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# Skandapurana 5.157

Skandapurāṇa 5.157

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.157.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.1)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
puṣpo'pi guṭike labdhvā bhāskarādvāritaskarāt ..  
cirādbhojanamāsādya prasthito vaidiśaṃ prati .. 1 ..

> Sūta said: / Having obtained the two pills from Bhāskara, who draws up the waters, / and having eaten after a long time, Puṣpa set out toward Vaidiśa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.2)

tato vaidiśamāsādya sa puṣpo hṛṣṭamānasaḥ ..  
śuklā tāṃ guṭikāṃ vaktre cakāradvijasattamāḥ .. 2 ..

> Then, having arrived at Vaidiśa, Puṣpa, with a glad heart, / placed that white pill into his mouth, O best of twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.3)

maṇibhadrasamo jātastatkṣaṇādeva sa dvijaḥ ..  
haṭṭamārgaṃ gate so'tha tasmingatvā'tha maṃdire ..  
praviṣṭaḥ sahasā madhye prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā .. 3 ..

> That twice-born became identical to Maṇibhadra at that very moment. / When the other went along the market road, he then went to the house, / and hastily entered inside with a delighted heart.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.4)

tataścākārayāmāsa taṃ ṣaṃḍhaṃ dvāramāśritam ..  
tasya dattvātha vastrāṇi paścātṣaṃḍhamuvāca saḥ .. 4 ..

> Then he summoned that eunuch standing at the door; / having given him garments, he afterwards spoke to the eunuch:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.5)

ṣaṃḍhakaścitpumānatra samyagveṣakaro hi saḥ ..  
mama veṣaṃ samādhāya bhramate sakale pure .. 5 ..

> 'Eunuch, there is a certain man here who is an expert at disguises; / having assumed my appearance, he wanders through the entire town.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.6)

sāṃprataṃ madgṛhe so'tha lobhanāyāgamiṣyati ..  
sa ca kṛtrima veṣeṇa niṣeddhavyastvayā hi saḥ ..  
sa tatheti pratijñāya dvāradeśaṃ samāśritaḥ .. 6 ..

> "Now he will come to my house to entice \[you\]. / He is in a disguise, and you must surely turn him away." / Having agreed with "So be it," \[the eunuch\] took his post at the doorway. (6)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.7)

puṣpo'pi cābravīdbhāryāṃ māhikākhyāṃ tataḥ param ..  
māhikedya mayā dṛṣṭaḥ svatātaḥ svapuraḥ sthitaḥ .. 7 ..

> Then Puṣpa spoke to the wife named Māhikā: / "Māhikā, today I saw your father standing before me, (7)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.8)

vīrabhadraḥ suduḥkhārto malināṃbarasaṃvṛtaḥ ..  
abravīcca tataḥ kopānmāmevaṃ paruṣākṣaram .. 8 ..

> Vīrabhadra, sorely afflicted with grief, clad in dirty clothes. / Then in anger he spoke to me these harsh words: (8)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.9)

dhigdhikpāpa tvayā kanyātīva rūpavatī sadā ..  
vaṃcayitvā janetāramudūḍhā sā sumadhyamā .. 9 ..

> 'Fie, fie on you, sinner! A girl always exceedingly beautiful, / having deceived her father, that slender-waisted one was married by you. (9)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.10)

na dattaṃ tatpituḥ kiṃcinna tasyā atha putraka ..  
vidhavāṃ yādṛśīṃ tāṃ ca śvetāṃbaradharāṃ sadā .. 6.158.10 ..

> Nothing was given to her father, nor to her, O son. / And you keep her like a widow, always wearing white garments, (10)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.11)

saṃdhārayasi pāpātmanneṣṭaṃ bhojyaṃ prayacchasi ..  
tasmāttasyāḥ piturdehi tvaṃ suvarṇāyutaṃ dhruvam .. 11 ..

> O sinful soul, and do not provide desirable food. / Therefore, surely give ten thousand gold coins to her father, (11)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.12)

bhūṣaṇaṃ vāṃchitaṃ tasyā yattadvai rucipūrvakam ..  
yena saṃdhārayedbhāryā sā''naṃdaṃ paramaṃ gatā .. 12 ..

