[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) › 5.206 # Skandapurana 5.206 Skandapurāṇa 5.206 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.206.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.1) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭo'smi narādhipa .. bālamaṃḍanamāhātmyaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 1 .. > Viśvāmitra said: / All this has been related to you as I was asked, O ruler of men: / the māhātmya of Bālamaṇḍana, which destroys all sins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.2) yatraikasminnapi snāne kṛte pārthivasattama .. sarveṣāṃ labhyate puṇyaṃ tīrthānāṃ snānasaṃbhavam .. māghamāse trayodaśyāṃ śuklapakṣa upasthite .. 2 .. > where, when even a single ablution is performed, O best of kings, / the merit arising from bathing in all sacred fords is obtained, / on the thirteenth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Māgha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.3) .. ānarta uvāca .. .. kasmācchakrasya saṃsthānaṃ paṃcarātraṃ dharātale .. nādhikaṃ jāyate teṣāṃ yathānyeṣāṃ divaukasām .. 3 .. > Ānarta said: / Why is Indra's stay on the surface of the earth for only five nights, / and not longer, as it is for other gods? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.4) varṣāṃte kāni cāhāni yeṣu śakro dharātale .. samāgacchati ko māsa etatsarvaṃ bravīhi me .. 4 .. > And at the end of the year, which are the days on which Indra / comes to the earth, and what is the month? Tell me all this! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.5) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmi kathā menāṃ dharādhipa .. paṃcarātrātparaṃ śakro yathā na syāddharātale .. 5 .. > Viśvāmitra said: / Listen, O king of the earth, I will tell this story / of how Indra may not remain on the surface of the earth for more than five nights. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.6) āsītpūrvaṃ bṛhatkalpe jayatsenaḥ sureśvaraḥ .. trailokyasya samastasya svāmī dānavadarpahā .. 6 .. > Formerly, in the Bṛhatkalpa, there was a lord of gods named Jayatsena, / master of the entire three worlds, who crushed the pride of the Danavas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.7) trailokye sakale pūjāṃ bhajamānaḥ sadaiva hi .. kasyacittvatha kālasya gautamasya muneḥ priyā .. 7 .. > He always received worship in all the three worlds. / But after some time, the beloved wife of the sage Gautama, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.8) ahilyānāma bhāryā'bhūdrūpe ṇāpratimā bhuvi .. tāṃ dṛṣṭvā cakame śakraḥ kāmadevavaśaṃ gataḥ ..8.. > named Ahilyā, was matchless in beauty on earth; / having seen her, Indra fell under the power of the god of love and desired her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.9) nityameva samāgatya svargalokātsa kāmabhāk .. gautame nirgate rājansamididhmārthameva hi .. darbhārthaṃ phalamūlārthaṃ svayameva mahātmabhiḥ .. 9 .. > Coming regularly from the world of heaven, he indulged his desire / whenever Gautama had gone out, O king, for the purpose of kindling-wood, / for sacred grass, or for fruits and roots, as the great-souled \[sages\] themselves do. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.9\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.9_1) atha tasya samācakhyau nārado munisattamaḥ .. śakrasya ceṣṭitaṃ sarvaṃ tathāhilyāsamudbhavam .. ..6.207.1... > Then Nārada, the best of sages, told him / all of Śakra's conduct, and likewise what had occurred with Ahilyā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.11) tacchrutvā sahasā tūrṇaṃ gautamo gṛhamabhyagāt .. yāvatpaśyati deveśaṃ saha patnyā samāgatam ..11.. > Hearing that, Gautama immediately and swiftly went to his house, / only to see the lord of the gods united with his wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.12) śakro'pi gautamaṃ dṛṣṭvā palāyanaparāyaṇaḥ .. nirjagāmāśramāttasmādvivastro'pi bhayākulaḥ ..12.. > Śakra too, seeing Gautama, intent upon flight, / ran out from that hermitage, naked and frantic with fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.13) ahilyāpi bhayatrastā dṛṣṭvā bhartāramāgatam.. adhomukhī sthitā rājaṃstadā vyākuliteṃdriyā..13.. > Ahilyā also, terrified with fear upon seeing her husband arrived, / stood with her face cast down, O king, her senses perturbed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.14) gautamo'pi ca taddṛṣṭvā samyagbhāryāviceṣṭitam .. dadau śāpaṃ mahārāja kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ .. 