[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) › 5.211 # Skandapurana 5.211 Skandapurāṇa 5.211 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.211.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.1) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. śrutaṃ tīrthatrayaṃ puṇyaṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñite .. kṣetre'tra yattvayā proktamasmākaṃ sūtanaṃdana .. 1 .. > The seers said: / The holy triad of sacred fords has been heard in this sacred field / called Hāṭakeśvara, which was described by you to us, O son of Sūta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.2) viśvāmitrīyamāhātmyaṃ śrotumicchāmahe vayam.. sāṃprataṃ tatsamācakṣva paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ .. 2 .. > We wish to hear the māhātmya belonging to Viśvāmitra; / explain that to us now, for our curiosity is immense. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.3) .. sūta uvāca .. .. samudrasyāpi pāro'tra lakṣyate ca kṣiterapi .. tārakāṇāṃ munestasya na guṇānāṃ dvijottamāḥ .. 3 .. > Sūta said: / The other shore of the ocean and of the earth can be discerned here, / as can the stars, O best of the twice-born, but of that sage's virtues, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.4) lakṣyate kenacitpāro gādheḥ putrasya dhīmataḥ .. kṣatriyo'pi dvijatvaṃ yaḥ saṃprāpto dvijasattamāḥ.. .. 4 > the limit cannot be discerned by anyone, of that wise son of Gādhi, / who, though a kṣatriya, attained the status of a brahmin, O best of the twice-born; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.5) aṃtyajatvaṃ gatasyāpi triśaṃkoḥ pṛthivīpateḥ .. yajñabhāgabhujo devāḥ pratyakṣeṇa vinirmitāḥ .. 5 .. > by whom, even when King Triśaṅku had fallen to the state of an outcaste, / the gods were visibly made to partake of sacrificial shares; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.6) brahmaṇaḥ spardhayā yena purā sṛṣṭirdvijottamāḥ .. prārabdhā ca tato devaiḥ praṇipatya nivāritaḥ .. 6 .. > by whom, in rivalry with Brahmā of old, O best of the twice-born, a creation / was commenced, and then he was dissuaded by the gods who bowed down \[to him\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.7) tasya tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ sāprataṃ vadato mama .. śrūyatāṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ sarvapātakanāśa nam .. 7 .. > Let the māhātmya of his sacred ford, which destroys all sins, / be heard from me as I speak \[of it\] now, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.8) tena tatra kṛtaṃ kuṇḍaṃ svahastena mahātmanā .. śastraṃ vināpi bhūpṛṣṭhaṃ pravidārya samaṃtataḥ .. 8 .. > By him, that noble soul, a pool was made there with his own hand, / tearing open the earth's surface on all sides even without a weapon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.9) tatra dhyātvā samānītā pātālājjāhnavī nadī .. martyaloke samāyātaṃ yasyāstoyaṃ sunirmalam .. 9 .. > There, having meditated, the river Jāhnavī was brought from Pātāla, / whose very pure water came forth into the mortal world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.10) susvādu ca tathā snānātsarvapātakanāśanam .. tenāpi sthāpitastatra bhāskaro vāritaskaraḥ .. 6.212.10 .. > and very sweet, destroying all sins through ritual ablution. / By him too the Sun, the remover of darkness, was established there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.11) yaḥ saptamyāṃ sūryavāre snātvā tasya hṛde śubhe .. māghamāse site pakṣe namasyati divākaram .. sa kuṣṭhairmucyate sarvaistathā pāpairdvijo ttamāḥ .. 11 .. > Whoever, having bathed in his auspicious pool on a Sunday that is a seventh lunar day / in the bright fortnight of the month of Māgha, bows to the Sun, / is freed from all leprosy as well as sins, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.12) paścimottaradigbhāge tasyāsti jalasaṃbhavā .. dhanvaṃtarikṛtā vāpī sarvarogavināśinī .. 12 .. > In the northwestern quarter from it, there is a step-well produced from water, / constructed by Dhanvantari, which destroys all diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.13) tatra pūrvaṃ tapastepe dhanvaṃ tarirudāradhīḥ .. vavande tapasā yukto dhyāyamānaḥ samāhitaḥ .. 