[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) › 5.31 # Skandapurana 5.31 Skandapurāṇa 5.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.31.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tathānyadapi tatrāsti nāgatīrthamanuttamam.. yatra snātasya sarpāṇāṃ na bhayaṃ jāyate kvacit.. 1 .. > Sūta said: > Likewise, there is another unexcelled sacred ford there called Nāgatīrtha, / where, for one who has bathed, no fear of serpents arises anywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.2) tatra śrāvaṇapañcamyāṃ yo naraḥ snānamācaret .. kṛṣṇāyāṃ na bhayaṃ tasya kule'pi syādaheḥ kvacit .. 2 .. > Whatever man performs ritual ablution there on the fifth day / of the dark half of Śrāvaṇa, no fear from a serpent will ever befall even his family. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.3) tatra pūrvaṃ tapastaptaṃ mātuḥ śāpaprapīḍitaiḥ .. śeṣa prabhṛtināgaistu muktihetorhutāśanāt .. 3 .. > Formerly, austerity was performed there by the nāgas, beginning with Śeṣa, / who were afflicted by their mother’s curse, for the sake of liberation from the fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.4) kambalāśvatarau nāgau tathā khyātau dharātale .. tatra taptvā tapastīvraṃ saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ gatau .. 4 .. > The two nāgas Kambala and Aśvatara, renowned on the surface of the earth, / having performed severe austerity there, attained supreme perfection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.5) anaṃto vāsukiścaiva takṣakaśca mahāvalaḥ .. karkoṭaścaiva nāgendro maṇikaṇṭhastathāparaḥ ..5.. > Ananta, Vāsuki, and the mighty Takṣaka, / and Karkoṭa the king of nāgas, and another named Maṇikaṇṭha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.6) airāvatastathā śaṃkhaḥ puṇḍarīko mahāviṣaḥ .. śeṣapūrvāḥ smṛtā nāgā ete'tra nava nāyakāḥ .. 6 .. > Airāvata, Śaṅkha, and Puṇḍarīka of great venom: / these nine leaders are remembered as the nāgas headed by Śeṣa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.7) eteṣāṃ putrapautrāśca teṣāmapi vibhūtibhiḥ .. asaṃkhyābhiridaṃ vyāptaṃ samastaṃ dharaṇītalam.. 7 .. > By their sons and grandsons, and also by their innumerable / manifestations, this entire surface of the earth is pervaded. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.8) atha te kuṭilā duṣṭā bhakṣayaṃti sadā janān .. bahutvādapi saṃsparśādaparādhaṃ vināpi ca .. 8 .. > Then, crooked and wicked, they continually devoured people, / both because of their great numbers and through mere touch, even without any offence \[on the people's part\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.9) tataḥ prajā imāḥ sarvā brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ .. pīḍitāḥ sma suraśreṣṭha sarpebhyo rakṣa satvaram .. 9 .. > Then all these creatures went to Brahmā for refuge: / "We are afflicted, O best of gods! Protect us quickly from the serpents, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.10) yāvanna śūnyatāṃ yāti sakalaṃ vasudhātalam .. vyāptaṃ sarvaistataḥ sarpairviṣāḍhyairatibhīṣaṇaiḥ .. 6.31.10 .. > before the entire surface of the earth becomes completely empty! / For it is wholly overrun with serpents, filled with poison and extremely terrifying." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.11) atha tānabravīdbrahmā śeṣādyānnavanāyakān.. svasaṃtateḥ prarakṣadhvaṃ bhakṣyamāṇā imāḥ prajāḥ .. 11 .. > Then Brahmā said to those nine leaders headed by Śeṣa: / "Protect these creatures who are being devoured by your own offspring!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.11\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.11_1) te tatheti pratijñāya jagmuḥ sarve bhujaṃgamāḥ ...2.. > They agreed, saying "So be it," and all the serpents departed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.13) atha teṣāṃ bahutvācca naiva rakṣā prajāyate .. vāritā api te yasmātprakurvaṃti prajākṣayam .. 13 .. > Then, because of their great numbers, no protection was brought about at all; / for even though restrained, they continued to bring destruction upon the creatures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.14) tataḥ kopaparītātmā tānāhūya kulādhipān.. tānuvāca svayaṃ brahmā sarvadevasamāgame .. 14 .. > Then Brahmā himself, his soul filled with anger, summoned those chiefs of the clans / and spoke to them in an assembly of all the gods: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.15) bhakṣayaṃti yataḥ sarpā aparādhaṃ vinā prajāḥ .. vāritā api te tasmāttānnigṛhṇāmi sāṃpratam .. 15 .. > "Since the serpents devour creatures without any offence, / even though restrained, I shall therefore punish them now. