[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) › 5.26 # Skandapurana 5.26 Skandapurāṇa 5.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.26.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. yatpūrvāparasīmāntaṃ tanmayā saṃprakīrtitam .. dakṣiṇottarasaṃbhūtaṃ tadvo vakṣyāmi sāṃpratam .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / The eastern and western borders have been fully proclaimed by me; / now I shall speak to you of that which belongs to the south and north. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.2) asti bhūbhitale khyātā madhurākhyā mahāpurī .. nānāviprasamākīrṇā yamunātaṭasaṃśrayā .. 2 .. > On the surface of the earth there is a celebrated great city named Madhurā, / crowded with various brahmins and situated on the bank of the Yamunā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.3) tasyāmāsīddvijaśreṣṭho gokarṇa iti viśrutaḥ .. vedādhyayanasaṃpannaḥ sarvaśāstravicakṣaṇaḥ .. 3 .. > In it was an excellent twice-born known as Gokarṇa, / endowed with the study of the Vedas and skilled in all the scriptures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.4) athāparo'sti tannāmā tatra vipro vayo'nvitaḥ .. so'pi ca brāhmaṇaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvavidyāsu pāragaḥ .. 4 .. > Now there was another aged brahmin of the same name there; / he too was an excellent brahmin, a master in all fields of knowledge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.5) kasyacittvathakālasya yamaḥ prāha svakiṃkaram .. ūrdhvakeśaṃ suraktākṣaṃ kṛṣṇadantaṃ bhayānakam .. 5 .. > Then, after some time, Yama spoke to his servant, / who had hair standing upright, very red eyes, black teeth, and a terrifying appearance: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.6) adya gaccha drutaṃ dūta mathurākhyāṃ mahāpurīm .. ānayasva dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ tasyāṃ gokarṇasaṃjñakam .. 6 .. > "Go quickly today, messenger, to the great city called Mathurā. / Bring from it the excellent twice-born named Gokarṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.8) tasyāyuṣaḥ kṣayo jāto madhyāhne'dyatane dine .. tyājyo'nyo'sti ca tatraiva cirāyustādṛśo dvijaḥ .. .7 .. .. sūta uvāca .. .. atha dūto drutaṃ gatvā tāṃ purīṃ yamaśāsanāt .. vibhramādānayāmāsa gokarṇaṃ ca cirāyuṣam.. 8 .. > The end of his lifespan has arrived at midday on this very day. / Another twice-born of that \[same name\] there is to be left alone, who is long-lived." > Sūta said: > Then, having gone quickly to that city by Yama's order, / out of confusion the messenger brought Gokarṇa, the one who was long-lived. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.9) tataḥ kopaparītātmā yamaḥ provāca kiṃkaram .. dīrghāyureṣa ānīto dhikpāpa kimidaṃ kṛtam ..9.. > Then Yama, his mind filled with anger, spoke to the servant: / "This long-lived one has been brought! Curse you, sinner! What is this you have done? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.10) tasmātprāpaya tatraiva yāvadasya ca bandhubhiḥ .. no gātraṃ dahyate śokātsusamiddhena vahninā .. 6.26.10 .. > Therefore return him to that very place, as long as by his kinsmen / his body is not burned out of grief by a fully kindled fire." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.11) .. .. brāhmaṇa uvāca .. .. nāhaṃ tatra gamiṣyāmi diṣṭyā prāptosmi teṃ'tikam.. vāṃchamānaḥ sadā mṛtyuṃ dāridryeṇa kadarthitaḥ .. 11 .. > The brahmin said: > "I will not go there; by good fortune I have reached your presence, / desiring death at all times, tormented by poverty." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.12) .. yama uvāca .. .. nimiṣeṇāpi no martyamānayāmi mahītalāt .. āyuḥśeṣeṇa viprendra pūrṇenātha tyajāmi na.. 12 .. > Yama said: > "I do not bring a mortal from the earth even for a moment \[before his time\], / nor, O best of brahmins, do I abandon \[him\] when the remainder of his lifespan is complete. