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[5.47.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.3) samudra iva gāṃbhīrye saumyatve śaśisaṃnibhaḥ .. vīrye yathā sahasrākṣo rūpe kandarpasannibhaḥ .. 3 .. > He was like the ocean in profundity, like the moon in gentleness, / like the thousand-eyed Indra in valor, and like Kāmadeva in beauty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.4) tasya kāṃtīti vikhyātā purī sarvaguṇānvitā .. rājadhānyabhavacchreṣṭhā proccaprākāratoraṇā .. 4 .. > He had an excellent royal capital known as Kānti, endowed with all virtues, / with lofty ramparts and arched gateways. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.5) tathaivāsītpriyā tasya bhāryā paramasaṃmatā .. khyātā padmavatīnāma rūpaudārya guṇānvitā .. 5 .. > Likewise, he had a beloved, highly esteemed wife / known by the name of Padmāvatī, endowed with beauty, generosity, and virtues. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.6) sa tayā sahito rājā vaiśākhyā divase sadā .. samabhyeti nijasthānātsainyenālpena saṃvṛtaḥ .. 6 .. > Always on the day of the full moon of Vaiśākha, that king, accompanied by her / and surrounded by a small army, went out from his own place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.7) camatkārapure kṣetre pīṭhe tatra dvijottamāḥ .. mahākālasya devasya purato rātrijāgaram .. karoti śraddhayā yuktaḥ sabhāryaḥ sa mahīpatiḥ .. 7 .. > O best of brahmins, in the sacred field of Camatkārapura, at that seat, / that ruler of the earth, endowed with faith and accompanied by his wife, / kept a night-vigil before the god Mahākāla, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.8) upavāsaparo bhūtvā dhyāyamāno maheśvaram .. gītavādyena hṛdyena nṛtyena dvijasattamāḥ .. dharmākhyānena viprāṇāṃ vedādhyayanavistaraiḥ .. 8 .. > intent on fasting, meditating on the great lord, / with charming vocal and instrumental music, with dance, O best of brahmins, / with narratives of sacred law by brahmins, and with extensive Vedic recitations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.9) tataḥ prātaḥ samutthāya snātvā dhautāṃbaraḥ śuciḥ .. dadau dānāni viprebhyastapasvibhyo viśeṣataḥ .. 9 .. > Then, rising in the morning, having bathed, pure, dressed in clean garments, / he gave gifts to brahmins, especially to ascetics, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.10) dīnāṃdhakṛpaṇebhyaśca tathānyebhyaḥ sahasraśaḥ .. varṣevarṣe sadaivaṃ sa samabhyetya mahīpatiḥ .. vaiśākhyāṃ jāgaraṃ tasya devasya purato'karot .. 6.47.10 .. > and by thousands to the poor, the blind, and the destitute, as well as others. / Year after year, that ruler of the earth, having always arrived thus / on the full moon of Vaiśākha, kept a vigil before that god. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.11) yathāyathā sa bhūpālaḥ kurute rātrijāgaram .. mahākālāgratastasya tathā vṛddhiḥ prajāyate .. 11 .. > In whatever manner that king kept the night-vigil / before Mahākāla, in that same way his prosperity increased. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.12) śatravo vilayaṃ yāṃti lakṣmīrvṛddhiṃ pragacchati .. ekadā sa samāyātastatra yāvanmahīpatiḥ .. 12 .. > His enemies vanished, and his fortune steadily advanced. / Once, when that king had arrived there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.13) tatraiva divase tāvanmahākālasya cāgrataḥ .. apaśyadbrāhmaṇaśreṣṭhānnānādigbhyaḥ samāgatān .. 13 .. > on that very day, right before Mahākāla, / he saw the best of brahmins arrived from various directions, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.14) vedādhyayanasaṃpannānvrataniṣṭhāparāyaṇān .. eke tatra kathāścakruḥ supuṇyā brāhmaṇottamāḥ .. 14 .. > rich in Vedic study and devoted to observing vows. / Some of those best of brahmins there narrated very holy tales: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.15) rājarṣīṇāṃ purāṇānāṃ devarṣīṇāṃ tathā pare .. tīrthānāṃ ca tathā cānye brahmarṣīṇāṃ tathā pare .. yajñānāṃ sāgarāṇāṃ ca dvīpānāṃ ca manoharāḥ .. 15 .. > some about royal seers and the Purāṇas, others about divine seers, / others about sacred fords, others about brahmin seers, / and others charming stories about sacrifices, oceans, and continents. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.16) atha tānpṛthivīpālaḥ sa praṇamya yathākramam .. upaviṣṭaḥ sabhāmadhye taiḥ sarvaiścābhinaṃditaḥ .. 