[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) › 5.90 # Skandapurana 5.90 Skandapurāṇa 5.90 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.90.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.1) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. agnitīrthaṃ tvayā proktaṃ brahmatīrthaṃ ca yatpurā .. na tayoḥ kathitotpattirmāhātmyaṃ ca mahāmate .. 1 .. > The seers said: / As Agnitīrtha and Brahmatīrtha were mentioned by you previously, / yet their origin and māhātmya have not been told, O wise one; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.2) tasmādvistarato brūhi ekaikasya pṛthakpṛthak .. na vayaṃ tṛptimāpannāḥ śṛṇvataste vaco'mṛtam .. 2 .. > therefore, speak of each one separately in detail; / we have not attained satiety hearing your nectar-like speech. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.3) .. sūta uvāca .. .. atra vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi kathāṃ pātakanāśinīm .. agnitīrthasamudbhūtāṃ sarvasaukhyāvahāṃ śubhām.. 3 .. > Sūta said: / Here I shall proclaim to you the story that destroys sins, / arising from Agnitīrtha, auspicious, bringing all happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.4) somavaṃśasamudbhūtaḥ pratīpo nāma bhūpatiḥ .. purāsīcchauryasaṃpanno brahmajñānavicakṣaṇaḥ.. 4 .. > Formerly there was a king named Pratīpa, born in the lunar dynasty, / endowed with valour and skilled in the knowledge of Brahman. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.5) tasya putradvayaṃ jajñe sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam .. devāpiḥ prathamastatra dvitīyaḥ śaṃtanurdvijāḥ .. 5 .. > Two sons, endowed with all auspicious marks, were born to him: / Devāpi was the first among them, and the second was Śaṃtanu, O twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.6) atho śivapadaṃ prāpte pratīpe nṛpasattame .. tapo'rthaṃ rājyamutsṛjya devāpirniyaryau vanam .. 6 .. > Then, when that best of kings, Pratīpa, attained the state of Śiva, / Devāpi, having renounced the kingdom, departed to the forest for the sake of austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.7) tataśca maṃtribhiḥ sarvaiḥ śaṃtanustasya cānujaḥ .. pitṛpaitāmahe rājye satvaraṃ sanniyojitaḥ .. 7 .. > And then Śaṃtanu, his younger brother, was quickly established / by all the ministers in the ancestral kingdom. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.8) etasminnaṃtare śakro na vavarṣa kruddhā'nvitaḥ .. yāvaddvādaśavarṣāṇi tasmi nrājyaṃ praśāsati .. 8 .. > In the meantime, Indra, filled with wrath, did not rain / for twelve years while he ruled the kingdom. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.9) ataḥ kṛcchraṃ gataḥ sarvo lokaḥ kṣutparipīḍitaḥ .. cāmuṃḍāsadṛśo jāto yo na mṛtyuvaśaṃgataḥ .. 9 .. > Consequently, all the people fell into distress, afflicted by hunger; / whoever did not fall into the power of death became like Cāmuṇḍā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.10) saṃtyaktāḥ patibhirnāryaḥ putrāśca pitṛbhirnijaiḥ .. mātaraśca tathā putrairlokeṣvanyeṣu kā kathā .. 6.90.10 .. > Wives were abandoned by husbands, and sons by their own fathers; / and so mothers by sons—what to say of other people? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.11) daivayogātkvacitkiṃcitkasyacidyadi dṛśyate .. sasyaṃ siddhamasiddhaṃ vā hriyate vīryataḥ paraiḥ .. 11 .. > If by chance anywhere anything was seen belonging to anyone, / grain, whether cooked or uncooked, it was seized by force by others. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.12) śuṣkā mahīruhāḥ sarve tathā ye ca jalāśayāḥ.. nadyaśca svalpatoyāśca gaṃgādyā api saṃsthitāḥ .. 