[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) › 5.212 # Skandapurana 5.212 Skandapurāṇa 5.212 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.212.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. ratnādityasya māhātmyametadvaḥ parikīrtitam .. sarvakuṣṭhaharaṃ yacca sarvapātakanāśanam .. bhūyastathaiva māhātmyaṃ mahadvai śrūyatāṃ raveḥ .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / This māhātmya of Ratnāditya, which removes all leprosy / and destroys all heinous sins, has been proclaimed to you. / Now hear likewise another great māhātmya of the Sun. (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.1\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.1_1) purāsīdbrāhmaṇaḥ kaścitkuṣṭhavyādhisamākulaḥ .1 > Formerly there was a certain brahmin afflicted with the disease of leprosy. (1b) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.2) tena cārādhitaḥ sūryastatrasthena dvijottamāḥ .. 2 .. > Staying there, O best of the twice-born, the Sun was worshipped by him. (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.3) pūrvadakṣiṇadigbhāge samāsādya tataḥ param .. rakta candanajāṃ kṛtvā pratimāṃ bhāvitātmanā .. 3 .. > Having reached the south-eastern region after that, / with a purified soul he fashioned an image made of red sandalwood. (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.4) tato varṣasahasrāṃte tuṣṭastasya divākaraḥ .. varado'smīti taṃ prāha dṛṣṭigocaramāgataḥ .. 4 .. .. > Then, at the end of a thousand years, the Sun, being pleased, / appeared within his sight and said to him, “I am a giver of boons.” (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.5) .. brāhmaṇa uvāca .. .. yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva kuṣṭhavyādhiṃ hara prabho .. nānyena kāraṇaṃ me'sti rājyenāpi triviṣṭape .. 5 .. > The brahmin said: / “If you are pleased with me, O god, take away the disease of leprosy, O Lord! / I have no need of anything else, nor even of kingdom in heaven.” (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.6) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. saptamyāṃ sūryavāreṇa kuru vipra pradakṣiṇām .. śatamaṣṭottaraṃ yāvatsnātvā puṇyahrade śubhe .. phalahastaḥ pṛthaktvena tataḥ kuṣṭhena mucyase ..6.. > The Holy One said: / “On a Sunday which is a seventh lunar day, O brahmin, circumambulate \[me\] / a hundred and eight times, having bathed in the auspicious holy pool, / with a fruit in your hand for each one; then you shall be freed from leprosy. (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.7) anyo'tra gāṃ gato yo'pi vratametatkariṣyati .. sarvarogavinirmukto mama lokaṃ sa gacchati .. 7 .. > Whosoever else on earth shall perform this observance / shall be freed from all diseases and go to my realm.” (7) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.8) .. śrīsūrya uvāca .. .. tacchrutvā sa tathā cakre brāhmaṇaḥ śraddhayā'nvitaḥ .. vimuktaśca tadā kuṣṭhāddivyadehamavāptavān .. 8 .. > Sūta said: / Hearing that, the brahmin acted accordingly with faith; / and then he was freed from leprosy and attained a divine body. (8) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.9) atha bhūyo'pi taṃ prāha nīrogaṃ bhagavānraviḥ .. kiṃ te priyaṃ karomyanyadvada brāhmaṇasattama .. 9 .. > Then the blessed Sun said once more to him who was freed from disease: / “What other pleasing thing may I do for you? Speak, O best of brahmins.” (9) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.10) so'bravītsarvadaivātra sthātavyaṃ bhagavanvibho .. 6.213.10 .. > He said: “O blessed Lord, you must always abide here.” (10) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.11) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. ataḥ paraṃ mamāvāsaḥ sthāne'tra ca bhaviṣyati .. nāmnā kuharavāsākhyā saṃjñā mama bhaviṣyati .. 11 .. > The Holy One said: / “Henceforth my abode shall be in this place, / and my name will be known as Kuharavāsin.” (11) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.12) kasyacittvatha kālasya viṣṇuputro babhūva ha .. sāṃbonāma surūpāḍhyo jāṃbavatyāṃ dvijottamāḥ .. 12 .. > Now after some time a son was born to Viṣṇu / named Sāmba, richly endowed with beauty, from Jāmbavatī, O best of the twice-born. (12) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.12\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.12_2) kṣobhasaṃjananaḥ strīṇāṃ mātṝṇāmapi sa dvijāḥ .1 > He caused agitation even among women who were like mothers, O twice-born. (13a) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.13) atha taṃ rājamārgeṇa gacchaṃtaṃ yadusattamam .. 13 .. > Now, as that best of the Yadus was walking along the royal highway, (13b) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.14) puranāryo'pi saṃtuṣṭā vīkṣāṃcakruḥ sukautukāt .. gṛhakāryāṇi saṃtyajya samārūḍhā gavākṣakān .. 