[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) › 5.60 # Skandapurana 5.60 Skandapurāṇa 5.60 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.60.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.1) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. māhittheyaṃ tvayākhyātā yā purā sūtanandana .. kena saṃsthāpitā tatra vada sarvamaśeṣataḥ .. 1 .. > The seers said: / 'O Son of Sūta, this goddess Māhitthā who was previously mentioned by you— / by whom was she installed there? Tell everything in full.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.2) .. sūta uvāca .. .. śoṣaṇīnāma yā vidyā purāgastyena sādhitā .. ātharvaṇena mantreṇa svayaṃ ca parameśvarī .. .. 2 .. > Sūta said: / 'The lore named Śoṣaṇī, who was formerly mastered by Agastya / through an Ātharvaṇa mantra, was the supreme goddess herself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.3) tataḥ saṃśoṣitastena sa samudro mahātmanā .. mitrāvaruṇaputreṇa sā proktā purataḥ sthitā .. 3 .. > Then, that ocean having been dried up by him, the noble / son of Mitra and Varuṇa, she standing before him was addressed \[by him\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.4) māhitthaṃ sādhitaṃ yasmāttvayā me sakalaṃ śubham .. māhitthānāma tasmāttvaṃ devatā saṃbhaviṣyasi .. 4 .. > 'Since all auspiciousness for me was accomplished in an earthen-pot manner (māhittha), / therefore you will become the deity named Māhitthā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.5) camatkārapurakṣetre pūjāṃ prāpsyasyanuttamām .. yastvāmātharvaṇairmantraistatrasthāṃ bhaktisaṃyutaḥ .. 5 .. > In the sacred field of Camatkārapura you will obtain unexcelled worship. / Whoever, endowed with devotion, worships you dwelling there > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.6) pūjayiṣyati vṛddhiṃ ca sarvakālamavāpsyati .. tasmāttatra drutaṃ gaccha mayā sārddhaṃ purottame .. 6 .. > with Ātharvaṇa mantras will obtain prosperity at all times. / Therefore, go swiftly with me to that foremost city; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.7) dvijānāṃ rakṣaṇārthāya nityaṃ saṃnihitā bhava .. evaṃ sā tatra saṃbhūtā māhitthā varadevatā .. 7 .. > be ever present for the protection of the twice-born.' / Thus that excellent goddess Māhitthā came to be there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.9) yayā'yaṃ calitaḥ śailaḥ svaśaktyā niścalīkṛtaḥ .. skandeneha dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ śaktyā viddhastadagrataḥ .. .. narādityastataścānyo yo nareṇa pratiṣṭhitaḥ .. ṣaṣṭhyāṃ taṃ sūryavāreṇa dṛṣṭvā pāpātpramucyate .. 9 .. > by whom this mountain, when shaken, was made motionless through her own power. / Pierced in front of her with a spear by Skanda here, O best of the twice-born, / there is then another \[shrine\], Narāditya, which was installed by Nara. / Having seen it on the sixth day falling on a Sunday, one is freed from sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.10) na śatrūṇāṃ parābhūtiṃ prayāsyati yathārjunaḥ .. rogī vimucyate rogāddaridro dhanamāpnuyāt .. 6.60.10 .. > He will not suffer defeat by enemies, just like Arjuna. / A sick person is freed from disease, and a poor person will obtain wealth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.11) tathā govardhanadharaṃ tatra devaṃ janārdanam .. yaḥ paśyetkārtike śukle saṃprāpte prathame dine.. tasya gāvaḥ prabhūtāḥ syurnīrogā dvisattamāḥ .. 11 .. > Likewise, whoever beholds the god Janārdana holding Mount Govardhana there, / when the first day in the bright half of Kārtika arrives, / his cows will become numerous and free of disease, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.12) narasiṃhavapuḥ sākṣāttathā devo hariḥ svayam .. tathā vināyakastatra sarvakāmapradāyakaḥ .. sarvavighnaharaścaiva sthāpitaścārjunena hi .. 12 .. > Likewise, the god Hari himself is directly present in the form of Narasiṃha. / Also Vināyaka, bestower of all desires / and remover of all obstacles, was established there by Arjuna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.413](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.413) yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā caturthyāṃ modakāśanaiḥ .. sa sarvavighnanirmukto labhate vāṃchitaṃ phalam .. tatra sthito dvijeṃdrāṇāṃ hitāya dvijasattamāḥ 413 .. > Whoever worships him with devotion on the fourth lunar day with offerings of modakas, / is freed from all obstacles and obtains the desired fruit. / Situated there for the welfare of the lords of the twice-born, O best of the twice-born \[…\].' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.413\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.413_1) yastamātharvaṇairmaṃtraiḥ pūjayeddvādaśīdine .. kārtikasya site pakṣe sa yāti paramāṃ gatim .. 