[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) › 5.62 # Skandapurana 5.62 Skandapurāṇa 5.62 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.62.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ sa niścayaṃ kṛtvā pārthivo dvijasattamāḥ .. nātyajattāṃ tathokto'pi daivajñairviṣakanyakām .. dīyamānāmapi prītyā na ca gṛhṇāti bhūbhujā .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Having formed this resolve, O best of twice-born, / the king did not abandon that poison-maiden, even though advised to do so by astrologers. / And though offered with love, no king would take her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.2) śarmaṇaṣṭhīvanaṃ yasmāttayā svapiturāhitam .. śarmiṣṭheti suvikhyātā tataḥ sā hyabhavadbhuvi .. 2 .. > Because she spat out comfort for her own father, / she therefore became widely renowned on earth as Śarmiṣṭhā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.3) etasminnaṃtare tasya śatravaḥ pṛthivīpateḥ .. sarvataḥ pīḍayāmāsa rāṣṭraṃ krodhasamanvitāḥ. ..3.. > In the meantime, the enemies of that lord of the earth, / filled with rage, harassed his realm on all sides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.4) athā sau pārthivaḥ kruddhaḥ svasainyaparivāritaḥ .. yuddhāya niryayau sthānānmṛtyuṃ kṛtvā nivartane ..4.. > Then that king, infuriated and surrounded by his army, / marched out from his residence for battle, having resolved upon death before retreating. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.5) tataḥ saṃprāpya tāñchatrūṃścakāra sa mahāhavam .. caturaṃgena sainyena yamarāṣṭravivardhanam .. 5.. > Then, having met those enemies, he waged a great battle / with his fourfold army, increasing the realm of Yama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.6) tataśca daśame prāpte śatrubhiḥ sa mahīpatiḥ .. nihato divase sarvairveṣṭayitvā samantataḥ .. 6 .. > And then, when the tenth day arrived, that ruler of the earth / was slain by all the enemies, who had encircled him on all sides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.7) tatastasya narendrasya hataśeṣāśca ye narāḥ .. bhayārtāste drutaṃ jagmuḥ svapuraṃ prati duḥkhitāḥ .. 7 .. > Then those men of that lord of men who survived the slaughter / fled swiftly in grief toward their own city, afflicted by fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.8) tepi śatrugaṇāḥ sarve saṃprahṛṣṭā jigīṣavaḥ .. tatpuraṃ veṣṭayāmāsustatputrocchedanāya vai .. 8 .. > All those hosts of enemies as well, exultant and eager to conquer, / besieged that city in order to destroy his sons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.9) etasminnaṃtare paurāḥ sarve śokaparāyaṇāḥ .. jagarhuḥ paruṣairvākyairduṣṭāṃ tāṃ viṣakanyakām ..9.. > In the meantime, all the citizens, given over to grief, / reviled that wicked poison-maiden with harsh words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.10) asyā doṣeṇa pāpāyā mṛtaśca sa mahīpatiḥ.. tathā rāṣṭrasya vidhvaṃse bhaviṣyati puraḥ kṣayaḥ .. 6.62.10 .. > 'By the fault of this sinful girl the ruler of the earth is dead, / and through the destruction of the realm, the ruin of the city will take place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.10\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.10_1) uktaḥ sa nṛpatiḥ pūrvaṃ brāhmaṇairjñānibhistadā .. tyajaināṃ bahudoṣāḍhyāṃ ninditāṃ viṣakanyakām ...... na tena tatkṛtaṃ vākyamapi teṣāṃ hitaiṣiṇām .. snehapāśanibaddhena dayāḍhyena mahātmanā...2.. > That king was previously told by wise brahmins: / "Abandon this despised poison-maiden full of many evils." / The word of those well-wishers was not heeded by him, / that great-souled man bound by cords of affection and filled with pity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.13) tasmādadyāpi pāpaiṣā vadhyatāmāśu kanyakā .. niryāsyatāṃ purādasmādyāvanna syātpurakṣayaḥ .. 13 .. > Therefore, even today, let this sinful girl be slain at once, / or let her be driven out of this city before the destruction of the city occurs!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.14) .. sūta uvāca .. .. sāpi śrutvā janoktāṃstānapavādānpṛthagvidhān .. vairāgyaṃ paramaṃ gatvā niṃdāṃ cakre tathātmanaḥ .. 