[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) › 5.167 # Skandapurana 5.167 Skandapurāṇa 5.167 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.167.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.2) .. .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ rājyaṃ parityajya viśvāmitro dvijottamāḥ .. himavantaṃ nagaṃ prāpya tapaścakre sudāruṇam .. 1 .. varṣāsvākāśaśāyī ca hemaṃte salilāśayaḥ .. pañcāgnisādhako grīṣme sthito varṣaśatatrayam .. 2 .. > Sūta said: > Having thus renounced his kingdom, O best of dvijas, > Viśvāmitra reached Mount Himavat and performed most dreadful austerity: > sleeping under the open sky during the rainy seasons, standing in water in winter, > and practicing the five fires in summer, he remained for three hundred years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.3) phalamūlakṛtāhārastato varṣaśatatrayam .. dhyāyamānaḥ paraṃ brahma sthito brāhmaṇasattamāḥ .. śīrṇaparṇāśanaḥ paścāttāvatkālaṃ vyavasthitaḥ .. 3 .. > Subsisting on fruits and roots for the next three hundred years, > he stood contemplating the Supreme Brahman, O best of brāhmaṇas; > after that, he remained for an equal length of time subsisting on withered leaves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.5) tataścaiva jalāhārastāvanmātraṃ vyavasthitaḥ .. kālaṃ sa vāyubhakṣaśca tataścaivāyutaṃ samāḥ.. sūta uvāca.. atha dṛṣṭvā tapaḥśaktiṃ tasya tāṃ tridaśādhipaḥ. pātāyaṣyati māṃ nūnameṣa sthānānnṛpottamaḥ... .. 5 .. > And then he remained for just as long subsisting on water alone; > and then for ten thousand years consuming only air. > Sūta said: > Then, seeing that power of his austerity, Indra thought: > “Surely this best of kings will cast me down from my station!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.6) tataḥ provāca saṃgatya sāmnā paramavalgunā .. viśvāmitraṃ nṛpaśreṣṭhaṃ bhayena mahatā'nvitaḥ .. 6 .. > Then, having approached, he addressed King Viśvāmitra > with exceedingly pleasant and soothing words, filled with great fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.7) .. iṃdra uvāca .. .. viśvāmitra pratuṣṭo'smi tapasānena pārthiva .. varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te yadabhīṣṭaṃ hṛdisthitam.. 7 .. > Indra said: > “O Viśvāmitra! I am well pleased with this austerity, O king. > Choose a boon—may it be well with you—whatever desired thing is in your heart.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.9) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. brāhmaṇyaṃ dehi me śakra yadi tuṣṭo'si sāṃpratam .. tadarthaṃ tapasaścaryāṃ jānīhi tvaṃ puraṃdara ..9.. > Viśvāmitra said: > “Grant me the status of a brāhmaṇa, O Śakra, if you are now pleased \[with me\]. > Know, O Puraṃdara, that it is for this purpose that I have performed this austerity.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.9\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.9_1) .. iṃdra uvāca .. .. anenaiva śarīreṇa kṣatriyaḥ syātkathaṃ dvijaḥ .. caturviṃśatisaṃskārairdviguṇairyaḥprajāyate .. tadanyatprārthaya kṣipraṃ yatte'bhīṣṭataraṃ sthitam .. 9 .. > Indra said: > “How can a kṣatriya become a dvija in this very body, > \[a status\] which is born through twice twenty-four sacraments? > Therefore, request something else quickly, whatever remains most desired by you.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.10) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. na brāhmaṇyātparaṃ kiṃcitprārthayāmi sureśvara.. 6.168.10 .. > Viśvāmitra said: > “I ask for nothing higher than the status of a brāhmaṇa, O Lord of the gods! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.11) api trailokyarājyaṃ te vastuṣvanyeṣu kā kathā .. tasmādgaccha suraśreṣṭha svarājyaṃ paripālaya .. 11 .. > Even the kingship of the three worlds \[is nothing to me\], what then to speak of other things? > Therefore go, O best of gods, and protect your own kingdom! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.12) parityakṣyāmyahaṃ dehaṃ yāsye vā'haṃ dvijanmatām .. tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya devarājo divaṃ gataḥ .. 12 .. > I will cast off my body, or I will attain the state of twice-born.” > Having heard those words of his, the king of gods departed for heaven, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.13) tasya taṃ niścayaṃ jñātvā sarvadevasamāvṛtaḥ.. viśvāmitro'pi tadrūpaṃ cakāra duścaraṃ tapaḥ.. 13 .. > surrounded by all the gods, knowing his firm resolve. > Viśvāmitra too performed severe austerity in that same manner. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.14) atha varṣasahasre tu vyatikrānte dvijottamāḥ .. anyasminvāyubhakṣasya viśvāmitrasya bhūpateḥ .. 