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# Skandapurana 5.230

Skandapurāṇa 5.230

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.230.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.1)

..sūta uvāca..  
vṛko'pi tatsamāsādya rājyaṃ trailokyasaṃbhavam..  
yadṛcchayā jagatsarvaṃ samājñāpayattadā..1..

> Sūta said: / Having obtained that sovereignty over the three worlds, Vṛka, / at his own will, commanded the entire world at that time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.2)

soṃ'dhakasya bale vīrye dhairye kope ca dānavaḥ..  
sahasraguṇitaścāsīdraudraḥ paramadāruṇaḥ..2..

> In strength, prowess, fortitude, and wrath, that Dānava / was a thousandfold greater than Andhaka, terrible and exceedingly fierce.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.3)

etasminnaṃtare kaścinna martyo yajati kṣitau..  
na homaṃ naiva jāpyaṃ ca daityāñjñātvā surāspade..3..

> During this time, no mortal on earth performed sacrifice, / nor burnt offering, nor recitation, knowing that Daityas occupied the abode of the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.4)

atha yaḥ kurute dharmaṃ homaṃ vā japameva vā.  
suguptasthānamāsādya karotyamaratuṣṭaye..4..

> Now, whoever performed pious duty, or burnt offering, or recitation, / did so finding a well-hidden place, for the pleasure of the immortals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.5)

atha svargasthitā daityā yajñabhāgavivarjitāḥ..  
tathā martyodbhavairbhāgaiḥ saṃdehaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ..5..

> Then the Daityas stationed in heaven, deprived of sacrificial shares / and likewise of the portions arising from mortals, fell into great doubt.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.6)

tataḥ kopaparītātmā preṣayāmāsa dānavaḥ..  
martyaloke carānguptānnipuṇāṃścābravīttataḥ..6..

> Then, his mind filled with rage, the Dānava dispatched / hidden and clever spies to the mortal world, and said to them:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.7)

yaḥ kaściddevatānāṃ ca pragṛhṇāti karoti ca..  
tadarthaṃ yajanaṃ homaṃ dānaṃ vā pṛthivītale..  
sa ca vadhyaśca yuṣmābhirmama vākyādasaṃśayam..7..

> 'Whoever undertakes or performs sacrifice, / burnt offering, or gift for the sake of the deities on the surface of the earth, / he must without doubt be slain by you at my command.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.8)

atha te tadvacaḥ śrutvā dānavā balavattarāḥ..  
gatvā ca medinīpṛṣṭhaṃ guptāḥ sarpaṃti sarvataḥ..8..

> Hearing his word, those exceedingly strong Dānavas / went to the surface of the earth and crept about in secret everywhere.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.9)

yaṃ kañcidvīkṣayaṃtisma japahomaparāyaṇama..  
svādhyāyaṃ vā prakurvāṇaṃ taṃ nighnaṃti śitāsibhiḥ.. 9..

> Whomever they saw devoted to recitation and burnt offerings, / or performing Vedic study, him they struck down with sharp swords.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.10)

etasminneva kāle tu sāṃkṛtirmunisattamaḥ..  
guptaścakre tatastasyāṃ gartāyāṃ channavarṣmakaḥ..  
yatra pūrvaṃ tapastaptaṃ vṛkeṇa ca dvijāḥ purā..6.231.10..

> At that very time, Sāṅkṛti, the best of sages, / stayed in secret with his body concealed in that pit / where previously austerity had been performed by Vṛka, O twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.11)

atha te taṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā tadguhāyāṃ vyavasthitam..  
bhartsamānāstapastacca procuśca paruṣākṣaraiḥ..11..

> Then, seeing him stationed in that cave, / reviling that austerity, they spoke in harsh words,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.12)

dṛṣṭvā tasyāgrataḥ saṃsthāṃ gandhapuṣpaiśca pūjitām..  
vāsudevātmikāṃ mūrtiṃ caturhastāṃ dvijottamāḥ..12..

