[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) › 5.32 # Skandapurana 5.32 Skandapurāṇa 5.32 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.32.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tathānyo'sti dvijaśreṣṭhāstasminkṣetre śubhāvahe .. saptarṣīṇāṃ suvikhyāta āśramaḥ sarvakāmadaḥ .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Likewise, O best of the twice-born, in that auspicious field there is another / well-renowned hermitage of the Seven Seers which grants all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.2) tatra śrāvaṇamāsasya paṃcadaśyāṃ samāhitaḥ .. yaḥ karoti naraḥ snānaṃ sa labhedvāṃchitaṃ phalam .. 2 .. > A person who, with mind restrained, takes a ritual ablution there on the fifteenth day of the month of Śrāvaṇa, / obtains the desired fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.3) kandamūlaphalaiḥ śākairyastatra śrāddhamācaret .. sa prāpnoti phalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ rājasūyāśvamedhayoḥ .. 3 .. > Whoever performs a śrāddha there with bulbs, roots, fruits, and vegetables, / attains the entire fruit of the rājasūya and aśvamedha sacrifices. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.4) paṃcamyāṃ śuklapakṣe tu māsi bhādrapade dvijāḥ .. yastānpūjayate bhaktyā puṣpadhūpānulepanaiḥ .. vidhinānena viprendrāḥ sarvāneva yathākramam .. 4 .. > On the fifth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Bhādrapada, O twice-born, / whoever worships them with devotion with flowers, incense, and ointments / according to this rite, O leaders of brahmins, all of them in order: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.5) oṃ atraye namaḥ .. oṃ vasiṣṭhāya namaḥ .. oṃ kaśyapāya namaḥ .. oṃ bharadvājāya namaḥ .. oṃ gautamāya namaḥ .. oṃ kauśikāya namaḥ .. oṃ jamadagnaye namaḥ .. oṃ aruṃdhatyai namaḥ .. .. pūjāmaṃtraḥ .. .. jahnukanyāpavitrāṃgā gṛhītajapamālikāḥ .. gṛhṇaṃtvarghaṃ mayā dattamṛṣayaḥ sarvakāmadāḥ .. 5 .. > "Oṃ, homage to Atri! / Oṃ, homage to Vasiṣṭha! / Oṃ, homage to Kaśyapa! / Oṃ, homage to Bharadvāja! / Oṃ, homage to Gautama! / Oṃ, homage to Kauśika! / Oṃ, homage to Jamadagni! / Oṃ, homage to Arundhatī!" / The mantra of worship: / "May the seers, granting all desires, whose limbs are purified by the Daughter of Jahnu, holding rosaries for japa, / accept the offering of water given by me!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.6) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. tatra saptarṣibhistīrthaṃ kasminkāle vyavasthitam .. vistarātsūtaja brūhi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ .. 6 .. > The seers said: / "At what time was the sacred ford established there by the Seven Seers? / Tell in detail, O son of Sūta, for great indeed is our curiosity." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.7) .. sūta uvāca .. .. anāvṛṣṭiḥ purā jātā loke dvādaśavārṣikī .. sarvoṣadhikṣayo jātastato lokāḥ kṣayārditāḥ .. 7 .. > Sūta said: / Formerly a twelve-year drought occurred in the world; / the loss of all herbs took place, and then people were oppressed by decay. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.8) asthiśeṣā nirutsāhāstyaktadharmavratakriyāḥ .. abhakṣyabhakṣaṇaparāstathaivāpeyapāyinaḥ .. 8 .. > With only bones remaining, devoid of energy, having abandoned the rites of virtue and vows, / intent on eating uneatable food, and likewise drinking undrinkable liquids, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.9) tyajaṃti mātaraḥ putrānkalatrāṇi tathā narāḥ .. bhṛtyānsvānapi vitteśāḥ kā kathānyasamudbhavān .. 9 .. > mothers abandoned sons, and men abandoned wives; / masters of wealth even \[abandoned\] their own servants, not to speak of those born of others! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.10) saṃtyaktānyagnihotrāṇi brāhmaṇairyājakairapi .. vratāni vratibhirdāṃtairapi vṛddhatamairdvijāḥ .. 6.32.10 .. > The agnihotra sacrifices were abandoned by the brahmins and by sacrificers; / vows were abandoned by the observant, even by the self-controlled, even by the oldest of elders, O twice-born! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.11) dṛśyate caiva yatraiva sasyaṃ vāpi kathaṃcana .. hriyate lajjayā hīnaistatra kṣutkṣāmakairnaraiḥ .. 