[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) › 5.155 # Skandapurana 5.155 Skandapurāṇa 5.155 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.155.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ sambodhitā tena sā bhāryā vijane gatā .. kanyāpradānasya ruciḥ saṃjātā tadanantaram .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Thus consoled by him, that wife went to a solitary place. / Thereafter, an inclination arose \[in her\] to give the daughter in marriage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.2) tataḥ sa pādau prakṣālya maṇibhadrasya satvaram.. udakaṃ sākṣataṃ haste kanyādānakṛte dadau .. 2 .. > Then, having quickly washed the feet of Maṇibhadra, / he gave water with unbroken grains of rice into \[his\] hand for the gifting of the maiden. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.3) so'pi hastakṛte toye taṃ kṣatriyamuvāca ha .. adyaiva kuru me śīghraṃ vivāhaṃ kanyayā saha .. 3 .. > When the water was placed in his hand, he said to that kṣatriya: / 'Perform my marriage with the maiden quickly, this very day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.4) yasmādicchāmi saṃsthātuṃ tena te gṛhamāgataḥ .. .. kṣatriya uvāca .. .. nātra nakṣatramarhaṃ tu na kiṃcidbhagadaivatam .. .. 4 .. > Because I desire to dwell \[with her\], for that reason I have come to your house.' / The kṣatriya said: / 'Neither is the lunar mansion suitable here, nor is the presiding deity of fortune favorable; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.5) vivāhasya na vārastu prasupte madhusūdane .. asminkāle tu saṃprāpte yā kanyā pariṇīyate ..5.. > nor is the day auspicious for marriage while Madhusūdana is asleep. / When this period has arrived, the maiden who is married > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.6) sā ca saṃvatsarānmadhye dhruvaṃ vaidhavyamāpnuyāt.. evaṃ daivajñamukhyānāṃ śrutaṃ pravadatāṃ mayā .. 6 .. > surely attains widowhood within a year: / thus have I heard from the foremost astrologers as they declare. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.7) tasmācchubhe tu saṃprāpte nakṣatre bhagadaivate .. tvaṃ vivāhaya me kanyāṃ protthite madhusūdane .. yena kṣemaṃkarī te syāttathā putraprapautriṇī .. 7 .. > Therefore, when an auspicious lunar mansion presided over by the deity of fortune has arrived, / marry my maiden \[to you\] when Madhusūdana has awakened, / so that she may bring welfare to you and be blessed with sons and great-grandsons.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.8) .. maṇibhadra uvāca .. .. nakṣatraṃ vahnidaivatyaṃ prasupto madhusūdanaḥ .. 8 .. > Maṇibhadra said: / 'The lunar mansion has Agni as its deity, and Madhusūdana is asleep; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.9) sāṃprataṃ vatsarāṃto'yaṃ vivāhe vihite sati .. kāmāgnirutthitaḥ kāye sāṃprataṃ māṃ prabādhate .. 9 .. > now this end of the year has arrived when the marriage is to be performed. / The fire of lust has arisen in my body and torments me now. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.10) tasmātkuru prasādaṃ me kanyāvivahitena tu .. tava vittaṃ pradāsyāmi sukhī yena bhaviṣyasi .. 6.156.10 .. > Therefore, show me favor by having the maiden married \[to me\]; / I shall give you wealth by which you will become happy.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.11) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tasmācca vittalobhena kṣatriyo dvijasattamāḥ .. vivāhaṃ kārayāmāsa tatkṣaṇādeva sa dvijāḥ .. 11 .. > Sūta said: / Therefore, out of greed for wealth, O best of the twice-born, / that kṣatriya caused the marriage to be performed that very moment, O twice-born! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.12) dadau kanyāṃ suduḥkhārtāmaśrupūrṇekṣaṇāṃ sthitām .. sannidhau vahniviprāṇāṃ tadā tena vivāhitā .. 12 .. > He gave away the daughter, who was deeply afflicted by sorrow, standing with eyes full of tears; / in the presence of the fire and the brahmins, she was married by him then. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.13) nītvā nijagṛhaṃ paścātkāmadharme niyojitā .. anicchaṃtīmapi satīṃ tāmatīva nirargalaḥ .. 