[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) › 5.94 # Skandapurana 5.94 Skandapurāṇa 5.94 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.94.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.1) .. sūta uvāca .. ... . tathānyā lohayaṣṭistu tasminkṣetre'tiśobhanā .. muktā paraśurāmeṇa bhaṃktvā nijakuṭhārakam .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / Likewise, another very splendid iron staff in that sacred field / was left by Paraśurāma after breaking his own axe. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.2) tāṃ dṛṣṭvā mānavaḥ samyagupavāsaparāyaṇaḥ .. mucyate hi svakātpāpāttatkṣaṇādvijasattamāḥ .. 2 .. > Seeing it, a man who is devoted to fasting duly / is indeed freed instantly from his own sin, O best of the twice-born. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.3) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. kutaḥ paraśurāmeṇa bhaṃktvā nijakuṭhārakam .. nirmitā lohayaṣṭiḥ sā tatrotsṛṣṭā ca sā kutaḥ ..3 .. > The seers said: / Why, having broken his axe, was that iron staff / fashioned by Paraśurāma, and why was it discarded there? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.4) .. sūta uvāca .. .. yadā rāmo hradaṃ kṛtvā tarpayitvā nijānpitṝn .. gatāmarṣo dvijendrāṇāṃ dattvā yajñe vasundharām ..4.. > Sūta said: / When Rāma, having created the pool and gratified his ancestors, / having had his anger dispelled, had given the earth to the foremost twice-born in a sacrifice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.5) tataḥ saṃprasthito hṛṣṭo dhṛtvā manasi sāgaram .. snānārthaṃ taṃ samādāya kuṭhāraṃ bhāskaraprabham ..5.. > he then set out joyfully, keeping the ocean in mind, / taking that axe radiant as the sun for the purpose of a ritual bath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.6) tadā sa munibhiḥ proktaḥ sarvaistatkṣetravāsibhiḥ .. vāṃchadbhistu hitaṃ tasya sadā śamaparāyaṇaiḥ .. 6 .. > Then he was addressed by all the sages residing in that sacred field, / who desired his welfare and were ever devoted to peace: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.7) rāmarāma mahābhāga yaddhārayasi pāṇinā.. śastraṃ pūrṇe pratijño'pi tanna yuktaṃ bhavettava .. 7 .. > "O Rāma, Rāma, of great fortune, that you hold a weapon in your hand / even though your vow has been completed, is not proper for you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.9) anena karasaṃsthena tava kopaḥ kathaṃcana .. na yāsyati śarīrasthastasmādenaṃ parityaja .. 9 .. > While this remains in your hand, your bodily anger / will not depart in any way; therefore, abandon it." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.9\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.9_1) teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā tato rāmaḥ kṛtāṃjaliḥ .. provāca vinayopetaḥ prahasaṃstāndvijottamān .. 9 .. > Hearing those words of theirs, Rāma, with folded hands, / endowed with modesty and smiling, spoke to those foremost twice-born: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.9\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.9_2) kuṭhāraścaiva vipreṃdrā rudratejodbhavena ca .. lohena nirmitaḥ pūrvamakṣayo viśvakarmaṇā ..6.94..... tadahaṃ saṃparityajya kathamenaṃ dvijottamāḥ ..9 . > "O foremost vipras, this axe was fashioned long ago by Viśvakarman / from iron that arose from the fiery energy of Rudra, and it is imperishable. / How then, having cast it away, O best of the twice-born, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.9\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.9_3) kṣattradharmaparo'pyevaṃ pragacchāmi digaṃtaram .. 1... > though devoted to the duty of a kṣatriya, shall I proceed to another quarter? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.12) yadi cainaṃ mayā muktaṃ kuṭhāraṃ ca dvijottamāḥ .. grahīṣyati paraḥ kaścinmama vadhyo bhaviṣyati..12.. > And if this axe, cast away by me, O best of the twice-born, / should be seized by anyone else, he will be worthy of death by me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.13) nāparādhamimaṃ śaktaḥ sor̤huṃ cāhaṃ kathaṃcana .. api brāhmaṇamukhyasya janasyānyasya kā kathā .. 13 .. > Nor am I able to endure this transgression in any way, / even by a foremost brahmin, let alone any other person! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.14) tathāpi nāsti te śāṃtirmukte'pyasmindvijottamāḥ .. gṛhīte'pi ca yuṣmābhistasmādrakṣyaḥ prayatnataḥ .. 14 .. > Even so, you will have no peace if it is cast away, O best of the twice-born, / and if it is taken by you, it must be guarded with effort." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.15) .. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .. .. yadyevaṃ tvaṃ mahābhāga rakṣārthaṃ saṃprayacchasi .. asmākaṃ tatra bhaṃktvāśu piṃḍaṃ kṛtvā samarpaya .. 15 .. > The brahmins said: / "If, O fortunate one, you hand it over to us for safekeeping, / then quickly break it, make it into a lump, and deliver it, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.16) yena rakṣāmahe sarve paramaṃ yavamāśritāḥ .. na ca gṛhṇāti vā kaścidgate kālāṃtare'pi ca .. 16 .. > so that, relying on supreme effort, we all may guard it, / and no one will take it even after a long time has passed." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.17) teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ .. cakre lohamayīṃ yaṣṭiṃ taṃ bhaṃktvā sa kuṭhārakam .. 17 .. > Hearing those words of theirs, Rāma, the best of weapon-bearers, / broke that axe and made an iron staff. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.18) tataḥ sa brāhmaṇeṃdrāṇāmarpayāmāsa sādaram .. rakṣārthaṃ bhārgavaśreṣṭho vinayāvanataḥ sthitaḥ .. 18 .. > Then that best of the Bhārgavas reverently handed it over to the foremost brahmins / for safekeeping, standing bent in modesty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.19) .. brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ .. .. lohayaṣṭimimāṃ rāma tvatkuṭhārasamudbhavām .. vayaṃ saṃrakṣayiṣyāmaḥ pūjayiṣyāma eva hi .. 19 .. > The brahmins said: / "This iron staff produced from your axe, O Rāma, / we shall protect and indeed worship. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.20) yathā śaktimayī kīrtiḥ skandasyātra pratiṣṭhitā .. lohayaṣṭimayī tadvattava rāma bhaviṣyati .. 6.94.20 .. > Just as the fame of Skanda consisting of his spear is established here, / even so, O Rāma, will yours consist of this iron staff." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.21) bhraṣṭarājyastu yo rājā enāmārādhayiṣyati .. svaṃ rājyamacirātprāpya sa pratāpī bhaviṣyati .. 21 .. > Moreover, whatever king who has lost his kingdom propitiates it, > recovering his own kingdom before long, he will become full of majesty. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.22) vidyākṛte dvijo vā yaḥ sadaināṃ pūjayiṣyati .. sa vidyāṃ paramāṃ prāpya sarvajñatvaṃ prapatsyate .. 22 .. > Or whatever twice-born man always worships it for the sake of learning, > having attained supreme knowledge, he will reach omniscience. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.23) aputro vā naro yo'tha nārī vā pūjayiṣyati .. etāṃ yaṣṭiṃ tvadīyāṃ ca putravānsa bhaviṣyati .. 23 .. > Or whatever childless man, or woman, worships > this staff of yours, he or she will become possessed of children. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.24) upavāsaparo bhūtvā yaścaināṃ pūjayiṣyati .. āśvinasyāsite pakṣe caturdaśyāṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 24 .. > And whoever, dedicated to fasting, worships it, > especially on the fourteenth day of the dark half of the month of Āśvina, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.24\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.24_4) sa prāpsyati sadā kāmānabhīṣṭānmanasi sthitān.. .. 24 .. > he will always obtain the desires dwelling in his mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.25) evaṃ śrutvā tato rāmasteṣāmeva dvijanmanām .. praṇamya prayayau tūrṇaṃ samudrasadanaṃ prati .. 25 .. > Having heard this, Rāma then bowed to those very twice-born men, > and quickly went towards the abode of the ocean. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.26) te'pi viprāstatastasyāścakruḥ prāsādamuttamam .. tatra saṃsthāya tāṃ cakrustataḥ pūjāsamāhitāḥ .. 26 .. > Those brahmins too then built an excellent temple for it; > having established it there, intent on worship, they thereupon performed \[its rites\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.27) prāpnuvaṃti ca tatpārśvātkāmāneva hṛdi sthitān .. sustokenā'pi kālena durlabhāstridaśairapi .. 6.94.27 .. > And from its presence they obtained the desires residing in their hearts, > even in a very short time, \[wishes\] difficult to attain even by the gods. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.94.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94.94) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye lohayaṣṭimāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma caturṇavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 94 .. > Thus ends the ninety-fourth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of the Iron Staff' in the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara Māhātmya of the sixth \[section\], the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.94.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.94) · Pramāṇa