[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) › 5.151 # Skandapurana 5.151 Skandapurāṇa 5.151 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.151.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.1) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. asaṃkhyātāni tīrthāni tvayoktā nyatra sūtaja .. devamānuṣajātāni devatāyatanāni ca .. tathā vānarajātāni rākṣasasthāpitāni ca ..1.. > The seers said: / Innumerable sacred fords have been described by you here, O son of Sūta, / both those produced by gods and men, and abodes of the deities, / as well as those produced by monkeys and installed by rākṣasas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.2) sūtaputra vadāsmākaṃ yairdṛṣṭaiḥ sparśitairapi .. sarveṣāṃ labhyate pūrṇaṃ phalaṃ cepsitamatra ca .. 2 .. > Tell us, O son of Sūta, by seeing and touching which \[deities or sacred fords\] / the complete and desired fruit of all of them is obtained here? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.3) .. sūta uvāca .. .. satyametanmahābhāgāstatra saṃkhyā na vidyate .. tīrthānāṃ caiva liṃgānāmāśra māṇāṃ tathaiva ca .. 3 .. > Sūta said: / This is true, O venerable ones; there is no counting / of the sacred fords, the liṅgas, and the hermitages there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.4) tatra yaḥ kurute snānaṃ śaṃkhatīrthe samāhitaḥ .. ekādaśyāṃ viśeṣeṇa sarveṣāṃ labhate phalam .. 4 .. > Whoever, with composed mind, takes a ritual ablution there in the Śaṅkhatīrtha, / particularly on the eleventh day, obtains the fruit of all of them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.5) yaḥ paśyati naro bhaktyā tatraikādaśarudrakam .. siddheśvarasamaṃ tena dṛṣṭāḥ sarve maheśvarāḥ .. 5 .. > The man who with devotion beholds the eleven Rudras there, / has beheld all the great lords equal to Siddheśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.6) yaḥ paśyati vaṭādityaṃ ṣaṣṭhyāṃ caitre viśeṣataḥ .. bhāskarākṛtsnaśo dṛṣṭāstena tatrahi saṃsthitāḥ .. 6 .. > He who beholds Vaṭāditya, especially on the sixth day in the month of Caitra, / has beheld all the sun-gods residing there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.7) māhitthāṃ paśyati tathā ye devīṃ śraddhayāvitāḥ .. tena durgāḥ samastāstā vīkṣitā nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 7 .. > Likewise, whoever, endowed with faith, beholds the goddess Māhitthā, / by him all those Durgās are seen; there is no doubt about this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.8) yaḥ paśyati gaṇeśaṃ ca svargadvārapradaṃ nṛṇām .. sarve vināyakāstena dṛṣṭāḥ syurnātra saṃśayaḥ .. 8 .. > And he who beholds Gaṇeśa, the bestower of heaven's gateway to men, / by him all Vināyakas have been seen; there is no doubt about this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.9) śarmiṣṭhāsthāpitāṃ gaurīṃ yo jyeṣṭhāṃ tatra paśyati .. tena gauryaḥ samastāstā vīkṣitā dvijasattamāḥ .. 9 .. > Whoever beholds the elder Gaurī installed there by Śarmiṣṭhā, / by him all those Gaurīs are seen, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.10) cakrapāṇiṃ ca yaḥ paśyetprātarutthāya mānavaḥ .. vāsudevā samastāśca tena tatra nirīkṣitāḥ .. 6.152.10 .. .. > And whichever man, having risen in the morning, beholds Cakrapāṇi, / by him all the Vāsudevas there are beheld. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.11) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. tvayāsūta tathā'smākaṃ cakrapāṇiśca yaḥ sthitaḥ .. nākhyātaḥ sa kathaṃ tatra vismṛtaḥ kiṃ vadasva naḥ .. kasminkāle viśeṣeṇa sa draṣṭavyo manīṣibhiḥ .. 11 .. > The seers said: / O Sūta, you have not described to us in that manner / Cakrapāṇi who is situated there. How is that? Was he forgotten? Tell us! / At what time especially is he to be beheld by the wise? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.12) .. sūta uvāca .. .. arjunenaiṣa viprendrāḥ kṣetre'traiva pratiṣṭhitaḥ .. śayane bodhane caiva prātarutthāya mānavaḥ .. 