[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) › 5.35 # Skandapurana 5.35 Skandapurāṇa 5.35 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.35.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ teṣu prabhagneṣu hateṣu ca surottamāḥ .. prahṛṣṭamanasaḥ sarve stutvā devaṃ maheśvaram .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / When they were broken and slain in this way, the foremost gods, / all rejoicing in heart, praised the god Maheśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.2) tenaiva cātha nirmuktāḥ praṇamya ca muhurmuhuḥ .. svaṃsvaṃ sthānamathājagmuḥ śakraviṣṇupuraḥsarāḥ .. 2 .. > Then, dismissed by him, bowing repeatedly, / led by Śakra and Viṣṇu, they departed each to their own abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.3) te'pi dānavaśārdūlā hatāśāśca surottamaiḥ .. maṃtraṃ pracakrire sarve nāśāya tridivaukasām .. 3 .. > Those foremost Dānavas as well, their hopes shattered by the highest gods, / all held counsel for the destruction of the heaven-dwellers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.4) teṣāṃ maṃtrayatāmeṣa niścayaḥ samapadyata .. nānyatra dharmavidhvaṃsāddevānāṃ jāyate kṣayaḥ .. 4 .. > As they deliberated, this decision was reached: / "Except through the destruction of dharma, the ruin of the gods does not occur. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.5) tasmāttapasvino yai ca ye ca yajñaparāyaṇāḥ .. tathānye niratā dharme nihantavyā niśāgame .. 5 .. > Therefore, the ascetics, those devoted to sacrifice, / and others engaged in dharma are to be slaughtered when night arrives." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.6) evaṃ te niścayaṃ kṛtvā niṣkramya varuṇālayāt .. rātrau sadaiva nighnaṃti janāndharmaparāyaṇān .. 6 .. > Having thus made their decision, emerging from the abode of Varuṇa, / they continually slaughter people devoted to dharma at night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.7) yatra yatra bhavedyajñaḥ satraṃ 'pyutsavo'thavā .. tatra gatvā niśāyoge prakurvaṃti janakṣayam .. 7 .. > Wherever there was a sacrifice, an oblation-session, or a festival, / going there at nightfall, they brought about the destruction of people. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.9) taiḥ prasūtā makhā dhvastā dīkṣitā vinipātitāḥ .. ṛtvijaśca tathānye'pi sāmānyā dvijasattamāḥ .. 8- .. āśrame munimukhyasya śāṃḍilyasya mahātmanaḥ .. sahasraṃ brāhmaṇeṃdrāṇāṃ bhakṣitaṃ tairdurātmabhiḥ. .. 9 .. > By them sacrifices commenced were ruined; the consecrated were struck down, / as were priests and other ordinary foremost twice-born ones. / In the hermitage of the noble Śāṇḍilya, foremost among sages, / a thousand chief brahmins were devoured by those evil-minded ones. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.10) śatāni ca sahasrāṇi nihatāni dvijanmanām .. viśvāmitrasya pañcaiva saptātreścaiva dhīmataḥ .. 6.35.10 .. > And hundreds of thousands of twice-born ones were killed: / five \[thousand\] of Viśvāmitra, and seven of the wise Atri. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.11) etasminneva kāle tu samastaṃ dharaṇītalam .. naṣṭayajñotsavaṃ jātaṃ kāleyabhayapīḍitam .. 11 .. > At that very time, the entire surface of the earth, / with its sacrificial festivals destroyed, was afflicted by the dread of the Kāleyas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.12) na kaścicchayanaṃ rātrau prakaroti mahī tale .. dhṛtāyudhā janāḥ sarve tiṣṭhaṃti saha tāpasaiḥ .. 12 .. > No one slept at night on the surface of the earth; / all people stood, weapons in hand, along with the ascetics. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.13) rātrau svapaṃti ye kecidviśvastā dharmabhājanāḥ .. teṣāmasthīni dṛśyaṃte prātareva hi kevalam .. 