[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) › 5.58 # Skandapurana 5.58 Skandapurāṇa 5.58 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.58.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.58.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ saṃsthāpya gāṃgeyaḥ puṇyaṃ devacatuṣṭayam .. tataḥ saṃsthāpayāmāsa gaṃgāṃ tripathagāminīm .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Having thus established the holy group of four deities, / Gāṅgeya then installed the Gaṅgā that flows in three worlds > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.58.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.58.2) kūpikāyāṃ mahābhāga śivaliṃgasya pūrvataḥ .. tataḥ provāca tānhṛṣṭaḥ saṃpūjya dvijasattamān .. 2 .. > in a small well to the east of the Śivaliṅga, O fortunate one. / Then, delighted, having worshipped those best of brahmins, he spoke: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.58.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.58.3) asyāṃ yaḥ puruṣaḥ snānaṃ kṛtvā māṃ vīkṣayiṣyati .. sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śivalokaṃ prayāsyati .. 3 .. > "The person who, having bathed in this, shall behold me, / freed from all sins, shall go to the world of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.58.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.58.4) kariṣyati tathā yastu śapathaṃ cātra mānavaḥ .. asatyaṃ yāsyati kṣipraṃ sa yamasya gṛhaṃ prati .. 4 .. > And whatever human being here takes an oath / that is false, shall quickly go to the house of Yama." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.58.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.58.5) evamuktvā mahābhāgo bhīṣmaḥ kurupitāmahaḥ .. jagāma svapuraṃ tasmāddharṣeṇa mahatā vṛtaḥ .. 5 .. > Having spoken thus, the fortunate Bhīṣma, grandfather of the Kurus, / departed thence to his own city, filled with great joy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.58.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.58.6) .. sūta uvāca .. tatrāsīcchūdrasaṃbhūtaḥ pauṃḍrakonāma nāmataḥ .. bālabhāve samaṃ mitraiḥ sa krīḍati divāniśam .. 6 .. > Sūta said: / There was a man born of a Śūdra named Pauṇḍraka. / In his childhood he played day and night with his friends. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.58.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.58.7) hāsyabhāvācca mitrasya pustakaṃ tena coritam .. mitraiḥ pṛṣṭaḥ pauṇḍrakaḥ sa prāha naiva mayā hṛtam .. 7 .. > And in jest a book of his friend was stolen by him. / Questioned by his friends, that Pauṇḍraka said, 'It was not taken by me at all! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.58.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.58.8) pustakaṃ caiva yuṣmākaṃ cintanīyaṃ sadaiva tat .. bhavadbhiryatnamāsthāya dṛśyatāṃ kvāpi pustakam .. 8 .. > You should always look after that book of yours. / Making an effort, you should look for the book somewhere else!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.58.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.58.9) kṛtāśca śapathāstatra snātvā bhāgīrathījale .. aduṣṭacetasā tena dattaṃ tatpustakaṃ hṛtam .. 9 .. > And having bathed there in the water of the Bhāgīrathī, oaths were taken \[by him\]. / Without wicked intention, that stolen book was then returned by him, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.58.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.58.10) punaśca ruciraṃ hāsyaṃ kṛtvā tena samaṃ bahu .. athāsāvabhavatkuṣṭhī tatkṣaṇādeva garhitaḥ .. 6.58.10 .. > and again he made much charming laughter together with him. / Then he became a leper, instantly despised. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.58.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.58.11) sa tyakto bāṃdhavaiḥ sarvaiḥ kalatrairapi vallabhaiḥ .. tato vairāgyamāpanno bhṛgupātaṃ papāta saḥ .. 11 .. > He was abandoned by all his kinsmen and even by his beloved wives. / Then, having attained dispassion, he threw himself from a cliff. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.58.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.58.12) jātaśca tatprabhāvena kuṣṭhena parivarjitaḥ .. śāstracauryakṛtāddoṣānmūkarūpaḥ sa hāsyakṛt .. 12 .. > And by the power of that \[tīrtha\] he was born free of leprosy; / \[yet\] due to the sin of stealing a text, that jester took the form of a mute. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.58.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.58.13) na kāryaḥ śapathastasmāttasyāgre'pi laghurdvijāḥ .. api hāsyopacāreṇa ātmanaḥ sukhamicchatā .. 13 .. > Therefore, even in front of it, O brahmins, one desiring happiness for oneself / must not make a frivolous oath, even in jest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.58.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.58.58) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śivagaṃgāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma aṣṭapañcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 58 .. .. > Thus ends the fifty-eighth chapter, named 'The Description of the Māhātmya of Śivagaṅgā', in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection in the glorious Skanda Purāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.58.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.58) · Pramāṇa