[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) › 5.191 # Skandapurana 5.191 Skandapurāṇa 5.191 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.191.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. atha śrutvā mahānādaṃ vādyānāṃ samupasthitam .. nāradaḥ sammukhaḥ prāyājjñātvā ca jananīṃ nijām .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Then, hearing the loud noise of musical instruments approaching, / Nārada went forward, knowing that it was his own mother. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.2) praṇipatya sa dīnātmā bhūtvā cāśrupariplutaḥ .. prāha gadgadayā vācā kaṇṭhe bāṣpasamāvṛtaḥ .. 2 .. > Bowing low, miserable and bathed in tears, / his throat choked with weeping, he spoke in a faltering voice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.3) ātmanaḥ śāparakṣārthaṃ tasyāḥ kopavivṛddhaye .. kalipriyastadā vipro devastrīṇāṃ puraḥ sthitaḥ .. 3 .. > To protect himself from a curse and to increase her anger, / the brahmin who delights in strife then stood before the divine women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.4) meghagambhīrayā vācā praskhalaṃtyā padepade .. mayā tvaṃ devi cāhūtā pulastyena tataḥ param .. 4 .. > With a voice deep as a thundercloud, faltering at every step, \[he said\]: / 'O goddess, you were summoned by me, and after that by Pulastya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.5) strīsvabhāvaṃ samāśritya dīkṣākāle'pi nāgatā .. 5 .. > Resorting to the nature of women, you did not come even at the time of consecration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.6) tato vidheḥ samādeśācchakreṇānyā samāhṛtā .. kācidgopasamudbhūtā kumārī deva rūpiṇī .. 6 .. > Then, by the command of the Creator, another was fetched by Śakra: / a certain maiden born of a cowherd, possessing divine form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.7) govaktreṇa praveśyātha guhyamārgeṇa tatkṣaṇāt .. ākarṣitā mahābhāge samānītātha tatkṣaṇāt .. 7 .. > Having made her enter through the mouth of a cow, / she was immediately drawn out through the secret passage, O fortunate lady, and brought at once. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.8) sā viṣṇunā vivāhārthaṃ tataścaivānumoditā .. īśvareṇa kṛtaṃ nāma gāyatrī ca tavānugam .. 8 .. > She was then approved by Viṣṇu for marriage, / and Īśvara gave her the name Gāyatrī, subservient to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.9) brāhmaṇaiḥ sakalaiḥ proktaṃ brāhmaṇīti bhavatviyam .. asmākaṃ vacanādbrahmankuru hastagrahaṃ vibho .. 9 .. > All the brahmins said, "Let her be a brahmin lady. / At our word, O Brahmā, take her hand, O all-pervading Lord!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.10) devaiḥ sarvaiḥ sa samproktastatastāṃ ca varānanām .. tataḥ patnyutthadharmeṇa yojayāmāsa satvaram ..6.192. 10 .. > Having been urged by all the gods, he then swiftly / united that fair-faced maiden with the duty of a wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.11) kiṃ vā te bahunoktena patnīśālāṃ samāgatā .. raśanā yojitā tasyā gopyāḥ kaṭyāṃ sureśvari .. 11 .. > Why say much to you? She has entered the wife's enclosure; / the girdle has been tied on the waist of that cowherd girl, O queen of the gods! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.12) taddṛṣṭvā garhitaṃ karma niṣkrāṃto yajñamaṇḍapāt .. amarṣa vaśamāpanno na śakto vīkṣituṃ ca tām .. 12 .. > Seeing that despicable act, I left the sacrificial pavilion, / overcome by indignation, unable to look at her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.13) etajjñātvā mahābhāge yatkṣamaṃ tatsamācara .. gaccha vā tiṣṭha vā tatra maṇḍape dharmavarjite .. 13 .. > Knowing this, O fortunate lady, do whatever is appropriate; / go, or remain here, \[away from\] that pavilion devoid of righteousness!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.14) tacchrutvā sā tadā devī sāvitrī dvijasattamāḥ .. pramlānavadanā jātā padminīva himāgame .. 14 .. > Hearing that then, O best of twice-born ones, the goddess Sāvitrī / became faded in face, like a lotus at the onset of frost, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.15) lateva cchinnamūlā sā cakrīva priyavicyutā .. śuciśuklāgame kāle sarasīva gatodakā .. 