14 .. > the city women also, delighted, watched him with great curiosity; / abandoning their household chores, they climbed up onto the lattice-windows, (14) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.15) tasya kāmātmadehasya darśanārthaṃ samutsukāḥ .. kāścidardhānuliptāṃgyaḥ kāścidekāṃjitekṣaṇāḥ .. 15 > eager to catch sight of him whose body was like Love incarnate— / some with their limbs only half-anointed, some with only one eye painted with collyrium. (15) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.16) ardhasaṃyamitaiḥ keśaistathānyāstyaktabālakāḥ.. ekasmiṃścaraṇe kāścinniyojyopānahaṃ drutāḥ . 16 .. > with hair only half bound up, and others leaving their children behind; / some, slipping a sandal on one foot, ran swiftly, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.17) pādukāṃ ca dvitīye tu paryadhāvannitaṃbinīḥ .. vrajaṃtīṣu tathānyāsu vanitāsu gavākṣakān .. 17 .. > and the broad-hipped women ran about with a shoe on the second. / And while the other women were rushing to the latticed windows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.18) vyākrośaṃti krudhāviṣṭāḥ śiśavo guravastathā .. nīvībandhanaviśleṣasamākulitacetasaḥ .. 18 .. > children and elders, overcome with anger, shouted loudly after them. / Their minds perturbed by the loosening of their skirt-knots, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.19) yayurevāparāḥ sveṣu gavākṣeṣu varāṃganāḥ .. sa cakarṣa tadā tāsāṃ patitairnetraraśmibhiḥ .. 19 .. > the noble women went straight to their own windows. / Then, with the rays of their falling glances, that youth resembling Kāmadeva > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.20) hṛdayāni dharāpṛṣṭhe kāmadevasamo yuvā .. kāciddṛṣṭvaiva tadrūpaṃ tasya sāṃbasya kāminī .. 6.213.20 .. > drew their hearts down onto the surface of the earth. / A certain lovestruck woman, merely upon seeing that form of Sāmba, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.22) niścalā kāmataptāṃgī likhiteva vibhābyate .. kācidagnisamānmuktvā niśvāsānkāmapīḍitā .. 21 .. ekāstaṃ ca samālokya rūpayauvanasaṃyutam .. gavākṣātprapataṃti sma niśceṣṭā dharaṇītale .. 22 .. > stood motionless, her limbs burning with passion, appearing as if painted. / Another, afflicted with passion, let out sighs hot as fire; / and one, beholding him endowed with beauty and youth, / fell senseless from the window down onto the surface of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.23) anyāḥ parasparālāpa prakurvaṃti varastriyaḥ .. ekā sā kāminī dhanyā yāsya cakrevagūhanam .. 23 > Other noble women conversed with one another: / “Blessed is that one loving woman who embraces him > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.24) niḥśeṣāṃ rajanīṃ prāpya māghamāsasamudbhavām .. āstāṃ tāvatstriyo yāśca narā api nirargalam .. 24 .. > throughout the entire night in the month of Māgha!” / Let the women be: even men, unrestrained, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.25) jalpaṃti cedṛśaṃ sarvaṃ tasya rūpeṇa vismitāḥ .. atraye vadanti sevāma enamarthena varjitāḥ .. 25 .. > spoke in such a manner, astonished by his beauty. / In this matter they said: “Let us serve him without taking any wealth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.26) vīkṣyāmo vadanaṃ yena nityameveṃdusaṃnibham .. karṇābhyāṃ vāritā vṛddhirnetrayorapyasaṃśayam .. no cejjānīmahe naiva kiyatī saṃ bhaviṣyati .. 26 .. > so that we may constantly behold his face resembling the moon! / Undoubtedly the growth of his eyes was halted by his ears; / otherwise, we do not know how immense it would become.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.27) evaṃ saṃvīkṣyamāṇastu kāminībhirnaraistathā .. niryayau rājamārgeṇa pitṛdarśanalālasaḥ .. 27 .. > Thus being gazed upon by passionate women and by men alike, / he went out along the royal highway, eager to see his father. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.28) bhaginyo mātaro yāśca bhrātṛpatnyaśca yāḥ sthitāḥ .. avasthāmīdṛśīṃ prāptā brāhmaṇānāmapi striyaḥ .. mātaro'pi ca yāstasya bhaginyaśca viśeṣataḥ .. .. 28 .. > Sisters, mothers, and those who were brothers' wives— / even the wives of brahmins fell into such a state; / and especially his own mothers and his sisters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.29) anyasminnahani prāpte prāvṛṭkāle niśāgame .. kṛṣṇapakṣe tamobhūte alakṣye'pi gate puraḥ .. 29 .. > When another day arrived during the rainy season, at the onset of night, / in the dark fortnight, shrouded in darkness so that nothing before them could be seen, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.30) tanmātā nandinīnāma kāmadevaśarārditā .. tatpatnyā veṣamādhāya tacchayyāyāmupasthitā .. 