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.15\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.15_2) bhaviṣyati mahīpālo bhūtale janamejayaḥ.. citrabhānurmakhe tasya sarpānsaṃbhakṣayiṣyati ...6.. > There will be a king on earth named Janamejaya; / Fire will consume the serpents in his sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.15\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.15_3) mātuḥ śāpādviśeṣeṇa maṃtrākṛṣṭā dvijottamaiḥ .. svayameva patiṣyaṃti susamiddhe hutāśane ...7.. > Particularly due to their mother's curse, drawn by the mantras of the best of brahmins, / they will fall of their own accord into the blazing fire." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.18) tacchrutvā vepamānāste sarpāṇāṃ navanāyakāḥ .. procuḥ prāṃjalayaḥ sadyaḥ praṇipatya pitāmaham.. 18 .. > Hearing that, trembling, those nine leaders of the serpents / bowed down to the Grandfather and immediately spoke with joined palms: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.18\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.18_4) bhagavankuṭilā jñātirasmākaṃ bhavatā kṛtā .. tatkasmātkuruṣe kopaṃ jātidharmānuvartinām...9.. > "O Lord, you created our crooked species. / Why then do you show anger towards those who are merely following the nature of their kind?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.20) brahmovāca.. yadi nāma mayā sṛṣṭā yūyaṃ diṣṭyā viṣolbaṇāḥ 0. aparādhaṃ vinā kasmādbhakṣayadhva imāḥ prajāḥ .. 6.31.20 .. > Brahmā said: / "Even if you were indeed created by me as fiercely venomous by destiny, / why do you devour these creatures without any offence?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.21) .. nāgā ūcuḥ .. .. maryādāṃ kuru deveśa asmākaṃ mānavaiḥ saha .. athavā saṃprayacchasva sthānaṃ mānuṣavarjitam .. .. 21 .. > The nāgas said: / "Establish a boundary, O Lord of gods, between us and human beings; / or else assign us a place devoid of humans. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.22) pārikṣitamakhe tasminsarpāṇāṃ citrabhānunā .. samaṃtāddahyamānānāṃ rakṣopāyaṃ praciṃtaya .. 22 .. > Devise a means of protection for the serpents who will be burnt / on all sides by Fire in that sacrifice of Parīkṣit's son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.23) yathā na saṃtaticchedo jāyate prapitāmaha .. asmākaṃ sarvalokeṣu tathā tvaṃ kartumarhasi .. 23 .. > O Great-Grandfather, you ought to act in such a way / that there is no destruction of our lineage throughout all the worlds." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.24) .. brahmovāca.. .. jaratkāruriti khyāto bhaviṣyati kvaciddvijaḥ .. sa saṃtānakṛte bhāryāṃ bhūmāvanveṣayiṣyati .. 24 .. > Brahmā said: / "There will be a certain brahmin known as Jaratkāru; / he will search on earth for a wife for the sake of offspring. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.25) bhāvinī ca bhavadvaṃśe jaratkanyā suśobhanā .. sā deyā cādarāttasmai putrārthaṃ varavarṇinī .. 25 .. > And in your lineage there will be a maiden named Jaratkanyā, very fair; / that woman of excellent complexion must be given to him with respect for the sake of a son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.26) tābhyāṃ yo bhavitā putraḥ sa śeṣānrakṣayiṣyati .. sarpāñchuddhasamācārānmaryādāsu vyavasthitān .. 26 .. > The son who will be born of those two will protect the rest— / the serpents of pure conduct who abide by the boundaries. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.27) sutalaṃ nitalaṃ caiva tathaiva vitalaṃ ca yat .. tasyādhastāccaturthe ca vasatirvo dharātale .. 27 .. > Below Sutala, Nitala, and likewise Vitala, / on the fourth level of the subterranean world, your dwelling shall be, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.28) mayā datte'tiramye ca sarvabhogasamanvite .. tasmādvrajata tatraiva parityajya mahītalam .. 28 .. > granted by me, exceedingly delightful, and endowed with all enjoyments. / Therefore depart to that very place, leaving the surface of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.29) tatra bhuṃjatha sadbhogā ngatvā''śu mama śāsanāt .. putrapautrasamopetāṃstridaśairapi durlabhān .. 29 .. > Having gone there quickly by my command, enjoy good pleasures / along with your sons and grandsons, pleasures difficult to attain even for the gods." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.30) .. nāgā ūcuḥ .. .. bhogānapi prabhuṃjānā na vayaṃ tatra padmaja .. śaknumo vastumurvyāṃ nastasmātsthānaṃ pradarśaya .. maryādayā vartayāmo yatrasthā mānavaiḥ samam .. 6.31.30 .. > The nāgas said: / "Even while experiencing enjoyments there, O lotus-born one, we cannot / dwell \[exclusively there\]; therefore show us a place on the earth / where we may abide according to a boundary together with human beings." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.31) .. brahmovāca .. .. eṣā tithirmayā dattā yuṣmākaṃ dharaṇītale .. paṃcamī śeṣakālastu neyastatraṃ rasātale .. 31 .. > Brahmā said: / "This lunar day on the surface of the earth has been granted by me to you: / the fifth. The rest of the time, however, must be spent there in Rasātala. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.32) tatrāgatairna haṃtavyā mānavā doṣavarjitāḥ .. maṃtrasaṃrakṣitāṃgāśca tathauṣadhikṛtādarāḥ .. 32 .. > When you have come there, you must not kill human beings who are free from fault, / whose limbs are protected by mantras, and who respect medicinal herbs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.33) camatkārapure kṣetre mayā dattā sthitiḥ sadā .. pṛthivyāṃ kulamukhyānāṃ nāgānāṃ nāgasattamāḥ .. 33 .. > O best of serpents, a perpetual residence has been granted by me / in the sacred field of Camatkārapura on earth for the chiefs of the serpent clans." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.34) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evamuktāśca te nāgā brahmaṇā satvaraṃ yayuḥ .. pātālaṃ kulamukhyāśca tasminkṣetre vyavasthitāḥ .. 34 .. > Sūta said: / Thus addressed by Brahmā, those serpents quickly went / to Pātāla, while the chiefs of the clans settled in that sacred field. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.35) tatra śrāvaṇapaṃcamyāṃ yastānpūjayate naraḥ .. sa prāpnoti naro'bhīṣṭaṃ teṣāmeva prasādataḥ .. 35 .. > A person who worships them there on the fifth day of Śrāvaṇa / attains their desired object by their very grace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.36) tasya vaṃśe'pi sarpāṇāṃ na bhayaṃ syānna kilbiṣam .. na rogo nopasargaśca na ca bhūtabhayaṃ kvacit .. 36 .. > In that person's lineage, too, there will be no fear of serpents, nor sin, / nor disease, nor calamity, nor any fear of spirits anywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.37) aputrastatra yaḥ śrāddhaṃ karoti sutavāṃchayā .. putraṃ viśiṣṭamāsādya pitṝṇāmanṛṇo hi saḥ .. 37 .. > A childless person who performs a śrāddha there with a desire for a son, / having obtained an excellent son, becomes free from debt to the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.38) tathā vaṃdhyā ca yā nārī paṃcamyāṃ bhāskarodaye .. śrāvaṇe kurute snānaṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe viśeṣataḥ .. sā sadyo labhate putraṃ svavaṃśoddharaṇakṣamam .. 38 .. > Likewise, a barren woman who takes a ritual ablution at sunrise on the fifth day / in the month of Śrāvaṇa, especially in the dark fortnight, / quickly obtains a son capable of uplifting her family, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.39) sarvarogavinirmuktaṃ surūpaṃ vinayānvitam .. bhraṣṭarājyo naro yo vā tatra snānaṃ samācaret .. 39 .. > free from all diseases, handsome, and endowed with modesty. / Or a man who has lost his kingdom who performs a ritual ablution there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.40) tataḥ pūjayate nāgāñchrāvaṇe paṃcamīdine .. sa hatvā'rigaṇā nsarvānbhūyorājyamavāpnuyāt .. 6.31.40 .. > and then worships the nāgas on the fifth day of Śrāvaṇa, / having slain all the hosts of his enemies, will regain his kingdom once more. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.41) yeṣāṃ mṛtyurmanuṣyāṇāṃ jāyate sarpabhakṣaṇāt .. na teṣāṃ jāyate muktiḥ pretabhāvātkathaṃcana .. 41 .. > For those men whose death occurs from being eaten \[or bitten\] by a serpent, / liberation from the state of a ghost does not occur in any way, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.42) yāvanna kriyate śrāddhaṃ tasmiṃstīrthe dvijottamāḥ .. tasmātsarvaprayatnena mṛtasyāhipradaṃkṣaṇāt .. śrāddhaṃ kāryaṃ prayatnena tasmiṃstīrthe'hisaṃbhave .. 42 .. > as long as a śrāddha is not performed at that sacred ford, O best of brahmins. / Therefore, with all effort, for one who has died from the bite of a serpent, / a śrāddha must diligently be performed at that sacred ford born of serpents. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.43) atra vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi purāvṛttāṃ kathāṃ śubhām .. indrasenasya rājarṣeḥ sarvapātakanāśinīm .. 43 .. > In this regard, I shall narrate to you an auspicious story of the past / concerning the royal seer Indrasena, which destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.44) indraseno mahīpālaḥ purāsīdripudarpahā .. aśvamedhasahasreṇa iṣṭaṃ tena mahātmanā .. 