16 .. > Then that protector of the earth, having bowed to them in proper order, / sat down in the midst of the assembly and was welcomed by all of them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.17) kasmiṃścidatha saṃprāpte kathāṃte te munīśvarāḥ .. papracchurbhūmipālaṃ tu kautūhalasamanvitāḥ .. 17 .. > Then, when a certain story had ended, those lords among sages, / filled with curiosity, asked the ruler of the earth: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.18) vaiśākhīdivase rājaṃstvaṃ sadābhyetya dūrataḥ .. varṣevarṣe'sya devasya purato rātrijāgaram .. 18 .. > "O king, on the day of the full moon of Vaiśākha, always coming from afar, / year after year, before this god, a night-vigil > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.19) prakaroṣi prayatnena tyaktvānyāḥ sakalāḥ kriyāḥ .. snānadānādikā yāśca nirdiṣṭāḥ śāstraciṃtakaiḥ .. 19 .. > you diligently observe, setting aside all other rites, / such as bathing, giving, and the like, which are prescribed by those who study the scriptures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.20) na te yadi rahasyaṃ syāttadā'śeṣaṃ prakīrtaya .. nūnaṃ tvaṃ vetsi tatsarvaṃ yatphalaṃ rātrijāgare .. 6.47.20 .. > If it is not a secret to you, then tell it completely. / Surely you know all that fruit which resides in the night-vigil." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210) .. rājovāca .. .. rahasyaṃ paramaṃ caiva yatpṛṣṭo'haṃ dvijottamāḥ .. yuṣmābhiḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi tathāpyakhilameva hi .. 210 > The king said: / "O best of brahmins, although what I am asked by you is a supreme secret, / nevertheless I shall tell it entirely. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_1) ahamāsaṃ vaṇigjātyā purā vai vaidiśe pure .. nirdhano baṃdhubhirmuktaḥ paribhūtaḥ padepade .. 22 .. > Formerly, in the city of Vaidiśa, I was a merchant by caste, / poor, abandoned by relatives, and humiliated at every step. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_2) kasyacittvatha kālasya bhagavānpākaśāsanaḥ .. vaidiśe nākarodvṛṣṭiṃ sapta varṣāṇi paṃca ca .. 23 .. > Then, after some time, the blessed Indra / caused no rain to fall in Vaidiśa for twelve years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_3) tato vṛṣṭinirodhena sarve lokāḥ kṣudhārdditāḥ .. annābhāvānmṛtāḥ kecitkeciddeśāṃtare gatāḥ .. 24 .. > Then, because of the drought, all the people were afflicted by hunger; / some died from lack of food, and some went to other countries. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_4) tato'haṃ svāṃ samādāya patnīṃ kṣutkṣāmagātrikām .. aśrupūrṇamukhīṃ dīnāṃ praskhalantīṃ padepade ..25.. > Then, taking my wife, whose limbs were emaciated by hunger, / whose face was full of tears, miserable, and stumbling at every step, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_5) saurāṣṭraṃ manasi dhyātvā prasthitastadanantaram .. subhikṣaṃ lokataḥ śrutvā jīvanāya dvijottamāḥ ..26.. > I set out thereafter, fixing my mind on Saurāṣṭra, / having heard from people of abundance there, in order to survive, O best of brahmins." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_6) krameṇa gacchamāno'tha bhikṣānnakṛtabhojanaḥ .. ānartaviṣayaṃ prāptaścamatkārapurāṃtike .. 27 .. > Then, proceeding by degrees, having eaten food obtained by begging, / I arrived in the region of Ānarta, near Camatkārapura. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_7) tatra ramyaṃ mayā dṛṣṭaṃ padminīkhaṇḍamaṃḍitam .. saraḥ svacchodakāpūrṇaṃ jalapakṣibhirāvṛtam .. 28 .. > There I saw a delightful lake adorned with beds of lotuses, / filled with clear water, and covered with waterfowl. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_8) tato'haṃ tatsamāsādya snātaḥ śītena vāriṇā .. kṣudhārtaśca tṛṣārtaśca śramārtaśca viśeṣataḥ .. 29 .. > Then I approached it and bathed in the cold water, / being afflicted by hunger, afflicted by thirst, and especially afflicted by fatigue. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_9) athāhaṃ bhāryayā prokto gṛhāṇeśa jalāśayāt .. jalajāni krayārthāya yena syādadya bhojanam .. 6.47.30 .. > Then I was addressed by my wife: “O lord, take water-born \[lotuses\] from the body of water / for the sake of sale, so that there may be food today. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_10) etatsaṃdṛśyate dūrātpuraṃdarapuropamam .. puraśreṣṭhaṃ samāsādya vikrayaṃ kartumarhasi .. ..3... > This excellent city, resembling the city of Purandara, is seen from afar; / having reached it, you should make a sale.