[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) › 5.165 # Skandapurana 5.165 Skandapurāṇa 5.165 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.165.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. ṛcīko'pi samādāya puruṣairāptakāribhiḥ .. tānaśvānprajagāmātha yatra gādhirvyavasthitaḥ .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Ṛcīka, having taken those horses / with trustworthy men, then went to where Gādhi was residing. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.2) tasmai nivedayāmāsa kanyārthaṃ tānhayottamān .. gādhistu tānpragṛhyātha yogyānvājimakhasya ca .. 2 .. > He presented those excellent horses to him for the sake of the maiden. / Then Gādhi, having accepted them, fit for a horse-sacrifice, // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.3) ekaikaṃ paramaṃ teṣāṃ sa jagāmātha pārthivaḥ .. tatastāṃ pradadau tasmai kanyāṃ trailokyasundarīm .. 3 .. > and examining each one of them as supreme, that king / then gave him that maiden, beautiful in the three worlds. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.4) viprāgnisākṣisaṃbhūtāṃ gṛhyoktavidhinā nvitaḥ .. tato vivāhe nirvṛtta ṛcīko munisattamaḥ .. 4 .. > Attended by the rite enjoined in the Gṛhya texts, born in the presence of brahmins and the fire as witnesses, / when the marriage was thus concluded, Ṛcīka, the best of sages, // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.5) tasyāḥ saṃveśane caiva niṣkāmaḥ samapadyata .. athābravīnnijāṃ bhāryāṃ niṣkāmaḥ saṃsthito muniḥ .. 5 .. > became free from desire even at the time of cohabiting with her. / Remaining free from passion, the sage then spoke to his wife: // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.6) ahaṃ yāsyāmi suśroṇi kānanaṃ tapasaḥ kṛte .. tvaṃ prārthaya varaṃ kaṃcidyenābhīṣṭaṃ dadāmi te .. 6 .. > "O lady of beautiful hips, I shall go to the forest for the sake of austerity. / Ask for some boon, so that I may grant your desire." // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.7) sā śrutvā tasya tadvākyaṃ niṣkāmasya prajalpitam .. vāṣpapūrṇekṣaṇā dīnā jagāma jananīṃ prati .. 7 .. > Hearing those words of his, uttered as one free from desire, / she, wretched and with eyes filled with tears, went to her mother. // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.8) provāca vacanaṃ tasya sā niṣkāmapate stadā .. varadānaṃ tathā tena yathoktaṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. 8 .. > Then, O best of the twice-born, she related the words of her desireless husband / and how the granting of a boon had been offered by him. // 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.9) atha śrutvaiva sā mātā yathā tajjalpitaṃ tayā .. sutayā brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāstato vacanamabravīt .. 9 .. > Then, upon hearing what had been spoken by her daughter, / that mother spoke these words, O best of brahmins: // 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.10) yadyayaṃ putri te bhartā varaṃ yacchati vāṃchitam .. tatprārthaya sutaṃ tasmādbrāhmaṇyena samanvitam .. 6.166.10 .. > "If this husband of yours, O daughter, grants a desired boon, / then ask him for a son endowed with brahminhood; // 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.11) madarthaṃ caikaputraṃ ca niḥśeṣakṣāttratejasā .. saṃyuktaṃ yācaya śubhe viputrā'haṃ yataḥ sthitā .. 11 .. > and for my sake, ask for an only son endowed with the complete / splendor of a kṣatriya, O auspicious one, since I am left without a son." // 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.12) sā śrutvā jananīvākyamṛcīkaṃ prāpya suvratā .. abravījjananī vākyaṃ sarvaṃ vistarato dvijāḥ .. 12 .. > Hearing the mother's words, that woman of good vows approached Ṛcīka / and related everything her mother had said in full detail, O twice-born ones. // 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.13) sa tasyāśca vacaḥ śrutvā cakārātha carudvayam .. putreṣṭiṃ vidhivatkṛtvā namaskṛtya svayaṃbhuvam .. 