14 .. > Sūta said: / Hearing those various reproaches uttered by the people, / she fell into supreme detachment and censured herself: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.14\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.14_2) tato rātrau viniṣkramya bhayaśokasamanvitā .. pratasthe'raṇyamāsādya maraṇe kṛtaniścayā ...5.. > Then, having departed in the night, filled with fear and grief, / she set out upon reaching the forest, resolved upon death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.16) atha dṛṣṭaṃ tayā kṣetraṃ hāṭakeśvarajaṃ mahat .. tapasvibhiḥ samākīrṇaṃ cittāhlādakaraṃ param .. 16 .. > Then she beheld the great sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara, / crowded with ascetics and supremely gladdening to the mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.17) atha tasyāḥ smṛtirjātā pūrvajanmasamudbhavā .. caṃḍālatve mayā pūrvaṃ gaurekā vitṛṣīkṛtā .. 17 .. > Then memory of her past birth arose in her: / 'Formerly, when I was a Caṇḍāla, I quenched the thirst of a single cow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.18) tatprabhāvādahaṃ jātā supuṇye nṛpamaṃdire .. kṣetrasyāsya prabhāvena tasmādatraiva me sthitiḥ .. 18 .. > By the power of that, I was born in the most holy palace of a king / through the power of this sacred field; therefore, my stay shall be right here.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.19) sūta uvāca .. .. anyadehāṃtare hyāsīccaṃḍālī sā vigarhitā .. bahuprasūtisaṃyuktā daridreṇa kadarthitā .. 19 .. > Sūta said: / Indeed, in another body she was a reviled Caṇḍāla woman, / bearing many children and distressed by poverty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.20) atha sā bhramamāṇā'tra kṣetre prāptā tṛṣārditā .. madhyaṃdinagatesūrye jyeṣṭhamāse sudāruṇe .. 6.62.20 .. > Then, wandering about, she arrived at this sacred field afflicted by thirst, / when the sun was at midday in the terribly harsh month of Jyeṣṭha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.21) athāpaśyatstokajalāṃ sā tatra laghukūpikām .. tṛṣārtāṃ kapilāṃ gāṃ vartamānāṃ tadāṃ tike .. 21 .. > Then she saw a small shallow well with little water, / and near it, a tawny cow afflicted by thirst. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.22) tato dayāṃ samāśritya tyaktvā snehaṃ sutodbhavam .. ātmanaśca tathā prāṇāngāṃ vitṛṣṇāmathākarot .. 22 .. > Then, resorting to compassion, abandoning her affection for her children / and likewise her own life, she quenched the thirst of the cow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.23) jalābhāve tathā sā ca samastairbālakaiḥ saha .. vaivasvatagṛhaṃ prāptā gobhaktidhṛtamānasā .. 23 .. > And in the absence of water, she, along with all her children, / reached the abode of Yama, her mind steadfast in devotion to the cow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.24) tato nṛpagṛhe jātā tatprabhāvāddvijottamāḥ .. pūrvakarmavipākena saṃjātā viṣa kanyakā .. 24 .. > Then she was born in the house of a king by the power of that, O best of twice-born; / through the fruition of past karma, she became a poison-maiden. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.25) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. kena karmavipākena saṃjātā viṣakanyakā .. svakulocchedanakarī sarvaṃ sūta bravīhi naḥ .. 25 .. > The seers said: / Through the fruition of what karma did she become a poison-maiden / who brought about the destruction of her own family? Tell us all, O Sūta! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.26) .. sūta uvāca .. .. caṃḍālatve tayā viprā vartaṃtyā bhramamāṇayā .. devatāyatane dṛṣṭā gaurī hemamayī śubhā .. 26 .. > Sūta said: / O brahmins, while living and wandering as a Caṇḍāla woman, / she saw an auspicious golden image of Gaurī in a temple. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.27) tatastāṃ vijane prāpya gatvā deśāṃtaraṃ mudā.. yāvatkaroti khaṃḍāni vikrayārthaṃ suniṃditā .. tāvadanveṣamāṇāstāṃ saṃprāptā nṛpasevakāḥ ..27.. > Then, having taken it in a solitary place and gone to another country with delight, / as the highly despised woman was cutting it into pieces to sell it, / royal servants arrived searching for it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.28) atha te tāṃ samālokya bhartsayitvā muhurmuhuḥ.. saṃtāḍya lakuṭāghātairloṣṭaghātaiśca muṣṭibhiḥ .. 