[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) › 5.158 # Skandapurana 5.158 Skandapurāṇa 5.158 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.158.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.158.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.158.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.158.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.158.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.158.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.158.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.158.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.158.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.158.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.158.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.158.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.158.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.158) · Pramāṇa