[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) › 5.28 # Skandapurana 5.28 Skandapurāṇa 5.28 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tasyāṃ devasabhāyāṃ ca saṃsthitā ye dvijottamāḥ .. prabhāsādīni tīrthāni mūrtāni sakalāni ca .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / O best of the twice-born, in that assembly of the gods, / all the personified sacred fords, Prabhāsa and the others, were present. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.2) tāni śrutvā vacastasya devācāryasya tādṛśam .. bhayaṃ kṛtvā mahaccitte procuśca tridiveśvaram .. 2 .. > Having heard such words of that preceptor of the gods, / feeling great fear in their hearts, they spoke to the lord of heaven: 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.3) yadyevaṃ devadeveśa bhaviṣya tyaśubhaṃ yugam .. vayaṃ nāśaṃ sameṣyāmo na sthāsyāmo jagattraye .. 3 .. > "If such an inauspicious yuga will occur, O lord of the gods, / we shall perish; we will not remain in the three worlds. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.4) puraṃdarādya cāsmākaṃ sthānaṃ kiṃcitpradarśaya .. tasmātkīrtaya naḥ sthānaṃ kiṃcitkvāpi puraṃdara .. 4 .. > Therefore, O Puraṃdara, show us some place today; / therefore point out some place anywhere for us, O Puraṃdara, 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.5) yadāśritya nayiṣyāmo raudraṃ kaliyugaṃ vibho .. aspṛṣṭāni narairmlecchaiḥ prabhāvasahitāni ca .. pātāle svargaloke vā martye vā surasattama .. 5 .. > taking refuge in which we may pass through the dreadful Kali yuga, O lord— / untouched by mleccha men and endowed with spiritual power, / whether in Pātāla, heaven, or the mortal realm, O best of the gods!" 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.6) teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā kṛpāviṣṭaḥ śatakratuḥ .. provāca brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhaṃ bhūya eva bṛhaspatim .. 6 .. > Hearing their words, filled with compassion, Śatakratu / spoke again to Bṛhaspati, the foremost of brahmins: 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.7) aspṛṣṭaṃ kalinā sthānaṃ kiṃci dvada bṛhaspate .. samāśrayāya tīrthānāṃ yadi vetsi jagattraye .. 7 .. > "Tell us of some place untouched by Kali, O Bṛhaspati, / for the shelter of the sacred fords, if you know of any in the three worlds." 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.8) śakrasya tadvacaḥ śrutvā ciraṃ dhyātvā vṛhaspatiḥ .. tatra provāca tīrthāni bhayā dbhītāni harṣayan.. 8 .. > Hearing the words of Śakra and meditating for a long time, Bṛhaspati / then spoke, gladdening the sacred fords terrified with fear: 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.9) hāṭakeśvaramityuktamasti kṣetramanuttamam .. liṃgasya patanājjātaṃ devadevasya śūlinaḥ .. 9 .. > "There is an unsurpassed sacred field named Hāṭakeśvara, / produced by the falling of the liṅga of the god of gods who bears the trident; 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.10) yatra pūrvaṃ tapastaptaṃ viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā .. triśaṃkorbhūmipālasya kṛte tīrthe mahātmanā .. 6.28.10 .. > where formerly austerity was performed by the wise Viśvāmitra, / the noble-minded one, at the sacred ford for the sake of King Triśaṅku; 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.11) yatra sthitvā sabhūpālastriśaṃkuḥ pāpavarjitaḥ .. caṇḍālatvaṃ parityajya sadeha stridivaṃ gataḥ .. 11 .. > staying where, that king Triśaṅku, freed from sin, / having shed his caṇḍāla state, went to heaven in his bodily form; 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.12) yatra śakrasamādeśātpūritaṃ pāṃsubhiḥ purā .. saṃvartakena raudreṇa vāyunā tīrthamuttamam .. 12 .. > where formerly by the command of Śakra that excellent sacred ford was filled / with dust by the terrible cosmic dissolution wind Saṃvartaka; 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.13) yatra rakṣatyadhastācca sa svayaṃ hāṭakeśvaraḥ .. upariṣṭātpradeśaṃ ca kalau devo'caleśvaraḥ .. 13 .. > where Hāṭakeśvara himself protects below, / and in the Kali age the god Acaleśvara protects the region above. 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.14) hāṭakeśvaramāhātmyādaspṛṣṭaṃ kalinā hi tat .. paṃcakrośapramāṇena acaleśvarajena ca .. 14 .. > Indeed, by the greatness of Hāṭakeśvara, and of Acaleśvara, / it remains untouched by Kali over a span of five krośas. 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.15) tasmāsvāṃśena gacchaṃtu tatra tīrthānyaśeṣataḥ .. teṣāṃ kalibhayaṃ śakra naiva tatrāstyasaṃśayam .. 