[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) › 5.171 # Skandapurana 5.171 Skandapurāṇa 5.171 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.171.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171.1) sūta uvāca .. .. tataḥprabhṛti cchidrāṇi viśvāmitro nirīkṣayan .. vasiṣṭhasya vadhārthāya saṃsthito dvijasattamāḥ .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / From then on, watching for vulnerabilities, / Viśvāmitra remained waiting to slay Vasiṣṭha, O best of the twice-born, 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.171.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171.2) ātmaśaktiprabhāvena maśakasya yathā gajaḥ .. anyasminnahani prāpte viśvāmitreṇa sā nadī .. 2 .. > like an elephant \[seeking to crush\] a mosquito by the power of his own might. / When another day arrived, that river was summoned 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.171.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171.3) samāhūtā samāyātā drutaṃ sā strīsvarūpiṇī .. abravītprāṃjalirbhūtvā ādeśo dīyatāṃ mama .. brahmarṣe yena kāryeṇa samāhūtāsmi sāṃpratam .. 3 .. > by Viśvāmitra; she came swiftly in the form of a woman. / Folding her hands in reverence, she said: “Let an order be given to me, / O brahmin-seer, for what purpose have I been summoned now?” 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.171.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171.4) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. yadā nimajjanaṃ kuryāttava toye mahānadi .. paramaṃ vegamāsthāya tadā''naya mamāṃtikam .. 4 .. > Viśvāmitra said: / “When he performs his ablution in your water, O great river, / assume the utmost velocity and bring him near me, 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.171.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171.5) pūrṇaśrotraṃ jale naiva vyākulāṃgaṃ vyavasthitam .. nihanmi yena śīghraṃ ca nānyacchidraṃ pralakṣaye .. 5 .. > his ears filled with water, his limbs thrown into disorder, / so that I may slay him quickly, for I see no other weakness.” 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.171.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171.6) evamuktā tadā tena viśvāmitreṇa sā nadī .. vitrastā bhayasaṃyuktā śāpādvākyamuvāca sā .. 6 .. > Addressed thus by Viśvāmitra, the river, / terrified and filled with fear of a curse, spoke these words: 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.171.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171.7) nāhaṃ drohaṃ kariṣyāmi vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ .. brahmarṣe na ca te yuktaṃ kartuṃ vai brahmaṇo vadham .. 7 .. > “I will not commit treason against the great-souled Vasiṣṭha. / O brahmin-seer, it is not proper for you to carry out the murder of a brahmin. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.171.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171.8) yadi tvaṃ brahmaṇā prokto brahmarṣiḥ svayameva tu .. kāmānnāyaṃ vasiṣṭhastu tasmātkopaṃ parityaja .. 8 .. > If you have been declared a brahmin-seer by Brahmā himself, / yet Vasiṣṭha does not \[call you so\] out of \[self-\]will, cast aside your anger! 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.171.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171.9) manasāpi vadhaṃ yastu brāhmaṇasya viciṃtayet .. taptakṛcchreṇa mucyeta manuḥ svāyaṃbhuvo'bravīt .. 9 .. > He who even in thought contemplates the slaying of a brahmin / is purified only through a taptakṛcchra penance, so said Svāyambhuva Manu.” 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.171.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171.10) vācayā pravadedyastu brāhmaṇasya vadhaṃ naraḥ .. cāṃdrāyaṇena śuddhiḥ syāttasya devo'bravīdidam .. 6.172.10 .. > And the man who speaks aloud of killing a brahmin / would be purified by the Cāndrāyaṇa penance; this the god has said. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.171.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171.11) tasmānnāhaṃ kariṣyāmi tava vākyaṃ kathaṃcana .. vasiṣṭhārthaṃ tu yatproktaṃ kuru yattava rocate .. 11 .. > Therefore, I will never carry out your word / that you spoke concerning Vasiṣṭha. Do as you please!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.171.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171.12) tacchrutvā kupitastasyā viśvāmitro dvijottamāḥ .. śaśāpa tāṃ nadīṃ śreṣṭhāṃ yattadvakṣyāmi śrūyatām .. 12 .. > Hearing that, Viśvāmitra was enraged at her, O best of brahmins, / and cursed that foremost of rivers. Listen to what he said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.171.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171.13) yasmātpāpe vaco mahyaṃ na kṛtaṃ kunadi tvayā .. tasmādraktapravāhaste jalajo'yaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 13 .. > "Since, O wicked one, you have not obeyed my word, O vile river, / therefore your aquatic current shall become a stream of blood!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.171.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171.14) evamuktvā karāttoyaṃ saptavārābhimaṃtritam .. cikṣepātha jale tasyāḥ krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ .. 14 .. > Having spoken thus, his eyes red with anger, / he then threw water from his hand, consecrated seven times with mantras, into her waters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.171.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171.15) tataśca tatkṣaṇājjātaṃ tattoyaṃ rudhiraṃ dvijāḥ .. sārasvataṃ supuṇyaṃ ca yadāsīcchaṃkhasaṃnibham .. 15 .. > And then at that very moment, O brahmins, that water of Sarasvatī, / which had been very holy and resembled a conch, turned into blood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.171.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171.16) etasminnaṃtare prāptā bhūtapretaniśācarāḥ .. pītvāpītvā pranṛtyaṃti gāyaṃti ca hasaṃti ca .. 16 .. > In the meantime, ghosts, spirits, and night-roaming demons arrived; / drinking repeatedly, they danced, sang, and laughed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.171.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171.17) ye tatra tāpasāḥ kecittaṭe tasyā vyavasthitāḥ .. te sarve'pi ca tāṃ tyaktā dūradeśaṃ samāśritāḥ .. 17 .. > Whatever ascetics resided there upon her bank, / all of them left her and sought a distant country. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.171.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171.18) bahirvāsāśca ye tatra nāgarāḥ samavasthitāḥ .. caṇḍaśarma prabhṛtayaste'pi yātāḥ sudūrataḥ .. 18 .. > And those Nāgaras dwelling outside who were settled there, / Caṇḍaśarman and the others, also went far away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.171.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171.19) vasiṣṭho'pi muniśreṣṭho jagāmārbudaparvatam .. viśvāmitrastu viprarṣiścamatkārapuraṃ gataḥ .. 19 .. > Vasiṣṭha too, the best of munis, went to Mount Arbuda, / while Viśvāmitra, the brahmin seer, went to Camatkārapura, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.171.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171.20) hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre yatsthitaṃ viprasaṃkulam .. tatrāśramapadaṃ kṛtvā tapastepe sudāruṇam ..6.172.20... > which was situated in the sacred field born of Hāṭakeśvara, filled with brahmins. / Establishing an hermitage there, he performed terrible austerity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.171.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171.21) yena sṛṣṭikṣamo jātaḥ spardhate brahmaṇā saha .. etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ yathā sārasvataṃ jalam .. 21 .. > by which he became capable of creation and rivaled Brahmā. / All this has been related to you: how the water of Sarasvatī > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.171.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171.22) rudhiratvamanuprāptaṃ viśvāmitrasya śāpataḥ .. caṃḍaśarmādayo viprā yathā deśāṃtaraṃ gatāḥ ..22.. > turned to blood by the curse of Viśvāmitra, / and how the brahmins, Caṇḍaśarman and others, went to another land. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.171.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171.172) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa kāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye sarasvatīśāpavṛttāṃtavarṇanaṃnāma dvisaptatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..172.. cha .. .. > Thus ends the one hundred and seventy-second chapter, entitled 'Description of the Curse on Sarasvatī,' in the māhātmya of the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the auspicious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the 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.5.171.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.171) · Pramāṇa