[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) › 5.182 # Skandapurana 5.182 Skandapurāṇa 5.182 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.182.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.1) sūta uvāca.. dvitīye divase prāpte yajñakarmasamudbhave.. dvādaśyāmabhavattatra śṛṇudhvaṃ taddvijottamāḥ.. vṛttāntaṃ sarvadevānāṃ mahāvismayakārakam .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / When the second day arrived for the performance of the sacrificial rites, / on the twelfth day, O best of twice-born, there occurred / an event that caused great wonder to all the gods; listen to it: (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.2) makhakarmaṇi prārabdha ṛtvigbhirvedapāragaiḥ .. jalasarpaṃ samādāya baṭuḥ kaścitsunarmakṛt .. 2 .. > When the sacrificial rite had commenced by the officiating priests who were well-versed in the Vedas, / a certain youth who was very mischievous, taking a water-snake, (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.3) praviśyātha sadastatra taṃ sarpaṃ brāhmaṇāntike .. cikṣepa prahasaṃścaiva sarvaduḥkhabhayaṃkaram .. 3 .. > entered the assembly hall and, laughing aloud, threw that snake / near a brahmin—a cause of distress and fright to all. (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.4) tatastu ḍuṇḍubhastūrṇaṃ bhramamāṇa itastataḥ .. viprāṇāṃ sadasisthānāṃ saktānāṃ yajñakarmaṇi .. 4 .. > Then that water-snake, wandering swiftly here and there / among the brahmins sitting in the assembly engaged in the sacrificial rite, (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.5) aho hotuḥ sthite praiṣe dīrghasatrasamudbhave .. sa sarpo veṣṭayāmāsa tasya gātraṃ samaṃtataḥ .. 5 .. > while the invocation of the Hotṛ was proceeding in that long sacrificial session, / that snake coiled all around his body. (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.6) na cacāla nijasthānātprāyaścittavibhīṣayā .. novāca vacanaṃ so'tra cayananyastalocanaḥ .. 6 .. > For fear of \[incurring an expiatory\] penance, he did not stir from his place; / with his gaze fixed on the altar-piling, he uttered not a word. (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.7) hāhākāro mahāñjajñe etasminnaṃtare dvijāḥ .. tasminsadasi viprāṇāṃ viṣā ḍhyāhipraśaṃkayā .. 7 .. > In the meantime, O twice-born, a great cry of dismay arose / in that assembly of brahmins, out of fear that the snake was venomous. (7) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.9) hāhākāro mahānāsīttaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarpaveṣṭitam .. tasya putro vinītātmā maitrāvaruṇakarmaṇi .. 9 .. > A great cry of dismay arose upon seeing him coiled around by the snake. / His humble son, engaged in the duties of the Maitrāvaruṇa priest, (8) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.9\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.9_1) saṃsthitastena saṃdṛṣṭaḥ pitā sarpābhiveṣṭitaḥ .. jñātvā tu ceṣṭitaṃ tasya bhaye sarpasamudbhave .. śaśāpa krodhasaṃyuktastatastaṃ sa baṭuṃ muniḥ .. 9 .. > standing there, saw his father surrounded by the serpent. / Knowing that \[boy’s\] act when fear arose from the snake, / that sage, filled with rage, cursed that youth: (9) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.10) yasmātpāpa tvayā sarpaḥ kṣiptaḥ sadasi durmate .. tasmādbhava drutaṃ sarpo mama vākyādasaṃśayam .. 6.183.10 .. > “Since a snake was thrown by you, evil one, into the assembly, O wicked-minded one, / therefore, by my word, quickly become a snake without a doubt!” (10) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.11) .. baṭuruvāca .. .. hāsyena jalasarpo'yaṃ mayā mukto'tra līlayā .. na te tātaṃ samuddiśya tatkiṃ māṃ śapasi dvija .. 11 .. > The youth said: / “In jest and in play this water-snake was released by me here; / it was not aimed at your father. Why then do you curse me, O twice-born?” (11) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.12) etasminnaṃtare muktvā tasya gātraṃ sa pannagaḥ .. jagāmānyatra tasyāpi sarpatvaṃ samapadyata .. 