[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) › 5.48 # Skandapurana 5.48 Skandapurāṇa 5.48 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.48.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tatraivāsya samuddeśe hariścaṃdrasya bhūpateḥ .. āśramo 'sti suvikhyāto nānādrumasamāvṛtaḥ .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / In that very region there is the well-known hermitage of King Hariścandra, / surrounded by diverse trees, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.2) yatra tena tapastaptaṃ saṃsthāpyomāmaheśvarau .. yacchatā vividhaṃ dānaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo'bhivāṃchitam .. 2 .. > where austerity was performed by him, having installed Umā and Maheśvara, / bestowing varied desired gifts upon brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.3) āsīdrājā hariścaṃdrastriśaṃkutanayaḥ purā .. ayodhyādhipatiḥ śrīmānsūryavaṃśasamudbhavaḥ .. 3 .. > Formerly, there was a king, Hariścandra, the son of Triśaṅku, / the glorious ruler of Ayodhyā, born of the Solar dynasty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.4) na durbhikṣaṃ na ca vyādhirnākālamaraṇaṃ dhruvam .. tasmiñchāsati dharmeṇa na ca caurakṛtaṃ bhayam .. 4 .. > While he ruled righteously, there was certainly no famine, / no disease, no untimely death, and no fear caused by thieves. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.5) kālavarṣī sadā meghaḥ sasyāni pracurāṇi ca .. rasavaṃti ca toyāni sarvartuphalitā drumāḥ .. 5 ..2 > The clouds always rained in due season, crops were abundant, / the waters sweet, and the trees bore fruit in all seasons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.6) daṃḍastatrābhavadvāstau gṛharodho'kṣadevane .. eko doṣākaraścaṃdraḥ priyadoṣāśca kauśikāḥ .. 6 .. > Punishment (daṇḍa) existed only in measuring poles; confinement to a house only in dice play; / the moon alone was the maker of night (doṣākara / maker of faults); and only owls (kauśika) loved the night (priyadoṣāḥ / loved faults). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.7) snehakṣayaśca dīpeṣu vivāhe ca karagrahaḥ .. vṛttabhaṃgastathā gadye dānotthitirgajānane .. 7 .. > Loss of oil (sneha / affection) occurred only in lamps; taking of the hand (karagraha / taxation) only in marriage; / break of meter (vṛttabhaṅga / breach of conduct) only in prose; and issuance of rut (dāna / giving) only on the face of an elephant. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.8) tasyaivaṃ guṇayuktasya sārvabhaumasya bhūpateḥ .. eka eva mahānāsīddoṣaḥ putravivarjitaḥ .. 8 .. > To that emperor of kings endowed with such virtues, / there was only one great defect: he was bereft of a son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.9) tataḥ putrakṛte gatvā cakāra sumahattapaḥ .. camatkārapure kṣetre liṃgaṃ saṃsthāpya bhaktitaḥ ..9.. > Then, for the sake of a son, having gone to the sacred field of Camatkārapura / and installed a liṅga with devotion, he performed severe austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.10) paṃcāgnisādhako grīṣme varṣāsvākāśasaṃsthitaḥ .. jalāśrayaśca hemaṃte sa dhyāyati maheśvaram .. 6.48.10 .. > Enduring the five fires in the hot season, standing exposed to the sky in the rains, / and taking refuge in water in the cold season, he meditated on Maheśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.11) tato varṣasahasrāṃte tasya tuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ .. pratyakṣo'bhūtsamaṃ gauryā gaṇasaṃghaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ .. 11 .. > Then, at the end of a thousand years, Maheśvara, pleased with him, / became visible together with Gaurī, surrounded by hosts of gaṇas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.11\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.11_1) uvāca varado'smīti prārthayasva yathepsitam .. ahaṃ te saṃpradāsyāmi yadyapi syātsudurlabham...2.. > \[The god\] said: 'I am the giver of boons; ask whatever you desire. / I shall grant it to you, even if it be very difficult to obtain.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.13) tatastaṃ praṇipatyoccaiḥ stutvā sūktaiḥ śrutairapi .. provāca vinayopetaḥ kṛtāṃjalipuṭaḥ sthitaḥ .. 