[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) › 5.69 # Skandapurana 5.69 Skandapurāṇa 5.69 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.69.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.2) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tato niḥkṣatriye loke kṣattriṇyo vaṃśakāraṇāt .. kṣetrajānbrāhmaṇebhyaśca suṣuvustanayā nvarān..... te vṛddhiṃ ca samāsādya kṣetrajāḥ kṣatriyopamāḥ .. jagṛhurmedinīṃ vīryātsaṃnirasya dvijottamān..2.. > Sūta said: / Then, when the world was stripped of kṣatriyas, the kṣatriya women, for the sake of lineage, / gave birth through brahmins to excellent field-born sons. / These field-born sons, resembling kṣatriyas, grew to maturity, / and by their prowess expelled the best of the twice-born and seized the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.3) tataste brāhmaṇāḥ sarve paribhūtipadaṃ gatāḥ.. procurbhārgavamabhyetya duḥkhena mahatānvitāḥ.. 3 .. > Then all those brahmins, having been brought to humilation, / approached the descendant of Bhṛgu and spoke, overcome with great distress: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.5) rāmarāma mahābāho yā tvayā vasudhā ca naḥ .. vājimedhe makhe dattā kṣatriyaiḥ sā hatā balāt.. tasmānno dehi tāṃ bhūyo hatvā tānkṣatriyādhamān .. kuru śreyo'bhivṛddhiṃ tāṃ yadyasti tava pauruṣam .. 5 .. > 'O Rāma, Rāma of mighty arms, the earth that was given by you to us / in the horse sacrifice has been seized by force by the kṣatriyas. / Therefore, slay those vile kṣatriyas and give it to us once more; / cause that increase of our welfare, if your manhood remains!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.6) tato rāmaḥ krudhāviṣṭo bhūyastaiḥ śavaraiḥ saha .. pulindairmedakaiścaiva kṣatriyāṃtāya niryayau .. 6 .. > Then Rāma, seized with wrath, set out again with those Śabaras, / Pulindas, and Medakas to put an end to the kṣatriyas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.7) tatraiva kṣatriyānhatvā raktamādāya tadbahu .. tāṃ gartāṃ pūrayāmāsa cakāra pitṛtarpaṇam .. 7 .. > Slaying the kṣatriyas right there and taking their copious blood, / he filled that pit and performed the tarpaṇa for the ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.8) pradadau brāhmaṇebhyaśca vājimedhe dharāṃ punaḥ .. taiśca nirvāsitastatra jagāmodadhisaṃnidhau .. 8 .. > He gave the earth again to the brahmins in a horse sacrifice, / and banished by them there, he went to the proximity of the ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.9) evaṃ tena kṛtā pṛthvī sarvakṣattravivarjitā .. triḥsaptavāraṃ vipreṃdrā dvijebhyaśca niveditā .. 9 .. > In this manner, the earth was cleared of all kṣatriyas by him / twenty-one times, O best of brahmins, and presented to the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.10) tarpitāḥ pitaraścaiva rudhireṇa mahātmanā .. pratijñā pālitā tasmādvikopaśca babhūva saḥ .. 6.69.10 .. > The ancestors were satisfied with blood by that great-souled one; / thus his vow was fulfilled, and he became free from anger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.11) ekaviṃśatime prāpte tataśca pitṛtarpaṇe .. aśarīrā'bhavadvāṇī khasthā pitṛsamudbhavā .. 11 .. > When the twenty-first ancestor-tarpaṇa was reached, / a bodiless voice arising from the ancestors spoke from the sky: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.12) rāmarāma mahābhāga tyajaitatkarma garhitam .. vayaṃ te tuṣṭimāpannāḥ svavākyaparipāla nāt .. 12 .. > 'Rāma, O fortunate Rāma! Desist from this despicable deed. / We are satisfied with you because of the fulfillment of your vow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.13) yattvayā vihitaṃ karma naitadanyaḥ kariṣyati .. na kṛtaṃ kenacitpūrvaṃ pitṛvairasamudbhavam .. 13 .. > The deed that was done by you no one else will do; / nor has such a deed arising from enmity over a father ever been done by anyone before. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.14) tasmāttuṣṭā vayaṃ vatsa dāsyāmaścitta vāṃchitam. prārthayasva drutaṃ tasmāddurlabhaṃ tridaśairapi..14.. > Therefore, my child, we are pleased and will grant your heart's desire. / Therefore, ask quickly for something even difficult for the thirty \[gods\] to attain.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.15) rāma uvāca. pitaro yadi tuṣṭā me yacchaṃti yadi vāṃchitam. tasmāttīrthamidaṃ puṇyaṃ mannāmnā lokaviśrutam. raktadoṣavinirmuktaṃ sevitaṃ varatāpasaiḥ..15.. > Rāma said: / 'If the ancestors are pleased with me and grant my desire, / then let this sacred ford be known in the world by my name, / freed from the defect of blood, and frequented by the best ascetics.