[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) › 5.229 # Skandapurana 5.229 Skandapurāṇa 5.229 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.229.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ gaṇatvamāpanne hyandhake dānavottame .. tasya putro vṛkonāma nirutsāho dviṣajjaye .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / When that best of Dānavas, Andhaka, had thus attained the state of an attendant, / his son named Vṛka, devoid of enthusiasm for conquering enemies, 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.229.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229.2) bhayena mahatā yukto hataśeṣaiśca dānavaiḥ .. praviveśa samudrāṃtaṃ sudurgaṃ brāhmaṇottamāḥ .. 2 .. > filled with great fear, entered within the ocean, an inaccessible fortress, / along with the surviving Dānavas, O best of brahmins. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.229.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229.3) tataḥ śakraḥ prahṛṣṭātmā praṇamya vṛṣabhadhvajam .. tasyādeśaṃ samāsādya praviveśāmarāvatīm .. 3 .. > Then Śakra, joyful in soul, bowed down to the bull-bannered Lord, / and having obtained his command, entered Amarāvatī. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.229.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229.4) cakāra ca sukhī rājyaṃ trailokye'pi dvijottamāḥ.. yajñabhāgānpunarlebhe yathārthaṃ ca dharātale .. 4 .. > And he ruled happily over the three worlds as well, O best of the twice-born; / and on the surface of the earth he once again received his sacrificial shares as was his due. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.229.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229.5) etasminneva kāle tu hyaṃdhakasya suto vṛkaḥ .. niṣkramya sāgarāttūrṇaṃ jaṃbudvīpaṃ samāgataḥ ..5.. > At that very time, however, Andhaka's son Vṛka / emerged swiftly from the ocean and came to Jambudvīpa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.229.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229.6) hāṭakeśvarajaṃ kṣetraṃ matvā puṇyaṃ susiddhidam .. pitrā yatra tapastaptamaṃdhakena durātmanā .. 6 .. > considering the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara to be holy and granting great success, / where austerity had been performed by his father, the wicked Andhaka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.229.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229.7) saguptastu tapastepe'yathā vetti na kaścana .. dhyāyamānaḥ suraśreṣṭhaṃ bhaktyā kamalasaṃbhavam ..7.. > He performed hidden austerity so that no one might know, / meditating with devotion upon the lotus-born \[Brahmā\], the best of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.229.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229.8) yāvadvarṣasahasrāṃtaṃ jalāhāro dvitīyakam .. tapastepe sa daityendro dhyāyamānaḥ pitāmaham .. 8 .. > For a thousand years he lived on water alone; for a second \[thousand\] / that lord of Daityas performed austerity while meditating on the Grandfather. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.229.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229.9) vāyubhakṣastato jātastāvatkālaṃ dvijottamāḥ .. aṃguṣṭhāgreṇa bhūpṛṣṭhaṃ sparśamāno jitendriyaḥ .. 9 .. > Then he became one who feeds on air for the same length of time, O best of the twice-born, / touching the surface of the earth only with the tip of his big toe, with senses conquered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.229.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229.10) evaṃ ca pañcame prāpte sahasre dvijasattamāḥ .. brahmā tasya gatastuṣṭiṃ dṛṣṭvā tasya tapo mahat .. 6.230.10 .. > And when the fifth thousand was reached in this manner, O best of the twice-born, / Brahmā became pleased with him upon seeing his great austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.229.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229.11) tato'bravīttamāgatya tāṃ gartāṃ brāhmaṇottamāḥ .. bhobho vṛka nivartasva tapaso'smātsudāruṇāt .. 11 .. > Then, having come to that pit, he said to him, O best of brahmins: / 'Hail, hail, Vṛka! Desist from this exceedingly fierce austerity! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.229.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229.12) varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te yo nityaṃ mana si sthitaḥ .. 12 .. > Choose a boon, may good betide you, that is constantly in your mind.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.229.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229.13) .. vṛka uvāca .. .. yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva yadi deyo varo mama .. jarāmaraṇahīnaṃ māṃ tatkuruṣva pitāmaha .. 13 .. > Vṛka said: / 'If you are pleased with me, O god, if a boon is to be granted to me, / then make me free from old age and death, O Grandfather!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.229.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229.14) .. śrībrahmovāca .. .. mama prasādato vatsa jarāmaraṇavarjitaḥ .. bhaviṣyasi na sandehaḥ satyametanmayoditam .. 14 .. > Holy Brahmā said: / 'By my grace, my child, free from old age and death / you shall become, there is no doubt; this that I have spoken is true.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.229.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229.15) evamuktvā tato brahmā tatraivāṃtaradhī yata .. vṛko'pi kṛtakṛtyastvāgataśca svagṛhaṃ pituḥ .. 15 .. > Having spoken thus, Brahmā vanished right there. / Vṛka too, his purpose accomplished, went to the home of his father, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.229.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229.16) giriṃ raivatakaṃ nāma sarvartukusumojjvalam .. tatra gatvā nijāmātyaiḥ samaṃ mantrya ca satva ram .. indropari tataścakre yānaṃ yuddhaparīpsayā .. 16 .. > to the mountain named Raivataka, radiant with the flowers of all seasons. / Going there and quickly holding counsel with his own ministers, / he then made a march against Indra, wishing for battle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.229.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229.17) iṃdro'pi ca parijñāya dānavaṃ taṃ mahābalam .. jarāmṛtyuparityaktaṃ prabhāvātparameṣṭhinaḥ .. 17 .. > Indra too, learning of that mighty Dānava, / free from old age and death through the power of the Supreme Lord \[Brahmā\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.229.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229.18) parityajya bhayāccaiva purīṃ caivāmarāvatīm .. brahmalokaṃ gatastūrṇaṃ devaiḥ sarvaiḥ samanvitaḥ .. 18 .. > abandoned the city of Amarāvatī out of fear / and went swiftly to the world of Brahmā together with all the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.229.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229.19) etasminnaṃtare prāpto vṛkaśca tridaśālaye .. sasainyaparivāreṇa prahṛṣṭena samanvitaḥ .. 19 .. > In the meantime, Vṛka arrived at the abode of the thirty \[gods\], / accompanied by his joyful army and retinue. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.229.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229.20) tataścaiṃdrapade tasminsvayameva vyavasthitaḥ .. śukrātprāpyābhiṣekaṃ ca puṣpasnānasamudbhavam .. 6.230.20 .. > Then he took his place by himself upon that throne of Indra, / having received consecration from Śukra through a bath of flowers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.229.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229.21) so'bhiṣiktastu śukreṇa devarājyapade vṛkaḥ.. sthāpayāmāsa daiteyāndevatānāṃ padeṣu ca.. 21.. > Consecrated by Śukra in the position of king of the gods, Vṛka / installed Daityas in the positions of the deities, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.229.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229.22) ādityānāṃ vasūnāṃ ca rudrāṇāṃ marutāmapi.. yajñabhāgakṛte viprāḥ śukraśāsanamāśritāḥ..22.. > of the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, and the Maruts as well, / for the sake of the sacrificial shares, O brahmins, adhering to Śukra's command. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.229.230](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229.230) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye jalaśāyyupākhyāne vṛkendrarājyalaṃbhanavarṇanaṃnāma triṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ..230.. > Thus ends the two hundred and thirtieth chapter, entitled "The Description of King Vṛka's Acquisition of Sovereignty," in the narrative of the One Who Lies on the Waters, in the section on the greatness of the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.229.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.229) · Pramāṇa