12 .. > Sūta said: / He was installed in this very sacred field by Arjuna, O eminent vipras. / On the sleeping day and the awakening day, having risen in the morning, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.13) snānaṃ kṛtvā subhaktyā ca yaḥ paśyeccakrapāṇinam .. brahmahatyādipāpāni tasya naśyaṃti tatkṣaṇāt .. 13 .. > whoever, having taken a ritual ablution, beholds Cakrapāṇi with true devotion, / his sins, such as the killing of a brahmin, perish at that very moment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.14) bhūbhārottāraṇārthāya dharmasaṃsthāpanāya ca .. brahmaṇāvatāritau viprā naranārāyaṇāvubhau .. 14 .. > To remove the earth's burden and to establish righteousness, O brahmins, / both Nara and Nārāyaṇa were made to descend by Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.15) kṛṣṇārjunau tadā martye dvāparāṃte dvijottamāḥ .. avatīrṇo dharāpṛṣṭhe mithaḥ snehānugau tadā .. naranārāyaṇāvetau svayameva vyavasthitau .. 15 .. > At that time, at the end of the Dvāpara age, O best of the twice-born, Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna / descended onto the surface of the earth, united by mutual affection; / these two, Nara and Nārāyaṇa, were stationed there in person. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.16) yathā rakṣovināśāya rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ .. avatīrṇo dharāpṛṣṭhe tadvatkṛṣṇo'pi cāparaḥ .. 16 .. > Just as Rāma, the son of Daśaratha, descended onto the surface of the earth / to destroy the rākṣasas, so too did the other, Kṛṣṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.17) yadā pārthaḥ samāyātastīrthayātrāṃ prati dvijāḥ .. yudhiṣṭhirasamādeśācchakraprasthātpurottamāt .. 17 > When Pārtha set out on his pilgrimage to sacred fords, O twice-born, / by the order of Yudhiṣṭhira, from the foremost city of Śakraprastha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.19) draupadyā sahitaṃ dṛṣṭvā rahasi bhrātaraṃ dvijam .. provāca praṇato bhūtvā vinayāvanato'rjunaḥ .. 19 .. > having seen his twice-born brother in secret together with Draupadī, / Arjuna bowed down and, bent in modesty, spoke: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.19\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.19_1) .. arjuna uvāca .. .. āyudhārthamahaṃ prāptaḥ sāṃprataṃ pārthivottama .. dvijadhenuvimokṣāya mamājñāṃ dehi pārthiva .. 19 .. > Arjuna said: / 'I have come right now for my weapons, O best of kings. / Give me your command, O king, to rescue the brahmin's cows.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.20) .. yudhiṣṭhira uvāca .. .. gacchārjuna drutaṃ tatra nīyante yatra taskaraiḥ .. dhenavo dvijavaryasya tā mokṣaya dhanaṃjaya .. 6.152.20 .. > Yudhiṣṭhira said: / 'Go quickly, Arjuna, to where the cows of the excellent brahmin / are being led away by thieves; rescue them, O Dhanaṃjaya! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.21) tīrthayātrāṃ tato gaccha yāvaddvādaśavatsarān .. tataḥ pāpavinirmuktaḥ sameṣyasi mamāṃtikam.. 21 .. > Then depart on a pilgrimage to sacred fords for twelve years; / then, freed from sin, you will return to my presence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.22) yaḥ sadāraṃ naraṃ paśyedekāṃtasthaṃ tu buddhimān .. api cātyaṃtapāpaḥ syātkiṃ punarnijabāṃdhavam .. 22 .. > A wise man who looks upon any man together with his wife in private / would become exceedingly sinful; how much more so upon his own kinsman? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.23) tasmānna vīkṣayetkañcidekāṃtasthaṃ sabhāryakam .. bāṃdhavaṃ ca viśeṣeṇa ya icchecchubhamātmanaḥ .. 23 .. > Therefore, one who desires good for himself should never gaze upon anyone / who is in private with his wife, and especially not upon a kinsman.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.24) sa tatheti pratijñāya rathamāruhya satvaram .. dhanurādāya bāṇāṃśca jagāma tadanantaram .. 