[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) › 5.186 # Skandapurana 5.186 Skandapurāṇa 5.186 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.186.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. caturthe divase prāpte tato yajñasamudbhave .. ṛtvigbhiryājñikaṃ karma prārabdhaṃ tadanaṃtaram .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / “When the fourth day arrived in the course of that sacrifice, / the sacrificial rite was thereupon commenced by the officiating priests, // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.2) somapānādikaṃ sarvaṃ paśorhiṃsādikaṃ tathā .. paśorgudaṃ samādāya prasthātā ca vyadhārayat .. 2 .. > including the drinking of soma and the immolation of the animal. / Taking the rectum of the sacrificial animal, the assistant priest held it up // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.3) ekāṃte sadaso madhye homārthaṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. tasminvyākulatāṃ yāte brāhmaṇaḥ kaścidāgataḥ .. 3 .. > in an isolated spot in the midst of the assembly hall for the sake of the oblation, O best of twice-borns. / While that state of intense bustle was taking place, a certain brahmin arrived.” // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.4) yuvā tatra praviṣṭastu māṃsa bhakṣaṇalālasaḥ .. tato gudaṃ paśordṛṣṭvā bhakṣayāmāsa cotsukaṃ .. 4 .. > A young man entered there, eager to eat meat. / Then, seeing the entrails of the sacrificial beast, he eagerly ate them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.5) etasminnaṃtare prāptaḥ prasthātā tasya saṃnidhau .. bhakṣamāṇaṃ samālokya taṃ śaśāpa tataḥ param .. 5 .. > At that moment, the pratiprasthātṛ priest arrived beside him. / Seeing him eating, he then cursed him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.6) dhigdhikpāpasamācāra homārthaṃ yadgudaṃ dhṛtam .. tattvayā dūṣitaṃ laulyādyajñavighnakaraṃ kṛtam .. 6 .. > “Fie, fie, evildoer! The entrails that were kept for the sake of the oblation / have been defiled by you out of greed, creating an obstacle to the sacrifice! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.7) ucchiṣṭena mayā homaḥ kartavyo naiva sāṃpratam .. rākṣasānāmidaṃ karma yattvayā samanuṣṭhitam .. 7 .. > I certainly cannot offer an oblation now with what is leftover from eating! / This deed that you have performed is the conduct of rākṣasas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.8) tasmāttvaṃ mama vākyena rākṣaso bhava mā ciram .. 8 .. > Therefore, by my word, become a rākṣasa without delay!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.9) etasminneva kāle tu hyūrdhvakeśo'bhavaddhi saḥ .. raktākṣaḥ śaṃkukarṇaśca kṛṣṇadanto'tibhairavaḥ .. 9 .. > At that very moment, his hair indeed stood erect; / he became red-eyed, with peg-shaped ears, black-toothed, and exceedingly terrifying, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.10) lamboṣṭho vikarālāsyo māṃsamedovivarjitaḥ .. tvagasthisnāyuśeṣaśca. cāmuṇḍākṛtireva ca .. 6.187.10 .. > with a hanging lower lip, a frightfully gaping mouth, devoid of flesh and fat, / reduced to mere skin, bone, and sinew, possessing the very form of Cāmuṇḍā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.11) sa ca viśvāvasurnāma pulastyasya suto muniḥ .. maṃtrapūtasya māṃsasya bhakṣaṇārthaṃ samāgataḥ .. 11 .. > Now he was a sage named Viśvāvasu, the son of Pulastya, / who had come for the sake of eating meat consecrated by mantras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.12) vedavedāṃgatattvajaḥ pautrastu parameṣṭhinaḥ .. taṃ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasākāraṃ vitresuḥ sarvato dvijāḥ .. 12 .. > He was a knower of the truth of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, and the grandson of the Supreme Lord \[Brahmā\]. / Seeing him in the form of a rākṣasa, the brahmins trembled on all sides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.13) rākṣoghnāni ca sūktāni jajapuścāpare tathā .. keciccharaṇamāpannā viṣṇo rudrasya cāpare .. 13 .. > Others chanted hymns that slay rākṣasas; / some sought refuge in Viṣṇu, others in Rudra, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.14) pitāmahasya cānye tu gāyatryāḥ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ .. rakṣarakṣeti jalpanto bhayasaṃtrastamānasāḥ .. 14 .. > and others fled for protection to the Grandfather \[Brahmā\] and to Gāyatrī, / crying out, “Protect us, protect us!”, their minds terrified with fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.15) so'pi dṛṣṭvā tadātmānaṃ gataṃ rākṣasatāṃ dvijāḥ .. bāṣpapūrṇekṣaṇo dīnaḥ pitāmahamupādravat .. 