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.13) tata eva hi me nāma dharmarāja iti smṛtam.. samatvātsarvajaṃtūnāṃ pakṣapātavivarjanāt .. 13 .. > For precisely this reason my name is remembered as Dharmarāja, / because of impartiality toward all creatures and the absence of partiality. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.14) tasmādgaccha gṛhaṃ vipra yāvadgātraṃ na dahyate .. baṃdhubhistava śokārtairnādhunā tatra te sthitiḥ .. 14 .. > Therefore go home, O brahmin, as long as your body is not burned / by your kinsmen stricken with grief; your place is not here now. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.15) prārthayasva mano'bhīṣṭaṃ varaṃ brāhmaṇasattama .. na vṛthā darśanaṃ me syātkathaṃcidapi dehinām .. 15 .. > Request a boon of your heart's desire, O best of brahmins. / The darśana of me should by no means be in vain for embodied beings." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.16) .. brāhmaṇa uvāca .. .. avaśyaṃ yadi gaṃtavyaṃ mayā deva gṛhaṃ punaḥ .. tanmamācakṣva pṛcchāmi varaścaiṣa bhavenmama .. 16 .. > The brahmin said: > "If I must inevitably go home again, O god, / then explain to me what I ask, and let this be my boon: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.17) ete ye narakā raudrāḥ sevitāḥ pāpakarmabhiḥ .. dṛśyaṃte vada kaḥ kena karmaṇā sevyate janaiḥ .. 17 .. > These terrible hells that are inhabited by those who perform evil deeds / are seen \[here\]; tell me, which \[hell\] is inhabited by people on account of what deed?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.18) .. yama uvāca .. .. asaṃkhyā narakā vipra yathā prāṇigaṇāḥ kṣitau .. kṛtsnaśaḥ kathituṃ śakyā naivavarṣaśatairapi .. 18 .. > Yama said: > "Hells are innumerable, O brahmin, just as the hosts of living beings upon the earth; / they cannot possibly be told in their entirety, even in hundreds of years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.19) kīrtayiṣyāmi teṣāṃ te prādhānyena dvijottama .. ekaviṃśatisaṃkhyā ye pāpilokakṛte kṛtāḥ .. 19 .. > I shall recount the principal ones among them to you, O best of the twice-born, / which, twenty-one in number, were made for sinful people. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.20) ādyo'yaṃ rauravo nāma narako dvijasattama .. prataptatailakuṃbheṣu pacyaṃte yatra jaṃtavaḥ .. 6.26.20 .. > This first hell, named Raurava, O best of the twice-born, / is where creatures are cooked in cauldrons of heated oil. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.21) hā mātastāta putreti prakurvaṃti sudāruṇam.. parapākaratāḥ kṣudrāḥ paradravyā pahārakāḥ .. 21 .. > Vile men who take pleasure in others' cooking and who steal the property of others, / utter the most terrible cry: 'Ah mother, father, son!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.22) dvitīya eṣa vipreṃdra mahārauravasaṃjñitaḥ .. kṛtaghnaiḥ sevyate nityaṃ tathā ca gurutalpagaiḥ..22 .. > This second \[hell\], O best of brahmins, known as Mahāraurava, / is continually inhabited by the ungrateful and by violators of the guru's bed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.23) rorūyamāṇairdāhārtaiḥ pacyamānai rhavirbhujā .. khaṃḍaśaḥ kriyamāṇaiśca tīkṣṇaśastrairanekadhā .. 23 .. > screaming loudly, afflicted with burning, cooked by fire, / and cut into pieces in many ways with sharp weapons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.24) tṛtīyoṃ'dhatamonāma narakaḥ subhayāvahaḥ .. atra ye puruṣā yāṃti tāṃśca vakṣyāmi sudvija .. 24 .. > The third hell is named Andhatamas, which is extremely terrifying. / Which men go there, those too I will tell you, O good twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.29) duṣṭena cakṣuṣā dṛṣṭāḥ paradārā narādhamaiḥ .. sulohāsyāḥ khagāsteṣāṃ haraṃtyatra vilocane .. 