[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) › 5.95 # Skandapurana 5.95 Skandapurāṇa 5.95 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.95.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. athānyāpi ca tatrāsti deśakāmapradā nṛṇām .. ajāpālena bhūpena sthāpitā pāpanāśanī .. 1 .. > Sūta said: > Now there is also another \[goddess\] there who grants the desires of people of the region, > established by King Ajāpāla, destroying sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.2) tāṃ ca śuklacaturdaśyāmajāpāleśvarīṃ naraḥ .. yo vai pūjayate bhaktyā dhūpapuṣpānulepanaiḥ .. sa prāpnotīpsitānkāmāndurlabhā sarvamānavaiḥ .. 2 .. > And on the bright fourteenth day, whatever man worships that Ajāpāleśvarī > with devotion, by means of incense, flowers, and ointments, > he attains desired wishes that are difficult to achieve for all human beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.3) tasyā devyāḥ prasādena satyametanmayoditam .. ajāpālo mahīpālaḥ purā''sītsaṃmataḥ satām .. 3 .. > By the grace of that goddess—this that I have spoken is true— > long ago there was King Ajāpāla, approved by the virtuous, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.4) hitakṛtsarvalokasya yathā mātā yathā pitā .. tena rājyaṃ samāsādya pitṛpaitāmahaṃ śubham .. 4 .. > doing good to all people, like a mother, like a father. > Having obtained the auspicious kingdom of his father and grandfather, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.5) ciṃtitaṃ manasā paścātsvayameva mahātmanā .. mayā tatkarma kartavyaṃ yadanyairiha bhūmipaiḥ .. na kṛtaṃ na kariṣyaṃti ye bhaviṣyantyataḥ param .. 5 .. > that great-souled one later reflected in his mind by himself: > 'I must perform that deed which by other rulers of the earth here > has not been done, nor will be done by those who will exist hereafter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.6) eṣa eva paro dharmo bhūpatīnāmudāhṛtaḥ .. yatprajāpālanaṃ śaśvattāsāṃ ca sukhasaṃsthitiḥ .. 6 .. > This alone has been declared the supreme duty of kings: > perpetual protection of the subjects and their happy settlement. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.7) yathāyathā karaṃ bhūpāstā māṃ gṛhṇaṃti lolupāḥ .. tathātathā manaḥkṣobho hṛdaye saṃprajāyate .. 7 .. > As greedy kings collect taxes from them, > so perturbation of the mind arises in the heart. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.8) na kareṇa vinā bhūpā hastyaśvādibalaṃ ca yat .. śaknuvaṃti paritrātuṃ pādātaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ .. 8 .. > Without taxes, kings are not able to maintain > the force of elephants, horses, and so forth, and especially the infantry. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.9) vinā tena sa gamyaḥ syānnīcānāmapi satvaram .. etasmātkāraṇādbhūpāḥ karaṃ gṛhṇaṃti lokataḥ .. 9 .. > Without that, he would quickly become vulnerable even to the base. > For this reason kings collect taxes from the people. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.10) tasmānmayā vināpyāśu nāgaiścaiva naraistathā .. tapaḥ śaktyā prakartavyaṃ rājyaṃ nihatakaṇṭakam .. 6.95.10 .. > Therefore, even without elephants and infantry, through the power of austerity > I must quickly render my kingdom free of thorns, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.11) karānagṛhṇatā tena lokānraṃjayatā sadā .. anyeṣāṃ bhūmipālānāṃ viśeṣeṇa mahātmanām .. 11 .. > not collecting taxes, constantly gladdening the people, > \[distinguishing myself\] from other kings, especially the great-souled ones.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.12) evaṃ citte samādhāya vasiṣṭhaṃ munipuṃgavam .. purodhasaṃ samāhūya tataḥ provāca sādaram .. 12 .. > Having thus determined in his mind, having summoned the royal chaplain Vasiṣṭha, > the best of sages, he then respectfully addressed him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.13) atra bhūmitale vipra sarveṣāṃ tīrthamuttamam .. alpakālena santuṣṭiṃ yatra yāti maheśvaraḥ .. vāsudevo'thavā brahmā hyetacchīghraṃ vadasva me .. 