[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) › 5.91 # Skandapurana 5.91 Skandapurāṇa 5.91 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.91.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.91.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evamuktvā sa bhagavānvirarāma pitāmahaḥ .. saṃtoṣya pāvakaṃ kruddhaṃ svayameva dvijottamāḥ .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Having spoken thus, the blessed Grandfather ceased, / having Himself propitiated the enraged Fire, O best of the twice-born. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.91.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.91.2) tataḥ sarvaiḥ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ śakraviṣṇuśivādibhiḥ .. jagāma brahmalokaṃ ca devāste ca nijaṃ padam .. 2 .. > Then, together with all the gods headed by Śakra, Viṣṇu, and Śiva, / he went to Brahmā's world, and those gods went to their own abodes. 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.91.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.91.3) pāvako'pi dvijeṃdrāṇāmagnihotreṣu saṃsthitaḥ .. havirjagrāha vidhivadvasorddhārodbhavaṃ tathā .. 3 .. > Fire too, staying in the agnihotra fires of the foremost among the twice-born, / accepted according to rule the sacrificial oblation, and likewise that which arose from the continuous stream of clarified butter. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.91.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.91.4) evaṃ tatra samudbhūtamagnitīrthamanuttamam .. yatra snāto naraḥ prātarmucyate dinajādaghāt .. 4 .. > Thus arose there the peerless Agnitīrtha, / bathing where at dawn a man is freed from the sin born of the day. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.91.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.91.5) atha saṃprasthitāndṛṣṭvā tāndevānsvāśramaṃ prati .. gajeṃdraśukamaṇḍūkāste procurduḥkhasaṃyutāḥ ..5.. > Then, seeing those gods departing toward their own abode, / the lord of elephants, the parrot, and the frog, filled with sorrow, spoke: 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.91.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.91.6) yuṣmatkṛte vayaṃ śaptāḥ pāvakena sureśvarāḥ .. tasmājjihvākṛte'smākamupāyaściṃtyatāmapi ..6.. > “On your account we have been cursed by the Fire, O lords of the gods! / Therefore, let some means be devised for our tongues.” 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.91.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.91.7) .. devā ūcuḥ .. .. viparītāpi te jihvā yathānyeṣāṃ gajottama .. kāryakṣamā na saṃdeho bhaviṣyati viśeṣataḥ .. 7 .. > The gods said: / “Although your tongue is inverted, O best of elephants, / it will be capable of its function just like those of others; of this there is no doubt. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.91.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.91.8) tathā yūyaṃ narendrāṇāṃ maṃdireṣu vyavasthitāḥ .. bahu mānasamāyuktā mṛṣṭānnaṃ bhakṣayiṣyatha .. 8 .. > Moreover, you, staying in the palaces of kings, / accompanied by great honor, will eat sweet food. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.91.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.91.9) yathā ca śuka te jihvā kṛtā maṃdā havirbhujā .. tathāpi bhūmipālānāṃ śaṃsanīyā bhaviṣyati .. 9 .. > And though your tongue, O parrot, has been made slow by the Eater of Oblations, / even so it will become praiseworthy to rulers of the earth 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.91.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.91.10) śrīmatāṃ ca tathānyeṣāmasmadīyaprasādataḥ .. tvaṃ ca maṃḍūka yattena vijihvo vahninā kṛtaḥ .. tadbhaviṣyati te śabdo vijihvasyāpi dīrghagaḥ .. 6.91.10 .. > and to other wealthy persons, by our grace. / And you, O frog, although you have been made tongueless by Fire, / your sound will travel far, even without a tongue.” 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.91.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.91.11) evamuktvā'tha te devāḥ svasthānaṃ prasthitāstataḥ .. teṣāmanugrahaṃ kṛtvā kṛpayā parayā yutā .. 11 .. > Having spoken thus, those gods, filled with supreme compassion, / departed thence to their own abode after bestowing favor upon them. 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.91.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.91.91) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgararakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye'gnitīrthotpattivarṇanaṃnāmaikanavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 91 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the ninety-first chapter, entitled ‘The Description of the Origin of Agnitīrtha,’ in the Greatness of Hāṭakeśvara Sacred Field, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. 91 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.91.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.91) · Pramāṇa