[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) › 5.73 # Skandapurana 5.73 Skandapurāṇa 5.73 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.73.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ te kauravāḥ sarve pāṃḍoḥ putrāśca śālinaḥ .. tasmātsthānāttato jagmuryatra dvāravatī purī .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Thus all those Kauravas and the illustrious sons of Pāṇḍu / went from that place to where the city of Dvāravatī was. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.2) tatra gatvā vivāhaṃ tu cakruḥ saṃhṛṣṭamānasāḥ .. duryodhanasya bhūpasya bhānumatyā samaṃ tadā .. 2 .. > Having gone there, with rejoiced minds they celebrated the wedding / of King Duryodhana with Bhānumatī at that time, 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.3) nānāvāditraghoṣeṇa vedadhvaniyutena ca .. gītairmanoharaiḥ pāṭhairbandināṃ ca sahasraśaḥ .. 3 .. > with the sounding of various musical instruments, accompanied by the sound of the Vedas, / with delightful songs, and recitations by thousands of bards. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.4) evaṃ mahotsavo jajñe tatra yāvaddināṣṭakam .. yādavānāṃ kurūṇāṃ ca militānāṃ parasparam .. 4 .. > Thus a great festival took place there for eight days, / with the Yādavas and Kurus assembled together. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.5) kṛtārthāstatra saṃjātāḥ sūtamāgadha bandinaḥ .. cāraṇā brāhmaṇeṃdrāśca tathānye'pi ca tārkikāḥ .. 5 .. > The bards, heralds, panegyrists, / wandering minstrels, eminent brahmins, and other logicians were made content there. 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.6) tatastu navame prāpte divase kurupāṃḍavāḥ .. bhīṣmādyāḥ puṃḍarīkākṣamidamūcuḥ sasauhṛ dam .. 6 .. > Then, when the ninth day arrived, the Kurus and Pāṇḍavas, / led by Bhīṣma, affectionately said this to the lotus-eyed one: 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.7) na vayaṃ puṃḍarīkākṣa tava rāmasya cāśrayam .. kathaṃcittyaktumicchāmaḥ snehapāśaniyaṃtritāḥ .. 7 .. > "O lotus-eyed one, bound by the cords of affection, / we do not in any way wish to leave the shelter of you and Rāma. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.8) tathāpi ca pragantavyaṃ svapuraṃ prati mādha va .. balabhadrasamāyuktastasmānnaḥ kuru mokṣaṇam .. 8 .. > Nevertheless, O Mādhava, we must go forward to our own city; / therefore, joined with Balabhadra, grant us release." 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.9) .. viṣṇuruvāca .. .. na tāvadvatsaro jāto na māsaḥ pakṣa eva ca .. sthitānāmatra yuṣmākaṃ tatkimautsukyamāgatam .. 9 .. > Viṣṇu said: / "Not a year, nor a month, nor even a fortnight has passed / since you have been staying here; so why has this eagerness \[to leave\] come upon you? 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.10) tasmādatraiva tiṣṭhāmaḥ sahitāḥ kurupāṃḍavāḥ .. yūyaṃ vayaṃ vinodena mṛgayākṣodbhavena ca .. 6.73.10 .. > Therefore, let us stay right here together, Kurus and Pāṇḍavas, / you and we, taking delight in hunting and playing with dice, 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.11) śastraśikṣākriyābhiśca damanena ca dantinām .. tathābhivāṃchitairanyaiḥ sneho'sti yadi vo mayi .. 11 .. > in weapon-training exercises, in taming elephants, / and in other desired \[pursuits\], if you have affection for me." 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.12) .. bhīṣma uvāca .. .. upapannamidaṃ viṣṇo yattvayā vyāhṛtaṃ vacaḥ .. paraṃ śṛṇuṣva me vākyaṃ yadarthaṃ hyutsukā vayam .. 12 .. > Bhīṣma said: / "Appropriate is this word that has been spoken by you, O Viṣṇu; / but hear my statement, on account of which indeed we are eager \[to go\]. 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.13) ānartaviṣaye'smābhirāgacchadbhistavāṃtikam .. dṛṣṭamatyadbhutaṃ kṣetraṃ hāṭakeśvarajaṃ mahat .. tatra liṃgāni dṛṣṭāni bhūpatīnāṃ mahātmanām .. 