13 .. > Hearing her words, he then prepared two offerings of boiled rice, / having duly performed a sacrifice for obtaining a son and bowing to the self-manifest one. // 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.14) ekasminyojayāmāsa brāhmyaṃ tejo'khilaṃ ca saḥ .. kṣātraṃ tejastathānyasminsakalaṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. 14 .. > In one he infused all the splendor of a brahmin, / and into the other all the splendor of a kṣatriya, O best of the twice-born. // 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.15) bhāryāyai pradadau pūrvaṃ brāhmyaṃ ca carumutta mam.. abravītprāśayitvainamaśvatthāliṃganaṃ kuru .. 15 .. > First he gave to his wife the excellent caru imbued with brahminic \[power\]; / having made her eat it, he said, "Embrace the aśvattha tree. // 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.16) tataḥ prāpsyasi satputraṃ brāhmyatejaḥsamanvitam .. dvitīyaścaruko yaśca taṃ tvaṃ mātre nive daya .. 16 .. > Then you will obtain a virtuous son endowed with the splendor of a brahmin. / And the second caru, that you must present to your mother." // 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.17) abravīcca tatastāṃ tu ṛcīko munisattamaḥ .. tvamenaṃ carukaṃ prāśya nyagrodhāliṃganaṃ kuru .. 17 .. > And Ṛcīka, the best of sages, then said to her: / "Having eaten this caru, let her embrace a nyagrodha tree. // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.18) tataḥ prāpsyasi satputraṃ saṃyuktaṃ kṣātratejasā .. niḥśeṣeṇa mahābhāge na me syādvacanaṃ vṛthā .. 18 .. > Then she will obtain a virtuous son endowed with the entire / splendor of a kṣatriya, O highly fortunate one; my words will not be in vain." // 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.19) evamuktvā ṛcīkastu sa visṛjya ca tejasī .. suhṛṣṭo brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhaḥ svayaṃ ca mahito'bhavat ..19.. > Having spoken thus, Ṛcīka, having infused the two energies, / that best of brahmins became highly delighted and self-satisfied. // 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.20) te caiva tu gṛhe gatvā prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā .. ūcatuśca mithaste ca satyametadbhaviṣyati .. 6.166.20 .. > They, having gone to their house with delighted inner self, / spoke to one another: "This will indeed come true." // 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.21) tato mātā sutāṃ prāha ātmārthe sakalo janaḥ .. viśeṣaṃ kurute kṛtye sāmānye ca vyavasthite .. 21 .. > Then the mother said to the daughter: "Every person acts with special care / for their own sake in an action, even when it is arranged in common. // 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.22) tattavārthaṃ kṛto'nena yaścaruścārulocane .. yastasminvihito'nena mantragrāmo bhaviṣyati .. viśeṣeṇa mahābhāge satyametanmayoditam .. 22 .. > Therefore, the caru that was prepared by him for your sake, O fair-eyed one, / the collection of mantras applied by him in that \[must be\] / of a superior nature, O highly fortunate one; this that I say is true. // 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.23) tasmācca carukaṃ mahyaṃ tvaṃ gṛhāṇa śucismite .. ātmīyaṃ mama yacchasva vṛkṣābhyāṃ ca viparyayaḥ .. kriyatāṃ ca mahābhāge yena me syātsutottamaḥ .. 23 .. > Therefore, take the caru \[meant\] for me, O sweet-smiling one, / and give yours to me; and let an exchange / of the two trees be made, O highly fortunate one, so that I may have an excellent son, // 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.24) rājyakarmaṇi dakṣaśca śūraḥ parabalārdanaḥ .. tvadīyo dvijamātro'pi tava tuṣṭiṃ kariṣyati .. 24 .. > skilled in the duties of kingship, a hero, a crusher of enemy forces. / Yours, even as a mere twice-born, will bring you satisfaction." // 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.25) atha sā vijane proktā tayā mātrā yaśasvinī .. akarodvyatyayaṃ vṛkṣe carau ca dvijasattamāḥ .. 25 .. > Then that illustrious woman, addressed in secret by her mother, / made an exchange of the tree and of the caru, O best of the twice-born. // 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.26) tataḥ puṃsa vane snāte te śubhe cārulocane .. dadhāte garbhamevātha bhartuḥ saṃyogataḥ kṣaṇāt .. 