[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) › 5.77 # Skandapurana 5.77 Skandapurāṇa 5.77 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.77.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.1) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. yadetadbhavatā proktaṃ tatra tau parameśvarau .. umāmaheśvarau sūta hariścandreṇa bhūbhujā .. 1 .. > The seers said: / Regarding what you said about those two supreme lords, / Umā and Maheśvara, O Sūta, being established by King Hariścandra, 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.2) kṛtau kathayasītyevaṃ vedimadhyaṃ samāśritau .. utānyau sthāpitau tatra camatkārapurāṃtikam .. 2 .. > as you narrate, seated in the middle of the sacrificial altar, / or whether two others were installed there near Camatkārapura: 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.3) vedimadhyagatau nityaṃ pārvatīparameśvarau .. etatsaṃśrūyate sūta vivāhaḥ prāgabhūttayoḥ .. oṣadhiprasthamāsādya puraṃ hima vataḥ priyam .. 3 .. > Pārvatī and Parameśvara ever seated in the middle of the altar— / it is traditionally heard, O Sūta, that their wedding previously took place / when they reached Oṣadhiprastha, the dear city of the Himavat. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.4) atra naḥ saṃśayo jātaḥ śraddheyamapi te vacaḥ.. śrutvā kiṃ vā bhramaste'yaṃ kiṃ vā'smākaṃ prakīrtaya .. 4 .. > On this point doubt has arisen for us, though your word is trustworthy. / Having heard this, tell us: is this a delusion of yours, or of ours? 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.5) .. sūta uvāca .. .. nāsmākaṃ vibhramo jāto yuṣmākaṃ tu dvijottamāḥ .. paraṃ yatkāraṇaṃ kṛtsnaṃ tadbravīmi nibodhyatām .. 5 .. > Sūta said: / No delusion has arisen for me, but rather for you, O best of brahmins! / Yet I shall explain the entire reason; listen attentively. 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.6) ya eṣa oṣadhiprasthe vivāhaḥ prāgabhū ttayoḥ .. umātrinetrayo ramyaḥ sarvadevapramodakṛt .. 6 .. > That charming wedding of the two, Umā and the Three-Eyed Lord, / which took place previously in Oṣadhiprastha and delighted all the gods, 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.7) vaivasvate'ntare pūrvaṃ saṃjāto dvijasattamāḥ .. saptamasya tu vikhyāto yuṣmākaṃ vidito'tra yaḥ .. 7 .. > took place in the Vaivasvata interval of old, O best of brahmins, / in the seventh \[manvantara\]—the famous one that is known to you here. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.8) hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre yaścodvāhastayorabhūt .. svāyaṃbhuvamanorādye sa saṃjātaḥ suvistaraḥ .. 8 .. > And the marriage of the two that occurred in the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara / took place with great circumstance in the first \[manvantara\], that of Svāyambhuva Manu. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.9) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. vivāha oṣadhiprasthe yaḥ purā samabhūttayoḥ .. pārvatīharayoḥ sūta so'smābhirvistarācchrutaḥ .. 9 .. > The seers said: / The wedding of the two, Pārvatī and Hara, which took place in ancient times / at Oṣadhiprastha, O Sūta, has been heard by us at length. 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.10) hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre dakṣayajñe manohare .. vivāho vṛṣayānasya manau svāyaṃbhuve purā .. 6.77.10 .. > The wedding of the Bull-Riding Lord in the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara / during Dakṣa's lovely sacrifice in the time of Svāyambhuva Manu of old— 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.11) so'smākaṃ kīrtanīyaśca tvayā sūtakulodvaha .. vistareṇa yathā vṛttaḥ etanna kautukaṃ param .. 11 .. > that must be narrated to us by you, O upholder of the lineage of the Sūtas, / at length, just as it occurred. This is a matter of great curiosity to us! 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.12) .. sūta uvāca .. .. atra vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi sarvapātakanāśanam .. vivāhasamayaṃ samyagdevadevasya śūlinaḥ .. 12 .. > Sūta said: / Here I shall tell you, destroying all sins, / the full occasion of the wedding of the spear-wielding god of gods. 