[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) › 5.268 # Skandapurana 5.268 Skandapurāṇa 5.268 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.268.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.2) sūta uvāca.. kapāleśasya māhātmyaṃ śrūyatāmadhunā dvijāḥ.. caturthasya mahābhāgāstatra kṣetre sthitasya ca..1.. śrutamātreṇa yenātra naraḥ pāpātpramucyate..2.. > Sūta said: > Now let the greatness of Kapāleśa be heard, O twice-born ones, > the fourth \[deity\], O fortunate ones, residing in that sacred field, > by the mere hearing of which a person here is freed from sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.3) ṛṣaya ūcuḥ.. trayāṇāṃ caiva liṃgānāṃ pūrvoktānāṃ mahāmate.. śrutāsmābhiḥ samutpattiḥkapāleśvaravarjitā.. kenāyaṃ sthāpito devaḥ kapāleśvarasaṃjñitaḥ.. 3.. > The seers said: > O wise one, we have heard the origin of the three liṅgas > mentioned earlier, but not that of Kapāleśvara. > By whom was this god named Kapāleśvara established? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.4) tasmindṛṣṭe phalaṃ kiṃ syātpūjite ca vadasva naḥ..4.. > Tell us: what is the fruit when he is seen, and when he is worshipped? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.5) sūta uvāca.. iṃdreṇa sthāpitaḥ pūrvameṣa devo dvijottamāḥ.. kapāleśvasaṃjñastu brahmahatyā vimuktaye..5.. > Sūta said: > Formerly, this god named Kapāleśvara was installed by Indra, > O best of the twice-born, for release from the killing of a brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.7) tatprabhāvatsuraśreṣṭha stayā mukte dvijottamāḥ.. pāpaṃ pūruṣadānena ityeṣā vaidikī śrutiḥ.... anyo'pi yo narastaṃ ca pūjayitvā prabhaktitaḥ.. prayacchedbrāhmaṇendrāya śuddhaye pāpapūruṣam.. sa mucyetpātakādghorādbrahmahatyāsamudbhavāt..7.. > By his power, O best of the twice-born, the foremost of the gods was released from it > through the gift of the 'person of sin'—such is the Vedic scripture. > Any other man also who, having worshipped him with devotion, > presents the 'person of sin' to an eminent brahmin for purification, > he is freed from the terrible sin born of the killing of a brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.8) dakṣiṇāmūrtimāsādya provācedaṃ bṛhaspatiḥ.. hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre gatvā taṃ vīkṣya śaṃkaram..8.. > Approaching Dakṣiṇāmūrti, Bṛhaspati said this: > 'Having gone to the sacred field born of Hāṭakeśvara and having beheld that Śaṃkara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.9) yo dadāti śarīraṃ ca kṛtvā hemamayaṃ tataḥ.. mucyate nātra saṃdehaḥ pātakaiḥ pūrvasaṃyutaiḥ..9.. > he who then gives a body made of gold > is freed from past sins; of this there is no doubt.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.10) ṛṣaya ūcuḥ.. brahmahatyā kathaṃ jātā surendrasya hi sūtaja.. etannaḥ sarvamācakṣva paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ..6.269.10.. > The seers said: > How did the killing of a brahmin befall the lord of gods, O son of Sūta? > Relate all of this to us, for our curiosity is immense. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.11) kapāleśvarasaṃjñastu kathaṃ devo'tra saṃsthitaḥ.. brahmahatyā kathaṃ naṣṭā tatprabhāvāddivaspateḥ..11.. > How is the god named Kapāleśvara established here? > How was the killing of a brahmin destroyed for the lord of heaven by his power? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.12) sa pāpapūruṣo deyo vidhinā kena sūtaja.. kairmaṃtraiḥ sa hi deyaḥ kaiścaiva hyupaskaraiḥ..12.. > By what rite is that 'person of sin' to be given, O son of Sūta? > With which mantras should he be given, and with which accessories? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.13) darśanātpūjanāccāpi kiṃ phalaṃ jāyate nṛṇām.. adattvā svaśarīraṃ vā pūjayā kevalaṃ vada..13.. > What fruit arises for men from beholding and from worshipping? > Tell \[us\]: without giving one's own body, \[what fruit comes\] by mere worship? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.14) sūta uvāca.. ahaṃ vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi kathāmetāṃ purātanīm.. yāṃ śrutvāpi mahābhāgā naraḥ pāpātpramucyate..14.. > Sūta said: / I will narrate to you this ancient tale, / upon hearing which, O fortunate ones, a man is released from sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.15) ajñānājjñānato vāpi vihitairanyajanmajaiḥ.. dṛṣṭamātreṇa yenātra pātakāttaddinodbhavāt.. mucyate nātra saṃdehaḥ satyametanmayoditam..15.. > \[Committed\] through ignorance or knowledge, or born of other births; / by merely seeing \[this\], he is freed from the sin born of that day— / of this there is no doubt; this truth has been spoken by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.16) purā tvaṣṭuḥ suto jajñe vṛtro hi dvijasattamāḥ.. pulomaduhituḥ pārśvādvibhāvaryāḥ suvīryavān..16.. > Formerly, O best of brahmins, Tvaṣṭṛ's son Vṛtra was born, / possessing great valor, from Puloman's daughter Vibhāvarī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.17) sa bāla eva dharmātmā āsītsarvajanapriyaḥ.. dānavaṃ bhāvamutsṛjya dvijabhaktiparāyaṇaḥ..17.. > Even as a boy he was righteous and dear to all people; / abandoning demonic nature, he was devoted to worshipping brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.18) sa gatvā puṣkarāraṇyaṃ parameṇa samādhinā.. toṣayāmāsa deveśaṃ padmajaṃ tapasi sthitaḥ..18.. > Having gone to the Puṣkara forest with supreme concentration, / standing in austerity, he satisfied the lotus-born lord of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.19) tasya tuṣṭaḥ svayaṃ brahmā dṛṣṭigocaramāgataḥ.. provāca varado'smīti kiṃ te kṛtyaṃ karomyaham..19.. > Pleased with him, Brahmā himself came into the range of his sight / and said, "I am a granter of boons; what task may I perform for you?