[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) › 5.276 # Skandapurana 5.276 Skandapurāṇa 5.276 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.276.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.276.1) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. ki nāmāno dvijāste ca vārāṇasyāḥ samāgatāḥ.. ekādaśaprakāro'sau yeṣāṃ rudraḥ prabhaktitaḥ .. tatsaṃjñāśca samācakṣva vistareṇa mahāmune .. 1 .. > The seers said: / What were the names of those brahmins who arrived from Vārāṇasī, / for whose profound devotion Rudra became elevenfold? / Tell us their names in detail, O great sage! 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.276.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.276.2) .. sūta uvāca .. .. ekasteṣāṃ mṛgavyādho vikhyāto bhuvanatraye .. dvitīyaḥ sarvasaṃjñaśca niṃditaśca tṛtīyakaḥ.. 2 .. > Sūta said: / One among them was Mṛgavyādha, renowned in the three worlds; / the second was named Sarva, and the third was Nindita. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.276.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.276.3) mahāyaśāścaturthastu kathyate munisattamāḥ .. ajaikapāda ityuktaḥ paṃcamo muni sattamāḥ .. 3 .. > The fourth is declared to be Mahāyaśas, O best of sages; / the fifth is called Ajaikapāda, O best of sages. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.276.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.276.4) ahirbudhnyastathā ṣaṣṭhaḥ pinākī saptamastathā .. paraṃ tapastathānyastu dahano navamastathā .. 4 .. > Likewise, the sixth was Ahirbudhnya, and the seventh was Pinākin; / the other was Paraṃtapa, and the ninth was Dahana. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.276.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.276.5) īśvaro daśamaḥ proktaḥ kapālī cāṃti mastathā .. teṣāmetāni nāmāni sthitānyeva hi yāni ca .. rudrāṇāmapi tānyeva vihitāni hareṇa tu .. 5 .. > The tenth is declared to be Īśvara, and the last was Kapālin. / These very names that belonged to them / were also assigned to the Rudras by Hara. 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.276.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.276.6) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. kāni dānāni śasyāni tadarthaṃ vada no drutam .. japaścaiva purā proktastvayā kāryo yathaiva ca .. 6 .. > The seers said: / What gifts are commendable for that purpose? Tell us quickly! / And what recitation of mantras was previously spoken by you that should be performed? 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.276.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.276.7) .. sūta uvāca .. .. taduddiśya pradātavyamekaikasya pṛthakpṛthak .. pratyakṣāśca mahābhāga dātavyā dhenavaḥ kramāt .. 7 .. > Sūta said: / Dedicated to that, \[gifts\] should be given separately to each one; / and cows, O fortunate one, are to be given in sequence, directly \[or symbolic\]: 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.276.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.276.8) mṛgavyādhāya pratyakṣā gaurdeyā ca guḍodbhavā .. kapāline pradātavyā navanītasamudbhavā .. 8 .. > To Mṛgavyādha, a real cow and one made of jaggery should be given; / to Kapālin, one made of fresh butter should be given; 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.276.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.276.9) ajapādāya cājyotthā ahirbudhnyāya hemajā .. pinākine pradātavyā dhenurlavaṇasambhavā .. 9 .. > to Ajapāda, one made of ghee; to Ahirbudhnya, one made of gold; / to Pinākin, a cow made of salt should be given; 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.276.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.276.10) paraṃtapāya viprendrāstathaiva rasasa mbhavā .. annajā dahanāyoktā īśvarāya jalodbhavā .. 6.277.10 .. > to Paraṃtapa, O lords of brahmins, likewise one made of liquid \[syrup\]; / to Dahana, one made of food is declared; to Īśvara, one made of water. 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.276.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.276.11) etā dadāti yo viprā eteṣāṃ ca mahātmanām .. cakravartī bhavennūnametadāha pitāmahaḥ .... .. 11 .. > He who gives these to these great souls, O brahmins, / shall surely become a universal monarch; so said the Grandfather. 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.276.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.276.12) anyatrāpi pradattāśca kiṃ punarbhavasaṃnidhau .. tasmātsarvaprayatnena etā deyāḥ prayatnataḥ .. 12 .. > If given elsewhere \[it bears fruit\], how much more so in the presence of Bhava? / Therefore, with all effort, these should be given diligently. 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.276.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.276.13) dhenavo yo na śaktaḥ syādekā deyā prayatnataḥ .. sarveṣāmeva rudrāṇāṃ bhartṛyajñavaco yathā .. 13 .. > He who is unable \[to give all\] should give one cow diligently / to all the Rudras, according to the words of Bhartṛyajña. 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.276.277](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.276.277) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye ekādaśarudrasamīpe dānamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptasaptatyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 277 .. > Thus ends the two hundred seventy-seventh chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Gifts in the Presence of the Eleven Rudras', in the Hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmya of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. 277 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.276.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Hāṭakeśvaramāhātmya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.sthala.hatakesvaramahatmya.280.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.276](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.276) · Pramāṇa