[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) › 5.66 # Skandapurana 5.66 Skandapurāṇa 5.66 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.66.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tathā tatrāsti vikhyātaṃ rāmahrada iti smṛtam .. yatra te pitarastena rudhireṇa pratarpitāḥ .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Likewise, there is a renowned \[tīrtha\] there, remembered as Rāmahrada, / where his ancestors were propitiated by him with blood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.2) tatra bhādrapade māsi yo'māvāsyāmavāpya ca .. pitṝnsaṃtarpayedbhaktyā so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet .. 2 .. > Whoever, having arrived on the new moon day in the month of Bhādrapada, / propitiates the ancestors with devotion there, obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.3) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. atyāścaryamidaṃ sūta yadbravīṣi mahāmate .. yattena pitarastatra rudhireṇa pratarpitāḥ .. 3 .. > The seers said: / This is a great wonder that you speak of, O wise one, / that his ancestors were propitiated there by him with blood! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.4) pitṛṇāṃ tarpaṇārthāya medhyāḥ saṃkīrtitā budhaiḥ .. padārthā rudhiraṃ proktaṃ rākṣasānāṃ pratarpaṇe .. 4 .. > Pure substances have been declared by the wise for the purpose of propitiating ancestors; / blood is prescribed for the propitiation of demons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.5) śrutismṛtiviruddhaṃ ca karma sadbhirvigarhitam .. jāmadagnyena taccīrṇaṃ kasmātsūta vadasva naḥ .. 5 .. > And an act contrary to Śruti and Smṛti is condemned by the virtuous. / Why was that done by Jāmadagnya? Tell us, O Sūta! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.6) .. sūta uvāca.. .. tena kopavaśātkarma pratijñāṃ parirakṣatā .. tatkṛtaṃ tarpitā yena pitaro rudhireṇa te .. 6 .. > Sūta said: / Under the influence of anger, while keeping his vow, / that deed was done by him, by which those ancestors were propitiated with blood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.7) pitā tasya purā viprā jamadagnirnipātitaḥ .. kṣatriyeṇa svadharmastho vinā doṣaṃ dvijottamāḥ .. 7 .. > In ancient times, O brahmins, his father Jamadagni, abiding in his own duty, / was struck down without fault by a kṣatriya, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.8) tataḥ kopaparītena tena proktaṃ mahātmanā .. raktena kṣatriyotthena saṃtarpyāḥ pitaro mayā .. 8 .. > Then, overcome with anger, that noble one declared: / 'The ancestors shall be propitiated by me with blood arising from kṣatriyas!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.9) etasmātkāraṇāttena rudhireṇa mahātmanā .. pitarastarpitā samyaktilamiśreṇa bhaktitaḥ .. 9 .. > For this reason, the ancestors were duly propitiated by that noble one / with devotion, using blood mixed with sesame seeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.10) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. jamadagnirhataḥ kasmātkṣatriyeṇa mahāmuniḥ .. kiṃnāmā sa ca bhūpālo vistarādvada sūta tat .. 6.66.10 .. > The seers said: / Why was the great sage Jamadagni killed by the kṣatriya? / And what was the name of that king? Tell that in detail, O Sūta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.11) .. sūta uvāca .. .. ṛcīkatanayaḥ pūrvaṃ jamadagniriti smṛtaḥ .. hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre tatrāsīddagdhakalmaṣaḥ .. 11 .. > Sūta said: / Formerly, the son of Ṛcīka, remembered as Jamadagni, / whose sins had been burned away, lived there in the sacred field born of Hāṭakeśvara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.12) catvārastasya putrāśca babhūvurguṇasaṃyutāḥ .. jaghanyo'pi guṇajyeṣṭhasteṣāṃ rāmo babhūva ha .. 12 .. > And he had four sons endowed with good qualities; / though the youngest, Rāma was indeed the eldest among them in virtue. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.13) kadācidvasatastasya jamadagnermahāvane .. putreṣu kandamūlārthaṃ nirgateṣu vanādbahiḥ .. 