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.13) brahmaṇo dakṣiṇāṃguṣṭhāddakṣaḥ prācetaso'bhavat .. śatāni pañca kanyānāṃ tasya jātāni ca dvijāḥ .. 13 .. > From the right thumb of Brahmā, Dakṣa, son of Pracetas, was born. / And five hundred daughters were born to him, O brahmins. 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.14) tāsāṃ jyeṣṭhatamā sādhvī satīnāma śucismitā .. babhūva kanyakā sarvairguṇairyuktā''yatekṣaṇā . .. 14 .. > The eldest of them was a virtuous maiden named Satī, pure-smiling, / endowed with all virtues and possessing long eyes. 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.15) na devī na ca gaṃdharvī nāsurī na ca nāgajā .. tādṛgrūpā'bhavaccānyā yādṛśī sā sumadhyamā .. 15 .. > Neither goddess, nor Gandharva woman, nor Asura woman, nor maiden of the Nāgas / was of such form as that slender-waisted lady was. 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.15\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.15_1) atha tāṃ pradadau dakṣaḥ patnyarthaṃ śūla pāṇaye .. prārthitāṃ bahuśo yatnātsaspṛhāya spṛhānvitām ...6.. > Then Dakṣa gave her as wife to the spear-bearer, / she who had been earnestly sought after repeatedly, giving the eager maiden to him who was full of desire. 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.17) tataḥ puṇyatamaṃ kṣetraṃ kanyādānasya sa kṣamam .. saṃdhyāya sasutāmātyaḥ sabhṛtyaḥ samupasthitaḥ .. 17 .. > Then, having contemplated the most meritorious sacred field suitable for giving away the daughter, / he arrived with his daughter, ministers, and attendants. 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.18) tataścodvāhayogyāni vasuni vividhānyapi .. ānayāmāsa bhūrīṇi māṃgalyāni viśeṣataḥ .. 18 .. > Then he brought various wealth suitable for a wedding, / abundant and especially auspicious. 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.19) atha caitrasya śuklasya nakṣatre bhagadaivate .. trayodaśyāṃ dine bhānoḥ samāyāto maheśvaraḥ .. 19 .. > Then, during the bright fortnight of Caitra, under the constellation ruled by Bhaga, / on the thirteenth day, a Sunday, Maheśvara arrived, 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.20) sarvaiḥ suragaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ devaviṣṇupuraḥsaraiḥ.. ādityairvasubhī rudrairaśvibhyāṃ ca tathā'paraiḥ .. 6.77.20 .. > accompanied by all the hosts of gods led by the god Viṣṇu, / by the Ādityas, Vasus, Rudras, and the two Aśvins, as well as others, 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.21) siddhaiḥ sādhyagaṇairbhūtaiḥ pretairvaināyakaistathā .. gandharvaiścāraṇaughaiśca guhyakairyakṣarākṣasaiḥ .. 21 .. > by Siddhas, hosts of Sādhyas, Bhūtas, Pretas, and attendants of Vināyaka, / by Gandharvas, multitudes of Cāraṇas, Guhyakas, Yakṣas, and Rākṣasas. 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.22) etasminnaṃtare dakṣaḥ saṃprahṛṣṭatanūruhaḥ .. prayayau saṃmukhastasya yuktaḥ sarvaiḥ suhṛdgaṇaiḥ .. 22 .. > Meanwhile Dakṣa, the hairs of his body bristling with delight, / went out to meet him together with all his hosts of kinsmen, 22 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.23) vādyamānairmahāvādyaiḥ sūtamāgadhabandibhiḥ .. paṭhadbhiḥ sarvato'nekairgāyadbhirgāyanaistathā .. 23 .. > while great musical instruments were played, and sūtas, māgadhas, and bards / recited on all sides, and numerous singers sang. 23 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.24) tataḥ sarve surāstatra svayaṃ dakṣeṇa pūjitāḥ .. yathāśreṣṭhaṃ yathājyeṣṭhamupaviṣṭā yathākramam .. parivāryākhilāṃ vediṃ maṃḍapāṃtaravartinīm .. 24 .. > Then all the gods, honoured there by Dakṣa himself, / sat down in proper order according to rank and seniority, / encircling the entire altar situated inside the pavilion. 24 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.25) tataḥ pitāmahaṃ prāha dakṣaḥ prītipuraḥsaram .. praṇipatya tvayā karma kāryaṃ vaivāhikaṃ vibhoḥ .. 25 .. > Then Dakṣa bowed down and spoke to the Grandfather with love: / "You must perform the wedding ritual of the Lord, 25 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.26) svayameva sutā'smākaṃ yena syātsubhagā satī .. putra pautravatī nityaṃ suśīlā pativallabhā .. 26 .. > in person, so that our daughter Satī may be fortunate, / ever endowed with sons and grandsons, well-behaved, and dear to her husband." 