26 .. > Then, having bathed after the rite of puṃsavana, those two auspicious, fair-eyed women / instantly conceived a pregnancy through union with their husbands. // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.27) tatastu garbhamāsādya sā ca trailokyasundarī .. kṣāttreṇa tejasā yuktā tatkṣaṇātsamapadyata .. mano rājye tataścakre hastyaśvārohaṇodbhave .. 27 .. > Then, having conceived that embryo, that woman of three-world-surpassing beauty / was instantly endowed with kṣatriya splendour. / She then set her mind on royal power arising from mounting elephants and horses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.28) yuddhavārttāstathā cakre devāsuragaṇodbhavāḥ .. śṛṇoti ca tathā nityaṃ vilāseṣu mano dadhe .. anuṣṭhānaṃ tataścakre manorājyasamudbhavam .. 28 .. > She similarly initiated talks of battles arising among the hosts of gods and asuras, / and constantly listened \[to them\], and set her mind on royal diversions. / She then carried out activities born of a desire for sovereignty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.28\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.28_1) piturgṛhātsamānīya jātyānaśvāṃstathā gajān .. raktāni caiva vastrāṇi kāśmīrādyaṃ vilepanam .. 29 .1 > She brought thoroughbred horses and elephants from her father's house, / as well as red garments and unguents such as saffron. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.30) taddṛṣṭvā ceṣṭitaṃ tasyā rājyārhaṃ bahubhogadhṛk .. brāhmaṇārhaiḥ parityaktaṃ samācāraiśca kṛtsnaśaḥ . 6.166.30 .. > Seeing her conduct, fit for royalty, involving many luxuries, / and completely devoid of conduct appropriate for brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.31) abravīcca tataḥ kruddho dhikpāpe kimidaṃ kṛtam .. vyatyayo vihito nūnaṃ carukasya nagasya ca .. 31 .. > he then spoke angrily: 'Fie, sinful woman! What is this you have done? / Surely an exchange of the caru and the tree was made > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.31\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.31_2) tvayā pāpe prapaśyāmi yenedṛktava ceṣṭitam .1 > by you, sinful woman! I see \[it\], since your conduct is of such a kind: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.32) kṣatriyārhaṃ dvijācāraiḥ sakalaiḥ parivarjitam .. 32 .. > suited to a kṣatriya, completely devoid of all brahmin customs, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.33) cīravalkalasaṃtyaktaṃ snānajāpyavivarjitam .. saṃyuktaṃ vividhairgandhairmṛganābhipuraḥsaraiḥ . 33 .. > abandoning bark garments and rags, devoid of ritual ablutions and prayer-recitations, / and accompanied by various perfumes headed by musk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.34) tava mātā śamasthā sā japahomaparāyaṇā .. tīrthayātrāparā caiva vedaśravaṇalālasā .. 34 .. > Your mother, on the other hand, is established in tranquillity, devoted to prayer-recitation and homa, / intent upon pilgrimage to sacred fords, and eager to hear the Veda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.35) tasmātte kṣatriyaḥ putro bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ .. 35 .. > Therefore, your son will be a kṣatriya, there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.36) mātuśca brāhmaṇaśreṣṭho brahmacaryakathāparaḥ .. bhaviṣyati sutaścihnairgarbhalakṣaṇasaṃbhavaiḥ .. 36 .. > And your mother's son will be the best of brahmins, devoted to discourses on celibate study, / as shown by the signs arising from the characteristics of pregnancy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.37) yasmādudīritaḥ pūrvaṃ śloko'yaṃ śāstracintakaiḥ .. yādṛśā dohadāḥ santi sagarbhāṇāṃ ca yoṣitām .. 37 .. > For this verse was previously spoken by thinkers on the scriptures: / "Whatever longings of pregnancy women bearing embryos have, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.38) tādṛgeva svabhāvena tāsāṃ putro'tra jāyate .. saivamuktā bhayatrastā vepamānā kṛtāṃjaliḥ .. .. 