14 .. > Seeing that conduct of his wife clearly, Gautama / pronounced a curse, O great king, his eyes reddened with rage: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.15) yasmācchakra pāpakarma kṛtamīdṛgvigarhitam .. bhāryā me dūṣitā sādhvī tasmādavṛṣaṇo bhava ..15.. > "Because, O Śakra, you have committed such a contemptible sinful deed, / and my virtuous wife has been violated, therefore become testicle-less! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.16) sahasraṃ ca bhagānāṃ te vaktre bhavatu mā ciram .. yena tvaṃ viplavaṃ yāsi trailokye sacarācare ..16.. > And let a thousand vulvas appear upon your face without delay, / whereby you may suffer disgrace across the three worlds, both moving and unmoving! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.17) aparaṃ martyaloke'tra yadyāgacchasi vāsava .. pūjākṛte tato mūrdhā śatadhā te bhaviṣyati .. 17 .. > Moreover, if you ever come here to the mortal world, O Vāsava, / for the sake of worship, then your head will shatter into a hundred pieces!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.18) evaṃ śaptvā ca taṃ śakraṃ tato'hilyāmuvāca saḥ .. kopasaṃraktanetrastu bhartsayitvā muhurmuhuḥ .. 18 .. > Having thus cursed Śakra, he then spoke to Ahilyā, / reviling her repeatedly with eyes reddened with rage: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.19) yasmātpāpe tvayā karma kṛtametadvigarhitam.. tasmācchilāmayī bhūtvā tvaṃ tiṣṭha vasudhātale .. 19 .. > "Because you, O sinful woman, have committed this contemptible act, / therefore turn into stone and remain upon the surface of the earth!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.20) tataḥ sā tatkṣaṇājjātā tasya bhāryā śilātmikā .. indro'pi ca parityakto vṛṣaṇābhyāṃ tathā'bhavat .. 6.207.20 .. > Then in that very instant his wife became turned to stone, / and Indra, likewise, was stripped of both testicles. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.21) sahasrabhagacihnastu vaktradeśe babhūva ha .. 21 .. > Indeed, he came to be marked with a thousand vulvas on the region of his face. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.22) atha meroḥ samāsādya kaṃdaraṃ vijanaṃ hariḥ .. savrīḍaḥ sevate nityaṃ na jagāma nijāṃ purīm .. 22 .. > Then Hari, having reached a solitary cave of Mount Meru, / dwelt there continually filled with shame, and did not go to his own city. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.23) tato devagaṇāḥ sarve sodvegāstena varjitāḥ .. no jānaṃti ca tatrasthaṃ kandarānveṣaṇe ratāḥ o. 23 .. > Then all the hosts of gods, distressed at being abandoned by him / and not knowing where he stayed, engaged in searching the caves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.24) pīḍyaṃte dānavai raudraiḥ svarge jāte virājake .. 24 .. > They were oppressed by fierce Dānavas when heaven was left without a king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.25) etasminnantare jīvaḥ śakrāṇyā bhayabhītayā .. sodvegayā paripṛṣṭaḥ kva gato'tha puraṃdaraḥ .. 25 .. > Meanwhile, Jīva was asked by Śakrāṇī, who was frightened with fear / and agitated: "Where then has Purandara gone?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.26) atha jīvaściraṃ dhyātvā dṛṣṭvā taṃ jñānacakṣuṣā .. jagāma sahito devaiḥ provācātha suniṣṭhuram .. 26 .. > Then Jīva, having meditated for a long time and seeing him with the eye of knowledge, / went accompanied by the gods, and then spoke very harshly: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.27) kimitthaṃ rājyabhogāṃstvaṃ tyaktvā vijanamāśritaḥ .. kiṃ tvayā vihitaṃ dhyānaṃ kiṃ raudraṃ saṃśritaṃ tapaḥ .. 27 .. > "Why have you thus abandoned the enjoyments of kingship and resorted to a solitary place? / Have you undertaken meditation, or have you resorted to fierce austerity?