> and whatever ornament is desired by her according to her taste, / so that your wife, having attained supreme joy, may put it on. (12)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.13)

nirānaṃdā yato nārī na garbhaṃ dhārayetsphuṭam ..  
niḥsaṃtāno yato vaṃśaḥ svargādapi kṣitiṃ vrajet .. 13 ..

> For a woman devoid of joy clearly does not bear a womb; / and a family without offspring falls even from heaven to the earth. (13)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.14)

sa patiṣyatyasaṃdigdhaṃ kulāṃgāreṇa ca tvayā ..  
sā tvamānaya vastrāṇi gṛhamadhyācchubhāni ca .. 14 ..

> Through you, a disgrace to your family, it will fall without doubt.' / Therefore, bring fine clothes from inside the house, (14)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.15)

yāni dattāni bhūpena vyavahāraistadā mama ..  
pañcāṃgaśca prasādo yo mayā prāptaśca taiḥ saha .. 15 ..

> which were given to me then by the king on account of \[legal\] proceedings, / along with the fivefold royal gift that was received by me. (15)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.16)

tvaṃ saṃdhāraya gātraiḥ svaiḥ śīghraṃ rasavatīṃ kuru ..  
bhojanāyaiva śīghraṃ tu tvayā sārdhaṃ karomyaham .. 16 ..

> Put them upon your limbs, and quickly prepare tasty food; / I shall eat quickly with you, (16)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.17)

ekasminnapi pātre ca tadādeśādasaṃśayam ..  
sāpi sarvaṃ tathā cakre yaduktaṃ tena harṣitā .. 17 ..

> even from a single plate, without a doubt, according to his instruction." / She too, delighted, did everything just as he had spoken, (17)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.18)

bhojanācchādanaṃ caiva nirvikalpena cetasā ..  
tataḥ kāmāturaḥ puṣpo maithunāyopacakrame .. 18 ..

> providing food and clothing with an unquestioning mind. / Then Puṣpa, afflicted with desire, approached for sexual union. (18)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.19)

etasminnaṃtare prāpto maṇibhadraḥ samutsukaḥ ..  
kṣutkṣāmaḥ sa pipāsārto vyavahārotthalipsayā .. 19 ..

> In the meantime, Maṇibhadra arrived, eager, / emaciated with hunger, tormented by thirst, eager for gain arising from business. (19)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.20)

praveśaṃ kurute yāvadgṛhamadhye samutsukaḥ ..  
niṣiddhastena ṣaṇḍhena bhartsayitvā muhurmuhuḥ .. 6.158.20 ..

> As he eagerly entered the house, / he was turned away by that eunuch, being scolded again and again. (20)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.21)

haṭhādyāvatpraveśaṃ sa cakāra nijamaṃdire ..  
tāvacca daṇḍakāṣṭhena mastake tena tāḍitaḥ .. 21 ..

> As soon as he forcefully entered his own dwelling, / he was struck on the head by him with a wooden club. (21)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.22)

atha saṃpatito bhūmau mūrchayā saṃpariplutaḥ ..  
kartavyaṃ naiva jānāti tatprahāraprapīḍitaḥ .. 22 ..

> Then he collapsed to the ground, overcome by fainting; / afflicted by that blow, he did not know what to do at all. (22)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.23)

tataḥ kolāhalo jātastasya dvāre gṛhasya ca ..  
janasya saṃprayātasya hāhākāraparasya ca .. 23 ..

> Then an uproar arose at the door of his house, / with people gathering and crying out in dismay. (23)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.24)

papracchustaṃ janāḥ keci ddhikpāpa kimidaṃ kṛtam ..  
vṛttibhaṃgaḥ kṛto'nena atha tvaṃ vyaṃtarārditaḥ .. 24 ..

> Some people asked him: "Fie, sinner! What is this that was done? / Was your livelihood destroyed by him, or are you possessed by an evil spirit, (24)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.25)

imāmavasthāṃ yannītaḥ saṃprāpto'si nṛpādvadham .. 25 ..

> that you have brought him to this state? You have earned death from the king!" (25)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.26)

.. ṣaṃḍha uvāca .. ..  
na vṛttirgarhitā tena nāhaṃ vyaṃtarapīḍitaḥ ..  
maṇibhadro na caiṣa syādeṣa veṣakaraḥ pumān .. 26 ..

