharvastridivaukasām .. tīrthayātrākṛte prāptaḥ kṣetre'smiñchraddhayā'nvitaḥ .. 29 .. > "I am a gandharva of the heaven-dwellers named Citrāṅgada; / I have arrived at this sacred field filled with faith for the purpose of a pilgrimage to sacred fords." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.30) .. kanyovāca .. .. kumāradharmiṇī cāhamadyāpi vaśagā pituḥ .. kāmadharmaṃ na jānāmi citrāṃgada kathaṃcana .. .. 6.144.30 .. > The girl said: / "I am still a virgin and even now subject to my father; / I do not know the ways of passion in any way, O Citrāṅgada. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.31) tasmātprārthaya me tātaṃ sa māṃ tubhyaṃ pradāsyati .. anurūpāya yogyāya taruṇāya manasvinīm ..31 .. > "Therefore, ask my father; he will give me, a sensible maiden, / to you, who are suitable, worthy, and young. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.32) mamāpi rucitaṃ citte tava vākyamidaṃ śubham .. dhanyāhaṃ yadi te kaṇṭhamāliṃgāmi yathecchayā .. 32 .. > "These agreeable words of yours are pleasing to my heart as well; / I would be fortunate if I might embrace your neck as I wish." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.33) .. citrāṃgada uvāca .. .. na śaknomi mahābhāge tāvatkālaṃ pratīkṣitum .. māṃ dahatyeṣa gātrotthaḥ sumahānkāmapāvakaḥ .. 33 .. > Citrāṅgada said: / "I am not able, O noble lady, to wait for that much time; / this immense fire of love arising from my body burns me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.34) tasmātkuru prasādaṃ me ratidānena śobhane .. ko jānāti hi taccittaṃ kīdṛgrūpaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 34 .. .. > "Therefore, grant me your favor by bestowing sexual pleasure, O fair one; / for who knows what the nature of his mind will be?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.35) .. kanyovāca .. .. evaṃ te vartamānasya mama tātaḥ prakopataḥ .. dahiṣyati na saṃdehaḥ śāpaṃ dattvā sudāruṇam.. 35 .. > The girl said: / "If you behave in this manner, my father, out of great anger, / will burn you, having uttered a terrible curse, there is no doubt!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.36) .. citrāṃgada uvāca .. .. tava tātaḥ sa kālena māṃ dahiṣyati mānade .. kāmānalaḥ punaḥ sadya eṣa bhasma kariṣyati ..36.. > Citrāṅgada said: > Your father, O proud maiden, might burn me in the future, / but this fire of desire will burn me to ashes immediately. (36) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.37) evamuktvā'tha tāṃ bālāṃ vepamānāṃ trapāvatīm .. gṛhītvā dakṣiṇe pāṇau praviveśa surālayam .. 37 .. > Having spoken thus to that trembling and bashful girl, / he took her right hand and entered the abode of the gods. (37) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.38) tatra tāṃ ramayāmāsa tadā kāmaprapīḍitaḥ .. tatkālajātarāgāṃdhāṃ nirlajjatvamupāgatām .. .. 38 .. > Afflicted by desire, he then made love to her there, / who had become blind with freshly aroused passion and had cast off all shame. (38) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.39) evaṃ tasyāḥ samaṃ tena sthitāyā divaso gataḥ .. nimeṣavanmuniśreṣṭhāstataścāstaṃ gato raviḥ .. 39 .. > As she remained together with him in this manner, the day passed / like a mere blinking of the eye, O best of sages; and then the sun set. (39) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.40) etasminnaṃtare vipro jābālirduḥkha saṃyutaḥ .. anāyātāṃ sutāṃ jñātvā paribabhrāma sarvataḥ .. 6.144.40 .. > Meanwhile, the brahmin Jābāli, filled with sorrow, / realizing that his daughter had not returned, wandered everywhere \[in search of her\]. (40) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.41) aho sā duhitā mahyaṃ kimu vyālaiḥ prabhakṣitā .. vṛkṣaṃ kaṃcitsamārūḍhā patitā dharaṇī tale .. 41 .. > \[Thinking:\] “Alas, has my daughter been devoured by serpents? / Has she climbed some tree and fallen down upon the surface of the earth? (41) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.42) kiṃ vā jalāśayaṃ kaṃcitprāpya gādhamajānatī .. nimagnā tatra sā bālā saṃpraviṣṭā jalārthinī .. 42 .. > Or having reached some body of water and not knowing its depth, / did that girl, seeking water, enter and drown in it?” (42) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.43) evaṃ sa pralapanvipro babhrāma gahane vane .. kuśakaṇṭakaviddhāṃgaḥ kṣutpipāsāsamākulaḥ .. 43 .. > Lamenting thus, the brahmin wandered in the dense forest, / his limbs pierced by kuśa-grass and thorns, overwhelmed by hunger and thirst. (43) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.44) yaṃyaṃ śṛṇoti śabdaṃ sa mṛgapakṣisamudbhavam .. rajanyāṃ tatra niryāti matvā phalavatīṃ ca tām .. 44 .. > Whenever he heard any sound arising from beasts or birds / during the night, he went there, thinking that \[search\] might bear fruit. (44) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.45) atha kramātsamāyāto haraharmyaṃ sa sanmuniḥ .. yatra citrāṃgadopetā sā saṃtiṣṭhati kanyakā .. 45 .. > Then gradually that virtuous sage arrived at the mansion of Hara / where that maiden remained, together with Citrāṅgada, (45) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.46) niḥśaṃkā jalpamānā ca rāgavākyānyanekaśaḥ .. anarhāṇi kumārīṇāṃ brahmajānāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 46 .. > fearlessly uttering words of passion again and again— / \[words\] entirely unworthy of maidens, especially those born of brahmins. (46) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.47) tataḥ sa suciraṃ śrutvā dūrastho vismayānvitaḥ .. kumāryāśceṣṭitaṃ dṛṣṭvā kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ .. 