[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) › 5.8 # Skandapurana 5.8 Skandapurāṇa 5.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ svargamanuprāpte triśaṃkau nṛpasattame .. saśarīre dvijaśreṣṭhā viśvāmitrasamudyamāt .. 6.8.1 .. > Sūta said: / When Triśaṅku, the best of kings, had thus reached heaven / in bodily form through the exertion of Viśvāmitra, O best of brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.2) tattīrthaṃ khyātimāyātaṃ samaste bhuvanatraye .. tataḥprasūti lokānāṃ dharmakāmārthamokṣadam .. 2 .. > that sacred ford attained renown throughout the three worlds; / from then on, it bestowed upon people righteousness, desire, wealth, and liberation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.3) aspṛṣṭaṃ kalidoṣeṇa tathānyairupapātakaiḥ .. brahmahatyādikaiścaivatripurāreḥ prabhāvataḥ .. 3 .. > It was untouched by the flaw of the Kali age, as well as by other secondary sins / and by the slaying of a brahmin and the like, through the power of the enemy of Tripura (Śiva). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.4) yastatra tyajati prāṇāñchraddhā yuktena cetasā .. sa mokṣamāpnuyānmartyo yadyapi syātsupāpakṛt .. 4 .. > Whoever abandons his vital breaths there with a mind endowed with faith, / that mortal attains liberation, even though he might be a perpetrator of grave sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.5) kṛmipakṣipataṃgā ye paśavaḥ pakṣiṇo mṛgāḥ .. te'pi tatra mṛtā yāṃti śivalokamasaṃśayam.. 5 .. > Worms, birds, winged insects, beasts, fowl, and deer— / even they, dying there, go to the realm of Śiva without doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.6) snānaṃ ye tatra kurvaṃti śraddhāpūtena cetasā .. triśaṃkuriva te svarge prayāṃtyapi vidharmiṇaḥ .. 6 .. > Those who perform their ritual ablution there with a mind purified by faith, / even if devoid of righteousness, go to heaven just like Triśaṅku. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.7) gharmārttā vā tṛṣārtā vā ye'vagāhaṃti tajjalam.. te'pi yāṃti paraṃ sthānaṃ yatra devo maheśvaraḥ .. 7 .. > Or those oppressed by heat or thirst who plunge into its water, / they too go to the supreme abode where the divine Maheśvara resides. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.8) viśvāmitro'pi taddṛṣṭvā tīrthamāhātmyamuttamam .. kurukṣetraṃ parityajya tatra vāsamathākarot.. 8 .. > Viśvāmitra too, seeing that supreme māhātmya of the sacred ford, / abandoned Kurukṣetra and then made his dwelling there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.9) tathānye munayaḥ śāṃtāstyaktvā tīrthāni dūrataḥ.. tatrāśramapadaṃ kṛtvā prayātāḥ paramaṃ padam .. 9 .. > Likewise, other tranquil sages, having abandoned sacred fords from afar / and made their hermitage there, attained the supreme state. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.10) tathaiva manujāḥ sarve dūrādāgatya satvarāḥ .. tatra snātvā divaṃ yāṃti kṛtvā pāpaśatānyapi .. 6.8.10 .. > In the same way, all humans, coming quickly from afar, / bathing there, go to heaven even after committing hundreds of sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.11) evaṃ tasya prabhāveṇa tīrthasya dvijasattamāḥ .. gacchamāneṣu lokeṣu sukhena tridivālayam .. 11 .. > Thus, through the power of that sacred ford, O best of brahmins, / as people were easily going to the abode of the thirty \[gods\] (heaven), > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.12) agniṣṭomādikā sarvāḥ samucchedaṃ gatāḥ kriyāḥ .. na kaścidyajate martyo na vrataṃ kurute naraḥ .. 12 .. > all rites such as the Agniṣṭoma went to ruin; / no mortal sacrificed, and no man undertook a vow, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.13) na yacchati tathā dānaṃ na ca tīrthaṃ niṣevate .. kevalaṃ kurute snānaṃ liṃgabhede samāhitaḥ .. 13 .. > nor did he give gifts, nor did he resort to \[other\] sacred fords; / he merely performed his ritual ablution at the Liṅgabheda with a concentrated mind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.14) tataḥ pragacchati svargaṃ vimānavaramāśritaḥ .. 14 .. > and then went forth to heaven, mounted upon an excellent aerial chariot. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.15) tataḥ prapūritāḥ sarve svargalokā narairdvijāḥ .. brahmaviṣṇuśivendrādīnspardhamānaiḥ surottamān .. 15 .. > Then, O brahmins, all the heavenly realms became packed with men / vying with the foremost gods—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, Indra, and the rest. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.16) tato devagaṇāḥ sarve yajñabhāgavivarjitāḥ .. kṛcchraṃ paramanuprāptā mantraṃ cakruḥ parasparam..16.. > Then all the hosts of gods, deprived of their shares in the sacrifice / and plunged into extreme distress, held counsel with one another: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.17) hāṭakeśvaramāhātmyātsvargalokaḥ prapūritaḥ .. ūrdhvabāhubhirākīrṇaḥ spardhamānaiḥ samaṃtataḥ .. 17 .. > “Through the māhātmya of Hāṭakeśvara, the world of heaven is packed full, / crowded on all sides with men with raised arms vying \[with us\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.18) tasmāttatkriyatāṃ karma yenocchedaṃ pragacchati .. tīrthameddharāpṛṣṭhe hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñitam.. 