28 .. > Then, seeing her, threatening her repeatedly, / and beating her with blows of sticks, clods of earth, and fists, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.29) tataḥ suvarṇamādāya tyaktvā tāṃ rudhiraplutām .. avadhyaiṣeti saṃciṃtya svapuraṃ prati te gatāḥ ..29.. > they took the gold and, abandoning her drenched in blood, / thinking 'She is a woman and should not be killed,' they went to their own city. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.30) yattayā pārvatī spṛṣṭā tato vai khaṇḍaśaḥ kṛtā .. tena karmavipākena saṃjātā viṣakanyakā .. 6.62.30 .. > Because Pārvatī was touched by her and then cut into pieces, / through the fruition of that karma she was born as a poison-maiden. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.30\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.30_3) tataḥ saṃsmṛtimāsādya pūrvajanmasamudbhavām .. māhātmyaṃ jaladānasya gopītasya vicārya ca .. cakāra kūpikāsthāne taḍāgaṃ vimalodakam ..3... > Then, regaining the memory of her past birth / and considering the majesty of the gift of water drunk by a cow, / she built a pond with pure water in the place of that small well, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.32) samudrapratimaṃ cāru padminīkhaṃḍamaṃḍitam .. matsyakacchapasaṃkīrṇaṃ śiśumāravirājitam .. 32 .. > resembling an ocean, beautiful, adorned with lotus beds, / teeming with fish and tortoises, and shining with dolphins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.33) sevitaṃ bahubhirhaṃsairbakaiścakraiḥ samaṃtataḥ .. agādhasalilaṃ puṇyaṃ sevitaṃ jalajaṃtubhiḥ .. 33 .. > resorted to on all sides by many swans, cranes, and cakra birds, / unfathomable in depth, holy, and frequented by aquatic creatures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.34) prāsādaṃ tatsamīpasthaṃ sādhu dṛṣṭimanoharam .. kārayitvātisaṃbhaktyā kailāsaśikharopamam .. 34 .. > Having a temple built near it, lovely and charming to the sight, / resembling the peak of Kailāsa, with supreme devotion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.35) tatastatra tapastepe gaurīṃ saṃsthāpya bhaktitaḥ.. tadagre vratamāsthāya yathoktaṃ śāstra saṃbhavam.. 35 .. > she then performed austerities there, having installed Gaurī with devotion, / and undertaking before her the vow prescribed according to the scriptures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.36) prātaḥ snātvā tu hemaṃte gaurīṃ saṃpūjya bhaktitaḥ.. balipūjopahāraiśca vipradānādibhistathā .. 36 .. > Bathing in the morning during the Hemanta season and worshipping Gaurī with devotion / through offerings of bali, worship, gifts, and donations to brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.37) tataśca śiśire prāpte sāyaṃ prātaḥ samāhitā .. ekāṃtaropavāsaiḥ sā snānaṃ cakre nṛpātmajā .. 37 .. > and then, when Śiśira arrived, composed in mind morning and evening, / the king's daughter performed her bath while observing alternate-day fasts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.38) vasaṃte nṛtyagītaiśca toṣayāmāsa pārvatīm .. ṣaṣṭhakālāśanā sādhvī sasyadānaparā yaṇā .. 38 .. > In spring she pleased Pārvatī with dances and songs; / eating at the sixth mealtime, the virtuous woman devoted herself to giving grain. 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.39) pañcāgnisādhakā grīṣme phalāhāraṃ tapasvinī .. cakāra śraddhayopetā vṛkabhūmipateḥ sutā .. 39 .. > Practicing the five fires in summer, eating only fruit, / the ascetic daughter of the king of Vṛka performed \[her rites\] endowed with faith. 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.40) varṣāsu ca jalāhārā bhūtvā sā viṣa kanyakā .. ākāśe śayanaṃ cakre parityaktakuṭīrakā .. 6.62.40 .. > And during the rains, that poison maiden, subsisting only on water, / abandoned her hut and made her bed in the open sky. 40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.40\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.40_4) vāyubhakṣā satī cā'tha sā'nayaccharadaṃ tataḥ .. kṛtajapyaparā nityaṃ pārvatīgatamānasā ..4... > Feeding only on air, the chaste woman then spent the autumn / constantly devoted to recitations, her mind fixed on Pārvatī. 