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.16) pitara ūcuḥ. pitṛtarpaṇajā gartā tvayā yeyaṃ vinirmitā. rāmahrada iti khyātiṃ prayāsyati jagattraye .. 16 .. > The ancestors said: / 'This pit born of the tarpaṇa for the ancestors, which was constructed by you, / shall attain renown throughout the three worlds as Rāmahrada. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.17) yatra bhaktiyutā lokāstarpayiṣyaṃti vai pitṝn .. te'śvamedhaphalaṃ prāpya prayāsyaṃti parāṃ gatim...17.. > Where people filled with devotion shall make tarpaṇa offerings to the ancestors, / they will obtain the fruit of an aśvamedha and reach the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.18) kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ māsi bhādrapade naraḥ.. kariṣyati ca yaḥ śrāddhaṃ bhaktyā śastrahatasya ca...18.. > Whatever person performs a śrāddha with devotion on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight / in the month of Bhādrapada for someone slain by weapons, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.19) api pretatvamāpannaṃ narake vā samāśritam.. uddhariṣyati sa pretamapi pāpasamanvitam...19.. > he will deliver that deceased spirit, even if it has become a pretahood, / or has resorted to hell, or is tainted with sin.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.20) sūta uvāca.. evamuktvā tu rāmaṃ te viremustadanaṃtaram.. rāmo'pi ca tapastepe tatraiva krodhavarjitaḥ..6.69.20.. > Sūta said: / Having spoken thus to Rāma, they fell silent thereafter; / and Rāma too performed austerities right there, free from anger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.21) tasmātsarvaprayatnena tatra śastrahatasya ca.. tasmindine prakartavyaṃ śrāddhaṃ śraddhāsamanvitaiḥ..21... > Therefore, on that day, with every effort, a śrāddha should be performed / by the faithful for anyone slain by weapons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.22) upasarga mṛtānāṃ ca sarpāgniviṣabandhanaiḥ.. tatra muktipradaṃ śrāddhaṃ dine tasminnudāhṛtam..22.. > For those who died by affliction—by snakes, fire, poison, or hanging— / a śrāddha on that day is declared to bestow liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.23) yaḥ pitṝṃstarpayettatra pretapakṣe jalairapi.. sa teṣāmanṛṇo bhūtvā pitṛloke mahīyate..23.. > Whoever satisfies the ancestors there with waters during the fortnight of the departed / becomes free of debt to them and is glorified in the ancestral world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.24) etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ rāmahradasamudbhavam.. māhātmyaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ sarvapātakanāśanam..24.. > All this māhātmya arising from Rāmahrada has been recounted to you, / O best of brahmins; it destroys all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.25) śrāddhakāle naro bhaktyā yaścaitatpaṭhati svayam.. sa gayāśrāddhajaṃ kṛtsnaṃ phalamāpnotyasaṃśayam..25.. > A person who himself recites this with devotion at the time of a śrāddha / undoubtedly obtains the entire fruit born of a śrāddha at Gayā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.26) parvakāle 'thavā prāpte paṭhedbrāhmaṇasaṃnidhau.. pitṛmedhasya yajñasya sa phalaṃ labhate 'khilam..26.. > Or when a sacred time has arrived, if he reads it in the presence of brahmins, / he obtains the entire fruit of a pitṛmedha sacrifice. // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.27) śṛṇuyādvāpi yo bhaktyā kīrtyamānamidaṃ naraḥ.. sautrāmaṇau kṛte kṛtsnaṃ phalamāpnotyasaṃśayam..27.. > Or whatever man listens with devotion to this being recited / obtains the entire fruit of a Sautrāmaṇī \[sacrifice\] that has been performed, without doubt. // 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.69.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69.69) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryā saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye rāmahradotpattivṛttāntavarṇanaṃnāmaikonasaptatitamo' dhyāyaḥ .. 69 .. .. dha .. > Thus ends the sixty-ninth chapter, entitled “Description of the Origin of Rāmahrada”, in the māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] in the venerable 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.5.69.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.69) · Pramāṇa