18 .. > Therefore, let that deed be done by which that sacred ford / named Hāṭakeśvara on the face of the earth goes to destruction.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.19) tataḥ saṃvartako vāyuḥ śakrādeśātsamaṃtataḥ .. tatkṣetraṃ pūrayāmāsa pāṃsubhirdvijasattamāḥ .. 19 .. > Thereupon, at the command of Śakra, the dissolutive wind on all sides / filled that sacred field with dust, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.20) evaṃ nāśamanuprāpte tasmiṃstīrthe sthaloccaye .. jāte jātāḥ kriyāḥ sarvā bhūyo'pi kratusaṃbhavāḥ .. 6.8.20 .. > When that sacred ford was thus destroyed and elevated ground was formed, / all the sacrificial rites were performed once again. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.21) tataḥ kālena mahatā valmīkaḥ samapadyata .. tasminkṣetre sa pātāle saṃprayātaḥ śanaiḥśanaiḥ .. 21 .. > Then, after a great length of time, an anthill formed / in that sacred field, which gradually reached down to Pātāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.22) atha pātālato nāgāstena mārgeṇa kautukāt .. martyalokaṃ samāyāṃti bhramaṃti ca dharātale..22.. > Then the nāgas, out of curiosity, along that path from Pātāla / would come to the world of mortals and wander upon the surface of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.23) tatra te mānavānbhogānbhuktvā caiva yathecchayā.. punarniryāṃti tenaiva mārgeṇa nijamaṃdiram..23.. > Having enjoyed human pleasures there to their heart's content, / they would depart again by that very path to their own abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.24) tato nāgabilaḥ khyātaḥ sa sarvasmindharātale .. gatāgatena nāgānāṃ sa valmīko dvijottamāḥ .. 24 .. > Therefore, O best of brahmins, that anthill became known all over the earth / as the 'nāga-hole' due to the coming and going of the nāgas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.25) kasyacittvatha kālasya bhagavānpākaśāsanaḥ .. brahmahatyāsamopeto nistejāḥ samapadyata .. 25 .. > Then, at a certain time, the blessed Indra (Pākaśāsana), / seized by the sin of killing a brahmin, lost his luster. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.26) tataḥ pitāmahādeśaṃ labdhvā mārgeṇa tena saḥ .. praviśya cekṣayāmāsa pātāle hāṭa keśvaram .. 26 .. > Then, having received an instruction from the Grandfather \[Brahmā\], he entered / by that path and beheld Hāṭakeśvara in Pātāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.27) athā'bhūtpāpanirmuktastatkṣaṇāttasya darśanāt.. tejasā ca samāyuktaḥ punaḥ prāpa triviṣṭapam .. 27 .. > Then, from the darśana of him, he was instantly freed from sin, / and endowed once more with splendor, he returned to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.28) sa dṛṣṭvā tatprabhāvaṃ talliṃgaṃ devasya śūlinaḥ .. hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñasya bhayaṃ cakre narodbhavam .. 28 .. > Having witnessed the power of that liṅga of the trident-bearing god / named Hāṭakeśvara, he conceived a fear arising from human beings: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.29) yadi kaścitpumānatra triśaṃkuriva bhūpatiḥ .. pūjayiṣyati talliṃgaṃ vipāpmā śraddhayā saha .. 29 .. > "If some man here, like King Triśaṅku, / freed of sin, should worship that liṅga with faith, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.30) yāpayiṣyati tannūnaṃ māmasmāttridaśālayāt .. tasmātsaṃpūrayāmyenaṃ mārgaṃ pātā lasaṃbhavam .. 6.8.30 .. > he will surely displace me from this abode of the gods. / Therefore, I shall fill up this path leading to Pātāla." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.31) tataśca tvarayā yukto raktaśṛṃgaṃ nagottamam .. pracikṣepa bile tasminsvayameva śatakratuḥ .. 31 .. > Then, filled with haste, Indra (Śatakratu) himself / hurled the excellent mountain Raktaśṛṅga into that hole. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.32) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .... .. .. brahmahatyā kathaṃ jātā devendrasya mahātmanaḥ .. kasminkāle ca sarvaṃ no vistarātsūta kīrtaya .. 32 .. > The seers said: / How did the sin of killing a brahmin befall the great-souled Indra? / And at what time? O Sūta, relate it all to us in detail! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.33) raktaśṛṃgo giriḥ ko'yaṃ saṃkṣiptastatra tena yaḥ .. mānuṣāṇāṃ bhayaṃ tasya katamasya śacīpateḥ .. 33 .. > What is this Raktaśṛṅga mountain that was thrown down there by him? / And which Indra (Śacīpati) felt fear toward mortals? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.34) .. sūta uvāca .. .. purā tvaṣṭrā dvijaśreṣṭhā hiraṇyakaśipoḥ sutā .. vivāhitā ramānāma śreṣṭharūpaguṇānvitā .. 34 .. > Sūta said: / Formerly, O best of brahmins, the daughter of Hiraṇyakaśipu, / named Ramā, endowed with supreme beauty and virtues, was married by Tvaṣṭṛ. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.35) atha tasyā yayau kālaḥ suprabhūtaḥ sutaṃ vinā .. tato vairāgyasaṃpannā sutārthaṃ tapasi sthitā ... .. 35 .. > Then a very long time passed for her without a son. / Then, filled with dispassion, she engaged in austerity to obtain a son, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.36) dhyāyamānā surādhīśaṃ devadevaṃ maheśvaram .. balipūjopahāreṇa samyakchraddhāsamanvitā .. 