6.213.30 .. > his mother named Nandinī, afflicted by the arrows of Kāmadeva, / assumed the guise of his wife and approached his bed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.31) so'pi tāṃ dayitāṃ jñātvā sevayāmāsa kāminīm .. ratopacārairvividhairaśraddheyavinirmitaiḥ .. 31 .. > He too, thinking her to be his beloved, made love to that passionate woman / with diverse acts of lovemaking of an incredible nature. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.32) tayā tatra yaduśreṣṭho vikalpamakarottadā .. aṃgarājasutā yā me prāṇebhyo'pi garīyasī .. .. 32 .. > There the best of the Yadus became suspicious concerning her: / “She who is the daughter of the king of Aṅga, dearer to me than my very life, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.33) naivaṃvidhaṃ rataṃ veda anayā yadvinirmitam .. veśyā api na jānaṃti ratamīdṛkkathañcana .. 33 .. > does not know such lovemaking as has been performed by this woman! / Even courtesans do not know of such lovemaking by any means.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.34) tato gāḍhaṃ kare dhṛtvā dīpamānīya tatkṣaṇāt .. yāvatpaśyati sā mātā nandinīti ca yā smṛtā .. 34 .. > Then, seizing her firmly by the hand, he immediately brought a lamp. / As soon as he looked, she was that mother known as Nandinī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.35) tataśca garhayāmāsa rape kimidaṃ kṛtam .. garhitaṃ sarvalokānāṃ nara kārtipradaṃ tathā .. 35 .. > And then he reproached her: “Alas! What is this that has been done? / It is despised by all the world and brings the torment of hell! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.36) sāpi lajjāsamopetā mahābhayasamākulā .. praṇaṣṭā tatkṣaṇādeva bhayena mahatā'nvinā .. 36 .. > She too, overcome with shame and confounded by great dread, / vanished that very instant, possessed by overwhelming fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.37) sāṃbo'pi pralapannārto nidrāṃ lebhe na vai dvijāḥ .. rātriśeṣamabhūttasya tadā varṣaśatopamam .. 37 .. > Sāmba too, wailing and distressed, found no sleep at all, O twice-born; / the remainder of the night seemed to him then like a hundred years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.38) atha rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ prodgate ravimaṇḍale .. duḥkhena mahatā yuktaḥ protthitaḥ sa hareḥ sutaḥ .. 38 .. > Then, when the night had passed and the orb of the sun had arisen, / that son of Hari arose, filled with great sorrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.39) āvaśyakamapi tyaktvā kaṃcidbrāhmaṇasattamam .. dharmaśāstravidhānajñaṃ samānīyātha cābravīt .. 39 .. > Setting aside even his daily duties, he brought a certain excellent brahmin / who knew the ordinances of the Dharmaśāstras, and said to him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.40) rahasye vinayopetaḥ kṛtāṃjalipuṭaḥ sthitaḥ .. .. sāṃba uvāca .. .. mātrā svasrā duhitrā vā svayaṃ syādyadi mohanam .. 6.213.40 .. > Standing in secret, full of humility, with folded hands: / Sāmba said: / “If infatuation should happen to occur with one's mother, sister, or daughter, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.41) kathaṃ śuddhirbhavettasya paramārthena me vada .. dharmaśāstrāṇi saṃvīkṣya sarvāṇi ca yathākramam .. 41 .. > tell me truly, how can his purification be attained? / Having examined all the Dharmaśāstras in their proper order, \[tell me\].” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.42) .. brāhmaṇa uvāca .. .. paranāryāḥ kṛte vatsa prāyaścittaṃ vinirmitam .. dharma droṇeṣu sarveṣu varṇānāṃ ca pṛthagvidham .. 42 .. > The brahmin said: / “My child, an expiation is prescribed for \[the violation of\] another man's wife; / in all the codes of law it is prescribed differently for each of the castes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.43) āsāṃ ca tisṛṇāṃ caiva trayāṇāṃ parikīrtitam .. evamevaṃ vinirdiṣṭaṃ prāyaścittaṃ viśudaye .. 43 .. > And in the case of these three women, it is proclaimed for the three \[higher castes\]; / in this very manner the expiation has been declared for purification. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.44) mātrā mohanamāsādya bhaginyā vātha yādava .. duhitrā vā pramādācca kāryaṃ saṃśodhanaṃ budhaiḥ .. śuddhyarthaṃ tiṃginīmekāṃ nānyajjānāmyahaṃ yataḥ .. 44 .. > If infatuation occurs with a mother, or with a sister, O Yādava, / or through negligence with a daughter, purification must be performed by the wise. / For purification, I know of only the tiṅginī and nothing else. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.45) dharmadroṇeṣu sarveṣu nirṇayo'yamudāhṛtaḥ .. yo mayā tava saṃdiṣṭo nānyosti yadupuṃgava .. 