[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) › 5.76 # Skandapurana 5.76 Skandapurāṇa 5.76 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.76.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tathānyadapi tatrāsti bhāskaratritayaṃ śubham .. yaistuṣṭaistriṣu lokeṣu mānavo muktimāpnuyāt .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Likewise, there is another auspicious triad of suns there, / by whose pleasure a human being can attain liberation across the three worlds: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.2) muṇḍīraṃ prathamaṃ tatra kālapriyaṃ tathāparam .. mūlasthānaṃ tṛtīyaṃ ca sarvavyādhivināśanam .. 2 .. > Muṇḍīra is the first there, Kālapriya is the second, / and Mūlasthāna is the third, destroying all diseases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.3) tatra saṃkramate sūryo muṃḍīre rajanīkṣaye .. kālapriye ca madhyāhne mūlasthāne kṣapāgame .. 3 .. > The sun transfers to Muṇḍīra at the end of the night, / to Kālapriya at midday, and to Mūlasthāna at the arrival of night. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.4) tasminkāle naro bhaktyā paśyedapyekamevaca .. kṛtakṣaṇo naro mokṣaṃ satyaṃ yāti na saṃśayaḥ .. 4 .. > If a man with devotion looks upon even one \[of them\] at that time, / that fortunate man truly attains liberation, without a doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.5) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. muṃḍīraḥ pūrvadigbhāge dharitryāḥ śrūyate kila .. madhye kālapriyo devo mūlasthānaṃ tadantare .. 5 .. > The seers said: / Muṇḍīra is heard to be in the eastern direction of the earth, / the god Kālapriya in the middle, and Mūlasthāna between them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.6) tatkathaṃ te trayastatra saṃjātāḥ sūta bhāskarāḥ .. hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre sarvaṃ no brūhi vistarāt .. 6 .. > How then did those three suns arise there / in the sacred field born of Hāṭakeśvara? Tell us everything in detail, O Sūta. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.7) .. sūta uvāca .. .. asti sāgaraparyaṃte viṭaṃkapuramuttamam .. samudravīcisaṃsaktaproccaprākāramaṇḍanam .. 7 .. > Sūta said: / On the edge of the ocean there is an excellent city called Viṭaṅkapura, / adorned with very lofty ramparts touched by the waves of the sea. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.8) tatrābhūdbrāhmaṇaḥ kaścitkuṣṭhavyādhisamanvitaḥ .. pūrvakarmavipākena yauvanesamupasthite .. 8 .. > There was a certain brahmin there afflicted with the disease of leprosy / due to the ripening of past deeds, just as youth arrived. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.9) tasya bhāryā'bhavatsādhvī kulīnā śīlamaṃḍanā .. tathābhūtamapi prāyaḥ sā paśyati yathā smaram .. 9 .. > His wife was a chaste woman of noble family, adorned with good character; / though he was in such a state, she generally viewed him as if he were the god of love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.10) auṣadhāni vicitrāṇi mahārghyāṇyapi cādade .. tadarthamupalepāṃśca pathyāni vividhāni ca .. 6.76.10 .. > She obtained various costly medicines / for his sake, as well as unguents and various wholesome foods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.11) tathā bhiṣagvarānnityamānināya ca sādaram .. tadarthe na guṇastasya tathāpi syāccharīrajaḥ .. 11 .. > Likewise, she continually brought the best physicians with great respect / for his sake, yet no bodily improvement occurred for him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.12) yathāyathā sa gṛhṇāti bheṣajāni dvijottamāḥ .. kuṣṭhena sarvagātreṣu vyāpyate ca tathātathā .. 12 .. > The more remedies he took, O best of twice-born, / the more all his limbs became overrun with leprosy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.13) athaivaṃ vartamānasya tasya vipravarasya ca .. gṛhe'tithiḥ samāyātaḥ kaścitpāṃthaḥ śramānvitaḥ .. 