[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) › 5.37 # Skandapurana 5.37 Skandapurāṇa 5.37 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.37.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.2) .. sūta uvāca .. athāpaśyatsa viprāṇāṃ vṛndaṃ vṛndārakopamam.. saṃniviṣṭaṃ dharāpṛṣṭhe līlābhāji dvijottamāḥ..... eke vedavidastatra vedavyākhyānatatparāḥ.. parasparaṃ susaṃkruddhā vivadaṃti jigīṣavaḥ .. 2 .. > Sūta said: / Then he saw an assembly of brahmins resembling the gods, / seated on the ground full of charm, O best of brahmins: / some, knowers of the Veda, intent on expounding the Veda, / were intensely angry with one another, disputing in their desire for victory; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.3) yajñavidyāvido'nye'pi yajñākhyānaparāyaṇāḥ .. tatra viprāḥ pradṛśyaṃte śataśo brahmavādinaḥ .. 3 .. > others, knowers of sacrificial lore, were dedicated to explaining sacrifices; / there brahmins speaking on Brahman were seen by the hundreds; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.4) anye brāhmaṇaśārdūlā vedāṃgeṣu vicakṣaṇāḥ .. pravadaṃti ca saṃdehānvṛndānāmagrataḥ sthitāḥ .. 4 .. > other tigers among brahmins, skilled in the Vedāṅgas, / standing before assemblies, were expressing their doubts; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.5) vedābhyāsaparāścānye tāranādena sarvaśaḥ .. nādayaṃto diśāṃ cakraṃ tatra samyagdvijottamāḥ .. 5 .. > others, intent on the study of the Veda with a loud voice, / properly filled the circle of the cardinal points with sound everywhere there, O best of brahmins; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.6) anye kautūhalāviṣṭāḥ saṃcarānviṣamānmithaḥ .. papracchurjahasuścānye jñātvā mārgapravartinam .. 6 .. > others, seized with curiosity, questioned one another on difficult passages, / while others laughed upon identifying one straying from the path; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.7) smṛtivādaparāścānye tathānye śrutipāṭhakāḥ .. saṃdehānsmṛtijānanye pṛcchaṃti ca parasparam .. 7 .. > others were devoted to discussions on the Smṛti, and others were reciters of the Śruti; / others questioned one another about doubts arising from the Smṛti; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.8) kīrtayaṃti tathā cānye purāṇaṃ brāhmaṇottamāḥ .. vṛddhānāṃ puratastatra sabhāmadhye vyavasthitāḥ .. 8 .. > and other excellent brahmins recited the Purāṇa / in front of the elders, seated in the midst of the assembly there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.9) atha tānsa munirdṛṣṭvā brāhmaṇānsaṃśitavratān .. abhivādya tataḥ prāha sādaraṃ vinayānvitaḥ .. 9 .. > Then, having seen those brahmins of strict vows / and greeted them, that sage spoke with respect and humility: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.10) mama buddhiḥ samutpannā śambhorāyatanaṃ prati .. kartuṃ brāhmaṇaśārdūlāstasmātsthānaṃ pradarśyatām .. 6.37.10 .. > "The desire has arisen in my mind to build a temple to Śambhu, / O tigers among brahmins; therefore, let a site be indicated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.11) tavāhaṃ devadevasya śambhoḥ prāsādamuttamam .. vidhāyārādhayiṣyāmi tameva vṛṣabhadhvajam .. 11 .. > Having constructed an excellent temple to that Śambhu, the god of gods, / I shall worship him alone whose banner bears the bull." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.12) sa evaṃ jalpamāno'pi muhurmuhurataṃdritaḥ .. na teṣāmuttaraṃ lebhe śubhaṃ vā yadi vāśubham .. 12 .. > Although he spoke thus repeatedly and unweariedly, / he received no answer from them, whether good or bad. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.13) tataḥ kopaparītātmā samunistāndvijottamān .. śaśāpa tāraśabdena yathā śṛṇvaṃti kṛtsnaśaḥ .. 