> having seen standing before him, worshipped with perfumes and flowers, / the four-armed image embodying Vāsudeva, O best of the twice-born.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.13)

tataste śastramudyamya nirjaghnustaṃ krudhānvitāḥ..  
na śekuste yadā haṃtuṃ saṃvṛtaṃ viṣṇutejasā..  
kuṇṭhatāṃ sarvaśastrāṇi gatāni vimalānyapi..13..

> Then, lifting their weapons, they struck him in anger. / When they could not kill him who was shielded by Viṣṇu's splendor, / all their weapons, though spotless, became blunted.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.14)

atha vailakṣyamāpannā nirviṇṇāḥ sarva eva te..  
tāṃ vārtāṃ dānavendrāya vṛkāyocuśca te tadā..14..

> Then, overwhelmed with embarrassment and dejected, all of them / related that news to Vṛka, the lord of Dānavas:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.15)

kaścidvipraḥ samādhāya vaiṣṇavīṃ pratimāṃ puraḥ..  
tapastepe mahābhāga kṣetre vai hāṭakeśvare..15..

> 'A certain brahmin, having set an image of Viṣṇu before him, / performed austerity, O noble one, in the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.16)

yatra tvayā tapastaptaṃ bhītyā sarvadivaukasām..  
api cauryeṇa cāsmākaṃ tapastapati tādṛśam.. 16..

> where austerity was performed by you out of fear of all the gods. / He too performs such austerity in secret from us,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.17)

yena sarvāṇi śastrāṇi kuṇṭhatāṃ pragatāni ca..  
tasya gātre prahāraiśca tasmātkuru yathocitam.. 17..

> by which all weapons have become blunted / through blows upon his body. Therefore, do as is fitting!'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.18)

teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā vṛkaḥ kopasamanvitaḥ..  
jagāma satvaṃ tatra yatrāsau sāṃkṛtiḥ sthitaḥ..18..

> Hearing that word of theirs, Vṛka, filled with wrath, / quickly went there where that Sāṅkṛti was staying.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.19)

sa gatvā vaiṣṇavīṃ mūrtiṃ tāmutkṣipya sudūrataḥ..  
śvabhrādbahiḥ pracikṣepa bhartsamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ..19..

> Going there, he lifted that image of Viṣṇu and hurled it far away, / casting it out of the chasm, reviling him again and again.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.20)

jaghāna pādaghātena dakṣiṇenetareṇa tam..  
abravīnmama vadhyastvaṃ yanmacchatruṃ janārdanam..6.231.20..

> He struck him with kicks of his right foot and the other, / and said: 'You are to be killed by me, since Janārdana, my enemy,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.21)

saṃpūjayasi cauryeṇa tena prāṇānharāmyaham..  
evamuktvātha khaḍgena taṃ jaghāna sa daityapaḥ..21..

> you worship in secret; therefore I will take your life!' / Having spoken thus, the Daitya ruler struck him with a sword.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.22)

tatastasya sa khaḍgastu tīkṣṇo'pi dvijasattamāḥ..  
tasya kāye prahīṇastu śatadhā samapadyata..22..

> Then his sword, although sharp, O best of the twice-born, / broke into a hundred pieces when struck against his body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.23)

tataḥ kopaparītātmā taṃ śaśāpa sa sāṃkṛtiḥ..23..

> Then Sāṃkṛti, his mind seized by rage, cursed him:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.24)

yasmātpāpa tvayāhaṃ ca pādaghātaiḥ pratāḍitaḥ ..  
tasmātte patatāṃ pādau sadya eva dharātale .. 24 ..

> "Since I have been struck by you with kicks, O sinner, / therefore let both your feet fall immediately to the earth's surface!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.25)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
uktamātre tatastena pādau tasya dvijottamāḥ ..  
patitau medinīpṛṣṭhe paṃcaśīrṣāvivoragau .. 25 ..