44 .. > Formerly, Indrasena was a king who destroyed the pride of his enemies; / a thousand horse sacrifices were offered by that great-souled one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.45) tataḥ sa daivayogena prasuptaḥ śayane śubhe .. daṣṭaḥ sarpeṇa muktaśca indraseno mahīpatiḥ .. viyuktaścaiva sahasā jīvitavyena tatkṣaṇāt .. 45 .. > Then, by the turn of fate, as he was asleep on an auspicious couch, / King Indrasena was bitten by a serpent and abandoned \[by it\], / and at that very moment he was suddenly parted from his life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.46) tatastasya suto'bhīṣṭastasyoddeśena kṛtsnaśaḥ .. cakāra pretakāryāṇi smṛtyuktāni ca bhaktitaḥ .. .. 46 .. > Then his beloved son, on his behalf, faithfully performed in full / all the rites for the departed prescribed by the legal treatises. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.47) gaṃgāyāmasthipātaṃ ca kṛtvā śrāddhāni ṣoḍaśa .. gayāṃ gatvā tataścakre śrāddhaṃ śraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. 47 .. > Having cast his bones into the Gaṅgā and performed the sixteen śrāddhas, / he then went to Gayā and performed the śrāddha endowed with faith. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.48) atha svapnāṃtare prāptaḥ pitā tasya sa bhūpatiḥ .. provāca duḥkhitaḥ putraṃ bāṣpavyākulalocanam .. 48 .. > Then, appearing in a dream, his father, that king, / grieving, with his eyes troubled by tears, spoke to his son: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.49) sarpamṛtyoḥ sakāśānme pretatvaṃ putra saṃsthitam .. tena me bhavatā dattaṃ na kiñcidupatiṣṭhate .. 49 .. > "Because of death from a serpent, my state as a ghost remains fixed, O son. / For that reason, nothing given by you reaches me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.50) camatkārapuraṃ kṣetraṃ tasmāttvaṃ gaccha satvaram .. tatra tīrthe kuru śrāddhaṃ sarpāṇāṃ matkṛte suta .. 6.31.50 .. > "Therefore, go quickly to the sacred field of Camatkārapura. / In the sacred ford of the serpents there, perform the śrāddha for my sake, O son, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.51) yena saṃjāyate mokṣaḥ pretatvā ddāruṇānmama .. sa tataḥ prātarutthāya tatsmṛtvā nṛpatervacaḥ .. 51 .. > whereby my release from this terrible state of a ghost will come about." / Rising in the morning and recalling that speech of the king, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.52) pretarūpasya duḥkhārtastattīrthaṃ satvaraṃ gataḥ .. cakāra ca tataḥ śrāddhaṃ śrāvaṇe paṃca mīdine .. 52 .. > distressed on account of the one in the form of a ghost, he quickly went to that sacred ford, / and then performed the śrāddha on the fifth day of Śrāvaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.53) snātvā śraddhāsamopetaḥ saṃniveśya purodhasam .. tataḥ sa darśanaṃ prāpto bhūyo'pi ca yathā purā .. 53 .. pre > Having bathed, endowed with faith, having installed a priest, / he then received a vision once again just as before, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.54) tarūpeṇa duḥkhārto vākyametaduvāca ha .. na mayā''sāditaṃ kiñcidyattvayā matkṛte kṛtam .. 54 .. > of \[his father\] in the form of a ghost, who, distressed, spoke these words: / "Nothing that you performed for my sake was obtained by me, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.55) phalaṃ śrāddhasya cātra tvaṃ kāraṇaṃ śṛṇu putraka .. śrāddhārhā brāhmaṇāścātra camatkārapurodbhavāḥ .. 55 .. > nor was any fruit of the śrāddha; and hear the reason for this, dear son: / the brahmins born in Camatkārapura are alone worthy of a śrāddha here. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.56) kṣetre'pi garhitāḥ śrāddhe ye'nyatra vyaṃgakādayaḥ .. atra yatkriyate kiñciddānaṃ vā vratameva ca .. 56 .. > Even those who are maimed and the like, who are elsewhere condemned at a śrāddha, \[are worthy\] in this sacred field. / Whatever gift or even observance is performed here, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.57) tathānyadapi viprārhaṃ karma yajñasamudbhavam.. tatteṣāṃ vacanātsarvaṃ pūrṇaṃ syādapi khaṃḍitam .. parokṣe vāpi saṃpūrṇaṃ vṛthā saṃjāyate sphuṭam .. 57 .. > as well as any other rite worthy of brahmins born of sacrifice— / all that, even if deficient, becomes complete by their word; / or even if complete, in their absence it clearly becomes useless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.58) tasmādasmātpurādviprānsamānīya tataḥ param .. mama nāmnā kuru śrāddhaṃ yena muktiḥ prajāyate .. 58 .. > Therefore, having brought brahmins from this city hereafter, / perform the śrāddha in my name, whereby liberation may be produced." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.59) athāsau prātarutthāya smaramāṇaḥ piturvacaḥ .. duḥkhena mahatāviṣṭaḥ praviveśa purottame .. 