[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) › 5.209 # Skandapurana 5.209 Skandapurāṇa 5.209 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.209.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.1) .. .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya devarṣernāradasya ca .. siddhaseno mahīpālaḥ prāpya taṃ yogamuttamam .. 1 .. > Viśvāmitra said: / Having heard those words of that celestial seer Nārada, / King Siddhasena, having attained that supreme conjunction, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.2) mādhave māsi saṃprāpte aṣṭamyāṃ sūryavāsare .. sūryodaye tu saṃprāpte yāvatsnātvā'rcayedravim ..2.. > when the month of Mādhava arrived, on the eighth day \[of the lunar fortnight\], on a Sunday, / at the rise of the sun, as soon as he had bathed and worshipped the Sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.3) tāvatkuṣṭhavinirmuktaḥ sahasā samapadyata .. tato divyavapurbhūtvā santoṣaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ .. 3 .. > he was instantly freed from leprosy. / Having then obtained a divine body, he experienced supreme contentment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.4) prāyaścittaṃ tataścakre tāṃbūlasya ca bhakṣaṇam .. ajñānena kṛtaṃ yacca cūrṇapatrasamanvitam .. 4 .. > He then performed expiation for the consumption of betel, / which, along with the leaf and lime, he had done out of ignorance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.5) tataśca paramāṃ lakṣmīṃ saṃprāptaḥ sa mahīpatiḥ .. pitṛpaitāmahaṃ rājyaṃ sa pracakre yathā purā .. 5 .. > And then that ruler of the earth attained supreme prosperity; / he administered his ancestral kingdom just as before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.6) etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ śaṃkhatīrthasamudbhavam .. māhātmyaṃ pārthivaśreṣṭha kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumi cchasi .. 6 .. > All this māhātmya arising from Śaṅkhatīrtha has been told to you, / O best of kings. What more do you wish to hear? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.7) .. ānarta uvāca .. .. atyāścaryamidaṃ brahmanyattvayā parikīrtitam .. yallakṣmīstasya sannaṣṭā cūrṇapatrasya bhakṣaṇāt .. 7 .. > Ānarta said: / This is most wondrous, O holy one, which you have proclaimed, / that his fortune was destroyed because of consuming the leaf with lime. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.8) kīdṛktena kṛtaṃ tasya prāyaścittaṃ viśuddhayre .. kīdṛktena kṛtaṃ tacca nijarājyaṃ yathā purā.. 8 .. > What kind of expiation was performed by him for purification? / And how did he restore his own kingdom as before? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.9) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. eṣā puṇyatamā medhyā nāgavallī narādhipa .. ayathāvatkṛtā vaktre bahūndoṣānprayacchati .. tasmādyatnena saṃbhakṣyā dattvā caiva svaśaktitaḥ .. 9 .. > Viśvāmitra said: / This betel vine is most meritorious and pure, O ruler of men; / \[yet\] consumed improperly in the mouth, it brings many faults. / Therefore, it should be consumed with care, and after giving according to one's capacity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.10) .. ānarta uvāca .. .. nāgavallī kathaṃ jātā kasmāddoṣo mahānsmṛtaḥ .. ayathāvadbhakṣaṇācca tanme vaktumihārhasi .. 6.210.10 .. > Ānarta said: / How was the betel vine born? Why is it considered a great fault / to eat it improperly? You ought to tell me this now. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.11) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. praśnabhāro mahāneṣa tvayā me parikīrtitaḥ .. tathāpi ca vadiṣyāmi yadi te kautukaṃ nṛpa .. yasmātsañjāyate doṣaścūrṇapatrasya bhakṣaṇāt.. 