[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) › 5.200 # Skandapurana 5.200 Skandapurāṇa 5.200 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.200.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.1) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. atha te brāhmaṇāḥ sarve bhartṛyajñaṃ mahāmatim .. kṛtāṃjalipuṭā bhūtvā stutiṃ kṛtvā vaco'bruvan .. 1 .. > Viśvāmitra said: / Then all those brahmins, joining their palms in reverence, / uttered praise to the great-minded Bhartṛyajña and spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.2) yadetadbhavatā proktaṃ śodhito yo bhaveddvijaḥ .. śrāddhasya kanyakāyāśca somapānasya so'rhati .. 2 .. > As this has been stated by you: 'That twice-born who has been purified / is worthy of the ancestral rite, of a maiden, and of the drinking of soma,'— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.3) kathaṃ śuddhiḥ prakartavyā tasya sarvaṃ bravīhi naḥ .. nāgarasya samastasya deśāṃtaragatasya ca ..3.. > how must the purification of such a person be performed? Tell us all of that: / of all Nāgaras, and of one who has gone to another country, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.4) deśāṃtaraprajātasya tatra jātasya vā punaḥ .. ajñātapitṛvargasya sāmā nyaṃ padamicchataḥ .. 4 .. > or of one born in another country, or born there again, / whose paternal lineage is unknown, desiring common standing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.5) etannaḥ sarvamācakṣva vistareṇa mahāmate .. 5 .. > Explain all this to us in detail, O noble-minded one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.6) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā brāhmaṇānāṃ nṛpottama .. abravīdbhartṛyajñastu svābhiprāyaṃ susaṃmatam .. 6 .. > Viśvāmitra said: / Hearing those words of the brahmins, O best of kings, / Bhartṛyajña then stated his well-considered view: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.7) .. bhartṛyajña uvāca .. .. praśnabhāro mahāneṣa bhavadbhiḥ samudāhṛtaḥ .. tathāpi kathayiṣyāmi namaskṛtya svayaṃbhuvam.. 7.. > Bhartṛyajña said: / A great burden of inquiry has been raised by you; / nevertheless, having bowed down to the self-manifest \[lord\], I shall explain it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.8) ajñātapitṛvaṃśo yo dūrādapi samāgataḥ .. sāmānyaṃ vāṃchate padyaṃ nāgaro'smīti kīrtayan .. 8 .. > One whose paternal lineage is unknown, who has come even from afar, / and desires common standing, proclaiming, 'I am a Nāgara,'— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.9) tasya śuddhiḥ pradā tavyā mukhyaiḥ śāṃtaiḥ śubhairdvijaiḥ .. gartātīrthodbhavaṃ vipraṃ kṛtvā caiva puraḥsaram ..9 .. > purification should be granted to him by the foremost, tranquil, and auspicious twice-born, / having placed in front a vipra originating from Gartātīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.10) viśuddhiṃ yācamānasya yadi yacchaṃti no dvijāḥ .. kāmādvā yadi vā krodhātpradveṣādvā cyuterbhayāt .. 6.201.10 .. > If the twice-born do not grant purification to him when he begs for it, / whether through desire, anger, malice, or fear of loss of status, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.11) brahmahatyodbhavaṃ pāpaṃ sarveṣāṃ tatra jāyate .. tasmādabhyāgato yastu dūrādapi viśeṣataḥ .. 11 .. > the sin born of killing a brahmin arises for all of them there. / Therefore, when one has arrived even from afar in particular, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.12) tasya śuddhiḥ pradātavyā prayatnena dvijottamaiḥ .. śuddhiṃ tu trividhāṃ prāpto mama vākyasamudbhavām .. 12 .. > purification must be granted to him with effort by the best of the twice-born. / One who has attained the threefold purification that originates from my word, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.13) sa śuddho nāgaro jñeyo jāto deśāṃtareṣvapi .. pūrvaṃ viśodhayedvaṃśaṃ tato mātṛkulaṃ smṛtam .. 13 .. > he is to be known as a purified Nāgara, even if born in another country. / First, one should purify his paternal lineage; after that, the maternal family is prescribed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.14) tataḥ śīlaṃ tribhiḥ śuddhaḥ sāmānyaṃ padamarhati .. 14 .. > Then his conduct: purified by these three, he is worthy of common standing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.15) sarveṣāmapi viprāṇāṃ varṣāṃte samupasthite .. śuddhiḥ kāryā prayatnena svasthānasya viśuddhaye .. 