29 .. > Vile men by whom another's wife has been looked upon with a wicked eye— / birds with iron beaks tear out their eyes here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.29\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.29_1) caturtho'yaṃ prataptākhyo narakaḥ saṃprakīrtitaḥ .. atra te yātanāṃ bhuktvā tathā śuddhā bhavaṃti ca .. 26 .. > This fourth hell is proclaimed by the name Prataptaka. / Having endured torture here, they thus become purified. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.29\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.29_2) yaiḥ kṛtā satataṃ niṃdā gurudevatapasvi nām.. teṣāmutpāṭyate jihvā jātājātā'tra bhūriśaḥ .. 27 .. > Those by whom constant censure of gurus, gods, and ascetics was made, / of them the tongue is torn out repeatedly as soon as it regrows here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.29\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.29_3) eṣo'nyaḥ paṃcamo nāma suprasiddho vidārakaḥ .. mitradroharatāścātra cchidyaṃte karapatrakaiḥ .. 28 .. > This other, fifth \[hell\] is widely renowned by the name Vidāraka; / and here those devoted to betraying friends are cut with saws. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.29\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.29_4) prataptavālukāpūrṇo dhmāyate yaśca vahninā .. nikumbha iti vikhyātaḥ ṣaṣṭho lokabhayāvahaḥ .. 29 .. > Filled with heated sand, and blazing with fire, / the sixth \[hell\], celebrated as Nikuṃbha, causes terror to the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.30) prāṇāṃtikaṃ purā dattaṃ yairduḥkhaṃ prāṇināṃ naraiḥ .. aparādhaṃ vinā te'tra pacyaṃte vālukotkaraiḥ .. 6.26.30 .. > Men by whom mortal distress was formerly inflicted on living beings / without fault are cooked here by piles of sand. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.31) bībhatsuriti vikhyātaḥ saptamo narakādhamaḥ .. mūtrāmedhya samākīrṇaḥ samaṃtādatigarhitaḥ .. 31 .. > Renowned as Bībhatsa, the seventh is the lowest of hells, / full of urine and excrement, thoroughly vile on every side. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.32) rājagāmi ca paiśunyaṃ yaiḥ kṛtaṃ sudurātmabhiḥ .. amedhyapūrṇavaktrāste dhāryaṃte'tra narādhamāḥ .. 32 .. > Those most wicked souls by whom slander was brought before a king— / those lowest of men are kept here with mouths filled with excrement. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.33) kutsitonāma vikhyāto dvijāyaṃ cāṣṭamo'dhamaḥ .. śleṣmamūtrābhisaṃpūrṇaistathā gandhaiśca kutsitaiḥ .. 33 .. > Renowned by the name Kutsita, O twice-born, is this vile eighth \[hell\], / completely filled with phlegm and urine, and with foul smells. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.34) gurudevātithibhyaśca svabhṛtyebhyo viśeṣataḥ .. adattvā bhojanaṃ yaistu kṛtaṃ te'tra vyavasthitāḥ .. 34 .. > Those who ate food without having given \[it\] to their guru, the gods, guests, / and especially to their own servants, are stationed here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.35) eṣa durgamanāmā ca navamo dvijasattama .. tīkṣṇakaṃṭakasaṃkīrṇaḥ sarpavṛścikasaṃkulaḥ .. .. 35 .. > This ninth \[hell\], named Durgama, O best of the twice-born, / is beset with sharp thorns and swarming with snakes and scorpions. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.36) ekasārthaprayātāya kṣutkṣāmāyāvasīdate .. adattvā bhojanaṃ yaiśca kṛtaṃ te'tra vyavasthitāḥ .. 36 .. > Those who ate food without giving \[it\] to a travel companion / exhausted by hunger and sinking down, are stationed here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.37) daśamo'yaṃ suvikhyāto narako nāmaduḥ sahaḥ .. taptalohamayaiḥ staṃbhaiḥ samaṃtātparivāritaḥ .. 37 .. > This well-known tenth hell is named Duḥsaha; / it is surrounded on all sides by pillars made of heated iron. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.38) ye pāpāḥ paradāreṣu raktā miṣṭāmiṣeṣu vā .. taptalohamayānstaṃbhāṃste'trāliṃgaṃti mānavāḥ .. .. 