[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) › 5.36 # Skandapurana 5.36 Skandapurāṇa 5.36 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.36.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.1) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. citreśvaramidaṃ pīṭhamagastyamuninirmitam .. yatpramāṇaṃ yatprabhāvaṃ tadasmākaṃ prakīrtaya .. 1 .. > The seers said: / "This sacred seat of Citreśvara was created by the sage Agastya. / Proclaim to us its extent and its power!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.2) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tasya pīṭhasya māhātmyaṃ vaktuṃ no śakyate dvijāḥ .. sahasreṇāpi varṣāṇāṃ mukhānāmayutairapi .. 2 .. > Sūta said: / "The māhātmya of that sacred seat cannot be spoken, O twice-born ones, / even in a thousand years, or even with tens of thousands of mouths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.3) tatra siddhimanuprāptāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ .. anudhyānasamāyuktā yoginaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ .. 3 .. > There yogins of praised vows, absorbed in deep meditation, / have attained perfection by hundreds and by thousands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.4) anyapīṭheṣu yā siddhirvarṣānuṣṭhānato bhavet .. dinenaikena tāṃ siddhiṃ labhaṃte yogino dhruvam .. 4 .. > Whatever perfection might arise in other sacred seats from a year of ritual practice, / that perfection yogins certainly obtain there in a single day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.5) yastatrātha rvaṇānmaṃtrāñjapecchraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. teṣāmarthodbhavaṃ kṛtsnaṃ phalaṃ prāpnoti sa dhruvam .. 5 .. > Whoever recites the Ātharvaṇa mantras there, endowed with faith, / he certainly obtains the entire fruit born of their purpose. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.6) putrakāmo narastatra puṃliṃgānyo japennaraḥ .. sa labhetepsitānputrānyadyapi syājjarānvitaḥ .. 6 .. > A man desiring a son who recites the masculine names there, / he would obtain desired sons, even if he were advanced in old age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.7) garbhopaniṣadaṃ tatra putrakāmo japennaraḥ .. api vandhyāprasaṃgena syātsa putrasamanvitaḥ .. 7 .. > A man desiring a son who recites the Garbha Upaniṣad there, / even through union with a barren woman he would be endowed with a son." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.8) śatrulokavināśāya yo japecchatarudriyam .. tasminpīṭhe'rayastasya sadyo gacchaṃti saṃkṣayam 0. 8 .. > A person who recites the Śatarudrīya for the destruction of enemies / at that seat sees his foes immediately perish. (8) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.9) bhūtapretapiśācādirakṣārthaṃ tatra mānavaḥ .. yo japedvāmadevyaṃ ca sa syāddhi nirupadravaḥ .. 9 .. > For protection from spirits, ghosts, piśācas, and the like, a man there / who recites the Vāmadevya \[hymn\] indeed becomes free from affliction. (9) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.10) ko'dāditi narastatra kanyārthaṃ yo japedṛcam .. yāṃ kanyāṃ dhyāyamānastu sa tāṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam .. 6.36.10 .. > A man there who recites the verse ‘Who gave?’ (ko 'dāt) desiring a maiden, / attains without a doubt that maiden upon whom he meditates. (10) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.11) yo bhūpālaprasādārthamimaṃ devā niśaṃ japet .. nirargalaḥ prasādaḥ syāttasya pārthivasaṃbhavaḥ .. 11 .. > He who recites ‘These gods’ (imaṃ devāḥ) day and night to win the favor of a king / attains unhindered favor issuing from that monarch. (11) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.12) svastrīsnehakṛteyastu taṃ patnībhiriti dvijāḥ ... japedbhāryā bhavetsādhvī tasya sā snehavatsalā .. 12 .. > He who recites ‘Together with the wives’ (taṃ patnībhiḥ), O brahmins, to secure his wife's affection / finds that his wife becomes virtuous, devoted, and loving. (12) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.13) yo lokānugrahārthāya japedaditirityapi .. tasya lokānurāgaḥ syātsalābhaśca viśeṣataḥ .. .. 