24 .. > He promised, 'So be it,' swiftly mounted his chariot, / took his bow and arrows, and immediately set out > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.25) yena mārgeṇa tā gāvo nīyante taskarairbalāt .. tiraskṛtya dvijānsarvāñchitaśastradharairdvijāḥ .. 25 .. > along the path by which those cows were being led away by force by thieves / who had insulted all the brahmins, bearing sharp weapons, O twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.26) atha hatvā kṣaṇāccaurāngāḥ sarvāḥ svayamāhṛtāḥ .. svāḥ svā nivedayāmāsa brāhmaṇānāṃ mahātmanām .. 26 .. > Then, having slain the thieves in an instant, he brought back all the cows himself / and restored them, each to their own, to the noble brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.27) tatastīrthānyanekāni sa dṛṣṭvāyatanāni ca .. kṣetre'traiva samāyātaḥ snānārthaṃ pāṃḍunandanaḥ .. 27 .. > Then, having seen many sacred fords and temples, / the son of Pāṇḍu arrived at this very sacred field to perform his ritual ablution. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.28) tena pūrvamapi prāyastatkṣetramavalokitam .. duryodhanasamāyukto yadā tatra samāgataḥ .. 28 .. > That sacred field had already been seen by him previously, / when he had come there accompanied by Duryodhana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.29) atha saṃpūjayāmāsa yalliṃgaṃ sthāpitaṃ purā .. arjuneśvara saṃjñaṃ tu puṣpadhūpānulepanaiḥ .. 29 .. > Then he worshipped with flowers, incense, and ointments the liṅga / that had been established earlier, called Arjuneśvara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.30) anyeṣāṃ kauravendrāṇāṃ pāṃḍavānāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 6.152.30 .. > \[as well as those\] of the other lordly Kauravas, and especially of the Pāṇḍavas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.31) atha saṃciṃtayāmāsa manasā pāṃḍunaṃdanaḥ .. ahaṃ naraḥ svayaṃ sākṣātkṛṣṇo nārāyaṇaḥ svayam.. 31 .. > Then the son of Pāṇḍu reflected in his mind: / 'I am Nara directly in person, and Kṛṣṇa is Nārāyaṇa himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.32) tasmādatra kariṣyāmi cakrapāṇiṃ sureśvaram .. prāsādo mānavaścaiva yādṛṅnāsti dharātale .. 32 .. > Therefore, I will establish here \[an image of\] the Discus-Armed Lord, the ruler of the gods, / and a human temple such as does not exist on the surface of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.33) kalpāṃte'pi na nāśaḥ syādasya kṣetrasya karhicit .. prāsādo'pi tathāpyevamatra kṣetre bhaviṣyati 33 .. > Even at the end of a kalpa, there would never be destruction of this sacred field; / so too shall the temple remain in this sacred field.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.34) evaṃ sa niścayaṃ kṛtvā svacitte pāṃḍavānujaḥ .. prāsādaṃ nirmame paścādvaiṣṇavaṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. 34 .. > Having made such a resolution in his own mind, the younger brother of the Pāṇḍava / then built a temple to Viṣṇu, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.35) tato viprānsamāhūya camatkārapurodbhavān.. pratiṣṭhāṃ kārayāmāsa mataṃ teṣāṃ samāśritaḥ .. 35 .. > Then, having summoned the brahmins born in Camatkārapura, / relying on their judgment, he caused the consecration to be performed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.36) dattvā dānānyanekāni śāsanāni bahūni ca .. anyacca pradadau paścātsa teṣāṃ tuṣṭidāyakam .. 36 .. > giving many gifts and numerous title-deeds; / and afterwards he gave other things that brought them satisfaction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.37) tataḥ provāca tānsarvānkṛtāṃjalipuṭaḥ sthitaḥ.. naro'haṃ brāhmaṇājjātaḥ pāṇḍorbhūmiṃ prapedivān ..37 .. > Then, standing with folded palms, he said to all of them: / 'I am Nara, born of a brahmin to Pāṇḍu, who has attained this earth; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.38) mānuṣeṇaiva rūpeṇa tyaktvā tāṃ badarīṃ śubhām .. prasiddhyarthaṃ mayā cātra prāsādo'yaṃ vini rmitaḥ .. mannāmnā narasaṃjñaśca śraddhāpūtena cetasā .. 