11 .. > And wherever grain was seen somehow, / men emaciated by hunger, devoid of shame, seized it there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.12) evamannakṣaye jāte pīḍite dharaṇītale .. saptarṣayaḥ kṣudhāviṣṭā babhramustatratatra ca.. 12 .. > When food was thus exhausted and the surface of the earth was afflicted, / the seven seers, overcome with hunger, wandered here and there: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.13) atriścaiva vasiṣṭhaśca kaśyapaḥ sumahātapāḥ .. bharadvājastathā cānyo gautamaḥ saṃśitavrataḥ.. kauśiko jamadagniśca tathaivāruṃdhatī satī .. 13 .. > Atri, Vasiṣṭha, Kaśyapa of great austerity, / and likewise Bharadvāja, another \[being\] Gautama of strict vows, / Kauśika, and Jamadagni, as well as the virtuous Arundhatī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.14) atha teṣāṃ samastānāṃ caṃḍābhūtparicārikā .. paśuvaktrastathā bhṛtyo vinayena samavitaḥ .. 14 .. > Now Caṇḍā was the female attendant of them all, / and Paśuvaktra was their servant, endowed with humility. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.15) tataste viṣayaṃ prāptā vṛṣādarbhimahīpateḥ .. kṣutkṣāmā munayo'tyarthaṃ deśe cānartasaṃjñake .. 15 .. > Then, exceedingly emaciated by hunger, the sages arrived at the territory / of King Vṛṣādarbhi, in the country named Ānarta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.15\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.15_1) tatra bhikṣākṛte bhrāṃtāstataścaiva gṛhādgṛham .. na grāsamapi sasyasya prāpnuvaṃste dvijottamāḥ ...6.. > There they wandered from house to house for the sake of alms, / but those best of brahmins did not receive even a mouthful of grain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.17) tatastaiḥ patito bhūmau dṛṣṭo mṛtakumārakaḥ .. maṃtrayitvā mithaḥ paścādgṛhīto bhakṣaṇāya ca .. 17 .. > Then they saw a dead boy fallen on the ground; / having conferred together, they then picked him up to eat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.18) apacanyāvadagnau taṃ kṣudhayā paripīḍitāḥ .. vṛṣādarbhirnṛpaḥ prāptaḥ śrutvā teṣāṃ viceṣṭitam .. 18 .. > While they, tortured by hunger, were cooking him in the fire, / King Vṛṣādarbhi arrived, having heard of their deed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.19) .. vṛṣādarbhiruvāca .. .. kimidaṃ garhitaṃ karma kriyate munisattamāḥ .. rākṣasānāmayaṃ dharmo mahāmāṃsasya bhakṣaṇam .. 19 .. > Vṛṣādarbhi said: / "What is this despicable deed being done, O best of sages? / This eating of human flesh is the practice of rākṣasas! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.20) so'haṃ sasyaṃ pradāsyāmi grāmānvrīhīnyavānapi.. mama vākyādasaṃdigdhaṃ tyajardhvaṃ mṛtabālakam .. 6.32.20 .. > I shall give you grain, villages, rice, and barley; / at my word, without hesitation, abandon the dead child!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.21) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. prāyaścittaṃ samādiṣṭaṃ mahāmāṃsasya bhakṣaṇāt .. pratigrahasya bhūpālā dāpatkāle'pi no nṛpa .. 21 .. > The seers said: / "An expiation is prescribed for eating human flesh, / but never for accepting gifts from kings, even in times of distress, O king! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.22) paścāttapaścariṣyāmo mahāmāṃsasamudbhavam .. pātakaṃ nāśayiṣyāmo bhakṣayāmo vayaṃ tataḥ .. 22 .. > Afterwards we shall perform penance arising from \[eating\] human flesh, / and destroy the sin; therefore we shall eat it." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.23) .. vṛṣādarbhi ruvāca .. .. pratigraho dvijātīnāṃ proktā vṛttiraniṃditā .. grāhyo mattastataḥ sarvairnātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 23 .. > Vṛṣādarbhi said: / "Accepting gifts is declared to be the blameless livelihood of the twice-born; / therefore it should be taken from me by all; no doubt should be made here." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.24) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. rāja pratigraho ghoro madhvāsvādo viṣopamaḥ .. sa dūrādbrāhmaṇaistyājyo viśeṣātkṛtibhirnṛpa .. 24 .. > The seers said: / "Accepting gifts from a king is dreadful, sweet to taste but like poison; / it should be avoided from afar by brahmins, especially by men of virtue, O king! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.25) daśasūnāsamaścakrī daśacakrisamo dhvajī .. daśa dhvajisamā veśyā daśaveśyāsamo nṛpaḥ .. 25 .. > An oil-presser is equal to ten slaughterhouses; an owner of a liquor-flag is equal to ten oil-pressers; / a courtesan is equal to ten owners of liquor-flags; a king is equal to ten courtesans. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.26) daśasūnāsahasreṇa tulyo rājapratigrahaḥ .. kastasya pratigṛhṇāti lobhāḍhyo brāhmaṇo yathā .. 26 .. > Accepting a gift from a king is equal to ten thousand slaughterhouses. / Who would accept it, like a greedy brahmin? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.27) rauravādiṣu sarveṣu narakeṣu sa pacyate .. tasmādgaccha gṛhe bhūpa svasti te'stu sadaiva hi .. 27 .. > He cooks in all the hells, such as Raurava. / Therefore go home, O king; may there always be welfare for you! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.28) vayamanyatra yāsyāmo grahīṣyāmo na te dhanam .. evamuktvātha te sarve munayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ .. 28 .. > We will go elsewhere; we will not take your wealth." / Having spoken thus, all those sages of praiseworthy vows, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.29) parityajya kumāraṃ taṃ mṛtaṃ tamapi bhūmipam .. camatkārapuraṃ kṣetraṃ samuddiśya tato yayuḥ .. 29 .. > abandoning that dead boy as well as that king, / then set out toward the sacred field of Camatkārapura. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.30) so'pi rājā tatastaistu bhartsito'tiruṣānvitaḥ .. jijñāsārthaṃ tatasteṣāṃ cakre karma dvijottamāḥ .. 6.32.30 .. > Then that king also, rebuked by them and filled with great anger, / performed an act to test them, O best of brahmins: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.31) tataḥ suvarṇapūrṇāni vidhāyodumbarāṇi ca .. teṣāṃ mārgāgrato bhūmau samaṃtādatha cākṣipat .. 31 .. > Having filled udumbara fruits with gold, / he then scattered them all around on the ground in front of their path. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.32) .. sūta uvāca .. .. atha te munayo dṛṣṭvā patitāni dharātale .. udumbarāṇi saṃdṛṣṭvā jagṛhuḥ kṣudhayārditāḥ .. 32 .. > Sūta said: / Then those sages, seeing the udumbara fruits / fallen on the earth, took them, afflicted as they were with hunger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.33) atha tāni samālakṣya gurūṇi munisattamāḥ .. atrirekaṃ parisphoṭya suvarṇaṃ vīkṣya cābravīt..33.. .. > Then, observing them to be heavy, O best of sages, / Atri split one open, saw the gold, and said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.34) .. atriruvāca .. .. nāsmākaṃ munayo'jñānaṃ nāsmākaṃ gṛhabuddhayaḥ .. haimānimānvijānaṃto grahīṣyāma udumbarān .. 34 .. > Atri said: / "O sages, we are not ignorant, nor are our minds fixed on household life. / Knowing these udumbara fruits to be filled with gold, shall we take them? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.35) tasmādetāni saṃtyajya hemagarbhāṇi dūrataḥ .. udumbarāṇi yāsyāmaḥ phalāni vigataspṛhāḥ .. 35 .. > Therefore, casting these gold-filled udumbara fruits / far away, free from desire we shall go on. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.36) sārvabhaumo mahīpāla eko'nyaśca nirīhakaḥ .. subhagastu tayornityaṃ bhūyādbhūyo nirīhakaḥ .. 36 .. > One is an emperor over the earth, and the other is a man without desires; / but between the two, the desireless one is always far more fortunate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.37) dharmārthamapi viprāṇāṃ saṃcayo'rthasya garhitaḥ .. prakṣālanāddhi paṃkasya dūrādasparśanaṃ varam .. .. 37 .. > Even for the sake of dharma, the accumulation of wealth is despised for brahmins; / for rather than washing off mud, it is better not to touch it from afar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.38) tyajataḥ saṃcayānsarvānyāṃti hānimupadravāḥ .. na hi sarvārthavānkaściddṛśyate nirupadravaḥ .. 38 .. > For one who renounces all accumulations, afflictions come to an end; / indeed, no one who possesses all kinds of wealth is seen free from affliction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.39) nirdhanatvaṃ tathā rājyaṃ tulāyāṃ dhārayedbudhaḥ .. akiṃcanatvamadhikaṃ jāyate saṃmatirmama .. 