[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) › 5.193 # Skandapurana 5.193 Skandapurāṇa 5.193 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.193.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ sā tānvarāndattvā sarveṣāṃ śāpabhāginām .. maunavrataparā bhūtvā niviṣṭā'tha dharātale .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Having thus granted those boons to all who had shared in the curses, / she undertook the vow of silence and then sat upon the ground. / 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.2) tato devagaṇāḥ sarve tāpasāśca maharṣayaḥ .. sādhusādhviti tāṃ procya tataḥ procuridaṃ vacaḥ .. 2 .. > Then all the hosts of gods, the ascetics, and the great seers / said to her, "Well done! Well done!" and then spoke these words: / 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.3) etāṃ devīprasādena brāhmaṇānāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. pūjayiṣyaṃti martye'tra sarve lokāḥ samāhitāḥ .. 3 .. > "By the grace of the goddess, especially towards brahmins, / all people here in the mortal world will worship her with focused minds. / 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.4) brahmāṇaṃ pūjayitvā tu paścādenāṃ sureśvarīm .. pūjayiṣyaṃti ye martyāste tu yāṃti parāṃ gatim .. 4 .. > Having worshipped Brahmā, those mortals who subsequently / worship this ruler of the gods go to the supreme state. / 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.5) yā kanyā patisaṃyogaṃ saṃprāpyātra samāhitā .. tataḥ pādapraṇāmaṃ ca gāyatryāśca kariṣyati .. patiṃ prajāpatiṃ prāpya sā bhaviṣyatyasaṃśayam .. 5 .. > Whatever maiden, having attained union with a husband, being composed in mind, / then performs prostration at the feet of Gāyatrī, / having obtained a husband like Prajāpati, she will undoubtedly flourish. / 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.6) sarvakāmasukhopetā dhanadhānyasamanvitā .. yā nārī durbhagā vaṃdhyā bhaviṣyati ca śobhanā .. 6 .. > Endowed with the happiness of all desires, possessed of wealth and grain, / a woman who was unfortunate or barren will also become blessed." / 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.7) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. yadetadbhavatā proktaṃ gate paṃcottare śate .. padmajānāṃ haraḥ prādādetatkathamanutta mam .. 7 .. > The seers said: / Regarding what was spoken by you—that when one hundred and five / lotus-born \[Brahmās\] had passed, Hara granted this incomparable \[gift\] / 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.8) brāhmaṇebhyaḥ sa saṃtuṣṭaḥ kiṃvā'nyo'sti maheśvaraḥ .. etaṃ naḥ saṃśayaṃ bhūyo yathāvadvaktumarhasi .. 8 .. > to the brahmins, pleased \[with them\]—is there perhaps another Maheśvara? / You ought to explain this doubt of ours once again as it truly is. / 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.9) āyuṣyaṃ śaṃkarasyāpi yatpramāṇaṃ tathā hareḥ .. brahmaṇo'pi samācakṣva paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ .. 9 .. > Tell us the measure of the lifespan of Śaṃkara, / and likewise of Hari and of Brahmā, for our curiosity is indeed great. / 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.10) .. sūta uvāca .. .. ahaṃ vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi vistareṇa dvijottamāḥ .. trayāṇāmapi cāyuṣyaṃ yatpramāṇaṃ vyavasthitam .. 6.194.10 .. > Sūta said: / I shall describe to you in detail, O best of brahmins, / the measure established for the lifespans of all three: / 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.11) nimeṣasya caturbhāgastruṭiḥ syāttaddvayaṃ lavaḥ .. lavadvayaṃ kalā proktā kāṣṭhā tu daśapaṃcabhiḥ .. 11 .. > The fourth part of a nimeṣa is a truṭi; two of those are a lava; / two lavas are called a kalā, and a kāṣṭhā is fifteen \[kalās\]. / 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.12) triṃśatkāṣṭhāṃ kalāmāhuḥ kṣaṇastriṃśatkalo mataḥ .. muhūrtamānaṃ mauhūrtā vadaṃti dvādaśakṣaṇam .. 12 .. > Thirty kāṣṭhās they call a kalā; a kṣaṇa is considered thirty kalās; / astrologers state the measure of a muhūrta to be twelve kṣaṇas. / 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.13) triṃśanmuhūrtamuddiṣṭamahorātraṃ manīṣibhiḥ .. māsastriṃśadahorātrairdvau māsāvṛtusaṃjñitaḥ .. 