[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) › 5.93 # Skandapurana 5.93 Skandapurāṇa 5.93 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.93.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.1) sūta uvāca .. .. athānyadapi tatrāsti gomukhākhyaṃ suśobhanam.. yadgovaktrātpurā labdhaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Now there is another very beautiful \[place\] there named Gomukha, / which was obtained in ancient times from the mouth of a cow, destroying all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.2) purāsīdatra gopālaḥ kaścitkuṣṭhasamāvṛtaḥ .. camatkārapuraṃ vipra atīva kṣāmatāṃ gataḥ .. 2 .. > In ancient times, O brahmins, in Camatkārapura there was a cowherd / afflicted with leprosy, who had become extremely emaciated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.3) kasyacittvatha kālasya tena mārgeṇa gokulam .. madhyāhnasamaye prāptaṃ caṃdre citrāsamanvitaḥ .. 3 .. > Then, after some time, a herd of cows along that path / reached \[the spot\] at midday, when the moon was united with Citrā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.4) ekādaśyāṃ tṛṣārttaṃ ca bhāskare vṛṣasaṃsthite .. ekayāpi tato dhenvā tṛṇastambamatīva hi .. nīlamālokitaṃ tatra dūrādetya praharṣitā .. 4 .. > on the eleventh lunar day, afflicted with thirst, when the sun stood in Taurus. / Then, a very dark-green clump of grass was seen there / by a single cow; approaching from afar, overjoyed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.5) dantairdrutaṃ samutpāṭya yāvadākarṣati dvijāḥ .. tāvattajjaḍamārgeṇa toyadhārā vinirgatā .. 5 .. > as she pulled it out swiftly with her teeth, O twice-born, / just then a stream of water gushed forth through the course of its roots. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.6) athāsvādya tṛṇaṃ tasmāttṛṣārtā ca śanaiḥśanaiḥ .. papau toyaṃ suviśrabdhā susvādu kṣīrasaṃnibham .. 6 .. > Then, having tasted the grass, afflicted with thirst, little by little, / with great confidence she drank the water, which was delicious and like milk. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.7) tasyā vegena tattoyaṃ pibantyāstatrabhūtale .. gartā jātā suvistīrṇā salilena samāvṛtā .. 7 .. > From the force of her drinking that water, on that spot of earth / a very broad pit was formed, filled with water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.8) tato'nyāḥ śataśo gāvaḥ papustoyaṃ munirmalam .. tṛṣārttāstaddvijaśreṣṭhāḥ pīyūṣarasasaṃnibham .. 8 .. > Then hundreds of other cows drank the spotless water, / O best of twice-born; afflicted with thirst, \[they drank\] that which was like the nectar of immortality. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.9) yathāyathā gatā gāvastatra toyaṃ pibaṃti tāḥ .. sā gartā vaktrasaṃsparśādvṛddhiṃ yāti tathā tathā .. 9 .. > The more the cows went and drank the water there, / the more that pit grew in size through the touch of their mouths. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.10) tataśca gokule kṛtsne jāte tṛṣṇāvivarjite .. gopālo'pi tṛṣārtastu tasmiṃstoye viveśa ca .. 6.93.10 .. > And then, when the entire herd of cows had their thirst removed, / the cowherd too, tormented by thirst, entered into that water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.11) aṃgaṃ prakṣālya pītvāpo yāvanniṣkrāmati drutam .. tāvatpaśyati gātraṃ svaṃ dvādaśārkasamaprabham .. 11 .. > Having washed his limbs and drunk the water, as soon as he came out quickly, / he saw his own body possessed of the brilliance of the twelve suns. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.12) tato vismayamāpanno gatvā svīyaṃ niketanam .. vṛtāṃtaṃ kathayāmāsa lokānāṃ purato'khilam .. 12 .. > Then, filled with amazement, having gone to his own home, / he recounted the entire event before the people: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.13) tṛṇastambaṃ yathā dhenvā tatrotpāṭya praśaktitaḥ .. yathā vinirgataṃ toyaṃ yathā tenāvagāhitam .. 