[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) › 5.45 # Skandapurana 5.45 Skandapurāṇa 5.45 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.45.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tatraivāsti dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ supuṇyaṃ puṣkaratrayam.. yatra pūrvaṃ tapastaptamānartādhipabhūbhujā .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Right there, O best of the twice-born, is the exceedingly holy triad of Puṣkaras, / where austerity was performed of old by the king who ruled Ānarta. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.2) yastatra kārtike māsi kṛttikāsthe niśākare .. madhyāhne kurute snānaṃ sa gacchati parāṃ gatim .. 2 .. > Whoever performs a ritual ablution there at midday in the month of Kārttika / when the moon is in Kṛttikā, goes to the supreme state. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.3) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. kathaṃ tatra samāyātaṃ supuṇyaṃ puṣkaratrayam .. kasminsthāne ca vijñeyaṃ kaiścihnairvada sūtaja .. .. 3 .. > The ṛṣis said: / How did the exceedingly holy triad of Puṣkaras arrive there? / And in what place is it to be recognized, and by what signs? Tell us, O Sūta! 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.4) .. sūta uvāca .. .. ahaṃ vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi yaiścihnaiḥ puṣkaratrayam .. prāgdṛṣṭaṃ muninā tatra viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā .. 4 .. > Sūta said: / I shall declare to you by what signs the triad of Puṣkaras / was seen of old there by the sage, the wise Viśvāmitra. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.5) purā nivasatastasya viśvāmitrasya sanmuneḥ .. saṃprāptā kārtikī puṇyā kṛttikāyogasaṃyutā .. 5 .. > Anciently, while that good sage Viśvāmitra was dwelling there, / the holy full-moon day of Kārttika, joined with the asterism Kṛttikā, arrived. 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.6) sarvatīrthamayaṃ kṣetraṃ tadvijñāya taponidhiḥ .. tataśca cintayāmāsa svacitte gādhinandanaḥ .. 6 .. > Knowing that sacred field to consist of all sacred fords, the treasury of austerity, / that son of Gādhi, then pondered in his own mind: 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.7) adyeyaṃ kārtikī puṇyā kṛttikāyogasaṃyutā .. yasyāṃ snāne naraiḥ śreyaḥ prāpyate puṣkarodake .. ādyaṃ tu puṣkaraṃ dūre na gantuṃ śakyate'dhunā .. 7 .. > “Today is that holy full-moon day of Kārttika, joined with the asterism Kṛttikā, / on which welfare is obtained by men through bathing in the water of Puṣkara; / but the original Puṣkara is far away, and it is impossible to go now. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.8) tasmādatra sthitaṃ yacca tasminsnānaṃ karomyaham .. sa evaṃ niścayaṃ kṛtvā śraddhāpūtena cetasā .. 8 .. > Therefore I shall perform my ritual ablution in whatever is located here.” / Having thus resolved with a mind purified by faith, 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.9) tataścānveṣayāmāsa puṣkarāṇi samaṃtataḥ .. bahutvāttatra tīrthānāṃ niścayaṃ nānvapadyata ..9.. > he then searched for the Puṣkaras on every side; / but because of the multitude of sacred fords there, he could not reach a certainty. 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.10) dṛṣṭvādṛṣṭvā jalasthānaṃ snānaṃ cakre tataḥ param.. sa tadā śramamāpanno bhramamāṇa itastataḥ..6.45.10.. > Looking repeatedly at every body of water, he performed his ritual ablution after that; / then, wandering here and there, he became exhausted. 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.12) vṛkṣamūlaṃ samāśritya niviṣṭaśca kṣitau tataḥ.. tuṣṭāvātha śucirbhūtvā śraddhayā ca tripuṣkaram ...... madhyamādyojanaṃ svargaḥ kaniṣṭhādardha yojanam .. jyeṣṭhakuṇḍātpunaḥ khyāto hastaprāyaḥ śubhātmabhiḥ .. 12 .. > Having resorted to the root of a tree, he sat down upon the ground; / then, having become pure, he praised the three Puṣkaras with faith: / “Heaven is a yojana from the Middle one, half a yojana from the Smallest, / while from the Eldest pool it is declared by the pure-minded to be nearly a cubit away. 