[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) › 5.201 # Skandapurana 5.201 Skandapurāṇa 5.201 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.201.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.201.1) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. tacchrutvā brāhmaṇāḥ sarve vinayāvanatāḥ sthitāḥ .. taṃ papracchurnaraśreṣṭha kautukāviṣṭacetasaḥ .. 1 .. > Viśvāmitra said: / Having heard that, all the brahmins bowed in humility, / and filled with curiosity, O best of men, questioned him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.201.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.201.3) kasyacinnirṇayo deyo madhyasthasya dvijottamaiḥ .. vedavākyena saṃtyajya vākyaṃ manujasaṃbhavam o. 2 .. kasmāttālatrayaṃ deyaṃ madhyagena mahātmanā .. etannaḥ sarvamācakṣva paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ .. 3 .. > “How is a decision of an arbiter given by the best among brahmins / by means of Vedic speech, abandoning human speech? / Why should three claps of the hands be given by the high-souled arbiter? / Tell us all this, for our curiosity is indeed great.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.201.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.201.4) tacchrutvā bhartṛyajñastu tānuvāca dvijottamān .. śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmi yadetatkāraṇaṃ sthitam .. 4 .. > Hearing that, Bhartṛyajña said to those best of brahmins: / “Listen, I will tell the reason for this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.201.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.201.5) nāsatyaṃ jāyate vākyaṃ nāgarāṇāṃ kathaṃcana .. brahmaśālāsthitānāṃ ca śubhaṃ vā yadi vā'śubham .. 5 .. > The speech of the Nāgaras situated in the Vedic assembly never becomes false, / whether \[it indicates\] auspiciousness or inauspiciousness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.201.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.201.6) vedokteḥ savanaistasmāddarśayaṃti dvijottamāḥ .. iṣṭaṃ vā yadi vāniṣṭaṃ pṛcchamānasya cā rthinaḥ .. 6 .. > Therefore, through the utterances of the Veda, the best of brahmins point out / favorable or unfavorable \[outcomes\] to the inquirer who is seeking an answer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.201.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.201.7) bhūyobhūyastataḥ kuryānmadhyasthaḥ sa dvijanmanām .. praśnaṃ tasya nimittaṃ ca yāvattasya vinirṇayaḥ .. 7 .. > The arbiter should then present the question and its omen again and again / to those brahmins, until the final determination is reached. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.201.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.201.8) brahmaśālopaviṣṭānāṃ yadi vākyaṃ vṛthā bhavet .. māhātmyaṃ naśyate teṣāṃ tataḥ krodhaḥ prajāyate .. 8 .. > If the word of those seated in the Vedic assembly were to become futile, / their greatness would be destroyed, and thence anger would arise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.201.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.201.9) krodhātsañjāyate droho drohātpāpasya saṃgamaḥ .. etasmātkāraṇādviprā madhyasthaḥ pṛcchyate muhuḥ .. 9 .. > From anger hostility arises; from hostility comes association with sin. / For this reason, O brahmins, the arbiter asks repeatedly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.201.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.201.10) samudāyaḥ samastānāṃ yathā caiva prajāyate .. tadā tālatrayaṃ yacca madhyasthaḥ saṃprayacchati .. 6.202.10 .. > And when consensus among all is achieved, / then the arbiter gives three claps of the hands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.201.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.201.11) tāsāṃ tu pūrvayā kāmaṃ haṃti pṛcchāpradāyinām .. dvitīyayā tathā krodhaṃ haṃti lobhaṃ tṛtīyayā .. 11 .. > With the first of them, he destroys the desire of the questioners; / with the second, he destroys anger; with the third, he destroys greed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.201.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.201.12) etasmātkāraṇāddeyaṃ tena tālatrayaṃ dvijāḥ .. 12 .. .. > For this reason, O brahmins, three claps must be given by him.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.201.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.201.13) .. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .. .. ātharvaṇaścaturthastu brāhmaṇaḥ parikīrtitaḥ .. sa kasmātprathamaḥ praśno nāgarāṇāṃ prakīrtitaḥ .. 13 .. > The brahmins said: / “The Ātharvaṇa is renowned as the fourth brahmin. / Why has his question been proclaimed as first among the Nāgaras?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.201.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.201.14) .. bhartṛyajña uvāca .. .. ātharvaḥ prathamaḥ praśno yasmātprokto mayā dvijāḥ .. tadahaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi śṛṇudhvaṃ susamāhitāḥ .. 14 .. > Bhartṛyajña said: / “Since the Ātharvaṇa question was declared first by me, O brahmins, / I will explain that; listen attentively. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.201.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.201.15) nerṣyā caivātra kartavyā svasthānasya vināśanī .. nirūpitaṃ mayā samyaksthānasthasya viśuddhaye .. 15 .. > Jealousy, which destroys one’s own place, must not be harbored here; / this was properly ascertained by me for the purity of the occupant of the place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.201.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.201.16) ṛgyajuḥsāmasaṃjñākhyā agniṣṭomādikā makhāḥ .. pāratrikāḥ pravartaṃte naihikāścābhicārikāḥ .. 16 .. > Sacrifices such as the Agniṣṭoma, known by the names of Ṛg, Yajus, and Sāman, / promote otherworldly welfare; they are neither worldly nor meant for magical rites. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.201.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.201.17) atharvavede taccoktaṃ sarvaṃ caivābhicārikam .. hitāya sarvalokānāṃ brahmaṇā lokakāriṇā .. 17 .. > And in the Atharvaveda, all magical rites are proclaimed / by Brahmā, the maker of the world, for the benefit of all worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.201.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.201.18) atharvavedaḥ prathamaṃ draṣṭavyaḥ kāryasiddhaye .. etasmātkāraṇādādyaḥ sa caturtho'pi saṃsthitaḥ .. 18 .. > The Atharvaveda must be consulted first for the accomplishment of worldly affairs. / For this reason, though being the fourth, it stands as the first. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.201.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.201.19) etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭo'smi dvijottamāḥ .. pṛcchā saṃbaṃdhajaṃ sarvamekaṃ kāryaṃ sadaiva hi .. 19 .. > All this has been related to you as I was asked, O best of brahmins; / everything arising from this inquiry must always be carried out as one.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.201.202](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.201.202) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye bhartṛyajñavākyanirṇayavarṇanaṃnāma dvyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 202 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and second chapter, entitled “Description of the Determination of Words by Bhartṛyajña,” 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.5.201.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.201](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.201) · Pramāṇa