15 .. > For all vipras also, when the end of the year has arrived, / purification must be performed with effort for the purification of one's own standing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.16) tadarthaṃ śaradaścāṃte śubharttau brāhmaṇottamāḥ .. cātuścaraṇasaṃpannāḥ saṃsthāpyāḥ ṣoḍaśaiva tu .. 16 .. > For that purpose, at the end of autumn, in the auspicious season, O best of brahmins, / sixteen \[brahmins\] endowed with \[mastery of\] four Vedic branches are indeed to be seated, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.17) brāhmaṇāḥ purataḥ sarve śāṃtā dāṃtā jiteṃdriyāḥ .. garttātīrthodbhavaṃ vipraṃ teṣāṃ madhye niveśayet .. 17 .. > all of them brahmins seated in front, tranquil, self-restrained, and with senses conquered. / Among them he should seat a vipra originating from Gartātīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.18) tadagre pīṭhikā deyāścatasro lakṣaṇānvitāḥ .. yāvatkārttikaparyaṃtaṃ cātuścaraṇakalpitāḥ .. 18 .. > In front of them, four auspiciously marked small seats are to be set, / arranged for the four branches \[of the Vedas\] up until \[the month of\] Kārttika: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.19) prathamā bahvṛcasyārthe yājuṣasya tathā'parā .. sāmagasya tathaivānyā tathā''dyasya caturthikā .. .. 19 .. > the first for the Ṛgvedic scholar, another likewise for the Yajurvedic scholar, / another likewise for the Sāmavedic singer, and the fourth for the first \[Atharvavedic priest\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.20) mudrikārthaṃ tathaivānyā paṃcamī parikīrtitā .. śrīsūktaṃ pāvamānaṃ ca śākunaṃ viṣṇudaivatam.. 6.201.20 .. > Likewise, a fifth is proclaimed for the seal. / The Śrīsūkta, the Pāvamānasūkta, the Śākunasūkta, and that which has Viṣṇu as its deity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.21) pārāvataṃ tathā sūktaṃ jīvasūktena saṃyutam.. bahvṛcaḥ kīrtayettatra śāṃtikaṃ ca tathāparam .. 21 .. > the Pārāvatasūkta, along with the Jīvasūkta: / there the Ṛgvedic scholar should recite \[these\], and also other pacifying hymns. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.23) śāṃtikaṃ śivasaṃkalpamṛṣikalpaṃ caturvidham .. maṃḍalaṃbrāhmaṇaṃ caiva gāyatrībrāhmaṇaṃ tathā .. 22 .. tathā puruṣasūktaṃ ca madhubrāhmaṇameva ca .. adhvaryuḥ kīrtayettatra rudrānpaṃcāṃgasaṃyutān .. 23 .. > The pacifying \[hymn\], the Śivasaṅkalpa, the fourfold Ṛṣikalpa, / the Maṇḍalabrāhmaṇa, the Gāyatrībrāhmaṇa, / and also the Puruṣasūkta and the Madhubrāhmaṇa— / there the Adhvaryu priest should recite the Rudra hymns endowed with five parts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.24) devavrataṃ ca gāyatraṃ somasūryavrate tathā .. ekaviṃśatiparyaṃtaṃ tathānyacca rathaṃtaram .. 24 .. > The Devavrata, the Gāyatra, and the Somavrata and Sūryavrata, / \[the chants\] ending at the twenty-first, and also the other, the Rathaṃtara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.25) sauvrataṃ saṃhitā viṣṇorjyeṣṭhasāma tathaiva ca .. sāmavedoktarudrāṃśca bhāruṃḍaiḥ sāmabhiryutān .. 25 .. > the Sauvrata, the Saṃhitā of Viṣṇu, and likewise the Jyeṣṭhasāman, / and the Rudra hymns declared in the Sāmaveda accompanied by the Bhāruṇḍa chants— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.26) chaṃdogaḥ kīrtayettatra yaccānyacchāṃtikaṃ bhavet .. garbhopaniṣadaṃ caiva skaṃdasūktaṃ tathāparam .. 26 .. > there the Chandoga priest should recite \[these\], and whatever else may be pacifying. / And the Garbhopaniṣad, and also the Skandasūkta, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.27) nīlarudraiḥ samopetānprāṇarudrāṃstathāparān .. navarudrāṃśca kṣurikānādyastatra prakīrtayet .. 27 .. > the Nīlarudra hymns along with the Prāṇarudra hymns, and others: / the nine Rudras and the Kṣurikā—the prime \[priest\] should recite these there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.28) tataḥ puṇyāhaghoṣeṇa gītavāditranisvanaiḥ .. śuklamālyāṃbaradharaḥ śuklacaṃdanacarcitaḥ 28 .. > Then, with the proclamation of an auspicious day, accompanied by sounds of singing and musical instruments, / wearing white garlands and garments, anointed with white sandalwood, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.29) śuddhikāmo vrajettatra yatra te brāhmaṇāḥ sthitāḥ .. praṇamya śirasā teṣāṃ tatovācyastu madhyagaḥ .. 29 .. > the person desiring purification should go there where those brahmins are seated. / Having bowed to them with his head, he who sits in the middle should then be addressed: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.30) madarthaṃ prārthaya tvaṃ hi sarvānetāndvijottamān .. yataḥ śuddhiṃ prayacchaṃti prasādaṃ kartumarhasi .. 