11 .. > Viśvāmitra said: / This is a heavy burden of questions that has been set forth to me by you; / nevertheless, I shall tell you, O king, if you are curious, / why fault arises from consuming the leaf with lime. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.12) amṛtārthaṃ purā devairmathitaḥ kalaśodadhiḥ .. manthānaṃ mandaraṃ kṛtvā netraṃ kṛtvā tu vāsukim .. 12 .. > Long ago, for the sake of nectar, the jar-like ocean was churned by the gods, / making Mandara the churning stick and Vāsuki the churning rope. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.13) mukhadeśe balirlagnaḥ pucchadeśe'khilāḥ surāḥ .. vāsudevamatenaiva sandadhārātha kacchapaḥ .. 13 .. > Bali grasped the head region, and all the gods the tail region. / Then, by the counsel of Vāsudeva, the Tortoise supported \[the mountain\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.14) mandare bhramamāṇe tu prāgeva nṛpasattama .. ānarta sahasā jātaṃ ratnatritayameva ca .. 14 .. > As Mandara was turning, O best of kings, / O Ānarta, a triad of jewels arose first of all, quite suddenly: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.15) nīlāṃbaradharaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ puruṣo vakranāsikaḥ .. kṛṣṇadantaḥ sthūlaśirā dīrghagrīvo mahodaraḥ .. śūrpākārāṃghrirevā'sau cipiṭākṣo bhayāvahaḥ .. 15 .. > A dark man clad in blue garments, with a crooked nose, / black teeth, a thick head, a long neck, a potbelly, / feet shaped like winnowing baskets, flat-eyed, and terrifying; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.16) tathā tadrūpiṇī tasya kubhāryā rākṣasī yathā .. śiśunāṃgulilagnena garbhaśramaparāyaṇā .. 16 .. > likewise, a vile wife of the same form as his, like a demoness, / with a child clinging to her finger, exhausted by pregnancy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.17) tato devagaṇāḥ sarve dānavāśca viśeṣataḥ .. manthānaṃ tatparityajya tāngrahītuṃ pradhāvitāḥ .. 17 .. > Then all the hosts of gods, and especially the Dānavas, / abandoning the churning stick, ran forward to seize them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.18) atha tānvikṛtāndṛṣṭvā sarve śaṃkāsamanvitāḥ .. jagṛhurnaiva rājeṃdra jahasuśca parasparam .. 18 .. > Then, seeing them deformed, filled with hesitation, / they did not seize them, O king of kings, and laughed among themselves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.19) athovāca balirdaityaḥ kṛtāṃjalipuṭaḥ sthitaḥ .. brahmā''di yallabhetsarvaṃ yatpurastātprajāyate .. 19 .. > Then the Daitya Bali, standing with palms joined in reverence, said: / 'Whatever is produced first, let Brahmā and the others receive it all. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.20) ratnatritayametaddhi tasmādgṛhṇātu padmajaḥ .. yena siddhirbhavedasminmanthane kasya cā'rpaṇāt .. 6.210.20 .. > Therefore, let the lotus-born \[Brahmā\] take this triad of jewels, / so that there may be success in this churning upon offering it to someone.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.21) tadvākyaṃ viṣṇunā tasya śaṃsitaṃ śaṃkareṇa tu .. iṃdrādyaiśca suraiḥ sarvairdānavaiśca viśeṣataḥ 21.. > That speech of his was praised by Viṣṇu, by Śaṃkara, / by all the gods headed by Indra, and especially by the Dānavas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.22) etasminnaṃtare brahmā jagrāha tritayaṃ ca tat.. dākṣiṇyātsarvadevānāmanicchannapi pārthiva .. mamanthuḥ sāgaraṃ rājanpunaste yatnamāśritāḥ .. 22 .. > In the meantime, Brahmā took that triad / out of courtesy toward all the gods, O king, even though unwilling. / Resorting to effort again, O king, they churned the ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.23) tataśca vāruṇī jātā divyagandhasamanvitā .. balinā saṃgṛhītā sā pratyakṣaṃ balavidviṣaḥ .. 