12 .. > At that moment, releasing his body, that serpent / went elsewhere, and the boy too was transformed into a snake. (12) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.13) so'pi sarpatvamāpannaḥ sanātanasuto baṭuḥ .. duḥkhaśokasamāpanno brāhmaṇaiḥ pariveṣṭitaḥ .. 13 .. > Having become a snake, that youth, the son of Sanātana, / overcome with grief and sorrow, was surrounded by brahmins. (13) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.14) atha gatvā bhṛguṃ so'pi bāṣpavyākulalocanaḥ .. provāca gadgadaṃ vākyaṃ praṇipatya puraḥsaraḥ .. 14 .. > Then, having gone to Bhṛgu, his eyes clouded with tears, / he bowed before him and spoke in a faltering voice: (14) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.15) sanātanasutaścāsmi pautrastu parameṣṭhinaḥ .. śaptastava sutenāsmi cyavanena mahātmanā .. 15 .. > “I am the son of Sanātana and grandson of the Supreme Lord \[Brahmā\]. / I have been cursed by your son, the noble Cyavana. (15) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.16) nirdoṣo brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha tasmācchāpātprarakṣa mām .. tacchrutvā cyavanaṃ prāha kṛpāviṣṭo bhṛguḥ svayam ..16.. > I am innocent, O best of brahmins! Therefore protect me from the curse.” / Hearing that, Bhṛgu himself, overcome with compassion, said to Cyavana: (16) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.17) ayuktaṃ vihitaṃ tāta yacchapto'yaṃ baṭustvayā.. na māṃ dharṣayituṃ śakto viṣāḍhyo'pi bhujaṃgamaḥ ..17.. > “An improper thing was done, my son, when this youth was cursed by you. / Even a serpent full of poison is not able to overpower me. (17) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.19) kiṃ punarjalasarpo'yaṃ nirviṣo rajjusaṃnibhaḥ .. na māmuddiśya nirmuktaḥ sarpo'nena dvijanmanā .. śāpamokṣaṃ kuruṣvāsya tasmācchīghraṃ dvijanmanaḥ .. 19 .. > How much less this water-snake, non-venomous and resembling a rope! / The snake was not directed at me by this twice-born. / Therefore grant this twice-born release from the curse swiftly.” (18) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.19\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.19_2) .. cyavana uvāca .. .. yadi tyajati maryādāmabdhiḥ śaityaṃ vrajedraviḥ .. uṣṇatvaṃ ca kṣapānāthastanme syādanṛtaṃ vacaḥ .. 19 .. > Cyavana said: / “If the ocean should cross its boundary, the sun become cold, / and the moon turn hot, then my word could be false.” (19) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.20) tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya svayameva pitāmahaḥ .. tatrāyātaḥ sthito yatra sa pautraḥ sarparūpadhṛk .. 6.183.20 .. > Hearing his word, the Grandfather \[Brahmā\] himself / came there, where his grandson stood, bearing the form of a serpent. (20) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.21) provāca na viṣādaste putra kāryaḥ kathaṃcana .. yatsarpatvamanuprāptaḥ śṛṇuṣvātra vaco mama .. 21 .. > He said: “O son, you should by no means grieve / because you have acquired serpenthood; listen to my word in this matter. (21) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.22) purā saṃsraṣṭukāmo'haṃ nāgānāṃ navamaṃ kulam .. tadbhaviṣyati tvatpārśvātsamaryādaṃ dharātale .. 22 .. > Formerly I wished to create the ninth family of serpents; / that will arise from you, observing proper bounds on the surface of the earth. (22) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.23) mantrauṣadhiyujāṃ puṃsāṃ na pīḍāmācariṣyati .. saṃprāpsyati parāṃ pūjāṃ samaste jagatītale .. 23 .. > It will not cause harm to men equipped with mantras and medicinal herbs; / it will receive supreme worship throughout the whole earth. (23) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.24) atrā'sti suśubhaṃ toyaṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñite .. kṣetre tatra samāvāsaḥ putra kāryastvayā sadā .. 24 .. > Here there is very auspicious water in the sacred field named Hāṭakeśvara; / your constant dwelling, my son, should be made there. (24) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.25) tatrasthasya tapasthasya nāgaḥ karkoṭako nijam .. tava dāsyati satkanyāṃ tataḥ sṛṣṭirbhaviṣyati .. 