13 .. > He who recites ‘Aditi’ (aditiḥ) to win the favor of people / secures the affection of the world and especially profit. (13) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.14) vittārthī yo japettatra śrīsūktaṃ manujo dvijāḥ .. sarvatastasya vittāni samāgacchaṃtyanekaśaḥ .. 14 . > A man seeking wealth who recites the Śrīsūkta there, O brahmins, / receives wealth from every quarter in many ways. (14) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.14\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.14_1) bhūmīti yo japetsāma bhūmyarthaṃ tatra mānavaḥ .. sa bhavedbhūpatirnūnaṃ nīcajātirapi dhruvam ...5.. > A man who recites the Sāman ‘Earth’ (bhūmi) there for the sake of land / truly becomes a ruler of the earth, even if born of low caste, without fail. (15) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.16) japedrathaṃtaraṃ sāma yānārthaṃ tatra yo naraḥ .. sa prāpnoti hi yānāni śīghragāni śubhāni ca .. 16 .. > A man there who recites the Rathaṃtara Sāman for the sake of vehicles / indeed obtains fast and auspicious conveyances. (16) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.17) gajārthī yo japettatra gaṇānāṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. sa prāpnoti gajānmartyo madaplāvitabhūtalān .. 17 .. > He who desires elephants and recites ‘Of the hosts’ (gaṇānām) there, O best of brahmins, / obtains elephants that flood the ground with rut. (17) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.18) na tadrakṣeti yo mantraṃ japedra kṣākṛte naraḥ .. tasya syātsarvato rakṣā sameṣu viṣameṣu ca .. 18 .. > A man who recites the mantra ‘Not that protection’ (na tadrakṣā) for the sake of safety / enjoys protection from all sides, through level and rough ways. (18) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.19) saptarṣaya iti śreṣṭhāṃ yo japettu samāhitaḥ .. ṛcaṃ rogavināśāya sa rogaiḥ pari mucyate .. 19 .. > He who, composed in mind, recites the excellent verse / ‘The Seven Seers’ (saptarṣayaḥ) for the eradication of diseases is released from diseases. (19) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.20) yadubhī yo japettatra grahapīḍārdito janaḥ .. sānukūlā grahāstasya prabhavaṃti na saṃśayaḥ .. 6.36.20 .. > A person tormented by the affliction of planets who recites ‘By Yadū’ (yadubhīḥ) there / finds the planets becoming favorable to him, without a doubt. (20) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.21) bhūtapīḍārdito yaśca bṛhatsāma japennaraḥ .. pitṛvajjāyate tasya sa bhūto'pyaṃtako'pi cet .. 21 .. > And a man afflicted by spirit-possession who recites the Bṛhat Sāman / finds that spirit becoming like a father to him, even were it the God of Death. (21) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.22) yātrāsiddhikṛte yaśca japetsūktaṃ ca śākunam .. tasya saṃsidhyate yātrā yadyapi syādakiṃcanaḥ .. 22 .. > And he who recites the Śākunam Sūkta for success on a journey / achieves success in his journey, even if he possesses nothing. (22) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.23) sarpanāśāya yastatra sārpasūktaṃ japennaraḥ .. na tasya maṃdire sarpāḥ praviśaṃti kathaṃcana .. 23 .. > A man who recites the hymn to serpents (Sārpasūkta) there for the destruction of snakes / finds snakes never entering his dwelling under any circumstance. (23) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.24) viṣanāśāya yastatra japecchra ddhāsamanvitaḥ .. uttiṣṭheti viṣaṃ sadyastasya nāśaṃ prayāsyati .. 24 .. > He who recites ‘Arise!’ (uttiṣṭha) there endowed with faith / to destroy poison immediately brings about the destruction of the venom. (24) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.25) sthāvarajagamaṃ vāpi kṛtrimaṃ yadi vā viṣam .. tasya nāmnā viniryāti tamaḥ sūryodaye yathā .. 25 .. > Be it vegetable, animal, or artificial poison, / it departs at its name, like darkness at sunrise. (25) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.26) vyāghrasāma japedyastu tatra śraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. tasya vyāghrādayo vyālā jāyaṃte saumyacetasaḥ .. 