47 .. > Having listened for a long time from a distance, filled with astonishment / and seeing the conduct of his maiden \[daughter\], his eyes turned blood-red with rage. (47) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.48) atha dudrāva vegena gṛhya kāṣṭhasamuccayam .. dvābhyāmeva vināśāya bhartsamāno muhurmuhuḥ .. 48 .. > Then, seizing a bundle of sticks, he rushed forward swiftly, / repeatedly rebuking them so as to destroy them both: (48) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.49) dhigdhikpāpasamācāre kaumāryaṃ dūṣitaṃ tvayā .. lāṃchanaṃ ca samānītaṃ mama lokatraye'pi ca .. 49 .. > “Fie, fie upon your sinful conduct! You have defiled your virginity, / and you have brought disgrace upon me even in the three worlds! (49) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.50) nitarāṃ patimāsādya karmaṇānena cādhame .. tasmādanena pāpena yuktāṃ tvāṃ nāśayāmyaham .. 6.144.50 .. > By this deed, O vile girl, you have utterly degraded yourself before obtaining a husband! / Therefore, I shall destroy you who are laden with this sin!” (50) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.51) evamuktvā prahāraṃ sa yāvatkṣipati sanmuniḥ .. tāvaccitrāṃgado naṣṭo vyomamārgeṇa satvaram .. 51 .. > Having spoken thus, just as that virtuous sage cast a blow, / Citrāṅgada quickly vanished through the path of the sky. (51) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.52) vivastrā sāpi tatraiva khinnāṃgī kāmasevayā .. na śaśāka kvacidgaṃtuṃ samutthāya tataḥ kṣitau .. 52 .. > She too remained right there, naked, her limbs exhausted from the pursuit of love, / and standing up from the ground, she was unable to go anywhere. (52) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.53) tataḥ kāṣṭhaprahāroghairhatvā tāṃ patitāṃ kṣitau.. mṛtāmiti parijñāya sa krodhaparivāritaḥ .. 53 .. > Then, having struck her with a flurry of blows with the stick as she fell to the ground, / and perceiving that she was dead, overcome by rage, (53) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.54) tataścitrāṃgadasyāpi dadau śāpaṃ sudāruṇam .. sa dṛṣṭvā''kāśamārgeṇa gacchamānaṃ bhayāturam .. 54 .. > he then pronounced a terrible curse upon Citrāṅgada as well, / seeing him fleeing through the pathway of the sky, frantic with fear: (54) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.55) ya eṣa kanyakāṃ mahyaṃ dharṣayitvā samutpatet .. sa patatvacirātpāpaśchinnapakṣa ivāṃḍajaḥ .. 55 .. > “Let this wicked one, who has flown up after violating my daughter, / fall down without delay, like a bird with clipped wings, (55) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.56) kuṣṭhavyādhisamāyuktaścalituṃ naiva ca kṣamaḥ .. etasminnantare bhūmau sa papāta nabhastalāt .. 56 .. > afflicted with the disease of leprosy and utterly unable to move!” / In that very moment, he fell to the earth from the vault of heaven, (56) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.57) kuṣṭhavyādhisamāyuktaḥ sa ca citrāṃgado yuvā .. tatastaṃ sa muniḥ prāha kāṣṭhodyatakaraḥ krudhā .. 57 .. > and the young Citrāṅgada was afflicted with the disease of leprosy. / Then the sage, raising the stick in his hand in anger, said to him: (57) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.58) kastvaṃ pāpasamācāra yena me dharṣitā balāt .. kumārī tannayāmyeṣa tvāmadya yama śāsanam .. 58 .. > “Who are you of sinful conduct by whom my maiden was violated by force? / Therefore I will send you today to the realm of Yama!” (58) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.59) .. citrāṃgada uvāca .. .. ahaṃ citrāṃgadonāma gandharvastridivaukasām .. tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena kṣetre'sminsamupāgataḥ .. 59 .. > Citrāṅgada said: > “I am a gandharva of the heavenly denizens named Citrāṅgada. / On the occasion of a pilgrimage to sacred fords, I arrived at this sacred field. (59) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.60) tatastu kanyakāṃ dṛṣṭvā kāmadevavaśaṃ gataḥ .. 6.144.60 .. > Then, beholding the maiden, I fell under the power of Kāmadeva. (60) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.61) tataḥ sevitavānatra latāharmye janacyute .. tasmātkuru kṣamāṃ mahyaṃ dīnasya praṇatasya ca .. 61 .. > Then I enjoyed her here in this bower of creepers, deserted by people. / Therefore show forgiveness to me, miserable and bowed down \[before you\]. (61) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.62) yathā vyādherbhavennāśo yathā syādgagane gatiḥ .. bhūyo'pi tvatprasādena svalpaḥ kopo hi sādhuṣu .. 62 .. > By your favor, may there be destruction of the disease, and may I once again move / through the sky; for the anger of the virtuous is indeed short-lived.” (62) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.63) .. jābāliruvāca .. .. īdṛgrūpadharastvaṃ hi mama vākyādbhaviṣyasi .. eṣāpi matsutā pāpā vastrahīnā sadedṛśī .. 63 .. > Jābāli said: > “Bearing such a form you shall indeed remain by my word! / And this sinful daughter of mine likewise, constantly devoid of garments, (63) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.64) bhaviṣyati na saṃdeho jīvayiṣyati cetkvacit .. yadyeṣā dhāsyati kvāpi vastraṃ gātre nije kvacit .. 64 .. > shall remain without doubt, if she should revive at any time. / If she should ever put a garment on her own body anywhere, (64) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.65) tannūnaṃ ca śiro'pyasyāḥ phaliṣyati na saṃśayaḥ .. evamuktvā vikopaśca sa jagāma nijāśramam .. 