13 .. > There previously Dhanvantari of noble intellect performed austerity; / endowed with austerity, meditating and composed, he offered praise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.14) tataḥ kālena mahatā saṃtuṣṭastasya bhāskaraḥ .. uvāca varado'smīti prārthayasva mahāmate .. 14 .. > Then after a long time the Sun, pleased with him, / said: “I am a giver of boons; ask \[a boon\], O noble-minded one.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.15) .. dhanvaṃtariruvāca .. .. atra kuṇḍe naro bhaktyā yaḥ snānaṃ kurute vibho .. tasya syātsarvarogāṇāṃ saṃkṣayaḥ surasattama .. 15 .. > Dhanvantari said: / “The person who with devotion performs ritual ablution in this pool, O lord, / for him may there be the destruction of all diseases, O best of gods.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.16) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. adya śaste dine yo'tra saptamyāṃ ravivāsare .. sūryodaye naraḥ snānaṃ kariṣyati samāhitaḥ .. vyādhigrastaḥ sa nīrogastatkṣaṇātsaṃbhaviṣyati .. 16 .. > The Blessed Lord said: / “Whoever today, on this auspicious day, on a Sunday that is a seventh lunar day, / performs ritual ablution with a concentrated mind at sunrise, / even if afflicted with disease, he shall immediately become free from disease. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.17) nīrogaścepsitānkāmānniṣkāmo mokṣameṣyati .1 17 .. > And being free from disease, \[if full of desire\] he will attain desired desires; if free from desire, he will attain liberation.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.18) evamuktvā suraśre ṣṭhoṃ'tardhānaṃ sa gato raviḥ .. dhanvantariḥ prahṛṣṭātmā svasthānaṃ ca gatastataḥ .. 18 .. > Having spoken thus, the Sun, the best of the gods, vanished; / and then Dhanvantari, joyful in mind, went to his own abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.19) kasyacittvatha kālasya ratnākṣo'tha mahīpatiḥ .. ayodhyādhi patiḥ khyātaḥ sūryavaṃśasamudbhavaḥ .. 19 .. > Now after some time, a king named Ratnākṣa, / the celebrated ruler of Ayodhyā born in the Solar race, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.20) kṛtajñaśca vadānyaśca svadāranirataḥ sadā .. śūraḥ paramatejasvī sarvaśatruniṣūdanaḥ .. 6.212.20 .. > grateful, generous, constantly devoted to his own wife, / brave, supremely splendid, the slayer of all enemies, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.21) pūrvakarmavipākena tasya bhūmipaterdvijāḥ .. kuṣṭhavyādhirabhūdraudro duścikitsyo jagattraye ..21.. > through the ripening of previous karma, O brahmins, / contracted the terrible disease of leprosy, incurable in the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.22) tadasti nauṣadhaṃ loke yattena na kṛtaṃ dvijāḥ .. kuṣṭhagrastena vā dānaṃ yatra dattaṃ mahātmanā .. 22 .. > There was no medicine in the world, O brahmins, that was not used by him, / nor any gift that was not given there by that noble-minded man afflicted with leprosy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.23) yathāyathauṣadhānyeva sa karoti dadāti ca .. tathātathā tasya kāyo vyādhinā kṣāmito bhṛśam .. 23 .. > In whatever manner he took medicines and gave gifts, / in that very manner his body was utterly emaciated by the disease. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.24) tato vairāgyamāpannaḥ sa nṛpo dvijasattamāḥ .. putraṃ rājye'tha saṃsthāpya vāṃchayāmāsa pāvakam .. niṣiddho'pi hi taiḥ sarvaiḥ kalatrairāptasevakaiḥ .. 24 .. > Then, having attained detachment, O best of brahmins, / that king installed his son on the throne and desired to enter the fire, / although he was forbidden by all of them—his wives and trusted servants. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.25) dattvā dānāni viprebhyaḥ pūjayitvā surottamān .. saṃbhāṣya ca suhṛdvargaṃ śāsayitvā nijaṃ sutam .. 