[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) › 5.180 # Skandapurana 5.180 Skandapurāṇa 5.180 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.180.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. etasminnaṃtare sarvernāgarairbrāhmaṇottamaiḥ .. preṣito madhyagastatra gartātīrthasamudbhavaḥ .. 1 .. > Sūta said: > In the meantime, Madhyaga, who was born at Gartātīrtha, > was sent there by all the foremost Nāgara brahmins: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.2) rere madhyaga gatvā tvaṃ brūhi taṃ kupitāmaham .. vipravṛtti prahaṃtāraṃ nītimārgavivarjitam .. 2 .. > "Go, O Madhyaga, and say to that bad grandfather, > who destroys the livelihood of brahmins and is devoid of the path of rectitude: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.3) etatkṣetraṃ pradattaṃ naḥ pūrveṣāṃ ca dvijanmanām .. maheśvareṇa tuṣṭena pūrite sarpaje bile .. 3 .. > 'This sacred field was given to our twice-born ancestors > by Maheśvara when he was pleased, after the serpent-hole was filled up. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.4) tasya dattasya cādyaiva pitāmahaśataṃ gatam .. paṃcottaramasandigdhaṃ yāvattvaṃ kupitāmaha .. 4 .. > And since it was given, one hundred and five Grandfathers have passed away, > undoubtedly, until you, O bad grandfather! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.5) na kenāpi kṛto'smākaṃ tiraskāro yathā'dhunā .. tvāṃ muktvā pāpakarmāṇaṃ nyāyamārgavivarjitam .. 5 .. > No one has ever shown such contempt for us as \[you do\] now, > except you, an evil-doer devoid of the path of justice! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.6) nāgarairbrāhmaṇairbāhyaṃ yo'tra yajñaṃ samācaret .. śrāddhaṃ vā sa hi vadhyaḥ syātsarveṣāṃ ca dvijanmanām .. 6 .. > Whoever performs a sacrifice here or a śrāddha outside of the Nāgara brahmins, > he should be slain by all the twice-born! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.7) na tasya jāyate śreyastatsamutthaṃ kathaṃcana .. etatproktaṃ tadā tena yadā sthānaṃ dadau hi naḥ .. 7 .. > No good fortune arising from it can ever accrue to him.' > This was declared by him at that time when he gave us the place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.8) tasmādyatkuruṣe yajñaṃ brāhmaṇairnāgaraiḥ kuru .. nānyathā lapsyase kartuṃ jīvadbhirnāgarairdvijaiḥ .. 8 .. > 'Therefore, whatever sacrifice you perform, perform it with Nāgara brahmins; > otherwise, while the Nāgara twice-born live, you will not be permitted to perform it.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.9) evamuktastato gatvā madhyago yatra padmajaḥ .. yajñamaṇḍapadūrastho brāhmaṇaiḥ parivāritaḥ .. 9 .. > Being addressed thus, Madhyaga went to where the lotus-born \[Brahmā\] was, > standing far from the sacrificial pavilion, surrounded by brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.10) yatproktaṃ nāgaraiḥ sarvaiḥ saviśeṣaṃ tadā hi saḥ .. tacchrutvā padmajaḥ prāha sāṃtvapūrvamidaṃ vacaḥ .. 6.181.10 .. > He then related in detail what had been spoken by all the Nāgaras. > Having heard that, the lotus-born spoke these concilatory words, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.11) mānuṣaṃ bhāvamāpanna ṛtvigbhiḥ parivāritaḥ .. tvayā satyamidaṃ proktaṃ sarvaṃ madhyagasattama .. 11 .. > having assumed human form, surrounded by the officiating priests: > "All that has been said by you is true, O best of Madhyagas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.12) kiṃ karomi vṛtāḥ sarve mayā te yajñakarmaṇi .. ṛtvijo'dhvaryu pūrvā ye pramādena na kāmyayā .. 12 .. > What shall I do? All those priests, beginning with the adhvaryu, > were chosen by me for the sacrificial rite out of negligence, not out of desire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.13) tasmādānaya tānsarvānatra sthāne dvijottamān .. anujñātastu tairyena gacchāmi makhamaṇḍape .. 13 .. .. > Therefore, bring all those foremost twice-born to this place, > so that, permitted by them, I may enter the sacrificial pavilion." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.14) .. madhyaga uvāca .. .. tvaṃ devatvaṃ parityajya mānuṣaṃ bhāvamāśritaḥ .. tatkathaṃ te dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ samāgacchaṃti teṃ'tikam .. 