14 .. > Then, when a thousand years had passed, O best of dvijas, > for King Viśvāmitra who was consuming only air, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.15) ājagāma svayaṃ brahmā puṇyairdevarṣibhiḥ saha .. abravīttaṃ mahīpālaṃ tapasā dagdhakilbiṣam .. 15 .. > Brahmā himself came, together with holy celestial seers, > and spoke to that ruler of the earth whose sins had been burned away by austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.16) .. śrībrahmovāca .. .. viśvāmitra pratuṣṭo'smi tapasānena sattama .. varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te pradāsyāmyapi durlabham .. 16 .. > Glorious Brahmā said: > “O Viśvāmitra, I am well pleased with this austerity, O best of men! > Choose a boon—may it be well with you—I shall grant it even if hard to attain.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.17) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva yadi deyo varo mama .. brāhmaṇyaṃ dehi me deva nānyadiṣṭatamaṃ mahat .. 17 .. .. > Viśvāmitra said: > “If you are pleased with me, O god, if a boon is to be given to me, > grant me the status of a brāhmaṇa, O god; nothing else is most dear \[to me\].” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189) .. brahmovāca .. .. kṣatriyeṇa prajātasya dvijatvaṃ jāyate katham .. śrutismṛtiviruddhaṃ hi kimevaṃ vadasīpsitam .. 189 .. > Brahmā said: > “How can the status of a twice-born belong to one born of a kṣatriya? > Indeed, it is contrary to Śruti and Smṛti; why do you speak of such a desire, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_2) yanna jātaṃ dharāpṛṣṭhe na bhaviṣyati karhicit .. 19 .. > which has never happened on the face of the earth, nor will ever happen?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_3) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. gaccha tvaṃ devadeveśa brahmalokamanuttamam.. ahaṃ tyakṣyāmi vā prāṇānsaṃprāpsye vā dvijanmatām .. 6.168.20 .. > Viśvāmitra said: > “Go to your peerless Brahmaloka, O Lord of the gods of gods! > I shall either surrender my life, or attain the status of a twice-born.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_4) atha devarṣimadhyastha ṛcīko vākyamabravīt .. asya janmakṛte deva brāhmyairmaṃtrairmayā caruḥ .. 21 .. > Then Ṛcīka, standing among the celestial seers, spoke these words: > “For his birth, O god, a sacrificial pot of caru was \[prepared\] by me with Vedic mantras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_5) abhito brahmasarvasvaṃ tatra sayojitaṃ mayā . tenaiva kṣatrajanmā'yaṃ brāhmaṇaścaturānana..22.. > The entire essence of a brāhmaṇa was infused therein by me entirely; > therefore, though born a kṣatriya, he is indeed a brāhmaṇa, O Four-faced One. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_6) brahmarṣikīrtayasvainaṃ tasmāttvaṃ prapitāmaha.. rājyastho'pi dvijārhāṇi satkṛtyānya karodasau .. 23 .. > Therefore, O Great-grandfather, proclaim him a brahmarṣi! > Even while on the throne, he performed deeds worthy of a twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_7) brāhmamantraprabhāvena tasmādbrahmarṣimāhvaya .. yena kīrtāmahe sarve viśvāmitraṃ dvijottamam.. 24 . > Therefore, by the power of the Vedic mantras, address him as a brahmarṣi, > whereby all of us may proclaim Viśvāmitra the best of dvijas!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_8) atha brahmā ciraṃ dhyātvā brāhmyai rmaṃtraiśca tejasā .. samutpannaṃ tataḥ prāha brāhmaṇastvaṃ mayā kṛtaḥ .. 25 .. > Then Brahmā, having meditated for a long time, said to him who had arisen through mantras sacred to Brahmā and through brilliance: "You have been made a brahmin by me. / 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_9) tyajedaṃ duṣkaraṃ ghoraṃ tapo madvacanāddrutam .. sa yadā brahmaṇā prokto brahmarṣi stvamasaṃśayam.. 26 .. > Abandon quickly at my word this terrible austerity that is hard to perform." / When he was addressed by Brahmā: "You are a brahmarṣi without doubt," / 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_10) ṛcīkādyaistataḥ sarvaiḥ prokto devarṣibhistathā .. 27 .. > and then spoken to likewise by all the celestial seers, beginning with Ṛcīka, / 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_11) atha teṣāṃ madhyagato vasiṣṭho munisattamaḥ .. so'bravītkopasaṃyukto nāhaṃ vakṣyāmi karhicit.. 28 .. > then Vasiṣṭha, best among sages, standing in their midst, / filled with anger, spoke: "I shall never say it! / 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_12) brāhmaṇaṃ kṣatriyājjātaṃ jānannapi pitāmaha .. ṛcīkasya ca dākṣiṇyāttathā tvaṃ vadasi prabho .. 