[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) › 5.23 # Skandapurana 5.23 Skandapurāṇa 5.23 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.23.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.23.2) sūta uvāca.. tasyaiva paścime bhāge mṛgatīrthamanuttamam.. asti puṇyatamaṃ khyātaṃ samaste dharaṇītale..... tatra ye mānavāstīrthe samyakchraddhāsamanvitāḥ .. caitraśuklacaturdaśyāṃ snānaṃ kurvaṃtibhāskare .. 2 .. > Sūta said: / In the western part of that very \[place\] there is the unsurpassed Mṛgatīrtha, / renowned on the entire surface of the earth as most sacred. / Those men who, endowed with perfect faith, / perform ritual ablution in that sacred ford on the bright fourteenth of Caitra when the sun > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.23.3) madhye sthite na te yāṃti tiryagyonau kathaṃcana .. api pāpasamopetā doṣaiḥ sarvaiḥ samanvitāḥ .. 3 .. > stands at midday, never go to an animal womb, / even if they are fraught with sin and endowed with all faults. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.23.4) kṛtaghnā nāstikāścaurā maryādābhedakāstathā .. snātā ye tatra sattīrthe te yāṃti paramāṃ gatim .. vimānavaramārūḍhāḥ stūyamānāśca kiṃnaraiḥ .. 4 .. > Ungrateful people, atheists, thieves, and breakers of boundaries— / having bathed there in that true sacred ford, they attain the supreme state, / mounted on excellent aerial chariots and praised by kiṃnaras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.23.5) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. mṛgatīrthaṃ kathaṃ tatra saṃjātaṃ sūtanaṃdana .. kiṃ prabhāvaṃ samācakṣva paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ .. .. 5 .. > The seers said: / How did Mṛgatīrtha arise there, O son of Sūta? / Tell us of its power, for our curiosity is great! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.23.6) .. sūta uvāca .. .. pūrvaṃ tatra mahāraṇye nānāmṛgagaṇāvṛte .. nānāvihaṃgasaṃghuṣṭe nānāvṛkṣasamākule .. 6 .. > Sūta said: / Formerly, in that great forest filled with herds of various deer, / resounding with various birds, and crowded with various trees, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.23.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.23.7) samāyātā mahāraudrā lubdha kāścāpapāṇayaḥ .. kṛṣṇāṃgā bhramamāṇāste yamadūtā ivā'pare .. 7 .. > very terrible hunters arrived, bows in hand; / dark-bodied, wandering about, they were like other messengers of Yama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.23.8) etasminnaṃtare dṛṣṭaṃ mṛgayūthaṃ taroradhaḥ .. upaviṣṭaṃ suviśrabdhaṃ taistadā dvija sattamāḥ .. 8 .. > Meanwhile, beneath a tree, a herd of deer seated / in full confidence was seen by them then, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.23.9) atha tām̐llubdhakāndṛṣṭvā dūrato'pi bhayāturāḥ .. palāyanaparāḥ sarve mṛgā jagmurdrutaṃ tataḥ .. 9 .. > Then, seeing those hunters even from afar, overcome with fear, / all the deer, intent on flight, swiftly went away from there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.23.10) atha te sannidhau dṛṣṭvā gaṃbhīraṃ salilāśayam .. praviṣṭā hariṇāḥ sarve bhayārtāḥ śarapīḍitāḥ .. 6.23.10 .. > Then, seeing nearby a deep reservoir of water, / all the deer entered it, afflicted with fear and tormented by arrows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.23.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.23.11) tatastatsalilasyāṃtaste mṛgāḥ sarva eva hi .. mānuṣatvamanuprāptāstatprabhāvā ddvijottamāḥ .. 11 .. > Then, inside that water, every one of those deer / attained human state by its power, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.23.12) atha tānmānuṣībhūtānpapracchurlubdhakā mṛgān.. mṛgayūthaṃ samāyātaṃ mārgeṇānena sāṃpratam .. kena mārgeṇa niryātaṃ tasmādvadata mā ciram .. 12 .. > Then the hunters questioned those deer that had become humans: / “A herd of deer arrived along this path just now. / By which path did it escape? Tell us from that, without delay!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.23.13) .. mānuṣā ūcuḥ .. .. vayaṃ te hariṇāḥ sarve mānuṣatvaṃ sudurlabham .. tīrthasyā'sya prabhāvena prāptāḥ satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. 13 .. > The humans said: / “We were all those deer; human state, so very hard to attain, / we have gained by the power of this sacred ford—truly, there is no doubt!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.23.13\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.23.13_1) tacchrutvā vismayāviṣṭāstataste lubdhakā drutam .. tyaktvā dhanūṃṣi bāṇāṃśca snānaṃ tatra pracakrire ...4.. > Hearing that, overcome with amazement, those hunters immediately / discarded their bows and arrows and performed ritual ablution there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.23.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.23.15) snānamātrāttataḥ sarve divyamālyānulepanāḥ .. divyagātradharā sarve saṃjātāḥ pārthivottamāḥ .. 15 .. > From the mere act of bathing, all of them became best among kings, / having divine garlands and ointments, and possessing divine bodies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.23.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.23.16) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. atyāścaryamidaṃ sūta yattvayā parikīrtitam .. snānamātreṇa te prāptā lubdhakāstādṛśaṃ vapuḥ .. 16 .. > The seers said: / This is a great wonder, O Sūta, that you have related: / by the mere act of bathing, those hunters obtained such a form, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.23.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.23.17) tathā mānuṣyamāpannā mṛgāstoyāvagāhanāt .. tatkathaṃ medinīpṛṣṭhe tattīrthaṃ saṃbabhūva ha .. 17 .. > and the deer attained humanity by plunging into the water. / How then did that sacred ford come to be upon the surface of the earth? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.23.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.23.18) .. sūta uvāca .. .. liṃgabhedodbhavaṃ toyaṃ yatpurā vaḥ prakīrtitam .. ācchannaṃ pāṃsubhiḥ kṛtsnaṃ vāyunā śakraśāsanāt .. 18 .. > Sūta said: / The water that arose from the cleavage of the liṅga, of which I told you before, / was completely covered with dust by the wind at Śakra’s command. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.23.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.23.19) valmīkaraṃdhramāsādya tanniṣkrāṃtaṃ punardvijāḥ .. kālena mahatā tatra pradeśe svalpameva hi .. 19 .. > Reaching the cavity of an anthill, it emerged again, O brahmins, / after a long time, in just a small amount in that region, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.23.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.23.20) yatra snātaḥ purā sadyastriśaṃkuḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ .. divyaṃ vapuḥ punaḥ prāpta ścaṃḍālatvena saṃsthitaḥ .. 6.23.20 .. > where King Triśaṅku, having bathed long ago, immediately / obtained a divine form again, after having remained in the state of a caṇḍāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.23.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.23.21) etasmātkāraṇāttatra snātāḥ sāraṃgalubdhakāḥ .. sarve pāpavinirmuktāḥ saṃprāptāḥ paramaṃ vapuḥ .. 21 .. > For this reason, the deer and the hunters who bathed there / were all freed from sin and attained a supreme form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.23.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.23.23) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye mṛgatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmatrayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 23 .. ..cha.. .. > Thus ends the twenty-third chapter, titled ‘Description of the Māhātmya of the Mṛgatīrtha,’ in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the auspicious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.23.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.23) · Pramāṇa