[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) › 5.184 # Skandapurana 5.184 Skandapurāṇa 5.184 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.184.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.1) atithiruvāca.. etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ yathā me piṃgalā guruḥ.. saṃjātā kuraro jāto yathā tatpravadānyaham..1.. > The guest said: / All this has been related to you, how Piṅgalā became my guru. / How the osprey became \[my guru\], that I will tell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.2) mamāsīddraviṇaṃ bhūri pitṛpaitāmahaṃ mahat..2.. > I had great wealth, abundant and ancestral. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.3) ye'tha putrāśca dāyādā bāṃdhavā api.. te māṃ sarve prabādhante dravyasasyakṛte sadā..3.. > The sons, heirs, and relatives who were there— / all of them constantly tormented me for the sake of the wealth of crops. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.4) yasyāhaṃ na prayacchāmi sa māṃ caiva prabādhate.. sīdamānastu subhṛśaṃ darśayanprāṇasaṃkṣayam..4.. > Whomever I did not give to, he harassed me, / sinking into deep despair and displaying the loss of his life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.5) eka sāmnā prayācaṃte vittaṃ bhedena cāpare .. bhayadānena cānye'pi keciddaṃḍena ca dvijāḥ .. 5 .. > Some begged for wealth with gentle words, and others by creating division; / yet others with threats of danger, and some with punishment, O brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.6) evaṃ nāhaṃ kvacitsaukhyaṃ teṣāṃ pārśvāllabhāmi bhoḥ .. cintayāno divānaktaṃ kleśasya pari saṃkṣayam .. upāyaṃ na ca paśyāmi yena śāṃtiḥ prajāyate .. 6 .. > Thus I found no happiness anywhere by their side, O sirs! / Pondering day and night the complete cessation of my distress, / I saw no means whereby peace could arise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.7) anyasmindivase dṛṣṭaḥ kṛtamāṃsaparigrahaḥ .. kuraraścaṃcunā vyomni gacchamānastvarānvitaḥ .. 7 .. > On another day, an osprey was seen, holding meat in its beak, / flying through the sky in haste, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.8) hanyamānaḥ samaṃtācca māṃsārthe vividhaiḥ khagaiḥ .. atha tena parikṣiptaṃ tanmāṃsaṃ pakṣijādbhayāt .. 8 .. > being struck on all sides by various birds for the sake of the meat. / Then it dropped that meat out of fear of the birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.9) yāvattāvatsukhī jātaste'pisarve samujjhitāḥ .. mayāpi kliśyamānena tadvacca nijabāṃdhavaiḥ .. 9 .. > In that very instant it became happy, and all \[the birds\] departed. / By me too, afflicted in the same manner by my own relatives, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.10) sāmiṣaṃ kuraraṃ dṛṣṭvā vadhyamānaṃ nirāmiṣaiḥ .. āmiṣasya parityāgātkuraraḥ sukhamedhate .. 6.185.10 .. > having seen the osprey with meat being struck by those without meat, / \[I realized\]: through the abandonment of the meat, the osprey thrives in happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.11) evaṃ niścitya manasā sarvānānīya bāṃdhavān .. putrānpautrāṃstataḥ sarvānpurasteṣāṃ niveditam .. 11 .. > Deciding thus in my mind, I brought together all my relatives, / and then all my sons and grandsons, and declared before them: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.12) triḥsatyaṃ śapathaṃ kṛtvā nānyadastīti me gṛhe .. vibhajyārthaṃ yathānyāyaṃ yūyaṃ gṛhṇīta bāndhavāḥ .. 12 .. > "Taking an oath three times truthfully: there is nothing else in my house. / Dividing the property according to rule, take it, O relatives!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.13) tataḥprabhṛti tairmuktaḥ sukhaṃ tiṣṭhāmyahaṃ dvijāḥ .. etasmātkāraṇājjāto mamāsau kuraro guruḥ.. 13 .. > From then on, released by them, I dwell happily, O brahmins. / For this reason, that osprey became my guru. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.14) arthasaṃpadvimohāya vimoho narakāya ca .. tasmādarthamanarthaṃ taṃ mokṣārthī dūratastyajet .. 14 .. > Abundance of wealth leads to delusion, and delusion leads to hell. / Therefore, one who seeks liberation should abandon that wealth, which is misfortune, from afar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.15) yathāmiṣaṃ jale matsyairbhakṣyate śvāpadairbhuvi.. ākāśe pakṣibhiścaiva tathā sarvatra vittavān..15.. > Just as meat is devoured by fish in water, by wild beasts on earth, / and by birds in the sky, so is a wealthy man everywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.16) doṣahīno'pi dhanavānbhūpādyaiḥ paritāpyate.. daridraḥ kṛtadoṣo'pi sarvatra nirupadravaḥ..16.. > Even a blameless rich man is harassed by kings and others; / a poor man, even if he has committed a fault, is unmolested everywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.17) ālaṃbitāḥ parairyāṃti praskhalaṃti padepade .. gadgadāni ca jalpaṃte dhanino madyapā iva..17.. > Supported by others, stumbling at every step, / they babble falteringly—the wealthy, like drunkards. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.18) bhakte dveṣo bahiḥ prītī rucitaṃ gurulaghvapi .. mukhe ca kaṭutā nityaṃ dhanināṃ jvariṇāmiva ..18.. > Hatred toward the devoted, outward affection, appetite fickle for heavy or light, / and constant bitterness in the mouth—of the rich, like people with fever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.19) arthānāmarjane duḥkhamarjitānāṃ ca rakṣaṇe .. nāśe duḥkhaṃ vyaye duḥkhaṃ dhigartho duḥkhabhājanam..19.. > There is suffering in earning wealth, and in guarding what has been earned; / there is suffering in its loss, suffering in its expenditure: fie upon wealth, a vessel of suffering! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.20) arthārthī jīva loko'yaṃ smaśānamapi sevate .. janitāramapi tyaktvā niḥsvaṃ yāṃti sutā api .. 6.185.20 .. > Seeking wealth, this world of living beings serves even the cremation ground; / leaving even their progenitor destitute, even sons depart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.21) sutasya vallabhastāvatpitā putro'pi vai pituḥ .. yāvannārthasya saṃbandhastābhyāṃ bhāvī parasparam .. saṃbandhe vittaje jāte vairaṃ saṃjāyate mithaḥ .. 21 .. > A father is dear to a son, and a son to a father, / only as long as there is to be no dealing of wealth between the two; / when a relation arisen from wealth occurs, mutual enmity arises. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.22) etasmātkāraṇādvittaṃ mayā tyaktaṃ tapodhanāḥ .. tena saukhyena tiṣṭhāmi kurarasyopadeśataḥ .. 22 .. > For this reason, wealth was abandoned by me, O you rich in asceticism. / Therefore I dwell in happiness, through the instruction of the osprey. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.23) śṛṇudhvaṃ ca mahābhāgā yathā me'hirguruḥ sthitaḥ .. 23 .. > And listen, O fortunate ones, how the serpent was my guru, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.24) yathā mayā gṛhaṃ tyaktaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarpaviceṣṭitam .. gṛhāraṃbhaḥ suduḥkhāya sukhāya na kadācana .. 24 .. > how I abandoned home having seen the conduct of the serpent. / Undertaking a household leads to great suffering, never to happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.25) sarpaḥ parakṛtaṃ veśma praviśya sukhamedhate .. uṣitvā tatra saukhyena bhūyo'nyattādṛśaṃ vrajet .. 25 .. > Entering a dwelling made by another, the serpent thrives in happiness; / having dwelt there pleasantly, it moves again to another such. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.26) mama tvaṃ kurute naiva mamedaṃ gṛhamityasau .. na gṛhaṃ jāyate tasya na svayaṃ hi kṛtaṃ yataḥ .. 26 .. > It never makes the sense of 'mine' saying: 'This is my home.' / No house belongs to it, because it did not build one itself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.27) yaḥ punaḥ kurute harmyaṃ svayaṃ kleśaiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ .. na tasya yāti tatpaścānmṛtyukāle'pi saṃsthite .. 27 .. > He, however, who builds a mansion himself with various troubles, / that does not follow him after death, even when he has departed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.28) gṛhātsaṃjāyate bhāryā tataḥ putraśca kanyakā .. teṣāmarthe karoti sma kṛtyākṛtyaṃ tataḥ param ..28.. > From a home arises a wife, and then a son and a daughter; / for their sake he then commits what should and should not be done. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129) kośakāramivātmānaṃ veṣṭayannāvabudhyate ..129 .. > Enveloping himself like a silkworm, he does not understand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_1) putradāragṛhakṣetrasaktāḥ sīdaṃti jaṃtavaḥ .. lobhapaṃkārṇave magnā jīrṇā vanagajā iva .. 6.185.30 .. > Attached to sons, wives, houses, and fields, living beings sink down, / drowned in an ocean-mire of greed, like decrepit wild elephants. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_2) ekaḥ pāpāni kurute phalaṃ bhuṃkte mahājanaḥ .. bhoktāro vipramucyaṃte kartā doṣeṇa lipyate 31 .. > One man commits sins; the multitude enjoys the fruit. / The enjoyers are freed, but the doer is tainted by the fault. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_3) etasmātkāraṇāddharmyaṃ mayā tyaktaṃ dvijottamāḥ. mokṣamārgārgalā bhūtaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarpaviceṣṭitam .. 32 .. > For this reason, O best of brahmins, I abandoned \[household\] duty / having seen the behavior of a snake, which was an obstacle on the path to liberation. 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_4) ekarātraṃ vasedgrāme trirātraṃ pattane vaset .. yo yāti sa yatiḥ prokto yo'nyo yogaviḍaṃbakaḥ .. 33 .. > He should stay one night in a village, and three nights in a city. / He who wanders thus is called an ascetic; anyone else is a mocker of yoga. 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_5) vidhūme ca praśāṃtāgnau yastu mādhukarīṃ caret .. gṛhe ca vipramukhyānāṃ yatiḥ sa netaraḥ smṛtaḥ .. 