13 .. > Thirty muhūrtas are indicated by the wise as a day and night; / a month is made of thirty days and nights; two months are designated a season. / 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.14) ṛtutrayaṃ cāyanaṃ ca ayane dve tu vatsaram .. daivikaṃ ca bhavettacca hyahorātraṃ dvijottamāḥ .. 14 .. > Three seasons are a solstice, and two solstices are a year; / and that, O best of brahmins, is a single day and night of the gods. / 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.15) uttaraṃ cāyanaṃ tatra dinaṃ rātristathā'param.. lakṣaiḥ saptadaśākhyaistu manuṣyāṇāṃ ca vatsaraiḥ .. 15 .. > There the northern solstice is the day, and the other is the night. / By seventeen lakhs of human years / 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.16) aṣṭāviṃśatibhiścaiva sahasraistu tathā paraiḥ .. ādyaṃ kṛtayugaṃ caiva tadbha viṣyati saddvijāḥ .. 16 .. > and by another twenty-eight thousand, / the first, the Kṛtayuga, will be \[measured\], O good brahmins. / 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.17) tato dvādaśabhirlakṣaiḥ ṣoḍaśānāṃ sahasrakaiḥ .. tretāyugaṃ samādiṣṭaṃ dvitīyaṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. 17 .. > Then, by twelve hundred thousand and sixteen thousand \[human years\], / the Tretāyuga, the second \[age\], is declared, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.18) dvāparaṃ cāṣṭabhirlakṣaistṛ tīyaṃ parikīrtitam .. catuḥṣaṣṭisahasraistu yathāvatparisaṃkhyayā .. 18 .. > And the Dvāpara, the third, is proclaimed as eight hundred thousand / and sixty-four thousand, according to the proper reckoning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.19) caturlakṣaṃ samādiṣṭaṃ yugaṃ kalisamudbhavam .. dvātriṃśatā sahasraistu caturthaṃ tadvidurbudhāḥ .. 19.. > Four hundred thousand and thirty-two thousand \[years\] / is declared for the age arising as Kali, the fourth; so the wise know it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.19\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.19_1) caturyugasahasreṇa dinaṃ paitāmahaṃ bhavet .. teṣāṃ triṃśaddinairmāso māsairdvādaśabhirvatsaro bhavet ..6.194.2... > By a thousand sets of four yugas, a day of the Grandfather \[Brahmā\] is formed. / A month of theirs consists of thirty days; by twelve months a year is formed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.21) brahmā teṣāṃ śataṃ yāvatsa jīvati pitāmahaḥ .. sāṃprataṃ cāṣṭavarṣīyaḥ ṣaṇmāsaścaiva saṃsthitaḥ ..21.. > Brahmā, the Grandfather, lives for a hundred of these \[years\]. / At present he has stood for eight years and six months. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.22) pratipaddivasasyāsya prathamasya tathā gatam .. yāmadvayaṃ śukravāre vartamāne mahātmanaḥ .. ..22.. > Of this first day, the pratipad, there have passed / two yāmas on the current Friday for that great soul. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.23) brahmaṇo varṣamātreṇa dinaṃ vaiṣṇavamucyate ..23.. > By merely one year of Brahmā, a day of Viṣṇu is declared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.24) sopi varṣaśataṃyāvadātmamānena jīvati .. paṃcapacāśadādiṣṭāstasya jātasya vatsarāḥ .. 24 .. > He too lives for a hundred years by his own reckoning. / Fifty-five years are declared \[to have elapsed\] since his birth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.25) tithayaḥ paṃca yāmārddhaṃ somavāreṇa saṃgatam .. vaiṣṇavena tu varṣeṇa dinaṃ māheśvaraṃ bhavet .. 25 .. > along with five tithis and half a yāma, on a Monday. / By a year of Viṣṇu, a day of Maheśvara is formed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.26) śivo varṣaśataṃ yāvattena rūpeṇa ca sthitaḥ .. yāvaducchvasitaṃ vaktraṃ sadāśivasamudbhavam .. 26 .. > Śiva remains in that form for up to a hundred years, / for as long as the breath exhalation of the mouth arising from Sadāśiva lasts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.27) paścācchaktiṃ samabhyeti yāvanniśvasitaṃ bhavet .. niśvāsocchvasitānāṃ ca sarveṣāmeva dehinām .. 