[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) › 5.46 # Skandapurana 5.46 Skandapurāṇa 5.46 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.46.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.1) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. anyāni tatra tīrthāni yāni saṃti mahāmate .. tāni kīrtaya sarvāṇi paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ .. 1 .. > The seers said: / Whatever other sacred fords are there, O highly wise one, / proclaim them all, for our curiosity is great indeed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.2) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tatra sārasvataṃ tīrthamanyadasti suśobhanam .. yatra snāto'timūko'pi bhavedvākyavicakṣaṇaḥ .. 2 .. > Sūta said: / There is another very beautiful sacred ford there belonging to Sarasvatī, / where, having bathed, even an utterly mute person becomes eloquent in speech. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.3) labhate cepsitānkāmānmānuṣāndaivikānapi .. brahmalokādiparyatāṃstathālokāndvijottamāḥ .. 3 .. > He also obtains desired wishes, both human and divine, / and likewise worlds up to the world of Brahmā, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.4) purāsītpārthivo nānā vikhyāto balavardhanaḥ .. samudravalayāmurvīṃ bubhuje yo bhujārjitām.. 4 .. > Formerly there was a celebrated king named Balavardhana, / who enjoyed the earth encircled by the ocean, conquered by his own arms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.5) tasya putraḥ samutpannaḥ sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutaḥ .. tasya nāma pitā cakre saṃprāpte dvādaśe'hani .. ambuvīciriti spaṣṭaṃ samāhūya dvijottamān .. 5 .. > To him a son was born endowed with all auspicious marks. / When the twelfth day arrived, having summoned the best of brahmins, / the father clearly gave him the name 'Ambuvīci'. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.6) tataḥ sa vavṛdhe bālo lālitastena bhūbhujā .. mūkabhāvaṃ samāpanno na śakroti prajalpitum .. 6 .. > Then that boy grew, fondled by that king; / having fallen into muteness, he was unable to speak. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.7) tato'sya saptame varṣe saṃprāpte balavardhanaḥ .. paṃcatvaṃ samanuprāptaḥ saṃgrāme śatrubhirhataḥ .. 7 .. > Then, when his seventh year arrived, Balavardhana / met his death, slain in battle by enemies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.8) tato mūko'pi bālopi maṃtribhistasya bhūpateḥ .. sa sutaḥ sthāpito rājye abhāve'nyasutasya ca .. 8 .. > Then, though mute and still a child, by the ministers of that king / that son was established on the throne, in the absence of another son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.9) evaṃ tasya mahīpasya rājyasthasya jaḍātmanaḥ .. bālatve vartamānasya rājyaṃ viplavamadhyagāt .. 9 .. > Thus, while that dull-witted king was on the throne / and remaining in childhood, the kingdom fell into turmoil. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.10) tato jalacaranyāyaḥ saṃpravṛtto mahītale .. pīḍyaṃte sarvalokāstu durbalā balavattaraiḥ .. 6.46.10 .. > Then the law of the fishes set in upon the earth: / all people who were weak were oppressed by the stronger ones. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.11) tataste maṃtriṇaḥ procurvasiṣṭhaṃ svapurohitam .. vaco'rthaṃ nṛpaterasya kurūpāyaṃ mahāmune .. 11 .. > Then those ministers said to Vasiṣṭha, their family priest: / 'O great sage, devise a means for the speech of this king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.12) paśya kṛtsnaṃ dharāpṛṣṭhe śūnyatāṃ samupasthitam .. jaḍatvānnṛpaterasya tasmātkuru yathocitam .. .. 12 .. > Behold the whole surface of the earth has fallen into desolation / on account of this king's dumbness; therefore, do what is fitting.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.13) tatastu suciraṃ dhyātvā dīnānprovāca maṃtriṇaḥ .. sarvānārtisamopetāñchṛṇvatastasya bhūpateḥ .. 13 .. > Then, having meditated for a long time, he addressed the wretched ministers / who were all overcome with distress, while that king listened: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.14) asti sārasvataṃ tīrthaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇām .. hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre tatrāyaṃ snātu bhūpatiḥ .. 14 .. > 'There is a sacred ford belonging to Sarasvatī that grants all desires to mortals / in the sacred field sprung from Hāṭakeśvara; let this king bathe there.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.15) atha tadvacanātsadyaḥ sa gatvā tatra satvaram .. snānāttīrthe'tha saṃjātastatkṣaṇātsa kala svanaḥ .. 15 .. > Then, by his word, he went there swiftly without delay; / from the bath in the sacred ford, at that very moment his voice became melodious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.16) tatprabhāvaṃ sarasvatyāḥ sa vijñāya mahīpatiḥ .. śraddhayā parayā yukto dhyāyamānaḥ sarasvatīm .. 