13 .. > “O brahmin, tell me quickly, on the surface of this earth, > which is the most excellent sacred ford of all, where Maheśvara, > or Vāsudeva, or Brahmā attains satisfaction in a short time? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.14) yenāhaṃ sarvalokasya hitārthaṃ tapa ādade .. na svārthaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha satyenātmānamālabhe .. 14 .. > By means of which I may undertake austerity for the benefit of all people, > not for self-interest, O best of brahmins; I swear by truth by my own self.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.15) .. vasiṣṭha uvāca .. tisraḥ koṭyordhakoṭī ca tīrthānāmiha bhūtale .. saṃti pārthivaśārdūla prabhāvasahitāni ca .. 15 .. > Vasiṣṭha said: > “Three and a half crores of sacred fords are on this earth, > O tiger among kings, endowed with spiritual power. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.16) aṣṭaṣaṣṭistathā rājankṣetrāṇāmasti bhūtale .. yeṣāṃ sāṃnidhyamabhyeti sarvadaiva maheśvaraḥ .. 16 .. > Likewise, O king, there are sixty-eight sacred fields on the surface of the earth, > to which Maheśvara always grants his presence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.17) tathā sarve surāstuṣṭā brahmaviṣṇu śivādayaḥ .. paraṃ siddhipradaṃ śīghraṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ mahīpate .. 17 .. > Likewise, all the gods are pleased—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, and the others. > Conferring supreme perfection quickly upon mortals, O king, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.18) hāṭakeśvaradevasya kṣetraṃ pātakanāśanam .. devānāmapi sarveṣāṃ tuṣṭiṃ gacchati caṃḍikā .. 18 .. > is the sacred field of the deity Hāṭakeśvara, which destroys sins. > Caṇḍikā, \[worshipped\] by all the gods as well, attains satisfaction > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.19) śīghramārādhitā samyakchraddhāyuktairnarairbhuvi .. tasmāttatkṣetramāsādya tāṃ devīṃ śraddhayānvitaḥ .. ārādhaya mahābhāga drutaṃ siddhimavāpsyasi ... .. 19 .. > quickly, when properly propitiated on earth by people endowed with faith. > Therefore, having reached that sacred field, endowed with faith, > propitiate that goddess, O highly fortunate one; swiftly you will obtain perfection.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.20) evamuktaḥ sa tenātha gatvā tatkṣetramuttamam .. pratiṣṭhāpya ca devīṃ tāṃ pūjayāmāsa bhaktitaḥ .. 6.95.20 .. > Having thus been addressed by him, he then went to that excellent sacred field, > and having installed that goddess, he worshipped her with devotion, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.21) brahmacaryaparo bhūtvā śucirvrataparāyaṇaḥ .. niyato niyatāhārastrikālaṃ snānamācaran .. 21 .. > practicing celibacy, pure, devoted to his vow, > restrained, with limited diet, performing ritual ablutions at the three junctures of the day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.22) evamārādhyatastatra gandhapuṣpānulepanaiḥ .. pūjāparasya sā devī tasya tuṣṭiṃ tato gatā .. 22 .. .. > As he thus propitiated her there with incense, flowers, and ointments, > intent on worship, that goddess then became pleased with him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.23) ..devyuvāca .. .. parituṣṭāsmi te vatsa vratenānena nityathaḥ .. balipūjāvidhānena vihitenāmunā svayam .. 23 .. > The goddess said: > “I am exceedingly pleased with you, child, by this continuous vow, > by this arrangement of offerings and worship performed by yourself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.24) tadbrūhi yena te sarvaṃ prakaromi hṛdi sthitam .. sadya eva mahīpāla tridaśairapi durlabham .. 24 .. > Therefore speak, so that I may grant all that is in your heart, > instantly, O ruler of the earth, even that which is difficult for the gods to attain.