13 .. > Then, having bowed low before him, praised him aloud with hymns from the scriptures, / and stood with folded hands, \[the king\] spoke with humility: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.14) tvatprasādātsuraśreṣṭha yatkiṃciddharaṇītale .. tadasti me gṛhe sarvaṃ vāṃchitaṃ svena cetasā .. 14 .. > 'By your grace, O best of gods, whatever there is on the surface of the earth / that is desired by my own heart—all that is in my house: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.14\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.14_2) surūpāṇi kalatrāṇi rājyaṃ nihatakaṃṭakam .. śarīraṃ roganirmuktaṃ saṃkhyāhīnaṃ tathā dhanam...5.. > beautiful wives, an empire free of obstacles, / a body free of disease, and boundless wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.14\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.14_3) ekaṃ me sumahadduḥkhaṃ yadapatyaṃ na vidyate .. tasmāddehi sutaṃ deva prasanno yadi śaṃkara ...6.. .. > I have one great sorrow: that no offspring is found \[to me\]. / Therefore grant a son, O god, if Śaṃkara is pleased.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.14\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.14_4) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. acireṇa nṛpaśreṣṭha putrastava bhaviṣyati .. matprasādānna saṃdehastasmādgaccha drutaṃ gṛham...7.. > The Blessed Lord said: / 'Before long, O best of kings, a son will be yours, / by my grace, there is no doubt; therefore go quickly to your house.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.14\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.14_5) .. sūta uvāca .. .. etasminnaṃtare gaurī kopasaṃraktalocanā .. bhartsayitvā mahādevaṃ tataḥ provāca taṃ nṛpam ...8.. > Sūta said: / At this moment Gaurī, her eyes red with anger, / rebuked Mahādeva and then said to that king: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.19) yasmāttvayā mahāmūrkha na praṇāmaḥ kṛto mama .. harādanaṃtaraṃ tasmācchāpaṃ dāsyāmyahaṃ tava .. 19 .. > 'Since, O great fool, no obeisance was made by you to me / immediately after Hara, I will therefore utter a curse upon you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.20) tava saṃlapsyate putro yathoktaḥ śūlapāṇinā .. paraṃ tanmṛtyujaṃ duḥkhaṃ tvaṃ śiśutvepi lapsyase .. 6.48.20 .. > A son will be obtained by you, as spoken by the Trident-holder; / yet you shall experience the grief born of his death even in his childhood.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.21) evamuktvā bhagavatī sārdhaṃ devena śaṃbhunā .. adarśanaṃ yayau paścāttathānyairapi pārśvagaiḥ.. 21 .. > Having spoken thus, the Goddess, together with Lord Śambhu / and the other attendants as well, vanished from sight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.22) so'pi rājā varaṃ labdhvā śāpaṃ ca tadanaṃtaram .. na jagāma gṛhaṃ bhūyaścakāra sumahattapaḥ .. 22 .. > The king, too, having obtained the boon and immediately after it the curse, / did not go home; once more he performed very severe austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.23) ekāsanaṃ samārūḍhau kṛtvā gaurī maheśvarau .. tataścārādhayāmāsa samaṃ puṣpānulepanaiḥ .. 23 .. > Placing Gaurī and Maheśvara seated on the same seat, / he worshipped them equally with flowers and unguents. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.24) viśeṣeṇa dadau dānaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo mahīpatiḥ .. bhūmiśāyī praśāṃtātmā ṣaṣṭhakālakṛtāśanaḥ .. 24 .. > The king gave gifts especially to brahmins; / sleeping on the ground, serene in mind, he took food only at every sixth meal-time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.25) tataḥ saṃvatsarasyāṃte bhagavānvṛṣabhadhvajaḥ .. pārvatyā sahito bhūyastasya saṃdarśanaṃ gataḥ .. 25 .. > Then, at the end of a year, the Lord whose banner bears the bull, / accompanied by Pārvatī, again appeared before his eyes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.26) tataḥ sa nṛpatistābhyāṃ yugapadvidhipūrvakam.. kṛtvā natiṃ tato vākyaṃ vinayādidamabravīt .. 26 .. > Then the king, having bowed to both of them simultaneously according to rule, / spoke these words out of humility: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.27) purā devi mayānaṃdapūre vyākula cetasā .. na natā tvaṃ na me kopaṃ tasmāttvaṃ kartumarhasi .. 