13 .. > how the clump of grass was forcefully uprooted there by the cow, / how the water gushed forth, and how he had bathed \[in it\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.13\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.13_1) taddṛṣṭvā mānavāḥ sarve gatvā divyaṃ jalaṃ ca tat .. vyādhigrastā viśeṣeṇa snānaṃ cakruḥ samāhitāḥ ...4.. > Having seen that, all the people went to that celestial water; / especially those afflicted with diseases bathed attentively. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.15) bhavaṃti ca vinirmuktā rogaiḥ pāpaiśca tatkṣaṇāt.. apāpāśca punaryāṃti tatkṣaṇāttridivālayam .. 15 .. > And they became freed instantly from diseases and from sins; / and, free from sin, they instantly went to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.16) tataḥprabhṛti tatkhyātaṃ tīrthaṃ gomukhasaṃjñitam .. gomukhādbhūtale jātaṃ yataścaivaṃ dvijottamāḥ .. 16 .. > From then on, that sacred ford became renowned by the name Gomukha, / since it was born on earth from the mouth of a cow, O best of twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.17) atha bhītaḥ sahasrākṣastaddṛṣṭvā svargadāyakam .. akleśena manuṣyāṇāṃ pūrayāmāsa pāṃsubhiḥ .. 17 .. > Then the thousand-eyed Indra, seeing that it bestowed heaven upon men / without difficulty, became frightened and filled it up with dust. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.18) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. kiṃ tatkāraṇamādiṣṭaṃ yena tattādṛśaṃ jalam .. tasmātsthānādviniṣkrāṃtaṃ sūtaputra vadasva naḥ .. 18 .. > The seers said: / What was declared to be the cause whereby such water / emerged from that place? Tell us, O Sūta's son! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.19) .. sūta uvāca .. .. atra pūrvaṃ tapastaptamambarīṣeṇa bhūbhujā .. putra śokābhibhūtena toṣito garuḍadhvajaḥ .. 19 .. > Sūta said: / Here in ancient times, King Ambarīṣa performed austerity; / overcome with grief for his son, he propitiated \[Viṣṇu\] whose emblem is Garuḍa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.20) tasya putraḥ suvikhyātaḥ suvarcā iti viśrutaḥ .. eko babhūva vṛddhatve kathaṃciddvijasattamāḥ .. 6.93.20 .. > He had a renowned son known as Suvarcas, / an only \[son\], born somehow in his old age, O best of twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.21) pūrvakarmavipākena sa bālo'pi ca tatsutaḥ .. kuṣṭhavyādhisamākrāṃtaḥ pitṛmātṛsuduḥkhadaḥ .. 21 .. > Through the ripening of his past deeds, even as a child that son of his / was afflicted with the disease of leprosy, causing great sorrow to his father and mother. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.22) atha tatkāmikaṃ kṣetraṃ sa gatvā pṛthivīpatiḥ .. cakāra roganāśāya svaputrārthaṃ mahattapaḥ .. 22 .. > Then the lord of the earth went to that wish-granting sacred field / and performed great austerity for his son's sake to destroy the disease. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.23) tatastuṣṭiṃ gatastasya svayameva janārdanaḥ .. pradāya darśanaṃ vākyaṃ tataḥ provāca sādaram .. 23 .. > Then Janārdana himself, becoming pleased with him, / granted him darśana and then spoke these words with affection: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.24) parituṣṭo'smi te vatsa tasmāccitte'bhivāṃchitam .. prārthayasva prayacchāmi varaṃ putra na saṃśayaḥ .. 24 .. > “I am well pleased with you, dear one; therefore ask for whatever is desired in your heart! / I shall grant a boon, O son, there is no doubt.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.25) .. rājovāca .. .. mamāyaṃ saṃmataḥ putro grastaḥ kuṣṭhena keśava .. bālo'pi tatkuruṣvāsya kuṣṭhavyādhiparikṣayam .. 25 .. > The king said: / “This beloved son of mine, O Keśava, is afflicted with leprosy / though still a child; therefore bring about the complete destruction of his leprosy!” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.26) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. eṣa āsītpurā rājā meghavāhanasaṃjñitaḥ .. brahmaṇyaśca kṛtajñaśca sarvaśāstrārthapāragaḥ .. 26 .. > The Blessed Lord said: / “In a previous life he was a king named Meghavāhana, / devoted to brahmins, grateful, and well-versed in the meaning of all śāstras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.27) kasyacittvatha kālasya brāhmaṇo'nena ghātitaḥ .. aṃtaḥpure niśākāle praviṣṭo jārakarmakṛta .. 