[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) › 5.199 # Skandapurana 5.199 Skandapurāṇa 5.199 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.199.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.1) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. tataḥ prabhāte saṃjāte prodgate ravimaṇḍale .. sā cāpi duhitā tasya dīkṣitasya mahātmanaḥ .. 1 .. > Viśvāmitra said: / Then, when morning had arrived and the orb of the sun had risen, / that daughter of the great-souled Dīkṣita, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.2) rorūyamāṇā'bhyagamatpitaraṃ mātaraṃ prati .. provāca gadgadaṃ vākyaṃ bāṣpavyākulalocanā .. 2 .. > weeping piteously, went to her father and mother / and, with eyes overflowing with tears, spoke in a choked voice: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.3) tātāmba kimidaṃ pāpaṃ yuvābhyāṃ samanuṣṭhitam .. antyajasya pradattā'haṃ yatpāpasya durātmanaḥ .. 3 .. > “Father! Mother! What is this sin performed by the two of you, / that I was given to an outcast, to an evil, wicked soul? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.4) sa naṣṭo rajanīvaktre mamāvedya nijaṃ kulam.. tasmādahaṃ pravekṣyāmi pradīpte havyavāhane .. 4 .. > He fled at the beginning of the night after revealing his family to me. / Therefore, I shall enter the kindled fire.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.5) tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā dīkṣitaḥ sa subhadrakaḥ .. niśceṣṭaḥ patito bhūmau vātabhagna iva drumaḥ .. 5 .. > Hearing her words, the Dīkṣita Subhadra / fell motionless to the earth like a tree broken by the wind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.6) tataḥ sa śītatoyena saṃsiktaśca punaḥpunaḥ .. labdhvāśu cetanāṃ kṛcchrātsvajanaiḥ parivāritaḥ .. pralāpānvividhāṃścakre tāḍayansvaśiro muhuḥ .. 6 .. > Then, sprinkled again and again with cold water, / surrounded by his kinsmen, he quickly regained consciousness with difficulty / and, beating his own head repeatedly, uttered various laments. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.7) atha te brāhmaṇāḥ sarve tasya saṃparkadūṣitāḥ .. bhartṛyajñaṃ samāsādya tenaiva sahitāstataḥ .. 7 .. > Then all those brahmins, defiled by contact with him, / approached Bhartṛyajña and, accompanied by him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.8) procurvinayasaṃyuktāḥ proccaistatsutayā saha .. subhadreṇa nije harmye sutāṃ dattvā niveśitaḥ .. 8 .. > together with his daughter, spoke aloud with humility: / “Having given his daughter, Subhadra settled \[a man\] in his mansion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.9) caṇḍālo dvijarūpotra caṃdraprabha iti smṛtaḥ .. 9 .. > Here \[was\] a caṇḍāla in the guise of a twice-born, known as Candraprabha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.10) yāvatsaṃvatsaraṃ sārdhaṃ daive pitrye ca yojitaḥ .. pāpakarmā na vijñātaḥ so'dhunā prakaṭo'bhavat .. 6.200.10 .. > He was employed in rites for gods and ancestors for a year and a half. / That worker of sin was not recognized; he has now been exposed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.11) subhadrasyānuṣaṃgeṇa sthānaṃ sarvaṃ pradūṣitam .. antyajena mahābhāga tatkuruṣva vinigraham.. 11 .. > Through association with Subhadra, the entire place has been defiled / by the outcast, O fortunate one; therefore, decree a restrainment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.12) kaiścittasya gṛhe bhuktaṃ jalaṃ pītaṃ tathā paraiḥ .. anyaiśca gṛhamānīya pradattaṃ bhojanaṃ tathā .. 12 .. > By some food was eaten in his house, and water was drunk by others; / and by others, having brought him to their house, food was likewise given. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.13) kiṃ vā te bahunoktena na sa ko'sti dvijottama .. saṃkaro yasya no jātastasya pāpasya saṃbhavaḥ .. 13 .. > What need of many words to you? There is no one, O best of the twice-born, / for whom mixture did not occur, born from that sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.14) tvayā sthānamidaṃ puṇyaṃ kṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ mahāmate .. sarveṣāṃ ca gurustvaṃ hi tasmācchuddhiṃ vadasva naḥ .. 