[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) › 5.228 # Skandapurana 5.228 Skandapurāṇa 5.228 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.228.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. etasminnaṃtare śambhurgaṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ .. indrādyaiśca suraiḥ sarveḥ krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ .. jagāma vṛṣamāruhya purīṃ caivāmarāvatīm .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / In the meantime, Śambhu, surrounded by all his attendants / and all the gods headed by Indra, his eyes reddened with rage, / mounted his bull and went to the city of Amarāvatī. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.2) aṃdhako'pi samālokya saṃprāptāṃ devavāhinīm .. sagaṇāṃ ca mahādevaṃ paritoṣaṃ paraṃ gataḥ .. 2 .. > Andhaka, too, seeing the army of gods arrived, / and Mahādeva with his attendants, attained the highest joy. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.3) niścakrāmātha yuddhāya balena caturaṃgiṇā .. varaṃ syaṃdanamāruhya suśvetāśvavahaṃ śubham .. 3 .. > He came out to battle with a fourfold army, / mounted upon an excellent chariot drawn by pure white horses. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.4) tataḥ samabhavadyuddhaṃ devānāṃ dānavaiḥ saha .. gaṇaiśca vikṛtākārairmṛtyuṃ kṛtvā nivartanam .. 4 .. > Then a battle took place between the gods and the Dānavas, / and with the monstrous-formed attendants, turning back death \[itself\]. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.6) ekavarṣasahasrāṃtaṃ yāvadyuddhamavartata .. dinedine kṣayaṃ yāṃti tatra devā na dānavāḥ .. tato varṣasahasrāṃte saṃkruddhaḥ śaśiśekharaḥ.. triśūlena samudyamya svahastena vyabhedayat .. 6 .. > The battle continued until the end of a thousand years; / day by day the gods perished there, not the Dānavas. / Then, at the end of the thousand years, the moon-crested god, greatly enraged, / raised up his trident with his own hand and impaled \[him\]. 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.7) sa viddho'pi svayaṃ tena triśūlena mahāsuraḥ.. brahmaṇo varamāhātmyānnaiva prāṇaiviryujyate .. 7 .. > Though himself pierced with that trident, the great Asura / did not lose his life, by virtue of the power of Brahmā's boon. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.8) tato bhūyo'pi cotthāya cakre yuddhaṃ mahātmanā .. jaghāna ca sa saṃkruddho viśeṣeṇa bahūngaṇān .. 8 .. > Rising up yet again, he fought with that great-souled one; / and enraged, he struck down many attendants in particular. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.9) śaṃkaraṃ tāḍayāmāsa gadāghātairmuhurmuhuḥ .. 9 .. > He struck Śaṃkara again and again with mace-blows. 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.10) evaṃ varṣasahasrāṃtamabhūtsārddhaṃ pinākinā .. raudraṃ yuddhamandhakasya sarvalokabhayāvaham .. 6.229.10 .. > Thus, until the end of a thousand years, there was with Pinākin / a dreadful battle of Andhaka, terrifying to all the worlds. 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.11) triśūlabhinno daityaḥ sa yadā mṛtyuṃ na gacchati .. utthāyotthāya kurute prahārāngadayā balī .. 11 .. > When that Daitya, pierced by the trident, did not die, / rising again and again, the powerful one dealt blows with his mace. 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.12) tathā taṃ śaṃkaro jñātvā mṛtyunā parivarjitam.. brahmaṇo varadānena sarveṣāṃ ca divaukasām.. 12 .. > Knowing him to be thus exempt from death / on account of the granting of the boon by Brahmā and all the gods, 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.13) tato nirbhidya śūlāgraiḥ protkṣipya gaganāṃgaṇe .. chatravaddhārayāmāsa laṃbamānamadhomukham .. akṣaradrudhiraṃ bhūmau gātrebhyo varṣmasaṃbhavam .. 13 .. > Śaṃkara then pierced him with the trident points and tossed him up in the courtyard of the sky, / holding him like a parasol, hanging head down; / blood issuing from his body poured onto the earth. 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.14) yāvadvarṣasahasrāṃte carmāsthi snāyureva ca .. dhātutrayaṃ sthitaṃ tasya naṣṭamanyaccatuṣṭayam .. 14 .. > Until, at the end of a thousand years, only skin, bone, and sinew— / three bodily elements—remained of him, and the other four were destroyed. 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.15) sa jñātvā bala saṃhīnamātmānaṃ dhātusaṃkṣayāt .. sāmopāyaṃ tataścake stutvā sārdhaṃ pinākinā .. 15 .. > Perceiving himself devoid of strength due to the loss of his bodily elements, / he then adopted the means of conciliation with Pinākin by praising him. 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.16) .. andhaka uvāca .. .. na tvaṃ devo mayā jñāto vāgduṣṭena durātmanā .. īdṛgvīryasamopetastadyuktaṃ bhavatā kṛtam .. 16 .. > Andhaka said: / You were not recognized as God by me, wicked-spoken and vile-souled, / endowed with such prowess; therefore, what you have done is just. 