[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) › 5.150 # Skandapurana 5.150 Skandapurāṇa 5.150 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.150.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.1) .. .. sūta uvāca .. .. andhako'pi parāṃ vidyāṃ jñātvā śukrārjitāṃ tadā .. kelīśvaryāḥ prasādaṃ ca bhaktijaṃ balavṛddhidam.. 1 .. > Sūta said: / When Andhaka, too, learned of that supreme lore obtained by Śukra / and the grace of Kelīśvarī, born of devotion and bestowing an increase of strength, // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.2) avadhyatāmātmanaśca pitāmahavarodbhavam .. maheśvaraṃ samuddiśya kopaṃ cakre tataḥ param .. 2 .. > and of his own invulnerability born of the boon of the Grandfather \[Brahmā\], / he then felt anger directed toward Maheśvara. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.3) dūtaṃ ca preṣayāmāsa kailāsaṃ parvataṃ prati .. gaccha dūta haraṃ brūhi mama vākyena sāṃpratam .. 3 .. > And he sent a messenger to Mount Kailāsa: / 'Go, messenger, and speak now to Hara in my words: // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.4) śakramenaṃ parityajya sukhaṃ tiṣṭhātra parvate .. no ceddrutaṃ samāgatya sakailāsaṃ sabhāryakam.. 4 .. > "Abandon this Śakra and dwell happily here on the mountain; / otherwise, having arrived swiftly, along with Kailāsa, along with your wife, // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.5) sagaṇaṃ ca raṇe hatvā sukhī sthāsyāmi naṃdane .. tvāmahaṃ nāśayiṣyāmi satyenātmānamālabhe .. 5 .. > and along with your attendants, having slain \[you\] in battle, I shall dwell happily in the Nandana grove. / I will destroy you; I swear by my own life." // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.6) evamuktaḥ sa daityena dūto gatvā drutaṃ tataḥ .. provāca śaṃkaraṃ vākyaiḥ paruṣaiḥ sa viśeṣataḥ .. 6 .. > Thus addressed by the Daitya, the messenger went swiftly from there / and spoke to Śaṃkara in harsh words, in particular. // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.7) tataḥ kopaparītātmā bhagavānvṛṣabhadhvajaḥ .. gaṇānsaṃpreṣayāmāsa vadhārthaṃ tasya durmateḥ .. 7 .. > Then the blessed lord whose banner is the bull, his mind seized by fury, / sent forth his attendants for the slaying of that evil-minded one: // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.8) vīrabhadraṃ mahākālaṃ naṃdiṃ hastimukhaṃ tathā .. aghoraṃ ghoranādaṃ ca ghoraghaṃṭaṃ mahābalam .. 8 .. > Vīrabhadra, Mahākāla, Nandi, as well as the Elephant-faced \[Gaṇeśa\], / Aghora, Ghoranāda, and the exceedingly powerful Ghoraghaṇṭa. // 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.9) eteṣāmanugāścānye koṭirekā pṛthakpṛthak.. sarvānsaṃpreṣayāmāsa vadhārthaṃ tasya durmateḥ .. 9 .. > And of each of these, other followers numbered ten million; / he sent them all forth for the slaying of that evil-minded one. // 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.10) atha saṃpreṣitāstena gaṇāste vikṛtānanāḥ .. harṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭā garjamānā yathā ghanāḥ .. 6.151.10 .. > Then, dispatched by him, those attendants with deformed faces, / filled with great joy, roared like storm clouds. // 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.11) dhṛtāyudhā gatāḥ sarve yuddhārthaṃ yatra sā purī .. śakrasyāsāditā tena dānavena balīyasā .. 11 .. > Taking up weapons, they all went to fight where that city lay, / the city of Śakra seized by that mighty Dānava. // 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.12) atha prāptāngaṇāndṛṣṭvā dānavāste dhṛtāyudhāḥ .. niścakramurvai sahasā yuddhārthamatigarvitāḥ .. 12 .. > Then, seeing the attendants arrived, those Dānavas took up weapons / and rushed out at once, eager for battle and exceedingly proud. // 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.13) tataḥ samabhavadyuddhaṃ gaṇānāṃ dānavaiḥ saha .. parasparaṃ mahāraudraṃ mṛtyuṃ kṛtvā nivartanam .. 