[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) › 5.86 # Skandapurana 5.86 Skandapurāṇa 5.86 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.86.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. athānyāpi ca tatrāsti saptaviṃśatikā tathā .. nakṣatraiḥ sthāpitā devī vāṃchitasya pradāyinī .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Now, there is also another \[goddess\] there, named Saptaviṃśatikā, / installed by the lunar mansions, the giver of what is desired. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.2) dakṣasya tanayā pūrvaṃ saptaviṃśatisaṃkhyayā .. udvāhitā hi somena pūrvaṃ brāhmaṇasattamāḥ .. 2 .. > Formerly, the daughters of Dakṣa, twenty-seven in number, / were married to Soma, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.3) tāsāṃ madhye 'bhavaccaikā rohiṇī tasya vallabhā .. prāṇebhyo'pi sadāsaktastayā sārdhaṃ sa tiṣṭhati .. 3 .. > Among them, Rohiṇī alone was his beloved, / dearer to him than his own life; he remained constantly attached to her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.4) tato daurbhāgyasaṃtaptāḥ sarvā stā dakṣakanyakāḥ .. vairāgyaṃ paramaṃ gatvā kṣetre'smiṃstapasi sthitāḥ .. 4 .. > Then, distressed by their misfortune, all those daughters of Dakṣa / attained extreme detachment and engaged in austerity in this sacred field. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.5) saṃsthāpya devatāṃ durgāṃ śraddhayā parayā yutāḥ .. balipūjopahāraistāṃ pūjayaṃtyaḥ sureśvarīm .. 5 .. > Having installed the goddess Durgā, endowed with supreme faith, / they worshipped that ruler of the gods with animal offerings, rites, and gifts. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.6) tataḥ kālena mahatā tāsāṃ sā tuṣṭimabhyagāt .. abravīcca pratuṣṭo'haṃ varaṃ dāsyāmi putrikāḥ .. 6 .. > Then, after a great deal of time, she was pleased with them, / and said: "I am highly pleased; I will grant a boon, O daughters! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.7) tasmāttatprārthyatāṃ citte yadyuṣmākaṃ vyavasthitam .. sarvaṃ dāsyāmyasaṃdigdhaṃ yadyuṣmākaṃ hṛdi sthitam .. 7 .. > Therefore, ask for whatever is in your mind; / I shall grant without a doubt whatever is established in your heart." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.8) tataḥ procuśca tāḥ sarvāḥ prasādāttava vāṃchitam .. asmākaṃ vidyate devi yāvattrailokyasaṃsthitam .. 8 .. > Then all of them said: "By your favor, O goddess, / we have everything desired that exists in the three worlds, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.9) ekaṃ patyuḥ sukhaṃ muktvā yatsaubhāgyasamudbhavam .. tasmāttaddehi cāsmākaṃ yadi tuṣṭāsi caṃḍike .. 9 .. > except for the single happiness of a husband which arises from good fortune in marriage. / Therefore grant that to us, if you are pleased, O Caṇḍikā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.10) vayaṃ daurbhāgyadoṣeṇa sarvāḥ kleśaṃ paraṃ gatāḥ .. na śaknumaḥ priyānprāṇāndehe dhartuṃ kathaṃcana .. 6.86.10 .. > Owing to the fault of misfortune in love, we have all fallen into supreme misery; / we are unable to preserve our dear breath in our bodies by any means." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.11) .. śrīdevyuvāca .. .. adyaprabhṛti yuṣmākaṃ saubhāgyaṃ patisaṃbhavam.. matprasādādasaṃdigdhaṃ bhaviṣyati sukhodayam.. 11 .. > The goddess said: / "From this day forward, by my grace, the good fortune / derived from a husband and bringing joy will undoubtedly be yours. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.12) anyāpi yā patityaktā strī māmatra sthitāṃ sadā .. pūjayiṣyati sadbhaktayā caturdaśyāmupoṣitā .. 12 .. > Any other woman abandoned by her husband who worships me residing here always, / with true devotion, having fasted on the fourteenth day, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.13) sā bhaviṣyati saubhāgyayuktā putravatī satī .. yāvatsaṃvatsaraṃ tāvadekabhaktaparāyaṇā .. 13 .. > shall be endowed with good fortune, virtuous, and blessed with sons, / if she remains devoted to eating only one meal a day for a year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.14) akṣāralavaṇāśā yā nārī māṃ pūjayiṣyati .. na tasyāḥ patijaṃ duḥkhaṃ daurbhāgyaṃ vā bhaviṣyati .. 