[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) › 5.50 # Skandapurana 5.50 Skandapurāṇa 5.50 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.50.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.1) evaṃ tasya narendrasya vyāghrarūpasya kānane .. jagāma sumahānkālo nighnato vividhāndvija .. 1 .. > Thus, O twice-born, a very great period of time passed for that lord of men in the form of a tiger in the forest, slaying various \[beings\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.2) kasyacittvatha kālasya tasmindeśe dvijottamāḥ .. ā yātaṃ gokulaṃ ramyaṃ gopagopīsamākulam .. 2 .. > Then, at a certain time, O best of the twice-born, a delightful herd of cattle, thronged with cowherds and cowherdesses, arrived in that region. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.3) tatrāsti nandinīnāma dhenuḥ pīnapayodharā .. vistīrṇajaghanābhogā haṃsavarṇā ghaṭasravā .. 3 .. > There was a cow there named Nandinī, with swelling udders, / broad expansive hips, the color of a swan, shedding milk like a jar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.4) atha sā nijayūthasya sadāgre tṛṇavāṃchayā .. bhramamāṇā nikuñjāṃte liṃgaṃ devasya śūlinaḥ .. 4 .. > Now, wandering always ahead of her herd in desire for grass, / she \[saw\] at the edge of an arbor the liṅga of the trident-bearing god; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.5) apaśyattejasā yuktaṃ svayameva vyavasthitam .. dvādaśārkapratīkāśaṃ cittāhlādakaraṃ param .. 5 .. > she saw it endowed with brilliance, abiding of its own accord, / resembling twelve suns, supremely gladdening to the heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.6) tatastasyopari sthitvā susrāva sumahatpayaḥ .. śraddhayā parayā yuktā tasya snānakṛte dvijāḥ .. 6 .. > Then, standing above it, endowed with supreme faith, / she poured forth abundant milk for his ceremonial bath, O twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.7) evaṃ tāṃ snapanaṃ tasya sadā liṃgasya kurvatīm .. na jānāti janaḥ kaścidvane vṛkṣasamākule .. 7 .. > As she thus constantly performed the ceremonial bath of that liṅga / in the forest crowded with trees, no person knew of it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.8) anyasmindivase tatra sthāne vyāghraḥ samāgataḥ .. tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭro mahākāyaḥ sarvajantubhayāvahaḥ .. 8 .. > On another day, a tiger arrived at that place, / sharp-fanged, huge-bodied, terrifying to all creatures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.9) atha sā tatra āyātā patitā dṛṣṭigocare .. nandinī dvīpinastasya daivayogāddvijottamāḥ .. 9 .. > Then, having arrived there, Nandinī fell within the range of vision / of that tiger, O best of the twice-born, by the decree of fate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.10) tataḥ sā gokule baddhaṃ smṛtvā svaṃ laghuvatsakam .. atṛṇādaṃ payovṛttiṃ karuṇaṃ paryadevayat .. 6.50.10 .. > Then, remembering her little calf bound in the herd of cattle, / one that did not eat grass and lived on milk alone, she lamented piteously: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.11) adyaikāhaṃ ca saṃprāptā kānane janavarjite .. putraṃ bālaṃ parityajya gopairgoṣṭhe niyaṃtritam .. 11 .. > "Today I have come alone into a forest devoid of people, / abandoning my young child held fast by cowherds in the pen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.12) yena satyena bhaktyādya snapanāyāhamāgatā .. śivasya tena satyena bhūyānme sutasaṃgamaḥ .. 12 .. > By the truth through which I have come today with devotion for the ceremonial bath / of Śiva, by that truth may there be reunion with my son!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.13) evaṃ sā karuṇaṃ yāvannandinī vilapatyalam.. tāvadvyāghraḥ smitaṃ kṛtvā provāca paruṣākṣaram .. 13 .. > While Nandinī was thus lamenting piteously and exceedingly, / the tiger smiled and spoke harsh words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.14) .. vyāghra uvāca .. .. pralāpānkiṃ mudhā dheno karoṣi vaśagā mama .. tasmādiṣṭatamaṃ devaṃ smara svargakṛte śubhe .. 14 .. > The tiger said: / "Why do you make lamentations in vain, O cow, when you have fallen into my power? / Therefore, remember your most cherished deity for the sake of heaven, O auspicious one!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.15) .. dhenuruvāca .. .. nāhamātmakṛte vyāghra vilapāmi suduḥ khitā .. śivārcanakṛte mṛtyurmama jātaḥ śubhāvahaḥ .. 15 .. > The cow said: / "I do not lament for my own sake, O tiger, exceedingly distressed; / for the sake of worshiping Śiva, death has become auspicious for me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.16) vatso me gokule baddhaḥ smaramāṇo mamāgamam .. santiṣṭhate payovṛttiḥ kathaṃ syātsa mayā vinā .. 