59 .. > Then, having risen in the morning, remembering his father's words, / overcome with great distress, he entered the excellent city. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.60) tataścānveṣayāmāsa śrāddhārhānbrāhmaṇānnṛpaḥ .. yatnato'pi na lebhe sa dhanāḍhyā brāhmaṇā yataḥ .. 6.31.60 .. > Then the king sought out brahmins worthy of a śrāddha, / but even with effort he did not obtain \[any\], because the brahmins were wealthy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.61) na tatra duḥkhitaḥ kaściddaridro'pi na duḥkhitaḥ .. nākarmanirato vāpi pākhaṇḍanirato'thavā .. 61 .. > No one was distressed there, nor was even a poor man distressed, / nor was anyone devoted to inaction or devoted to heresy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.62) sthānesthāne mahānādā utsavāśca gṛhegṛhe .. vedavidyāvinodāśca smṛti vādāstathaiva ca .. 62 .. > In place after place were great shouts, and festivals in house after house, / pastimes of Vedic knowledge, and likewise discourses on the Smṛtis; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.63) śrūyaṃte yājñikānāṃ ca yajñakarmasamudbhavāḥ.. na durbhikṣaṃ na ca vyādhirnākālamaraṇaṃ nṛṇām. .. na mṛtyuḥ kasyacittatra pure brāhmaṇa sevite .. 63 .. > the sounds of sacrificers arising from sacrificial rites were heard. / There was no famine, no disease, no untimely death for men, / no death for anyone there in the city inhabited by brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.64) yathartuvarṣī parjanyaḥ sasyāni guṇavanti ca .. bhūrikṣīrasravā gāvaḥ kṣīrāṇyājāvikāni ca .. 64 .. > The rain cloud rained according to season, and the crops were excellent; / cows yielded abundant milk, as did the milk of goats and sheep. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.65) yaṃyaṃ prārthayate vipraṃ sa śrāddhārthaṃ mahīpatiḥ .. sa sa taṃ bhartsayāmāsa duruktaiḥ kopasaṃyutaḥ .. 65 .. > Whichever brahmin the ruler of the earth begged for the sake of the śrāddha, / each one rebuked him with harsh words, filled with anger: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.66) dhigdhikpāpasamācāra kṣatriyāpasadātmaka .. kiṃ kaścidbrāhmaṇo'śnāti pretaśrāddhe viśeṣataḥ .. 66 .. > "Fie, fie, O base kṣatriya of sinful conduct! / Does any brahmin eat at a ghost-śrāddha, especially? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.67) tasmādgaccha drutaṃ yāvanna kaścicchapate dvijaḥ .. nihanti vā prakopena svargamārganirodhakam .. 67 .. > Therefore go quickly, before some twice-born curses you, / or in anger slays you who obstruct the path to heaven!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.68) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tataḥ sa duḥkhito rājā niścakrāma bhayārditaḥ .. camatkārapurāttasmādvailakṣyaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ .. 68 .. > Sūta said: / Then that king, distressed and afflicted with fear, / went out from that Camatkārapura, having fallen into the deepest embarrassment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.69) cintayāmāsa rājeṃdra smṛtvāvasthāṃ pituśca tām .. kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi kathaṃ me syātpiturgatiḥ .. 69 .. > He pondered, O best of kings, recalling that condition of his father: / "What shall I do? Where shall I go? How can my father attain \[a good\] state?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.70) tataḥ sa sacivānsarvānpreṣayitvā gṛhaṃ prati .. ekākī bhikṣurūpeṇa sthitastatraiva satpure ..6.31.70... > Then, having sent all his ministers toward home, / alone, in the guise of a beggar, he remained right there in that virtuous city. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.71) sa jñātvā nagare tatra brāhmaṇaṃ śaṃsitavratam .. sarveṣāṃ brāhmaṇeṃdrāṇāṃ madhye dākṣiṇyabhājanam .. 71 .. > Having learned in that city of a brahmin of praised vows, / an object of courtesy among all the lords of brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.72) devaśarmābhidhānaṃ tu śaraṇāgatavatsalam .. āhitāgniṃ caturvedaṃ smṛtimārgānuyāyinam .. 72 .. > named Devaśarman, affectionate to those who seek refuge, / one who maintained the sacred fires, learned in the four Vedas, following the path of the Smṛti, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.73) tatastu prātarutthāya kṛtvāṃtyajamayaṃ vapuḥ .. śodhayāmāsa kṛcchreṇa malotsarganiketanam .. 73 .. . > he then rose in the morning, assumed the appearance of an outcaste, / and with difficulty cleaned the privy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.74) atha yaḥ kurute karma tatra viṣṭhāpraśodhanam .. so'bhyetya tamuvācedaṃ kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ .. 