13 .. > Then a battle ensued between the attendants and the Dānavas / against one another, terribly fierce, in which death alone was retreat. // 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.14) tato haragaṇāḥ sarve dānavaistai raṇājire .. jitā jagmurdiśo bhītā haravīkṣaṇatatparāḥ .. 14 .. > Then all the attendants of Hara, defeated in the arena of battle by those Dānavas, / fled in fear in all directions, looking only toward Hara. // 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.15) haro'pi tāngaṇānbhagnāndṛṣṭvā kopādviniryayau .. haraṃ dṛṣṭvā tato daityā duddruvuste diśo daśa .. 15 . > Hara, too, seeing those attendants routed, marched forth in anger. / Seeing Hara, the Daityas then fled in the ten directions. // 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.16) andhako'pi haraṃ dṛṣṭvā yuddhārthaṃ saṃmukho yayau . tato yuddhaṃ samabhavadaṃdhakasya hareṇa tu .. vṛtravāsavayoḥ pūrvaṃ yathā yuddhamabhūnmahat .. 16 .. > Andhaka also, seeing Hara, advanced face to face for battle. / Then a fight took place between Andhaka and Hara, / just as there had been of old a great battle between Vṛtra and Vāsava. // 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.17) cakranālīkanārācaistomaraiḥ khaḍgamudgaraiḥ.. evaṃ na śakyate haṃtuṃ dānavo vividhāyudhaiḥ .. 17 .. > With discuses, iron tubes, iron arrows, javelins, swords, and clubs— / in this way the Dānava could not be slain by diverse weapons. // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.18) astrayuddhaṃ parityajya bāhu yuddhamupāgatau .. karaṃ kareṇa saṃgṛhya muṣṭipraharaṇau tadā..18. > Abandoning weapon-fighting, they engaged in arm-to-arm combat, / seizing hand with hand, striking with fists at that time. // 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.19) dānavenātha deveśo baṃdhenākramya pīḍitaḥ . niṣpaṃdabhāvamāpannastato mūrcchāmupāgataḥ ..19.. > Then the lord of gods, pressed down and afflicted by the hold of the Dānava, / became completely motionless and fell into a swoon. // 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.20) mūrchāgataṃ tu tajjñātvā hyandhako niryayau gṛhāt .. tāvatsthāṇuḥ kṣaṇāllabdhvā cetanāmāttakārmukaḥ .. 6.151.20 .. > Knowing that he had fallen into a swoon, Andhaka went out of the palace; / meanwhile Sthāṇu, regaining consciousness in a moment, took up his bow. // 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.21) āyasīṃ lakuṭīṃ gṛhya prabhurbhārasahasi kām .. dānavendraṃ tataḥ prāpya tāḍayāmāsa mūrdhani .. 21 .. > Grasping an iron club capable of bearing great weight, the Lord, / having then reached the king of Dānavas, struck him on the head. // 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.22) so'pi khaḍgena deveśaṃ tāḍayāmāsa vegataḥ .. atha devo'pi sasmāra kauberāstraṃ mahāhave .. .. 22.. > He too struck the lord of gods forcefully with a sword; / then the god also recalled the Kaubera missile in that great battle. // 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.23) astreṇa tena hṛdaye tāḍayāmāsa dānavam .. tataḥ sa tāḍitastena rudhirodgāramudvaman .. 23 .. > With that missile he struck the Dānava in the heart. / Then, struck by it, he vomited out a stream of blood, // 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.24) patito'dhomukho bhūtvā tataḥ śūlena bheditaḥ.. śūlāgrasaṃsthitaḥ pāpaścakravadbhramate tataḥ .. 24 .. > and fell face downwards; then he was pierced by the trident. / Fixed on the tip of the trident, the wicked one then spun like a wheel. // 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.25) andhako'pi tadātmānaṃ tathāvasthamavekṣya ca .. tato vāgbhiḥ supuṣṭābhirastauddevaṃ maheśvaram .. 25 .. > Andhaka, seeing himself in such a condition, / then praised the god Maheśvara with fully eloquent words. // 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.26) .. .. andhaka uvāca .. .. namaste jagatāṃ dhātre śarvāya triguṇātmane .. vṛṣabhāsanasaṃsthāya śaśāṃkakṛtabhūṣaṇa .. 