> The eunuch said: / "My livelihood was not ruined by him, nor am I afflicted by an evil spirit. / Nor is this man Maṇibhadra; this is an impostor. (26)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.27)

māṇibhadraṃ vapuḥ kṛtvā saṃprāpto yācituṃ dhanam ..  
haṭhātpraviśyamānastu sa mayā mūrdhni tāḍitaḥ .. 27 ..

> Having assumed Maṇibhadra's form, he arrived to beg for money. / Entering by force, he was struck on the head by me. (27)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.28)

maṇibhadro gṛhasyāṃtarbhuktvā śayanamāśritaḥ ..  
saṃtiṣṭhate na jānāti vṛttāṃtamidamā sthitam .. 28 ..

> Maṇibhadra, having eaten, is resting upon his bed inside the house; / he stays there and does not know this situation that has occurred." (28)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.29)

tataḥ puṣpo'pi tacchrutvā taṃ ca kolāhalaṃ bahiḥ ..  
maṇibhadrasya rūpeṇa dvāradeśaṃ samāgataḥ .. 29 ..

> Then Puṣpa too, hearing that uproar outside, / came to the doorway in the form of Maṇibhadra. (29)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.30)

abravīnnityamabhyeti mama rūpeṇa cādhamaḥ ..  
eṣa veṣadharaḥ kaścidyācituṃ dhanameva hi .. 6.158.30 ..

> He said: "This vile person constantly comes in my form; / he is some impostor, \[coming\] merely to beg for money. (30)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.31)

etenāpi ca ṣaṃḍhena na ca bhadramanuṣṭhitam ..  
yatkubjo'yaṃ hato mūrdhni yācituṃ samu pasthitaḥ .. 31 ..

> Even so, this eunuch did not act properly, / in that this hunchback, having approached to beg, was struck on the head." (31)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.32)

etasminnantare so'pi cetanāṃ prāpya kṛtsnaśaḥ ..  
vīkṣate purato yāvattāvadātmasamaḥ pumān .. 32 ..

> In the meantime, having fully regained consciousness, / he looked in front of him and saw a man just like himself. (32)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.33)

sarvataḥ sa tamālokya tato vacanamabravīt .. 33 ..

> Looking at him on all sides, he then spoke these words: (33)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.34)

kva coraḥ saṃpraviṣṭo me mama rūpeṇa maṃdire ..  
bhedayitvā tu ṣaṇḍākhyamevaṃ dattvā ca vāsasī .. 34 ..

> "Where has this thief, entered into my house in my form, / having corrupted the eunuch and given him two garments? (34)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.35)

yāvadbhūpagṛhaṃ gatvā tvāṃ ṣaṃḍhena samanvitam ..  
vadhāya yojayāmyeva tāvaddrutataraṃ vraja .. 35 ..

> Go away very quickly, before I go to the king's palace / and have you executed along with the eunuch!" (35)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.36)

.. puṣpa uvāca .. ..  
mama rūpaṃ samādhāya tvamāyāto gṛhe mama ..  
śūnyaṃ matvā tato jñātastvayā'haṃ gṛhasaṃsthitaḥ ..36..

> Puṣpa said: / "Having assumed my form, you came to my house, / thinking it empty; then you discovered me staying in the house. (36)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.37)

tato nṛpāya dāsyāmi vadhārthaṃ ca na saṃśayaḥ ..  
no cedgaccha drutaṃ pāpa yadi jīvitumicchasi ..37.. ..

> Therefore I will hand \[you\] over to the king for execution, without a doubt. / Otherwise, go quickly, sinner, if you wish to live!" (37)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.38)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
evamukttvā tatastau ca bāhuyuddhena vai mithaḥ ..  
yudhyamānau narairanyaiḥ kṛcchreṇa tu nivāritau ..38..

> Sūta said: / Having spoken thus, the two of them, fighting with each other in hand-to-hand combat, / were restrained with difficulty by other men. (38)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.39)

tataste svajanā ye tu maṇibha drasya cāgatāḥ ..  
parijānaṃti no dvābhyāṃ viśeṣaṃ māṇibhadrakam .. 39 ..

