Skandapurana 5.43
Skandapurāṇa 5.43
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5.43.1
.. menakovāca .. ..
anyāstā nāyikā vipra yāsāṃ dharmastvayoditaḥ ..
svecchācāravihāriṇyo vayaṃ veśyā divaukasām .. 1 ..
Menakā said: / Other women are the mistresses, O brahmin, whose duty has been declared by you; / we are the courtesans of the gods, wandering according to our own desire. // 1
5.43.2
sa tvaṃ vada mahābhāga kasmāddeśātsamāgataḥ ..
mama cittaharo vāpi tīrthe dharmiṣṭhasaṃśraye .. 2 ..
Therefore tell me, O illustrious one: from what country have you arrived, / captivator of my heart, at this sacred ford which is the resort of the most righteous? // 2
5.43.3
tvāṃ dṛṣṭvāhaṃ mahābhāga kāmadeva samākṛtim ..
pulakāṃcitasarvāṃgī kāmabāṇaprapīḍitā .. 3 ..
Having seen you, O illustrious one, who have the form of the god of love, / with all my limbs bristling with excitement, I am tormented by the arrows of desire. // 3
5.43.4
tasmādbhajasva māṃ raktāṃ no cedyāsyāmi saṃkṣayam ..
kāmabāṇapradagdhā vai puro'pi tava tāpasa ..
tataḥ strīvadhapāpena lipyase tvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ .. 4 ..
Therefore yield to me who am in love with you; otherwise I shall perish, / utterly burned by the arrows of desire, right before you, O ascetic! / Then you will be smeared with the sin of killing a woman, without doubt. // 4
5.43.5
.. tāpasa uvāca .. ..
vayaṃ vratadharāḥ subhru brahmacaryaparāyaṇāḥ ..
mūrkhāḥ kāmavidhau bhadre niratāḥ śivaśāsane .. 5 ..
The ascetic said: / We are observers of vows, O fair-browed one, devoted to celibacy, / ignorant in the ways of sensual desire, O auspicious lady, and devoted to the ordinance of Śiva. // 5
5.43.6
sarveṣāṃ vratināṃ mūlaṃ brahmacaryamudāhṛtam ..
viśeṣācchivabhaktānāmevaṃ bhūyo vidhāsyasi .. 6 ..
Celibacy is proclaimed to be the root of all vow-holders, / especially of the devotees of Śiva; thus you will act again. // 6
5.43.7
api varṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ yattapaḥ kurute vratī ..
sakṛtstrīsaṃgamānnāśaṃ yāti pāśupatasya ca .. 7 ..
Even the austerity that an observer of vows performs for a full hundred years / goes to destruction from a single contact with a woman for a Pāśupata. // 7
5.43.8
māṃ ca pāśupataṃ lubdhā kasmāttvaṃ bhīru bhāṣase ..
īdṛkpāpatamaṃ karma garhitaṃ śivaśāsane .. 8 ..
Why do you, lustful and timid, speak to me, a Pāśupata? / Such a most sinful act is condemned in the ordinance of Śiva. // 8
5.43.9
yaḥ strīṃ bhajati pāpātmā vṛthā pāśupatavratī ..
so'tītāndaśa cādhāya puruṣānnarake pacet .. 9 ..
That sinful soul who, observing the Pāśupata vow in vain, unites with a woman, / would roast in hell, taking ten preceding generations of men along with him. // 9
5.43.10
āstāṃ tāvatsamā saṃgaṃ saṃsparśaṃ ca varānane ..
saṃbhāṣamapi pāpāya strībhiḥ pāśupatasya ca .. 6.43.10 ..
Let alone close association and physical contact, O fair-faced one; / even conversation with women leads to sin for a Pāśupata. // 10
5.43.11
tasmād drutataraṃ gaccha sthānādasmādvarāṃgane ..
yatrāvāpsyasi cābhīṣṭaṃ tatra tvaṃ gantumarhasi .. 11 ..
Therefore go quickly from this place, O excellent woman; / you ought to go to that place where you will obtain your desire. // 11
5.43.43
iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye viśvāmitrakuṇḍotpattivṛttānte viśvāmitramenakāsaṃvādavarṇanaṃnāma tricatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 43 .. .. cha ..
Thus ends the forty-third chapter, named 'Description of the Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and Menakā,' in the account of the origin of Viśvāmitrakuṇḍa, in the māhātmya of Hāṭakeśvara sacred field, in the sixth Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. // 43
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