13 .. > Then, his mind seized by anger, that sage / cursed those excellent brahmins in a loud voice so that all could hear completely: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.14) .. durvāsā uvāca .. .. vidyāmado dhanamadastṛtīyo'bhijanodbhavaḥ .. ete madāvaliptānāmeta eva satāṃ damāḥ .. 14 .. > Durvāsas said: / "Arrogance born of learning, arrogance born of wealth, and a third born of high birth: / these belong to those blinded by pride; these very things are the self-restraint of the good. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.15) tatra ye'pi hi yuṣmākaṃ madā eva vyavasthitāḥ .. yatastato'nvaye'pyevaṃ bhaviṣyati madānvitāḥ .. 15 .. > Since these very haughtinesses are established among you, / therefore, even in your lineage, they shall be filled with pride. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.16) sadā sauhṛdanirmuktāḥ pitaro'pi sutaiḥ saha .. bhaviṣyaṃti pure hyasminkiṃ punarbāṃdhavādayaḥ .. 16 .. > Always bereft of affection, even fathers with their sons / shall live in this city, to say nothing of kinsmen and others!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.17) evamuktvā sa viprendro nivṛttastadanantaram .. apamānaṃ paraṃ prāpya brāhmaṇānāṃ dvijottamāḥ .. 17 .. > Having spoken thus, that foremost among the twice-born then turned back, / having met with supreme disrespect from the brahmins, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.18) atha tanmadhyago vipra āsīdvṛddhatamaḥ sudhīḥ .. suśīla iti vikhyāto vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ .. 18 .. > Now, among them was an elder brahmin of wise intellect, / renowned by the name Suśīla, who had mastered the Vedas and Vedāṅgas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.19) sa dṛṣṭvā taṃ muniṃ kruddhaṃ gacchaṃtamapamānitam .. satvaraṃ prayayau pṛṣṭhe tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti ca bruvan.. 19 .. > Seeing that sage departing angry and insulted, / he quickly went after him, calling out, "Stop! Stop!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.20) athāsādya gataṃ dūraṃ praṇipatya muniṃ ca saḥ .. provāca kṣamyatāṃ vipra viprāṇāṃ vacanānmama .. 6.37.20 .. > Then, having approached the sage who had gone far, and bowing down to him, / he said, "O brahmin, forgive the brahmins at my word. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.21) etaiḥ svādhyāyasaṃpannairna śrutaṃ vacanaṃ tava .. nottaraṃ tena saṃdattaṃ satyametadbravīmyaham .. 21 .. > Absorbed in their own Vedic study, your word was not heard by them; / on that account no reply was given; I speak the truth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.22) tasmādbhūmirmayā dattā śaṃbhuharmyakṛte tava .. asminsthāne dvijaśreṣṭha prāsādaṃ kartumarhasi .. 22 .. > Therefore, land is given by me to you for a temple of Śambhu; / in this place, O best of brahmins, you ought to build a temple." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.23) tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā durvāsā harṣasaṃyutaḥ .. kṣitidānodbhavāṃ cakre svasti brāhmaṇasattamāḥ .. prāsādaṃ nirmame paścāttasya vākye vyavasthitaḥ .. 23 .. > Hearing his word, Durvāsas was filled with joy; / he pronounced a blessing arising from the gift of land, O best of brahmins, / and afterwards, abiding by his word, he constructed a temple. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.24) atha te brāhmaṇā jñātvā suśīlena vasundharā .. devatāyatanārthāya dattā tasmai tapasvine .. 24 .. > Then, those brahmins learned that land had been given by Suśīla / to that ascetic for the purpose of a temple to the deity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.25) sarve kopasamāyuktāḥ suśīlaṃ prati te dvijāḥ .. 25 .. > All those brahmins were filled with anger toward Suśīla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.26) tataḥ procuḥ samāsādya yena śaptā durātmanā .. vayaṃ tasmai tvayā dattā prāsādārthaṃ vasundharā .. 