65 .. > then her head will surely burst into pieces, of this there is no doubt!” / Having spoken thus, his anger subsided, and he went to his own hermitage. (65) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.66) citrāṃgado'pi tatraiva tayā sārdhaṃ tathā sthitaḥ .. kasyacittvatha kālasya tatra kṣetre samāyayau .. 66 .. > Citrāṅgada too stayed right there with her in that condition. / After some time, there came to that sacred field, (66) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.67) caitraśuklacaturdaśyāṃ bhagavāñchaśiśekharaḥ .. gantuṃ citreśvare pīṭhe gaṇai raudraiḥ samāvṛtaḥ .. yoginībhiḥ pracaṇḍābhiḥ sārdhaṃ prāpte niśāmukhe .. 67 .. > on the fourteenth day of the bright half of Caitra, the Lord who bears the moon on his crest, / surrounded by fierce gaṇas, to go to the Citreśvara seat / along with the terrifying yoginīs, as the night set in. (67) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.68) atha prāpte niśārdhe tu yoginyastāḥ sudāruṇāḥ .. mahāmāṃsaṃ mahāmāṃsamityūcurbhakṣaṇāya vai ..68.. > Then, when midnight arrived, those dread yoginīs / indeed cried out for food: “Human flesh! Human flesh!” (68) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.69) nṛtyamānāḥ purastasya devadevasya śūlinaḥ .. saspardhā gaṇamukhyaistairnartamānaiḥ samaṃtataḥ ..69 .. > dancing in front of the trident-bearing God of gods, / in competition with those chiefs of gaṇas who were dancing all around. (69) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.70) yastatra samaye tāsāṃ mahāmāṃsaṃ prayacchati .. maṃtrapūtaṃ sa saṃsiddhiṃ samavāpnoti vāṃchitām .. 6.144.70 .. > Whoever gives them human flesh sanctified by mantras at that time / attains his desired accomplishment. (70) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.71) madyaṃ māṃsaṃ tathā cānyannaivedyaṃ vā phalādikam .. tasya siddhiḥ samādiṣṭā yathā svahṛdaye sthitā .. 71 .. > Or wine, meat, and other offerings, or fruits and the like— / an accomplishment is proclaimed for him in accordance with what is in his heart. (71) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.72) etasminnaṃtare kanyā sā jābālisamudbhavā .. sa ca citrāṃgadastatra gatvā provāca sādaram .. 72.. > In the meantime, that maiden born of Jābāli / and Citrāṅgada went there and respectfully said: (72) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.73) asmadīyamidaṃ māṃsaṃ yoginyo harṣasaṃyutāḥ .. bhakṣayantu yathāsaukhyaṃ svayameva prakalpitam .. 73 .. > “Let the yoginīs, filled with joy, consume this flesh of ours, / offered by ourselves, as they please.” (73) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.74) atha taṃ puruṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā kuṣṭhavyādhisamāvṛtam .. vivastrāṃ kanyakāṃ tāṃ ca sarvāstā vismayānvitāḥ .. 74 .. > Then, seeing that man afflicted with the disease of leprosy / and that maiden devoid of clothing, all of them were filled with wonder. (74) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.75) te ca sarve gaṇā raudrāḥ sa ca devastrilocanaḥ .. papraccha kautukāviṣṭastatra citrāṃgadaṃ prabhuḥ .. 75 .. > All those fierce gaṇas and that three-eyed God, / the Lord, filled with curiosity, asked Citrāṅgada there: (75) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.76) kastvaṃ dhairyasamāyukto mahatsattve vyavasthitaḥ .. yaḥ prayacchasi jīvaṃ tvaṃ kīṭasyāpi suvallabham .. 76 .. > “Who are you, endowed with fortitude and established in great noble resolve, / who offer your life, which is very dear even to a worm? (76) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.77) keyaṃ ca vasanaiṃrhīnā tvayā sārdhaṃ gatavyathā .. prayacchati nijaṃ dehaṃ yaddeyaṃ naiva kasyacit .. 77 .. > And who is this \[woman\], stripped of garments, who along with you is freed from anguish / and offers her own body, which should never be given to anyone?” (77) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.78) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tataḥ sa kathayāmāsa sarvamātmaviceṣṭitam .. yathā kanyāsamaṃ saṃgaḥ kṛtaḥ śāpaśca sanmuneḥ .. 78 .. > Sūta said: > Then he related all of his own doings: / how his union with the maiden took place, and the curse of the virtuous sage. (78) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.79) tataścitrāṃgadaṃ dṛṣṭvā sa gandharvaṃ divaukasām .. tathārūpaṃ kṛpāviṣṭastataḥ provāca śaṃkaraḥ .. 79 .. > Then, seeing Citrāṅgada, that gandharva of the celestials, / in such a state, filled with compassion, Śaṃkara spoke: 79 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.80) mama saṃdarśanaṃ prāpya na mṛtyurjāyate kvacit .. na vṛthā darśanaṃ caitattasmātprārthaya sādaram .. 6.144.80 .. > "Having attained the sight of me, death never comes to anyone anywhere; / and this darśana is not in vain, so make your petition with respect." 80 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.81) .. citrāṃgada uvāca ... .. vyādhinā'haṃ sunirviṇṇastena devātra cāgataḥ .. yena vyādhikṣayo bhāvī dehanāśena śaṃkara .. 81 .. > Citrāṅgada said: / "I am utterly despondent on account of this disease; therefore, O god, I came here, / O Śaṃkara, thinking the destruction of my disease would come through the destruction of my body. 81 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.82) tasmātkuru kṣayaṃ vyādheryadi yacchasi me varam .. khecaratvaṃ punardehi yena svargaṃ vrajāmyaham .. 82 .. > Therefore bring about the destruction of my disease, if you will grant me a boon. / Give me back the ability to move through the sky, so that I may go to heaven." 