25 .. > To you staying there and engaged in austerity, the serpent Karkoṭaka / will give his own noble daughter; from that creation will proceed. (25) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.26) navamasya kulasyātra samaryādasya bhūtale .. śrāvaṇe kṛṣṇapakṣe tu saṃprāpte paṃcamīdine .. 26 .. > Of the ninth family here, observing proper bounds on the earth, / when the fifth day arrives in the dark fortnight of Śrāvaṇa, (26) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.27) saṃprāpsyati parāṃ pūjāṃ pṛthivyāṃ navamaṃ kulam .. adyaprabhṛti tattoyaṃ nāgatīrthamiti smṛtam ..27.. > that ninth family will receive supreme worship on earth. / From this day forward, that water is known as Nāgatīrtha; (27) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.28) khyātiṃ yāsyati bhūpṛṣṭhe sarvapātakanāśanam.. ye'tra snānaṃ kariṣyaṃti saṃprāpte paṃcamīdine ..28.. > it will attain renown on the earth's surface, destroying all sins. / Those who take a ritual ablution here when the fifth day arrives, (28) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.29) na teṣāṃ vatsaraṃyāvadbhaviṣyatyahijaṃ bhayam .. viṣārdditastu yo martyastatra snānaṃ kariṣyati ..29.. > for one year they shall have no fear born of serpents. / And whatever mortal afflicted with poison takes a ritual ablution there, (29) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.29\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.29_3) tatkṣaṇānnirviṣo bhūtvā saṃprāpsyati paraṃ sukham .. putrakāmā tu yā nārī paṃcamyāṃ bhāskarodaye ..6.183.3... > becoming free of poison at that very moment, he shall attain supreme happiness. / And whatever woman desiring a son, on the fifth day at sunrise, (30) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.31) kariṣyati tathā snānaṃ phalahastā prabhaktitaḥ .. bhaviṣyati ca sā śīghraṃ vaṃdhyā'pi ca suputriṇī ..31.. > takes a ritual ablution with fruit in hand and filled with devotion, / she, even if barren, shall soon become the mother of a good son.” (31) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.32) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ pravadatastasya brahmaṇo'vyaktajanmanaḥ.. anye nāgāḥ samāyātāstatra yajñe nimaṃtritāḥ .. 32 .. > Sūta said: / As Brahmā of unmanifest origin was speaking thus, / other serpents arrived, invited to that sacrifice: (32) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.33) vāsukistakṣakaścaiva puṇḍarīkaḥ kṛśodaraḥ .. kambalāśvatarau nāgau śeṣaḥ kāliya eva ca .. 33 .. > Vāsuki, Takṣaka, Puṇḍarīka, Kṛśodara, / the serpents Kambala and Aśvatara, Śeṣa, and Kāliya. (33) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.34) te praṇamya vacaḥ procuḥ proccairdevaṃ pitāmaham .. tavādeśādvayaṃ prāptā yajñe'tra prapitāmaha..34.. > Having bowed, they spoke aloud to the god, the Grandfather: / “At your command we have arrived at this sacrifice, O Great-Grandfather. (34) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.35) sāhāyyārthaṃ tadādeśo dīyatāṃ prapitāmaha.. yena kurmo vayaṃ śīghraṃ nāgarājye hyadhiṣṭhitāḥ ..35.. > Command us to give assistance, O Great-Grandfather, / so that we, established in the serpent realm, may do so swiftly.” (35) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.36) brahmovāca .. sāhāyyametadasmākaṃ bhavadīyaṃ mahoragāḥ .. gatvānena samaṃ śīghraṃ nāgarājena tiṣṭhata..36.. > Brahmā said: “This assistance of yours is ours, O great snakes! / Having gone quickly together with this king of serpents, remain \[there\]. (36) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.37) nāgatīrthe tataḥ stheyaṃ sarvaistatra samāsthitaiḥ ..37.. > All of you, established there, must remain at Nāgatīrtha. (37) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.38) yaḥ kaścinmama yajñe'tra duṣṭabhāvaṃ samāśritaḥ .. samāgacchati vighnāya rakṣaṇīyaḥ sa satvaram ..38.. > Whoever, having adopted an evil intent, comes / to cause obstacles to this sacrifice of mine, must be repelled swiftly.” (38) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.39) rākṣaso vā piśāco vā bhūto vā mānuṣo'pi vā .. etatkṛtyatamaṃ nāgā mama yajñasya rakṣaṇam .. 