13 .. > Whichever confident performers of dharma slept at night, / only their bones were to be seen in the morning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.14) atha devagaṇāḥ sarve yajñabhāgavinākṛtāḥ .. prajagmuḥ paramāmārti brahmaviṣṇupurassarāḥ .. 14 .. > Then all the hosts of gods, deprived of their shares in sacrifices, / fell into extreme distress, with Brahmā and Viṣṇu at their head. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.15) tato gatvā samudrāṃtaṃ vadhāya suravidviṣām .. na śekurviṣamasthāṃstānmanasāpi pradharṣitum .. 15 .. > Then, having gone to the edge of the ocean to slay the enemies of the gods, / they were unable even in thought to overpower them established in that difficult place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.16) tataḥ samudranāśāya maṃtraṃ cakruḥ suduḥkhitāḥ .. tasminnaṣṭe bhavantyeva vadhyā dānavasattamāḥ ..16.. > Then, deeply grieved, they took counsel for the destruction of the ocean: / "Once that is destroyed, the foremost Dānavas will indeed be liable to be slain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.17) agastyena vinā naiṣa śoṣaṃ yāsyati sāgaraḥ .. tasmātsaṃprārthayāmotra kṛtye gatvā munīśvaram ..17.. > Without Agastya, this ocean will not dry up; / therefore, let us go and entreat the lord of sages for this deed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.18) camatkārapure kṣetre sa tiṣṭhati ca sanmuniḥ .. tasmāttatraiva gacchāmo yena gacchati satvaram ..18.. > That noble sage resides in the Camatkārapura sacred field; / therefore, let us go right there so that he may set out quickly." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.19) evaṃ niścitya te sarve tridaśāstasya cāśramam .. saṃprāptā munimukhyasya mitrāvaruṇa janmanaḥ .. 19 .. > Having resolved thus, all those gods reached the hermitage / of that foremost among sages born of Mitra and Varuṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.20) so'pi sarvānsamālokya saṃprāptānsurasattamān .. prahṛṣṭaḥ sammukhastūrṇaṃ jagāmātīva sanmuniḥ .. 6.35.20 .. > Seeing all the foremost gods who had arrived, / that noble sage, exceedingly delighted, went swiftly to meet them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.21) provāca prāṃjalirvākyaṃ harṣa gadgadayā girā .. brahmādīṃstānsurāndṛṣṭvā vismayotphullalocanaḥ .. 21 .. > With folded hands, he spoke with a voice trembling with joy, / his eyes wide open with wonder upon seeing those gods led by Brahmā: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.22) camatkārapuraṃ kṣetrametanmedhyamapi sthitam .. bhūyo medhyataraṃ jātaṃ yuṣmākaṃ hi samāśrayāt.. 22 .. > "This Camatkārapura sacred field, though already pure, / has become even purer indeed through your refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.23) tasmādvadata yatkṛtyaṃ mayā saṃsiddhyate'dhunā .. tatsarvaṃ prakariṣyāmi yadyapi syātsuduṣkaram.. 23 .. > Therefore, speak what task may be accomplished by me now; / I will perform all of it, even if it be very difficult to do." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.24) .. devā ūcuḥ .. .. kāleyā iti daityā ye hataśeṣāḥ suraiḥ kṛtāḥ .. te samudraṃ samāśritya nighnaṃti śubhakāriṇaḥ .. 24 .. > The gods said: / "Those Daityas known as the Kāleyas, who were left over after being struck down by the gods, / taking shelter in the ocean, are slaughtering those who perform good deeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.25) śubhe nāśamanuprāpte dhruvaṃ nāśo divaukasām .. tasmātteṣāṃ vadhārthāya tvaṃ śoṣaya mahārṇavam .. 25 .. > When goodness meets with destruction, the destruction of the heaven-dwellers is certain. / Therefore, dry up the great ocean for their slaughter, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.26) yena te gocaraṃ prāptā dṛṣṭerdānavasattamāḥ .. badhyaṃte vibudhaiḥ sarve jāyaṃte ca makhā iha .. 