[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) › 5.170 # Skandapurana 5.170 Skandapurāṇa 5.170 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.170.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. etasminneva kāle tu viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ .. tāṃ śaktiṃ vyarthatāṃ prāptāṃ jñātvā kopasamanvitaḥ .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / At that very time, the great sage Viśvāmitra, / seeing that his spear was rendered futile, was overcome with wrath. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.2) mumoca tadvadhārthāya brahmāstraṃ so'bhimaṃtritam .. tasya saṃhitamātrasya prasvanaḥ samajāyata .. 2 .. > He discharged a Brahmā weapon charged with mantras to slay him. / As soon as it was fitted \[to the bow\], a loud sound arose. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.3) tataścolkāḥ prabhūtāśca prayāṃti ca nabhastalāt .. tataḥ kuntāḥ śaktayaśca tomarāḥ parighāstathā .. 3 .. > Then abundant meteors shot forth from the sky; / then lances, spears, clubs, and iron maces, 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.4) bhiṃḍipālā gadāścaiva khaḍgāścaiva paraśvadhāḥ .. bāṇāḥ prāsāḥ śataghnyaśca śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ ..4.. > slings, maces, swords, battleaxes, / arrows, darts, and śataghnis by the hundreds and thousands \[rained down\]. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.5) vasiṣṭho'pi parijñāya preṣitaṃ gādhisūnunā .. brahmāstraṃ mṛtyave tena śucirbhūtvā tataḥ param .. 5 .. > Vasiṣṭha too, recognizing that the Brahmā weapon had been dispatched / by Gādhi's son for his death, purified himself thereafter, 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.6) iṣīkāṃ ca samādāya brahmāstraṃ tatra yojayan .. abravīdgādhiputrāya svastyastu tava pārśvataḥ .. 6 .. > and taking a blade of reed-grass, directed the Brahmā weapon into it. / He said to Gādhi's son: “May welfare be upon your side! 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.7) hanyatāmastrametaddhimama vākyādasaṃśayam.. tatastena hataṃ tacca brahmāstraṃ tatsamudbhavam .. 7 .. > Let this weapon be struck down by my command, without doubt!” / Then by that \[blade of grass\], the Brahmā weapon dispatched by him was neutralized. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.8) vajrāstraṃ ca tato muktaṃ vajrāstreṇa vināśitam .. yadyadastraṃ kṣipatyeṣa viśvāmitraḥ prakopitaḥ .. 8 .. > Then a thunderbolt weapon was released, and it was destroyed by a thunderbolt weapon. / Whatever weapon the enraged Viśvāmitra hurled, 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.9) tattaddhaṃti vasiṣṭhastu maṃtrasya ca prabhāvataḥ .. etasminneva kāle tu kṣubhito makarālayaḥ .. 9 .. > that very weapon Vasiṣṭha countered through the power of his mantra. / At that very time, the ocean was agitated, 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.10) śīryaṃte giriśṛṃgāṇi raktavṛṣṭiḥ parā sthitā .. pralayasyeva cihnāni saṃjātāni dharātale .. kimakāle mahāneṣa pralayaḥ saṃbhaviṣyati .. 6.171.10 .. > mountain peaks shattered, a great rain of blood fell, / and portents of cosmic dissolution appeared upon the earth's surface. / “Will this great dissolution take place out of its proper time?” 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.11) tataḥ pitāmahaṃ jagmuḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ .. procuḥ pralayacihnāni yāni saṃti dharātale .. 11 .. > Then all the gods, accompanied by Indra, went to the Grandfather, / and spoke of the signs of dissolution that were on the earth's surface. 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.12) tato brahmā ciraṃ dhyātvā tānuvāca divaukasaḥ .. viśvāmitra vasiṣṭhābhyāṃ yuddhametadvyavasthitam .. 12 .. > Then Brahmā, having meditated for a long time, spoke to the gods: / “This battle has broken out between Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha, 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.13) divyāstrasaṃbhavaṃ devāstenaitadvyākulaṃ jagat .. 13 .. > arising from divine weapons, O gods! By it the world is thrown into turmoil. 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.14) tasmādgacchāmahe tatra yāvanno jāyate kṣayaḥ .. sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāṃ divyāstrāṇāṃ prabhāvataḥ .. 14 .. > Therefore let us go there before the destruction occurs / of all living beings through the power of the divine weapons.” 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.15) tato'bhigamya te deśaṃ yatra tau munisattamau .. vicāmitravasiṣṭhau tau yudhyamānau parasparam ..15.. > Then they reached the place where those two best of sages, / Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha, were fighting with one another. 