[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) › 5.25 # Skandapurana 5.25 Skandapurāṇa 5.25 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.25.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tatrāścaryamabhūtpūrvaṃ yattadbrāhmaṇasattamāḥ .. tadvo'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi gaṃgāmāhātmyasaṃbhavam .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / A wonder took place there in the past, O best of brahmins; / I shall recount that to you, arising from the greatness of the Gaṅgā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.2) camatkārapure vipraḥ purāsītsaṃśitavrataḥ .. caṃḍaśarmeti vikhyāto rūpaudāryaguṇānvitaḥ .. 2 .. > In the city of Camatkārapura, there was formerly a brahmin of strict vows, / known as Caṇḍaśarman, endowed with beauty, generosity, and virtues. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.3) sa yadā yauvanopetastadā veśyānurāgakṛt .. śrotriyo'pyabhavadvipro yauvanodbhārapīḍitaḥ .. 3 .. > When he was endowed with youth, he developed a passion for a courtesan; / though a Vedic scholar, the brahmin became afflicted by the heavy burden of youth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.4) sa kadācinniśīthe'tha tṛṣārtaśca samutthitaḥ .. prārthayāmāsa tāṃ veśyāṃ pānīyaṃ pātumutsahe .. 4 .. > Once, getting up at midnight afflicted by thirst, / he begged that courtesan: "I wish to drink water." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.5) atha sā salilabhrāṃtyā karakaṃ madyasaṃbhavam .. samādāya dadau pānaṃ tasmai nidrākulāya ca .. 5 .. > Then she, mistaking it for water, took a water-pot containing liquor / and gave the drink to him, who was overcome by sleep. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.6) mukhamadhyagate madye so'pi tāṃ kopasaṃyutaḥ.. veśyāṃ prabhartsayāmāsa dhigdhikśabdairmuhurmuhuḥ ..6.. > When the liquor entered his mouth, he, filled with rage, / reproached the courtesan with the repeated words: "Fie! Fie!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.7) kimidaṃkimidaṃ pāpe tvayā karma vigarhitam .. kṛtaṃ yanmukhamadhye me prakṣiptā niṃditā surā .. 7 .. > "What is this, what is this, O sinful woman! A vile deed has been done / by you, in that despicable liquor has been poured into my mouth! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.8) brāhmaṇyamadya me naṣṭaṃ madyapānādasaṃśayam .. prāyaścittaṃ kariṣyāmi tasmādātmaviśuddhaye .. 8 .. > My brahminhood is destroyed today through drinking liquor, without doubt; / therefore, I shall perform an expiation for the purification of myself." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.9) evamuktvā viniṣkramya tadgṛhādduḥkhasaṃyutaḥ .. rurodātha tadā gatvā karuṇaṃ nirjane vane .. 9 .. > Having spoken thus, having gone out from her house filled with sorrow, / he then went to a lonely forest and wept piteously. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.10) tataḥ prabhātavelāyāṃ snātvā vastrasamanvitaḥ .. tyaktvā gātrasya romāṇi samastāni dvijottamāḥ .. 6.25.10 .. > Then at daybreak, having bathed, wearing \[clean\] clothes, / having shaved all the hair of his body, O best of twice-born, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.11) saṃprāpto vipramukhyānāṃ sabhā yatra vyavasthitā .. paṭhaṃti sarvaśāstrāṇi vedāṃtāni ca kṛtsnaśaḥ .. 11 .. > He arrived where the assembly of leading brahmins was seated, / reading all the scriptures and the entirety of the Upaniṣads. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.12) athāsau praṇipatyoccaiḥ provāca dvijasattamān.. jalabhrāṃtyā surā pītā mayā kuruta nigraham .. 12 .. > Then, prostrating himself, he said loudly to the best of brahmins: / “Mistaking it for water, I drank wine; punish me!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.13) atha te dharmaśāstrāṇi pravicārya punaḥpunaḥ .. tamūcurbrāhmaṇāḥ sarve prāyaścittakṛte sthitam.. 13 .. > Then all those brahmins, deliberating again and again over the Dharmaśāstras, / said to him as he stood ready for penance: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.14) .. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .. ajñānājjñānato vāpi surāṃ cedbrāhmaṇaḥ pibet.. agnivarṇaṃ ghṛtaṃ pītvā tāvanmātraṃviśu dhyati .. 14 .. > The brahmins said: / “If a brahmin drinks wine, whether unknowingly or knowingly, / he is purified only by drinking that same amount of fire-hot ghee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.15) sa tvaṃ vāṃchasi cecchuddhimagnivarṇaṃ ghṛtaṃ piba .. yāvanmātrā surā pītā tāvanmātraṃ viśuddhaye .. 15 .. > So, if you desire purification, drink fire-hot ghee; / for purification, drink only as much wine as you have drunk.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.16) sa tatheti pratijñāya ghṛtamādāya tatkṣaṇāt .. cakre vahnisamaṃ yāvatpānārthaṃ dvijasattamāḥ.. 