27 .. > 'Formerly, O Goddess, my mind being agitated in a flood of bliss, / you were not bowed to \[by me\]; therefore you should not be angry with me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.28) dehārdhadhāriṇī devi sadā tvaṃ śūladhāriṇaḥ .. tadaikasminnate kasmānna natā tvaṃ vadasva me .. 28 .. > O Goddess, you always hold half the body of the Trident-bearer; / tell me, when one was bowed to, why were you not bowed to? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.529](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.529) yastaṃ namati deveśaṃ tena tvaṃ sarvadā natā .. natāyāṃ tvayi deveśo nataḥ syāditi me matiḥ 529 .. > Whoever bows to the Lord of gods has bowed to you at all times; / when you are bowed to, the Lord of gods is bowed to—such is my view. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.529\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.529_6) tathāpi ca pṛthaktvena mayā tvaṃ tu natā saha .. ekāsanaṃ samārūḍhā tatsamaṃ devi pūjitā .. 6.48.30 .. > Nevertheless, you have been bowed to by me together \[with him\], not separately; / mounted on one seat, you have been worshipped equally, O Goddess. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.529\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.529_7) tasmātkuru prasādaṃ me yaḥ puroktaḥ purāriṇā .. sostu vai saphalaḥ sadyo varaḥ putrakṛte mama .. 31 .. > Therefore grant me your grace; let that boon which was spoken earlier by the Enemy of Pura / for the sake of my son become immediately fruitful. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.529\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.529_8) yayā vaṃśadharaḥ putro dīrghāyurdṛḍhavikramaḥ .. tvatprasādādbhaveddevi tathā tvaṃ kartumarhasi .. 32 .. > By your grace, O Goddess, let a son be born who carries on the lineage, / long-lived and of firm valour; thus you ought to act.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.529\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.529_9) .. śrīdevyuvāca .. .. nānyathā me vaco rājañjāyate'tra kathaṃcana .. tasmādbālo'pi te putraḥ paṃcatvaṃ samupaiṣyati .. 33 .. > The Goddess said: / 'O King, my word never turns out otherwise in any way; / therefore your son, even while a child, shall meet his demise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.529\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.529_10) darśayitvā tu te duḥkhamalpamṛtyusamudbhavam .. bhūyaḥ saṃprāpsyati prāṇānacirānme prasādataḥ .. 34 .. > Yet, having shown you the sorrow arising from an early death, / he shall regain his life again before long through my grace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.529\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.529_11) bhaviṣyati ca dīrghāyustato vaṃśadharo jayī .. sārvabhaumapradhānaśca dānī yajvā ca dharmavit .. .. 35 .. > And he shall be long-lived thereafter, the continuer of the lineage, victorious, / foremost among universal rulers, generous, a sacrificer, and knower of righteousness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.529\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.529_12) tasmādrājangṛhaṃ gatvā kuru rājyamabhīpsitam .. saṃprāpsyasi sutaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ yādṛśaṃ kīrtitaṃ mayā .. 36.. > Therefore, O King, go home and rule the desired kingdom; / you shall obtain an excellent son, such as was described by me.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.529\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.529_13) anyo'pi mānavo yo māṃ rūpeṇā nenasaṃsthitām .. pūjayiṣyati cātraiva samaṃ devena śaṃbhunā .. 37 .. > And whatever other human being shall worship me stationed in this form, / right here, together with the god Śambhu, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.529\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.529_14) tasyāhaṃ saṃpradāsyāmi putrānhṛdayavāṃchitān .. tathānyadapi yatkiṃcidacirānnātra saṃśayaḥ .. 38 .. > to him I will grant sons cherished in his heart, / and likewise whatever else \[he desires\], without delay; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.529\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.529_15) śrīmahādeva uvāca .. .. bhūya eva nṛpaśreṣṭha mattaḥ prārthaya vāṃchitam .. na vṛthā darśanaṃ me syātsatyametadbravīmi te .. 