25 .. > Having given gifts to brahmins, having worshipped the best of gods, / having spoken to the circle of his friends, and having instructed his own son, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.26) etasminneva kāle tu bhramamāṇe yadṛcchayā .. kaścitkārpaṭikaḥ prāpto divyarūpavapurdharaḥ .. 26 .. > at that very time, while wandering at will, / a certain pilgrim arrived, endowed with a divine form and body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.27) athāsau vyākulaṃ dṛṣṭvā tatsarvaṃ nṛpateḥ puram .. apṛcchadvismayāviṣṭo dṛṣṭvā kañcinnaraṃ dvijāḥ .. 27 .. .. > Then, seeing that whole city of the king agitated, / he, filled with astonishment upon seeing a certain man, asked, O brahmins: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.28) .. kārpaṭika uvāca .. .. kimeṣā vyākulā bhadre sarvā jātā mahāpurī .. nirānandā'śrupūrṇākṣairbālavṛddhairniṣevitā .. 28 .. > The pilgrim said: / “Why has this entire great city become agitated, O good man, / devoid of joy, filled with children and elders whose eyes are full of tears?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.29) so'bravīnnṛpatiścāyaṃ kuṣṭhavyādhisamanvitaḥ .. sādhayiṣyati sandīptaṃ sunirviṇṇo hutāśanam .. 29 .. > He said: “This king, afflicted with the disease of leprosy, / deeply despondent, is about to enter the blazing fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.30) teneyaṃ nagarī kṛtsnā paraṃ duḥkhamupāgatā .. guṇairasya samāviṣṭā nūnaṃ mṛtyuṃ prayāsyati .. 6.212.30 .. > Because of that, this entire city has reached supreme sorrow; / deeply attached to his virtues, it will surely go to death.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.31) tacchrutvā satvaraṃ gatvā nṛpaṃ kārpaṭiko'bravīt .. 31 .. > Having heard that, the pilgrim quickly went and spoke to the king, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.32) sarvaṃ janaṃ narendrasya mṛtaṃ jīvāpayanniva .. mā nṛpānena duḥkhena vyādhijena hutāśanam .. praviśa tvaṃ sthite tīrthe sarvavyādhikṣayāvahe .. 32 .. > as if reviving all the dead people of the lord of men: / “O king, because of this sorrow born of disease, do not / enter the fire, when there exists a sacred ford that brings about the destruction of all diseases! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.33) madīyo bhūpate deha īdṛgāsīdyathā tava .. tatra snātasya sadyo'tha jāta īdṛkpunaḥ prabho .. 33 .. > O king, my body was like yours; / having bathed there, it immediately became like this again, O lord! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.34) saptamyāṃ sūryavāreṇa bhāskarasyodayaṃ prati .. yastatra kurute snānaṃ vyādhigrasto naro bhuvi ..34.. > Whoever performs ritual ablution there on a Sunday that is a seventh lunar day / at the rising of the Sun, though afflicted with disease on earth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.35) sa vyādhinā vini rmuktastatkṣaṇātkalpatāṃ vrajet.. tathā pāpavinirmukto yathāhaṃ nṛpasattama ..35.. > he, freed from disease, would instantly become whole; / likewise he is freed from sins, just as I am, O best of kings.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.36) .. rājovāca .. .. kasmindeśe mahātīrthaṃ tādṛśaṃ vada me drutam .. .. 36 .. > The king said: / “In which country is such a great sacred ford? Tell me quickly!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.37) .. kārpaṭikauvāca .. .. asti bhūmitale khyātaṃ nāgaraṃ kṣetramuttamam .. kuṣṭhavyādhisamākrāṃto gato'haṃ tatra bhūpate .. 37 .. > The pilgrim said: / “On the surface of the earth there is the famous, excellent Nāgara sacred field. / Overcome by the disease of leprosy, I went there, O king, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.38) tasya sandarśanārthāya tīrthayātrāparāyaṇaḥ .. tatra māṃ dīnamālokya vyādhigrastaṃ suduḥkhitam.. kaścittatrāśrayaḥ prāha tapasvī kṛpayānvitaḥ .. 38 .. > in order to see it, being intent on a pilgrimage to sacred fords. / Seeing me there, wretched, afflicted by disease, and deeply sorrowful, / an ascetic who was a resident there said out of compassion: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.39) paścimottaradigbhāge devasya jalaśāyinaḥ .. tīrthamasti mahāpuṇyaṃ viśvāmitrajalāvaham..39.. > ‘In the northwestern quarter from the god who reclines on the waters, / there is a greatly sacred ford bearing the waters of Viśvāmitra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.40) tatra gatvā kuru snānaṃ saptamyāṃ ravivāsare .. māghamāse tu saṃprāpte śuklapakṣe viśeṣataḥ .. 