38 .. > Those sinful men who were attached to another's wife or to sweet meats, / embrace pillars made of heated iron here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.39) ekādaśo'paraścāyamākarṣākhyaḥ prakīrtitaḥ .. narako vipraśārdūla taptasaṃdaṃśasaṃkulaḥ .. 39 .. > This other, eleventh hell is proclaimed by the name Ākarṣa, / O tiger among brahmins, filled with heated pincers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.40) strīvipragurudevānāṃ vittaṃ cāśnaṃti ye narāḥ .. saṃdaṃśairapi kṛṣyaṃte tatra taptaiḥ samaṃtataḥ .. 6.26.40 .. > Those men who consume the wealth of women, brahmins, gurus, and the gods, / are dragged around on every side there by heated pincers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.41) saṃdaṃśo dvādaśaścāyaṃ tathā'bhakṣyaprabhakṣakāḥ .. lohadaṃtamukhairgṛdhairbhakṣyaṃte'tra narādhamāḥ .. 41 .. > The twelfth is Saṃdaṃśa; those who devour inedible things, / those lowest of men, are devoured here by vultures with iron-toothed mouths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.42) eṣa trayodaśonāma suvikhyāto niyaṃtrakaḥ .. samaṃtātkṛmibhirvyāptastathā ca dṛḍhabandhanaiḥ .. 42 .. > This thirteenth \[hell\] is widely renowned by the name Niyantraka, / infested with worms on all sides and having tight fetters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.43) nyāsāpahārakāḥ pāpāstatra baddhāśca baṃdhanaiḥ .. kṛmivṛścika kīṭādyairbhakṣyate dvijasattama .. 43 .. > Sinners who steal deposits, bound there with fetters, / are eaten by worms, scorpions, insects, and the like, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.44) tathā caturdaśonāma narako'dhomukhaḥ sthitaḥ .. narakāṇāṃ samastānāmeṣa raudratamākṛtiḥ .. 44 .. > Likewise, the fourteenth hell is established by the name Adhomukha; / of all the hells, this one has the most terrible form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.45) atra cādhomukhā baddhā vṛkṣaśākhāvalaṃbitāḥ .. pacyaṃte vahninā'dhastādbrahmaghnā ye ca mānavāḥ .. 45 .. > And bound head-downwards here, suspended from branches of trees, / those men who are slayers of brahmins are cooked by fire from below. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.46) yūkāmatkuṇadaṃśādyaiḥ saṃkīrṇo'yaṃ dvijottama .. narako bhīṣaṇo nāma khyātaḥ pañcadaśo mahān .. 46 .. > Teeming with lice, bugs, biting insects, and the like, O best of the twice-born, / the great fifteenth hell is renowned by the name Bhīṣaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.47) kūṭasākṣyaratānāṃ ca tathaivānṛtavādinām .. atrāśrayo mayā dattastathānyeṣāṃ kukarmiṇām .. 47 .. > For those intent on false testimony and likewise for liars, / a dwelling has been provided here by me, as well as for other evildoers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.49) eṣa ṣoḍaśa uddiṣṭo narako nāma kṣudradaḥ .. yudhārtairmānavairvyāptaḥ samaṃtāddvijasattama ..49.. > This sixteenth hell indicated is named Kṣudrada; / it is filled on all sides with men tormented by hunger, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.49\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.49_5) mṛṣṭamāṃsāni yaiḥ pāpairbhakṣitāni dvijanmabhiḥ .. kṣudhārtāste nijaṃ kāyaṃ bhakṣayaṃtyatra saṃsthitāḥ .. 49 .. > Those sinners who, though twice-born, have eaten seasoned meat, / being afflicted with hunger, stay here eating their own bodies. 49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.50) tathā saptadaśaścāyaṃ kṣārākhyo narakaḥ smṛtaḥ .. sukṣāreṇa samākīrṇaḥ sarvaprāṇibhayāvahaḥ .. 6.26.50 .. > And so this seventeenth hell is known by the name of Kṣāra; / it is filled with strong alkaline caustic and brings fear to all living beings. 50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.51) vratabhaṃgakarā ye ca ye ca pāṣaṇḍino narāḥ .. te'trāgatya śitaiḥ śastraiḥ piṣyaṃte pāpakṛttamāḥ .. 51 .. > And those men who break their vows, and those who are heretics— / coming here, those worst of evildoers are ground up by sharp weapons. 