[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) › 5.29 # Skandapurana 5.29 Skandapurāṇa 5.29 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.29.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ sarveṣu tīrtheṣu saṃsthiteṣu dvijottamāḥ .. tatkṣetraṃ khyātimāpannaṃ samaste dharaṇītale .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / When all the sacred fords were thus situated, O best of brahmins, / that sacred field attained renown over the whole surface of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.2) samastebhyastato'dūrānmunayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ .. saṃśrayaṃti tato bhūpāstapo'rthaṃ jarayā'nvitāḥ .. 2 .. > From everywhere, not far away, sages of celebrated vows resort to it; / then kings accompanied by old age \[resort to it\] for the sake of austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.3) tathā te liṃgino dāntāḥ siddhikāmāḥ samaṃtataḥ .. samāśrayaṃti tatkṣetraṃ savartīrthasamā śrayam .. 3 .. > Likewise, self-controlled ascetics desiring perfection from all around / resort to that sacred field, the refuge of all sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.4) tatra siddheśvaraṃnāma liṃgamasti dvijottamāḥ .. sarvasiddhipradaṃ nṛṇāṃ svayaṃ siddhipradāyakam.. 4 .. > There is a liṅga there named Siddheśvara, O best of brahmins, / which grants all perfections to mortals, itself bestowing perfections. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.5) nirvidya bhūtale śarvaḥ sarvavyāpī sadā śivaḥ .. hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñe'sminkṣetre devaḥ svayaṃ sthitaḥ .. 5 .. > Becoming indifferent to the earthly realm, Śarva, the all-pervading Sadāśiva, / the god himself, remained in this sacred field named Hāṭakeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.6) liṃgarūpeṇa bhagavānprādurbhūtaḥ svayaṃ haraḥ.. smaraṇāddarśanāccaiva sarvasiddhipradaḥ sadā ..6.. > The Lord Hara himself became manifest in the form of a liṅga, / granting all perfections always through remembrance and darśana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.7) siddhenārādhito yasmāttasmātsiddheśvaraḥ smṛtaḥ .. tasyaiva varadānāddhi atraivāvasthito haraḥ .. 7 .. > Because he was worshipped by a siddha, he is therefore known as Siddheśvara. / Indeed, through granting him a boon, Hara has stayed right here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.8) yastaṃ paśyati sadbhaktyā śuciḥ spṛśati vā naraḥ .. vāṃchitaṃ labhate sadyo yadyapi syātsudurlabham .. 8 .. > Whatever person sees him with true devotion or, being pure, touches him, / immediately obtains what is desired, even if it be very difficult to attain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.9) tatra siddhiṃ gatāḥ pūrvaṃ śataśaḥ puruṣā bhuvi .. darśanātsparśanāccānye praṇāmādapare narāḥ .. 9 .. > In the past, hundreds of persons on earth attained perfection there: / some men through darśana, others through touch, and others through prostration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.10) dakṣiṇāmūrtimāsādya mantraṃ tasya ṣaḍakṣaram .. yo japecchraddhayopetastasyāyuḥ saṃpravardhate .. 6.29.10 .. > Having approached Dakṣiṇāmūrti, whoever, endowed with faith, / chants his six-syllable mantra, his lifespan increases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.11) yāvatsaṃkhyaṃ japenmatraṃ tāvatsaṃkhyānyahāni saḥ .. āyuṣaḥ parato martyo jīvate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 11 .. > For as many times as he chants the mantra, so many days / a mortal lives beyond his lifespan; there is no doubt about this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.12) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. atyāścaryamidaṃ sūta yattvayā parikīrtitam .. āyuṣo'pyadhikaṃ martyo jīvate yadi mānavaḥ .. 12 .. > The seers said: / This is most wondrous, O Sūta, which has been recounted by you, / that a human being, a mortal, may live even beyond his lifespan. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.13) .. sūta uvāca . .. atra vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi svayameva mayā śrutam .. vadatastatsamuddiśya yadvatsasya mahātmanaḥ .. 13 .. > Sūta said: / Here I shall recount to you what was heard by me myself / as the great-souled Vatsa was speaking concerning that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.14) purā me vasamānasya purato'tra piturgṛhe .. āyātaḥ sa munistatra vatso nāma mahādyutiḥ .. 14 .. > Formerly, while I was living here in front, in my father's house, / that sage of great splendour named Vatsa arrived there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.15) vahamāno yuvāvasthāṃ dvādaśārkasamadyutiḥ .. aṃgaiḥ sarvaistu rūpāḍhyaḥ kāmadeva ivāparaḥ .. 15 .. > bearing the state of youth, with splendour equal to twelve suns, / richly endowed with beauty in all his limbs, like a second Kāmadeva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.16) matpitrā sa tadā dṛṣṭastato bhaktyā'bhivāditaḥ .. arghyaṃ dattvā tataḥ prokto viśrāṃto vinayena ca .. 16 .. > He was seen then by my father and greeted with devotion; / then, having given the water offering, he was addressed with modesty when he was rested: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.17) svāgataṃ tava vipreṃdra kutastvamiha cāgataḥ .. ādeśo dīyatāṃ mahyaṃ kiṃ karomi yathocitam .. 17 .. > 'Welcome to you, O chief of brahmins! Whence have you come here? / Let a command be given to me. What may I do as is fitting?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.18) .. vatsa uvāca .. .. tavāśramapade sūta cāturmāsyasamudbhavam .. kartumicchāmyanuṣṭhānaṃ śuśrūṣāṃ cetkaroṣi me .. 18 .. > Vatsa said: / 'In your hermitage, O Sūta, I wish to perform the practice / pertaining to the four months of the rainy season, if you will render me service.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.19) .. lomaharṣaṇa uvāca .. .. evaṃ vipra kariṣyāmi tavādeśamasaṃśayam .. dhanyo'smyanugṛhīto'smi yastvaṃ me gṛhamāgataḥ .. 19 .. > Lomaharṣaṇa said: / 'Thus I shall do your bidding without doubt, O brahmin. / I am blessed, I am favoured, that you have come to my house.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.20) evamuktātha māmāha sa pitā dvijasattamāḥ .. tvayā vatsasya kartavyā śuśrūṣā nityameva hi .. 6.29.20 .. > Having spoken thus, that father of mine said to me, O best of brahmins: / 'Service to Vatsa must be rendered by you continually.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.21) tato'haṃ vinayopetastasya kṛtyāni kṛtsnaśaḥ .. karomi sa ca me rātrau citrāḥ kīrtayate kathāḥ .. 21 .. > Then I, filled with modesty, performed all his tasks completely, / and at night he recounted wondrous tales to me, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.22) rājarṣīṇāṃ purāṇānāṃ devadānavarakṣasām .. dvīpānāṃ parvatānāṃ ca svayaṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasraśaḥ .. 22 .. > of royal seers of old, of gods, Dānavas, and Rākṣasas, / and of continents and mountains, having seen thousands himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.23) ekadā tu mayā pṛṣṭaḥ kathāṃte prāpya kautukam .. vismayāviṣṭacittena sa dvijo dvijasattamāḥ .. 23 .. > Once, however, at the end of a narrative, having become curious, / that brahmin was asked by me whose mind was overcome with astonishment, O best of brahmins: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.24) bhagavansukumāraṃ te śarīraṃ prathamaṃ vayaḥ .. dvīpānāṃ ca karoṣi tvaṃ kathāścitrāḥ pṛthakpṛthak .. 24 .. > 'O venerable one, your body is tender, your age is in its prime, / yet you narrate wondrous stories of the continents one by one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.25) kathaṃ sarvaṃ dharāpṛṣṭhaṃ sasamudraṃ nirīkṣitam .. svalpena vayasā tāta ( ?) vistarato vada .. 