27 .. > Then, after some time, a brahmin was killed by him / when he entered the inner quarters at night committing adultery. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.28) atha paśyati yāvatsa prabhāte'bhyudite ravau .. yajñopavītasaṃyuktastāvatsa dvijarūpadhṛk .. 28 .. > Then, when he looked at dawn after the sun had risen, / he saw that he bore the form of a twice-born, endowed with a sacred thread. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.29) atha taṃ brāhmaṇaṃ matvā ghṛṇāviṣṭaḥ suduḥkhitaḥ .. gatvā kāśīpurīṃ paścāttapaścakre samāhitaḥ .. 29 .. > Then, realizing he was a brahmin, overcome with remorse and deeply distressed, / he subsequently went to the city of Kāśī and performed austerity with a focused mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.30) rājye putraṃ samādhāya vairāgyaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ .. niyato niyatāhāro bhikṣānnakṛtabhojanaḥ .. 6.93.30 .. > Having established his son on the throne, having attained supreme dispassion, / disciplined, of restrained diet, he ate only begged food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.31) tataḥ kālena saṃprāpto yamasya sadanaṃ prati .. vipāpmāpi ca cihnena yukto'yaṃ pṛthivīpatiḥ .. 31 .. > Then, in the course of time, this lord of the earth went to the abode of Yama; / though free from sin, he was marked with the sign > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.32) brahmaghātodbhavenaiva bālabhāve'pi saṃsthite .. ye'tra kuṣṭhasamāyuktā dṛśyaṃte mānavā bhuvi .. tairnūnaṃ brāhmaṇāghāto vihitaścānyajanmani .. 32 .. > arising from the murder of a brahmin, even while still in childhood. / Whichever men are seen afflicted with leprosy here on earth, / by them, surely, the murder of a brahmin was committed in another birth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.33) hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre yo gatvā śrāddhamācaret .. pitṝṇāṃ caiva sarveṣāmanṛṇaḥ sa prajāyate .. 33 . > Whoever goes to the sacred field born of Hāṭakeśvara and performs a śrāddha, / becomes free from debt to all his ancestors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.34) na brāhmaṇavadhādbāhyaṃ kuṣṭhavyādhiḥ prajāyate .. etatsatyaṃ vijānīhi vadato mama bhūpate .. 34 .. > The disease of leprosy does not arise without the murder of a brahmin; / know this to be true, O king, as I speak. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.35) .. aṃbarīṣa uvāca .. .. etadarthaṃ surādhīśa mayā tvaṃ pūjitaḥ prabho .. prasanne tvayi deveśa nāsādhyaṃ vidyate bhuvi .. 35 .. > Ambarīṣa said: / For this purpose, O ruler of the gods, you have been worshipped by me, O lord. / When you are pleased, O lord of the gods, nothing on earth is impossible. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.36) evamuktastatastena bhagavānmadhusūdanaḥ .. pātālajāhnavītoyaṃ sa sasmāra samādhinā ..36.. > Thus addressed by him, the blessed Madhusūdana / remembered the water of the subterranean Gaṅgā with meditative concentration. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.37) sā dhyātā sahasā tena viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā .. kṛtvā tu vivaraṃ sūkṣmaṃ viniṣkrāṃtā'tha tatkṣaṇāt .. 37 .. > Meditated upon suddenly by that powerful Viṣṇu, / she made a narrow opening and immediately burst forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.38) tataḥ provāca vacanamaṃbarīṣaṃ caturbhujaḥ .. nimajjatu sutaste'tra supuṇye jāhnavījale .. 38 .. > Then the four-armed \[lord\] spoke these words to Ambarīṣa: / "Let your son immerse himself here in the most holy water of the Gaṅgā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.39) yena kuṣṭhavinirmuktastatkṣaṇādeva jāyate .. tathā brahmavadhodbhūtaiḥ pātakairupapātakaiḥ .. 39 .. > so that he will be freed that very moment from leprosy, / as well as from the major and minor sins arising from the murder of a brahmin." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.40) etasminneva kāle tu samānīya sutaṃ nṛpaḥ .. snāpayāmāsa tattoyaiḥ pratyakṣaṃ śārṅgadhanvanaḥ .. 