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# Skandapurana 5.78

Skandapurāṇa 5.78

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [5.78.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.1)

.. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. ..  
brahmaṇā katame sthāne tatra sūta kṛtaṃ tapaḥ ..  
vālakhilyaiśca taiḥ sarvairmunibhiḥ śaṃsitavrataiḥ .. 1 ..

> The seers said: / In what place there, O Sūta, was austerity performed by Brahmā, / and by all those Vālakhilyas, sages celebrated for their vows? (1)  
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### [5.78.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.2)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
tasyā vāyavyadigbhāge haravedyā dvijottamāḥ ..  
samyakchraddhāprayatnena brahmaṇā vihitaṃ tapaḥ .. 2 ..

> Sūta said: / In the north-western quarter of that altar of Hara, O best of the twice-born, / austerity was performed by Brahmā with proper faith and diligence, (2)  
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### [5.78.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.3)

paścime vālakhilyaiśca japasnānaparāyaṇaiḥ ..  
tatrāścaryamabhūdyadvai pūrvaṃ brāhmaṇa sattamāḥ ..  
āśrame caturāsyasya tadvo vakṣyāmi sāṃpratam .. 3 ..

> and in the west by the Vālakhilyas devoted to recitation and ritual ablution. / What wonderful thing indeed took place there formerly, O best of brahmins, / in the hermitage of the four-faced one, that I shall now tell you. (3)  
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### [5.78.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.4)

tatra duścāriṇī kācidrātrau brāhmaṇavaṃśajā ..  
devadattaṃ samāsādya vallabhaṃ ramate sadā .. .. 4 ..

> There, a certain unchaste woman born of a brahmin lineage, / having met her lover Devadatta, would constantly take pleasure at night. (4)  
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### [5.78.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.5)

ajñātā patinā mātrā tathānyairapi bāṃdhavaiḥ ..  
kṛṣṇapakṣaṃ samāsādya vijane hṛṣṭamānasā .. 5 ..

> Unnoticed by her husband, by her mother, and also by other relatives, / taking advantage of the dark fortnight, she was delighted at heart in a solitary place. (5)  
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### [5.78.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.6)

kasyacittvatha kālasya dṛṣṭā sā kenaci ddvijāḥ ..  
tatrasthā jārasaṃyuktā svabhartuśca niveditā .. 6 ..

> Then, after some time, she was seen by someone, O twice-born ones, / staying there united with her paramour, and she was reported to her husband. (6)  
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### [5.78.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.7)

athāsau kopasaṃyuktastasyā bhartā suniṣṭhuraiḥ ..  
vākyaistāṃ garhayāmāsa prahāraiścāpya tāḍayat .. 7 ..

> Then her husband, filled with wrath, reviled her with very harsh words / and struck her with blows. (7)  
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### [5.78.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.8)

atha sā dhārṣṭyamāsādya strīsvabhāvaṃ samāśritā ..  
provāca bāṣpapūrṇākṣī dīnāṃjalipuṭā sthitā .. 8 ..

> Then she, having resorted to boldness according to womanly nature, / spoke with her eyes filled with tears, standing with her hands joined piteously: (8)  
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### [5.78.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.9)

kiṃ māṃ durjanavākyena tvaṃ tāḍayasi niṣṭhuraiḥ ..  
prahārairdoṣanirmuktāṃ tvatpādapraṇatāṃ vibho .. 9 ..

> “Why do you strike me with harsh blows on the word of a wicked person, / \[me\] who am free from fault, bowed down at your feet, O lord? (9)  
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### [5.78.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.10)

ahaṃ tvāṃ śapathaṃ kṛtvā bhakṣayitvā'tha vā viṣam ..  
praviśya havyavāhaṃ vā kariṣye pratyayānvitam.. 6.78.10 ..

> I will make you confident by taking an oath, or by consuming poison, / or by entering the carrier of oblations.” (10)  
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### [5.78.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.11)

atha tāṃ brāhmaṇaḥ prāha yadi tvaṃ pāpavarjitā ..  
purato devaviprāṇāṃ kuru divyagrahaṃ svayam.. 11 ..

> Then the brahmin said to her: “If you are free from sin, / yourself undergo an ordeal in the presence of the gods and the brahmins.” (11)  
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### [5.78.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.12)

sā tatheti pratijñāya sāhasena samanvitā ..  
divyagrahaṃ tataścakre yathoktavidhinā satī .. 12 ..

