Skandapurana 5.158
Skandapurāṇa 5.158
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5.158.1
.. sūta uvāca .. ..
puṣpo'pi tāṃ samādāya māhikākhyāṃ varāṃganām ..
sa tadā prayayau hṛṣṭo maṇibhadrasya maṃdiram .. 1 ..
Sūta said:
Then Puṣpa too, having taken that excellent woman named Māhikā,
went gladly at that time to the palace of Maṇibhadra.
5.158.2
śaṃkhatūryaninādena sarvaistaiḥ svajanairvṛtaḥ ..
na kasya tatra saṃbhūto vikalpastatsamudbhavaḥ .. 2 ..
Surrounded by all those relatives amidst the sound of conches and musical instruments,
no doubt arose in anyone there regarding him.
5.158.3
bhāskarasya prasādena tathaivānyasya karhicit ..
so'pi maṃdiramāsādya yathātmapitṛsaṃbhavam .. 3 ..
by the grace of the Sun, or sometimes by another's. / Having arrived at the house belonging to his own father,
5.158.4
upaviśya tato madhye bandhūnsarvānsamāhvayat ..
adya tāvaddine mahyaṃ tulāgraṃ kamalā śritā .. 4 ..
and then sitting in the middle, he summoned all his kinsmen: / “Today, indeed, Lakṣmī has stood on the tip of my balance.
5.158.5
calitāpi punaścāsyāḥ supatnyā vākyataḥ sthitā ..
kiyaṃtaṃ caiva kālaṃ me kārpaṇyaṃ mahadāsthitam .. 5 ..
Though she wavered, she stayed again through the words of this good wife. / For how long has great miserliness possessed me?
5.158.6
jñātamadya calā lakṣmīstena tyaktaṃ sudūrataḥ ..
tasmādbaṃdhujanaiḥ sārdhaṃ devairvipraiśca kṛtsnaśaḥ ..
saṃvibhaktāṃ kariṣyāmi satyenātmānamālabhe .. 6 ..
Today it is known that fortune is fleeting; therefore, it has been cast far away. / Consequently, together with my kinsmen, with the gods and the brahmins entirely, / I shall make it distributed; I swear by truth upon myself!”
5.158.7
evamuktvā tataḥ sarvānsamāhūya pṛthakpṛthak ..
sa nāmabhirdadau vastraṃ bhūṣaṇāni yathārhataḥ .. 7 ..
Having spoken thus, then calling all of them individually, / he gave clothing and ornaments by their names according to their merit.
5.158.8
tato vedavido viprānsamāhūya sa nāmabhiḥ ..
ekaikasya dadau vittaṃ savastraṃ śraddhayānvitaḥ .. 8 ..
Then, summoning the brahmins who know the Vedas by their names, / endowed with faith, he gave wealth along with cloth to each one.
5.158.9
tatastu nartakebhyaśca dīnāṃdhebhyo viśeṣataḥ ..
dadau bhojyaṃ sami ṣṭānnaṃ savastraṃ ca dvijottamāḥ .. 9 ..
Then to dancers, and especially to the wretched and the blind, / he gave food, along with sweetmeats and garments, O best of the twice-born.
5.158.10
tatastu svayamevānnaṃ bubhuje bhāryayā saha ..
visṛjya tānsamāyātānsvajanānbrāhmaṇaiḥ saha .. 6.159.10 ..
Then he himself partook of food together with his wife, / having dismissed those assembled relatives together with the brahmins.
5.158.11
evaṃ tena tadā prāptaṃ vittaṃ ca parasaṃbhavam ..
bubhuje svecchayā nityaṃ tadā bhāryāsamanvitaḥ .. 11 ..
Thus the wealth originating from another was acquired by him at that time; / accompanied by his wife, he enjoyed it continually according to his pleasure.
5.158.159
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye puṣpavibhavaprāptivarṇanaṃnāmaikonaṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 159 ..
Thus ends the one hundred fifty-ninth chapter, entitled “Description of Puṣpa's Attainment of Wealth”, in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth [part] in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses.
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