13 .. > Once, while that Jamadagni was residing in the great forest, / and his sons had gone outside the forest for the sake of roots and tubers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.14) etasminnaṃtare prāpto haihayādhipatirbalī .. sahasrārjuna ityeva vikhyāto yo mahītale .. 14 .. > in the meantime, the mighty ruler of the Haihayas arrived, / he who was renowned on earth as Sahasrārjuna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.15) mṛgalipsurvane tasminbhramamāṇa itastataḥ .. śramārto vṛṣarāśisthe bhāskare dinamadhyage .. 15 .. > Desiring game, wandering here and there in that forest, / he was overcome with fatigue at midday when the sun stood in the sign of Taurus. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.15\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.15_1) tatastamāśramaṃ dṛṣṭvā nānādruma samākulam .. caturaṃgena sainyena sahitaḥ praviveśa ha ...6.. > Then, seeing that hermitage crowded with diverse trees, / he entered it along with his fourfold army. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.15\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.15_2) athāpaśyatsa tatrasthaṃ jamadagniṃ mahāmunim .. upaviṣṭaṃ kṛtasnānaṃ devārcanaparāyaṇam...7.. > Then he saw the great sage Jamadagni staying there, / seated, having bathed, devoted to the worship of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.18) atha taṃ pārthivaṃ dṛṣṭvā sa munistuṣṭisaṃyutaḥ .. arghaṃ dattvā yathānyāyaṃ svāgatenābhinaṃdya ca .. 18 .. > Then, seeing that king, the sage was filled with pleasure; / having offered the respectful water offering according to rule and greeted him with welcome, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.19) so'pi taṃ praṇipatyoccairvinayena samanvitaḥ .. pratisaṃbhāṣayāmāsa kuśalaṃ paryapṛcchata .. 19 .. > the king too, bowing deeply to him and filled with humility, / replied to him and inquired after his well-being. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.20) .. rājovāca .. .. kaccitte kuśalaṃ vipra putraśiṣyānvitasya ca .. sāgnihotra kalatrasya parivārayutasya ca .. 6.66.20 .. > The king said: / "Is all well with you, O brahmin, and with your sons and disciples, / with your Agnihotra fires, your wife, and your retinue? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.21) adya me saphalaṃ janma jīvitaṃ saphalaṃ ca me .. yattvaṃ taponidhirdṛṣṭaḥ sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ .. 21 .. > Today my birth is fruitful, and my life is fruitful, / since I have seen you, a treasure of austerity, revered by all the worlds." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.22) evamuktvā sa rājarṣirviśramya suciraṃ tataḥ .. pītvāpastamuvācedaṃ praṇipatya mahāmunim.. 22 .. > Having spoken thus, that royal sage rested for a long time; / then, having drunk water and bowed down to that great sage, he said this: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.23) anujñāṃ dehi me brahmanprayāsyāmi nijaṃ gṛham.. mama kṛtyaṃ samādeśyaṃ yena te syātprayojanam .. 23 .. > "Grant me permission, O brahmin; I shall depart for my own home. / Command some task of mine by which I may be of service to you." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.24) .. jamadagniruvāca .. .. devatārcanavelāyāṃ tvaṃ me gṛhamupāgataḥ .. manoratha iva dhyātaḥ sarvadevamayo'tithiḥ .. 24 .. > Jamadagni said: / "You have come to my home at the time of worshipping the gods, / like a cherished wish meditated upon—a guest embodying all the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.25) tasmānme'sti parā prītirbhaktiśca nṛpasattama .. tatkuruṣva mayā dattaṃ svahastenaiva bhojanam .. 25 .. > Therefore I have supreme pleasure and devotion, O best of kings; / accept, then, the meal offered by me with my own hand. // 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.26) rājā vā brāhmaṇo vātha śūdro vāpyaṃtyajo'pi vā .. vaiśvadevāntasaṃprāptaḥ so'tithiḥ svargasaṃkramaḥ .. 