[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) › 5.53 # Skandapurana 5.53 Skandapurāṇa 5.53 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.53.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tatraivojjayanīpīṭhamasti kāmapradaṃ nṛṇām .. prabhūtāścaryasaṃyuktaṃ bahusiddhaniṣevitam .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Right there is the seat of Ujjayanī, granting the desires of human beings, / endowed with great wonders and resorted to by many perfected beings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.2) yasya madhyagato nityaṃ svayameva maheśvaraḥ .. mahākālasvarūpeṇa sa tiṣṭhati dvijottamāḥ .. 2 .. > within which Maheśvara himself eternally resides, / in the form of Mahākāla, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.3) vaiśākhyāṃ yo narastatra kṛtvā śrāddhaṃ samāhitaḥ .. tataḥ paśyati deveśaṃ mahākāla iti smṛtam.. pūjayeddakṣiṇāṃ mūrtiṃ samāśritya dvijottamāḥ .. 3 .. > A man who performs a śrāddha there with a concentrated mind on the full-moon day of Vaiśākha, / and then beholds the Lord of Gods, known as Mahākāla, / should worship him, taking recourse to the southern form, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.4) daśa pūrvāndaśātītānātmānaṃ ca dvijottamāḥ .. puruṣānsa samuddhṛtya śivaloke mahīyate .. 4 .. > Raising up ten generations before and ten past, and himself, O best of brahmins, / twenty-one persons in all, he is glorified in the world of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.5) yo yaṃ kāmamabhidhyāya tatra pīṭhaṃ prapūjayet .. saṃpūjya yoginīvṛṃdaṃ kanyakāvṛndameva ca .. 5 .. > Whatever desire one contemplates when worshiping that seat, / after worshiping the host of yoginīs and the host of young girls, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.6) sa tatkṛtsnamavāpnoti yadapi syātsudurlabham .. tatra vaiśākhamāsasya paurṇamāsyāṃ samāhitaḥ .. 6 .. > one obtains all of it, even if it should be very difficult to attain. / There, on the full-moon day of the month of Vaiśākha, with a concentrated mind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.7) śraddhāyukto naro yo vā upavāsaparaḥ śuciḥ .. karoti jāgaraṃ tasya purataḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ .. sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam .. 7 .. > a man endowed with faith, intent on fasting and pure, / who keeps a vigil before him with faith, / goes to the supreme abode, free from old age and death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.8) kiṃ vrataiḥ kiṃ vṛthā dānaiḥ kiṃ japairniyamena vā .. mahākālasya te sarve kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm .. 8 .. > What use are vows? What use are futile gifts? What use are japas or restraints? / All of them are not worth a sixteenth part of Mahākāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.9) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tatraivāsti mahābhāgā bhrūṇagarteti viśrutā .. gartā suvipulākārā sarvapātakanāśinī .. 9 .. > Sūta said: / Right there, O fortunate ones, is a pit known as Bhrūṇagartā, / a pit of very vast dimensions, which destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.10) brahmahatyāvinirmuktaḥ saudāso yatra pārthivaḥ .. strīhatyayā vinirmuktaḥ suṣeṇo vasudhādhipaḥ .. 6.53.10 .. > Where King Saudāsa was released from the sin of killing a brahmin, / \[and\] King Suṣeṇa was released from the sin of killing a woman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.11) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. brahmahatyā kathaṃ tasya saudāsasya mahīpateḥ .. brahmaṇyasyāpi saṃjātā tadasmākaṃ prakīrtaya .. 11 .. > The seers said: / How did the sin of killing a brahmin come upon that king Saudāsa, / devoted though he was to brahmins? Relate that to us! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.12) śrūyate sa mahīpālo brāhmaṇānāṃ hite rataḥ .. karmaṇā manasā vācā brahmaghnaḥ so'bhavatkatham .. 