14 .. > Formerly this sacred place was established by you, O high-minded one, / and you indeed are the guru of all; therefore, tell us the purification.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.15) tataḥ saṃcintya suciraṃ smṛtiśāstrāṇyanekaśaḥ .. prāyaścittaṃ dadau teṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ sa dvijanmanām .. 15 .. > Then, having pondered over many codes of law for a long time, / he prescribed the penance for all those twice-born: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.16) cāṃdrāyaṇaśataṃ prādātsubhadrāyāhitāgnaye .. sarvabhaṃḍaparityāgaṃ punarādhānameva ca .. 16 .. > He prescribed a hundred cāndrāyaṇas for Subhadra, who maintains sacred fires, / the discarding of all vessels, and the reconsecration of the sacred fires; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.17) lakṣahomavidhānaṃ ca gṛhamadhyaviśuddhaye .. vahnipraveśanaṃ tasyāstatsutāyāḥ prakīrtitam .. 17 .. > and the performance of a hundred thousand oblations for the purification of the inside of the house; / entering the fire was prescribed for that daughter of his. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.18) yena yāvaṃti bhojyāni tasya bhuktāni maṃdire .. tasya tāvaṃti kṛcchrāṇi tenoktāni mahātmanā .. 18 .. > As many meals as were eaten by anyone in his house, / so many kṛcchra penances were declared for him by that great soul. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.19) yairjalāni prapītāni yāvanmātrāṇi tadgṛhe .. prājāpatyāni dattāni tebhyastāvaṃti pārthiva .. 19 .. > As many drinks of water as were drunk by people in his house, / so many prājāpatya penances were assigned to them, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.20) brāhmaṇānāṃ tathānyeṣāṃ tatra sthāne nivāsinām .. tatsparśadūṣitānāṃ ca prājāpatyaṃ pṛthakpṛthak .. 6.200.20 .. > And for other brahmins residing in that place, / who were defiled by his touch, an individual prājāpatya \[was assigned\] for each. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.21) strīśūdrāṇāṃ tadardhaṃ ca tadardha bālavṛddhayoḥ .. mṛnmayānāṃ ca bhāṃḍānāṃ parityāgo niveditaḥ .. 21 .. > Half of that was for women and śūdras, and half of that for children and the aged; / and the discarding of earthenware vessels was declared. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.22) sarveṣāmeva lokānāṃ rasatyāgastathaiva ca .. koṭihomastu nirdiṣṭo brahmasthāne yathoditaḥ .. sarvasthānaviśuddhyarthaṃ sthānavittena kevalam .. .. 22 .. > Likewise, the abandonment of flavored liquids for all people; / and ten million oblations were prescribed in the brahmasthāna as laid down, / solely with the resources of the settlement, for the purification of the whole place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.23) athovāca punarviprānsa kṛtvā cocchritaṃ bhujama .. tāranādena mahatā sarvāṃstānnāgarodbhavān .. 23 .. > Then, having raised his arm, he spoke again to the brahmins, / in a loud and mighty voice, to all those born of the Nāgaras: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.24) subhadreṇa ca sarvasvaṃ deyaṃ viprebhya eva ca .. caturthāṃśaśca yairbhuktaṃ tadgṛhe svadhanasya ca .. 24 .. > “And all his wealth must be given by Subhadra to the brahmins; / and a fourth part of their own wealth by those who ate in his house; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.25) aṣṭāṃśaṃ yairjalaṃ pītaṃ godānaṃ sparśasaṃbhavam .. śeṣāṇāmapi lokānāṃ yathāśaktyā tu dakṣiṇā .. 25 .. > an eighth part by those who drank water; the gift of a cow for defilement by touch; / and a sacrificial fee according to capacity for the rest of the people. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.26) dīkṣitena japaḥ kāryo lakṣagāyatrisaṃbhavaḥ .. śeṣairviprairyathā vittaṃ tathā kāryo japo'khilaḥ .. 26 .. > A recitation of a hundred thousand Gāyatrīs must be performed by the Dīkṣita; / the entire recitation must be done by the rest of the brahmins according to their means. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.27) ahaṃ caiva kariṣyāmi prāṇāyāmaśatatrayam .. nityameva dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ ṣaṣṭhakālakṛtāśanaḥ .. 