45 .. > In all the codes of law this decision has been pronounced; / that which I have declared to you has no alternative, O bull of the Yadus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.46) anyathā yo vadetpṛṣṭaḥ prāyāścittaṃ svacchanda taḥ .. tasya pāpasya bhāgī syādyathā kartā tathaiva saḥ .. 46 .. > Whoever, being questioned, declares an expiation otherwise out of his own whim, / would become a sharer in that sin, just as the perpetrator himself.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.47) .. sāṃba uvāca .. .. tiṃginyāḥ kiṃ svarūpaṃ ca kiṃ pramāṇaṃ dvijottama .. sarvaṃ vistarato brūhi mamāstyatra prayojanam .. 47 .. > Sāmba said: / “What is the nature of the tiṅginī, and what is its measure, O best of the twice-born? / Tell me everything in detail; I have a need for it here.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.48) .. brāhmaṇa uvāca .. .. govāṭacūrṇamādāya gartāṃ bhṛtvā svamānajām .. śayanaṃ tatra kartavyaṃ yāvadvaktreṇa yādava .. 48 .. > The brahmin said: / “Taking dry cow-dung powder and filling a pit measured to one's own size, / one must lie down in it, O Yādava, up to one's mouth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.49) upariṣṭāttacca cūrṇaṃ dhāryaṃ govāṭasaṃbhavam .. yāvadvaktrapramāṇaṃ ca varjayitvā svamānanam .. 49 .. > Above, that powder made of cow-dung must be applied, / up to the level of the mouth, leaving one's face exposed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.50) tataḥ pādapradeśe tu jvālayeddhavyavāhanam .. yathā śanaiḥ śanairdāhaḥ śarīrasya prajāyate .. 6.213.50 .. > Then one should kindle fire at the region of the feet, / so that burning of the body occurs very gradually. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.51) na caiva cālayedaṃgaṃ kathaṃcittatra saṃsthitaḥ .. naivākraṃdaṃ tathā kuryāddhyāyedekaṃ janārdanam .. 51 .. > Stationed there, one should not move a limb in any way; / nor should one cry out; one should meditate solely on Janārdana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.52) tato jīvitanāśena gātraśuddhiḥ prajāyate .. 52 .. > Then, through the loss of life, purification of the body is achieved. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.53) tiṃginyā yatsvarūpaṃ ca tanmayā parikīrtitam .. prāyaścittamidaṃ samyaṅmahāpātakanāśanam .. 53 .. > The nature of the tiṅginī has thus been described by me. / This is the expiation that completely destroys great sins.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.54) tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya sāṃbo jāṃbavatīsutaḥ .. hṛdaye niścayaṃ kṛtvā tiṃginīsādhakodbhavam .. 54 .. > Hearing his words, Sāmba, the son of Jāmbavatī, / made a resolve in his heart to undertake the tiṅginī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.55) tataḥ provāca vijane vāsudevaṃ ghṛṇānvitaḥ .. tātāhaṃ vipralabdhastu naṃdinyā tava bhāryayā .. 55 .. > Then, filled with self-disgust, he spoke to Vāsudeva in seclusion: / “Father, I was deceived by your wife Nandinī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.56) bhāryāyā rūpamādhāya pāpayā tamasi sthite .. sā mayā nijabhāryeyamiti matvā niṣevitā .. 56 .. > Assuming the form of my wife while it was dark, that sinful woman came; / thinking, ‘This is my own wife,’ she was enjoyed by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.57) tatastu ceṣṭitairjñātvā garhayitvā visarjitā .. tataḥprabhṛti gātre me kuṣṭhavyādhirayaṃ sthitaḥ .. .. 57 .. > Then, recognizing her by her movements, I rebuked and dismissed her. / From that time on, this leprosy has settled upon my body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.58) mayātha dharmaśāstrajñaḥ kaścitpṛṣṭo dvijottamaḥ .. prāyaścittaṃ yathoktaṃ me vada mātṛniṣevaṇāt .. 58 .. > I then questioned an excellent brahmin who knows the Dharmaśāstras: / ‘Tell me the expiation as taught for cohabiting with a mother.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.59) tenoktaṃ sādhanaṃ samyaktiṃginyā mama śuddhaye .. so'haṃ tāṃ sādhayiṣyāmi tasya pāpasya śuddhaye .. 59 .. > By him was declared the proper practice of Tiṅginī for my purification. / I shall undertake that practice to cleanse that sin. // 59 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.60) anujñāṃ dehi me śīghraṃ kāryaṃ yena karomyaham .. kṣaṃtavyaṃ ca mayā bālye yatkiṃcitkukṛtaṃ kṛtam.. 6.213.60 .. > Give me your permission quickly, so that I may perform this duty; / and you must forgive whatever wrongdoing I committed in my childhood. // 60 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.61) mama mātā yathā duḥkhaṃ na kuryāttvaṃ tathā kuru .. 