39 .. > whether a rākṣasa, a piśāca, a bhūta, or even a human being. > O serpents, this protection of my sacrifice is the utmost duty \[for you\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.40) tathā yūyamapi prāpte māsi bhādrapade tathā .. paṃcamyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣasya tatra pūjāmavāpsyatha .. 6.183.40 .. > Likewise, when the month of Bhādrapada arrives, > on the fifth lunar day of the dark fortnight, you shall receive worship there.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.41) .. sūta uvāca .. .. bāḍhamityeva te procya praṇipatya pitāmaham .. sanātanasutopetā nāgatīrthaṃ samāśritāḥ .. 41 > Sūta said: > Saying, “So be it,” and bowing down to the Grandfather, > they, together with the sons of Sanātana, resorted to the Nāgatīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.42) tataḥprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ nāgatīrtha miti smṛtam .. kāmapradaṃ ca bhaktānāṃ narāṇāṃ snānakāriṇām .. 42 .. > From then on, that sacred ford was known as Nāgatīrtha, > granting desires to devotees, to men who perform ritual ablution \[there\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.43) yastatra kurute snānaṃ sakṛdbhaktyā samanvitaḥ .. nānvaye'pi bhayaṃ tasya jāya te sarpasaṃbhavam .. 43 .. > Whoever performs ritual ablution there once, endowed with devotion, > no fear arising from snakes occurs even in his family lineage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.44) tatra yacchati miṣṭānnaṃ dvijānāṃ sajjanaiḥ saha .. pūjayitvā tu nāgeṃdrānsanātanapuraḥsarān .. 44 .. > Whoever offers sweet food to brahmins there along with good people, > having worshipped the serpent lords headed by Sanātana, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.45) saptajanmāṃtaraṃ yāvanna sa dauḥsthyamavāpnuyāt .. bhūtapretapiśācānāṃ śākinīnāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. na cchidraṃ na ca rogāśca nādhayo na riporbhayam .. 45 .. > he shall not suffer misfortune for seven rebirths, > especially from bhūtas, pretas, piśācas, and śākinīs; > \[there will be\] no vulnerability, no diseases, no mental distress, and no fear of enemies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.46) yaścaitacchṛṇuyādbhaktyā vācyamānaṃ dvijottamāḥ .. so'pi saṃvatsaraṃ yāvatpannagairna ca pīḍyate .. 46 .. > And whoever hears this recited with devotion, O best of brahmins, > he too will not be afflicted by serpents for a whole year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.47) sarpadaṣṭasya yasyaitatpurataḥ paṭhyate bhṛśam .. nāgatīrthasya māhātmyaṃ kāla daṣṭo'pi jīvati .. 47 .. > Before one who is bitten by a snake, if this māhātmya > of Nāgatīrtha is continuously recited, he lives even if bitten by Time \[itself\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.48) pustake likhitaṃ caitannāgatīrthasamudbhavam .. māhātmyaṃ tiṣṭhate yatra na sarpastatra tiṣṭhati .. 48 .. > And wherever this māhātmya originating from Nāgatīrtha > remains written in a book, no snake stays there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.182.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182.183) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye nāgatīrthotpattimāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tryaśītyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 183 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and eighty-third chapter, entitled “Description of the Origin and Māhātmya of Nāgatīrtha,” in the Māhātmya of Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the 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.5.182.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Nandipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.17.3) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.182) · Pramāṇa