12 .. > It is heard that that ruler of the earth was intent on the welfare of brahmins / in deed, mind, and speech: how did he become a killer of brahmins? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.13) vimuktaśca kathaṃ bhūyo bhrūṇagartāmupāśritaḥ .. sāpi gartā kathaṃ jātā sarvaṃ no vada vistarāt .. 13 .. > And how was he released again having resorted to Bhrūṇagartā? / How did that pit itself come to be? Tell us everything in detail! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.14) .. sūta uvāca .. .. yadā liṃgasya pāto'bhūddevadevasya śūlinaḥ .. tadā sa lajjayāviṣṭo liṃgābhāvāddvijottamāḥ .. 14 .. > Sūta said: / When the fall of the liṅga of the god of gods, the trident-bearer, occurred, / then, seized with shame because of the absence of the liṅga, O best of brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.15) kṛtvā'tivipulāṃ gartāṃ praviveśa tataḥ param .. na kasyacittadātmānaṃ darśayāmāsa śūladhṛk .. 15 .. > having made a very spacious pit, he entered it thereafter. / At that time the wielder of the trident showed himself to no one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.16) evaṃ sā tatra saṃjātā gartā brāhmaṇasattamāḥ .. yathā tasyāṃ vipāpmābhūtsau dāsastadvadāmyaham .. 16 .. > Thus that pit came into being there, O best of brahmins. / I will relate how Saudāsa became free of sin in it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.17) āsīnmitrasahonāma rājā paramadhārmikaḥ .. saudāsastatsutaḥ sākṣātsūryavaṃśasamudbhavaḥ .. 17 .. > There was a king named Mitrasaha, exceedingly righteous; / his son was Saudāsa, born directly in the solar dynasty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.18) teneṣṭaṃ vipulairyajñaiḥ suvarṇavaradakṣiṇaiḥ .. asaṃkhyātāni dānāni pradattāni mahātmanā .. 18 .. > He sacrificed with extensive sacrifices having bountiful gifts of gold as fees; / countless gifts were bestowed by that great-souled one. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.19) kasyacittvatha kālasya satre dvādaśavārṣike .. vartamāne yathānyāyaṃ vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā .. 19 .. > Now after some time, while a twelve-year sacrificial session / was proceeding according to rule through rites prescribed by injunction, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.20) krūrākṣaḥ krūrabuddhiśca rākṣasau balavattarau .. yajñavighnāya saṃprāptau saṃprāpte rajanīmukhe .. 6.53.20 .. > Krūrākṣa and Krūrabuddhi, two very powerful rākṣasas, / arrived to obstruct the sacrifice when the onset of night had arrived, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.21) rākṣasairbahubhiḥ sārdhaṃ tathānyairbhūtasaṃjñitaiḥ .. piśācaiśca durādharṣairyajñavidhvaṃsatatparaiḥ .. 21 .. > together with many rākṣasas and others called bhūtas, / and unconquerable piśācas, bent on destroying the sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.22) atha te rākṣasāḥ sarve kiṃcicchidramavekṣya ca .. viviśuryajñavāṭaṃ taṃ prasarpantaḥ samaṃtataḥ .. 22 .. > Then all those rākṣasas, having watched for some vulnerability, / entered that sacrificial enclosure, creeping in from all sides, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.23) nighnanto brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhānbhakṣayanto havīṃṣi ca .. tathā yāni vicitrāṇi yajñārthe kalpitāni ca .. 23 .. > slaying the best of brahmins and eating the oblations, / as well as whatever diverse \[offerings\] had been prepared for the sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.24) etasminnaṃtare tatra hāhākāro mahānabhūt .. bhakṣyamāṇeṣu vipreṣu rākṣasairbalavattaraiḥ .. 24 .. > At that moment a great cry of distress arose there, / as the brahmins were being devoured by the very powerful rākṣasas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.25) tato maitrasahiḥ kruddhastyaktvā dīkṣāvrataṃ nṛpaḥ .. ādāya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ dhvaṃsayāmāsa vīkṣya tān .. 