[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) › 5.204 # Skandapurana 5.204 Skandapurāṇa 5.204 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.204.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.204.1) .. viṣṇuruvāca .. .. evaṃ jñātvā sahasrākṣa mama vākyaṃ samācara .. yadi te vallabhāste ca ye hatā raṇamūrdhani .. 1 .. > Viṣṇu said: > Knowing this, O thousand-eyed one, carry out my word, > if those who were slain in the forefront of battle are dear to you, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.204.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.204.2) yudhyamānāstavāgre ca gayāśrāddhena tarpaya .. tānsarvānpretabhāvācca yena muktiṃ bhajaṃti te .. 2 .. > who were fighting before you: satisfy them with the Gayā-śrāddha, > so that all of them may attain liberation from the state of being a preta, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.204.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.204.3) palāyanaparā ye ca pṛṣṭhadeśe hatā mṛtāḥ .. 3 .. > as well as those intent on flight who were struck from behind and died. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.204.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.204.4) .. indra uvāca .. .. varṣevarṣe tadā śrāddhaṃ prakaroti pitāmahaḥ .. gayāṃ gatvā dine tasminpitṝṇāṃ divyarūpiṇām .. 4 .. > Indra said: > Year after year the grandfather \[Brahmā\] performs the śrāddha, > having gone to Gayā on that day, for the ancestors of divine form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.204.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.204.5) tatkathaṃ deva gacchāmi tatrāhaṃ śrāddhasiddhaye .. tasmātkathaya me teṣāṃ kiṃcicchrāddhāya bhūtale .. muktidaṃ yena gacchāmi tava vākyājjanārdana .. 5 .. > So how can I go there, O Lord, to accomplish the śrāddha? > Therefore, tell me of something on the earth for their śrāddha > that grants liberation, so that I may go by your word, O Janārdana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.204.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.204.6) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. tataḥ sa suciraṃ dhyātvā tamuvāca janārdanaḥ .. asti tīrthaṃ mahatpuṇyaṃ tasmādapyadhikaṃ ca yat .. 6 .. > Viśvāmitra said: > Then Janārdana, having meditated for a long time, said to him: > 'There is a great and sacred ford, even superior to that, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.204.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.204.7) hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre kūpikāmadhyasaṃsthitam .. amāvāsyādine tatra caturdaśyāśca devapa .. gayā saṃkramate samyaksarvatīrthasamanvitā .. 7 .. > situated within a small well in the sacred field born of Hāṭakeśvara. > There, on the day of the new moon and of the fourteenth \[tithi\], O lord of the gods, > Gayā fully converges, accompanied by all the sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.204.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.204.8) kanyāsaṃsthe ravau tatra yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute naraḥ .. aṣṭavaṃśodbhavairvipraiḥ sa pitṝṃstārayennijān .. 8 .. > A man who performs a śrāddha there when the sun is in Virgo, > with the brahmins born of the eight lineages, redeems his own ancestors, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.204.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.204.9) api pretatvamāpannānkiṃ punaḥ svargasaṃsthitān .. tatkṣetraprabhavā viprā aṣṭavaṃśasamudbhavāḥ .. 9 .. > even those who have attained the state of pretas, let alone those residing in heaven. > The brahmins originating from that sacred field, born of the eight lineages, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.204.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.204.10) tapa ugraṃ samāsthāya vartaṃte himaparvate .. ānartādhipaterdānādbhītāstatra samāgatāḥ .. 6.205.10 .. > dwell on the snow-capped mountain having undertaken fierce austerity, > having arrived there terrified of the gift from the ruler of Ānarta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.204.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.204.11) tāngṛhītvā drutaṃ gaccha tatra saṃbodhya gauravāt .. sāmapūrvairupāyaistaisteṣāmagre samācara .. 11 .. > Go quickly, bring them, having addressed them with respect there; > proceed before them with those diverse conciliatory means. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.204.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.204.12) śrāddhaṃ caiva yathānyāyaṃ tataḥ prāpsyasi vāṃchitam .. te cā'pi sukhinaḥ sarve bhaviṣyaṃti samāgatāḥ .. 12 .. > And \[perform\] the śrāddha in proper accordance with the rules; then you will attain what is desired. > And all of them, having assembled, will also become happy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.204.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.204.13) tvayā saha prapūjyāśca hyasmābhiḥ śrāddhakāraṇāt .. tacchrutvā sahasā śakraḥ santoṣaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ .. 13 .. > And they are to be worshipped along with you by us for the purpose of the śrāddha.' > Hearing that, Śakra immediately attained the highest contentment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.204.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.204.14) himavaṃtaṃ samuddiśya prasthitastvarayā'nvitaḥ .. vāsudevo'pi rājeṃdra kṣīrābdhimagamattadā .. 14 .. > Setting out toward the Himālaya, he departed in haste. > Vāsudeva too, O king of kings, then went to the Ocean of Milk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.204.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.204.15) himavantaṃ samāśritya śakro'pi dadṛśe dvijān .. aṣṭavaṃśasamudbhūtānviṣṇunā samudāhṛtān .. 15 .. > Śakra, reaching the Himālaya, saw the twice-born > born of the eight lineages, who were mentioned by Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.204.205](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.204.205) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śakraviṣṇusaṃvāde gayāśrāddhaphalamāhātmya varṇanaṃnāma pañcottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..205.. > Thus ends the two hundred and fifth chapter, named 'The Description of the Glorification of the Fruit of the Gayā-śrāddha in the Conversation between Śakra and Viṣṇu', in the Glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\], in the sixth Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the glorification of the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara. (205) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.204.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.204](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.204) · Pramāṇa