6.212.40 .. > Having gone there, perform ritual ablution on a Sunday that is a seventh lunar day, / especially when the bright fortnight of the month of Māgha has arrived, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.41) yena niryāti te kuṣṭho bhāskarasyodayaṃ prati .. tacchrutvā'haṃ ca tatprāptaḥ saptamyāṃ sūryasaṃyuji .. tataśca kṛtavānsnānaṃ nirjhare tatra śāṃbhave ..41.. > whereby your leprosy will depart at the rising of the Sun.’ / Having heard that, I also reached that \[place\] on a seventh lunar day connected with a Sunday, / and then performed ritual ablution there in the cascade sacred to Śambhu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.42) tatastasmādviniṣkrāṃto yāvatpaśyāmyahaṃ tanum.. tāvannṛpedṛśī jātā satyametattavoditam ..42.. > Then, having emerged from it, as soon as I looked at my body, / so soon it became like this, O king; this which is told to you is true. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.43) tasmāttvamapi rājeṃdra tatra snānaṃ samācara .. saptamyāṃ sūryavāreṇa bhāskarasyodayaṃ prati ..43.. > Therefore, O king of kings, you too perform ritual ablution there / on a Sunday that is a seventh lunar day at the rising of the Sun, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.44) yena te naśyati vyādhirviśeṣamapi pātakam .. tacchrutvā sa nṛpastūrṇaṃ tenaiva sahito yayau .. 44 .. > whereby your disease will be destroyed, and even your great sin.” / Having heard that, the king quickly went along with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.45) cakāra sa tathā snānaṃ saptamyāṃ sūryavāsare .. māghamāse tu saṃprāpte viśvāmitrajale śubhe .. 45 .. > He performed ritual ablution thus on a Sunday that is a seventh lunar day, / when the month of Māgha had arrived, in the auspicious water of Viśvāmitra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.46) tataḥ kuṣṭhavinirmuktastatkṣaṇātsamapadyata .. divyarūpavapurddhārī kāmadeva ivāparaḥ .. 46 .. > Then he immediately became freed from leprosy, / possessing a divine form and body, like a second Kāmadeva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.47) atha tuṣṭo nareṃdrastu tasmai kārpaṭikāya ca .. dadau koṭitrayaṃ hemnaḥ provāca sa tato vacaḥ .. 47.. > Then the delighted lord of men gave to that pilgrim / thirty million pieces of gold, and then he spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.48) tvatprasādādvimukto'smi rogādasmātsudāruṇāt .. tasmāttvaṃ gaccha gehaṃ svaṃ sthāsye'haṃ cātra nirbharam .. 48 .. > “By your grace I am freed from this very terrible disease; / therefore, you go to your own home, and I will stay right here with complete peace of mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.49) kariṣyāmi tapo nityaṃ svakalatrasama nvitaḥ .. rājye saṃsthāpitaḥ putraḥ samartho rājyakarmaṇi .. 49 .. > I will constantly perform austerity together with my wife; / my son, capable in the duties of kingship, has been installed on the throne.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.50) ityuktvā prerayāmāsa taṃ tathānyānsamāgatān .. sevakāsvagṛhāyaiva svayaṃ tatraiva saṃsthitaḥ .. 6.212.50 .. > Having spoken thus, he sent him and the other servants who had come / back to their own homes, while he himself remained right there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.51) kṛtvā''śramapadaṃ ramyaṃ svakalatrasamanvitaḥ .. saṃprāptaśca parāṃ siddhiṃ kālena dvijasattamāḥ .. 51 .. > Having made a delightful hermitage together with his wife, / he attained supreme perfection in time, O best of the twice-born. (51) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.52) tasya nāmnā tataḥ khyātaṃ tīrtha metattriviṣṭape .. sarvavyādhiharaṃ ramyaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam ..52.. > From his name, this sacred ford then became famed in heaven, / removing all diseases, delightful, and destroying all heinous sins. (52) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.53) tena saṃsthāpitastatra devadevo divākaraḥ .. ratnāditya iti khyāto nijanāmnā mahā tmanā .. 