25 .. > How was the entire surface of the earth, along with the oceans, seen / at such a tender age, father? Tell me in detail. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.26) tvayā ye kīrtitā dvīpāḥ samudrāḥ parvatāstathā .. manasāpi na śakyāste gantuṃ martyaiḥ kathaṃcana .. 26 .. > Those continents, oceans, and mountains that have been recounted by you / cannot be reached even in thought by mortals in any way. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.27) atra kautūhalaṃ jātamaśraddheyaṃ vacastathā .. śrutvā śraddheyavākyasya tasmātsatyaṃ prakīrtaya .. 27 .. > Curiosity has arisen here, hearing such an unbelievable statement / from one whose words are trustworthy; therefore tell the truth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.28) tapasaḥ kiṃ prabhāvo'yaṃ kiṃ vā maṃtraparākramaḥ .. yena pṛthvītalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ tvayā dṛṣṭaṃ munīśvara .. 28 .. > Is this the power of austerity, or the might of a mantra, / by which the whole surface of the earth was seen by you, O lord of sages? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.29) kiṃ vā devaprasādastu tavauṣadhikṛto'thavā .. tacca puṇyatamaṃ tāta tvaṃ me brūhi savistaram .. 29 .. > Or is it the grace of a god, or effected by an herb? / Tell me that most holy thing in full detail, dear father.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.30) atha māṃ sa muniḥ prāha vihasya munisattamāḥ .. satyametattvayā jñātaṃ mama maṃtraparākramam .. 6.29.30 .. > Then, O best among sages, that sage smiled and said to me: > “You have rightly understood this to be the power of my mantra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.31) sadāhamaṣṭasaṃyuktaṃ sahasraṃ śivasannidhau .. japāmi śivamaṃtrasya ṣaḍakṣaramitasya ca .. 31 .. > I always recite one thousand and eight times in the presence of Śiva > the six-syllabled mantra of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.32) trikālaṃ tena me jātaṃ susthiraṃ yauvanaṃ mune .. atītānāgataṃ jñānaṃ jīvitaṃ ca sukhodayam .. 32 .. > By virtue of that, O sage, my youth has become firmly established for the three times, > as well as knowledge of the past and future, and a life bringing forth happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.33) mama varṣasahasrāṇi bahūni prayutāni ca .. saṃjātāni mahābhāga dṛśyate prathamaṃ vayaḥ .. 33 .. > Many thousands and millions of years have passed for me, > O fortunate one, yet my age appears to be the prime of life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.34) atra te kīrtayiṣyāmi vistareṇa mahāmate .. yathā siddhirmayā prāptā prasādācchaṃkarasya ca .. 34 .. > In this matter I shall recount to you in detail, O noble-minded one, > how perfection was attained by me through the grace of Śaṃkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.35) ahaṃ hi brāhmaṇo nāmnā vatsaḥ khyāto mahītale .. nānāśāstrakṛtābhyāsaḥ purā''saṃ vedapāragaḥ .. 35 .. > Formerly, I was a brahmin known by the name of Vatsa on the earth, > who had practiced various scriptures and mastered the Vedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.36) etasminneva kāle tu menakā ca varāpsarāḥ .. vasaṃtasamaye prāptā martyaloke yadṛcchayā .. 36 .. > At that very time, Menakā, an excellent apsaras, > arrived by chance in the mortal world during the spring season. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.37) sā gatā bhramamāṇātha kāmyakaṃnāma tadvanam .. mattakokilanādāḍhyaṃ manojñadrumasaṃ kulam .. 37 .. > Wandering about, she then went to that forest named Kāmyaka, > which was rich with the calls of rutting cuckoos and filled with delightful trees, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.38) yatrāste muniśārdūlo devarāta iti smṛtaḥ .. vratasvādhyāyasaṃpannastapasā dhvastakilviṣaḥ .. 38 .. > where dwelt a tiger among sages known as Devarāta, > endowed with vows and Vedic recitation, his sins destroyed by austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.39) upaviṣṭo nadītīre devatārccāparāyaṇaḥ .. śraddhayā parayā yukta ekākī nirjane vane .. 39 .. > Seated on the riverbank, devoted to worshiping the deity, > endowed with supreme faith, he was alone in the desolate forest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.40) atha sā paśyatastasya vivastrā prāviśajjalam .. divyarūpasamopetā gharmārtā varavarṇinī .. .. 6.29.40 .. > Then, as he looked on, she entered the water without clothes— > that fair-complexioned woman endowed with celestial beauty, afflicted by the heat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.41) atha tasya munīṃdrasya retaścaskanda tatkṣaṇāt .. dṛṣṭvā tāṃ cārusarvāṃgīṃ jalamadhyaṃ samāśritām .. 41 .. > Then the semen of that lord of sages was instantly discharged > upon seeing her, lovely in every limb, having entered the middle of the water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.42) etasminnaṃtare prāptā sāraṃgī supipāsitā .. jalamiśraṃ tayā retaḥ pītaṃ sarvamaśeṣataḥ .. 42 .. > Meanwhile, a very thirsty doe arrived; > she drank the semen mixed with the water, completely and without remainder. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.43) atha sā'pi dadhe garbhaṃ mānuṣaṃ vai prabhāvataḥ .. amogharetaso māse suṣuve daśame tataḥ..43.. > Then, through the power of the unfailing semen, she too bore a human fetus, > and in the tenth month she gave birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.44) janayāmāsa dīptāṃgī kanyāṃ padmadalekṣaṇām .. tasminneva jale puṇye devarātāśramaṃ prati .. 44 .. > The doe with radiant limbs gave birth to a maiden with eyes like lotus petals > in that very sacred water, near Devarāta’s hermitage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.45) atha tāṃ sa munirjñātvā svajñānena svavīryajām .. kṛpayā parayāviṣṭo jagrāha ca pupoṣa ca .. 45 .. > Then that sage, recognizing by his inner knowledge that she was born of his own semen, > was overwhelmed with supreme compassion; he took her and raised her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.46) snehena mahatā yuktaḥ kṛtakautukamaṃgalaḥ .. rakṣamāṇo vane caināṃ śvāpadebhyaḥ prayatnataḥ .. 46 ... > Filled with great affection, having performed the auspicious rites of childhood, > he protected her with effort from beasts of prey in the forest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.47) ājahāra sumṛṣṭāni tatkṛte suphalāni saḥ .. svayaṃ gatvā sudūraṃ ca kānane śvāpadākule .. 47 .. > For her sake he brought very sweet, fine fruits, > having gone far away himself in the forest teeming with beasts of prey. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.48) tatrasthā vavṛdhe sā ca nāmnā khyātā mṛgāvatī .. śuklapakṣe yathā vyomni kaleva śaśalakṣmaṇaḥ .. 48 .. > Staying there, she grew, known by the name Mṛgāvatī, > like a digit of the moon in the sky during the bright fortnight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.49) atha sā bhramamāṇena mayā dṛṣṭā mṛgekṣaṇā .. tato'haṃ kāmabāṇena tatkṣaṇāttāḍito hṛdi .. .. 49 .. > Then, as I was wandering, she of deer-like eyes was seen by me; > thereupon, I was instantly struck in the heart by the arrow of Kāma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.50) vijñāya ca kumārīṃ tāṃ savarṇāṃ cāruhāsinīm .. ādareṇa gṛhaṃ gatvā sa muniryācitastataḥ .. 6.29.50 .. > And knowing that sweet-smiling maiden to be of the same caste, > I respectfully went to his dwelling and then asked the sage: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.51) prayacchaināṃ mama brahmanpatnyarthaṃ nija kanyakām .. yathātmā poṣayiṣyāmi bhojanācchādanādibhiḥ .. 