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.25) ..rājovāca .. .. lokānāṃ hitakāmena mayaitadvratamāhṛtam .. yena teṣāṃ bhavetsaukhyaṃ matprasādādanuttamam ..25.. > The king said: > “With a desire for the welfare of the people this vow was undertaken by me, > so that through my favor peerless happiness may belong to them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.26) tasmāddehi mahābhāge jñānayuktāni bhūriśaḥ .. mamāstrāṇi vicitrāṇi svairagāṇi samantataḥ ..26.. > Therefore, O highly fortunate one, grant to me manifold, wondrous weapons > endowed with consciousness, which move everywhere at will, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.27) yāni jānaṃti bhūpṛṣṭhe mama pārśve sthitānyapi .. aparādhaṃ sadā loke paradārādi yatkṛtam 27 .. > which, even while remaining at my side, know upon the earth's surface > transgressions constantly committed in the world, such as violation of another's wife, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.28) anurūpaṃ tatastasya pātakasya vinigraham .. prakurvaṃti mitho yena na teṣāṃ saṃkaro bhavet ..28.. > and subsequently execute punishment corresponding to that sin, > so that there will be no intermingling of duties among them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.29) maṃtragrāmaṃ tathā devi mama dehi pṛthagvidham .. nigrahaṃ vyādhisattvānāṃ yena śīghraṃ karomyaham ..29.. > Likewise, O goddess, grant me the diverse collection of mantras, > by which I may quickly effect the suppression of disease-causing beings, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.30) yena syurmanujāḥ sarve mama rājye sukhānvitāḥ.. nīrogāḥ puṣṭisaṃpannā bhayaśokavivarjitāḥ .. 6.95.30 .. > so that all humans in my kingdom may be endowed with happiness, > free from disease, possessed of vigor, and free from fear and sorrow. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.31) nāhaṃ devi kariṣyāmi hastyaśvarathasaṃgraham.. yatasteṣāṃ bhavetpuṣṭirvittairvittaṃ karairbhavet .. gṛhītaiḥ sarvalokānāṃ tasmāttanna mamepsitam .. 31 .. > I shall not gather elephants, horses, and chariots, O goddess, > since their nourishment comes from wealth, and wealth comes from taxes > collected from all the people; therefore that is not desired by me.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.32) .. śrīdevyuvāca .. .. atyadbhutataraṃ karma tvayaitatpṛthivīpate .. prārabdhaṃ yanna kenāpi kṛtaṃ na ca kariṣyati .. 32 .. > The auspicious goddess said: > “A most extraordinary undertaking has been commenced by you, O lord of the earth, > which has not been done by anyone, nor will anyone do it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.33) tathāpyevaṃ kariṣyāmi tava dāsyāmi kṛtsnaśaḥ .. jñānayuktāni śastrāṇi maṃtragrāmaṃ ca tādṛśam .. 33 .. > "Even so, I will do this: I will give you completely / weapons endowed with consciousness and a collection of mantras of that kind, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.34) gṛhyante yena te sarve vyādhayo'pi sudāruṇāḥ .. paraṃ sadaiva te rakṣyā manmantrairapi saṃyutāḥ .. 34 .. > by which all those very terrible diseases are seized. / Moreover, they must always be protected by you, endowed with my mantras. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.35) yadi dṛṣṭipathāttubhyaṃ kvacidyāsyaṃti dūrataḥ .. mānavānpīḍayiṣyaṃti cirātprāpyādhikaṃ tataḥ .. 35 .. > If they ever go far away out of your range of sight, / having found more \[power\] after a long time, they will afflict human beings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.36) yadā tvaṃ pṛthivīpāla svargaṃ yāsyasi bhūtalāt .. tadātra salile sthāpyā madagre(\*) yadvyavasthitam .. 36 .. > When, O protector of the earth, you go from the earthly realm to heaven, / then whatever is situated before me must be placed here in the water. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.37) sarve maṃtrāstathā'strāṇi mamavākyādasaṃśayam .. yena syātpūrvavatsarvo vyavahāro nṛpodbhavaḥ .. 