[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) › 5.156 # Skandapurana 5.156 Skandapurāṇa 5.156 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.156.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ saṃbodhitastaistu lokaiḥ puṣpastadā dvijāḥ .. tānabravīttataḥ kuddho na kariṣyāmi bhojanam .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Thus addressed by those people then, O brahmins, / Puṣpa, enraged, then said to them: "I will not take food > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.2) yāvanna cāsya pāpasya kariṣyāmi pratikriyām .. tadvadadhvaṃ mahābhāgā devo vā devatā'thavā .. 2 .. > as long as I do not exact retribution against this sinner. / Therefore tell me, O fortunate ones, is there a god or goddess, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.3) tathānye siddhamantrā vā sadyaḥ pratyayakārakāḥ .. ārādhitā yathā sadyo mānuṣāṇāṃ varapradāḥ .. 3 .. > or likewise other perfected mantras, which produce immediate proof, / which, when propitiated, immediately bestow boons upon mortals?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.4) .. janā ūcuḥ .. .. eko devaḥ sthitaścātra sadyaḥpratyayakārakaḥ .. tathaikā devatā cātra śrūyate jagatī tale .. 4 .. > The people said: / "One god resides here who produces immediate proof; / likewise one goddess on the surface of the earth is renowned here." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.5) .. puṣpa uvāca .. .. ko'sau devaḥ kiyaddūre kasminsthāne vyavasthitaḥ .. tathā ca devatā brūta dayāṃ kṛtvā mamopari .. 5 .. .. > Puṣpa said: / "Who is that god? How far away and in what place is he situated? / And tell me of that goddess, taking compassion upon me." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.6) .. janā ūcuḥ .. .. camatkārapure sūryo yājñavalkyapratiṣṭhitaḥ .. asti vipra śruto'smābhiḥ sadyaḥ pratyayakārakaḥ .. 6 .. > The people said: / "In Camatkārapura, there is the Sun consecrated by Yājñavalkya. / He has been heard of by us, O brahmin, as one who produces immediate proof. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.7) sūryavāreṇa saptamyāṃ phalahastaḥ pradakṣiṇām .. yaḥ karoti narastasya hyaṣṭottaraśataṃ dvija .. 7 .. > A man who performs circumambulation of him on a Sunday on the seventh \[tithi\], / holding fruit in hand, one hundred and eight times, O brahmin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.8) tasya siddhipradaḥ samyaṅmanasā vāṃchitaṃ dadet .. tathānyā śāradā nāma devī kāśmīrasaṃsthitā .. 8 .. > to him he bestows perfection and grants fully what is desired in the mind. / Likewise, another is the goddess named Śāradā, dwelling in Kashmir; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.9) upavāsakṛtereva sāpi siddhipradāyinī .. tacchrutvā vacanaṃ teṣāṃ janānāṃ sa dvijottamāḥ .. 9 .. > merely through the observance of fasting, she too is a granter of success." / Having heard that statement of those people, O best of brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.10) samuddiśya camatkāraṃ tasmātsthānāttataḥ param .. camatkārapuraṃ prāpya saptamyāṃ sūryavāsare .. 6.157.10 .. > directing his course towards Camatkāra from that place thereafter, / having reached Camatkārapura on a Sunday on the seventh \[tithi\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.11) tatrāgatya tataḥ snātvā śucirbhūtvā samāhitaḥ .. gataḥ saṃti ṣṭhate yatra yājñavalkyakṛto raviḥ .. 11 .. > having arrived there, then having bathed, pure and collected in mind, / he went to where the Sun established by Yājñavalkya stands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.12) tataḥ pradakṣiṇāḥ kṛtvā aṣṭottaraśataṃ mitāḥ .. nālikerāṇi cādāya śraddhayā parayāḥ yutaḥ .. 12 .. > Then, having performed circumambulations measuring one hundred and eight, / and having taken coconuts, endowed with supreme faith, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.13) tataḥ kṣutkṣāmakaṃṭhaḥ sa pariśrāṃtastadagrataḥ .. upaviṣṭo japaṃ kurvansūryeṣṭaiḥ stavanaistadā .. 13 .. > his throat emaciated by hunger, exhausted, he then sat in front of him, / reciting japa with hymns beloved by the Sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.14) maṃḍalabrāhmaṇādyaiśca tāraṃ svaramupāśritaḥ .. saptayuṃjara vādyaiśca agnireveti bhaktitaḥ .. 