> Sūta said: / No sooner was that spoken by him, O best of brahmins, / than his two feet fell upon the surface of the earth like five-headed serpents.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.26)

etasminneva kāle tu ākrandaḥ sumahānabhūt ..  
vṛkasya sainikānāṃ ca nārīṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ .. .. 26 ..

> At that very moment, a very great wailing arose, / particularly from Vṛka's soldiers and women.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.27)

atha devāḥ parijñāya taṃ tadā paṃgutāṃ gatam .  
āgatya merupṛṣṭhaṃ ca nijaghnustatparigraham .. 27 ..

> Then the gods, learning that he had become lame, / came to the summit of Meru and killed his retinue.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.28)

hataśeṣāśca daityāste pātālāṃtaḥsamā gatāḥ ..  
vṛko'pi paṃgutāṃ prāptastasthau tapasi susthiram .. 28 ..

> And the remaining daityas fled into the depths of Pātāla; / Vṛka also, having become lame, remained firmly settled in austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.29)

sarvairaṃtaḥpuraiḥ sārdhaṃ duḥkhaśokasamanvitaḥ ..  
indro'pi prāptavānrājyaṃ tadā nihata kaṃṭakam .. 29 ..

> Together with all his inner quarters, filled with grief and sorrow, / Indra too regained his kingdom, its obstacles now removed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.30)

dharmakriyāḥ pravṛttāśca tato bhūyo rasātale .. 6.231.30 ..

> And righteous acts commenced once again in Rasātala.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.31)

atha dīrgheṇa kālena tasya tuṣṭaḥ pitāmahaḥ ..  
uvāca tatra cāgatya garttāmadhye dvijottamāḥ .. 31 ..

> Then after a long time, the Grandfather \[Brahmā\] was pleased with him, / and coming there into the pit, O best of brahmins, he said:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.32)

vṛka tuṣṭo'smi te vatsa varaṃ varaya suvrata ..  
ahaṃ dāsyāmi te nūnaṃ yadyapi syātsudurlabham .. 32 ..

> "Vṛka, I am pleased with you, dear child. Choose a boon, O one of good vows! / I shall surely give it to you, even if it be extremely difficult to attain."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.33)

.. vṛka uvāca .. ..  
yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva yadi deyo varo mama ..  
pādadānaṃ tadā deva mama brahmansamācara ..  
paṃgutā yāti śīghraṃ me yeneyaṃ te prasādataḥ .. 33 ..

> Vṛka said: / "If you are pleased with me, O god, if a boon is to be given to me, / then, O god, O Brahmā, grant me feet, / so that through your grace this lameness of mine departs quickly."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.34)

tacchrutvā taṃ samānīya sāṃkṛtiṃ tatra padmajaḥ ..  
provāca sāṃtvapūrvaṃ ca vṛkasyāsya dvijottama .. 34 ..

> Hearing that, the Lotus-born \[Brahmā\] brought Sāṃkṛti there, / and spoke gently to him for the sake of this Vṛka, O best of brahmins:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.35)

madvākyātpaṃgutā yāti yenāsya tvaṃ tathā kuru .. 35 .. ..

> "Act so that by my word his lameness may depart."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.36)

.. sāṃkṛtiruvāca .. ..  
anṛtaṃ noktapūrvaṃ me svaireṣvapi pitāmaha ..  
jñāyate devadeveśa tatkathaṃ tatkaromyaham .. 36 ..

> Sāṃkṛti said: / "Untruth has never been spoken by me, even in jest, O Grandfather; / it is known, O Lord of the gods of gods! How then may I do that?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.37)

.. brahmovāca .. ..  
mama bhaktiparo nityaṃ vṛko'yaṃ daityasattamaḥ ..  
pautrastvaṃ dayito nityaṃ tena tvāṃ prārthayāmyaham .. 37 ..

