[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) › 5.192 # Skandapurana 5.192 Skandapurāṇa 5.192 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.192.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192.1) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. evaṃ gatāyāṃ sāvitryāṃ sakopāyāṃ ca sūtaja .. kiṃ kṛtaṃ tatra gāyatryā brahmādyaiścāpi kiṃ suraiḥ .. 1 .. > The seers said: / When Sāvitrī had departed in anger in this way, O son of Sūta, / what was done there by Gāyatrī, and what by the gods headed by Brahmā? / 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.192.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192.2) etatsarvaṃ samācakṣva paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ .. kathaṃ śāpānvitā devāḥ saṃsthitāstatra maṇḍape .. 2 .. > Tell us all this, for our curiosity is indeed great: / how did the gods, struck by curses, remain there in the pavilion? / 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.192.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192.3) .. sūta uvāca .. .. gatāyāmatha sāvitryāṃ śāpaṃ dattvā dvijottamāḥ .. gāyatrī sahasotthāya vākyametadudairayat .. 3 .. > Sūta said: / When Sāvitrī had departed after giving her curse, O best of brahmins, / Gāyatrī suddenly arose and uttered this statement: / 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.192.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192.4) sāvitryā yadvacaḥ proktaṃ tanna śakyaṃ kathaṃcana .. anyathā kartumevātha sarvairapi surāsuraiḥ .. 4 .. > What was spoken by Sāvitrī cannot in any way / be rendered otherwise, even by all the gods and asuras together. / 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.192.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192.5) mahāsatī mahābhāgā sāvitrī sā pativratā .. pūjyā ca sarvadevānāṃ jyeṣṭhā śreṣṭhā ca sadgaṇaiḥ .. 5 .. > Sāvitrī is a great satī, most fortunate, devoted to her husband, / worshipful to all the gods, the eldest, and the most exalted with good hosts. / 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.192.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192.6) paraṃ strīṇāṃ svabhāvo'yaṃ sarvāsāṃ surasattamāḥ.. api sahyo vajrapātaḥ sapatnyā na punaḥ kathā ..6.. > Yet this is the nature of all women, O best of gods: / even a thunderbolt strike can be endured, but never mention of a co-wife! / 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.192.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192.7) matkṛte ye'tra śapitā sāvitryā brāhmaṇāḥ surāḥ .. teṣāmahaṃ kariṣyāmi śaktyā sādhāraṇāṃ svayam .. 7 .. > Those brahmins and gods who have been cursed here by Sāvitrī on my account, / for them I myself will make a mitigation according to my power. / 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.192.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192.8) apūjyo'yaṃ vidhiḥ proktastayā maṃtrapuraḥsaraḥ .. sarveṣāmeva varṇānāṃ viprādīnāṃ suro ttamāḥ .. 8 .. > This rite accompanied by mantras was declared by her to be devoid of worship / for all castes, beginning with the brahmins, O best of gods. / 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.192.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192.9) brahmasthāneṣu sarveṣu samaye dharaṇītale .. na brahmaṇā vinā kiṃcitkṛtyaṃ siddhimupaiṣyati .. 9 .. > In all the abodes of Brahmā at this time on the surface of the earth, / no ritual action will attain success without Brahmā. / 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.192.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192.10) kṛṣṇārcane ca yatpuṇyaṃ yatpuṇyaṃ liṃga pūjane .. tatphalaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ sadā vai brahmadarśanāt .. bhaviṣyati na sandeho viśeṣātsarvaparvasu .. 6.193.10 .. > Whatever merit lies in worshipping Kṛṣṇa, and whatever merit in worshipping the liṅga, / that fruit will always be multiplied ten-millionfold from the darśana of Brahmā; / there is no doubt, especially on all sacred festival days. / 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.192.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192.11) tvaṃ ca viṣṇo tayā prokto martyajanma yadā'psyasi .. tatrāpi parabhṛtyatvaṃ pareṣāṃ te bhaviṣyati ..11.. > And you, O Viṣṇu, were told by her: 'When you attain mortal birth, / there too you will have the state of being a servant to others.' / 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.192.