14 .. > employing a high pitch with texts beginning with the Maṇḍalabrāhmaṇa, / with hymns beginning with 'Saptayuñjanti' and 'Agnireva' with devotion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.15) ādityavratasaṃjñādyaiḥ sāmabhirdṛḍhabhaktibhāk .. kṣurikāmaṃtrapūrvaiśca tathaivātharvaṇodbhavaiḥ .. 15 .. > possessing firm devotion, with Sāmans such as the one named Ādityavrata, / and with hymns preceded by the Kṣurikāmantra, as well as those arising from the Atharvaveda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.16) yāvadanyorkavārastu naiva tuṣṭo divākaraḥ .. paurṇamāsīdine prāpte vairāgyaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ .. 16 .. > Until another Sunday came, the Maker of Day was not at all pleased; / when the full moon day arrived, he fell into the utmost dejection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.17) tataḥ puṣpo vidhāyātha snānaṃ dhautāṃbaraḥ śuciḥ .. bhūnāmnā sādhya bhūmiṃ ca sthaṃḍilārthaṃ dvijottamāḥ .. 17 .. > Then Puṣpa, having performed his snāna, clad in clean clothes and purified, / having consecrated the ground by the name of the Earth for the sacrificial mound, O best of brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.18) sthaṃḍilaṃ hastamātraṃ ca sthaṃḍile pratyakalpayat .. agnimīḻetimaṃtreṇa tato'gniṃ sa nidhāya ca .. 18 .. > prepared a sacrificial mound measuring one cubit upon the ground; / and having then placed the fire \[there\] with the mantra 'agnim īḷe', > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.19) tṛṇaiḥ paristṛṇāmītikṛtvopastaraṇaṃ tataḥ .. ābrahmanniti mantreṇa dattvā brahmāsanaṃ tataḥ .. 19 .. > and then having scattered grass with 'I strew grass all around', / having then provided the seat for the Brahman priest with the mantra 'ā brahman', > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.20) sutrāmāṇamiti procya samidhaḥsthāpanaṃ ca yat .. prokṣaṇīpātramāsādya prokṣaṇaṃ kṛtavāṃstataḥ .. 6.157.20 .. > having placed the kindling sticks reciting 'sutrāmāṇam', / having fetched the vessel of sprinkling water, he then performed the sprinkling. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.21) pātrāṇāmatha sarveṣāṃ sruvādīnāṃ yathākramam .. tataḥ prakalpayāmāsa haviḥsthāne nijāṃ tanum .. .. 21 .. > Then, having \[sprinkled\] all the vessels beginning with the ladle in proper order, / he designated his own body in place of the sacrificial offering. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.22) nyāyaṃ tu devatāsthāne sa ācāryavidhānataḥ .. grahaṇaṃ prokṣaṇaṃ caiva sūryāya tveti cottaram .. 22 .. > And in place of the deity, in accordance with the preceptor's rule, / \[he performed\] the taking up and the sprinkling, and afterwards \[the offering\] with 'To Sūrya \[svāhā\]'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.23) ayaṃ ta idhma ātmeti japtvātha samidhaṃ tataḥ .. agnisometi mantrābhyāṃ hutvā cājyāhutī tataḥ .. 23 .. > Then, having recited 'This is thy firewood, thy self' over the kindling stick, / and then having offered two ghee oblations with the two mantras to Agni and Soma, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.24) kṛtvā vyāhṛtihomaṃ tu bhūrbhuvaḥ sveti bho dvijāḥ .. ye te śateti mantrādyairhutvātraiva ca dāruṇam .. 24 .. > having performed the homa of the sacred utterances, 'bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ', O brahmins, / and having offered here a dreadful \[sacrifice\] with mantras such as 'ye te śatam', > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.25) āhvayāmāsa vahniṃ ca pratyakṣo bhava deva me .. evaṃ mantreṇa kṛtvā taṃ saṃmukhaṃ jvalanaṃ tataḥ .. 25 .. > he invoked the Fire: 'O god, become visible to me!' / Having thus turned the blazing fire toward himself with the mantra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.26) kālīkarālikādyāśca saptajihvāśca yāḥ smṛtāḥ .. tāsāmāhvānakaṃ kṛtvā tato dīpte havirbhuji .. 26 .. > and having summoned those known as the seven tongues, Kālī, Karālikā, and the rest, / then, into the blazing devourer of oblations, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.27) juhāva ca sa māṃsāni svāni cotkṛttya śastrataḥ .. lomabhyaḥ svāheti vidiśo digbhyo dattvā tataḥ param .. 