23 .. > Then Vāruṇī arose, endowed with divine fragrance; / she was seized by Bali right before the eyes of the enemy of Bala \[Indra\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.24) āvarte cāpare jāte niṣkrāṃtaḥ kaustubho maṇiḥ .. sa gṛhīto mahārāja viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā .. 24 .. > And when another whirlpool arose, the Kaustubha gem came forth; / it was taken, O great king, by the all-powerful Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.25) athāpare sthite tatra mahāvarte niśāpatiḥ .. sañjātaḥ sa vṛṣāṃkena saṃgṛhītaśca tatkṣaṇāt .. 25 .. > Then, as another great whirlpool remained there, the Moon was born, / and he was seized immediately by the Bull-bannered \[Śiva\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.26) pārijātastato jāto divyagandhasamanvitaḥ .. sa gṛhītvā suraiḥ sarvaiḥ sthāpito naṃdane vane .. 26 .. > Then the Pārijāta tree arose, endowed with divine fragrance; / taken by all the gods, it was planted in the Nandana grove. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.27) tasyānaṃtaramevātha surabhī vatsasaṃyutā .. niṣkrāṃtā vyomamārgeṇa golokaṃ samavasthitā .. 27 .. > Immediately after it, Surabhī along with her calf / came forth, and went via the sky to take up her abode in Goloka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.28) tato dhanvaṃtarirjāto bibhraddhaste kamaṃḍalum .. saṃpūrṇamamṛtenaiva sa devairdānavainṛpa .. 28 .. > Then Dhanvantari was born, bearing in his hand a waterpot / completely filled with nectar, O king. / By the gods and Dānavas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.29) gṛhīto yugapatkruddhaiḥ parasparajigīṣayā .. devānāṃ hastago vaidyo daityānāṃ ca kamaṇḍaluḥ.. 29 .. > angered simultaneously with the desire to conquer one another, he was seized; / the physician fell into the hands of the gods, and the waterpot into the hands of the Daityas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.30) tatastaṃ lobhasaṃyuktā mamaṃthuḥ sāgaraṃ nṛpa .. padmahastātra saṃjātā tato lakṣmīḥ sitāṃbarā .. 6.210.30 .. > Filled with greed, they then churned the ocean, O king; / thereupon Lakṣmī was born with a lotus in her hand, clothed in white garments. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.31) svayameva vṛto viṣṇustayā pārthivasattama .. mathyamāne tatotīva samudre devadānavaiḥ .. 31 .. > She chose Viṣṇu of her own accord, O best of kings. / Then, as the ocean was being churned exceedingly by the gods and Dānavas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.32) kālakūṭaṃ samutpannaṃ yena sarve surāsurāḥ .. saṃprāptāḥ paramaṃ kaṣṭaṃ prabhagnāśca diśo daśa .. 32 .. > the Kālakūṭa poison arose, by which all the gods and Asuras / were brought to extreme distress and fled in the ten directions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.33) taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhagavāñchaṃbhustīvraṃ tīvaparākramaḥ .. bhakṣayāmāsa rājeṃdra nīlakaṇṭhastato'bhavat .. 33 .. > Seeing that fierce poison, the lord Śambhu of fierce valor / swallowed it, O king of kings; thence he became blue-throated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.34) atha saṃtyajya maṃthānaṃ maṃdaraṃ vāsukiṃ tathā .. amṛtārthe'bhavadyuddhaṃ daityānāṃ vibudhaiḥ saha .. 34 .. > Then, abandoning the churning stick Mandara as well as Vāsuki, / there was a battle between the Daityas and the gods for the sake of the nectar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.35) atha strīrūpamādhāya viṣṇurdaityānuvāca tān .. tato hṛṣṭo balistasyai dattvā pīyūṣameva tat .. 35 .. > Then Viṣṇu, assuming the form of a woman, spoke to those Daityas. / Then Bali, delighted, gave that very nectar to her. 35. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.36) viśvāsaṃ paramaṃ gatvā yuddhaṃ cakre suraiḥ saha .. tato viṣṇuḥ parityajya strīrūpaṃ puruṣākṛtiḥ .. 