[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) › 5.67 # Skandapurana 5.67 Skandapurāṇa 5.67 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.67.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. etasminnaṃtare prāpto rāmo bhrātṛbhiranvitaḥ .. phalāni kandamūlāni gṛhītvā''śramasammukhaḥ .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / In the meantime, Rāma arrived, accompanied by his brothers, / holding fruits, roots, and tubers, facing toward the hermitage. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.2) sa dṛṣṭvā svāśramaṃ dhvastaṃ pulindairbahuśo vṛtam .. lakuṭāśmaprahāraistu tāṃ dhenuṃ jarjarīkṛtām .. 2 .. > He saw his hermitage destroyed and thronged with many Pulindas, / and that cow battered by blows of clubs and stones. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.3) papraccha kimidaṃ sarvaṃ vyākulatvamupāgatam .. āśramāspadamābhīraiḥ pulindaiśca samāvṛtam .. 3 .. > He asked: "What is this distress that has overtaken everything, / and the grounds of the hermitage surrounded by Ābhīras and Pulindas? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.4) kenaiṣā māmikā dhenuḥ prahārairjarjarīkṛtā .. tāpasyastāpasāḥ sarve kasmādete rudanti ca .. 4 .. > "By whom has this cow of mine been battered with blows? / And why are all these female and male ascetics weeping? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.5) kva sa me'dya pitā vṛddho mātā ca sutavatsalā .. na māmadya yathāpūrvaṃ snehāccāyāti sammukhī .. 5 .. > "Where is my old father today, and my mother who loves her son? / Why does she not come out to meet me with affection today as before?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.6) atha tasya samācakhyurvṛttāṃtaṃ sarvatāpasāḥ .. yathādṛṣṭaṃ suduḥkhārtā sahasrārjunaceṣṭitam .. 6 .. > Then all the ascetics, afflicted with deep sorrow, / related the event to him just as it was seen—the deed of Sahasrārjuna. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.7) tataste bhrātaraḥ sarve vajrapātopamaṃ vacaḥ .. śrutvā dṛṣṭvā ca taṃ śastraiḥ khaṃḍitaṃ janakaṃ nijam .. 7 .. > Then all those brothers, hearing that word like a thunderbolt's strike / and seeing their own father cut to pieces with weapons, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.8) mātaraṃ kṣatasarvāṅgīṃ prāṇaśeṣāṃ vyathānvitām.. ruruduḥ śokasantaptā muktvā rāmaṃ mahābalam.. 8 .. > and their mother, all her limbs wounded, with only her breath remaining, filled with pain, / wept, consumed by grief, except for the mighty Rāma. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.9) ruditvātha ciraṃ kālaṃ vipralapya muhurmuhuḥ .. antyeṣṭiṃ cakrire tasya vedoktavidhinā tataḥ .. 9 .. > Having wept for a long time and lamented again and again, / they then performed his funeral rites according to the rule declared in the Vedas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.10) atha dāhāvasāne te kṛtvā gartāṃ yathocitām.. muktvā rāmaṃ dadustoyaṃ pituḥ putrāstilānvitam .. 6.67.10 .. > Then, at the conclusion of the cremation, having dug a pit as was customary, / the sons, except for Rāma, offered water mixed with sesame seeds to their father. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.11) athānyaistāpasaiḥ prokto rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ .. na prayacchasi kasmāttvaṃ pretapitre jalāṃjalim.. 11 .. > Then Rāma, the best of weapon-bearers, was addressed by other ascetics: / "Why do you not offer a handful of water to your deceased father?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.12) athāsau bahudhā pro ktastāpasairjamadagnijaḥ .. prahārāngaṇayanmātuḥ śitaśastravinirmitān.. 12 .. > Then, being spoken to in many ways by the ascetics, that son of Jamadagni, / counting the wounds made upon his mother by sharp weapons, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.13) tatastānabravīdrāmo viniḥśvasya munīśvarān .. niṣedhastoyadānasya śrūyatāṃ yanmayā kṛtaḥ .. 13 .. > then sighed deeply and said to those lords of sages: / "Listen to the reason for the refusal to offer water that was made by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.14) aparādhaṃ vinā tātaḥ kṣatriyeṇa hatomama .. ekaviṃśatiḥ prahārāṇāṃ māturaṃge sthitā mama .. 14 .. > "Without any fault, my father was slain by a kṣatriya; / twenty-one wounds remain on the body of my mother. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.15) tasmānniḥkṣatriyāmurvīṃ yadyahaṃ na karomi vai .. prahārasaṃkhyayā viprāstanme syātsarvapātakam .. 15 .. > "Therefore, O brahmins, if I do not make the earth devoid of kṣatriyas / according to the number of those blows, may all that sin be mine— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.16) pitṛmātṛvadhājjātaṃ yatkṛtaṃ tena pāpmanā .. kṣatriyāpasadenātra tathānyadapi kutsitam .. 16 .. > "the sin born from the murder of father and mother committed here by that wicked one, / that vilest of kṣatriyas, and whatever other vile act \[there may be\]! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.17) tatastasyaiva cānyeṣāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ durātmanām .. rudhiraiḥ pūrayitvemāṃ gartāṃ pitṛjalocitām .. tarpayiṣyāmi raktena pitaraṃ nāhamaṃbhasā .. 17 .. > "Then, having filled this pit intended for the paternal water with the blood / of that very one and of other evil-minded kṣatriyas, / I will gratify my father with blood, not with water!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.19) .. sūta uvāca .. .. śrutvā te dāruṇāṃ tasya pratijñāṃ tāpasottamāḥ .. paraṃ vismayamāpannā nocuḥ kiṃcittataḥ param .. 19 .. > Sūta said: / Hearing his terrible vow, those best of ascetics / were filled with supreme astonishment and said nothing further. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.19\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.19_1) athāśaucāṃtamāsādya rāmaḥ krodhasamanvitaḥ .. tīkṣṇaṃ paraśumādāya māhiṣmatyunmukhaṃ yayau .. 19 .. > Then, after the period of ritual impurity had ended, Rāma, filled with rage, / took his sharp axe and set out toward Māhiṣmatī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.20) sarvaistaiḥ śabaraiḥ sārdhaṃ pulindairmedakaistathā .. baddhagodhāṃgulitrāṇairvarabāṇadhanurdharaiḥ .. 6.67.20 .. > together with all those Śabaras, Pulindas, and Medakas, / wearing leather armguards and finger-guards, bearing excellent arrows and bows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.21) tathā'rjuno'pi taṃ śrutvā samāyātaṃ bhṛgūttamam .. sainyena mahatā yuktaṃ pratijñādhāriṇaṃ tathā .. 21 .. > Arjuna too, hearing that he, the best of the Bhṛgus, had arrived / accompanied by a great army and bound by a vow, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.22) tatastu sammukho dṛṣṭo yuddhārthaṃ sa viniryayau .. sārdhaṃ nānāvidhairyodhaiḥ sarvairdevāsuropamaiḥ .. 22 .. > then, having seen \[him\], went out to face \[him\] for battle / accompanied by various warriors, all resembling gods and asuras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.23) athābhavanmahāyuddhaṃ pulindānāṃ dvijottamāḥ .. haihayādhipateryodhaiḥ sārdhaṃ devāsuropamaiḥ .. 23 .. > Then, O best of the twice-born, a great battle took place between the Pulindas / and the warriors of the lord of the Haihayas, who resembled gods and asuras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.24) tataste haihayāḥ sarve śarairāśīviṣopamaiḥ .. vadhyante śabaraiḥ saṃkhye garjamānairmuhurmuhuḥ .. 24 .. > Then all those Haihayas were slain in battle / by the Śabaras roaring repeatedly, with arrows resembling venomous serpents. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.25) brahmahatyāsamutthena pātakena tataśca te .. jātā nistejasaḥ sarve prapataṃti dharātale .. 25 .. > Then, by the sin arising from the murder of a brahmin, / all of them were deprived of their splendor and fell down upon the surface of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.26) na kaścitpauruṣaṃ tatra saṃpradarśayituṃ kṣamaḥ .. palāyanaparā sarve vadhyante niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ .. 26 .. > None there was able to display manly prowess; / all intent on flight, they were struck down by sharp arrows. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.27) atha bhagnaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā haihayādhipatiḥ krudhā .. svacāpaṃ vāñchayāmāsa sajyaṃ kartuṃ tvarānvitaḥ .. śaknoti nāropayituṃ suyatnamapi cāśritaḥ .. 27 .. > Then, seeing his army broken, the lord of the Haihayas in rage / desired to string his bow in haste, / but though he made a great effort, he was unable to string it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.28) tataścākarṣayāmāsa khaṅgaṃ kośātsunirmalam .. ākraṣṭuṃ na ca śakroti vailakṣyaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ .. 