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(machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.3) hastināpurasaṃsthena vidureṇa purā dvijāḥ .. gālavo muniśārdūlaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ svagṛhamāgataḥ .. 3 .. > Long ago, O brahmins, Vidura, residing in Hastināpura, / questioned Gālava, the tiger among sages, who had come to his house: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.4) aputrasya gatirloke kīdṛksaṃjāyate pare .. etanme pṛcchato brūhi kṛtvā sadbhāvamuttamam .. 4 .. > "What kind of fate befalls one who is childless in the other world? / Tell this to me who am asking, having assumed the best of goodwill." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.5) .. gālava uvāca .. .. aputrasya gatirnāsti mṛtaḥ svargaṃ na gacchati .. dvādaśānāmapi tathā yadyeko'pi na vidyate .. 5 .. > Gālava said: / "There is no fate in the hereafter for the childless; dead, he does not go to heaven / if there is not even one among the twelve \[kinds of sons\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.6) aurasaḥ kṣetrajaścaiva krayakrītaśca pālitaḥ .. paunarbhavaḥ punardattaḥ kuṃḍo golastathā paraḥ .. kānīnaśca sahoḍhaśca aśvattho brahmavṛkṣakaḥ .. 6 .. > the son of one's own body, the son of the wife, the bought son, the reared son, / the son of a remarried woman, the son given away again, the kuṇḍa, the gola, and another, / the son of an unmarried woman, the son received with a bride, and the aśvattha tree, the tree of Brahmā." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.7) eteṣāmapi yadyekaḥ puruṣāṇāṃ na jāyate .. tannūnaṃ narake vāsaḥ puṃsaṃjñe vai prajāyate .. 7 .. .. > If not even one among these is born to men, / then surely dwelling in the hell named Put comes to pass. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.8) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya gālavasya mahātmanaḥ .. aputratvātparaṃ duḥkhaṃ jagāma vidurastadā .. 8 .. > Sūta said: / Hearing that speech of the noble Gālava, / Vidura was then plunged into great sorrow due to his childlessness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.9) taptastaṃ gālavaḥ prāha mā tvaṃ duḥkhapadaṃ vraja .. madvākyātputrakaṃ vṛkṣaṃ viṣṇusaṃjñaṃ drutaṃ kuru ..9.. > Pained \[by his grief\], Gālava said to him: 'Do not go into a state of sorrow. / At my word, swiftly make a tree named Viṣṇu your son. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.10) tasmātprāpsyasi niḥśeṣaṃ phalaṃ putrasamudbhavam .. gatvā puṇyatame deśe raktaśṛṃgasya mūrdhani ..6.59.10.. > From that you will obtain the entire fruit arising from a son, / having gone to the most sacred region, on the summit of Raktaśṛṅga, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.11) hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre sarvavṛddhiśubhodaye .. tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā vidurastatkṣaṇādyayau .. 11 .. > in the sacred field born of Hāṭakeśvara, where all prosperity and auspiciousness arise.' / Having heard his speech, Vidura departed at that very moment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.12) tatsthānaṃ gālavoddiṣṭaṃ harṣeṇa mahatānvitaḥ .. tatrāśvatthataruṃ sthāpya putratve cābhiṣecya ca .. 12 .. > Filled with great joy, he went to that place indicated by Gālava. / Having planted an aśvattha tree there and consecrated it as a son, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.13) vaivāhikena vidhinā kṛtakṛtyo babhūva ha .. tato babhrāma tatkṣetraṃ tīrthayātrāparāyaṇaḥ.. 13 .. > he fulfilled his purpose through the marital rite. / Then he wandered through that sacred field, devoted to the pilgrimage of sacred fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.13\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.13_1) kīrtitāni vicitrāṇi rājarṣīṇāṃ mahātmanām .. śrutvā sthānāni gatvā ca dadarśa sthānadevatāḥ...4 .. > Having heard of the marvelous places celebrated by noble royal seers, / he went and beheld the presiding deities of those places. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.15) sa dṛṣṭvā kuruvṛddhasya kīrtanāni mahātmanaḥ .. tataścakre matiṃ tatra divyaprāsādakarmaṇi .. 15 .. > Having seen the celebrated works of the elder of the Kurus, the noble one, / he then set his mind on the work of building divine temples there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.16) tato māheśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ vaṭādhastādvidhāya saḥ .. viṣṇuṃ ca sthāpayāmāsa aśvatthasya taroradhaḥ .. 16 .. > Then, having installed a liṅga of Maheśvara beneath a banyan tree, / he also installed Viṣṇu beneath the aśvattha tree. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.17) niveśya ca tathā divyaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo nyavedayat .. etaddevatrayaṃ kṣetre yuṣmākaṃ hi mayā kṛtam .. bhavadbhiḥ sakalā cāsya cintākāryā sadaiva hi .. 17 .. > And having established that divine \[shrine\], he announced to the brahmins: / 'This triad of deities in the sacred field has indeed been established by me for you. / All care of it must always be undertaken by you.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.18) .. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .. .. vayamasya kariṣyāmo yātrādyāḥ sakalāḥ kriyāḥ .. 