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# Skandapurana 5.145

Skandapurāṇa 5.145

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.145.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.145.1)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..  
ādityānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ vasurudrādikāśvinām ..  
pratyekaśaḥ samācakṣva nāmāni tvaṃ mahāmate .. 1 ..

> The seers said:  
> Of all the Ādityas, and of the Vasus, Rudras, and the Aśvins,  
> declare the names individually, O high-minded one!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.145.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.145.2)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
vṛṣadhvajaśca śarvaśca mṛgavyādhastṛtīyakaḥ ..  
ajaikapādahirbudhnyaḥ pinākī ṣaṣṭha eva hi .. 2 ..

> Sūta said:  
> Vṛṣadhvaja, Śarva, Mṛgavyādha as the third,  
> Ajaikapād, Ahirbudhnya, and Pinākin as the sixth;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.145.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.145.3)

dahanaśceśvaraścaiva kapālī navamastathā ..  
vṛṣākapistu daśamo rudrastryaṃbaka eva ca .. 3 ..

> Dahana, Īśvara, and Kapālin as the ninth,  
> Vṛṣākapi as the tenth, and Rudra Tryambaka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.145.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.145.4)

dhuro dhruvaśca somaśca makhaścaivānilo'nalaḥ ..  
pratyūṣaśca prabhāsaśca vasavo'ṣṭau prakīrtitāḥ .. 4 ..

> Dhura, Dhruva, Soma, Makha, Anila, Anala,  
> Pratyūṣa, and Prabhāsa: these are proclaimed the eight Vasus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.145.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.145.5)

varuṇaśca tathā sūryo bhānuḥ khyātaśca tāpanaḥ ..  
iṃdraścaivāryamā caiva dhātā caiva bhagastathā .. 5 ..

> Varuṇa, Sūrya, Bhānu, and the renowned Tāpana,  
> Indra, Aryaman, Dhātṛ, and Bhaga;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.145.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.145.6)

gabhastirdharmarājaśca svarṇaretā divākaraḥ ..  
mitraśca vāsudevaśca dvādaśaite ca bhāskarāḥ .. 6 ..

> Gabhasti, Dharmarāja, Svarṇaretas, Divākara,  
> Mitra, and Vāsudeva: these are the twelve suns.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.145.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.145.7)

nāsatyaścaiva dasraśca khyātāvetau tathāśvinau ..  
devavaidyau mahābhāgau tvāṣṭrīgarbhasamudbhavau .. 7 ..

> Nāsatya and Dasra: these two are renowned as the Aśvins,  
> the physicians of the gods, highly fortunate, born of the womb of Tvaṣṭṛ's daughter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.145.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.145.8)

trayastriṃśatsamākhyātā ete ye suranāyakāḥ ..  
kṣetre'traivāsthitā nityaṃ dānavānāṃ vadhāya ca ..8..

> These thirty-three leaders of the gods who have been declared,  
> stay always in this very sacred field for the destruction of the Dānavas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.145.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.145.9)

yastānsaṃpūjayedbhaktyā puruṣaḥ saṃyateṃdriyaḥ..  
yathoktadivase prāpte nāpamṛtyuḥ prajāyate .. 9 ..

> The man of restrained senses who worships them with devotion  
> when the prescribed day arrives, no untimely death occurs for him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.145.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.145.10)

aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ rudrāḥ pūjyā vicakṣaṇaiḥ ..  
tasminkṣetre viśeṣeṇa vāṃchadbhiḥ paramaṃ padam ..6.146.10...

> The Rudras are to be worshipped on the eighth and the fourteenth \[lunar days\] by the wise,  
> especially in that sacred field, by those who desire the supreme state.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.145.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.145.11)

daśamyāṃ vasavaḥ pūjyāstathāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣataḥ ..  
svargaṃ samīhamānaiśca vilāsairvividhaistathā .. 11 ..

> The Vasus are to be worshipped on the tenth, and especially on the eighth,  
> by those who desire heaven along with its various delights.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.145.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.145.12)

saptamyāmatha ṣaṣṭhyāṃ ca pūjanīyā divākarāḥ ..  
ye vāṃchanti narāḥ sattvaṃ paripaṃthivivarjitam .. 12 ..

> On the seventh and the sixth, the suns are to be worshipped  
> by men who desire strength free from adversaries.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.145.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.145.13)

devavaidyau tathā pūjyau dvādaśyāṃ vyādhisaṃkṣayam ..  
ye vāṃchanti sadā martyā nīrujā sambhavaṃti te .. 13 ..

> Likewise, the two physicians of the gods are to be worshipped on the twelfth by mortals  
> who always desire the destruction of disease; they become free from sickness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.145.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.145.146)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye'mareśvarakuṇḍamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṭcatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 146 .. ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and forty-sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of the Pool of Amareśvara' in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the auspicious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the 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.5.145.1) — English, machine translation

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