27 .. > And I myself shall perform three hundred breath-controls / every day, O best of the twice-born, eating only at the sixth mealtime, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.28) yāvatsaṃvatsarasyāṃtaṃ tataḥ śuddhirbhaviṣyati .. jana saṃparkasaṃjātā saivaṃ tasya durātmanaḥ .. 28 .. > until the end of a year; then purification will come to pass / for the defilement arising from contact with that wicked-souled person.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.29) evamuktvā tato bhūyaḥ sa provāca dvijottamān .. athā''dyānmadhyagāsyena brahmasthānasamāśrayān .. .. 29 .. > Having spoken thus, he spoke further to the best of the twice-born, / to those residing in the brahmasthāna, with his face in their midst: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.30) adyaprabhṛti yaḥ kanyāmaviditvā tu nāgaram .. nāgaro dāsyati kvāpi patitaḥ sa bhaviṣyati ..6.200. 30 .. > “From this day forward, any Nāgara who gives his daughter anywhere / without knowing \[the groom to be\] a Nāgara, he shall become fallen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.31) aśrāddheyo hyapāṃkteyo nāgarāṇāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 31 .. > Indeed, he is unfit for śrāddha and unfit to sit in the row, especially among Nāgaras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.32) yaḥ śrāddhaṃ nāgaraṃ muktvā hyanyasmai saṃpradāsyati .. vimukhāstasya yāsyaṃti pitaro vibudhaiḥ saha .. 32 .. > He who shall give a śrāddha to anyone else, leaving aside a Nāgara, / his ancestors, along with the gods, will turn their faces away from him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.33) nāgareṇa vinā yastu somapānaṃ kariṣyati .. sa kariṣyatyasaṃdigdhaṃ madyapānaṃ tu nāgaraḥ .. tanmatena vinā yastu śrāddhakarma kariṣyati 33 .. > A Nāgara who drinks soma without a Nāgara / will undoubtedly drink wine; / as also one who performs a śrāddha rite without his approval.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.34) tataḥ sarvaṃ vṛthā tasya bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ .. viśuddhirahitaṃ yastu nāgaraṃ bhojayiṣyati .. 34 .. > Then everything of his will become useless; of this there is no doubt. / But whoever feeds a Nāgara devoid of purification, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.35) śrāddhe tasyāpi tatsarvaṃ vyarthatāṃ saṃprayāsyati .. sarveṣāṃ nāgarāṇāṃ ca maryādeyaṃ kṛtā mayā .. 35 .. > at his ancestral rite too, all that will go in vain. / And this rule has been established by me for all Nāgaras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.36) tasmātsarvaprayatnena śuddhiḥ kāryā dvijottamaiḥ .. varṣevarṣe tu saṃprāpte svasthānasya viśuddhaye .. 36 .. > Therefore, purification must be performed with every effort by the best of the twice-born / every year that arrives, for the purification of one's own standing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.37) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭo'smi nṛpottama .. śrāddhārhā nāgarā yena nāgarāṇāṃ vyavasthitāḥ .. bhartṛyajñena maryādā kṛtā teṣāṃ yathā purā .. 37 .. > Viśvāmitra said: / All this has been related to you as I was asked, O best of kings, / by which the Nāgaras are determined as worthy of ancestral rites among the Nāgaras, / just as their rule was established by Bhartṛyajña long ago. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.199.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199.200) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye bhartṛyajñakṛtanāgarajñātimaryādāvarṇanaṃ nāma dviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 200 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the two-hundredth chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Community Rule of the Nāgaras Established by Bhartṛyajña,' in the glorification of Hāṭakeśvara sacred field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] in the eighty-one-thousand-\[verse\] collection of the glorious Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.199.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Vidhirasāyana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.mimamsa.bhatta.vidhirasayana.3.1-2.5) — Appayya Dīkṣita 1560, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.199) · Pramāṇa