38 .. > such indeed by nature is the son born to them here."' / Thus addressed, terrified by fear, trembling, with joined palms, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.39) bāṣpapūrṇekṣaṇā dīnā vākyametaduvāca ha .. satyametatprabho vākyaṃ yattvayā samudāhṛtam .. 39 .. > with eyes full of tears, miserable, she indeed spoke this word: / 'True is this word, O lord, which has been uttered by you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.40) atītānāgataṃ vetti vinā liṃgairbhavāniha .. tasmātkuru prasādaṃ me yathā syādbrāhmaṇaḥ sutaḥ .. kṣatriyasya tu putrasya bhavānnārhaḥ kathaṃcana .. 6.166.40 .. > You know the past and the future without external signs here. / Therefore, grant me grace, so that my son may be a brahmin; / for a kṣatriya son is by no means fit for you.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.41) .. ṛcīka uvāca .. .. yatkiṃcidbrahmatejaḥ syāttannyastaṃ te carau mayā .. kṣāttraṃ tejaśca te māturvyatyayaṃ ca kathaṃcana .. karomi vādhamo loke śāstra sya ca vyatikramam .. 41 .. > Ṛcīka said: / 'Whatever brahmin splendour there might be, that was placed by me in your caru, / and kṣatriya splendour in your mother's. How could I, / the lowest in the world, make an alteration and a transgression of scripture?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.42) .. patnyuvāca .. .. yadyevaṃ bhṛguśārdūla mama pautro'tra yo bhavet .. kṣāttraṃ tejo'khilaṃ tasya gātre bhūyā ttvayā''hṛtam .. 42 .. > The wife said: / 'If it is so, O tiger among the Bhṛgus, whoever may be my grandson here— / let all that kṣatriya splendour brought by you be in his body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.43) putrastu brāhmaṇaśreṣṭho bhūyādabhyadhikastava .. 43 .. > Let the son, however, be the best of brahmins, even superior to you.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.44) .. ṛcīka uvāca .. .. evaṃ bhavatu madvākyātputraste brāhmaṇaḥ śubhe .. pautraḥ sudurddharaḥ saṃkhye saṃyuktaḥ kṣāttratejasā .. 44 .. > Ṛcīka said: / 'Let it be so by my word, O auspicious one: your son shall be a brahmin, / \[and your\] grandson, exceedingly invincible in battle, shall be endowed with kṣatriya splendour.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.45) tataḥ satyaṃ varaṃ labdhvā prasannavadanā satī .. māturnivedayāmāsa tatsarvaṃ kāṃta jalpitam .. 45 .. > Then, having obtained the true boon, the virtuous woman, with a pleased face, / reported to her mother all that had been spoken by her husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.46) tataḥ sā daśame māsi saṃprāpte gurudaivate .. nakṣatre janayāmāsa putraṃ bālārkasannibham .. 46 .. > Then, when the tenth month had arrived, under an asterism presided over by Bṛhaspati, / she gave birth to a son resembling the rising sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.47) brāhmyā lakṣmyā samopetaṃ nidhānaṃ tapasāṃ śuci .. jamadagniriti khyāto yo'sau trailokyaviśrutaḥ .. tasya putrobhavatkhyāto rāmonāma mahāyaśāḥ .. 47 .. > endowed with brahmin splendour, a pure treasure of austerities, / known as Jamadagni, who is celebrated throughout the three worlds. / His son was the famous Rāma, of great renown, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.48) ekaviṃśatidā yena dharā niḥkṣatriyā kṛtā .. kṣāttratejaḥprabhāvena pitāmahaprasādataḥ .. 48 .. > by whom the earth was made devoid of kṣatriyas twenty-one times, / by the power of kṣatriya splendour, through the grace of his grandfather. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.165.166](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165.166) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasyā saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye paraśurāmotpattivarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 166 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and sixty-sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Birth of Paraśurāma', in the māhātmya of Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] in the Skandapurāṇa, a 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.5.165.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.165) · Pramāṇa