34 .. > He who wanders for bee-like alms when smoke has ceased and fires are extinguished, / and in the houses of the foremost brahmins—he is remembered as an ascetic, not another. 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_6) daṇḍī bhikṣāṃ ca vā kuryāttadeva vyasanaṃ vinā .. yastiṣṭhati na vairāgyaṃ yāti naiva yatirhi saḥ .. 35 .. > Carrying a staff, he should beg alms, without that very vice \[of clinging\]; / he who remains, but does not attain dispassion, is certainly no ascetic. 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_7) divā svapnaṃ vṛthānnaṃ ca strīkathā''lokyameva ca .. śvetavastraṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca yatīnāṃ patanāni ṣaṭ.. 36.. > Sleeping by day, useless food, conversation about women, gazing \[at them\], / white garments, and gold: these are the six downfalls of ascetics. 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_8) samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca samaloṣṭāśmakāṃcanaḥ .. suhṛtputra udāsīnaḥ sa yatirnetaraḥ smṛtaḥ .. 37 .. > Equal toward enemy and friend, viewing a clod of earth, a stone, and gold as equal, / indifferent toward a friend or a son: he is remembered as an ascetic, not another. 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_9) samau mānāpamānau ca svadeśe parikepi vā .. yo na hṛṣyati na dveṣṭi sa yatirnetaraḥ smṛtaḥ .. 38 .. > Equal in honor and dishonor, whether in his own land or abroad, / he who neither rejoices nor hates: he is remembered as an ascetic, not another. 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_10) yasmingṛhe viśeṣeṇa labhedbhikṣā ca vāśanam .. tatra no yāti yo bhūyaḥ sa yatirnetaraḥ smṛtaḥ. .. 39 .. > In whichever house he receives special alms or food, / he who does not go there again: he is remembered as an ascetic, not another. 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_11) evaṃ jñātvā mayā vipra dṛṣṭvā sarpaviceṣṭitam .. sarvasaṃgaparityāgo mokṣārthaṃ parikalpitaḥ .. 6.185.40 .. > Having understood this, O brahmin, and having seen the behavior of the snake, / the abandonment of all attachments was resolved upon by me for the sake of liberation. 40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_12) evaṃ mamāhiḥ saṃjāto gururbrāhmaṇasattamāḥ. tatprabhāvānmahattejaḥ saṃjātaṃ vigrahe mama .. 41 .. > In this way the serpent became my guru, O best of brahmins; / by its power, great splendor arose in my body. 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_13) yathā me bhramaro jāto gurustadvadvadāmi ca .. kasminvṛkṣe mayā dṛṣṭo bhramaraḥ ko'pi saṃgataḥ ..42.. > I shall also tell how the black bee became my guru: / in a certain tree, a certain black bee was seen by me as it arrived. 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_14) śākhāya tu samāśritya kṛtapūrvanibaṃdhanam .. vasaṃtasamaye prāpte puṣpavaṃtaśca ye drumāḥ .. 43 .. > Resorting to a branch, it made its previous dwelling. / When the spring season arrived, and the trees were in bloom, 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_15) sugandhaphalapuṣpāśca sugandhadalasaṃyutāḥ .. teṣāmaṇuṃ samādāya śreṣṭhaśreṣṭhatamaṃ rasam .. 44 . > bearing fragrant fruits and blossoms, and endowed with fragrant leaves, / taking an atom from them, the finest and most excellent nectar, 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_16) niyojayati śākhāgre tarorasya sadaiva hi .. anirviṇṇatayā hṛṣṭastadā samyaṅnirīkṣitaḥ .. 45 .. > it always deposited it at the tip of a branch of that tree; / joyful and untiring, it was then carefully observed \[by me\]. 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_17) madhujālaṃ tato jātaṃ kālena mahatā mahat .. yenānye madhunā tṛptiṃ prāptāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ .. 46 .. > Then, after a great deal of time, a great honeycomb was formed, / through which honey hundreds and thousands of others obtained satisfaction. 46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_18) tacceṣṭitaṃ mayā vīkṣya śāstrāṇyanyāni bhūriśaḥ .. tatasteṣāṃ samādāya sārabhūtaṃ pṛthakpṛthak .. kṛtāni bhūriśāstrāṇi vedāṃtāni ca kṛtsnaśaḥ .. 47 .. > Having observed that activity, and \[studying\] numerous other scriptures, / having extracted the essential core from them separately, / numerous treatises and Vedānta texts were composed in full \[by me\], 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_19) upajīvaṃti yānyanye yathā bhṛṅgāstathā dvijāḥ .. 48 .. > which others—just as bees \[live on honey\]—the brahmins live upon. 48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_20) evaṃ me madhupo jāto gurutve ca dvijottamāḥ .. tenāhaṃ tejasā yukto nānyadastīha kāraṇam.. 49 .. > Thus the honey-drinker became a guru to me, O best of brahmins; / endowed with that splendor, I \[live\]; there is no other reason here. 49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_21) vedāṃtavādino ye'tra prabhavaṃti vratānvitāḥ .. nirlobhā gatatṛṣṇāśca te bhavaṃti sutejasaḥ .. 