61 .. > Act in such a way that my mother does not grieve. // 61 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.62) tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya vajrapātopamaṃ hariḥ .. bāṣpapūrṇekṣaṇo dīnastataḥ provāca gadgadam .. 62 .. > Hearing his word, which was like the fall of a thunderbolt, Hari, / his eyes filled with tears, dejected, then spoke with a faltering voice: // 62 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.63) na tvayā kāmataḥ putra kṛtyametadanuṣṭhitam .. na jñānena kṛtaṃ yasmāttatsmātsvalpaṃ hi pātakam .. 63 .. > “This act was not performed by you out of lust, O son, / and because it was not done with knowledge, the sin is indeed very small. // 63 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.64) jānatā yatkṛtaṃ pāpaṃ taccaivākṣayatāṃ vrajet .. na karoti mahīpālo yadi tasya vinigraham .. 64 .. > A sin committed knowingly becomes inexhaustible indeed, / if the king does not inflict punishment for it. // 64 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.65) tasmātte kīrtayiṣyāmi prāyaścittaṃ viśuddhaye .. dānaṃ caiva mahābhāga yena kuṣṭhaṃ praṇaśyati .. 65 .. > Therefore, I shall proclaim to you the penance for complete purification, / and also the gift, O fortunate one, by which leprosy is destroyed. // 65 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.66) uktāni pratiṣiddhāni punaḥ saṃbhāvitāni ca .. sāpekṣanirapekṣāṇi munivākyānyaśeṣataḥ .. 66 .. > Enjoined, prohibited, and likewise regarded as suitable, / conditional and unconditional, are the words of the sages without remainder. // 66 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.67) tadatra viṣaye putra mama vākyaṃ samācara .. bhaviṣyati mahacchreya iha loke paratra ca .. 67 .. > Therefore in this matter, O son, follow my word; / great welfare will accrue \[to you\] in this world and the next. // 67 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.68) hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre viśvāmitrapratiṣṭhitaḥ .. mārtaṇḍo'sti suvikhyātaḥ sarvakuṣṭhavināśakaḥ .. 68 .. > In the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara, consecrated by Viśvāmitra, / there is the renowned Sun, the destroyer of all leprosy. // 68 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.69) sūryavāreṇa saptamyāṃ saṃprāpte māsi mādhave .. nakṣatre pitṛdaivatye śuklapakṣe samāgate .. 69 .. > When a Sunday falls on the seventh lunar day in the month of Mādhava, / during the asterism sacred to the ancestors and in the bright fortnight, // 69 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.70) bhāskarasyodaye prāpte śraddhāpūtena cetasā .. śatamaṣṭottaraṃ yāvatkurute ca pradakṣiṇām .. 6.213.70 .. > at the rising of the sun, with a mind purified by faith, / whoever performs one hundred and eight circumambulations, // 70 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.71) phalaiḥ śreṣṭhatamaiścaiva tatpramāṇaiḥ pṛthakpṛthak .. tasya kuṣṭhaṃ viniryāti sadya eva na saṃśayaḥ .. 71 .. > along with the finest fruits individually of that same number, / his leprosy departs immediately, without doubt. // 71 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.72) nīrogaḥ kurute yastu ravestasya pradakṣiṇāḥ .. tāvadyugaṃ pumāneṣa sūryaloke mahīyate .. 72 .. > A healthy man who performs circumambulations of that sun / is honoured in the realm of the Sun for as many yugas. // 72 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.73) sūryavāreṇa yo martyastasya kṛtvā ṇdakṣiṇām .. namaskaroti sadbhaktyā so'pi rogaiḥ pramucyate .. 73 .. > The mortal who, having circumambulated him on a Sunday, / bows down with true devotion, is also released from diseases. // 73 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.74) tasmāttvaṃ hi mahārāja tamārādhaya bhāskaram .. devaṃ vai vidhinānena yo mayokto'khilastava .. 74 .. > Therefore, O great prince, worship that Sun, / the god indeed, by this ritual procedure which has been entirely described by me to you. // 74 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.75) avikalpena manasā samārādhaya satvaram .. muktaroge vipāpmātha dibyadehamavāpsyasi .. 75.. > Worship him swiftly with an unwavering mind; / freed from disease and sinless, you will then obtain a divine body. // 75 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.76) mā kuruṣva viṣādaṃ tvaṃ kuṣṭhavyādhisamudravam .. tasminkṣetre sthite deve kuharāśrayasaṃjñite .. 76 .. > Do not indulge in despair arising from the disease of leprosy, / while that god named Kuharāśraya is present in that sacred field.” // 76 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.77) atha tadvacanaṃ śrutvā prasthito viṣṇunandanaḥ .. 