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(machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.3) yathāsau jātamātrastu praruroda suduḥkhitaḥ .. tacchrutvā ruditaṃ sarvāḥ kṛttikāstamupāgatāḥ .. 3 .. > As soon as he was born, he wept, exceedingly distressed; / hearing that crying, all the Kṛttikās approached him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.4) mahāseno'pi saṃvīkṣya mātṝstāḥ samupāgatāḥ.. sotkaṇṭhaḥ ṣaṇmukho jāto dvādaśākṣabhujastathā .. 4 .. > Mahāsena also, seeing those mothers who had arrived, / became six-faced, longing \[for them\], and likewise with twelve eyes and arms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.5) ekaikasyāḥ pṛthaktena prapapau prayataḥ stanam .. dvābhyāmāliṃgayāmāsa bhujābhyāṃ snehapūrvakam.. 5 .. > With effort, he drank from the breast of each one individually; / with two arms he embraced each of them with affection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.6) etasminnaṃtare prāptā brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ .. sarve devāḥ sahendreṇa gandharvāpsarasastathā .. 6 .. > Meanwhile, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, and the others arrived, / all the gods along with Indra, as well as gandharvas and apsarases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.7) mahotsavo'tha saṃjajñe tasminsthāne nirargalaḥ .. gītavādyapraṇādena yenaviśvaṃ prapūritam .. 7 .. > Then an unhindered great festival took place in that spot, / by the resounding roar of songs and musical instruments with which the universe was filled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.8) raṃbhādyā nanṛtustasya vilāsinyo divaukasām .. jaguśca mukhyagandharvā ścitrāṃgadamukhāśca ye .. 8 .. > The playful women of the gods, headed by Rambhā, danced for him, / and the foremost gandharvas, who were led by Citrāṅgada, sang. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.9) tatastu devatāḥ sarvāstasya nāma pracakrire .. skandanādretaso bhūmau skanda ityeva sādaram .. 9 .. > Then all the deities respectfully gave him the name / "Skanda," because of the spilling (skandana) of the semen upon the ground. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.10) atha tasya kumā rasya tadā tatrābhiṣecanam .. senāpatyaṃ kṛtaṃ sākṣāddevānāṃ śaṃbhunā svayam .. 6.71.10 .. > Then the consecration of that boy to the commandership-in-chief / of the gods was performed directly by Śambhu himself there at that time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.11) tasya śaktiḥ svayaṃ dattā vidhinā'dbhutadarśanā .. amoghā vijayārthāya daityapakṣakṣayāya ca .. 11 .. > A spear of wondrous appearance was given to him by Brahmā himself, / unfailing, for the sake of victory and the destruction of the faction of Daityas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.12) mayūro vāhanārthāya tryaṃbakeṇa suśīghrataḥ .. divyāstrāṇi mahendreṇa viṣṇunātha mahātmanā .. 12 .. > A peacock for a mount was swiftly \[given\] by Tryambaka, / and divine weapons by great Indra and by the high-souled Viṣṇu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.13) tato'bhīṣṭāni śastrāṇi devaiḥ sarvaiḥ pṛthakpṛthak .. tasya dattāni saṃtuṣṭaistathā mātṛgaṇairapi .. 13 .. > Then desired weapons were given to him individually by all the delighted gods, / and likewise by the host of mothers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.14) tatastamagrataḥ kṛtvā senānāthaṃ sureśvarāḥ .. jagmuḥ sasainikāstatra tārako yatra saṃsthitaḥ .. 14 .. > Then, placing that army commander at their head, the lords of the gods / went with their soldiers to the place where Tāraka stood. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.15) tārako'pi samālokya devānsvayamupāgatān .. yuddhārthaṃ harṣasaṃyuktaḥ sammukhaḥ satvaraṃ yayau .. 15 .. > And Tāraka, seeing that the gods had arrived of their own accord, / went quickly to meet them, filled with delight for battle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.16) tato'bhūtsumahadyuddhaṃ devānāṃ dānavaiḥ saha .. kopasaṃraktanetrāṇāṃ mṛtyuṃ kṛtvā nivartanam .. 16 .. > Then a very great battle took place between the gods and the Dānavas, / whose eyes were reddened with rage, turning back only upon death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.17) atha skandena saṃvīkṣya dūrasthaṃ tārakaṃ raṇe .. samāhūya tato muktā sā śaktistasya mṛtyave .. 17 .. > Then Skanda, beholding Tāraka standing afar in battle, / challenged him and released that spear for his death. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.18) athāsau hṛdayaṃ bhittvā tasya daityasya dāruṇā .. camatkārapuropāṃte patitā rudhirokṣitā .. 