26 .. > Whether king or brahmin, śūdra or even an outcaste, / he who arrives at the conclusion of the Vaiśvadeva rite is a guest, a bridge to heaven. // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.27) .. rājovāca .. .. mamaite sainikā brahmañchataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ .. tairabhuktaiḥ kathaṃ bhoktuṃ yujyate mama kīrtaya .. 27 .. > The king said: / These soldiers of mine, O brahmin, are in hundreds and thousands; / while they have not eaten, how is it fitting for me to eat? Tell me. // 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.28) .. jamadagniruvāca .. .. sarveṣāṃ sainikānāṃ te saṃpradāsyāmi bhojanam .. nātra ciṃtā tvayā kāryā munirniṣkiṃcano hyaham .. 28 .. > Jamadagni said: / I will provide food for all your soldiers; / you need have no worry about this, for I am a sage devoid of worldly possessions. // 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.30) yaiṣā paśyati rājeṃdra dhenurbaddhā mamāṃtike .. eṣā sūte manobhīṣṭaṃ prārthitā sarvadaiva hi .. 29 . .. .. sūta uvāca .. .. tataśca kautukāviṣṭaḥ sa nṛpo dvijasattamāḥ .. bāḍhamityeva saṃprocya tasminnevāśrame sthitaḥ .. 6.66.30 .. > This cow you see tied near me, O king of kings, / yields whatever the heart desires whenever asked. // 29 // / Sūta said: / Then, filled with wonder, that king, O best of brahmins, / said, “So be it,” and remained in that very hermitage. // 6.66.30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.31) tataḥ saṃtarpya devāṃśca pitṝṃśca tadanaṃtaram .. pūjayitvā havirvāhaṃ brāhmaṇāṃśca tataḥ param .. 31 .. > Then, having gratified the gods and the ancestors thereafter, / and having honoured the fire and then the brahmins, // 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.32) upaviṣṭastataḥ sārdhaṃ sarvairbhṛtyairbubhukṣitaiḥ .. śramārtairvismayāviṣṭaiḥ kṛte tasya dvijottamāḥ .. 32 .. > he then sat down together with all his hungry attendants, / who were afflicted by fatigue and filled with astonishment, after he had done that, O best of brahmins. // 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.33) tataḥ sa prārthayāmāsa tāṃ dhenuṃ munisattamaḥ .. yo yatprārthayate dehi bhojyārthaṃ tasya tacchubhe .. 33 .. > Then that best of sages addressed that cow: / “Whatever anyone requests to eat, give that to him, O auspicious one!” // 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.34) tataḥ sā suṣuve dhenurannamuccāvacaṃ śubham .. pakvānnaṃ ca viśeṣeṇa cittāhlādakaraṃ param .. 34 .. > Then that cow yielded varied, auspicious food, / especially cooked food bringing supreme delight to the heart. // 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.35) tataḥ khādyaṃ ca cavyaṃ ca lehyaṃ coṣyaṃ tathaiva ca .. vyaṃjanāni vicitrāṇi kaṣāyakaṭukāni ca .. amlāni madhurāṇyeva tiktāni guṇavaṃti ca .. 35 .. > Then \[she yielded\] food to be chewed, swallowed, licked, and sucked, / and diverse side-dishes—astringent and pungent, / sour, sweet, bitter, and wholesome. // 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.36) evaṃ prāpya parāṃ tṛptiṃ tayā dhenvā sa bhūpatiḥ .. sevakaiḥ sabalaiḥ sārdha mannairamṛtasaṃbhavaiḥ .. 36 .. > Having thus attained supreme satisfaction from that cow, that king, / together with his servants and army, with foods born of nectar, // 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.37) tato bhuktyavasāne tu prārthayāmāsa bhūpatiḥ .. tāṃ dhenuṃ vismayāviṣṭo jamadagniṃ mahāmunim .. 37 .. > then, at the conclusion of the meal, filled with astonishment, / the king requested that cow from the great sage Jamadagni: // 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.38) kāmadhenuriyaṃ brahmannārhāraṇyanivāsinām .. munīnāṃ śāntacittānāṃ tasmādyaccha mama svayam .. 38 .. > “This wish-granting cow, O brahmin, is not fitting for forest dwellers, / sages of peaceful minds; therefore, give her to me yourself! // 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.39) yenā'karānkaromyadya lokāṃstasyāḥ prabhāvataḥ .. sādhayāmi ca durgasthāñchatrūnbhūribalānvitān .. 