[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) › 5.70 # Skandapurana 5.70 Skandapurāṇa 5.70 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.70.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tathānyāpi ca tatrāsti śaktiḥ pāpapraṇāśinī .. kārtikeyena nirmuktā hatvā vai tārakaṃ raṇe .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Likewise, there is also another śakti \[spear\] there that destroys sin, / released by Kārtikeya after slaying Tāraka in battle. // 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.2) tathāsti sumahatkuṇḍaṃ svacchodakasamāvṛtam .. tenaiva nirmitaṃ tatra yaḥ snātvā tāṃ prapūjayet .. sa pāpānmucyate sadya ājanmamaraṇāṃti kāt .. 2 .. > Likewise, there is a very large pool filled with clear water, / created right there by him; whoever bathes \[in it\] and worships her \[the śakti\] / is immediately freed from sin committed from birth until death. // 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.3) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. kasminkāle vinirmuktā sā śaktistena no vada .. kimarthaṃ svāminā tatra kiṃprabhāvā vada svayam .. .. 3 .. > The seers said: / At what time was that spear released by him? Tell us. / For what purpose \[was it cast\] there by the lord? What is its power? Tell \[us\] yourself. // 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.4) .. sūta uvāca .. .. purāsīttārakonāma dānavo'tibalānvitaḥ .. hiraṇyākṣasya dāyādastrailokyasya bhayāvahaḥ .. 4 .. > Sūta said: / Formerly, there was a dānava named Tāraka, endowed with immense strength, / an heir of Hiraṇyākṣa, who caused terror to the three worlds. // 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.5) sa jñātvā janakaṃ dhvastaṃ viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā .. tapastepe tatastīvraṃ gokarṇaṃ prāpya parvatam .. 5 .. > Knowing that his father had been destroyed by the mighty Viṣṇu, / he then went to Mount Gokarṇa and performed severe austerity. // 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.6) yāvadvarṣasahasrāṃtaṃ śīrṇaparṇā śanaḥ sthitaḥ.. dhyāyamāno mahādevaṃ kāyena manasā girā..6.. > For up to a thousand years he remained, feeding on withered leaves, / meditating on Mahādeva with body, mind, and speech, // 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.7) varupūjopahāraiśca naivedyairvividhaistataḥ.. tato varṣasahasrāṃte sa daityo duḥkhasaṃyutaḥ .. 7 .. > and then with various offerings, gifts of worship, and food oblations. / Then, at the end of the thousand years, that daitya, filled with grief, // 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.8) jñātvā rudramasaṃtuṣṭaṃ tato raudraṃ tapo'karot .. viniṣkṛttyātmamāṃsāni juhotisma hutāśane .. 8 .. > knowing Rudra to be ungratified, performed terrible austerity: / cutting off his own flesh, he offered it into the fire. // 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.9) tatastuṣṭo mahādevo vṛṣārūḍha umāpatiḥ .. sarvaireva gaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ tasya saṃdarśanaṃ yayau .. 9 .. > Gratified by that, Mahādeva, the lord of Umā mounted on the bull, / went to appear before him together with all his gaṇas. // 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.10) tatra provāca saṃhṛṣṭastāranādena nādayan .. diśaḥ sarvā mahādevo harṣa gadgadayā girā .. 6.70.10 .. > There, delighted, making all the directions resound / with a loud sound, Mahādeva spoke with a voice faltering with joy: // 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.11) bhobhostāraka tuṣṭo'smi sāhasaṃ medṛśaṃ kuru .. prārthayasva mano'bhīṣṭaṃ yena te pradadāmyaham .. 11 .. > “Hail, hail, Tāraka! I am pleased; do \[not\] perform such reckless daring! / Request your heart’s desire, so that I may grant it to you.” // 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.12) .. tāraka uvāca .. ajeyaḥ sarvadevānāṃ tvatprasādādahaṃ vibho .. yathā bhavāmi saṃgrāme tvāṃ vihāya tathā kuru .. 12 .. > Tāraka said: / “O lord, by your favor, act in such a way that in battle / I may be unconquerable by all the gods, leaving you aside.” // 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.13) .. bhagavānuvāca .. .. matprasādādasaṃdigdhaṃ sarvametadbhaviṣyati .. tvayā yatprārthitaṃ daitya tvameko balavāniha .. 