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English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.3) nāhaṃ tṛptiṃ dvijaśreṣṭha pragacchāmi kathaṃcana .. śṛṇvānastu sumāhātmyaṃ kṣetrasyāsya samudbhavam .. 3 .. > I find no satiety at all, best of the twice-born, / as I listen to the exalted māhātmya that originates from this sacred field. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.4) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. atra te kīrtayiṣyāmi pūrvavṛttaṃ kathāṃtaram .. śaṃkhatīrthasya māhātmyaṃ yathājātaṃ dharātale .. 4 .. > Viśvāmitra said: / In this regard, I shall narrate to you another ancient account, / the māhātmya of Śaṅkhatīrtha, as it came to pass upon the surface of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.5) ānartādhipatiḥ pūrvamāsīdanyo mahīpatiḥ .. yathā tvaṃ sāṃprataṃ bhūmau sarvalokaprapālakaḥ .. 5 .. > Formerly, there was another ruler of the earth, the king of Ānarta, / just as you are now on earth the protector of all the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.6) so'kasmātkuṣṭhabhāgjāto vikalāṃgo babhūva ha .. aputraḥ śatrubhirvyāptastrastaśca nṛpasattamaḥ .. 6 .. > Suddenly, he was afflicted with leprosy and became crippled in his limbs; / sonless, beset by enemies, and terrified was that best of kings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.7) sa sarvairbhūmipālaiśca sarvataḥ paripīḍitaḥ .. rājyabhraṃśasamopetaḥ prāpto raivatakaṃ girim .. 7 .. > Harassed on all sides by all the rulers of the earth, / and suffering the loss of his kingdom, he arrived at Mount Raivataka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.8) tatrāpi pīḍyate nityaṃ sarvatastu malimlucaiḥ .. 8 .. > Even there he was constantly tormented on every side by thieves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.9) hastyaśvarathahīnastu kośahīno yadā'bhavat .. sa tadā ciṃtayāmāsa kiṃ karomi ca sāṃpratam .. 9 .. > When he was deprived of elephants, horses, and chariots, and devoid of his treasury, / he then thought: 'What shall I do now?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.10) kalatrāṇyapi sarvāṇi hriyaṃte taskarairbalāt .. .. 6.209.10 .. > Even all his wives were forcibly carried off by robbers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.11) sa evaṃ ciṃtayānastu gato vai nāradaṃ vibhum .. draṣṭuṃ pārthivaśārdūla vaiṣṇave divase sthite .. 11 .. > Reflecting thus, tiger among kings, on a sacred day of Viṣṇu, / he went to see the powerful Nārada. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.12) tatrāpaśyatsa saṃprāptaṃ nāradaṃ munisattamam .. tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena dāmodaradidṛkṣayā .. 12 .. > There he saw Nārada, the best of sages, who had arrived / in the course of a pilgrimage to sacred fords out of a desire to see Dāmodara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.13) taṃ praṇamyātha śirasā kṛtāṃjalipuṭaḥ sthitaḥ .. provāca vacanaṃ dīna upaviśya tadagrataḥ .. 13 .. .. > Bowing to him with his head, standing with folded hands, / and sitting down before him, he spoke these wretched words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.14) .. rājovāca .. .. śatrubhiḥ paribhūto'haṃ samatānmunisattama .. tato rājyaparibhraṃśātsaṃprāpto'tra mahāgirau .. 14 .. > The king said: / I have been overthrown on all sides by enemies, best of sages; / then, having fallen from my kingdom, I have arrived here on this great mountain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.15) vipine taskaraiḥ pāpaiḥ prapīḍye'haṃ samaṃtataḥ .. yatkiṃcidaśvanāgādyaṃ mayā saha samāgatam .. 15 .. > In the forest I am tormented on all sides by wicked robbers; / whatever little—horses, elephants, and the like—had come along with me, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.16) tatsarvaṃ taskarairnītaṃ kośā dārāstathā vasu .. tasmādvada muniśreṣṭha vairāgyaṃ me mahatsthitam .. 