27 .. > Afterward he approaches Śakti, for as long as there is an inhalation. / And of the inhalations and exhalations of all embodied beings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.28) brahmaviṣṇuśivānāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām .. ekaviṃśatsahasrāṇi śataiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ śatāni ca .. 28 .. > of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, and of gandharvas, serpents, and rākṣasas, / twenty-one thousand and six hundred > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.29) ahorātreṇa coktāni pramāṇe dvija sattamāḥ .. ṣaḍbhirucchvāsaniśvāsaiḥ palamekaṃ pravartate .. 29 .. > are spoken of in the measure of a day and night, O best of brahmins. / By six exhalations and inhalations, one pala proceeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.30) nāḍī ṣaṣṭipalā proktā tāsāṃ ṣaṣṭyā dinaṃ niśā .. niśvāsocchvasitānāṃ ca parisaṃkhyā na vidyate .. sadāśivasamutthānāmetasmātso'kṣayaḥ smṛtaḥ .. 6.194.30 .. > A nāḍī is declared to be sixty palas; by sixty of them, day and night \[are formed\]. / And of the inhalations and exhalations arising from Sadāśiva / there is no reckoning; therefore he is remembered as imperishable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.31) anye'pi ye pragacchaṃti brahmajñānasamanvitāḥ .. akṣayāste'pi jāyaṃte satyametanmayoditam .. 31 .. > Others also who depart endowed with knowledge of Brahman / also become imperishable; this that I have spoken is the truth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.32) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. yadyevaṃ sūtaputrātra brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ .. ātmavarṣaśate pūrṇe yāṃti nāśamasaṃśayam .. .. 32 .. > The seers said: / If it is so, O son of Sūta, here Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara, / when their own hundred years are completed, go to destruction without doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.33) tatkathaṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ ca martyalokelpajīvinām .. kathayaṃti ca ye muktiṃ vidvāṃsaścaiva sūtaja .. 33 .. > Then how is it that the learned proclaim liberation / for human beings who are short-lived in the mortal realm, O son of Sūta? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.34) nūnaṃ teṣāṃ mṛṣā vādo mokṣamārgasamu dbhavaḥ .. 34 .. > Surely their doctrine concerning the path to liberation is false! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.35) .. sūta uvāca .. .. anādinidhanaḥ kālaḥ saṃkhyayā parivarjitaḥ .. asaṃkhyātā gatā mokṣaṃ brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ .. 35 .. > Sūta said: / Time is without beginning or end, and devoid of number. / Innumerable Brahmās, Viṣṇus, and Maheśvaras have attained liberation > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.36) nije varṣaśate pūrṇe vālukāreṇavo yathā .. nijamānena yā śraddhā brahmajñānasamudbhavā .. teṣāṃ cenmānuṣāṇāṃ ca tanmuktiḥ syādasaṃśayam .. 36.. > when their own hundred years were completed, like grains of sand. / If those human beings possess faith arising from knowledge of Brahman by their own reckoning, / their liberation will take place without a doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.37) yathaite daṃśamaśakā mānuṣāṇāṃ ca kīṭakāḥ .. jāyaṃte ca mriyaṃte ca gaṇyaṃte naiva kutracit .. indrādīnāṃ tathā martyāḥ saṃbhāvyā jagatītale .. 37 .. > Just as these gadflies, mosquitoes, and worms of humans / are born and die and are not counted anywhere, / so mortals on the surface of the earth are to be regarded by Indra and the others. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.38) devānāṃ ca yathā martyāḥ kīṭasthāne ca saṃsthitāḥ .. tathā devā api jñeyā brahmaṇo'vyaktajanmanaḥ .. 38 .. > And just as mortals stand in the place of insects to the gods, / so also the gods are to be known \[in relation\] to Brahmā, whose birth is from the unmanifest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.39) brahmaṇastu yathā devāḥ kīṭasthāne vyavasthitāḥ .. tathā brahmāpi viṣṇośca kīṭasthāne vyavasthitaḥ .. 