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.42) evamārādhayaṃtyāśca tasyā devīṃ gireḥ sutām .. jagāma sumahānkālo na lebhe phalamīhitam ..42.. > As she thus worshipped the goddess, the daughter of the mountain, / a very great time passed, but she did not obtain the desired fruit. 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.43) mukhaṃ valibhirākrāntaṃ palitairaṃkitaṃ śiraḥ.. kanyābhāvepi vartaṃtyā na ca tuṣṭā harapriyā .. 43 .. > Her face was overcome with wrinkles, her head was marked with gray hair, / yet though she remained in the state of maidenhood, the beloved of Hara was not pleased. 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.44) kasyacittvatha kālasya tatparīkṣārthameva sā .. śakrāṇīrūpamāsthāya tataḥ sandarśanaṃ gatā ..44.. > Then at some time, solely for the purpose of testing her, / she took the form of Śakrāṇī and came into her view. 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.45) sudhāvadātaṃ sūryābhaṃ kailāsaśikharopamam .. supralaṃbakaraṃ mattaṃ caturdaṃtaṃ mahāgajam .. 45 .. > Mounted upon a great elephant, white as nectar, radiant like the sun, resembling the peak of Kailāsa, / with a long hanging trunk, in rut, and endowed with four tusks, 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.46) samāsthāya vṛtā strībhirdevānāṃ sarvato diśam .. dadhatī mukuṭaṃ mūrdhni hārakeyūrabhūṣitā .. 46 .. > surrounded in all directions by the wives of the gods, / wearing a diadem on her head, adorned with necklaces and armlets, 46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.47) pāṃḍureṇātapatreṇa dhriyamāṇena mūrdhani .. sevyamānā'psarobhiśca stūyamānā ca kinnaraiḥ .. 47 .. > with a white umbrella held over her head, / served by apsarases and praised by kinnaras, 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.48) gandharvairgīyamānāsīttataḥ provāca sādaram .. varaṃ yacchāmi te putri prārthayasva yathepsitam .. 48 .. > and sung about by gandharvas, she then said respectfully: / “I grant you a boon, daughter; ask whatever you desire! 48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.49) anena tapasā tuṣṭā puṣkalena tavādhunā .. ahaṃ bhāryā surendrasya śacīti parikīrtitā .. trailokye'pi svayaṃ prāptā dayāṃ kṛtvā tavopari .. 49 .. > Pleased now by this abundant tapas of yours, / I, the wife of the lord of the gods, celebrated as Śacī, / have arrived in person across the three worlds out of compassion for you. 49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.50) tvayā mahattapastaptaṃ dhyāyaṃtyā haravallabhām .. tapasā tuṣṭimāyātā bhavānī na suniṣṭhurā .. 6.62.50 .. > A great tapas has been performed by you while meditating on the beloved of Hara; / yet Bhavānī, being very harsh, has not been pleased by \[your\] tapas.” 50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.51) .. sūta uvāca .. .. sā tasyā vacanaṃ śrutvā śakrāṇyā viṣakanyakā .. namaskṛtvā'tha tāmūce kṛtāṃjalipuṭā sthitā .. 51 .. > Sūta said: / Hearing that speech of Śakrāṇī, the poison maiden, / having bowed, standing with folded hands, then spoke to her: 51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.52) .. viṣakanyovāca .. .. nāhaṃ tvatto varaṃ devi prārthayāmi kathañcana .. tathānyāsāmapīṃdrāṇi devatānāmasaṃśayam.. 52 .. > The poison maiden said: / “O goddess, I do not ask for a boon from you in any way; / nor, Indrāṇī, undoubtedly, from other deities. 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.53) apyahaṃ narakaṃ raudraṃ pragacchāmīṃdravallabhe .. harakāṃtā samādeśānna svarge'pi tavājñayā .. 53 .. > Even if I go to the terrible hell, O beloved of Indra, / it shall be by the command of the beloved of Hara, not to heaven by your command! 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.54) anādimadhyaparyyantā jñānaiśvaryasama nvitā .. yā devī pūjyate devairvaraṃ tasyā vṛṇomyaham.. 54 .. > Without beginning, middle, or end, endowed with knowledge and sovereignty, / she is the goddess worshipped by the gods; I choose a boon from her! 54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.55) yāmārādhayate viṣṇurbrahmā rudraśca vāsavaḥ .. vāṃchitārthaṃ sadā devīṃ varaṃ tasyā vṛṇo myaham .. 55 .. > She whom Viṣṇu, Brahmā, Rudra, and Indra constantly worship / for their desired ends—from that goddess I choose a boon! 55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.56) yayā vyāptamidaṃ sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram .. strīrūpairvividhairdevyā varaṃ tasyā vṛṇomyaham .. 