26 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.27) bāḍhamityeva so'pyuktvā prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā .. samutthāya tataścakre kṛtyamarhaṇapūrvakam .. 27 .. > Saying, "So be it!" with an inner soul full of joy, / he rose and then performed the rites preceded by ceremonial worship. 27 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.28) saṃpradānakriyāṃ kṛtvā tatraiva vidhipūrvakam .. tato hastagrahaṃ tābhyāṃ mithaścakre yathākramam .. mātṝṇāṃ purato vedhāḥ satīśābhyāṃ yathocitam .. 28 .. > Having performed the ceremony of giving away the bride right there according to rule, / the Creator then duly caused the joining of hands to be done between the two / before the mothers, as was proper for Satī and the Lord. 28 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.29) atha vediṃ samāsādya gṛhyoktavidhinā'khilam .. agnikāryaṃ yathoddiṣṭaṃ cakārātha suvistaram .. 29 .. > Then, approaching the altar according to the rules of the domestic ritual manuals, / he carried out all the rites of fire in detail as prescribed. 29 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.30) yathāyathā sa ramyāṇi vīkṣateṃ'gāni kautukāt .. satyāḥ pitāmaho hṛṣṭaḥ kāmārto'bhūttathātathā .. 6.77.30 .. > As he looked with curiosity at the lovely limbs of Satī, / the delighted Grandfather became increasingly overcome with desire. 30 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.31) tenaikaṃ vadanaṃ muktvā tasyā vastrāvaguṃṭhitam .. vīkṣitā'tismarārtena yathā kaścinna buddhyate .. 31 .. > Therefore, afflicted by extreme passion, he gazed upon her \[body\], / leaving aside her face which was veiled with cloth, so that no one might notice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.32) na śaṃbhorlajjayā vaktraṃ pratyakṣaṃ sa vyalokayat .. na ca sā lajjayāviṣṭā karoti prakaṭaṃ mukham .. 32.. > Out of shame before Śambhu, he did not look directly at her face; / nor did she, overcome with shame, reveal her face. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.33) tatastaddarśanārthāya sa upāyaṃ vyalo kayat .. dhūmadvāreṇa kāmārtaścakāra ca tataḥ param .. 33 .. > Then, in order to behold it, he devised a stratagem; / stricken with passion, he subsequently acted by means of smoke. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.34) ārdreṃdhanāni bhūrīṇi kṣiptvākṣitvā vibhāvasau .. svalpājyāhutivinyāsādārdradravyodbhava stathā .. 34 .. > By repeatedly casting copious wet fuel into the fire, / and from offering a meager oblation of clarified butter, \[dense smoke\] arose from the damp substances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.35) etasminnaṃtare dhūmaḥ prādurbhūtaḥ samaṃtataḥ .. tādṛgyena tamobhūtaṃ vedimūlaṃ vinirmitam .. 35 .. > In the meantime, smoke burst forth on all sides, / such that the base of the altar was made pitch dark. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.36) tato dhūmākulenetre bhagavāṃstripu rāntakaḥ .. hastābhyāṃ chādayāmāsa ye'nye tatra vyavasthitāḥ .. 36 .. > Then, their eyes troubled by the smoke, the blessed destroyer of Tripura / and the others who were present there covered \[their eyes\] with their hands. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.37) tato vastraṃ samutkṣipya satīvaktraṃ pitāmahaḥ .. vīkṣayāmāsa kāmārtaḥ prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā .. 37 .. > Then the grandfather, afflicted with passion, lifted the garment / and gazed upon the face of Satī with an inner soul full of delight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.38) tasya retaḥ pracaskanda tatastadvīkṣaṇāddrutam .. patitaṃ ca dharāpṛṣṭhe tuṣāracayasaṃnibham .. 38 > Then, from that gaze, his semen immediately flowed forth / and fell upon the surface of the earth, resembling a heap of frost. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.39) tataśca sikataughenā tatkṣaṇātpadmasaṃbhavaḥ .. chādayāmāsa tadreto yathā kaścinna buddhyate .. 39 .. > And then, in that moment, the lotus-born \[Brahmā\] covered that semen / with a heap of sand, so that no one might notice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.40) atha tadbhagavāñcchaṃbhurjñātvā divyena cakṣuṣā .. reto'vaskandanāttasya kopādetaduvāca ha .. 