12 .. > All the trees dried up, and likewise whatever reservoirs of water there were; / and rivers, even the Gaṅgā and others, were reduced to very little water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.13) evaṃ vṛṣṭeḥ kṣaye jāte naṣṭe dharmapathe tathā .. loke'sminnasthisaṃghātaiḥ pūrite bhasmanā vṛte .. 13 .. > When such failure of rain had occurred and the path of dharma was lost, / this world was filled with heaps of bones and covered with ash. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.14) na kaścidyajanaṃ cakre na svādhyāyaṃ na ca vratam .. evamālokyate vyoma vṛṣṭyarthaṃ kṣutsamākulaiḥ .. 14 .. > No one performed sacrifices, nor private Vedic study, nor vows; / thus the sky was looked upon for rain by those overwhelmed with hunger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.15) etasminneva kāle tu viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ .. carmāsthiśeṣasarvāṃgo bubhukṣārta itastataḥ .. 15 .. > At that very time, the great sage Viśvāmitra, / whose entire body was reduced to skin and bones, afflicted by hunger, \[wandered\] here and there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.16) paribhramaṃstataḥ prāpya kaṃcidgrāmaṃ nirudvasam .. mṛtamartyodbhavaivyāptamasthisaṃghaiḥ samaṃtataḥ .. 16 .. > Wandering about, he then reached a certain deserted village, / filled all around with heaps of bones originating from dead mortals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.17) atha tatra bhramanprāptaścaṃḍālasya niveśanam.. śūnye go'sthisamākīrṇe durgaṃdhena samāvṛte .. 17 .. > Then, wandering there, he arrived at the dwelling of an outcaste, / empty, strewn with cattle bones, and enveloped in a foul stench. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.19) athāpaśyanmṛtaṃ tatra sārameyaṃ ciroṣitam .. saṃśuṣkaṃ gandhanirmuktaṃ gṛhaprāṃte vyavasthitam .. 19 .. > Then he saw there a dead dog that had lain there for a long time, / thoroughly dried up, devoid of smell, lying at the edge of the house. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.19\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.19_1) samādāya tatastaṃ ca āpaddharmaparāyaṇaḥ .. prakṣālya salile paścātpracakarta tadā muniḥ .. 19 .. > Then, having taken it up, intent on the conduct permissible in distress, / and having washed it afterwards in water, the sage cut it into pieces. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.20) tataśca śrapayāmāsa susamiddhe hutāśane .. kṣutkṣāmo bhojanārthāya tataḥ pākāgrameva ca .. 6.90.20 .. > And then, emaciated by hunger, he cooked it on a well-kindled fire / for the sake of eating; then, having taken the first portion of the cooked food, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.21) samādāya pitṝṃstarpya yāvadagnau juhoti saḥ .. tāvadvahniḥ parityajya samastamapi bhūtalam .. 21 .. > and having gratified the ancestors, as he was about to offer it into the fire, / just then the fire, abandoning the entire surface of the earth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.22) gataścādarśanaṃ sadyaḥ sarveṣāṃ kṣitivāsinām .. citte kopaṃ samādhāya śakrasyopari bhūriśaḥ .. 22 .. > immediately vanished from the sight of all inhabitants of the earth, / harboring great anger in his heart against Indra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.23) etasminnaṃtare vahnau martyalokādvinirgate .. viśeṣātpīḍitā lokā ye'vaśiṣṭā dharātale .. 23 .. > Meanwhile, when the fire had departed from the mortal world, / the people who remained on the surface of the earth were especially afflicted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.24) etasminnaṃtare devā brahmaviṣṇupuraḥ sarāḥ .. vahneranveṣaṇārthāya vabhramurdharaṇītale .. 24 .. > Meanwhile, the gods, led by Brahmā and Viṣṇu, / wandered the surface of the earth in search of the fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.25) atha tairbhramamāṇaiśca pradṛṣṭo'bhūdgajo mahān .. niśvasanpatito bhūmau vahnitāpaprapīḍitaḥ .. 