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.17) anurūpaṃ madāṃdhasyāvivekasya surottama .. svavīryamadayuktasya viveka rahitasya ca .. 17 .. > It is fitting for one blind with arrogance, devoid of discrimination, O best of gods, / filled with arrogance of his own prowess, and lacking judgment. 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.18) durvinītaḥ śriyaṃ prāpya vidyāmaiśvaryamevaca .. na tiṣṭhati ciraṃ kālaṃ yathā'haṃ madagarvitaḥ .. 18 .. > One who is ill-behaved, having obtained fortune, learning, and sovereignty, / does not remain for a long time, just like me, haughty with arrogance. 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.19) pāpo'haṃ pāpakarmā'haṃ pāpātmā pāpasaṃbhavaḥ .. trāhi māṃ deva īśāna sarvapāpaharo bhava .. 19 .. > I am a sinner, I am an evil-doer, an evil soul, born of sin. / Save me, O God, Īśāna; be the remover of all my sins! 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.20) duḥkhito'haṃ varāko'haṃ dīno'haṃ śaktivarjitaḥ .. trātumarhasi māṃ deva prapannaṃ śaraṇaṃ vibho .. 6.229.20 .. > I am miserable, I am wretched, I am pitiable, devoid of strength. / You ought to protect me, O God, who have fled to you for refuge, O omnipresent Lord! 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.21) duṣṭo'haṃ pāpayukto'haṃ sāṃprataṃ parameśvara .. tena buddhiriyaṃ jātā tavopari mamānagha .. 21 .. > I was wicked, I was conjoined with sin, O Supreme Lord; / because of that, such a mindset toward you arose in me, O sinless one. 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.22) sarvapāpakṣaye jāte śive bhavati bhāvanā .. 22 .. > When all sins are destroyed, devotion to Śiva comes to be. 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.23) nāmamātramapi tryakṣa yaste kīrtayati prabho .. so'pi muktimavāpnoti kiṃ punaḥ pūjane rataḥ .. 23 .. > Even he who recites only your name, O three-eyed Lord, / even he attains liberation; what then of one devoted to your worship? 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.24) tava pūjā vihīnānāṃ dinānyāyāṃti yāṃti ca .. yāni deva mṛtānāṃ ca tāni yāṃti na jīvatām .. 24 .. > The days that come and go for those devoid of worship of you, / O God, are like the days of the dead; they do not belong to the living. 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.25) kuṣṭhī vā rogayukto vā paṃgurvā badhiro'pi vā .. mā bhūttasya kule janma śaṃbhuryatra na devatā .. 25 .. > Whether leprous, afflicted with illness, lame, or deaf, / let not one be born into a family where Śambhu is not the deity! 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.26) tasmānmocaya māṃ deva svāgataṃ kuru sāṃpratam .. gato me dānavo bhāvastyaktaṃ rājyaṃ tathā vibho .. . 26 .. > Therefore, deliver me, O God; welcome me now. / My demoniac nature has departed, and my kingdom has been abandoned, O Lord. 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.27) tyaktāḥ putrāśca pautrāśca patnyaśca vibhavaiḥ saha .. triḥ satyena suraśreṣṭha tava pādau spṛśāmyaham .. 27 .. > My sons, grandsons, and wives have been abandoned along with my riches. / Truly three times, O best of gods, I touch your feet! 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.28) tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā jñātvā taṃ gatakalmaṣam.. uttārya śanakaiḥ śūlādvinayāvanataṃ sthitam..28.. > Hearing his speech and knowing him to be freed of sin, / \[Śambhu\] slowly took him down from the trident as he stood bowed with humility. 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.29) tato nāma svayaṃ cakre bhṛṃgirīṭiriti prabhuḥ.. abravīcca sadā me tvaṃ vallabhaḥ saṃbhaviṣyasi..29.. > Then the Lord himself gave him the name Bhṛṅgirīṭi, / and said: "You will always be dear to me, 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.30) nandino'pi gajāsyasya mahākālasya putraka.. tiṣṭha saumya mayā saukhyaṃ na smariṣyasi bāṃdhavān..6.229.30... > as are Nandin, Gajāsya, and Mahākāla, my son. / Stay, gentle one; with me, in happiness, you will not remember your kinsmen." 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.31) sa tatheti pratijñāya praṇamya śaśiśekharam .. tasthau sarvagaṇairyuktaḥ prabhusaṃśrayasaṃyutaḥ .. 31 .. > Consenting with "So be it," and bowing down to the moon-crested god, / he remained along with all the attendants, taking refuge in the Lord. 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.228.229](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228.229) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvara kṣetramāhātmye bhṛṃgīriṭyutpattivarṇanaṃnāmaikonatriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 229 .. > Thus ends the two hundred and twenty-ninth chapter, entitled "The Description of the Origin of Bhṛṅgīriṭi," in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the sixth \[section\], the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. 229 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.228.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.228) · Pramāṇa