26 .. > Andhaka said: / 'Homage to you, the creator of the worlds, to Śarva, the embodiment of the three guṇas, / to the one who sits upon the bull, O you adorned with the crescent moon! // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.27) namaḥ khaṭvāṃgahastāya namaḥ śūladharāya ca .. namo ḍamarukodaṇḍakapālānaladhāriṇe .. 27 .. > Homage to the one who holds the skull-topped staff in hand, and homage to the bearer of the trident; / homage to the holder of the hand-drum, the bow, the skull-bowl, and the fire! // 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.28) smaradehavināśāya mūrtyaṣṭakamayātmane .. namaḥ svarūpadehāya hyarūpabahurū piṇe .. 28 .. > To the destroyer of the body of Smara, to the one whose essence consists of the eightfold form, / homage to the one whose form is his own true nature, who is formless and multiform! // 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.29) uttamāṃgavināśāya viriṃceḥ sṛṣṭikāriṇe .. smaśānavāsine nityaṃ namo bhairavarūpiṇe .. 29 .. > To the destroyer of the head of Viriñci \[Brahmā\], to the author of creation, / to the perpetual dweller in cremation grounds, homage to the one whose form is Bhairava! // 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.30) sarvagaḥ sarvakartā ca tvaṃ hartā nānya eva hi .. tvaṃ bhūmistvaṃ rajaścaiva tvaṃ jyotistvaṃ tamastathā .. 6.151.30 .. > You are all-pervading, the maker of all, and indeed the destroyer—none other. / You are the earth, and you are passion; you are light, and likewise darkness. // 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.31) tvaṃ vapuḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ jīvabhūto maheśvara .. astaudevaṃ dānavendro devaśūlāgra saṃsthitaḥ .. 31 .. > You are the body of all beings; you are the soul \[within them\], O Maheśvara!' / Thus the king of Dānavas praised him, impaled on the tip of the god's trident. // 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.32) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ tasya stutiṃ śrutvā parituṣṭo maheśvaraḥ .. tataḥ provāca taṃ harṣācchūlāgrasthaṃ danūttamam .. 32 .. .. > Sūta said: / Hearing this hymn of his, Maheśvara was well pleased; / then, in joy, he spoke to that foremost of Danu's sons impaled on the tip of the trident: // 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.33) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. nedaṃ vīravrataṃ daitya yacchatrukarapīḍanāt .. procyante sāmavākyāni viśeṣāddaityajanmanā .. 33 .. > The Blessed Lord said: / 'This is no warrior's vow, O Daitya, that out of oppression by an enemy's hand / words of conciliation are spoken, especially by one of Daitya birth!' // 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.34) .. andhaka uvāca .. .. nirviṇṇo'smi suraśreṣṭha triśūlā'graṃ samāśritaḥ .. tasmātsūdaya māṃ yena drutaṃ syānme vyathākṣayaḥ .. 34 .. > Andhaka said: / 'I am despondent, O best of gods, resting upon the tip of your trident; / therefore kill me, so that the end of my agony may come swiftly!' // 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.35) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. na te'sti maraṇaṃ daitya kathaṃcicciṃtitaṃ mayā .. tenetthaṃ vidhṛtaṃ vyomni bhittvā śūlena vakṣasi .. 35 .. > The Blessed Lord said: / 'There is no death for you, O Daitya; somehow it was considered by me, / and therefore \[you are\] held thus in the air, having been pierced in the chest with the trident. // 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.36) tasmāttvaṃ gaṇatāṃ gaccha sāṃprataṃ pāpavarjitaḥ .. tyaktvā dānavajaṃ bhāvaṃ śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ .. 36 .. > Therefore, freed from sin now, become one of my attendants, / having abandoned the nature born of Dānavas, endowed with supreme faith!' // 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.37) .. andhaka uvāca .. .. gato me dānavo bhāvaḥ sāṃprataṃ tava kiṃkaraḥ .. bhaviṣyāmi na sandehaḥ satyenātmānamālabhe .. 