> Agreeing with “So be it”, she, endowed with audacity, / then underwent the ordeal in accordance with the prescribed rule, seemingly virtuous. (12)  
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### [5.78.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.13)

śuddhiṃ ca prāptā sarveṣāṃ bandhūnāṃ ca dvijanmanām ..  
purataśca gurūṇāṃ ca devānāmapi pāpakṛt .. 13 ..

> And the evil-doer attained purification in front of all her relatives, the twice-born, / her elders, and even the gods. (13)  
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### [5.78.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.14)

etasminnantare tasyāḥ sādhuvādo mahānabhūt ..  
dhikchabdaśca tathā patyuḥ sarvairdattaḥ sugarhitaḥ .. 14 ..

> At that moment, great applause arose for her, / and a cry of 'Fie!' was given by all in harsh censure to the husband: (14)  
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### [5.78.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.15)

aho pāpasamācāro duṣṭo'yaṃ brāhmaṇādhamaḥ ..  
apāpāṃ dharmapatnīṃ yo mithyādoṣeṇayojayet .. 15 ..

> “Oh, wicked is the conduct of this vile, wretched brahmin, / who falsely accuses his sinless lawful wife of fault!” (15)  
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### [5.78.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.16)

evaṃ sa nindyamānastu sarvalokairdvijottamāḥ ..  
kopaṃ cakre tato vahniṃ samuddiśya saduḥkhitaḥ .. 16 ..

> Thus being reproached by all the people, O best of the twice-born, / he then, greatly distressed, directed his anger toward the Fire. (16)  
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### [5.78.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.17)

śāpaṃ dātuṃ matiṃ cakre tato vahneḥ suduḥkhitaḥ ..  
abravītparuṣaṃ vākyaṃ nindamānaḥ punaḥpunaḥ .. .. 17 ..

> Greatly distressed, he then set his mind on giving a curse to the Fire; / reviling him again and again, he spoke harsh words: (17)  
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### [5.78.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.18)

mayā svayaṃ pradṛṣṭeyaṃ jāreṇa saha saṃgatā ..  
tvayā vahne supāpeyaṃ na kasmādbhasmasātkṛtā .. 18 ..

> “She was directly seen by me myself united with her paramour; / why, O Fire, was this deeply sinful woman not reduced to ashes by you? (18)  
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### [5.78.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.19)

tasmāttvāṃ pāpakarmāṇamasatyapakṣapātinam ..  
asaṃdigdhaṃ śapiṣyāmi raudraśāpena sāṃpratam .. 19 ..

> Therefore, you evil-doer, who take the side of untruth, / I will undoubtedly curse now with a terrible curse.” (19)  
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### [5.78.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.20)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā saṃkruddhasya dvijanmanaḥ ..  
saptārcirbhayasaṃtrastaḥ kṛtāṃjaliruvāca tam .. 6.78.20 ..

> Sūta said: / Hearing those words of that enraged twice-born man, / the Seven-Flamed One, terrified with fear, said to him with folded hands: (20)  
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### [5.78.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.21)

.. agniruvāca .. ..  
naiṣa doṣo mama brahmanyanna dagdhā tava priyā ..  
kṛtāgasā'pi me vākyaṃ śṛṇuṣvātra sphuṭeritam .. 21 ..

> Agni said: / “This is not my fault, O brahmin, that your beloved was not burned; / even though she committed an offense, listen to my word clearly spoken in this matter. (21)  
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### [5.78.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.22)

anayā parakāṃtena kṛtaḥ saha samāgamaḥ ..  
ciraṃ kālaṃ dvija śreṣṭha tvayā jñātādya vāsare .. 22 ..

> Union with another lover was made by her / for a long time, O best of the twice-born; it was known by you only today. (22)  
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### [5.78.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.23)

paraṃ yasmādviśuddhaiṣā mayā dagdhā na sā dvija ..  
kāraṇaṃ tacca te vacmi śṛṇuṣvaikamanāḥ sthitaḥ .. 23 ..

