[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) › 5.81 # Skandapurana 5.81 Skandapurāṇa 5.81 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.81.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.1) .. .. śrīgaruḍa uvāca .. .. mamāsti dayitaṃ mitraṃ brāhmaṇo bhṛguvaṃśajaḥ .. tasyāsti mādhavīnāma kanyā kamalalocanā .. 1 .. > Śrī Garuḍa said: / “I have a beloved friend, a brahmin born of the lineage of Bhṛgu. / He has a lotus-eyed daughter named Mādhavī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.2) na tasyāḥ sadṛśaḥ kāṃtaḥ prāptastena mahātmanā .. yatastato'hamādiṣṭaḥ kāṃtamasyāstvamānaya .. anurūpaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha yadyahaṃ saṃmatastava .. 2 .. > No suitable husband could be found for her by that great-souled one; / therefore I was instructed: ‘Bring a suitable husband for her, / O best of birds, if I am esteemed by you.’ > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.3) tato mayā'khilā bhūmistadvarārthaṃ vilokitā .. na tadarthaṃ varo labdhaḥ sarvaiḥ samucito guṇaiḥ .. 3 .. > Then the entire earth was searched by me for a bridegroom for her; / no bridegroom suitable in every virtue was found for her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.4) tatastvaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣa mama citte vyavasthitaḥ .. anurūpaḥ patistasyāḥ sarvaireva guṇairyutaḥ .. 4 .. > Then you, O Lotus-eyed One, were settled in my mind / as a suitable husband for her, endowed with all virtues. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.5) tasmātpāṇigrahaṃ tasyāḥ svīkuruṣva sureśvara .. atyantarūpayuktāyā mama vākyapraṇoditaḥ .. 5 .. > Therefore, O Lord of the gods, prompted by my words, / accept the hand of that girl who possesses extraordinary beauty.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.6) .. bhagavānuvāca .. .. atrānaya dvijaśreṣṭha tāṃ kanyāṃ kamalekṣaṇām.. yena dṛṣṭvā svayaṃ paścātprakaromi yathoditam .. 6 .. > The Blessed Lord said: / “Bring that lotus-eyed girl here, O best of the twice-born, / so that having seen her myself, I may then do as spoken.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.7) .. garuḍa uvāca .. .. tava tejobhayādeva sā kanyā janakānvitā .. mayā dūre vinirmuktā tatkathaṃ tāmihānaye .. 7 .. > Garuḍa said: / “Only out of fear of your splendour was that girl left far behind / together with her father by me; so how may I bring her here?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.8) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. atra tāṃ mama tattejo janakena samanvitām.. na hi dhakṣyati tasmāttvaṃ śīghraṃ dvijavarā''naya .. 8 .. > The Blessed Lord said: / “Here that splendour of mine will not burn her, / accompanied by her father; therefore, O best of the twice-born, bring her quickly.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.9) evamuktastatastena viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā .. tāṃ kanyā mānayāmāsa taṃ ca viprabhṛgūdvaham.. 9 .. > Thus addressed then by that all-powerful Viṣṇu, / he brought that maiden and that brahmin, the scion of Bhṛgu. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.10) athāsau praṇipatyoccairbrāhmaṇo madhusūdanam .. lakṣmīvannyaviśatpārśve garuḍasya samīpataḥ .. 6.81.10 .. > Then, having bowed deeply to Madhusūdana, / the illustrious brahmin sat down at the side, near Garuḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.11) sāpi kanyā varārohā bālyabhāvādaninditā .. śayyaikāṃte samāviṣṭā dakṣiṇe muravidviṣaḥ .. 11 .. > That maiden of shapely hips, blameless due to her childish innocence, / sat down on the right edge of the bed of the foe of Mura. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.12) atha kopaparītāṃgī mahiṣyādharmamāśritā .. lakṣmīḥ śaśāpa tāṃ kanyāṃ sapatnīti vicintya ca .. 12 .. > Then Lakṣmī, her limbs overcome with anger, adopting the duty of a principal queen / and thinking, ‘She is a co-wife,’ cursed that maiden: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.13) yasmānme purataḥ pāpe kāṃtasya mama harṣitā.. śayyāyāṃ tvaṃ samāviṣṭā lajjāṃ tyaktvā sudūrataḥ .. tasmādaśvamukhī nūnaṃ vikṛtā tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi .. 13 .. > “Since, casting shame far away, you have joyfully sat upon the bed / of my beloved in front of me, O sinful girl, / therefore you shall surely become deformed with the face of a horse!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.14) evaṃ śāpe śriyā datte hāhākāro mahānabhūt .. sarveṣāṃ tatra saṃsthānāṃ kopaścāpi dvijanmanaḥ .. .. 14.. > When the curse was thus uttered by Śrī, a great cry of grief arose / among all those standing there, as well as anger in the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.19) .. brāhmaṇa uvāca .. .. sahasraṃ yācyate kanyā karotyekaḥ karagraham .. vāṅmātreṇa na tasyāḥ syātpatnībhāvaḥ kathaṃcana .. 