14 .. > The woman who worships me eating food without alkaline substances or salt / shall have no sorrow caused by her husband, nor misfortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.15) āśvinasya site pakṣe saṃprāpte navamīdine .. upavāsaparā yā māṃ niśīthe pūjayiṣyati .. tasyāḥ saubhāgyamatyugraṃ sarvadā vai bhaviṣyati .. 15 .. > When the ninth day arrives in the bright fortnight of Āśvina, / she who, intent on fasting, worships me at midnight / shall certainly have immense good fortune for all time." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.16) evamuktvā tu sā devī virarāma dvijottamāḥ .. tāśca sarvāḥ susaṃhṛṣṭā jagmurdakṣasya maṃdiram.. 16 .. > Having spoken thus, O best of the twice-born, the goddess fell silent; / and all of them, extremely delighted, went to Dakṣa's house. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.17) etasminnaṃtare dakṣa āhūtaḥ śūlapāṇinā .. proktaḥ kasmāttvayā candro yakṣmaṇā saṃniyojitaḥ .. tadayuktaṃ kṛtaṃ dakṣa jāmātā'yaṃ yatastava .. 17 .. > In the meantime, Dakṣa was summoned by the trident-bearer / and asked: "Why have you afflicted Candra with consumption? / That was an improper act done by you, O Dakṣa, since he is your son-in-law." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.18) .. dakṣa uvāca .. .. anena tanayā mahyamaṣṭāviṃśatisaṃkhyayā .. ūḍhā akhaṇḍacāritrāstāstyaktā doṣavarjitāḥ .. muktvaikāṃ rohiṇīṃ deva niṣiddhena mayā'sakṛt .. 18 .. > Dakṣa said: / "He married my daughters, twenty-eight in number, / women of unbroken conduct; but he abandoned those faultless ones, / except for Rohiṇī alone, O God, though repeatedly forbidden by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.19) tato mayā'tikopena niyukto rājayakṣmaṇā .. asatyajalpako mandaḥ kāmadevavaśaṃ gataḥ .. 19 .. > Therefore, in intense anger, I afflicted him with pulmonary consumption, / as he was a speaker of untruth, a fool subjugated by Kāmadeva." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.20) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. adyaprabhṛti sarvāsāṃ samaṃ sa pracariṣyati .. madvākyānnātra saṃdehaḥ satyametanmayoditam.. 6.86.20 .. > The blessed Lord said: / "From this day forward he will treat all of them equally, / on my word; of this there is no doubt; this truth has been spoken by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.21) tvayāpi yadvacaḥ proktamasatyaṃ syānna tatkvacit .. tasmādeṣa kṣayaṃ pakṣaṃ vṛddhiṃ pakṣaṃ prayāsyati .. 21 .. > Even so, the word spoken by you should never become untrue anywhere; / therefore he shall undergo waning for one fortnight, and waxing for one fortnight." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.22) dakṣo'pi bāḍhamityeva tatproktvā ca yayau gṛham .. caṃdrastu dakṣakanyāstāḥ samaṃ paśyati sarvadā .. 22 .. > Dakṣa also said, "So be it," and having spoken that, went home. / Candra, however, treats those daughters of Dakṣa equally at all times, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.23) gacchamānaḥ kṣayaṃ pakṣaṃ vṛddhiṃ pakṣaṃ ca saddvijāḥ .. sāpi devī tataḥ proktā saptaviṃśatikā kṣitau .. sarvasaubhāgyadā strīṇāṃ tasminkṣetre vyavasthitā .. 23 .. > undergoing waning for one fortnight and waxing for one fortnight, O good twice-born. / That goddess, established in that sacred field, / is therefore called Saptaviṃśatikā on earth, granting all good fortune to women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.24) yaścaitatpuratastasyāḥ saṃprāpte cāṣṭamīdine .. śucirbhūtvā paṭhedbhaktyā sa saubhāgyamavāpnuyāt .. 24 .. > And whoever, having purified himself, recites this \[text\] with devotion in her presence / when the eighth day arrives, shall obtain good fortune. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.86.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86.86) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye saptaviṃśatikāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaḍaśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 86 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the eighty-sixth chapter, titled 'Description of the Glory of Saptaviṃśatikā', in the Māhātmya of Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] in the Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses, the glorious Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.86.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.86) · Pramāṇa