82 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.83) .. śrīśaṃkara uvāca .. .. tvaṃ sthāpayātra malliṃgaṃ pīṭhe gandharvasattama .. tataścārādhaya prītyā yāvadvarṣamupasthitam .. 83 .. > The venerable Śaṃkara said: / "Set up my liṅga here upon this seat, O best of gandharvas; / then worship it with love for the duration of a full year. 83 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.84) yathāyathā supūjāṃ tvaṃ malliṃgasya kariṣyasi .. dinedine tathā vyādhestava nāśo bhaviṣyati .. 84 .. > In proportion as you perform excellent worship of my liṅga, / day by day the destruction of your disease will come to pass. 84 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.85) tatastu khe gatiṃ prāpya punaḥ svargaṃ prayāsyasi .. matprasādānna sandehaḥ satyametanmayoditam .. 85 .. > Then, attaining movement through the sky, you will return to heaven. / Through my grace there is no doubt; this is the truth spoken by me. 85 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.86) eṣāpi kanyakā yasmātpraviṣṭā pīṭhamadhyataḥ .. tasmātphalavatīnāma yoginī sambhaviṣyati .. 86 .. > And since this maiden has entered into the midst of the seat, / she will become a yoginī named Phalavatī. 86 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.87) anenaiva tu rūpeṇa nagnatvena vyavasthitā .. mukhyāmavāpsyate pūjāṃ vāṃchitaṃ ca pradāsyati .. pūjakānāṃ sthitaṃ citte śatasaṃkhyaguṇaṃ tadā .. 87 .. > Standing in this very form, in a state of nakedness, / she will receive foremost worship and will grant what is desired / to the minds of her worshippers, magnified a hundredfold at that time. 87 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.88) etāṃ saṃpūjayenmartyaḥ pīṭhametattataḥ param.. pūjayiṣyati tasyeṣṭā siddhirevaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 88 .. > A mortal should worship her, and after that, this seat; / he who worships will attain his desired perfection in this manner." 88 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.89) evamuktvā tataḥ sā'tha harṣeṇa mahatā'nvitā .. yoginīvṛṃdamadhyasthā nṛtyaṃ cakre tataḥ param .. 89 > Having said this, she, filled with immense joy, / standing in the midst of the assembly of yoginīs, then performed a dance. 89 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.90) evaṃ babhūva sā tatra yoginī ca varāṃganā .. tathā cakre paraṃ nṛtyaṃ yathā tuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ .. 6.144.90 .. > Thus she, the fair woman, became a yoginī there. / She danced a supreme dance, such that Maheśvara was pleased. 90 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.91) tataḥ provāca tāṃ hṛṣṭaḥ sarvayoginisaṃnidhau .. anena tava nṛtyena gītena ca viśeṣataḥ .. 91 .. > Delighted, he then said to her in the presence of all the yoginīs: / "By this dance of yours, and especially by your song, 91 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.92) parituṣṭosmi te vatse tasmācchṛṇu vaco mama .. niśīthe'dya dine prāpte yaste pūjāṃ kariṣyati .. 92 .. > I am exceedingly pleased with you, child; therefore hear my words. / Whoever worships you when midnight arrives on this day, 92 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.93) surā māṃsānnasatkārairmaṃtrairāgamasaṃbhavaiḥ .. sa bhaviṣyati tatkālaṃ śāpānugrahaśaktimān .. 93 .. > with offerings of liquor and meat-food, with mantras originating from the Āgamas, / he will at that moment possess the power to curse and to bless. 93 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.94) baṃdhanaṃ mohanaṃ cāpi śatroruccāṭanaṃ tathā .. kariṣyati na sandeho vaśīkaraṇameva ca .. 94 .. > Binding, bewitching, and also the expulsion of an enemy— / he will accomplish these without doubt, as well as subjugation. 94 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.95) trikoṇaṃ kuṇḍamāsthāya diśāṃ pālānprapūjayet . kṣetrapālaṃ ca sarvāstā devatā gamanodbhavāḥ .. 95 .. > Establishing a triangular fire-pit, he should worship the guardians of the directions, / and the Kṣetrapāla, and all those deities born of motion. 95 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.96) tathā catvarapūjāṃ ca prakṛtvā vidhipūrvakam .. paścāttvāṃ pūjayitvā ca homaṃ yaśca kariṣyati .. 96 .. > And having thus worshipped the crossway according to the prescribed rules, / whoever afterwards worships you and performs a fire-offering— 96 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.97) śatruvāmapadotthena spṛṣṭena rajasā'thavā .. guggulena sahasrāṃtaṃ staṃbhanaṃ ca kariṣyati .. 97 .. > he will effect immobilization, using dust raised from the left foot of an enemy / or touched \[by him\], or using bdellium, up to a thousand times. 97 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.98) yaśca śatruṃ hṛdi sthāpya śatrūdvartanasaṃbhavam .. malaṃ dhātrīphalaiḥ sārdhaṃ mohanaṃ sa kariṣyati .. 98 .. > And whoever, placing the enemy in his heart, \[offers\] the dirt produced / by rubbing the enemy's body along with myrobalan fruits, will effect bewitchment. 98 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.99) yaḥ śatroḥ snānajaṃ toyaṃ gṛhītvā cātha kardamam .. śivanirmālyasaṃyuktaṃ juhvayiṣyati pāvake .. 99 .. > He who, having taken the bath-water and the mud of an enemy, / offers it in the fire together with the cast-off floral offerings of Śiva, 99 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.100) tavāgre sa naro nūnaṃ śatrumuccāṭayiṣyati .. eṣopi tava saṃgena tava citrāṃgadaḥ priyaḥ .. saṃprāpsyati ca satpūjāmanuṣaṃgāttvadudbhavāt .. 