25 .. > Then, as they were wandering, a large elephant was seen, / sighing, fallen on the ground, afflicted by the heat of the fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.26) atha devā gajaṃ dṛṣṭvā papracchustvarayā'nvitāḥ .. kaccittvayā sa dṛṣṭo'tra kānane pāvako gaja .. 26 .. > Then the gods, seeing the elephant, asked with haste: / 'Was the fire seen here by you in the forest, O elephant?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.27) .. gaja uvāca .. vaṃśastaṃbe'tra saṃkīrṇe saṃpraviṣṭo hutāśanaḥ .. sāṃprataṃ tena nirdagdhaḥ kṛcchrādatrāhamāgataḥ .. 27 .. > The elephant said: / 'The fire has entered into this dense thicket of reeds; / just now, scorched by it, I have come here with difficulty.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.28) atha tairveṣṭitastasminvaṃśastaṃbe hutāśanaḥ .. devairdattvā gajeṃdrasya śāpaṃ paścādvinirgataḥ .. .. 28 .. > Then the fire, surrounded in that reed-thicket / by the gods, departed after giving a curse to the king of elephants: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.29) yasmāttvayāhamādiṣṭo devānāṃ vāraṇādhama .. tasmāttava mukhe jihvā viparītā bhaviṣyati .. 29 .. > 'Because I was pointed out by you to the gods, O lowest of elephants, / therefore the tongue in your mouth shall be inverted.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.30) evaṃ śaptvā gajaṃ śīghraṃ naṣṭo vaiśvānaraḥ punaḥ .. devāścāpi tathā pṛṣṭhe saṃlagnāstaddidṛkṣayā .. 6.90.30 .. > Having cursed the elephant thus, the fire quickly vanished again; / and the gods also followed close behind him, desiring to see him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.31) atha dṛṣṭaḥ śukastaiśca bhramamāṇairmahāvane .. bhobhoḥ śuka tvayā vahniryadi dṛṣṭo nivedyatām .. 31 .. > Then a parrot was seen by them as they were wandering in the great forest: / 'O parrot, if the fire has been seen by you, tell us!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.32) śuka uvāca .. yo'yaṃ saṃdṛśyate dūrācchamīgarbhe ca pippalaḥ .. etasmiṃstiṣṭhate vahniraśvatthe surasattamāḥ .. 32 .. > The parrot said: > "That pippala tree which is seen from afar within the hollow of a śamī tree— > in that aśvattha tree fire is present, O best of the gods." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.33) atrastho yaḥ kulāyo ma āsīcchiśusamanvitaḥ .. saṃdagdhastatpratāpena ahaṃkṛcchrādvinirgataḥ ..33.. > "My nest, which was situated there together with my young ones, > was burned up by his heat; I escaped with difficulty." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.34) tacchrutvā taiḥ suraiḥ sarvaiḥ śamīgarbhaḥ sa tatkṣaṇāt .. veṣṭitaḥ pāvako'pyāśu śukaṃ śaptvā vinirgataḥ .. 34 .. > Having heard that, the hollow of that śamī tree was at that very moment > surrounded by all those gods; and the fire, having cursed the parrot, quickly departed: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.35) ahaṃ yasmāttvayā pāpa devānāṃ saṃniveditaḥ .. tasmācchuka na te vāṇī vispaṣṭā saṃbhaviṣyati .. 35 .. > "Since I have been revealed to the gods by you, sinful one, > therefore, parrot, your speech will not be distinct." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.36) evamuktvā jātavedā devādarśanavāṃchayā .. hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre devasya parameṣṭhinaḥ .. 36 .. > Having spoken thus, Jātavedas, wishing to avoid being seen by the gods, > in the sacred field born of Hāṭakeśvara, of the supreme god \[Brahmā\], > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.37) jalāśayaṃ sugambhīraṃ pūrvottaradiksaṃsthitam .. dṛṣṭvā tatra praviṣṭastu nibhṛtaṃ ca samāśritaḥ .. 37 .. > having seen a very deep body of water situated in the north-eastern direction, > entered it and took refuge there secretly. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.38) etasminnaṃtare tatra matsyakacchapadardurāḥ .. vahnipratāpanirdagdhā dṛśyaṃte śataśo mṛtāḥ .. 38 .. > Meanwhile, the fish, tortoises, and frogs there, > burned by the heat of the fire, were seen dead by the hundreds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.39) atha caiko'rdhanirdagdha āyuḥśeṣeṇa darduraḥ .. tasmājjalādviniṣkrāṃto dṛṣṭo devaiśca dūrataḥ .. 39 .. > Then a single half-burned frog, by the remainder of his lifespan, > emerged from that water and was seen by the gods from afar. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.40) pṛṣṭaśca brūhi cedbheka tvayā dṛṣṭo hutāśanaḥ .. tadarthamiha saṃprāptāḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ .. 6.90.40 .. > And he was asked: "Tell us, frog, if the consumer of oblations has been seen by you; > for that purpose all the gods, along with Indra, have arrived here." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.41) .. bheka uvāca .. asmiñjalāśaye vahniḥ sāṃprataṃ paryavasthitaḥ .. tasyaite jalamadhyasthā mṛtā bhūrijalodbhavāḥ .. 41 .. > The frog said: > "In this body of water fire is currently staying; > because of him, these numerous water-born creatures living within the water are dead." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.42) asmākaṃ nidhanaṃ prāptaṃ kuṭumbaṃ surasattamāḥ .. ahaṃ kṛcchreṇa niṣkrāṃta etasmājjalasaṃśrayāt .. 42 .. > "Our family has met its death, O best of gods; > I have come out with difficulty from this watery abode." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.43) tacchrutvā te surāḥ sarve sarvatastaṃ jalāśayam .. veṣṭayitvā sthitāstatra vahnirbhekaṃ śaśāpa ha .. 43 .. > Having heard that, all those gods, having surrounded that body of water > on all sides, stood there; and the fire indeed cursed the frog: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.44) yasmādbheka tvayā mūḍha devebhyo'haṃ niveditaḥ .. tasmāttvaṃ bhavitā nūnaṃ vijihvo'tra dharātale .. 44 .. > "Since I have been reported to the gods by you, foolish one, > therefore you shall surely become tongueless here on the surface of the earth." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.45) evamuktvā tataḥ sthānāttato vahnirvinirgataḥ .. tāvatsa brahmaṇā proktaḥ svayameva mahātmanā .. 45 .. > Having spoken thus, the fire then came out from that place. > Then he was addressed by the great-souled Brahmā himself: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.46) bhobho vahne kimarthaṃ tvaṃ devāndṛṣṭvā pragacchasi .. tvamādyaścaiva sarveṣāmeteṣāṃ saṃsthito mukham .. 46 .. > "O Fire, why do you run away upon seeing the gods? > You are the foremost of all these \[gods\], and you are established as their mouth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.47) tvayyāhutirhutā samyagādityamupatiṣṭhate .. ādityājjāyate vṛṣṭirvṛṣṭerannaṃ tataḥ prajāḥ .. 47 .. > An oblation offered properly into you approaches the sun; > from the sun rain is born, from rain comes food, and from that the creatures. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.48) tasmāddhātā vidhātā ca tvameva jagataḥ sthitaḥ .. saṃtuṣṭe dhāryate viśvaṃ tvayi ruṣṭe vinaṃkṣyati .. 48 .. > Therefore, you alone stand as the creator and ordainer of the world; > when you are satisfied, the universe is maintained; when you are angry, it will perish. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.49) agniṣṭomādikā yajñāstvayi sarve pratiṣṭhitāḥ .. atha sarvāṇi bhūtāni jīvaṃti tava saṃśrayāt .. 49 .. > All sacrifices beginning with the Agniṣṭoma are established in you; > and all beings live by taking refuge in you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.50) tvamagne sarvabhūtānāmantaścarasi sarvadā .. tenaivānnaṃ ca pānaṃ ca jaṭharasthaṃ pacatyalama .. 