56 .. > By whom, the goddess, all this threefold world of moving and unmoving things is pervaded / through diverse female forms—from her I choose a boon!” 56 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.57) .. śrīdevyuvāca .. .. ahaṃ bhāryā surendrasya prāṇebhyo'pi garīyasī .. mamājñāṃ pālayanti sma devadānavapannagāḥ .. 57 .. > The holy goddess said: / “I am the wife of the lord of the gods, dearer \[to him\] than life; / the gods, Dānavas, and serpents obey my command! 57 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.58) kiṃnarā guhkā yakṣāḥ kiṃ punarmartyadharmiṇaḥ .. tasmāttvaṃ kiṃ na gṛhṇāsi varaṃ mattaḥ kutāpasi .. 58 .. > As do kinnaras, Guhyakas, and yakṣas—what then of mortals? / Therefore, why do you not receive a boon from me, you wicked ascetic? 58 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.59) tannūnaṃ vajraghātena cūrṇayiṣyāmi te śiraḥ .. tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā tāpasyatha tato dvijāḥ .. 59 .. > Surely, then, I will shatter your head with a blow of the vajra!” / Hearing that speech of hers, O twice-born ones, the female ascetic then, 59 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.60) dhairyamālaṃbya tāṃ prāha bhūya eva sureśvarīm .. svāminī tvaṃ hi devānāṃ satyametadasaṃśayam .. 6.62.60 .. > relying on fortitude, spoke once more to the queen of the gods: / “You are indeed the mistress of the gods; this is true without doubt. 60 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.61) yasyāḥ prāptaṃ tvayaiśvaryaṃ parā tāṃ toṣayāmyaham .. svalpamapyaparādhaṃ te na karomi sureśvari .. 61 .. > I please the Supreme Goddess from whom your sovereignty has been obtained. / I have not committed even the slightest offense toward you, O queen of the gods! 61 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.62) tathāpi vadhayogyāṃ māṃ manyase vikṣipāyudham .. anyaccāpi vaco mahyaṃ śakrāṇi śṛṇu sādaram .. .. 62 .. > Even so, if you deem me fit to be killed, cast your weapon! / Hear also another word from me with care, O Śakrāṇī: 62 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.63) tacchutvā kuru yacchreyo vicintya manasā tataḥ .. na tvaṃ na te patiḥ śakro na cānyepi surāsurāḥ .. māṃ niṣūdayituṃ śaktāḥ pārvatyāṃ śaraṇaṃ gatām .. 63 .. > having heard it, reflect in your mind and then do whatever is best. / Neither you, nor your husband Indra, nor other gods and asuras / are able to destroy me, who have sought refuge in Pārvatī! 63 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.64) tasmāddrutaṃ divaṃ gaccha mā tvaṃ kopaṃ vṛthā kuru .. sanmārge vartamānāyāṃ mama sarvasureśvari .. 64 .. > Therefore, go quickly to heaven; do not become angry in vain / toward me who abide on the good path, O mistress of all the gods!” 64 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.65) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ sā tāṃ śacīmuktvā duḥkhitā viṣakanyakā .. cintayāmāsa tadidaṃ maraṇe kṛtaniścayā .. 65 .. > Sūta said: / Having spoken thus to Śacī, the sorrowful poison maiden, / resolved on death, reflected on this: 65 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.66) na prasīdati me devī yasmātparvatanaṃdinī .. tasmānmāṃ yadi śakrāṇī naiṣā vyāpādayiṣyati .. 66 .. > “Since the goddess, the daughter of the mountain, is not pleased with me, / therefore, if this Śakrāṇī will not kill me, 66 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.67) tannūnaṃ jvalanaṃ dīptaṃ sevayiṣyāmi satvaram .. athāpaśyatkṣaṇenaiva taṃ cairāvaṇavāraṇam .. 67 .. > then surely I will quickly resort to the blazing fire!” / Then in a mere moment she saw that elephant Airāvaṇa 67 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.68) dugdhakuṃdendusaṃkāśaṃ saṃjātaṃ sahasā vṛṣam .. tasyopari sthitāṃ devīṃ śaṃbhunā saha pārvatīm .. 68 .. > suddenly turn into a bull resembling milk, a jasmine flower, and the moon; / and atop it, the goddess Pārvatī standing together with Śambhu, 68 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.69) caturbhujāṃ prasannāsyāṃ divyarūpasamanvitām .. śuklamālyāṃbaradharāṃ candrārdhakṛtamastakām .. 