15 .. > He too, seeing himself reduced to the state of a rākṣasa, O brahmins, / wretched, with eyes full of tears, rushed to the Grandfather. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.16) sa praṇamya tato vākyaṃ kṛtāṃjaliruvāca tam .. 16 .. . > Having bowed, he then spoke these words to him with folded hands: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.17) pautro'haṃ tava deveśa pulastyasya suto dvijaḥ .. nīto rākṣasatāmadya prasthātrā kopato vibho .. 17 .. > “I am your grandson, O Lord of the gods, a brahmin and the son of Pulastya. / Today I have been reduced to the state of a rākṣasa out of wrath by the priest, O Lord! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.18) jihvālaulyena deveśa paśorgudamajānatā .. bhakṣitaṃ tanmayā deva homārthaṃ yatprakalpitam .. 18 .. > Through greed of the tongue, O Lord of the gods, not knowing, / the entrails of the sacrificial beast that were intended for the oblation were eaten by me, O god. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.19) tasmānmānuṣatāprāptyai mama dehe dayāṃ kuru .. rākṣasatvaṃ yathā yāti tathā nītirvidhīyatām .. 19.. ' > Therefore, show mercy upon my body so that I may regain human state! / Let an expedient be devised so that this state of a rākṣasa may depart.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.20) tacchrutvā jalpitaṃ tasya dayāṃ kṛtvā pitāmahaḥ .. pratiprasthātaraṃ sāmavākyametaduvāca ha .. 6.187.20 .. > Hearing his speech, the Grandfather took pity / and spoke these conciliatory words to the pratiprasthātṛ priest: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.21) bālo'yaṃ mama pautrastu kṛtyākṛtyaṃ na vetti ca .. tasmāttvaṃ rākṣasaṃ bhāvaṃ harasvāsya dvijottama .. 21 .. > “This boy is my grandson, and he does not know what ought and ought not to be done. / Therefore, remove his rākṣasa condition, O best of brahmins!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.22) tacchrutvā sa muniḥ prāha prāyaścittaṃ makhe tava .. anena janitaṃ deva gudaṃ dūṣayatā vibho .. 22 .. > Hearing that, the sage said: “In your sacrifice, O god, / a ritual expiation has been occasioned by this one defiling the entrails, O Lord. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.23) tasmādeṣa mayā śapto yajñavighnakaro mama .. nāhamasya hariṣyāmi rākṣasatvaṃ kathaṃcana .. 23 .. > Therefore, he was cursed by me as a maker of obstacles to my sacrifice. / In no way shall I take away his rākṣasa state! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.24) narmaṇāpi mayā proktaṃ kadācinnānṛtaṃ vacaḥ .. 24 .. .. > Even in jest, an untrue word has never been spoken by me.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.25) .. brahmovāca .. .. prāyaścittaṃ kariṣye'haṃ yajñasyāsya prasiddhaye .. dakṣiṇā gauryathoktā ca kṛtvā homaṃ vidhānataḥ .. tvamasya rākṣasaṃ bhāvaṃ 'harasva mama vākyataḥ .. 25 .. > Brahmā said: / “I shall perform an expiation for the successful completion of this sacrifice, / having performed the oblation according to rule and given the prescribed dakṣiṇā of a cow. / Remove his rākṣasa condition at my word!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.26) so'bravīcchītalo vahniryadi syāduṣṇaguḥ śaśī .. tanme syādanyathā vākyaṃ vyāhṛtaṃ prapitāmaha .. 26 .. > He said: “If fire should become cold, or if the moon should become hot-rayed, / only then could the word spoken by me turn out otherwise, O great-grandfather!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.27) tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā jñātvā caiva tu niścitam.. viśvāvasuṃ vidhiḥ prāha tato rākṣasarūpiṇam .. 27 .. > Hearing his statement and realizing it was indeed irrevocable, / Brahmā then spoke to Viśvāvasu who was in the form of a rākṣasa: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.28) tvaṃ vatsānena rūpeṇa tiṣṭha tāvadvaco mama .. kuruṣva te prayacchāmi yena sthānamanuttamam .. 28 .. > “Child, remain for now in this form, and obey my word. / I shall grant you that by which you obtain an unsurpassed abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.29) camatkārapurasyāsya paścimasthānamāśritāḥ .. santyanye rākṣasāstatra maryādāyāṃ vyavasthitāḥ .. 