74 .. > Now he who usually performed the work of cleaning the feces there, / having approached, said this to him, his eyes red with anger: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.75) kutastvamiha saṃprāpto madvṛtterupaghātakṛt .. tasmādgaccha drutaṃ no cennayiṣye yamasādanam .. 75 .. > "Whence have you arrived here, causing harm to my livelihood? / Therefore go quickly, otherwise I will take you to the abode of Yama!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.76) tasyaivaṃ vadato'pyāśu balātsa pṛthivīpatiḥ .. śodhayāmāsa tatsthānaṃ devaśarmasamudbhavam .. 76 .. > Even while he was speaking thus, that ruler of the earth forcibly / cleaned that place belonging to Devaśarman quickly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.77) tataḥ saṃvatsarasyāṃte caṃḍālena dvijottamāḥ .. sa prokta ucite kāle praṇipatya ca dūrataḥ .. 77 .. > Then, at the end of a year, O best of the twice-born, / at the appropriate time, having bowed down from afar, that caṇḍāla said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.78) svāmiṃstava kulepyevaṃ gūthāśodhanakarmakṛt .. tadasmākaṃ na cānyasya tatkimanyaḥ praveśitaḥ .. 78 .. > "Master, in your household as well, the duty of cleaning feces / belongs to us and not to another; why then has another been let in?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.79) atha śrutvā ca tadvākyaṃ sa prāha dvijasattamaḥ .. na mayā kaścidanyo'tra nirdiṣṭo gopyakarmaṇi.. adhikārastvayātmīyastathā kāryo yathā purā .. 79 .. > Then, hearing that statement, that best of the twice-born said: / "No one else has been designated by me for this secret work; / you should carry out your own duty just as before." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.80) tadānyadivase prāpte soṃ'tyajaḥ kopasaṃyutaḥ .. śastramādāya saṃprāpto vadhārthaṃ tasya bhūpateḥ ..6.31.80.. > Then, when another day arrived, that outcaste, filled with anger, / came taking up a weapon to kill that ruler of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.81) śastrodyatakaraṃ dṛṣṭvā prahārekṛtaniścayam .. tatastaṃ līlayā bhūyo muṣṭinā mūrdhnyatāḍayat .. 81 .. > Seeing his hand raised with a weapon, determined upon a blow, / \[the king\] then effortlessly struck him on the head with his fist. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.82) tatastasya viniṣkrāṃte locane tatkṣaṇāddvijāḥ .. susrāva rudhiraṃ paścātpapāta gatajīvitaḥ .. 82 .. > Then his eyes popped out instantly, O twice-born; / blood flowed forth, and then he fell down dead. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.83) taṃ śrutvā nihataṃ tena caṃḍālaṃ nijakiṃkaram .. devaśarmātikopena tadvadhārthamupāgataḥ .. 83 .. > Hearing that that caṇḍāla, his own servant, had been killed by him, / Devaśarman approached in intense anger to kill him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.84) tataḥ putraiśca pautraiśca sahito'nyaiśca bandhubhiḥ .. loṣṭaistaṃ tāḍayāmāsa bhartsamāno muhurmuhuḥ .. 84 .. > Then, accompanied by his sons, grandsons, and other kinsmen, / he repeatedly struck him with clods of earth while rebuking him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.85) so'pi saṃtāḍyamānastu prahārairjarjarīkṛtaḥ .. vedoccāraṃ tataścakre darśayitvopavītakam .. 85 .. > Though he was being beaten and battered with blows, / he then chanted the Veda, showing his sacred thread. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.86) atha te vismitāḥ sarve devaśarmapuraḥsarāḥ .. brāhmaṇāstaṃ samudvīkṣya vedoccāraparāyaṇam .. 86 .. > Then all those brahmins, led by Devaśarman, were astonished / upon seeing him intent on chanting the Veda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.87) pṛṣṭaśca kimidaṃ karma tavāṃtyajajanocitam .. eṣā vedātmikā vāṇī spaṣṭākṣarakalasvanā .. tatkiṃ śāpaparibhraṣṭastvaṃ kaścidbrāhmaṇottamaḥ .. 87 .. > And he was questioned: "What is this deed of yours, fit for an outcaste person? / This Vedic speech has a sweet sound of distinct syllables; / are you perhaps some excellent brahmin fallen due to a curse, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.88) yenaivaṃ kuruṣe karma garhitaṃ cāṃtyajairapi .. tataḥ sa prahasannāha kṣatriyo'haṃ mahīpatiḥ .. viṣṇusena iti khyāto haihayānvayasaṃbhavaḥ .. 88 .. > by which you perform a deed despised even by outcastes?" / Then, laughing, he said: "I am a kṣatriya, a ruler of the earth, / renowned as Viṣṇusena, born of the lineage of the Haihayas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.89) sohamārādhanārthāya tvasminsthāna upāgataḥ.. adya saṃvatsaro jātaḥ karmaṇyasminratasya ca..89.. > I arrived at this place for the sake of propitiating you; / today a year has passed while I have been engaged in this work." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.90) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sa vipraḥ kṛpayānvitaḥ .. kṛtāṃjalipuṭo bhūtvā tamuvāca mahīpatim..6.31.90.. > Sūta said: / Hearing that speech of his, that brahmin, filled with compassion, / folded his hands in reverence and addressed that ruler of the earth: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.90\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.90_5) kiṃ tatkṛtyaṃ samuddiśya tvayaitatkarma garhitam .. kṛtaṃ kīrtaya yenāśu tavābhīṣṭaṃ karomyaham ..9... > "With what purpose in mind was this censured deed done by you? / Declare it, so that I may swiftly fulfill your desire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.92) nāsti me kiñcidaprāptaṃ tathā'sādhyaṃ mahīpate .. tasmāttava kariṣyāmi kṛtyaṃ yadyapi durlabham .. 92 .. > There is nothing unattained by me, nor anything impossible, O lord of the earth; / therefore I shall accomplish your task, even though it may be hard to achieve." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.93) .. rājovāca .. .. pitā mamāhinā daṣṭaḥ pretatvaṃ samupāgataḥ .. so'tra nāgahrade śrāddhe kṛte muktimavāpnuyāt .. 93 .. > The king said: / "My father was bitten by a serpent and has attained the state of a ghost. / If a śrāddha is performed here at Nāgahrada, he will attain liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.94) tasmāttattāraṇārthāya viprakṛtyaṃ samācara .. etadarthaṃ mayaitatte kṛtaṃ karma vigarhitam .. 94 .. .. > Therefore, perform the duty of a brahmin for his rescue. / For this purpose was this censured deed done by me toward you." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.95) .. devaśarmovāca .. .. evaṃ kuru nṛpaśreṣṭha śrāddhe'haṃ te pituḥ svayam .. brāhmaṇaḥ saṃbhaviṣyāmi tasmācchrāddhaṃ samācara .. 95 .. > Devaśarman said: / "Do so, O best of kings! In your father's śrāddha I myself / will be the brahmin; therefore, perform the śrāddha." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.96) .. sūta uvāca .. .. atha te suhṛdastasya putrāḥ pautrāśca bāṃdhavāḥ .. procurnaitatprayuktaṃ te śrāddhaṃ bhoktuṃ vigarhitam .. 96 .. > Sūta said: / Then his friends, sons, grandsons, and relatives / said, "It is not proper for you to eat of a censured śrāddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.97) tasmādyadi bhavānasya śrāddhe bhoktā tataḥ svayam .. sarve bhavantaṃ tyakṣāmastathānye'pi dvijottamāḥ .. 97 .. > Therefore, if you partake \[of food\] in his śrāddha yourself, / we all, as well as the other best of the twice-born, will abandon you." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.98) .. devaśarmovāca .. .. kāmaṃ tyajata māṃ sarve yūyamanye'pi ye dvijāḥ .. mayaivāsya pratijñātaṃ bhoktuṃ śrāddhe mahīpateḥ .. 98 .. > Devaśarman said: / "Abandon me as you will, all of you, and whichever other twice-born \[wish to\]! / I have already promised this lord of the earth to eat in his śrāddha." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.99) evamuktvā sa vipreṃdrastenaiva sahitastadā .. nāgahradaṃ samāsādya śrāddhe vai bhuktavānatha .. 99 .. > Having spoken thus, that best of brahmins, accompanied by him, / then went to Nāgahrada and indeed ate in the śrāddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.100) bhuktamātre tatastasminvāguvācāśarīriṇī .. nādayaṃtī jagatsarvaṃ harṣayaṃtī mahīpatim .. 6.31.100 .. > As soon as he had eaten, a bodiless voice spoke, / resounding through the entire world and gladdening the lord of the earth: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.101) pretabhāvādvinirmuktaḥ putrāhaṃ tvatprabhāvataḥ .. svasti te'stu gamiṣyāmi sāṃprataṃ tridivālayam .. 101 .. > "O son, I have been freed from the state of a ghost by your power! / May you have well-being; I shall now go to the abode of the heavens." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.102) tatkṛtvā nṛpatirhṛṣṭastaṃ praṇamya dvijottamam .. provāca kuru me vākyaṃ yadbravīmi dvijottama .. 102 .. > Having accomplished that, the delighted king bowed to that best of the twice-born / and said: "Grant my word which I speak, O best of the twice-born! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.103) asti māhiṣmatīnāma nagarī narmadātaṭe .. sā cāsmākaṃ rājadhānī pitṛparyāgatā vibho .. 103 .. > There is a city named Māhiṣmatī on the bank of the Narmadā; / that is our capital, inherited from my ancestors, O powerful one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.104) ahaṃ yacchāmi te brahmansamastaviṣayānvitām.. mayā bhṛtyena tatrasthaḥ kuru rājyamakaṃṭakam .. 104 .. > I give it to you, O brahmin, along with all its territories. / Staying there, with me as your servant, rule the kingdom without rivals!