> Then those kinsmen of Maṇibhadra who had arrived / could not discern any difference between the two as to which was Maṇibhadra. (39)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.40)

vālisugrīvayoryuddhaṃ tārārthe yudhyamānayoḥ ..  
evaṃ vivadamānau tu krodhatāmrā yatekṣaṇau .. 6.158.40 ..

> \[It was like\] the battle between Vālin and Sugrīva fighting for the sake of Tārā. / Thus disputing, their eyes red and wide with anger, (40)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.41)

rājadvāraṃ samāsādya sthitau svajanasaṃvṛtau ..  
dvāḥsthena sūcitau rājñe sabhātalamupasthitau .. 41 ..

> they stood, surrounded by their kinsmen, having reached the royal gate. / Announced to the king by the door-keeper, they arrived at the assembly hall. (41)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.42)

cauracaureti jalpantau para sparavadhaiṣiṇau ..  
bhūbhujā vīkṣitau tau ca dvijau tu dvijasattamāḥ ..42 ..

> Shouting 'Thief! Thief!' and desiring each other's death, / those two brahmins were looked upon by the king, O best of brahmins. (42)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.43)

na viśeṣo'sti viśleṣastayorekopikāyataḥ ..  
tataśca vyavahāreṣu samatī teṣu vai tadā .. 43 ..

> There was no difference or distinction in the body of either one of them. / Then, with regard to past transactions, (43)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.44)

pṛṣṭau guhyeṣu sarveṣu pratyakṣeṣu viśeṣataḥ..  
vadatastau yathāvṛttaṃ pṛthakpṛthagvyavasthitam .. 44 ..

> they were questioned about all private matters and especially about public ones; / both of them recounted what had happened, separately and accurately. (44)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.45)

tatastu svajanaiḥ sarvaireko nītva tha cānyataḥ ..  
pṛṣṭo gotrānvayaṃ sarvaṃ dvitīyastu tataḥ param .. 45 ..

> Then, one of them was taken aside by all the kinsmen / and questioned about his entire lineage and family, and the second one after that. (45)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.46)

teṣāmapi tathā sarvaṃ yathāsamyaṅniveditam ..  
atha rājā bṛhatsenaḥ sarvāṃstāni damabravīt .. 46 ..

> Everything was correctly explained by them in the exact same manner. / Then King Bṛhatsena spoke this to all of them: (46)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.47)

patnī cānīyatāṃ tasya maṇibhadrasya vai gṛhāt ..  
nijakāntasya vijñāne sā pramāṇaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 47 ..

> "Let that wife of Maṇibhadra be brought from the house; / she will be the authoritative witness in recognising her own husband." (47)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.48)

tato gatvā ca sā proktā puruṣairnṛpasaṃbhavaiḥ ..  
āgaccha kāṃtaṃ jānīhi tvaṃ pramāṇaṃ bhaviṣyasi .. 48 ..

> Then royal messengers, having gone, said to her: / "Come, identify your husband; you shall be the authoritative witness." (44)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.49)

tataḥ sā vrīḍayā yuktā pracchāditaśirāstataḥ ..  
nṛpāgre saṃsthitā proce viddhisamyaṅnijaṃ priyam .. 49 ..

> Then she, filled with bashfulness, with her head veiled, / stood before the king and was addressed: "Accurately recognise your own beloved!" (49)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.50)

na vayaṃ niścayaṃ vidmo na caite svajanāstava .. 6.158.50 ..

> "We do not know with certainty, nor do these relatives of yours."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.51)

tataḥ sā cintayāmāsa nijacitte varāṃganā ..  
maṇibhadreṇa dagdhāhamīrṣyāvahnigatā'niśam .. 51 ..

> Then that excellent woman thought in her own mind:  
> "I was burned by Maṇibhadra, constantly plunged into the fire of jealousy.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.52)

vaṃcayitvā tu pitaraṃ gṛhītāsmi tataḥ param ..  
na kiṃcitpāpmanā dattaṃ jalpayitvā dhanaṃ bahu .. .. 52 ..

> Having deceived my father, I was taken afterwards;  
> and nothing was given by that sinner, after he had promised much wealth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.53)

dvitīyena tu me puṃsā martyaloke sukhaṃ kṛtam ..  
dattvā vastrāṇi citrāṇi tathaivābharaṇāni ca .. 53 ..