13 .. > Having taken her to his own home afterward, he employed her in the duties of desire; / completely unrestrained, \[he forced\] her though she was unwilling and virtuous. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.14) so'pi niṣkāmatāṃ prāpya nirbhartsya ca muhurmuhuḥ .. bhāṣikābhiranekābhistāpayitvā ca bhāminīm.. 14 .. > Having satisfied his lust and repeatedly reproaching \[her\], / and distressing the passionate woman with many abusive words, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.15) śāṃtiṃ nītā tatastena pratyūṣe samupasthite .. bhṛtyavargaḥ samasto'pi tato niḥsārito gṛhāt .. 15 .. > she was then reduced to calmness by him when dawn arrived. / Then the entire crowd of servants was driven out of the house. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.16) irṣyādharmaṃ samāsthāya paramaṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. eka eva kṛtastena dvārapālo napuṃsakaḥ .. 16 .. > Having adopted supreme jealousy as his rule, O best of the twice-born, / he appointed a single eunuch as door-keeper. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.17) proktaṃ na ca tvayā deyaḥ praveśo'tra gṛhe mama .. bhṛtyasya bhikṣukasyaiva vṛddhasya vratinastathā ..17.. > \[The door-keeper\] was told: 'Entrance into my house must not be given by you / to a servant, a beggar, an old man, or an ascetic.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.18) evaṃ kṛtvā vidhānaṃ tu tataścakre janaiḥ samam .. vyavahārakriyāḥ sarvā dravyalakṣaiḥ sahasraśaḥ.. 18 .. > Having made such an arrangement, he then conducted with people / all business transactions involving hundreds of thousands and thousands of riches. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.19) śvaśurasyāpi no dattaṃ kiṃcittena durātmanā .. bhāryāyāḥ śvetavastrāṇi muktvā'nyannaiva kiṃcana .. 19 .. > Nothing was given by that evil-minded man even to his father-in-law, / nor anything at all to his wife except white garments. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.20) yāmadvaye'pi saṃprāpte dinasya gṛhamāgataḥ .. mitamannaṃ tata stasyā bhojanārthaṃ prayacchati .. 6.156.20 .. > When two watches of the day had passed, he came home; / then he gives her a measured portion of food for eating. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.21) yāvanmātraṃ ca sā bhuṃkta ekaviprānvitaḥ svayam .. bhuktvā caiva tato yāti vyavahārakṛte bahiḥ .. 21 .. 8. > And while she eats, he himself, accompanied by a single brahmin, / eats and then goes outside for business. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.22) āgacchati punarharmyaṃ saṃdhyākāla upasthite .. sā'pi tiṣṭhati harmyasthā patnī tasya durātmanaḥ .. 22 .. > He returns to the mansion again when twilight has arrived; / she too, the wife of that evil-minded man, stays in the mansion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.23) vairāgyaṃ paramaṃ prāptā duḥkhaśokasamanvitā .. . matsīva patitā toyādanyasmiṃstu sthalāṃtike .. 23 .. > having reached extreme detachment, filled with misery and sorrow, / like a fish fallen from the water onto dry land, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.24) cakravākī vimukteva saṃprāpte divasakṣaye .. haṃsī haṃsaviyukteva mṛgīva mṛgavarjitā .. 24 .. . > like a female cakravāka separated when the end of the day arrives, / like a female swan separated from her swan, like a doe separated from a deer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.25) so'pi nityaṃ dadau bhojyaṃ viprasyaikasya ca dvijāḥ .. procya taṃ brāhmaṇaṃ pūrvaṃ sāmapūrvamidaṃ vacaḥ .. 25 .. > He also gave food daily to a single brahmin, O twice-born, / having previously addressed that brahmin gently with these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.26) adhovaktreṇa bhoktavyaṃ sadā vipra gṛhe mama .. . yadi paśyasi me bhāryāṃ saṃprāpsyasi viḍaṃbanām ..26.. > 'You must always eat with your face downcast in my house, O brahmin; / if you look at my wife, you will suffer humiliation.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.27) evaṃ viḍaṃbitāstena hyūrdhvavaktrāvalokinaḥ .. ye cānye bhayasaṃtrastā na yāṃti ca tadālayam .. . .. 