14 .. > He who worships him with Atharvan mantras on the twelfth lunar day / of the bright fortnight of Kārttika goes to the supreme state. // 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.413\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.413_2) tathā tatra dvijaśreṣṭhā naranārāyaṇāvubhau .. devau paramatejasvī yastau paśyati bhaktitaḥ .. 15 .. > Likewise there, O best of brahmins, both gods Nara and Nārāyaṇa, / endowed with supreme splendor—he who beholds the two with devotion, // 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.413\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.413_3) pūjayecca dvijaśreṣṭhā dvādaśyā divase svayam .. sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam .. 16 .. > and worships them himself on the twelfth day, O best of brahmins, / goes to the supreme abode, free from old age and death. // 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.413\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.413_4) tīrthayātrākṛtāraṃbhaḥ kuntīputro dhanaṃjayaḥ .. hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre samāyāto dvijottamāḥ .. 17 .. > Having undertaken a pilgrimage to sacred fords, Dhanañjaya, son of Kuntī, / arrived at the sacred field born of Hāṭakeśvara, O best of brahmins. // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.413\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.413_5) dṛṣṭvā tatpāvanaṃ kṣetraṃ tīrthapūgaprapūritam.. ādityaṃ sthāpayāmāsa prāsāde sumanohare .. 18 .. > Seeing that purifying sacred field filled with a multitude of sacred fords, / he installed Āditya in a very delightful temple. // 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.413\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.413_6) naranārāyaṇau devau tasyāgre sthāpitau tataḥ .. tathā govardhanadharastatra devaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ .. 19 .. > Then the two gods Nara and Nārāyaṇa were installed before him. / Likewise the god who lifted Mount Govardhana was consecrated there, // 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.413\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.413_7) narasiṃhaṃ tathaivānyaṃ śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ .. evaṃ saṃsthāpya kauṃteyo devagṛhasupaṃcakam .. 6.60.20 .. > and similarly another \[deity\], Narasiṃha, endowed with supreme faith. / Having thus established the excellent group of five shrines of the gods, the son of Kuntī, // 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.413\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.413_8) tato viprānsamāhūya sarvāṃstānpurasaṃbhavān .. provāca praṇato bhaktyā dhanaṃ dattvā supuṣkalam .. 21 .. > then summoned all those brahmins born in the city, / and having bowed down in devotion and given abundant wealth, said: // 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.413\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.413_9) mayā saṃsthāpitaḥ sūryaḥ sarvarogakṣayāvahaḥ .. tathārpitaśca yuṣmākaṃ ciṃtanīyaṃ sadaiva tu .. 22 .. > “The Sun, who brings about the destruction of all diseases, has been installed by me / and entrusted to you; he should always be cared for.” // 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.413\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.413_10) .. viprā ūcuḥ .. .. gaccha tvaṃ pāṃḍavaśreṣṭha suviśrabdhaḥ svamālayam .. vayaṃ sarve kariṣyāmastavaśreyo'bhivardhanam .. 23 .. > The brahmins said: / “Go with full confidence to your own home, O best of the Pāṇḍavas; / we all shall promote your welfare.” // 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.413\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.413_11) tato'rjunaḥ prahṛṣṭātmā tebhyo dattvā dhanaṃ bahu.. tānāmaṃtrya namaskṛtya jagāma svapuraṃ prati .. 24 .. > Then Arjuna, delighted in heart, gave much wealth to them; / bidding them farewell and bowing down, he departed for his own city. // 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.413\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.413_12) .. sūta uvāca .. .. etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ narādityasya saṃbhavam .. māhātmyaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ śṛṇvatāṃ pāpanāśanam .. 25 .. > Sūta said: / “This origin of Narāditya has all been told to you, / a māhātmya that destroys sin for those who hear it, O best of brahmins.” // 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.60.413\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.60.413_13) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye narādityamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 60 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the sixtieth chapter, entitled “Description of the Māhātmya of Narāditya,” in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\], in the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. // 60 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.60.1) — 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