[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) › 5.183 # Skandapurana 5.183 Skandapurāṇa 5.183 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.183.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.1) .. .. sūta uvāca .. .. tṛtīye ca dine prāpte trayodaśyāṃ dvijottamāḥ .. prātaḥsavanamādāya ṛtvijaḥ sarva eva te .. svesve karmaṇi saṃlagnā yajñakṛtyasamudbhave .. 1 .. > Sūta said: > When the third day arrived, on the thirteenth lunar day, O best of brahmins, > the sacrificial priests, undertaking the morning pressing of soma, all of them > engaged in their respective duties pertaining to the sacrificial acts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.2) tataḥ pravartate yajñastadā paitāmaho mahān .. sarvakāmasamṛddhastu sarvaiḥ samudito guṇaiḥ .. 2 .. > Then proceeded that great sacrifice of the Grandfather, > rich in fulfilling all desires, accompanied by all excellences. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.3) dīyatāṃ dīyatāṃ tatra bhujyatāṃ bhujyatāmiti .. ekaḥ saṃśrūyate śabdo dvitīyo dvijasaṃbhavaḥ .. 3 .. > “Let it be given! Let it be given! Eat! Eat!”— > this one sound was heard there; the second was the sound made by brahmins; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.4) nānyastatra tṛtīyastu yajñe paitāmahe śubhe .. yo yaṃ kāmayate kāmaṃ hemaratnasamudbhavam .. 4 .. > there was no third \[sound\] in that auspicious sacrifice of the Grandfather. > Whatever desire one cherished, consisting of gold or gems, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.5) sa tatprāpnotyasaṃdigdhaṃ vāṃchitācca caturguṇam .. pakvānnasya kṛtāstatra dṛśyaṃte parvatāḥ śubhāḥ .. 5 .. > one obtained it without a doubt, fourfold what was wished for. > Auspicious mountains made of cooked food were seen there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.6) ghṛtakṣīra mahānadyo dānārthaṃ vittarāśayaḥ .. etasminnaṃtare prāptaḥ kaścijjñānī dvijottamāḥ .. 6 .. > and great rivers of ghee and milk, and heaps of wealth for donation. > At that moment, O best of brahmins, a certain wise man arrived, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.7) atītānāgatānvetti vartamānaṃ ca yaḥ sadā .. sa brahmāṇaṃ namaskṛtya niviṣṭaśca tadagrataḥ .. 7 .. > who always knew the past, the future, and the present. > Having bowed to Brahmā, he sat down before him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.8) karmāṃtareṣu viprāṇāṃ sa sarveṣāṃ dvijottamāḥ .. kathayāmāsa yadvṛttaṃ bālyātprabhṛti kṛtsnaśaḥ .. 8 .. > During intervals between the rituals of the brahmins, O best of brahmins, > he recounted everything that had happened \[to each of them\] from childhood onwards. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.9) tatasta ṛtvijaḥ sarve kautukāviṣṭacetasaḥ .. papracchurjñāninaṃ taṃ ca vismayotphullalocanāḥ .. 9 .. > Then all those sacrificial priests, their minds filled with wonder, > and their eyes wide with amazement, questioned that wise man. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.10) vismṛtāni smaraṃtaste nijakṛtyāni vai tataḥ .. proktāni garhaṇīyāni hyasaṃkhyātāni sarvaśaḥ .. 6.184.10 .. > Remembering their own forgotten deeds, > innumerable and blameworthy in all respects, which he had spoken of, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.11) tataste punarevātha papracchurjñāninaṃ ca tam .. lokottaramidaṃ jñānaṃ kathaṃ te saṃsthitaṃ dvija.. 11 .. > they then questioned that wise man again: > “How did this extraordinary knowledge come to reside in you, O brahmin? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.12) ko guruste samācakṣva paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ .. ahojñānamaho jñānaṃ naitaddṛṣṭaṃ śrutaṃ ca na .. 12 .. > Who is your guru? Tell us, for our curiosity is immense. > Ah, what knowledge! Ah, what knowledge! We have neither seen nor heard of such \[knowledge\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.13) yādṛśaṃ te dvijaśreṣṭha dṛśyate pārthasaṃsthitam .. kiṃ brahmaṇā svayaṃ vipra tvamevaṃ pratibodhitaḥ .. 13 .. > such as is seen dwelling in you, O best of brahmins, on this earth. > Were you thus awakened by Brahmā himself, O brahmin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.14) kiṃ vā hareṇa tuṣṭena kiṃ vā devena cakriṇā .. nānyaprabodhitasyaivaṃ jñānaṃ saṃjāyate sphuṭam .. 14 .. .. > or by pleased Hara, or by the discus-bearing God \[Viṣṇu\]? > Certainly, such knowledge cannot arise in one awakened by anyone else.