26 .. .. > so that, brought within the range of sight, all those foremost Dānavas / may be slain by the gods, and sacrifices may take place here." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.27) .. agastya uvāca .. .. ahaṃ saṃvatsarasyāṃte śoṣayiṣyāmi sāgaram .. vidyābalaṃ samāśritya yoginīnāṃ surottamāḥ .. 27 .. > Agastya said: / "At the end of a year I will dry up the ocean, / relying on the power of the magical knowledge of the yoginīs, O foremost gods." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.28) tasmādvrajata harmyāṇi yūyaṃ yāti hi vatsaram .. yāvadbhūyo'pi varṣāṃte kāryamāgamanaṃ dhruvam .. 28 .. > "Therefore go to your mansions; for a year is passing. / When the year has ended, you must certainly return here again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.29) tato mayā samaṃ gatvā śoṣite varuṇālaye .. haṃtavyā dānavā duṣṭā hanta yaiḥ pīḍyate jagat .. 29 .. > Then, having gone together with me once the abode of Varuṇa is dried up, / the wicked Dānavas must be slain—alas, by whom the world is tormented!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.30) tato devagaṇāḥ sarve gatāḥ svesve niketane .. agastyo'pi samudyogaṃ cakre vidyāsamudbhavam .. 6.35.30 .. > Then all the hosts of gods went to their respective abodes. / Agastya too made energetic effort born of the vidyā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.31) tataḥ sarvāṇi pīṭhāni yāni saṃti dharātale .. tāni tatrānayāmāsa maṃtraśaktyā mahāmuniḥ .. 31 .. > Then all the sacred seats that exist upon the surface of the earth, / those the great sage brought there through the power of mantras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.32) aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ teṣu saṃpūjya bhaktitaḥ .. yoginīnāṃ ca vṛndāni kanyakānāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 32 .. > And having worshipped with devotion on the eighth and fourteenth days upon them / the multitudes of yoginīs, and especially the young maidens, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.33) vidyāṃ viśoṣiṇīnāma samārādhayata dvijaḥ .. pūjayitvā diśāṃ pālānkṣetrapālānapi dvijaḥ .. ākāśacāriṇīṃ caiva devatāṃ śraddhayā dvijaḥ .. 33 .. > the twice-born worshipped the vidyā named Viśoṣiṇī. / Having worshipped the guardians of the directions and the guardians of the field, / and with faith the goddess who moves through the sky, the twice-born \[invoked her\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.34) tataḥ saṃvatsarasyāṃte prasannā tasya devatā .. provāca vada yatkṛtyaṃ siddhāhaṃ tava sanmune .. .. 34 .. > Then at the end of the year the pleased goddess / said to him: "Speak what is to be done; I have been mastered by you, O good sage!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.35) .. agastya uvāca .. .. yadi devi prasannā me tadāsyaṃ viśa satvaram .. yena saṃśoṣayāmyāśu samudraṃ devi vāgyataḥ .. 35 .. > Agastya said: / "If you are pleased with me, O goddess, enter my mouth swiftly, / so that by holding my speech I may quickly dry up the ocean, O goddess." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.36) sā tatheti pratijñāya praviṣṭā satvaraṃ mukhe .. saṃśoṣaṇī mahāvidyā tasyarṣerbhāvitātmanaḥ .. 36 .. > She assented with "So be it," and swiftly entered the mouth / of that sage of cultivated soul, \[she\] the great vidyā Saṃśoṣaṇī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.37) etasminnaṃtare prāptāḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ .. dhṛtāyudhakarā hṛṣṭāḥ saṃnaddhā yuddhahetave .. 37 .. > In the meantime, all the gods arrived together with Indra, / weapons held in their hands, rejoicing, armed and ready for the purpose of battle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.38) tataḥ saṃprasthito vipro devaiḥ sarvaiḥ samāhitaḥ .. vārirāśiṃ samuddiśya saṃśuṣkavadanastadā .. 