> Brahmā said: / "This Vṛka, the best of daityas, is always dedicated to my devotion; / and you, my grandson, are ever beloved. Therefore do I entreat you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.38)

tava vākyaṃ ca no mithyā kartuṃ śaknomi sanmune .. 38 ..

> Nor can I make your word false, O good sage."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.39)

.. sāṃkṛtiruvāca .. ..  
eṣa daityaḥ suduṣṭātmā devānāmahite sthitaḥ ..  
viśeṣādvāsudevasya purormama mahātmanaḥ .. 39 ..

> Sāṃkṛti said: / "This daitya is very wicked, bent on harming the gods, / especially the noble Vāsudeva, my elder.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.40)

paṃgutāmarhati prāyaḥ pāpātmā dvijadūṣakaḥ ..  
balena mahatā yukto jarāmaraṇavarjitaḥ .. 6.231.40 ..

> This sinner, abuser of brahmins, fully deserves lameness; / endowed with great strength, he was freed from old age and death  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.41)

purā kṛtastvayā deva sa cetpādāvavāpsyati ..  
haniṣyati jagatsarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam .. 41 ..

> by you formerly, O god. If he obtains two feet, / he will destroy the entire world, including gods, asuras, and mortals.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.42)

tasmāttiṣṭhatu tadrūpo na kalpaṃ kartumarhasi ..  
tvayāpi cintā kartavyā trailokyasya yataḥ prabho .. .. 42 ..

> Therefore let him remain as he is; you ought not to alter it. / For concern for the three worlds must be taken by you as well, O Lord."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.43)

.. brahmovāca .. ..  
prāvṛṭkāle tu sañjāte yānaṃ kartuṃ na yujyate ..  
vijigīṣorviśeṣeṇa muktvā śītātapāgamam .. 43 ..

> Brahmā said: / "When the rainy season has arrived, it is not fit to undertake a march, / especially for one who wishes to conquer, leaving aside the arrival of cold and heat.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.44)

tasmācca caturo māsānvārṣikānpādasaṃyutaḥ ..  
agamyaḥ sarvalokānāṃ kuryātkarmāṇi dhairyataḥ .. 44 ..

> Therefore, for the four rainy months, endowed with feet, / inaccessible to all the worlds, let him perform actions steadfastly.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.45)

tadbhūyātpādasaṃyuktaḥ sa vṛko dāna vottamaḥ ..  
yena kṣemaṃ ca devānāṃ dvijānāṃ jāyate dvija .. 45 ..

> Thus let that Vṛka, the foremost of dānavas, be endowed with feet, / in such a way that safety is secured for the gods and brahmins, O brahmin.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.46)

evaṃ kṛte na mithyā te vākyaṃ vipra bhaviṣyati ..  
phalaṃ ca tapasastasya na vṛthā saṃbhaviṣyati .. 46 ..

> When it is done thus, your word will not become false, O brahmin, / and the fruit of his austerity will not be in vain."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.47)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
bāḍhamityeva tenokte sāṃkṛtena mahātmanā ..  
utthitau sahasā pādau tasya gātrātpunarnavau.. 47 ..

> Sūta said: / When the noble Sāṃkṛti said, 'So be it,' / two fresh feet immediately arose from his body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.48)

punaśca dānavo raudraḥ paśutvaṃ samapadyata..  
tasyāmeva tu gartāyāṃ saṃtiṣṭhati dvijottamāḥ..48..

> And again the dreadful dānava attained a beast-like state \[for eight months\]; / he stayed in that very pit, O best of brahmins,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.49)

māsānaṣṭau sa duḥkhena sakalatraḥ sabāṃdhavaḥ ..  
smaramāṇo mahadvairaṃ daivaiḥ sārdhaṃ divāniśam..49..

> for eight months in misery, together with his wife and relatives, / remembering day and night his great enmity with the gods.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.49\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.49_1)

anyāṃśca caturo māsānniṣkramya sa ruṣānvitaḥ..  
sadā pīḍayate devānsaheṃdrānmānuṣānapi ..6.231.5...