6.144.100 .. > that man will surely expel his enemy in your presence. / This beloved Citrāṅgada of yours, too, through union with you, / will also attain true worship as an adjunct arising from you." 100 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.101) .. phalavatyuvāca .. .. yadi deva prasanno me tathānyamapi sadvaram..101.. > Phalavatī said: / "If the god is pleased with me, then grant another true boon as well, 101 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.102) hṛdisthaṃ dehi me saukhyaṃ yena saṃjāyate'khilam .. pitā mamaiṣa jābālirnirmukto vasanaiḥ sadā .. 102 .. > which rests in my heart, by which total happiness may arise for me: / May this father of mine, Jābāli, stripped of his garments forever, 102 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.103) ahaṃ yathā tathātraiva saṃtiṣṭhatu divāniśam . yena saṃtāpamāyāti paśyanmama virodhinīm .. 103 .. > remain right here day and night just as I do, / so that he feels distress, seeing me engaged in sport 103 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.104) krīḍāṃ brāhmaṇavaṃśasya madyamāṃsasamudbhavām .. madyagandhaṃ samāghrāti māṃsaṃ paśyati saṃskṛtam .. māṃ svacchaṃdaratāṃ nityaṃ duḥkhaṃ yāti dinedine .. 104 .. > contrary to the brahmin lineage, born of liquor and meat! / Let him smell the odour of liquor, let him behold cooked meat; / seeing me always enjoying self-will, let him suffer grief day by day." 104 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.105) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. evaṃ bhaviṣyati proktaṃ saṃjātaṃ cādhunā śubhe .. ahaṃ yāsyāmi kailāsaṃ tvaṃ tiṣṭhātra yathoditā .. 105 .. > The Blessed Lord said: / "So shall it be, as was spoken, and so it has come to pass now, O auspicious one. / I shall go to Kailāsa; remain you here as spoken." 105 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.106) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ sa bhagavānproktvā gataścādarśanaṃ haraḥ .. yoginyaścaiva tāḥ sarvāḥ svesve sthāne vyavasthitāḥ .. 106 .. > Sūta said: / Having spoken thus, the blessed Hara vanished from sight; / and all those yoginīs remained in their respective places. 106 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.107) citrāṃgadopi tatraiva kṛtvā prāsādamuttamam .. liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsa devadevasya śūlinaḥ .. 107 .. > Citrāṅgada too, having built an excellent temple right there, / installed a liṅga of the god of gods, the trident-bearer. 107 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.108) tataścārādhayāmāsa divārātramataṃdritaḥ .. 108 .. > Then he worshipped it day and night, unwearied. 108 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.109) tataḥ saṃvatsarasyāṃte vyādhimuktaḥ surūpadhṛk .. vimānavaramārūḍho jagāma tridaśālayam .. so'pi jābālināmātha vivastra samapadyata .. 109 .. > Then, at the end of a year, freed from disease and possessed of a handsome form, / mounted upon an excellent aerial chariot, he went to the abode of the thirty \[gods\]. / And he too, the one named Jābāli, became stripped of clothes. 109 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.110) janahāsyakaro loke sthitastatraiva sarvadā .. paśyamāno vikārāṃstānduḥkhitaḥ svasutodbhavān .. 6.144.110 .. > Making himself a laughing-stock to the world, he remained right there always, / grieved as he witnessed those unnatural changes arising in his daughter. 110 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.111) tataśca garhayāmāsa strīṇāṃ janma mahāmuniḥ .. tasminpīṭhe samāsādya duḥkhena mahatā'nvitaḥ .. 111 .. > Then the great sage condemned the birth of women; / having arrived at that seat, filled with immense sorrow, \[he said:\] 111 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.112) aho pāpātmanāṃ puṃsāṃ saṃbhaviṣyaṃti yoṣitaḥ .. yāsāmīdṛksamācāro dvijavaṃśodbhavāsvapi .. 112 .. > "Ah! Women will be born to sinful men— / women whose conduct is such, even among those born of a twice-born lineage! 112 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.113) sakṛdeva mayā saṃgaḥ kṛto nāryā samanvitaḥ .. ājanmamaraṇaṃ yāvatpāpaṃ prāptaṃ yathedṛśam .. 113 .. > Only once was union with a woman engaged in by me, / and such sin has been incurred, lasting from birth until death! 113 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.114) ye punastāsu saṃsaktāḥ sadaiva puruṣādhamāḥ .. kā teṣāṃ jāyate loke gatirvedmi na ciṃtayan .. 114 .. > What destination will come to pass in this world for those vile men / who are constantly attached to them? Reflecting on this, I do not know." 114 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.115) evaṃ tasya bruvāṇasya yoginyastāḥ krudhānvitāḥ .. tamūcurbrāhmaṇaṃ tatra ghṛṇayā parivāritam.. 115 .. > While he was speaking thus, those yoginīs, filled with wrath, / spoke to that brahmin who was enveloped in disgust there. 115 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.116) .. yoginya ūcuḥ .. mā niṃdāṃ kuru mūḍhātmaṃstvaṃ strīṇāṃ yogamāśritaḥ .. etaccarācaraṃ viśvaṃ strībhiḥ saṃdhāryate yataḥ .. 116 .. > The yoginīs said: / "Do not censure women, O foolish-minded one, resorting to \[mere\] yoga; / for this universe of the moving and unmoving is sustained by women! 116 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.117) yābhiḥ saṃjanitaḥ śeṣaḥ kūrmaśca tadanaṃtaram .. yābhyāṃ saṃdhāryate pṛthvī yasyāṃ viśvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam .. 117 .. > By whom Śeṣa was brought forth, and the Tortoise immediately thereafter, / by which two the earth is sustained, upon which the universe is established. 117 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.118) dhanyeyaṃ te sutā mūḍha yā prāptā yogamuttamam .. prāptā ca paramaṃ sthānaṃ stokairevātra vāsaraiḥ .. 