39 .. > Just as the gods stand in the place of insects to Brahmā, / so Brahmā too stands in the place of an insect to Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.40) pitāmaho yathā viṣṇoḥ kīṭasthāne vyavasthitaḥ .. tathā sa śivaśaktibhyāṃ parijñeyo dvijottamāḥ .. 6.194.40 .. > Just as the Grandfather stands in the place of an insect to Viṣṇu, / so he is to be recognized \[in relation\] to Śiva and Śakti, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.41) yathā viṣṇuḥ kṛmirjñeyastābhyāmeva dvijottamāḥ .. sadāśivasya vijñeyau tathā tau kṛmirūpakau .. 41 .. > Just as Viṣṇu is to be known as a worm to those two, O best of brahmins, / so those two are to be known as having the form of worms in relation to Sadāśiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.42) evaṃ ca vividhairyajñaiḥ śraddhā pūtena cetasā .. brahmajñānātparaṃ yāṃti sadāśivasamudbhavam .. 42 .. > And thus, through various sacrifices with a mind purified by faith, / they go beyond through knowledge of Brahman originating from Sadāśiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.43) agniṣṭomādibhiryajñaiḥ kṛtaiḥ saṃpūrṇadakṣiṇaiḥ .. tadarthaṃ te divaṃ yāṃti bhuktvā bhogānpṛthagvidhān .. 43 .. > By sacrifices such as the Agniṣṭoma performed with full sacrificial fees, / they go to heaven for that purpose and, having enjoyed diverse pleasures, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.44) kṣaye ca punarāyāṃti sukṛtasya mahītale .. brahmajñānātparaṃ prāpya punarjanma na vidyate .. 44 .. > they return to the surface of the earth when their merit is exhausted. / Having attained the highest state through knowledge of Brahman, there is no rebirth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.45) tasmātsarvaprayatnena tatrābhyāsaṃ samā caret .. janmabhirbahubhiḥ paścācchanairmuktimavāpnuyāt .. 45 .. > Therefore, with every effort one should practice that. / After many births, one gradually attains liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.46) ekajanmani saṃprāpto leśo jñānasya tasya ca .. dvitīye dviguṇastasya tṛtīye trigu ṇo bhavet .. 46 .. > A particle of that knowledge attained in one birth / becomes doubled in the second, and tripled in the third. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.47) ekottaro bhavedevaṃ sadā janmanijanmani .. 47 .. > Thus it increases by one always, birth after birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.48) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. brahmajñānasya saṃprāptirmartyānāṃ jāyate katham .. etannaḥ sarvamācakṣva yadi tvaṃ vetsi sūtaja .. 48 .. > The seers said: / How does the attainment of the knowledge of Brahman arise for mortals? / Tell us all this, if you know, O son of Sūta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.49) .. sūta uvāca .. .. kā śaktirmama vaktavye jñāne martyasamudbhave .. svayameva na yo vetti sa parasya vadetkatham .. 49 .. > Sūta said: / What power is mine to speak on the knowledge arising in mortals? / He who does not know it himself, how can he tell another? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.50) upadeśaḥ paraṃ yo me pitrā datto dvijottamāḥ .. tamahaṃ vaḥ pravakṣyāmi brahmajñānasamudbhavam .. 6.194.50 .. > Only the instruction that was given to me by my father, O best of brahmins, / arising from the knowledge of Brahman, that I will declare to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.51) hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre hyasti tīrthadvayaṃ śubham .. kumārikābhyāṃ vihitaṃ brahmajñānapradaṃ nṛṇām .. 51 .. > In the sacred field born of Hāṭakeśvara, there is indeed an auspicious pair of sacred fords, / constructed by two maidens, granting knowledge of Brahman to men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.52) brāhmaṇyā caiva śūdryā ca kumārībhyāṃ vinirmitam .. aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ yastābhyāṃ snānamācaret .. 52 .. > It was created by two maidens—a brahmin girl and a śūdra girl. / Whoever performs a ritual ablution in both of them on the eighth or fourteenth day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.53) paścātpūjayate bhakttyā prasiddhe siddhipāduke .. sugupte gartamadhyasthe kumāryā paripūjite .. 