13 .. > The Lord said: / “By my favor, all this will come to pass beyond doubt, / as requested by you, O daitya; you alone shall be strong here.” // 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.14) evamuktvā mahādevaḥ svameva bhavanaṃ gataḥ .. tārakaścāpi saṃhṛṣṭastathaivanija mandiram .. 14 .. > Having spoken thus, Mahādeva went to his own abode, / and Tāraka too, delighted, went likewise to his own palace. // 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.15) tato dānavasainyena mahatā parivāritaḥ .. gataḥ śakrapurīṃ yoddhuṃ vikhyātāmamarāvatīm .. 15 .. > Then, surrounded by a vast army of dānavas, / he set out to fight towards Indra’s city, the renowned Amarāvatī. // 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.16) athābhavanmahāyuddhaṃ devānāṃ dānavaiḥ saha .. yāvadvarṣasahasrāṃte mṛtyuṃ kṛtvā nivartanam .. 16 .. > Then a great battle took place between the gods and the dānavas, / ending only with death, turning back at the close of a thousand years. // 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.17) tatrābhavatkṣayo nityaṃ devānāṃ raṇamūrdhani .. vijayo dānavānāṃ ca prasādācchūlapā ṇinaḥ .. 17 .. > There, the destruction of the gods occurred constantly at the forefront of the battle, / while the dānavas were victorious, by the grace of the wielder of the trident. // 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.18) tataścakrurupāyāṃste vijayāya divaukasaḥ .. varmāṇi suvicitrāṇi yantrāṇi parikhāstathā .. 18 .. > Then those dwellers of heaven devised means for victory: / diverse armors, war machines, and trenches, // 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.19) anyānyapi śarīrasya rakṣaṇārthaṃ prayatnataḥ .. tathaiva yodhamukhyānāṃ viśeṣāddvijasattamāḥ .. 19 .. > and others too, diligently made to protect the body, / especially for the foremost of warriors, O best of brahmins! // 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.20) sasṛjuste surādhīśā dānavebhyo divāniśam .. 6.70.20 .. > Those lords of the gods produced \[them\] day and night against the dānavas: // 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.21) mudgarā bhiṃḍipālāśca śataghnyo'tha vareṣavaḥ .. prāsāḥ kuntāśca bhallāśca tasminkāle vinirmitāḥ .. viśeṣāhavasaṃbandhavyūhānāṃ prakriyāśca yāḥ .. 21 .. > clubs, slings, śataghnīs, excellent arrows, / javelins, spears, and missile points were fashioned at that time, / as well as arrays of battle formations specific to combat, // 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.22) tathānyāni vicitrāṇi kūṭayuddhānyanekaśaḥ .. bhīṣikāḥ kuhakāścaiva śakrajālāni kṛtsnaśaḥ .. 22 .. > and likewise other multifaceted deceptive tactics in large numbers: / terrors, magic tricks, and all forms of illusory nets. // 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.23) na ca te vijayaṃ prāpustathāpi dvijasattamāḥ .. dānavebhyo mahāyuddhe prahārairjarjarīkṛtāḥ..23.. > Even so, they did not attain victory, O best of brahmins; / they were battered by blows from the dānavas in the great battle. // 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.24) atha prāha sahasrākṣo bhayatrasto bṛhaspatim .. dinedine vayaṃ daityairvijayāmo dvijottama .. 24 .. > Then the thousand-eyed \[Indra\], terrified by fear, spoke to Bṛhaspati: / “Day after day we are conquered by the daityas, O best of brahmins! // 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.25) yathāyathā raṇārthāya sadupāyānkaromyaham .. tathātathā parābhūtirjāyate me mahāhave .. 25 .. > The more I employ proper strategies for the sake of battle, / the more my defeat occurs in the great combat. // 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.26) tadupāyaṃ surācārya svabuddhyā tvaṃ pracintaya .. yena me syājjayo yuddhe tava kīrtiraninditā 0. 26 .. > Therefore, O teacher of the gods, devise a strategy with your intellect, / whereby victory in battle may be mine, and blameless fame may be yours.” // 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.27) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tato bṛhaspatiḥ prāha ciraṃ dhyātvā śacīpatim .. prahṛṣṭavadano jñātvā jayopāyaṃ mahāhave .. .. 27 .. > Sūta said: / Then Bṛhaspati, having meditated for a long time, spoke to the lord of Śacī, / with a joyful face, having understood the means of victory in the great combat: // 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.28) mayā śakra parijñātaḥ sa upāyo mahāhave .. jīyante śatravo yena līlayaivāpi bhūriśaḥ .. 