6.185.50 .. > Those Vedānta teachers who arise here, endowed with vows, / free from greed, and devoid of thirst—they become full of great splendor. 50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_22) ekenāpi vihīnā ye prabhavaṃti kubuddhayaḥ .. lobhamohānvitāḥ pāpā jāyaṃte te vicetasaḥ ..51.. > Those of evil intellect who arise lacking even one \[of these virtues\], / filled with greed and delusion, sinful, they become senseless. 51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_23) vedāṃtāni subhūrīṇi mayā dṛṣṭvā vicārya ca .. samarūpāḥ kṛtā granthā martyalokahitārthinā .. 52 .. > Having seen and reflected upon numerous Vedāntas, / treatises of equal nature were composed by me, desiring the welfare of the mortal world. 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_24) evaṃ me gurutāṃ prāpto madhupo dvijasattamāḥ .. iṣukāro yathā jātastathā caiva bravīmi vaḥ..53.. > Thus the honey-drinker attained guruship for me, O best of brahmins; / I shall also tell you how the arrow-maker became \[my guru\]. 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_25) ātmāvalokanārthāya mayā dṛṣṭāḥ sahasraśaḥ.. yogino jñānasaṃpannāstaiḥ proktaṃ ca svaśaktitaḥ..54.. > In order to perceive the self, thousands of yogins endowed with knowledge / were seen by me, and they spoke according to their own capacity: 54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_26) ātmāvalokanaṃ bhāvi suśiṣyāya yathā tathā.. sa samādhijadvāreṇa caturāśītikena ca..55.. > ‘Perception of the self will occur for a good disciple in this manner: / through the gateway born of samādhi, and through the eighty-four 55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_27) āsanaistatpramāṇaiśca padmāsanaprapūrvakaiḥ.. asaṃkhyaiḥ kāraṇaiścaiva hyadhyātmapaṭhanaistathā.. tatopi lakṣito naiva mayā'tmā ca kathaṃcana..56.. > postures of that measure, beginning with the lotus posture, / through countless methods, and through study of spiritual philosophy.’ / Even so, the self was not perceived by me at all. 56 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_28) tato vairāgyamāpannaḥ prabhramāmi dharātale.. gurvarthe na ca lebhe'haṃ gurumātmāvalokane .. 57 .. > Then, having attained dispassion, I wandered about the earth / in search of a guru, yet I did not find a guru for the perception of the self. 57 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_29) anyasminnahani prāpte rājamārgeṇa gacchatā .. mayā dṛṣṭo mahīpālaḥ sainyena mahatā vṛtaḥ .. 58 .. > When another day arrived, as I walked along the royal highway, / a king surrounded by a vast army was seen by me. 58 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_30) tato'haṃ mārgamutsṛjya saṃmukhasya mahīpateḥ .. uṭajadvāramāśritya kiṃcidūrdhvopi saṃsthitaḥ .. 59 .. > Then, stepping off the path from facing the king, / I stood slightly elevated, taking shelter at the entrance of a hut. 59 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_31) tatrāpi ca sthitaḥ kaścitpuruṣaḥ kāṃḍakārakaḥ .. ṛjukarmaṇi saṃyuktaḥ śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām.. 6.185.60 .. > There also stood a certain man, a maker of shafts, / engaged in the work of straightening arrows with curved joints. 60 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_32) tasmindūragate bhūpe tathānyaḥ sevako'bhyagāt .. 61 .. > When that king had gone far off, another servant approached. 61 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_33) taṃ papraccha tvarāyuktaḥ śṛṇvato'pi mama dvijāḥ .. kāṃḍakarmaṇi saṃsaktamṛjutvena sthitaṃ tadā ..62.. > Filled with haste, even while I was listening, O brahmins, he asked him / who was intent on the work of shafts, absorbed at that time in straightening: 62 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_34) kiyatī vartate velā gatasya pṛthivīpateḥ .. mārgeṇānena me brūhi yena gacchāmi pṛṣṭhataḥ..63.. > ‘How long has it been since the lord of the earth departed / by this road? Tell me, so that I may go after him.’ 63 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_35) so'bravīttaṃ tadā viprā adhovaktraḥ sthito naraḥ .. anena rājamārgeṇa gacchamāno mahīpatiḥ .. 64 .. > That man, standing with his face downward, then said to him, O brahmins: / ‘A king passing along this royal highway 64 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_36) na mayā vīkṣitaḥ kaścididānīṃ rājasevaka .. tadanyaṃ pṛccha cetkāryaṃ tavānena bravītu saḥ .. 65 .. > was not seen by me just now, O king’s servant. / Therefore ask another; if you have business with him, let him tell you. 65 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_37) śarakarmaṇi saṃsaktastvahamatra vyavasthitaḥ .. tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya svacitte cintitaṃ mayā..66.. > I am standing here wholly intent upon the work of arrows.’ / Hearing that speech of his, it was contemplated by me in my own mind: 66 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_38) ekacittatayā yogo brahmajñānasamudbhavaḥ .. nānyathā bhavitā me sa tataścittanirodhanam .. karomi brahmasaṃsiddhyai tato me'sau bhaviṣyati .. 