[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) › 5.33 # Skandapurana 5.33 Skandapurāṇa 5.33 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.33.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. agastyasyāśramo'nyosti tathā tatra dvijottamāḥ .. yatra tiṣṭhati viśvātmā svayaṃ devo maheśvaraḥ .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / There is another hermitage of Agastya there, O best of twice-born, > where the Self of all, God Maheśvara himself, resides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.2) śuklapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ caitramāse divākaraḥ .. svayamabhyetya deveśaṃ pūjayatyeva śaṃkaram .. 2 .. > On the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight in the month of Caitra, the sun, > coming in person, worships Śaṃkara, the lord of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.3) tasmādanyo'pi yastasyāṃ bhaktyā cāgatya śaṃkaram .. tameva pūjayedbhaktyā sa yāti devamandiram .. .. 3 .. > Therefore, whatever other person also goes there on that day and worships Śaṃkara > with devotion, he goes to the abode of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.4) yastatra kurute śrāddhaṃ samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. pitarastasya tṛpyaṃte pitṛmedhe kṛte yathā .. 4 .. > Whoever performs a śrāddha there, endowed with complete faith, > his ancestors are satisfied, just as when a pitṛmedha sacrifice is performed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.5) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. agastyasyāśramaṃ prāpya kasmāddevo divākaraḥ .. pradakṣiṇāṃ prakurute vadaitanme suvistaram .. 5 .. > The seers said: / Having arrived at the hermitage of Agastya, why does the divine sun > circumambulate it? Tell me this in full detail. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.6) .. sūta uvāca .. .. kathayāmi kathāmetāṃ śṛṇuta dvija sattamāḥ .. asti viṃdhya iti khyātaḥ parvataḥ pṛthivītale .. 6 .. > Sūta said: / I shall relate this narrative; listen, O best of twice-born: > There is a mountain renowned as Vindhya on the surface of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.7) yasya vṛkṣāgraśākhāyāṃ saṃlagnāstaraṇeḥ karāḥ .. puṣpapūgā ivādhaḥsthairlakṣyaṃte mugdhasi ddhakaiḥ .. 7 .. > On whose treetop branches the clinging rays of the sun > are perceived by innocent young siddhas below as clusters of flowers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.8) anabhijñāstamisrasya yasya sānunivāsinaḥ .. ratnaprabhāpraṇunnasya kṛṣṇapakṣaniśāsvapi .. 8 .. > The dwellers on its slopes are unaware of darkness > dispelled by the radiance of jewels, even on the nights of the dark fortnight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.9) yasya sānuṣu muṃcaṃto bhāṃti puṣpāṇi pādapāḥ .. vāyuvegavaśānnūnaṃ nīraugha nīradā iva .. 9 .. > On whose slopes the trees shedding flowers appear splendid, > verily like clouds shedding torrents of water under the force of the wind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.10) yasminnānāmṛgā bhāṃti dhāvamānā itastataḥ .. kalatraputrapuṣṭyarthaṃ lobhārthaṃ mānavā iva .. .. 6.33.10 .. > Upon which various animals are seen running to and fro, > like humans driven by greed for the nourishment of wives and sons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.11) niryāsacchadmanā bāṣpaṃ vāsitāśeṣadiṅmukham .. muñcaṃti taravo yatra dantidantakṣatatvacaḥ.. 11 .. > Where trees whose bark has been wounded by elephants’ tusks shed tears > under the guise of resin, perfuming all the quarters of the sky. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.12) cīrikāvirutairdīrghai rudaṃta iva cāpare .. hastihastahatā vṛkṣā manyante yasya sānuṣu .. 12 .. > And other trees on its ridges, struck by elephants' trunks, > are thought to be weeping through the prolonged chirping of crickets. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.13) itaścetaśca gacchadbhirnirjharāṃbhobhirāvṛtaḥ .. śuśubhe sitavastrāḍhyaiḥ pumāniva vibhūṣitaḥ .. .. 13 .. > Surrounded by cascade waters flowing here and there, > it shone like a man adorned with opulent white garments. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.14) yasya sparddhā samutpannā pūrvaṃ saha sumeruṇā .. tataḥ prāha sahasrāṃśuṃ gatvā sa krodhamūrcchitaḥ .. 14 .. > Formerly, a rivalry arose between it and Sumeru; > then, swooning with rage, it approached the thousand-rayed \[sun\] and spoke: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.15) kasmādbhāskara merostvaṃ prakaroṣi pradakṣiṇām .. kulaparvatasaṃjñe'pi na karoṣi kathaṃ mayi .. 15 .. > “Why, O Bhāskara, do you circumambulate Meru? > Why do you not circumambulate me, though I am also designated a clan mountain?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.16) .. bhāskara uvāca .. .. na vayaṃ śraddhayā tasya gireḥ kurmaḥ pradakṣiṇām .. eṣa me vihitaḥ panthā yenedaṃ vihitaṃ jagat .. 16 .. > Bhāskara said: / “We do not circumambulate that mountain out of devotion; > this is my path ordained by the One by whom this world was ordained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.17) tasya tuṃgāni śṛṃgāṇi vyāpya khaṃ saṃśritāni ca .. tena saṃjāyate tasya balādeva prada kṣiṇā .. 17 .. > Its towering peaks pervade and reach into the sky; > therefore, circumambulating it happens by necessity alone.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.18) etacchrutvā viśeṣeṇa saṃkruddho viṃdhyaparvataḥ .. provāca paśya bhāno tvaṃ tarhi tuṃgatvamadya me .. rurodhātha nabhomārgaṃ yena gacchati bhāskaraḥ .. 18 .. > Hearing this, the Vindhya mountain became especially enraged / and said: “See then my height today, O Sun!” / And forthwith it blocked the pathway of the sky by which the sun travels. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.19) atha ruddhaṃ samālokya mārgaṃ vāsaranāyakaḥ .. cintayāmāsa citte sve sāṃprataṃ kiṃ karomyaham .. 19 .. > Then, seeing the path blocked, the lord of day > thought in his heart: “What shall I do now? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.20) karomi yadyahaṃ cāsya parvatasya pradakṣiṇām .. tadbhaviṣyati kālasya calanaṃ bhuvanatraye .. 6.33.20 .. > If I perform a circumambulation of this mountain, > there will be a disruption of time in the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.21) māsartubhuvanānāṃ ca tathā bhāvī viparyayaḥ .. agniṣṭomādikāḥ sarvāḥ kriyā yāsyaṃti saṃkṣayam .. naṣṭayajñotsave loke devānāṃ syānmahāvyathā .. 21 .. > And likewise a confusion of months, seasons, and realms will occur; > all rites such as the agniṣṭoma will meet with destruction; / when the festivals of sacrifice are destroyed in the world, great distress will befall the gods.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.22) evaṃ saṃcintya cittena bahudhā tīkṣṇadīdhitiḥ .. jagāma manasā bhītaḥ so'gastyaṃ munipuṃgavam .. 22 .. > Having reflected thus in many ways within his mind, the hot-rayed \[sun\], > afraid, went in thought to Agastya, the bull among sages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.23) nānyosti vāraṇe śakto viṃdhasyāsya hi taṃ vinā .. agastyaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhaṃ mitrāvaruṇasaṃbhavam .. 23 .. > “Indeed, there is no other capable of stopping this Vindhya except him, > Agastya, the best of brahmins, born from Mitra and Varuṇa.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.24) tato dvijamayaṃ rūpaṃ sa kṛtvā tīkṣṇadīdhitiḥ .. camatkārapurakṣetre tasyāśramapadaṃ yayau .. 24 .. > Then, assuming the form of a twice-born, the hot-rayed \[sun\] > went to the precincts of his hermitage in the sacred field of Camatkārapura. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.25) tatastu vaiśvadevāṃte vedoccāraparāyaṇaḥ .. provāca so'tithiḥ prāptastavāhaṃ munisattama .. 25 .. > Then, at the conclusion of the Vaiśvadeva rite, devoted to chanting the Veda, > he spoke: “I, a guest, have arrived, O best of sages.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.26) tato'gastyaḥ kṛtānandaḥ svāgataṃ te mahāmune .. manoratha ivādhyāto yo'gnikāryāṃta āgataḥ .. 26 .. > Then Agastya, filled with joy, \[said\]: “Welcome to you, O great sage, > who have arrived at the end of the fire ritual, like a cherished desire thought upon! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.27) tattvaṃ brūhi muniśreṣṭha yaddadāmi tavepsitam .. adeyaṃ nāsti me kiñcitkāle'sminprārthitasya ca .. 27 .. > Speak the truth, O best of sages, that I may grant your desire; > there is nothing that cannot be given by me when asked for at this time.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.28) .. bhāskara uvāca .. .. ahaṃ bhāskara āyāto viprarūpeṇa sanmune .. sarvakāryakṣamaṃ matvā tvāmekaṃ bhuvanatraye .. 28 .. > Bhāskara said: / “I, Bhāskara, have come in the form of a brahmin, O noble sage, > considering you the only one capable of all deeds in the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.29) tvayā pūrvaṃ surārthāya prapītaḥ payasāṃnidhiḥ .. vātāpiśca tathā daityo bhakṣito dvijakaṇṭakaḥ .. 29 .. > Formerly, the ocean of waters was drunk dry by you for the sake of the gods, > and likewise the Daitya Vātāpi, the tormentor of the twice-born, was devoured. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.30) tasmādgatirbhavāsmākaṃ sāṃprataṃ munisattama .. devānāmiha varṇānāṃ tvameva śaraṇaṃ yataḥ .. 6.33.30 .. > Therefore, be our refuge now, O best of sages, > since you alone are the protector of the gods and the castes here.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.31) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tacchrutvā sa munirviprā viśeṣeṇa praharṣitaḥ .. arghyaṃ dattvā dineśāya tataḥ provāca sādaram .. 31 .. > Sūta said: / Hearing that, O brahmins, that sage was exceedingly delighted; > having offered the respectful water offering to the lord of day, he then said with respect: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.32) dhanyo'smyanugṛhītosmi yanme tvaṃ gṛhamāgataḥ .. tasmādbrūhi kariṣyāmi tava vākyamakhaṃḍitam .. 32 .. > "I am blessed, I am graced, that you have come to my home. / Therefore speak, and I shall carry out your word without fail." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.33) .. bhāskara uvāca .. .. eṣa viṃdhyācalo'smākaṃ mārgamāvṛtya saṃsthitaḥ .. . sparddhayā girimukhyasya sumerormunisatama .. 33 .. > Bhāskara said: / "This Vindhya mountain stands blocking our path, / out of rivalry with the foremost of mountains, Sumeru, O best of sages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.34) sāmādyairvividhopāyaistasmādenaṃ nivāraya .. kālātyayo yathā na syādgaterbhaṃgastathā kuru .. 34 ... .. > Restrain it, therefore, by various means such as conciliation and the rest; / act so that there is no passing of time, so that the course is not obstructed." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.35) .. agastya uvāca .. .. ahaṃ te vārayiṣyāmi vardhamānaṃ kulācalam .. svasthānaṃ gaccha tasmāttvaṃ sukhībhava divākara .. 35 .. > Agastya said: / "I shall restrain for you this growing clan mountain. / Therefore go to your own place, O maker of day, and be at ease." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.36) tataḥ sa preṣitaste na bhāskarastīkṣṇadīdhitiḥ .. svaṃ sthānaṃ prayayau hṛṣṭastamāmaṃtrya munīśvaram .. 36 .. > Then Bhāskara of sharp rays, dismissed by him, / took leave of that lord of sages and went to his own place, rejoicing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.37) agastyo'pi drutaṃ gatvā viṃdhyaṃ provāca sādaram .. nyūnatāṃ vraja madvākyācchīghraṃ parvatasattama ..37.. > Agastya also went quickly and spoke respectfully to the Vindhya: / 'Descend to a low state at my word, swiftly, O best of mountains! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.38) dākṣiṇātyeṣu tīrtheṣu snāne jātādya me matiḥ .. tavāyattā gire saiva tatkuruṣva yathocitam .. 38 .. > Today the thought has arisen in me to bathe in the southern tīrthas; / that depends on you, O mountain, so act as is fitting.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.39) sa tasya vacanaṃ śrutvā viṃdhyaḥ parvatasattamaḥ .. abhajannimnatāṃ sadyo vinayena samanvitaḥ..39.. > Hearing his word, the Vindhya, best of mountains, / immediately assumed a low level, filled with humility. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.40) agastyo'pi samāsādya tasyāṃtaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ dvijāḥ.. tvayaivaṃ saṃsthitenātha() sthātavyamityuvāca tam .. 6.33.40 .. > Agastya, having reached its southern border, O twice-born, / said to it: 'You must remain standing just as you are, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.40\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.40_1) yāvadāgamanaṃ mahyaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. no cecchāpaṃ pradāsyāmi yena saṃyāsyasi kṣayam ..4... > until my return; let there be no doubt here. / Otherwise I will pronounce a curse, by which you will meet destruction.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.42) sa tatheti pratijñāya śāpādbhīto nagottamaḥ.. na jagāma punarvṛddhiṃ tasyāgamanavāṃchayā..42.. > Promising 'So be it', terrified of the curse, the best of mountains / did not grow again, desiring his return. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.43) so'pi tenaivamārgeṇa nivṛttiṃ na karoti ca.. yāvadadyāpi vipreṃdrā dakṣiṇāṃ diśamāśrita taḥ ..43.. > And he \[Agastya\] did not turn back by that path; / even today, O leaders of brahmins, he remains residing in the southern region. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.44) atha tatraiva cānīya lopāmudrāṃ munīśvaraḥ .. samāhūya sahasrāṃśuṃ tataḥ provāca sādaram .. 44 .. > Then, bringing Lopāmudrā there, the lord of sages / summoned the thousand-rayed \[sun\] and spoke respectfully to him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.45) tava vākyānmayā tyaktaḥ svāśramastīkṣṇadī dhite .. tavārthe ca na gaṃtavyaṃ bhūyastatra kathaṃcana .. 45 .. > "At your word, O one of sharp rays, I abandoned my own hermitage; / and for your sake, I must by no means go back there again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.46) tasmānmadvacanādbhāno caturdaśyāṃ madhau site .. yanmayā sthāpitaṃ tatra liṃgaṃ pūjyaṃ hi tattva yā .. 46 .. > Therefore, at my word, O Sun, on the bright fourteenth of Madhu, / that liṅga installed by me there must certainly be worshipped by you." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.47) .. bhāskara uvāca .. .. evaṃ mune kariṣyāmi tava vākyādasaṃśayam .. pūjayiṣyāmi talliṃgaṃ varṣāṃte svayameva hi .. 47 .. > Bhāskara said: / "O sage, at your word I will certainly do so without doubt. / I myself shall worship that liṅga at the end of the year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.48) yo'nyo hi taddine liṃgaṃ pūjayiṣyati mānavaḥ .. mama lokaṃ samāsādya sa bhaviṣyati muktibhāk .. 48.. > Whatever other human being worships that liṅga on that day / shall reach my world and attain liberation." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.49) .. sūta uvāca .. .. etasmātkāraṇāttatra bhagavāṃstīkṣṇadīdhitiḥ .. caitraśuklacaturdaśyāṃ sāṃnidhyaṃ kurute sadā .. 49 .. > Sūta said: / For this reason the blessed one of sharp rays / always manifests his presence there on the fourteenth of the bright half of Caitra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.50) etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭosmi dvijottamāḥ .. bhūyo vadata vai kaścitsaṃdehaśce ddhṛdi sthitaḥ .. 6.33.50 .. > All this which I was asked has been told to you, O best of the twice-born; / speak again if any doubt remains in your hearts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.33.50\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33.50_2) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye 'gastyāśramamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma trayastriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 33 .. cha .. > Thus ends the thirty-third chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Agastya's Hermitage,' in the glory of the Hāṭakeśvara field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the auspicious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.33.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Ajitāgama](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.siva.ajita.16.52) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.33) · Pramāṇa