> And during the other four months, having emerged filled with fury, / he continually harassed the gods along with Indra, and humans as well;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.51)

vidhvaṃsayati sarvāṇi dharmasthānāni yāni ca ..51..

> and he wrecked all righteous places.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.52)

vidhvaṃsayati devānāṃ striyo māsacatuṣṭayam ..  
udyānāni ca sarvāṇi sapurāṇi gṛhāṇi ca ..52..

> For the period of four months he violated the women of the gods, / and all the gardens along with cities and homes.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.53)

tato devāḥ samabhyetya devadevaṃ janārdanam ..  
kṣīrābdhau saṃsthitaṃ nityaṃ śeṣaparyaṃkaśāyinam..53..

> Then the gods, having approached Janārdana, the god of gods, / who constantly dwells in the Ocean of Milk, reclining on the couch of Śeṣa,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.54)

caturo vārṣikānmāsāṃstatra sthitvā tadaṃtike ..  
māsānaṣṭau punarjagmustridivaṃ prati nirbhayāḥ .. 54 ..

> and having stayed there near him for the four rainy months, / returned once more without fear to heaven for the eight months.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.55)

tasminpaṃgutvamāpanne daitye paramadāruṇe ..  
kasyacittvatha kālasya devarājo bṛhaspatim ..  
provāca duḥkhasaṃtapta āṣāḍhāṃte suro ttamaḥ .. 55 ..

> While that exceedingly cruel daitya had fallen into lameness, / after some time the king of the gods, scorched by sorrow at the end of Āṣāḍha, said to Bṛhaspati:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.56)

guro sa māsaḥ saṃprāptaḥ prāvṛṭkālo bhayāvahaḥ ..  
āgamiṣyati yatrāsau labdhapādo vṛkāsuraḥ ..56..

> "O Guru, that terrifying month of the rainy season has arrived, / when this Vṛkāsura, having obtained feet, will come.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.57)

gantavyaṃ ca tato'smābhiḥ kṣīrode keśavālaye ..  
maivaṃ dīnaistathā bhāvyaṃ parāśrayanivāsibhiḥ .. 57 ..

> And we must then go to the Ocean of Milk, to Keśava's abode. / We must not continue thus, miserable, dwelling in another's refuge,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.58)

svagṛhāṇi parityajya śayanānyāsanāni ca ..  
vāhanāni vicitrāṇi yaccānya ddayitaṃ gṛhe .. 58 ..

> abandoning our homes, our beds, our seats, / our diverse mounts, and whatever else is dear in the house.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.59)

tasmātkathaya cāsmākamupāyaṃ kañcideva hi ..  
vrataṃ vā niyamaṃ vātha homaṃ vā munisattama .. 59 ..

> Therefore tell us some means indeed, / whether a vow, an observance, or an oblation, O best of sages,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.60)

aśūnyaṃ śayanaṃ yena svakalatreṇa jāyate ..  
tathā na gṛhasaṃtyāgaḥ svakīyasya prajāyate .. 6.231.60 ..

> by which the bed may not be empty of one's wife, / and likewise the abandonment of one's own home does not occur.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.61)

nirviṇṇo'haṃ nijasthānabhraṃśāddvijavarottama ..  
varṣevarṣe ca samprāpte sthānakasya cyutirbhavet .. 61 ..

> I am despondent from being displaced from my own realm, O best of foremost brahmins; / and every year that arrives, the fall from my position occurs.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.62)

punarbhūmau śayiṣyāmi yāvanmāsacatuṣṭayam ..  
niṣkalatro bhayodvigno brahmacaryaparāyaṇaḥ .. 62 ..

> Again I shall lie upon the ground for the duration of four months, / without my wife, agitated by fear, devoted to celibacy."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.63)

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhayārtasya bṛhaspatiḥ ..  
provāca suciraṃ dhyātvā tato devaṃ śatakratum .. 63 ..