38 .. > leaving that auspicious Badarī in this human form, / this temple has been built by me here for fame, / named Nara after my own name, with a mind purified by faith. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.39) tasmādeṣa bhavadbhiśca cakrapāṇiriti dvijāḥ .. kīrtanīyaḥ sadā yena mama nāma prakāśya tām.. 39 .. > Therefore, O twice-born, this \[form of the Lord\] must always be celebrated / by you as Cakrapāṇi, by which my name shall be illuminated, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.40) viṣṇuloke dhvaniryāti yāvaccaṃdradivākarau .. 6.152.40 .. > and the renown shall extend to the world of Viṣṇu as long as the moon and the sun endure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.41) tathā mahotsavaḥ kāryaḥ śayane bodhane hareḥ .. caitramāse viśeṣeṇa saṃprāpte viṣṇuvāsare .. 41 .. > Likewise, a great festival should be celebrated at the sleeping and waking of Hari, / especially in the month of Caitra when the day of Viṣṇu arrives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.42) eteṣu triṣu lokeṣu tyaktvemāṃ badarīmaham .. pūjāmasya kariṣyāmi svayaṃ viṣṇordvijottamāḥ ..42.. > Leaving this Badarī among these three worlds, / I myself will perform the worship of this Viṣṇu, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.43) yastatra divase martyaḥ pūjāmasya vidhā syati .. sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokaṃ sa yāsyati..43.. > Whatever mortal performs worship of Him on that day / will be freed from all sins and will go to the world of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.44) tathā ye vāsudevasya kṣetre kecidvyavasthitāḥ .. teṣāṃ pradarśanaṃ śreyo nityaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca lapsyate ..44.. > Likewise, for those who are stationed anywhere in the sacred field of Vāsudeva, / seeing them is auspicious; and having seen \[the deity\], one will always attain it.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.45) sūta uvāca.. bāḍhamityeva tairukto dāśārhaḥ pāṃḍunaṃdanaḥ.. teṣāṃ tadbhāramāveśya praśāṃtenāṃtarātmanā.. yayau tīrthāni cānyāni kṛtakṛtyastataḥ param..45.. > Sūta said: / Addressed by them with 'So be it,' the son of Pāṇḍu, \[kin to\] the Dāśārhas, / entrusting that responsibility to them with a peaceful mind, / went on to other sacred fords, having achieved his purpose thereafter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.46) evaṃ tatra sthito devaścakrapāṇivapurddharaḥ.. svayameva hṛṣīkeśo jaṃtūnāṃ pāpanāśanaḥ..46.. > Thus the god, bearing the form of the Discus-Armed Lord, stayed there, / Hṛṣīkeśa himself, the destroyer of sins of living beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.47) adyā'pi ca kalā viṣṇoḥ prāpte caikādaśītraye .. pūrvoktena vidhānena tasmācchraddhāsamanvitaiḥ .. sadaiva pūjanīyaśca vandanīyo viśeṣataḥ .. 47 .. > Even today, a portion of Viṣṇu \[is present there\]; and when the triad of Ekādaśīs arrives, / He should always be worshipped and especially saluted / with the procedure spoken of earlier by those endowed with faith. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.151.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151.152) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye cakrapāṇimāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvipañcāśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 152 .. > Thus ends the hundred and fifty-second chapter, named 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Cakrapāṇi', in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\], in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.151.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.151) · Pramāṇa