39 .. > A wise man should place poverty and kingship on a balance; / possessionlessness outweighs it—this is my conviction." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.40) .. kaśyapa uvāca .. .. anartho'yaṃ mune prāpto yadarthasya parigrahaḥ .. arthaiśvaryavimūḍhātmā śreyasā mucyate hi saḥ .. 6.32.40 .. > Kaśyapa said: / "A calamity has arrived, O sage, since this acceptance of wealth has occurred! / For he whose mind is deluded by wealth and power is separated from the highest good. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.41) arthasaṃpadvimohāya vimoho narakāya ca .. tasmādarthaṃ prayatnena śreyo'rthī dūratastyajet .. ..41 .. > Abundance of wealth leads to delusion, and delusion leads to hell; / therefore, one seeking the highest good should diligently abandon wealth from afar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.42) yorthena sādhyate dharmaḥ kṣayiṣṇuḥ sa prakīrtitaḥ .. yaḥ punastapasā sādhyaḥ sa mokṣāyeti me matiḥ .. 42 .. > Dharma which is accomplished through wealth is proclaimed to be perishable; / that, however, which is accomplished through austerity leads to liberation; this is my view." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.43) .. bharadvāja uvāca .. .. jīryaṃti jīryataḥ keśā daṃtā jīryaṃti jīryataḥ .. cakṣuḥ śrotre tathā puṃsastṛṣṇaikā taruṇāyate .. 43 .. > Bharadvāja said: / "The hairs of an aging man age, the teeth of an aging man decay; / the eyes and ears of a man decay likewise; craving alone remains youthful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.44) sūcyā sūtraṃ yathā vastraṃ saṃcārayati sūcikā .. tadvatsaṃsārasūtraṃ ca vāṃchayātmā nayatyasau ... 44 .. > Just as a seamstress passes the thread through cloth with a needle, / so this soul leads the thread of saṃsāra through desire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.45) yathā śṛṃgaṃ hi kāyena varddhamānena vardhate. tadvattṛṣṇāpi vittena varddhamānena varddhate..45.. > Just as a horn grows as the body grows, / so craving grows as wealth grows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.46) anaṃtapārā duṣpūrā tṛṣṇā duḥkhaśatāvahā.. adharmabahulā caiva tasmāttāṃ parivarjayet..46.. > Craving is endless, insatiable, the bringer of hundreds of sorrows, / and full of unrighteousness; therefore one should abandon it." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.47) gautama uvāca.. saṃtuṣṭaḥ kena cālyo'sti phalairapi vivarjitaḥ.. sarvopīndriyalaulyena saṃkaṭe bhramati dvijāḥ..47.. > Gautama said: / "By what can a contented man be shaken, even when destitute of fruits? / The whole world wanders in distress due to greed of the senses, O brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.48) sarvatra saṃpadastasya saṃtuṣṭaṃ yasya mānasam.. upānadgūḍhapādasya nanu carmāstṛteva bhūḥ..48.. > Wealth is everywhere for him whose mind is contented; / for one whose foot is covered with a shoe, is not the earth as if spread with leather? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.49) saṃtoṣāmṛtatṛptānāṃ yatsukhaṃ śāṃtacetasām .. kutastaddhanalubdhānāmitaścetaśca dhāvatām .. 49 .. > That happiness belonging to the peaceful-minded who are satiated with the nectar of contentment, / whence could it belong to those greedy for wealth, running this way and that? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.50) asaṃtoṣaḥ paraṃ duḥkhaṃ saṃtoṣaḥ paramaṃ sukham .. sukhārthī puruṣastasmātsaṃtuṣṭaḥ satataṃ bhavet .. 6.32.50 .. > Discontent is supreme sorrow; contentment is supreme happiness. / Therefore, a person seeking happiness should always remain contented." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.51) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. kāmaṃ kāmayamānasya yadi kāmaḥ sa sidhyati .. tathānyo jāyate puṃsastatkṣaṇādeva kalpitaḥ .. 51 .. > Viśvāmitra said: / "If that desire of a desiring man is fulfilled, / then another desire is conceived for that man at that very instant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.52) na jātu kāmī kāmānāṃ sahasrairapi tuṣyati .. haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva vāṃchā tasya vivardhate .. ..52 .. > Never is a lustful man satisfied even by thousands of desires; / his craving increases like a fire fed with clarified butter." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.53) kāmānabhilaṣanmohānna naraḥ sukhamāpnuyāt .. śyenālayatarucchāyāṃ vrajanniva kapiñjalaḥ .. 53 .. > Craving desires out of delusion, a man cannot attain happiness, / like a francolin going into the shade of a falcon's roosting-tree. 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.54) nityaṃ sāgaraparyantāṃ yo bhuṅkte pṛthivīmimām .. tulyāśmakāścanaścaiva sa kṛtārtho mahīpateḥ .. 54 .. > He who continually enjoys this earth as far as the ocean, / and regards a clod and gold as equal, is fulfilled \[like the greatest\] of kings. 54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.55) .. jamadagniruvāca .. .. yo'rthaṃ prāpyādhamo vipraḥ śocitavyepi hṛṣyati .. na ca paśyati mandātmā narakaṃ cā kutobhayaḥ.. 55 .. > Jamadagni said: / A base brahmin who, having obtained wealth, rejoices when he ought to grieve, / and, dull-minded, does not see hell—from what does he fear nothing? 55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.56) pratigrahasamarthānāṃ nivṛttānāṃ pratigrahāt .. ya eva dadatāṃ lokāsta evāpratigṛhṇatām..56.. > For those who are capable of accepting gifts, but refrain from accepting them, / the same worlds that belong to the givers belong to those who do not accept. 56 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.57) arundhatyuvāca.. bisataṃturyathā'nanto nālamāsādya saṃsthitaḥ.. tṛṣṇā caivamanādyantā sthitā dehe śarīriṇām..57.. > Arundhatī said: / Just as the lotus fiber, endless, remains having reached into the stalk, / even so desire, without beginning or end, remains in the body of embodied beings. 57 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.58) yā dustyajā durmatibhiryā na jīryati jīryataḥ.. yā'sau prāṇāntiko rogastāṃ tṛṣṇāṃ tyajataḥ sukham..58.. > That which is hard to abandon by the wicked-minded, which does not age as one ages, / which is a fatal disease—giving up that desire brings happiness. 58 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.58\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.58_2) caṇḍovāca.. sarpādivaddhanādyasmādbibhyatīme mameśvarāḥ .. yatastato viśeṣeṇa kasmāttasmādbhayaṃ mama ..56.. .. > Caṇḍā said: / Since these masters of mine fear wealth as they would a serpent, / for what reason should I not fear it even more? 59 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.60) paśumukha uvāca.. yadācaranti vidvāṃsaḥ sadā dharmaparāyaṇāḥ.. tadeva viduṣā kāryamātmano hitamicchatā..6.32.60.. > Paśumukha said: / Whatever the wise, ever devoted to dharma, practice, / that alone should be done by an intelligent person who desires his own welfare. 60 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.60\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.60_3) sūta uvāca.. ityuktvā hemagarbhāṇi tyaktvā tāni phalāni ca.. ṛṣayo jagmuranyatra sarva eva dṛḍhavratāḥ ..6... > Sūta said: / Having spoken thus and abandoned those gold-bearing fruits, / all the seers of firm vows went elsewhere. 61 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.62) camatkārapurekṣetre viviśuste tataḥ param .. dadṛśuḥ sahasā prāptaṃ parivrājaṃ śunomukham .. 62 .. > Then they entered the sacred field of Camatkārapura; / suddenly they saw a mendicant with the face of a dog who had arrived there. 62 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.63) tenaiva sahitāstatra gatvā kiñcidvanāntaram.. dṛṣṭavantastato hṛdyaṃ saraḥ paṃkajaśobhitam .. 63 .. > Having gone with him to another forest there, / they then saw a lovely lake adorned with lotuses. 63 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.64) tato bubhukṣayāviṣṭā bisānyādāya bhūriśaḥ .. tīre nikṣipya sarasaścakruḥ puṇyāṃ jala kriyām .. 64 .. > Then, seized by hunger, they gathered abundant lotus roots, / laid them on the shore of the lake, and performed their sacred water rite. 64 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.65) athottīryajalātsarve te sametya parasparam .. bisāni tānyapaśyanta idaṃ vacanamabruvan .. 