36 .. > meditating upon Maheśvara, the lord of gods, the god of gods, / with offerings of worship and tributes, endowed with complete faith, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.37) niyatā niyatāhārā snānajapyaparāyaṇā .. yacchamānā dvijāgryebhyo dānāni vividhāni ca .. 37 .. > restrained, limited in diet, devoted to ritual ablution and japa, / and bestowing gifts of various kinds upon the best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.38) tato varṣasahasrāṃte tasyāstuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ .. uvāca varado'smīti vṛṇuṣva yadabhīpsitam .. 38 .. > Then, at the end of a thousand years, Maheśvara was pleased with her / and said, "I am the granter of boons; choose what you desire." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.39) sā vavre mama putro'stu bhagavaṃstvatprasādataḥ .. śūraḥ śastrairavadhyaśca vipradānavarūpadhṛk .. 39 .. > She chose: "O Blessed One, by your grace let me have a son / who is heroic, invulnerable to weapons, and bears the form of a brahmin and a dānava, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.40) vedādhyayana saṃpanno yajñakarmasamudyataḥ .. tejasā yaśasā khyātaḥ sarveṣāmapi dehinām .. 6.8.40 .. > accomplished in Vedic study, dedicated to sacrificial rites, / renowned for splendor and fame among all embodied beings." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.41) .. bhagavānuvāca .. .. bhaviṣyati na saṃdehaḥ putraste balavānsudhīḥ .. avadhyaḥ sarvaśastrāṇāṃ mahātejobhiranvitaḥ .. 41 .. > The Blessed One said: / Without doubt your son will be mighty and wise, / invulnerable to all weapons, endowed with great splendor, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.42) yajvā dānapatiḥ śūro vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ .. brāhmaṇoktāḥ kriyāḥ sarvāḥ kariṣyati sa kṛtsnaśaḥ .. ajeyaḥ saṃgare caiva kṛtsnairapi surāsuraiḥ .. 42 .. > a sacrificer, a master of generosity, a hero, a master of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas; / he will perform in full all rites ordained for brahmins, / and he will be invincible in battle even by all the gods and asuras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.43) evamuktvā sa deveśastataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ .. ṛtau sāpi dadhe garbhaṃ sakāśādviśvakarmaṇaḥ .. .. 43 .. > Having spoken thus, the lord of gods vanished from there. / And in due season, she conceived an embryo from Viśvakarman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.44) tataśca suṣuve putraṃ daśame māsi śobhanam .. dvādaśārkapratīkāśaṃ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam .. 44 .. > Then, in the tenth month, she gave birth to a radiant son, / resembling twelve suns and endowed with all auspicious marks. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.45) tasya cakre pitā nāma prāpte dvādaśame dine ... prasiddhaṃ vṛtra ityeva pūjayitvā dvijottamān .. 45 .. > When the twelfth day arrived, after worshipping the best of brahmins, / his father gave him the famous name Vṛtra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.46) athāsau vavṛdhe bālaḥ śuklapakṣe yathoḍurāṭ .. pitṛmātṛkṛtānaṃdo bandhuvargeṇa lālitaḥ .. 46.. > Then that boy grew like the moon in the bright fortnight, / bringing joy to his father and mother, pampered by the circle of his kinsmen. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.47) tato'sya pradadau kāle vrataṃ viprajanocitam .. samabhyetya svayaṃ śukro dānavasyāpi saṃdvijaḥ .. 47 .. > Then, in due time, Śukra himself, coming as a brahmin / to the dānava, imparted to him the vow proper for brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.48) sa cāpi caturo vedānbrahmacārivrate sthitaḥ .. vedāṃgaiḥ sahitānvṛtraḥ papāṭha guruvatsalaḥ .. 48 .. > And observing the vow of a brahmacārin, Vṛtra, devoted to his preceptor, / studied the four Vedas together with the Vedāṅgas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.49) tato yauvanamāsādya bhūmipālānaśeṣataḥ .. jitvā dharāṃ vaśe cakre pātālaṃ tadanaṃta ram.. 49 .. > Then, having attained youth, he conquered all the kings, / brought the earth under his control, and after that, Pātāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.50) tataśceṃdrajayākāṃkṣī samāsāya surālayam .. sahasrākṣamukhāndevānyuddhe cakre parāṅmukhān .. 6.8.50 .. > Then, desiring to conquer Indra, he reached the abode of the gods / and put to flight in battle the gods headed by the thousand-eyed Indra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.51) atha tena samaṃ vajrī cakre'ṣṭādaśa saṃyugān.. ekasminnapi no lebhe vijayaṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. 51 .. > Then the wielder of the vajra fought eighteen battles with him, / yet he did not obtain victory even in one, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.52) hataśeṣaiḥ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ sarvāṃgakṣatavikṣataiḥ .. tato jagāma vitrasto brahmalokaṃ divā layāt.. 52 .. > Along with the surviving gods whose bodies were all slashed and wounded, / he then fled terrified from the realm of heaven to Brahmā's world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.53) vṛtro'pi bubhuje kṛtsnaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram .. śākraṃ padaṃ samāsthāya nihatāśeṣakaṃṭakam .. 