18 .. > The brahmins said: / 'We shall perform all the rites for it, such as festivals and the like. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.19) tathā vaṃśodbhavā ye ca putrāḥ pautrāstathāpare .. kariṣyaṃti kriyāḥ sarvāstvaṃ gaccha svagṛhaṃ prati .. 19 .. > Likewise, our descendants, sons, grandsons, and others, / will perform all the rites. Go to your own home.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.20) tato jagāma viduraḥ svapuraṃ prati harṣitaḥ .. kṛtakṛtyo dvijāste ca cakrurvākyaṃ tadudbhavam.. 6.59.20 .. > Then Vidura, having achieved his purpose, went joyfully to his own city; / and those twice-born ones carried out the words spoken by him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.21) māghamāsasya saptamyāṃ sūryavāreṇa yo naraḥ .. pūjayedbhāskaraṃ tatra sa yāti paramāṃ gatim .. 21 .. > Whatever person worships the Sun there on the seventh day of the month of Māgha, / falling on a Sunday, goes to the highest state; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.22) śivaṃ vā somavāreṇa śuklāṣṭamyāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. śayane bodhane viṣṇuṃ samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. 22 .. > or \[worships\] Śiva on a Monday, especially on the bright eighth day; / \[or worships\] Viṣṇu on his sleeping and waking days, endowed with proper faith. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.23) tasmātsarvaprayatnena devānāṃ tattrayaṃ śubham .. pūjanīyaṃ viśeṣeṇa naraiḥ svargatimīpsubhiḥ .. 23 .. > Therefore, with every effort, that auspicious triad of deities / should especially be worshipped by men desiring to attain heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.24) tatra siddhiṃ gatāḥ pūrvaṃ munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ .. vidureśvaramārādhya śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ .. 24 .. > There, having worshipped Vidureśvara, sages of strict vows / formerly attained perfection by hundreds and by thousands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.25) tatastatsiddhidaṃ jñātvā liṃgaṃ vai pākaśāsanaḥ .. pāṃsubhiḥ pūrayāmāsa yathā kaścinna budhyate .. 25 .. > Then, knowing that liṅga to be a bestower of perfection, Indra (Pākaśāsana) / covered it with dust so that no one would know of it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.26) kasyacittvatha kālasya vidurastatra cāgataḥ .. dṛṣṭvā lopagataṃ liṃgaṃ duḥkhena mahatānvitaḥ .. 26 .. > After some time, however, Vidura arrived there; / seeing the liṅga vanished, he was overcome with great grief. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.27) etasminneva kāle tu vāguvācāśarīriṇī .. mā tvaṃ kuru viṣādaṃ hi liṃgārthe vidurādhunā ..27... > At that very moment, a bodiless voice said: / 'Vidura, do not despair now on account of the liṅga! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.28) yo'yaṃ sa dṛśyate vālo vaṭastasya tale sthitā .. devadroṇiḥ sureśena pāṃsubhiḥ paripūritā .. 28 .. > The young banyan tree that is seen here—at its base / lies the trough of the gods, filled with dust by the lord of the gods.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.29) tato gajāhvayāttūrṇaṃ samānīya dhanaṃ bahu .. śodhayāmāsa tatsthānaṃ divārātramatandritaḥ .. 29 .. > Then, having swiftly brought much wealth from Hastināpura (Gajāhvaya), / he cleared that place day and night without sloth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.30) tato vilokya tāndevānharṣeṇa mahatānvitaḥ .. prāsādaṃ nirmame teṣāṃ yogyaṃ sādhvabhisaṃsthitam .. .. 6.59.30 .. > Then, having seen those gods, filled with great joy, / he constructed a suitable, well-built temple for them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.31) kailāsaśikharākāraṃ bhāskarārthe mahāmuniḥ .. jaṭāmadhyagataṃ dṛṣṭvā vaṭasya ca maheśvaram .. 31 .. > For the Sun, the great sage \[built one\] shaped like the peak of Kailāsa. / Seeing Maheśvara situated within the aerial roots of the banyan tree, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.32) prāsādaṃ nākarottatra liṃgaṃ yāvanna cālayet .. vāsudevasya yogyāṃ ca kṛtvā śālāṃ bṛhattarām .. 32 .. > he did not construct a temple there, so as not to move the liṅga; / and having made a very large hall suitable for Vāsudeva, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.33) dattvā vṛttiṃ ca saṃhṛṣṭo brāhmaṇebhyo nivedya ca .. jagāma svāśramaṃ bhūyo viprānāmaṃtrya tāṃstataḥ .. 33 .. > and having granted a livelihood, overjoyed, he presented it to the brahmins; / then, having bid farewell to those vipras, he went back to his own hermitage. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.59.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59.59) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye vidurakṛtadevaprāsādavṛttānta varṇanaṃnāmaikonaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 59 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the fifty-ninth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Account of the Temple of the Gods Built by Vidura,' in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of 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.5.59.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.59) · Pramāṇa