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_11) tato mayā gṛhītāni padmāni dvijasattamāḥ .. vikrayārthaṃ prabhūtāni vācchamānena bhojanam ..32.. > Then, O best of brahmins, I took many lotuses / for the sake of selling, desiring food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_12) camatkārapuraṃ prāpya tato'haṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. bhrāṃtastrikeṣu sarveṣu catvareṣu gṛheṣu ca .. 33 .. > Having reached Camatkārapura, O best of brahmins, / I then wandered through all the crossroads, squares, and houses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_13) na kaścitpratigṛhṇāti tāni padmāni mānavaḥ .. mama bhāgyavaśālloko jātaḥ krayaparāṅmukhaḥ ..34.. > Not a single human being accepted those lotuses; / through the power of my fate, the people were averse to buying. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_14) atha kṣutkṣāmakaṇṭhasya śrāṃtasya mama bhāskaraḥ .. astācalamanuprāptaḥ saṃdhyākālastato'bhavat .. 35 .. > Then, as my throat was emaciated with hunger and I was exhausted, the sun / reached the mountain of setting; then the evening twilight arrived. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_15) tato vairāgyamāpannaḥ supto'haṃ bhagnamaṃdire .. tāni padmāni bhūpṛṣṭhe nidhāya saha bhāryayā. 36 .. > Then, overcome with despair, having placed those lotuses upon the surface of the earth, / I slept in a ruined temple along with my wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_16) athārdharātre saṃprāpte śruto gītadhvanirmayā .. tataśca ciṃtitaṃ citte jāgaro'yamasaṃśayam ..37.. > Then, when midnight arrived, the sound of singing was heard by me; / and thereupon I thought in my mind: “Doubtless this is a vigil. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_17) tasmādgacchāmi cetkaścitpadmānyetāni me naraḥ .. mūlyena pratigṛhṇāti bhojanaṃ jāyate tataḥ .. 38 .. > Therefore I will go; if some man accepts these lotuses of mine / for a price, then food will come about.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_18) evaṃ viniścayaṃ kṛtvā padmānyādāya satvaram.. sabhāryaḥ prasthitastatra yatra gītasya niḥsvanaḥ .. 39 .. > Having thus resolved and quickly taken the lotuses, / accompanied by my wife I set out to where the sound of song was. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_19) tataścāyatane tasminprāpto'haṃ munipuṃgavāḥ .. apaśyaṃ devadeveśaṃ mahākālaṃ prapūjitam .. agrasthitairdvijaśreṣṭhairjapagītaparāyaṇaiḥ .. 6.47.40 .. > Then, having arrived at that temple, O bulls among sages, / I saw Mahākāla, the lord of the gods of gods, being worshipped / by the foremost brahmins standing before him, devoted to recitation and singing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_20) eke nṛtyaṃ prakurvaṃti gītamanye japaṃ pare .. anye homaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhā dharmākhyānamathāpare .. 41 .. > Some were performing dances, others songs, others recitation; / other foremost brahmins performed fire-offerings, and others discourses on dharma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_21) tataḥ kaścinmayā pṛṣṭaḥ kriyate jāgaro'tra kim .. ka ete jāgarāsaktā lokāḥ kīrtaya me drutam .. 42 .. > Then someone was asked by me: “Is a vigil being performed here? / Who are these people attached to the vigil? Tell me quickly.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_22) tenoktameṣa devasya mahākālasya jāgaraḥ .. kriyate brāhmaṇairbhaktyā upavāsaparāyaṇaiḥ .. 43 .. > By him it was said: “This vigil for the god Mahākāla / is being performed by brahmins with devotion, dedicated to fasting. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_23) adya puṇyatithirnāma vaiśākhī puṇyadā parā .. yasyāmasya puro bhaktyā naraḥ kuryātprajāgaram .. mahākālasya devasya saukhyaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam .. 44 .. > Today is the auspicious lunar day named the full moon of Vaiśākha, granting supreme merit, / on which, if a man keeps vigil before this god Mahākāla / with devotion, he attains happiness without doubt.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_24) saṃti padmāni me yaccha mūlyamādāya bhadraka .. bhojanārthamahaṃ dadmi kaladhautapalatrayam .. 45 .. > \[I said:\] “I have lotuses; give me \[something\] taking them for a price, O good man! / For the sake of food, I will give \[them\] for three palas of silver.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_25) tato'vadhāritaṃ citte mayā brāhmaṇasattamāḥ .. pūjayāmi mahākālaṃ padmairetaiḥ sureśvaram .. 