14 .. > Madhyaga said: > "Abandoning divine nature, you have resorted to human form; > so how can those foremost twice-born come near you? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.15) śreṣṭhā gāvaḥ paśūnāṃ ca yathā padmasamudbhava .. viprāṇāmiha sarveṣāṃ tathā śreṣṭhā hi nāgarāḥ .. 15 .. > Just as cows are the foremost among beasts, O lotus-born one, > so indeed are the Nāgaras foremost among all brahmins here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.16) tatmāccedvāṃchasi prāptiṃ tvametāṃ yajñasaṃbhavām .. tadbhaktyānāgarānsarvānprasādaya pitāmaha .. 16 .. > Therefore, Grandfather, if you desire this attainment arising from the sacrifice, > then appease all the Nāgaras with devotion." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.17) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tacchrutvā padmajo bhīta ṛtvigbhiḥ parivāritaḥ .. jagāma tatra yatrasthā nāgarāḥ kupitā dvijāḥ ..17.. > Sūta said: > Having heard that, the lotus-born, frightened and surrounded by the officiating priests, > went to where the angry Nāgara twice-born were staying. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.18) praṇipatya tataḥ sarvānvinayena samanvitaḥ .. provāca vacanaṃ śrutvā kṛtāṃjalipuṭaḥ sthitaḥ..18.. > Then, having bowed down to all of them, endowed with humility, > standing with hands folded in supplication, he spoke these words after hearing \[them\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.19) jānāmyahaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ kṣetre'sminhāṭa keśvare .. yuṣmadbāhyaṃ vṛthā śrāddhaṃ yajñakarma tathaiva ca .. 19 .. > "I know, O foremost twice-born, that in this sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara, > a śrāddha or a sacrificial rite performed without you is in vain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.20) kalibhītyā mayā''nītaṃ sthāne'sminpuṣkaraṃ nijam .. tīrthaṃ ca yuṣmadīyaṃ ca nikṣepo' yaṃsamarpitaḥ .. 6.181.20 .. > Out of fear of the Kali \[age\], my own Puṣkara tīrtha was brought to this place > and your tīrtha was entrusted as a deposit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.21) ṛtvijo'mī samānītā guruṇā yajñasiddhaye .. ajānatā dvijaśreṣṭhā ādhikyaṃ nāgarātmakam .. 21 .. > These officiating priests were brought by the preceptor for the success of the sacrifice, > he being unaware, O foremost twice-born, of the pre-eminence belonging to the Nāgaras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.22) tasmācca kṣamyatāṃ mahyaṃ yataśca varaṇaṃ kṛtam .. eteṣāmeva viprāṇāmagniṣṭomakṛte mayā .. 22 .. > Therefore, let me be forgiven, since the appointment of these very brahmins > was already made by me for the sake of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.23) etacca māmakaṃ tīrthaṃ yuṣmākaṃ pāpanāśanam .. bhaviṣyati na sandehaḥ kalikāle'pi saṃsthite .. 23 .. > And this sacred ford of mine will destroy your sins, / without a doubt, even when the Kali age is established. // 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.24) .. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .. .. yadi tvaṃ nāgarairbāhyaṃ yajñaṃ cātra kariṣyasi .. tadanye'pi surāḥ sarve tava mārgānuyāyi naḥ .. bhaviṣyanti tathā bhūpāstatkāryo na makhastvayā .. 24 .. > The brahmins said: / If you perform the sacrifice here excluding the Nāgaras, / then all other gods too, and likewise kings, will follow your path; / therefore, you must not perform the sacrifice \[in this way\]. // 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.25) yadyevamapi deveśa yajñakarma kariṣyasi .. avamanya dvijānsarvākṣipraṃ gacchāsmadaṃtikāt .. 25 .. > If, O lord of the gods, you still perform the sacrificial rite / while disregarding all the brahmins, leave our presence immediately. // 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.26) .. brahmovāca .. .. adyaprabhṛti yaḥ kaścidyajñamatra kariṣyati .. śrāddhaṃ vā nāgarairbāhyaṃ vṛthā tatsaṃbhaviṣyati ..26.. > Brahmā said: / From this day forward, whoever performs a sacrifice here, / or a śrāddha, excluding the Nāgaras, it shall be in vain. // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.27) nāgaro'pi ca yo nyatra kaścidyajñaṃ kariṣyati .. etatkṣetraṃ parityajya vṛthā tatsaṃbhaviṣyati .. 