67 .. > ‘Yoga, which gives rise to knowledge of Brahman, comes from single-mindedness; / it will not be mine otherwise. Therefore, I shall perform restraint of the mind / for the complete realization of Brahman; from that, it will come to be.’ 67 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_39) tataḥprabhṛti citte sve dhārayāmi sadaiva tu .. viśvarūpaṃ tathā sūryaṃ hṛtpaṃkajanivāsinam .. 68 .. > From then on, in my own mind, I always hold / the universal-formed sun residing in the lotus of the heart. 68 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_40) tato dikṣu diganteṣu gagane dharaṇītale .. tamekaṃ caiva paśyāmi nānyatkiṃciddvijottamāḥ .. 69 .. > Then, in the quarters, in the ends of the quarters, in the sky, and on the surface of the earth, / I see only that One, and nothing else, O best of brahmins. 69 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_41) ahaṃ ca tejasā yuktastatprabhāveṇa saṃsthitaḥ .. 6.185.70 .. > And I, endowed with splendor, remain by its power. 70 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_42) evaṃ me sa gururjātaḥ śarakāro dvijottamāḥ .. śṛṇudhvaṃ kanyakā jātā gurutve me yathā purā .. 71 .. > Thus that arrow-maker became my guru, O best of brahmins; / hear how formerly a young girl became my guru. 71 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_43) sarvasaṃgaparityāgī yadāhaṃ nirgato gṛhāt .. mamānupṛṣṭhataścaiva tato bhāryā vinirgatā .. 72 .. > When, renouncing all attachment, I departed from home, / my wife followed right behind me. 72 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_44) śiśuṃ putraṃ samādāya kanyāmekāṃ ca śobhanām.. tato'haṃ bhāryayā prokto vānaprasthāśrame sthitaḥ..73.. > Taking a young son and a beautiful girl, / I, having entered the forest-dweller stage, was then addressed by my wife: 73 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_45) kuru me vacanaṃ muktiratraiva hi bhaviṣyati.. brahmacārī gṛhastho vā vānaprastho'thavā yatiḥ.. yadi syātsaṃyatātmā sa nūnaṃ muktimavāpnuyāt..74.. > ‘Heed my words: liberation will certainly happen right here! / Whether a student, a householder, a forest-dweller, or an ascetic, / if he has a self-controlled mind, he surely attains liberation. 74 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_46) athavā māṃ parityajya yadi yāsyasi cānyataḥ.. tadahaṃ ca mariṣyāmi satyametadasaṃśayam..75.. > Otherwise, if you abandon me and go elsewhere, / then I shall die; this is true without doubt.’ 75 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_47) mṛtāyāṃ mayi te bālāvetāvanumariṣyataḥ.. kumārī ca kumāraśca tasmānnātha dayāṃ kuru..76.. > When I am dead, these two children will follow me in death, / both the girl and the boy; therefore, my lord, have compassion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_48) mā vrajasva paraṃ tīrthaṃ parijānannapi svayam.. hāṭakeśvarajaṃ kṣetrametatpuṇyataraṃ smṛtam..77.. > Do not go to any other sacred ford, though you know it yourself; / this sacred field born of Hāṭakeśvara is known to be far more holy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_49) sarveṣāmeva tīrthānāṃ śrutametanmayā vibho.. vadatāṃ brāhmaṇendrāṇāṃ tathānyeṣāṃ tapasvinām..78.. > I have heard this said of all the sacred fords, O powerful lord, / by the foremost of brahmins as well as by other ascetics. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_50) śloko'yaṃ bahudhā nātha kīrtyamāno mayā vibho.. viśvāmitrasya vaktreṇa sanmuneḥ satyavādinaḥ..79.. > This verse has been repeated many times, O lord, as heard by me, / from the mouth of Viśvāmitra, that virtuous, truth-speaking sage: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_51) punaṃti sarvatīrthāni snānadānādasaṃśayam.. hāṭakeśvarajaṃ kṣetraṃ smaraṇādapi pāvayet..6.185.8... > All sacred fords cleanse without doubt through bath and gift; / but the sacred field born of Hāṭakeśvara purifies even by remembrance.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_52) tataḥ kṛcchrātpratijñātaṃ mayāśramaniṣevaṇam.. vānaprasthodbhavaṃ vā syāttato'haṃ tatra saṃsthitaḥ..81.. > Then with difficulty I undertook to dwell in a hermitage, / entering upon the forest-dweller's stage; and so I stayed there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_53) tatrasthasya hi me kanyā krīḍate parataḥ sthitā.. valayāpūritābhyāṃ ca prakoṣṭhābhyāṃ tatastataḥ .. 82 .. > While I was staying there, the girl was playing nearby, / her forearms on both sides filled with bangles here and there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_54) yathāyathā sā kurute kandamūlaphalāśanam .. tanutvaṃ yāti kāyena tathā caiva dinedine .. 83 .. > As she ate \[nothing but\] edible tubers, roots, and fruits, / her body grew thinner and thinner day by day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_55) tato me jāyate duḥkhaṃ teṣāṃ patana saṃbhavam .. kasyacittvatha kālasya saṃjātaṃ valayatrayam .. tasyā haste tatastābhyāṃ śabdaḥ saṃjāyate mithaḥ .. 