25 .. > Then the king, the son of Mitrasaha, enraged, abandoned his rite of initiation; / taking up his bow with arrows, he saw them and destroyed them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.26) kṛtarakṣo vasiṣṭhena svayameva purodhasā .. krūrākṣaṃ sūdayāmāsa rākṣasairbahubhiḥ saha .. 26 .. > Having been protected by Vasiṣṭha himself, the family priest, / he slew Krūrākṣa along with many rākṣasas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.27) krūrabuddhiratho vīkṣya hataṃ śreṣṭhaṃ sahodaram .. taṃ ca pārthivaśārdūlamagamyaṃ brahmatejasā .. 27 .. > Then Krūrabuddhi, seeing his distinguished brother slain, / and that tiger among kings unapproachable because of his brahminic power, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.28) hataśeṣānsamādāya rākṣasānbalasaṃyutaḥ .. palāyanaṃ bhayāccakre kṣatāṃgastasya sāyakaiḥ .. 28 .. > took the surviving rākṣasas and, being endowed with strength, / fled in fear, his limbs wounded by the king's arrows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.29) tatastadvairamāśritya bhrāturjyeṣṭhasya rākṣasaḥ .. chidramanveṣayāmāsa tadvadhāya divāniśam .. 29 .. > Then, harboring hostility on behalf of that elder brother of his, the rākṣasa / looked for an opening day and night in order to kill him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.30) evaṃ savīkṣamāṇasya tasya cchidraṃ mahātmanaḥ .. samāptimagamadviprāḥ satraṃ taddvādaśābdikam .. 6.53.30 .. > While he was thus watching for a vulnerability in that great-souled one, / that twelve-year sacrificial session came to an end, O brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.31) na sūkṣmamapi saṃprāptaṃ chidraṃ tena durātmanā .. vasiṣṭhavihitā rakṣā satre tasya mahīpateḥ .. 31 .. > Not even the slightest opening was found by that evil-minded one; / protection had been established by Vasiṣṭha at the sacrificial session of that king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.32) athāsau brāhmaṇānsarvānvisṛjyāhitadakṣiṇān.. kṛtāṃjalipuṭo bhūtvā vasiṣṭhamidamabravīt .. 32 .. > Then he dismissed all the brahmins after their sacrificial fees had been given, / and with palms joined in reverence, he spoke these words to Vasiṣṭha: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.33) svahastena gurodyāhaṃ tvāṃ bhojayitumutsahe .. kriyatāṃ tatprasādo me bhuktvādya mama mandire .. 33 .. > "O guru, today I wish to feed you with my own hand; / let that favor be done to me by dining today in my house." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.34) .. sūta uvāca .. .. sa tatheti pratijñāya vasiṣṭho munisattamaḥ .. kṣālitāṃghriḥ svayaṃ tena niviṣṭo bhojanāya vai .. 34 .. > Sūta said: / Agreeing with 'So be it,' Vasiṣṭha, the best of sages, / had his feet washed by the king himself and sat down indeed for the meal. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.35) kūrabuddhiratho vīkṣya tadarthaṃ cāmiṣaṃ śubham .. susaṃskṛtaṃ vidhānena sūpakārairdvijottamāḥ ..35.. > Then Krūrabuddhi, seeing wholesome meat prepared for that purpose / by the cooks according to the rules, O best of brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.36) ukhāṃ kṛtvā tatastādṛktatpramāṇāmatarkitām.. mahāmāṃsābhṛtāṃ kṛtvā tāṃ jahārāmiṣānvitām ..36.. > made an identical cooking-pot of that same size unobserved; / filling it with human flesh, he took away the one containing meat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.37) athāsau muniśārdūlo bhuṃjāno bubudhe hi tat .. mahāmāṃsamiti kruddhastatra provāca manyumān.. 37 .. > Then that tiger among sages, while eating, realized it: / 'This is human flesh!' Enraged, full of wrath, he spoke there: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.38) mahāmāṃsāśanaṃ yasmātkārito'haṃ tvayādhama .. rakṣovadrākṣasastasmāttvamadyaiva bhaviṣyasi ..38 .. > "Because the consumption of human flesh was caused by you, O wretched one, / therefore you shall become a rākṣasa like a demon this very day!