6.201.30 .. > 'Do pray on my behalf to all these best of the twice-born, / so that they may grant purification; please bestow this grace.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.31) tatastu prārthayedviprāṃstadarthaṃ ca viśuddhaye .. gartātīrthodbhavo vipro vinayāvanataḥ sthitaḥ .. 31 .. > Then the vipra originating from Gartātīrtha, standing bowed in humility, / should pray to the vipras for his sake, for his purification. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.32) gocarmaṇi samālagnaḥ śuddhikāmasya tasya ca .. praṣṭavyāstu tatastena sarva eva dvijottamāḥ .. 32 .. > Remaining seated upon a hide of ox-hide, for that person who desires purification, / all the best of the twice-born should then be asked by him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.33) eṣa śuddhikṛte prāptaḥ sudūrānnāgaro dvijaḥ .. asya śuddhiḥ pradātavyā yuṣmākaṃ rocate yadi .. 33 .. > 'This twice-born Nāgara has arrived from very far for the sake of purification. / Purification should be granted to him, if it pleases you.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.34) atha tairvedasūktena niṣedho vā pravartanam .. vaktavyaṃ vacasā naiva mama vākyamidaṃ sthitam.. 34 .. > Then, either prohibition or permission must be pronounced by them by means of Vedic hymns, / not merely in ordinary words; this is my established decree. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.35) tataśca bahulāndṛṣṭvā ṛgadhvaryūṃstataḥ param .. chādogyāṃśca tathādyāṃśca krameṇa tu dvijottamāḥ .. 35 .. > And then, having looked upon the numerous Ṛgvedins and Adhvaryus thereafter, / and the Chāndogyas and the foremost ones in succession, O best of the twice-born, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.36) yadi teṣāṃ manastuṣṭirjāyate dvijasattamāḥ .. tataḥ sūktāni vākyāni saumyāni suśubhāni ca .. vāruṇāni tathaiṃdrāṇi māṃgalyaprabhavāṇi ca .. 36 .. > if contentment of their minds arises, O best among the twice-born, / then \[they recite\] Vedic hymns and words that are gentle, highly auspicious, / dedicated to Varuṇa, dedicated to Indra, and yielding blessings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.37) śreṣṭhāni maṃtraliṃgāni vṛddhituṣṭikarāṇi ca .. yadi no mānasī tuṣṭi steṣāṃ caiva prajāyate .. 37 .. > \[They recite\] excellent mantra-indicators that cause growth and satisfaction. / If, however, mental satisfaction is not produced in them, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.38) tadā raudrāṇi yāmyāni nairṛtyāni viśeṣataḥ .. āgneyāni tvaniṣṭāni tathā nāśakarāṇi ca .. 38 .. > then \[they recite mantras\] sacred to Rudra, Yama, and especially Nirṛti, / or belonging to Agni, which are unfavorable and bring about destruction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.39) atha ye tatra mūrkhāḥ syurna vedapaṭhane ratāḥ .. puṣpadānaṃ tu vaktavyaṃ taiḥ saṃtuṣṭairdvijottamaiḥ .. 39 .. > Now, those who might be foolish there and not devoted to reciting the Veda, / a gift of flowers should be declared by those best among brahmins when pleased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.40) sītkāraḥ kupitaiḥ kāryaḥ saṃtoṣeṇa vivarjitaiḥ .. evaṃ sarveṣu kṛtyeṣu na ca kāryo vinirṇayaḥ .. 6.201.40 .. > When angered and devoid of satisfaction, a hiss must be made. / Thus in all matters, no decision should be made > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.41) prākṛtairvacanaiścaiva yathā kurvaṃti mānavāḥ .. tathaiva nirṇayasyāṃte madhyagena vipaścitā .. 41 .. > with ordinary vernacular words, as common men do. / Likewise, at the conclusion of a decision, the wise arbiter, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.42) deyaṃ tālatrayaṃ samyaksarveṣāṃ nirṇayodbhave .. 42 .. > when the decision of all emerges, should properly give three claps of the hands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.200.201](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200.201) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye nāgara praśnanirṇayavarṇanaṃnāmaikottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 201 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and first chapter, entitled “Description of the Determination of Queries of the Nāgaras,” in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses, in the section on the greatness of the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.200.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.200) · Pramāṇa