51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.52) eṣa cāṣṭādaśo nāma kathitaśca nidāghakaḥ .. jvalitāṃgārasaṃkīrṇo duḥsevyaḥ sarvadehinām .. 52 .. > And this eighteenth is declared by the name Nidāghaka; / filled with blazing coals, it is painful to endure for all embodied beings. 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.53) dūṣayaṃti ca ye śāstraṃ kāvyaṃ vipraṃ ca kanyakām .. aṃgārāṃtaḥ sthitāte'tra dhriyaṃte mānavā dvija .. .. 53 .. > Those who defame scripture, poetry, a brahmin, and an unmarried maiden— / those men are held here staying amidst the coals, O twice-born. 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.54) ekonaviṃśatiścāyaṃ prakhyātaḥ kūṭaśālmaliḥ .. sutīkṣṇakaṃṭakākīrṇaḥ samaṃtāddvijasattama .ā 54 .. > And this nineteenth is renowned as Kūṭaśālmali; / it is covered all around with extremely sharp thorns, O best of the twice-born. 54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95) nāstikā bhinnamaryādā ye ca viprasya ghātakāḥ .. te sarve'tra narā nityamāruhaṃti pataṃti ca ..95.. > Atheists, transgressors of proper boundaries, and those who murder a brahmin— / all those men perpetually climb up and fall down here. 55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_6) eṣa viṃśatimo nāma narako dvijasattama .. asipatravanākhyaśca kaṣṭasevyo durātmabhiḥ .. .. 56 .. > This twentieth hell, O best of the twice-born, / is named Asipatravana, and it is painfully endured by the wicked. 56 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_7) atra yāṃti narā vipra pararaṃdhranirīkṣakāḥ .. kūṭakarmaratā ye ca śāstravikrayakārakāḥ .. 57 .. > To this place go men, O brahmin, who spy on the faults of others, / those devoted to deceitful deeds, and those who sell sacred scriptures. 57 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_8) ekaviṃśatimā caiṣā nāmnā vaitaraṇī nadī .. sarvaireva narairgamyā dharmapāpānuyāyibhiḥ .. 58 .. > And this twenty-first is the river called Vaitaraṇī, / which must be crossed by all men, followers of righteousness or sin. 58 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_9) mṛtyukāle samutpanne dhenuṃ yacchaṃti ye narāḥ .. tasyā lāṃgūlamāśritya tārayaṃti sukhena ca .. 59 .. > Those men who, when the time of death arrives, give a cow, / cross over with ease by clinging to its tail. 59 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_10) adattvā gāṃ ca ye martyā mriyaṃte dvijasattama .. tīrtvā hastādibhirdurgā ta imāṃ saṃtaraṃti ca .. 6.26.60... > And mortals who die without giving a cow, O best of the twice-born, / cross over this difficult \[stream\] swimming with their hands and other limbs. 60 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_11) etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭo'smi dvijottama .. vistareṇa tava prītyā svarūpaṃ narakodbhavam..61... > All this, concerning which I was asked, has been related to you, O best of the twice-born, / in detail, out of affection for you—the nature of hell. 61 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_12) tasmādgaccha gṛhaṃ śīghraṃ yāvadgātraṃ na dahyate.. bandhubhistava śokārtairgṛhītvā vāṃchitaṃ dhanam .. 62 .. .. > Therefore, go home quickly before your body is burned / by your relatives, who are stricken with grief, having taken their desired wealth. 62 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_13) .. brāhmaṇa uvāca .. .. yadi deva mayā samyaggaṃtavyaṃ nijamaṃdiram .. tadbrūhi karmaṇā yena narakaṃ yāti no naraḥ .. 63 .. > The brahmin said: / If, O lord, I must indeed go to my own home, / then tell me by what deed a man does not go to hell. 63 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_14) .. yama uvāca .. .. .. tīrthayātrāparo nityaṃ devatātithipūjakaḥ .. brahmaṇyaśca śaraṇyaśca na yāti narakaṃ naraḥ .. 