15 .. > like a creeper severed at the root, like a female cakravāka separated from her mate, / like a lake devoid of water at the coming of the bright summer, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.16) prakṣīṇacandralekheva mṛgīva mṛgavarjitā .. seneva hatabhūpālā satīva gatabhartṛkā .. 16 .. > like a waning crescent of the moon, like a doe deserted by the deer, / like an army whose king is slain, like a faithful wife whose husband is gone, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.17) saṃśuṣkā puṣpamāleva mṛtavatsaiva saurabhī .. vaimanasyaṃ paraṃ gatvā niścalatvamupasthitām .. tāṃ dṛṣṭvā devapatnyastā jagadurnāradaṃ tadā .. 17 .. > like a dried-up flower garland, like a cow whose calf is dead. / Having reached supreme dejection and arrived at motionless grief, / seeing her, those wives of the gods then said to Nārada: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.18) dhigdhikkalipriya tvāṃ ca rāge vairāgyakārakam .. tvayā kṛtaṃ sarvametadvidhestasya tathāntaram .. 18 .. > 'Fie, fie on you, lover of strife, who causes aversion where there was love! / All this rift between her and Brahmā has been caused by you!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.19) .. gauryuvāca .. .. ayaṃ kalipriyo devi brūte satyānṛtaṃ vacaḥ .. anena karmaṇā prāṇānbibhartyeṣa sadā muniḥ .. 19 .. > Gaurī said: / 'O goddess, this lover of strife speaks words of truth mingled with falsehood; / by this conduct this sage always sustains his life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.20) ahaṃ tryakṣeṇa sāvitri purā proktā muhurmuhuḥ .. nāradasya munervākyaṃ na śraddheyaṃ tvayā priye .. yadi vāṃchasi saukhyāni mama jātāni pārvati .. 6.192.20 .. > Formerly, Sāvitrī, I was repeatedly told by the Three-Eyed Lord: / "The word of the sage Nārada is not to be trusted by you, my dear, / if you desire the happiness born of me, O Pārvatī."' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.21) tataḥprabhṛti naivāhaṃ śraddadhe'sya vacaḥ kvacit .. tasmādgacchāmahe tatra yatra tiṣṭhati te patiḥ .. 21 .. > From that time on, I have never believed his words anywhere. / Therefore, let us go there, where your husband is staying. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.22) svayaṃ dṛṣṭvaiva vṛttāṃtaṃ kartavyaṃ yatkṣamaṃ tataḥ .. nātrāsya vacanādadya sthātavyaṃ tatra gamyatām .. 22 .. > Having seen the matter for ourselves, we must do whatever is fitting then. / We should not remain here today on his word alone; let us go there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.23) .. sūta uvāca .. .. gauryā stadvacanaṃ śrutvā sāvitrī harṣavarjitā .. makhamaṇḍapamuddiśya praskhalantī padepade .. 23 .. > Sūta said: / Hearing that statement of Gaurī, Sāvitrī, bereft of joy, / set out toward the sacrificial pavilion, stumbling at every step. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.24) prajagāma dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ śūnyena manasā tadā .. pratibhāti tadā gītaṃ tasyā madhuramapyaho .. 24 .. > She went, O best of brahmins, with an empty mind then. / Ah, then singing seemed sweet to her \[no longer\]; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.25) karṇaśūlaṃ yathā''yātamasakṛddvijasattamāḥ .. vandhyavādyaṃ yathā vādyaṃ mṛdaṃgānakapūrvakam .. 25 .. > as if ear-pain had arrived repeatedly, O best of brahmins, / as if instrumental music accompanied by mṛdaṅgas and ānakas were futile noise, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.26) pretasaṃdarśanaṃ yadvanmartyaṃ tatsā mahāsatī .. vīkṣituṃ na ca śakroti gacchamānā tadā makhe .. 26 .. > just like seeing a corpse, so did that mortal sight appear; that chaste lady, / going to the sacrifice then, was unable even to look upon it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.27) śṛṃgāraṃ ca tathāṃgāraṃ manyate sā tanusthitam .. vāṣpapūrṇekṣaṇā dīnā prajagāma mahāsatī .. 27 .. > And she considered the adornment on her body to be embers. / Her eyes filled with tears, miserable, that chaste lady proceeded. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.28) tataḥ kṛcchrātsamāsādya saivaṃ taṃ yajñamaṃḍapam .. kṛcchrātkārāgṛhaṃ tadvadduṣprekṣyaṃ dṛkpathaṃ gatam .. 28 .. > Then, having reached that sacrificial pavilion with difficulty, / she saw it entering her field of vision like a hard-to-look-at prison. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.29) atha dṛṣṭvā tu saṃprāptāṃ sāvitrīṃ yajñamaṇḍapam .. tatkṣaṇācca caturvaktraḥ saṃsthito'dhomukho hriyā. .. 29 .. > Now, seeing Sāvitrī arrived at the sacrificial pavilion, / from that very instant the Four-faced one stood with his face turned down in shame. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.30) tathā śambhuśca śakraśca vāsudevastathaiva ca .. ye cānye vibudhāstatra saṃsthitā yajñamaṃḍape .. 6.192.30 .. > Likewise Śambhu, Śakra, and Vāsudeva as well, / and whatever other gods were staying there in the sacrificial pavilion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.31) te ca brāhmaṇaśārdūlāstyaktvā vedadhvaniṃ tataḥ .. mūkībhāvaṃ gatāḥ sarve bhayasaṃtrastamānasāḥ ..31.. > and those tigers among brahmins, ceasing the sound of the Vedas then, / all became silent, their minds terrified with fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.32) atha saṃvīkṣya sāvitrī sapatnyā sahitaṃ patim .. kopasaṃraktanayanā paruṣaṃ vākyamabravīt .. 32 .. > Then, seeing her husband accompanied by a co-wife, Sāvitrī, / her eyes bloodshot with rage, spoke harsh words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.33) .. sāvitryuvāca .. .. kimetadyujyate kartuṃ tava vṛddha tamākṛte .. ūḍhavānasi yatpatnīmetāṃ gopasamudbhavām .. 33 .. > Sāvitrī said: / How is it fitting for you to do this, O old one in dark form, / that you have married this wife born of a cowherd? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.34) ubhayoḥ pakṣayoryasyāḥ strīṇāṃ kāṃtā yathepsitāḥ .. śaucācāraparityaktā dharmakṛtyaparāṅmukhāḥ .. 34 .. > On both sides of her lineage, women have lovers as they please; / they are abandoned by purity and conduct, turned away from righteous deeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.35) yadanvaye janāḥ sarve paśudharmaratotsavāḥ .. sodaryāṃ bhaginīṃ tyaktvā jananīṃ ca tathā parām .. 35 ... > In her lineage, all the people delight in the festivities of animal behavior; / abandoning their uterine sister and likewise their mother, \[they mate with\] another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.36) tasyāḥ kule prasevaṃte sarvāṃ nārīṃ janāḥ parām .. yathā hi paśavo'śnaṃti tṛṇāni jalapānagāḥ .. 36 .. > In her family, men frequent every other woman; / for just as animals eat grass and drink water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.36\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.36_1) viṇmūtraṃ kevalaṃ cakrurbhārodvahanameva ca ..9 > and merely discharge feces and urine, carrying loads alone, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.37) tadvadasyāḥ kulaṃ sarvaṃ takramaśrāti kevalam .. 37 .. > just so does her entire family merely consume buttermilk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.38) kṛtvā mūtrapurīṣaṃ ca janmabhogavivarjitam .. nānyajjānāti kartavyaṃ dharmaṃ svodarasaṃ śrayāt .. 38 .. > Discharging urine and feces, devoid of the enjoyment of birth, / relying solely on their own bellies, they know no other duty or righteousness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.39) antyajā api no karma yatkurvanti vigarhitam .. ābhīrāstacca kurvaṃti tatkimetattvayā kṛtam .. 39 .. > Even outcasts do not commit the despicable deed / which the Ābhīras commit; then why was this done by you? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.40) avaśyaṃ yadi te kāryaṃ bhāryayā parayā makhe .. tvayā vā brāhmaṇī kāpi prakhyātā bhuvanatraye .. 6.192.40 .. > If another wife was necessarily needed by you at the sacrifice, / you \[should have married\] some brahmin woman renowned in the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.41) noḍhā vidhe vṛthā muṇḍa nūnaṃ dhūrto'si me mataḥ .. yattvayā śaucasaṃtyaktā kanyābhāvapradūṣitā..41.. > She was not married, O Vidhi! You shaved-head fool, surely you are a rogue in my view, / since you took a girl abandoned by purity, corrupted in maidhood, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.42) prabhuktā bahubhiḥ pūrvaṃ tathā gopakumārikā.. eṣā prāptā supāpāḍhyā veśyājanaśatādhikā..42.. > already enjoyed by many previously, a cowherd girl, / this woman full of great sin, worse than a hundred courtesans! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.43) antyajātā tathā kanyā kṣatayoniḥ prajāyate.. tathā gopakumārī ca kācittādṛkprajāyate..43.. > Just as an outcast maiden is born with a deflowered womb, / so is some cowherd girl born such. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.44) mātṛkaṃ paitṛkaṃ vaṃśaṃ śvāśuraṃ ca prapātayet. tasmādetena kṛtyena garhitena dharātale..44.. > She ruins the maternal, paternal, and father-in-law's lineages. / Therefore, because of this despicable deed on the earth's surface, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.44\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.44_2) na tvaṃ prāpsyasi tāṃ pūjāṃ tathā nye vibudhottamāḥ.. anena karmaṇā caiva yadi me sti ṛtaṃ kvacit..44.. > you will not receive that worship, nor will the other best of gods, / through this action, if there is any truth in me anywhere! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.46) pūjāṃ ye ca kariṣyaṃti bhaviṣyaṃti ca nirdhanāḥ.. kathaṃ na lajjitosi tvametatkurvanvigarhitam..46.. > And those who will perform worship \[to you\] will become penniless. / How were you not ashamed, doing this despicable act, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.47) putrāṇāmatha pautrāṇāmanyeṣāṃ ca divaukasām.. ayogyaṃ caiva viprāṇāṃ yadetatkṛtavānasi..47.. > unworthy of your sons, grandsons, and the other celestials, / and unworthy of brahmins, that you have done this? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.48) atha vā naiṣa doṣaste na kāmavaśagā narāḥ.. lajjaṃti ca vijānaṃti kṛtyākṛtyaṃ śubhāśubham..48.. > Or rather, this is not your fault: men overwhelmed by lust / feel no shame and do not discern what ought to be done from what ought not, auspicious from inauspicious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.49) akṛtyaṃ manyate kṛtyaṃ mitraṃ śatruṃ ca manyate.. śatruṃ ca manyate mitraṃ janaḥ kāmavaśaṃ gataḥ..49.. > A person gone under the sway of lust considers what should not be done as what should be done, / considers a friend an enemy, and considers an enemy a friend. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.50) dyūtakāre yathā satyaṃ yathā cauraṃ ca sauhṛdam.. yathā nṛpasya no mitraṃ tathā lajjā na kāminām..6.192.50.. > Just as truth is absent in a gambler, and friendship in a thief, / just as a king has no friend, so lustful men have no shame. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.51) api syācchītalo vahniścaṃdramā dahanātmakaḥ. kṣārābdirapi miṣṭaḥ syānna kāmī lajjate dhruvam..51.. > Fire might become cold, the moon might become scorching, / even the salty ocean might become sweet, but a lustful man surely feels no shame. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.52) na me syāddukhametaddhi yatsāpatnyamupasthitam.. sahasramapi nārīṇāṃ puruṣāṇāṃ yathā bhavet.. 52.. > This grief would not be mine merely because a co-wife has appeared; / for men may have even a thousand women, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.53) kulīnānāṃ ca śuddhānāṃ svajātyānāṃ viśeṣataḥ.. tvaṃ kuruṣva parāṇāṃ ca yadi kāmavaśaṃ gataḥ..53.. > of noble birth, pure, and especially belonging to their own caste. / Take others, if you are overwhelmed by lust! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.54) etatpunarmahadduḥkhaṃ yadābhīrī vigarhitā.. veśyeva naṣṭacāritrā tvayoḍhā bahubhartṛkā .. 54 .. > Yet this is a great grief: that a despicable Ābhīra woman, / ruined in conduct like a courtesan, having many husbands, has been married by you! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.55) tasmādahaṃ prayāsyāmi yatra nāma na te vidhe .. śrūyate kāmalubdhasya hriyā parihṛtasya ca .. 55 .. > Therefore I shall depart, O Vidhi, where your name is not heard— / you who are greedy with lust and abandoned by shame! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.56) ahaṃ viḍaṃbitā yasmādatrānīya tvayā vidhe .. purato devapatnīnāṃ devānāṃ ca dvijanmanām .. tasmātpūjāṃ na te kaścitsāṃprataṃ prakariṣyati .. 56 .. > Because I have been humiliated, brought here by you, O Vidhi, / in the presence of the wives of the gods, the gods, and the twice-born, / therefore no one shall perform worship to you henceforth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.57) adya prabhṛti yaḥ pūjāṃ maṃtrapūjāṃ kariṣyati .. tava martyo dharāpṛṣṭhe yathānyeṣāṃ divaukasām .. 57 .. > From this day forward, whatever mortal on the surface of the earth / performs worship or mantra-worship to you, as to other celestials, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.58) bhaviṣyati ca tadvaṃśo daridro duḥkhasaṃyutaḥ .. brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vāpi vaiśyaḥ śūdropi cālaye .. 58 .. > his lineage will become impoverished and full of sorrow, / whether he be a brahmin, a kṣatriya, a vaiśya, or even a śūdra in his home. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.59) eṣā'bhīrasutā yasmānmama sthāne vigarhitā .. bhaviṣyati na saṃtānastasmādvākyānmamaiva hi .. 59 .. > Because this despicable daughter of an Ābhīra stands in my place, / by my very word she shall have no offspring. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.60) na pūjāṃ lapsyate loke yathānyā devayoṣitaḥ .. 6.192.60 .. > She will not obtain worship in the world like the other wives of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.61) kariṣyati ca yā nārī pūjā yasyā api kvacit .. sā bhaviṣyati duḥkhāḍhyā vaṃdhyā daurbhāgyasaṃyutā .. 61 .. > And whatever woman performs worship to her anywhere, / she will become full of misery, barren, and afflicted with misfortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.62) pāpiṣṭhā naṣṭacāritrā yathaiṣā paṃcabhartṛkā .. vikhyātiṃ yāsyate loke yathā cāsau tathaiva sā .. 62 .. > Most sinful, ruined in conduct, like this woman who has five husbands, / she will become renowned in the world, just as this one is. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.63) etasyā anvayaḥ pāpo bhaviṣyati niśācara .. satyaśaucaparityaktāḥ śiṣṭasaṃgavivarjitāḥ .. 63 .. > Her lineage will be sinful, roving by night, / abandoned by truth and purity, devoid of the company of the virtuous. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.64) aniketā bhaviṣyaṃti vaṃśe'syā goprajīvinaḥ .. evaṃ śaptvā vidhiṃ sādhvī gāyatrīṃ ca tataḥ param .. 64 .. > Living off cattle, those in her lineage will become homeless wanderers. / Having thus cursed Vidhi, and thereafter the chaste Gāyatrī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.65) tato devagaṇānsarvāñchaśāpa ca tadā satī .. bhobhoḥ śakra tvayānītā yadeṣā paṃcabhartṛkā .. 65 .. > Then the chaste woman also cursed all the hosts of gods: > "O Śakra, since this woman who has five husbands was brought by you, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.66) tadāpnuhi phalaṃ samyakchubhaṃ kṛtvā guroridam .. tvaṃ śatrubhirjito yuddhe baṃdhanaṃ samavāpsyasi .. 66 .. > therefore receive the full fruit of having performed this \[service\] for your elder: > Conquered by enemies in battle, you shall suffer imprisonment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.67) kārāgāre ciraṃ kālaṃ saṃgamiṣyatyasaṃśayam .. vāsudeva tvayā yasmādeṣā vai paṃcabhartṛkā .. 67 .. > You will without doubt go into a dungeon for a long time! > O Vāsudeva, because this woman who has five husbands > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.68) anumoditā vidheḥ pūrvaṃ tasmācchapsyāmyasaṃśayam .. tvaṃ cāpi parabhṛtyatvaṃ saṃprāpsyasi sudurmate .. 68 .. > was approved by you beforehand for Brahmā, therefore I shall curse you without doubt: > You too, O most wicked-minded one, shall become the servant of another! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.69) samīpastho'pi rudra tvaṃ karmaitadyadupekṣase .. niṣedhayasi no mūḍha tasmācśṛṇu vaco mama .. 69 .. > O Rudra, though standing near, because you overlook this deed / and do not forbid it, O fool, therefore hear my word: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.70) jīvamānasya kāṃtasya mayā tadvirahodbhavam .. saṃsevitaṃ mṛtāyāṃ te dayitāyāṃ bhaviṣyati .. 