[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) › 5.181 # Skandapurana 5.181 Skandapurāṇa 5.181 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.181.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ patnīṃ samāsādya gāyatrīṃ caturānanaḥ .. saṃprahṛṣṭamanā bhūtvā prasthito yajñamaṇḍapam .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Having thus obtained Gāyatrī as his wife, the four-faced one, / his mind filled with joy, set out for the sacrificial pavilion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.2) gāyatryapi samādāya mūrdhni tāmaraṇiṃ mudā .. pratasthe saṃparityajya gopabhāvaṃ vigarhitam .. 2 .. > Gāyatrī too, taking up that fire-drill on her head with joy, / set out, having completely cast off the censured condition of a cowherd woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.3) vādyamāneṣu vādyeṣu brahmaghoṣe divaṃgate .. kalaṃ pragāyamāneṣu gandharveṣu samaṃtataḥ .. 3 .. > As musical instruments were played, the sound of the Vedas rose to heaven, / and the gandharvas sang sweetly all around, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.4) sarvadevadvijopetaḥ saṃprāpto yajñamaṇḍape .. gāyatryā sahito brahmā mānuṣaṃ bhāvamāśritaḥ .. 4 .. > accompanied by all the gods and twice-born, Brahmā arrived at the sacrificial pavilion / together with Gāyatrī, having assumed a human form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.5) etasminnaṃtare cakre keśanirvapaṇaṃ vidheḥ .. viśvakarmā nakhānāṃ ca gāyatryāstadanaṃtaram .. 5 .. > At that moment, Viśvakarman shaved the hair / of the creator, and then cut the nails of Gāyatrī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.6) audumbaraṃ tato daṇḍaṃ pulastyo'smai samādade .. eṇaśṛṃgānvitaṃ carma mantravadvijasattamāḥ .. 6 .. > Then Pulastya handed him a staff of udumbara wood, / and a skin with a black-buck horn, with mantras, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.7) patnīśālāṃ gṛhītvā ca gāyatrīṃ maunadhāriṇīm .. mekhalāṃ nidadhe cānyāṃ kaṭyāṃ mauṃjīmayīṃ śubhām .. 7 .. > And taking Gāyatrī, who kept silence, to the wife's pavilion, / he placed another auspicious girdle of muñja grass around her waist. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.8) tataścakre paraṃ karma yaduktaṃ yajñamaṃḍape .. ṛtvigbhiḥ sahito vedhā vedavākyasamādṛtaḥ .. 8 .. > Then the creator, together with the priests, attentive to the words of the Vedas, / performed the further rite that is prescribed in the sacrificial pavilion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.9) pravargye jāyamāne ca tatrāścaryamabhūnmahat .. jālmarūpadharaḥ kaściddigvāsā vikṛtānanaḥ .. 9 .. > While the Pravargya rite was taking place, a great wonder occurred there: / someone bearing the form of a vile rogue, sky-clad, with a distorted face, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.10) kapālapāṇirāyāto bhojanaṃ dīyatāmiti .. niṣedhyamāno'pi ca taiḥ praviṣṭo yājñikaṃ sadaḥ .. sa kṛtvā'ṭanamanyāyyaṃ tarjyamāno'pi tāpasaiḥ .. 6.182.10 .. > carrying a skull-bowl in his hand, arrived, saying: "Let food be given!" / And though forbidden by them, he entered the assembly of the sacrificers, / wandering inappropriately even while being rebuked by the ascetics. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.11) .. sadasyā ūcuḥ .. .. kasmātpāpasametastvaṃ praviṣṭo yajñamaṇḍape .. kapālī nagnarūpo yo yajñakarmavivarjitaḥ .. 11 .. > The members of the assembly said: / "Why, being filled with sin, have you entered the sacrificial pavilion, / a skull-bearer of naked form who is excluded from sacrificial rites? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.12) tasmādgaccha drutaṃ mūḍha yāvadbrahmā na kupyati .. tathā'nye brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāstathā devāḥ savāsavāḥ .. 12 .. > Therefore go quickly, you fool, before Brahmā grows angry, / as well as the other foremost brahmins, and the gods along with Indra!