26 .. > Then, approaching him, they said: "Land has been given by you for a temple / to that wicked-minded one by whom we were cursed! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.27) tasmāttvamapi cāsmākaṃ bāhya eva bhaviṣyasi .. suśīlo'pi hi duḥśīlo nāmnā saṃkīrtyase budhaiḥ .. 27 .. > Therefore you, too, shall become an outcast among us; / and though named Suśīla ('virtuous'), you will be called Duḥśīla ('ill-natured') by the wise! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.28) eṣo'pi tāpaso duṣṭo yaḥ karoti śivālayam ... naiva tasya bhavetsiddhiścāpi varṣaśatairapi .. 28 .. > As for this wicked ascetic who is building a dwelling for Śiva, / no accomplishment shall arise for him, even in a hundred years! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.29) tathā kīrtikṛtāṃ loke kīrtanaṃ kriyate naraiḥ .. tataḥ saṃpaśyatāṃ cāsya kīrtirnāsya tu durmateḥ .. .. 29 .. > Likewise, in this world, praise is uttered by men for temple-builders; / therefore, as all look on, there shall be no fame for this wicked-minded one!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.30) eṣa duḥśīlasaṃjño vai tava nāmnā bhaviṣyati .. prāsādo nāmamātreṇa na saṃpūrṇaḥ kadācana .. 6.37.30 .. > "This temple will indeed be known as Duḥśīla after your name. / It will exist in name only, never completed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.31) yasmātsauhṛdanirmuktāḥ kṛtāstena vayaṃ dvijāḥ .. madaistribhiḥ samāyuktāḥ sarvānvayasamanvitāḥ .. 31 .. > Because of him, we twice-born who are possessed of the three prides, / along with our entire lineages, have been bereft of friendliness; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.32) tasmādeṣo'pi pāpātmā bhaviṣyati sa kopabhāk .. taptaṃ taptaṃ tapo yena saṃprayāsyati saṃkṣayam.. 32 .. > therefore this sinful man too shall become prone to anger, / by which whatever tapas he has performed will go to ruin." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.33) evamuktvātha te viprāḥ kopasaṃraktalocanāḥ .. duḥśīlaṃ saṃparityajya praviṣṭāḥ svapure tataḥ .. 33 .. > Having spoken thus, those brahmins with eyes reddened by wrath, / having completely abandoned Duḥśīla, then entered their own city. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.34) duḥśīlo'pi bahiścakre gṛhaṃ tasya purasya ca .. devaśarmā yathāpūrvaṃ saṃtyaktaḥ puravāsibhiḥ .. 34 .. > Duḥśīla also built his house outside that city, / just as Devaśarman was previously cast out by the city dwellers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.35) tasyānvaye'pi ye jātāste bāhyāḥ saṃprakīrtitāḥ .. bāhyāḥ kriyāsu sarvāsu sarveṣāṃ puravāsinām .. 35 .. > Those who were born in his lineage are declared to be 'outsiders', / excluded from all religious rites of all the city dwellers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.36) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ teṣu dvijeṃdreṣu śāpaṃ dattvā gateṣu ca .. durvāsāḥ prāha duḥśīlaṃ kopasaṃraktalo canaḥ .. 36 .. > Sūta said: / When those lords of twice-born had departed after uttering the curse, / Durvāsas, his eyes reddened with wrath, said to Duḥśīla: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.37) mama siddhiṃ gatā maṃtrāḥ samarthāḥ śatrusaṃkṣaye .. ātharvaṇāstathā cānye vedatrayasamudbhavāḥ .. 37 .. > "My mantras have achieved perfection, capable of destroying enemies— / those of the Atharvaveda, and others originating from the three Vedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.38) tasmādetatpuraṃ kṛtsnaṃ paśupakṣi samanvitam .. nāśamadya nayiṣyāmi yathā śatrorhi duṣṭakaḥ .. 38 .. > Therefore today I will lead this entire city, together with its beasts and birds, / to destruction, just as a wicked man destroys his enemy." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.39) .. duḥśīla uvāca .. .. naitadyuktaṃ naraśreṣṭha tava kartuṃ kathaṃcana ... brāhmaṇānāṃ kṛte karma brāhmaṇasya viśeṣataḥ .. 39 .. > Duḥśīla said: / "It is not proper for you, best of men, in any way to do this / deed toward brahmins, especially as a brahmin yourself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.40) nighnaṃto vā śapaṃto vā vadaṃto vāpi niṣṭhuram .. pūjanīyāḥ sadā viprā divyām̐llokānabhīpsubhiḥ .. 6.37.40 .. > Whether striking, cursing, or speaking harshly, / brahmins must always be honoured by those desiring divine worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.41) brāhmaṇairnirjitairmene ya ātmānaṃ jayānvitam .. tāmisrādiṣu ghoreṣu narakeṣu sa pacyate .. 41 .. > He who considers himself victorious over defeated brahmins / cooks in terrible hells such as Tāmisra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.42) ātmanaśca parābhūtiṃ tasmādviprātsaheta vai .. ya icchedvasatiṃ svarge śāśvatīṃ dvijasattama .. 42 .. > Therefore one should endure defeat of oneself by a brahmin, / if one desires an eternal dwelling in heaven, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.43) eteṣāṃ brāhmaṇeṃdrāṇāṃ kṣetre siddhiṃ samāgatāḥ .. maṃtrāste tatkathaṃ nāśaṃ tvameteṣāṃ kariṣyasi .. 43 .. > Your mantras attained perfection in the kṣetra of these lords of brahmins; / so how can you bring about their destruction? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.44) brahmaghne ca surāpe ca caure bhagnavate tathā .. niṣkṛtirvihitā sadbhiḥ kṛtaghne nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ .. .. 44 .. > For the slayer of a brahmin, the drinker of liquor, the thief, and the breaker of vows, / expiation is prescribed by the virtuous, but for the ungrateful there is no expiation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.45) tasmātkopo na kartavyaḥ kṣetre cātra vyavasthitaiḥ .. kṣamāṃ kuru muniśreṣṭha kṛpāṃ kṛtvā mamopari ..45 .. > Therefore anger should not be felt by those dwelling in this kṣetra; / show patience, O best of sages, having mercy on me." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.46) .. sūta uvāca .. .. sa tatheti pratijñāya tatra kṛtvāvasattapaḥ .. prāptaśca paramāṃ siddhiṃ durlabhāṃ tridaśairapi .. 46 .. > Sūta said: / Assenting with 'So be it', he performed tapas dwelling there, / and attained the highest perfection, difficult even for the thirty \[gods\] to reach. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.47) duḥśīlākhyaḥ kṣitau so'pi prāsādaḥ khyāti māgataḥ .. yasya saṃdarśanādeva naraḥ pāpātpramucyate .. 47 .. > That temple also became famous on earth by the name Duḥśīla, / merely by the sight of which a man is freed from sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.48) tasya madhyagataṃ liṃgaṃ śuklāṣṭamyāṃ sadā naraḥ .. yaḥ paśyati kṣaṇaṃ dhyātvā narakaṃ sa na paśyati .. 48 .. > A man who meditates for a moment on the liṅga within it / and sees it on the eighth day of the bright fortnight never sees hell. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.37.48\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37.48_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇe ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye duḥśīlākhyaprāsādotpatti varṇanaṃnāma saptatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 37 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the thirty-seventh chapter, named 'Description of the Origin of the Temple Called Duḥśīla', in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\], in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.37.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.2.17.51) — Sanskrit - [Kālikāpurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.kalika.1.663) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.37) · Pramāṇa