29 .. > Residing in the western part of this city of Camatkārapura, / there are other rākṣasas stationed there within proper bounds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.29\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.29_1) laṃkāyāṃ rākṣasāścaiva prārthayanto'tra sadgatim .. te cāgatya tamuddeśaṃ tapaḥ kurvaṃti suvratāḥ ..6.187.3... > Rākṣasas in Laṅkā who desire a good destination here, / having arrived at that place, perform austerities, observing good vows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.31) tatra prabhutvamātiṣṭha nāgarāṇāṃ hite sthitaḥ .. rākṣasā bahavaḥ saṃti kūṣmāṃḍāśca piśācakāḥ .. 31 .. > Assume sovereignty there, remaining intent on the welfare of the Nāgaras. / There are many rākṣasas, kūṣmāṇḍas, and piśācas \[there\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.32) ye cānye rākṣasāḥ kecidduṣṭabhāvasamāśritāḥ .. tatra gacchaṃti ye sarve nigṛhṇaṃti ca tatkṣaṇāt .. 32 .. > Whatever other rākṣasas have resorted to a wicked disposition / and go there, they restrain them all instantly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.33) bhūtāḥ pretāḥ piśācāśca kūṣmāṃḍāśca viśeṣataḥ.. nāgaraṃ tu puro dṛṣṭvā tadbhayādyāṃti dūrataḥ .. 33 .. > Bhūtas, pretas, piśācas, and especially kūṣmāṇḍas, / upon seeing a N競争agara in front of them, flee far away out of fear of him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.34) tadgaccha putra tatra tvaṃ sarveṣāmadhipo bhava .. rākṣasānāṃ mayā dattaṃ tava rājyaṃ ca sāṃpratam .. 34 .. > Therefore go there, son, and become the overlord of them all! / The kingdom over the rākṣasas has now been given to you by me.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.35) .. rākṣasa uvāca .. .. ādhipatye sthitasyaivaṃ rākṣasānāṃ pitāmaha .. kiṃ mayā tatra bhoktavyaṃ tebhyo deyaṃ ca kiṃ vada .. 35 .. > The rākṣasa said: / “When I am established in this way in lordship over the rākṣasas, O Grandfather, / tell me, what is to be eaten by me there, and what is to be given to them? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.36) rājñā caiva yato deyaṃ bhṛtyānāṃ bhojanaṃ vibho .. tanmamācakṣva deveśa dayāṃ kṛtvā mamopari .. 36 .. > For food must be provided by a king to his servants, O Lord; / therefore tell me that, O Lord of the gods, taking pity on me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.37) na karoti ca yo rājā. bhṛtyavargasya poṣaṇam.. rauravaṃ narakaṃ yāti sa evaṃ hi śrutaṃ mayā .. 37 .. > A king who does not maintain his group of servants / goes to the Raurava hell; for so it has been heard by me.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.38) .. brahmovāca .. .. yacchrāddhaṃ dakṣiṇāhīnaṃ tilairdarbhairvivarjitam .. tatsarvaṃ te mayā dattaṃ yadyapi syātsutīrthagam.. 38 .. > Brahmā said: / “Whatever ancestral offering is devoid of sacrificial gifts, and lacking sesamum and darbha grass, / all that is given to you by me, even if it be performed at an excellent tīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.39) yacchrāddhaṃ sūkaraḥ paśyennārī vātha rajasvalā .. kauleyako'tha vāleyastatsarvaṃ te bhaviṣyati .. 39 .. > Whatever ancestral offering a pig, or a menstruating woman, / or a dog, or a donkey should look upon, all that shall belong to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.40) vidhihīnaṃ tu yacchrāddhaṃ darbhervā mūlavarjitaiḥ .. vitasteradhikairvāpi tatsarvaṃ te bhaviṣyati .. 6.187.40 .. > Whatever ancestral offering is devoid of rules, or performed with rootless darbha grass, / or with grass longer than a span, all that shall belong to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.41) tilaṃ vā tailapakvaṃ vā śūkadhānyamathāpi vā .. na yatra dīyate śrāddhe tatte śrāddhaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 41 .. > An ancestral offering in which sesamum, or food cooked in oil, / or bearded grain is not given, that ancestral offering shall belong to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.42) asnātairyatkṛtaṃ śrāddhaṃ yaccādhautāṃbaraiḥ kṛtam .. tailābhyaṃgayutaiścaiva tatte sarvaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 42 .. > Whatever ancestral offering is performed by unbathed persons, or by those with unwashed garments, / or by those smeared with oil, all that shall belong to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.43) yadvā māhiṣiko bhuṃkte śvitrī vā kunakho'pi vā .. kuṣṭhī vātha dvijo bhuṃkte tatte śrāddhaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 43 .. > Or whatever \[ancestral offering\] a keeper of buffaloes eats, or one with white leprosy, or one with deformed nails, / or whatever brahmin suffering from leprosy eats, that ancestral offering shall belong to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.44) hīnāṃgo vā'tha yadbhuṃkte'dhikāṃgo vātha niṃditaḥ .. mahāvyādhigṛhīto vā cauro vārddhuṣiko'pi vā .. yatra bhuṃkte'thavā