16 .. > all of that was carried off by robbers, along with my treasuries, wives, and wealth. / Therefore tell me, best of sages: a great world-weariness has come upon me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.17) anyajanmodbhavaṃ kiṃcinmama pāpaṃ sudāruṇam .. yenemāṃ ca daśāṃ prāptaḥ sahasā munisattama .. 17 .. > Was there some very terrible sin of mine originating from another birth, / because of which, best of sages, I have suddenly reached this state? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.18) tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā ciraṃ dhyātvā munīśvaraḥ .. provācā'tha nṛpaṃ dīnaṃ jñātvā divyena cakṣuṣā .. 18 .. > Hearing those words of his, the lord of sages meditated for a long time; / having known \[the truth\] through his divine eye, he then spoke to the wretched king: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.19) .. nārada uvāca .. .. na tvayā kutsitaṃ kiṃcitpūrva dehāṃtare kṛtam .. mayā jñātaṃ mahārāja sarvaṃ divyena cakṣuṣā .. 19 .. > Nārada said: / Nothing vile was done by you in your previous body; / I have known everything, great king, by means of my divine eye. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.20) tvamāsīḥ pārthivaḥ pūrvaṃ siddhapannagasaṃjñite .. pattane somavaṃśīyaḥ sarva śatrunibarhaṇaḥ .. 6.209.20 .. > Formerly, you were a king of the Lunar Dynasty / in the city named Siddhapannaga, a slayer of all enemies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.22) tvayā ceṣṭaṃ mahāyajñaiḥ sadā saṃpūrṇadakṣiṇaiḥ .. mahādānāni dattāni pūjitā brāhmaṇottamāḥ .. 21 .. tena karma vipākena bhūyaḥ pārthivatāṃ gataḥ .. 22 .. > You performed great sacrifices with always plentiful sacrificial gifts, / bestowed great gifts, and honoured the best of brahmins; / by the ripening of that action, you attained kingship once again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.23) .. ānarta uvāca .. .. iha janmani no kṛtyaṃ saṃsmarāmi vibho kṛtam .. tatkiṃ rājyapari bhraṃśaḥ sahasā me samutthitaḥ .. 23 .. > Ānarta said: / In this birth, O lord, I remember no misdeed committed; / then why has this sudden loss of my kingdom befallen me? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.24) lakṣmyā hīnasya lokasya loke'sminvyarthatāṃ vrajet .. jīvitaṃ muniśārdūla vijñātaṃ hi mayā'dhunā .. 24 .. > The life of a person bereft of fortune in this world comes to naught, / tiger among sages; indeed, I have realised this now. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.25) mṛto naro gataśrīko mṛtaṃ rāṣṭramarājakam .. mṛtamaśrotriye dānaṃ mṛto yajñastvadakṣiṇaḥ .. 25 .. > A man bereft of splendour is dead; dead is a realm without a king; / dead is a gift \[given\] to one who is not a Vedic scholar; dead is a sacrifice without sacrificial gifts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.26) lakṣmyā hīnasya martyasya bāṃdhavo'pi vijāyate.. prārthayiṣyati māṃ nūnaṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ cānyato vrajet .. 26 .. > Even a relative turns away from a mortal bereft of fortune; / thinking, 'Surely he will ask me \[for something\],' having seen him, he goes elsewhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.27) yathā māṃ sāṃprataṃ dṛṣṭvā ye mayā'pi pratarpitāḥ .. te'pi dūrataraṃ yāṃti eṣa māṃ prārthayi ṣyati .. 27 .. > Just as now, having seen me, even those who were gratified by me / go far away, \[thinking,\] 'This man will beg from me.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.28) dhanahīnaṃ naraṃ tyaktvā kulīnamapi cottamam .. gacchati svajano'nyatra śuṣkaṃ vṛkṣamivāṃḍajāḥ .. 28 .. > Abandoning a man bereft of wealth, even if of noble birth and excellent, / one's own kin goes elsewhere, like birds \[leaving\] a withered tree. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.29) tatkāryakāraṇārthāya daridro' bhyeti cedgṛham .. dhanino bhartsayaṃtyenaṃ samāgacchaṃti nāṃtikam .. 