6.192.70 .. > While my husband is alive, I have experienced the \[grief\] born of separation from him; > the same shall be experienced by you when your beloved wife has died! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.71) yatra yajñe praviṣṭeyaṃ garhitā paṃcabhartṛkā .. bhavānapi havirvahne yattvaṃ gṛhṇāsi laulyataḥ .. 71 .. > In this sacrifice where this censured woman who has five husbands has entered, > and since you, O Fire, accept the oblation out of greed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.72) tathānyeṣu ca yajñeṣu samyakchaṃkāvivarjitaḥ .. tasmādduṣṭasamācāra sarvabhakṣo bhaviṣyasi .. 72 .. > as well as in other sacrifices, completely devoid of scruples, > therefore, O you of evil conduct, you shall be an eater of all things! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.73) svadhayā svāhayā sārdhaṃ sadā duḥkhasamanvitaḥ .. naivāpsyasi paraṃ saukhyaṃ sarvakālaṃ yathā purā .. 73 .. > Together with Svadhā and Svāhā, constantly beset with sorrow, > you shall never obtain supreme happiness at all times, as before! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.74) ete ca brāhmaṇāḥ sarve lobhopahatacetasaḥ .. homaṃ prakurvate ye ca makhe cāpi vigarhite. 74 .. > And all these brahmins, their minds corrupted by greed, > who perform the oblation in this censured sacrifice as well, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.75) vittalobhena yatraiṣā niviṣṭā pañcabhartṛkā .. tathā ca vacanaṃ proktaṃ brāhmaṇīyaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 75 .. > where out of greed for wealth this woman who has five husbands was installed— > so the word pronounced concerning the brahmins shall come to pass: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.76) daridropahatāstasmādvṛṣalīpatayastathā .. vedavikrayakartāro bhaviṣyatha na saṃśayaḥ .. 76 .. > Therefore, afflicted by poverty, husbands of Śūdra women, > sellers of the Veda you shall become, there is no doubt! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.77) bhobho vittapate vittaṃ dadāsi makhaviplave .. tasmādyatte'khilaṃ vittamabhogyaṃ saṃbhaviṣyati .. 77 .. > O lord of wealth, you give wealth at the disruption of a sacrifice; > therefore whatever wealth you have shall become unenjoyable! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.78) tathā devagaṇāḥ sarve sāhāyyaṃ ye samāśritāḥ .. atra kurvaṃti doṣāḍhye yajñe vai pāṃcabhartṛke .. 78 .. > Likewise, all the hosts of gods who have lent their assistance > and act here in this fault-filled sacrifice involving the woman with five husbands— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.79) saṃtānena parityaktāste bhaviṣyaṃti sāṃpratam.. dānavaiśca parābhūtā duḥkhaṃ prāpsyati kevalam .. 79 .. > they shall now be bereft of offspring; > and defeated by the Dānavas, they will experience only sorrow! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.80) etasyāḥ pārśvataścānyāścatasro yā vyavasthitāḥ .. ābhīrīti sapa tnīti proktā dhyānapraharṣitāḥ .. 6.192.80 .. > And the other four women standing at her side, > called cowherdesses and co-wives, rejoicing in meditation, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.81) mama dveṣaparā nityaṃ śivadūtīpurassarāḥ .. tāsāṃ parasparaṃ saṃgaḥ kadācicca bhaviṣyati .. 81 .. > constantly intent on malice toward me, headed by Śivadūtī— > their meeting with one another shall be only occasional. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.82) nānyenātra nareṇāpi dṛṣṭimātramapi kṣitau .. parvatāgreṣu durgeṣu cāgamyeṣu ca dehinām .. vāsaḥ saṃpatsyate nityaṃ sarvabhogavivarjitaḥ .. 82 .. > They shall not even be seen by any other man on earth; > on mountain peaks, in inaccessible places that mortals cannot reach, > their dwelling shall ever be, deprived of all enjoyments!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.83) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evamuktvā'tha sāvitrīkopopahatacetasā .. visṛjya devapatnīstāḥ sarvā yāḥ pārśvataḥ sthitāḥ .. 