51 .. > “O brahmin, give this daughter of yours to me for a wife; > I will nurture her like my own self, with food, clothing, and the like.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.52) tatastena pradattā me tatkṣaṇādeva sundarī .. vidhinā śāstradṛṣṭena nakṣatre bhaga daivate .. 52 .. > Then he gave the beautiful girl to me that very moment, > according to the rule seen in the scriptures, under the constellation presided over by Bhaga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.53) tataḥ katipayāhasya mayoḍhā sā suvismitā .. sakhījanasamāyuktā phalārthaṃ nirgatā vane .. 53 .. > Then, after a few days, she who was married by me, full of wonder, > went out into the forest with her female companions in search of fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.54) atha vīrudhasaṃchanne vane tasminsusaṃsthite .. tayā nyastaṃ padaṃ mūrdhni tṛṇācchannasya bhoginaḥ .. 54 .. > Now, in that forest densely covered with creepers and well established, > her foot was placed upon the head of a serpent concealed by grass. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.55) sā daṣṭā sahasā tena patitā vasudhātale .. viṣārditā gataprāṇā tatkṣaṇādeva bhāminī .. 55 .. > Suddenly bitten by it, she fell to the ground; > afflicted by poison, that lovely woman lost her life that very instant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.56) atha sakhyaḥ samāgatya tasyā duḥkhena duḥkhitāḥ .. śaśaṃsustā yathāvṛttaṃ rudantyo mama sūtaja .. 56 .. > Then her friends, gathered together, grieving with her grief, > wept and reported what had occurred to me, O son of Sūta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.57) tato'haṃ satvaraṃ gatvā dṛṣṭvā tāṃ patitāṃ bhuvi .. vilāpānkṛtavāndīno ruditaṃ karuṇasvaram .. 57 .. > Then I went in haste, and seeing her fallen on the ground, > I, wretched, uttered laments, weeping with a plaintive voice: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.58) iyaṃ me suviśālākṣī manaḥprāṇasamā priyā .. mṛtā bhūmau yayā hīno nāhaṃ jīvitumutsahe .. 58 .. > “This wide-eyed woman, my beloved who was equal to my mind and life, > lies dead on the earth; deprived of her, I have no desire to live. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.59) so'hamadya gamiṣyāmi paralokaṃ sahānayā .. priyārahitaharmyasya jīvitasya ca kiṃ phalam .. 59 .. > Today I will go to the other world along with her; > what is the use of a life, and of a mansion, bereft of the beloved? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.60) putrapautravadhūbhiśca bhṛtyavargayutasya ca .. patnīhīnāni no rejurgṛhāṇi gṛhamedhinām .. 6.29.60 .. > Even with sons, grandsons, daughters-in-law, and a host of servants, > the homes of householders do not shine when bereft of a wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.61) yadīyaṃ karṇanetrāṃtā tanvaṃgī madhurasvarā.. na jīvati pṛthuśroṇī mariṣye' hamasaṃśayam .. 61 .. > If this slender-limbed, sweet-voiced woman with broad hips, > whose eyes reach to her ears, does not live, I shall surely die.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.62) evaṃ vilapamānasya mama sūta kulodvaha .. āgatāḥ suhṛdaḥ sarve ruruduste'pi duḥkhitāḥ .. 62 .. > As I was lamenting thus, O son of Sūta, uplifter of your family, > all my friends arrived, and they too wept in sorrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.63) ruditvā suciraṃ tatra taiḥ samaṃ mahatīṃ citām .. kṛtvā tāṃ saṃnidhāyātha pradatto havyavāhanaḥ .. 63 .. > Having wept for a long time there together with them, and having prepared a great pyre, > I placed her \[upon it\] and then set fire to it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.64) tata ādāya māṃ kṛcchrānninyuśca svagṛhaṃ prati .. rudantaṃ praskhalantaṃ ca muhyamānaṃ padepade .. 64 .. > Then, with difficulty, taking hold of me, they led me toward my own house, > as I was weeping, stumbling, and fainting at every step. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.65) tato niśāvaśeṣe'hamutthāya tvarayā'nvitaḥ .. kāṃtāduḥkhaparītātmā gato'raṇyaṃ tadeva hi .. 65 .. > Then, before the night was over, I arose in haste, > my soul overwhelmed by grief for my beloved, and went back to that very forest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.66) kāmenonmattatāṃ prāpto bhramamāṇa itastataḥ .. vilapanneva duḥkhārto vane janavivarjite .. 66 .. > Driven mad by desire, wandering here and there, > continually lamenting, afflicted with grief in the forest deserted by people: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.67) kva gatāsi viśālākṣi vijane'sminvihāya mām .. nāhaṃ gṛhaṃ gamiṣyāmi mama duḥkhāya nirdayaḥ .. 67 .. > “Where have you gone, O wide-eyed one, leaving me in this solitude? > Cruel to my grief, I will not return home. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.68) eṣo'ruṇakarasparśātsvābhāṃ tyajati caṃdramāḥ .. niśākṣaye nirutsāho yathāhaṃ vidhinā kṛtaḥ .. 68 .. > At the touch of dawn's rays, this moon relinquishes its luster > at the end of night, rendered dispirited by fate just as I am. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.69) ayaṃ tanuḥ samāyāti savitā raktamaṃḍalaḥ.. nigadiṣyati me vārtāṃ nūnaṃ kaccittvadudbhavām .. 69 .. > Here rises the sun, a slender red orb; > surely he will tell me some news concerning you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.70) gaganaṃ vyāpayansūryaḥ saṃtāpayati māṃ bhṛśam .. bāhye cābhyaṃtare kāmaḥ kathaṃ vakṣyāmi jīvitam .. 6.29.70 .. > Pervading the sky, the sun scorches me intensely; > with passion outside and inside, how shall I endure my life? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.71) karīṃdaḥ svayamabhyeti tatkucābhau samudvahan .. kumbhau gatvā tu pṛcchāmi yadi śaṃsati tāṃ priyām .. 71 .. > The lord of elephants approaches of his own accord, carrying > two frontal globes resembling her breasts; I shall go and ask him if he can tell of that beloved.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.72) evaṃ pralapamānasya mama moho mahānabhūt .. bhāskarāṃśuprataptasya madanākulitasya ca .. 72 .. > As I was lamenting in this manner, great delusion overtook me, > scorched by the sun's rays and agitated by passion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.73) yaṃyaṃ paśyāmi tatrāhaṃ bhramamāṇo mahāvane .. vṛkṣaṃ vā prāṇino vāpi taṃtaṃ pṛcchāmi mohataḥ .. 73 .. > Whatever I saw there while wandering in the great forest— > whether a tree or a living creature—I asked it out of delusion: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.74) tvaddaṃtamusalaprakhyaṃ yasyā ūruyugaṃ gaja .. tāṃ bālāṃ vada ceddṛṣṭā dayāṃ kṛtvā mamopari .. 74 > “O elephant, if you have seen that young woman whose two thighs > resemble your tusk-pestles, speak, taking pity on me!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.75) tvayā jaṃbūka ceddṛṣṭā biṃbāphalanibhādharā .. dayitā mama tadbrūhi śreyaste bhavitā mahat .. 