16 .. > Agreeing, “So be it,” and taking the ghee at that very moment, / O best of brahmins, just as he made it blazing like fire to drink, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.17) tāvattasya pitā prāptaḥ śrutvā vārtāṃ sabhāryakaḥ .. kimidaṃ kimidaṃ putra bruvāṇo duḥkha saṃyutaḥ .. aśrupūrṇekṣaṇo dīno vāṣpagadgadayā girā .. 17 .. > his father, accompanied by his wife, arrived upon hearing the news, / saying, “What is this? What is this, son?”, filled with sorrow, / distressed, his eyes full of tears, his voice choked with weeping. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.17\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.17_1) tataḥ sa kathayāmāsa sarvarātrisamudbhavam.. vṛttāṃtaṃ tacca viprāṇāṃ prāyaścittaṃ yathocitam .. ...8.. > Then he recounted the entire event that had occurred in the night / and that appropriate penance prescribed by the brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.17\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.17_2) atha sa brāhmaṇānprāha sarvāṃstāndvijasattamāḥ .. prāyaścittaṃ sutāyāsmai mamānyatsaṃpradīyatām ...9.. > Then he said to all those brahmins, O best of brahmins: / “Let another penance be prescribed for this son of mine! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.20) saṃcintya dharmaśāstrāṇi vicārya ca punaḥ punaḥ .. sarvasvamapi dāsyāmi putrahetorasaṃśayam .. 6.25.20 .. > Having reflected on the Dharmaśāstras and deliberated again and again, / I will undoubtedly give away even my entire property for the sake of my son.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.20\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.20_3) tataste brāhmaṇāḥ sarve bhūyobhūyaśca sādaram .. viciṃtya dharmaśāstrāṇi tamūcurmunisattamāḥ .. ..2... > Then all those brahmins, having reflected on the Dharmaśāstras / respectfully again and again, said to him, O best of sages: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.22) nānyadasti surāpāne prāyaścittaṃ dvijanmanām .. mauṃjīhomaṃ vinā vipra yadyuktaṃ tatsamācara ..22.. > “There is no other penance for the twice-born in the drinking of wine / except the burning on the muñja-grass pyre, O brahmin; carry out what is prescribed.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.23) tataḥ sa svasutaṃ prāha naiva tvaṃ kartumarhasi .. yaccha dānāni viprebhyastīrthayātrāṃ samācara .. 23 .. > Then he said to his son: “You must not do this at all; / give gifts to the brahmins and undertake a pilgrimage to sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.24) tataḥ śuddhiṃ samāpnoṣi kramānniyamasaṃyutaḥ .. vrataiśca vividhaiścīrṇaiḥ satyametadbravīmyaham .. 24 .. > Then you will gradually attain purity, observing vows / and having performed various religious observances; this I speak truthfully.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.25) na brāhmaṇasamādiṣṭaṃ prāyaścitta viśuddhaye .. 25 .. > “The penance prescribed by the brahmins is not for purification.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.26) .. putra uvāca .. .. etanmama mahābhāgā yadbruvaṃti vratādikam .. tasmātkāryo mayā tāta mauṃjīhomo na saṃśayaḥ .. 26 .. > The son said: / “Since these noble souls prescribe this, such as vows, / therefore, father, the burning on the muñja-grass pyre must undoubtedly be performed by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.27) yanmayā tu kṛtaṃ bālye tatsarvaṃ kṣaṃtumarhasi .. 27 .. > You ought to forgive all that I have done in childhood.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.28) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tasya taṃ niścayaṃ jñātvā sa pitā sutavatsalaḥ .. sarvasvaṃ pradadau ruṣṭo maraṇe kṛtaniścayaḥ .. 28 .. > Sūta said: / Knowing his resolve, that father, loving towards his son, / gave away all his possessions in grief, resolved upon death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.29) sā'pi tasya satī bhāryā kṛtvā mṛtyuviniścayam .. tamuvāca sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvaṃ dattvā gṛhādikam.. 29 .. > His devoted wife also, having resolved upon death, / looked at her son after giving away everything, including their house, and said to him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.30) āvābhyāṃ saṃpraviṣṭābhyāṃ vahnau putra tatastadā .. mauṃjīhomastvayā kāryo māṃ tātaṃ yadi manyase .. 6.25.30 .. > “Only when the two of us have entered the fire, son, / is the burning on the muñja-grass pyre to be done by you, if you regard me and your father.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.31) tatastau dampatī hṛṣṭau yāvadvahnisamīpagau .. saṃjātau maraṇārthāya sa ca tābhyāṃ samudbhavaḥ .. 31 .. > Then, as the married couple cheerfully approached the fire / to die, and the son born of the two of them \[did likewise\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.32) tāvatprāpto munirnāma śāṃḍilyo vedapāragaḥ .. tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena tatra deśe dvijottamāḥ .. 