> Yet because she was purified, she was not burned by me, O twice-born one; / and the reason for that I tell you: listen with an attentive mind. (23)  
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### [5.78.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.24)

yatrānayā kṛtaḥ saṃgaḥ parakāṃtena vai dvija ..  
tasminnāyatane brahmā rudraśīrṣo vyavasthitaḥ .. 24 ..

> Where union was made by her with another lover, O twice-born one, / in that sanctuary Brahmā is situated having the head of Rudra. (24)  
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### [5.78.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.25)

tatra kṛtvā rataṃ citraṃ parakāṃtasamaṃ tadā ..  
paśyati sma tato rudraṃ brahmamastakasaṃsthitam .. 25 ..

> Having engaged in extraordinary lovemaking there with another lover at that time, / she then beheld Rudra situated on the head of Brahmā. (25)  
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### [5.78.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.26)

tataḥ prakṣālayatyaṃgaṃ kuṇḍe tatrāgrataḥ sthite ..  
kṛtapāpāpi tenaiṣā śuddhiṃ yāti śucismitā .. .. 26 ..

> Then she washes her body in the pool situated right in front of it; / though having committed sin, she of radiant smile attains purity by that. (26)  
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### [5.78.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.27)

atra pūrvaṃ vipāpmā'bhūdbrahmā lokapitāmahaḥ ..  
satīvaktraṃ samālokya kāmārto'pi sa pāpakṛt .. 27 ..

> Here formerly Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, became free from sin, / even though having committed sin, afflicted with passion upon beholding the face of Satī. (27)  
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### [5.78.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.28)

tasmānnāstyatra me doṣaḥ svalpo'pi dvijasattama..  
rudraśīrṣaprabhāvo'yaṃ tasya kuṇḍodakasya ca .. 28 ..

> Therefore there is not even the slightest fault on my part in this, O best of the twice-born; / this is the power of the head of Rudra and of the water of that pool. (28)  
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### [5.78.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.29)

tasmādenāṃ samādāya saṃśuddhāṃ pāpavarjitām ..  
gṛhaṃ gaccha dvijaśreṣṭha satyametanmayo ditam.. 29 ..

> Therefore, taking this \[wife\] completely purified and free from sin, / go home, O best of the twice-born; this is the truth spoken by me.” (29)  
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### [5.78.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.30)

.. brāhmaṇa uvāca .. ..  
yā mayā sahasā dṛṣṭā svayameva hutāśana ..  
parakāṃtena tāṃ nādya śuddhāmapi gṛhaṃ naye .. 6.78.30 ..

> The brahmin said: / “She who was seen by myself suddenly, O consumer of oblations, / with another lover, I will not take home today, even if she is purified.” (30)  
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### [5.78.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.31)

ityuktvā ca dvijaśreṣṭhastāṃ tyaktvāpi śucivrataḥ ..  
jagāma svagṛhaṃ paścāttathā jagmurjanā gṛhān .. 31 ..

> Having said this, that best of the twice-born, of pure vows, abandoning her, / went to his own home; afterwards, the people also went to their homes. (31)  
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### [5.78.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.32)

sāpi tena parityaktā patinā hṛṣṭamānasā ..  
jñātvā tattīrthamāhātmyaṃ vaiśvānaramukheritam .. 32 ..

> She too, abandoned by that husband, delighted at heart, / having learned the greatness of that sacred ford spoken from the mouth of Vaiśvānara, (32)  
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### [5.78.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.33)

tenaiva parakāṃtena viśeṣeṇa ratikriyām ..  
tasminnāyatane cakre kuṇḍe toyāvagāhanam .. 33 ..

> engaged all the more in the act of lovemaking with that very paramour / in that sanctuary, and bathed in the water of the pool. (33)  
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### [5.78.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.34)

athānye paralokasya bhītyā'tīva vyavasthitāḥ ..  
vimukhāḥ paradāreṣu nāryaścāpi pativratāḥ .. 34 ..

> Then others, strictly abiding \[in virtue\] out of great fear of the next world, / turned away from other men's wives, and women likewise were devoted to their husbands. (34)  
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### [5.78.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.35)

dūrato'pi samabhyetya te sarve tatra maṃdire ..  
rudraśīrṣābhidhānaṃ ca pracakruḥ suratotsavam .. 35 ..