13 .. > Now, while that excellent brahmin was living in this manner, / a certain weary traveler came as a guest to his house. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.14) atha vipraṃ gṛhaṃ prāptaṃ dṛṣṭvā tasya satī priyā .. ajñātamapisadbhaktyā sūpacārairatoṣayat .. 14 .. > Seeing the brahmin arrived at the house, his virtuous and beloved wife / pleased him with excellent hospitalities out of genuine devotion, even though he was a stranger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.15) atha taṃ snātamācāṃtaṃ kṛtāhāraṃ dvijottamam .. viśrāntaṃ śayane vipraḥ provāca sa gṛhādhipaḥ .. 15 .. > Then, after that best of twice-born had bathed, sipped water, eaten his meal, / and rested on a couch, the brahmin master of the house spoke to him— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.16) tejo'nvitaṃ yathā bhānuṃ rūpaudāryaguṇānvitam .. yauvane vartamānaṃ ca mūrtaṃ kāmamivāparam .. 16 .. > endowed with splendor like the sun, possessed of beauty, generosity, and virtues, / dwelling in his youth, like a second god of love incarnate. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.17) .. kuṣṭhyuvāca .. .. kuta āgamyate vipra kva yāsyasi vadā'dhunā .. evaṃ lāvaṇyayukto'pi kimekākī yathārtibhāk .. 17 .. > The leper said: / Whence do you come, O brahmin? Where will you go? Tell me now. / Though endowed with such loveliness, why are you alone, as if suffering distress? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.18) .. pathika uvāca .. .. asti kāntīpurīnāma puraṃdarapurī yathā .. susthitaiḥ sevitā nityaṃ janairdharmavratānvitaiḥ .. 18 .. > The traveler said: / There is a city named Kāntīpurī, like the city of Indra, / constantly inhabited by well-settled people endowed with religious observances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.19) tasyāmahaṃ kṛtāvāso gṛhasthāśramamāvahan .. grastaḥ kuṣṭhena raudreṇa yathā tvaṃ dvijasattama .. 19 .. > Making my residence there and maintaining the householder's stage of life, / I was seized by terrible leprosy, just as you are, O best of twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.20) tataḥ śrutaṃ mayā tāvatpurāṇe skāndasaṃjñite .. bhāskaratritayaṃ bhūmau sarvavyādhivināśanam .. 6.76.20 .. > Then I heard of the triad of suns on the earth, which destroys all diseases, / as recorded in the Purāṇa known as Skānda. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.21) tato nirvedamāpanno bheṣajaiḥ kleśitaściram .. kṣāraiścāmlaiḥ kaṣāyaiśca kaṭukairatha tiktakaiḥ .. 21 .. > Thereupon, having become dejected and afflicted for a long time by medicines— / by alkaline, sour, astringent, pungent, and bitter ones— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.22) tato viniścayaṃ citte kṛtvā gṛhya dhanaṃ mahat .. muṇḍīrasvāminaṃ gatvā sthitastasyaiva sannidhau .. 22 .. > and making a firm resolve in my mind, I took great wealth, / went to Lord Muṇḍīra, and remained right in his presence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.23) tataḥ prātaḥ samutthāya nityaṃ paśyāmi taṃ vibhum .. pūjayāmi svaśaktyā ca praṇamāmi tataḥ param.. 23 .. > Then, rising in the morning, I continually looked upon that lord; / I worshipped him to the best of my ability and then bowed down to him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.24) sūryavāre viśeṣeṇa nirāhāro yatendriyaḥ .. karomi jāgaraṃ rātrau gītavāditraniḥsvanaiḥ .. 24 .. > Especially on Sunday, without food and with restrained senses, / I kept vigil at night with the sounds of songs and musical instruments. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.25) tataḥ saṃvatsarasyāṃte taṃ praṇamya dinādhipam .. kālapriyaṃ tataḥ paścācchraddhayā parayā yutaḥ .. 25 .. > Then, at the end of a year, having bowed down to that lord of the day, / and endowed with supreme faith, \[I went\] after that to Kālapriya... > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.26) tenaiva vidhinā vipra tasyāpi divaseśituḥ .. pūjāṃ karomi madhyāhne śraddhā pūtena cetasā .. 