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.13) .. jālma uvāca .. .. brahmayajñamimaṃ śrutvā dūrādatra samāgataḥ .. bubhukṣito dvijaśreṣṭhāstatkimarthaṃ vigarhatha .. 13 .. > The rogue said: / "Hearing of this sacrifice of Brahmā, I have come here from afar, / hungry, O best of the twice-born; why then do you rebuke me? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.14) dīnāṃdhaiḥ kṛpaṇaiḥ savairstarpitaiḥ kraturucyate .. anyathā'sau vināśāya yaduktaṃ brāhmaṇairvacaḥ ..14.. > A sacrifice is said to be complete when all the wretched, blind, and miserable are satiated; / otherwise, it leads to destruction, as stated by the words of brahmins: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.15) annahīno dahedrāṣṭaṃ mantrahīnastu ṛtvijaḥ .. yājñikaṃ dakṣiṇā hīno nāsti yajñasamo ripuḥ .. 15 .. > 'A sacrifice devoid of food burns the realm; devoid of mantras, it burns the priests; / devoid of sacrificial fee, it burns the sacrificer—there is no enemy equal to \[such\] a sacrifice.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.16) .. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .. .. yadi tvaṃ bhoktukāmastu samāyāto vraja drutam .. etasyāṃ satraśālāyāṃ bhuñjate yatra tāpasāḥ .. dīnāndhāḥ kṛpaṇāścaiva tataḥ kṣutkṣāmakaṃṭhitāḥ .. 16 .. > The brahmins said: / "If you have come wishing to eat, go quickly / to this alms-hall where the ascetics eat, / as well as the wretched, blind, and miserable, their throats emaciated with hunger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.17) athavā dhanakāmastvaṃ vastrakāmo'tha tāpasa .. vraja vittapatiryatra dānaśālāṃ samāśritaḥ .. 17 .. > Or if you desire wealth, or desire clothing, O ascetic, / go to where the lord of wealth has taken his seat at the hall of gifts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.18) aniṃdyo'yaṃ mahāmūrkha yajñaḥ paitāmaho yataḥ .. arcitaḥ sarvataḥ puṇyaṃ tatkiṃ nindasi durmate .. 18 .. > This sacrifice belonging to the grandfather is irreproachable, O great fool; since / it is revered everywhere, it is meritorious; why then do you revile it, you evil-minded one?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.19) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evamuktaḥ kapālaṃ sa parikṣipya dharātale .. jagāmādarśanaṃ sadyo dīpavaddvijasattamāḥ .. 19 .. > Sūta said: / Thus addressed, he threw the skull-bowl onto the earth / and instantly disappeared like a lamp, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.20) .. ṛtvija ūcuḥ .. .. kathaṃ yajñakriyā kāryā kapāle sadasi sthite .. parikṣipatha tasmāttu evamūcurdvijottamāḥ .. 6.182.20 .. > The officiating priests said: / "How can the sacrificial rite be performed with a skull-bowl lying in the assembly? / Therefore, throw it away!" Thus spoke the best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.21) athaiko bahudhā proktaḥ sadasyaiśca dvijottamaiḥ .. daṇḍakāṣṭhaṃ samudyamya pracikṣepa bahistathā .. 21 .. > Then one \[priest\], urged repeatedly by the members of the assembly and the best of the twice-born, / lifted a wooden staff and tossed it outside. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.22) athānyattatra saṃjātaṃ kapālaṃ tādṛśaṃ punaḥ .. tasminnapi tathā kṣipte bhūyo'nyatsamapadyata .. 22 .. > Then another such skull-bowl appeared there again; / and when that too was thrown away in the same way, yet another arose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.23) evaṃ śatasahasrāṇi hyayutānyarbudāni ca .. tatra jātāni tairvyāpto yajñavāṭaḥ samaṃtataḥ .. 23 .. > In this way, hundreds of thousands, tens of thousands, and hundreds of millions / were produced there, and the sacrificial enclosure was filled with them all around. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.24) hāhākārastatau jajñe samaste yajñamaṇḍape .. dṛṣṭvā kapālasaṃghāṃstānyajña karmapradūṣakān.. 