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.13) pāvayaṃti hi tīrthāni snānadānādasaṃśayam .. puṣkarālokanādeva naraḥ pāpātpramu cyate .. 13 .. > The sacred fords certainly purify through bathing and gifts; / but by the mere sight of Puṣkara a person is freed from sin. 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.14) puṣkarāraṇyamāśritya śākamūlaphalairapi .. ekasminbhojite vipre koṭirbhavati bhojitā .. 14 .. > Resorting to the forest of Puṣkara, if a single brahmin is fed / even with greens, roots, and fruits, ten million are fed! 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.15) puṣkare duṣkaraṃ snānaṃ puṣkare duṣkaraṃ tapaḥ .. puṣkare duṣkaro vāsaḥ sarvaṃ puṣkaraduṣkaram .. 15 .. > Difficult is ritual ablution at Puṣkara, difficult is austerity at Puṣkara, / difficult is dwelling at Puṣkara; everything is difficult at Puṣkara! 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.16) kārtikyāṃ kṛttikāyoge puṣkare snāti yo naraḥ .. sa kṣaṇānmucyate pāpādājanmamaraṇodbhavāt .. 16 .. > The person who bathes at Puṣkara on the full-moon day of Kārttika under the asterism Kṛttikā / is instantly freed from the sin arising from birth and death! 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.17) jyeṣṭhe prātaśca madhyāhne madhyame snāti yo naraḥ .. kaniṣṭhe'stamite bhānau sakṛtsvargamavāpnuyāt .. 17 .. > The person who bathes in the Eldest in the morning, in the Middle one at midday, / and in the Smallest when the sun has set, would at once attain heaven. 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.18) tāvattiṣṭhati deheṣu pātakaṃ sarvadehinām .. yāvanna pauṣkaraistoyaiḥ snānaṃ vai kurvate narāḥ .. 18 .. > Sin remains in the bodies of all embodied beings only as long / as men do not take a ritual ablution in the waters of Puṣkara. 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.19) divākarakaraiḥ spṛṣṭaṃ tamo yadvatpraṇaśyati .. puṣkarodakasaṃsparśācchīghraṃ gacchati pātakam .. 19 .. > Just as darkness touched by the rays of the sun vanishes, / so through contact with the waters of Puṣkara does sin swiftly depart. 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.20) brahmahatyādikaṃ pāpaṃ kṛtvāpi puruṣo bhuvi .. kārtikyāṃ puṣkare snātvā nirdoṣatvaṃ prapadyate .. 6.45.20 .. > Even having committed sins such as killing a brahmin, a man on earth, / by bathing at Puṣkara on the full-moon day of Kārttika, attains guiltlessness. 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.21) kiṃ dānaiḥ kiṃ vratairhomaiḥ kiṃ yajñairvahuvistaraiḥ .. kārtikyāṃ puṣkare snānaiḥ sarveṣāṃ labhyate phalam .. 21 .. > What need of gifts, what need of observances and burnt-offerings, what need of extensive sacrifices? / The fruit of all of them is obtained by bathing at Puṣkara on the full-moon day of Kārttika! 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.22) yadyeṣā bhāratī satyā mayā samyamudīritā .. tanme syāddarśanaṃ śīghraṃ sadyaḥ puṣkarasaṃbhavam .. 22 .. > If this speech has been spoken truthfully by me with self-control, / then may there quickly be for me an immediate darśana of Puṣkara!” 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.23) evaṃ tasya bruvāṇasya viśvāmitrasya dhīmataḥ .. aśarīrā'bhavadvāṇī gaganāddvijasattamāḥ .. 23 .. > As the wise Viśvāmitra was speaking thus, / a bodiless voice arose from the sky, O best of the twice-born: 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.24) viśvāmitra muniśreṣṭha sadā me gagane sthitiḥ .. muktvaikāṃ kārtikīṃ caiva kṛttikāyogasaṃyutām .. 24 .. > “O Viśvāmitra, best of sages, my stay is always in the sky, / except on the single full-moon day of Kārttika joined with the asterism Kṛttikā. 24” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.25) tadatra divase vāso mama bhūmitale dhruvam .. asminneva vane puṇye tattvaṃ snānaṃ samācara .. 25 .. > Therefore, on that day my dwelling is certainly on the earth's surface / in this very sacred forest; therefore, perform your ritual ablution. 25. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.26) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. sarveṣāmeva tīrthānāṃ śrūyate ca samāśrayaḥ .. tatkathaṃ vedmi tīrtheśa tvāmatraiva vyavasthitam .. 26 .. > Viśvāmitra said: / You are heard to be the refuge of all sacred fords; / then how, O lord of sacred fords, may I know that you are present right here? 26. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.27) tadotthitā punarvāṇī tārā gaganagocarā .. viśvāmitraṃ muniśreṣṭhaṃ harṣayaṃtī dvijottamāḥ .. 27 .. > Then there arose again a loud voice moving in the sky, / delighting Viśvāmitra, the best of sages, O best of brahmins: 27. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.28) nātidūre vanādasmādatra saṃti jalāśayāḥ .. teṣāmekatame padmaṃ vidyate'dhomukhaṃ sthitam .. 28 .. > Not very far from this forest there are bodies of water here; / in one of them there is a lotus that stands facing downwards. 28. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.29) ūrdhvavaktraṃ dvitīye ca tiryagvaktraṃ tṛtīyake .. tatrordhvāsyaiḥ sarojaiśca vijñeyaṃ jyeṣṭhapuṣkaram .. 29 .. > In the second, it faces upwards, and in the third, it faces sideways. / There, by the upward-facing lotuses Jyeṣṭhapuṣkara is to be recognized; 29. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.30) pārśvavaktrairdvijaśreṣṭha madhyamaṃ parikīrtitam .. adhovaktraistathā jñeyaṃ kaniṣṭhaṃ puṣkaraṃ kṣitau .. 6.45.30 .. > by the sideways-facing ones, O best of brahmins, the middle one is celebrated; / and by the downward-facing ones Kaniṣṭhapuṣkara on earth is to be known. 6.45.30. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.31) etaiścihnairmuniśreṣṭha jñātvā snānaṃ samācara .. tacchrutvā sa munistūrṇaṃ samutthāya yayau tataḥ .. 31 .. > Recognizing \[them\] by these signs, O best of sages, perform your ritual ablution. / Having heard that, the sage quickly rose and went from there. 31. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.32) tādṛśaiḥ kamalaistatra saṃsthitāste jalāśayāḥ .. tāndṛṣṭvā śraddhayopetaḥ kṛtvā snānaṃ yathākramam .. 32 .. > Those bodies of water were situated there with such lotuses; / having seen them and being endowed with faith, he performed his ritual ablution in due order. 32. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.33) tataśca vidhinā samyakcakārapitṛtarpaṇam .. 33 .. > And then, according to the rule, he properly performed the libation to the ancestors. 33. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.34) tataḥ śākaiśca mūlaiśca nīvāraiḥ phalasaṃyutaiḥ .. cakāra vidhinā śrāddhaṃ tatraiva dvijasattamāḥ .. 34 .. > Then with vegetables, roots, and wild grains accompanied by fruits, / he performed a śrāddha according to rule right there, O best of brahmins. 34. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.35) tatra tasyaiva tīrastho vīkṣāṃcakre samāhitaḥ .. kārtikyāṃ kṛttikāyoge cihnadarśanalālasaḥ .. 35.. > Standing on its bank, concentrated in mind, he watched / on the Kārtika full moon day in the conjunction with Kṛttikā, eager to see the sign. 35. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.36) .. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .. .. kīdṛśaṃ jāyate cihnaṃ kārtikyāṃ jyeṣṭhapuṣkare .. saṃprāpte kṛttikāyoge sarvaṃ tatra vadāśu naḥ .. 36 .. > The brahmins said: / What kind of sign arises on the Kārtika full moon day at Jyeṣṭhapuṣkara / when the conjunction with Kṛttikā arrives? Tell us all that quickly! 36. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.37) .. sūta uvāca .. .. kārtikyāṃ kṛttikāyoge yadā gacchati caṃdramāḥ .. tadā niṣkrāmati śreṣṭhaṃ kamalaṃ jalamadhyataḥ .. 37 .. > Sūta said: / On the Kārtika full moon day, when the moon enters into the conjunction with Kṛttikā, / then an extraordinary lotus emerges from the midst of the water. 37. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.38) tanmadhyeṃ'guṣṭhamātrastu puruṣo dṛśyate janaiḥ .. susnātaiḥ śraddhayopetaistatastīrthaphalaṃ labhet .. 