27 .. > And whichever Nāgara performs a sacrifice elsewhere, / abandoning this sacred field, that too shall be in vain. // 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.28) maryādeyaṃ kṛtā viprā nāgarāṇāṃ mayā'dhunā .. kṛtvā prasādamasmākaṃ yajñārthaṃ dātumarhatha .. anujñāṃ vidhivadviprā yena yajñaṃ karomyaham .. 28 .. > This rule has now been established by me, O brahmins, for the Nāgaras. / Bestow your grace upon us, and be pleased to grant / permission according to rule, O brahmins, so that I may perform the sacrifice. // 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.29) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tatastairbrāhmaṇaistuṣṭairanujñātaḥ pitāmahaḥ .. cakāra vidhivadyajñaṃ ye vṛtā brāhmaṇāśca taiḥ .. 29 .. > Sūta said: / Thereupon, permitted by those gratified brahmins, the grandfather \[Brahmā\] / performed the sacrifice according to rule, along with those brahmins who had been chosen. // 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.30) viśvakarmā samāgatya tato mastakamaṇḍanam .. cakāra brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhā nāgarāṇāṃ mate sthitaḥ .. 6.181.30 .. > Then Viśvakarman arrived and, conforming to the opinion of the Nāgaras, / performed the head-adornment, O best of brahmins. // 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.31) brahmāpi paramaṃ toṣaṃ gatvā nāradamabravīt .. sāvitrīmānaya kṣipraṃ yena gacchāmi maṇḍape .. 31 .. > Brahmā too, having attained supreme satisfaction, said to Nārada: / 'Bring Sāvitrī quickly, so that I may go into the pavilion.' // 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.32) vādyamāneṣu vādyeṣu siddhakinnaraguhyakaiḥ .. gandharvairgītasaṃsaktairvedoccāraparairdvijaiḥ .. araṇiṃ samupādāya pulastyo vākyamabravīt .. 32 .. > While musical instruments were being played by Siddhas, Kinnaras, and Guhyakas, / with Gandharvas engaged in singing, and brahmins devoted to chanting the Vedas, / Pulastya took up the churning-stick and spoke these words: // 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.33) patnī 3 patnīti viprendrāḥ proccaistatra vyavasthitāḥ .. 33 .. > 'Wife! Wife!' the foremost of brahmins \[cried\] aloud, stationed there. // 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.34) etasminnaṃtare brahmā nāradaṃ munisattamam.. saṃjñayā preṣayāmāsa patnī cānīyatāmiti .. 34 .. > In the meantime, Brahmā dispatched Nārada, the best of sages, / by a sign, \[saying\], 'Let my wife be brought.' // 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.35) so'pi maṃdaṃ samāgatya sāvitrīṃ prāha līlayā .. yuddhapriyoṃ'taraṃ vāṃchansāvitryā saha vedhasaḥ \[. 35 .. > He went slowly and playfully said to Sāvitrī— / he who loved strife, desiring a rift between Sāvitrī and the Creator: // 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.36) ahaṃ saṃpreṣitaḥ pitrā tava pārśve sureśvari .. āgaccha prasthitaḥ snātaḥ sāṃprataṃ yajñamaṇḍape .. 36 .. > 'I have been sent to you by Father, O queen of gods. / Come; having bathed, he has just now departed for the sacrificial pavilion. // 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.37) paramekākinī tatra gacchamānā sureśvari .. kīdṛgrūpā sadasi vai dṛśyase tvamanāthavat .. 37 .. > Yet going there entirely alone, O queen of gods, / how would you appear in the assembly, looking like one without a protector? // 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.38) tasmādānīyatāṃ sarvā yāḥ kāściddevayoṣitaḥ .. yābhiḥ parivṛtā devi yāsyasi tvaṃ mahāmakhe .. 38 .. > Therefore, let all the celestial women, whoever they may be, be brought, / surrounded by whom you will go to the great sacrifice, O goddess.' // 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.39) evamuktvā muniśreṣṭho nārado munisattamaḥ .. abravītpitaraṃ gatvā tātāṃbā''kāritā mayā .. 