37 .. > All the mantras as well as the divine weapons \[will be kept safe\] by my command, without doubt, / by which all customary conduct originating from kings may be as before." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.38) ..sūta uvāca .. ... bāḍhamityeva tenokte tatkṣaṇāddvijasattamāḥ .. prādurbhūtāni divyāni tasyāstrāṇi bahūni ca .. 38 .. > Sūta said: / When he said, "Certainly!", instantly, O best of the twice-born, / many divine missiles of his appeared, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.39) jñānasaṃpatprayuktāni yādṛśāni mahātmanā .. tena saṃyācitānyeva vyādhimaṃtrāstathaiva ca .. 39 .. > endowed with the wealth of consciousness, of such a kind as were requested / by that great-souled one, and likewise the mantras for diseases, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.40) vyādhayo yaiśca gṛhyaṃte mucyaṃte svecchayā sadā .. sukhena paripālyaṃte dṛṣṭigocarasaṃsthitāḥ .. 6.95.40 .. > by which diseases are seized and released at will at all times, / \[and\] situated within the range of sight, they are protected with ease. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.41) tatastaṃ sakalaṃ prāpya prasādaṃ caṃḍikodbhavam .. tacca hastyādikaṃ sarvaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo dadau nṛpa .. 41 .. > Then, having obtained all that favor arisen from Caṇḍikā, / that king gave all those elephants and other things to the brahmins, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.42) ekāṃ muktvā nijāṃ bhāryāmekaṃ daśarathaṃ sutam .. tāṃścāpi sakalānvyādhīnmaṃtraiḥ saṃyamya yatnataḥ .. 42 .. > excepting his one wife and his one son Daśaratha. / And carefully restraining all those diseases with mantras, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.43) ajārūpānsvayaṃ paścādyaṣṭimādāya rakṣati .. evaṃ tasya narendrasya vartamānasya bhūtale .. 43 .. > having assumed the form of goats, he himself then protected \[them\], taking a staff. / As that lord of men was living in this manner on the earth, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.44) gupto'pi nāparādhaḥ syātkasyacitprakaṭaḥ kutaḥ .. pramādādyadi bhūloke kaścitpāpaṃ samācaret .. 44 .. > there could be no offense even in secret, so how could there be an open one? / If anyone out of negligence should commit a sin in the earthly world, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.45) tadrūpo nigrahastasya tatkṣaṇādeva jāyate .. vadhaṃ vā yadi vā baṃdhaṃ kleśaṃ cā'rātisaṃbhavam .. 45 .. > a punishment corresponding to that immediately arose for him: / whether execution, or imprisonment, or torment arising from an enemy, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.46) adṛṣṭānyapi śastrāṇi tāni kurvaṃti tatkṣaṇāt .. anyeṣāṃ ca mahīpānāṃ rājye guptānyanekaśaḥ .. kurvanti manujāsteṣāṃ cakre vaivasvato graham .. 46 .. > even though invisible, those weapons produced instantly. / In the realms of other kings, men committed \[offenses\] secretly in many ways; / the son of Vivasvat (Yama) seized them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.47) na tatra bhayasaṃtrastastataḥ pāpasamācaret .. pratyakṣaṃ vā viśeṣeṇa jñātvā śastrabhayaṃ ca tat .. 47 .. > There, not terrified by fear, \[none\] would then commit sin, / especially having recognized manifestly that fear of weapons. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.48) tataste pāpanirmuktā lokāḥ saṃśuddhagātrakāḥ .. rogeṣu nigṛhīteṣu prāptāḥ sukhamanuttamam .. 48 .. > Then those people, freed from sin, their bodies completely purified, / the diseases being restrained, attained unsurpassed happiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.49) evaṃ sthiteṣu lokeṣu gatapāpāmayeṣu ca .. prayātāḥ śūnyatāṃ sarve narakā ye yamālaye .. 49 .. > When the worlds were established in this way, their sins and diseases gone, / all the hells that were in the abode of Yama went to emptiness. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.50) na kaścinnarakaṃ yāti na ca mṛtyupathaṃ naraḥ .. yathā kṛtayugaṃ tādṛktretāyāmapi saṃsthitam.. 6.95.50 .. > No man went to hell, nor did anyone go to the path of death. / As was the Kṛtayuga, even so it remained in the Tretā\[yuga\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.51) vyavahāre tato naṣṭe yamalokasamudbhave .. svargeṇa tulyatāṃ prāpte prāṇibhirmṛtyuvarjitaiḥ .. 51 .. > The activity originating in the realm of Yama being destroyed, / when \[the earth\] attained equality with heaven through living beings devoid of death, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.52) tato vaivasvato gatvā brahmaṇaḥ sadanaṃ prati .. provāca duḥkhasaṃpannaḥ praṇipatya pitāmaham .. 52 .. > then the son of Vivasvat, having gone to the abode of Brahmā, / afflicted with sorrow, bowed down to the Grandfather and said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.52\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.52_1) ahaṃ purā tvayā deva dharmādharmadidṛkṣayā .. mānuṣāṇāṃ samādiṣṭo nigrahānugrahaṃ prati .. 033 .. > "Formerly, O Lord, wishing to behold the virtue and non-virtue / of men, I was appointed by you for punishment and favor. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.54) ajāpālena bhūpena tatsarvaṃ viphalīkṛtam .. tapaḥśaktyā suraśreṣṭha devīmārādhya caṃḍikām .. 54 .. > All that has been rendered fruitless by the king Ajāpāla, / who, by the power of austerity, O best of the gods, worshipped the goddess Caṇḍikā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.55) nādhayo vyādhayastatra na pāpāni mahītale .. kasyaciddeva jāyaṃte yathā kṛtayuge tathā .. 55 .. > There are no mental agonies, no physical diseases, and no sins on the earth; / none arises for anyone, O Lord, just as in the Kṛtayuga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.56) tasmātkuru suraśreṣṭha punareva yathā purā .. madīyabhavane kṛtsno vyavahāraḥ prajāyate .. 56 .. > Therefore, O best of the gods, act so that once again, as before, / all the customary transactions may arise in my dwelling." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97) tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ .. samīpa upaviṣṭasya śivasyā''syaṃ vyalokayat .. 97 .. > Hearing that speech of his, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, / looked at the face of Śiva, who was seated nearby. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_2) athābravītprahasyoccaistrinetraścaturānanam .. atyadbhutatamāṃ śrutvā tāṃ vārtāṃ yamasaṃbhavām .. 58 .. > Then the three-eyed one, laughing loudly, said to the four-faced one, / having heard that most marvelous report originating from Yama. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_3) .. maheśvara uvāca .. .. dharmamārgapravṛttasya sadācārasya bhūpateḥ .. kathaṃ nivāraṇaṃ tatra kriyate kaśca nigrahaḥ .. 59 .. > Maheśvara said: / "For a king who has set out on the path of dharma and acts righteously, / how could prevention be done in this case, and what punishment \[could there be\]? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_4) tasmāttena mahīpena yasmānmārgaḥ pradarśitaḥ .. apūrvo dharmasaṃbhūtaḥ kṛtaḥ samyaṅmahātmanā .. 6.95.60 .. > Therefore, because a path has been shown by that king, / an unprecedented \[path\] produced by dharma, executed properly by that great-souled one, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_5) tanmayāpi yathā cāsya prasādaḥ surasattama .. apūrvaḥ karaṇīyaśca yathā dharmo na duṣyati .. 61 .. > therefore by me too, O best of the gods, an unprecedented / favor must be made for him, such that dharma is not corrupted." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_6) evamuktvā caturvaktraṃ yamaṃ prāha tataḥ śivaḥ .. vadāyuṣo'sya yaccheṣamajāpālasya bhūpateḥ .. yena tatsamaye prāpte taṃ nayāmi nijālayam .. 