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.104\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.104_6) .. devaśarmovāca .. .. na caitadyujyate vaktuṃ na vipro rājyamarhati .. tasmādgaccha nijaṃ rājyaṃ paripālaya pārthiva ....5.. > Devaśarman said: / "It is not fit to say this; a brahmin is not entitled to a kingdom. / Therefore go to your own kingdom and protect it, O king!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.106) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ visarjitastena jagāma sa mahāpatiḥ .. svaṃ deśaṃ harṣasaṃyuktaḥ kṛtakṛtyo dvijottamāḥ .. .. 106 .. > Sūta said: / Thus dismissed by him, that great lord went / to his own land, filled with joy, having accomplished his task, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.107) so'pi sarvaiḥ parityakto brāhmaṇaiḥ puravāsibhiḥ .. devaśarmā samuddiśya doṣaṃ śrāddhasamudbhavam .. 107 .. > He too was abandoned by all the brahmins residing in the city, / Devaśarman, on account of the fault arising from the śrāddha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.108) tato nāgahrade tasminsa kṛtvā nijamandiram .. nivāsamakarottatra svādhyāyanirataḥ śuciḥ .. 108 .. > Then, having built his own dwelling at that Nāgahrada, / he took up residence there, devoted to Vedic recitation and pure. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.109) tatrasthasya nirastasya ye putrāḥ syurdvijottamāḥ .. teṣāṃ saṃtatayo 'dyāpi te proktā bāhyavāsinaḥ .. 109 .. > The sons born to him, rejected while living there, O best of the twice-born— / their lineages even today are called the 'dwellers outside'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.110) etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ nāgatīrthasamudbhavam .. māhātmyaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 6.31.110 .. > All this has been recounted to you regarding the origin of the Nāgatīrtha, / a māhātmya destroying all sins, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.111) yaścaitatpaṭhate bhaktyā saṃprāpte paṃcamīdine .. śṛṇuyādvā na vaṃśe'pi tasya syātsārpajaṃ bhayam .. 111 .. > Whoever recites or hears this with devotion when the fifth day arrives, / even in his lineage there shall be no fear arising from snakes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.112) tathā vimucyate pāpādbhakṣajātānna saṃśayaḥ .. kṛtādajñānato viprāḥ satyametanmayoditam .. 112 .. > Likewise he is freed without doubt from the sin arising from food / eaten through ignorance, O brahmins; this is truth spoken by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.113) tasmātsarvaprayatnena nāgatīrthamanuttamam .. māhātmyaṃ paṭhanīyaṃ vā śrotavyaṃ vā samāhitaiḥ .. 113 .. > Therefore with all effort the unsurpassed māhātmya of the Nāgatīrtha / is to be recited or heard by the concentrated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.114) śrāddhakāle tu saṃprāpte yaścaitatpaṭhate dvijaḥ .. sa prāpnoti phalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ gayāśrāddhasamudbhavam .. 114 .. > And when the time of śrāddha arrives, which twice-born recites this, / he attains the entire fruit arising from a śrāddha at Gayā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.115) tathā ye kīrtitā doṣāḥ śrāddhe dravyasamudbhavāḥ .. vratavaiklavyajāścāpi tathā brāhmaṇasaṃbhavāḥ .. 115 .. > Likewise, whichever faults are proclaimed in a śrāddha arising from materials, / or arising from lapses in observances, as well as those arising from brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.116) te sarve nāśamāyāṃti kīrtyamāne samāhitaiḥ .. nāgahradasya māhātmye śrāddhakāla upasthite .. 116 .. > they all perish when the māhātmya of Nāgahrada / is recited by the concentrated as the time of śrāddha arrives. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.117) tathā vinihatā gobhirbrāhmaṇaiḥ śvāpadairapi .. etasminpaṭhite śrāddhe gacchaṃti paramāṃ gatim .. 117 .. > Likewise, those slain by cows, brahmins, and wild beasts, / when this is recited during a śrāddha, go to the highest state." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.31.117\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31.117_7) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye nāgahradamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 31 .. .. cha .. .. > Thus ends the thirty-first chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Nāgahrada', in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the Māhātmya of Hāṭakeśvarakṣetra, in the sixth \[part\] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection, the glorious Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.31.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.31) · Pramāṇa