28 .. > “O Indra, I have discovered that means in the great combat, / by which the enemies are easily conquered, even in great numbers. // 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.29) yadābhīṣṭaṃ varaṃ tena prārthitastripurāṃtakaḥ .. tadaivaṃ vacanaṃ prāha praṇipatya muhurmuhuḥ .. 29 .. > When he requested the desired boon from the destroyer of Tripura, / he then spoke these words, bowing repeatedly: // 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.31) ajeyaḥ sarvadevānāṃ tvatprasādādahaṃ vibho .. yathā bhavāmi saṃgrāme tvāṃ vihāya tathā kuru .. 6.70.30 na taṃ svayaṃ mahādevaḥ svaśiṣyaṃ sūdayiṣyati .. viṣavṛkṣamapi sthāpya kaśchinatti punaḥ svayam .. 31 .. > ‘O lord, by your favor, act in such a way that in battle / I may be unconquerable by all the gods, leaving you aside.’ // 30 > Mahādeva himself will not destroy his own disciple; / for having planted even a poisonous tree, who cuts it down himself? // 31 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.32) yo vai pitā sa putraḥ syācchrutivākyamidaṃ smṛtam .. tasmājjanayatu kṣipraṃ harastannāśakṛtsutam .. 32 .. > ‘He who is the father becomes the son’—such is the celebrated Vedic statement. / Therefore, let Hara quickly beget a son who will cause his destruction, // 32 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.33) yena senādhipatye taṃ viniyojya mahāhavam .. kurmo daityaiḥ samaṃ śastraiḥ prāpnuyāma tato jayam ..33.. > by which, having appointed him to the command of the army, we may wage / a great battle against the daityas with weapons, and then attain victory. // 33 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.34) eṣa eva upāyo'tra mayā te parikīrtitaḥ .. vijayāya sahasrākṣa nānyo'sti bhuvanatraye .. 34 .. > This alone is the means proclaimed by me here to you / for victory, O thousand-eyed one; there is no other in the three worlds.” // 34 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.35) tato devagaṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ sametaḥ pākaśāsanaḥ ... tamarthaṃ proktavāñchaṃbhuṃ vinayāvanataḥ sthitaḥ .. 35 .. > Then the subduer of Pāka, accompanied by all the hosts of gods, / spoke of that matter to Śambhu, standing bowed down in humility: // 35 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.36) sutasya jananārthāya kuru yatnaṃ vṛṣadhvaja.. yena senādhipatye taṃ yojayāmi divaukasām ..36.. > “Make an effort to beget a son, O bull-bannered god, / so that I may appoint him to the command of the army of the celestials, // 36 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.37) prāpnomyahaṃ ca saṃgrāme vijayaṃ tvatprasādataḥ .. nihatya dānavānsarvāṃstārakeṇa samanvitān .. 37 .. > and by your grace I may attain victory in battle, / having slain all the dānavas together with Tāraka. // 37 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.38) nānyathā vijayo me syātsaṃgrāme dānavaiḥ saha... iti māṃ prāha devejyo jñātvā samyaṅmahāmatiḥ .. 38 .. > In no other way can there be victory for me in battle against the dānavas; / so the highly intelligent preceptor of the gods told me, having properly discerned it.” // 38 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.39) athovāca vihasyoccaiḥ śaṃkarastridaśeśvaram .. kariṣyāmi vacaḥ kṣipraṃ tava śakra na saṃśayaḥ.. . .. 39 .. > Then Śaṃkara, laughing aloud, said to the lord of the thirty \[gods\]: / “I will carry out your word swiftly, O Indra; of this there is no doubt.” // 39 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.40) putramutpādayiṣyāmi sarvadaityavināśakam .. yaṃ tvaṃ senāpatiṃ kṛtvā jayaṃ prāpsyasi sarvadā .. 6.70.40 .. > "I shall produce a son who will destroy all the Daityas, / whom you will make commander-in-chief and thereby obtain victory always." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.41) evamuktvā mahādevo gatvā kailāsa parvatam .. gauryā samaṃ tataścakre kāmadharmaṃ yathocitam .. 41 .. > Having spoken thus, Mahādeva went to Mount Kailāsa, / and then with Gaurī engaged in the duty of love as was proper, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.42) hāvairbhāvaiḥ samopetaṃ hāsyairanyaistadātmikaiḥ .. yāvadvarṣasahasrāṃtaṃ divyaṃ caiva nimeṣavat .. .. 