65 .. > Then, having emerged from the water, they all assembled together, / and, not seeing those lotus roots, spoke these words: 65 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.66) ..ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. kena kṣudhābhitaptānāmasmākaṃ nirdayātmanā .. mṛṇālāni samastāni sthānādasmāddhṛtāni ca .. 66 .. > The seers said: / By what pitiless person have all the lotus roots / been taken from this spot while we were tormented by hunger? 66 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.67) te śaṃkamānā anyonyamṛṣayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ .. pracakruḥ śapathānraudrānātmanaḥ praviśuddhaye .. 67 .. > Suspecting one another, the seers of celebrated vows / uttered fierce oaths for the sake of their own purification: 67 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.68) .. kaśyapa uvāca .. .. sarvabhakṣaḥ sadā so'stu nyāsalobhaṃ karotu vā .. kūṭasākṣitvamabhye tu bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ .. 68 .. > Kaśyapa said: / May he who steals the lotus roots always eat anything, / or let him crave a trust deposit, or incur the state of a false witness! 68 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.70) dharmaṃ karotu daṃbhena rājānaṃ copasevatām .. madhumāṃsaṃ sadāśnātu bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ .. 69 . .. .. vasiṣṭha uvāca .. .. anṛtau maithunaṃ yātu divā vāpyatha parvaṇi .. atithiḥ syāttato'nyonyaṃ bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ .. 6.32.70 .. .. > May he perform dharma out of deceit, and let him attend upon a king; / may he always eat honey and meat—he who steals the lotus roots! 69 / Vasiṣṭha said: / May he have sexual intercourse out of season, by day, or on a forbidden day; / and may he then be an unwelcome guest to another—he who steals the lotus roots! 70 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.71) .. bharadvāja uvāca .. .. yodhigamya guroḥ śāstraṃ niṣkrayaṃ na prayacchati .. tasyainasā sa yuktostu bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ .. 71 .. > Bharadvāja said: / May he who steals the lotus roots be burdened with the sin / of one who, having received teaching from a guru, does not give the fee! 71 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.72) nṛśaṃso'stu sa sarvatra samṛddhyā cāpyahaṃkṛtaḥ .. matsarī piśunaścaiva bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ .. 72 .. > May he be cruel in all matters, conceited on account of wealth, / envious, and a slanderer—he who steals the lotus roots! 72 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.73) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. ekākī mṛṣṭama śnātu praśaṃsyādatha cātmanaḥ .. vedavikrayakartāstu bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ .. 73 .. > Viśvāmitra said: / May he eat sweet delicacies alone, praise himself, / and be a seller of the Veda—he who steals the lotus roots! 73 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.74) .. jamadagniruvāca .. .. kanyāṃ yacchatu vṛddhāya sa bhūyādvṛṣalī patiḥ .. astu vārdhuṣiko nityaṃ bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ .. 74 > Jamadagni said: / Let him give his daughter to an old man, may he become the husband of a Śūdra woman, / or may he always be a usurer—he who steals the lotus roots! 74 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.75) .. gautama uvāca .. .. sa gṛhṇātvavikādānaṃ karotu hayavikrayam.. prakaro tu gurorniṃdāṃ bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ ..75 .. > Gautama said: / May he accept gifts of sheep, engage in selling horses, / and utter revilement of his guru—he who steals the lotus roots! 75 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.76) .. atriruvāca .. .. mātaraṃ pitaraṃ nityaṃ durmatiḥ so'vamanyatām .. śūdraṃ pṛcchatu dharmārthaṃ bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ .. 76 .. > Atri said: / Wicked-minded, may he continually despise his mother and father; / let him ask a Śūdra for instruction in dharma—he who steals the lotus roots! 76 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.78) pratiśrutya na yo dadyādbrāhmaṇāya gavādikam .. tasyainasā sa yujyeta bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ ..-77 .. .. aruṃdhatyuvāca .. .. karotu patyuḥ pūrvaṃ sā bhojanaṃ śayanaṃ tathā .. nārī duṣṭasamācārā bisastainyaṃ karoti yā .. 78 .. > May he who steals the lotus roots be burdened with the sin / of one who, having promised cattle and the like to a brahmin, does not give them! 77 / Arundhatī said: / May she eat before her husband, and likewise sleep before him, / a woman of wicked conduct—she who steals the lotus roots! 78 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.79) .. caṇḍovāca .. .. svāminaḥ pratikūlāstu dharmadveṣaṃ karotu ca.. sādhudveṣaparā caiva bisastainyaṃ karoti yā .. 79 .. > Caṇḍā said: / May she be contrary to her master, bear hatred toward dharma, / and be intent on hating the virtuous—she who steals the lotus roots! 79 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.80) paśumukha uvāca .. .. svāmidroharato nityaṃ sa bhūyātpāpakṛnnaraḥ .. sādhu dveṣaparaścaiva bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ .. 6.32.80 .. > Paśumukha said: / May that sinful man always be devoted to betraying his master, / and intent on hating the virtuous—he who steals the lotus roots! 80 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.81) .. śunomukha uvāca .. .. vedānsa paṭhatu nyāyādgṛhasthaḥ syātpriyātithiḥ .. satyaṃ vadatu cājasraṃ bisastainyaṃ karoti yaḥ .. 81 .. > Śunomukha said: / May he study the Vedas properly, be a householder fond of guests, / and constantly speak the truth—he who steals the lotus roots! 81 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.82) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. iṣṭa eva dvijātīnāṃ yastvayā śapathaḥ kṛtaḥ .. bisastainyaṃ hi cāsmākaṃ tannūnaṃ bhavatā kṛtam .. 82 .. > The seers said: / The oath sworn by you is entirely desirable for the twice-born; / surely, then, the theft of our lotus roots was done by you! 82 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.83) .. śunomukha uvāca .. .. mayā hṛtāni sarveṣāṃ bisānīmāni vo dvijāḥ .. dharmānvai śrotukāmena māṃ jānīta puraṃdaram .. 83 .. > Śunomukha said: / These lotus roots of yours were taken by me, O twice-born, / out of a desire to hear righteous duties; know me to be Purandara. 83 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.84) yuṣmākaṃ parituṣṭo'smi lobhābhāvāddvijottamāḥ .. tasmātsvargaṃ mayā sārddhaṃ śīghramāgamyatāmiti .ā 84 .. > I am well-pleased with you, O best of the twice-born, because of your absence of greed; / therefore, come quickly with me to heaven! 84 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.85) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. mokṣamārgaṃ samāsaktā na vayaṃ svargalipsavaḥ .. tasmāttapaścariṣyāmaḥ sarasīha vimuktaye .. 85 .. > The seers said: / Dedicated to the path of liberation, we do not desire heaven; / therefore, we shall perform austerity here at the lake for final liberation. 85 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.86) pūrṇā sāgaraparyaṃtāṃ caritvā pṛthivī mimām .. prāṇayātrāṃ prakurvāṇā mṛṇālairmunisattamāḥ .. tasmādgaccha tava śreyo bhūyādasmātsamāgamāt .. 86 .. > We have wandered all over this earth up to the ocean, / sustaining our lives on lotus roots, O best of sages; / therefore depart; may good fortune come to you from this meeting with us. 86 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.87) .. śakra uvāca .. .. na vṛthā darśanaṃ me syātkadācidapi suvratāḥ .. tasmādgṛhṇīta yaccitte sadābhīṣṭaṃ vyavasthitam .. 87 .. > Śakra said: / My sight can never be in vain, O men of noble vows; / therefore, choose whatever is constantly desired in your hearts. 87 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.88) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. , āśramo'yaṃ suvikhyāto bhūyācchakra mahītale .. nāmnāsmākaṃ tathā nṛṇāṃ sarvapātakanāśanaḥ .. 88 .. > The seers said: / O Śakra, may this hermitage become very famous on earth / by our name, destroying all sins for mankind. 88 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.89) vayaṃ sthāsyāmahe nityamatraiva surasattama .. tapo'rthaṃ bhāvitātmāno yāvanmokṣagatirdhruvā .. 89 .. > We shall remain forever right here, O best of gods, / with purified minds for the sake of austerity, until our attainment of liberation is secure. 