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.15) .. atithiruvāca .. .. piṃgalā kuraraḥ sarpaḥ sāraṃgaścaiva yo vane .. iṣukāraḥ kumārī ca ṣaḍete guravo mama .. 15 .. > The guest said: > “Piṅgalā, the osprey, the snake, the bee that wanders in the forest, > the arrow-maker, and the maiden: these six are my gurus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.16) eteṣāṃ ceṣṭitaṃ dṛṣṭvā jñānaṃ me samupasthitam.. 16 .. > Observing their behavior, knowledge arose in me.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.17) .. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .. .. kathayasva mahābhāga kathaṃ te guravaḥ sthitāḥ .. kīdṛśaṃ ca tvayā dṛṣṭaṃ teṣāṃ caiva viceṣṭitam .. .. 17 .. > The brahmins said: > “Tell us, O fortunate one, how they became your gurus, > and what conduct of theirs was observed by you? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.18) kasmindeśe tvamutpannaḥ kasminsthāne vadasva naḥ .. kiṃnāmā kiṃ nu gotraśca sarvaṃ vistarato vada .. 18 .. > In which country were you born? In what place? Tell us. > What is your name? What is your lineage? Tell us everything in detail.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.19) .. atithiruvāca .. .. āsannava pure viprāścatvāro ye vivāsitāḥ .. śunaḥśepo'tha śākreyo bauddho dāṃtaścaturthakaḥ .. 19 .. > The guest said: > “In the city of Navapura, there were four brahmins who had been banished: > Śunaḥśepa, Śākreya, Bauddha, and Dānta was the fourth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.20) teṣāṃ madhye tu yo bauddhaḥ śāṃto dāṃta iti smṛtaḥ .. chandogagotravikhyāto vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ .. 6.184.20 .. > Among them, he who was Bauddha was known as calm and self-restrained, > famous in the Chandoga gotra, a master of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.21) nāgareṣu samutpannaḥ paścimevayasi sthitaḥ .. tasyāhaṃ prathamaḥ putraḥ prāṇebhyo'pi suhṛtpriyaḥ .. 21 .. > born among the Nāgaras, and in the last stage of life. > I was his first son, dearer to him than his own life-breaths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.22) tato'haṃ yauvanaṃ prāpto yadā dvijavarottama. .. tadā me dayitastātaḥ paṃcatvaṃ samupāgataḥ .. 22 .. > Then, when I attained youth, O best among the foremost brahmins, > my beloved father departed this life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.23) etasminnaṃtare rājā hyānartādhipatirdvijāḥ .. sutapāstena nirdiṣṭo'haṃ tu kaṃcukikarmaṇi .. 23 .. > At that juncture, the king, the ruler of Ānarta, O brahmins, > \[named\] Sutapas, appointed me to the office of the chamberlain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.24) śāṃtaṃ dāṃtaṃ samālokya viśvastena mahātmanā .. tasya cāṃtaḥpure hyāsītpiṃgalānāma nāyikā .. 24 .. > Seeing me calm and self-controlled, that noble one trusted me. > And in his inner apartment there was a courtesan named Piṅgalā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.25) daurbhāgyeṇa samopetā rūpeṇāpi samanvitā .. athānyāḥ śataśastasya bhāryāścāṃtaḥpure sthitāḥ .. 25 .. > beset with misfortune, yet endowed with beauty. > Now, hundreds of his other wives stayed in the inner apartment; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.26) tāḥ sarvā rajanīvaktre vyākulatvaṃ prayāṃti ca .. āharaṃti parāngandhāndhūpāṃśca kusumāni ca .. 26 .. > they all fell into agitation at nightfall, > bringing excellent perfumes, incenses, and flowers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.27) vilepanāni mukhyāni surabhīṇi tathā puraḥ .. . puṣpāṇi ca vicitrāṇi hyanyāḥ sūkṣmāṃbarāṇi ca ..27.. > and before \[him\] prominent, fragrant ointments, > and multicolored blossoms, while others brought fine garments, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.28) tāvadyāvatsthitaḥ kālaḥ śayanīyasamudbhavaḥ .. manmathotsāhasaṃ yuktāḥ pulakena samanvitāḥ ..28.. > until the time for bed arrived, > filled with the excitement of desire and bristling with goosebumps. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.29) ekā jānāti māṃ suptāṃ nūnamākārayiṣyati .. anyā jānāti māṃ caiva parasparamamarṣataḥ ..29.. > One thinks, ‘Surely he will summon me who am asleep!’ > Another thinks, ‘He will summon me!’—out of mutual jealousy, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.30) spardhayanti prayudhyanti virūpāṇi vadanti ca .. tāsāṃ madhyāttataścaikā prayāti nṛpasaṃnidhau .. 