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192.12) tatkṛtvā rūpadvitayaṃ tatra janma tvamāpsyasi .. yattayā kathito vaṃśo mamāyaṃ gopasaṃjñitaḥ .. tatra tvaṃ pāvanārthāya ciraṃ vṛddhimavāpsyasi .. 12 .. > Having assumed a pair of forms, you will obtain birth there; / in this lineage of mine called the cowherds, of which she spoke, / there, for its purification, you will attain growth for a long time. / 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.192.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192.13) ekaḥ kṛṣṇābhidhānastu dvitīyo'rjunasaṃjñitaḥ .. tasyātmano'rjunākhyasya sārathyaṃ tvaṃ kariṣyasi .. 13 .. > One will be named Kṛṣṇa, while the second will be named Arjuna; / of that self of yours named Arjuna, you will act as the charioteer. / 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.192.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192.14) tenākṛtye'pi raktāste gopā yāsyaṃti ślāghyatām .. sarveṣāmeva lokānāṃ devānāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ .. 14 .. > Because of that, though delighting in improper deeds, those cowherds will attain praiseworthiness / among all people, and especially among the gods. / 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.192.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192.15) yatrayatra ca vatsyaṃti madvaṃ śaprabhavānarāḥ .. tatratatra śriyo vāso vane'pi prabhaviṣyati .. 15 .. > Wherever men born of my lineage will dwell, / in every such place will be the abode of Śrī, even in a forest. / 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.192.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192.16) bhobhoḥ śakra bhavānukto yattayā kopayuktayā .. parājayaṃ ripoḥ prāpya kārā gāre patiṣyati .. 16 .. > O Śakra, as for what was spoken to you by her filled with anger, / that having suffered defeat by your enemy you will fall into a prison: / 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.192.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192.17) tanmuktiṃ te svayaṃ brahmā madvākyena kariṣyati .. 17 .. > Brahmā himself will bring about your release by my word. / 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.192.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192.18) tataḥ praviṣṭaḥ saṃgrāme na parājayamāpsyasi .. tvaṃ vahne sarvabhakṣaśca yatprokto ruṣṭayā tayā .. 18 .. > Thereafter, having entered the battle, you will not meet with defeat. / O Fire, as for your being spoken of by her in her anger as an all-devourer: / 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.192.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192.19) tadamedhyamapi prāyaḥ spṛṣṭaṃ te'rccirbhiragrataḥ .. medhyatāṃ yāsyati kṣipraṃ tataḥ pūjāmavāptyasi .. 19 .. > Even that which is impure, when touched by your flames ahead, / will quickly attain purity; thereafter you will obtain worship. / 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.192.19\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192.19_1) svāhā nāma ca bhāryā yā devānsantarpayiṣyati .. svadhā cā'pi pitṝnsarvānmama vākyādasaṃśayam ..6.193.2... > The wife named Svāhā will satisfy the gods, / and Svadhā will satisfy all the ancestors, beyond doubt, by my word. / 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.192.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192.21) yadrudra priyayā sārdhaṃ viyogaḥ kathitastayā .. tasyāḥ śreṣṭha tarā cānyā tava bhāryā bhaviṣyati .. gaurīnāmeti vikhyātā himācalasutā śubhā .. 21 .. > O Rudra, as for the separation from your beloved that was spoken of by her: / another wife, far superior to her, will become yours, / renowned by the name Gaurī, the auspicious daughter of the Himālaya. / 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.192.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192.193) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhenāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye gāyatrīvarapradānonāma trinavatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 193 .. .. > Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-third chapter, titled "The Granting of Boons by Gāyatrī," 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.5.192.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Nandipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.27.1) — Sanskrit - [Mālinīvijayottaratantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.trika.malinivijayottara.6.24) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.192) · Pramāṇa