53 .. > Vṛtra, too, enjoyed the entire three worlds with all that moves and does not move; / having established himself in Indra's position, his every obstacle was eliminated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.54) yajñabhāgabhujaścakre dānavānbala garvitān .. devasthāneṣu sarveṣu yathokteṣu mahābalaḥ .. 54 .. > The mighty one made the dānavas, proud of their strength, / the enjoyers of sacrificial shares in all the prescribed places of the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.55) evaṃ trailokyarājye'pi labdhe tasya dvijottamāḥ .. na saṃtoṣaśca saṃjajñe brahmalokābhi kāṃkṣayā .. 55 .. > Even when sovereignty over the three worlds was thus attained, O best of brahmins, / he felt no contentment, because of his longing for the world of Brahmā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.56) tataḥ śukraṃ samāhūya provāca madhuraṃ vacaḥ .. vinayāvanato bhūtvā caturbhiḥ sacivaiḥ saha .. 56 .. > Then, having summoned Śukra, he bowed with humility / and spoke sweet words along with his four ministers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.57) .. vṛtra uvāca .. .. brahmalokaṃ gataḥ śakro bhayādgurukulodvaha .. kathaṃ gatirbhavettatra mama brūhi yathātatham .. 57 .. > Vṛtra said: / Out of fear, Indra has gone to the world of Brahmā, O upholder of the lineage of preceptors; / tell me truthfully how there may be access for me thither, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.58) yena śakraṃ viraṃciṃ ca sūdayiṣye tathākhilam .. tubhyaṃ dattvā brahma lokaṃ bhokṣyāmi tridivaṃ svayam .. 58 .. > so that I may destroy Indra, Brahmā (Virañci), and all the rest; / and having given the world of Brahmā to you, I shall myself enjoy heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.59) .. śukra uvāca .. .. na gatirvidyate tatra tava dānavasattama .. tasmāttrailokyarājyena saṃtoṣaṃ kartuma rhasi .. 59 .. > Śukra said: / There is no access there for you, O best of dānavas; / therefore, you should be content with the sovereignty over the three worlds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.60) .. vṛtra uvāca .. .. yāvattiṣṭhati sutrāmā tāvannāsti sukhaṃ mama .. tasmānniṣkaṃṭakārthāya yatiṣye'haṃ dvijottama .. 6.8.60 .. > Vṛtra said: / As long as Indra remains, there is no happiness for me. / Therefore, O best of brahmins, I will strive to make my path free of thorns. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.61) kathaṃ śakrasya saṃjātā gatistatra bhṛgūdvaha .. na bhaviṣyati me brūhi kathaṃ sā'dya mahāmate .. 61 .. > How did Indra obtain access there, O descendant of Bhṛgu? / Tell me, O noble-minded one, why that \[access\] will not be mine today? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.62) .. śukra uvāca .. .. tena pūrvaṃ tapastaptaṃ naimiṣe dānavottama .. yāvadvarṣasahasrāṃtaṃ dhyāyamānena śaṃkaram.. 62 .. > Śukra said: > "Formerly, tapas was performed by him in Naimiṣa, O best of Dānavas, / meditating on Śaṃkara until the end of a thousand years. 62 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.63) tatprabhāvādgatistasya tatra jātā sadaiva hi .. sabhṛtyaparivārasya nānyadastīha kāraṇam.. 63 .. > Indeed, by that power his attainment there came about always, / along with his servants and retinue; there is no other cause here. 63 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.64) yo'nyo'pi naimiṣāraṇye tadrūpaṃ kurute tapaḥ .. brahmaloke gatistasya jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 64 .. > Whoever else also performs such tapas in Naimiṣāraṇya, / his attainment occurs in the world of Brahmā; there is no doubt of this." 64 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.65) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tacchrutvā satvaraṃ gatvā naimiṣaṃ tīrthamuttamam .. tapaścakre tatastīvraṃ dhyāyamāno maheśvaram .. 65 .. > Sūta said: > Having heard that, he went swiftly to Naimiṣa, the excellent sacred ford; / he then performed severe tapas, meditating on Maheśvara, 65 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.66) trailokyarakṣaṇārthāya saṃnirūpya danūtta mān.. mahābalasamopetāñchakrādhikaparākramān .. 66 .. > having appointed the best of Danus for the protection of the three worlds, / who were endowed with great strength, surpassing Śakra in prowess. 66 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.67) varṣāsvākāśasthāyī sa hemante salilāśrayaḥ .. paṃcāgnisādhako grīṣme sa vabhūvā nilāśanaḥ .. 67 .. > Standing under the open sky in the rains, taking refuge in water in the winter, / practicing the five fires in summer, he became one who feeds on air. 67 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.68) evaṃ tasya vratasthasya jagmurvarṣaśatāni ca .. tatra bhītāstato devā brahmaviṣṇupuraḥsarāḥ .. 68 .. > Thus, as he remained firm in his vow, hundreds of years passed. / Thereupon the gods, led by Brahmā and Viṣṇu, were terrified. 68 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.69) cakruśca satataṃ maṃtraṃ tadvināśāya kevalam .. vīkṣayaṃti ca cchidrāṇi na ca paśyaṃti duḥkhitāḥ .. 69 .. > And they held counsel constantly, solely for his destruction; / and distressed, they searched for weaknesses, but saw none. 69 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.70) athābravītsvayaṃ viṣṇuściraṃ niścitya cetasā .. vadhopāyaṃ samālokya vṛtrasya pramudānvitaḥ . 