32 .. > just then a sage named Śāṇḍilya, master of the Vedas, / arrived in that region, O best of brahmins, in the course of a pilgrimage to sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.33) sa vṛttāṃtaṃ samākarṇya kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ .. abravīdbrāhmaṇānsarvānbhartsamāno muhurmuhuḥ .. 33 .. > Having heard the incident, his eyes red with anger, / he spoke to all the brahmins, censuring them repeatedly: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.34) aho mūḍhatamā yūyaṃ yadetadbrāhmaṇatrayam .. vṛthā mṛtyumavāpnoti nigrahe sugame sati..34.. > “Ah, you are utter fools, since this trio of brahmins / meets death in vain when an easy expiation exists! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.35) atra kātyāyanenoktaṃ yadvacaḥ sumahātmanā .. tacchṛṇvantu dvijāḥ sarve prāyaścittī tathāpyayam .. 35 .. > Let all the brahmins hear the word spoken here by the great-souled Kātyāyana, / and likewise he who requires penance: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.36) cāṃdrāyaṇāni kṛcchrāṇi tathā sāṃtapanāni ca .. prāyaścittāni dīyaṃte yatra gaṃgā na vidyate .. 36 .. > ‘Cāndrāyaṇas, kṛcchras, and sāṃtapanas— / such penances are prescribed only where the Gaṅgā does not exist.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.37) atra viṣṇupadī gaṃgā tatkṣetre tu dvijottamāḥ .. tasyāṃ snānaṃ karotveṣa tataḥ śuddhimavāpsyati .. 37 .. > Here in this sacred field is the Gaṅgā, the Viṣṇupadī, O best of brahmins; / let him bathe in it, and then he will attain purification. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.38) mauṃjīhomaḥ pramāṇaṃ syānmunivākyena cedbhavet .. tadetadapi vākyaṃ hi kātyāyanamuneḥ sphuṭam .. 38 .. > The burning on the muñja-grass pyre would be valid if it were the word of a sage; / and this statement here is indeed clearly that of the sage Kātyāyana.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.39) tataste brāhmaṇāḥ sarve harṣeṇa mahatānvitāḥ .. sādhusādhviti taṃ procya procuḥ satyamidaṃ mune .. 39 .. > Then all those brahmins, filled with great joy, / exclaimed to him, “Excellent! Excellent!”, and said: “This is true, O sage!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.40) tataḥ prabodhya taṃ vipraṃ ninyustatra dvijottamāḥ .. yatra viṣṇupadī gaṃgā svayameva vyavasthitā .. 6.25.40 .. > Then, consoling that brahmin, the best of the twice-born led him there / where the Viṣṇupadī Gaṅgā herself was present. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.41) tatra sa brāhmaṇo yāvadgaṃgātoyasamudbhavam .. gaṃḍūṣaṃ kurute vaktre tāvacchuddho babhūva saḥ .. udarādakhilaṃ toyaṃ niṣkrāṃtaṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. 41 .. > There, as soon as that brahmin took a mouthful / of the water from the Gaṅgā into his mouth, he became purified; / all the water \[he had drunk\] came out of his belly, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.42) tato'vagāhate yāvattasyāstoyaṃ suśobhanam .. tāvadākāśasaṃbhūtā gambhīrovāca bhāratī .. 42 .. > Then, as he plunged into its beautiful water, / a deep voice born of the sky spoke: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.43) śuddho'yaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ sākṣādviṣṇupadyāḥ samāgamāt .. snānādācamanādeva tasmādyātu gṛhaṃ nijam .. .. 43 .. > “This brahmin is purified directly by the contact with the Viṣṇupadī, / merely by bathing and sipping its water; therefore, let him go to his own home.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.44) tataste brāhmaṇāḥ sarve caṃḍaśarmādayaśca ye .. diṣṭyādiṣṭyeti jalpantaḥ svāni harmyāṇi bhejire .. 44 .. > Then all those brahmins, Caṇḍaśarman and the others, / saying, “By good fortune! By good fortune!”, went to their own mansions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.45) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ prabhāvā sā viprā gaṃgā viṣṇupadī sthitā .. tasya kṣetrasya sīmāṃte paścime pāpanāśinī .. 45 .. > Sūta said: / Such is the power of the Gaṅgā Viṣṇupadī, O brahmins, / situated at the western border of that sacred field, destroying sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.46) etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ viṣṇupadyāḥ samudbhavam .. māhātmyaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 46 .. > All this has been related to you: the origin of the Viṣṇupadī, / a māhātmya that destroys all evils, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.25.46\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25.46_4) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvara kṣetramāhātmye viṣṇupadīgaṃgāmāhāmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 25 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the twenty-fifth chapter, named ‘Description of the Māhātmya of the Viṣṇupadī Gaṅgā’, in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\], in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.25.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.25) · Pramāṇa