Skandapurana 5.190
Skandapurāṇa 5.190
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5.190.1
.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..
sūtaputra tvayā proktaṃ sāvitrī nāgatā ca yat ..
kauṭilyena samāyuktairāhūtā vacanaistathā ..
pulastyena punaścaiva prasaktā gṛhakarmaṇi .. 1 ..
The seers said: / O son of Sūta, it was mentioned by you that Sāvitrī did not arrive, / though summoned with words imbued with crookedness / by Pulastya, and that she was again occupied with domestic work.
5.190.2
tatastu brahmaṇā kopādgāyatrī ca samāhṛtā ..
devairvipreśce sā'tīva śaṃsitā bhāryatāṃ gatā .. 2 ..
Then, out of anger, Gāyatrī was brought by Brahmā; / highly praised by the gods and brahmins, she became his wife.
5.190.3
sāvitrī ca kathaṃ jātā tāṃ jñātvā yajñamaṇḍape ..
patnīśālāṃ praviṣṭāṃ ca sarvaṃ no vistarādvada .. 3 ..
And how did Sāvitrī react, knowing her to be in the sacrificial pavilion / and entered into the wife's enclosure? Tell us everything in detail!
5.190.4
.. sūta uvāca .. ..
sāvitrī vaśagaṃ kāṃtaṃ jñātvā viśvāsamāgatā ..
sthirā bhūtvā tadā sarvā devapatnīḥ samānayat .. 4 ..
Sūta said: / Sāvitrī, knowing her beloved to be under her control, regained confidence; / having become calm, she then gathered all the wives of the gods.
5.190.5
gaurī lakṣmīḥ śacī medhā tathā caivāpyarundhatī ..
svadhā svāhā tathā kītirbuddhiḥ puṣṭiḥ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ ..
tathā cānyāśca bahavo hyapsarobhiḥ samanvitāḥ .. 5 ..
Gaurī, Lakṣmī, Śacī, Medhā, and likewise Arundhatī, / Svadhā, Svāhā, and Kīrti, Buddhi, Puṣṭi, Kṣamā, Dhṛti, / and many others accompanied by apsarases—
5.190.6
ghṛtācī menakā raṃbhā urvaśī ca tilottamā ..
apsarāṇāṃ gaṇāḥ sarve samājagmurdvijottamāḥ .. 6 ..
Ghṛtācī, Menakā, Rambhā, Urvaśī, and Tilottamā— / all the hosts of apsarases arrived, O best of twice-born ones.
5.190.7
sā tābhiḥ sahitā devīpūrṇahastābhireva ca ..
saṃprahṛṣṭamanobhiśca prasthitā maṇḍapaṃ prati .. 7 ..
She, accompanied by them whose hands were full [of auspicious offerings] / and whose minds were greatly delighted, set out toward the pavilion,
5.190.8
vādyamāneṣu vādyeṣu gītadhvaniyuteṣu ca ..
gandharvāṇāṃ pramukhyānāṃ kinnarāṇāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 8 ..
while instruments were being played, accompanied by the sound of singing / by the foremost gandharvas and especially by kinnaras.
5.190.9
prasthitā sā mahābhāgā yāvattadyajñamaṇḍapam ..
tāvattasyāstadā cakṣuḥ prāsphuraddakṣiṇaṃ muhuḥ .. 9 ..
As the highly fortunate lady set out toward the sacrificial pavilion, / just then her right eye twitched repeatedly.
5.190.10
apasavyaṃ mṛgāścakrustathānye'pi khagādayaḥ ..
viparyastena saṃyāti śabdānkurvaṃti cāsakṛt .. 6.191.10 ..
Deer passed on her right side, and likewise other creatures such as birds; / going in an contrary way, they repeatedly made sounds.
5.190.11
dakṣiṇāni tathā'ṅgāni sphuramāṇāni vai muhuḥ..
tasyā manasi saṃkṣobhaṃ janayati nirargalam .. 11 ..
Her right limbs also throbbing repeatedly / caused unrestrained agitation in her mind.
5.190.12
tāśca devastriyaḥ sarvā nṛtyaṃti ca hasaṃti ca ..
gāyaṃti ca yathotsāhaṃ tasyāḥ pārśve vyavasthitāḥ .. 12 ..
Yet all those divine women danced and laughed, / and sang with enthusiasm, standing beside her.
5.190.13
na jānaṃti ca saṃkṣobhaṃ tathā śakunajaṃ hṛdi ..
anyonyasparddhayā sarvā gītanṛtyaparāyaṇāḥ .. 13 ..
They did not know of the agitation born of omens in her heart, / all intent on singing and dancing in rivalry with one another.
5.190.14
ahaṃpūrvamahaṃpūrvaṃ praviśāmi mahāmakhe ..
ityautsukyasamopetāstā gacchaṃti tadā pathi .. 14 ..
'I shall enter the great sacrifice first! I shall enter first!' / Filled with such eagerness, they then proceeded along the path.
5.190.191
iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgara khaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye sāvitryā yajñāgamanakālikotpātādyapaśakunodbhavavarṇanaṃnāmaikanavatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..191..
Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-first chapter, named 'Description of the Origin of Portents and Bad Omens at the Time of Sāvitrī's Coming to the Sacrifice,' in the Great Purāṇa of Skanda, in the compilation of eighty-one thousand [verses], in the sixth Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the Greatness of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field.
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