89 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.90) .. indra uvāca .. .. trailokye'pi suvikhyāta āśramo vo bhaviṣyati .. tathā kāmapradaścaiva lokānāṃ saṃbhaviṣyati .. 6.32.90 .. > Indra said: / Your hermitage will be well-renowned even in the three worlds, / and it shall likewise grant the desires of people. 90 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.91) yo yaṃ kāmamabhidhyāya śrāddhamatra kariṣyati .. śrāvaṇe paurṇamāsyāṃ ca sa taṃ sarvamavā psyati .. 91 .. > Whoever performs an ancestral rite here on the full-moon day in the month of Śrāvaṇa, / intending any desire, shall obtain all of it. 91 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.92) niṣkāmo vā naro yastu śrāddhaṃ dānamathāpi vā .. prakariṣyati mokṣaṃ sa samavāpsyatyasaṃśayam .. 92 .. > Or whatever desireless person performs a śrāddha or gives gifts, > he shall attain liberation, without a doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.93) ye cātra dehaṃ tyakṣyaṃti yuṣmākaṃ cāśrame śubhe .. api pāpasamāyuktāste yāsyaṃti parāṃ gatim .. 93 .. > And those who cast off their bodies here in your auspicious hermitage, > even though joined with sins, shall attain the highest state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.94) iṃgudairbadarairvāpi bilvairbhallātakairapi .. pitṝnuddiśya yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kariṣyati samāhitaḥ .. 94 .. > With inguda, jujube, bilva, or bhallātaka fruits, > whoever, being concentrated, performs a śrāddha dedicated to the ancestors > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.95) sa yāsyati parāṃ siddhiṃ durlabhāṃ tridaśairapi .. sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ stūyamānaśca kiṃnaraiḥ .. 95 .. .. > shall attain the highest perfection, difficult to obtain even by the gods, > freed from all sins and praised by kimnaras.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.96) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evamuktvā sahasrākṣastaiḥ sarvairabhinaṃditaḥ 0. jagāmādarśanaṃ te'pi sthitāstatra dvijottamāḥ .. 96 .. > Sūta said: / Having spoken thus, the thousand-eyed \[Indra\], congratulated by them all, > vanished from sight; and those best of twice-born remained there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.97) tataḥ kāle gate te'pi kṛtvā tīvraṃ mahattapaḥ .. saṃprāptāḥ paramaṃ sthānaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam .. 97 .. > Then, as time passed, having performed severe and great austerity, > they reached the supreme realm, devoid of old age and death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.98) taistatra sthāpitaṃ liṅgaṃ devadevasya śūlinaḥ .. tasya saṃdarśanādeva naraḥ pāpādvimucyate .. 98 .. > A liṅga of the god of gods, the trident-bearer, was established there by them; > merely by the sight of it, a man is freed from sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.99) yastalliṃgaṃ punarbhaktyā puṣpadhūpānulepanaiḥ .. arcayetsa dhruvaṃ muktiṃ prāpnoti dvijasattamāḥ .. 99 .. > Moreover, whoever worships that liṅga with devotion, through flowers, incense, and unguents, > surely attains liberation, O best of twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.100) etatpavitra māyuṣyaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam.. saptarṣoṇāṃ samākhyātamāśramasyānukīrtanam .. 6.32.100 .. > This holy, life-promoting, all-sin-destroying > recitation of the hermitage of the Seven Seers has been proclaimed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.32.100\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32.100_4) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye saptarṣyāśramamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvātriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 32 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the thirty-second chapter, named "Description of the Greatness of the Hermitage of the Seven Seers," in the Greatness of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection of the glorious Skanda Purāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.32.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.32) · Pramāṇa