15 .. > Therefore, let all the sacred fords go there with their portions; / there is certainly no fear of Kali for them there, O Śakra, without doubt." 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.16) tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya sarvatīrthāni tatkṣaṇāt .. hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñaṃ tatkṣetraṃ jagmurdvijottamāḥ .. 16 .. > Hearing his word, O best of brahmins, all the sacred fords immediately went to that sacred field named Hāṭakeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.17) yajñopavītamātrāṇi kṛtvā sthānāni cātmanaḥ .. kṣetramāsādayāmāsustatsarvahi dvijottamāḥ .. 17 .. > Having made their places the size of a sacred thread, O best of brahmins, they all occupied that sacred field. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.18) etasmātkāraṇājāta kṣetraṃ puṇyatamaṃ hi tat .. hāṭakeśvaradevasya mahāpātakanāśanam .. 18 .. > For this reason, that sacred field of Lord Hāṭakeśvara became most holy, destroying great sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.19) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. atyāścaryamidaṃ sūta yattvayaitadudāhṛtam .. saṃgamaṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ kṣetre tatra prakīrtitam .. 19 .. > The seers said: / This is most wondrous, O Sūta, which has been spoken by you: / the gathering of all sacred fords is proclaimed in that sacred field. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.20) tāvanmātraprabhāvāṇi tatsthāni prabhavaṃti kim .. tāni tīrthāni no brūhi vistareṇa mahāmate .. 6.28.20 .. > Do those situated there possess power equal to them? / Tell us in detail about those sacred fords, O highly intelligent one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.21) nāmataḥ sthānataścaiva tathā caiva prabhāvataḥ .. sarvāṇyapimahābhāga paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ .. .. 21 .. > by name, by location, and likewise by efficacy, / all of them, O fortunate one, for our curiosity is indeed great. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.22) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tisraḥ koṭyo'rdhakoṭiśca tīrthānāṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. hāṭakeśvarajaṃ kṣetraṃ vyāpya sarvaṃ vyavasthitāḥ .. .. 22 .. > Sūta said: / Three and a half crores of sacred fords, O best of brahmins, / having pervaded the entire sacred field born of Hāṭakeśvara, are situated there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.23) na teṣāṃ kīrtanaṃ śakyaṃ kartuṃ varṣaśatairapi .. tathā svāyaṃbhuvasyādau kalpasya prathamasya ca .. 23 .. > It is not possible to recount them even in hundreds of years. / Likewise, in the beginning of the Svāyambhuva, the first kalpa, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.24) kṛtaḥ samāśrayastatra kṣetre tīrthaiḥ śubhāvahe .. bahutvādatha kālasya bahūni dvijasattamāḥ .. 24 .. > refuge was taken there in that auspicious sacred field by the sacred fords. / Then, through the lapse of much time, O best of brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.25) ucchedaṃ saṃprayātāni tīrthānyāyatanāni ca .. yānyahaṃ veda kārtsnyena prabhāvasahitāni ca .. tāni vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi śṛṇudhvaṃ susamāhitāḥ .. 25 .. > many sacred fords and shrines have gone to destruction. / Those which I know completely, along with their powers, / I shall proclaim to you; listen attentively. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.26) yeṣāṃ saṃśravaṇādeva naraḥ pāpātpramucyate dhyānātsnānāttathā dānātsparśanādvijasattamāḥ .. 26 .. > Merely by hearing about them a mortal is freed from sin, / as also through meditation, ritual ablution, gifting, and touching, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.28.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28.28) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye hāṭakeśvarakṣetre sarvatīrthasamāśrayavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 28 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the twenty-eighth chapter, named 'The Description of the Gathering of All Sacred Fords in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra,' in the Hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmya in the sixth section, the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.28.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Devīrahasya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.rudra.devirahasya.44.22) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.28) · Pramāṇa