39 .. > By her power, I will today make the people tax-free, / and conquer enemies entrenched in strongholds endowed with great strength. // 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.40) evaṃ kṛte tava śreyo bhaviṣyati ca sadyaśaḥ .. iha loke pare caiva tasmātkuru mayoditam .. 6.66.40 .. .. > When this is done, there will be your highest good and true renown / in this world and in the next; therefore, do what I have said!” // 6.66.40 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.41) .. jamadagniruvāca .. .. homadhenuriyaṃ rājanmamaikā prāṇasaṃmatā .. adeyā sarvadā pūjyā tasmānnārhasi yācitum .. 41 .. > Jamadagni said: / “This is my sacrificial cow, O king, dear to me as my very life; / she cannot be given, but must always be revered; therefore, you ought not to beg for her.” // 41 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.41\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.41_3) .. rājovāca .1 .. > The king said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.42) ahaṃ śatasahasraṃ te yacchāmyasyāḥ kṛte dvija .. dhenūnāmaparaṃ vittaṃ yāvanmātraṃ pravāṃchasi .. 42 .. > “I will give you a hundred thousand cows in exchange for her, O twice-born, / or any other wealth, as much as you desire.” // 42 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.43) .. jamadagniruvāca .. .. avikreyā mahārāja sāmānyāpi hi gauḥ smṛtā .. kiṃ punarhomadhenuryā prabhāvairīdṛśairyutā .. 43 .. > Jamadagni said: / “Even an ordinary cow is declared not to be sold, O great king; / what then of a sacrificial cow endowed with such powers? // 43 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.44) vimohādbrāhmaṇo yo gāṃ vikrīṇāti dhanecchayā .. vikrīṇāti na sandehaḥ sa nijāṃ jananīmiha .. 44 .. > A brahmin who through delusion sells a cow out of desire for wealth, / sells his own mother in this world, without a doubt. // 44 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.45) surāṃ pītvā dvijaṃ hatvā dvijānāṃ niṣkṛtiḥ smṛtā .. dhenuvikrayakartṝṇāṃ prāyaścittaṃ na vidyate .. 45 .. > Expiation is prescribed for brahmins who drink alcohol or kill a twice-born, / but no expiation exists for those who sell a cow.” // 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.46) .. rājovāca .. .. yadi yacchasi no vipra sāmnā dhenumimāṃ mama .. balādapi hariṣyāmi tasmātsāmnā pradīyatām .. 46 .. > The king said: / “If you do not give me this cow by peaceful means, O brahmin, / I will take her by force; therefore, let her be given peacefully!” // 46 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.47) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tacchrutvā kopasaṃyukto jamadagnirdvijottamāḥ .. astramastramiti procya samuttasthau sabhātalāt .. 47 .. > Sūta said: / Hearing that, Jamadagni, filled with anger, O best of brahmins, / shouted, “A weapon, a weapon!” and rose from the floor of the assembly. // 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.48) tataste sevakāstasya nṛpateścittavedinaḥ .. aprāptaśastraṃ taṃ vipraṃ nijaghnurniśitāyudhaiḥ .. 48 .. > Then those servants of the king, discerning his mind, / struck that brahmin with sharp weapons before he could reach a weapon. // 48 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.49) tasyaivaṃ vadhyamānasya jamadagnermahātmanaḥ .. reṇukākhyā priyā bhāryā papātopari duḥkhitā .. .. 49 .. > As the great-souled Jamadagni was thus being slain, / his beloved wife named Reṇukā fell over him in grief. // 49 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.50) sā'pi nānāvidhaistīkṣṇaiḥ khaṇḍitā varavarṇinī .. āyuḥśeṣatayā prāṇairna kathaṃcidviyojitā .. 6.66.50 .. > She too, a fair-complexioned woman, was slashed with various sharp \[weapons\], / but because her lifespan remained, her life-breaths were somehow not separated. // 6.66.50 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.51) evaṃ hatvā sa viprendraṃ jamadagniṃ mahīpatiḥ .. tāṃ dhenuṃ kālayāmāsa yatra māhiṣmatī purī .. 