27 .. > he cut off and offered pieces of his own flesh with a weapon; / and having offered to the intermediate directions and the directions with 'svāhā to the hairs', thereafter, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.28) agnaye sviṣṭakṛtaiti yāvadātmānamākṣipet .. tāvaddhṛtaḥ sa sūryeṇa svahastena samaṃtataḥ .. 28 .. > just as he was about to cast himself \[into the fire\] with 'To Agni Sviṣṭakṛt', / he was seized on all sides by Sūrya with his own hand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.29) dhṛtaśca sādaraṃ tena mā vipra kuru sāhasam .. nedṛgghomaḥ kṛtaḥ kvāpi kadācitkenaciddvija .. .. 29 .. > And held respectfully by him, \[he heard:\] 'Do not commit such a reckless act, O brahmin! / Such a homa has never anywhere been performed by anyone, O twice-born! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.30) tuṣṭo'haṃ ca mahābhāga brūhi kiṃ karavāṇi te .. adeyamapi dāsyāmi yatte manasivartate .. 6.157.30 .. > I am pleased, O fortunate one; tell me, what shall I do for you? / Even what should not be given I will give, whatever is in your mind.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.31) .. puṣpa uvāca .. .. yadi tuṣṭosi deveśa yadi deyo varo mama .. taddeyaṃ guṭikāyugmaṃ yadarthaṃ prārthayāmyaham .. 31 .. > Puṣpa said: / 'If you are pleased, O Lord of gods, if a boon is to be granted to me, / then let that pair of pills be given for the sake of which I pray. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.32) vaidiśe nagare cāsti maṇibhadro mahādhanī .. kubjāṃgaḥ kṣatriyo deva jarāvalisamanvitaḥ .. 32 .. > In the city of Vaidiśa there is a very wealthy man, Maṇibhadra, / a kṣatriya whose limbs are hunchbacked, O god, and who is covered with wrinkles of old age, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.33) abrahmaṇyo mahānīcaḥ kīnāśo janadūṣitaḥ .. dvayorekāṃ yadā vaktre sadā caiva karomyaham .. 33 .. > hostile to brahmins, vile, a miser, reviled by the people. / Whenever I put one of the two into my mouth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.34) tadā me tādṛśaṃ rūpamavikalpaṃ bhavatviti .. yadā punargṛhītvā tāṃ dvitīyāṃ prakṣipāmyaham .. 34 .. > may I assume an exact form just like his, without doubt; / and whenever I take and put in the second one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.35) tataśca sahajaṃ rūpaṃ mama bhūyātsureśvara .. vaidiśe nagare cāsti maṇibhadraḥ sureśvara .. 35 .. > may my natural form return, O Lord of the gods. / Maṇibhadra is in the city of Vaidiśa, O Lord of the gods; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.36) aparaṃ tasya yatkiṃciddhanadhānyādikaṃ gṛhe .. tatsarvaṃ viditaṃ me syāttathā deva prajāyatām.. 36 .. > further, whatever wealth, grain, and the like is in his house, / let all that be known to me; may it come to be so, O god! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.37) kiṃ vānena bahūktena tasya mitrāṇi bāṃdhavāḥ .. vyavahārāstathā sarve prakaṭāḥ syuḥ sadaiva hi .. 37 .. > Or what need is there to say much? His friends, his kinsmen, / and all his affairs, let them always be completely open \[to me\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.38) na kaścijjāyate tatra vikalpaḥ kasyacitkvacit .. mama tasyādhama syāpi sarvakṛtyeṣu sarvadā .. 38 .. > Let no doubt arise anywhere in anyone / regarding me, or even regarding that wretched man, in all actions at all times.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.39) .. bhāskara uvāca .. .. gṛhāṇa tvaṃ mahābhāga guṭikādvitayaṃ śubham .. śuklaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ ca vaktrasthaṃ vibheda jananaṃ mahat .. 39 .. > Bhāskara said: / 'Receive, O fortunate one, the auspicious pair of pills, / white and black, which, placed in the mouth, produce a great transformation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.40) śuklayā tasya rūpaṃ ca tava nūnaṃ bhaviṣyati .. kṛṣṇayāpi punaḥ svaṃ ca saṃprāpsyasi mahādvija .. 6.157.40 .. > By the white one, you will surely take his form; / and by the black one, you will regain your own, O great twice-born.