> By this second man, however, happiness was brought to me in the mortal world,  
> having given varied garments and likewise ornaments.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.54)

pradāsyati ca tātasya suvarṇaṃ kathitaṃ ca yat ..  
yadgṛhṇāmi svahastena maṇibhadraṃ dvitīyakam .. 54 ..

> And he will give to my father the gold that was agreed,  
> if I take the second Maṇibhadra with my own hand."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.55)

evaṃ niścitya manasā dṛṣṭvā raktapariplutam ..  
prathamaṃ maṇibhadraṃ sā jagṛhe'tha dvitīyakam.. 55 ..

> Having thus decided in her mind, seeing him drenched with blood,  
> she first \[rejected\] Maṇibhadra and then took the second.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.56)

abravīcca tato vākyaṃ sarvalokasya śṛṇvataḥ ..  
ahaṃ tātena dattāsya vivāhe agnisaṃnidhau ..56..

> And she then spoke words while all the people listened:  
> "I was given to this man by my father in marriage in the presence of the fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.57)

dvitīyo'yaṃ durācāro veṣakartā samā gataḥ ..  
māṃ ca prārthayate guptāṃ nānācāraiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ .. 57 ..

> This second man, a villain, an impostor in disguise, has arrived,  
> and he solicits me in secret by various distinct means."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.58)

tatastu pārthivaḥ kruddhastasya śākhāvalaṃbanam ..  
ādideśa dvijaśreṣṭhā maṇibhadrasya durmateḥ .. 58 ..

> Then the king, enraged, ordered hanging from a branch  
> for that wicked-minded Maṇibhadra, O best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.59)

etasminnaṃtare so'tha vadhakānāṃ samarpitaḥ ..  
taṃ vṛkṣaṃ nīyamānastu ślokānetāṃstadāpaṭhat .. 59 ..

> In the meantime, he was handed over to the executioners;  
> and being led to that tree, he then recited these verses:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.60)

nirdayatvaṃ tathā drohaṃ kuṭilatvaṃ viśeṣataḥ ..  
aśaucaṃ nirghṛṇatvaṃ ca strīṇāṃ doṣāḥ svabhāvajāḥ .. 6.158.60 ..

> "Cruelty, betrayal, especially deceitfulness,  
> impurity, and pitilessness are the innate flaws of women.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.61)

antarviṣamayā hyetā bahirbhāge manoramāḥ ..  
guñjāphalasamākārā yoṣitaḥ sarva daivahi .. 61 ..

> For inside they are full of poison, while attractive on the outside,  
> women are always indeed like the seeds of the guñjā berry.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.62)

uśanā veda yacchāstraṃ yacca veda bṛhaspatiḥ ..  
manvādayastathānye'pi strībuddhestatra kiṃca na .. 62 ..

> The treatise that Uśanas knows, and that which Bṛhaspati knows,  
> and Manu and the others too—in comparison to the cunning of women, that is nothing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.63)

pīyūṣamadhare vāsaṃ hṛdi hālāhalaṃ viṣam ..  
āsvādyate'dharastena hṛdayaṃ ca prapīḍyate .. 63 ..

> Nectar dwells on the lower lip, \[but\] deadly hālāhala poison is in the heart;  
> therefore the lip is savored, and the heart is tormented.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.64)

alaktako yathā rakto naraḥ kāmī tathaiva ca ..  
hṛtasārastathā so'pi pādamūle nipā tyate .. 64 ..

> Just as alaktaka dye is red, so is an impassioned man;  
> and drained of its essence, he too is cast down at the soles of her feet.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.65)

saṃsāraviṣavṛkṣasya kukarmakusumasya ca ..  
narakārtiphalasyoktā mūlameṣā nitaṃbinī .. 65 ..

> Of the poison-tree of worldly existence, whose flower is evil deeds,  
> and whose fruit is the agony of hell, a slender woman is called the root.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.66)

kasya no jāyate trāso dṛṣṭvā dūrā dapi striyam.. 66 ..

> In whom does terror not arise upon seeing a woman even from afar?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.67)

saṃsārabhramaṇaṃ nārī prathame'pi samāgame ..  
vahnipradakṣiṇanyāyavyājenaiva pradarśayet .. 67 ..