13 .. > While coming to your presence through the country of Ānarta, / we saw the great, most wonderful sacred field belonging to Hāṭakeśvara; / there were seen the liṅgas of high-souled kings, 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.14) sūryacandrānvayotthānāmanyeṣāṃ ca mahātmanām .. 14 .. > descended from the solar and lunar dynasties, and of other noble persons, 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.15) devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca munīnāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ .. sākārāṇi sutejāṃsi nānāprāsādabhoji ca .. 15 .. > and especially of the gods, dānavas, and sages— / endowed with form, possessing great splendor, and occupying various mansions. 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.16) tataśca kurumukhyānāṃ pāṃḍavānāṃ ca mādhava .. liṃgasaṃsthāpanārthāya tatra jātā matirdṛḍhā .. 16 .. > And from that, O Mādhava, a firm intention arose among the chiefs of the Kurus / and the Pāṇḍavas to install liṅgas there. 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.17) te vayaṃ tatra gatvāśu yathāśaktyā yathecchayā .. liṃgāni sthāpayiṣyāmaḥ svānisvāni pṛthakpṛthak .. 17 .. > Going there quickly according to our ability and desire, / we will install our own respective liṅgas separately. 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.18) etasmātkāraṇāttūrṇaṃ calitā vayamacyuta .. na vayaṃ tava saṃgasya tṛpyāmo'bdaśatairapi .. 18 .. > For this reason, O Acyuta, we set out in haste; / we would not be satiated with your company even in hundreds of years. 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.19) tasmādājñāpayasvādya kṛtvā cittaṃ dṛḍhaṃ vibho .. bhūyo'pyatrāgamiṣyāmastava darśanalālasāḥ .. 19 .. > Therefore give permission today, making your mind firm, O Lord; / we shall come here again, eager for your darśana." 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.20) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. ahaṃ jānāmi tatkṣetraṃ supuṇyaṃ pāpanāśanam .. tāpasaiḥ kīrtitaṃ nityaṃ mamānyaistīrthayātrikaiḥ .. 6.73.20 .. > The Blessed Lord said: / "I know that very holy sacred field that destroys sin; / it has always been praised to me by ascetics and other pilgrims visiting sacred fords. 20" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.21) tasmāttatra sameṣyāmo yuṣmābhiḥ sahitā vayam .. liṃga saṃsthāpanārthāya kṣetradarśanavāṃchayā .. 21 .. > "Therefore we will go there together with you, > for the sake of installing a liṅga, desiring to see the sacred field." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.22) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tacchutvā kauravāḥ sarve paraṃ harṣamupāgatāḥ .. tathā pāṃḍusutāścaiva ye cānye tatra pārthivāḥ .. 22 . > Sūta said: > Hearing that, all the Kauravas experienced supreme joy, > as well as the sons of Pāṇḍu and the other rulers of the earth who were there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.23) te tu saṃprasthitāḥ sarve militāḥ kurupāṃḍavāḥ .. gajavājivimardena kampayanto vasundharām .. 23 .. > All of them set forth, the Kurus and Pāṇḍavas assembled together, > making the earth tremble beneath the stampede of elephants and horses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.24) atha tatkṣetramāsādya dūre kṛtvā niveśanam .. kauravā yādavā mukhyāścamatkārapuraṃ gatāḥ .. 24 .. > Then, having reached that sacred field and encamped at a distance, > the Kauravas, the Yādavas, and the leading men went to Camatkārapura. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.25) tatra sarvānsamāhūya brāhmaṇānvinayānvitāḥ .. procurdattvā vicitrāṇi bhūṣaṇācchādanāni ca .. 25 .. > Calling together all the brahmins there, endowed with humility, > and presenting them with diverse ornaments and garments, they said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.26) vayaṃ sarve'tra vāṃchāmo ligasaṃsthāpanakriyām .. kartuṃ prāsādamukhyānāṃ pṛthaktvena svaśaktitaḥ .. 26 .. > "We all desire to perform here the rite of installing a liṅga, > \[and\] of principal temples individually, according to our capacity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.27) tasmātkṛtvā prasādaṃ no dayāṃ ca dvijasattamāḥ .. ājñāpayata śīghraṃ hi yena karma pravartate .. 27 .. > Therefore, best of the twice-born, showing us grace and compassion, > give your command swiftly, so that the work may begin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.28) bhaviṣyatha tathā yūyaṃ hotāraḥ sarvakarmasu .. na cānyo brāhmaṇo bāhyo yadyapi syādbṛhaspatiḥ .. 28 .. > Likewise, you alone shall be the hotṛ priests in all the rites; > no other brahmin from outside \[shall officiate\], even if he were Bṛhaspati. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.29) yato'smābhiḥ śrutā vārtā kīrtyamānā purātanī .. viṣṇunā tasya rājarṣeḥ pretaśrāddhasamudbhavā .. 29 .. > For an ancient report was heard by us, narrated > by Viṣṇu, concerning the royal seer's śrāddha performed for a ghost, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.30) yathā tena kṛtaṃ śrāddhaṃ pituḥ pretasya yatnataḥ .. brāhmaṇānāṃ puro'nyeṣāṃ yathoktānāmapi dvijāḥ .. 6.73.30 .. > how, although a śrāddha was carefully performed by him for his deceased father, > in the presence of other brahmins who were well-versed \[in rites\], O twice-born, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.31) yathoktavidhinā tīrthe nāgānāṃ paṃcamīdine ... śrāvaṇe māsi no muktaḥ pitā tasya tathāpi saḥ .. 31 .. > according to the prescribed rules at the sacred ford on the fifth day \[in honor\] of the serpents, > in the month of Śrāvaṇa, his father was still not freed > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.32) pretatvātsarpadoṣeṇa saṃjātā dvijasattamāḥ .. devaśarmapuro yāvattatkṛtaṃ śrāddhamādarāt .. tāvatpitā vinirmuktaḥ pretatvāddāruṇāddvijāḥ .. 32 .. > from the ghost-state caused by the fault of a serpent, O best of the twice-born; > only when that śrāddha was respectfully performed in the presence of Devaśarman, > was the father instantly released from the terrible ghost-state, O twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.33) yadatra kriyate kiṃcitkarma dharmyaṃ dvijottamāḥ .. tadbāhyaṃ ca bhavedvyarthametadvidmaḥ sphuṭaṃ vayam .. .. 33 .. > Whatever religious act is performed here, O best of the twice-born, > if done by an outsider, becomes useless—this we clearly know. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.34) prārthayāmo viśeṣeṇa tena dainyaṃ samāgatāḥ .. prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ tasmādājñāṃ yacchata mā ciram .. 34 .. > Therefore, approaching you with humility, we especially make our entreaty: > let your grace be granted, and give your command without delay." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.35) .. sūta uvāca .. .. teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā brāhmaṇāste parasparam .. mantraṃ cakrustadarthaṃ hi kiṃ kṛtaṃ sukṛtaṃ bhavet .. 35 .. > Sūta said: > Hearing their speech, those brahmins held counsel > among themselves regarding the matter: "What would be the proper thing to do?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.36) eke procurna dāsyāmaḥ prāsādārthaṃ vasundharām .. eteṣāmapi caikasya tasmādgacchaṃtu satvaram .. 36 .. > Some said: "We shall not give land for a temple, > not even to one among them; therefore let them depart at once. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.37) paṃcakrośapramāṇena kṣetrametadvyavasthitam .. pūrveṣāmapi devānāṃ prāsādaistatsamāvṛtam .. 37 .. > This sacred field extends to a measure of five krośas; > it is already covered by the temples of earlier deities." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.38) anye procurdhanomattā yūyaṃ ca sukhamāśritāḥ .. dāridyārtiṃ na jānītha brūtha tena bhṛśaṃ vacaḥ .. 