> Hearing those words of his, who was afflicted by fear, / Bṛhaspati meditated for a long time and then said to god Śatakratu \[Indra\]:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.64)

aśūnyaśayanaṃnāma vratamasti mahattapaḥ ..  
viṣṇorārādhanārthāya tatkuruṣva samā hitaḥ .. 64 ..

> "There is a great austerity of a vow named Aśūnyaśayana, / for the sake of worshipping Viṣṇu. Perform that with concentrated mind.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.65)

devo yatrāsti viṣṇuḥ sa kṣīrābdhau madhusūdanaḥ ..  
jalaśāyī jagadyoniḥ sa dāsyati hitaṃ ca te .. 65 ..

> Where God Viṣṇu is, that Madhusūdana / who sleeps on the waters, the source of the universe—he will grant your welfare,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.66)

yathā na śūnyaṃ śayanaṃ gṛha bhaṃgaḥ prajāyate ..  
sarvaśatruvināśaśca tatprasādena vāsava .. 66 ..

> so that your bed will not be empty, the destruction of your home will not occur, / and the destruction of all enemies will take place by his grace, O Vāsava."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.67)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
tasminvrate tataścīrṇe hyaśūnyaśayanātmake ..  
tutoṣa bhagavānviṣṇustataḥ provāca devapam .. 67 ..

> Sūta said: / When that observance consisting of the unbroken bed was performed, / Lord Viṣṇu was pleased, and then spoke to the ruler of the gods:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.68)

śakra tuṣṭo'smi bhadraṃ te varaṃ varaya suvrata ..  
vratenānena cīrṇena cāturmāsyodbhavena ca ..  
tasmātprārthaya devendra nityaṃ yanmanasi sthitam .. 68 ..

> "O Śakra, I am pleased, may it be well with you! Choose a boon, O you of noble vows! / By performing this vow pertaining to the Cāturmāsya, / therefore, O Devendra, ask for whatever is always in your mind."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.69)

.. indra uvāca .. ..  
kṛṣṇa jānāsi tvaṃ cāpi yaśca me'tra parābhavaḥ ..  
kriyate dānavendreṇa vṛkeṇa sudurātmanā .. 69 ..

> Indra said: / "O Kṛṣṇa, you also know the defeat that is inflicted upon me here / by the lord of the Dānavas, the extremely evil Vṛka.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.70)

mamāṣṭamāsikaṃ rājyaṃ trailokye'pi vyavasthitam ..  
śeṣāṃśca caturo māsānvarṣevarṣe sameti saḥ .. 6.231.70 ..

> My reign over the three worlds lasts for only eight months; / and during the remaining four months, year after year, he approaches.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.71)

evaṃ jñātvā suraśreṣṭha dayāṃ kṛtvā mamopari ..  
tathā kuru yathā rājyaṃ mama syātsārvakālikam .. 71 ..

> Knowing this, O best of gods, having compassion on me, / act in such a way that my kingdom may be perpetual."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.72)

.. viṣṇuruvāca .. ..  
ajaraścāmaraścāpi sa kṛtaḥ padmayoninā ..  
tatkathaṃ jīvamānena tena rājyaṃ bhavettava .. 72 ..

> Viṣṇu said: / "He was made ageless and immortal by the lotus-born \[Brahmā\]; / how then, while he is living, can the kingdom be yours?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.73)

paraṃ tathāpi devendra kariṣyāmi hitaṃ tava .. 73 ..

> Nevertheless, O lord of gods, I will do what is beneficial to you.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.74)

kṣīrārṇavaṃ parityajya hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñite ..  
kṣetre gatvā samaṃ lakṣmyā tasyopari tataḥ param .. 74 ..

> Leaving the Ocean of Milk and going together with Lakṣmī / to the sacred field named Hāṭakeśvara, thereafter on top of him  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785)

kariṣyāmi tvahaṃ śakra śayanaṃ yatnamāsthitaḥ ..  
yāvacca caturo māsānyathā sa na caliṣyati .. 785 ..