6.77.40 .. > Then the blessed Śambhu, knowing that by his divine eye, / spoke this out of anger on account of the shedding of his semen: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.41) kimetadvihitaṃ pāpa tvayā karma vigarhitam .. naivārhā mama kāntāyā vaktravīkṣā'nurāgataḥ .. 41 .. > "O sinner, what is this reprehensible deed that you have committed? / It was entirely improper to look upon my beloved’s face with lust! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.43) tvaṃ vetsi śaṃkareṇaitatkarmajālaṃ na viṃditam.. trailokye'pi mayā'pyasti gūḍhaṃ tatsyātkathaṃ vidhe.. yatkiñcittriṣu lokeṣu jaṃgamaṃ sthāvaraṃ tathā .. tasyāhaṃ madhyago mūḍha tailaṃ yadvattilāṃtagam.. 43 .. > You think this web of deeds was not perceived by Śaṃkara; / yet how could anything in the three worlds remain hidden from me, O creator? / Whatever is moving or unmoving in the three worlds, / I dwell within it, O fool, just like oil within sesame seeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.44) tasmātspṛśa nijaṃ śīrṣaṃ brahmannetadasaṃśayam.. yāvadevaṃ gate brahmā śiraḥ spṛśati pāṇinā .. tāvattatra sthitaḥ sākṣāttadrūpo vṛṣavāhanaḥ .. 44 .. > Therefore touch your own head, O Brahmā, without any doubt!" / As Brahmā thus touched his head with his hand, / in that very instant the rider of the bull appeared manifest directly in that form. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.45) tato lajjāparītāṃgaḥ sthitaścādhomukho dvijāḥ .. indrādyairamaraiḥ sarvaiḥ sahitaḥ sarvataḥ sthitaiḥ .. 45 .. > Then, O twice-born ones, with his limbs filled with shame, he stood with downcast face / in the presence of all the immortals, Indra and the rest, who stood on all sides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.46) athā'sau lajjayāviṣṭaḥ praṇipatya maheśvaram .. provāca ca stutiṃ kṛtvā kṣamyatāṃ kṣamyatāmiti .. 46 .. > Then, overcome with shame, he prostrated himself before Maheśvara, / and having praised him, he said: "Forgive me, forgive me! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.47) asya pāpasya śuddhyarthaṃ prāya ścittaṃ vada prabho .. nigrahaṃ ca yathānyāyaṃ yena pāpaṃ prayāti me .. 47 .. > Declare, O Lord, an expiation for the purification of this sin, / and punishment according to justice, so that my sin may depart." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.48) .. śrībhagavānuvāca.. .. anenaiva tu rūpeṇa mastakasthena vai tataḥ .. tapaḥ kuru samādhistho mamārādhanatatparaḥ .. 48 .. > The Blessed Lord said: / "Indeed, in this very form residing upon your head, / perform austerity, established in absorption, dedicated to worshipping me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.49) khyātiṃ yāsyati sarvatra nāmnā rudraśiraḥ kṣitau .. sādhakaḥ sarvakṛtyānāṃ tejobhājāṃ dvijanma nām .. 49 .. > It will attain renown everywhere on earth by the name Rudraśiras, / the fulfiller of all rites for radiant twice-borns. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.50) mānuṣāṇāmidaṃ kṛtyaṃ yasmāccīrṇaṃ tvayā''dhunā .. tasmāttvaṃ mānuṣo bhūtvā vicariṣyasi bhūtale . 6.77.50 .. > Because this deed of mortals was committed by you now, / therefore you shall become a mortal and wander upon the surface of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.51) yastvāṃ cānena rūpeṇa dṛṣṭvā pṛcchāṃ kariṣyati .. kimetadbrahmaṇo mūrdhni bhagavāṃstripurāṃtakaḥ .. 51 .. > Whoever, having seen you in this form, shall ask: / 'What is this blessed destroyer of Tripura doing on Brahmā’s head?'— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.52) tataste ceṣṭitaṃ sarvaṃ kautukācca śṛṇoti yaḥ .. paradārakṛtātpāpāttato muktiṃ prayāsyati .. 52 .. > and then hears your entire conduct out of curiosity, / shall attain liberation from the sin committed regarding another's wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.53) yathāyathā janastvetatkṛtyaṃ te kīrtayiṣyati .. tathātathā viśuddhiste pāpasyāsya bhaviṣyati .. 53 .. > In whatever manner people proclaim this deed of yours, / in that very manner your purification from this sin shall occur. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.54) etadeva hi te brahmanprāyaścittaṃ prakīrtitam.. janahāsyakaraṃ loke tava garhākaraṃ param .. 