26 .. > He who recites the Vyāghrasāman there endowed with faith / finds tigers and other ferocious beasts becoming gentle-minded toward him. (26) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.27) kṛṣikarmaprasi ddhyarthaṃ yo japellāṃgalāni ca .. vṛṣṭihīne'pi loke'sminkṛṣistasya prasidhyati .. 27 .. > He who recites ‘The plows’ (lāṅgalāni) for the success of agricultural work / finds his farming flourish, even in this world devoid of rain. (27) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.28) ītināśāya tatraiva japeddevavrataṃ naraḥ .. tataḥ saṃkīrttanā deva ītayo yāṃti saṃkṣayam .. 28 .. > A man should recite the Devavrata hymn right there for the elimination of calamities; / through that utterance alone, calamities come to an end. (28) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.29) anāvṛṣṭihate loke paṃceṃdraṃ tatra yo japet .. tasya hastakṛte home tanmaṃtraiḥ syājjalāgamaḥ .. 29 .. > When the world is stricken by drought, he who recites the Pañcendra hymn there / brings about the arrival of water through an oblation offered with his hands using those mantras. (29) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.30) daṃṣṭrābhyā miti yastatra naraścaurārditaḥ paṭhet .. nopadravo bhavettasya kadāciccaurasaṃbhavaḥ .. 6.36.30 .. > A man tormented by thieves who reads ‘By the two tusks’ (daṃṣṭrābhyām) there / never suffers any trouble arising from thieves. (30) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.31) vivādārthaṃ japedyastu saṃsṛṣṭamiti tatra ca .. vivāde vijaya stasya pāpasyāpi prajāyate .. 31 .. > And he who recites ‘Connected’ (saṃsṛṣṭam) there for the sake of a dispute / attains victory in the dispute, even if he be in the wrong. (31) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.32) yo ripūccāṭanārthāya naro rudraśiro japet .. tasya te ripavo yāṃti deśaṃ tyaktvā kubuddhitaḥ .. 32 .. > A man who recites the Rudraśiras hymn to drive away his enemies / finds his enemies leaving the region due to their corrupted intellects. (32) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.33) mohanāya ripūṇāṃ ca yo japedviṣṇusaṃhitām .. tasya mohābhibhūtāste jāyaṃte ripavo dhruvam .. 33 .. > And he who recites the Viṣṇusaṃhitā to stupefy his enemies / sees those enemies become overcome by delusion, certainly. (33) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.34) vaśīkaraṇahetoryaḥ kūṣmāṃḍīḥ prajapennaraḥ .. śatravo'pi vaśe tasya kiṃ punaḥ pramadādayaḥ .. 34 .. > A man who recites the Kūṣmāṇḍa mantras for subjugation / brings even his enemies under control, not to mention women and others. (34) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.35) yaḥ staṃbhāya ripūṇāṃ vai prājāpatyaṃ ca vāruṇam .. maṃtraṃ japeddvijaśreṣṭhāḥ samyakchraddhāparāyaṇaḥ .. maṃtrasaṃstaṃbhitāstasya jāyaṃte sarvaśatravaḥ .. 35 .. > He who, devoted to right faith, O best of brahmins, recites the Prājāpatya and Vāruṇa mantras / for paralyzing his enemies / sees all his foes become paralyzed by the mantra. (35) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.36) japetkālī karālīti yaḥ śoṣāya naro dvijāḥ .. sa śoṣayati tatkṛtsnaṃ yaccitte dhārayennaraḥ .. 36 .. > A man who recites ‘Kālī, Karālī’, O brahmins, to dry up \[something\] / completely dries up whatever he holds in his mind. (36) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.37) eṣa maṃtrastadā japto hyagastyena mahātmanā.. yatprabhāvānnadīnāthastena saṃśoṣito dhruvam .. 37 .. > This mantra was recited then by the great-souled Agastya, / by whose power the lord of rivers \[the ocean\] was certainly dried up by him. (37) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.38) etatprabhāvaṃ yatpīṭhaṃ maṃtrāṇāṃ siddhikārakam.. aihikānāṃ phalānāṃ ca tanmayā vaḥ prakīrtitam .. 38 .. > The power of this seat which effects the accomplishment of mantras / and earthly fruits has thus been proclaimed by me to you. (38) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.39) yo vāṃchati punaḥ svargaṃ sa tatra dvijasattamāḥ .. snānaṃ karotu dānaṃ ca śrāddhaṃ cāpi viśeṣataḥ .. 