39 .. > Having spoken thus, the best of sages, Nārada, that most excellent sage, / went and said to his father: 'Father, Mother has been summoned by me. // 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.39\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.39_1) paraṃ tasyāḥ sthiro bhāvaḥ kiṃcitsaṃlakṣito mayā .. tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā tato manyusamanvitaḥ..6.181.4... > However, a certain stillness of disposition was observed by me in her.' / Having heard those words of his, then filled with anger, // 40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.41) pulastyaṃ preṣayāmāsa sāvitryā sannidhau tataḥ .. gaccha vatsa tvamānīhi sthānaṃ sā śithilātmikā .. somabhārapariśrāṃtaṃ paśya māmūrdhvasaṃsthitam..41.. > he sent Pulastya to Sāvitrī's presence: / 'Go, my child, bring her to this place; she is indolent. / Look at me standing upright, exhausted by the burden of the soma. // 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.42) eṣa kālātyayo bhāvi yajñakarmaṇi sāṃpratam.. yajñayānamuhūrto'yaṃ sāvaśeṣo vyavasthitaḥ ..42.. > A lapse of the proper time will occur now in this sacrificial rite; / the auspicious hour for proceeding to the sacrifice has only a little remaining.' // 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.43) tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā pulastyaḥ satvaraṃ yayau .. sāvitrī tiṣṭhate yatra gītanṛtyasamākulā .. 43 .. > Hearing his words, Pulastya went swiftly / to where Sāvitrī remained, surrounded by singing and dancing. // 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.44) tataḥ provāca kiṃ devi tvaṃ tiṣṭhasi nirākulā .. yajñayānocitaḥ kālaḥ so'yaṃ śeṣastu tiṣṭhati ..44.. > Then he said: 'Why, O goddess, do you remain untroubled? / That very time suitable for proceeding to the sacrifice has only a fraction left. // 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.45) tasmādāgaccha gacchāmastātaḥ kṛcchreṇa tiṣṭhati.. somabhārārdditaścordhvaṃ sarvairdevaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ ..45.. > Therefore come, let us go; Father waits with difficulty, / distressed by the burden of the soma, standing upright, surrounded by all the gods.' // 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.46) .. sāvitryuvāca .. .. sarvadevavṛtastāta tava tāto vyavasthitaḥ .. ekākinī kathaṃ tatra gacchāmyahamanāthavat ..46.. > Sāvitrī said: / 'My child, your father waits surrounded by all the gods; / how can I go there alone, like one without a protector? // 46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.47) tadbrūhi pitaraṃ gatvā muhūrtaṃ paripālyatām ..47.. > Therefore go and tell Father: "Let him wait for a muhūrta." // 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.48) yāvadabhyeti śakrāṇī gaurī lakṣmīstathā parāḥ.. devakanyāḥ samāje'tra tābhireṣyāmyaha8drutam .. 48 .. > Until Śakrāṇī, Gaurī, Lakṣmī, and other celestial maidens / arrive in this gathering, with them I will come swiftly. // 48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.49) sarvāsāṃ preṣito vāyurnimatraṇakṛte mayā .. āgamiṣyanti tāḥ śīghramevaṃ vācyaḥ pitā tvayā ..49.. > Vāyu has been sent by me to invite them all; / they will come quickly—so you must tell Father.' // 49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.50) .. sūta uvāca .. .. so'pi gatvā drutaṃ prāha somabhārārditaṃ vidhim.. naiṣābhyeti jagannātha prasaktā gṛhakarmaṇi .. 6.181.50 .. > Sūta said: / He too, having gone swiftly, said to the Creator, who was afflicted by the burden of the soma: / 'She does not come, O Lord of the Universe, being occupied with household duties. // 50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.51) sā māṃ prāha ca devānāṃ patnībhiḥ sahitā makhe .. ahaṃ yāsyāmi tāsāṃ ca naikādyāpi pradṛśyate .. 51 .. > And she said to me: "I shall go to the sacrifice accompanied by the wives of the gods." / And not one of them is seen yet. // 51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.52) evaṃ jñātvā suraśreṣṭha kuru yatte surocate .. atikrāmati kālo'yaṃ yajñayānasamudravaḥ .. tiṣṭhate ca gṛhavyagrā sāpi strī śithilātmikā .. 52 .. > Knowing this, O best of the gods, do what pleases you best. / This time belonging to proceeding to the sacrifice is passing away, / and she remains occupied with household affairs, that indolent woman.' // 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.53) tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya pulastyasya pitāmahaḥ .. samīpasthaṃ tadā śakraṃ provāca vacanaṃ dvijāḥ .. 53 .. > Hearing that speech of Pulastya, the Grandfather \[Brahmā\] / then spoke these words to Śakra standing near, O brahmins: // 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.54) .. brahmovāca .. .. śakra nāyāti sāvitrī sāpi strī śithilātmikā .. anayā bhāryayā yajño mayā kāryo'yameva tu .. 