75 .. > "O rose-apple tree, if you have seen my beloved / whose lips resemble the bimba fruit, then tell me; great good will be yours. / 75 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.76) athavā bilva śaṃsa tvaṃ yadi bilvopamastanī .. bhramamāṇā vane dṛṣṭā mama prāṇasamā priyā ..76.. > Or else, O bilva tree, declare if you have seen wandering in the forest / my beloved, equal to my very life, whose breasts resemble bilva fruits. / 76 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.77) tvatpuṣpasadṛśāṃgī sā mama bhāryā manasvinī .. sa tvaṃ caṃpaka jānīṣe yadi tvaṃ śaṃsa me drutam ..77.. > Her limbs are like your blossoms, that wise wife of mine; / if you know \[her\], O campaka, tell me quickly. / 77 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.78) madhūka tava puṣpeṇa dayitāyāḥ samau śubhau .. kapolau pāṃḍuracchāyau dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ smṛtimāgatau ..78.. > O madhūka, my beloved's lovely cheeks, pale in hue, / are like your blossom; seeing you, the memory has come to me. / 78 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.79) kadalīstaṃbha suvyaktaṃ priyāyāśca sukomalau .. ūrū tvatto'pi tanvaṃgyāḥ satyenātmānamālabhe ..79.. > O plantain stem, clearly the thighs of my slender-limbed beloved / are far softer even than you; by truth I swear upon myself! / 79 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.80) bhobho mṛga na me bhāryā tvayā dṛṣṭā'tra kānane .. tvatsame locane spaṣṭe kajjalena samāvṛte .. 6.29.80 .. > O deer, have you not seen my wife here in the forest? / Her distinct eyes, adorned with collyrium, are just like yours. / 6.29.80 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.80\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.80_1) tṛṇādo'pi suvṛddho'pi vane vṛddho'pi yaḥ paśuḥ .. so'pi kāṃtāparityakto na mṛgo ramate kṣaṇam..8... > Even a beast, a grass-eater, though very old and grown old in the forest— / even that deer, abandoned by his mate, takes no pleasure for a moment. / 81 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.82) kāṃtāyāḥ purato nityaṃ vidhatteṃ'gaṃ kalāpakṛt .. vihaṃgayoni jāto'pi vṛddhyarthaṃ puṣpadhanvanaḥ..82.. > The peacock constantly displays his plumage before his mate, / though born of the avian womb, to increase the power of the flower-bowed god. / 82 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.83) yo'yaṃ saṃdṛśyate haṃso haṃsīmanusmaratyasau .. gatistādṛṅna cāpyasya matpriyāyāśca yādṛśī ..83.. > This swan who is seen here longs for his mate; / but his gait is not like the gait of my beloved. / 83 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.84) eka eva sudhanyo'yaṃ cakravāko vihaṃgamaḥ .. muhūrtamapi yo'bhīṣṭāṃ na tyajeccakravākikām .. 84 .. > Most fortunate is this cakravāka bird alone, / who does not leave his beloved female cakravāka even for an instant. / 84 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.85) ya eṣa śrūyate rāvo vibhramaṃ janayanmama .. kiṃvā pikasamuttho 'yaṃ kiṃ vā me dayitodbhavaḥ.. 85 .. > This cry that is heard, causing me delirium— / has it arisen from a cuckoo, or has it arisen from my beloved? / 85 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.86) māṃ dṛṣṭvā'yaṃ mṛgo yāti taṃ mṛgī yāti pṛṣṭhataḥ .. dhāvamānā mamāpyevamanuyāti purā priyā ..86.. > Seeing me, this deer runs away, and the female deer follows behind him; / running thus, my beloved also used to follow me in the past. / 86 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.87) vāraṇo'yaṃ priyāṃ kāṃtāmanurāgānuyāyinīm .. sparśayatyagrahastena mama saṃsmārayanpriyāma .. 87 .. > This elephant touches with the tip of his trunk his cherished mate / who follows him out of love, reminding me of my beloved. / 87 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.88) hā priye mṛgaśāvākṣi taptakāṃcanasaṃnibhe .. kathaṃ māṃ na vijānāsi bhramaṃtamiha kānane .. 88 .. > Alas, my beloved, with eyes like a fawn's, resembling molten gold! / How do you not recognise me wandering here in the forest? / 88 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.89) kva sā bhaktiḥ kva sā prītiḥ kva sā tuṣṭiḥ kva sā dayā .. nigadantaṃ sudīnaṃ māṃ saṃbhāṣayasi no yataḥ .. 89 .. > Where is that devotion, where is that affection, where is that satisfaction, where is that compassion? / For you do not answer me as I lament so piteously!" / 89 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.90) evaṃ pralapamānasya mama prāptāḥ suhṛjjanāḥ .. anveṣaṃtaḥ padaṃ tatra vaneṣu viṣameṣu ca .. 6.29.90 .. > As I was lamenting thus, my kinsmen arrived, / searching for my footprints there in the rugged forests. / 6.29.90 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.91) tatastaiḥ koparaktākṣaiḥ prokto'haṃ sūtanaṃdana .. bhartsadbhiḥ paruṣairvākyairdhiktvāṃ kāmamayādhunā .. 91 .. > Then, their eyes red with anger, O son of Sūta, / rebuking me with harsh words, they said: "Fie on you, now full of lust! / 91 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.92) tvaṃ kiṃ śocasi mūḍhātmannaśocyaṃ jīvitaṃ nṛṇām .. yatastvāmapi śocaṃtaṃ śocayiṣyaṃti cāpare .. 92.. > Why do you grieve, foolish-minded one, over the life of men, which is not to be grieved over? / For others will grieve for you too, who are now grieving. / 92 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.93) yūyaṃ vayaṃ tathā cānye saṃjātāḥ prāṇino bhuvi .. sarva eva mariṣyāmastatra kā paridevanā .. 93 .. > You, we, and all other living beings born on earth— / every single one of us shall die; what lamentation can there be over that? / 93 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.94) adarśanātpriyā prāptā punaścādarśanaṃ gatā .. na sā tava na tasyāstvaṃ vṛthā kimanuśocasi .. 94 .. > From invisibility your beloved came, and to invisibility she has gone again. / She is not yours, nor are you hers; why do you grieve in vain? / 94 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.95) nāyamatyaṃtasaṃvāsaḥ kasyacitkenacitsaha .. api svena śarīreṇa kimutānyairvṛthā janaiḥ .. 95 .. > This dwelling together of anyone with anyone is not permanent— / even with one's own body, let alone with other people in vain! / 95 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.96) mṛtaṃ vā yadi vā naṣṭaṃ yotītamanuśocati .. sa duḥkhena labhedduḥkhaṃ dvāvanartho prapadyate .. 96 .. > Whether dead or lost, whoever grieves for what is gone / attains sorrow upon sorrow and incurs two evils." / 96 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.97) evaṃ saṃbodhayitvā māṃ gṛhītvā te muhurjanaiḥ .. ninyu rgṛhaṃ tataḥ sarve vanāttasmātsudāruṇāt .. 97 .. > Having admonished me thus and seized me repeatedly with the help of the people, / they all led me home from that dreadful forest. / 97 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.98) tato mama gṛhasthasya smaramāṇasya tāṃ priyām .. utpannaḥ sumahānkopaḥ sarpānprati mahāmate .. 98 .. > Then, as I stayed at home remembering that beloved, / a very great rage arose \[in me\] against serpents, O noble-minded one. / 98 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.99) tataḥ kopaparītena pratijñātaṃ mayā sphuṭam .. sarpānuddiśya yatsarvaṃ tannibodhaya dāruṇam .. 99 .. > Then, overcome with anger, I clearly swore a vow / concerning all serpents; hear that dreadful \[vow\]: / 99 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.100) adyaprabhṛti cennāhaṃ sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam .. nihanmi daṇḍaghātena tatpāpaṃ syāddhruvaṃ mama .. 6.29.100 .. > "From this day forward, if I do not strike down with a blow of a stick / any serpent that comes within range of my sight, may that sin surely be mine: / 6.29.100 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.101) yacca nikṣepahartṝṇāṃ yacca viśvāsaghātinām .. tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam .. 101 .. > Whatever \[sin belongs\] to thieves of deposits and whatever to betrayers of trust— / may that be mine if I do not slay a serpent that comes within range of my sight! / 101 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.102) yatpāpaṃ sādhuniṃdāyāṃ mātāpitṛvadhe ca yat .. tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam .. 102 .. > Whatever sin lies in reviling the virtuous, and whatever in killing mother and father— / may that be mine if I do not slay a serpent that comes within range of my sight! / 102 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.103) paradāraratānāṃ ca yatpāpaṃ jīvaghātinām .. tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam .. 