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# Skandapurana 5.5

Skandapurāṇa 5.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.1)

sūta uvāca.  
tacchrutvā brahmaṇo vākyaṃ viśvāmitro ruṣānvitaḥ.  
pitāmahamuvācedaṃ paśya me tapaso balam..6.5.1..

> Sūta said: / Hearing that statement of Brahmā, Viśvāmitra was filled with wrath. / He said this to the Grandfather: "Behold the power of my austerity!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.2)

yājayitvā triśaṃkuṃ taṃ vidhivaddakṣiṇāvatā.  
yajñenātrā(?) nayiṣyāmi paśyataste pitāmaha..6.5.2..

> Having officiated at a sacrifice for Triśaṅku according to the rules, accompanied by generous gifts, / I will bring him here by means of that sacrifice, while you look on, O Grandfather!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.3)

evamuktvā drutaṃ gatvā viśvāmitro dharātalam.  
cakāra yājane yatnaṃ triśaṃkoḥ sumahātmanaḥ..6.5.3..

> Having spoken thus and gone swiftly to the surface of the earth,  
> Viśvāmitra made an effort to perform the sacrifice for the great-souled Triśaṅku.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.4)

dadau dīkṣāṃ samāhūya brāhmaṇānvedapāragān.  
yatrakarmocite kāle tasminneva vane śubhe..6.5.4..

> Having summoned brahmins who had mastered the Vedas,  
> he administered the initiation at the time proper for the rite, in that very auspicious forest.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.5)

babhūva sa svayaṃ dhīmānadhvaryuryajñakarmaṇi.  
tasminhotā ca śāṃḍilyo brahmā gautama eva ca..6.5.5..

> The wise sage himself became the adhvaryu priest in the sacrificial rite;  
> in it, Śāṇḍilya was the hotṛ, and Gautama was the brahmā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.6)

āgnīdhraścyavano nāma maitrāvaruṇaḥ kārmikaḥ.  
udgātā yājñavalkyaśca pratihartā ca jaiminiḥ..6.5.6..

> The āgnīdhra was named Cyavana; the active maitrāvaruṇa was \[another\];  
> Yājñavalkya was the udgātṛ, and Jaimini was the pratihartṛ.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.7)

prastotā śaṃkuvarṇaśca tathonnetā ca gālavaḥ.  
pulastyo brāhmaṇācchaṃsī hotā gargo munīśvaraḥ..6.5.7..

> Śaṅkuvarṇa was the prastotṛ, and likewise Gālava was the unnetṛ;  
> Pulastya was the brāhmaṇācchaṃsin, and Garga, the lord of sages, was a hotṛ.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.8)

neṣṭā caiva tathātristu acchāvāko bhṛguḥ svayam.  
tānsarvānṛtvijaścakre triśaṃkuḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ..6.5.8..

> Atri was the neṣṭṛ, and Bhṛgu himself was the acchāvāka.  
> Filled with faith, Triśaṅku appointed all of them as priests.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.9)

vāsobhirmukuṭaiścaiva keyūraiḥ samalaṃkṛtān.  
kṛtvā keśaparityāgaṃ dadhatkṛṣṇājinaṃ tathā..6.5.9..

> They were adorned with garments, diadems, and armlets.  
> Having shaved his hair, wearing a black antelope skin,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.10)

aiṇaśṛṅgasamāyuktaḥ payovrataparāyaṇaḥ.  
dīrghasatrāya tānsarvānyojayāmāsa vai tataḥ..6.5.10..

> holding a blackbuck's horn, and devoted to the milk-fast vow,  
> he then engaged them all for the long sacrificial session.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.11)

evaṃ tasminpravṛtte ca dīrghasatre yathocite.  
ājagmurbrāhmaṇā divyā vedavedāṃgapāragāḥ..6.5.11..

> And when that long sacrificial session had begun in the proper manner,  
> celestial brahmins who had mastered the Vedas and Vedāṅgas arrived,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.12)

tathānye tārkikāścaiva gṛhasthāḥ kautukānvitāḥ.  
dīnāṃdhakṛpaṇāścaiva ye cānye naṭanartakāḥ..6.5.12..

> as well as other logicians, curious householders,  
> the destitute, the blind, the wretched, and various actors and dancers.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.13)

dīyatāṃ dīyatāmāśu eteṣāmetadeva hi.  
bhujyatāṃbhujyatāṃ lokāḥ prasādaḥ kriyatāmiti..6.5.13..

> “Let it be given, let it be given quickly to them!”—only this \[was heard\]:  
> “Eat, eat, O people! Partake of the favor!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.14)

ityeṣa ninadastatra śrūyate satataṃ mahān.  
yajñavāṭe sadā tasminnānyaścaiva kadācana..6.5.14..

> Such a great clamor was constantly heard there  
> always in that sacrificial enclosure, and never anything else.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.15)

tatra sasyamayāḥ śailā dṛśyaṃte parikalpitāḥ.  
suvarṇasya ca rūpyasya ratnānāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ..6.5.15..