29 .. > If a poor man comes to the house of the wealthy for some purpose or need, / they revile him; they do not come near him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.30) kṛpaṇo'pi dhanāḍhyaścedāgacchati hi yācitum .. eṣa dāsyati me kiṃci diti citte nṛṇāṃ bhavet .. 6.209.30 .. > Even if a miser who is rich in wealth comes begging, / it will be in the minds of men: 'This man will give me something.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.31) mama tvaṃ pūrvavaṃśīyaḥ pitā te ca piturmama .. sadā snehaparaścāsīttvaṃ ca snehavivarjitaḥ .. 31 .. > 'You belong to my ancestral lineage, and your father was always devoted to affection / for my father, but you are devoid of affection.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.32) evaṃ bruvaṃti loke'tra dhanināṃ purataḥ sthitāḥ .. kulīnā api pāpānāṃ dṛśyaṃte dhanalipsayā .. daridrasya manuṣyasya kṣitau rājyaṃ prakurvataḥ .. 32 .. > Thus they speak in this world, standing in front of the wealthy; / even men of noble birth are seen \[serving\] sinners out of a desire for wealth. / For a poor man who rules a kingdom on earth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.33) praśoṣaḥ kevalaṃ bhāvī hṛdayasya mahāmune .. dvāvimau kaṇṭakau tīkṣṇau śarīrapariśoṣiṇau .. yaścādhanaḥ kāmayate yaśca kupyatyanīśvaraḥ .. 33 .. > there will only be the withering of his heart, great sage. / These two are sharp thorns that dry up the body: / one who, lacking wealth, still desires, and one who, lacking power, gets angry. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.34) śmaśānamapi sevaṃte dhanalubdhā niśāgame .. janetāramapi tyaktvā nityaṃ yāṃti sudūrataḥ .. 34 .. > Those greedy for wealth frequent even a cremation ground at the arrival of night; / abandoning even their own progenitor, they constantly go very far away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.35) sumūrkhopi bhavedvidvānakulīno'pi satkulaḥ .. yasya vittaṃ bhave ddharmye viparītamato'nyathā .. 35 .. > Even a complete fool becomes a scholar, even a low-born man becomes of noble family, / if he has wealth in his house; the opposite is true otherwise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.36) nirviṇṇo'haṃ muniśreṣṭha jīvitasya ca sāṃpratam .. tasmādbrūhi kimarthaṃ me dāridryaṃ samupasthitam .. 36 .. > I am despondent with life now, best of sages; / therefore tell me why this poverty has come upon me, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.37) kuṣṭhaścāpi mamopetaḥ śatrubhiśca parābhavam .. anyajanmāṃtaraṃ dṛṣṭaṃ tvayā divyena cakṣuṣā .. 37 .. > and also leprosy has befallen me, and defeat by enemies. / Another birth was seen by you with your divine eye, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.38) kukarmaṇā na saṃspṛṣṭaṃ svalpenāpi bravīṣi mām .. etajjanmātaraṃ dṛṣṭaṃ smarāmi munisattama .. 38 .. > and you tell me that I was not touched even by the slightest evil deed. / Seeing this \[present\] birth, best of sages, I recall > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.39) na mayā kukṛtaṃ kiṃcitkadācitsamanuṣṭhitam .. tatkiṃ rājyaparibhraṃśo jāto'yaṃ mama sanmune .. 39 .. > that no evil deed was ever committed by me. / Then why, true sage, has this loss of my kingdom occurred? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.40) atra me kautukaṃ jātaṃ tasmāddehi vinirṇayam .. bhavenna vā bhavetkarma kṛtaṃ yacca śubhāśubham .. 6.209.40 .. > Curiosity has arisen in me regarding this; therefore give me the conclusion: / Does an action, good or bad, that has been performed bear fruit or not? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.41) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā ciraṃ dhyātvā tu nāradaḥ .. kṛpayā parayāviṣṭastataḥ provāca sādaram .. 