16 .. > Having realised that power of Sarasvatī, the king, / endowed with supreme faith, meditating upon Sarasvatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.17) tatastūrṇaṃ samādāya mṛttikāṃ sa nadītaṭāt .. cakāra bhāratīṃ devīṃ svayameva caturbhujām .. 17 .. > then quickly took clay from the riverbank / and himself fashioned the four-armed goddess Bhāratī: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.18) dadhatīṃ dakṣiṇe haste kamalaṃ sumanoharam .. akṣamālāṃ tathānyasmiñjitatāraka varcasam .. 18 .. > holding a very enchanting lotus in her right hand, / and in another a rosary surpassing the brilliance of stars; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.19) kamaṇḍaluṃ tathānyasmindivyavāriprapūritam .. pustakaṃ ca tathā vāme sarvavidyāsamudbhavam .. 19 .. > and in another a water-pot filled with divine water; / and in the left a book, the origin of all knowledge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.20) tato medhye śilāpṛṣṭhe tāṃ niveśya prayatnataḥ .. pūjayāmāsa sadbhaktyā dhūpamālpānulepanaiḥ .. 6.46.20 .. > Then, having carefully placed her upon a pure slab of stone, / he worshipped her with true devotion using incense, garlands, and unguents. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.21) cakāra ca stutiṃ paścācchraddhāpūtena cetasā .. tadagre prayato bhūtvā svareṇa mahatā nṛpaḥ .. 21 .. > And afterwards, with a mind purified by faith, / becoming restrained in front of her, the king uttered a hymn of praise with a loud voice: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.22) sadasaddevi yatkiñcidbandhamokṣātmakaṃ padam .. tatsarvaṃ guptayā vyāptaṃ tvayā kāṣṭhaṃ yathāgninā .. 22 .. > 'O goddess, whatever state is real or unreal, having the nature of bondage and liberation, / all that is pervaded by you in a hidden manner, as wood \[is pervaded\] by fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.23) sarvasya siddhirūpeṇa tvaṃ janasya hṛdi sthitā .. vācārūpeṇa jihvāyāṃ jyotīrūpeṇa cakṣuṣi .. 23 .. > You dwell in the heart of every person in the form of accomplishment, / in the tongue in the form of speech, and in the eye in the form of light. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.24) bhaktigrāhyāsi deveśi tvamekā bhuvanatraye .. śaraṇāgatadīnārtaparitrāṇaparāyaṇe ..24.. > You are accessible through devotion, O queen of gods, you alone in the three worlds, / dedicated to protecting the wretched and afflicted who have taken refuge. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.25) tvaṃ kīrtistvaṃ dhṛtirmedhā tvaṃ bhaktistvaṃ prabhā smṛtā .. tvaṃ nidrā tvaṃ kṣudhā kīrtiḥ sarvabhūtanivāsinī .. 25 .. > You are fame, you are fortitude, intellect; you are devotion, you are regarded as splendour; / you are sleep, you are hunger, renown, dwelling in all beings; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.26) tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭirvapuḥ prītiḥ svadhā svāhā vibhāvarī .. ratiḥ prītiḥ kṣitirgaṃgā satyaṃ dharmo manasvinī .. 26 .. > contentment, nourishment, physical form, pleasure, Svadhā, Svāhā, the night, / delight, joy, the earth, the Gaṅgā, truth, righteousness, the high-minded woman; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.27) lajjā śāṃtiḥ smṛtirdakṣā kṣamā gaurī ca rohiṇī .. sinīvālī kuhū rākā devamātā ditistathā .. 27 .. > modesty, tranquility, memory, dexterity, patience, Gaurī and Rohiṇī; / Sinīvālī, Kuhū, Rākā, the mother of the gods, and likewise Diti; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.28) brahmāṇī vinatā lakṣmīḥ kadrūrdākṣāyaṇī śivā .. gāyatrī cātha sāvitrī kṛṣirvṛṣṭiḥ śrutiḥ kalā .. 28 .. > Brahmāṇī, Vinatā, Lakṣmī, Kadrū, Dākṣāyaṇī, Śivā, / Gāyatrī, and Sāvitrī, agriculture, rain, the Veda, the arts; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.29) balānāḍī tuṣṭikāṣṭhā rasanā ca sarasvatī .. yatkiñcittriṣu lokeṣu bahutvādyanna kīrtitam .. 29 .. > strength, the tubular channel, the limit of satisfaction, the tongue, and Sarasvatī; / whatever else exists in the three worlds that has not been mentioned on account of its multiplicity, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.30) iṃgitaṃ neṃgitaṃ tacca tadrūpaṃ te sureśvari.. gandharvāḥ kinnarā devāḥ siddhavidyādharoragāḥ .. 6.46.30 .. > moving or unmoving, that too is your form, O queen of gods. / Gandharvas, Kinnaras, gods, Siddhas, Vidyādharas, and serpents, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.31) yakṣaguhyakabhūtāśca daityā ye ca vināyakāḥ .. tvatprasādena te sarve saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ gatāḥ .. 31 .. > Yakṣas, Guhyakas, Bhūtas, Daityas, and whichever Vināyakas there are— / by your grace they all attained the supreme perfection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.32) tathānye'pi bahutvādye na mayā parikīrtitāḥ .. ārādhitāstu kṛcchreṇa pūjitāśca suvistaraiḥ .. haraṃtu devatāḥ pāpamanye tvaṃ kīrtitā'pi ca .. 