18 .. > Then, having pierced the heart of that demon, it fell, / terrible and drenched in blood, near the city of Camatkārapura. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.19) tārakastu gato nāśaṃ muktaḥ prāṇaiśca tatkṣaṇāt .. tato devagaṇāḥ sarve saṃhṛṣṭāstaṃ mahābalam .. 19 .. > And Tāraka met his destruction, bereft of life at that very moment. / Thereupon all the hosts of gods were overjoyed, and praising that mighty one > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.20) stotrairbahuvidhaiḥ stutvā procustasminhate sati .. gatāśca tridivaṃ tūrṇaṃ saha śakreṇa nirbhayāḥ .1 6.71.20 .. > with manifold hymns, spoke once he was slain, / and together with Śakra they went swiftly to heaven, free from fear. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.21) skando'pi tāṃ samādāya śaktiṃ tatra purottame .. sthāpayāmāsa yenaiva raktaśṛṃgo'bhavaddṛḍhaḥ .. .. 21 .. > Skanda too, taking up that spear in that excellent city, / installed it, by which very act Raktaśṛṅga was made firm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.22) ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. raktaśṛṃgaḥ kathaṃ tena niścalo'pi dṛḍhīkṛtaḥ .. kasya vākyena no brūhi vistareṇa mahāmate .. 22 .. > The seers said: / How was Raktaśṛṅga, even though motionless, made firm by him? / At whose word? Tell us in detail, O highly intelligent one! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.23) .. sūta uvāca .. .. yadā vai bhūmikampastu saṃprajātaḥ sudāruṇaḥ .. raktaśṛṅgaḥ pracalitaḥ svasthānādativegataḥ .. 23 .. > Sūta said: / When a very terrible earthquake occurred, / Raktaśṛṅga was displaced from its position with great speed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.24) tasya daityasya pātena yathānye parva tottamāḥ .. atha harmyāṇi sarvāṇi camatkārapure tadā .. 24 .. > by the fall of that demon, just like other excellent mountains. / Then all the mansions in Camatkārapura at that time > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.25) śīrṇāni calite tasminparvate vyathitā dvijāḥ .. prāyaśo nidhanaṃ prāptāstathā'nye mūrchayārditāḥ .. 25 .. > were shattered when that mountain shook; the twice-born were distressed, / for the most part met their death, and others were afflicted by unconsciousness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.26) hataśeṣāstato viprā gatvā skandaṃ krudhānvitāḥ .. procuśca kimidaṃ pāpa tvayā kṛtamabuddhinā .. 26 .. > Then the surviving brahmins, going to Skanda filled with wrath, / said: What is this sin done by you, lacking in wisdom? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.27) nāśaṃ nītā vayaṃ sarve saputrapaśubādhavāḥ .. tasmācchāpaṃ pradāsyāmo vayaṃ duḥkhena duḥkhitāḥ .. 27 .. > We have all been brought to ruin along with our sons, cattle, and kinsmen. / Therefore, stricken with sorrow, we shall pronounce a curse! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.28) .. skanda uvāca .. .. hitāya sarvalokānāṃ mayaitatsamanuṣṭhitam .. yaddhato dānavo raudro nānyathā dvijasattamāḥ .. 28 .. > Skanda said: / This was undertaken by me for the welfare of all the worlds, / because the fierce Dānava was slain; not otherwise, O best of the twice-born! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.29) prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ tasmānmānyā me brāhmaṇāḥ sadā .. mṛtānapi dvijānsarvānahaṃ tānamṛtāśrayāt.. 29 .. > Therefore grant your favor, for brahmins are ever worthy of my honor. / Even all the dead twice-born, through the resort of nectar, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.30) punarjīvitasaṃyuktānkariṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ .. tathā suniścalaṃ śailaṃ kariṣyāmi svaśaktitaḥ .. 6.71.30 .. > I will restore to life again, no doubt; / likewise, I will make the mountain completely steady by my own power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.31) evamuktvā samādāya tāṃ śaktiṃ rudhirokṣitām .. cakre sthāpanamasyāstu raktaśṛṅgasya mūrdhani .. 31 .. > Having spoken thus and taken that spear drenched in blood, / he performed its installation upon the crest of Raktaśṛṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.32) tataḥ provāca saṃhṛṣṭo devatānāṃ catuṣṭayam .. āṃbavṛddhāṃ tathaivāmrāṃ māhitthāṃ ca camatkarīm .. 32 .. > Then, delighted, he addressed the four goddesses: / Ambāvṛddhā, Amrā, Māhitthā, and Camatkarī: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.33) yuṣmābhirniścalaḥ kāryo bhūyo'yaṃ nagasattamaḥ .. pralaye'pi yathā sthānādraktaśṛṅgaścalennahi .. 