26 .. > By that very rite, O brahmin, with a mind purified by faith, / I performed worship of that Lord of the Day too at midday. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.27) tato'pi vatsarasyāṃte taṃ praṇamyātha śaktitaḥ .. mūlasthānaṃ gato devamaparasyāṃ diśi sthitam .. 27 .. > Then at the end of the year, having bowed down to him according to my capacity, / I went to the deity Mūlasthāna situated in the western quarter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.28) tenaiva vidhinā pūjā tasyāpi vihitā mayā .. saṃdhyākāle dvijaśreṣṭha yāvatsaṃvatsaraṃ sthitaḥ .. 28 .. > By that very rite worship was performed by me of him as well / at the twilight hour, O best of the twice-born, remaining there for a year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.29) tataḥ saṃvatsarasyāṃte svapne māṃ bhāskaro'bravīt .. sametya prahasanvipraḥ saṃprahṛṣṭena cetasā .. 29 .. > Then at the end of the year, the Sun approached me in a dream / and spoke with an exceedingly delighted mind, smiling, O brahmin: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.30) parituṣṭo'smi te vipra karmaṇā'nena bhaktitaḥ .. mamārādhanajenaiva tasmātkuṣṭhaṃ prayātu te .. 6.76.30 .. > ‘I am well-pleased with you, O brahmin, through this rite performed with devotion, / born of worship offered to me; therefore let your leprosy depart! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.31) gaccha śīghraṃ dvijaśreṣṭha śrāṃto'si nijamaṃdiram .. paśya baṃdhujanaṃ sarvaṃ sotkaṇṭhaṃ tatkṛte sthitam .. 31 .. > Go quickly to your own home, O best of the twice-born; you are fatigued; / behold all your kinsfolk waiting with longing for your sake. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.32) tvayā hṛtaṃ purā rukmaṃ brāhmaṇasya mahātmanaḥ .. tena karmavipākena kuṣṭhavyādhirupasthitaḥ .. 32.. > Formerly, gold belonging to a noble-souled brahmin was stolen by you; / by the ripening of that deed, the disease of leprosy befell you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.33) sa mayā nāśitastubhyaṃ prahṛṣṭenādhunā dvija .. etajjñātvā na kartavyaṃ suvarṇaharaṇaṃ punaḥ .. 33 .. > It has now been destroyed by me for you, well-pleased, O twice-born; / knowing this, the theft of gold should never again be committed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.34) dṛśyante ye narā loke kuṣṭhavyādhisamākulāḥ .. suvarṇaharaṇaṃ sarvaistaiḥ kṛtaṃ pāpakarmabhiḥ .. 34 .. > Those men who are seen in the world afflicted with the disease of leprosy— / the theft of gold was committed by all those evil-doers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.35) tasmāddeyaṃ yathāśaktyā na steyaṃ kanakaṃ budhaiḥ .. icchadbhiḥ paramaṃ saukhyaṃ svaśarīrasya śāśvatam .. 35 .. > Therefore, gold should be given according to one’s capacity, not stolen by the wise / who desire supreme, enduring happiness for their own bodies.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.36) evamuktvā sahasrāṃśustataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ .. ahaṃ ca vismayāviṣṭaḥ protthitaḥ śayanāddrutam .. .. 36 .. > Having spoken thus, the Thousand-Rayed One then vanished from sight, / and I, overcome with wonder, quickly arose from my bed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.37) yāvatpaśyāmi dehaṃ svaṃ kuṣṭhavyādhiparicyutam .. dvādaśārkaprabhaṃ divyaṃ yathā tvaṃ paśyase dvija .. 37 .. > When I looked at my own body, it was freed from the disease of leprosy, / divine, shining like twelve suns, just as you behold, O twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.38) tasmāttvamapi vipreṃdra bhaktyā tadbhāskaratrayam .. anena vidhinā paśya yena kuṣṭhaṃ praśāmyati ..38.. > Therefore, you too, O chief of brahmins, behold with devotion that triad of Suns / by this procedure, by which leprosy is cured. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.39) kimauṣadhaiḥ kimāhāṃraiḥ kaṭukairapi yojitaiḥ .. sarvavyādhipraṇāśeśe sthite'sminbhāskaratraye .. 