77 .. > Then, having heard that speech, the son of Viṣṇu departed. // 77 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.78) .. sūta uvāca .. .. etacchrutvā vacastasya devadevasya cakriṇaḥ .. cakāra gamane buddhiyogaṃ sāṃbo'rbudaṃ prati .. 78 .. > Sūta said: / Hearing this speech of the discus-bearing god of gods, / Sāmba resolved to set out towards Arbuda. // 78 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.79) tataḥ śubhe'hani prāpte hastyaśvarathasaṃyutaḥ .. pratasthe sa suto viṣṇoḥ senayā parivāritaḥ .. 79 .. > Then, when an auspicious day arrived, accompanied by elephants, horses, and chariots, / that son of Viṣṇu departed, surrounded by an army. // 79 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.80) anuyātaḥ sudūraṃ ca kṛṣṇenākliṣṭakarmaṇā .. bāṣpapūrṇe kṣaṇenaiva sarvamātṛjanena ca .. 6.213.80 .. > He was followed for a long distance by Kṛṣṇa of unwearied deeds, / his eyes filled with tears, and by all the mothers, // 80 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.81) balabhadreṇa vīreṇa cārudeṣṇena dhīmatā .. yuyudhānāniruddhābhyāṃ pradyumnena ca dhīmatā .. 81 .. > by the heroic Balabhadra, by wise Cārudeṣṇa, / by Yuyudhāna and Aniruddha, and by the wise Pradyumna. // 81 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.82) tato jāṃbavatī putraṃ dṛṣṭvā tīrthonmukhaṃ tadā .. gacchamānaṃ pracakre'tha pralāpānkurarī yathā .. 82 .. > Then Jāmbavatī, seeing her son departing / intent on visiting the sacred ford, wailed like an osprey: // 82 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.83) hā hatāsmi vinaṣṭāsmi maṃdabhāgyā hyabhāginī .. ekopi tanayo yasyā mamāpyenāṃ daśāṃ gataḥ .. 83 .. > “Alas, I am undone, I am ruined, unfortunate and ill-fated, / whose only son has also fallen into this condition!” // 83 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.84) atha tāṃ rudatīṃ dṛṣṭvā provāca madhusūdanaḥ .. kimamaṃgalametasya prasthitasya kariṣyasi ..84.. > Then, seeing her weeping, Madhusūdana said: / “Why do you cause an inauspicious omen for him as he departs, // 84 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.85) bāṣpapūrṇekṣaṇā dīnā muktakeśī viśeṣataḥ .. eṣa vyādhivinirmuktastīrthayātrāphalānvitaḥ .. kuṣṭhavyādhiparityaktaḥ punareṣyati teṃ'tikam .. 85 .. > with eyes full of tears, wretched, and especially with your hair dishevelled? / Freed from disease, endowed with the fruit of the pilgrimage to sacred fords, / and released from the disease of leprosy, he will return to your presence.” // 85 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.86) etasminnaṃtare yānādavatīrya tvarānvitaḥ .. sāṃbo'sau prasthitastatra yatra jāṃbavatī sthitā .. 86 .. > In the meantime, having descended from his vehicle in haste, / Sāmba went to the place where Jāmbavatī was standing. // 86 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.87) sa tāṃ praṇamya hṛṣṭātmā kṛtāṃjalipuṭaḥ sthitaḥ .. praṇipatya vihasyo ccairvākyametaduvāca ha ..87.. > Bowing to her, joyful in spirit, standing with joined palms, / prostrating and smiling warmly, he uttered this speech: // 87 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.88) mā tvaṃ mātarvṛthā duḥkhamasmadarthe kariṣyasi .. āgamiṣyāmyahaṃ śīghraṃ tīrthayātrāṃ vidhāya vai ..88.. > “O Mother, do not grieve in vain on my account; / I shall return swiftly indeed after completing the pilgrimage to sacred fords.” // 88 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.89) .. jāṃbavatyuvāca .. .. rakṣatu tvāṃ vane vatsa sarvāstā vanadevatāḥ .. śvāpadebhyaḥ piśācebhyo duṣṭebhyaḥ putra sarvataḥ ..89.. > Jāmbavatī said: / “May all those forest deities protect you in the forest, my child, / from beasts of prey, Piśācas, and wicked beings on every side, O son! // 89 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.90) śiraste pātu goviṃdaḥ kaṇṭhaṃ ca madhusūdanaḥ .. bāhudeśaṃ hṛṣīkeśo hṛdayaṃ daityanāśanaḥ ..6.213.90.. > May Govinda protect your head, and Madhusūdana your neck; / may Hṛṣīkeśa protect the region of your arms, and the destroyer of Daityas your heart! // 90 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.91) jaṭharaṃ puṃḍarīkākṣaḥ kaṭiṃ pātu gadādharaḥ .. jānunoryugalaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ pādau ca dharaṇīdharaḥ .. 91 .. > May the lotus-eyed one protect your belly, and the mace-bearer your hips; / may Kṛṣṇa protect both your knees, and the bearer of the earth your feet!” // 91 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.92) evaṃ saṃspṛśya hastena nijenāṃgāni tasya sā.. samāliṃgya samāghrāya mūrdhadeśe muhurmuhuḥ .. 92 .. > Touching his limbs with her own hand in this manner, / embracing him and smelling him repeatedly upon the crown of his head, // 92 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.93) preṣayāmāsa taṃ putraṃ kṛtarakṣaṃ yaśasvinī .. sā sarvāṃtaḥpurīyuktā nivṛtā tadanantaram .. 