46 .. > Then it was resolved in my mind, O best of brahmins: / “I shall worship Mahākāla, the lord of gods, with these lotuses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_26) na mayā sukṛtaṃ kiṃcidanyadehāṃtare kṛtam .. niyataṃ tena saṃbhūta itthaṃbhūto'smi durgataḥ .. 47 .. > No good deed was done by me in any other body \[in a past life\]; / surely because of that, such a thing has happened, and I have become destitute. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_27) paraṃ kṣutkṣāmakaṃṭheyaṃ bhāryā me priyavādinī .. annābhāvānna saṃdehaḥ prātaryāsyati saṃkṣayam .. 48 .. > Moreover, this wife of mine who speaks affectionately has a throat emaciated with hunger; / from lack of food she will perish by morning, of this there is no doubt.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_28) evaṃ ciṃtayamānasya mama sā dayitā tataḥ .. provāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ vinayāvanatā sthitā ..49.. > Then, as I was thinking thus, that beloved wife of mine, / standing bowed in humility, spoke sweet words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_29) mā nātha kuru padmānāṃ vikrayaṃ dhanalobhataḥ .. kuruṣva ca hitaṃ vākyaṃ yatte vakṣyāmi sāṃpratam .. 6.47.50 .. > “O lord, do not make a sale of the lotuses out of greed for wealth; / and act on the beneficial advice which I will now tell you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_30) upavāso balājjātaḥ sasyābhāvādasaṃśayam .. asmākaṃ jāgaraṃ cāpi bhaviṣyati bubhukṣayā .. 51 .. > Fasting has occurred perforce due to the lack of grain, without doubt; / and for us there will also be a vigil because of hunger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_31) tatrobhābhyāṃ kṛtaṃ snānaṃ divā sarasi śobhane .. gharmārttābhyāṃ śramārttābhyāṃ kṛtadevārcanaṃ tathā ..52.. > Moreover, bathing was performed by both of us by day in the beautiful lake, / afflicted by heat and afflicted by fatigue, and likewise worship of the deities was performed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_32) tasmāddevaṃ mahākālaṃ pūjayāmo'dhunā vayam .. padmairetaiḥ paraṃ śreya āvayoryena jāyate .. 53 .. > Therefore, let us now worship the god Mahākāla / with these lotuses, so that the highest good may come to the two of us.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_33) .. rājovāca .. .. ubhābhyāmatha hṛṣṭābhyāṃ pūjito'yaṃ maheśvaraḥ .. taiḥ padmaiḥ sattvamāsthāya kṛtvā pūjāṃ dvijottamāḥ .. 54 .. > The king said: / “Then this Maheśvara was worshipped by the two joyful ones; / having summoned resolve and performed worship with those lotuses, O best of brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_34) kṣutpīḍayā samāyātā naiva nidrā kathaṃcana .. svalpāpi maṃdire cātra sthitayorharasannidhau ..55.. > sleep did not come at all, even a little, due to the torment of hunger, / as the two of us stayed in that temple in the presence of Hara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_35) tataḥ prabhātasamaye prodgate ravimaṃḍale .. mṛto'haṃ kṣudhayāviṣṭaḥ sthāne'traiva dvijottamāḥ .. 56 .. > Then, at dawn, when the orb of the sun had arisen, / seized by hunger I died in this very place, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_36) atha sā dayitā mahyaṃ tadādāya kalevaram.. harṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭā praviṣṭā havyavāhanam .. 57 .. > Then that beloved wife of mine, taking that body, / filled with great joy, entered the sacrificial fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_37) tatprabhāvādahaṃ jātaḥ kāṃtīnātho mahīpatiḥ .. daśārṇādhipateḥ kanyā sāpi jātismarā satī .. 58 .. > By that power, I became the lord of the earth, the ruler of Kānti; / she too \[was born as\] the daughter of the sovereign of Daśārṇa, remembering her past birth, a virtuous wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_38) tataḥ svayaṃvaraṃ prāptā māṃ vijñāya nijaṃ patim .. mayāpi saiva vijñāya pūrvapatnī samāhṛtā .. 59 .. > Then, having arrived at the svayaṃvara, recognizing me as her own husband, / she, that very same former wife, was recognized and taken by me as well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_39) etasmātkāraṇādasya mahākālasya jāgaram .. varṣevarṣe ca vaiśākhyāṃ karomi dvijasattamāḥ .. 6.47.60 .. > For this reason, O best of brahmins, year after year on the full moon of Vaiśākha, / I perform the vigil of this Mahākāla, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_40) anayā priyayā sārdhaṃ puṣpadhūpānulepanaiḥ .. pūjayitvā mahākālaṃ satyametanmayoditam .. 