39 .. > What use are medicines, what use diets even when prepared with bitter herbs, / when this triad of Suns, capable of destroying all diseases, is present? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.40) svasti te'stu gamiṣyāmi sāṃprataṃ tāṃ purīṃ prati .. gṛhe'dya tava viśrāṃto yathā vipra nije gṛhe .. 6.76.40 .. > May it be well with you! I shall depart now toward that city; / I have rested today in your house, O brahmin, as in my own house.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.41) evamuktaḥ sa pāṃthena tena vipraḥ sa kuṣṭhabhāk .. vīkṣāṃcakre tato vaktraṃ svapatnyā duḥkhasaṃyutaḥ .. 41 .. > Spoken to thus by that traveler, the brahmin afflicted with leprosy / then looked upon the face of his own wife, filled with sorrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.42) sā'bravīdyuktamuktaṃ te pāṃthenānena vallabha .. tasmāttatra drutaṃ gaccha yatra tadbhāskaratrayam .. 42 .. > She said: ‘What was spoken to you by this traveler is right, O beloved; / therefore go quickly there where that triad of Suns is. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.43) ahaṃ tvayā samaṃ tatra śuśrūṣāniratā satī .. gamiṣyāmi na saṃdehastasmādgaccha drutaṃ vibho .. 43 .. > I, devoted to serving you as a faithful wife, / will go there along with you, without a doubt; therefore go quickly, O lord.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.44) evamuktastayā so'tha vittamādāya bhūriśaḥ .. prasthitaḥ kāṃtayā sārdhaṃ muṇḍīrasvāminaṃ prati .. 44 .. > Spoken to thus by her, he then took abundant wealth / and set out along with his beloved toward Muṇḍīrasvāmin: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.45) pratijñayā gamiṣyāmi draṣṭuṃ taddevatātrayam.. muṃḍīraṃ kālanāthaṃ ca mūla sthānaṃ ca bhāskaram .. 45 .. > ‘With a solemn vow I shall go to behold that triad of deities— / Muṇḍīra, Kālanātha, and the Sun at Mūlasthāna.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.46) tataḥ kṛcchreṇa mahatā kuṣṭhavyādhisamākulaḥ .. hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre saṃprāptaḥ sa dvijottamāḥ .. 46 .. > Then with great difficulty, afflicted with the disease of leprosy, / he arrived at the sacred field born of Hāṭakeśvara, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.47) taddṛṣṭvā sumahatkṣetraṃ tāpasaughaniṣevitam .. nirviṇṇaḥ kuṣṭharogeṇa pathi śrāṃto'bravītpriyām .. 47 .. > Beholding that very great sacred field frequented by hosts of ascetics, / despondent from the disease of leprosy and fatigued on the road, he said to his beloved: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.48) ahaṃ nirvedamāpanno rogeṇātha bubhukṣayā .. muṇḍīrasvāminaṃ yāvanna śakromi prasarpitum ..48.. > ‘I have fallen into despair on account of disease and hunger; / I am not able to crawl as far as Muṇḍīrasvāmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.49) tasmādatraiva dehaṃ svaṃ vihāsyāmi na saṃśayaḥ .. tvaṃ gaccha svagṛhaṃ kāṃte sārthamāsādya śobhanam ..49.. > Therefore I will abandon my own body right here, without doubt; / you, O beloved, go to your own home, having found a good caravan.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.50) .. patnyuvāca .. .. abhukte tvayi no bhuktaṃ kadācitkāṃta vai mayā .. ekāṃte'pi mahābhāga na suptaṃ jāgrati tvayi .. 6.76.50 .. > The wife said: / ‘When you had not eaten, O beloved, I certainly never ate; / even in solitary privacy, O highly fortunate one, I did not sleep while you were awake. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.51) tasmādetanmahākṣetraṃ saṃprāpya tvāṃ vyavasthitam.. paralokāya saṃtyajya kathaṃ gacchāmyahaṃ gṛham .. 51 .. > Therefore, having reached this great sacred field, abandoning you / who are prepared for the next world, how can I go home? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.52) darśayiṣye mukhaṃ teṣāṃ tvayā hīnā ahaṃ katham .. bāṃdhavānāṃ gurūṇāṃ ca anyeṣāṃ sudṛdā mapi ..52.. > Bereft of you, how shall I show my face to them— / to relatives, elders, and even to other friends? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.53) tasmāttvayā samaṃ nātha pravekṣyāmi hutāśanam .. snehapāśavinirbaddhā satyenātmānamālabhe..53.. > Therefore, along with you, O lord, I will enter the fire; / bound by the cords of affection, I touch myself with truth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.54) yāvatastava saṃjātā upavāsā mahāmate.. tāvaṃtaśca tathāsmākaṃ kathaṃ gacchāmi tadgṛham..54.. > As many fasts as have occurred for you, O wise one, / so many have occurred for us; how can I go to that home?’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.55) evaṃ tasyā viditvā sa niścayaṃ brāhmaṇastadā .. citiṃ kṛtvā tu dāhārthaṃ tayā sārdhe tato'viśat .. ..55.. > Knowing her resolve thus, the brahmin then / constructed a funeral pyre for burning and entered it together with her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.56) bhāskaraṃ manasi dhyātvā yāvadagniṃ samādade .. tāvatpaśyati cāgrasthaṃ sudīptaṃ puruṣatrayam..56.. > Meditating in his mind upon the Sun, as he took up the fire, / he beheld three blazing men standing before him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.57) taddṛṣṭvā vismayāviṣṭaḥ ka ete puruṣāstrayaḥ.. na kadācinmayā dṛṣṭā īdṛktejaḥsamanvitāḥ .. 57 .. > Beholding them, filled with wonder, \[he thought\]: ‘Who are these three men? / Never have I seen anyone endowed with such splendor!’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.58) .. puruṣā ūcuḥ .. .. mā tvaṃ mṛtyupathaṃ gaccha kṛtvā vairāgyamākulaḥ .. vyāvṛtya svagṛhaṃ gaccha sva bhāryāsahito dvija .. 58 .. > The men said: / ‘Do not go upon the path of death, perturbed, having embraced renunciation! / Turn back and go to your own home accompanied by your wife, O twice-born!’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.59) .. brāhmaṇa uvāca .. .. pratijñāya mayā pūrva gṛhaṃ muktaṃ nijaṃ yataḥ .. muṇḍīrasvāminaṃ dṛṣṭvā tathā'nyaṃ kālavallabham .. .. 59 .. > The brahmin said: / ‘Because having made a vow earlier, my own home was abandoned by me, / that after seeing Muṇḍīrasvāmin, and likewise the other, Kālavallabha, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.60) mūlasthānaṃ ca kartavyaṃ tataḥ sasyaprabhakṣaṇam .. so'haṃ tānavilokyātha kathaṃ gacchāmi mandiram .. bhakṣayāmi tathā sasyaṃ tena tyakṣyāmi jīvitam.. 6.76.60 .. > and Mūlasthāna, the consumption of grain was to be done; / so without seeing them, how can I go to my dwelling / and eat grain? Therefore I shall give up my life.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.61) .. puruṣā ūcuḥ .. .. vayaṃ te bhāskarā brahmaṃstrayo'traiva samāgatāḥ .. tvadbhaktyākṛṣṭamanaso brūhi kiṃ karavāmahe .. 61 .. .. > The men said: / ‘We are those three Suns, O brahmin, arrived right here, / our minds drawn by your devotion; speak, what shall we do?’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.62) .. brāhmaṇa uvāca .. .. yadi yūyaṃ samāyātāḥ svayameva mamāṃtikam .. trayo'pi bhāskarā nāśameṣa kuṣṭhaḥ pragacchatu .. 62 .. > The brahmin said: / ‘If you three Suns have indeed come into my presence of your own accord, / then let this leprosy go to destruction! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.63) tathā'traiva sadā stheyaṃ kṣetre yuṣmābhireva hi .. sāṃnidhyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu gantavyaṃ ca yathā purā .. 63 .. > Likewise, you should remain forever in this sacred field itself, / and your presence should be accessible in the three worlds just as before.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.64) .. bhāskarā ūcuḥ .. .. evaṃ vipra kariṣyāmaḥ sthāsyāmo 'tra sadā vayam .. tvaṃ cāpi roganirmuktaḥ sukhaṃ prāpsyasyanuttamam .. 64 .. > The Suns said: / ‘We shall do so, O brahmin; we will remain here forever, / and you, freed from disease, will attain unsurpassed happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.65) prāsādatritayaṃ tasmādasmadarthaṃ nirūpaya .. yena trikālamāsādya gacchāmaḥ saṃnidhiṃ dvija .. 