69 .. > four-armed, with a gracious face, endowed with a divine form, / wearing white garlands and garments, with the crescent moon on her head. 69 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.70) tataḥ samyaksamālokya jñātvā tāṃ parvatātmajām .. viṣakanyā stutiṃ cakre praṇipatya muhurmuhuḥ .. 6.62.70 .. > Then, beholding fully and recognizing her as the daughter of the mountain, / the poison maiden bowed repeatedly and offered praise: 70 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.71) namaste devadeveśi namaste sarvavāsini .. sarvakāmaprade satye jarāmaraṇavarjite .. 71 .. > “Homage to you, ruler of the god of gods! Homage to you who dwell in all! / Grantor of all desires, truth itself, devoid of old age and death! 71 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.72) śakrādayo'pi devāste paramārthena no viduḥ .. svarūpavarṇanaṃ kartuṃ kiṃ punardevi mānuṣī .. 72 .. > Even the gods, Indra and the rest, do not know in ultimate truth / how to describe your true nature; what then of a human woman, O goddess? 72 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.73) yasyāḥ sarvaṃ mahīvyomajalāgnipavanātmakam .. brahmāṃḍamaṃgasaṃbhūtaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam .. 73 .. > For she whose limbs have given rise to the entire cosmic egg, / consisting of earth, space, water, fire, and wind, along with gods, asuras, and humans, 73 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.74) na tasyā janmani brahmā na nāśāya maheśvaraḥ .. pālanāya na goviṃdastāṃ tvāṃ stoṣyāmyahaṃ katham..74.. > Brahmā is not \[sufficient\] for her birth, Maheśvara not for her destruction, / nor Govinda for her preservation; how then shall I praise you? 74 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.75) tathāṣṭaguṇamaiśvaryaṃ yasyāḥ svābhāvikaṃ param .. nirastātiśayaṃ loke spṛhaṇīyatamaṃ sadā .. 75 .. > Likewise, she whose supreme eightfold sovereignty is natural \[to her\], / surpassing all others in the world, and ever most desirable; 75 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.76) yasyā rūpāṇyanekāni samyagdhyānaparāyaṇāḥ .. dhyāyaṃti munayo bhaktyā prāpnuvaṃti ca vāṃchitam .. 76 .. > whose manifold forms the sages, wholly devoted to true meditation, / contemplate with devotion and attain their desire; 76 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.77) hṛdi saṃkalpya yadrūpaṃ dhyānenārcaṃti yoginaḥ .. samyagbhāvātmakaiḥ puṣpairmokṣāya kṛta niścayāḥ .. 77 .. > having formed whose image in their heart, yogins worship with meditation, / with flowers made of pure devotion, resolved upon liberation— 77 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.78) tāṃ devīṃ mānuṣī bhūtvā kathaṃ staumi maheśvarīm .. 78 .. > how, being a human woman, can I praise that goddess, the Great Sovereign?” 78 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.79) .. devyuvāca .. .. parituṣṭāsmi te putri varaṃ prārthaya suvrate .. asaṃdigdhaṃ pradāsyāmi yatte hṛdi sadā sthitam .. 79 .. > The goddess said: / “I am well pleased with you, daughter! Ask for a boon, O woman of virtuous vows! / Without doubt, I will grant what ever resides in your heart.” 79 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.80) .. viṣakanyovāca .. .. bharturarthe mayā devi kṛto'yaṃ tapaudyamaḥ .. tatkiṃ tena kariṣyāmi sāṃprataṃ jarayāvṛtā .. 6.62.80 .. > The poison maiden said: / “This exertion of tapas was undertaken by me for the sake of a husband, O goddess; / what shall I do with that now, covered as I am with old age?” 80 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.81) tasmādatrā''śrame sākaṃ tvayā stheyaṃ sadaiva tu .. hitāya sarvanārīṇāṃ vacanānmama pārvati .. 81 .. .. > "Therefore, at my word, O Pārvatī, you must always dwell > here in this hermitage for the welfare of all women." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.82) .. śrīdevyuvāca .. .. adyaprabhṛtyahaṃ bhadre śreṣṭhe'sminnāśrame śubhe .. svamāśramaṃ kariṣyāmi yatte hṛdi samāśritam .. 82 .. > The goddess said: > "From this day forward, gentle lady, in this excellent and auspicious hermitage, > I shall make my own hermitage, as rests in your heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.83) māghaśuklatṛtīyāyāṃ yā 'tra snānaṃ kariṣyati .. nārī sā matprasādena lapsyate vāṃchitaṃ phalam .. 