> Coming together even from afar, they all engaged in sexual pleasure in that temple, / which bore the name Rudraśīrṣa.  
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### [5.78.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.36)

nimajjaṃti tataḥ kuṇḍe tasminpātakanāśane ..  
bhavaṃti pāpanirmuktā rudraśīrṣāvalokanāt .. 36 ..

> Then they would bathe in that pond that destroys sins; / they became freed from sin through the darśana of Rudraśīrṣa.  
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### [5.78.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.37)

etasminnaṃtare naṣṭo dharmaḥ patnīsamudbhavaḥ ..  
puruṣāṇāṃ tataḥ strīṇāṃ nijakāṃtāsamudbhavaḥ .. 37 ..

> Meanwhile, the dharma born of marriage was lost / among men, and so among women was the \[dharma\] born of their own husbands.  
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### [5.78.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.38)

yo yāṃ paśyati rūpāḍhyāṃ nārīmapi kulodbhavām ..  
sa tatrānīya saṃhṛṣṭo bhajate dvijasattamāḥ .. 38 ..

> Whatever beautiful woman one saw, even if born of a noble family, / bringing her there, O best of brahmins, he enjoyed her with delight.  
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### [5.78.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.39)

tathā nārī surūpāḍhyaṃ yaṃ paśyati naraṃ kvacit ..  
sāpi tatra samānīya kurute suratotsavam .. 39 ..

> Likewise, whatever very handsome man a woman saw anywhere, / she too, bringing him there, engaged in sexual pleasure.  
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### [5.78.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.40)

lipyate na ca pāpena kathaṃcittakṛtena ca ..  
naro vā yadi vā nārī tattīrthasya prabhāvataḥ .. 6.78.40 ..

> And neither a man nor a woman was smeared with the sin committed by that / in any way, by the power of that tīrtha.  
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### [5.78.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.41)

kasyacittvatha kālasya tatra rājā vidūrathaḥ ..  
ānarttaviṣaye jajñe vārdhakyaṃ ca kramādyayau .. 41 ..

> Then at a certain time there was born a king named Vidūratha / in the territory of Ānarta, and in due course he grew old.  
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### [5.78.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.42)

tasya bhāryā'bhavattanvī taruṇī vararūpadhṛk ..  
paścime vayasi prāpte prāṇebhyo'pi garīyasī .. .. 42 ..

> His wife was slender, youthful, endowed with exquisite beauty, / dearer to him than his own life, when he had reached his advanced age.  
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### [5.78.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.43)

na tasyāḥ sa jarāgrastaścitte vasati pārthivaḥ ..  
tasmiṃstīrthe samāgatya vāṃchitaṃ ramate naraḥ .. 43 ..

> That king, seized by old age, did not abide in her heart; / coming to that tīrtha, a man enjoyed the beloved woman.  
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### [5.78.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.44)

pārthivo'pi parijñāya tasyāstacca viceṣṭitam ..  
kopāviṣṭastato gatvā tasminkṣetre suśobhane .. 44 ..

> The king too, learning of that behavior of hers, / filled with rage, then went to that auspicious sacred field.  
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### [5.78.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.45)

tatkuṇḍaṃ pūrayāmāsa tataḥ pāṃśūtkarairdrutam ..  
babhaṃja taṃ ca prāsādaṃ tataḥ provāca dāruṇam .. 45 ..

> He quickly filled up that pond with heaps of dust, / and smashed that temple; then he uttered a terrible \[curse\]:  
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### [5.78.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.46)

yaścaitatpūritaṃ kuṇḍaṃ pāṃśunā nikhaniṣyati ..  
prāsādaṃ ca punaścainaṃ kariṣyati punarnavam .. 46 ..

> “Whoever digs out this pond that has been filled with dust / and makes this temple new again,  
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### [5.78.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.47)

paradārakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tasya saṃpatsyate'khilam ..  
yadatra prakariṣyaṃti mānavāḥ kāmamohitāḥ ..47..

> to him shall accrue all the sin committed with another's wife / that men delusion-struck by lust shall commit here.”  
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### [5.78.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.48)

.. sūta uvāca .. ..  
evaṃ sa pārthivaḥ procya tāmādāya tataḥ priyām ..  
jagāma svagṛhaṃ paścātprahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā ..48..