93 .. > that illustrious woman sent forth her son, having performed protection for him. / Accompanied by all the women of the inner apartments, she then turned back, // 93 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.94) aśrupūrṇekṣaṇā dīnā niḥśvasantī yathoragī .. tathā ca bhagavānviṣṇuryādavaiḥ sakalaiḥ saha .. 94 .. > her eyes filled with tears, dejected, sighing like a female serpent. / Likewise the Lord Viṣṇu, together with all the Yādavas, // 94 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.95) praviṣṭo dvārakāpuryā sāṃbaṃ proṣya tataḥ param.. aśrupūrṇekṣaṇo dīno balabhadrapuraḥsaraḥ .. 95 .. > entered the city of Dvārakā after seeing Sāmba off on his journey, / his eyes filled with tears, dejected, led by Balabhadra, // 95 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.96) putraiḥ pautraistathā mitrairbāṃdhavairaparairapi .. dvārakāyā viniṣkramya sāṃbo'pi dvijasattamāḥ .. 96 .. > with sons, grandsons, friends, and other kinsmen. / Having departed from Dvārakā, Sāmba too, O best of brahmins, // 96 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.97) saṃprāptaśca krameṇātha siṃdhusāgarasaṃgame .. yatra yogīśvaraḥ sākṣādaṃbarīṣapratiṣṭhitaḥ .. 97 .. > arrived in due course at the confluence of the Sindhu and the ocean, / where Viṣṇu himself, Lord of Yogins, established by Ambarīṣa, // 97 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.98) adyāpi tiṣṭhate viṣṇurjaṃtūnāṃ pāpanāśanaḥ .. tatra snātvā samabhyarcya devaṃ yogīśvaraṃ tataḥ .. 98 .. > stands even today, destroying the sins of living beings. / Having bathed there and having worshipped the god, the Lord of Yogins, he then // 98 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.99) dadau dānāni viprebhyo nānārūpāṇi śaktitaḥ .. dīnāṃdhakṛpaṇebhyaśca tathaivānyebhya eva ca .. 99 .. > distributed various gifts according to his ability to brahmins, / and likewise to the wretched, the blind, the destitute, and others, // 99 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.100) yānāni vastraratnāni yadyacca yena vāṃchitam .. sa trirātraṃ hareḥ putraḥ sthitvā tatra samāhitaḥ .. 6.213.100 .. > vehicles, clothes, jewels, and whatever was desired by anyone. / That son of Hari, having remained there concentrated in mind for three nights, // 100 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.100\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.100_3) cyavanasyāśramaṃ puṇyaṃ jagāmātha tataḥ param .. yatra saṃtiṣṭhate viṣṇuścyavanena pratiṣṭhitaḥ .. 1 .. > went thereafter to the holy hermitage of Cyavana, / where Viṣṇu, consecrated by Cyavana, resides // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.100\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.100_4) siṃdhostaṭe ca puṇye ca sarvapātakanāśanaḥ .. tatrāpi vipramukhyebhyo dadau dānāni yādavaḥ .. 2 > on the holy bank of the Sindhu, destroying all sins. / There too, the descendant of Yadu gave gifts to the foremost brahmins. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.100\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.100_5) vāṃchitāni yathoktāni śāstradṛṣṭena karmaṇā .. tatrāpi saṃyataḥ sāṃba sa sthitvā śraddhayānvitaḥ .. 3 .. > \[gifts\] that were desired, according to the rites seen in the scriptures. / There too, restrained, Sāmba remained, full of faith, 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.100\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.100_6) trirātraṃ prajagāmātha snātvā siṃdhūdake śubhe .. tatastu puṣkarādīni samuddiśya śanaiḥ śanaiḥ .. 4 .. > for three nights, and then departed after bathing in the auspicious water of the ocean. / Then, directing his steps slowly toward Puṣkara and other \[places\], 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.100\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.100_7) puṣkarāvāsinaṃ devaṃ dhyāyamāno hyaharniśam .. tastu puṣkaraṃ prāpya krameṇa yadusattamaḥ ..5.. > meditating day and night upon the god who dwells at Puṣkara, / that best of Yadus gradually reached Puṣkara. 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.100\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.100_8) puṇye kuṇḍajale snātaḥ saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ.. saptamyāṃ sūryavāreṇa gṛhītvātha phalāni ca .. gataḥ saṃtiṣṭhate yatra devo vai viṣṇu sūcitaḥ .. 6.. > Bathing in the sacred water of the pool, having gratified the ancestors and deities, / on the seventh lunar day, on a Sunday, taking fruits, / he went where the god Viṣṇu has been described as staying. 