54 .. > For this indeed is proclaimed as your expiation, O Brahmā: / causing ridicule among people in the world, bringing you supreme reproach. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.55) etacca tava vīryaṃ tu patitaṃ vedimadhyagam .. kāmārtasya mayā dṛṣṭaṃ naitadvyarthaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 55 .. > And this semen of yours that fell upon the altar / when you were stricken with passion, seen by me, shall not be in vain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.56) yāvanmātraiḥ parispṛṣṭametatsaikatareṇubhiḥ .. tāvanmātrā bhaviṣyaṃti munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ .. 56 .. > By as many grains of sand as it has been touched, / just so many sages of strict vows shall come into being, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.57) vālakhilyā iti khyātāḥ sarveṃ'guṣṭhapramāṇakāḥ .. tapovīryasamopetāḥ śāpānugrahakārakāḥ .. 57 .. > known as the Vālakhilyas, all of them thumb-sized in measure, / endowed with the power of austerity, capable of cursing and bestowing grace." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.58) etasminnaṃtare tasmādvedimadhyācca tatkṣaṇāt .. aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām .. aṃguṣṭhakapramāṇāni niṣkrāntāni dvijottamāḥ .. 58 .. > In that interval, from the middle of the altar at that very moment, / eighty-eight thousand sages of cultivated self, / thumb-sized in measure, came forth, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.59) tataste praṇipatyoccaiḥ procurdevaṃ pitāmaham .. sthānaṃ darśaya nastāta tapo'rthaṃ kalivarjitam .. 59 .. > Then, bowing down, they spoke loudly to god Pitāmaha: / "Show us, O father, a place free of strife for the sake of austerity." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.60) .. pitāmaha uvāca .. .. asminkṣetre mayā sārdhaṃ kurudhvaṃ putrakāstapaḥ .. gamiṣyatha parāṃ siddhiṃ yena loke sudurlabhām .. 6.77.60 .. > Pitāmaha said: / "In this sacred field, perform austerity along with me, O sons, / whereby you shall attain the supreme perfection that is very difficult to attain in the world." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.61) te tatheti pratijñāya kṛtvā tatrāśramaṃ śubham .. vālakhilyāstapaścakruḥ saṃsiddhiṃ ca parāṃ gatāḥ .. 61 .. > Agreeing with 'So be it,' and having built an auspicious hermitage there, / the Vālakhilyas performed austerity and attained supreme perfection. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.62) atha brahmāpi tatkarma sarvaṃ vaivāhikaṃ kramāt .. samāptimanayatproktaṃ yacchrutau tena ca svayam .. 62 .. > Then Brahmā also brought that entire nuptial rite in due order / to completion, as was prescribed in the Veda by himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.63) patatsu puṣpavarṣeṣu samantādgaganāṃgaṇāt .. vādyamāneṣu vādyeṣu gīya mānaiścagītakaiḥ .. 63 .. > While showers of flowers fell on all sides from the courtyard of the sky, / while musical instruments were played, and songs were being sung, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.64) paṭhatsu vipramukhyeṣu nṛtyamānāsu rāgataḥ .. raṃbhādiṣu purandhrīṣu devānāṃ dṛṅmanoharam.. 64 .. > while the foremost brahmins recited, and married women \[of heaven\] such as Rambhā / danced passionately, captivating to the eyes of the gods— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.65) evaṃ mahotsavo jajñe tata stuṃburupūrvakaiḥ .. gīyamāneṣu gīteṣu yathāpūrvaṃ triviṣṭape .. 65 .. > thus a great festival took place, as songs led by Tumburu / were sung as formerly in heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.66) atha karmāvasāne sa bhagavāṃstripurāṃtakaḥ .. provāca padmajaṃ bhaktyā dakṣiṇāṃ te dadāmi kim .. 66 .. > Then, at the conclusion of the rite, the blessed destroyer of Tripura / said to the lotus-born \[Brahmā\] with devotion: "What sacrificial fee may I give you, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.67) vaivāhikī suraśreṣṭha yadyapi syātsudurlabhā .. brūhi śīghraṃ mahābhāga nādeyaṃ vidyate mama .. 67 .. > pertaining to marriage, O best of the gods, even if it be very difficult to obtain? / Speak quickly, O fortunate one; there is nothing that I cannot give." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.68) .. pitāmaha uvāca .. .. anenaiva tu rūpeṇa vedyāmasyāṃ sureśvara .. tvayā stheyaṃ sadaivātra nṛṇāṃ pāpaviśuddhaye .. 