118... > Blessed is this daughter of yours, O fool, who has attained supreme yoga, / and has attained the supreme abode in just a few days here! 118 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.119) tvaṃ punarmūrkhatāṃ prāptaśchāṃdasaṃ mārgamāsthitaḥ .. avidyayā samāyuktaḥ saṃsāre'tra bhramiṣyasi .. 119 .. > You, on the other hand, have reached foolishness, adhering to the Vedic path; / conjoined with ignorance, you will wander in this cycle of existence!" 119 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.120) .. muniruvāca .. striyo niṃdyatamāḥ sarvāḥ sarvāvasthāsu duḥkhadāḥ .. ihaloke pare caiva tābhyaḥ saukhyaṃ na labhyate .. 6.144.120 .. > The sage said: > All women are most contemptible; they bring sorrow in every circumstance. > Neither in this world nor in the next is happiness obtained from them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.121) yadarthaṃ nihataḥ śumbho niśumbhaśca mahāsuraḥ .. rāvaṇo daṇḍabhūpaśca tathānye'pi sahasraśaḥ .. 121 .. > For whose sake Śumbha and the great asura Niśumbha were slain, > as well as Rāvaṇa, King Daṇḍa, and thousands of others too. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.122) prāpya tādṛgdvijaṃ kāṃtaṃ gautamaṃ strīsvabhāvataḥ .. ahilyā śakramāsādya cakame śīlavarjitā .. 122 .. .. > Having obtained such a twice-born husband as Gautama, by the very nature of women, > Ahalyā approached Indra and lusted \[for him\], devoid of good conduct. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.123) .. kanyovāca .. .. yacca niṃdasi mūḍhātmansaṃti niṃdyāśca yoṣitaḥ .. tadvadasva mayā sārdhaṃ yena tvāṃ bodhayāmyaham .. 123 .. > The maiden said: > As to why you revile them, O foolish-minded one, saying that women are blameworthy, > speak about that with me, so that I may instruct you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.124) na te'sti hṛdaye buddhirna lajjā na dayā mune .. kimaṃtyajo'pi tatkarma kurute yattvayā kṛtam .. 124 .. > In your heart there is no intelligence, no shame, no compassion, O sage. > Does even an outcaste do such an act as you have done? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.125) ahaṃ tāvatprahāreṇa tvayā vyāpāditā'dhama .. strīhatyodbhavapāpasya na cintā vidhṛtā hṛdi .. 125 .. > First of all, I was struck dead by you, O vile man! > You did not hold in your heart any concern for the sin arising from killing a woman, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.126) viśeṣeṇa sutāyāśca kopāviṣṭena cetasā .. gacchaṃti pātakānyatra prāyaścittaiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ .. .. 126 .. > especially of a daughter, with a mind possessed by wrath! > Sins here are removed by various kinds of expiations; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.127) strīvadhotthaṃ punaryāti yadi tattvaṃ prakīrtaya .. etanme na ca duḥkhaṃ syādyaddhatāsmi dvijādhama .. 127 .. > if that which arises from killing a woman goes away, proclaim that truth! > And this would not be my grief, that I was killed, O lowest of the twice-born; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.128) yacchaptā nagnasadbhāvaṃ nītā tatpātakaṃ ca te .. kalpāṃte'pi sudurbuddhe na saṃyāsyati kutracit .. 128 .. > the sin of yours—that I was cursed and brought to a state of nakedness— > shall not pass away anywhere, O severely evil-minded one, even at the end of an aeon! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.129) tasmādbhuṃkṣva suduḥkhārtaḥ sthito'traiva mayā saha .. na bhūyo niṃdasi prāyo na ca vyāpādayiṣyasi .. 129 .. > Therefore, afflicted by great sorrow, remain right here and suffer along with me; > you will not likely revile again, nor will you kill \[anyone\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.130) aniṃdyā yoṣitaḥ sarvā naitā duṣyaṃti karhicit .. māsimāsi rajo hyāsāṃ duṣkṛtānyapakarṣati .. 6.144.130 .. > All women are blameless; they are never corrupted. > For month by month their menses removes their misdeeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.131) .. muni ruvāca .. .. striyaḥ pāpasamācārā naitāḥ śudhyaṃti karhicit .. parakāṃte ratiryāsāmaṃtyajatvaṃ prayacchati .. 131 .. > The sage said: > Women are of sinful conduct; they are never purified. > Their desire is for another's lover, which reduces them to the status of an outcaste. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.132) .. kanyovāca .. .. mā maivaṃ vada mūḍhātmannamedhyā iti yoṣitaḥ .. atra ślokaḥ purā gīto manunā taṃ nibodha me .. 132 .. > The maiden said: > Do not, do not speak thus, O foolish-minded one, that women are impure! > A verse was sung anciently by Manu in this regard; learn it from me: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.133) brāhmaṇāḥ pādato medhyā gāvo medhyāstu pṛṣṭhataḥ .. ajāśvā mukhato medhyā striyo medhyāśca sarvataḥ .. 133 .. > "Brahmins are pure from the feet; cows are pure from the back; > goats and horses are pure from the mouth; and women are pure all over." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.134) .. muniruvāca .. .. brāhmaṇāḥ sarvato medhyā gāvo medhyāśca sarvataḥ .. ajāśvā mukhato medhyā na medhyāśca striyaḥ kvacit .. 134 .. > The sage said: > Brahmins are pure all over; cows are pure all over; > goats and horses are pure from the mouth; but women are not pure anywhere! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.135) .. kanyovāca .. .. tasya ciṃtāmaṇirhaste tasya kalpadrumo gṛhe .. kuberaḥ kiṃkarastasya yasya syātkāminī gṛhe .. 