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.28) bṛhaspatervacaḥ śrutvā bhagavaktraḥ puraṃdaraḥ .. provāca lajjayā yukto dīno bāṣpapariplutaḥ .. 28 .. > Hearing the words of Bṛhaspati, Purandara, with vulvas on his face, / spoke filled with shame, wretched and overwhelmed with tears: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.29) nāhaṃ rājyaṃ kariṣyāmi trailokye'pi kathaṃcana .. paśya me yādṛśī jātā hyavasthā gautamānmuneḥ .. 29 .. > "I will by no means rule over the three worlds. / Look at the state I have been reduced to by the sage Gautama! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.29\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.29_2) sahasrabhagacihnena kathaṃ vaktreṇa tānaham .. devānsaṃbhāvayiṣyāmi paulomīṃ ca tathā śivam..6.207.3... > With a face marked with a thousand vulvas, how shall I / face the gods, Paulomī, and likewise Śiva? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.31) martyalokodbhavā pūjā naṣṭā mama bṛhaspate .. gautamasya muneḥ śāpātkasmiṃścitkāraṇāṃtare .. 31 .. > My worship arising from the mortal world has been ruined, O Bṛhaspati, / on account of a certain incident, through the curse of the sage Gautama." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.32) tacchrutvā devarājasya bṛhaspatiruvācaha .. duḥkhena mahatā yuktaḥ sarvairdevaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ .. gautamasya samīpe ca gatvā provāca taṃ svayam .. 32 .. > Hearing that from the king of the gods, Bṛhaspati spoke; / filled with great sorrow and surrounded by all the gods, / he went into the presence of Gautama and spoke to him in person: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.33) etacchakraparityaktaṃ trailokyamapi cākhilam .. pīḍyate dānavairvipra naṣṭayajñotsavakriyam .. 33 .. > "This entire threefold world, abandoned by Śakra, / is oppressed by the Dānavas, O brahmin, its sacrifices and festive rites destroyed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.34) naiṣa vāṃchati rājyaṃ svaṃ lajjayā parayā yutaḥ .. tasmādasya prasādaṃ tvaṃ yathāvatkartumarhasi .. anugraheṇa śāpasya mama vākyāddvijottama .. 34 .. > Filled with utter shame, he does not desire his own kingship. / Therefore, you ought to show him favor as is fitting, / by mitigating the curse at my request, O best of the twice-born!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.35) tacchrutvā gautamaḥ prāha na me vākyaṃ bhavenmṛṣā .. na vākyaṃ lopayiṣyāmi yaduktaṃ svayameva hi .. .. 35 .. > Hearing that, Gautama said: "My word cannot be false; / I will not annul the word that I myself have uttered." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.36) tataḥ provāca te viṣṇuḥ svayaṃ cāpi maheśvaraḥ .. tathā devagaṇāḥ sarve vinayāvanatā sthitāḥ .. 36 .. > Then Viṣṇu, and Maheśvara himself, / and all the hosts of gods standing bowed in humility, spoke to you: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.37) anyathā brahmaṇo vākyaṃ na te kartuṃ prayujyate .. tasmātkuruṣva viprendra śāpasyānugrahaṃ hareḥ .. 37 .. > "It is not proper for you to render the word of a brahmin otherwise; / nevertheless, O chief of brahmins, grant mitigation of the curse for Hari." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.38) dṛṣṭvā tanmanaso dārḍhyaṃ surā viṣṇupurogamāḥ .. brahmaṇoṃ'tikamabhyetya tasmai sarvaṃ nyavedayan .. 38 .. > Seeing the firmness of his mind, the gods headed by Viṣṇu / approached the presence of Brahmā and reported everything to him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.39) śāpaṃ śakrasya saṃjātaṃ tathā tasmānmahāmuneḥ .. 39 .. > the curse that had befallen Śakra from that great sage; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.40) yathā viḍaṃbanā jātā devarājasya garhitā .. tathā ca dānavaiḥ sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ vyākulīkṛtam .. 6.207.40 .. > how a shameful humiliation had befallen the king of the gods; / and how the entire three worlds had been thrown into distress by the Dānavas; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.41) yathā na kurute rājyaṃ vrīḍitaḥ sa śacīpatiḥ .. tacchrutvā padmajastūrṇaṃ hariśaṃbhusamanvitaḥ .. 