83 .. > Whatever woman takes a ritual ablution here on the third lunar day of the bright half of Māgha > shall obtain the desired fruit by my grace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.84) api kṛtvā mahāpāpaṃ nārī vā puruṣo'thavā .. yatra snātvā prasādānme vipāpmā saṃbhaviṣyati .. 84 .. > Even if having committed a great sin, a woman or a man > who bathes here shall become freed from sin by my grace. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.85) atra ye phaladānaṃ ca prakariṣyaṃti mānavāḥ .. saphalāḥ sakalāsteṣāmāśāḥ syurnātra saṃśayaḥ .. 85 .. > Whatever people give gifts of fruit here, > all their desires will bear fruit; of this there is no doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.86) api hatvā striyaṃ martyo yo'tra snānaṃ kariṣyati.. māghaśuklatṛtīyāyāṃ vipāpmā sa bhaviṣyati .. 86 .. > Even if having slain a woman, a mortal who bathes here > on the third lunar day of the bright half of Māgha shall become freed from sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.87) yā tatra kanyakā bhadre snānaṃ bhaktyā kari ṣyati .. tasmindine patiśreṣṭhaṃ lapsyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 87 .. > Whatever maiden, O gentle one, bathes there with devotion > on that day shall obtain an excellent husband; of this there is no doubt." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.88) ..sūta uvāca .. .. evamuktvā tato gaurī tāṃ ca pasparśa pāṇinā .. tataśca tatkṣaṇājjātā divyarūpavapurddharā .. 88 .. > Sūta said: > Having spoken thus, Gaurī then touched her with her hand; > and from that very moment, she took on a celestial form and body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.89) vṛddhatvena parityaktā divyamālyānulepanā .. pīnonnatakucābhogā pramattagajagāminī .. 89 .. > Free of old age, adorned with heavenly garlands and unguents, > with full and high breasts, walking like an intoxicated elephant, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.90) tatastāṃ sā samādāya vidhāya nijakiṃkarīm .. kailāsaṃ parvataśreṣṭhaṃ jagāma harasaṃyutā .. 6.62.90 .. > taking her and making her her own handmaid, > she then went with Hara to Kailāsa, the best of mountains. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.91) tataḥprabhṛti tattīrthaṃ śarmiṣṭhātīrthamucyate .. prakhyātaṃ triṣu lokeṣu sarvapātakanāśanam .. 91 .. > From that time forward, that sacred ford is called the Śarmiṣṭhātīrtha, > renowned in the three worlds, destroying all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.92) tasmātsarvaprayatnena tatra snānaṃ samācaret .. māghaśuklatṛtīyāyāṃ yathāvaddvijasattamāḥ .. 92 .. > Therefore, with every effort one should perform ritual ablution there > on the third lunar day of the bright half of Māgha according to rule, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.93) etatpavitramāyuṣyaṃ sarva pātakanāśanam .. strītīrthasaṃbhavaṃ nṝṇāṃ māhātmyaṃ yanmayoditam .. 93 .. > This māhātmya of the sacred ford of women, productive of longevity, > purifying, and destroying all sins, which has been spoken by me for men— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.94) yaścaitatprātarutthāya sadā paṭhati mānavaḥ .. sa sarvām̐llabhate kāmānmanasā vāṃchitānsadā ..94.. > the person who rises early in the morning and recites this always > continually attains all desires wished for in the mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.95) tathā parvaṇi saṃprāpte yaścaitatpaṭhate naraḥ .. śṛṇoti cāśu bhaktyā yaḥ sa yāti śivamaṃdiram..95.. > Likewise, when a sacred day arrives, the man who recites this > or listens with devotion swiftly goes to the abode of Śiva. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.62.95\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62.95_5) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe śrīhāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye śarmiṣṭhātīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dviṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 62 .. > Thus ends the sixty-second chapter, named the Description of the Māhātmya of Śarmiṣṭhātīrtha, in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Śrī Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\] of the 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.5.62.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.62) · Pramāṇa