32 .. > Likewise, others also who have not been mentioned by me due to their multiplicity, / but worshipped with great austerity and revered with elaborate rites— / may the deities remove sin, and you too who have been praised.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.33) evaṃ stutā sā deveśī bhūbhujā tena bhāratī .. yayau pratyakṣatāṃ tūrṇaṃ prāha cedaṃ suharṣitā .. 33 .. > Praised in this way by that king, Bhāratī, the queen of the gods, / quickly appeared visibly and, greatly delighted, spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.34) .. sarasvatyuvāca .. .. stotreṇānena bhūpāla bhaktyā susthirayā sadā .. parituṣṭāsmi tenāśu varaṃ vṛṇu yathepsitam.. 34 .. > Sarasvatī said: / "O king, by this hymn of praise and with your ever-firm devotion, / I am well pleased; therefore, quickly choose a boon as you desire." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.35) .. rājovāca .. .. adyaprabhṛti madvākyāttvayā stheyamasaṃśayam .. atrārcāyāṃ trilokesmi nyāvatkīrtirmama sthirā .. 35 .. > The king said: / "From this day forward, by my word, you must certainly remain / here in this image in these three worlds as long as my fame endures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.36) yastvāmārādhayetsamyagatrasthāṃ mannimittataḥ .. bhaktyānurūpamevāśu tasmai deyaṃ tvayā hi tat .. 36 .. > Whoever properly worships you who reside here on my account, / to him you should quickly grant just what accords with his devotion." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.37) .. sarasvatyuvāca.. yo māmatra sthitāṃ nityaṃ snātvā'tra salile śubhe.. aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ pūjayiṣyati mānavaḥ .. 37 .. > Sarasvatī said: / "Whoever, having bathed here in this auspicious water, / constantly worships me residing here on the eighth and fourteenth days, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.38) tasyāhaṃ vāṃchitānkāmānsaṃpradāsyāmi pārthiva .. .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ tatra sthitā devī svayameva sarasvatī .. 38.. > to him, O king, I will grant his desired wishes." / Sūta said: / Thus the goddess Sarasvatī herself remained there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.39) tataḥprabhṛti lokānāṃ hitāya parameśvarī .. aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāmupavāsaparāyaṇaḥ .. 39 .. > From then on, for the welfare of the worlds, the supreme goddess \[remained\]. / Devoted to fasting on the eighth and fourteenth days, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.40) yastāṃ pūjayate martyaḥ śvetapuṣpānulepanaiḥ .. sa syādvāggmī sumedhāvī sadā janmanijanmani ..6.46.40.. > whatever mortal worships her with white flowers and ointments, / he becomes eloquent and wise in every birth forever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.41) sarasvatyāḥ prasādena jāyamānaḥ punaḥpunaḥ .. anvaye'pi na tasyaiva kaścinmūrkhaḥ prajāyate .. 41 .. > Being born again and again by the grace of Sarasvatī, / no one who is a fool is ever born even in his lineage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.42) yo dharmaśravaṇaṃ tasyāḥ purataḥ kurute naraḥ.. sa nūnaṃ vasati svarge tatprabhāvādyugatrayam..42.. > Whatever man listens to the sacred law before her, / he surely dwells in heaven for three yugas through her power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.43) vidyādānaṃ naro yaśca tasyā hyāyatane sadā .. karoti śraddhayā yuktaḥ so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet ..43.. > And whatever man, endowed with faith, constantly makes a gift of knowledge / in her shrine, he obtains the fruit of an horse sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.44) yo yacchati dvijendrāya dharmaśāstrasamudbhavam.. pustakaṃ vājimedhasya sa samagraṃ phalaṃ labhet .. 44 .. > Whoever gives to a chief of brahmins a manuscript / derived from the dharmaśāstra, he obtains the entire fruit of an horse sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.458](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.458) yo vedādhyayanaṃ tasyāḥ karoti purataḥ sthitaḥ .. so'gniṣṭomasya yajñasya kṛtsnaṃ phalamavāpnuyāt .. 458 .. > Whoever, standing before her, recites the Veda, / he obtains the full fruit of an Agniṣṭoma sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.46.458\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46.458_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye sarasvatī tīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭcatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ .. 46 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the forty-sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of the Sarasvatī Tīrtha', in the Praise of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of 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.5.46.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.46) · Pramāṇa