41 .. > and how the ashamed lord of Śacī would not rule. / Hearing that, the lotus-born \[Brahmā\] quickly, accompanied by Hari and Śambhu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.42) jagāma tatra yatrāste duḥkhitaḥ pākaśāsanaḥ .. gautamaṃ ca samānīya tatraiva ca pitāmahaḥ .. 42 .. > went to where the sorrowful Pākaśāsana was staying; / and bringing Gautama to that very spot, the Grandfather > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.43) tataḥ provāca pratyakṣaṃ devānāṃ vāsavasya ca .. ayuktaṃ devarājena vihitaṃ munisattama ..43.. > then spoke visibly before the gods and Vāsava: / "An improper deed was done by the king of the gods, O best of sages, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.44) yatte pradūṣitā bhāryā kāmopahatacetasā .. na te doṣo'sti yacchaptaśchidre cāsminpuraṃdaraḥ .. paraṃ praśasyate nityaṃ munīnāṃ paramā kṣamā .. 44 .. > in that your wife was violated by him whose mind was afflicted by lust. / There is no fault in you for having cursed Purandara in this transgression, / yet supreme forbearance among sages is always praised. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.45) yathā trailokyarājyaṃ svaṃ prakaroti śatakratuḥ .. tvayā svayaṃ prasādena tathā nītirvidhīyatām ..45.. > A policy should be arranged by your own grace in such a way / that Śatakratu may govern his kingdom of the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.46) dattvā'sya vṛṣaṇau bhūyo nāśa yitvā bhagānimān.. martyaloke gatiścāsya yathā syāttatsamācara..46.. > Having restored his two testicles and removed these vulvas, / act so that he may again have entry into the mortal world!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.47) tacchrutvā vacanaṃ teṣāṃ sa munirdevagauravāt .. vṛṣaṇau meṣasaṃbhūtau yojayāmāsa tau tadā ..47.. > Hearing their words, that sage, out of respect for the gods, / then attached two testicles taken from a ram. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.48) tānbhagānpāṇinā spṛṣṭvā cakre netrāṇi sanmuniḥ.. tataḥ provāca tāndevāngautamaśca mahātapāḥ..48.. > Touching those vulvas with his hand, the noble sage turned them into eyes. / Then Gautama, of great austerity, spoke to the gods: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.49) sahasrākṣo mayā śakro nirmitoyaṃ surottamāḥ .. sa meṣavṛṣaṇaścāpi svaṃ ca rājyaṃ kariṣyati .. śobhā'sya netrajā vaktre suramyā saṃbhaviṣyati ..49.. > "I have made this Śakra thousand-eyed, O best of gods. / Having the testicles of a ram, he shall also rule his own kingdom; / a charming beauty born of eyes will appear on his face. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.50) puṃstvaṃ ca meṣajotthābhyāṃ vṛṣaṇābhyāṃ bhaviṣyati .. na ca martye gatiścāsya pūjārthaṃ saṃbhaviṣyati .. 6.207.50 .. > And his virility will come from the two testicles born of a ram; / but he shall have no entry into the mortal world for the sake of worship." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.51) etasminnantare jātaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ puraṃdaraḥ.. śobhayā parayā yukto munestasya prabhāva taḥ ..51.. > In that moment, Purandara became thousand-eyed, / endowed with supreme splendor through the power of that sage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.52) tataḥ saṃgṛhya pādau ca gautamasya mahātmanaḥ.. provāca vacanaṃ śakraḥ sarvadevasamāgame .. 52 .. > Then, clasping the two feet of the great-souled Gautama, / Śakra spoke these words in the assembly of all the gods: 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.53) durlabhā martyalokotthā pūjā brāhmaṇasattama .. sā me tava prasādena yathā syāttatsamācara .. 53 .. > “Worship originating in the world of mortals is hard to attain, best of brahmins; / act so that it may be mine through your grace! 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.54) trailokyapatijā saṃjñā mā nāśaṃ yātu me dvija .. prasādāttava sā nityaṃ yathā syāttadvidhīyatām .. 54 .. > Let not my title of ‘Lord of the Three Worlds’ perish, O twice-born one! / Ordain that, through your grace, it may be everlasting.” 54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.55) tacchrutvā lajjayāviṣṭaḥ kṛpayā cātha sanmuniḥ.. tamūce sarvadevānāṃ pratyakṣaṃ pākaśāsanam .. 