84 .. > Then sorrow arose in me, born of their falling off. / But after some time, only three bangles remained / on her arm, and from them a clinking sound was produced together. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_56) tataḥ kālena mahatā tābhyāmekaṃ vyavasthitam .. na saṃgharṣo na śabdaśca tatrasthasya ca jāyate .. 85 .. > Then after a long time, only one of them remained; / and no friction and no sound arose from it as it rested there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_57) tadvicintya mayā so'pi hyāśramaḥ parivarjitaḥ .. cintitaṃ ca mayā citte kṛtvā caivaṃ suniścayam .. 86 .. > Pondering that, I abandoned even that hermitage; / and in my heart I reflected, having formed this firm resolve: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_58) bahubhiḥ kalaho nityaṃ dvābhyāṃ saṃgharṣaṇaṃ tathā .. ekākī vicariṣyāmi kumārīvalayaṃ yathā .. 87 .. > ‘With many there is perpetual quarrel; with two there is friction. / I will wander alone, just like the girl’s bangle.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_59) tataḥ suptāṃ parityajya tāṃ bhāryāṃ śiśusaṃyutām .. gato'haṃ dūramadhvānaṃ yatra no vetti sā ca mām .. 88 .. > Then, having abandoned my sleeping wife with the child, / I traveled far along the path, where she would not find me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_60) yatrā'stamitaśāyī ca yalabdhakṛtabhojanaḥ .. bhramāmi medinīpṛṣṭhe tyaktvā saṃsārabandhanam .. 89 .. > Sleeping wherever the sun set, eating whatever was obtained, / I wandered the surface of the earth, abandoning the bond of worldly existence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_61) tato me jñānamāpannamevaṃ viprāḥ śanaiḥśanaiḥ .. atītānāgataṃ caiva vartamānaṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 6.185.90 .. > Then, O brahmins, knowledge arose in me thus by degrees, / especially of the past, the future, and the present. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_62) evaṃ me kanyakā jātā gurutve dvijasattamāḥ .. 91 .. > In this way, O best of the twice-born, that little girl became my teacher. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_63) etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭo'smi guroḥ kṛte .. na yuṣmākaṃ puro mithyā kīrtayāmi kathaṃcana.. .. 92 .. > All this has been related to you because I was questioned about my guru; / I am not speaking untruth before you in any way. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_64) evaṃ me jñānamutpannaṃ prakāraiḥ ṣaḍbhireva ca .. ebhirlokottaraṃ jñānaṃ yuṣmatpratyayakārakam .. 93 .. > In these six ways knowledge was born in me; / through these arose transcendental knowledge that produces conviction in you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_65) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tataste brāhmaṇāḥ sarve papracchustaṃ dvijottamāḥ .. vānaprasthāśramaṃ tyaktvā bhāryāṃ śiśusamanvitām .. kva gatastvaṃ tadācakṣva kiyatkālaṃ ca saṃsthitaḥ .. 94 .. > Sūta said: / Then all those brahmins, the best of the twice-born, questioned him: / ‘Having abandoned the forest-dweller’s hermitage, your wife, and your child, / where did you go then? Tell us, and how long did you remain there?’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_66) .. atithiruvāca .. .. ahaṃ bhītaḥ sahasrāṇi grāmāṇāṃ ca śatāni ca .. yatrāstamitaśāyī sannanekāni dvijottamāḥ .. saṃkhyayā rahitānyeva varṣāṇāṃ ca śatāni ca .. 95 .. > The guest said: / Afraid, I \[passed through\] thousands and hundreds of villages, / sleeping wherever the sun set, O best of the twice-born, / through innumerable hundreds of years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_67) dṛṣṭāni mukhyatīrthāni tathaivāyatanāni ca .. dṛṣṭāśca parvatāḥ śreṣṭhā nadyaśca vimalodakāḥ .. 96 .. > The foremost sacred fords were seen, and likewise sacred shrines; / lofty mountains were seen, and rivers of pure water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_68) svayameva mayā jñāto vārāṇasyāṃ sthitena ca .. yajñaḥ paitāmaho bhāvī sthāne'sminmāmake yataḥ ..97.. > While residing in Vārāṇasī, it was known by me on my own / that a sacrifice by Pitāmaha \[Brahmā\] was to take place in this place of mine. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_69) tato'haṃ satvaraṃ prāptaḥ kautukena dvijottamāḥ .. kīdṛśaḥ sa makho bhāvī yatra yajvā pitāmahaḥ .. 98 .. > Therefore, O best of the twice-born, I arrived quickly out of curiosity: / ‘What kind of sacrifice will that be, where Pitāmaha is the sacrificer?’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_70) .. sūta uvāca .. .. etasminnaṃtare prāptāḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ .. vāsudevaṃ puraskṛtya tathā caiva maheśvaram..99.. > Sūta said: / In the meantime, all the gods, accompanied by Indra, arrived, / placing Vāsudeva and Maheśvara at their head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_71) kamāntaraṃ samāsādya pulastyādyāstathartvijaḥ .. brahmāpi svayamāyāto mṛgacarmadharastathā..6.185.100.. > Having reached the proper turn, the officiating priests such as Pulastya, / and Brahmā himself, clad in a deer skin, also arrived. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_72) tataste tuṣṭimāpannāstasya jñānena tena ca .. procuśca varadāstubhyaṃ sarva eva divaukasaḥ .. 101 .. > Then they were pleased with that knowledge of his; / and all the gods, being granters of boons, said to him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_73) tasmādvaraya bhadraṃ te prārthayasva yathepsitam .. avaśyaṃ tava dāsyāmo yadyapi syātsudurlabham .. 102 .. .. > ‘Therefore choose a boon—hail to you!—ask for whatever you desire. / We will surely give it to you, even if it is very difficult to obtain.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_74) .. atithiruvāca .. .. yadi tuṣṭāḥ surā mahyaṃ prayacchaṃti varaṃ mama .. anenaiva śarīreṇa devatvaṃ prārthayāmyaham .. 103 .. > The guest said: / ‘If the gods are pleased and grant me a boon, / I ask for godhood in this very body, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_75) yajñabhāgasamopetaṃ tathānyeṣāṃ divaukasām.. viśeṣeṇa suraśreṣṭhāḥ sthānaṃ copari saṃsthitam .. 109 .. > together with a sacrificial share equal to that of the other gods, / and especially, O best of gods, a dwelling situated above.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_76) .. devā ūcuḥ .. .. nūnaṃ tvaṃ vibudho bhūtvā devaloke nivatsyasi .. aneneva śarīreṇa yajñabhāgavivarjitaḥ .. 105 .. > The gods said: / ‘You will certainly become a god and dwell in heaven / in this very body, but devoid of a sacrificial share. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_77) yacchāmo yadi te vipra yajñāṃśaṃ mānuṣasya bhoḥ .. aprāmāṇyaṃ śruterbhāvi tava dattena tena ca .. 106 .. > If we were to give a sacrificial share to you, a human, O brahmin, / the Vedic revelation would become unauthoritative by our giving it to you.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_78) ..atithiruvāca .. .. devatvena na me kāryaṃ yajñāṃśarahitena ca .. tadahaṃ sādhayiṣyāmi yathā muktirbhaviṣyati .. 107 .. > The guest said: / ‘I have no need of godhood if it is devoid of a sacrificial share. / Therefore, I shall strive in such a way that liberation may occur.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_79) tacchrutvā padmajaḥ prāha sarvāndevānkṛtāṃjaliḥ .. śṛṇvaṃtu devatāḥ sarvā yadbravīmi hitaṃ vacaḥ .. 109 .. > Hearing that, \[Brahmā\], born of the lotus, with folded hands, said to all the gods: / ‘Let all the deities listen to the beneficial words I speak. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_80) mamāyaṃ brāhmaṇo yajñe dūrādeva samāgataḥ .. nāgarastu viśeṣeṇa pātraṃ jñānasamudbhavam .. 109 .. > This brahmin has come from far away to my sacrifice; / being a Nāgara in particular, he is a vessel born of wisdom. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_81) pratijñātastathā sarvairvaro'sya vibudhairyataḥ .. tasmātpradīyatāmasmai yadabhīṣṭaṃ surottamāḥ .. 6.185.110 .. .. > Moreover, since a boon was promised to him by all the gods, / let what is desired be given to him, O best of gods.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_82) .. maheśvara uvāca .. .. yathā'sya jāyate tṛptiryajñabhāgādhikā sadā .. tathāhaṃ kathayiṣyāmi śṛṇvaṃtu vibudhottamāḥ .. 111 .. > Maheśvara said: / ‘Let the best of gods listen to how I will explain / in what way his satisfaction may always be greater than a sacrificial share. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_83) ya eṣa kriyate yajñastasya nātho hariḥ smṛtaḥ.. etasmātkāraṇātproktaḥ sa devo yajñapūruṣaḥ .. 112 .. > Hari is remembered as the lord of this sacrifice that is being performed; / for this reason that god is called the Person of Sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_84) adyaprabhṛti yatkiṃcicchrāddhaṃ martye bhaviṣyati .. daivaṃ vā paitṛkaṃ vā'pi tasya cāṃte vyavasthitaḥ .. 113 .. > From this day onward, whatever ancestral rite takes place among mortals, / whether offered to gods or to ancestors, he shall be placed at the conclusion of it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_85) etasya nāma saṃkīrtya paścācca yajñapūruṣam .. saṃkīrtya bhojanaṃ deyaṃ brāhmaṇasya dvijottamāḥ .. 114 .. > Having recited his name, and then reciting that of the Person of Sacrifice, / food is to be given to the brahmin, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_86) tenāsya bhavitā tṛptiryajñāṃtā'bhyadhikā sadā .. adattvāsya kṛtaṃ śrāddhaṃ yatkiṃcitprabhaviṣyati ..115.. > Thereby his satisfaction will always be greater than at the conclusion of a sacrifice. / Whatever ancestral rite may be performed without giving to him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_87) tadyāsyatyakhilaṃ vyarthaṃ tathā bhasmahutaṃ yathā .. vaiśvadevāṃtamāsādya yaścainaṃ pūjayiṣyati .. 116 .. > all of that will become fruitless, like an oblation poured onto ashes. / And whoever will worship him at the conclusion of the rite to the All-gods— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_88) viṣṇunāmasamopetaṃ bhaviṣyati tadakṣayam .. dattaṃ svalpamapi prāyaḥ śraddhāpūtena cetasā .. 