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.39) tataḥ saṃśodhayāmāsa tasya māṃsasya cāgamam .. nipuṇaṃ sūpakārāṃstāndṛṣṭvā rājā pṛthakpṛthak .. 39 .. > Then the king thoroughly investigated the origin of that meat, / questioning those cooks individually. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.40) te'bruvannaitadasmābhiḥ śrapitaṃ māṃsamīdṛśam .. śraddhīyatāṃ mahīpāla nānyena manujena vā .. 6.53.40 .. > They said: "Such meat was not cooked by us, / believe it, O ruler of the earth, nor by any other human being, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.41) rākṣasaṃ vā piśācaṃ vā dānavaṃ vā vinā vibho .. etajjñātvā tato nātha yadyuktaṃ tatsamācara .. 41 .. > except a rākṣasa, a piśāca, or a dānava, O lord. / Having realized this, O protector, do then whatever is fitting." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.42) etasminnaṃtare tasya nārado munisattamaḥ.. samāgatyābravītsarvaṃ tadrākṣasaviceṣṭitam.. 42 ... > In the meantime, Nārada, the best of sages, / arrived and told him all the deeds of that rākṣasa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.43) tacchrutvā kopamāpannaḥ sa rājā śaptumudyataḥ .. vasiṣṭhaṃ svakare kṛtvā jalaṃ saudāsabhūpatiḥ .. śāpodyataṃ ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā nārado vākyamabravīt .. 43 .. > Hearing that, the king was seized with anger and prepared to curse him; / taking water in his hand, King Saudāsa prepared to curse Vasiṣṭha; / seeing him bent on cursing, Nārada spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.44) nighnanto vā śapanto vā dviṣanto vā dvijātayaḥ.. namaskāryā mahīpāla tathāpi svahitecchunā.. gurureṣa punarmānyastava pārthivasattama..44.. > "Whether striking, cursing, or hating, the twice-born / are to be bowed to, O king, by one desiring his own welfare; / moreover, this one is your guru, worthy of honor, O best of kings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.45) tasmānnārhasi śaptuṃ tvaṃ pratiśāpena sanmunim .. niṣiddhaḥ sa tathā bhūpastatastatsalilaṃ karāt .. pādayoḥ kṛtsnamupari pramumoca tataḥ param .. 45 .. > Therefore you ought not to curse the virtuous sage with a counter-curse." / Being thus restrained, the king then poured all that water from his hand / onto his own feet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.46) atha tau caraṇau tasya tapta śāpodakaplutau .. dagdhau kṛṣṇatvamāpannau tatkṣaṇāddvijasattamāḥ .. 46 .. > Then both of his feet, drenched by the heated curse-water, / were burnt and turned black that very moment, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.47) kalmāṣapāda ityuktastataḥprabhṛti sa kṣitau .. bhūpālo dvijaśārdūlā nāmnā tena viśeṣataḥ .. 47 .. > From that time forth he was called Kalmāṣapāda on earth; / that king, O tigers among brahmins, was distinguished by that name. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.48) .. sūta uvāca .. .. etasminnaṃtare vipro vasiṣṭho lajjayānvitaḥ .. jñātvā dattaṃ vṛthā śāpaṃ tasya bhūmipatestadā .. 48.. > Sūta said: / At that moment, the brahmin Vasiṣṭha was overcome with shame, / realizing that a curse had been given in vain to that king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.49) uvāca vyarthaḥ śāpo'yaṃ tava datto mayā nṛpa .. na ca me jāyate vākyamasatyaṃ hi kathaṃcana .. 49 .. > He said: "This curse was given to you in vain by me, O king; / yet my word cannot ever turn out false. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.50) tasmāttvaṃ rākṣaso bhūtvā kañcitkālaṃ nṛpo ttama .. svarūpaṃ lapsyase bhūyo yasminkāle śṛṇuṣva tam .. 6.53.50 .. > Therefore, having become a rākṣasa for some time, O best of kings, / you will regain your own form; listen to the time when \[it will happen\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.51) yadā tvaṃ krūrabuddhiṃ taṃ rākṣasaṃ nihaniṣyasi .. tadā tvaṃ lapsyase mokṣaṃ rākṣasatvātsudāruṇāt .. 51 .. > When you slay that rākṣasa Krūrabuddhi, / then you will attain release from that very dreadful state of being a rākṣasa." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.52) .. sūta uvāca .. .. etasminnantare rājā yātudhāno babhūva saḥ .. ūrdhvakeśo mahākāyaḥ kṛṣṇadanto bhayā nakaḥ .. 52 .. > Sūta said: / In the meantime, that king became a rakshasa, / with hair standing on end, a huge body, black teeth, and a terrifying form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.53) tato jaghāna viprendrānrākṣasaṃ bhāvamāśritaḥ .. yajñānvidhvaṃsayāmāsa munīnāmāśramānapi .. 53 .. > Then, having assumed a demonic nature, he killed eminent brahmins; / he destroyed sacrifices and also the hermitages of sages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.54) kasyacittvatha kālasya krūra buddhiḥ sa rākṣasaḥ .. jñātvā taṃ rākṣasībhūtamekadā''yudhavarjitam .. 54 .. > Then, after some time, that cruel-minded rakshasa, / having learned that the king had become a rakshasa and was once unarmed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.55) bhrāturvadhakṛtaṃ vairaṃ smaramāṇastataḥ param .. tadvadhārthaṃ samāyāto rākṣasairbahubhirvṛtaḥ .. 55 .. > remembering his enmity caused by the killing of his brother, / arrived to kill him, surrounded by many rakshasas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.56) tatastaṃ veṣṭayitvāpi samaṃtādrākṣaso nṛpam .. provāca vacanaṃ kruddho nādenāpūrayandiśaḥ .. 56 .. > Then, surrounding that king on all sides, / the enraged rakshasa spoke these words, filling the quarters with his roar: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.57) tvayā yo nihato'smākaṃ jyeṣṭho bhrātā sudurmate .. vasiṣṭhasya balādyajñe tasyādya phalamāpnuhi .. 57 .. > "You who killed our eldest brother, O evil-minded one, / at the sacrifice by the power of Vasiṣṭha—reap the fruit of that today!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.58) .. rājovāca .. .. yadbravīṣi durācāra karmaṇā tatsamācara .. śāradasyeva meghasya garjitaṃ tava niṣphalam .. 58 .. > The king said: / "What you say, you wicked-mannered one, carry out by deed! / Your roar is useless, like that of an autumn cloud." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.59) evamuktvā samādāya tato vṛkṣaṃ sa pārthivaḥ .. prādravatsaṃmukhaṃ tasya garjamāno yathā ghanaḥ ..59.. > Having spoken thus, the king took up a tree / and rushed toward him, roaring like a cloud. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.60) so'pi vṛkṣaṃ samutpāṭya krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ .. triśaṃkhāṃ bhṛkuṭīṃ kṛtvā tasyāpyabhimukhaṃ yayau .. 6.53.60 .. > He too, uprooting a tree, his eyes bloodshot with rage, / knitted his brows into three furrows and advanced against him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.61) evaṃ dvāvapi tau śūrau vṛkṣayuddhaṃ mahābalau 0. kṛtavantau vane tatra bahuvṛkṣakṣayāvaham .. 61 .. > Thus both warriors of mighty strength fought a duel with trees / in that forest, causing the destruction of many trees. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.62) atha taṃ śrāṃtamālokya kūrabuddhiṃ mahīpatiḥ .. pragṛhya pādayorvegādbhrāmayāmāsa puṣkare .. 62 .. > Then, seeing that cruel-minded one exhausted, the king / seized him by the feet and swiftly whirled him through the sky. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.63) tataścāsphoṭayāmāsa bhūmau kopasamanvitaḥ .. cakre cāmiṣakhaṇḍaṃ sa piṣṭvāpiṣṭvā muhurmuhuḥ .. 63 .. > Filled with wrath, he dashed him to the ground / and reduced him to pieces of meat, crushing him again and again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.64) tasmiṃstu nihate śūre rākṣase sa mahīpatiḥ .. rākṣasatvādvinirmukto lebhe kāyaṃ nṛpodbhavam .. 64 .. > When that heroic rakshasa was slain, the king, / released from rakshasa-hood, regained his royal human form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.65) tataste rākṣasāḥ śeṣāḥ samaṃtāttaṃ mahīpatim.. parivārya mahāvṛkṣairjaghnuḥ pāṣāṇavṛṣṭibhiḥ.. 65 .. > Then the remaining rakshasas surrounded that king on all sides / and struck him with huge trees and showers of stones. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.66) tatastānapi bhūpālo jaghāna prahasanniva .. vṛkṣahastastu viśrabdho līlayā dvijasattamāḥ .. 66 .. > Then the king, laughing as it were, / tree in hand, struck them down effortlessly with confidence, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.67) tataśca svapuraṃ prāptaḥ saṃprahṛṣṭatanūruhaḥ .. rākṣasānāṃ vadhaṃ kṛtvā labdhvā dehaṃ purātanam .. 67 .. > Then, with the hair of his body bristling with joy, / having killed the rakshasas and regained his former body, he reached his city. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.68) tatastaṃ tejasā hīnaṃ durgaṃdhena samāvṛtam .. brahmahatyodbhavaiścihnairanyairapi pṛthagvidhaiḥ .. 68 .. > Then, \[seeing\] him devoid of radiance and covered in a foul stench, / with marks born of the murder of a brahmin and other diverse kinds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.69) dṛṣṭvā te maṃtriṇastasya putra pautrāstathā pare .. nopasarpaṃti bhūpālaṃ pāpasparśabhayānvitāḥ .. 69 .. > seeing \[him thus\], his ministers, sons, grandsons, and others / did not approach the king, seized with fear of touching sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.70) ūcuśca pārthivaśreṣṭha na tvamarhasi saṃgamam .. kartuṃ sārdhamihāsmābhirbrahmahatyā nvito yataḥ .. 6.53.70 .. > And they said: "O best of kings, you ought not / to associate with us here, since you are accompanied by the murder of a brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.71) tasmādvasiṣṭhamāhūya prāyaścittaṃ samācara .. aśuddhaṃ śuddhimāyāti yena gātramidaṃ tava .. 71 .. > Therefore, having summoned Vasiṣṭha, perform an expiation / by which this impure body of yours may attain purity." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.72) tataḥ sa pārthivastūrṇaṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ munipuṃgavam .. samāhūyābravīdvākyaṃ dūrastho vinayānvitaḥ .. 72 .. > Then the king quickly summoned Vasiṣṭha, the eminent sage, / and standing at a distance, filled with humility, he spoke: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.73) tava prasādato vipra sa hato rākṣaso mayā.. muktaśāpo'smi saṃjātaḥ paraṃ śṛṇu vaco mune .. 73 .. > "By your grace, O brahmin, that rakshasa was slain by me, / and I have become freed from the curse; but hear my words, O sage! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.74) mama gātrātsudurgaṃdhaḥ samudgacchati sarvataḥ .. bhārākrāṃtāni gātrāṇi sarvāṇyevācalāni ca .. 74 .. > A terrible stench rises forth from my body on all sides; / all my limbs are weighed down by heaviness and are immovable. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.75) tatkimetaddvijaśreṣṭha tejo hāniratīva me .. maṃtriṇo'pi tathā putrā na spṛśaṃti yato'dya mām .. 75 .. > So what is this, O best of brahmins? My radiance is exceedingly diminished, / since ministers and sons do not touch me today." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.76) .. vasiṣṭha uvāca .. .. rākṣasatvaṃ prapannena tvayā pārthivasattama .. brāhmaṇā bahavo dhvastāstathā vidhvaṃsitā makhāḥ .. teṣāṃ tvaṃ pārthivaśreṣṭha saṃspṛṣṭo brahmahatyayā .. 76 .. > Vasiṣṭha said: / "When you fell into the state of a rakshasa, O best of kings, / many brahmins were destroyed by you, and sacrifices were ruined; / by their murder of a brahmin you have been touched, O best of kings." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.77) .. rājovāca .. .. tadarthaṃ dehi me vipra prāyaścittaṃ viśuddhaye .. yena nirmuktapāpo'haṃ rājyaṃ prāpnomi cātmanaḥ .. 77 .. > The king said: / "For that purpose, O brahmin, give me an expiation for purification, / by which, freed from sin, I may regain my kingdom." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.78) .. vasiṣṭha uvāca .. .. atrārthe tīrthayātrāṃ tvaṃ kuru pārthiva sattama .. nirmamo nirahaṃkārastataḥ siddhimavāpsyasi .. 