55 .. > Hearing that, filled with shame and also with compassion, the good sage / spoke to that chastiser of Pāka before the eyes of all the gods: 55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.56) paṃcarātraṃ ca te pūjā martyaloke bhaviṣya ti .. ananyāṃ tṛptimabhyeṣi yathā caiva tu vatsaram .. 56 .. > “Your worship shall take place in the mortal world for five nights, / and you will attain an incomparable satisfaction that will last throughout the year. 56 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.57) yatra deśe pure grāme paṃcarātraṃ mahotsavaḥ .. tatra saṃvatsaraṃ yāvannīrogo bhavitā janaḥ ..57.. > In whatever region, city, or village this great festival of five nights is held, / there the people shall remain free from disease for a whole year. 57 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.58) ādhayo vyādhayo naiva na durbhikṣaṃ kathaṃcana .. na ca rājño vināśaḥ syānnaiva loke'sukhaṃ kvacit .. 58 .. > There shall be no mental agonies nor bodily illnesses, and never any famine; / nor will the king perish, nor will there be unhappiness anywhere in the world. 58 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.59) yatra sthāne maho bhāvī tāvakaśca puraṃdara .. prabhūtapayaso gāvaḥ prabhaviṣyaṃti tatra ca .. subhikṣaṃ sukhino lokāḥ sarvopadravavarjitāḥ .. 59 .. > In whatever place your festival is held, O Puraṃdara, / cows will produce abundant milk there; / there will be abundance of food, and the people will be happy and freed from all afflictions.” 59 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.60) .. indra uvāca .. .. yadyevaṃ śaradi prāpte sarva sattvamanohare .. saptacchadasamākīrṇe bandhūkasuvirājite .. 6.207.60 .. > Indra said: / “If so, then when autumn has arrived, captivating all living beings, / strewn with Saptacchada trees, adorned with Bandhūka flowers, 60 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.61) mālatīgandhasaṃkīrṇe navasasyasamākule .. caṃdrajyotsnākṛtoddyote ṣaṭpadārāva saṃkule .. 61 .. > filled with the fragrance of Mālati, teeming with new crops, / illuminated by the moon's radiance, resonant with the humming of bees, 61 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.62) kumudotpalasaṃyukte tatra syātsumahotsavaḥ .. yena bālo'pi vṛddho'pi saṃhṛṣṭastatsamācara .. 62 .. > abounding in white and blue water-lilies—let the great festival be celebrated there, / so that both the young and the old may rejoice: bring that about!” 62 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.63) .. gautama uvāca .. .. adya śravaṇanakṣatre tava datto mahotsavaḥ .. vaiṣṇave puṇyanakṣatre sarvapāpavivarjite .. 63 .. > Gautama said: / “Today, under the constellation of Śravaṇa, a great festival has been granted to you, / under the auspicious constellation sacred to Viṣṇu, free of all sin. 63 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.64) tvayā me dharṣitā bhāryā pauṣṇe nakṣatrasaṃjñite .. tasminbhaviṣyati vyaktaṃ tava pātaḥ puraṃdara .. 64 .. > My wife was violated by you under the constellation named Pauṣṇa; / under that \[same constellation\], your fall will clearly take place, O Puraṃdara, 64 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.65) yenaiṣā māmakī kīrtistāvakaṃ vaktu karma tat .. vikhyātiṃ yātu loke'tra na kaścitpāpamācaret .. 65 .. > so that this fame of mine may proclaim that deed of yours / and attain renown in this world, and no one may commit a sin. 65 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.66) śravaṇādīni paṃcaiva nakṣatrāṇi pṛthakpṛthak .. tava pūjākṛte paṃca kratutulyāni tāni ca .. bhaviṣyaṃti na saṃdehaḥ sarvatīrthamayāni ca .. 66 .. > The five constellations beginning with Śravaṇa, taken individually, / will, for the sake of your worship, be equal to five sacrifices, / and will undoubtedly comprise all sacred fords. 66 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.67) yo yaṃ kāmamabhidhyāya pūjāṃ tava kariṣyati .. viśeṣātphalapuṣpaiśca sa taṃ kṛtsnamavāpnuyāt .. 67 .. > Whatever desire one contemplates when performing your worship, / especially with fruits and flowers, he shall obtain it entirely. 