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.41) .. puṣpa uvāca .. .. aparaṃ vada me deva saṃdehaṃ hṛdaye sthitam .. yattvāṃ pṛcchāmi deveśa tava kīrtivivardhanam ..41.. > Puṣpa said: / 'Tell me another thing, O god, a doubt that remains in my heart, / which I ask you, O Lord of the gods, increasing your glory. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.42) mayā śrutaṃ suraśreṣṭha saptamyāṃ sūryavāsare .. yaste pradakṣiṇānāṃ ca kuryādaṣṭottaraṃ śatam .. tasya tvaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva phalahastasya siddhidaḥ .. 42 .. > I have heard, O best of gods, that on a Sunday of the seventh tithi, / whoever circumambulates you one hundred and eight times, / with fruit in hand, to him you grant fulfillment at that very moment, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.43) mūrkhasyāpi ca pāpasya sarvadoṣānvitasya ca .. caturvedasya me kasmāttīrthayātrāparasya ca .. 43 .. > even if he is a fool, a sinner, and possessed of all faults. / Why is it that to me, who know the four Vedas and am devoted to pilgrimages, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.44) saptarātre gate tuṣṭo homa evaṃvidhe kṛte .. 44 .. > you were pleased only after seven nights had passed, when such a homa was performed?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.49) .. śrīsūrya uvāca.. .. tāmasena tu bhāvena tvavā sarvamidaṃ kṛtam.. tena sarvaṃ vṛthā jātaṃ tvayā sarvaṃ ca yatkṛtam .. 49 .. > The glorious Sūrya said: / 'All this was done by you with a dark, ignorant disposition; / therefore, all that was done by you came to naught. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.49\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.49_1) yatkiṃcitkriyate vipra tāmasaṃ bhāvamāśritaiḥ .. tatsarvaṃ jāyate vyarthaṃ kiṃ na vetti bhavā nidam .. 46 .. > Whatever is done, O brahmin, by those who resort to an ignorant disposition, / all that becomes useless; do you not know this? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.49\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.49_2) evamuktvā tataḥ sūryastasya gātrāṇyupāspṛśat .. khaṃḍitāni svahastena nirvraṇāni kṛtāni ca .. 47 .. > Having spoken thus, Sūrya touched his limbs / that had been cut, with his own hand, and made them free of wounds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.49\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.49_3) abravīcca punaḥ puṣpaṃ prasanna vadanaḥ sthitaḥ .. anenaiva vidhānena yaḥ karoti kuśaṃḍikām .. 48 .. > And standing with a gracious countenance, he spoke again to Puṣpa: / 'Whoever performs the kuśaṇḍikā rite according to this very procedure, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.49\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.49_4) somyabhāvaṃ samāśritya samidbhiścārkasaṃbhavaiḥ .. tilākṣatairviśeṣeṇa homaṃ yastu samācaret .. 49 .. > relying upon a gentle disposition, and performs homa especially with kindling sticks / from the arka plant, and with sesame and unbroken grains, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.49\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.49_5) chandaṛṣisamopetamekaṃ yāvatsahasrakam .. tasya dāsyāmyahaṃ hṛtsthamadhikebhyo'dhikaṃ phalam ..6.157.5... > reciting the meter and seer, for up to one thousand \[oblations\], / to him I will grant the desire in his heart, a fruit greater than the greatest.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.51) evamuktvā sahasrāṃśustatraivāṃ taradhīyata .. dīpavallakṣito naiva kena mārgeṇa nirgataḥ .. 51 .. > Having spoken thus, the thousand-rayed sun disappeared right there; / like a lamp, it was not perceived by what path he departed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.156.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156.157) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye sūryasakāśātpuṣpabrāhmaṇasya varalabdhivarṇanaṃnāma saptapañcāśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 157 .. > Thus ends the one hundred fifty-seventh chapter, entitled "The Description of the Brahmin Puṣpa's Attainment of a Boon from Sūrya," in the section on the majesty of the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[book\] in the glorious 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.5.156.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.156) · Pramāṇa