103 .. > Whatever sin belongs to those devoted to another's wife and to the slayers of living beings— / may that be mine if I do not slay a serpent that comes within range of my sight! / 103 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.104) uktau cābhiratānāṃ ca yatpāpaṃ garadāyinām .. tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam .. 104 .. > Whatever sin belongs to those who delight in slander and to poisoners— / may that be mine if I do not slay a serpent that comes within range of my sight! / 104 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.105) kṛtaghnānāṃ ca yatpāpaṃ paravittāpahāriṇām .. tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam .. 105 .. > Whatever sin belongs to the ungrateful and to stealers of others' wealth— / may that be mine if I do not slay a serpent that comes within range of my sight! / 105 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.106) yatpāpaṃ śastrakartṛṇāṃ tathā vahnipradāyinām.. tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam .. 106 .. > Whatever sin belongs to wielders of weapons \[against the innocent\] and to incendiaries— / may that be mine if I do not slay a serpent that comes within range of my sight! / 106 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.107) vratabhaṃgena yatpāpaṃ vratināṃ niṃdayāpi yat .. tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam .. 107 .. > Whatever sin comes from breaking a vow and also from reviling those who observe vows— / may that be mine if I do not slay a serpent that comes within range of my sight! / 107 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.108) yatpāpaṃ bhrūṇahatyāyāṃ mṛṣṭamāṃsāśināṃ ca yat .. tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam .. 108 .. > Whatever sin lies in destroying an embryo, and whatever belongs to those who feast on savory meat— / may that be mine if I do not slay a serpent that comes within range of my sight! / 108 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.109) vṛkṣaccheda prasaktānāṃ yatpāpaṃ śalyakāriṇām .. tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam .. 109 .. > Whatever sin belongs to those intent on felling trees and to thorn-makers— / may that be mine if I do not slay a serpent that comes within range of my sight! / 109 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.110) pākhaṃḍināṃ ca yatpāpaṃ nāstikānāṃ ca yadbhavet .. tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam .. 6.29.110 .. > Whatever sin belongs to heretics and whatever belongs to atheists— / may that be mine if I do not slay a serpent that comes within range of my sight! / 6.29.110 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.111) māṃsamadyaprasaktānāṃ yatpāpaṃ viṭabhojinām .. tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam .. 111 .. > Whatever sin belongs to those addicted to meat and liquor and to eaters of feces— / may that be mine if I do not slay a serpent that comes within range of my sight! / 111 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.112) mṛṣāvādaprasaktānāṃ pararaṃdhrāvalokinām .. tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam .. 112 .. > Whatever sin belongs to those addicted to lying and to seekers of others' faults— / may that be mine if I do not slay a serpent that comes within range of my sight! / 112 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.113) yatpāpaṃ sākṣyakartṛṇāṃ dhānyasaṃgrahakāriṇām .. tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam .. 113 .. > Whatever sin belongs to \[false\] witnesses and to hoarders of grain— / may that be mine if I do not slay a serpent that comes within range of my sight! / 113 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.114) ākheṭakaratānāṃ ca yatpāpaṃ pāśadāyinām .. tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam .. 114 .. > Whatever sin belongs to those addicted to hunting and to set-net trappers— / may that be mine if I do not slay a serpent that comes within range of my sight! / 114 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.115) nityaṃ preṣaṇakartṝṇāṃ yatpāpaṃ madhujīvinām .. tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam .. .. 115 .. > Whatever sin belongs to those constantly sending others \[on harsh errands\] and to those who live by gathering honey— / may that be mine if I do not slay a serpent that comes within range of my sight! / 115 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.116) adṛṣṭadevavaktrāṇāṃ yatpāpaṃ matsyajīvinām .. tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam .. 116 .. > Whatever sin belongs to those who never look upon the face of God and to those who live by fishing— / may that be mine if I do not slay a serpent that comes within range of my sight! / 116 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.117) vivāde pṛcchamānānāṃ pakṣapātena jalpatām .. bhayādvā yadi vā lobhāddveṣādvā kāmato'pi vā .. 117 .. > When questioned in a dispute, to those who speak with partiality / out of fear, or out of greed, or out of malice, or even out of lust— / 117 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.118) yatpāpaṃ tu bhavetteṣāṃ nirdayānāṃ durātmanām .. tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam .. 118 .. > Whatever sin belongs to those merciless, wicked-hearted ones— / may that be mine if I do not slay a serpent that comes within range of my sight!" / 118 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.119) kanyāvikrayakartṛṇāṃ yatpāpaṃ pāpasaṃginām .. tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam .. 119 .. > Whatever sin attaches to those sinful people who sell their daughters / may that be mine if I do not slay a serpent that comes within my sight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.120) vidyāvikrayakartṝṇāṃ yatpāpaṃ samudāhṛtam .. tanme syādyadi no hanmi sarpaṃ dṛṣṭivaśaṃ gatam .. 6.29.120 .. > Whatever sin is proclaimed of those who sell sacred knowledge / may that be mine if I do not slay a serpent that comes within my sight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.121) evaṃ mayā pratijñāya kopāviṣṭena sūtaja .. gṛhīto laguḍaḥ sthūlo vadhārthaṃ pavanāśinām .. 121 .. > Having thus made a vow, overcome with anger, O son of Sūta, / I took up a thick club for the sake of slaying the breath-eaters (serpents). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.122) tataḥprabhṛtyahaṃ bhūmau bhramāmi laguḍāyudhaḥ .. brāhmīṃ vṛttiṃ parityajya mārgamāṇo bhujaṃgamān .. 122 .. > From then on I wandered the earth, armed with a club, / abandoning the brahmin's way of life and searching for serpents. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.123) mayā kopaparītena bahavaḥ pannagā hatāḥ .. viṣolbaṇā mahākāyāstathānye madhyamādhamāḥ .. 123 .. > Filled with wrath, I killed many serpents, / terrible with poison, huge in body, and others middling and low. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.124) ekadāhaṃ vanaṃ prāpto gahanaṃ laguḍāyudhaḥ .. śayānaṃ tatra cāpaśyaṃ jalasarpaṃ vayo'dhikam .. 124 .. > Once, armed with my club, I reached a dense forest / and saw lying there an aged water-serpent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.125) tato'haṃ daṃḍamudyamya kāladaṃḍopamaṃ ruṣā .. hanmi taṃ yāvadevāhaṃ sa māṃ provāca pannagaḥ .. 125 .. > Then, raising my staff like the rod of Death, in rage, / as I was just about to kill him, that serpent spoke to me: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.126) nāparādhyāmi te kiṃcidahaṃ brāhmaṇasattama .. saṃraṃbhāttatkimarthaṃ māṃ jighāṃsasi vayo'dhikam .. 