53 .. > There the god of gods, the Sun, was installed by that great-souled one / under his own name, known as Ratnāditya. (53) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.54) saptamyāṃ sūryavāreṇa tatra snātvā prapaśyati .. yastu pāpavinirmuktaḥ sūryalokaṃ sa gacchati .. 54 .. > Whosoever, having bathed there on a Sunday which is a seventh lunar day, beholds \[him\], / is freed from sin and goes to the realm of the Sun. (54) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.55) yadanyattatra saṃvṛttaṃ kṣetrajātaṃ dvijo ttamāḥ .. tadahaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi śṛṇudhvaṃ susamāhitāḥ .. 55 .. > What else happened there, arisen in that sacred field, O best of the twice-born, / that I shall recount; listen with concentrated minds. (55) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.56) āsīttatra pumānkaściddeśe grāmyo jarātmakaḥ .. kuṣṭhī tathāpi nityaṃ sa karoti paśu rakṣaṇam ..56.. > There lived a certain rustic man in that region, afflicted with old age; / he was a leper, yet he continually herded cattle. (56) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.57) ekadā rakṣatastasya paśūṃstatra gireradhaḥ .. ekaḥ paśurviniṣkrāṃtaḥ satpathāttṛṇalobhataḥ ..57.. > Once, while he was tending cattle below the mountain there, / one beast strayed from the right path out of greed for grass. (57) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.58) saptamyāṃ ravivāreṇa patitastasya nirjhare .. na ca saṃlakṣitastena gacchamānaḥ kathaṃcana .. 58 .. > On a Sunday which was a seventh lunar day, it fell into his mountain stream; / and it was not noticed by him at all as it went. (58) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.59) atha yāvadgṛhe so'tha bhojanāthaṃ samudyataḥ .. tāvattasya paśoḥ svāmī bhartsayansamupāgataḥ ..59.. > Now, just as he was at home preparing to take his meal, / the owner of that beast arrived, scolding him: (59) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.60) nāyātaḥ sa paśuḥ kasmānmadīyo māmake gṛhe .. tasmādānaya taṃ śīghraṃ no cetprāṇānharāmi te .. 6.212.60 .. > “Why has that beast of mine not returned to my house? / Therefore bring it back at once, or else I will take your life!” (60) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.61) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tacchrutvā bhaya saṃtrastaḥ sa kuṣṭhī satvaraṃ yayau .. tena mārgeṇa yenaiva divā bhrāṃto mahītale .. 61 .. > Sūta said: / Hearing that, terrified with fear, the leper went quickly / along the very path by which he had wandered on the ground by day. (61) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.62) atha dūrātsa śuśrāva tasya rāvaṃ paśostadā .. patitasya mahāgarte niśāṃte tamasi sthite ..62.. > Then from afar he heard the cry of that beast / fallen into a deep pit, as the night was ending and darkness still lingered. (62) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.63) tato gatvā'tha taṃ gartaṃ praviśya jalamadhyataḥ .. cakarṣa taṃ paśuṃ kṛcchrātpaṃkamadhyātsudāruṇāt .. samādāyātha taṃ harmyaṃ prajagāma śanaiḥśanaiḥ .. 63 .. > Then, going to that pit and entering into the water, / he dragged out that beast with difficulty from the terrible mire; / and taking it, he went slowly toward the dwelling. (63) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.64) arpayitvātha taṃ tasya svakīyaṃ tvāśramaṃ gataḥ .. 64 .. > Having handed it over to him, he went back to his own hermitage. (64) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.65) tataḥ supto mahābhāgāḥ sa prabuddhaḥ punaryadā .. prabhāte vīkṣate gātraṃ yāvatkuṣṭhavivarjitam .. 65 .. > Then he slept, O fortunate ones; and when he awoke again / at dawn, he beheld his body completely free from leprosy, (65) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.66) śobhayā parayā yuktaṃ vismayotphullalocanaḥ .. ciṃtayāmāsa kiṃ hyetadakasmādrogasaṃkṣayaḥ .. 