19 .. > The brahmin said: / “A maiden is asked for by a thousand, \[but\] one takes her hand; / by mere words, the status of a wife cannot belong to her in any way, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.19\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.19_1) yāvannāgnidvijātīnāṃ pratyakṣaṃ gurusaṃnidhau .. sasaṃkalpaṃ svayaṃ dattā gṛhyoktavidhinā janaiḥ .. 16 .. > as long as she is not personally given with solemn declaration in the presence of elders, / before the fire and the twice-born, by people according to the rite prescribed in the Gṛhyasūtras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.19\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.19_2) tasmāttaddoṣanirmuktā sapatnyeṣā samā tvayā .. kṛtā vājimukhī pāpe tvaṃ gajāsyā bhaviṣyasi ...7.. > Therefore, she is free from that fault; \[though\] innocent, she was made horse-faced by you / as an equal co-wife, O sinful one; you shall become elephant-faced!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.19\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.19_3) evamuktvā sa vipreṃdrastataḥ provāca keśavam.. ātithyaṃ vihitaṃ hyetattava patnyā yathocitam .. tasmāttatra prayāsyāmi yatra syāttādṛśī sutā .. 18 .. > Having spoken thus, that foremost among brahmins then said to Keśava: / “Indeed, such hospitality was rendered by your wife as she saw fit; / therefore I shall go to that place where my daughter may remain in such a state.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.19\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.19_4) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. na santāpastvayā kāryaḥ kṛtyesmindvijasattama .. mamāṃtike prayātānāṃ nāśubhaṃ jāyate kvacit .. 19 .. > The Blessed Lord said: / “You should not grieve over this deed, O best of brahmins; / for those who have come into my presence, misfortune never occurs anywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.20) tasmānnāśvamukhī hyeṣā janmanyasminbhaviṣyati .. gṛhītvemāṃ gṛhaṃ gaccha prayaccha svepsitāya ca .. 6.81.20 .. > Therefore, she shall certainly not be horse-faced in this birth; / taking her, go home and give her to whomever you desire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.20\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.20_5) śayane vāmadigbhāgaḥ kalatrāṇāmudāhṛtaḥ .. dakṣiṇe bandhulokānāṃ tatkālocitaśāyinām..2... > In sleeping, the left side is designated for wives, / and the right for kin who lie down appropriately at that time. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.22) seyaṃ tava sutā vipra baṃdhusthānaṃ samāśritā .. bhaviṣyati tato jāmiḥ kaniṣṭhā me'nyajanmani .. 22 .. > This daughter of yours, O brahmin, took refuge in the place of kin; / therefore, in another birth she shall become my younger sister.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.23) avatīrṇasya bhūpṛṣṭhe devakāryeṇa kenacit .. vājivaktradharā proktā yadyeṣā mama kāṃtayā ..23.. > When I descend onto the surface of the earth for some divine purpose, / if she is said by my beloved to have a horse's face, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.24) tato'haṃ sumahatkṛtvā tapaścaivānayā saha .. kariṣyāmi śubhāsyāṃ ca tathā lakṣmīmapi dvija .. 24 .. > then, having performed very great austerity together with her, / I shall make both her and Lakṣmī possess auspicious faces, O brahmin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.25) evaṃ sa bhagavānvipraṃ taṃ santoṣya tadā girā .. garuḍena samaṃ cakre kathāścitrā manoramāḥ .. 25 .. > Having thus pleased that brahmin with his speech at that time, the Blessed One / held strange and charming conversations together with Garuḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.26) atha tasminkathāṃte sa garuḍaḥ puruṣottamam .. provāca tāṃ striyaṃ dṛṣṭvā vṛddhāṃ tejaḥsamanvitām .. .. 26 .. > Then, at the end of that conversation, Garuḍa, seeing that woman / who was aged and endowed with fiery brilliance, spoke to the Supreme Person: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.27) apūrveyaṃ suraśreṣṭha strī vṛddhā tava pārśvagā .. kimarthaṃ keyamākhyāhi kutaḥ prāptā janārdana .. 27 .. > “This is unprecedented, O best of gods, this old woman standing at your side. / Why is she here, who is she, tell me, and from where has she come, O Janārdana?” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.28) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. eṣā khyātā khagaśreṣṭha loke'sminvṛddhakanyakā .. śāṃḍilīnāma sarvajñā brahmacaryaparāyaṇā .. 28 .. > The Blessed One said: / “She is known in this world, O best of birds, as the elder maiden / named Śāṇḍilī, all-knowing and devoted to celibacy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.29) tapovīryasamopetā sarvadevābhivaṃditā .. nāsti vai cedṛśī nārī khagendrātra jagattraye .. 