83 .. > Sūta said: > Having spoken thus, Sāvitrī, her mind overwhelmed by rage, > dismissed all the wives of the gods who stood at her side, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.84) udaṅmukhī pratasthe ca vāryamāṇāpi sarvataḥ .. sarvābhirdevapatnībhirlakṣmīpūrvābhirevaca ..84.. > and set out facing north, even though restrained on every side > by all the wives of the gods, headed by Lakṣmī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.85) tatra yāsyāmi no yatra nāmāpi kila vai yataḥ .. śrūyate kāmukasyāsya tatra yāsyāmyahaṃ drutam ..85.. > "I will go where not even the name of this lustful one > is heard; indeed, thither will I swiftly go!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.86) ekaścaraṇayornyasto vāmaḥ parvatarodhasi .. dvitīyena samārūḍhā tasyāgasya tathopari ..86.. > One of her feet, the left, was placed on the mountain slope; > with the second she stepped onto the top of that mountain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.87) adyāpi tatpadaṃ vāmaṃ tasyāstatra pradṛśyate .. sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ sthitaṃ parvatarodhasi .. 87 .. > Even today that left footprint of hers is seen there, > meritorious, destroying all sins, resting on the mountain slope. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.88) api pāpasamācāro yastaṃ pūjayate naraḥ .. sarvapātakanirmuktaḥ sa yāti paramaṃ padam .. 88 .. > Even a man of sinful conduct who worships it, > freed from all sins, goes to the supreme abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.89) yo yaṃ kāmamabhi dhyāya tamarcayati mānavaḥ .. avaśyaṃ samavāpnoti yadyapi syātsudurlabham.. 89 .. > Whatever desire a mortal meditates upon and worships it, > he surely attains, even if it be very hard to obtain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.90) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ tatra sthitā devī sāvitrī parvatā śrayā .. apamānaṃ mahatprāpya sakāśātsvapatestadā .. 6.192.90 .. > Sūta said: > Thus goddess Sāvitrī dwelt there, resorting to the mountain, > having received great insult on that occasion from her own husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.91) yastāmarcayate samyakpaurṇamāsyāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. sarvānkāmānavāpnoti sa manovāṃchitāṃ stadā .. 91 .. > Whoever worships her properly, especially on the full-moon day, > obtains at that time all desires cherished in his heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.92) yā nārī kurute bhaktyā dīpadānaṃ tadagrataḥ .. raktataṃtubhirājyena śrūyatāṃ tasya yatphalam .. 92 .. > Hear the fruit of that woman who with devotion > offers a lamp before her, using red threads and ghee: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.93) yāvantastaṃtavastasya dahyaṃte dīpa saṃbhavāḥ .. muhūrtāni ca yāvaṃti ghṛtadīpaśca tiṣṭhati .. tāvajjanmasahasrāṇi sā syātsaubhāgyabhāṃginī .. 93 .. > As many threads belonging to the lamp as are burned, > and for as many muhūrtas as the ghee-lamp endures, > for that many thousands of births shall she share in good fortune: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.94) putrapautrasamopetā dhaninī śīla maṃḍanā. .. na durbhagā na vandhyā ca na ca kāṇā virūpikā .. 94 .. > endowed with sons and grandsons, wealthy, adorned with good character, > neither unfortunate nor barren, neither one-eyed nor deformed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.95) yā nṛtyaṃ kurute nārī vidhavāpi tadagrataḥ .. gītaṃ vā kurute tatra tasyāḥ śṛṇuta yatphalam .. 95 .. > The woman—even if she is a widow—who dances before her > or sings there, hear the fruit for her: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.96) yathāyathā nṛtyamānā svagātraṃ vidhunoti ca .. tathātathā dhunotyeva yatpāpaṃ prakṛtaṃ purā .. 96 .. > Just as while dancing she shakes her body, > so does she shake off whatever sin was previously committed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.97) yāvanto jantavo gītaṃ tasyāḥ śṛṇvaṃti tatra ca .. tāvaṃti divi varṣāṇi sahasrāṇi vasecca sā .. 97 .. > As many living creatures as hear her singing there, > for that many thousands of years shall she dwell in heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.98) sāvitrīṃ yā samuddiśya phaladānaṃ karoti sā .. phalasaṃkhyāpramāṇāni yugāni divi modate .. 