54 .. > Brahmā said: / 'Śakra, Sāvitrī does not come; that woman is indolent. / But this sacrifice must certainly be performed by me with a wife. // 54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.55) gaccha śakra samānīhi kanyāṃ kāṃcittvarānvitaḥ .. yāvanna kramate kālo yajñayānasamudbhavaḥ .. 55 .. > Go, Śakra, and bring some maiden with haste, / before the time for proceeding to the sacrifice has passed.' // 55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.56) pitāmahavacaḥ śrutvā tadarthaṃ kanyakā dvijāḥ .. śakreṇāsāditā śīghraṃ bhramamāṇā samīpataḥ .. 56 .. > Having heard the Grandfather's words, a maiden for that purpose, O brahmins, / was quickly found by Śakra wandering nearby. // 56 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.57) atha takraghaṭavyagramastakā tena vīkṣitā .. kanyakā gopajā tanvī caṃdrāsyā padmalocanā .. 57 .. > Then a girl born of a cowherd was seen by him, her head occupied with a pot of buttermilk, / slender, moon-faced, and lotus-eyed, // 57 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.58) sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpūrṇā yauvanāraṃbhamāśritā .. sā śakreṇātha saṃpṛṣṭā kā tvaṃ kamalalocane .. 58 .. > endowed with all auspicious marks, entering the bloom of youth. / She was then asked by Śakra: 'Who are you, O lotus-eyed one? // 58 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.59) kumārī vā sanāthā vā sutā kasya bravīhi naḥ .. 59 .. > Are you an unmarried girl, or do you have a husband? Whose daughter are you? Tell us.' // 59 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.60) .. kanyo vāca .. .. gopakanyāsmi bhadraṃ te takraṃ vikretumāgatā .. yadi gṛhṇāsi me mūlyaṃ tacchīghraṃ dehi mā ciram .. 6.181.60 .. > The girl said: / 'I am a cowherd girl, may you be blessed; I have come to sell buttermilk. / If you will take it, give me the price quickly, do not delay.' // 60 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.61) tacchrutvā tridivendro'pi matvā tāṃ gopakanyakām .. jagṛhe tvarayā yuktastakraṃ cotsṛjya bhūtale .. 61 .. > Hearing that, the lord of heaven \[Indra\], recognizing that she was a cowherd girl, / seized her with haste, casting the buttermilk down onto the ground. // 61 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.62) atha tāṃ rudatīṃ śakraḥ samādāya tvarānvitaḥ .. govaktreṇa praveśyātha guhyenākarṣayattataḥ .. 62 .. > Then Śakra, taking that weeping girl in haste, / caused her to enter through the mouth of a cow and pulled her out through its anus. // 62 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.63) evaṃ medhyatamāṃ kṛtvā saṃsnāpya salilaiḥ śubhaiḥ .. jyeṣṭhakuṇḍasya viprendrāḥ paridhāyya suvāsasī .. 63 .. > Having thus made her supremely pure, having bathed her in the auspicious waters / of the Jyeṣṭhakuṇḍa, O foremost of brahmins, and dressed her in two fine garments, // 63 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.64) tataśca harṣasaṃyuktaḥ provāca caturānanam .. drutaṃ gatvā puro dhṛtvā sarvadevasamāgame .. 64 .. > and then filled with joy, he went quickly and presented her in front of the Four-faced One \[Brahmā\], / in the assembly of all the gods, and spoke: // 64 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.65) kanyakeyaṃ suraśreṣṭha samānītā mayā'dhunā .. tavārthāya surūpāṃgī sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitā .. 65 .. > "This maiden, O best of the gods, has now been brought by me / for your sake, lovely-limbed and marked with all auspicious marks. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.66) gopakanyā viditvemāṃ govaktreṇa praveśya ca .. ākarṣitā ca guhyena pāvanārthaṃ caturmukha .. 66 .. > Knowing her to be a cowherd's daughter, and having made her enter through the mouth of a cow, / she was drawn out through the secret parts for purification, O four-faced one." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.67) .. śrīvāsudeva uvāca .. .. gavāṃ ca brāhmaṇānāṃ ca kulamekaṃ dvidhā kṛtam .. ekatra maṃtrāstiṣṭhaṃti haviranyatra tiṣṭhati .. 