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.20) vṛtra uvāca.. yadi tuṣṭosi me deva brāhmaṇatvaṃ prayaccha me. brāhmaṇatvaṃ samāsādya sādhayāmi paraṃ padam..6.269.20.. > Vṛtra said: / "If you are pleased with me, O god, grant me brahminhood! / Attaining brahminhood, I shall achieve the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.21) tena kiṃcidasādhyaṃ na brāhmaṇyena bhavenmama.. brāhmaṇena samaṃ cānyanna kiṃcitpratibhāti me..21.. > Through that brahminhood, nothing would be impossible for me; / and nothing else seems equal to a brahmin in my sight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.22) paramaṃ daivataṃ kiṃcinna viprādvidyate param.. tasmānme hṛtsthitaṃ nānyadapi rājyaṃ triviṣṭape..22.. > There is no supreme divinity higher than a brahmin; / therefore, nothing else stays in my heart, not even kingship in heaven." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.23) sūta uvāca.. tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā tuṣṭastasya pitāmahaḥ.. brāhmaṇatvaṃ svayaṃ dattvā tataḥ provāca sādaram..23.. > Sūta said: / Hearing that speech of his, the Grandfather was pleased with him; / granting brahminhood himself, he then said with respect: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.24) mayā tvaṃ vihito vipra putra prakuru vāṃchitam.. prasādayasva satataṃ brāhmaṇānbrahmavittamān..24.. > "You have been made a brahmin by me, my son; fulfill your desire. / Continually propitiate the brahmins who know Brahman best. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.25) brāhmaṇaiḥ suprasannaiśca prīyaṃte sarvadevatāḥ.. tasmātsarvaprayatnena pūjanīyā dvijottamāḥ..25.. > When brahmins are well-pleased, all deities are delighted; / therefore, the best of brahmins are to be worshipped with every effort." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.26) sūta uvāca.. evamuktastadā tena vṛtro'bhūdbrāhmaṇastataḥ.. brāhmyā lakṣmyā samopeto brahmacaryaparāyaṇaḥ..26.. > Sūta said: / Addressed thus by him at that time, Vṛtra then became a brahmin, / endowed with brahmic splendor, devoted to student-chastity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.27) tasmiṃstapasi saṃsthe tu hatā iṃdreṇa dānavāḥ.. vaṃśocchede samāpanne dānavānāṃ mahātmanām..27.. > While he was engaged in that austerity, the Dānavas were slain by Indra; / when destruction of the lineage befell the high-souled Dānavas, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.28) tataste dānavāḥ sarve parābhūtāḥ suraistataḥ.. svaṃ sthānaṃ saṃparityajya duḥkhaśokasamanvitāḥ..28.. > then all those Dānavas, defeated by the gods, / completely abandoned their own abode, filled with grief and sorrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.29) tanmātaraṃ puraskṛtvā tatsakāśamupāgatāḥ.. sa ca tāṃ mātaraṃ dṛṣṭvā vṛtāṃ taiśca samanvitaḥ..29.. > Placing his mother in front, they approached him. / And seeing that mother of his accompanied and surrounded by them, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.30) dānavaiśca parābhūtaistathābhūtāṃ ca mātaram.. kimāgamanakṛtyaṃ ca duḥkhitānāṃ mamāṃtike..6.269.30.. > the Dānavas who were defeated, and his mother in such a state, \[he asked:\] / "What is the reason for the arrival of you distressed ones before me?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.31) dānavā ūcuḥ.. vayaṃ devaiḥ parābhūtā bhavaṃtaṃ śaraṇāgatāḥ.. kva yāmo'nyatra cā'smākaṃ tvāṃ vinā nāsti saṃśrayaḥ..31.. > The Dānavas said: / "Defeated by the gods, we have come to you for refuge. / Where else may we go? There is no shelter for us without you." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.32) teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā vṛtraḥ provāca sādaram.. devānahaṃ haniṣyāmi gamyatāṃ tatra mā ciram..32.. > Hearing their words, Vṛtra said with respect: / "I will slay the gods; go there without delay. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.33) tavāgamanakṛtyaṃ ca mātaḥ kathaya sāṃpratam..33.. > And mother, tell now the reason for your coming." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.34) mātovāca.. tathā kuru mahābhāga śīghraṃ dāraparigraham.. vaṃśavṛddhau pramāṇaṃ cedvākyaṃ tava mamodbhavam..34.. > The mother said: / "Do so, O fortunate one: quickly accept a wife! / For the growth of the lineage, if my word born \[of affection\] has authority for you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.35) eṣa eva paro dharma eṣa eva paro nayaḥ.. putrasya jananīvākyaṃ yatkaroti samāhitaḥ.. 35.. > This alone is the supreme dharma, this alone is the highest conduct: / that a son attentively obeys the words of his mother. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.36) tathā strīṇāṃ patiṃ muktvā nānyāsti bhuvi devatā.. jananyāṃ jīvamānāyāṃ tathaiva ca sutasya ca..36.. > Likewise, for women on earth there is no deity other than a husband; / and likewise for a son, while his mother is living. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.37) atikramya ca yā nārī patiṃ dharmaparā bhavet.. tatsarvaṃ viphalaṃ tasyā jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ..37.. > And whatever woman transgresses her husband to pursue religious duty, / all of that becomes fruitless for her; there is no doubt about this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.38) putraḥ svajananīvākyaṃ yo'tikramya yathāruci.. karoti dharmakṛtyāni tāni sarvāṇi tasya ca..38.. > Whatever son, transgressing his own mother's words as he pleases, / performs religious acts, all those of his > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.39) bhavaṃti ca tathā nūnaṃ vṛthā bhasmahutaṃ yathā.. araṇye ruditānīva ūṣare vāpitāni ca..39.. > truly become in vain, just like an oblation poured on ashes, / or like weeping in a forest, or seeds sown on barren ground; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.40) yathaiva badhirasyāgre gītaṃ nṛtyamacakṣuṣaḥ.. tadvanmātṛmatādanyakṛtaṃ putrasya dharmajam..6.269.40.. > just like singing before a deaf person or dancing before a blind person, / so is anything born of dharma done by a son against his mother's wish. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.41) sarvaṃ karma na saṃdehastenāhaṃ tvāmupāgatā.. baṃdhūnāṃ vacanātputra duḥkhārtā ca viśeṣataḥ..41.. > Every deed \[is futile\], no doubt; therefore I have approached you / at the word of our kinsmen, my son, and especially afflicted with grief. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.42) kiṃ vā te bahunoktena bhūyo bhūyaśca putraka.. ānṛṇyaṃ jāyate yadvatpitṝṇāṃ tattathā śṛṇu..42.. > Or what need is there to say much to you again and again, my dear son? / Hear how freedom from debt to the ancestors comes about. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.43) tava vatsa pramāṇaṃ cetkuruṣva ca vaco mama.. tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā vṛtraḥ saṃciṃtya cetasi..43.. > If my word has authority for you, my child, then carry it out." / Hearing those words of hers and reflecting in his mind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.44) śrutismṛtyuktamārgeṇa na māturvidyate param.. sa tatheti pratijñāya ānināya parigraham..44.. > "According to the path declared by Śruti and Smṛti, there is nothing higher than a mother," / he agreed with "So be it!" and took a wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.45) tvaṣṭā tasmai dadau prītastato ratnānyanekaśaḥ.. saṃkhyāhīnāni tasyaiva kupyākupyamanaṃtakam..45.. > Then Tvaṣṭṛ, delighted, gave him numerous jewels, / countless, and infinite base and precious metals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.46) hastyaśvayānakośāḍhyaṃ so'bhiṣiktaḥ pade nije.. dānavānāṃ mahāvīryo brāhmaṇyena samanvitaḥ..46.. > Rich in elephants, horses, chariots, and treasuries, he of great valor, / endowed with brahminhood, was consecrated in his own station over the Dānavas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.47) abhiṣiktaṃ tadā vṛtraṃ svarājye te'surādayaḥ.. śrutvābhiṣekaṃ saṃhṛṣṭāstasya vṛtrasya bāṃdhavāḥ..47.. > When Vṛtra was then consecrated in his own kingdom, those Asuras and others— / his kinsmen were overjoyed upon hearing of Vṛtra's consecration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.48) dānavāśca samājagmurye tatrāsanpurogatāḥ.. pātālādgiridurgācca sthaladurgebhya eva ca.. kṛtavairāḥ samaṃ devaiḥ kopena mahatā vṛtāḥ.. 48.. > And the Dānavas who were situated in front assembled there / from Pātāla, mountain fortresses, and land fortresses, / filled with great wrath, having made enmity with the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.49) tataḥ protsāhitaḥ sarvairdānavaiḥ sa mahābalaḥ.. prasthitaḥ śatrunāśāya mahendrabhavanaṃ prati..49.. > Then, urged on by all the Dānavas, that mighty one / set out toward Mahendra's abode to destroy his enemies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.50) śakro'pi vṛtramākarṇya samāyāṃtaṃ yuyutsayā.. sanmukhaḥ prayayau hṛṣṭaḥ sarvadevasamanvitaḥ..6.269.50.. > Hearing that Vṛtra was approaching with a desire to fight, / Śakra too, delighted, set forth facing him, accompanied by all the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.51) tataḥ samabhavadyuddhaṃ devānāṃ dānavaiḥ saha.. merupṛṣṭhe suvistīrṇe nityameva divāniśam..51.. > Then a battle took place between the gods and the Dānavas / on the vast ridge of Mount Meru, continually day and night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.52) nityaṃ parājayo jajñe devānāṃ dānavaiḥ saha.. tatrovāca guruḥ śakra mā yuddhaṃ kuru devapa..52.. > Defeat constantly befell the gods against the Dānavas. / There the guru spoke: "O Śakra, lord of the gods, do not fight! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.53) vṛtro'yaṃ dāruṇo yuddhe baladvayasamanvitaḥ.. catvāraścāgrato vedāḥ pṛṣṭhataḥ saśaraṃ dhanuḥ..53.. > This Vṛtra is fierce in battle, endowed with two kinds of power: / the four Vedas are in front of him, and behind him is a bow with arrows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.54) tena jeyatamo daityastavaiva ca mahāhave.. tasmātsaṃdhānametena tvaṃ kuruṣva śacīpate..54.. > Therefore, that Daitya is most capable of defeating you in the great battle. / For that reason, make an alliance with him, O husband of Śacī! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.55) tato viśvāsamāyā taṃ jahi vajreṇa dānavam.. ṣaḍupāyai ripurvadhya iti śāstranidarśanam..55.. > Then, when he has gained confidence, slay that Dānava with your thunderbolt! / 'An enemy should be slain by the six means'—such is the precept of the treatises. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.56) bhuṃjānaśca śayānaśca dattvā kanyāmapi svakām.. vipradānena saṃyojya kṛtvāpi śapathaṃ gurum.. māyāprapaṃcamāsādya tasmādevaṃ samācara..56.. > While eating or sleeping, by even giving your own daughter, / by binding \[him\] through gifting brahmins, or even having taken a solemn oath— / resorting to the fabric of illusion, act in this way!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.57) indra uvāca.. yadyevaṃ ca svayaṃ gatvā tvaṃ viśvāse niyojaya.. tava vākyena viśvāsaṃ nūnaṃ yāsyati dānavaḥ..57.. > Indra said: / "If it is so, go yourself and instill trust in him; / by your word the Dānava will surely attain confidence." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.58) sūta uvāca.. śakrasya matamājñāya pratasthe ca bṛhaspatiḥ.. yatra vṛtraḥ sthito daityo yuddhārthaṃ kṛtaniścayaḥ..58.. > Sūta said: > Having understood Śakra's view, Bṛhaspati set out > to where the Daitya Vṛtra stood, resolved upon war. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.59) vṛtro'pi taṃ samālokya svayaṃ prāptaṃ bṛhaspatim.. sadaiva dvijabhaktaḥ sa hṛṣṭātmā samapadyata.. viśeṣātpraṇipatyoccairvākyametadabhāṣata..59.. > Seeing that Bṛhaspati had arrived in person, Vṛtra too, > always devoted to brahmins, became delighted in mind. / He bowed down especially low and uttered these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.60) vṛtra uvāca.. svāgataṃ te dvijaśreṣṭha kiṃ karomi praśādhi mām.. priyā me brāhmaṇā yasmāttasmātkīrtaya sāṃpratam..6.269.60.. > Vṛtra said: > Welcome to you, best of brahmins! What shall I do? Command me! / Since brahmins are dear to me, speak now! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.61) bṛhaspatiruvāca.. saṃdigdho vijayo yuddhe yasmāddaivena sattama.. tasmātkuru maheṃdreṇa vyavasthāṃ vacanānmama..61.. > Bṛhaspati said: > Because victory in battle is uncertain due to fate, best of men, / therefore make a settlement with Mahendra at my word. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.62) tvaṃ bhuṃkṣva bhūtalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ śakraścāpi triviṣṭapam.. vyavasthayā'nayā nityaṃ vartitavyaṃ parasparam..62.. > Enjoy you the entire earth, and Śakra the third heaven. / By this agreement you should always conduct yourselves mutually. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.63) vṛtra uvāca.. ahaṃ tava vaco brahmankariṣyāmi sadaiva hi. saṃgamaṃ kuru śakreṇa sāṃprataṃ mama saddvija..63.. > Vṛtra said: > O brahmin, I shall always do your bidding. / O good brahmin, bring about an alliance between Śakra and me at once. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.64) sūta uvāca.. atha śakraṃ samānīya bṛhaspatirudāradhīḥ.. vṛtreṇa saha saṃdhānaṃ cakre caiva parasparam..64.. > Sūta said: > Then Bṛhaspati of noble intellect, having brought Śakra there, / made a pact between him and Vṛtra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.65) ekārimitratāṃ gatvā tāvubhau daityadevapau.. prahṛṣṭau gatavantau tau tataścaiva nijaṃ gṛham..65.. > Having entered into a mutual friendship, both rulers of the Daityas and the gods / rejoiced and departed from there to their own dwellings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.66) atha śakracchalānveṣī sadā vṛtrasya vartate.. na cchidraṃ labhate kvāpi vīkṣamāṇopi yatnataḥ..66.. > Then Śakra was constantly looking for a pretext against Vṛtra, / but he found no vulnerability anywhere, though watching with effort. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.67) kathaṃcidapi so'bhyeti tatsakāśaṃ puraṃdaraḥ.. kiṃcicchidraṃ samāsādya tatpratāpena dahyate..67.. > Somehow Purandara would approach his presence; / catching a slight opening, he was scorched by his fiery splendor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.68) iṃdra uvāca.. na śaknomi ca taṃ daityaṃ vīkṣituṃ ca kathaṃcana.. tejasā sarvato vyāptaṃ tatkathaṃ sūdayāmyaham..68.. > Indra said: > I am not even able to look upon that Daitya; / he is pervaded on all sides by fiery power. How then can I slay him? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.69) tasmātkaṃcidupāyaṃ me tadvadhārthaṃ prakīrtaya.. yathā śaknomi tatsoḍhuṃ tejastasya durātmanaḥ..69.. > Therefore, reveal some means for his slaughter to me, / so that I may be able to endure that evil-minded one's fiery splendor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.70) sūta uvāca.. tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā ciraṃ dhyātvā bṛhaspatiḥ.. tataḥ provāca taṃ śakraṃ vinayāvanataṃ sthitam..6.269.70.. > Sūta said: > Having heard his speech and meditated for a long time, Bṛhaspati / then addressed Śakra, who stood bowed down in humility: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.71) bṛhaspatiruvāca.. tasya brāhmyaṃ sthitaṃ tejaḥ samyaggātre puraṃdara.. vīkṣituṃ naiva śaknoṣi tena tvaṃ tridaśādhipa..71.. > Bṛhaspati said: > Brahmic splendor is fully abiding in his body, O Purandara; / because of that, O lord of the thirty \[gods\], you cannot even look at him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.72) tathā te kīrtayiṣyāmi tasyopāyaṃ vadhodbhavam.. vadhayiṣyasi yenātra taṃ tvaṃ dānavasattamam..72.. > So I will declare to you the means for his slaughter, / by which you will slay that best of Dānavas here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.74) prācīsarasvatītīre puṣkarāraṇyamāśritaḥ.. dadhīcirnāma viprarṣiḥ śatayojanamucchritaḥ..73.. tatra nityaṃ tapaḥ kurvanstauti nityaṃ pitāmaham. sa nirviṇṇo muniśreṣṭhaḥ prāṇānāṃ dhāraṇe hare..74.. > Dwelling in the Puṣkara forest on the bank of the eastern Sarasvatī, / is a brahmin seer named Dadhīci, a hundred yojanas tall. / Performing tapas there constantly, he always praises the Grandfather \[Brahmā\]. / That best of munis has grown weary of clinging to his life, O Hari! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.75) ciraṃtano muniḥ sa syājjarayātisamāvṛtaḥ.. taṃ prārthaya drutaṃ gatvā tasyāsthīni gurūṇi ca..75.. > He is an ancient muni, heavily covered in old age. / Go quickly and beg him for his massive bones. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.76) sa te dāsyastyasaṃdigdhaṃ tyaktvā prāṇānatipriyān.. tasyāsthibhiḥ praharaṇaṃ vajrākhyaṃ te bhaviṣyati..76.. > Without a doubt he will give them to you, casting off his dearest life. / With his bones you will obtain the weapon called Vajra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.77) amoghaṃ te tato nūnaṃ tvaṃ vṛtraṃ sūdayiṣyasi.. tasya vajrasya tattejo brahmatejo'bhibṛṃhitam.. tena vṛtrodbhavaṃ tejaḥ praśamaṃ saṃprayāsyati..77.. > It will be unfailing for you; then you will surely destroy Vṛtra. / That splendor of the Vajra will be augmented by brahmic power; / thereby the fiery splendor born of Vṛtra will be extinguished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.78) sūta uvāca.. tacchrutvā satvaraṃ śakraḥ sarvairdaivagaṇaiḥ saha.. jagāma puṣkarāraṇye yatra prācī sarasvatī..78.. > Sūta said: > Having heard that, Śakra went swiftly with all the hosts of gods / to the Puṣkara forest where the eastern Sarasvatī flows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.79) trayastriṃśatsamopetā tīrthānāṃ koṭibhiryutā.. dadhīcerāśramaṃ tatra so'viśaccitrasaṃyutam..79.. > Endowed with thirty-three and accompanied by crores of tīrthas, / there he entered Dadhīci's wondrous hermitage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.80) krīḍaṃte nakulaiḥ sarpā yatra tuṣṭiṃ gatā mithaḥ.. mṛgāḥ paṃcānanaiḥ sārdhaṃ vṛṣadaṃśāstathā''khubhiḥ..6.269.80.. > There snakes play with mongooses, mutually content, / deer with lions, and cats with mice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.81) ulūka sahitāḥ kākā mitho dveṣavivarjitāḥ.. prabhāvāttasya tapaso dadhīceḥ sumahātmanaḥ..81.. > Crows together with owls are free from mutual hatred, / by the power of the tapas of that great-souled Dadhīci. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.82) dadhīcirapi cālokya devāñchakrapurogamān.. samāyātānprahṛṣṭātmā satvaraṃ saṃmukhobhyagāt..82.. > Seeing the gods arrive headed by Śakra, Dadhīci too / became rejoiced in mind and went forward to meet them quickly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.83) tataścārghyaṃ samādāya praṇipatya muhurmuhuḥ.. śakramabhyāgataṃ prāha kiṃ te kṛtyaṃ karomyaham..83.. > Then, taking up water for an offering of honor and bowing repeatedly, / he said to Śakra who had arrived: "What duty shall I perform for you? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.85) gṛhāyātasya deveśa tacchīghraṃ me nivedaya..84.. iṃdra uvāca.. ātithyaṃ kuru vipreṃdra gṛhāyātasya sanmune.. tvadasthīni nijānyāśu mama dehyavikalpitam..85.. > O lord of the gods, declare quickly to me what \[can be done\] for you who have come to my home." / Indra said: / "Offer hospitality, O best of brahmins, to one who has come to your home, O virtuous muni! / Give your own bones to me quickly without hesitation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.86) atadarthamahaṃ prāptastvatsakāśaṃ munīśvara.. asthibhiste paraṃ kāryaṃ devānāṃ siddhimeṣyati..86.. > It is for that purpose that I have come to you, O lord of munis. / Through your bones the supreme purpose of the gods will be accomplished." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.87) sūta uvāca.. iṃdrasya tadvacaḥ śrutvā dadhīcistoṣasaṃyutaḥ.. tataḥ prāha sahasrākṣaṃ sarvairdevaiḥ samanvitam..87.. > Sūta said: > Having heard that speech of Indra, Dadhīci was filled with joy. / Then he spoke to the thousand-eyed \[Indra\] who was accompanied by all the gods: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.88) aho nāsti mayā tulyaḥ sāṃprataṃ bhuvi kaścana.. puṇyavānyasya deveśaḥ svayamarthī gṛhāgataḥ.88.. > Ah, there is none equal to me on earth today / in merit, since the lord of gods has himself come to my house as a petitioner! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.89) dhanyāni ca mamāsthīni yāni deveśa te hitam.. kariṣyaṃti sadā kāryaṃ rakṣārthaṃ tridivaukasām..89.. > Blessed are my bones, O lord of gods, which will always / perform what is beneficial for you and for the protection of heaven's dwellers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.90) eṣo'haṃ saṃpradāsyāmi priyānprāṇānkṛte tava.. gṛhāṇa svecchayā'sthīni svakāryārthaṃ puraṃdara..6.269.90.. > Here, I will give up my dear life for your sake. / Take the bones at your will for your own purpose, O Purandara! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.91) evamuktvā maharṣiḥ sa dhyānamāśritya satvaram.. brahmaraṃdhreṇa niḥsārya prāṇamātmānamatyajat..91.. > Having spoken thus, that great seer quickly resorted to meditation, / and releasing his life-breath through the brahmarandhra, he abandoned his soul. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.91\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.91_1) tadātmanā parityaktaṃ tasya gātraṃ ca tatkṣaṇāt.. patitaṃ medanīpṛṣṭhe vyasu taddvijasattamāḥ.. 91.. > His body, abandoned by the self, at that instant / fell lifeless onto the surface of the earth, O best of brahmins! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.93) tasminneva kāle tu tasyāsthīni śatakratuḥ.. pragṛhya viśvakarmāṇaṃ tataḥ provāca sādaram..93.. > At that very time, Śatakratu, taking his bones, / respectfully addressed Viśvakarman: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.94) etairasthibhiḥ śīghraṃ me kuru tvaṃ vajramāyudham.. yena vyāpādayāmyāśu vṛtraṃ dānavasattamam..94.. > With these bones make for me quickly the Vajra weapon, / by which I may soon destroy Vṛtra, the greatest of the Dānavas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.95) tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā viśvakarmā tvarānvitaḥ.. yathāyudhaṃ tathā cakre vajrākhyaṃ dāruṇākṛti..95.. > Having heard his word, Viśvakarman in haste / made the weapon named Vajra, of terrifying form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.96) ṣaḍasri śataparvākhyaṃ madhye kṣāmaṃ vibhīṣaṇam.. pradadau ca tatastasmai sahasrākṣāya dhīmate..96.. > Six-sided, called the hundred-jointed, slender in the middle, and formidable, / he gave it then to that wise thousand-eyed \[god\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.97) atha taṃ sa samādāya dvādaśārkasamaprabham.. samādhisthaṃ carairjñātvā vṛtraṃ saṃdhyārcane ratam..97.. > Then, taking it which shone like twelve suns, / having learned from spies that Vṛtra was in meditation, engaged in twilight worship, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.98) tataśca pṛṣṭhabhāgaṃ sa samāśritya trilokarāṭ.. cikṣepa vajramuddiśya tadvadhārthaṃ samutsukaḥ..98.. > the king of the three worlds, approaching behind his back, / hurled the Vajra aiming at him, eager for his slaughter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.99) sa hatastena vajreṇa dānavo bhasmasādgataḥ.. śakropi hatamajñātvā bhayāttasyātha dudruve..99.. > Struck by that Vajra, the Dānava turned to ashes. / But Śakra, not knowing that he was slain, fled in terror. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.100) manuṣyarahite deśe viṣame gulmasaṃvṛte.. lilye śakrastadā sarvaṃ mene vṛtramayaṃ jagat..6.269.100.. > In a desolate, rugged place overgrown with shrubs, / Śakra hid then, fancying the whole world filled with Vṛtra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.101) etasminnaṃtare devāḥ paśyaṃtaḥ sarvato diśam.. siddhacāraṇagandharvā ājagmuśca śatakratum..101.. > Meanwhile, the gods, looking in every direction, / together with the Siddhas, Cāraṇas, and Gandharvas, approached Śatakratu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.102) tataḥ kṛcchrācca tairdṛṣṭaḥ śakro'sau gahane vane. nilīno bhayasaṃtrasto gulmamadhye vyavasthitaḥ..102.. > Then, with difficulty, they saw Śakra in the dense forest, / hidden, terrified with fear, and settled in the midst of a thicket. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.103) devā ūcuḥ.. kiṃ tvaṃ bhītaḥ sahasrākṣa vṛtro'yaṃ ghātitastvayā.. parivāreṇa sarveṇa vīkṣito'smābhireva ca..103.. > The gods said: / 'Why are you afraid, O thousand-eyed one? This Vṛtra has been slain by you; / and he was seen by us together with his entire entourage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.104) asmādāgaccha gacchāmo gṛhaṃ prati puraṃdara.. kuru trailokyarājyaṃ tvaṃ sāṃprataṃ hatakaṇṭakam..104.. > Come out from here, O Puraṃdara, let us go home; / rule now over the kingdom of the three worlds, its thorns removed!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.105) tacchrutvā'tha viniṣkrāṃto gulmamadhyācchatakratuḥ.. hṛṣṭaromā hataṃ śrutvā vṛtraṃ dānavasattamam.. 105.. > Hearing that, Śatakratu then came out from the midst of the thicket, / his hair standing on end with joy upon hearing that Vṛtra, the best of the Dānavas, had been slain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.106) atha paśyaṃti yāvattaṃ devāḥ sarve śatakratum.. tāvattejovihīnaṃ tadgātraṃ durgaṃdhitāyutam..106.. > Now, as soon as all the gods looked upon Śatakratu, / so soon did they see his body bereft of splendor and filled with a foul stench. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.107) dṛṣṭvā lokagururbrahmā devānsarvānuvāca ha.. śakro'yaṃ sāṃprataṃ vyāptaḥ pāpayā brahmahatyayā..107.. > Seeing \[him\], Brahmā, the teacher of the world, said to all the gods: / 'Śakra is now overtaken by the evil sin of killing a brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.108) yadanena hato vṛtro brahmabhūtaśchalena saḥ.. tasmāttyājyaḥ sudūreṇa no cetpāpamavāpsyatha..108.. > Because he slew that Vṛtra, who was a brahmin, through trickery; / therefore, he must be avoided from afar, lest you incur sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.109) brahmaghnena samaṃ sparśaḥ saṃbhāṣo'tha vinirmitaḥ.. pāpāya jāyate puṃsāṃ tasmāttaṃ dūratastyajet..109.. > Touch or conversation engaged in with a slayer of a brahmin / results in sin for men; therefore, one should shun him from afar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.110) āstāṃ saṃsparśanaṃ tasya saṃbhāṣo vā viśeṣataḥ.. darśanaṃ vāpi tasyāhuḥ sarvapāpapradaṃ nṛṇām..6.269.110.. > Let alone touching or especially conversing with him; / they say that even the darśana of him brings all sins upon men.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.111) sūta uvāca.. tacchrutvā brahmaṇo vākyaṃ śakro dṛṣṭvā''tmanastanum.. tejasā saṃparityaktāṃ durgandhena samāvṛtām..111.. > Sūta said: / Hearing that speech of Brahmā, Śakra, seeing his own body / abandoned by splendor and pervaded by a foul stench, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.112) tataḥ provāca lokeśaṃ dīnaḥ praṇatakandharaḥ.. tavāhaṃ kiṃkaro deva tvayeṃdratve niyojitaḥ..112.. > then, dejected and with neck bowed low, spoke to the lord of the world: / 'O god, I am your servant, appointed to the status of Indra by you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.113) tasmātkuru prasādaṃ me brahmahatyāvināśanam.. prāyaścittaṃ vibho brūhi yena śuddhiḥ prajāyate..113. > Therefore, grant me the favor that destroys the sin of killing a brahmin; / O lord, tell me the expiation by which purification may occur.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.114) brahmovāca.. aṣṭaṣaṣṭiṣu tīrtheṣu tvaṃ snātvā balasūdana.. ātmānaṃ hemajaṃ dehi pāpapūruṣasaṃjñitam..114.. > Brahmā said: / 'Having bathed in the sixty-eight sacred fords, O slayer of Bala, / offer \[an image of\] yourself made of gold, called the "sin-person", > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.115) maṃtravattaṃ yathoktaṃ ca brāhmaṇāya mahātmane.. snātvā puṇyajale tīrthe brahmaghno'hamiti bruvan..115.. > accompanied by mantras and as prescribed, to a great-souled brahmin, / after bathing in the sacred ford of holy waters and declaring, "I am a slayer of a brahmin." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.116) snātamātrasya te hastādyatra tatpatati kṣitau.. tejaḥ saṃjāyategātre durgaṃdhaśca praṇaśyati..116.. > As soon as you have bathed, wherever that \[skull\] falls to the earth from your hand, / splendor will arise in your body and the foul stench will perish. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.117) tasmiṃstīrthe tvayā tacca sthāpyaṃ śakra kapālakam.. maheśvarasya nāmnā ca pūjanīyaṃ tataḥ param..117.. > In that sacred ford, that skull must be established by you, O Śakra; / and thereafter it is to be worshipped in the name of Maheśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.118) paṃcabhirvaktramaṃtraiśca tato deyā''tmatastanūḥ.. hemodbhavā dvijendrāya tataḥ śuddhimavāpsyasi..118.. > And with the five face-mantras, the golden image of your own body / must then be given to the best of brahmins; then you will attain purification.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.119) śakrastu tadvacaḥ śrutvā brahmaṇo'vyaktajanmanaḥ.. kapālaṃ vṛtrajaṃ gṛhya tīrthayātrāṃ tato gataḥ..119.. > Hearing those words of Brahmā, the unmanifest-born, / Śakra took the skull born of Vṛtra and then went on a pilgrimage to sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.120) aṣṭaṣaṣṭiṣu tīrtheṣu gacchansa ca sureśvaraḥ.. hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre samāyātaḥ krameṇa ca..6.269.120.. > Going among the sixty-eight sacred fords, that lord of gods / in due course arrived at the sacred field born of Hāṭakeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.121) viśvāmitrahrade snātvā yāvattasmādvinirgataḥ.. kapālaṃ patitaṃ tasmātsvayameva hatātmanaḥ..121.. > Having bathed in the pool of Viśvāmitra, as soon as he came out from it, / the skull fell of its own accord from the hands of the self-slayer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.122) tatastaṃ pūjayāmāsa mantrairvaktrasamudbhavaiḥ.. sarvapāpaharaiḥ puṇyairyathoktairbrahmaṇā purā..122.. > Then he worshipped it with the mantras arising from the faces, / auspicious and destroying all sins, as spoken formerly by Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.123) etasminneva kāle tu durgandho nāśamāptavān.. taccharīrāddvijaśreṣṭhā mahattejo vyajāyata..123.. > At that very moment, the foul stench came to an end; / from his body, O best of brahmins, a great splendor arose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.124) etasminnantare brahmā saha devaiḥ samāgataḥ.. brahmahatyāvimuktaṃ taṃ jñātvā sarvasurādhipam..124.. > In the meantime, Brahmā arrived together with the gods, / knowing that the ruler of all the gods was freed from the sin of killing a brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.125) śrībrahmovāca.. brahmahatyākṛto doṣo gataste surasattama.. śeṣapāpaviśuddhyarthaṃ svarṇadānaṃ prayaccha bhoḥ.. 125.. > The auspicious Brahmā said: / 'The guilt caused by the sin of killing a brahmin has left you, O best of the gods; / for the sake of purifying remaining sins, offer a gift of gold, O lord! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.126) kapālametaddeśe'tra yattvayā paripūjitam.. vṛtrasya paṃcabhirmaṃtrairharavaktrasamudbhavaiḥ.. 126.. > Since in this place this skull of Vṛtra was worshipped by you / with the five mantras arising from the faces of Hara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.127) pradāsyasi tato bhaktyā hemajāmātmanastanum.. vidhinā maṃtrayuktena tava pāpaṃ prayāsyati.. yadyatpūrvakṛtaṃ kṛtsnaṃ pradāya brāhmaṇāya bhoḥ..127.. > you shall therefore give with devotion the golden image of your body / according to the ritual rule, endowed with mantra; and by giving it to a brahmin, / whatever former sin you had done in its entirety will go away, O lord!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.128) evamuktastataḥ śakro brahmaṇā surasaṃnidhau.. tathetyuktvā tu tatkālaṃ pāpapiṃḍaṃ nijaṃ dadau..128.. > Thus addressed then by Brahmā in the presence of the gods, / Śakra, saying "So be it," at that moment gave his own sin-effigy, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.129) kṛtvā hemamayaṃ viprā brāhmaṇāya mahātmane.. gartātīrthasamutthāya vātākhyāyāhitāgnaye..129.. > having fashioned it out of gold, O brahmins, to a great-souled brahmin / who was an agnihotrin, born at Gartātīrtha, named Vāta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.130) etasminnaṃtare vipro garhitaḥ so'tha nāgaraiḥ.. dhigdhikpāpa vṛthā vedā ye tvayā pāritāḥ purā..6.269.130.. > At that moment, that brahmin was reviled by the Nāgaras: / 'Fie, fie, sinner! In vain are the Vedas that were mastered by you formerly! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.131) nāsmābhiḥ saha saṃparkaṃ kadācittvaṃ kariṣyasi.. gṛhītaṃ yattvayā dānaṃ pāpapiṃḍasamudbhavam..131.. > You shall never have contact with us, / since you accepted the gift originating from a sin-effigy.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.132) tataḥ provāca vipraḥ sa upamanyukulodbhavaḥ.. vivarṇavadano bhūtvā nāmnā khyātaḥ sa vātakaḥ.. 132.. > Then that brahmin, born of the lineage of Upamanyu, / his face grown pale, who was renowned by the name Vātaka, said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.133) tvayā śakra pradatto me pāpapiṃḍaḥ svako yataḥ.. mayā pratigrahastena dākṣiṇyena kṛtastava..133.. > 'O Śakra, because your own sin-effigy was given to me by you, / its acceptance was done by me out of courtesy to you, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.134) na lobhena suraśreṣṭha paśyataste vigarhitaḥ.. ahaṃ ca brāhmaṇaiḥ sarvairetairnagaravāsibhiḥ.. 134.. > not out of greed, O best of the gods; before your eyes, / I have been reviled by all these brahmins residing in the town. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.135) tasmānnāhaṃ grahīṣyāmi etaṃ tava pratigraham..135.. > Therefore, I will not accept this gift of yours.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.136) bhūyo'pi tava dāsyāmi na tvaṃ gṛhṇāsi cetpunaḥ.. bra hmaśāpaṃ pradāsyāmi dāruṇaṃ ca kṣayātmakam..136.. > 'I shall give it to you again; if you do not accept it once more, / I will give a brahmin's curse, terrible and destructive.