27 .. > In this way, those who looked up with face raised were humiliated by him; / and others, terrified with fear, would not go to his house. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.28) kasyacittvatha kālasya puṣponāma dvijottamaḥ .. tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena saṃprāptastatpuraṃ prati ..28.. > Then, after some time, an excellent brahmin named Puṣpa, / while undertaking a pilgrimage to sacred fords, reached that city. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.29) pūrve vayasi saṃsthaśca darśanīyatamākṛtiḥ .. .. kṣutkṣāmaḥ supariśrāṃto madhyāhne samupasthite .. 29 .. > He was in the prime of youth and endowed with a most handsome appearance; / emaciated by hunger and exceedingly exhausted when midday arrived, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.29\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.29_1) paribhramati vai nṛṇāṃ sa gṛhāṇi samaṃtataḥ .. maṇibhadraḥ samādiṣṭastasya kenāpi bhojyadaḥ ..6.156.3... .. > he wandered all around among the houses of men. / Then someone pointed out Maṇibhadra to him as a giver of food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.31) tatastaṃ prārthayāmāsa gatvā bhojyaṃ ca sa dvijāḥ .. tenāpi sa dvijaḥ proktastadāsau dvijasattamāḥ .. 31 .. > Then, O brahmins, he went and requested food from him. / And he too, O best of brahmins, then spoke to that brahmin: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.32) adhovaktreṇa bhoktavyaṃ tvayā vīkṣyā na me priyā .. no cedviḍaṃbanāṃ vipra saṃprāpsyasi na saṃśayaḥ .. 32 .. > "You must eat with your face turned downward; my beloved must not be looked upon by you. / Otherwise, O brahmin, you will suffer humiliation, there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.33) evaṃ jñātvā mahābhāga yatkṣemaṃ tatsamācara .. 33 .. > Knowing this, O fortunate one, do that which is safe." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.34) .. puṣpa uvāca .. .. kṣutkṣāmasya na me kāryaṃ paradāravilokanaiḥ .. vedādhyayanayuktasya tīrthayātrāratasya ca .. 34 .. > Puṣpa said: / "Emaciated with hunger, I have no concern with looking at another man’s wife, / engaged \[as I am\] in the study of the Veda and devoted to pilgrimage to sacred fords." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.35) .. maṇibhadra uvāca .. .. tadāgaccha mayā sārdhaṃ sāṃprataṃ mama maṃdiram .. viśeṣāttava dāsyāmi bhojanaṃ dakṣiṇānvitam .. 35 .. > Maṇibhadra said: / "Then come with me right now to my house. / Especially for you, I shall give a meal accompanied by a fee." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.36) evaṃ tau saṃvidaṃ kṛtvā yayaturbrāhmaṇottamāḥ .. haṭṭamārge gatau tatra yatra ṣaṃḍho vyava sthitaḥ .. 36 .. > Having thus made an agreement, O best of brahmins, the two went along; / they went along the marketplace path to where the eunuch was stationed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.37) tatpārśve brāhmaṇaṃ dhṛtvā praviṣṭo gṛhamadhyataḥ .. bhāryayā śrapayāmāsa dhānyaṃ mānamitaṃ tadā .. 37 .. > Keeping the brahmin beside him, he entered the inside of the house; / then he had a measured quantity of grain cooked by his wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.38) tato devārcanaṃ kṛtvā vaiśvadevāṃta āgatam .. puṣpamāhūya tatpādau prakṣālya ca niveśya ca .. 38 .. > Then, having performed the worship of the gods, when the Vaiśvadeva \[offering\] had ended, / he called Puṣpa, washed his feet, seated him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.39) kṛtvārcanavidhiṃ tasya dattvānnaṃ ca susaṃskṛtam .. upaviśya tataḥ paścādbhojanārthaṃ tato dvijāḥ. puṣpo'pi vīkṣate tasyāḥ pādau paṃkajasaṃnibhau..39.. > performed the rites of hospitality for him, and gave him well-prepared food. / Afterwards, O brahmins, as he sat down to eat, / Puṣpa also gazed upon her lotus-like feet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.40) yathāyathā sa kautukyādvīkṣate yauvanāśritaḥ.. kautukyāttena ca tatastasyā vaktraṃ nirīkṣitam ..6.156.40.. > As he looked out of curiosity, overcome by youthfulness, / out of curiosity he then looked at her face. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.41) tataścākārayāmāsa maṇibhadraḥ prakopataḥ.. taṃ ṣaṇḍhamuktavāñjāraṃ tvamenaṃ ca viḍaṃbaya..41.. > Then, in a fury, Maṇibhadra summoned / that eunuch and said: "Humiliate this paramour!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.42) tatastena dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ sa puṣpo mūrdhni tāḍitaḥ .. 42 .. > Then by him, O best of brahmins, that Puṣpa was struck on the head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.43) adho nipatitaṃ bhūmau rudhireṇa pariplutam .. caraṇābhyāṃ samākṛṣya dūto mārgaṃ samāśritaḥ .. 43 .. > Fallen down onto the earth, drenched with blood, / dragging him by both feet, the servant took to the road. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.44) yāvaccatuṣpathaṃ nīto yatra saṃcarate janaḥ .. hāhākāro mahānāsīttasminpuravare tadā .. 44 .. > As soon as he was brought to the crossroads where people walked, / a great lamentation arose then in that excellent city > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.45) sarveṣāmeva paurāṇāṃ tadavasthaṃ vilokya tam .. tato'nyaiḥ śītatoyena sobhiṣikto dayānvitaiḥ .. 45 .. > among all the citizens upon seeing him in that condition. / Then he was sprinkled with cold water by others filled with compassion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.46) kṛtvā vāyupradānaṃ ca gamitaścetanāṃ prati .. sa prāpya cetanāṃ kṛcchrāttattoyāttānathābravīt .. 46 .. > and, by fanning him, he was brought back to consciousness. / Having regained consciousness with difficulty through that water, he then said to them: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.47) na mayā vihitaṃ cauryaṃ paradārā na sevitāḥ .. paśyadhvaṃ maṇibhadreṇa yathāhaṃ kleśito janāḥ .. 47 .. > "Theft was not committed by me, nor was another man's wife approached. / Behold, O people, how I have been tormented by Maṇibhadra! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.48) tīrthayātrāparo vipro brahmacaryaparāyaṇaḥ .. bhojanārthaṃ samāmantrya nīto'vasthāmimāṃ tataḥ .. 48 .. > A brahmin devoted to pilgrimage to sacred fords, dedicated to celibacy, / I was invited for food and then brought to this state! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.49) kiṃ nāsti vātra bhūpālo yenaitadasamaṃjasam .. brāhmaṇasya viśeṣeṇa nirdoṣasya mahājanāḥ .. 49 .. > Is there no king here, seeing that this injustice \[is done\] / particularly to a faultless brahmin, O citizens?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.50) .. janā ūcuḥ .. .. bahavastena pāpena viprāḥ pūrvaṃ viḍaṃbitāḥ .. rājaprasādayuktena cerṣyāṃ prāpya śarīriṇā .. 6.156.50 .. > The people said: / "Many brahmins have been humiliated before by that sinful mortal / who enjoys the king's favor, having succumbed to jealousy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.51) ko'pi rājaprasādānna kiṃcidbrūte'sya sammukham .. tasmāduttiṣṭha gacchāmo dāsyāmaste'śanaṃ vayam .. 51 .. > Because of the king's favor, nobody says anything to his face. / Therefore, get up, let us go; we will give you food." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.155.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.155.156) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgara khaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye puṣpādityamāhātmye maṇibhadrakṛtapuṣpabrāhmaṇaviḍaṃbanavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭpañcāśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 156 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and fifty-sixth chapter, named "Description of the Humiliation of the Brahmin Puṣpa by Maṇibhadra," in the Māhātmya of Puṣpāditya, in the Māhātmya of Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra, 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.5.155.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Smṛtitattva](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtitattva.1.p2.51) — Raghunandana Bhaṭṭācārya 1520, Sanskrit --- Source: 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