> A woman would show the wandering of worldly existence even at the first encounter,  
> under the mere pretext of circumambulating the fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.68)

etāstu nirghṛṇatvena nirdaya tvena nityaśaḥ ..  
viśeṣājjāḍyakṛtyena dūṣayaṃti kulatrayam .. 68 ..

> These women, through ruthless and pitiless behavior at all times,  
> especially by their foolish acts, bring ruin upon the three lineages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.69)

kulatrayagṛhaṃ kīrtyā nijayā dhavalīkṛtam ..  
kṛṣṇaṃ karotyakṛ tyena nārī dīpaśikheva tu .. 69 ..

> A woman, like the flame of a lamp, blackens by improper conduct  
> the mansion of the three lineages that has been made white by its own fame.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.70)

dharmavṛkṣasya vātālī cittapadmaśaśiprabhā ..  
sṛṣṭā kāmārṇavagrāhī kena mokṣadṛḍhārgalā .. 6.158.70 ..

> A whirlwind to the tree of dharma, the moon's radiance to the lotus of the mind,  
> a female crocodile in the ocean of desire, a stout bolt across \[the door to\] liberation—by whom was woman created?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.71)

kārā saṃtānakūṭasya saṃsāravanavāgurā ..  
svargamārgamahāgartā puṃsāṃ strī vedhasā kṛtā .. 71 ..

> A prison for the snare of lineage, a net in the forest of saṃsāra,  
> a great pit on the path to heaven—woman was made for men by the Creator.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.72)

vedhasā baṃdhanaṃ kiṃcinnṛṇāmanyadapaśyatā ..  
strīrūpeṇa tataḥ ko'pi pāśo'yaṃ sudṛḍhaḥ kṛtaḥ ..72..

> Seeing no other bondage for men, the Creator  
> then made this extremely strong snare in the form of woman."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.73)

ityevaṃ bahudhā so'pi vilalāpa suduḥkhitaḥ ..  
strīcintāṃ bahudhā kṛtvā ātmānaṃ cāpyagarhayat .. 73 ..

> Thus in various ways he lamented, deeply sorrowful;  
> reflecting on women at length, he also reproached himself:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.74)

aho kubuddhinā naiva labdhaṃ saṃsārajaṃ phalam..  
na kadācinmayā dattaṃ tṛṣṇāvyākulacetasā .. 74 ..

> "Alas! Being foolish, the fruit born of worldly life was not obtained by me at all;  
> with a mind agitated by greed, nothing was ever given by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.75)

aiśvarye'pi sthite bhūri na mayā sukṛtaṃ kṛtam ..  
kadācinnaiva japtaṃ ca na hutaṃ ca hutāśane .. 75 ..

> Even while great wealth was present, no virtuous deed was done by me;  
> never was a mantra recited, nor was an oblation offered into the fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.76)

athavā satyamevoktaṃ kenāpi ca mahātmanā ..  
kṛpaṇena samo dātā na bhūto na bhaviṣyati ..  
aspṛṣṭvāpi ca vittaṃ svaṃ yaḥ parebhyaḥ prayacchati .. 76 ..

> Or rather, it was truly said by some great-souled person:  
> There has never been nor will there ever be a giver equal to a miser,  
> who, without even touching his wealth, gives it away to others.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.77)

śaraṇaṃ kiṃ prapannānāṃ viṣavanmārayaṃti kim ..  
na dīyate na bhujyaṃte kṛpaṇena dhanāni ca .. 77 ..

> What refuge is there for those who surrender? Do they kill like poison?  
> Riches are neither given away nor enjoyed by a miser.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.78)

dānaṃ bhogo nāśastisro gatayo bhavaṃti vittasya ..  
yo na dadāti na bhuṃkte tasya tṛtīyā gatirbhavati .. 78 ..

> Giving, enjoyment, and loss are the three destinies of wealth;  
> for him who neither gives nor enjoys, the third destiny occurs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.79)

dhaninopyadānavibhavā gaṇyaṃte dhuri daridrāṇām..  
nahi haṃti yatpipāsāmataḥ samudro'pi marureva .. 79 ..