53 .. > and then worships with devotion the famous pairs of magical sandals, / well-hidden, situated in the middle of a pit, worshiped by the maiden, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.54) tasya saṃvatsarasyānte brahmajñānaṃ prajāyate .. śaktyā vinihite te ca svadarśanavivṛddhaye .. 54 .. > for him, at the end of a year, knowledge of Brahman arises. / And they were placed by Śakti for the increase of the vision of herself, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.55) lokānāṃ muktikāmānāṃ brahmajñānasukhāvahe .. mama tāto gatastatra tataśca jñānavānsthitaḥ .. 55 .. > bringing the bliss of knowledge of Brahman to people who desire liberation. / My father went there, and from that he remained endowed with knowledge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.56) tasyādeśādahaṃ tatra gataḥ saṃvatsaraṃ sthitaḥ .. pāduke pūjayāmāsa tato jñānaṃ ca saṃsthitam .. 56 .. > By his command I went there, remained for a year, / and worshiped the pair of sandals; then knowledge became established \[in me\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.57) yatkiñcidvā śrutaṃ loke purāṇāgryaṃ vyavasthitam .. vartamānaṃ bhaviṣyacca tadahaṃ vedmi bho dvijāḥ .. 57 .. > Whatever foremost Purāṇa is heard and established in the world, / present and future, all that I know, O brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.58) tatprasādādasaṃdigdhaṃ pramāṇaṃ cātra saṃsthitam .. muktvaikaṃ vedapaṭhanaṃ sūtatvaṃ ca yato mayi .. 58 .. > By his favor it is undoubtedly established here as authoritative, / except for the recitation of the Vedas alone, since sūtahood is in me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.59) tasyāpi vedmi sarvārthaṃ bhartṛyajño yathā muniḥ .. asmādatraiva gacchadhvaṃ yadi mukteḥ prayojanam .. .. 59 .. > Even of that, I know the entire meaning like the sage Bhartṛyajña. / Therefore, go to that very place if liberation is your purpose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.60) kimetaiḥ svargadaiḥ satraiḥ punarāvṛttikārakaiḥ .. ārādhayadhvaṃ te gatvā pāduke siddhide nṛṇām .. yena saṃvatsarasyānte brahmajñānaṃ prajāyate .. .. 6.194.60 .. > "What is the use of these sacrificial sessions that bestow heaven, which cause rebirth? / Go and worship those sandals that grant perfection to men, / by which, at the end of a year, knowledge of Brahman is born." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.61) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. sādhusādhu mahābhāga hyupadeśaḥ kṛto mahān .. tena saṃtāritāḥ sarve vayaṃ saṃsārasāgarāt .. 61 .. > The seers said: / "Bravo, bravo, O highly fortunate one! Truly a great teaching has been given; / by it we have all been carried across the ocean of worldly existence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.62) yāsyāmo'pi vayaṃ tatra satre dvādaśavārṣike .. samāpte'sminna saṃdehaḥ sarve ca kṛtaniścayāḥ .. 62 .. > We too will go there when this twelve-year sacrificial session / is concluded, without a doubt; and all of us have made our resolve." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.193.194](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193.194) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye brahmajñānaprāptyarthaṃ kumārikātīrthadvayagartakṣetrasthapādukāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma caturṇavatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 194 .. > Thus ends the one hundred and ninety-fourth chapter, named 'The Description of the māhātmya of the Sandals situated in the Garta-kṣetra of the Two Kumārikā Sacred Fords for the Sake of Attaining Knowledge of Brahman', in the māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\], in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.193.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Nandipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.nandi.1.27.25) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.193) · Pramāṇa