[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) › 5.61 # Skandapurana 5.61 Skandapurāṇa 5.61 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.61.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.1) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. śarmiṣṭhātīrthamityuktaṃ tvayā yacca mahāmate .. kathaṃ jātaṃ mahābhāga kiṃprabhāvaṃ tu tadvada .. 1 .. > The seers said: / “The sacred ford named Śarmiṣṭhā that was mentioned by you, O wise one— / how did it arise, O fortunate one, and what is its power? Speak of that!” // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.2) .. sūta uvāca.. .. āsīdrājā vṛkonāma somavaṃśa samudbhavaḥ .. brahmaṇyaśca śaraṇyaśca sarvalokahite rataḥ .. 2 .. > Sūta said: / “There was a king named Vṛka, born in the lunar dynasty, / devoted to brahmins, offering refuge, and intent upon the welfare of all beings. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.3) tasya bhāryā'bhavatsādhvī prāṇebhyo'pi garīyasī .. sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannā pativrataparāyaṇā .. .. 3 .. > His virtuous wife was dearer \[to him\] than life itself, / endowed with all auspicious marks and devoted to her husband. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.4) atha tasyāṃ samutpannā prāpte vayasi paścime .. kanyakā divase prāpte sarvaśāstravigarhite .. 4 .. > Then, when her later age had arrived, there was born of her / a girl, arriving on a day condemned by all the scriptures. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.5) tata ānīya viprānsa jyotirjñānavicakṣaṇān .. papraccha kīdṛśī kanyā mameyaṃ saṃbhaviṣyati .. 5 .. > Thereupon, having summoned brahmins skilled in the knowledge of astrology, / he asked: ‘What kind of daughter will this one of mine turn out to be?’ // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.6) .. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .. .. yā kanyā prāpnuyājjanma citrāsaṃsthe divākare .. caṃdre vāpi caturdaśyāṃ sā bhavedviṣakanyakā .. 6 .. > The brahmins said: / ‘The maiden who takes birth when the sun is in Citrā, / or the moon, on the fourteenth lunar day, becomes a poison-girl. // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.7) yastasyāḥ pratigṛhṇāti pāṇiṃ pārthivasattama .. ṣaṇmāsābhyaṃtare mṛtyuṃ sa prāpnoti naro dhruvam .. 7 .. > The man who takes her hand \[in marriage\], O best of kings, / surely meets death within six months. // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.8) yasminsā jāyate harmye ṣaṇmāsābhyaṃtare ca tat .. karoti vibhavairhīnaṃ dhanadasyāpyasaṃśayam .. 8 .. > And the palace in which she is born, within six months / she deprives of riches, even \[if it belongs\] to Kubera, without a doubt. // 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.9) seyaṃ tava sutā rājanyathoktā viṣa kanyakā .. paitṛkaṃ śvāśurīyaṃ ca haniṣyati gṛhadvayam .. 9 .. > This daughter of yours, O king, as described, is a poison-girl; / she will destroy both families, that of her father and that of her father-in-law. // 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.10) tasmādimāṃ parityajya sukhī bhava narādhipa .. śraddadhāsi vaco'smākaṃ hita muktaṃ yadi prabho .. 6.61.10 .. > Therefore, abandon her and be happy, O lord of men, / if you trust our word, which is spoken for your welfare, O master.’ // 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.11) .. rājovāca .. .. tyakṣyāmi yadi nāmaitāṃ dhārayiṣyāmi vā gṛhe .. anyadehodbhavaṃ karma phaliṣyati tathāpi me .. 11 .. > The king said: / ‘Whether I abandon her or keep her in my house, / the action born of another body will still bear fruit for me. // 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.12) śubhaṃ vā yadi vā pāpaṃ na tu śakyaṃ prarakṣitum .. tasmātkarma puraskṛtya naiva tyakṣyāmi kanyakām .. 12 .. > Whether good or evil, it is not possible to avert it. / Therefore, placing karma first, I shall not abandon my daughter. // 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.13) yenayena śarīreṇa yadyatkarma karoti yaḥ .. tenatenaiva bhūyaḥ sa prāpnoti sakalaṃ phalam .. 13 .. > With whichever body one performs whatever action, / with that very \[body\] he receives back its full fruit. // 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.14) yasyāṃ yasyāmavasthāyāṃ kriyate'tra śubhāśubham .. tasyāṃ tasyāṃ dhruvaṃ tasya phalaṃ tadbhujyate naraiḥ .. 14 .. > In whatever state good or bad is done here, / in that very state its fruit is surely experienced by men. // 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.15) na naśyati purākarma kṛtaṃ sarveṃdriyairiha .. akṛtaṃ jāyate naiva tasmānnāsti bhayaṃ mama .. 15 .. > Past action performed here with all the sense organs does not perish, / nor does what is not done come into being; therefore I have no fear. // 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.16) āyuḥ karma ca vittaṃ ca vidyā nidhanameva ca .. pañcaitāni hi sṛjyante garbhasthasyaiva dehinaḥ .. 16 .. > Lifespan, karma, wealth, learning, and death itself— / these five are indeed created for an embodied being while still in the womb. // 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.17) yathā vṛkṣeṣu vallīṣu kusumāni phalāni ca .. svakālaṃ nātivartaṃte tadvatkarma purākṛtam .. 17 .. > Just as flowers and fruits on trees and creepers / do not exceed their own proper season, so it is with past karma. // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.18) yenaiva yadyathā pūrvaṃ kṛtaṃ karma śubhāśubham .. sa eva tattathā bhuṃkte nityaṃ vihitamātmanaḥ .. 18 .. > Just as whatever action, good or evil, was performed by someone previously, / he alone experiences it in that manner, as ordained for himself forever. // 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.19) yathā dhenusahasreṣu vatso vindati mātaram .. tathaivaṃ koṭimadhyasthaṃ kartāraṃ karma vindati .. 