24 .. > Then an outcry of woe arose throughout the entire sacrificial pavilion, / seeing those multitudes of skull-bowls polluting the sacrificial rite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.25) atha saṃciṃtayāmāsa dhyānaṃ kṛtvā pitāmahaḥ .. harāriṣṭaṃ samājñāya tatsarvaṃ hṛṣṭarūpadhṛk .. 25 .. > Then the grandfather reflected, having entered meditation; / knowing all that to be the misfortune caused by Hara, assuming a joyful form, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.26) kṛtāṃjalipuṭo bhūtvā tataḥ provāca sādaram.. maheśvaraṃ samāsādya yajñavāṭasamāśritam.. 26 .. > having joined his hands in reverence, he then spoke respectfully, / approaching Maheśvara who had taken his station in the sacrificial enclosure: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.27) kimidaṃ yujyate deva yajñe'sminkarmaṇaḥ kṣatiḥ .. tasmātsaṃhara sarvāṇi kapālāni sureśvara .. 27 .. > "Is this proper, O god, that the rite be ruined in this sacrifice? / Therefore, withdraw all the skull-bowls, O lord of the gods!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.28) yajñakarmavilopo'yaṃ mā bhūttvayi samāgate .. 28 .. > Let there be no destruction of the sacrificial rite now that you have arrived.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.29) tataḥ provāca saṃkruddho bhagavāñchaśiśekharaḥ .. tanmameṣṭatamaṃ pātraṃ bhojanāya sadā sthitam.. 29 .. > Then the blessed lord who bears the crescent moon on his crest, filled with wrath, said: / “That \[skull\] is my most beloved bowl, ever used for my food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.30) ete dvijādhamāḥ kasmādvidviṣaṃtipitāmaha .. tathā na māṃ samuddiśya juhuvurjātavedasi .. 6.182.30 .. > Why do these lowest of the twice-born despise it, O grandfather? / Likewise, they have offered no oblation into the fire addressed to me, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.31) yathānyādevatā stadvanmantrapūtaṃ havirvidhe .. tasmādyadi vidhe kāryā samāptiryajñakarmaṇi .. 31 .. > as they do for other deities with sacrificial food purified by mantras, O Brahmā. / Therefore, O Brahmā, if the sacrificial rite is to be completed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.32) tatkapālāśritaṃ havyaṃ kartavyaṃ sakalaṃ tvidam .. tathā ca māṃ samu ddiśya viśaṣājjātavedasi .. 32 .. > then all this sacrificial food must be placed within skulls; / and an oblation addressed especially to me must be poured into the fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.33) hotavyaṃ havirevātra samāptiṃ yāsyati kratuḥ .. nānyathā satyamevoktaṃ tavāgre caturānana .. 33 .. > Only when the oblation is offered here will the sacrifice reach completion; / not otherwise. Truly have I spoken before you, O four-faced one.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.34) .. pitāmaha uvāca .. .. rūpāṇi tava deveśa pṛthagbhūtānyanekaśaḥ .. saṃkhyayā parihīnāni dhyeyāni sakalāni ca .. 34 .. > The grandfather said: / “O lord of the gods, your forms are manifold and diverse; / they are beyond number, and all are worthy of meditation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.35) etanmahāvrataṃ rūpamākhyātaṃ te trilocana .. naivaṃ ca makhakarma syāttatraiva ca na yujyate .. 35 .. > This form of yours, O three-eyed one, is proclaimed to belong to the Mahāvrata observance; / the ritual of a sacrifice cannot be like this, nor is it fitting there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.36) adyaitatkarma kartuṃ ca śrutibāhyaṃ kathaṃcana .. tava vākyamapi tryakṣa nānyathā kartumutsahe .. 36 .. > To perform today a rite that is in any way outside the Veda \[is unfitting\], / yet I also dare not disobey your command, O three-eyed one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.37) mṛnmayeṣu kapāleṣu haviḥ śrāpyaṃ sureśvara .. adyaprabhṛti yajñeṣu puroḍāśātmikaṃ dvijaiḥ .. tavoddeśena deveśa hotavyaṃ śatarudriyam .. 