126 .. > "I have done you no wrong, O best of brahmins! / Why then do you, in such fury, seek to kill me who am advanced in age?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.127) tato mayā sa saṃproktaḥ kopātsalilapannagaḥ .. mahāmanyuparītena smṛtvā bhāryāṃ mṛgāvatīm .. mama bhāryā priyā pūrvaṃ sarpeṇāsīdvināśitā ..127 .. > Then I said to that water-serpent in anger, / seized by great grief upon remembering my wife Mṛgāvatī: / "Formerly my beloved wife was destroyed by a serpent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.128) tato'haṃ tena vaireṇa sūdayāmi maho ragān .. adya tvāmapi neṣyāmi vaivasvatagṛhaṃ prati .. hatvā daṃḍaprahāreṇa tasmādiṣṭatamaṃ smara ..128.. > Therefore, out of that enmity, I slaughter the great serpents. / Today I will send you too to the house of Yama, son of Vivasvat, / killing you with a blow of my staff; therefore remember your most cherished deity!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.129) tataḥ sa māṃ punaḥ prāha bhayena mahatāvṛtaḥ.. śṛṇu tāvadvaco'smākaṃ tataḥ kuru yathocitam ..129.. > Then he spoke to me again, overcome by great fear: / "First hear my words, and then do as you see fit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.130) anye te pannagā vipra ye daśaṃtīha mānavān .. vayaṃ salilasaṃbhūtā nirviṣāḥ sarparūpiṇaḥ .. 6.29.130 .. > Those are other serpents, O brahmin, that bite human beings in this world; / we are born of water, free from venom, merely serpent in form." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.131) evaṃ prajalpamāno'pi sa daṃḍena mayā hataḥ .. sūta tatsūdanārthāya nirvikalpena cetasā .. 131 .. > Though he spoke thus, O Sūta, he was struck by me with my staff / with an unhesitating mind, for the purpose of slaying him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.132) athāsau laguḍasparśāttatkṣaṇādeva pannagaḥ.. dvādaśārkapratīkāśo babhūva puruṣo mahān.. 132 .. > Then, from the touch of the club, instantly that serpent / became a great person resplendent like twelve suns. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.133) tadāścaryaṃ samālokya tato'haṃ vismayānvitaḥ .. uktavāṃstaṃ praṇamyoccaiḥ kṣamyatāmiti sādaram .. 133 .. > Beholding that wonder, filled with astonishment, / I bowed down deeply to him and said respectfully, "Forgive me! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.134) ko bhavānkimidaṃ rūpaṃ kṛtaṃ sarpamayaṃ vibho .. kiṃ vā te brahmaśāpo'yaṃ kiṃ vā krīḍāsadedṛśī .. 134 .. > Who are you? Why was this serpent-form assumed by you, O lord? / Or was this a curse of a brahmin, or was it some kind of sport?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.135) tataḥ provāca māṃ hṛṣṭaḥ sa naraḥ praśrayānvitaḥ.. śṛṇuṣvāvahito bhūtvā vṛttāṃtaṃ svaṃ vadāmi te .. 135 .. > Then that person, delighted and full of modesty, said to me: / "Listen attentively; I shall tell you my own story. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.136) ahamāsaṃ purā vipra camatkārapurottame .. yuvā paramatejasvī dhanavānsusamṛddhibhāk .. 136 .. > Formerly, O brahmin, I was a youth in the excellent city of Camatkārapura, / of supreme brilliance, wealthy, and endowed with great prosperity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.136\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.136_2) tatraiva nagare ramye hyasti puṇyaṃ śivālayam \[. siddheśvarasya devasya patākābhiralaṃkṛtama ...37.. > In that very charming city there is a holy abode of Śiva, / of the god Siddheśvara, adorned with banners. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.138) kasyacittvatha kālasya tatra yātrā vyajāyata .. tatra vāditraghoṣeṇa nāditaṃ bhuvanatrayam .. 138 .. > At a certain time, a pilgrimage-festival took place there; / by the sound of musical instruments there, the three worlds were made to resound. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.139) atha tatra samāyātā munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ .. devasya darśanārthāya śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ .. 139 .. > Then sages of rigid vows arrived there / by the hundreds and by the thousands for the darśana of the god: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.140) śaivāḥ pāśupatāścaiva tathā kāpālikāśca ye .. mahāvratadharāścānye śivabhaktiparāyaṇāḥ .. 6.29.140 .. > Śaivas, Pāśupatas, and also Kāpālikas, / and others observing the great vows, devoted to the worship of Śiva; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.141) ekāhārā nirāhārā vāyubhakṣāstathāpare .. abbhakṣāḥ phala bhakṣāśca śīrṇaparṇāśinastathā .. 141 .. > some eating once a day, some fasting, others feeding on air, / drinking only water, eating only fruit, and eating fallen leaves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.142) te'bhivandya yathānyāyaṃ devadevaṃ maheśvaram .. upāviṣṭāḥ purastasya kathāścakruḥ pṛthagvidhāḥ .. 142 .. > Having duly saluted the god of gods, Maheśvara, / they sat down before him and told various stories > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.143](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.143) rājarṣīṇāṃ purāṇānāṃ devendrāṇāṃ ca harṣitāḥ .. dayādharmasamopetāstathānye'pi ca bhūriśaḥ .. 143 .. > of royal sages of ancient times and of the lords of the gods, rejoicing, / endowed with compassion and righteousness, and many others as well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.143\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.143_3) kecittatra pranṛtyaṃti gāyaṃti ca tathā'pare .. sādhavo bhaktisaṃyuktā vādyaṃ cakruśca bhūriśaḥ ...94.. > Some danced there, and others sang; / virtuous men endowed with devotion played musical instruments in abundance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.143\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.143_4) anye dānāni yacchaṃti dhaninaḥ śraddhayānvitāḥ .. dīnāṃdhakṛpaṇebhyaśca tapasvibhyo viśeṣataḥ ...45.. > Others, wealthy and endowed with faith, gave gifts / to the poor, the blind, the wretched, and especially to ascetics. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.146](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.146) evaṃ mahotsave tatra vartamāne mahodaye .. āgato bahubhiḥ sārdhamahaṃ yauvanagarvitaḥ .. 146 .. > While such a great and exalted festival was going on there, / I arrived along with many others, arrogant with youth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.147](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.147) śivadarśanavidveṣī tamasā saṃvṛtāśayaḥ .. yātrotsava vināśāya prerito'nyaiḥ sudurjanaiḥ .. 147 .. > hating the darśana of Śiva, my mind enveloped in darkness, / incited by other wicked men to ruin the festive pilgrimage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.148) jalasarpaṃ samādāya sudīrghaṃ bhīṣaṇākṛtim .. lelihānaṃ muhurjihvāṃ jarayā parayā vṛtam .. 148 .. > Taking a very long water-serpent of fearsome appearance, / licking its tongue again and again, overcome by extreme old age, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.149) tataśca kṣiptavāṃstatra mahājanasamāgame .. taṃ dṛṣṭvā vidrutāḥ sarve janā mṛtyubhayārditāḥ .. 149 .. > I hurled it there into the gathering of great people; / seeing it, all the people scattered, afflicted with fear of death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.150) tatrāsīttāpaso nāmnā suprabhaḥ śaṃsitavrataḥ .. samādhisthaḥ suśiṣyāḍhyastapasā dagdhakilbiṣaḥ .. 6.29.150 .. > There was an ascetic there named Suprabha, of strict vows, / absorbed in meditation, accompanied by good disciples, his sins burned away by austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.151](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.151) niṣkaṃpāṃ sudṛḍhāmṛjvīṃ nātistabdhāṃ na kuṃcitām .. grīvāṃ dadhatsthirāṃ yatnādgātrayaṣṭiṃ ca sarvataḥ .. 