33 .. > This best of mountains must be made motionless once more by you, / so that even at the dissolution of the world Raktaśṛṅga will not move from its place. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.33\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.33_1) sadaiva khyātimāyātu mannāmnā puramuttamam..32.. > May this excellent city ever become famous by my name! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.34) yuṣmākaṃ brāhmaṇāḥ sarve pūjāṃ dāsyaṃti sarvadā..34.. > All the brahmins will always offer worship to you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.36) bāḍhamityeva tāḥ procya caturdikṣu tataśca tam.. śūlāgraiḥ sudṛḍhaṃ cakruḥ skandavākyena harṣitāḥ.. tataścāmṛtamādāya mṛtānapi dvijottamān.. skando jīvāpayāmāsa dvijabhaktiparāyaṇaḥ..36.. > Saying 'So be it,' and delighted by Skanda's word, they made it / exceedingly firm in the four directions with the tips of their tridents. / Then, taking nectar, Skanda, devoted to honoring the twice-born, / revived even the dead, best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.37) tataste brāhmaṇāstatra saṃhṛṣṭā varamuttamam .. dadustasya sa ca prāha mannāmaitatpurottamam .. sadaiva khyātimāyātu etanme hṛdi vāṃchitam .. 37 .. > Then those brahmins there, overjoyed, gave him an excellent boon, / and he said: May this excellent city ever become famous by my name! / This is desired in my heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.38) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. etatskandapuraṃnāma tava nāmnā bhaviṣyati .. camatkārapuraṃ tadvatsāṃprataṃ surasattama .. 38 .. > The seers said: / This will be called Skandapura after your name, / as well as Camatkārapura, O best of gods, right now. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.39) pūjāṃ tava kariṣyāmaḥ kṛtvā prāsādamutta mam .. tathaiva devatāḥ sarvāścatasro'pi tvayā dhṛtāḥ .. 39 .. > Having constructed an excellent temple, we shall perform worship to you, / and likewise to all the four goddesses sustained by you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.40) sarvāḥ saṃpūjayiṣyāmaḥ sarvakṛtyeṣu sādaram.. etāṃ caṃ tāvakīṃ śaktiṃ sadā suravarottama .. viśeṣātpūjayiṣyāmaḥ ṣaṣṭhyāṃ śraddhāsamanvitāḥ .. 6.71.40 .. > We shall respectfully worship all of them in every rite. / And this spear of yours, O best of the foremost gods, / we shall especially worship with faith on the sixth lunar day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.41) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ sa brāhmaṇaiḥ prokto mahāseno mahābalaḥ .. sthitastatraiva tadvā kyājjñātvā tatkṣetramuttamam .. 41 .. > Sūta said: / Thus addressed by the brahmins, the mighty Mahāsena / remained right there according to their word, knowing that to be an excellent sacred field. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.42) yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā caitraṣaṣṭhyāṃ subhāvataḥ .. śuklāyāṃ tasya saṃtuṣṭiṃ kurute barhivāhanaḥ .. 42 .. > Whoever worships him with devotion and pure intention on the sixth day / of the bright fortnight of Caitra, the one who rides the peacock brings him contentment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.43) tasyāṃ śaktau naro yaśca kuryātpṛṣṭhinigharṣaṇam.. pūjayitvā tu puṣpādyaiḥ samyakchraddhāsamanvitaḥ .. sa na syādrogasaṃyukto yāvatsaṃvatsaraṃ dvijāḥ .. 43 .. > And whatever man should rub his back against that spear, / having worshipped it with flowers and the like, endowed with proper faith, / he will not be afflicted with illness for a whole year, O twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.44) evaṃ tatra dhṛtā śaktistena skandena dhīmatā .. raktaśṛṃgasya rakṣārthaṃ tatpurasya viśeṣataḥ .. 44 .. > Thus was the spear installed there by the wise Skanda, / for the protection of Raktaśṛṅga, and especially of that city. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.71.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71.71) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye skandasthāpitaśaktimāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmaikasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 71 .. .. dha .. > Thus ends the seventy-first chapter, entitled 'Description of the Glory of the Spear Installed by Skanda,' in the glorification of the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the eighty-one-thousand-verse collection in the glorious Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.71.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.71) · Pramāṇa