39 .. > Moreover, he who desires heaven, O best of brahmins, / should perform ritual ablution, charitable gifts, and especially ancestral rites (śrāddha) there. (39) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.40) atha vāṃchati yo mokṣaṃ virakto bhavasāgarāt .. niṣkāmastatra saṃtuṣṭastapastapyetsubuddhimān .. 6.36.40 .. > Or, if someone desires liberation, having grown detached from the ocean of worldly existence, / let that wise person, desireless and contented, practice austerity there. (40) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.41) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. maṃtrajāpyasya māhātmyaṃ yattvayā naḥ prakīrtitam.. tatkathaṃ siddhimāyāti maṃtrajāpyaṃ hi sūtaja .. 41 .. > The seers said: / The māhātmya of mantra recitation that has been proclaimed by you to us— / how does that mantra recitation attain perfection, O son of Sūta? (41) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.42) .. sūta uvāca .. .. atra tatkathayiṣyāmi yanmayā pitṛtaḥ śrutam .. vadato brāhmaṇeṃdrasya purā durvāsaso muneḥ .. 42 .. > Sūta said: / Here I shall relate that which was heard by me from my father, / as it was spoken in ancient times by the eminent brahmin, the sage Durvāsas. (42) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.43) tena pūrvaṃ pitā'smākaṃ pṛṣṭo durvāsasā dvijāḥ .. maṃtravādakṛte yacca śṛṇudhvaṃ susamāhitāḥ .. 43 .. .. > Formerly, our father was questioned by that Durvāsas, O brahmins, / regarding the practice of mantras; listen with attentive minds: (43) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.44) .. durvāsā uvāca .. .. sādhayiṣyāmyahaṃ mantramabhīṣṭaṃ kamapi vratī .. tasya siddhikṛte brūhi vidhānaṃ śāstrasaṃbhavam .. 44 .. > Durvāsas said: / Observing vows, I wish to master a certain desired mantra. / Tell me the procedure derived from the scriptures for its accomplishment. (44) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.45) .. lomaharṣaṇa uvāca .. .. maṃtrāṇāṃ sādhanaṃ kaṣṭaṃ sarveṣāmapi sanmune .. pratyavāyasamopetaṃ bahucchidrasamākulam..45.. > Romaharṣaṇa said: / The accomplishment of all mantras is difficult, O noble sage; / it is accompanied by transgressions and full of many flaws. (45) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.46) tasmānmaṃtrakṛte siddhiṃ yadi tvaṃ vāṃchasi dvija.. camatkārapure kṣetre tatra tvaṃ gaṃtumarhasi .. 46 .. > Therefore, if you desire accomplishment through mantra, O brahmin, / you ought to go to that sacred field in Camatkārapura. (46) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.47) tatra citreśvarīpīṭhamagastyena vinirmitam .. sadyaḥ siddhikaraṃ proktaṃ mantrāṇāṃ hṛdi vartinām ..47 .. > There is the Citreśvarī seat established by Agastya, / said to instantly grant the accomplishment of mantras held in one's heart. (47) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.48) na tatra jāyate chidraṃ pratyavāyo na ca dvija .. nāsiddhirvaradānena sarveṣāṃ tridivaukasām .. 48 .. > There no defect arises, nor any transgression, O brahmin, / nor failure, due to the boon granted by all the denizens of heaven. (48) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.49) cāturyuṃgyaṃ hi tatpīṭhaṃ sthitānāṃ siddhimāha ret .. yugānurūpataḥ sadyastato vakṣyāmyahaṃ dvija .. 49 .. > For that seat bestows accomplishment across the four ages / immediately upon those residing there, according to the age; therefore I shall explain, O brahmin. (49) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.50) yo yaṃ sādhayituṃ mantramicchati dvijasattama .. sa tasya pūrvamevātha lakṣamekaṃ japennaraḥ .. .. 6.36.50 .. > Whichever mantra a person wishes to master, O best of brahmins, / that man should first recite it one hundred thousand times. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.51) tato bhavati saṃsiddho maṃtrārhaḥ sa naraḥ śuciḥ .. japedbrāhmaṇaśārdūla tato lakṣacatuṣṭayam .. daśāṃśena tu homaḥ syātsusamiddhe hutāśane .. .. 