78 .. > Vasiṣṭha said: / "For this purpose, undertake a pilgrimage to sacred fords, O best of kings; / free from possessiveness and egoism, you will then attain accomplishment." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.79) tataḥ sa pārthivaśreṣṭhaḥ saṃyatātmā jiteṃdriyaḥ .. prayāgādiṣu tīrtheṣu snānaṃ cakre samā hitaḥ .. 79 .. > Then that best of kings, self-restrained with conquered senses, / attentively bathed at Prayāga and other sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.80) na naśyati sa durgaṃdho na ca tejaḥ pravardhate .. na kāyo laghutāṃ yāti nālasyena vimucyate .. 6.53.80 .. > The foul stench did not vanish, nor did his radiance increase; / his body did not attain lightness, nor was it freed from lethargy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.81) tataḥ saṃbhramamāṇaśca kadāci ddvijasattamāḥ .. camatkārapure kṣetre snānārthaṃ samupāgataḥ .. 81 .. > Then, wandering about, O best of brahmins, / he once arrived at the sacred field Camatkārapura for the sake of bathing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.82) suśrāṃtaḥ kṣutpipāsārto niśīthe tamasāvṛte .. gartāyāṃ patito'kasmātpūrṇāyāṃ payasā nṛpaḥ .. 82 .. > Utterly exhausted, afflicted with hunger and thirst, at midnight shrouded in darkness, / the king suddenly fell into a pit full of water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.83) kṛcchrāttato viniṣkrāṃtastīrthāttasmānmahīpatiḥ .. yāvatpaśyati cātmānaṃ dvādaśārkasamaprabham .. 83 .. > When the king emerged with difficulty from that sacred ford, / he saw himself endowed with a brilliance equal to twelve suns, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.84) durgaṃdhena parityaktaṃ sodyamaṃ laghutāṃ gatam .. dṛṣṭvā ca ciṃtayāmāsa nūnaṃ mukto'smi pātakāt .. 84 .. > freed from the foul stench, full of energy, and having attained lightness. / Seeing this, he thought: 'Surely I am freed from sin!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.85) etasminneva kāle tu vāguvācāśarīriṇī .. harṣayantī mahīpālaṃ vimuktaṃ brahmahatyayā ..85.. > At that very moment, a bodiless voice spoke, / bringing joy to the king who was freed from the murder of a brahmin: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.86) vimukto'si mahārāja sāṃprataṃ pūrvapātakaiḥ .. tīrthasyāsya prabhāvena tasmādgaccha nijaṃ gṛham.. 86 .. > "O great king, you are now freed from your previous sins / by the power of this sacred ford; therefore, go to your home! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.87) atra saṃnihito nityaṃ bhrūṇarūpeṇa śaṃkaraḥ .. kṛṣṇapakṣe viśeṣeṇa caturdaśyāṃ mahīpate .. 87 .. > Śaṃkara is constantly present here in the form of an embryo, / especially on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.88) yadā prapatitaṃ liṃgaṃ devadevasya śūlinaḥ .. dvijaśāpena gartaiṣā tadānena vinirmitā .. 88 .. > When the liṅga of the god of gods, the spear-wielder, fell down / due to the curse of brahmins, this pit was made by him at that time, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.89) lajjitena svavāsārthaṃ mahadduḥkhayutena ca .. satīviyogayuktena bhrūṇatvaṃ pragatena ca .. 89 .. > ashamed, for the sake of his dwelling, filled with great sorrow, / separated from Satī, and reduced to the state of an embryo. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.90) sarvapāpaharā tena garteyaṃ pṛthi vīpate .. bhrūṇagarteti vikhyātā tasya nāmā jagattraye .. 6.53.90 .. > Therefore, this pit destroys all sins, O lord of the earth; / it is renowned throughout the three worlds by his name as Bhrūṇagartā." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.91) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evamuktvātha sā vāṇī virarāmāṃ'tarikṣagā .. so'pi pārthivaśārdūlaḥ prahṛṣṭaḥ svapuraṃ yayau .. 91 .. > Sūta said: / Having spoken thus, that voice traversing the sky fell silent; / and that tiger among kings, delighted, went to his own city. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.92) tatastaṃ pāpanirmuktaṃ tejasā bhāskaropamam .. dṛṣṭvā putrāstathā martyāḥ praṇemustuṣṭisaṃyutāḥ .. 