6.93.40 .. > At that very time, having brought his son, the king / bathed him with those waters before the eyes of the wielder of the Śārṅga bow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.41) tataḥ sa bālakaḥ sadyaḥ snātamātro dvijottamāḥ .. kuṣṭhavyādhivinirmukto jāto bālārkasaṃnibhaḥ .. 41 .. > Then, O best of the twice-born, as soon as he had bathed, that boy at once / became freed from the disease of leprosy, resembling the rising sun. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.42) tataḥ praṇamya taṃ devaṃ harṣeṇa mahatā'nvitaḥ .. pitrā samaṃ jagāmātha svakīyaṃ bhavanaṃ dvijāḥ .. 42 .. > Then, bowing down to that deity, filled with great joy, / he went to his own palace together with his father, O twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.43) tasmingate mahīpāle saputre tatkṣaṇāddhariḥ .. tadraṃdhraṃ pūrayāmāsa yathā no vetti kaścana .. 43 .. > When that king had gone with his son, Hari instantly / filled that opening so that no one would know of it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.44) etasmātkāraṇātpūrvaṃ tattoyaṃ sarvapāpahṛt .. yadgomukhena bhūyo'pi bhūtale prakaṭīkṛtam .. 44 .. > For this reason, that water which destroys all sins / was previously revealed again on earth through the cow's mouth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.49) adyāpi tajjalasparśātsupavitro dharātale .. yaḥ snānaṃ sūryavāreṇa kurute'rkodayaṃ prati .. tasya nāśaṃ drutaṃ yāṃti galagaṃḍādikā iha .. 49 .. > Even today, rendered exceedingly pure by touching its water on the earth, / whoever performs a ritual ablution on a Sunday at sunrise, / his goiter and other \[ailments\] quickly perish here, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.49\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.49_2) vyādhayopi mahāraudrā dadrupāmā samudbhavāḥ .. upasargodbhavāścaiva visphoṭakavicarcikā .. 46 .. > and also those terrible diseases arising from ringworm and scabies, / as well as those arising from malign influences, boils, and scab. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.49\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.49_3) niṣkāmastu punarmartyo yaḥ snānaṃ tatra bhaktitaḥ .. kurute yāti lokaṃ sa devadevasya cakriṇaḥ .. 47 .. > Moreover, a mortal who, free from desire, performs a ritual ablution there with devotion, / goes to the world of the discus-bearer, the god of gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.49\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.49_4) yasmindine samānītā sā gaṃgā tatra viṣṇunā .. tasmindine vṛṣe sūryaḥ sthitaścitrāsu caṃdramāḥ .. 48 .. > On the day when that Gaṅgā was brought there by Viṣṇu, / on that day the sun stood in Taurus and the moon in Citrā, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.49\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.49_5) tithiścaikādaśī caiva devadevasya śārṅgiṇaḥ .. govaktreṇa tṛṇastaṃbaṃ yasmiṃścaiva tu vāsare .. samākṛṣṭaṃ ca tatraiva yoga evaṃ vyavasthitaḥ .. 49 .. > and the lunar day was the eleventh belonging to the wielder of the Śārṅga bow, the god of gods, / on the day when the clump of grass was pulled through the cow's mouth / at that very place; such was the astrological conjunction established. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.50) tathānye'pi dine tasminyadi toyamavāpya ca .. snānaṃ karoti sadbhaktyā tatphalaṃ so'pi cāpnuyāt .. 6.93.50 .. > Likewise on another day, if someone obtains that water and / performs a ritual ablution with true devotion, he too will attain that fruit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.93.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.93.93) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye gomukhatīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma trinavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 93 .. . > Thus ends the ninety-third chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of the Gomukhatīrtha', in the glory of the Hāṭakeśvarakṣetra, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the auspicious Skandapurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.93.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - 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