29 .. > Knowing that he was born of a kṣatriya, yet \[calling him\] a brahmin, O Grandfather, / you speak thus, O Lord, out of courtesy to Ṛcīka." / 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_13) procyamāno 'pi bahudhā vasiṣṭho munisattamaḥ .. pitāmahena munibhirnāradādyairanekadhā .. jagāmātha parityajya tānsarvāndvijasattamān .. 6.168.30 .. > Though spoken to in various ways by the Grandfather / and in many ways by the sages, beginning with Nārada, Vasiṣṭha, best among sages, / then departed, abandoning all those best of twice-born. / 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_14) sa cāgatya muni śreṣṭho deśaṃ cānartasaṃjñitam .. hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre śaṃkhatīrthasamīpataḥ .. 31 .. > And that best of sages, having come to the country named Ānarta, / in the sacred field born of Hāṭakeśvara, near the Śaṅkhatīrtha, / 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_15) yatra brahmaśilā puṇyā śvetadvīpasamanvitā .. sarasvatī sthitā yatra nadī pāpaharā śubhā .. 32 .. > where the sacred Brahmaśilā is, joined with Śvetadvīpa, / where the auspicious river Sarasvatī, which removes sin, flows— / 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_16) tatrāśramapadaṃ kṛtvā cakāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ .. viśvāmitro'pi sāmarṣastadvadhārthaṃ samāgataḥ .. 33 .. > having established a hermitage there, he performed great austerity. / Viśvāmitra too, filled with indignation, arrived to kill him. / 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_17) tasyāśramasya dūre sa yāmyāṃ diśi samāśritaḥ .. kṛtvāśramapadaṃ tatra tasya cchidrāṇi cintayan .. 34 .. > Stationed far from his hermitage in the southern direction, / having made a hermitage there, he kept looking for his weaknesses. / 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_18) saṃsthitaḥ suciraṃ kālaṃ na ca paśyati kiṃcana .. athābhicārikaṃ tena prārabdhaṃ tasya copari..35.. > He remained for a very long time, but did not see any. / Then a destructive rite was begun by him against him, / 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_19) yaduktaṃ sāmavidhinā sāmavede vadhātmakam.. tasya tairdāruṇairmaṃtrairjuhvato jātavedasam..36.. > which is described in the Sāmaveda according to the rule of the Sāman, aimed at slaying. / As he was offering oblations into the fire with those terrible mantras, / 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_20) niṣkrāṃtā dāruṇā śaktirmuktakeśī bhayānakā.. vānaraskaṃdhamārūḍhā kurvāṇā kilkilādhvanim..37.. > a dread female power emerged, terrifying, with disheveled hair, / mounted on the shoulder of a monkey, making a shrieking sound, / 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_21) nānāyudhasamopetā yamajihvā yathā parā.. sābravīdvada vipreṃdra kiṃ te kṛtyaṃ karomyaham..38.. > equipped with various weapons, like another tongue of Yama. / She said: "Speak, O prince of brahmins, what act shall I perform for you? / 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_22) trailokyamapi kṛtsnaṃ ca saṃharāmi tavājñayā..39.. > At your command, I will destroy even all the three worlds." / 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_23) viśvāmitra uvāca.. mama śatrurmānyo tra vasiṣṭhaḥ kumuniḥ sthitaḥ. taṃ tvaṃ jahi drutaṃ gatvā tadarthaṃ ca mayā kṛtā..6.168.40.. > Viśvāmitra said: / "My enemy, the wicked sage Vasiṣṭha, who thinks himself venerable, is stationed here. / Slay him quickly, having gone \[there\]; you were created by me for that purpose." / 40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_24) evamuktā tu sā tena viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā. vasiṣṭhāśramamuddiśya prasthitā cottarāmukhī..41.. > Thus addressed by that wise Viśvāmitra, / she set out toward Vasiṣṭha's hermitage, facing north. / 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_25) etasminneva kāle tu vasiṣṭhasyāśrame dvijāḥ. durnimittāni jātāni prabhūtāni mahāṃti ca..42.. > At that very time, O twice-born, in Vasiṣṭha's hermitage, / abundant and great ill omens arose. / 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_26) papāta mahatī colkā nihatya ravimaṇḍalam.. tathā rudhiravṛṣṭiśca asthimiśrā vyajāyata..43.. > A great meteor fell, striking the disc of the sun; / likewise, a shower of blood mixed with bones occurred. / 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_27) dīptāṃ diśaṃ samāsādya ruroda ca tathā śivā. tāṃ dṛṣṭvā sumahotpātānvasiṣṭho munipuṃgavaḥ..44.. > A jackal, having turned toward the blazing quarter, wailed. / Having seen those very great portents, Vasiṣṭha, the bull among sages, / 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_28) yāvadālokate rūpaṃ jvālāmālāsamākulam.. tataḥ samyakparijñāya sarvaṃ divyena cakṣuṣā..45.. > just as he beheld a form surrounded by garlands of flames, / then, knowing everything accurately by his divine vision, \[realized\]: / 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_29) viśvāmitraprayukteyaṃ śaktirmama vadhāya ca.. kṛtyā rūpā sumaṃtraiśca sāmavedasamudbhavaiḥ..46.. > "This is a female power dispatched by Viśvāmitra to kill me, / having the form of a kṛtyā \[produced\] by powerful mantras arising from the Sāmaveda." / 46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_30) tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti tenoktā tataḥ sā niścalābhavat.. nijamaṃtraiśca sā tena staṃbhitātharvaṇodbhavaiḥ..47.. > Told by him, "Halt, halt!", she then became motionless; / and she was paralyzed by him with his own mantras originating from the Atharvaveda. / 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_31) tataḥ strīrūpamādāya provāca munipuṃgavam.. sāmavedastu vedānāṃ prādhānyena vyavasthitaḥ..48.. vidhinā tena saṃsṛṣṭā viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā.. mā kurutvapramāṇaṃtu prahāraṃ saha me mune .. rakṣayiṣyāmi te prāṇānsvalpasparśena te mune .. 49 .. > Then, assuming the form of a woman, she spoke to the bull among sages: / "The Sāmaveda stands as foremost among the Vedas; / I was created according to its rite by the wise Viśvāmitra. / Do not make \[it\] of no authority; endure my strike, O sage! / I will spare your life with a light touch, O sage." / 48–49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_32) .. vasiṣṭha uvāca .. .. yadyevaṃ kuru me sparśaṃ na marma sparśanaṃ śubhe .. mayā cātharvaṇā maṃtrāḥ saṃhṛtāḥ kṛpayā tava .. 6.168.50 .. > Vasiṣṭha said: / "If it is so, touch me, but do not touch my vital spots, O auspicious one! / And the Atharvan mantras have been withdrawn by me out of pity for you." / 50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_33) tataḥ sā dāruṇā śaktirviśvāmitraprayojitā .. tasyāṃgadeśaṃ spṛṣṭvātha nipapāta dharātale .. 51 .. > Then that dreadful female power dispatched by Viśvāmitra, / having touched a part of his body, fell onto the ground. / 51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_34) tatastuṣṭo vasiṣṭhastu tāmāha madhuraṃ vacaḥ .. adyaprabhṛti te pūjāṃ kariṣyaṃti samāhitāḥ .. janāḥ sarve mahābhāge bhaktyā paramayā yutāḥ .. 52 .. > Then Vasiṣṭha, pleased, spoke sweet words to her: / "From this day forward, all people, composed / and endowed with supreme devotion, shall perform worship for you, O fortunate one! / 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_35) caitramāse site pakṣe aṣṭamīdivase sthite .. ye te pūjāṃ kariṣyaṃti śraddhayā parayā yutāḥ .. 53 .. > In the month of Caitra, during the bright fortnight, on the eighth day, / those who perform your worship endowed with supreme faith, / 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_36) te sarve vatsaraṃyāvadbhavi ṣyaṃti nirāmayāḥ .. tasmādatraiva sthātavyaṃ sadaiva mama vākyataḥ .. 54 .. > all of them shall remain free from disease for a year. / Therefore, you must remain right here forever, according to my word." / 54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_37) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evamuktā ca sā tena vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā .. sthitā tatraiva sā devī tasya vākyena tatkṣaṇāt .. 55 .. > Sūta said: / Thus addressed by that high-souled Vasiṣṭha, / that goddess remained right there at that very moment, according to his word. / 55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_38) prāpnoti paramāṃ pūjāṃ viśeṣānnāgaraiḥ kṛtām .. dhārānāmeti vikhyātā bhaktalokasukha pradā .. 56 .. > She receives supreme worship, performed particularly by the Nāgaras; / renowned by the name Dhārā, she bestows happiness upon devotees. / 56 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.167.189\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167.189_39) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye dhārotpattimāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭa ṣaṣṭyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 168 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and sixty-eighth chapter, named the Description of the Origin and Greatness of Dhārā, in the Greatness of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection of the glorious Skandamahāpurāṇa. / 168 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.167.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Purāṇasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.puranasamhita.56.24) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.167) · Pramāṇa