38 .. > In its center a person merely the size of a thumb is seen by people / who have bathed well and are endowed with faith; then one obtains the fruit of the sacred ford. 38. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.39) etasmātkāraṇātsnātvā viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ .. taccihnaṃ vīkṣayāmāsa mahadyatnaṃ samāśritaḥ .. .. 39 .. > For this reason, having bathed, the great sage Viśvāmitra / watched for that sign, applying great effort. 39. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.40) tasyaivaṃ vīkṣamāṇasya viśvāmitrasya dhīmataḥ .. ānartādhipatistatra prāpto rājā bṛhadbalaḥ .. 6.45.40 .. > As that wise Viśvāmitra was thus watching, / the ruler of Ānarta, King Bṛhadbala, arrived there, 6.45.40. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.41) atyaṃtaṃ mṛgayāśrāṃto hatvā mṛgagaṇānbahūn .. ṛkṣāṃścaiva varāhāṃśca sāraṃgānatha saṃbarān .. 41 .. > exceedingly exhausted from hunting, having slain many herds of deer, / bears, boars, antelopes, and sambar deer, 41. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.42) siṃhānvyāghrānvṛkāṃścaiva hiṃsānāraṇyacāriṇaḥ .. tathānyānapi madhyāhne tena mārgeṇa saṃgataḥ .. 42 .. > lions, tigers, wolves, and ferocious forest-dwellers, / as well as others; at midday he arrived along that path. 42. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.43) athāpaśyaddrumopāṃte viśvāmitraṃ munīśvaram .. upaviṣṭaṃ kṛtasnānaṃ vīkṣamāṇaṃ jalāśayam .. 43 .. > Then he saw Viśvāmitra, the lord of sages, near a tree, / seated, having completed his ritual ablution, watching the pool of water. 43. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.44) tatastaṃ praṇipatyoccairavatīrya turaṃgamāt .. śramārttaḥ salile tasminpraviveśa nṛpottamaḥ .. 44 .. > Then, having bowed to him respectfully and dismounted from his horse, / the best of kings, afflicted by fatigue, entered into that water. 44. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.45) etasminnaṃtare toyātkamalaṃ tadvinirgatam .. sahasrapatrasaṃjuṣṭaṃ dvādaśārkasamaprabham .. .. 45 .. > In that interval, that lotus emerged from the water, / endowed with a thousand petals, possessing a radiance equal to twelve suns. 45. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.46) taddṛṣṭvā sa mahīpālaḥ padmamatyadbhutaṃ mahat .. jagrāha kautukāviṣṭaḥ svayaṃ savyena pāṇinā .. 46 .. > Having seen that great, most wondrous lotus, the protector of the earth, / seized by curiosity, took hold of it with his own left hand. 46. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.47) spṛṣṭamātre tatastasminkamale dvijasattamāḥ .. utthitaḥ sumahāñchabdo viśvaṃ yena prapūritam .. 47 .. > Then, as soon as that lotus was touched, O best of brahmins, / a very great sound arose, by which the universe was filled. 47. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.48) taṃ śabdaṃ sa mahīpālaḥ śrutvā mūrchāmupāviśat .. patitaśca jale tasminpadmaṃ cādarśanaṃ gatam .. 48 .. > Hearing that sound, the protector of the earth fell into a faint / and tumbled into that water, and the lotus vanished from sight. 48. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.49) tataḥ kṛcchreṇa mahatā karṣitaḥ salilādbahiḥ .. sevakairduḥkhaśokārttairhāheti pratijalpakaiḥ .. 49 .. > Then, with great difficulty, he was pulled out of the water / by his servants, who were afflicted with grief and sorrow, crying out: “Alas, alas!” 49. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.50) tatastīraṃ samāsādya kṛcchrātprāpyātha cetanām .. yāvadvīkṣayati svāṃgaṃ tāvatkuṣṭhaṃ samāgatam .. 6.45.50 .. > Then, having reached the bank and regained consciousness with difficulty, / as soon as he looked at his own limbs, leprosy had set in. 6.45.50. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.51) tato viṣādamāpanno dṛṣṭvā tādṛṅnijaṃ vapuḥ .. śīrṇaghrāṇāṃghrihastaṃ ca ghargharasvarasaṃyutam .. 51 .. > Then he was overwhelmed with dejection upon seeing such a body of his own, / with rotted nose, feet, and hands, and accompanied by a rattling voice. 51. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.52) atha gatvā muneḥ pārśve viśvāmitrasya bhūmipaḥ .. uvāca vacanaṃ dīnaṃ bāṣpagadgadayā girā .. .. 52 .. > Then, going into the presence of the sage Viśvāmitra, the king / spoke miserable words in a voice choked with tears: 52. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.53) bhagavanpaśya me jātaṃ yādṛśaṃ vapureva hi .. akasmādeva magnasya salile'tra vigarhitam .. 53 .. > “O lord, see what kind of body has indeed become mine, / suddenly and blameworthy, after diving into this water! 53. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.54) tatkiṃ pānīyadoṣo vā kiṃ vā bhūmermunī śvara .. yenedṛksahasā yātaṃ vikṛtiṃ me śarīrakam .. 54 .. > Is it a defect of the water, then, or of the ground, O lord of sages, / through which my body has suddenly undergone such deformity?” 54. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.55) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. sāvitraṃ padmamevaitadyatspṛṣṭaṃ bhūpate tvayā .. ucchiṣṭena ravirmadhye svayaṃ yasya vyavasthitaḥ .. 55 .. > Viśvāmitra said: / “This was indeed a solar lotus that you touched, O king, / while being impure, in whose center the sun himself resides. 55. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.56) yadā syātkṛttikāyogaḥ kārtike māsi pārthiva .. śaśāṃkasya tadā caitajjāyate pauṣkare jale .. 56 .. > When the conjunction with Kṛttikā of the moon occurs in the month of Kārtika, O king, / only then does this appear in the water of Puṣkara. 56. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.57) tadidaṃ puṣkaraṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ bhavānyatra śramāturaḥ .. praviṣṭaḥ kārtikī cādya kṛttikāyogasaṃyutā .. 57 .. > So this is Jyeṣṭhapuṣkara, where you, afflicted by fatigue, / entered; and today is the Kārtika full moon day endowed with the conjunction with Kṛttikā. 57. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.58) etadvīkṣya naro hyatra snānaṃ kuryājjalāśaye .. śraddhayā parayā yuktaḥ sa gacchati parāṃ gatim ..58.. > Having beheld this, a man who performs ritual ablution in this pool of water, / endowed with supreme faith, goes to the supreme state. 58. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.59) ucchiṣṭena tvayā rājanharaṇāya hi kevalam .. etatsaroruhaṃ spṛṣṭaṃ tenedṛksaṃsthitaṃ phalam ..59.. .. > By you, while impure, O king, merely to seize it, / this lotus was touched; therefore such a fruit has resulted.” 59. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.60) .. bṛhadbala uvāca .. .. kathaṃ me syānmuniśreṣṭha kuṣṭhavyādhiparikṣayaḥ .. tapasā niyamenāpi vratenāpi kṛtena vai .. 6.45.60 .. > Bṛhadbala said: / “How may the destruction of the disease of leprosy happen for me, O best of sages, / through austerity, restriction, or even an observed vow?” 6.45.60. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.61) .. viśvāmitra uvāca .. .. ārādhaya sahasrāṃśumasminkṣetre mahīpate .. tataḥ prāpsyasi saṃsiddhiṃ kuṣṭhanāśasamudbhavām .. 61 .. > Viśvāmitra said: / “Worship the thousand-rayed sun in this sacred field, O king; / then you will attain the perfection arising from the destruction of leprosy.” 61. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.62) tacchrutvā sa munervākyaṃ bhūmipālo bṛhadbalaḥ .. tatkṣaṇātsthāpayāmāsa sūryasya pratimāṃ tadā .. 62 .. > Having heard that speech of the sage, King Bṛhadbala / then immediately installed an image of the sun. 62. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.63) arcayāmāsa vidhivatpuṣpadhūpānulepanaiḥ .. śraddhayā parayā yukto ravivāre viśeṣataḥ.. .. 63 .. > Endowed with supreme faith, he worshipped it according to the rule with flowers, incense, and ointments, / especially on Sunday, 63. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.64) upavāsaparo bhūtvā raktacandanasaṃyutaiḥ .. pūjayanraktapuṣpaiśca śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ .. 64 .. > devoted to fasting, worshipping with red sandal and red flowers, / endowed with supreme faith. 64. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.65) tataḥ saṃvatsarasyāṃte sa babhūva mahīpatiḥ .. kuṣṭha vyādhi vinirmukto dvādaśārkasamaprabhaḥ .. 65 .. > Then, at the end of a year, that protector of the earth / became freed from the disease of leprosy, possessing a radiance equal to twelve suns. 65. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.66) tataḥ svaṃ rājyamāsādya bhuktvā bhogānanekaśaḥ .. dehāṃte dinanāthasya saṃprāpto maṃdiraṃ tathā .. 66 .. > Then, having returned to his own kingdom and enjoyed many pleasures, / at the end of his body he reached the abode of the lord of the day. 66. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.67) .. .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ tatra dvijaśreṣṭhā viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā .. prakaṭaṃ sarvalokasya vihitaṃ puṣkaratrayam .. 67 .. > Sūta said: / Thus there, O best of brahmins, by the wise Viśvāmitra / the three Puṣkaras were made manifest for all the world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.68) yastatra kārtike māse kārttikyāṃ kṛttikāsu ca .. prakaroti naraḥ snānaṃ brahmalokaṃ sa gacchati .. 68 .. > A man who performs a ritual ablution there in the month of Kārttika on the full-moon day and under the Kṛttikās / goes to the world of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.69) tathā yo bhāskaraṃ paśyedbṛhadvalapratiṣṭhitam .. vatsaraṃ ravivāreṇa yāvatkṛtvā kṣaṇaṃ naraḥ .. sa mucyate naro rogairyadi syādrogasaṃyutaḥ .. 69 .. > Likewise, a man who beholds the Sun installed by Bṛhadbala / for a year on Sundays, taking only a moment, / that man is freed from diseases, if he is afflicted with disease. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.70) nīrogo vā naraḥ sadyo labhate manasepsitam .. niṣkāmo mokṣamāpnoti prasādāttīkṣṇadīdhiteḥ .. 6.45.70 .. > Or if healthy, a man immediately obtains his heart's desire; / free from desires, he attains liberation by the grace of the Sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.71) kārttikyāṃ kṛttikāyoge vṛṣotsargaṃ karoti yaḥ .. puṣkareṣu supuṇyeṣu so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 71 .. > He who sets free a bull at the sacred Puṣkaras / on the full-moon day of Kārttika during the conjunction with Kṛttikā obtains the fruit of an Aśvamedha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.72) eṣṭavyā bahavaḥ putrā yadyekopi gayāṃ vrajet .. yajeta vā'śvamedhena nīlaṃ vā vṛṣamutsṛjet .. 72 .. > Many sons should be desired, so that if even one goes to Gayā, / or sacrifices with an Aśvamedha, or sets free a dark bull. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.73) ekataḥ sarvatīrthāni sarvadānāni caikataḥ .. ekatastu vṛṣotsargaḥ kārtikyāṃ puṣkareṣu ca .. 73 .. > On one side are all the sacred fords and all the gifts; / on the other side is the setting free of a bull at the Puṣkaras on the full-moon day of Kārttika. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.74) yaścaitacchuṇuyānnityaṃ paṭhedvā śraddhayānvitaḥ .. saṃprāpya sarvakāmānvai brahmaloke mahīyate .. 74 .. > And whoever hears this constantly, or recites it endowed with faith, / having attained all desires indeed, is honoured in the world of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.45.74\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.45.74_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe śrīhāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye tripuṣkaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma paṃcacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 45 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the forty-fifth chapter, titled 'Description of the Glory of the Three Puṣkaras', in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\], in the sixth Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the glorification of the sacred field of the glorious Hāṭakeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.45.1) 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