51 .. > Having thus slain Jamadagni, the chief of brahmins, the king / drove that cow away toward where the city of Māhiṣmatī lay. // 51 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.52) atha sā kālyamānā ca dhenuḥ kopasamanvitā .. jamadagniṃ hataṃ dṛṣṭvā rarambha karuṇaṃ muhuḥ .. 52 .. > Then that cow, being driven away and filled with wrath, / seeing Jamadagni slain, lowed plaintively again and again. // 52 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.53) tasyāḥ saṃrambhamāṇāyā vaktramārgeṇa nirgatāḥ .. pulindā dāruṇā medāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ .. 53 .. > As she bellowed, there emerged from her mouth / fierce Pulindas and Medas by hundreds and thousands, // 53 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.54) nānāśastradharāḥ sarve yamadūtā ivāparāḥ .. procustāṃ sādaraṃ dhenumājñāṃ dehi drutaṃ hi naḥ .. 54 .. > all bearing diverse weapons, like other messengers of Yama. / They said respectfully to the cow, “Give us your command swiftly!” // 54 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.54\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.54_4) sā'bravīddhanyatāmetaddhaihayādhipaterbalam .. atha taiḥ kopasaṃyuktairdāruṇairmlecchajātibhiḥ .. vināśayitumārabdhaṃ śitaiḥ śastrairnirargalam .. 55 .1 > She said, “Let this army of the ruler of the Haihayas be destroyed!” / Then, filled with anger, those fierce barbarian tribes / began to destroy \[them\] unchecked with sharp weapons. // 55 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.56) na kaścitpuruṣasteṣāṃ sammukho'pyabhavadraṇe .. kiṃ punaḥ sahasā yoddhuṃ bhayena mahatānvitaḥ .. 56 .. > Not a single man could even face them in battle, / overcome as he was with great fear, much less fight suddenly. // 56 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.57) atha bhagnaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā vadhyamānaṃ samaṃtataḥ .. pulindairdāruṇākāraiḥ procustaṃ mantriṇo nṛpam .. 57 .. > Then, seeing the army broken and being slaughtered on all sides / by the Pulindas of terrible form, the ministers spoke to the king: // 57 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.58) tejohāniḥ parā te'dya jātā brahmavadhādvibho .. tasmāddhenuṃ parityajya gamyatāṃ nijamaṃdiram .. 58 .. > “A supreme loss of your lustre has occurred today from the slaying of a brahmin, O lord; / therefore, abandon the cow and go to your own palace, // 58 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.59) yāvannāgacchate tasya rāmonāma suto balī .. no cettena hato'traiva sabalo vadhameṣyasi .. 59 .. > before his mighty son named Rāma arrives; / otherwise, slain right here along with your army, you will meet your death! // 59 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.60) naiṣā śakyā balānnetuṃ kāmadhenurmahodayā .. śaktirūpā karotyevaṃ yā sṛṣṭiṃ svayameva hi .. 6.66.60 .. > This wish-granting cow of great majesty cannot be taken by force; / being of the nature of power, she herself brings forth \[such a\] creation!” // 6.66.60 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.61) tataḥ sa pārthivo bhītasteṣāṃ vākyādviśeṣataḥ .. jagāma hitvā tāṃ dhenuṃ svasthānaṃ hatasevakaḥ .. 61 .. > Then that king, frightened, especially by their words, / abandoned that cow and went to his own place, his servants slain. // 61 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.66.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66.66) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye jamadagnivadhavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 66 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the sixty-sixth chapter, named “The Description of the Slaying of Jamadagni,” in the Māhātmya of Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse compendium of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa. // 66 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.66.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Bṛhatkathākośa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.katha.brhatkathakosa.43.1-2) — Hariṣeṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.66) · Pramāṇa