6.90.50 .. > O Agni, you always move inside all beings; > by that alone, \[the fire\] residing in the belly thoroughly digests food and drink. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.51) tasmātkuru prasādaṃ tvaṃ sarveṣāṃ ca divaukasām .. kopasya kāraṇaṃ brūhi yatastyaktvā pragacchasi .. 51 .. .. > Therefore, grant your favor to all the dwellers of heaven; > tell the reason for your anger, because of which you depart having abandoned \[them\]." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.52) .. sūta uvāca .. tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā devasya parameṣṭhinaḥ .. provāca praṇayātkopaṃ kṛtvā natvā ca padmajam .. 52 .. > Sūta said: > Having heard those words of that supreme god, > Agni, feeling affection rather than anger and bowing to the lotus-born \[Brahmā\], said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.53) .. agniruvāca .. ahaṃ kopaṃ samādhāya śakrasyopari padmaja .. praṇaṣṭo jagadutsṛjya yasmāttatkāraṇaṃ śṛṇu .. 53 .. > Agni said: > "Conceiving anger against Indra, O lotus-born one, > I vanished, abandoning the world; hear the reason for that. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.54) anāvṛṣṭyā mahendrasya saṃjātaścauṣadhīkṣayaḥ .. tato'smyahaṃ śvamāṃsena viśvāmitreṇa yojitaḥ .. 54 .. > Because of the drought caused by the great Indra, the destruction of herbs occurred; > then I was offered dog's flesh by Viśvāmitra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.55) etasmātkāraṇānnaṣṭo na kāmānna ca saṃbhramāt .. abhakṣyabhakṣaṇādbhītaḥ satyametanmayoditam ..55.. > For this reason I vanished, not out of desire, nor out of confusion; > afraid of eating what is uneatable—this which I have spoken is the truth." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.56) tacchrutvā sa caturvaktraḥ śakramāha tataḥ param .. yuktameva śikhī prāha kimarthaṃ na ca varṣasi .. 56 .. > Having heard that, the four-faced one then said to Indra: > "Fire has spoken quite appropriately; why do you not cause rain?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.57) .. śakra uvāca .. jyeṣṭhaṃ bhrātaramullaṃghya śaṃtanuḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ .. pitṛpaitāmahe rājye sa niviṣṭaḥ pitāmaha .. 57 .. > Indra said: > "Bypassing his elder brother, Śaṃtanu, the ruler of the earth, > has entered upon the ancestral kingdom, O grandfather. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.58) etasmātkāraṇādvṛṣṭiḥ saṃniruddhā mayā prabho .. tadbrūhi kiṃ karomyadya tvaṃ pramāṇaṃ pitāmaha .. 58 .. > For this reason rain has been withheld by me, O lord; > therefore tell me what I should do now; you are the authority, O grandfather." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.59) .. pitāmaha uvāca .. tasyākramasya saṃprāptaṃ pāpaṃ tena mahībhujā .. upabhuktamavṛṣṭyādya tasmādvṛṣṭiṃ kuru drutam .. 59 .. > The grandfather said: > "The sin incurred by that transgression has been endured > by that king by means of the drought; therefore make rain quickly, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.60) madvākyādyāti no nāśaṃ yāvadetajjagattrayam .. akālenāpi devendra sasyābhāvādbubhukṣayā .. 6.90.60 .. > so that, by my word, these three worlds do not go to destruction > prematurely, O lord of the gods, on account of hunger due to the absence of crops." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.61) etasminnaṃtare śakra ādideśa tvarānvitaḥ .. puṣkarāvartakānmeghānvṛṣṭyarthaṃ dharaṇītale .. 61 .. > Meanwhile, Indra, filled with haste, commanded > the Puṣkarāvartaka clouds to rain upon the surface of the earth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.62) te'pi śakrasamādeśātsamastadharaṇītalam .. tatkṣaṇātpūrayāmāsurgarjanto vidyudanvitāḥ .. 62 .. > They too, by Indra's command, filled the entire surface of the earth > at that moment, thundering and accompanied by lightning. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.63) athābravītpunarbrahmā devaiḥ sārdhaṃ hutāśanam .. agnihotreṣu viprāṇāṃ pratyakṣo bhava pāvaka .. sāṃprataṃ tvaṃ varaṃ mattaḥ prārthayasvābhivāṃchitam .. 63 .. > Then Brahmā, together with the gods, spoke again to the consumer of oblations: > "O purifier, become visible in the agnihotra rites of the brahmins; > now request from me your desired boon." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.64) .. agniruvāca .. ayaṃ jalāśayaḥ puṇyo mannāmnā pṛthivītale .. khyātiṃ yātu caturvaktra vahnitīrthamiti smṛtam ..64.. > Agni said: > "May this holy body of water become renowned on the surface of the earth > by my name, O four-faced one, remembered as Vahnitīrtha. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.65) atra yaḥ prātarutthāya snātvā śraddhā samanvitaḥ .. agnisūktaṃ japitvā ca tvāṃ prapaśyati sādaram .. tasya tuṣṭistvayā kāryā drutaṃ madvākyataḥ prabho .. 65 .. > Whoever, having risen in the morning, bathes here endowed with faith, > and having muttered the Agnisūkta, gazes upon you with reverence— > satisfaction must be granted to him by you quickly, according to my word, O lord." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.66) .. śrībrahmovāca .. atra yaḥ prātarutthāya snātvā vai vedaviddvijaḥ .. agnisūktaṃ japitvā ca vīkṣayiṣyati māṃ tataḥ .. 66 .. > The venerable Brahmā said: > "Whoever, having risen in the morning, bathes here, a twice-born knower of the Veda, > and having muttered the Agnisūkta, shall then gaze upon me, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.67) agniṣṭomasya yajñasya sakalaṃ lapsyate phalam .. anekajanmajaṃ pāpaṃ nāśameṣyati pāvaka .. 67 .. > he shall obtain the entire fruit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice; > and sin born of many births shall go to destruction, O purifier." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.68) .. sūta uvāca .. evamuktvā sa bhagavānvirarāma pitāmahaḥ .. pāvako'pi ca viprāṇāmagnihotreṣu saṃsthitaḥ .. 68 .. > Sūta said: > Having spoken thus, the venerable grandfather ceased; > and the purifier also remained in the agnihotra rites of the brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.69) evaṃ tatra samudbhūtaṃ vahnitīrthaṃ mahādbhutam .. tatra snāto naraḥ prātaḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate .. 69 .. > Thus the greatly wonderful Vahnitīrtha arose there; > a man who bathes there in the morning is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.70) .. agniruvāca .. mamātṛptasya lokeśa tāvaddvādaśavatsarān .. kṣutpīḍāsaṃvṛte martye na prāptaṃ kutraciddhaviḥ .. 6.90.70 .. > Agni said: > "For me, who have remained unsatisfied for twelve years, O lord of the world, > while mortals were afflicted by hunger, no oblation was obtained anywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.71) bhaviṣyaṃti tathā yajñā kālena mahatā vibho .. saṃjātaiḥ paśubhirbhūyaḥ sasyādairaparairbhuvi .. 71 .. > Sacrifices will take place only after a long time, O lord, > when animals and other crop-eating creatures have multiplied again on the earth." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.72) .. śrībrahmovāca .. .. atra ye brāhmaṇāḥ kecinnivasaṃti hutāśana .. vasorddhārāpradānena te tvāṃ naktaṃdinaṃ sadā .. 72 .. > The venerable Brahmā said: > "Whichever brahmins reside here, O consumer of oblations, > they, by offering the continuous flow of clarified butter, will always, day and night, \[satisfy\] you..." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.73) tarpayiṣyaṃti sadbhaktyā tataḥ puṣṭimavāpsyasi .. te'pi kāmyairmano'bhīṣṭairbhaviṣyaṃti samanvitāḥ .. 73 .. > They will satisfy \[you\] with true devotion, and from that you will obtain nourishment. / They too will be endowed with their cherished desires. 