61 .. > having worshipped Mahākāla together with this beloved wife / with flowers, incense, and unguents; this that I have spoken is true. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_41) kṛto viprā mayā tveṣa sa tadā rātrijāgaraḥ .. yathāpyetatphalaṃ jātaṃ devasyāsya prabhāvataḥ .. 62 .. > Indeed, O brahmins, that night-vigil was performed by me back then \[in such a manner\]; / yet such fruit was produced by the power of this god! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_42) adhunā śraddhayā yukto yathoktavidhinā tataḥ .. yatkaromi na jānāmi kiṃ me saṃyacchate phalam .. 63 .. > Now, endowed with faith, according to the prescribed rule, / whatever I do—I do not know what fruit it will grant me! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_43) etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ mayā satyaṃ dvijottamāḥ .. yena satyena tenaiṣa mahākālaḥ prasīdatu .. 64 .. > All this has been related to you in truth by me, O best of brahmins; / by that truth, may this Mahākāla be pleased.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_44) .. sūta uvāca .. .. etacchrutvā dvijaśreṣṭhā vismayotphullalocanāḥ .. pracakrurjapatestasya sādhuvādānanekaśaḥ .. 65 .. > Sūta said: / Having heard this, the foremost brahmins, their eyes wide with wonder, / repeatedly uttered praises to him as he was chanting. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_45) .. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .. .. satyamuktaṃ mahīpāla tvayaitadakhilaṃ vacaḥ .. mahākālaprasādena na kiṃciddurlabhaṃ bhuvi .. 66 .. > The brahmins said: / “O protector of the earth, all these words spoken by you are true; / by the grace of Mahākāla, nothing is unobtainable on earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_46) tasmādviśeṣataḥ sarve varṣevarṣe vayaṃ nṛpa .. kariṣyāmo'sya devasya śraddhayā rātrijāgaram .. 67 .. > Therefore, O king, all of us especially, year after year, / shall perform the night-vigil of this god with faith.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_47) tataḥ sa pārthivaste ca sarva eva dvijātayaḥ .. pracakrurjāgaraṃ tasya mahākālasya saṃnidhau ..68.. > Then that ruler of the earth and all those brahmins / kept vigil in the presence of that Mahākāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_48) viśeṣāddharṣasaṃyuktā vividhairgītavādanaiḥ .. dharmākhyānaiśca nṛtyaiśca vedoccāraiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ .. tadārabhya nṛpāḥ sarve pracakrurvismayānvitāḥ .. 69 .. > Filled with great joy, with various songs and instruments, / with narrations of righteousness, dances, and diverse Vedic recitations, / all the kings, filled with wonder, observed \[it\] from then on. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_49) tataḥ prabhāte vimale samutthāya sa bhūpatiḥ .. pūjayitvā mahākālaṃ tāṃśca sarvāndvijottamān .. anujñāpya yayau hṛṣṭaḥ sasainyaḥ svapuraṃ prati .. 6.47.70 .. > Then, having arisen at the clear daybreak, that king / worshipped Mahākāla and all those best of brahmins; / having taken leave, rejoicing, he set out towards his own city with his army. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_50) tataḥ kālena saṃprāpya dehāntaṃ sa mahīpatiḥ .. saṃprāptaḥ paramaṃ sthānaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam .. 71 .. > Then, in the course of time, reaching the end of his body, that king / attained the supreme abode, free from old age and death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_51) etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ mahākālasamudbhavam .. māhātmyaṃ brāhmaṇa śreṣṭhāḥ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 72 .. > This entire māhātmya concerning the origin of Mahākāla has been told to you, / O best of brahmins, destroying all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.47.210\_52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47.210_52) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe śrīhāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye mahākāleśvaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptacatvāriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 47 .. .. > Thus ends the forty-seventh chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Mahākāleśvara' in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Śrī Hāṭakeśvara, in the sixth Nāgarakhaṇḍa of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, in the collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.47.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.47) · Pramāṇa