29 .. > She is endowed with the power of austerity and revered by all the gods. / Indeed, there is no such woman in the three worlds, O king of birds.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.30) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā vihasya vihagādhipaḥ .. provāca vāsudevaṃ ca tāṃ vilokya ciraṃ dvijāḥ .. 6.81.30 .. > Sūta said: / Having heard his speech and laughing, the king of birds, / having looked at her for a long time, spoke to Vāsudeva, O brahmins: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.31) .. garuḍa uvāca .. .. naitaccitraṃ tapo yacca kriyate sumahattaram .. yathā ca dīyate dānaṃ yacca tatrāsti cādbhutam.. tathā ca kriyate yuddhaṃ saṃgrāme yuddhaśālibhiḥ .. 31 .. > Garuḍa said: / “It is no wonder that very great austerity is performed, / or that gifts are given, and whatever wonder there may be in that, / or that a battle is fought in war by warriors skilled in combat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.32) nāścaryaṃ citrametacca brahmacaryaṃ tadadbhutam .. viśeṣādyauvanāvasthāṃ saṃprāpya puruṣottama .. 32 .. > Celibacy is not surprising, not wondrous, yet it is a marvel / especially after reaching the stage of youth, O Supreme Person, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.33) viśeṣeṇa ca nārībhiratra na śraddadhāmyaham .. avaśyaṃ yauvanasthena tiryagyonigatena ca .. 33 .. > and especially in the case of women—in this matter I do not believe it. / Inevitably, one who is in youth, even among animals, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.34) vikāraḥ khalu kartavyo nādhi kārāya yauvanam .. yadi na prāpnuvaṃtyetāḥ puruṣaṃ yoṣitaḥ kvacit .. 34 .. > must experience agitation; youth does not exist for self-restraint. / If women do not find a man anywhere, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.35) anyonyaṃ maithunaṃ cakruḥ kāmabāṇaprapīḍitāḥ .. kuṣṭhinaṃ vyādhitaṃ vāpi sthaviraṃ vyaṃgameva ca .. apyetāḥ puruṣābhāve manyaṃte paṃcasāyakam .. 35 .. > they perform intercourse with one another, tormented by the arrows of desire. / In the absence of a man, they regard even a leper, a diseased man, / an old man, or a crippled one as the Five-Arrowed God of Love. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.36) nāgnistṛpyati kāṣṭhānāṃ nāpagānāṃ mahodadhiḥ .. nāṃtakaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ na puṃsāṃ vāmalocanā .. 36 .. > Fire is never satiated with logs, nor the great ocean with rivers; / the End-maker is not satiated with all beings, nor is a fair-eyed woman with men. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.37) na paratra bhayādetā maryādāṃ vidadhuḥ striyaḥ .. muktvā bhūpabhayaṃ caikamathavā gurujaṃ bhayam .. 37 .. > These women do not observe proper bounds out of fear for the next world, / but only out of fear of the king, or fear born of an elder.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.38) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ tasya vacaḥ śrutvā śāṃḍilī brahmacāriṇī .. maunavratadharā'pyevaṃ hṛdi kopaṃ dadhāra sā .. 38 .. > Sūta said: / Having thus heard his words, the celibate Śāṇḍilī, / though observing a vow of silence, harbored anger in her heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.39) etasminnaṃtare tasya pakṣināthasya tatkṣaṇāt .. ubhau pakṣau gatau nāśaṃ ruṇḍākāro'tra so'bhavat .. 39 .. > In that very moment, both wings of that king of birds / were destroyed instantly, and he became like a headless torso there, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.40) māṃsapiṃḍamayo raudraḥ sarvarogavivarjitaḥ .. aśaktaśca tathā gantuṃ padamātramapi kvacit .. .. 6.81.40 .. > consisting of a lump of flesh, dreadful, though free of all disease, / and incapable of moving even a single step anywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.81.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81.81) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye suparṇapakṣapātavarṇanaṃnāmaikāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 81 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the eighty-first chapter, titled “The Description of the Falling of the Wings of the Bird of Fair Wings,” in the Hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmya of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\], in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.81.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Kaulajñānanirṇaya (ed. Prabodh Chandra Bagchi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.trika.kaula.kaulajnananirnaya*bagchi.3.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.81) · Pramāṇa