51 .. > Then, purified, that man becomes accomplished and worthy of the mantra. / Then he should recite it four hundred thousand times, O tiger among brahmins; / and one-tenth of that should be an oblation offered into a well-kindled fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.52) tatastu jāyate siddhirnūnaṃ tanmaṃtrasaṃbhavā .. tatra saumyeṣu kṛtyeṣu homaḥ siddhārthakaiḥ sitaiḥ .. 52 .. > Thereupon, accomplishment certainly arises from that mantra. / In benevolent rites, the oblation is performed there with white mustard seeds > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.52\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.52_2) jātīpuṣpaiśca viprendra smṛto brāhmaṇa bhojanaiḥ .. tathā raudreṣu kṛtyeṣu raktapuṣpaiḥ saguggulaiḥ 0.. > and jasmine flowers, O best of brahmins, and is accompanied by feeding brahmins; / likewise, in fierce rites, with red flowers and bdellium, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.53) tarpaṇaiḥ kanyakānāṃ ca homaḥ syātsa phalapradaḥ .. 53 .. > and with satisfactions offered to young maidens; such an oblation yields results. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.54) etatkṛtayuge proktaṃ maṃtrasādhanamutta mam .. sarveṣāṃ sādhakānāṃ ca mayā proktaṃ dvijottama .. 54 .. > This excellent method of mastering mantras was proclaimed for the Kṛta age; / it has been spoken by me for all practitioners, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.55) etattretāyuge proktaṃ pādonaṃ mantrasādhanam .. yugmārdhaṃ dvāpare kāryaṃ caturthāṃśaṃ kalau yuge .. 55 .. > In the Tretā age, this mastery of mantras is said to be reduced by one-quarter; / half of the pair is to be done in the Dvāpara age, and one-quarter in the Kali age. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.56) evaṃ tatra samāsādya siddhiṃ maṃtrasamudbhavām .. tatra pīṭhe tataḥ kṛtyaṃ sādhayetsvecchayā naraḥ .. 56 .. > Thus having attained there the perfection born of the mantra / at that sacred seat, a person may then accomplish his objective at will. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.57) śāpānugrahasāmarthyasaṃyutasteja sā'nvitaḥ .. ajeyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sādhūnāṃ saṃmatastathā .. 57 .. > Endowed with the capacity to curse or bestow boons, possessed of fiery power, / he becomes unassailable by any creature, and esteemed by virtuous people. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.58) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tacchrutvā sa munistasya piturmama vaco'khilam .. tataścitreśvaraṃ pīṭhaṃ samāyāto'tha sanmuniḥ .. 58 .. > Sūta said: / Having heard all that advice of his father, that sage, / that true sage, then arrived at the seat of Citreśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.59) tatra saṃsādhayāmāsa sarvānmaṃtrānyathākramam .. vidhinā śāstradṛṣṭena śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ.. 59 .. > There he mastered all the mantras in proper order, / according to the injunction seen in the scriptures, endowed with supreme faith. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.60) iti saṃsiddhamaṃtraḥ sa camatkārapuraṃ gataḥ .. viprāṇāṃ prārthanārthāya bhūmikhaṃḍakṛte dvijāḥ .. 6.36.60 .. > Thus, having mastered the mantras, he went to Camatkārapura / in order to petition the brahmins for a piece of land, O brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.36.60\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36.60_3) iti śrīskāṃde mahapurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṃḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye citreśvarīpīṭhamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭtriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 36 .. > Thus ends the thirty-sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of the Sacred Seat of Citreśvarī', in the Glory of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the sixth section, the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.36.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.36) · Pramāṇa