39 .. > Śrī Mahādeva said: > Ask of me once again, best of kings, whatever you desire. / My darśana shall not be in vain; this I tell you in truth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.529\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.529_16) .. hariścaṃdra uvāca .. .. kṛtakṛtyosmi deveśa sarvamasti gṛhe mama .. putraṃ tyaktvā tvayā so'pi datto vaṃśadharo jayī .. 6.48.40 .. > Hariścandra said: > Lord of the gods, I have accomplished my purpose; everything is present in my house, / except a son, and he too has been given by you—a lineage-bearer and victorious. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.529\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.529_17) tathāpi na tavādeśo vyarthaḥ kāryaḥ kathaṃcana .. etasmātkāraṇāddeva yācayiṣyāmi vāṃchitam .. 41 .. > Even so, your command must by no means be made fruitless. / For this reason, O god, I shall ask for a desired boon. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.529\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.529_18) rājasūyakṛte'smākaṃ sadā buddhiḥ pravartate .. niṣedhayaṃti māṃ sarve mantriṇaḥ suhṛdastadā .. 42 .. > Our mind is constantly inclined toward performing the Rājasūya sacrifice, / but all my ministers and friends then dissuade me: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.529\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.529_19) sarvaistairjāyate yajñaḥ pārthivaiḥ karadīkṛtaiḥ .. yuddhaṃ vinā karaṃ te'pi na yacchanti yato vibho .. 43 .. > ‘That sacrifice is accomplished only when all kings have been made tributary; / and since, O Lord, they will not pay tribute without a battle, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.529\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.529_20) tato yuddhārthinaṃ māṃ te vārayaṃti hitaiṣiṇaḥ .. kṛtotsāhaṃ makhaprāptau nītimārgasamāśritāḥ .. 44 .. > therefore, relying on the path of statecraft, those well-wishers hold me back / when I desire war and have set my heart upon securing the sacrifice.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.529\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.529_21) tasmāttava prasādena rājasūyo bhavenmakhaḥ .. avighnaḥ siddhimāyātu mama nānyadvṛṇomyaham ..45.. > Therefore, by your grace, may the Rājasūya sacrifice take place / and reach completion without obstacle; I choose nothing else. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.529\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.529_22) .. sūta uvāca .. .. sa tatheti pratijñāya jagāmādarśana haraḥ .. so'pi labdhavaro bhūpaḥ svameva bhavanaṃ gataḥ .. 46 .. > Sūta said: > Having promised ‘So be it,’ Hara disappeared from sight. / That king too, having obtained the boon, returned to his own palace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.529\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.529_23) evaṃ tena narendreṇa pūrvaṃ tatra vinirmitau .. umāmaheśvarau paścānnirmitāvitarairapi .. 47 .. > In this way, Umā and Maheśvara were first fashioned there by that lord of men; / afterwards, they were fashioned by others as well. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.529\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.529_24) yastābhyāṃ kurute pūjāṃ saṃprāpte paṃcamī dine .. phalaiḥ sarveṣu gātreṣu yāvatsaṃvatsaraṃ dvijāḥ .. sutaṃ prāpnoti so'bhīṣṭaṃ svavaṃśoddharaṇakṣamam .. 48 .. > Whoever performs their worship when the fifth day arrives, / with fruits upon all their limbs for the duration of a year, O twice-born ones, / obtains the desired son capable of redeeming his own lineage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.48.529\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48.529_25) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe śrīhāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmya umāmaheśvarotpattimāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭācatvāriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 48 .. .. .. .. .. > Thus ends the forty-eighth chapter, named ‘Description of the Origin and Māhātmya of Umā and Maheśvara,’ in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Śrī Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the 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.5.48.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.48) · Pramāṇa