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.137) iṃdra uvāca.. vedāgaṃpārago vipro yadi kuryātpratigraham.. na sa pāpena lipyeta padmapatramivāṃbhasā..137.. > Indra said: / 'If a brahmin who has mastered the Vedas and Vedāṅgas should accept a gift, / he is not stained by sin, like a lotus leaf by water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.138) tasmātte pātakaṃ nāsti śṛṇuṣvātra vaco mama.. etaistvaṃ garhite yasmādbrāhmaṇairnagarodbhavaiḥ..138.. > Therefore, there is no guilt for you; hear these words of mine: / because you have been reviled by these brahmins born in the town, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.139) eteṣāṃ sarvakṛtyeṣu pradhānastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi.. eteṣāṃ putrapautrā ye bhaviṣyaṃti tathā tava..139.. > you shall be the foremost among them in all rites; / their sons and grandsons who will be born, as well as yours, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.140) te sarve cājñayā teṣāṃ vartayiṣyaṃtyasaṃśayam.. yuṣmadvākyavihīnaṃ yatkṛtyaṃ svalpamapi dvija..6.269.140.. > they will all undoubtedly act according to their command; / any rite, however small, performed without your word, O brahmin, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.141) teṣāṃ saṃpatsyate vandhyaṃ yathā bhasmahutaṃ tathā.. kapālamocanaṃ nāma khyātametadbhaviṣyati..141.. > shall turn out to be barren for them, like an oblation offered into ashes; / and this \[place\] will become famous by the name Kapālamocana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.142) ye tu saṃsmṛtya manujāḥ kapālaṃ mama saddvija.. tatra śrāddhaṃ kariṣyaṃti te narā muktisaṃyutāḥ.. śrāddhapakṣe viśeṣeṇa prayāsyaṃti parāṃgatim..142.. > Those men who, having remembered my skull, O good brahmin, / perform a śrāddha there, those men, endowed with liberation, / especially during the śrāddha fortnight, will attain the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.143) sthānabāhyadvijātīnāṃ kule dāraparigraham.. kṛtvā tvadgotrasaṃbhūtā brāhmaṇā matprasādataḥ..143.. > Taking a wife in the family of twice-born men living outside this place, / brahmins born of your gotra, by my grace...' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.144](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.144) vyavahāryā bhaviṣyaṃti nagare sarvakarmasu.. evamuktvā sahasrākṣastataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ..144.. > will be qualified for social interaction in all affairs in the city." > Having spoken thus, the thousand-eyed \[Indra\] then vanished from sight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.145](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.145) vātopi tena vittena pratigrahakṛtena ca.. cakāra tatra prāsādaṃ devadevasya śūlinaḥ..145.. > Vāta too, with that wealth obtained through acceptance of gifts, > built there a temple to the god of gods, the trident-bearer. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.146) tataḥ provāca śakrastānbrāhmaṇānnagarodbhavān.. kapālamocane snātvā yo devaṃ hyarcayiṣyati..146.. > Then Śakra spoke to those brahmins born in the city: > "Whoever bathes at Kapālamocana and worships the god, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.147) brahmahatyodbhavaṃ pāpaṃ tasya naśyatyasaṃśayam.. mahāpātakayukto vā vipāpmā saṃbhaviṣyati..147.. > his sin arising from the murder of a brahmin is destroyed without doubt, > or even if he is burdened with a mortal sin, he will become free of sin." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.148) sa tatheti pratijñāya brāhmaṇānnagarodbhavān.. tatraiva svāśramaṃ kṛtvā pūjayāmāsa śaṃkaram..148.. > Having agreed \[saying\], "So be it," to the brahmins born in the city, > he made his own hermitage right there and worshipped Śaṃkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.149) tataḥprabhṛti yatkiṃcitteṣāṃ kṛtyaṃ prajāyate.. tadvākyena prakurvaṃti tatra ye nāgaraḥ sthitāḥ..149.. > From then on, whatever duty arises for them, > the Nāgara \[brahmins\] residing there perform it according to his word. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.150) etasmātkāraṇājjāto madhyago dvitīyastviha..6.269.150.. > For this reason, a second mediator arose here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.151) etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātamākhyānaṃ pāpanāśanam.. kapāleśvaradevasya śṛṇvatāṃ paṭhatāṃ nṛṇām..151.. > All this sin-destroying narrative has been told to you, > for the men who listen to or recite \[the tale\] of the god Kapāleśvara: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.152) yathā deveśvarasyātra pāpaṃ naṣṭaṃ mahātmanaḥ.. brahmahatyā yathā naṣṭā tasmiṃstīrthe dvijottamāḥ..152.. > how the great-souled lord of gods had his sin destroyed here, > \[and\] how the murder of a brahmin was destroyed at that sacred ford, O best of brahmins! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.268.269](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268.269) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye vātakeśvarakṣetrakapālamocaneśvarotpattimāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikonasaptatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ..269.. > Thus ends the two hundred and sixty-ninth chapter, entitled "Description of the Origin and Māhātmya of Kapālamocaneśvara in the Vātakeśvara Sacred Field," in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\], in the Mahāpurāṇa of Śrī Skanda, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. // 269 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.268.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.268) · Pramāṇa