64 .. > Yama said: / One who is devoted to pilgrimage to sacred fords, always worships deities and guests, / is friendly to brahmins and offers refuge—such a man does not go to hell. 64 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_15) paropakārasaṃyukto nityaṃ japaparāyaṇaḥ .. svādhyāyanirataścaiva na yāti narakaṃ dvija .. 65 .. > One engaged in benevolence toward others, always devoted to silent prayer, / and constantly absorbed in scriptural study—such a one does not go to hell, O twice-born. 65 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_16) vāpīkūpataḍāgāni devatāyatanāni ca .. yaḥ karoti naro nityaṃ narakaṃ na sa paśyati .. 66 .. > The man who continually constructs stepped wells, wells, ponds, / and shrines to the deities does not see hell. 66 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_17) hemaṃte vahnido yaḥ syāttathā grīṣme jalapradaḥ .. varṣāsvāśrayado yaśca narakaṃ na sa paśyati .. 67 .. > He who gives fire in the cold season, provides water in the summer, / and provides shelter in the rains does not see hell. 67 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_18) vratopavāsasaṃyuktaḥ śāṃtātmā vijiteṃdriyaḥ .. brahmacārī sadā dhyānī narakaṃ yāti no naraḥ .. 68 .. > One endowed with vows and fasting, of tranquil soul, with senses subdued, / celibate, and always meditative—such a man does not go to hell. 68 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_19) annaprado naro yaḥ syādviśeṣeṇa tilapradaḥ .. ahiṃsānirataścaiva narakaṃ na sa paśyati ..69.. > The man who is a giver of food, especially a giver of sesame seeds, / and devoted to non-violence does not see hell. 69 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_20) vedādhyayanasaṃpannaḥ śāstrāsaktaḥ sumṛṣṭavāk .. dharmākhyānaparo nityaṃ narakaṃ na sa paśyati .. 6.26.70 .. > One accomplished in Vedic study, dedicated to scripture, of pleasant speech, / and always devoted to righteous discourse does not see hell. 70 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_21) .. brāhmaṇa uvāca .. .. etanmūrkho'pi jānāti śubhakarmakaraḥ pumān .. na yāti narakaṃ svarge tathā pāpakriyārataḥ .. 71 .. > The brahmin said: / Even a fool knows this: a man who performs good deeds / does not go to hell, whereas one devoted to sinful actions \[does\]. 71 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_22) tasmādaśubhakarmāpi karmaṇā yena pātakam .. svalpenāpi nihantyāśu yāti svargaṃ narastataḥ .. 72 .. > Therefore, tell me by what deed even one who has done evil deeds / quickly destroys sin, even by a small \[act\], and a man then goes to heaven. 72 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_23) tanmebrūhi suraśreṣṭha vrataṃ niyamameva vā .. tīrthaṃ vā japahomaṃ vā sarvalokasukhāvaham .. 73 .. > Tell me that, O best of gods, whether a vow or a observance, / a sacred ford, or recitation and oblation, which brings happiness to all people. 73 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_24) .. yama uvāca .. .. atra te sumahadguhyaṃ kīrtayiṣye dvijottadha .. gopanīyaṃ prayatnena vacanānmama sarvadā ..74.. > Yama said: / Here I shall tell you a very great secret, O best of the twice-born; / it should always be carefully guarded according to my word. 74 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_25) mahāpātakayukto'pi puruṣo yena karmaṇā .. anuṣṭhitena no yāti narakaṃ kleśakārakam.. 75 .. > By performing which deed even a person endowed with great sins / does not go to the hell that causes torment. 75 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_26) ānartaviṣaye ramyaṃ sarvatīrthamayaṃ śubham .. hāṭakeśvarajaṃ kṣetraṃ mahāpātakanāśanam..76.. > In the region of Ānarta there is a delightful, auspicious sacred field, embodying all sacred fords, / born of Hāṭakeśvara, which destroys great sins. 76 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_27) tatraikamapi māsārdhaṃ yo bhaktyā pūjayeddharam.. sa sarvapāpayukto'pi śivaloke mahīyate .. 