> Rich men who have riches without giving are counted at the head of the destitute;  
> since it does not quench thirst, even the ocean is nothing but a desert.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.80)

atyupayuktāḥ sadbhirgatāgatairaharahaḥ sunirviṇṇāḥ ..  
kṛpaṇajanasaṃnikāśaṃ saṃprāpyārthāḥ svapaṃtīha .. 6.158.80 ..

> Utterly worn out by good people who come and go day after day, completely exhausted,  
> wealth comes to the presence of misers and falls asleep here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.81)

prāptānna labhaṃte te bhogānbhoktuṃ svakarmaṇā kṛpaṇāḥ ..  
mukhapākaḥ kila bhavati drākṣāpāke balibhujānām .. 81 ..

> Misers do not get to enjoy the pleasures they have obtained, on account of their own deeds;  
> inflammation of the mouth indeed occurs for crows when the grapes are ripe.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.82)

dātavyaṃ bhoktavyaṃ sati vibhave saṃcayo na kartavyaḥ ..  
paśyeha madhukarīṇāṃ saṃcitamarthaṃ haraṃtyanye .. 82 ..

> One should give, one should enjoy when wealth is present; hoarding should not be done;  
> look here, others carry off the wealth accumulated by female bees.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.83)

yācitaṃ dvijavare na dīyate saṃcitaṃ kratuvare na yojyate ..  
tatkadaryaparirakṣitaṃ dhanaṃ caurapārthivagṛheṣu bhujyate .. 83 ..

> What is begged is not given to an excellent brahmin; what is gathered is not employed in a great sacrifice;  
> that wealth preserved by a skinflint is enjoyed in the houses of thieves and kings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.84)

tyāgo guṇo vittavatāṃ vittaṃ tyāgavatāṃ guṇaḥ ..  
parasparaviyuktau tu vitta tyāgau viḍambanam .. 84 ..

> Giving is an ornament for the wealthy; wealth is an ornament for the generous;  
> but separated from one another, wealth and giving are a mockery.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.85)

kiṃ tayā kriyate lakṣmyā yā vadhūriva kevalā ..  
yā na veśyeva sāmānyā pathikairapi bhujyate .. 85 ..

> What is to be done with that fortune which is merely like a bride,  
> and which is not enjoyed even by travelers, like a common courtesan?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.86)

arthoṣmaṇā bhavetprāṇo bhavedbhakṣyairvinā nṛṇām ..  
yataḥ saṃdhāryate bhūmiḥ kṛpaṇasyoṣmaṇā hi sā .. 86 ..

> Human life might exist through the warmth of wealth without food,  
> since the earth itself is held up by the warmth of a miser.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.87)

kṛpaṇānāṃ prasādena śeṣo dhārayate mahīm ..  
yataste bhūgataṃ vittaṃ kurvate tasya coṣmaṇā .. 87 ..

> By the favor of misers Śeṣa holds the earth,  
> because they put their wealth into the ground, and by its warmth \[he supports it\]."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.88)

evaṃ bahuvidhā vācaḥ pralapanmaṇibhadrakaḥ ..  
nītvā taiḥ pārthivoddiṣṭaiḥ puruṣaiḥ paruṣākṣaram ..  
bahudhā pralapaṃ ścaiva kṛtaḥ śākhāvalaṃbanaḥ .. 88 ..

> While uttering words of many kinds in this manner, Maṇibhadra,  
> having been led by those men appointed by the king, speaking harsh words,  
> and while lamenting in many ways, was hanged from a tree branch.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.157.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.157.158)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye maṇibhadropākhyāne maṇibhadranidhanavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭapaṃcāśaduttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 158 ..

> Thus ends the one hundred fifty-eighth chapter, named 'Description of the Death of Maṇibhadra', in the Maṇibhadra episode within the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection in the glorious Skandapurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.157.1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (4)

- [Subhāṣitāvali](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.kosa.subhasitavali.487) — Vallabhadeva (anthologist), Sanskrit
- [Bhṛgusaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.rsi.bhrgusamhita.36.516) — Bhṛgu, Sanskrit
- [Prakīrṇādhikāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.vaikhanasa.bhrgu.prakirnadhikara.36.515) — Bhṛgu, Sanskrit
- [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.3.6) — Sanskrit

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