> I will take to lying down with effort, O Śakra, / for the duration of the four months, so that he will not move.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_2)

tasmātsthānātsahasrākṣa madbhāreṇa prapīḍitaḥ ..  
varṣevarṣe sadā kāryaṃ mayā tatsuhitaṃ tava .. 76 ..

> Oppressed by my weight, from that place, O thousand-eyed one \[Indra\], / every year that welfare of yours must always be accomplished by me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_3)

tasmādgacchādhunā svarge kuru rājyamakaṃṭakam ..  
prāvṛṭ kāle tu saṃprāpte na bhīḥ kāryā tadudbhavā .. 77 ..

> Therefore, go now to heaven and rule the kingdom without thorns; / when the rainy season arrives, you should have no fear arising from him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_4)

yo māṃ tatra śayānaṃ tu vratenānena devapa..  
pūjayiṣyati sadbhaktyā tasya dāsyāmi vāṃchitam .. 78 ...

> Whoever, O ruler of gods, worships me lying down there / with this observance and with true devotion, to him I will grant what he desires."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_5)

.. sūta uvāca ..  
evamuktvā hṛṣīkeśo visasarja śatakratum ..  
niḥśeṣabhayanirmuktaṃ svarājyaparivṛddhaye 79..

> Sūta said: / Having spoken thus, Hṛṣīkeśa sent away Śatakratu, / freed from all fear, for the prosperity of his own kingdom.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_6)

āṣāḍhasya site pakṣa ekādaśyā dine sadā..  
hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre tatrāgatya svayaṃ vibhuḥ .. 6.231.80 ..

> Always on the day of the eleventh \[tithi\] in the bright half of Āṣāḍha, / the all-pervading Lord, arriving there in person at the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_7)

vṛkopari tataścakre śayanaṃ yatnamāsthitaḥ ..  
tenākrāṃtastataḥ so'pi śaknoti calituṃ na hi .. 81 ...

> then took to lying down upon Vṛka with effort; / overcome by him, he was not able to move at all.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_8)

mṛtaprāyastato nityaṃ tadbhāreṇa prapīḍitaḥ ..  
kārtikasya site pakṣa ekādaśyā dine sthite .. 82 ..

> Nearly dead, constantly oppressed by his weight, / when the day of the eleventh \[tithi\] in the bright half of Kārtika arrives,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_9)

utthānaṃ kurute viṣṇuḥ kṣīrodaṃ prati gacchati ..ā.  
so'pi sāṃkṛtiśāpena vṛkaḥ paṃgutvamāpnuyāt .. 83 ..

> Viṣṇu rises up and departs toward the Ocean of Milk; / and that Vṛka, by the curse of Sāṅkṛti, becomes lame.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_10)

evaṃ ca caturo māsānna tyajecchayanaṃ hariḥ ..  
bhayāttasyāsureṃdrasya dānavasya durātmanaḥ .. .. 84 ..

> And thus Hari does not leave his couch for four months, / on account of the danger from that ruler of Asuras, the evil-minded Dānava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_11)

tatra martyaiḥ kriyā sarvāḥ kriyate na makhodbhavāḥ ..  
yasmātsa yajñapuruṣo na supto bhāgamaśnute .. 85 ..

> During that time, mortals perform no rites born of sacrifices, / because the Lord of Sacrifice, when sleeping, does not partake of his share.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_12)

tathā yajñāśca ye sarve ktvayādānādi kāḥ śubhāḥ ..  
te sarve na kriyaṃte ca cūḍākaraṇapūrvakāḥ .. 86 ..

> Likewise, all auspicious sacrifices, beginning with the tonsure ceremony / and the giving of daughters in marriage, are not performed;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_13)

muktvānnaprāśanaṃnāma sīmaṃtonnayanaṃ tathā ..  
tasmātsupte jagannāthe tāḥ sarvāḥ syurvṛthā dvijāḥ .. 87 ..