73 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.74) saṃkrāṃti samaye yeṣāṃ vasordhārāpradāyinām .. bhaviṣyati kṣutaṃ vahne hūyamāne tavānala .. 74 .. > O fire, at the time of the sun's transit, when those who offer the continuous stream of clarified butter / offer oblations into you, O fire, 74 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.75) teṣāṃ pāpaṃ ca yatkiṃcijjñānato'jñānataḥ kṛtam .. tadyāsyati kṣayaṃ sarvamājanmamaraṇāṃtikam.. 75 .. > whatever sin they have committed knowingly or unknowingly, / all that, from birth up to their death, will go to destruction. 75 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.76) tvayi tuṣṭiṃ gate paścādbhaviṣyati mahīpatiḥ .. śibirnāma suvikhyāta uśīnarasamudravaḥ .. 76 .. > When you have become satisfied, thereafter there will be a king, / highly renowned, named Śibi, born of Uśīnara. 76 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.77) sa kṛtvā śraddhayā yuktaḥ satraṃ dvādaśavārṣikam.. vasorddhārāpradānena varṣaṃ tvāṃ tarpayiṣyati .. kalaśasya ca vaktreṇāvicchinnena divāniśam .. 77 .. > Equipped with faith, having performed a twelve-year sacrificial session, / he will satisfy you for a year with the offering of a continuous stream of clarified butter / from the mouth of a jar, uninterrupted day and night. 77 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.78) tatastuṣṭiṃ parāṃ prāpya parāṃ puṣṭimavāpsyasi .. pūjyamāno dharāpṛṣṭhe sarvairvedavidāṃ varaiḥ .. 78 .. > Then, having attained supreme satisfaction, you will attain supreme nourishment, / being worshipped on the face of the earth by all the best among the knowers of the Veda. 78 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.79) adyaprabhṛti yatkiṃcitkarma cātra bhaviṣyati .. śāṃtikaṃ pauṣṭikaṃ vāpi vasorddhārāsamanvitam .. saṃbhaviṣyati tatsarvaṃ tava tṛptikaraṃ param.. 79 .. > From this day forth, whatever rite there shall be here, / whether propitiatory or nourishing, accompanied by a continuous stream of clarified butter, / all that will become exceedingly satisfying to you. 79 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.80) api yadvaiśvadevīyaṃ karma kiṃciddvijanmanām .. vasorddhārāvihīnaṃ ca niṣphalaṃ saṃbhaviṣyati .. 6.90.80 .. > Even whatever vaiśvadeva rite of the twice-born / is devoid of the continuous stream of clarified butter will become fruitless. 80 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.81) yasmādbhavati saṃpūrṇaṃ karma yajñādikaṃ hi tat .. śāṃtikaṃ vaiśvadevaṃ ca pūrṇāhutirihocyate .. 81 .. > Since that sacrificial rite and the like become complete through it, / \[and likewise\] the propitiatory and the vaiśvadeva, it is called here the full offering (pūrṇāhuti). 81 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.82) yaḥ samyakchraddhayā yukto vasorddhārāṃ pradāsyati .. sa kāmaṃ manasā dhyātaṃ samavāpsyati kṛtsnaśaḥ .. 82 .. > Whoever, endowed with proper faith, offers the continuous stream of clarified butter, / he will attain completely whatever desire is meditated upon in his mind.” 82 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.90.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.90.90) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye vasorddhārāmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma navatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 90 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the ninetieth chapter, entitled ‘The Description of the Greatness of the Continuous Stream of Clarified Butter,’ in the Greatness of Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. 90 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.90.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: 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