36 .. > Placing supreme trust \[in her\], he fought with the gods. / Then Viṣṇu, casting off the female form, assumed a male appearance. 36. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.37) tadevāmṛtamādāya yayau yatra divaukasaḥ .. abravīttānsuhṛṣṭātmā pivadhvamamṛtaṃ surāḥ .. 37 .. > Taking that very nectar, he went to where the gods were. / With a joyful heart, he said to them: 'Drink the nectar, O gods! 37. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.38) yenāmaratvamāsādya vyāpādayata dānavān .. te tatheti pratijñāya papuḥ pīyūṣamuttamam .. 38 .. > Attaining immortality through it, destroy the Dānavas!' / Agreeing with 'So be it,' they drank the supreme nectar. 38. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.39) amarāśca tato jātā jaghnuḥ saṃkhye mahāsurān .. 39 .. > And having thus become immortal, they slew the great Asuras in battle. 39. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.40) teṣāṃ pānavidhau tatra vartamāne mahīpate .. rāhurvibudharūpeṇa papau pīyūṣamutsukaḥ .. 6.210.40 .. > While their drinking rite was taking place there, O lord of the earth, / Rāhu, eager \[for it\], drank the nectar disguised as a god. 40. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.41) sa lakṣito mahādaityaścaṃdrārkābhyāṃ ca tatkṣaṇāt .. nivedito hare rājannāyaṃ devo mahāsuraḥ .. .. 41 .. > That great Daitya was spotted at that moment by the moon and the sun, / and reported to Hari: 'O King, this is no god, but a great Asura!' 41. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.42) tacchrutvā vāsudevena tasya cakraṃ sudarśanam.. vadhāya pārthivaśreṣṭha muktaṃ vajrasamaprabham .. 42 .. > Hearing that, the Sudarśana discus, blazing like a thunderbolt, / was released by Vāsudeva to slay him, O best of earthly kings. 42. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.45) yāvanmātraṃ śarīraṃ tattasya vyāptaṃ mahīpate .. amṛtena tataḥ kṛttamamoghenāpi tacchiraḥ .. 43 .. tato'maratvamāpannaḥ sa yāvatsiṃhikāsutaḥ .. tāvatprokto'cyutenātha sāmnā paramavalgunā .. 44 .. tyaja daityānmahābhāga devānāṃ saṃmato bhava .. saṃprāpsyasi parāṃ pūjāṃ sadā tvaṃ grahamaṃḍale .. 45 .. > O lord of the earth, to whatever extent his body had been permeated / by the nectar, his head was severed by that unfailing \[discus\]. 43. / But as that son of Siṃhikā had attained immortality, / Acyuta then spoke to him in the gentlest words of conciliation: 44. / 'Abandon the Daityas, O fortunate one; be well-disposed to the gods. / You shall always receive supreme worship within the circle of the planets.' 45. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.46) sa tatheti pratijñāya tyaktvā tāndaityasattamān .. pūjāṃ prāpnoti martyānāṃ saṃsthito grahamaṇḍale .. 46 .. > Agreeing with 'So be it' and leaving those foremost Daityas, / he abides in the planetary circle and receives the worship of mortals. 46. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.47) etasminnaṃtare daityā nirjitāḥ surasattamaiḥ .. diśo jagmuḥ paritrastāḥ kecinmṛtyumupāgatāḥ .. 47 .. > In the meantime, vanquished by the foremost gods, / the Daityas fled in terror in all directions, and some met their death. 47. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.48) pītaśeṣaṃ ca pīyūṣaṃ sthāpitaṃ nandane vane .. nāgarājasya yatraiva sthitamālānameva ca .. 48 .. > The nectar that remained after drinking was placed in the Nandana grove, / at the very post where the lord of elephants was tethered. 48. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.49) aharniśaṃ madasrāvī karīṃdraḥ so'pi saṃsthitaḥ .. tatprabhāvaiḥ prabhinnaḥ sa pīyūṣasya kamaṃḍaluḥ ..49.. > That lord of elephants also stood there, exuding musth day and night; / \[and\] by its power, that water-pot of nectar was cracked open. 49. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.50) tato vallī samutpannā tasmāccaiva kamaṇḍaloḥ .. tatrālānasamārūḍhā vṛddhiṃ ca paramāṃ gatā .. 6.210.50 .. > From that water-pot a creeper was then born; / climbing up the tethering-post there, it grew exceedingly. 50. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.51) tadudbhavāni patrāṇi gṛhītvā surasattamāḥ .. apūrvāṇi sugaṃdhīni matvā te bhakṣayaṃti ca .. 51 .. > Taking the leaves born from it, the foremost gods / ate them, considering them extraordinary and fragrant. 51. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.52) vaktraśuddhikṛte rājanviśeṣeṇa praharṣitāḥ .. 52 .. > They were especially delighted, O King, for the purpose of purifying their mouths. 52. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.53) atha dhanvatarirvaidyaḥ svabuddhyā pṛthivīpate .. nāgālāne yato jātā nāgavallī bhaviṣyati .. 53 .. > Then the physician Dhanvantari, through his own discernment, O lord of the earth, \[reflected\]: / 'Since it grew at the tethering-post of an elephant (nāga), it shall be the nāgavallī (betel-vine). 53. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.54) sadā smarasya saṃsthānaṃ mama vākyādbhaviṣyati .. nāgavallīti vai nāma tasyāścakre tataḥ param .. 54 .. > By my word, it shall forever be the abode of Smara.' / Thereafter he gave it the name nāgavallī. 54. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.55) saṃyogaṃ ca cakārātha tāṃbūlaṃ jāyate yathā .. pūgīphalena cūrṇena khadireṇāpi pārthiva .. 55 .. > And he made the combination so that betel (tāmbūla) is produced / with areca nut, lime, and catechu, O earthly king. 55. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.56) kasyacittvatha kālasya vāṇīvatsarako nṛpaḥ .. pratoṣaṃ nītavāñchakraṃ tapasā nirmalena ca .. 56 .. > After some time, King Vāṇīvatsaraka / pleased Śakra with stainless austerity. 56. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.57) tatastattapasā tuṣṭa indro vacanamabravīt .. 57 .. > Pleased with that austerity, Indra then spoke these words: 57. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.58) .. indra uvāca .. .. bhobhoḥ pārthiva tuṣṭo'smi tapasā'nena sāṃpratam .. brūhi yatte varaṃ dadmi manasā vāṃchitaṃ sadā .. 58 .. > Indra said: / 'O earthly king, I am now pleased with this austerity. / Speak, that I may grant you the boon that your heart has always desired.' 58. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.59) so'bravīdyadi me tuṣṭo yadi deyo varo mama .. vimānaṃ khecaraṃ dehi yenāgacchāmi te gṛhe .. nityameva dharāpṛṣṭhādvaṃdanārthaṃ tava prabho ..59.. > He said: 'If you are pleased with me, if a boon is to be given to me, / grant me an aerial chariot traveling through the sky, by which I may come to your home / continually from the surface of the earth to pay homage to you, O Lord.' 59. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.60) sa tatheti pratijñāya haṃsabarhiṇanāditam .. vimānaṃ pradadau tasmai manomārutavegadhṛk .. 6.210.60 .. > Agreeing with 'So be it,' he gave him an aerial chariot / resounding with the calls of swans and peacocks, possessing the speed of mind and wind. 60. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.61) sa tatra nityamāruhya prayāti tridaśālayam .. bhaktyā paramayā yuktaḥ sahasrākṣaṃ pravaṃditum .. 61 .. > Ascending it daily, he went to the abode of the thirty \[gods\] / filled with supreme devotion, to salute the thousand-eyed \[Indra\]. 61. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.62) tasya śakraḥ svahastena tāṃbūlaṃ ca prayacchati .. sa ca tadbhakṣayāmāsa prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā .. 62 .. > Śakra gave him betel with his own hand, / and he chewed it with a delighted heart. 62. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.63) vṛddhabhāve'pi saṃprāpte tasya kāmo'tyavarddhata .. tāṃbūlasya prabhāvena sumahānpṛthivīpate .. 63 .. > Even when old age arrived, his desire increased exceedingly / by the power of the betel, O lord of the earth, becoming very great. 63. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.64) atha śakramuvācedaṃ sa rājā vinayānvitaḥ .. nāgavallīpradānena prasādo me vidhīyatām .. 64 .. > Then, endowed with humility, that king said to Śakra: / 'Let favor be shown to me by the gift of the nāgavallī, 64. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.65) martyaloke samānetuṃ pracāraṃ yena gacchati .. sa tatheti pratijñāya tasmai tāṃ pradadau tadā .. 65 .. > so that it may be brought to the mortal world and come into widespread use.' / Agreeing with 'So be it,' he then gave it to him. 65. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.66) gatvā nijapuraṃ sopi svodyāne'sthāpayattadā .. tataḥ kālena mahatā pracāraṃ sā gatā kṣitau .. 66 .. > Having returned to his city, he also planted it in his garden; / then, in the course of much time, it spread throughout the earth. 66. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.67) yasyāḥ svādanato lokaḥ kāmātmā samapadyata .. na kaścidyajanaṃ cakre yājanaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ .. anyā dharmakriyāḥ sarvāḥ praṇaṣṭā dharmasaṃbhavāḥ .. 67 .. > From tasting it, people became lustful; / no one performed sacrifices, especially not officiating for others; / all other righteous actions born of dharma were destroyed. 67. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.68) tato devagaṇāḥ sarve yajñabhāgavivarjitāḥ .. pīḍyamānāḥ krudhā viṣṭā gatvā procuḥ pitāmaham .. 68 .. > Then all the hosts of gods, deprived of their sacrificial shares, / tormented and overcome with anger, went and spoke to the Grandfather: 68. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.69) martyaloke suraśreṣṭha naṣṭā dharmakriyā bhṛśam .. kāmāsakto yato lokastāṃbūlasya ca bhakṣaṇāt .. tasmātkuru prasādaṃ no yenāsmākaṃ kriyā bhavet .. 69 .. > 'O best of gods, righteous actions in the mortal world are utterly destroyed, / because people are devoted to lust from consuming betel. / Therefore, grant us favor so that our rites may be performed.' 69. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.70) etasminneva kāle tu puṣkarasthaṃ pitāmaham .. yajanārthe samāyātaṃ daridro vīkṣya pārthiva .. 6.210.70 .. > At that very time, seeing the Grandfather residing at Puṣkara, / who had arrived for the purpose of a sacrifice, O earthly king, a poor man (Daridra), 70. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.71) praṇipatya tataḥ prāha vinayāvanataḥ sthitaḥ .. nirviṇṇo'haṃ suraśreṣṭha brāhmaṇānāṃ gṛhe sthitaḥ .. 71 .. > bowed down and, standing bent with humility, said: / 'O best of gods, I am dejected, dwelling in the houses of brahmins. 71. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.72) tasmātkīrtaya me sthānaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vittavatāṃ hi yat .. tatra sañjāyate tṛptiḥ śāśvatī pracurā prabho .. 72 .. > Therefore, declare to me an excellent place that belongs to the wealthy; / there lasting and abundant satisfaction arises, O Lord.' 72. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.73) tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā ciraṃ dhyātvā pitāmahaḥ .. abravīcca daridraṃ taṃ chidrārthaṃ dhaninā miha .. 73 .. > Hearing his words and meditating for a long time, the Grandfather / spoke to that Daridra regarding vulnerabilities for the wealthy in this world: 73. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.74) cūrṇapatre tvayā vāsaḥ sadā kāryo daridra bhoḥ .. tāṃbūlasya tu parṇāgre bhāryayā mama vākyataḥ .. 74 .. > 'O Daridra, you must always reside in the vessel of lime, / and by my word, your wife \[must dwell\] at the tip of the betel leaf. 74. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.75) parṇānāṃ caiva vṛṃteṣu sarveṣu tvatsutena ca .. rātrau khadirasāre ca tvaṃ tābhyāṃ sarvadā vasa .. 75 .. > Your son must dwell on the stalks of all the leaves; / and at night you, along with the two of them, must always reside in the catechu. 75. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.76) dhanināṃ chidrakṛtproktametatsthānacatuṣṭayam .. pārthivānāṃ viśeṣeṇa mama vākyā dvraja drutam .. 76 .. > This group of four places is declared to cause vulnerability to the wealthy, / especially to kings; go swiftly at my command.' 76. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.77) .. nārada uvāca .. .. etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭo'smi narādhipa .. 77 .. > Nārada said: / 'All this has been related to you, as I was asked, O lord of men. 77. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.78) tāṃbūlotthāni chidrāṇi yathā syurdhanināmiha .. tāni sarvāṇi cīrṇāni tvayā rājannajānatā .. tena vai vibhavocchittiḥ saṃjātā sahasā nṛpa .. 78 .. > The vulnerabilities arising from betel that befall the wealthy here— / all of those have been committed by you without knowing, O King; / therefore indeed your wealth was suddenly destroyed, O King.' 78. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.79) .. rājovāca .. .. tadarthamapi me brūhi prāyaścittaṃ munīśvara .. kadācidbhakṣaṇaṃ me syāttāṃbūlasya tathāvidham .. 79 .. > The king said: / For that reason also, tell me the expiation, O lord among sages, / should I ever eat betel in such an \[improper\] manner, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.80) yena sañjāyate śuddhiḥ kutāṃbūlasamudbhavā .. 6.210.80 .. > by which purification arises from bad betel. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.81) .. viśvā mitra uvāca .. .. śṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi prāyaścittaṃ tu yaccaret .. āśvāsanena śuddhyarthaṃ kutāṃbūlasya bhakṣaṇāt .. 81 .. > Viśvāmitra said: / Listen, O king, I will tell the expiation that one should perform / for the sake of purification and reassurance after the eating of bad betel. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.82) parvakālaṃ samuddiśya samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. ānayedbrāhmaṇaṃ rājanvedavedāṃgapāragam .. 82 .. > Focusing upon an auspicious occasion and full of proper faith, / one should bring a brahmin, O king, who has mastered the Vedas and Vedāṅgas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.83) prakṣālya caraṇau tasya vāsasī paridhāpayet .. saṃpūjya gaṃdhapuṣpādyaistataḥ patraṃ hiraṇmayam .. svaśaktyā kārayitvā'tha cūrṇe muktāphalaṃ nyaset .. 83 .. > Having washed his feet, one should clothe him in two garments; / having worshipped him with fragrant pastes, flowers, and the like, then having had a gold leaf made / according to one's means, one should place a pearl on the lime, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.84) pūgīphalaṃ ca vaiḍūryaṃ khadiraṃ rūpyameva ca .. mantreṇānena viprāya tathaiva ca samarpayet .. 84 .. > and lapis lazuli for the areca nut, and silver indeed for the catechu; / and by this mantra one should offer it likewise to the brahmin: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.85) yanmayā bhakṣitaṃ pūrvaṃ vṛntaṃ patrasamudbhavam.. cūrṇapatraṃ tathaivānyadrātrau khadirameva ca .. 85 .. > "Whatever stalk belonging to a leaf was eaten by me before, / or a leaf with lime, or likewise other catechu at night— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.86) tasya pāpasya śuddhyarthaṃ tāṃbūlaṃ pratigṛhyatām .. tatastu brāhmaṇo maṃtramevaṃ rājannudāharet .. 