> excepting the first feeding of solid food and the parting of the hair; / therefore, while the Lord of the world is asleep, all those would be in vain, O twice-born ones.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_14)

vrataṃ vā niyamaṃ vātha tasminyaḥ kurute naraḥ ..  
prasupte devadeveśe tatsarvaṃ niṣphalaṃ bhavet ..88..

> Whatever observance or restriction a man undertakes at that time, / while the God of gods is asleep, all that becomes fruitless.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_15)

tasmātsarvaprayatnena saṃprasupte janārdane ..  
vratasthairmānavairbhāvyaṃ tasya devasya tuṣṭaye .. 89 ..

> Therefore, with every effort, while Janārdana is asleep, / men must abide by observances for the satisfaction of that god.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_16)

ekādaśyāṃ dine prāpte śayane bodhane hareḥ ..  
yatkiṃcitkriyate karma śreṣṭhaṃ taccākṣayaṃ bhavet .. 6.231.90 ..

> When the eleventh day arrives for Hari’s sleeping and for his awakening, / whatever noble act is performed becomes inexhaustible.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_17)

kiṃvātra bahunoktena kriyate yadvrataṃ naraiḥ ..  
tena tuṣṭiṃ parāṃ yāti daityopari sthito hariḥ ..91..

> What need is there of saying much here? By whatever observance is performed by men, / Hari, situated on top of the Daitya, attains supreme satisfaction.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_18)

evaṃ sa bhagavānprāha suptastatra janārdanaḥ ..  
kiṃ vā tasya jvaro jāto mahatī vedanāpi ca .. 92 ..

> Thus the blessed Janārdana declared while sleeping there: / 'Does he have a fever or even great torment,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_19)

tasminnahani pāpātmā yonnamaśnāti mānavaḥ ..  
tasmātsarvaprayatnena saṃprāpte harivāsare .. 93 ..

> the sinful person who eats food on that day?' / Therefore, with every effort, when Hari's day arrives,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_20)

anyasminnapi bhoktavyaṃ na nareṇa vijānatā ..  
kiṃ punaḥ śayanaṃ yatra kurute yatra bodhanam .. 94 ..

> a wise person should not eat food on that or another \[Ekādaśī\]; / how much more so on the day when he sleeps and when he awakens!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_21)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭo'smi dvijo ttamāḥ ..  
hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre yasmācchete janārdanaḥ .. 95 ..

> Sūta said: / All this has been narrated to you, O best of the twice-born, as I was asked, / about why Janārdana sleeps in the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_22)

kṣīrābdhiṃ saṃparityajya sadā māsacatuṣṭayam ..  
śrūyatāṃ ca phalaṃ yatsyāttasminnārādhite vibho .. 96 ..

> having left the Ocean of Milk for four months always; / and hear the fruit that accrues when that Lord is propitiated:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_23)

caturo vārṣikānmāsānyastaṃ pūjayate vibhum ..  
vratasthaḥ sa naro yāti yatra devaḥ sa saṃsthitaḥ .. 97 ..

> That person who, observing vows, worships the Lord for the four rainy months, / goes to where that god abides.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_24)

kiṃ dānairbahubhirdattaiḥ kiṃ vrataiḥ kimupoṣitaiḥ ..  
tatra yaḥ puṃḍarīkākṣaṃ suptaṃ pūjayati dhruvam .. 98 ..

> What is the use of many gifts bestowed, what of vows, what of fasts? / A person who unfailingly worships the lotus-eyed one sleeping there \[attains all\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.230.785\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.230.785_25)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye jalaśāyyupākhyāna ekādaśīvratamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikatriṃśaduttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ . 231 ..

> Thus ends the two hundred and thirty-first chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of the Ekādaśī Vow in the Narrative of the One Lying on the Waters', in the Glory of Hāṭakeśvara Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] in the Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses, the glorious Skandapurāṇa.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.230.1) — English, machine translation

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