68 .. > Pitāmaha said: / "O Lord of gods, in this very form upon this altar / you must reside always here for the purification of men's sins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.69) yena te sannidhau kṛtvā svāśramaṃ śaśiśekhara .. tapaḥ karomi nāśāya pāpasyāsya mahattamam .. 69 .. > so that, having made my hermitage in your presence, O moon-crested one, / I may perform the highest austerity for the destruction of this sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.70) caitraśuklatrayodaśyāṃ nakṣatre bhagadaivate .. sūryavāreṇa yo bhaktyā vīkṣayiṣyati mānavaḥ .. tadaiva tasya pāpāni prayāsyanti ca saṃkṣayam .. 6.77.70 .. > On the thirteenth day of the bright fortnight of Caitra, under the lunar mansion of Bhaga, / on a Sunday, whatever mortal beholds \[you\] with devotion, / right then their sins shall go to destruction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.71) yā nārī durbhagā vandhyā kāṇā rūpavivarjitā .. sā'pi tvaddarśanādeva bhaviṣyati surūpadhṛk .. prajāvatī subhogāḍhyā subhagā nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 71 .. > Whatever woman is unfortunate, barren, one-eyed, or bereft of beauty, / even she, merely by darśana of you, shall become endowed with exquisite form, / having offspring, rich in good fortunes, and blessed; of this there is no doubt." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.72) .. maheśvara uvāca .. .. hitāya sarvalokānāṃ vedyāmasyāṃ vyavasthitaḥ .. sthāsyāmi sahitaḥ patnyā satyātva dvacanādvidhe .. 72 .. > Maheśvara said: / For the welfare of all the worlds, stationed on this altar, / I shall remain together with my wife, O Brahmā, in truth, because of your word. (72) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.73) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ sa bhagavāṃstatra sabhāryo vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ .. vidyate vedimadhyastho lokānāṃ pāpanāśanaḥ 0.. 73 .. > Sūta said: / Thus the Blessed One, whose banner bears the bull, together with his wife, / remains standing in the midst of the altar, destroying the sins of the worlds. (73) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.74) etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ yathā tasya purā'bhavat .. vivāho vṛṣanāthasya manau svāyaṃbhuve dvijāḥ .. 74 .. > All this has been related to you, how formerly his marriage, / the marriage of the Lord whose emblem is the bull, took place in the Svāyambhuva Manvantara, O twice-born ones. (74) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.79) vivāhasamaye prāpte prārambhe vā śṛṇoti yaḥ .. etadākhyānamavyagraṃ saṃpūjya vṛṣabhadhvajam .. tasyā'vighnaṃ bhavetsarvaṃ karma vaivāhikaṃ ca yat .. 79 .. > Whenever a wedding arrives or at its beginning, whoever listens / with focused mind to this narrative after having worshipped the one whose banner bears the bull, / every rite of his connected with the wedding will be free of obstacles; (75) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.79\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.79_2) kanyā ca sukhasaubhāgya śīlācāraguṇānvitā .. tathā syātputriṇī sādhvī pativrataparāyaṇā .. 76 .. > and the maiden will be endowed with happiness, good fortune, good character, proper conduct, and virtues; / likewise, she will have sons, be virtuous, and devoted to her husband. (76) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.77.79\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77.79_3) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṃḍe śrīhāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye harāśrayavedikāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma saptasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 77 .. .. dha .. > Thus ends the seventy-seventh chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of the Altar Serving as the Abode of Hara', in the Glory of the Sacred Field of Śrī Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] in the Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. (77) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.77.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.2.18.20) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.77) · Pramāṇa