6.8.70 .. > Then Viṣṇu himself spoke, having reflected in his mind for a long time, / having discerned the means of slaying Vṛtra, filled with joy: 70 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.71) .. viṣṇuruvāca .. .. tasya śakra vadhopāyo mayā jñāto'dhunā dhruvam .. tacchrutvā kuru śīghraṃ tvamupāyo nāsti kaścana .. 71 .. > Viṣṇu said: > "The means of slaying him has now indeed been known by me, O Śakra; / having heard it, act quickly; there is no other means. 71 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.72) avadhyaḥ sarvaśastrāṇāṃ sa kṛtaḥ śūlapāṇinā .. tasmādasthimayaṃ vajraṃ tadvadhārthaṃ nirūpaya .. 72 .. > He has been made invulnerable to all weapons by the holder of the trident; / therefore, prepare a thunderbolt made of bone for his slaying." 72 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.73) .. indra uvāca .. .. asthibhiḥ kasya jīvasya vajraṃ deva bhaviṣyati .. gajasya śarabhasyātha kiṃ vānyasya vadasva me .. 73 .. > Indra said: > "From the bones of which living being will the thunderbolt be made, O Lord? / Of an elephant, or of a śarabha, or of another? Tell me!" 73 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.74) .. viṣṇuruvāca .. .. śatahastapramāṇaṃ tatṣaḍasri ca surādhipa .. madhye kṣāmaṃ tu pārśvābhyāṃ sthūlaṃ raudrasamākṛti .. 74 .. > Viṣṇu said: > "It must be a hundred cubits in length, six-cornered, O lord of the gods, / slender in the middle, but thick on both sides, with a fearsome form." 74 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.75) .. iṃdra uvāca .. .. na tādṛgdṛśyate sattvaṃ trailokyepi sureśvara .. yasyāsthibhirvidhīyeta vajamevaṃvidhākṛti .. 75 .. > Indra said: > "No such living creature is seen even in the three worlds, O lord of the gods, / with whose bones a thunderbolt of such a form could be made." 75 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.76) .. viṣṇuruvāca .. .. dadhīcirnāma vipro'sti tapaḥ paramamā sthitaḥ .. dviguṇaṃ ca tathā dīrghaḥ sarasvatyāṃ kṛtāśramaḥ .. 76 .. > Viṣṇu said: > "There is a brahmin named Dadhīci, established in supreme tapas, / and twice as tall, who has made his hermitage at the Sarasvatī. 76 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.77) taṃ gatvā prārthayāśu tvaṃ svānyasthīni pradāsyati .. nādeyaṃ vidyate kiṃcittasya saṃprārthitasya hi .. 77 . > Go to him and quickly beg; he will give his own bones. / For there is nothing that cannot be given by him when he is entreated." 77 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.79) tataḥ śakraḥ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ gatvā tasya tadāśramam .. prācīsarasvatītīre puṣkare dvijasattamāḥ .. 79 . > Then Śakra, along with the gods, having gone to his hermitage / on the bank of the eastern Sarasvatī at Puṣkara, O best of brahmins— 79 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.79\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.79_1) atha devānsamā lokya saṃprāptānnijamaṃdire .. dadhīciḥ saṃprahṛṣṭātmā satvaraḥ saṃmukhaṃ yayau .. 79 .. > Then, seeing the gods arrived at his own dwelling, / Dadhīci, delighted in mind, swiftly went forward \[to meet them\]. 79 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.80) sa praṇamya sahasrākṣaṃ tathānyānapi sanmuniḥ .. arghyādibhistataḥ pūjāṃ cakre teṣāṃ tataḥ param .. 6.8.80 .. > Having bowed to the thousand-eyed one as well as to the other \[gods\], that good sage / then performed worship of them with guest-water and the rest, and after that, 80 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.81) tataḥ provāca hṛṣṭātmā vinayāvanataḥ sthitaḥ .. svayameva sahasrākṣaṃ praṇipatya muhurmuhuḥ .. 81 .. .. > standing bent low in humility, his soul gladdened, / himself bowing again and again to the thousand-eyed one, he said: 81 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.82) .. dadhīciruvāca .. .. kimarthamāgatā devāḥ kṛtyaṃ cāśu nivedyatām .. dhanyo'hamāgato yasya gṛhe tvaṃ balasūdana .. 82 .. > Dadhīci said: > "For what purpose have the gods come? Let the task be declared quickly. / Blessed am I in whose home you have arrived, O slayer of Bala!" 82 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.83) .. śakra uvāca .. .. vṛtreṇa nirjitāḥ sarve vayaṃ brāhmaṇasattama .. sa vadhyo nahi śastrāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ varapuṣṭitaḥ . 83 .. > Śakra said: > "We have all been conquered by Vṛtra, O best of brahmins. / Strengthened by a boon, he cannot be slain by any weapons. 83 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.84) so'sthisaṃbhavavajrasya vadhyaḥ syādabravīddhariḥ.. śatahastapramāṇasya na ca jīvosti tādṛśaḥ .. 84 .. > Hari said that he may be killed by a thunderbolt produced from bone, / and there is no living being of the measure of a hundred cubits 84 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.85) tvāṃ muktvā brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha tasmādasthīni yaccha naḥ .. svakīyāni bhavedyena vajraṃ tasya vināśakam .. 85 .. > except you, O best of brahmins; therefore, give us your own / bones, by which a thunderbolt destructive to him may come to be. 85 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.86) kuru kṛtyaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha devānāmārtināśanam .. anyathā vibudhāḥ sarve nāśaṃ yāsyaṃti kṛtsnaśaḥ .. 86 .. > Perform this duty, O best of brahmins, destroying the distress of the gods; / otherwise, all the gods will completely perish." 