41 .. > Viśvāmitra said: / Having heard those words of his, Nārada, after meditating for a long time, / was overcome with supreme compassion, and then said with respect: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.42) śṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi yathā śuddhiḥ prajāyate .. tava rājyasya saṃprāptiryathā bhūyo'pi jāyate .. 42 .. > Listen, O King, I shall explain how purification will come about, / and how the regain of your kingdom will take place again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.43) tava bhūmau mahāpuṇyamasti kṣetraṃ jagattraye .. hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñaṃ tu tīrthaṃ tatrāsti śobhanam .. śaṃkhatīrthamiti khyātaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam.. 43.. > In your land there is a sacred field of great religious merit throughout the three worlds, / known as Hāṭakeśvara; and there is an auspicious sacred ford there, / celebrated as Śaṅkhatīrtha, which destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.44) yastatra kurute snānaṃ śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ .. aṣṭamyāṃ śuklapakṣasya saṃprāpte māsi mādhave .. 44 .. > Whoever performs ritual ablution there, endowed with supreme faith, / on the eighth lunar day of the bright fortnight, when the month of Mādhava arrives, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.45) sūryavāre tu samprāpte bhāskarasyodayaṃ prati .. sarvakuṣṭhavinirmukto jāyate sūryasaṃnibhaḥ .. 45 .. > and when it falls on a Sunday, at the rising of the sun, / is freed from all leprosy and becomes like the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.46) yaṃyaṃ kāmamabhidhyāyettaṃtaṃ sarveṣu durlabham .. sa tadā''pnotyasaṃdigdhaṃ dṛṣṭvā śaṃkheśvaraṃ śubham.. 46 .. > Whatever desire one may contemplate, though most difficult to attain among all things, / one then obtains it beyond doubt after seeing the auspicious Śaṅkheśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.47) kiṃ tvayā na śrutaṃ tatra svadeśe vasatā nṛpa .. tasya tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ yattvamatra samāgataḥ ..47.. > Did you not hear of it, O king, while living there in your own realm— / the māhātmya of that sacred ford—that you have come here? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.48) .. siddhasena uvāca .. .. kathaṃ śaṃkheśvaro devaḥ saṃjāto vada sanmune .. 48 .. > Siddhasena said: / Tell me, O virtuous sage, how did the god Śaṅkheśvara come to be? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.49) .. nārada uvāca .. .. ahaṃ te kathayiṣyāmi kathāmetāṃ purātanīm .. yathā śaṃkheśvaro jātaḥ śaṃkhatīrthaṃ tu pārthiva.. 49 .. > Nārada said: / I shall tell you this ancient tale / of how Śaṅkheśvara arose, and also Śaṅkhatīrtha, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.50) āsaturbrāhmaṇau pūrvaṃ likhitaḥ śaṃkha eva ca .. bhrātarau vedaviduṣau tapasyugre vyavasthitau .. 6.209.50 .. > Formerly there were two brahmins, Likhita and Śaṅkha, / brothers learned in the Vedas, devoted to fierce austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.51) kasyacittvatha kālasya likhitasyāśramaṃ prati .. bhrāturjyeṣṭhasya saṃprāpto namaskārakṛte nṛpa ..51.. > Then, after some time, \[Śaṅkha\] went to the hermitage of Likhita, / his elder brother, in order to pay him homage, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.52) so'paśyadāśramaṃ śūnyaṃ likhitena vivarjitam ..52.. > He found the hermitage deserted, abandoned by Likhita. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.53) athāpaśyadvane tasmi nparipakvaphalāni saḥ .. praṇayātpratijagrāha matvā bhrāturnṛpā''śramam ..53.. > Then he saw fully ripe fruits in that forest; / out of affection, thinking it his brother's hermitage, O king, he took them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.54) etasminnantare prāpto likhitastatra cāśrame.. yāvatpaśyati śaṃkhaṃ sa pragṛhī tabṛhatphalam..54.. > In the meantime, Likhita arrived there at the hermitage / and saw Śaṅkha holding a large fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.55) kimidaṃ vihitaṃ pāpa pāpaṃ sādhuvigarhitam .. cauryakarma tvayā niṃdyaṃ yaddhṛtāni phalāni ca ..55.. > “What is this sin you have committed, O sinner, condemned by the virtuous? / A reprehensible act of theft has been done by you, in that fruits were taken! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.56) anena karmaṇā tubhyaṃ tapo yāsya ti saṃkṣayam.. cauryakarmapravṛttasya brāhmaṇairgarhitasya ca ..56.. > By this deed your austerity will come to an end, / since you have engaged in an act of theft and been censured by brahmins!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.57) .. śaṃkha uvāca .. .. ekodarasamutpanno jyeṣṭhabhrātā yathā pitā .. bhūyāditi śrutirloke prasiddhā sarvataḥ sthitā .. 57 .. > Śaṅkha said: / “An elder brother born of the same womb should be like a father: / so stands the well-known sacred tradition established everywhere in the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.58) tatkiṃ putrasya viprendra nādhikāraḥ piturdhane .. yathaivaṃ niṣṭhurairvākyairnirbhartsayasi māṃ vibho .. 58 .. .. > Has a son no right, then, O best of brahmins, to his father's property, / that you rebuke me thus with harsh words, O lord?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.59) .. likhita uvāca .. .. na doṣo jāyate hartuḥ putrasyātra kathaṃcana .. ekatra saṃsthitasyātra piturvittamasaṃśayam .. 59 .. > Likhita said: / “No fault arises in any way for a son who takes, / while living together \[with him\], his father's property, without doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.60) vibhaktastu yadā putro bhrātā vā'pahareddhanam.. tadā doṣamavāpnoti cauryotthaṃ matameva me .. 6.209.60 .. > But when a son or a brother who has separated takes property, / then he incurs the fault arising from theft—such is my view. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.61) putrasya tu punarvittaṃ pitā harati sarvadā .. na tasya vidyate doṣo vibhakta syāpi karhicit.. 61 .. > Moreover, a father may always take the property of his son; / for him there is no fault ever, even if \[the son\] is separated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.62) atra ślokaḥ purā gīto manunā smṛtikāriṇā .. taṃ te'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi dharmaśāstrodbhavaṃ vacaḥ .. 62 .. > On this matter a verse was formerly sung by Manu, the author of the Smṛti; / I shall recite to you that statement originating in the Dharmaśāstra: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.63) traya evādhaproktā bhāryā dāsastathā sutaḥ .. yatte samadhigacchaṃti yasya te tasya taddhanam .. 63 .. > ‘Three alone are declared to have no property: a wife, a servant, and a son; / whatever they acquire belongs to the one to whom they belong.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.64) .. śaṃkha uvāca .. .. yadyevaṃ cauryadoṣo'sti mama tāta mahattaraḥ.. nigrahaṃ kuru me śīghraṃ yena na syāttapaḥkṣayaḥ..64.. > Śaṅkha said: / “If indeed I have incurred such a grave fault of theft, my brother, / then punish me swiftly, so that my austerity may not be lost.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.65) viśvāmitra uvāca.. tasya taṃ niścayaṃ jñātvā śastramādāya nirmalam.. cakartātha bhujau tasya bhrātā bhrātuśca nirghṛṇaḥ.. sopi cchinnakaro vipro vyathayāpi samanvitaḥ..65.. > Viśvāmitra said: / Knowing his resolve, taking up a clean blade, / the brother pitilessly severed both his brother's arms. / And that brahmin, though his hands were cut off and he was filled with agony, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.66) manyamānaḥ prasādaṃ taṃ bhrāturjyeṣṭhasya pārthiva .. 66 .. > considered it the grace of his elder brother, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.67) tatastu kāmadaṃ kṣetraṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñitam .. matvā prāpya tapastepe kaṃcitprāpya jalāśayam .. 