66 .. > endowed with supreme beauty; his eyes wide with astonishment, / he pondered: “What indeed is this sudden destruction of disease? (66) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.67) nūnaṃ tasya prabhāvo'yaṃ tīrthasyādya niśāgame .. mayāvagāhitaṃ yacca paśorarthaṃ sukarddamam .. 67 .. > Surely this is the power of that sacred ford at nightfall today, / where I plunged into the deep mud for the sake of the beast.” (67) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.68) tataśca vīkṣayāmāsa tena gatvā sukautukāt .. yāvatkaṃḍūvinirmuktastejasā parivāritaḥ .. 68 .. > Then he looked at \[the beast\] after going there out of great wonder: / it too was freed from scabies and enveloped with radiance. (68) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.69) tatra sthāne svayaṃ gatvā jñātvā ca tīrthamuttamam .. tapastepe sa tatraiva dhyāyamāno divākaram ..69.. > Having gone there himself and recognized it as an excellent sacred ford, / he performed austerity right there, meditating upon the Sun, (69) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.70) araṇyavāsinaṃ samyagdivārātramataṃdritaḥ .. gataśca paramāṃ siddhiṃ durlabhāṃ tridaśairapi .. 6.212.70 .. > dwelling properly in the forest, unwearied day and night; / and he attained supreme perfection, difficult to reach even for the thirty \[gods\]. (70) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.71) tasmātsarvaprayatnena tatra snānaṃ samācaret .. 71 .. > Therefore, with every effort, one should perform a ritual ablution there. (71) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.72) pūjayeccāpi taṃ devaṃ bhāskaraṃ vāritaskaram .. adyāpi kalikāle'pi tatra snāto naraḥ śuciḥ .. 72 .. > And one should worship that god, the Sun, who draws up the water. / Even today, even in the Kali age, a man who has bathed there becomes pure. (72) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.73) tatra puṇyajale kuṇḍe saptamyāṃ sūryavāsare .. yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā so'pi pāpaiḥ pramucyate ..73.. > Whoever worships him with devotion in that reservoir of sacred water / on a Sunday which is a seventh lunar day, he too is freed from sins. (73) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.74) gāyatryaṣṭasahasraṃ yo japettatpurataḥ sthitaḥ .. so'pi rogavinirmukto mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 74 .. > Whoever, standing before him, recites eight thousand Gāyatrī \[mantras\], / he too, freed from disease, is liberated from all heinous sins. (74) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.785](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.785) tasyoddeśena yo dadyāddhenuṃ śraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. na tasyānvayajāto'pi vyādhinā parigṛhyate .. 785 .. > Whoever with faith gives a cow dedicated to him, / not even a person born in his family line is seized by disease. (75) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.785\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.785_1) etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ mayādityasya saṃbhavam .. māhātmyaṃ śravaṇādyasya naraḥ pāpādvimucyate .. 76 .. > All this about the origin of the Sun \[shrine\] has been told to you by me, / the māhātmya from the hearing of which a person is liberated from sin. (76) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.211.785\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211.785_2) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetra māhātmye ratnādityamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvādaśottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 212 .. .. > Thus ends the two hundred and twelfth chapter, entitled 'The Description of the Ratnāditya Māhātmya,' in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\], in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. (212) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.211.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.211) · Pramāṇa