[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) › 5.6 # Skandapurana 5.6 Skandapurāṇa 5.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.6.1) sūta uvāca. tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya triśaṃkormunipuṃgavaḥ. viśvāmitro'bravīdvākyaṃ kiṃcillajjāsamanvitaḥ..6.6.1.. > Sūta said: > Having heard those words of Triśaṅku, the eminent sage > Viśvāmitra, feeling somewhat ashamed, spoke these words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.6.2) mā viṣādaṃ mahīpāla viṣaye'tra kariṣyasi. anenaiva śarīreṇa tvāṃ nayiṣyāmyahaṃ divam..6.6.2.. > “Do not despair, O ruler of the earth, regarding this matter. > I shall bring you to heaven in this very body. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.6.3) tattatkarma kariṣyāmi svargārthe nṛpasattama. tavābhīṣṭaṃ kariṣyāmi kiṃ vā yāsyāmi saṃkṣayam..6.6.3.. > I will perform every necessary rite for the sake of heaven, O best of kings; > I will accomplish your desire, or else I shall perish.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.6.4) evamuktvā paraṃ kopaṃ kṛtvopari divaukasām. uvāca ca tato raudraṃ pratyakṣaṃ tasya bhūpateḥ..6.6.4.. > Having spoken thus, displaying great anger against the dwellers of heaven, > he then spoke terrible words in the presence of that king: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.6.5) yathā mayā dvijatvaṃ hi svayamevārjitaṃ balāt. tathā sṛṣṭiṃ kariṣyāmi svakīyāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ..6.6.5.. > “Just as brahminhood was indeed acquired by me myself through my own power, > so shall I produce my own creation; of this there is no doubt.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.6.6) tatastaṃ sa samālokya śaṃkaraṃ śaśiśekharam. praṇamya vidhivadbhaktyā stutiṃ cakre mahāmuniḥ..6.6.6.. > Then, having beheld Śaṃkara, who bears the crescent moon on his crest, > the great sage bowed down according to rule with devotion and offered praise. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.6.7) viśvāmitra uvāca. jaya deva jayāciṃtya jaya pārvativallabha. jaya kṛṣṇa jagannātha jaya kṛṣṇa jagadguro..6.6.7.. > Viśvāmitra said: > “Victory, O God! Victory, O Inconceivable One! Victory, O beloved of Pārvatī! > Victory, O Kṛṣṇa, Lord of the Universe! Victory, O Kṛṣṇa, Guru of the World! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.6.8) jayāciṃtya jayāmeya jayānaṃta jayācyuta. jayāmara jayājeya jayāvyaya sureśvara..6.6.8.. > Victory, O Inconceivable One! Victory, O Immeasurable One! Victory, O Endless One! Victory, O Infallible One! > Victory, O Immortal One! Victory, O Unconquerable One! Victory, O Imperishable One, Lord of the Gods! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.6.9) jaya sarvaga sarveśa jaya sarvasurāśraya. jaya sarvajanadhyeya jaya sarvāghanāśana..6.6.9.. > Victory, O All-pervading One, Lord of All! Victory, O Refuge of All Gods! > Victory, O Goal of Meditation for All People! Victory, O Destroyer of All Sins! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.6.10) tvaṃ dhātā ca vidhātā ca tvaṃ kartā tvaṃ ca rakṣakaḥ. caturvidhasya deveśa bhūtagrāmasya śaṃkara..6.6.10.. > You are the Creator and the Ordainer; you are the Maker and the Protector > of the fourfold realm of living beings, O Lord of Gods, O Śaṃkara. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.6.11) yathā tilasthitaṃ tailaṃ yathā dadhigataṃ ghṛtam. tathaivādhiṣṭhitaṃ kṛtsnaṃ tvayā guptena vai jagat..6.6.11.. > Just as oil resides in sesame seeds, just as clarified butter resides in curds, > even so the entire universe is pervaded by you, concealed within it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.6.12) tvaṃ brahmā tvaṃ hṛṣīkeśastvaṃ śakrastvaṃ hutāśanaḥ. tvaṃ yajñastvaṃ vaṣaṭkārastvamindustvaṃ divākaraḥ..6.6.12.. > You are Brahmā, you are Hṛṣīkeśa, you are Indra, you are the Fire; > you are the sacrifice, you are the vaṣaṭ-call, you are the moon, you are the sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.6.13) athavā bahunoktena kiṃ stavena tava prabho. samāsādeva vakṣyāmi vibhūtiṃ śrutinoditām..6.6.13.. > Or rather, what is the use of a lengthy hymn of praise for you, O Lord? > In brief alone shall I declare your manifestation as taught in the revealed scripture. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.6.14) yatkiṃcittriṣu lokeṣu sthāvaraṃ jaṃgamaṃ vibho. tatsarvaṃ bhavatā vyāptaṃ kāṣṭhaṃ havyabhujā yathā..6.6.14.. > Whatever there is in the three worlds, stationary or moving, O All-pervading One, > all that is pervaded by you, as wood is by the consumer of oblations.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.6.15) śrībhagavānuvāca. parituṣṭo'smi bhadraṃ te varaṃ prārthaya sanmune. yatte hṛdi sthitaṃ nityaṃ sarvaṃ dāsyāmyasaṃśayam..6.6.15.. > The Blessed Lord said: > “I am well pleased, may it be well with you! Request a boon, O good sage; > whatever is constantly held in your heart, I shall grant it all without doubt.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.6.16) viśvāmitra uvāca. yadi tuṣṭosi deveśa yadi deyo varo mama. tanme syātsṛṣṭimāhātmyaṃ tvatprasādānmaheśvara..6.6.16.. > Viśvāmitra said: > “If you are pleased, O Lord of Gods, if a boon is to be given to me, > then may the power of creation be mine by your grace, O Maheśvara!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.6.17) evamastviti taṃ coktvā bhagavānvṛṣabhadhvajaḥ. sarvairgaṇaiḥ samāyuktastataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ..6.6.17.. > Saying to him, “So be it,” the blessed lord whose banner bears the bull, / accompanied by all his attendants, then vanished from sight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.6.18) viśvāmitro'pi tatraiva sthito dhyānaparāyaṇaḥ. cakre caturvidhāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ sparddhayā haṃsagāminaḥ..6.6.18.. > Viśvāmitra too, remaining right there, devoted to meditation, / fashioned the fourfold creation in rivalry with \[Brahmā\] whose vehicle is a swan. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.6.18\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.6.18_1) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvakṣetramāhātmye triśaṃkūpākhyāne viśvāmitravaralabdhirnāma ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ..6.. > Thus ends the sixth chapter, named “Attainment of the Boon by Viśvāmitra,” in the story of Triśaṅku in the māhātmya of the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the sixth Nāgarakhaṇḍa of 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.5.6.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.6) · Pramāṇa