86 .. > for the purification of that sin, let this betel be accepted." / Then the brahmin should utter the mantra thus, O king: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.87) yajamānahitārthāya sarvapāpaviśuddhaye .. ajñānājjñānato vāpi kutāṃbūlaṃ prabhakṣitam .. 87 .. > "For the benefit of the patron and for the complete purification of all sins, / whatever bad betel was eaten, through ignorance or even knowingly, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.88) bhakṣayiṣyasi yaccānyatkadācinme prasādanāt .. tasya doṣo na te bhāvī mama vākyādasaṃśayam .. 88 .. > and whatever else you may eat at some time through my favor, / no fault of that shall belong to you, beyond doubt, according to my word." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.89) anena vidhinā dattvā tāṃbūlaṃ śuddhimāpnuyāt .. kutāṃbūlasya doṣeṇa gṛhyate na naro nṛpa .. 89 .. > Having given betel according to this rule, one attains purification; / a man is not seized by the fault of bad betel, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.90) tasmāttvaṃ hi mahārāja vratametatsamācara .. bahu puṇyatamaṃ hyetanmahābhogavivarddhanam .. 6.210.90 .. > Therefore, O great king, perform this rite; / for this is most meritorious and increases great enjoyment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.91) yaḥ prayacchati rājendra vidhinānena bhaktitaḥ .. janmajanmāntare vāpi na tāṃbūlena mucyate .. 91 .. > Whoever gives \[it\] according to this rule with devotion, O lord of kings, / is never deprived of betel, even in another birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.92) tāṃbūlaṃ bhakṣayitvā yo naitaddānaṃ prayacchati .. tāṃbūlavarjitaḥ so'tra bhavejjanmanijanmani .. 92 .. > Whoever, having eaten betel, does not give this gift, / would become devoid of betel here birth after birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.93) tāṃbūlavarjitaṃ yasya mukhaṃ syātpṛthivīpate .. kṛpaṇasya daridrasya tadbilaṃ na hi tanmukham .. 93 .. > The mouth of a wretched, impoverished man that is devoid of betel, / O lord of the earth, is a hole, not a mouth! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.94) tāṃbūlaṃ brāhmaṇendrāya yo dattvā prākprabhakṣayet .. surūpo bhāgyavāndakṣo bhavejjanmanijanmani .. 94 .. > Whoever gives betel to an eminent brahmin before eating \[it himself\], / becomes handsome, fortunate, and capable birth after birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.95) etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ kutāṃbūlasya bhakṣaṇāt .. yatphalaṃ jāyate puṃsāṃ yaddānena mahīpate .. 95 .. > All this has been told to you: what fruit arises for men / from eating bad betel, and what \[arises\] through this gift, O lord of the earth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.96) śaṃkhādityānuṣaṃgeṇa tāṃbūlasya ca bhakṣaṇe .. ye doṣā ye guṇā rājandānaṃ caiva prabhakṣaṇe .. 96 .. > in connection with Śaṅkhāditya, and in the eating of betel, / which faults and which virtues there are, O king, and the gift itself at the time of eating. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.209.210](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209.210) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye tāṃbūlotpatti tāṃbūlamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma daśottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 210 .. .. .. .. > Thus ends the two hundred and tenth chapter, entitled "Description of the Origin of Betel and the Betel-māhātmya", in the Hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmya of the sixth section, the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.209.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [TĀMBŪLAMAÑJARĪ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.pathya.tambulamanjari.4.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.209) · Pramāṇa