86 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.87) .. sūta uvāca .. tacchrutvā saṃprahṛṣṭātmā dadhīcirbhagavānmuniḥ .. atyajajjīvitaṃ teṣāṃ hitārthāya divaukasām .. 87 .. > Sūta said: > Having heard that, the venerable sage Dadhīci, gladdened in mind, / abandoned his life for the sake of the welfare of those dwellers in heaven. 87 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.88) tato devāḥ prahṛṣṭāste gṛhītvāsthīni kṛtsnaśaḥ .. tataścakrurmahāvajraṃ yādṛśaṃ viṣṇunoditam .. 88 .. > Then those gods, delighted, took all the bones; / then they fashioned a great thunderbolt such as had been described by Viṣṇu. 88 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.89) atha śakrastadādāya naimiṣābhimukho yayau .. bhayena mahatā yukto vepamāno niśāgame .. 89 .. > Then Śakra, taking that, went facing toward Naimiṣa, / filled with great fear, trembling at the arrival of night. 89 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.90) tatra dhyānasthitaṃ vṛtraṃ dūrasthastridaśādhipaḥ .. vajreṇa tāḍayāmāsa palāyanaparāyaṇaḥ .. 6.8.90 .. > There, standing far off, the lord of the thirty \[gods\] struck with the thunderbolt / Vṛtra as he was situated in meditation, intent on fleeing. 90 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.91) so'pi vajaprahāreṇa bhasmasātsama padyata .. vṛtro dānavaśārdūlo vahniṃ prāpya pataṃgavat .. 91 .. > He too, by the strike of the thunderbolt, was reduced to ashes— / Vṛtra, the tiger among Dānavas, like a moth reaching fire. 91 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.92) śakro'pi bhayasaṃtrasto gatvā sāgaramadhyagam .. parvataṃ sudurārohaṃ tuṃgaśṛṃgaṃ samāśritaḥ .. .. 92 .. > Śakra too, thoroughly terrified with fear, went to a mountain / situated in the midst of the ocean, very difficult to climb, and took refuge on its high peak. 92 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.93) na jānāti hataṃ vṛtraṃ vajraghātena tena tam .. kevalaṃ vīkṣate mārgaṃ vṛtrāgamanasaṃbhavam .. 93 .. > He did not know that Vṛtra had been slain by that stroke of the thunderbolt; / he only watched the path where Vṛtra's arrival might occur. 93 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.94) etasminnaṃtare devāḥ saṃprahṛṣṭatanūruhāḥ . sūtraṃ vinihataṃ dṛṣṭvā tuṣṭuvustridaśādhipam .. 94 .. > Meanwhile, the gods, the hair of their bodies bristling with delight, / having seen Vṛtra slain, praised the lord of the thirty \[gods\]. 94 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.95) na jānaṃti bhayānnaṣṭaṃ tasminsāgaraparvate . anviṣya cirakālena kṛcchrātsaṃprāpya taṃ tataḥ.. 95 .. > Not knowing that he had disappeared out of fear to that ocean mountain, / searching for a long time and reaching him with difficulty, they then 95 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.96) vīkṣāṃcakruḥ samāsīnaṃ viṣame girigahvare .. tejohīnaṃ tathā dīnaṃ brahmahatyāpariplutam .. 96 .. > saw him seated in a rugged mountain cave, / bereft of splendor, wretched, and engulfed by the murder of a brahmin, 96 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.97) gātradurgaṃdhitāsaṃgaiḥ pūrayantaṃ diśo daśa .. 97 .. > filling the ten directions with the stench emanating from his limbs. 97 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.98) athovāca caturvaktro dṛṣṭvā śakraṃ tathāvidham .. samastāndevasaṃghātāndūrasthaḥ pāpaśaṃkayā .. 98 .. > Then the four-faced one, seeing Śakra in such a condition, / standing at a distance out of fear of sin, said to the entire assembly of gods: 98 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.99) śakro'yaṃ vibudhaśreṣṭhā brahmahatyāpariplutaḥ . tasmātattyājyaḥ sudūreṇa no cetpāpamavāpsyatha .. 99 .. > "This Śakra, O best of gods, is engulfed by the murder of a brahmin; / therefore, he must be abandoned from afar, lest you incur sin. 99 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.100) paśyadhvaṃ sarvaliṃgāni brahmahatyānvitāni ca .. asya gātreṣu dṛśyaṃte tasmādgacchāmahe divi .. 6.8.100 .. > Look! All the marks associated with the murder of a brahmin / are seen upon his limbs; therefore, let us go to heaven." 100 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.102) pitāmahamukhāndṛṣṭvā devānprāptānsurādhipaḥ .. parāṅmukhānakasmācca saṃjātānvismayānvitaḥ ....... tataḥ provāca saṃbhrāṃtaḥ kimidaṃ gamyate surāḥ .. dṛṣṭvāpi māmanābhāṣya kaccitkṣemaṃ gṛhe mama .. 102 .. > Seeing the gods arrived with the grandfather at their head, / and filled with wonder at their having suddenly turned away, / the lord of the gods, bewildered, then said: "Why are you going away, O gods, / having seen me without even speaking? Is all well in my house? 102 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.103) kaccitsa nihatastena mama vajreṇa dānavaḥ .. kaccinna māṃ sa yuddhārthamanveṣa yati durmatiḥ .. 103 .. > Was that Dānava slain by that thunderbolt of mine? / Is that evil-minded one not searching for me for the sake of battle?" 103 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.104) .. brahmovāca .. .. nihataḥ sa tvayā śakra tena vajreṇa dānavaḥ .. gato mṛtyuvaśaṃ pāpo na bhayaṃ kartumarhasi .. 104 .. > Brahmā said: > That Dānava was slain by you, O Śakra, with that thunderbolt; > the sinful one has gone under the power of death; you should not be afraid. 