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.16) tataḥ provāca tau brahmā sāmnā paramavalgunā .. nivartyatāmidaṃ yuddhametaddivyāstrasaṃbhavam .. yāvanna pralayo bhāvi samaste dharaṇītale .. 16 .. .. > Then Brahmā spoke to them both with exceedingly soothing words: / “Let this battle arising from divine weapons be stopped, / before dissolution occurs over the entire surface of the earth.” 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.17) .. vasiṣṭha uvāca .. .. nāhamastraṃ prayuṃjāmi viśvāmitravadhecchayā .. ātmarakṣākṛte deva astramastreṇa śāmayan .. 17 .. > Vasiṣṭha said: / “I do not employ a weapon out of a desire to kill Viśvāmitra; / for the sake of self-defense, O god, I pacify weapon with weapon. 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.18) ayaṃ mama vināśāya kevalaṃ cāstramokṣaṇam.. kurute nirdayo brahmaṃstaṃ nivāraya sāṃpratam .. 18 .. > He alone discharges weapons for my destruction. / The pitiless one does so, O Brahmā; restrain him now!” 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.19) .. brahmovāca .. .. viśvāmitra muniśreṣṭha vasiṣṭhaṃ brāhmaṇottamam .. tvaṃ rakṣa mama vākyena tathā sarvamidaṃ jagat .. 19 .. > Brahmā said: / “O Viśvāmitra, best of sages, spare Vasiṣṭha, the best of brahmins, / at my word, and likewise protect this entire world! 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.20) astramokṣavirāmaṃ tvaṃ brahmarṣe kuru satvaram .. 6.171.20 .. > Quickly cease the discharging of weapons, O brahmin-seer!” 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.21) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. na māmeṣa dvijaṃ brūte kathaṃcitprapitāmaha .. tasmādeṣa prakopo me saṃjāto'sya vadhopari .. 21 .. > Viśvāmitra said: / “He does not address me as a twice-born, O Great-Grandfather! / For that reason this wrath of mine arose, bent upon slaying him. 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.22) tasmādvadatu deveśa māmeṣa brāhmaṇaṃ drutam .. nivārayāmi yenāstraṃ yadasyopari saṃdhitam ..22.. > Therefore let him quickly call me a brahmin, O Lord of gods! / Whereby I will restrain the weapon that is aimed at him.” 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.23) .. brahmovāca .. .. tvaṃ vasiṣṭhādhunā brūhi viśvāmitraṃ mamājñayā .. brāhmaṇo jāyate tena tava jīvasya rakṣaṇam .. 23 .. .. > Brahmā said: / “Now at my command, Vasiṣṭha, speak to Viśvāmitra! / By that he will become a brahmin, and your life will be preserved.” 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.24) .. vasiṣṭha uvāca .. .. nāhaṃ kṣatriyasaṃjātaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ vacmi padmaja .. na vadhe mama śakto'yaṃ kathaṃcitkṣatriyodbhavaḥ .. 24 .. > Vasiṣṭha said: / “I will not call one born of a kṣatriya a brahmin, O Lotus-born! / One of kṣatriya origin is in no way capable of slaying me. 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.25) brāhmyaṃ tejo na kṣā ttreṇa tejasā saṃpraṇaśyati . evaṃ jñātvā caturvaktra yadyuktaṃ tatsamācara .. 25 .. > Brahminic power is not destroyed by kṣatriya power. / Knowing this, O Four-faced One, do what is proper.” 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.26) .. brahmovāca .. .. viśvāmitra dvijaśreṣṭha tyaktvā divyāstrasaṃbhavam .. kuru yuddhaṃ vasiṣṭhena no cecchapsyāmahaṃ ca te .. 26 .. > Brahmā said: / “O Viśvāmitra, best of the twice-born, renounce fighting with divine weapons / and fight with Vasiṣṭha \[without them\], otherwise I will curse you!” 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.27) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. divyāstrāṇi ca saṃtyajya mayā vadhyaḥ sudurmatiḥ .. kiṃcicchidraṃ samāsādya tvaṃ gaccha nijasaṃśrayam .. .. 27 . > Viśvāmitra said: / “Relinquishing the divine weapons, that evil-minded one shall be slain by me / once I find some vulnerability. Go to your own abode.” 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.28) .. sūta uvāca .. .. bāḍhamityevamuktā ca brahmalokaṃ gato vidhiḥ .. viśvāmitravasiṣṭhau ca sarasvatyāstaṭe sthitau .. 28 .. > Sūta said: / Saying “So be it,” Brahmā went to Brahmaloka; / and Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha remained on the bank of the Sarasvatī. 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.170.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170.171) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye vasiṣṭhaviśvāmitra yuddhe divyāstranivartanavarṇanaṃnāmaikasaptatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 171 .. > Thus ends the one hundred seventy-first chapter, entitled “Description of the Cessation of Divine Weapons in the Battle between Vasiṣṭha and Viśvāmitra,” in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\], 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.5.170.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.170) · Pramāṇa