98 .. > She who gives a gift of fruit dedicated to Sāvitrī > rejoices in heaven for as many yugas as the number of fruits. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.99) miṣṭānnaṃ yacchate yaśca nārīṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ .. tasyā dakṣiṇamūrtau ca bhartrāḍhyānāṃ dvijottamāḥ .. sa ca sikthapramāṇāni yugā ni divi modate ..99.. > And whoever gives sweet food, especially to women > who have their husbands, at her southern form, O best of brahmins, > he rejoices in heaven for as many yugas as there are grains of boiled rice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.100) yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute tatra samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. rasenaikena sasyena tathaikena dvijottamāḥ .. tasyāpi jāyate puṇyaṃ gayāśrāddhena yadbhavet .. 6.192.100 .. > Whoever performs a śrāddha there with complete faith, > with a single flavor and with a single grain, O best of brahmins, > to him accrues the merit that is obtained from a śrāddha at Gayā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.101) yaḥ karoti dvijastasyā dakṣiṇāṃ diśamāśritaḥ .. sandhyopāsanamekaṃ tu svapatnyā kṣipitairjalaiḥ .. 101 .. > The twice-born man who, turning to her southern direction, > performs just one twilight devotion with waters poured by his own wife, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.102) sāyaṃtane ca saṃprāpte kāle brāhmaṇasattamāḥ.. tena syādvaṃditā saṃdhyā samyagdvādaśavārṣikī .. 102 .. > when the evening hour has arrived, O best of brahmins, > by him the twilight devotion will have been duly revered for twelve years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.103) yo japedbrāhmaṇastasyāḥ sāvitrīṃ purataḥ sthitaḥ .. tasya yatsyātphalaṃ viprāḥ śrūyatāṃ tadvadāmi vaḥ .. 103 .. > The brahmin who, standing in front of her, recites the Sāvitrī— > hear what his fruit is, O brahmins; I shall tell it to you: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.104) daśabhirjjanmajanitaṃ śatena ca purā kṛtam .. triyuge tu sahasreṇa tasya naśyati pātakam .. 104 .. > With ten \[repetitions\], that born of one birth; with a hundred, that committed in the past; > and with a thousand, in the three yugas his sin is destroyed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.105) tasmātsarvaprayatnena camatkārapuraṃ prati .. gatvā tāṃ pūjayeddevīṃ stotavyā ca viśeṣataḥ .. 105 .. > Therefore, with every effort one should go to Camatkārapura > and worship that goddess, and she is especially to be praised with hymns. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.106) sāvitryā idamākhyānaṃ yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyācca vā .. sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sukhabhāgatra jāyate .. 106 .. > Whoever reads or hears this narrative of Sāvitrī, > freed from all sins, becomes a partaker of happiness in this world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.107) etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭo'haṃ dvijottamāḥ .. sāvitryāḥ kṛtsnaṃ māhātmyaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ pravadāmyaham .. 107 .. > All this, which I was asked, has been told to you, O best of brahmins— / the entire māhātmya of Sāvitrī. What more shall I speak? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.191.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191.192) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye sāvitrīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvinavatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 192 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-second chapter, titled "Description of the Māhātmya of Sāvitrī," in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the sixth Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the Skandamahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.191.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Nandipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.26.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.191) · Pramāṇa