[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) › 5.56 # Skandapurana 5.56 Skandapurāṇa 5.56 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.56.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tasyāpi nātidūrasthaṃ sāṃbādityaṃ sureśvaram .. dṛṣṭvā kāmānavāpnoti sarvānmartyo hṛdi sthitān.. 1 .. > Sūta said: / By seeing Sāmbāditya, the lord of gods, situated not very far from him, / a mortal obtains all the desires dwelling in his heart. (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.2) yastu māghasya śuklāyāṃ saptamyāṃ ravivāsare .. bhaktyā saṃpaśyate martyo narakānna sa paśyati .. 2 .. > A mortal who beholds him with devotion on the seventh \[tithi\] of the bright \[fortnight\] of Māgha, / on a Sunday, does not see the hells. (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.3) āsītpūrvaṃ dvijo nāma gālavaḥ sa mahāmuniḥ .. svādhyāyanirato nityaṃ vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ .. 3 .. > Formerly there was a brahmin named Gālava, a great sage, / constantly dedicated to Vedic study, who had crossed to the far shore of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas. (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.4) śucivrataparaḥ śāṃto devadvijaparāyaṇaḥ .. kṛtajñaśca suśīlaśca yajñakarmavicakṣaṇaḥ .. 4 .. > Devoted to pure vows, tranquil, dedicated to the gods and brahmins, / grateful, of good conduct, and skilled in sacrificial rites. (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.5) tasyaivaṃ vartamānasya saṃprāptaṃ paścimaṃ vayaḥ .. aputrasya dvijaśreṣṭhāstato duḥkhaṃ vyajāyata .. 5 .. > As he was living thus, advanced age arrived / while he was sonless, O best of brahmins; therefore sorrow was born \[in him\]. (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.6) tataḥ sarvaṃ parityajya gṛhakṛtyaṃ sa bhaktimān .. sūryamārādhayāmāsa kṣetre'traiva samāhitaḥ .. 6 .. > Then, having abandoned all household duties, that devoted man, / with a concentrated mind, worshipped the sun right in this sacred field. (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.7) vaṭavṛkṣaṃ samāśritya śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ .. sthāpayitvā raverarcāṃ yathoktāṃ paṃcarātrike .. 7 .. > Taking shelter of a banyan tree, endowed with supreme faith, / having installed an image of the Sun according to the rules stated in the Pāñcarātra, (7) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.8) varṣāsvākāśaśāyī ca hemaṃte jalasaṃśrayaḥ .. paṃcāgnisādhako grīṣme nirāhāro jitendriyaḥ .. 8 .. > lying in the open air during the rains, dwelling in water in winter, / performing the five-fire penance in summer, without food, with senses subdued. (8) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.9) tataḥ paṃcadaśe varṣe saṃprāpte bhagavānraviḥ .. vaṭavṛkṣaṃ samāśritya samīpasthamuvāca tam .. 9 .. > Then, when the fifteenth year arrived, the divine Sun, / taking shelter of the banyan tree, spoke to him who stood nearby: (9) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.10) .. śrīsūrya uvāca .. .. varadosmyadya bhadraṃ te varaṃ prārthaya gālava .. atidurlabhamapyāśu tava dāsyāmyasaṃśayam ..6.56.10.. > The glorious Sūrya said: / "I am a giver of boons today; hail to you! Request a boon, O Gālava. / Even if it is exceedingly difficult to obtain, I will give it to you quickly without doubt." (10) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.11) .. gālava uvāca .. .. aputro'haṃ suraśreṣṭha paścime vayasi sthitaḥ .. tasmāddehi sutaṃ mahyaṃ vaṃśavṛddhikaraṃ param .. 11 .. > Gālava said: / "O best among gods, I am sonless and situated in advanced age; / therefore give me an excellent son who will increase my lineage." (11) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.11\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.11_1) .. śrīsūrya uvāca .. .. vaṃśavṛddhikaro vipra putrastava bhaviṣyati .. tejasvī ca yaśasvī ca śāstrajño veda pāragaḥ...2.. > The glorious Sūrya said: / "O brahmin, you will have a son who will increase your lineage, / radiant, renowned, knowledgeable in the scriptures, and a master of the Vedas. (12) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.11\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.11_2) yeyaṃ tvayā kṛtā me'rcā sāṃbasūryasya saṃnidhau .. sāṃbasūryābhidhāno'yaṃ bhaviṣyati dharātale...3.. > Since this image of me was made by you near Sāmbasūrya, / it will be known by the name 'Sāmbasūrya' on the surface of the earth. (13) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.11\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.11_3) anyo'pi śradrayopeto ya enaṃ pūjayiṣyati .. saptamyāṃ sūryavāreṇa yāvaddvādaśa bhāskarāḥ ...4.. > Any other person as well, endowed with faith, who worships him / on a Sunday that is a seventh \[tithi\], for twelve suns, (14) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.15) saptamyaśca dvijaśreṣṭha nirāhārastu bhaktitaḥ yā .. sa prāpsyati na saṃdehaḥ putraṃ vaṃśavivardhanam .. 