135 .. > The maiden said: > In his hand is the wish-fulfilling jewel, in his house is the wishing tree, > and Kubera is his servant, in whose house there is a beloved woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.136) .. muniruvāca .. .. tasyāpado'khilā duḥkhaṃ duḥkhaṃ tasyākhilaṃ gṛhe .. narakaḥ sarvatastasya yasya syātkāminīgṛhe .. 136 .. > The sage said: > All calamities are his, sorrow—all sorrow is in his house, > and hell is on all sides of him, in whose house there is a beloved woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.137) .. kanyovāca .. .. yāni kānyatra saukhyāni bhogasthānāni yāni ca .. dharmārthakāmajātāni tāni strībhyo bhavaṃti hi .. 137 .. > The maiden said: > Whatever joys and whatever spheres of enjoyment there are in this world, > arising from righteousness, wealth, and pleasure—they indeed come from women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.137\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.137_1) .. muniruvāca .. .. yāni kāni suduḥkhāni kleśāni yāni dehinām .. > The sage said: > Whatever great sorrows and whatever afflictions there are for embodied beings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.138) yāni kaṣṭānyaniṣṭāni strībhyastāni bhavaṃti ca .. 138 .. > and whatever difficulties and undesirable things—they too come from women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.139) .. kanyovāca .. .. dharmārthakāmamokṣānstrī caturo'pi catasṛbhiḥ .. vahnipradakṣiṇābhistānvivāhe'pi pradarśayet .. 139 .. > The maiden said: > Even in marriage, a woman demonstrates all four aims of life— > righteousness, wealth, pleasure, and liberation—through the four circumambulations of the fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.140) .. muniruvāca .. .. saṃsārabhramaṇaṃ nārī prathame'pi samāgame .. vahnipradakṣiṇānyāyavyājenaiva pradarśayet .. 6.144.140 .. .. > The sage said: > Even at the very first meeting, a woman demonstrates > wandering in worldly existence, under the pretext of the custom of circumambulating the fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.141) .. kanyovāca .. .. ke nāma na virajyaṃti jñānāḍhyā api mānavāḥ .. karṇāṃtalagnanetrāṃtāṃ dṛṣṭvā pīna payodharām .. 141 .. > The maiden said: > Who indeed does not become impassioned, even men rich in knowledge, > upon seeing a woman with corner-of-the-eye glances reaching to her ears, and full breasts? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.142) .. muniruvāca .. .. ke nāma na vinaśyaṃti mūḍhajñānā nitaṃbinīm .. ramyabuddhyopasarpaṃti ye jvālāḥ śalabhā iva .. 142 .. > The sage said: > Who indeed does not perish, whose intellect is bewildered by a shapely woman? > Those who approach her with thoughts of pleasure are like moths to flames. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.143) .. kanyovāca .. .. nirmukhau ca kaṭhorau ca proddhatau ca manoramau .. strīstanau sevate dhanyo madhumāṃse viśeṣataḥ ..143.. > The maiden said: > Featureless, firm, erect, and delightful— > a fortunate man enjoys a woman's breasts, especially during spring and amid wine and meat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.144) .. muniruvāca .. .. ābhoginau maṃḍalinau tatkṣaṇānmuktakaṃcukau.. varamāśīviṣau spṛṣṭau na tu patnyāḥ payodharau .. 144 .. > The sage said: > Curved, round, and suddenly shedding their bodice— > it is better to touch two venomous serpents than a wife's breasts! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.145) .. kanyovāca .. .. na cāsāṃ racanāmātraṃ kevalaṃ ramyamaṃgibhiḥ . pariṣvaṃgo'pi rāmāṇāṃ saukhyāya pulakāya ca .. 145 .. > The maiden said: > And it is not merely the appearance of these women that is delightful to embodied beings; > even embracing women brings joy and bristling delight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.146) .. muniruvāca .. .. na cāsāṃ racanāmātraṃ ramyaṃ syātpāpadaṃ dṛśaḥ .. vapuḥ spṛṣṭaṃ vināśāya strīṇāṃ pretya narakāya ca .. 146 .. > The sage said: > Nor is their mere appearance delightful, but rather brings sin to the eyes; > touching a woman's body leads to destruction, and to hell after death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.147) .. kanyovāca .. .. ko nāma na sukhī loke ko nāma sukṛtī na ca .. spṛhaṇīyatamaḥ ko na strījano yasya rajyate .. 147 .. .. > The maiden said: > Who indeed in this world is not happy, who indeed is not meritorious, > and who is not most enviable, to whom women are devoted? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.148) .. muniruvāca .. .. ko na muktiṃ vrajettatra ko na śasyataro bhavet .. ko na syātkṣemasaṃyuktaḥ strījane yo na rajyate .. 148 .. > The sage said: > Who there would not attain liberation, who would not become more praiseworthy, > and who would not be endowed with well-being, who does not become attached to women? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.149) .. kanyovāca .. .. saṃsārāṃtaḥ prasuptasya kīṭasyāpi prarocate .. strīśarīraṃ narasyātra kiṃ punarna vivekinaḥ .. 149 .. > The maiden said: > Even to a worm asleep inside the world of transmigration, a woman's body > is pleasing; why would it not be so in this world to a man endowed with discernment? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.150) .. muniruvāca .. .. amedhyajā tasya yathā tathā tadrocanaṃ kṛmeḥ .. tathā saṃsārasūtasya strīśarīraṃ ca kāminaḥ .. 6.144.150 .. > The sage said: > Just as that which arises from impurity is pleasing to a worm, > so a woman's body, born of transmigration, is pleasing to a lustful man. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.151) .. kanyovāca .. .. saukhyasthānaṃ nṛṇāṃ kiṃcidvedhasā 'nyadapaśyatā .. śāśvataṃ ciṃtayitvātha strīratnamidamāhṛtam .. 151 .. > The maiden said: > Seeing no other place of happiness for mortals, > the Creator, after contemplating what is eternal, brought forth this jewel of a woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.152) .. muniruvāca .. .. baṃdhanaṃ jagataḥ kiṃcidvedhasā'nyadapaśyatā .. strīrūpeṇa tataḥ kopi pāśo'yaṃ strīmayaḥ kṛtaḥ .. 152 . > The sage said: > Seeing no other bondage for the world, > the Creator then fashioned in the form of a woman this snare consisting of woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.153](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.153) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ sa muniśārdūlastayātīva samāgame .. niruttarīkṛto yāvattataḥ prāha nijāṃ sutām .. 153 .. > Sūta said: > When that tiger among sages had thus been rendered completely answerless > by her in their encounter, he then addressed his own daughter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.154) .. muniruvāca .. .. tvayā saha na saṃvādo mayā kāryo'dhunā kvacit .. yā tvaṃ bālāpi māmevaṃ niṣedhayasi sarvataḥ..154.. > The sage said: > I must no longer engage in debate with you anywhere, > since you, though a girl, thus refute me at every turn. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.155) tasmāddhanyataraṃ manye ahamātmānamadya vai .. yasya me tvaṃ sutā īdṛgīdṛkchāstravicakṣaṇā .. 155 .. > Therefore, I consider myself indeed most fortunate today, > in that I have such a daughter, so skilled in the scriptures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.156) tasmānna me mahābhāge kopaḥ svalpo'pi vidyate .. tasmādyathecchayā krīḍāṃ kuru yoginimadhyagā .. 156 .. > Therefore, O highly fortunate one, not even the slightest anger remains in me; > hence, sport as you wish, standing in the midst of the yoginīs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.157) tataḥ sā lajjitā dṛṣṭvā pitaraṃ snehavatsalam . praṇipatya punaḥprāha yoginīmadhyasaṃsthitā .. 157 .. > Then she, feeling bashful upon seeing her father full of affectionate tenderness, > bowed down and spoke again, standing in the midst of the yoginīs: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.158) ajñānādyadi vā jñānāttvaṃ niṣiddho mayā prabho .. kṣaṃtavyaṃ sakalaṃ me'dya vālikāyā viśeṣataḥ .. 158.. > "Whether out of ignorance or indeed with knowledge, I was forbidden by you, O lord; / everything should be forgiven me today, especially as I am a young girl. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.159) atra pīṭhe samāgatya prathamaṃ te dvijottamāḥ .. pūjāṃ sarve kariṣyaṃti mānavā bhaktitatparāḥ .. paścācca sarvapīṭhasya yāsyaṃti ca parāṃ gatim.. 159 .. > Coming to this sacred seat, O foremost of the twice-born, all those men devoted to bhakti / will first worship you, / and afterwards the whole sacred seat, and they will attain the highest goal." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.160) evaṃ sā tatra saṃjātā jābālimunisaṃbhavā .. jābāliśca muniśreṣṭhastathā citrāṃgadeśvaraḥ .. 6.144.160 .. > Thus she came into being there, born from the sage Jābāli, / and Jābāli is the best of sages, and likewise Citrāṅgadeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.161) trayāṇāmapi yasteṣāṃ pūjāṃ martyaḥ samācaret.. divasedivase tatra sa siddhiṃ samavāpnuyāt .. 161 .. > Whatever mortal performs the worship of these three / day after day there, he shall attain perfection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.162) nāsādhyaṃ vidyate kiṃcittāvadatra dharātale .. pūjyate bhūmipālādyairbhogāndivyāṃstathā labhet .. 162 .. > Nothing at all is impossible for him on the surface of the earth; / he is worshipped by kings and the like, and he obtains celestial enjoyments. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.163](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.163) tasmātsarvaprayatnena sa muniḥ sā ca kanyakā .. pūjanīyā viśeṣeṇa sa devo'tha maheśvaraḥ .. 163 .. > Therefore, by every effort, that sage and that maiden / should be worshipped especially, and so should the god, the great lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.164](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.164) etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātamākhyānaṃ sarvakāmadam .. paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ caiva ihaloke paratra ca .. 164 > All this narrative, granting all desires, has been told to you / for those who recite and hear it, both in this world and in the next. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.143.164\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143.164_2) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye citrāṃgadeśvaraphalavatījābālyākhyānavarṇanaṃnāma catuścatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 144 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the one hundred and forty-fourth chapter, titled 'The Description of the Story of Citrāṅgadeśvara, Phalavatī, and Jābāli', in the māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara sacred field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\], in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.143.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Vallālacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.vallalacarita.2.6.11) — Ānandabhaṭṭa 1510, Sanskrit - [Kalpaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.vidhi.mantra.kalpah.1.2.610) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.143) · Pramāṇa