> Sūta said: / Having spoken thus, that king, taking that beloved woman, / then went to his own house with a delighted mind.  
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### [5.78.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.49)

atha tāṃ viratāṃ jñātvā so'nyacittāṃ priyāṃ nṛpaḥ ..  
yatnena rakṣayāmāsa viśvāsaṃ naiva gacchati .. 49 ..

> Then, knowing that beloved wife to be detached and her mind elsewhere, the king / guarded her with effort; he placed no trust \[in her\] at all.  
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### [5.78.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.50)

anyasmindivase śastraṃ sūkṣmaṃ veṇyāṃ nidhāya sā..  
jagāma śayanaṃ tasya vadhārthaṃ varavarṇinī..6.78.50...

> On another day, concealing a small weapon in her braid of hair, / that fair woman went to his bed in order to kill him.  
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### [5.78.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.51)

tatastena samaṃ hāsyaṃ kṛtvā kṣatriyabhāvajam..  
surataṃ rucirairbhāvairhāvairbhūribhireva ca ..51...

> Then, having laughed with him as befits a kṣatriya's nature, / \[she engaged in\] lovemaking with charming sentiments and many flirtatious gestures.  
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### [5.78.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.52)

tato nidrāvaśaṃ prāptaṃ taṃ nṛpaṃ sā nṛpapriyā ..  
svaveṇyāḥ śastramādāya nijaghāna sunirdayā..52..

> Then, when that king had fallen under the sway of sleep, that king's beloved, / taking the weapon from her braid, pitilessly struck him down.  
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### [5.78.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.53)

evaṃ tasya phalaṃ jātaṃ sadyastīrthasya bhaṃgajam ..  
ānartādhipate raudraṃ sarvalokavigarhitam .. 53 ..

> Thus immediately arose that terrible fruit, condemned by all the world, / resulting from the destruction of the tīrtha for the lord of Ānarta.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.78.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.54)

adyāpi tatra deveśo rudraśīrṣaḥ sa tiṣṭhati ..  
liṃgabhedabhayāttena na sa bhagno dvijottamāḥ ..54..

> Even today, that lord of the gods, Rudraśīrṣa, stands there; / it was not broken by him out of fear of breaking a liṅga, O best of brahmins.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.78.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.55)

yastasya purataḥ sthitvā japedrudraśiraḥ śuciḥ ..  
māghaśuklacaturdaśyāṃ pūjayitvā sragādibhiḥ ..55..

> Whoever, standing before it, purified, recites the Rudraśiras / on the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight of Māgha, after worshiping with garlands and other offerings,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.78.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.56)

vāṃchitaṃ labhate cāśu tasyeśasya prabhāvataḥ..  
aṣṭottaraśataṃ yāvadyo japetpurataḥ sthitaḥ .. 56 ..

> quickly obtains what is desired by the power of that Lord. / Whoever, standing before it, recites up to one hundred and eight times  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.78.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.57)

rudraśīrṣaṃ na saṃdehaḥ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim ..  
ekavāraṃ naro yo vā tatpuraḥ paṭhati dvijaḥ .. 57 ..

> the Rudraśīrṣa, goes without doubt to the highest state; / or whatever man, a twice-born, recites it once before it,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.78.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.58)

nityaṃ dinakṛtātpāpānmucyate dvijasattamāḥ ..  
etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ rudraśīrṣasamudbhavam .. 58 ..

> is freed from the sin committed on that day every day, O best of brahmins. / All this origin of Rudraśīrṣa has been recounted to you,  
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### [5.78.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.59)

māhātmyaṃ sarvapāpānāṃ sadyo nāśanakārakam..  
maṃgalaṃ paramaṃ hyetadāyuṣyaṃ kīrtivardhanam..  
rudraśīrṣasya māhātmyaṃ tasmācchrotavyamādarāt .. 59 ..

> a māhātmya that brings about the immediate destruction of all sins, / supremely auspicious, granting long life, and enhancing renown; / therefore, the māhātmya of Rudraśīrṣa should be heard with devotion.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [5.78.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.78.78)

iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe śrīhāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye rudraśīrṣa (jāgeśvara )māhātmyavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭasaptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 78 .. .. dha ..

> Thus ends the seventy-eighth chapter, named ‘Description of the Māhātmya of Rudraśīrṣa (Jāgeśvara)’, in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Śrī Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\], in the glorious 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.5.78.1) — English, machine translation

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