42 .. > accompanied by gestures and moods, and other laughs natural to it, / for the duration of a thousand divine years, like the twinkling of an eye. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.43) atha devagaṇāḥ sarve bhayasaṃtrastamānasāḥ .. cakrurmaṃtraṃ tadarthaṃ hi tārakeṇa prapīḍitāḥ .. 43 .. > Then all the hosts of gods, their minds terrified with fear, / held counsel for that purpose, oppressed as they were by Tāraka: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.44) sahasraṃ vatsarāṇāṃ tu ratāsaktasya śūlinaḥ .. atikrāṃtaṃ na devānāṃ tena kṛtyaṃ vinirmitam .. 44 .. > "A thousand years have passed while the Trident-bearer has been absorbed in pleasure, / yet the task of the gods has not been accomplished by him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.45) tasmādgacchāmahe tatra yatra devo maheśvaraḥ .. saṃtiṣṭhate samaṃ gauryā kailāse vijane sthitaḥ ..45... > Therefore let us go there where the god Maheśvara / resides together with Gaurī, staying in a secluded place on Kailāsa." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.46) tatastatraiva saṃjagmuḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ .. udvahantaḥ parāmārtiṃ tārakārisamudbhavām .. 46 .. > Then all the gods along with Indra went right there, / bearing supreme distress born from the enemy Tāraka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.47) atha kailāsamāsādya yāvadyāṃti bhavāṃtikam.. niṣiddhā naṃdinā tāvanna gaṃtavyamataḥ param .. 47 .. > Then, having reached Kailāsa, as they were approaching Hara's presence, / they were stopped by Nandin: "You must not go beyond this. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.48) rahasye bhagavānsārdhaṃ pārvatyā samavasthitaḥ .. asmākamapi no gamyaṃ tasmāttāvanna gamyatām .. 48 .. > The Lord is situated in privacy together with Pārvatī. / Even we cannot go \[there\]; therefore do not go!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.49) tatastairvibudhaiḥ sarvaiḥ preṣitastatra cānilaḥ.. kiṃ karoti mahādevaḥ śīghraṃ vijñāyatāmiti .. 49 .. > Then the Wind was dispatched there by all those gods, / saying: "Let it be quickly ascertained what Mahādeva is doing." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.50) atha vāyurgatastatra yatrāste bhagavāñchivaḥ .. gauryā saha ratāsakta ānandaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ .. 6.70.50 .. > Then the Wind went there where the Lord Śiva sat, / absorbed in pleasure with Gaurī, having attained supreme bliss. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.51) atha pracalite śukre sthānādaprāptayonike .. devena vīkṣito vāyurnātidūre vyavasthitaḥ .. 51 .. > Then, as the semen had stirred from its place without having reached the womb, / the Wind, standing not very far away, was seen by the god. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.52) tato vrīḍā samopetastatkṣaṇādeva cotthitaḥ .. bhāvāsaktāṃ priyāṃ tyaktvā mā mottiṣṭhetivādinīm .. 52 .. > Then, overcome with shame, he arose that very moment, / abandoning his beloved who was absorbed in passion and saying, "Do not, do not get up!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.53) abravīdatha taṃ vāyuṃ vinayāvanataṃ sthitam .. kimarthaṃ tvamihāyātaḥ kaccitkṣemaṃ divaukasām .. 53 .. > He then spoke to the Wind who was standing bowed in modesty: / "For what purpose have you come here? Is all well with the gods?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.54) .. vāyuruvāca .. .. ete śakrādayo devā naṃdinā vinivāritāḥ .. tārakeṇa hatotsāhāstiṣṭhaṃti girirodhasi .. 54 .. > The Wind said: / "These gods, Indra and the others, turned back by Nandin, / their enthusiasm destroyed by Tāraka, are waiting at the base of the mountain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.55) tasmādetānsamābhāṣya samāśvāsya ca sādaram .. preṣayasva drutaṃ tatra yatra te dānavāḥ sthitāḥ .. 55 .. > Therefore, having addressed them and respectfully consoled them, / send \[them\] quickly to where those Dānavas are stationed." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.56) atha tānāhvayāmāma tatkṣaṇāttripurāṃtakaḥ .. saṃprāha caviṣaṇṇāsyaḥ kṛtāṃjalipuṭānsthitān .. 