92 .. > Then, seeing him freed from sin, resembling the sun in radiance, / his sons and people bowed down with satisfaction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.93) so'pi brāhmaṇaśārdūlo vasiṣṭhastaṃ mahīpatim.. samabhyetya tataḥ prāha harṣagadgadayā girā .. 93 .. > And Vasiṣṭha, that tiger among brahmins, approached that king / and then spoke in a voice faltering with joy: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.94) diṣṭyā muktosi rājeṃdra pāpādbrahmavadhodbhavāt .. diṣṭyā tvaṃ tejasā yuktaḥ punaḥ prāpto nijaṃ puram .. 94 .. > "By good fortune, O king of kings, you are released from the sin arising from killing a brahmin! / By good fortune, endowed with splendor, you have reached your own city once more! 94 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.95) tasmātkīrtaya bhūpāla kasmiṃstīrthe samāgataḥ .. tvaṃ muktaḥ pātakādghorādbrahmahatyāsamudbhavāt .. 95 .. > Therefore, O protector of the earth, tell \[us\]: at which sacred ford did you arrive, / \[and how\] were you freed from the terrible sin born of killing a brahmin?" 95 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.96) tataḥ sa kathayāmāsa bhrūṇagartāsamudbhavam .. vṛttāṃtaṃ tasya viprarṣeranubhūtaṃ yathā tathā .. 96 .. > Then he narrated to that brahmin seer the event that had taken place / at Bhrūṇagartā, exactly as it had been experienced. 96 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.97) tataste maṃtriṇo vṛddhāḥ sa ca rājā munīśvaraḥ .. putraṃ pratardanaṃnāma rājye saṃsthāpya tatkṣaṇāt .. 97 .. > Then those aged ministers, along with that king, the lord of sages, / having installed his son named Pratardana upon the throne that very moment, 97 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.98) bhrūṇagartāṃ samāsādya tāmeva dvijasattamāḥ .. tapaścerurmahādevaṃ dhyāyamānā divā niśam .. 98.. > and having reached that very Bhrūṇagartā, O best of the twice-born, / performed austerity, meditating on Mahādeva day and night. 98 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.99) gatāśca paramāṃ siddhiṃ kālenālpena durlabhām .. bhrūṇarūpadharaṃ devaṃ pūjayitvā maheśvaram .. 99 .. > And in a short time they attained the supreme, rarely obtained perfection, / having worshipped the great lord, the god who assumes the form of an embryo. 99 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.100) tataḥprabhṛti sā gartā prakhyātā dharaṇītale .. bhrūṇagarteti vipreṃdrāḥ sarvapātakanāśinī .. 6.53.100 .. > From that time forward, that pit has been renowned upon the earth / as Bhrūṇagartā, O lords of brahmins, destroying all sins. 100 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.101) tatra kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute naraḥ .. sa pitṝṃstārayennūnaṃ daśa pūrvāndaśā parān.. 101 .. > The man who performs a śrāddha there on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight, / surely delivers his ancestors: ten preceding and ten following. 101 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.102) tasmātsarvaprayatnena tatra śrāddhaṃ samācaret .. snānaṃ ca brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhā dānaṃ vāpi svaśaktitaḥ .. 102 .. > Therefore, with every effort one should perform a śrāddha there, / as well as ritual ablution, O best of brahmins, or give gifts according to one's means. 102 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.53.102\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53.102_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye bhrūṇagartāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma tripañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 53 .. .. > Thus ends the fifty-third chapter, named 'Description of the Māhātmya of Bhrūṇagartā,' in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\], in the Skandamahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.53.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.53) · Pramāṇa