67 .. > The venerable Vāsudeva said: / "The family of cows and that of brahmins was made one, divided in two: / in one reside the mantras, while in the other resides the oblation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.68) dhenūdarādviniṣkrāṃtā tajjāteyaṃ dvijanmanām .. asyāḥ pāṇigrahaṃ deva tvaṃ kuruṣva makhāptaye .. 68 > She came forth from the belly of a cow; she is born of that \[lineage\] of the twice-born. / O god, take her hand in marriage for the attainment of the sacrifice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.69) yāvanna calate kālo yajñayānasamudbhavaḥ .. 69 .. > as long as the time appointed for the sacrificial performance does not slip away." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.70) .. rudra uvāca .. .. praviṣṭā gomukhe yasmādapānena vinirgatā .. gāyatrīnāma te patnī tasmādeṣā bhaviṣyati .. 6.181.70 .. > Rudra said: / "Because she entered into the mouth of the cow and came forth through the anus, / she shall therefore become your wife, named Gāyatrī." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.71) .. brahmovāca .. .. vadantu brāhmaṇāḥ sarve gopakanyāpyasau yadi .. saṃbhūya brāhmaṇīśreṣṭhā yathā patnī bhavenmama .. 71 .. > Brahmā said: / "Let all the brahmins declare whether she, even if a cowherd's daughter, / can become the best of brahmin women and be my wife." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.72) .. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .. .. eṣā syādbrāhmaṇaśreṣṭhā gopajātivivarjitā .. asmadvākyāccaturvaktra kuru pāṇigrahaṃ drutam .. 72 .. > The brahmins said: / "She is the best of brahmin women, free from the cowherd caste. / Upon our word, O four-faced one, take her hand in marriage quickly." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.73) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tataḥ pāṇigrahaṃ cakre tasyā devaḥ pitāmahaḥ .. kṛtvā somaṃ tato mūrdhni gṛhyoktavidhinā dvijāḥ .. 73 .. > Sūta said: / Then the god, the grandfather, took her hand in marriage, / having placed soma on her head according to the rule declared in the Gṛhya \[texts\], O twice-born ones. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.74) saṃtiṣṭhati ca tatrasthā mahādevī supāvanī .. adyāpi loke vikhyātā dhanasaubhāgyadāyinī .. .. 74 .. > And dwelling there stands the great goddess, exceedingly purifying, / renowned in the world even today, bestowing wealth and good fortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.79) yastasyāṃ kurute martyaḥ kanyādānaṃ samāhitaḥ .. samastaṃ phalamāpnoti rājasūyāśvamedhayoḥ .. 79 .. > Whatever mortal, attentive in mind, gives a maiden \[in marriage\] at that \[tīrtha\] / obtains the entire fruit of the Rājasūya and Aśvamedha sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.79\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.79_2) kanyā hastagrahaṃ tatra yā''pnoti patinā saha .. sā syātputravatī sādhvī sukhasaubhāgyasaṃyutā .. 76 .. > The maiden who undergoes the taking of the hand with her husband there / becomes possessed of sons, virtuous, and endowed with happiness and good fortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.79\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.79_3) piṃḍadānaṃ narastasyāṃ yaḥ karoti dvijottamāḥ .. pitarastasya saṃtuṣṭāstarpitāḥ pitṛtīrthavat .. 77 .. > Whatever man offers a piṇḍa there, O best of the twice-born, / his ancestors are gratified and satisfied, as at a pitṛ-tīrtha." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.180.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180.181) iti śrīskāde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye gāyatrīvivāhe gāyatrītīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikāśītyuttaraśatatamoadhyāyaḥ .. 181 .. > Thus ends the one hundred eighty-first chapter, named 'Description of the greatness of Gāyatrītīrtha at the marriage of Gāyatrī', in the Great Purāṇa of Skanda, in the compilation of eighty-one thousand \[verses\], in the sixth Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the glorification of Hāṭakeśvarakṣetra. // 181 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.180.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Nandipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.15-2.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.180) · Pramāṇa