16 .. > My calf is tied in the herd of cattle, remembering my arrival; / he subsists on milk; how could he exist without me? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.17) etasmātkāraṇādvyāghra vilapāmi suduḥkhitā .. na cātmajīvanārthāya satyenātmānamālabhe .. 17 .. > For this reason, O tiger, I lament exceedingly distressed, / and not for the sake of saving my own life; I swear by truth! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.18) tasmānmuṃca mahāvyāghra māṃ sadyaḥ sutavatsalām .. sakhījanasya taṃ dattvā samāgacchāmi teṃtikam .. 18 .. > Therefore, O great tiger, release me at once, fond of my son; / having entrusted him to my companions, I will return to your presence." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.19) .. vyāghra uvāca .. .. kathaṃ mṛtyumukhaṃ prāpya niṣkramya ca kathañcana .. bhūyastatraiva niryāsi tasmāttvāṃ bhakṣayāmyaham .. 19 .. > The tiger said: / "Having reached the jaws of death and somehow escaped, / how would you go back there again? Therefore, I will devour you." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.20) .. nandinyuvāca .. .. śapathairāgamiṣyāmi yaiḥ punarvyāghra teṃ'tikam .. tānākarṇaya me vaktrāttato yuktaṃ samācara .. 6.50.20 .. > Nandinī said: / "With the oaths by which I will come again to your presence, O tiger— / listen to them from my mouth, and then do what is proper! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.21) yatpāpaṃ brahmahatyāyāṃ mātāpitrośca vaṃcane .. tena pāpena lipyehaṃ nāgacchāmi punaryadi .. 21 .. > Whatever sin is in the slaying of a brahmin and in deceiving one's mother and father, / may I be smeared with that sin if I do not return! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.22) vivastraṃ snānasaktānāṃ divāmaithunagāminām .. yatpāpaṃ tena lipye'haṃ nāgacchāmi punaryadi .. 22 .. > Whatever sin belongs to those intent on bathing unclothed, or engaging in intercourse by day, / may I be smeared with that sin if I do not return! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.23) rajasvalānusaktānāṃ yatpāpaṃ nagnaśāyinām .. tena pāpena lipye'haṃ nāgacchāmi punaryadi .. 23 .. > Whatever sin belongs to those who cohabit with a menstruating woman, or sleep naked, / may I be smeared with that sin if I do not return! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.24) viśvāsaghātakānāṃ ca kṛtaghnānāṃ ca yadbhavet .. tena pāpena lipye'haṃ nāgacchāmi punaryadi .. .. 24 .. > Whatever sin belongs to betrayers of trust and to the ungrateful, / may I be smeared with that sin if I do not return! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.25) gokanyābrāhmaṇānāṃ ca dūṣakānāṃ ca yadbhavet .. tena pāpena lipye'haṃ nāgacchāmi punaryadi .. 25 .. > Whatever sin belongs to defilers of cows, maidens, and brahmins, / may I be smeared with that sin if I do not return! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.26) vṛthāpākaprakartṛṇāṃ vṛthāmāṃsāśināṃ ca yat .. tena pāpena lipye'haṃ nāgacchāmi punaryadi .. 26 .. > Whatever sin belongs to those who cook in vain and eat meat not consecrated, / may I be smeared with that sin if I do not return! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.27) vratabhaṃgaprakartṛṇāmanṛtau gāmināṃ ca yat .. tena pāpena lipye'haṃ nāgacchāmi punaryadi .. .. 27 .. > Whatever sin belongs to breakers of vows and to those who approach women outside the fertile period, / may I be smeared with that sin if I do not return! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.28) paiśunyasūcakānāṃ ca yatpāpaṃ śastrakarmaṇām.. tena pāpena lipye'haṃ nāgacchāmi punaryadi .. 28 .. > Whatever sin belongs to slanderers and to those who live by weapons, / may I be smeared with that sin if I do not return!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.50.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50.50) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāharasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe śrīhāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye kalaśeśvaramāhātmye govyāghrasaṃvādavarṇanaṃnāma pañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ.. 50 ..cha.. > Thus ends the fiftieth chapter, entitled "The Description of the Dialogue between the Cow and the Tiger," in the Kalaśeśvara-māhātmya, in the Māhātmya of the Holy Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\], in the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.50.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Kālottara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.kalottara.86.190) — Nandikeśvara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.50) · Pramāṇa