67 .. > Then, knowing the sacred field called Hāṭakeśvara to be wish-fulfilling, / he went there, reached a certain body of water, and practiced austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.68) varṣāsvākāśaśāyī ca hemante salilāśrayaḥ .. pañcāgnisādhako grīṣme ṣaṣṭhakālakṛtāśanaḥ .. 68 .. > He slept under the open sky in the rainy season, took refuge in the water in winter, / practiced the five-fire penance in summer, eating only at the sixth mealtime. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.69) saṃsnāpya bhāskaraṃ sthāṇuṃ tatpuraḥ śatarudriyam .. japansāmoktarudrāṃśca bhava rudrāṃstathā japan .. prāṇarudrāṃstathā nīlānskandasūktasamanvitān .. 69 .. > Bathing the sun and the Sthāṇu \[liṅga\], before it chanting the Śatarudrīya, / chanting the Rudra mantras taught in the Sāmaveda, and chanting the Bhava-rudras, / the Prāṇa-rudras, and the Nīla mantras along with the Skandasūkta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.70) tato varṣasahasrāṃte tuṣṭastasya maheśvaraḥ .. provāca darśanaṃ gatvā saha sūrya vṛṣeśvaraiḥ .. 6.209.70 .. > Then, at the end of a thousand years, Maheśvara was pleased with him; / he granted him darśana and spoke, together with the sun and the lords of bulls: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.71) .. maheśvara uvāca .. .. śaṃkha tuṣṭo'smi te vatsa tapasānena suvrata .. tasmātkathaya me kṣipraṃ yaddadāmi tavā'dhunā .. 71 .. > Maheśvara said: / “O Śaṅkha, I am pleased with you, my child, by this austerity, O one of noble vows! / Therefore tell me quickly what I may give you now.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.72) .. .. śaṃkha uvāca .. .. yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva yadi deyo varo mama .. jāyetāṃ tādṛśau hastau yādṛśo me purā sthitau .. 72 .. > Śaṅkha said: / “If you are pleased with me, O god, if a boon is to be granted to me, / let both of my hands become just as they were formerly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.73) tvayā'traiva sadā vāsaḥ kāryaḥ suravareśvara .. liṃge kṛtvā dayāṃ deva mamopari mahattarām .. 73 .. > And you must always abide right here, O Lord of the foremost gods, / taking great compassion upon me in this liṅga, O god! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.74) etajjalāśayaṃ nātha mama nāmnā dharātale .. prasiddhiṃ yātu lokasya yāvaccandrārkatārakāḥ .. 74 .. > May this body of water on the surface of the earth become renowned / by my name among the people, as long as the moon, sun, and stars endure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.75) atra yaḥ kurute snānaṃ dhṛtvā manasi durlabham .. kiṃcidvastu samagraṃ tu tasya saṃpatsyate vibho .. 75 .. .. > Whoever performs ritual ablution here, holding in mind some desired thing / difficult to obtain, let all of it be accomplished for him, O omnipresent Lord!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.76) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. adyāhaṃ darśanaṃ prāptastava caivāṣṭamīdine .. mādhavasya site pakṣe yasmādbrāhmaṇasattama .. 76 .. > The Blessed Lord said: / “Since I have appeared to your sight this day, / on the eighth lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month of Mādhava, O best of brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.77) tasmātsaṃkramaṇaṃ liṃge tāvake'smindvijottama .. kariṣyāmi na sandeho dinamekamasaṃśayam .. 77 .. > therefore, O highest of brahmins, I will certainly make my entry / into this liṅga of yours for one day; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.78) yaścātra divase prāpte tīrthe'traiva bhavodbhave .. snānaṃ kṛtvā ravervāra udayaṃ samupasthite .. 78 .. > And on the arrival of that day, whoever performs ritual ablution / right here at this sacred ford born of Bhava, on a Sunday at sunrise, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.79) pūjayiṣyati me mūrtiṃ tvayā saṃsthāpitāṃ dvija .. kuṣṭhavyādhivinirmukto mama lokaṃ sa yāsyati .. 