104 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.105) paraṃ tasya vadhājjātā brahmahatyā sugarhitā .. tava śakra na tenādya spṛśāmo'spṛśyatāṃ gatam .. 105 .. > However, from his slaying, the highly reprehensible murder of a brahmin has arisen > for you, O Śakra; therefore today we do not touch \[you, who have\] become untouchable. 105 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.106) .. indra uvāca .. .. mayā vinihatāḥ pūrvaṃ bahavaḥ kila dānavāḥ .. brahmahatyā na saṃjātā mama hatyādhunā katham .. 106 .. > Indra said: > Many Dānavas indeed were slain by me previously; > the murder of a brahmin did not arise; how is there murder for me now? 106 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.107) .. brahmovāca .. .. te tvayā nihatā yuddhe kṣātradharmeṇa vāsava .. viśuddhā dānavāḥ sarve tena jātaṃ na pātakam .. 107 .. > Brahmā said: > They were slain by you in battle according to the duty of a kṣatriya, O Vāsava; > all those Dānavas were pure; therefore no sin arose. 107 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.108) eṣa yajñopavītāḍhyo viśeṣāttapasi sthitaḥ. chalena nihataḥ śakra tena tvaṃ pāpasaṃyutaḥ .. 108 .. .. > This one was endowed with a sacred thread, especially engaged in austerity; > he was slain by trickery, O Śakra; therefore you are joined with sin. 108 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.109) .. indra uvāca .. .. jānāmyahaṃ caturvaktra svaṃ kāyaṃ pāpasaṃyutam .. cihnairbrahmavadhodbhūtaistasmācchuddhiṃ vadasva me .. 109 .. > Indra said: > I know, O four-faced one, that my own body is joined with sin > by the signs arising from the slaying of a brahmin; therefore, declare purification to me, 109 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.111) yayā yāti drutaṃ pāpaṃ brahmahatyāsamudbhavam .. spṛśyo bhavāmi sarveṣāṃ devānāṃ prapitāmaha .. 6.8.110 . .. brahmovāca .. .. tīrthayātrāṃ suraśreṣṭha tadarthaṃ kartumarhasi . tayā vinā na te pāpaṃ nāśamāyāti kṛtsnaśaḥ .. 111 .. > By which the sin arising from the murder of a brahmin quickly departs, > \[and\] I may become touchable to all the gods, O great-grandfather. > Brahmā said: > For that purpose, O best of the gods, you ought to undertake a pilgrimage to sacred fords; > without it, your sin will not go to destruction entirely. 111 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.112) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tatastadvacanācchakrastīrthayātrāparāyaṇaḥ .. babhrāma sakalāṃ pṛthvīṃ snānaṃ kurvanpṛthakpṛthak .. 112 .. > Sūta said: > Then, by his word, Śakra, devoted to pilgrimage to sacred fords, > wandered over the entire earth, performing ritual ablutions separately \[at each\], 112 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.113) tīrtheṣu suprasiddheṣu nadīnadayuteṣu ca .. vārāṇasyāṃ prayāge ca prabhāse kurujāṃgale .. 113 .. > At well-known sacred fords endowed with rivers and streams, > at Vārāṇasī, at Prayāga, at Prabhāsa, and in Kurujāṅgala; 113 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.113\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.113_2) tathānyeṣu sahasrākṣo vipāpmā na vyajāyata .. tato vairāgyamāpannaścintayāmāsa cetasi ...14.. > And likewise at others, the thousand-eyed one did not become free from sin. > Then, fallen into despondency, he reflected in his mind: 114 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.115) ahaṃ snātaḥ samasteṣu tīrtheṣu dharaṇītale.. na ca pāpena nirmuktaḥ kiṃ karomi ca sāṃpratam .. 115 .. > “I have bathed in all the sacred fords on the surface of the earth, > and yet I am not freed from the sin. What shall I do now? 115 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.116) kiṃ patāmi gireḥ śṛṃgādviṣaṃ vā bhakṣayāmi kim .. trailokyarājyavibhraṣṭo nāhaṃ jīvitumutsahe .. 116 .. > Shall I fall from the peak of a mountain, or shall I consume poison? > Deprived of the sovereignty over the three worlds, I have no heart to live.” 116 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.117) evaṃ vairāgyamāpanno girimāruhya vāsavaḥ .. yāvatkṣipati cātmānaṃ maraṇe kṛtaniścayaḥ . 117 .. > Having thus fallen into despondency, Vāsava climbed a mountain, > and as he was resolved upon death and about to throw himself down, 117 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.118) tāvaddevotthitā vāṇī gaganāddvijasattamāḥ .. mā śakra sāhasaṃ kārṣīrvairāgyaṃ prāpya cetasi .. 118 .. > Just then a divine voice arose from the sky, O best of brahmins: > “O Śakra, do not commit a rash deed, having attained despondency in your heart! 118 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.119) tvayā rājyaṃ prakartavyaṃ svarge'dyāpi yugāṣṭakam .. tasmātpāpaviśuddhyarthaṃ śṛṇu śakra samā hitaḥ .. 119 .. > You have yet to rule in heaven for eight yugas. > Therefore, listen attentively for the purification of your sin, O Śakra! 119 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.120) kuruṣva vacanaṃ śīghraṃ bhāvanīyaṃ na cānyathā .. yattvayā pāṃsubhiḥ pūrvaṃ vivaraṃ paripūritaḥ .. 6.8.120 .. > Swiftly carry out the instruction; it should not be conceived otherwise: > The opening which was formerly filled up with dust by you 120 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.121) hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre yatra devaḥ svayaṃ haraḥ .. tatra nāgabilo jāto valmīkāttridaśādhipa .. 