38 .. > Others said: "Intoxicated by wealth, you are ensconced in comfort; > you do not know the affliction of poverty, and therefore you speak harsh words. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.39) tasmādvayaṃ pradāsyāma eteṣāṃ hi vasu ndharām .. arthasiddhirbhavedyena bhūṣā sthānasya jāyate .. 39 .. > Therefore we shall indeed grant them land, > by which our financial ends may be accomplished, and the place adorned." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.40) tathānye madhyamāḥ procuryatra sākṣājjanārdanaḥ .. svayaṃ prārthayate bhūmiṃ tatkasmānna pradīyate .. 6.73.40 .. > Likewise, other moderate ones said: "Where Janārdana in person > himself requests land, why should it not be granted? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.41) tasmādyatra samāyātāḥ kurupāṃḍavayādavāḥ .. prādhānyena prakurvaṃtu prāsādāṃstena cāpare .. 41 .. > Therefore, since the Kurus, Pāṇḍavas, and Yādavas have arrived together, > let them, and others through them, build temples in order of precedence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.42) yācate yatra gāṃgeyaḥ svayameva tathā paraḥ .. dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ saputraśca pāṃḍavāśca mahābalāḥ .. liṃgasaṃsthāpanārthāya niṣedhastatra nārhati .. 42 .. > Where Gāṅgeya himself begs, and another, > Dhṛtarāṣṭra with his sons, and the mighty Pāṇḍavas, > for the sake of installing a liṅga, a refusal is not fitting." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.43) teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā pratipannaṃ dvijottamaiḥ .. nirdhanaiḥ sadhanaiścāpi saspṛhairniḥspṛhairapi .. 43 .. > Hearing their words, consent was given by the best of the twice-born, > both poor and rich, both desiring and free of desire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.44) tataḥ sametya te sarve brāhmaṇāḥ kurusattamān .. yādavānpāṃḍavānprocuḥ kṛtvā vai mantraniścayam .. 44 .. > Then, having gathered together and made a firm decision in council, > all those brahmins addressed the best of the Kurus, the Yādavas, and the Pāṇḍavas: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.45) .. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .. .. etatsvalpataraṃ kṣetraṃ sarveṣāmapi bhūbhujām .. prāsādaiḥ sarvato vyāptaṃ tatkiṃ brūmo'dhunā vayam .. 45 .. > The brahmins said: > "This sacred field is rather small for so many kings; > it is covered on all sides by temples; what, then, are we to say now? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.46) tadbhavaṃtaḥ prakurvaṃtu prādhānyena yadṛcchayā .. kṣetre'traivābhimukhyena prāsādānsumanoharān .. yathājyeṣṭhaṃ yathāśreṣṭhaṃ pṛthaktvena vyavasthitāḥ .. 46 .. > Nevertheless, let your honors construct according to precedence, at your will, > very charming temples facing toward this sacred field, > situated individually according to seniority and according to pre-eminence." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.47) atha harṣasamāyuktā dhṛtarāṣṭramukhāḥ kramāt .. prādhānyena yathāśreṣṭhaṃ cakruḥ prāsādapaddhatim .. 47 .. > Then, filled with joy, Dhṛtarāṣṭra and the others in succession, > according to precedence and according to pre-eminence, laid out the row of temples. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.73.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73.73) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye dhṛtarāṣṭrādikṛtaprāsādasthāpanodyamavarṇanaṃnāma trisaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 73 .. .... > Thus ends the seventy-third chapter, named 'The Description of the Endeavor to Establish Temples by Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Others,' in the Māhātmya of the Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the 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.5.73.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.73) · Pramāṇa