79 .. > and worships my form installed by you, O brahmin, / shall be freed from the disease of leprosy and shall go to my world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.80) śeṣakāle'pi viprendra ajñānavihitādaghāt .. muktiṃ prāpsyatyasaṃdigdhaṃ mama vākyāddvijottama .. 6.209.80 .. > Even at the end of life, O foremost of brahmins, from sin committed in ignorance / one will surely attain liberation by my word, O highest of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.81) tathā tavāpi yau hastau chinnāvetāvubhāvapi .. tasminyoge'bhiṣekāttauḥ syātāṃ bhūyo'pi tādṛśau .. 81 .. > Likewise, these two arms of yours that were cut off— / by ritual sprinkling in that planetary conjunction, both shall again become as they were. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.82) eṣa me pratyayo vipra bhaviṣyati tavā'dhunā .. bhūyaḥ snānaṃ vidhāya tvaṃ tato mūrtiṃ mamārcaya .. 82 .. > This assurance of mine shall be yours right now, O brahmin: / having performed ritual ablution once again, then worship my form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.83) anye'pi vyaṃgatāṃ prāptāḥ saṃyoge'tra tava sthite .. snātvā māṃ pūjayiṣyaṃti muktiṃ yāsyaṃti te dvija .. .. 83 .. > Others too who have suffered mutilation, when this conjunction of yours is present, / upon bathing and worshipping me, shall attain liberation, O brahmin.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.84) evamuktvā sahasrāṃśustataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ .. śaṃkho'pi tatkṣaṇātsnātvā pūjayitvā divākaram .. 84 .. > Having spoken thus, the thousand-rayed Sun disappeared from sight. / Śaṅkha too, having immediately taken a ritual ablution and worshipped the Sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.85) yāvatpaśyati cātmānaṃ tāvaddhastasamanvitam .. ātmānaṃ paśyamānastu vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ .. 85 .. > as soon as he looked at himself, saw that he had his hands. / Looking at himself, he was filled with supreme wonder. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.86) tataḥprabhṛti tatraiva kṛtvā''śramapadaṃ nṛpa .. tapastepe dvija śreṣṭho gataśca paramāṃ gatim .. 86 .. > From that time forward, O king, having established a hermitage right there, / that best of brahmins performed austerities and attained the supreme goal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.87) tasmāttvamapi rājeṃdra saṃyogaṃ prāpya tattvataḥ .. tenaiva vidhinā snātvā tvaṃ pūjaya divākaram .. 87 .. > Therefore, O king of kings, you too, having arrived at that conjunction in accordance with reality, / having taken a ritual ablution by that very procedure, worship the Sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.88) yaścaitacchṛṇuyānnityaṃ paṭhedvā purato raveḥ .. tasyānvaye'pi no kuṣṭhī kadācitsamprajāyate .. 88 .. > And whoever hears this constantly or recites it before the Sun, / in his lineage too, a leper is never born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.208.209](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208.209) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyā ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śaṃkhādityaśaṃkhatīrthotpattivṛttāṃtavarṇanaṃnāma navottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 209 .. .. .. > Thus ends the two hundred and ninth chapter, named 'Description of the Origin of Śaṅkhāditya and Śaṅkhatīrtha', in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\], of the Mahāpurāṇa composed by Skanda consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.208.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Viduranīti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.viduraniti.142) — Sanskrit - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.simhasana*southern.12.12) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.208) · Pramāṇa