6.184.30 .. > they rival, fight, and speak unpleasant words. > Then, from among them, one goes into the king's presence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.31) śeṣā vai lakṣyamāsādya niḥśvasya prasvapanti ca .. duḥkhārtā na labhanti sma tāśca nidrāṃ parābhavāt .. 31 .. > The rest, failing to reach the mark, sighed and fell asleep; / afflicted with sorrow, they did not find sleep because of their humiliation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.32) kāmena pīḍitāṃgāśca bāṣpapūrṇekṣaṇāḥ sthitāḥ .. 32 .. > With limbs tormented by desire, they remained with eyes filled with tears. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.33) āśā hi paramaṃ duḥkhaṃ nirāśā paramaṃ sukham .. āśānirāśāṃ kṛtvā ca sukhaṃ svapiti piṃgalā .. 33 ... > For expectation is supreme suffering, and freedom from expectation is supreme happiness. / Having turned expectation into freedom from expectation, Piṅgalā sleeps happily. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.34) na karoti ca śṛṃgāraṃ na spardhāṃ ca kadācana.. na vyākulatvamāpede sukhaṃ svapiti piṃgalā..34.. > She makes no adornment, nor ever any rivalry; / she underwent no distress: Piṅgalā sleeps happily. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.35) tato mayāpi taddṛṣṭvā tasyāśceṣṭitamuttamam.. āśāḥ sarvāḥ parityaktāḥ svapimīha tataḥ sukhī..35.. > Then, having seen that excellent conduct of hers, / I too abandoned all expectations, and therefore sleep here happily. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.36) ye svapaṃti sukhaṃ rātrau teṣāṃ kāyāgniridhyate. āhāraṃ pratigṛhṇāti tataḥ puṣṭikaraṃ param..36.. > For those who sleep happily at night, their bodily fire is kindled. / Then it receives food that gives the highest nourishment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.37) tadetkāraṇaṃ jātaṃ mama tejo bhivṛddhaye.. gurutve piṃgalā jātā tena sā me dvijottamāḥ..37.. > That became the cause for the increase of my vigor. / Therefore, O best of brahmins, Piṅgalā became a guru to me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.38) āśāpāśaiḥ parītāṃgā ye bhavanti naro rditāḥ.. te rātrau śerate naiva tadaprāptivicintayā..38.. > Afflicted men whose limbs are bound by the snares of expectation / do not sleep at night, worrying over failing to attain it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.39) naivāgnirdīpyate teṣāṃ jāṭharaśca tataḥ param.. āhāraṃ vāṃchate naiva tanna tejobhivardhanam..39.. > And their gastric fire does not burn beyond that; / they have no appetite for food, and thus there is no increase of vigor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.40) sarvasya vidyate prāṃto na vāṃchāyāḥ kathaṃcana..6.184.40.. > Everything has a limit, but desire has none whatever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.41) yathāyathā bhavellābho vāṃcitasya nṛṇāmiha.. haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva vṛddhiṃ yāti tathātathā..41.. > In whatever manner the attainment of the desired thing happens for men here, / in that very manner it grows, like fire fed with clarified butter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.42) yathā śṛṃgaṃ ruroḥ kāye vardhamānasya vardhate.. evaṃ tṛṣṇāpi yatnena vardhamānena vardhate..42.. > Just as the horn of a ruru deer grows on its growing body, / so also thirst \[of desire\] grows with growing exertion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.43) evaṃ jñātvā mahābhāgaḥ puruṣeṇa vijānatā.. divā tatkarma kartavyaṃ yena rātrau sukhaṃ svapet..43.. > Knowing thus, O fortunate one, by a discerning man / that deed must be done by day whereby he may sleep happily at night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.183.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183.184) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye brahmayajñe tṛtīyadivase piṃgalopākhyānavarṇanaṃnāma caturaśītyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ..184.. > Thus ends the one hundred and eighty-fourth chapter, titled 'The Description of the Story of Piṅgalā on the Third Day of the Brahmayajña,' in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\], in the Mahāpurāṇa of Skanda, 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.5.183.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Nandipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.18.5) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.183) · Pramāṇa