37 .. > Andhaka said: / Gone is my demonic nature; now I will be your servant, / there is no doubt. I swear by my own self on truth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.38) .. śaṃkara uvāca .. .. parituṣṭo'smi te vatsa brūhi yatte'bhivāṃchitam .. prārthayasva prayacchāmi yadyapi syātsudurlabham .. 38 .. > Śaṃkara said: / I am pleased with you, child; speak what you desire! / Ask, and I shall give it, even if it is very difficult to obtain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.39) .. andhaka uvāca .. .. anenaiva tu rūpeṇa śṛlāgrasthitamattanum .. yo martyorccāṃ prakṛtvā te sthāpayiṣyati bhūtale .. .. 39 .. > Andhaka said: / Whichever mortal, having fashioned an image of you in this very form, / with my body pierced on the point of your spear, establishes it upon the earth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.40) tasya mokṣastvayā deyo madvākyātsurasattama .. tathetyuktvā maheśastaṃ śūlāgrātpramumoca ha .. asthiśeṣaṃ kṛśāṃgaṃ ca cāmuṇḍāsadṛśaṃ dvijāḥ .. 6.151.40 .. > to him liberation must be granted by you at my word, O best of gods! / Saying 'So be it,' the Great Lord released him from the tip of his trident, / reduced to mere bones, with an emaciated body, resembling Cāmuṇḍā, O twice-borns. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.41) tataḥ sa gaṇatāṃ prāpto gītaṃ cakre manoharam .. purato devadevasya pārvatyāśca viśeṣataḥ .. 41 .. > Then, having attained the status of an attendant, he produced delightful singing / before the god of gods, and especially before Pārvatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.42) bhṛṃgavadraṭanaṃ yasmāttasya śrotrasukhā vaham .. bhṛṃgīriṭi iti proktastataḥ sa tripurāriṇā .. 42 .. > Because his humming like a bee brought delight to the ear, / he was therefore named Bhṛṅgīriṭi by the enemy of Tripura. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.43) evaṃ sa gaṇatāṃ prāpto devadevasya śūlinaḥ .. viśvāsyaḥ sarvakṛtyeṣu tatparaṃ samapadyata .. .. 43 .. > Having thus attained the status of an attendant of the trident-bearing god of gods, / he became trustworthy in all tasks, entirely devoted to him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.44) tataḥprabhṛti loke'tra devadevo maheśvaraḥ .. tādṛśenaiva rūpeṇa sthāpyate bhūtale janaiḥ .. 44 .. > From that time onwards in this world, the Great Lord, the god of gods, / is established on earth by people in that very form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.45) prāpyate'tra parā siddhistatprasādādalau kikī .. kasyacittvatha kālasya rājyādbhraṣṭo mahīpatiḥ .. 45 .. > Supreme, extraordinary perfection is attained here by his grace. / Now, at a certain time, a king fell from his kingdom, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.46) surathākhyaḥ prasiddho'tra sūryavaṃśasamudbhavaḥ .. tato vasiṣṭhamāsādya sa cātmīyaṃ puro hitam .. provāca praṇato bhūtvā bāṣpavyākulalocanaḥ .. 46 .. > renowned here by the name of Suratha, born of the Solar dynasty. / Then, approaching Vasiṣṭha, his own family priest, / having bowed down, his eyes filled with tears, he said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.47) tvayā nāthena me brahmansaṃsthitenā'pi śatrubhiḥ .. balācca yaddhṛtaṃ rājyaṃ manda bhāgyasya sāṃpratam .. 47 .. > "Though you were present as my protector, O brahmin, / the kingdom of me, an unfortunate one, has now been forcibly seized by enemies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.48) tasmātkuru prasādaṃ me yena me rājyasaṃsthitiḥ .. bhūyo'pi tvatprasādena nānyā me vidyate gatiḥ .. 48 .. > Therefore, grant me your favor so that I may be reinstated in my kingdom / once more by your grace; I have no other refuge." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.49) .. vasiṣṭha uvāca .. .. yadyevaṃ te mahārāja madvākyātsatvaraṃ vraja .. hāṭakeśvarajaṃ kṣetraṃ sarvasiddhipradāyakam .. 49 .. > Vasiṣṭha said: / "If it is so, O great king, go swiftly at my word / to the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara, which grants all perfections. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.50) tatra bhairavarūpeṇa sthāpayitvā maheśvaram .. bhujodyatograśūlāgraviddhāndhakakalevaram .. 