28 .. > Then he drew his spotless sword from its scabbard, / but was unable to wield it, having fallen into supreme bewilderment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.29) gadayā nirjito raudro rāvaṇo lokarāvaṇaḥ .. yayā sāpyapataddhastāttatkṣaṇātpṛthivītale .. 29 .. > The mace by which fierce Rāvaṇa, the terror of the world, was vanquished, / even that fell from his hand at that very instant onto the surface of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.30) narmadāyāḥ pravāho yaiḥ sahasrākhyaiḥ karaiḥ śubhaiḥ .. vidhṛtastena te sarve babhūvuḥ kampavihvalāḥ .. 6.67.30 .. > Those auspicious hands, called a thousand, by which the flow of the Narmadā / had been held back—all of them became overcome with trembling. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.31) na śastraṃ śekuruddhartuṃ daivayogātkathaṃcana .. divyāstrāṇāṃ tathā sarve mantrā vismṛtimāgatāḥ .. 31 .. > Due to the power of fate, they could not lift any weapon whatsoever, / and all the mantras of the celestial weapons passed into oblivion. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.32) etasminnaṃtare rāmaḥ saṃprāptaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ .. tīkṣṇaṃ paraśumudyamya tatastaṃ prāha niṣṭhuram .. 32 .. > In the meantime, Rāma arrived, stupified with fury; / raising his sharp axe, he then said harsh words to him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.33) haihayādhipate pāpa yaiḥ karairjanako mama .. tvayā vinihatastānme śīghraṃ darśaya sāṃpratam .. 33 .. > "O sinful lord of the Haihayas, those hands with which / my father was struck down by you—show them to me quickly now!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.34) brahmatejohataḥ so'pi proktastena suniṣṭhuram .. novāca cottaraṃ kiṃcidālekhye likhito yathā ..34.. > Stricken by brahminical power, though spoken to so harshly by him, / he did not speak any reply, like a figure painted in a picture. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.35) tato bhujavanaṃ tasya rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ .. muhurmuhurvinirbhartsya pracakarta śanaiḥśanaiḥ .. 35 .. > Then Rāma, the best of weapon-bearers, repeatedly rebuking him, / cut down the forest of his arms little by little. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.36) tataśchittvā śirastasya kuṭhāreṇa bhṛgūdvahaḥ .. jagrāha rudhiraṃ yatnātprahārebhyaḥ svayaṃ dvijāḥ .. 36 .. > Then, having severed his head with the axe, that scion of Bhṛgu / himself carefully took the blood from the wounds, O twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.37) pūrayitvā mahākumbhāñchabarebhyo dadau tataḥ .. mlecchebhyo lubdhakebhyaśca tataḥ provāca sādaram ..37.. > Having filled large jars, he then gave them to the Śabaras, / Mlecchas, and hunters, and then respectfully said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.38) hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre gartā me bhrātṛbhiḥ kṛtā .. pitṛsaṃtarpaṇārthāya salilena pariplutā .. 38 .. > "In the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara, a pit has been dug by my brothers / for the sake of gratifying my father, \[now\] filled with water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.39) prakṣipadhvaṃ drutaṃ gatvā tasyāṃ raktamidaṃ mahat .. pāpasyāsya sapatnasya mamādeśādasaṃśayam .. 39 .. > "Go quickly and pour this great blood into it— / the blood of this sinful enemy—by my command, beyond doubt; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.40) yena tātaṃ nijaṃ bhaktyā tarpayitvā vidhānataḥ .. ṛṇasya muktirbhavati yena me paitṛkasyaca .. 6.67.40 .. > "so that, having gratified my own father with devotion according to the rite, / there may be liberation for me from the paternal debt." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.67.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67.67) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśātisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye sahasrārjunavadhavarṇanaṃnāma saptaṣaṣṭitamo' dhyāyaḥ .. 67 .. .. dha .. > Thus ends the sixty-seventh chapter, entitled "The Description of the Slaying of Sahasrārjuna," in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\], in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.67.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.67) · Pramāṇa