19 .. > Just as a calf finds its mother among a thousand cows, / so karma finds the agent even in the midst of ten million \[beings\]. // 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.20) anyadehakṛtaṃ karma na kaścitpuruṣo bhuvi .. balena prajñayā vāpi samarthaḥ kartumanyathā .. 6.61.20 .. > Karma done in another body, no person on earth / is able to alter by force or by intellect. // 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.21) anyathā śāstragarbhiṇyā dhiyā dhīro mahīyate .. svāmivatprākkṛtaṃ karma vidadhāti tadanyathā .. 21 .. > Otherwise, a wise man, distinguished with an intellect rich in the scriptures, / is made to act differently by past karma acting like a master. // 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.22) svakṛtānyupatiṣṭhaṃti sukhaduḥkhāni dehinām .. hetubhūto hi yasteṣāṃ so'haṃkāreṇa badhyate .. 22 .. > The joys and sorrows of embodied beings that approach them are their own doing; / for he who considers himself the cause of them is bound by egoism. // 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.23) suśīghramabhidhāvantaṃ nijaṃ karmānudhāvati .. śete saha śayānena tiṣṭhantamanutiṣṭhati .. 23 .. > One's own karma runs after him as he runs very swiftly; / it lies down with him as he sleeps, and it stands beside him as he stands. // 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.29) yathā chāyātapau nityaṃ susaṃbaddhau parasparam .. tathā karma ca kartā ca nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 29 .. > Just as shadow and sunlight are always closely connected to each other, / so are karma and the agent; no doubt should be entertained here. // 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.29\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.29_1) yena yatropabhoktavyaṃ sukhaṃ vā duḥkhameva vā .. naraḥ sa baddho rajjveva balāttatraiva nīyate .. 25 .. > Where and by whom pleasure or pain is to be experienced, / that person, as if bound by a rope, is forcibly led to that very place. // 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.29\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.29_2) pramāṇaṃ karmabhūtānāṃ sukhaduḥkhopapādane .. sāvadhānatayā yacca jāgratāṃ svapatāmapi .. 26 .. > Karma is the authoritative measure for living beings in bringing about pleasure and pain, / as well as attentiveness for those who are awake and those who sleep. // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.29\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.29_3) tailakṣaye yathā dīpo nirvāṇamadhigacchati .. karmakṣaye tathā jaṃturnirvāṇamadhigacchati .. 27 .. > Just as a lamp goes out when its oil is exhausted, / so a creature attains extinction when its karma is exhausted. // 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.29\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.29_4) na mantrā na tapo dānaṃ na tīrthaṃ na ca saṃyamaḥ .. samarthā rakṣituṃ jaṃtuṃ pīḍitaṃ pūrvakarmabhiḥ .. 28 .. > Neither mantras, nor austerity, nor gifts, nor a sacred ford, nor self-restraint / are capable of protecting a creature afflicted by past karma. // 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.29\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.29_5) saṃgatyā jaṭhare nyasto retobinduracetanaḥ .. ṛtukāle manuṣyeṇa vṛddhiṃ gacchati karmataḥ .. 29 .. > The insentient drop of semen deposited in the womb through intercourse / by a man in the fertile season grows on account of karma. // 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.30) annapānāni jīryaṃti yatra bhakṣyaṃ ca bhakṣitam .. tasminnevodare garbhaḥ kathaṃ nāma na jīryati .. 6.61.30 .. > Where food and drink are digested, along with whatever has been eaten, / in that very belly, how does the embryo not digest? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.31) tasmātkarmakṛtaṃ sarvaṃ dehināmatra jāyate .. śubhaṃ vā yadi vā pāpamiti me niścayaḥ sadā .. 31 .. > Therefore, everything that befalls embodied beings here is produced by their actions, / whether good or whether sin: this is my firm conviction always. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.32) arakṣitaṃ tiṣṭhati daivarakṣitaṃ surakṣitaṃ daivahataṃ vinaśyati .. jīvatyanātho'pi vane visarjitaḥ kṛtaprayatno'pi gṛhe na jīvati .. 32 .. > The unprotected survives if protected by fate; the well-protected perishes if struck by fate. / Even abandoned in the forest, one without a protector lives; even after great effort is made, one does not live at home. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.61.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61.61) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe śrīhāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye viṣakanyakotpattivarṇanaṃnāmaikaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 61 .. > Thus ends the sixty-first chapter, named 'Description of the Origin of the Poison-Maiden,' in the Māhātmya of the Holy Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the sixth \[section\], the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.61.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Hitopadeśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.hitopadesa.2.18) — Nārāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Itihāsasamuccaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.itihasasamuccaya.2.54) — Sanskrit - [Vikramārkacaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.short_stories.vikramarkacaritra.5.2-3) — Nandīśayāgnika, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.61) · Pramāṇa