37 .. > The oblation consisting of sacrificial cake should be cooked by the twice-born in earthen pans, O lord of the gods, / in sacrifices from this day forward; / and, O lord of the gods, the Śatarudrīya hymn should be offered as an oblation addressed to you, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.38) viśeṣātsarvayajñeṣu japyaṃ caiva viśeṣataḥ .. kapālānāṃ tu dvāreṇa tvayā rūpaṃ nijaṃ kṛtam .. 38 .. > and recited especially in all sacrifices. / Since you manifested your own form > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.39) prakaṭaṃ ca suraśreṣṭha kapāleśvarasaṃjñitaḥ .. tasmāttvaṃ bhavitā rudra kṣetre'smindvādaśo'paraḥ .. 39 .. > by means of the skulls, O best of the gods, / you will therefore be named Kapāleśvara, the twelfth other Rudra in this sacred field. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.40) atra yajñaṃ samārabhya yastvāṃ prākpūjayiṣyati .. avighnena makhastasya samāptiṃ pravrajiṣyati .. 6.182.40 .. > Whoever commences a sacrifice here and worships you first, / his sacrifice will reach its completion without obstacles.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.41) evamukte tatastena kapālāni dvijottamāḥ .. tāni sarvāṇi naṣṭāni saṃkhyayā rahitāni ca .. 41 .. > When he had spoken thus, O best of the twice-born, / all those skulls, beyond number, vanished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.42) tato hṛṣṭaścaturvaktraḥ sthāpayāmāsa tatkṣaṇāt .. ligaṃ māheśvaraṃ tatra kapāleśvarasaṃjñitam .. 42 .. > Then, delighted, the four-faced one at that very moment consecrated / a liṅga of Maheśvara there named Kapāleśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.43) abravīcca tato vākyaṃ yaścaitatpūjayiṣyati .. mama kuṇḍatraye snātvā sa yāsyati parāṃ gatim.. 43 .. > And he uttered these words: “Whoever bathes in my three basins / and worships this \[liṅga\] shall attain the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.44) śuklapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ kārtike jāgaraṃ tu yaḥ .. kariṣyati punaścāsya liṃgasya susamāhitaḥ .. ājanmaprabhavātpāpātsa vimuktimavāpsyati .. 44 .. > And whoever, with a concentrated mind, / keeps vigil for this liṅga on the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight of Kārtika, / will be liberated from the sin born from his birth.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.45) evamukte'tha vidhinā prahṛṣṭastripurāṃtakaḥ .. yajñamaṇḍapamāsādya prasthito vedisaṃnidhau .. 45 .. > When Brahmā had spoken thus, the destroyer of Tripura was overjoyed; / having reached the sacrificial pavilion, he stood beside the altar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.46) brāhmaṇaiśca tataḥ karma prārabdhaṃ yajñasambhavam .. vismayotphullanayanairnamaskṛtya maheśvaram .. 46 .. > Then, their eyes wide with wonder, the brahmins bowed to Maheśvara / and commenced the rite of the sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.47) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ ca yaja tastasya caturvaktrasya tatra ca .. ṛṣīṇāṃ koṭirāyātā dakṣiṇāpathavāsinām .. 47 .. > Sūta said: / While the four-faced one was thus sacrificing there, / ten million seers residing in the Deccan arrived, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488) śrutvā paitāmahaṃ yajñaṃ kautukena samanvitāḥ .. kīdṛśo bhavitā yajño dīkṣito yatra padmajaḥ .. 488 .. > filled with curiosity upon hearing of the grandfather’s sacrifice: / “What kind of sacrifice will this be, wherein the lotus-born one himself is consecrated? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_1) kīdṛkkṣetraṃ ca tatpuṇyaṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñitam .. kīdṛśāste ca viprendrā ṛtvijastatra ye sthitāḥ .. 49 .. > And what is that holy sacred field called Hāṭakeśvara like? / And what are those eminent twice-born officiating priests residing there like?