77 .. > Whoever worships Hara there with devotion even for half a month, / though burdened with all sins, is honored in the world of Śiva. 77 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_28) tasmāttatra drutaṃ gatvā tvamārādhaya śaṃkaram .. yena gacchasi nirvāṇaṃ daśabhiḥ puruṣaiḥ saha.. 78 .. > Therefore, having gone there swiftly, worship Śaṃkara, / whereby you will attain final liberation along with ten generations. 78 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_29) ..sūta uvāca.. .. upadeśaṃ samākarṇya sa yadā prasthito gṛham.. dharmarājasya saṃhaṣṭo madhurāṃ nagarīṃ prati ..79.. > Sūta said: / Having heard the instruction of the king of righteousness, when he, delighted, / set out toward his home, the sweet city \[of Mathurā\], 79 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_30) tāvaddvitīyaṃ go karṇaṃ dūta ādāya saṃgataḥ .. darśayāmāsa dhṛtvāgre dharmarājasya satvaram .. 6.26.80 .. > just then a messenger arrived, bringing the second Gokarṇa, / and having seized him, quickly presented him before the king of righteousness. 80 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_31) tataḥ provāca taṃ dūtaṃ dharmarājaḥ praharṣitaḥ .. gokarṇaṃ purato dṛṣṭvā dvitīyaṃ prasthitaṃ gṛham ..81... > Then the king of righteousness, overjoyed, spoke to that messenger, / having seen Gokarṇa before him and the other departing for home: 81 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_32) yasmātkālātyayaṃ kṛtvā''nīto'yaṃ brāhmaṇastvayā .. tasmādenamapi kṣipraṃ dvitīyena samaṃ tyaja ..82.. > “Since this brahmin was brought by you after the proper time had elapsed, / therefore release him also quickly along with the second one.” 82 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_33) tatastau tatkṣaṇānmuktau gokarṇau brāhmaṇau samam .. svaṃsvaṃ kalevaraṃ prāpya sahasātha samanvitau .. 83 .. > Then, released immediately at that moment, the two brahmins named Gokarṇa together / reached their respective bodies and were at once reanimated. 83 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_34) tataḥ sa kathayāmāsa gokarṇaḥ prathamo dvijaḥ .. yamopadeśasaṃjuṣṭo dvitīyāya savistaram .. 84 .. > Then that first twice-born Gokarṇa, endowed with the instruction of Yama, / recounted everything in detail to the second one. 84 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_35) tato gṛhaṃ parityajya gokarṇau dvāvapi sthitau .. devatāyatanairvyāptaṃ kṣetraṃ dṛṣṭvā'khilaṃ tataḥ .. 85 .. > Then, having abandoned their homes, both Gokarṇas remained \[there\], / having then seen the entire sacred field filled with shrines to the deities. 85 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_36) liṃge saṃsthāpite tābhyāṃ sīmāṃte dakṣiṇottare .. hāṭakeśvarajaṃ kṣetraṃ saṃprāpya tapasi drutam .. 86 .. > Two liṅgas were established by the two on the southern and northern boundaries, / and having reached the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara, they swiftly engaged in austerity. 86 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_37) tataḥ śivaṃ samārādhya tapaḥ kṛtvā yathocitam .. saśarīrau divaṃ prāptau tatprabhāvādvijottamāḥ .. 87 .. > Then, having properly worshipped Śiva and performed austerity as prescribed, / they attained heaven in bodily form by that power, O best of the twice-born. 87 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_38) tābhyāṃ mārgacaturdaśyāṃ kṛṣṇāyāṃ jāgaraḥ kṛtaḥ .. yaḥ karoti naro bhaktyā sa gacchati śivālayam .. 88 .. > A night-vigil was performed by both on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight of Mārgaśīrṣa; / whatever man performs it with devotion goes to Śiva’s abode. 88 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_39) aputro labhate putrāndhanārthī dhanamāpnuyāt .. niṣkāmastu punarmokṣaṃ naro yāti na saṃśayaḥ .. 89 .. > A childless man obtains sons, one desiring wealth will attain wealth, / and a desireless person surely attains liberation; there is no doubt. 