śrāddhe tatte śrāddhaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 44 .. > Or whatever \[ancestral offering\] one with a deficient limb eats, or one with a redundant limb, or a censured man, / or one seized by a severe disease, or a thief, or a usurer eats, that ancestral offering shall belong to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.45) śyāvadantastu yadbhuṃkte yadbhuṃkte vṛṣalīpatiḥ .. vinagno vātha yadbhuṃkte tatte śrāddhaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 45 .. > Whatever a black-toothed man eats, or whatever the husband of a śūdra woman eats, / or whatever a naked man eats, that ancestral offering shall belong to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.46) yo yajño dakṣiṇāhīno yaścāśaucayutaiḥ kṛtaḥ .. brahmacaryavihīnastu tatphalaṃ te bhaviṣyati .. 46 .. > Whatever sacrifice is devoid of priestly fees, and whatever is performed by impure persons, / or devoid of celibacy, the fruit of that shall belong to you.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.47) yasminnaivātithiḥ pūjyaḥ śrāddhe vā yajñakarmaṇi .. saṃprāpte vaiśvadevāṃte tatte sarvaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 47 ..1 > The śrāddha or sacrifice in which a guest who arrives at the end of the vaiśvadeva offering is not honoured—all that shall be yours. / 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.48) āvāhanātparaṃ yatra maunaṃ na śrāddhadaścaret.. brāhmaṇo vā'tha bhoktā ca tatte śrāddhaṃ bhaviṣyati..48.. > Where the performer of the śrāddha does not observe silence after the invocation, / or the brahmin who eats does not, that śrāddha shall be yours. / 48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.49) mṛnmayeṣu ca pātreṣu yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute naraḥ .. bhinnapātreṣu vā yacca tatte sarvaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 49 .. > And whatever śrāddha a man performs using earthenware vessels, / or that which is in broken vessels—all that shall be yours. / 49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.50) pratyakṣalavaṇaṃ yatra takraṃ vā vikṛtaṃ bhavet .. jātīpuṣpapradānaṃ ca tatte sarvaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 6.187.50 .. > Where visible salt \[is served\] or butter-milk is spoiled, / and where jasmine flowers are offered—all that shall be yours. / 50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.51) yajamāno dvijo vātha brahmacaryavivarjitaḥ .. tacchrāddhaṃ te mayā dattaṃ tripātreṇa vivarjitam .. 51 .. > Whether the patron or the twice-born priest is devoid of celibacy, / that śrāddha, bereft of the three vessels, has been given to you by me. / 51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.52) āyasena tu pātreṇa yatrānnaṃ ca pradīyate .. tacchrāddhaṃ te mayā dattaṃ tathānyadapi hīyate .. 52 .. > And where food is served on an iron vessel, / that śrāddha has been given to you by me, and whatever other \[faulty rite\] is ruined. / 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.53) maṃtrakriyābhyāṃ yatkicidrātrau dattaṃ hutaṃ tathā .. sakrāṃtisomaparvabhyāṃ vyati riktaṃ tu kutsitam .. 53 .. > Whatever is offered or poured into the fire at night through mantra and ritual, / other than during the saṃkrānti and somaparvan days, is vile \[and yours\]. / 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.54) ityuktvā virarāmāśu brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ .. rākṣasaḥ so'pi tatrāpi lebhe sthānaṃ tu rākṣasam .. 54 .. > Having spoken thus, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, immediately fell silent; / and that rākṣasa also obtained a rākṣasa’s place right there. / 54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.186.187](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186.187) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭha nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye rākṣasaprāpyaśrāddhavarṇanaṃnāma saptāśītyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 187 .. .. .. > Thus ends the one hundred and eighty-seventh chapter, entitled 'Description of the Śrāddha Pertaining to the Rākṣasa', in the Māhātmya of Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra, in the sixth \[section\], Nāgarakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. / 187 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.186.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Nandipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.21.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.186) · Pramāṇa