[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) › 5.267 # Skandapurana 5.267 Skandapurāṇa 5.267 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.267.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.1) ānarta uvāca.. karmaṇā kena martye ca narāṇāṃ jāyate vada.. cakravartitvamakhilaṃ sarvaśatruvimardanam..1.. > Ānarta said: / Tell \[me\], by what action among mortals does there arise for men / complete universal sovereignty that crushes all enemies? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.2) bhartṛyajña uvāca.. durlabhaṃ bhūmipālatvaṃ sarvapāpairnarādhipa.. tapobhirniyamairdānaistathānyaiśca śubhairvrataiḥ.. 2.. > Bhartṛyajña said: / Kingship is difficult to attain by all sins, O king of men, / \[and is won\] through austerities, religious restraints, gifts, and likewise other auspicious vows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.3) yaḥ punarbhūpatirbhūtvā pṛthvīṃ dadyāddhiraṇmayīm.. gautameśvaradevasya purataḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ.. cakravartī bhavennūnamevamāha pitāmahaḥ.. 3.. > He who, having become a king, gives a golden earth / in the presence of the god Gautameśvara with faith, / surely becomes a universal emperor; so said the grandfather \[Brahmā\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.4) māṃdhātā dhundhumāraśca hariścaṃdraḥ purūravāḥ. bharataḥ kārtavīryaśca ṣaḍete cakravartinaḥ..4. > Māndhātṛ, Dhundhumāra, Hariścandra, Purūravas, / Bharata, and Kārtavīrya—these are the six universal emperors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.5) pṛthvīdānaṃ purā kṛtvā gautameśvarasaṃnidhau. dattvā hiraṇmayīṃ pṛthvīṃ sārvabhaumāstataḥ sthitāḥ..5.. > Having in ancient times made the gift of the earth in the presence of Gautameśvara, / having given a golden earth, they consequently stood as emperors over the whole earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.6) ānarta uvāca.. bhagavankena vidhinā dātavyā sā vasundharā.. ahaṃ dāsyāmi tāṃ nūnaṃ śraddhā me mahatī sthitā..6.. > Ānarta said: / O venerable one, by what rite should that earth be given? / I will certainly give it; great faith resides in me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.7) bhartṛyajña uvāca.. kāryā palaśatenorvī vṛttākārā nṛpottama.. tadardhenāthavā śaktyā paṃcaviṃśatpalātmikā..7.. > Bhartṛyajña said: / The earth should be made of one hundred palas, circular in shape, O best of kings; / or with half of that, or according to one's capacity, consisting of twenty-five palas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.9) dharādāne mahārāja vittaśāṭhyaṃ vivarjayet.. naiva paṃcapalādarvākpradātavyā kathañcana.. lavaṇekṣusurāsarpirdadhidugdhajalodbhavāḥ.. samudrāḥ sapta caitāṃstu kakṣāyāṃ tatra darśayet..9.. > In making the gift of the earth, O great king, one should avoid stinginess regarding wealth; / it should never be given below five palas under any circumstances. / The oceans arising from salt, sugarcane juice, liquor, ghee, curds, milk, and water— / one should display these seven oceans within its zone there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.10) jaṃbūplakṣakuśakrauṃcaśākaśālmalipuṣkarāḥ. samudrānsaritaḥ sapta dvaiguṇyena prakalpayet..6.268.10.. > The \[continents of\] Jambū, Plakṣa, Kuśa, Krauñca, Śāka, Śālmali, and Puṣkara, / the oceans, and the seven rivers one should fashion, each doubling in size. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.12) mahendro malayaḥ sahyo himavāngaṃdhamādanaḥ.. viṃdhyaḥ śṛṃgī ca saptaiva kalpayetkulaparvatān..11.. madhye prakalpayenmeruṃ dikṣu viṣkambhaparvatān.. jaṃbūnyagrodhanīpāṃśca plakṣaścaiva tathā drumān..12.. > Mahendra, Malaya, Sahya, Himavat, Gandhamādana, > Vindhya, and Śṛṅgin: one should fashion precisely these seven principal mountain ranges. > In the center, one should fashion Meru, and in the cardinal directions, the supporting mountains; > likewise the trees: the rose-apple, the banyan, the kadamba, and the plakṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.14) gaṃgādyāḥ saritastatra prādhānyena prakalpayet.. evaṃ nirmāpya vasudhāṃ sarvāṃ hemamayīṃ nṛpa..13.. maṃḍapaṃ kārayetpaścādyathāpūrvaṃ prakalpitam..14.. > There one should fashion the rivers, foremost among them the Gaṅgā. > Having thus fashioned the entire earth made of gold, O king, > one should then cause a pavilion to be built, constructed as described before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.15) kuṇḍāni toraṇānyeva brāhmaṇagrahapūjane.. pūrvavatsakalaṃ kṛtvā madhye vediṃ prakalpayet..15.. > Sacrificial pits and archways indeed for worship of the brahmins and planets— > having made everything as before, one should fashion an altar in the middle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.16) tatra saṃsthāpayetpṛthvīṃ paṃcagavyena pārthiva.. yathoktamaṃtraistalliṃgaistataḥ śuddhodakena tu..16.. > There one should set down the earth with the five products of the cow, O king, > accompanied by the prescribed mantras matching the marks, and then with pure water, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.17) imaṃ me gaṃge yamune paṃcanadyastripuṣkaram.. śrīsūktaṃ pāvamānaṃ ca haimīṃ ca tadanaṃtaram..17.. > \[reciting\] 'imaṃ me gaṅge yamune,' the 'pañca nadyaḥ,' the 'tripuṣkaram,' > the Śrīsūkta, and the Pāvamāna hymn; and then the golden \[earth\] \[one should bathe\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.18) snānakarmaṇi yogyāṃśa svādiṣṭhāyanamuttamam..18.. > with portions suitable for the rite of bathing, \[and with\] the supreme 'svādiṣṭhayā' \[hymn\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.19) evaṃ saṃsnāpya vidhivadvāsāṃsi paridhāpayet.. yuvā suvāsā maṃtreṇa sūkṣmāṇi vividhāni ca..19.. > Having thus bathed it according to rule, one should clothe it in garments, > fine and diverse, with the mantra 'yuvā suvāsāḥ'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.20) ye bhūtānāmadhītyevaṃ tataḥ procya prapūjayet.. dhūrasīti ca maṃtreṇa dhūpaṃ dadyātsamāhitaḥ..6.268.20.. > Having thus recited 'ye bhūtānām,' one should then worship it. > With concentrated mind, one should offer incense with the mantra 'dhūr asi'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.21) agnirjyotīti maṃtreṇa kuryādārārtikaṃ tataḥ.. ahamasmīti maṃtreṇa saptadhānyaṃ prakalpayet..21.. > Then one should perform the waving of lights with the mantra 'agnir jyotiḥ'. > With the mantra 'aham asmi,' one should arrange the seven grains. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.22) evaṃ kṛtvā'khilaṃ tasyā yajamānaḥ sitāṃbaraḥ.. puraḥ sthitoṃjaliṃ baddhvā maṃtrānetānudāharet..22.. > Having performed all this for her, the patron, dressed in white garments, > standing before her with joined palms, should utter these mantras: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.23) tvayā saṃdhāryate viśvaṃ jagadetaccarācaram.. tava dānaṃ kariṣyāmi sāṃnidhyaṃ kuru medini..23.. > 'By you the universe is upheld, this entire moving and unmoving world. > I shall make a gift of you; grant your presence, O Earth! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.24) śarīreṣvapi bhūtānāṃ tvaṃ devi prathamaṃ sthitā.. tataścānyāni bhūtāni jalādīni vasundhare..24.. > Even in the bodies of living beings, O goddess, you exist first; > and then the other elements, beginning with water, O Earth! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.25) ye tvāṃ yacchaṃti te bhūyastvāṃ labhaṃte na saṃśayaḥ.. iha loke pare caiva pārthivaṃ rūpamāśritā..25.. > Those who give you, obtain you again, without a doubt, > in this world and in the next, resting in royal form.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.26) evaṃ stutvā samādāya toyaṃ hemākṛtiṃ nṛpa.. vāsudevaṃ hṛdi sthāpya maṃtreṇānena kalpayet..26.. > Having thus praised her and taken water, O king, \[and\] the golden form, > fixing Vāsudeva in one's heart, one should dedicate it with this mantra: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.27) pātālāduddhṛtā yena pṛthvī sā lokakāriṇā.. asyā dānena ca sadā prīyatāṃ me janārdanaḥ..27.. > 'By whom that earth was lifted up from Pātāla, the creator of the world— > by the gift of this \[earth\], may Janārdana always be pleased with me!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.28) evamuccārya tattoyaṃ toyamadhye parikṣipet.. na bhūmau naiva haste ca brāhmaṇasya nṛpottama..28.. > Having spoken thus, one should cast that water into the midst of water, > not on the ground, nor into the hand of the brahmin, O best of kings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.29) tato visarjayeddevīṃ mantreṇānena bhāgaśaḥ.. āgatā ca yathānyāyaṃ pūjitā ca yathāvidhi..29.. > Then one should dismiss the goddess in parts with this mantra: > 'You have arrived according to proper method and have been worshipped according to rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.30) asmākaṃ tvaṃ hitārthāya yatreṣṭaṃ tatra gamyatām.. usrā vedeti maṃtreṇa samuccārya tataḥ param.. brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradātavyā saṃvibhajya narādhipa..6.268.30.. > For our welfare, go wherever it is desired.' > Having recited beyond that with the mantra 'usrā veda,' > it is to be given to the brahmins after dividing it, O ruler of men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.31) evaṃ te sarvamākhyātaṃ pṛthivīdānamuttamam. śṛṇuyātpārthivo bhāvī dātā janmanijanmani..31.. > Thus has the supreme gift of the earth been entirely recounted to you. > The king who hears it will become a giver \[of land\] birth after birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.32) yo rājā pṛthivīṃ dadyādvidhinānena pārthiva.. rājyabhraṃśo na vaṃśe'pi tasya saṃjāyate kvacit..32.. > Whatever king gives the earth according to this rite, O ruler of the earth, > fall from kingship never occurs, even in his lineage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.33) rājyabhraṃśasamopetā ye dṛśyaṃte mahībhujaḥ.. na tairvasundharā dattā brāhmaṇānāṃ dhṛtātmanām..33.. > Those rulers of the earth who are seen to suffer the loss of their kingdom— > by them the earth was not given to self-controlled brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.34) tasmātsarvaprayatnena pṛthvīdānaṃ samācaret.. na haretparadattāṃ ca kathaṃcidapi medinīm..34.. > Therefore, with every effort one should perform the gift of the earth, > and one must never, in any way, take away land given by another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.35) etatpuṇyaṃ praśasyaṃ ca pṛthivīdānamuttamam.. śṛṇvatāmapi rājeṃdra taddehādyaghanāśanam..35.. > This is meritorious and praiseworthy, the supreme gift of the earth; > even for those who hear of it, O king of kings, it destroys the sins of the body and beyond. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.36) āstāṃ tāvatpradānaṃ ca pṛthivyāḥ pṛthivīpateḥ.. dātuḥ saṃpreraṇaṃ yasyā ajñānaughavināśanam..36.. > Let alone the gift of the earth by a ruler of the earth: > even instigating the donor of it destroys the flood of ignorance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.37) rūpavānsubhagaścaiva tathā ca priyadarśanaḥ.. ādhivyādhivinirmuktaḥ putrapautrasamanvitaḥ..37.. > Handsome, fortunate, and pleasing in appearance, > freed from mental anguish and physical disease, accompanied by sons and grandsons, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.38) medhāvī jāyate martyo dānasyāsya prabhāvataḥ.. itthaṃbhūtā mahārāja kṛtvā rājyamakaṇṭakam..38.. > intelligent does a mortal become by the power of this gift. > Having become like this, O great king, and having ruled an unthreatened kingdom, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.39) prītā viṣṇoḥ padaṃ yāṃti śāśvataṃ yannirāmayam.. anyatrāpi dharādānātprakuryāccakravartitām..39.. > they go, satisfied, to the eternal, painless abode of Viṣṇu. > From the gift of the earth even elsewhere, one would attain universal emperorship > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.40) ekajanmāṃtaraṃ yāvatsamyagdattaṃ nṛpottamaḥ.. gautameśvaradevasya yatpurā purataḥ kṛtam..6.268.40.. > for the duration of a single subsequent birth, when properly given, O best of kings. > That which was formerly made in the presence of the god Gautameśvara > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.41) saptajanmāṃtaraṃ yāvatprakaroti na saṃśayaḥ.. tasmātsarvaprayatnena tatra deyā mahī nṛpa..41.. > makes \[one an emperor\] for seven successive births, without a doubt. > Therefore, with every effort, the earth is to be given there, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.267.268](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267.268) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye gautameśvaramāhātmye pṛthvīdānamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭaṣaṣṭyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ..268.. > Thus ends the two hundred and sixty-eighth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of the Gift of the Earth' in the Gautameśvara-māhātmya within the Hāṭakeśvarakṣetra-māhātmya, in the sixth Nāgarakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skandamahāpurāṇa 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.5.267.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Puraścaryārṇava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.prayoga.purascarana.purascaryarnava.3.23.294) — Sanskrit - [Yogajāgama](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.siva.yogaja.6.312) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.267) · Pramāṇa