65 .. > Therefore, assign a triad of temples for our sake, / so that, arriving at the three times of day, we enter into presence, O twice-born.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.66) evamuktvā tu te sarve gatāścāddarśanaṃ tataḥ .. so'pi paśyati kāyaṃ svaṃ yāvadrogavivarjitam .. 66 .. > Having spoken thus, they all vanished from sight then, / and he too beheld his body freed from disease. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.67) dvādaśārka pratīkāśaṃ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam .. tataḥ provāca tāṃ bhāryāṃ vinayāvanatāṃ sthitām .. 67 .. > shining like twelve suns and marked with all auspicious marks. / Then he spoke to his wife, who stood bowed in humility: 67 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.68) paśya tvaṃ subhrūrme gātraṃ yādṛgrūpaṃ punaḥ sthitam .. prasādāddevadevasya bhāskarasyāṃśumālinaḥ .. 68 .. > "Look, fair-browed one, at how my body has become whole once again / through the grace of the god of gods, the sun-god, the garlanded with rays! 68 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.69) so'hamatra sthito nityaṃ pūjayiṣyāmi bhāskaram .. na yāsyāmi punaḥ sadma satyametanmayoditam..69.. > Remaining here, I shall constantly worship the sun; / I shall not return home. This truth is spoken by me." 69 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.69\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.69_1) evamuktvā sa viprendrastasminkṣetre suśobhane.. prāsādatritayaṃ ramyaṃ nirmame bhaktisaṃyutaḥ..6.76.7... > Having spoken thus, that best of brahmins, filled with devotion, / built three delightful temples in that most lovely sacred field: 70 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.69\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.69_2) muṇḍīrasvāminaścaikamanyatkālapriyasya ca.. mūlasthānasya cānyattu satpatākāvibhūṣitam..7... > one for Muṇḍīrasvāmin, another for Kālapriya, / and another for Mūlasthāna, adorned with noble banners. 71 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.72) trayāṇāmapi teṣāṃ tu sādhvarcāḥ śāstrasūcitāḥ.. sthāpayāmāsa sūryāṇāṃ hastārke sūryavāsare ... 72 .. > And in them he installed proper images of those three suns, / as prescribed by the scriptures, on a Sunday when the sun was in Hasta. 72 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.73) tatastāḥ puṣpadhūpādyaiḥ samabhyarcya ciraṃ dvijaḥ .. trisaṃdhyaṃ kramaśaḥ prāpto dehāṃte bhāskarālayam .. 73 .. > Then, having long worshipped them at the three junctures of the day / with flowers, incense, and the like, the brahmin gradually attained the sun-god's abode at the end of his body. 73 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.74) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ te tatra saṃjātāstrayo'pi dvijasattamāḥ .. bhāskarā bhaktalokasya sarvavyādhivināśakāḥ .. 74 .. > Sūta said: / Thus arose those three suns there, O best of brahmins, / destroying all diseases for their devoted worshippers. 74 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.75) yastānpaśyati kāle sve yathokte sūraryavāsare .. sa vāṃchitām̐llabhetkāmāndurlabhānapi mānavaiḥ ..75.. > Whoever beholds them at their proper time, as prescribed on a Sunday, / attains his desired wishes, even those difficult for humans to attain. 75 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.76.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76.76) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye muṃḍīrakālapriyamūlasthānapratiṣṭhāvarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭsaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 76 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the seventy-sixth chapter, named 'The Description of the Consecration of Muṇḍīra, Kālapriya, and Mūlasthāna', in the Praise of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. 76 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.76.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.76) · Pramāṇa