121 .. > In the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara, where the god Hara himself resides, > there a serpent-hole has arisen from an anthill, O lord of the gods, 121 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.122) yena nāgā dharāpṛṣṭhe nirgacchaṃti vrajaṃti ca .. tena mārgeṇa gatvā tvaṃ pātāle hāṭakeśvaram .. snātvā pātālagaṃgāyāṃ pūjayasva maheśvaram .. 122 .. > By which the serpents come out and go on the surface of the earth. > Having gone by that path to Hāṭakeśvara in Pātāla, > having bathed in the Pātālagaṅgā, worship Maheśvara! 122 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.123) tataḥ pāpavinirmukto bhaviṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ .. saṃprāpsyasi ca bhūyo'pi devarājyamakaṇṭakam .. 123 .. > Then you will become freed from sin, there is no doubt; > and you will obtain once again the unimpeded sovereignty of the gods.” 123 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.124) .. sūta uvāca .. .. atha śakraḥ samākarṇya tāṃ giraṃ gaganotthitām .. jagāma satvaraṃ tatra yatra nāgabilaḥ sa ca .. 124 .. > Sūta said: > Then Śakra, hearing that voice arising from the sky, > went swiftly to where that serpent-hole was. 124 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.125) tataḥ praviśya pātālaṃ gaṃgātoyapariplutaḥ .. pūjayāmāsa talliṃgaṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñitam .. 125 .. > Then, having entered Pātāla and immersed himself in the waters of the Gaṅgā, > he worshipped that liṅga known as Hāṭakeśvara. 125 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.126](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.126) atha tasya kṣaṇājjātaṃ śarīraṃ malavarjitam .. durgandhaśca gato nāśaṃ tejovṛddhirbabhūva ha .. 126 .. > Then in an instant his body became free of impurity, > and the foul odor vanished, and an increase of splendor took place. 126 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.127](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.127) etasminnaṃtare prāptā brahmaviṣṇumukhāḥ surāḥ .. procuśca devarājaṃ taṃ muktapāpaṃ praharṣitāḥ .. 127 .. > At that moment, the gods led by Brahmā and Viṣṇu arrived > and, greatly delighted, spoke to that king of the gods who was freed from sin: 127 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.128](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.128) prāptastu medhyatāṃ śakra vimukto brahmahatyayā .. tasmādāgaccha gacchāmaḥ sahitāstridaśālayam .. 128 .. > “You have attained purity, O Śakra, freed from the murder of a brahmin; > therefore come, let us go together to the abode of the gods! 128 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.129) etannāga bilaṃ śakra punaḥ pūraya pāṃsubhiḥ .. no cedāgatya cānena mānuṣāḥ siddhihetavaḥ .. 129 .. > O Śakra, fill this serpent-hole again with dust; > otherwise, human beings seeking perfections, having come through this \[hole\], 129 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.130) etalliṃgaṃ samabhyarcya snātvā bhāgīrathījale .. api pāpasamāyuktā yāsyaṃti paramāṃ gatim .. 6.8.130 .. > Having bathed in the waters of the Bhāgīrathī and worshipped this liṅga, > even though joined with sin, will attain the supreme state.” 130 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.130\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.130_3) tataste tridaśāḥ sarve sa ca devaṃ śatakratuḥ .. praṇipatya punaḥ proccaiḥ prajagmustridaśālayam ...3... > Then all those gods and Śatakratu, > having bowed down to the god, departed aloud once again to the abode of the gods. 131 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.132](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.132) tato jajñe mahāṃstatra svarge vṛtravadhotsavaḥ .. devendratvamanuprāpte punaḥ śakre dvijottamāḥ .. 132 .. > Then a great festival celebrating the slaying of Vṛtra took place there in heaven, > when Śakra obtained the lordship of the gods again, O best of brahmins. 132 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.133](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.133) .. sūta uvāca .. .. etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃbhavam .. māhātmyaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 133 .. > Sūta said: > All this māhātmya relating to Hāṭakeśvara, > which destroys all sins, has been told to you, O best of brahmins. 133 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.134) yaścaitatkīrtayedbhaktyā śṛṇoti ca samāhitaḥ .. sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ jarā maraṇavarjitam.. 134 .. > And whoever proclaims this with devotion or listens attentively, > he goes to the supreme abode, free of old age and death. 134 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.8.134\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8.134_4) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye vṛtravadhavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ .. 8 .. cha .. > Thus ends the eighth chapter, named “The Description of the Slaying of Vṛtra,” in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[section\], in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. 8. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.8.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.8) · Pramāṇa