67 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.68) paraṃ mūrtirna te pūjyā kutrāpi ca bhaviṣyati .. tvayā me dūṣitā bhāryā brāhmaṇī prāṇasaṃmatā .. 68 .. > However, no idol of yours will ever be worshipped anywhere, / because my wife, a brahmin woman dear to me as life, was defiled by you. 68 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.69) tasmādvṛkṣodbhavāṃ yaṣṭiṃ brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ .. tāvakaiḥ sakalairmaṃtraiḥ sthāpayiṣyaṃti śaktitaḥ .. 69 .. > Therefore, brahmins who have mastered the Vedas / shall erect a wooden staff with all your mantras according to their ability, 69 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.70) paṃcarātravidhānena yathānyeṣāṃ divaukasām .. tataḥ saṃkramaṇaṃ kṛtvā pūjā martyasamudbhavā .. tvayā grāhyā sahasrākṣa tṛptiścaiva bhaviṣyati .. 6.207.70 .. > in accordance with the rite of five nights, as is done for other gods; / then, having caused the invocation \[into it\], the worship offered by mortals / must be received by you, O thousand-eyed one, and satisfaction shall be yours. 70 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.71) yo yathā caiva te yaṣṭiṃ suptāmutthāpayiṣyati .. tasya tasyādhikā siddhiḥ saṃbhaviṣyaṃti vāsava .. 71 .. > In whatever manner one raises your sleeping staff, / to that degree higher accomplishment will arise for him, O Vāsava. 71 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.72) paṃcarātravratarato yo brahmacaryaparāyaṇaḥ .. prakariṣyati te pūjāṃ phalapuṣpairyathoditaiḥ .. 72 .. > He who, devoted to the five-night vow and dedicated to celibacy, / performs your worship with fruits and flowers as prescribed, 72 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.73) paradārakṛtātpāpātsa sarvānmuktimeṣyati .. 73 .. > shall obtain release from all sins committed with another's wife. 73 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.74) namaḥ śakrāya devāya śunāsīrāya te namaḥ .. namaste vajrahastāya namaste vajrapāṇaye .. 74 .. > ‘Homage to Śakra, the god; homage to you, Śunāsīra; / homage to you whose hand bears the vajra; homage to you who hold the vajra in your fist.’ 74 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.785](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.785) mantreṇānena yaścārghyaṃ tava śakra pradāsyati .. paradārakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tasya sarvaṃ prayāsyati .. .. 785 .. > Whoever offers an oblation to you, O Śakra, with this mantra, / all his sin committed with another's wife will be destroyed. 75 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.785\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.785_3) yaścedaṃ tava saṃvādaṃ mayā sārdhaṃ puraṃdara .. kīrtayiṣyati sadbhaktyā tathaivākarṇayiṣyati .. 76 .. > And whoever recounts this dialogue of yours with me, O Puraṃdara, / with true devotion, and likewise listens to it, 76 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.785\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.785_4) tasya saṃvatsaraṃ yāvannaiva rogo bhaviṣyati .. tacchrutvā vibudhāḥ sarve tathetyuktvā praharṣitāḥ .. 77 .. > no disease shall afflict him for a whole year.” / Hearing that, all the gods rejoiced, saying, “So be it!” 77 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.785\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.785_5) jagmuḥ śakraṃ samādāya punarevāmarāvatīm .. gautamo'pi nijā vāsaṃ gataḥ kopasamāśritaḥ .. 78 .. > Taking Śakra with them, they returned once more to Amarāvatī. / Gautama, too, filled with anger, went to his own abode. 78 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.206.785\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206.785_6) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmya indramahotsavavarṇanaṃnāma saptottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 207 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and seventh chapter, entitled “Description of Indra’s Great Festival,” in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the auspicious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. 207 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.206.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.206) · Pramāṇa