151 .. > Keeping his neck motionless, very firm, straight, neither too rigid nor bent, / maintaining the slender frame of his body steady in every part with effort, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.152](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.152) saṃpaśyannāsikāgraṃ svaṃ diśaścānavalokayan .. tālumadhyagatenaiva jihvāgreṇācalena ca .. 152 .. > gazing at the tip of his own nose and not looking at the directions, / with the tip of his tongue motionless in the middle of his palate, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583) āvartapaṃkajāṃtaḥsthamaṣṭapatra madhomukham.. tanmadhyakarṇikāsaṃsthaṃ saṃpaśyanravimaṃḍalam ...583.. > seeing the solar orb residing in the central pericarp / of the downward-facing eight-petaled lotus within the vortex, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_5) tasyāpi madhyataścānyaṃ naramaṃguṣṭhamātrakam .. dvādaśārkapratīkāśamapratarkyatamākṛtim...54.. > and in its center \[seeing\] another person the size of a thumb, / resplendent like twelve suns, of inconceivable form, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_6) paśyanpadmāsanasthaṃ ca vaidanāthaṃ maheśvaram.. yamakṣaraṃ vadaṃtyeva sarvagaṃ sarvavedinam .. 155 .. > seeing Maheśvara, the Lord of Physicians, seated in the lotus posture, / whom they declare to be the imperishable, all-pervading, all-knowing, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_7) aniṃdyaṃ cāpyabhedyaṃ ca jarāmaraṇavarjitam .. pulakāṃcitasarvāṃgo yoganidrāvaśaṃgataḥ .. 156 .. > irreproachable, indivisible, free from old age and death, / his whole body bristling with horripilation, under the sway of yogic sleep, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_8) ānaṃdāśrupariklinnaḥ saṃniruddheṃdriyākṛtiḥ .. kuṃbhayitvodarāṃtaḥsthaṃ svabhyāsādvāyupañcakam ...57.. > wet with tears of joy, his senses restrained, / retaining the five vital airs within his abdomen by long practice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_9) aṃguṣṭhatarjanīyogaṃ kṛtvā hṛdayasaṃgatam .. evaṃ tatropaviṣṭasya sa sarpastasya vigraham .. 158 .. > joining his thumb and forefinger, placed at his heart— / as he sat there thus, that serpent coiled > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_10) veṣṭayāmāsa bhogena niścalasya mahātmanaḥ .. etasminnaṃtare śiṣyastasyāsītsutapo'nvitaḥ .. 159 .. > around the body of that motionless mahātman with its coils. / In the meantime, there was a disciple of his, endowed with great austerity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_11) śrīvardhanaitikhyāto nānāśāstrakṛtaśramaḥ .. sa dṛṣṭvā sarpabhogena samaṃtādveṣṭitaṃ gurum .. 6.29.160 .. > known as Śrīvardhana, who had exerted himself in various scriptures. / Seeing his guru coiled around on all sides by the coils of the serpent, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_12) nātidūrasthitaṃ māṃ ca jñātvā tatkarmakāriṇam.. uvāca paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ .. 161 .. > and realizing that I, standing not far off, was the doer of that deed, / he spoke harsh words, his eyes reddened with anger: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_13) sphuratādharayugmena bāṣpagadgadayā girā .. mayā cetsutapastaptaṃ guruśuśrūṣayā sadā .. 162 .. > With both lips trembling and a voice choked with tears: / 'If I have performed good austerity through constant service to my guru, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_14) nirvikalpena cittena yadi dhyāto maheśvaraḥ .. tena satyena duṣṭo'yaṃ pāpātmā brāhmaṇādhamaḥ .. īdṛkkāyo bhavatvāśu gururme yena dharṣitaḥ .. 163 .. > and if Maheśvara has been meditated upon with an unwavering mind, / by that truth, may this wicked, sinful, lowest of brahmins, / by whom my guru was insulted, swiftly take on such a body!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_15) athāhaṃ sarpatāṃ prāptastatkṣaṇādeva dāruṇām .. paśyatāṃ sarvalokānāṃ vadatāṃ sādhusādhviti .. 164 ... > Then at that very instant I attained the dreadful state of a serpent, / while all the people looked on, saying, 'Well done! Well done!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_16) atha gatvā samādheḥ sa paryaṃtaṃ saṃyato muniḥ .. dadarśa nija gātrasthaṃ dvijihvaṃ dāruṇākṛtim .. 165 .. > Then, having reached the end of his samādhi, the self-controlled sage / saw resting upon his own body a two-tongued creature of dreadful form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_17) atha sarpākṛtiṃ māṃ ca duḥkhena mahatānvitam .... taṭasthaṃ bhayasaṃtrastaṃ tathā sarvajanaṃ tadā ..166 .. > Then \[he saw\] me, in the form of a serpent, filled with great sorrow, / and likewise all the people standing nearby, terrified with fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_18) tato vijñāya tatsarvaṃ sa munirjñānacakṣuṣā .. abravītkṛpāyāviṣṭaḥ śiṣyaṃ śrīvardhanaṃ ruṣā ...67 .... > Then, knowing all that through his eye of wisdom, / the sage, overcome with compassion, spoke angrily to his disciple Śrīvardhana: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_19) na me priyaṃ kṛtaṃ śiṣya tvayaitatkarma kurvatā.. śapatā brāhmaṇaṃ dīnaṃ naiṣa dharmastapasvinām..168.. > 'Disciple, you have not done what is pleasing to me by performing this deed, / cursing a wretched brahmin; this is not the duty of ascetics. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_20) samo māne'pamāne ca samaloṣṭāśmakāṃcanaḥ.. tapasvī siddhimāyāti suhṛcchatrusamākṛtiḥ..169.. > Equal in honor and dishonor, seeing a lump of earth, a stone, and gold as the same, / regarding friend and foe alike—such an ascetic attains perfection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_21) tasmādajānatā vatsa śapto'yaṃ brāhmaṇastvayā.. bālyabhāvātprasādo'sya bhūyoyukto mamājñayā.. 6.29.170 .. > Therefore, my child, this brahmin was cursed by you unwittingly / out of childishness; by my command, favor should be extended to him once again.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_22) atha śrīvardhanaḥ prāha praṇipatya nijaṃ gurum .. amarṣavaśamāpannaḥ kṛtāṃjalipuṭaḥ sthitaḥ .. 171 .. > Then Śrīvardhana, bowing down to his guru, / overcome by indignation, stood with joined palms and said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_23) ajñānādyadivā jñānānmayā yadvyāhṛtaṃ vacaḥ .. tattathaiva na saṃdehastasmānmaunaṃ guro kuru .. 172 .. > 'Whether from ignorance or knowledge, the word that has been spoken by me / is indeed so; there is no doubt. Therefore, O guru, keep silent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_24) na mṛṣā vacanaṃ proktaṃ svaireṇāpi guro mayā .. kiṃ punaryattavārthāya tasmānmaunaṃ samācara .. 173 .. > No false word has ever been uttered by me, even in jest, O guru; / how much less when it concerns your welfare! Therefore, practice silence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_25) paścādudayate sūryaḥ śoṣaṃ yāti mahārṇavaḥ .. api meruśca śīryeta na me syādanyathā vacaḥ .. 174 .. > The sun may rise in the west, the great ocean may dry up, / and even Mount Meru may crumble, but my word shall not prove otherwise.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_26) tamuvāca guruḥ śiṣyaṃ sa punaḥ ślakṣṇayā girā .. jānāmyahaṃ na te vāṇī kathaṃcijjāyate'nyathā .. 175 .. > To that disciple, the guru spoke again in gentle words: / 'I know that your word can never become otherwise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_27) sadā śiṣyo vayaḥsthopi śāsanīyaḥ prayatnataḥ ... kiṃ punarbāla eva tvaṃ tena tvāṃ vacmi bhūriśaḥ .. 