62 .. .. > Having spoken thus to the four-faced one, Śiva then said to Yama: / "Tell what remains of this king Ajāpāla's lifespan, / so that, when that time arrives, I may lead him to my own abode." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_7) .. yama uvāca .. .. pañcavarṣasahasrāṇi tasyātītāni cāyuṣaḥ .. tiṣṭhaṃti pañcapañcāśatpratīkṣye'haṃ tataḥ katham .. 63 .. > Yama said: / "Five thousand years of his lifespan have passed, / and fifty-five remain; how then can I wait, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_8) yāvatkālaṃ suraśreṣṭha śūnye jāte sva āśraye .. tasmātkuru drutaṃ kaṃcidupāyaṃ tadvināśane .. 64 .. > O best of the gods, for such a long time while my own abode has become empty? / Therefore, devise quickly some means for destroying that." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_9) evamukte yamenātha taṃ visṛjya gṛhaṃ prati .. vyāghrarūpaṃ samāsthāya svayaṃ tatsaṃnidhau yayau .. 65 .. > When Yama had spoken thus, having dismissed him to his home, / \[Śiva\] himself, assuming the form of a tiger, went into his presence, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_10) yatra saṃstho mahīpaḥ sa prajāpālanatatparaḥ .. meghagambhīranirghoṣaṃ garjamāno muhurmuhuḥ .. 66 .. > where that king remained intent on protecting his subjects, / roaring again and again with a sound as deep as a thundercloud. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_11) ajāstāstaṃ ca saṃvīkṣya vyāghraṃ raudravapurddharam .. ajāpālaṃ samuddiśya saṃtrastāḥ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ .. 67 .. > Beholding that tiger bearing a terrible body, those goats, / terrified, fled for refuge towards Ajāpāla. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_12) tasya yatnaparasyāpi rakṣamāṇasya bhūpateḥ.. ajāstā vyāghrarūpeṇa śaṃkareṇa prabhakṣitāḥ .. 68 .. > Even while that king was striving and protecting \[them\], / those goats were devoured by Śaṃkara in the form of a tiger. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_13) ajānāṃ kadanaṃ dṛṣṭvā tataḥ sa pṛthivīpatiḥ .. svahastādyaṣṭimutsṛjya jagrāha niśitāyudham .. .. 69 .. > Then, seeing the slaughter of the goats, that ruler of the earth, / casting away the staff from his hand, seized a sharp weapon, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_14) yattasya tuṣṭayā dattaṃ caṃḍaṃ caṃḍārciṣā samam .. tacchastraṃ ca tathānyāni devīdattāni śaṃkaraḥ .. śanaiḥśanaiḥ prajagrāha svavaktreṇa maheśvaraḥ .. .. 6.95.70 .. > the fierce \[weapon\] given to him by the pleased \[goddess\], resembling the hot-rayed \[sun\]. / That weapon and the other \[weapons\] given by the Goddess, Śaṃkara, / Maheśvara, gradually seized with his own mouth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_15) astrābhāvāttatastūrṇaṃ dhriyamāṇe'pi kāṃtayā .. dvaṃdvayuddhena taṃ vyāghraṃ yodhayāmāsa bhūpatiḥ .. 71 .. > Then, in the absence of weapons, although held back quickly by his beloved \[wife\], / the king fought that tiger in hand-to-hand combat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_16) tatastasyāṃgasaṃsparśānmuktvā vyāghratanuṃ ca tām .. dadhāra bhasmasaṃdigdhāṃ tanuṃ candravibhūṣitām .. 72 .. > Then, from the contact with his limbs, abandoning that tiger body, / \[Śiva\] assumed a body smeared with ashes and adorned with the moon, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_17) ruṃḍamālāvarāṃ divyāṃ sakhaṭvāṃgāṃ sapannagām .. tāṃ dṛṣṭvā sa mahīpālaḥ sabhāryaḥ praṇatastataḥ .. 73 .. > having an excellent garland of severed heads, divine, accompanied by a skull-topped club and snakes. / Seeing him, that ruler of the earth, along with his wife, then bowed down; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_18) provācātha stutiṃ kṛtvā vinayāvanataḥ sthitaḥ .. ānaṃdāśrupariklinno harṣagadgadayā girā .. 