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.100\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.100_9) pūjayitvā tato bhaktyā devaṃ kuharavāsinam .. vastrānulepanairdhūpairnaivedyaistu pṛthagvidhaiḥ ..7.. > Having then worshipped with devotion the god who dwells in the cave / with garments, unguents, incenses, and various kinds of food-offerings, 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.100\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.100_10) tataḥ pradakṣiṇāścakre phalahastaḥ śanaiḥśanaiḥ .. prapaṭhansūryagāyatrīṃ śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ .. 8 .. > he slowly made circumambulations with fruit in his hand, / reciting the Sūryagāyatrī, endowed with supreme faith. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.100\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.100_11) yathāyathā karotyeṣa ravestasya pradakṣiṇām .. tathātathā ca saṃyāti tasya kuṣṭhaṃ dvijottamāḥ .. 9 .. > Just as he performed the circumambulation of that Sun, / so too his leprosy departed, O best of brahmins! 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.110) tatra kṣaṇe'bhavattasya citte sāṃbasya dhīmataḥ .. mukto'haṃ kuṣṭharogeṇa nirvikalpaṃ dvijottamāḥ .. 6.213.110 .. > At that moment, in the mind of the wise Sāmba \[the thought\] arose: / "I am freed from the disease of leprosy beyond doubt, O best of brahmins!" 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.110\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.110_12) tataśca sahitaṃ tena yatkiṃcittatra cāgatam .. hastyaśvaratharatnāḍhyaṃ tatsarvaṃ bhaktipūrvakam .. 11 .. > Then, whatever he had brought with him there, / rich with elephants, horses, chariots, and jewels, all that, preceded by devotion, 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.110\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.110_13) nāgarāṇāṃ dadau sarvaṃ tathānyadgrāmapaṃcakam .. sāṃbā''dityaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya tataḥ saṃprasthito gṛham .. 12 .. > he gave to the Nāgaras, as well as another five villages. / Having installed Sāmbāditya, he then departed for home. 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.110\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.110_14) kiṃcidurvaritaṃ yacca tatsarvaṃ bhaktisaṃyutam .. pradadau sūryaviprebhyaḥ pūjayitvā divākaram .. 13 .. > Whatever little remained, all that, accompanied by devotion, / he gave to the brahmins devoted to the Sun, having worshipped the Maker of Day. 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.110\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.110_15) aṣṭau vājisahasrāṇi nāgānāṃ ca śatatrayam .. rathānāṃ ṣaṭśatānyeva aśvairyuktāni vājibhiḥ .. anaṃtāni ca ratnāni dattvā sāṃbo gṛhaṃ gataḥ .. 14 > Eight thousand horses, three hundred elephants, / six hundred chariots yoked with swift horses, / and endless jewels Sāmba gave, and returned home. 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.110\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.110_16) ya etatpaṭhate bhaktyā sāṃbākhyānamanuttamam .. śṛṇoti vā'nvaye tasya na kuṣṭhaṃ saṃprajāyate .. 15 .. > Whoever recites with devotion this peerless narrative of Sāmba / or hears it, in his lineage leprosy does not arise. 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.116) .. sūta uvāca .. .. etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ viśvāmitrīyamuttamam .. caturthaṃ ca puṇyatīrthaṃ strīṇāṃ caiva śubhāvaham .. 116 .. > Sūta said: / All this has been narrated to you regarding the excellent Viśvāmitrīya, / the fourth sacred ford, which brings auspiciousness to women. 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.212.213](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212.213) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye viśvāmitrīyamāhātmye kuharavāsisāṃbādityaprabhāvavarṇanaṃnāma trayodaśottaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 213 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and thirteenth chapter, titled "Description of the Majesty of Kuharavāsi-Sāmbāditya," in the Viśvāmitrīyamāhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmya in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. 213 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.212.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Bṛhatkathākośa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.katha.brhatkathakosa.70.180) — Hariṣeṇa, Sanskrit - [Rāmāyaṇakathāsāra (Kṣemendra)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.sanksepa.ramayanakathasara-ksemendra.16.250) — Kṣemendra, Sanskrit - [Saṃskāraratnamālā (Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.samskara.samskararatnamala.33.p1.14) — Gopīnātha Dīkṣita Oka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.212) · Pramāṇa