6.151.50 .. > Having installed the Great Lord there in the form of Bhairava, / with the body of Andhaka pierced on the tip of the fierce spear raised in his arm, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.51) nārasiṃhena maṃtreṇa tataḥ pūjaya taṃ nṛpa .. raktapuṣpaistathā dhūpai raktaiścaivānulepanaiḥ .. 51 .. > then worship him, O king, with the Nārasiṃha mantra, / with red flowers, incense, and red unguents. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.52) tataḥ sadvīrya māsādya tejovīryasamanvitaḥ .. haniṣyasyakhilāñchatrūṃstatprasādādasaṃśayam .. 52 .. > Then, having attained true courage, endowed with splendour and valour, / you will undoubtedly slay all your enemies by his grace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.53) paraṃ śaucasametena saṃpūjyo bhagavāṃstvayā .. anyathā prāpsyase vighnānsatyametanmayoditam .. 53 .. > You must worship the Lord endowed with supreme purity; / otherwise, you will encounter obstacles. This is the truth spoken by me." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.54) atha tasya vacaḥ śrutvā sa rājā satvaraṃ yayau .. tatra kṣetre tato devaṃ sthāpayāmāsa bhairavam .. 54 .. > Then, having heard his word, that king went quickly. / There, in that sacred field, he installed the god Bhairava. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.55) tataḥ saṃpūjayāmāsa nārasiṃhena bhaktitaḥ .. mantreṇa prayato bhūtvā brahmacaryaparāyaṇaḥ ..55.. > Then he worshipped him with devotion using the Nārasiṃha / mantra, restrained and devoted to celibacy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.56) tato daśasahasrāṃte tasya maṃtrasya saṃkhyayā .. bhairavastuṣṭimāpannaḥ provā ca tadanantaram .. 56 .. > Then, at the conclusion of ten thousand \[recitations\] of that mantra, / Bhairava was pleased and spoke immediately afterwards. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.57) .. śrībhairava uvāca .. .. parituṣṭo'smi te rājanmaṃtreṇānena pūjitaḥ .. tasmātprārthaya yacceṣṭaṃ yena sarvaṃ dadāmyaham .. 57 .. .. > The venerable Bhairava said: / "I am pleased with you, O king, worshipped with this mantra; / therefore, ask whatever is desired, so that I may grant it all." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.58) .. suratha uvāca .. .. śatrubhirme hṛtaṃ rājyaṃ tvatprasādātsureśvara .. tanme bhavatu bhūyo'pi śatrubhiḥ parivarjjitam .. 58 .. > Suratha said: / "My kingdom was seized by enemies; by your grace, O lord of gods, / let it become mine once again, free from enemies! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.59) anyo'pi yaḥ pumānitthaṃ tvāmihāgatya pūjayet .. anenaiva tu maṃtreṇa tasya siddhistvayā vibho ..59.. > And whatever other man coming here should worship you in this manner / with this very mantra, to him perfection should be granted by you, O lord, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.60) deyā deva sahasrāṃte yathā mama sureśvara .. tatheti taṃ pratijñāya gataścādarśanaṃ haraḥ .. 6.151.60 .. > at the end of a thousand \[recitations\], O god, just as to me, O lord of gods!" / Promising him "So be it," Hara vanished from sight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.61) suratho'pi nijaṃ rājyaṃ prāpa hatvā raṇe ripūn..61.. > Suratha too regained his own kingdom, having slain his enemies in battle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.150.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150.151) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭake śvarakṣetramāhātmye bhairavakṣetramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikapañcāśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 151 ..cha.. > Thus ends the hundred and fifty-first chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Bhairava', in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\] of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.150.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.150) · Pramāṇa