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_2) atha te supariśrāṃtā madhyaṃdinagate ravau .. ravivāreṇa saṃprāpte nakṣatre cāśvisaṃsthite .. 6.182.50 .. > Then, utterly exhausted as the sun reached midday / on a Sunday, when the asterism of the Aśvins was present, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_3) vaivasvatyāṃ tithau caiva prāptā gharmapīḍitāḥ .. kaṃcijjalāśayaṃ prāpya praviṣṭāḥ salilaṃ śubham .. 51 .. > and on the Yamī lunar day, afflicted by the heat, / they reached a pool of water and entered the auspicious water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_4) śaṃkukarṇā mahākarṇā vakanāsāstathāpare .. mahodarā bṛhaddantā dīrghoṣṭhāḥ sthūlamastakāḥ..52.. > Some had ears like pegs, some huge ears, others crane-like noses; / some had pot-bellies, large teeth, long lips, or swollen heads; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_5) cipiṭākṣāstathā cānye dīrghagrīvāstathā pare.. kṛṣṇāṃgāḥ sphuṭitaiḥ pādairnakhairdīrghaiḥ samutthitaiḥ..53.. > others had flat eyes, others long necks, / with dark limbs, cracked feet, and long, protruding nails. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_6) tato yāvadviniṣkrāṃtāḥ prapaśyanti parasparam.. tāvadvairūpasyanirmuktāḥ saṃjātāḥ kāmasannibhāḥ..54.. > Then, as soon as they emerged, they looked at one another; / they were freed from deformity and had become beautiful as the god of love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_7) tato vismayamāpannā mithaḥ procuḥ praharṣitāḥ.. rūpavyatyayamālokya jñātvā tīrthaṃ taduttamam.. atra snānādidaṃ rūpamasmābhiḥ prāptamuttamam..55.. > Then, filled with wonder and overjoyed, seeing the transformation of their appearance / and recognizing that excellent sacred ford, they said to one another: / “By bathing here, this excellent form has been obtained by us. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_8) yasmāttasmādidaṃ tīrthaṃ rūpatīrthaṃ bhaviṣyati.. trailokye sakale khyātaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam..56.. > Therefore, this sacred ford shall be called Rūpatīrtha, / renowned in all the three worlds, destroying all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_9) ye'tra snānaṃ kariṣyanti śraddhayā parayā yutāḥ.. surūpāste bhaviṣyaṃti sadā janmani janmani..57.. > Those who bathe here endowed with supreme faith / will always be beautiful, birth after birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_10) pitṝṃśca tarpayiṣyanti ya tra śraddhāsamanvitāḥ.. jalenāpi gayāśrāddhātte lapsyante dhikaṃ phalam..58.. > And those who, endowed with faith, satisfy their ancestors here / even with water, will obtain a fruit greater than a śrāddha at Gayā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_11) ye'tra ratnapradānaṃ ca prakariṣyanti mānavāḥ.. bhaviṣyaṃti na saṃdeho rājānaste bhavebhave..59.. > Those people who give gifts of gems here / will, without doubt, become kings in every rebirth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_12) sthāsyāmo vayamatraiva sāṃprataṃ kṛtaniścayāḥ.. na yāsyāmo vayaṃ tīrthaṃ yadyapi syātsuśobhanam..6.182.60.. > We shall stay right here now, having made our resolve; / we will not go to another sacred ford, even if it were most splendid.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_13) evamuktvā'tha vyabhajaṃstatsarvaṃ munayaśca te.. yajñopavītamātrāṇi svāni tīrthāni cakrire..61.. > Having spoken thus, those sages partitioned all of it; / they made their own sacred fords each the measure of a sacred thread. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_14) sūta uvāca.. adyāpi ca dvijaśreṣṭhāstatra tīrthe jagadguruḥ.. prathamaṃ spṛśate toyaṃ nityaṃ syāddayitaṃ śubham..62.. > Sūta said: / Even today, O best of the twice-born, the teacher of the world / first touches the water in that sacred ford; it is ever his dear, auspicious \[water\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_15) niṣkāmastu punarmartyo yaḥ snānaṃ tatra śraddhayā.. kurute sa paraṃ śreyaḥ prāpnuyātsiddhilakṣaṇam..63.. > And a mortal free from desire who bathes there with faith / attains the supreme good marked by spiritual perfection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_16) evaṃ te munayaḥ sarve vibhajya tanmahatsaraḥ.. sāyaṃtanaṃ ca tatraiva kṛtvā karma suvistaram..64... tato niśāmukhe prāptā yatra devaḥ pitāmahaḥ.. dīkṣitastvatha maunī ca yajñamaṇḍapasaṃśritaḥ..65.. > Having thus partitioned that great lake, all those sages / performed their elaborate evening rite right there, / and then, at the beginning of night, arrived where the divine grandfather was, / consecrated, observing silence, and seated in the sacrificial pavilion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_17) taṃ praṇamya tataḥ sarve gatā yatrartvijaḥ sthitāḥ.. upaviṣṭāḥ pariśrāntā divā yajñiyakarmaṇā..66.. > Having bowed to him, they all went where the officiating priests were staying, / who were seated, fatigued by the sacrificial duties of the day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_18) indrādikaiḥ surairbhaktyā mṛdyamānāṅghrayaḥ sthitāḥ.. abhivādyātha tānsarvānupaviṣṭāstato grataḥ..67.. > their feet being massaged with devotion by the gods led by Indra. / Having greeted them all, they sat down before them, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_19) cakruścātha kathāścitrā yajñakarmasamudbhavāḥ.. somapānasya saṃbandho vyatyayaṃ ca samudbhavam..68.. > and held various discussions arising from the rites of the sacrifice: / the connection with the drinking of Soma, its variation and origin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_20) udgātuḥ prabhavaṃ caiva tathādhvaryoḥ parasparam.. procuste tattvamāśritya tathānye dūṣayanti tat..69.. > and the mutual functions of the Udgātṛ and the Adhvaryu priests; / relying on truth, some stated them, while others refuted them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_21) anye mīmāṃsakāstatra kopasaṃraktalocanāḥ.. hanyusteṣāṃ mataṃ vādamāśritā vāgvicakṣaṇāḥ.. 6.182.70.. > Other Mīmāṃsakas there, their eyes red with anger, / eloquent in speech, refuted their doctrines by resorting to debate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_22) pariśiṣṭavidaścānye madhyasthā dvijasattamāḥ.. procurvādaṃ parityajya sābhiprāyaṃ yathoditam..71.. > And other best of twice-born, knowers of the supplementary texts and impartial, / abandoning dispute, spoke with intended meaning as prescribed. (71) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_23) mahāvīrapuroḍāśacayanapramukhāṃstathā.. vivādāṃścakrire cānye svaṃsvaṃ pakṣaṃ samāśritāḥ..72.. > Others engaged in debates regarding the Mahāvīra, the sacrificial cake, the piling \[of the altar\], and the like, / each resorting to their own position. (72) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_24) evaṃ sā rajanī teṣāmatikrāntā dvijanmanām.73.. > In this way that night passed for those twice-born. (73) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.181.488\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181.488_25) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye rūpatīrthotpattipūrvakaprathamayajñadivasavṛttāntavarṇanaṃnāma dvyaśītyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ..182.. > Thus ends the hundred and eighty-second chapter, titled “Description of the Events of the First Sacrificial Day Preceded by the Origin of Rūpatīrtha,” in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the sixth \[section\], the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses, the glorious Skandapurāṇa. (182) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.181.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Nandipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.16.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.181) · Pramāṇa