38 .. > Then the brahmin set forth, accompanied by all the gods, / heading towards the mass of waters, his face then completely parched. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.39) atha gatvā samudrāṃtaṃ stūyamāno divālayaiḥ .. pipāsākulito'tīva sarvāndevānuvāca ha .. 39 .. > Then, having gone to the edge of the ocean while being praised by the dwellers of heaven, / being exceedingly overcome by thirst, he spoke indeed to all the gods: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.40) eṣo'haṃ sāgaraṃ sadyaḥ śoṣayiṣyāmi sāṃpratam .. yūyaṃ bhavata sodyogā vadhāya suravidviṣām .. 6.35.40 .. > "Here, I will immediately dry up the ocean right now. / You must be ready with effort for the slaughter of the enemies of the gods." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.41) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evamuktvā muniḥ so'tha matsyakacchapasaṃkulam.. helayā prapapau kṛtsnaṃ grāhaiḥ kīrṇaṃ mahārṇavam .. 41 .. > Sūta said: / Having spoken thus, that sage then, with ease, completely drank / the great ocean, crowded with fish and turtles and strewn with sea-monsters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.42) tataḥ sthalopame jāte te daityāḥ surasattamaiḥ .. vadhyante niśitairbāṇaiḥ samantādvijigīṣubhiḥ .. 42 .. > Then, when it had become like dry land, those Daityas were slain / by the excellent gods with sharp arrows on all sides, wishing for victory. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.43) atha kṛtvā mahadyuddhaṃ yathā śaktyātidāruṇam .. hatabhūyiṣṭhaśeṣā ye bhittvā bhūmiṃ gatā adhaḥ..43.. > Then, having fought a great and exceedingly terrible battle according to their strength, / those who remained after most were killed split the earth and went below. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.44) tataḥ procuḥ surāḥ sarve stutvā taṃ munisattamam .. parityaja jalaṃ bhūyaḥ pūraṇārthaṃ mahodadheḥ .. 44 .. > Then all the gods, having praised that best of sages, said: / "Discharge the water once more for the sake of refilling the great ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.45) naiṣā vasumatī vipra samudreṇa vinākṛtā .. rājate vastusaṃtyaktā yathā nārī vibhūṣitā .. 45 .. > Deprived of the ocean, O brahmin, this earth / does not look splendid, just as an adorned woman devoid of clothing \[does not look splendid\]." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.46) .. agastya uvāca .. ... yā mayā''rādhitā vidyā varṣaṃyāvatpraśoṣaṇī .. tayā pītamidaṃ toyaṃ pariṇāmagataṃ tathā .. 46 .. > Agastya said: / "The desiccating vidyā which was worshipped by me for the course of a year, / by her this water was drunk, and it has also been digested. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.47) eṣa yāsyati vai pūrtiṃ bhūyo'pi varuṇālayaḥ .. khātaścāgādhatāṃ prāpto gaṃgātoyaiḥ sunirmalaiḥ .. 47 .. > This abode of Varuṇa will indeed attain fullness once again; / dug out and having reached bottomlessness, \[it will be filled\] by the pure waters of the Gaṅgā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.48) sagaronāma bhūpālo bhaviṣyati mahītale .. tatputrāḥ ṣaṣṭisāhasrāḥ khaniṣyaṃti na saṃśayaḥ .. 48 .. > There will be a king named Sagara upon the surface of the earth. / His sixty thousand sons will dig it out; there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.49) tasyaivānvayavānrājā bhaviṣyati bhagīrathaḥ .. sa jñātikāraṇādgaṃgāṃ brahmāṃḍādānayiṣyati .. 49 .. > Belonging to his very lineage, there will be a king named Bhagīratha. / For the sake of his kinsmen, he will bring the Gaṅgā from the cosmic egg. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.50) pravāheṇa tatastasyāḥ samaṃtādaṃbhasāṃnidhiḥ .. bhaviṣyati susaṃpūrṇaḥ satyametanmayoditam .. 6.35.50 .. > Then, by her flow on all sides, the ocean / will become fully filled; this that I have spoken is true." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.51) .. devā ūcuḥ .. .. devakṛtyaṃ muniśreṣṭha bhavatā hyupapāditam .. tasmātprārthaya cittasthaṃ varaṃ sarvaṃ munīśvara .. 51 .. > The gods said: / "The task of the gods has indeed been accomplished by you, O best of sages! / Therefore ask, O lord of sages, every boon that resides in your mind." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.52) .. agastya uvāca .. .. camatkārapure kṣetre mayā pīṭhānyaśeṣataḥ .. ānītāni prabhāvena maṃtrāṇāṃ surasattamāḥ .. 52 .. > Agastya said: / "In the sacred field of Camatkārapura all the sacred seats without remainder / have been brought by me by the power of mantras, O best of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.53) tasmātteṣāṃ sadā vāsastatraivāstu prabhāvataḥ .. sarvāsāṃ yoginīnāṃ ca mātṝṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ .. 53 .. > Therefore, by \[your\] power, let their dwelling be always right there, / and \[the dwelling\] of all the yoginīs, and especially of the Mothers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.54) aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ tāni yaḥ śraddhayā'nvitaḥ .. pūjayiṣyati tasya syātsamastaṃ manasepsitam .. 54 .. > And whoever, endowed with faith, worships them on the eighth and fourteenth days, / all that is desired in his mind shall come to be." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.55) .. devā ūcuḥ .. .. yasmāccitrāṇi pīṭhāni tvayānītāni tatra hi .. tasmāccitreśvaraṃ nāma pīṭhamekaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 55 .. > The gods said: / "Since diverse sacred seats were brought there by you, / therefore there shall be one sacred seat named Citreśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.56) yo yaṃ kāmamabhidhyāya tatra pūjāṃ kariṣyati .. yoginīnāṃ ca vidyānāṃ mātṝṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ .. 56 .. > Whichever desire a person meditates upon and performs worship there, / of the yoginīs, the vidyās, and especially of the Mothers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.57) taṃtaṃ kāmaṃ naraḥ śīghraṃ saṃprāpsyati mahāmune .. asmākaṃ varadānena yadyapi syātsupāpakṛt.. 57 .. > that very desire the mortal shall quickly obtain, O great sage, / by the granting of our boon, even if he were a great doer of evil." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.58) evamuktvā surāḥ sarve tamāmantrya munīśvaram .. gatāstriviṣṭapaṃ hṛṣṭāḥ so'pyagastyaḥ svamāśramam .. 58 .. > Having spoken thus, all the gods, having bidden farewell to that lord of sages, / went joyfully to heaven; and Agastya too \[went\] to his own hermitage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.59) .. sūta uvāca .. .. etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ yathā sa payasāṃnidhiḥ .. agastyena purā pīto devakāryaprasiddhaye .. 59 .. > Sūta said: / All this has been narrated to you: how that ocean / was drunk of old by Agastya for the accomplishment of the purpose of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.35.59\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35.59_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye'gastyakṛtasamudra prāśanavṛttāṃte'gastyāhūtapīṭhasamūhasya devaiścitreśvarapīṭhanāmapūrvakavarapradānavarṇanaṃnāma pañcatriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 35 .. ..9.. > Thus ends the thirty-fifth chapter, titled 'The Description of the Granting of the Boon Named the Sacred Seat of Citreśvara by the Gods to the Assemblage of Sacred Seats Summoned by Agastya, in the Narrative of the Drinking of the Ocean by Agastya', in the Māhātmya of Hāṭakeśvarakṣetra, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection in the glorious Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.35.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.35) · Pramāṇa