15 .. > and seventh \[tithis\], O best of brahmins, fasting with devotion, / will without doubt obtain a son who enhances his lineage." (15) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.16) evamuktvā ca saptāśvo virarāma divākaraḥ .. gālavo'pi prahṛṣṭātmā jagāma nijamaṃdiram .. 16 .. > Having spoken thus, the sun drawn by seven horses ceased speaking; / and Gālava, his heart overjoyed, went to his own abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.17) nātidīrgheṇa kālena tatastasyābhava tatsutaḥ.. yathoktastena devena sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitaḥ .. 17 .. > Then, before much time had passed, a son was born to him / as promised by that god, endowed with all auspicious marks. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.18) tataścakre pitā nāma vaṭeśvara iti svayam .. vaṭasthena yato dattaḥ saṃtuṣṭenāṃśumālinā .. 18 .. > Then the father himself gave him the name Vaṭeśvara, / because he had been granted by the ray-garlanded \[sun\] who was pleased, standing at the banyan tree (vaṭa). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.19) vaṭeśvarasutāndṛṣṭvā pautrāṃśca dvijasattamāḥ .. gālavaḥ sūryamāpannaḥ kṛtvā suvipulaṃ tapaḥ .. 19 .. > Seeing the sons and grandsons of Vaṭeśvara, O best of brahmins, / Gālava attained the sun, having performed vast austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.20) vaṭeśvaro'pi saṃjñāya pitrā saṃsthāpitaṃ ravim .. tadarthaṃ kārayāmāsa prāsādaṃ sumanoharam .. 6.56.20 .. > Vaṭeśvara, too, knowing that the sun had been established by his father, / had a very charming temple constructed for him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.21) tataḥprabhṛti loke ca sa vaṭādityasaṃjñitaḥ .. putraprado hyaputrāṇāṃ vikhyāto bhuvanatraye .. 21 .. > From that time forward in the world, known by the name Vaṭāditya, / he became renowned throughout the three worlds as a granter of sons to the childless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.22) saptamyāṃ sūryavāreṇa upavāsaparāyaṇaḥ .. yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā saptamīrdvādaśa kramāt .. sa prāpnoti sutaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ svavaṃśasya vivardhanam .. 22 .. > Devoted to fasting on the seventh lunar day (saptamī) coinciding with a Sunday, / whoever worships him with devotion on twelve successive seventh days, / obtains an excellent son who enhances his lineage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.23) niṣkāmo vā naro yastu taṃ pūjayati mānavaḥ .. sa mokṣamāpnuyānnūnaṃ durlabhaṃ tridaśairapi .. 23 .. > Or whatever man, free from desire, worships him, / he will surely attain liberation, hard even for the gods to reach. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.24) atha gāthā purā gītā nāradena surarṣiṇā .. dṛṣṭvā putrapradaṃ devaṃ vaṭādityaṃ sureśvaram .. 24 .. > Now, a song was formerly sung by the celestial seer Nārada / upon beholding that son-granting god, the lord of gods, Vaṭāditya: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.25) api varṣaśatā nārī vaṃdhyā vā durbhagāpi vā .. sāṃbasūryaprasādena sadyo garbhavatī bhavet .. 25 .. > “Even a woman a hundred years old, barren, or unfortunate / will at once become pregnant through the grace of Sāmbāditya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.26) kiṃ dānaiḥ kiṃ vratairdhyānaiḥ kiṃ japaiḥ sopavāsakaiḥ .. putrārthaṃ vidyamāne'tha sāṃbasūrye sureśvare .. 26 .. > What need of gifts, what of vows and meditations, what of recitations with fasts, / for the sake of a son, while Sāmbāditya, the lord of gods, is present?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.27) varṣamekaṃ naro bhaktyā yaḥ paśyetsūryavāsare .. kṛtakṣaṇo'tra putraṃ sa labhate cottamaṃ sukham.. 27 .. > The man who with devotion beholds \[him\] on a Sunday for one year, / finding leisure here, obtains a son and supreme happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.28) tasmātsarvaprayatnena taṃ devaṃ yatnato dvijāḥ .. paśyedātmahitārthāya svavaṃśaparivṛddhaye .. 28 .. > Therefore, O brahmins, with every effort one should diligently behold that god / for one’s own welfare and for the increase of one’s lineage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.56.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56.56) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṃḍe śrīhāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye sāṃbādityamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭpañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 56.. .. cha .. > Thus ends the fifty-sixth chapter, named “Description of the Māhātmya of Sāmbāditya,” in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Śrī Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection of the glorious Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.56.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Nīlatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.nilatantra.6.32) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.56) · Pramāṇa