56 .. > Then the destroyer of Tripura summoned them immediately; / with a dejected face, he addressed them as they stood with folded hands: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.57) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. yuṣmatkṛte samāraṃbhaḥ putrārthaṃ yo mayā kṛtaḥ .. svasthānāccalite śukre kṛto moghodya vāyunā .. 57 .. > The Lord said: / "The undertaking made by me for your sake, for the sake of a son, / when the semen stirred from its place, has today been made vain by the Wind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.58) etadvīryaṃ mayā dhairyātstaṃbhitaṃ liṃgamadhyagam .. amoghaṃ tiṣṭhate sarvaṃ kva dadhāmi nivedyatām.. 58 .. > This semen was arrested with firm resolve by me within the liṅga; / it remains entirely unfailing. Let it be declared where I may deposit it, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.59) yena saṃjāyate putro dānavāṃtakaraḥ paraḥ .. senānāthaśca yuṣmākaṃ durddharaḥ samare paraiḥ .. 59 .. > so that an excellent son may be born, the destroyer of Dānavas, / and your commander-in-chief, unassailable in battle by enemies. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.60) etatkalpāgnisaṃkāśaṃ dhartuṃ śaknoti nāparaḥ .. vinā vaiśvānaraṃ tasmāddadhātveṣa sanātanam.. 6.70.60 .. > No other is able to bear this, which resembles the cosmic fire of dissolution, / except Vaiśvānara; therefore let him bear this eternal \[seed\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.61) yena tatra pramuñcāmi sutāya vijayāya ca .. etadvīryaṃ mahātīvraṃ dvādaśārkasamaprabham .. .. 61 .. > so that I may release it there for a son and for victory, / this exceedingly fierce seed equal in brilliance to twelve suns." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.62) atha prāhuḥ surāḥ sarve vahniṃ saṃślāghya sādarāḥ .. tvaṃ dhārayāgne vaktrāṃte vīryametadbhavodbhavam .. 62 .. > Then all the gods, praising the Fire, respectfully said: / "O Fire, hold in your mouth this seed sprung from Bhava." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.63) tataḥ prasārayāmāsa svavaktraṃ pāvako drutam.. kurvañchakrasamādeśamavikalpena cetasā ..63.. > Then the Fire quickly opened his mouth, / executing Indra's command with an unhesitating mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.64) śaṃkaro'pyakṣipattatra kāmabāṇaprapīḍitaḥ .. gaurīṃ bhagavatīṃ dhyāyannānandaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ..64.. > Śaṃkara also discharged it there, afflicted by the arrows of Kāma, / meditating on the goddess Gaurī, having attained supreme bliss. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.65) pāvako'pi bhṛśaṃ tena kalpāgnisadṛśena ca .. dahyamāno'kṣipadbhūmau śarastaṃbe suvistare..65.. > The Fire too, intensely burned by it which was like the fire of cosmic dissolution, / dropped it upon the ground into a vast clump of reeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.66) etasminnaṃtare prāptā bhramamāṇā itastataḥ.. bhāryāstatra munīnāṃ tāḥ ṣaṇṇāṃ ṣaṭkṛttikāḥ śubhāḥ..66.. > Meanwhile, wandering here and there, / the wives of the six sages, the six auspicious Kṛttikās, arrived there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.67) tāsāṃ nideśayāmāsa svayameva śatakratuḥ .. etadbījaṃ trinetrasya paripālyaṃ prayatnataḥ .. 67 .. > Indra himself instructed them: / "This seed of the Three-eyed God is to be preserved with effort. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.68) atra saṃpatsyate putro dvādaśārkasamaprabhaḥ .. bhavatīnāmapi prāyaḥ putratvaṃ saṃprayāsyati .. 68 .. > Here a son will be produced, equal in brilliance to twelve suns; / he will also essentially attain the status of son to you all." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.70.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70.70) iti śrīskāde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgara khaṃḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye kārtikeyotpattivṛttāṃtavarṇanaṃnāma saptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 6.70.70 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the seventieth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Account of the Origin of Kārttikeya', in the Māhātmya of Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] 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.5.70.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.70) · Pramāṇa