117 .. > Equaling the name of Viṣṇu, it shall become imperishable, / even if very little is given, provided it is given with a mind purified by faith. // 117 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_89) śrāddhe vā vaiśvadeve vā yaścainaṃ nārcayiṣyati .. saṃprāptaṃ vyarthatāṃ tasya tacca sarvaṃ bhaviṣyati ..118.. > And whoever does not worship him at a śrāddha or a vaiśvadeva sacrifice, / everything he has performed will turn out to be futile. // 118 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_90) asmiṃstuṣṭiṃ gate sarve surā yāsyaṃti saṃmudam .. pitaraśca tamāyāṃti vimukhe saṃmukhe tathā .. 119 .. > When he is pleased, all the gods will attain delight; / and the ancestors come to him \[who gives\], turning away when he turns away, and facing him when he faces \[the guest\]. // 119 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_91) tacchrutvā vibudhāḥ sarve maheśvaravacastadā .. tatheti muditāḥ procurbrahmaviṣṇupurassarāḥ .. 6.185.120 .. > Hearing those words of Maheśvara at that time, all the gods, / headed by Brahmā and Viṣṇu, joyfully replied, “So be it!” // 6.185.120 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_92) tataḥprabhṛti saṃjātā pūjā cātithisaṃbhavā .. tasmātsarvaprayatnena pūjā kāryā'titheḥ sadā .. yajñe pūruṣayajñasya na caikasya kathaṃcana .. 121 .. .. > From that time forth, the worship of the guest was established. / Therefore, with all effort, worship of the guest must always be performed / at the sacrifice of the Supreme Person, and never for oneself alone. // 121 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_93) .. atithiruvāca .. .. atrāsti māmakaṃ tīrthaṃ mayā yatra tapaḥ kṛtam .. hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre purukāle dvijottamāḥ ..122.. > The Guest said: / “Here is my sacred ford where I performed austerity / in the sacred field born of Hāṭakeśvara in ancient times, O best of twice-borns. // 122 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_94) aṃgārakeṇa saṃyuktā caturthī syādyadā tithiḥ .. sāṃnidhyaṃ tatra kāryaṃ ca sarvairdevaiśca taddine .. 123 .. > Whenever the fourth lunar day falls together with Tuesday, / presence must be established there on that day by all the gods. // 123 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_95) kuryāttatraiva yaḥ snānaṃ tasminnahani saṃsthite .. sarvatīrthaphalaṃ tasya jāyatāṃ vaḥ prasādataḥ .. 124 .. > Whoever performs ritual ablution right there, that day being present, / let him obtain the fruit of all sacred fords by your grace!” // 124 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_96) tathāstviti tataḥ sarve'tithiṃ procuḥ surottamāḥ .. etasminnaṃtare prāha pulastyarṣiḥ pitāmaham ..125.. .. > Then all the best of gods said to the Guest, “So be it!” / In the meantime, the seer Pulastya spoke to the Grandfather: // 125 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_97) pulastya uvāca .. .. ṛtvijaḥ sakalā devāḥ saṃsthitāḥ kautukānvitāḥ .. uttiṣṭhaṃtu ca te śīghraṃ yajñakarmaprasiddhaye .. 126 .. > Pulastya said: / “All the priests, the gods, are standing eager with curiosity. / Let them rise quickly for the successful performance of the sacrificial rites.” // 126 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.129\_98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.129_98) etasminnaṃtare sarve tasya vākyapraṇoditāḥ .. utthitā ṛtvijo ye ca svāni sthānāni bhejire .. tataḥ pravavṛte yajñaḥ sapunardvijasattamāḥ .. kurvatā yajñakarmāṇi homapūrvāṇi yāni ca .. 127 .. > In the meantime, impelled by his words, all the officiating priests / arose and took their respective places. / Then, O best of twice-borns, that sacrifice proceeded once again, / as they performed the sacrificial rites beginning with the oblations. // 127 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.184.185](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184.185) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye tīrthotpattimāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nā ma pañcāśītyuttaraśata tamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 185 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the one hundred and eighty-fifth chapter, named 'Description of the Origin and Greatness of the Sacred Ford', in the Greatness of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse compilation in the glorious Skanda Purāṇa. // 185 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.184.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Nandipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.19.2) — Sanskrit - [Saṃnyāsa Upaniṣadaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.sannyasa.samnyasaupanisadah.4.505) — Sanskrit - [Kapilapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.kapila.14.64) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.184) · Pramāṇa