> There, artificial mountains made of grain were seen,  
> and especially of gold, silver, and jewels,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.16)

dānārthaṃ brāhmaṇeṃdrāṇāmasaṃkhyāścāpi dhenavaḥ.  
tathaiva vājino dāṃtā madonmattā mahāgajāḥ..6.5.16..

> for donation to the chief brahmins, as well as countless cows,  
> likewise tame horses, and rutting, great elephants  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.17)

samaṃtātkalpitāstatra dṛśyaṃte parvatopamāḥ.  
vartamāne mahāyajñe tasminneva suvistare..6.5.17..

> arranged on all sides, resembling mountains, were seen there.  
> While that very extensive great sacrifice was proceeding,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.18)

āhūtā yajñabhāgāya nābhigacchaṃti devatāḥ.  
kevalaṃ vahnivaktreṇa tasya gṛhṇaṃti taddhaviḥ..6.5.18..

> the deities, though summoned for their sacrificial share, did not approach;  
> they received his oblation solely through the mouth of the fire.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.19)

evaṃ dvādaśavarṣāṇi yajatastasya bhūpateḥ.  
vyatītāni na saṃprāptamabhīṣṭaṃ manasaḥ phalam..6.5.19..

> In this way twelve years passed for that king as he sacrificed,  
> yet the desired fruit of his heart was not obtained.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.20)

tataścāvabhṛthasnānaṃ kṛtvā satrasamāptijam.  
ṛtvijastarpayitvā tāndakṣiṇābhiryathārhataḥ..6.5.20..

> Then, having performed the purificatory bath that marks the end of a sacrificial session,  
> and having gratified the priests with fees according to their worth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.21)

visasarja samastāṃśca tathānyānapi saṃgatān.  
saṃbaṃdhino vayasyāṃśca triśaṃkurmunisattamāḥ..6.5.21..

> Triśaṅku dismissed all of them, as well as the others who had gathered,  
> his relatives and companions, O best of sages.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.22)

tataḥ provāca vinato viśvāmitraṃ munīśvaram.  
sa bhūpo vrīḍayā yuktaḥ praṇipātapuraḥ saram..6.5.22..

> Then, humble and filled with embarrassment,  
> that king, bowing down before him, spoke to the lord of sages, Viśvāmitra:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.23)

tvatprasādānmayā prāptaṃ dīrghasatrasamudbhavam.  
paripūrṇaphalaṃ brahmandurlabhaṃ sarvamānavaiḥ..6.5.23..

> “By your grace, O holy one, I have attained the complete fruit  
> arising from a long sacrificial session, which is difficult for all mortals to attain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.24)

tathā jātiḥ punarlabdhā bhūyo naṣṭāpi sanmune.  
tvatprasādena viprarṣe caṃḍālatvaṃ praṇāśitam..6.5.24..

> Likewise, my \[original\] caste was obtained once again, though it had been lost, O good sage;  
> by your grace, O brahmin-seer, the state of an outcaste was destroyed.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.25)

paraṃ me duḥkhamevaikaṃ hṛdi śalyamivārpitam.  
anenaiva śarīreṇa yanna prāptaṃ triviṣṭapam..6.5.25..

> Yet one single grief remains embedded in my heart like a dart:  
> that I have not reached heaven in this very body.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.26)

upahāsaṃ kariṣyaṃti vasiṣṭhasya sutā mune.  
adya vyartha śramaṃ śrutvā māmaprāptaṃ triviṣṭapam..6.5.26..

> The sons of Vasiṣṭha will mock me, O sage,  
> when they hear today that my effort was useless and that I have not reached heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.27)

tathā tadvacanaṃ satyaṃ vasiṣṭhasya vyavasthitam.  
yattenoktaṃ na yajñena sadehairgamyate divi..6.5.27..

> Likewise, that statement of Vasiṣṭha stands proven true,  
> which he spoke: ‘One does not go to heaven with a physical body by means of a sacrifice.’  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.28)

so'haṃ tapaḥ kariṣyāmi sāṃprataṃ vanamāśritaḥ.  
na kariṣyāmi bhūyo'pi rājyaṃ putraniveditam..6.5.28..

> Therefore, taking refuge in the forest, I shall now perform austerity;  
> I will not again govern the kingdom, which has been entrusted to my son.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.5.28\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.5.28_1)

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye triśaṃkūpākhyāne viśvāmitreṇa triśaṃkoḥ saśarīrasvargārohaṇāya dvādaśavārṣikayajñakaraṇaṃnāma pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ..5..

> Thus ends the fifth chapter, titled “Viśvāmitra’s Performance of the Twelve-Year Sacrifice for Triśaṅku to Ascend to Heaven in Bodily Form,” in the story of Triśaṅku, in the glorification of the Hāṭakeśvara sacred field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[book\] 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.5.5.1) — English, machine translation

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