89 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_40) .. sūta uvāca .. .. etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ sīmāṃtaṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. kṣetrasyāsya pramāṇaṃ ca vistareṇa caturdiśam .. 6.26.90 .. > Sūta said: / All this has been related to you, O best of the twice-born—the boundary / and the extent of this sacred field in the four directions in detail. 90 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_41) atrāṃtare narā ye ca nivasaṃti dvijottamāḥ .. kṛṣikarmodyatāścāpi yāṃti te paramāṃ gatim .. kiṃ punarniyatātmānaḥ śāṃtā dāṃtā jiteṃdriyāḥ .. 91 .. > And whatever men dwell within it, O best of brahmins, / even those engaged in agriculture attain the supreme state; / how much more so those of restrained mind, peaceful, self-controlled, and with subdued senses! 91 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_42) api kīṭapataṃgā ye paśavaḥ pakṣiṇo mṛgāḥ .. tasminkṣetre mṛtā yāṃti svargalokaṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. 92 .. > Even insects, winged creatures, beasts, birds, and game, / dying in that sacred field, go to the heavenly world, without doubt. 92 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_43) kiṃ punarye narāstatra kṛtvā prāyopaveśanam .. saṃnyastāḥ śraddhayopetā hṛdayasthe janārdane .. 93 .. > How much more so those men who, after resolving to fast unto death there, / have renounced the world, endowed with faith, with Janārdana residing in their hearts! 93 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_44) tasmātsarva prayatnena tatkṣetraṃ sevyameva hi .. viśeṣeṇa kalau prāpte yuge pāpasamāvṛte .. 94 .. > Therefore, with every effort, that sacred field is indeed to be served, / especially when the Kali age has arrived, engulfed in sin. 94 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.95\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.95_45) punaṃti snānadānābhyāṃ sarvatīrthānyasaṃśayam .. hāṭakeśvarajaṃ kṣetraṃ punarvāsātpunāti ca .. 95 .. > All sacred fords purify by means of ritual ablution and gifts, without doubt; / but the sacred field originating from Hāṭakeśvara purifies through merely residing \[there\]. 95 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.96) vāpīkūpataḍāgeṣu yatrayatra jalaṃ dvijāḥ .. tatratatra naraḥ snātaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 96 .. > Wherever there is water—in step-wells, wells, and tanks, O brahmins— / having bathed there, a man is freed from all sins. 96 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.97) kiṃ yrajñaiḥ kiṃ vṛthā dānaiḥ ka vrataiḥ kiṃ japairapi .. varaṃ tatra kṛto vāsaḥ kṣetre svargamabhīpsubhiḥ .. 97 .. > What use are sacrifices? What use are vain gifts? What use are vows, or even recitations? / Dwelling made in that sacred field is better for those who desire heaven. 97 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.98) etatpavitramāyuṣyaṃ māṃgalyaṃ pāpanāśanam .. hāṭakeśvarajakṣetramāhātmyaṃ śṛṇvatāṃ sadā .. 98 .. > This is purifying, granting longevity, auspicious, and destroying sin / for those who constantly listen to the māhātmya of the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara. 98 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.26.98\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26.98_46) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye gokarṇatīrthamāhātmya varṇanaṃnāma ṣaḍviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 26 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the twenty-sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Gokarnatīrtha,' in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\], in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. 26. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.26.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.26) · Pramāṇa