176 .. > A disciple, even when grown of age, must always be carefully instructed; / how much more so when you are still a boy! Therefore, I speak to you repeatedly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_28) dharmaṃ na vyayate ko'pi munīnāṃ pūrvasaṃcitam .. tapodharmavihīnānāṃ gatisteṣāṃ na vidyate .. 177 .. > No one exhausts the previously accumulated virtue of sages; / but for those deprived of austerity and virtue, no \[good\] destination exists. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_29) kṣamaikā siddhidā proktā yatīnāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ 3.. > Forbearance alone is said to grant perfection, especially to ascetics. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_30) tasmātkṣamāṃ puraskṛtya vartitavyaṃ tapasvibhiḥ .. 178 .. > Therefore, placing forbearance foremost, ascetics must conduct themselves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_31) na pāpaṃ prati pāpaḥ syādbuddhireṣā sanātanī.. ātmanaiva hataḥ pāpo yaḥ pāpaṃ tu samācaret..179.. > One should not be evil toward evil; this is the eternal wisdom. / The sinner who commits evil is destroyed by his own self. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_32) dagdhaḥ sa dahate bhūyo hatameva nihaṃti ca.. samyagjñānaparityakto yaḥ pāpe pāpamācaret..6.29.180... > Bereft of right knowledge, he who repays evil with evil / burns that which is already burned and strikes that which is already slain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_33) upakāriṣu yaḥ sādhuḥ sādhutve tasya ko guṇaḥ.. apakāriṣu yaḥ sādhuḥ kīrtyate janaiḥ.. 181... > What virtue is there in his goodness, who is good to those who help? / He alone is praised by people who is good to those who do harm.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_34) evamuktvā sa taṃ śiṣyaṃ tato māmidamabravīt .. dayayā parayā yuktaḥ suvrataḥ śaṃsitavrataḥ .. 182 .. > Having spoken thus to that disciple, Suvrata of laudable vows, / filled with supreme compassion, then spoke this to me: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_35) nānyathā vacanaṃ bhāvi mama śiṣyasya pannaga .. kañcitkālaṃ pratīkṣasva tasmātsarpavapuḥsthitaḥ .. 183 .. > 'The word of my disciple will not be otherwise, O serpent. / Therefore, remaining in the body of a serpent, wait for some time.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_36) .. sarpa uvāca .. .. kasminkāle muniśreṣṭha śāpo me'stamupaiṣyati .. prasādaṃ kuru dīnasya śāpasyājñāninastathā .. 184 .. > The serpent said: / 'At what time, O best of sages, will my curse come to an end? / Show favor to me, wretched and ignorant of the curse.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_37) .. suvrata uvāca .. .. muhūrtamapi gītādi yaḥ karoti śivālaye .. na tasya śakyate kartuṃ saṃkhyā dharmasya bhadraka .. 185 .. > Suvrata said: / 'He who performs singing and other \[arts\] in the abode of Śiva, even for a moment— / the measure of his merit cannot be calculated, good sir. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_38) muhūrtamapi yo vighnaṃ karoti ca mahotsave .. tasya pāpasya no saṃkhyā kartuṃ śakyā hi kenacit .. 186 .. > And he who creates an obstacle in a great festival, even for a moment— / the measure of his sin indeed cannot be calculated by anyone. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_39) tasmāttvaṃ pāpako vipro naiva muktimavāpsyasi .. vārtāsaṃgena durbuddhe tasmācchṛṇu vaco mama ...87.. > Therefore you, a sinful brahmin, will not attain liberation / through mere conversation, O evil-minded one; therefore, listen to my words. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_40) śaivaṃ ṣaḍakṣaraṃ maṃtraṃ yojapecchraddhayānvitaḥ .. api brahmavadhā tpāpaṃ jātaṃ tasya praṇaśyati .. 188 .. > Whoever, endowed with faith, recites the six-syllabled Śaiva mantra, / even the sin born of slaying a brahmin is destroyed for him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_41) daśabhirdinajaṃ pāpaṃ viṃśatyā vatsarodbhavam .. ṣaḍakṣarasya jāpyena pāpaṃ kṣālayate naraḥ .. 189 .. > With ten \[repetitions\] a man washes away sin born of a day; with twenty, that of a year, / by the recitation of the six-syllabled \[mantra\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_42) tasmāttvaṃ jalamadhyasthastaṃ maṃtraṃ japa sādaram .. yena pāpaṃ kṣayaṃ yāti kṛtamapyanyajanmani .. 6.29.190 .. > Therefore, staying within the water, recite that mantra with reverence, / by which sin, even committed in another birth, goes to destruction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_43) yadā tvāṃ jalamadhyasthaṃ vatsonāma dvijo ruṣā .. tāḍayiṣyati daṇḍena tadā mokṣamavāpsyasi .. 191 .. > When, while you are in the water, a twice-born named Vatsa strikes you / in anger with a stick, then you shall attain liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_44) tasmādgaccha drutaṃ sarpa sthānādasmājjalāśaye .. kiñcidiṣṭaṃ mayā prokto virarāma sa sanmuniḥ .. 192 .. > Therefore, go quickly from this place, O serpent, to a reservoir of water.' / Having spoken what was agreeable to me, that good sage fell silent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_45) tato'haṃ duḥkhasaṃyuktaḥ saṃprāpto'tra jalāśaye .. ṣaḍakṣaraṃ japanmantraṃ nityameva vyavasthitaḥ .. 193 .. > Then, filled with sorrow, I arrived here at this reservoir of water, / and constantly remained reciting the six-syllabled mantra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_46) tvatprasādādahaṃ muktaḥ sarpatvādbrāhmaṇottama .. kiṃ karomi priyaṃ te'dya tasmācchīghrataraṃ vada .. 194 .. > By your favor, O best of brahmins, I am freed from the state of a serpent. / What pleasant thing may I do for you today? Therefore, speak quickly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_47) vatsonāma na sandehaḥ sa tvaṃ yaḥ kīrtito mama .. suvratena vimānaṃ me paśyaitadupasarpati .. 195 .. > You are indeed he named Vatsa who was described to me / by Suvrata, without doubt. Behold, this aerial chariot approaches for me.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_48) tataḥ prokto mayā samyaksa sarpo divyarūpadhṛk .. bhagavannupadeśaṃ me kiñciddehi śubhāvaham .. 196 .. > Then that serpent, who had assumed a divine form, was properly addressed by me: / 'O venerable one, give me some auspicious instruction, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_49) yena no jāyate duḥkhaṃ priyalopasamudbhavam .. na dāridyaṃ na ca vyādhirna ca śatruparābhavaḥ .. 197 .. > by which sorrow arising from the loss of dear ones does not arise, / nor poverty, nor disease, nor defeat by enemies.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_50) athovāca sa māṃ bhūyaḥ sotsukaḥ puruṣottamaḥ .. praśnabhāraḥ samākhyātastvayā mama dvijottama .. 198 .. > Then that excellent person, full of eagerness, spoke to me again: / 'A heavy burden of questions has been posed by you to me, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.29.583\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29.583_51) na caitacchakyate vaktuṃ vimāne samupasthite .. vistarāttu tato vacmi saṃkṣepeṇa tava dvija .. 199 .. > And this cannot be spoken of at length when the aerial chariot has arrived. / Therefore, I shall tell you briefly, O twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 200 of 262 passages. [Read on](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29)_ ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.29.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Yogasārasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.trika.natha.hathayoga.yogasarasamgraha.1735) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.29) · Pramāṇa