[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) › 5.278 # Skandapurana 5.278 Skandapurāṇa 5.278 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.278.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.278.1) sūta uvāca .. .. etatpurāṇamakhilaṃ purā skandenabhāṣitam .. bhṛgave brahmaputrāya tasmāllebhe tathāṃgirāḥ ..1.. > Sūta said: / This entire Purāṇa was spoken in ancient times by Skanda / to Bhṛgu, the son of Brahmā; from him Aṅgiras then received \[it\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.278.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.278.2) tataśca cyavanaḥ prāpa sa ṛcīkastato muniḥ .. evaṃ paraṃparāprāptaṃ sarveṣu bhuvaneṣvapi ..2.. > And then Cyavana obtained it; from him, the sage Ṛcīka. / In this way it was received by succession throughout all the worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.278.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.278.3) skāṃdaṃ purāṇametacca kumāreṇa puroddhṛtam .. yaḥ śṛṇoti satāṃ madhye naraḥ pāpātpramucyate .. 3 .. > And this Skanda Purāṇa was formerly brought forth by Kumāra; / a man who hears it in the midst of the virtuous is freed from sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.278.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.278.4) idaṃ purāṇamāyuṣyaṃ varṇānāṃ ca sukhāvaham .. nirmitaṃ ṣaṇmukheneha niyataṃ sumahātmanā .. 4 .. > This Purāṇa bestows long life and brings happiness to the castes; / it was composed here constantly by the high-souled Six-faced One. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.278.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.278.5) evametatpurā khyātamākhyānaṃ bhadramastu vaḥ .. 5 .. > Thus was this narrative told in ancient times; may there be auspiciousness to you! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.278.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.278.6) hāṭakeśvarakṣetrasya māhātmyaṃ śṛṇute naraḥ .. na tasya puṇyasaṃkhyānaṃ kartuṃ śakyeta kenacit .. 6 .. > A man who hears the māhātmya of the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara— / no one would be able to make an enumeration of his merit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.278.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.278.7) ya idaṃ dharmamāhātmyaṃ brāhmaṇāya prayacchati .. svargaloke vasettāvadyāvadakṣarasaṃkhyayā ..7.. > He who presents this māhātmya of righteousness to a brahmin / would dwell in heaven for as many \[years\] as the number of syllables \[in it\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.278.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.278.8) yathā hi varṣato dhārā yathā vā divi tārakāḥ .. gaṃgāyāṃ sikatā yadvattadvatsaṃkhyā na vidyate .. 8 .. > Just as the streams of falling rain, or as the stars in the sky, / or as the grains of sand in the Gaṅgā, so their count does not exist. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.278.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.278.9) yo naraḥ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā dināni ca kiyaṃti vai .. sarvārthasiddho bhavati ya imāṃ paṭhate kathām . 9 .. > The man who would hear \[it\] with devotion even for a few days, / he who recites this narrative, has all his aims accomplished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.278.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.278.10) putrārthī labhate putrāndhanārthī labhate dhanam .. labhate patikāmā yā patiṃ kanyā manoramam .. 6.279.10 .. > One desiring a son obtains sons; one desiring wealth obtains wealth; / a maiden desiring a husband obtains a pleasing husband. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.278.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.278.11) samāgamaṃ labhaṃte ca vāṃdhavāśca pravāsibhiḥ .. skāṃdaṃ purāṇaṃ śrutvā tu pumānā pnoti vāṃchitam .. 11 .. > And kinsmen obtain reunion with travelers abroad; / having heard the Skanda Purāṇa, a man obtains what he desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.278.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.278.12) śṛṇvataḥ paṭhataścaiva sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇām .. mahīṃ vijayate rājā śatrūṃścāpyadhitiṣṭhati .. 12 .. > For men who listen and recite, it grants all desires; / a king conquers the earth and triumphs over enemies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.278.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.278.13) puṇyaṃ śrutvā purāṇaṃ vai dīrghamā yuśca viṃdati .. vedavicca bhavedvipraḥ kṣatriyo rājyamāpnuyāt .. 13 .. > Having heard this sacred Purāṇa, one finds a long life; / a brahmin becomes a knower of the Veda, a kṣatriya attains a kingdom, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.278.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.278.14) dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ tathā vaiśyaḥ śūdraḥ sukhamavāpnuyāt .. yaḥ ślokapādaṃ śṛṇuyādviṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati .. 14 .. > a vaiśya \[attains\] wealth and grain, and a śūdra attains happiness; / he who hears even a quarter of a verse goes to the world of Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.278.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.278.15) śrutvā purāṇametaddhi vācakaṃ yastu pūjayet .. tena brahmā ca viṣṇuśca rudraścaiva prapūjitaḥ .. 15 .. > Having heard this Purāṇa, he who worships the narrator, / by him Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Rudra have been worshiped. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.278.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.278.16) ekamapyakṣaraṃ yastu guruḥ śiṣye nivedayet.. pṛthivyā nāsti taddravyaṃ yaddattvā hyanṛṇī bhavet ..16.. > Whatever single syllable a guru may impart to a disciple, / there is no object on earth by giving which one would become free from debt \[to him\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.278.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.278.17) ataḥ saṃpūjanīyastu vyāsaḥ śāstropadeśakaḥ .. gobhūhiraṇyavastrādyairbhojanaiḥ sārva kāmikaiḥ ..17.. > Therefore, the reciter, the instructor of the scripture, should be fully honored / with cows, land, gold, garments, and all kinds of desirable foods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.278.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.278.18) ya evaṃ bhaktiyuktastu śrutvā śāstramanutamam .. pūjayedupadeṣṭāraṃ sa śaivaṃ padamāpnuyāt .. 18 .. > He who, endowed with devotion, having heard this supreme scripture, / worships the teacher, attains the realm of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.278.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.278.19) purāṇaśravaṇādeva anekabhavasaṃcitam .. pāpaṃ praśamamāyāti sarvatīrthaphalaṃ labhet ..19.. > Just by hearing the Purāṇa, the sin accumulated over many births / comes to cessation, and one obtains the fruit of all sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.278.279](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.278.279) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe śrīhāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye purāṇaśravaṇamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikonāśītyuttaradviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..279.. .. > Thus ends the two hundred and seventy-ninth chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Hearing the Purāṇa, in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Holy Hāṭakeśvara,' in the sixth \[section\], the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the great Purāṇa of Skanda consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.278.279\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.278.279_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇe ṣaṣṭhaṃ nāgarakhaṇḍaṃ samāptam .. 6 .. > Thus ends the sixth \[section\], the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the great Purāṇa of Skanda. 6. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.278.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Kalpaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.vidhi.mantra.kalpah.1.3.45) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.278](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.278) · Pramāṇa