74 .. > having offered praise, standing bowed with modesty, / bathed in tears of joy, he spoke in a voice choked with delight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_19) .. rājovāca .. .. ajñānādyanmayā deva prahārāstava nirmitāḥ .. tiraskārastathā dattastatsarvaṃ kṣamyatāṃ vibho .. 75 .. > The king said: / Through ignorance, O God, blows were struck by me against you, / and insult was likewise offered; forgive all that, O all-pervading Lord! 75 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_20) .. śrībhagavānuvāca .. .. kṣāṃta eṣa mayā putra tava sarvaḥ parābhavaḥ .. parituṣṭena te karma dṛṣṭvā caivātimānuṣam .. 76 .. > The Lord said: / O son, all this insult from you has been forgiven by me, / highly pleased at seeing your superhuman feat. 76 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_21) yathā kṛtaṃ tvayā rājyaṃ prajāḥ saṃrakṣitā nṛpa .. tathānyo bhūpatiḥ kaścinna kartā na kariṣyati .. 77 .. > As the kingdom was ruled and the subjects were protected by you, O king, / in such a manner no other ruler of the earth has ever done, nor ever will do. 77 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_22) tasmādgaccha mayā sārdhaṃ pātāle pārthivottama .. anenaiva śarīreṇa dharmapatnyānayā saha .. 78 ... > Therefore come with me to Pātāla, O best of earthly kings, / in this very body, together with this lawful wife of yours. 78 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_23) nātaḥ paraṃ tvayā stheyaṃ martyaloke kathaṃcana .. viruddhaṃ sarvadevānāṃ yataḥ karma tvadudbhavam .. 79 .. > You must by no means remain any longer in the mortal world, / since the deed that arose from you is contrary to all the gods. 79 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_24) .. rājovāca .. .. evaṃ deva kariṣyāmi gatvā'yodhyāṃ mahāpurīm .. putraṃ rājye pratiṣṭhāpya maṃtriṇāṃ saṃnivedya ca .. 6.95.80 .. > The king said: / I will do so, O God, after going to the great city of Ayodhyā, / establishing my son on the throne, and informing the ministers. 80 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_25) tathāhaṃ deva devyā ca proktaḥ saṃtuṣṭayā purā .. mantragrāmo yayā dattaḥ śastrāṇi vividhāni ca .. 81 .. > Moreover, O God, I was told formerly by the pleased goddess, / by whom a collection of mantras and various weapons were given: 81 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_26) yadā tvaṃ tyajasi prājña martyalokaṃ sudustyajam .. tadātra māmake kuṇḍe prakṣeptavyāni kṛtsnaśaḥ .. 82 .. > “When you abandon the mortal world, which is so hard to leave, O wise one, / they must then all be thrown into my pool.” 82 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_27) tāni cārpaya me bhūyo yenānṛṇyaṃ vrajāmyaham .. tasyā devyāḥ surādhīśa tvatprasādena sāṃpratam .. 83 .. > Now, by your favor, grant them back to me once more, O Lord of the gods, / so that I may become free from debt to that goddess. 83 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_28) evamuktastatastena bhagavāṃstripurāṃtakaḥ .. ājñāpya tāni sarvāṇi dadau tatra drutaṃ gataḥ .. 84 .. > Addressed thus by him, the Lord who destroys the three cities, / having summoned them all, went quickly and gave them there. 84 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_29) abravīcca sutastatra svayaṃ rājā bhaviṣyati .. vīryaudāryasamopeto vaṃśasyoddharaṇakṣamaḥ .. 85 .. > And he said: “Your son will become king there on his own, / endowed with valor and generosity, capable of uplifting the lineage. 85 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_30) tvaṃ cāgaccha mayā sārdhamadyaiva mama maṃdire .. praviśyātra jale puṇye devīkuṇḍasamudbhave .. 86 .. > And you, come with me this very day to my dwelling, / having entered here into the holy water born of the pool of the Goddess. 86 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_31) adya māghacaturdaśyāṃ śuklāyāmaparo'pi yaḥ .. devīmimāṃ ca saṃpūjya jale'sminbhaktisaṃyutaḥ .. 87 .. > Today, on the fourteenth day of the bright fortnight of Māgha, whatever other person / also worships this Goddess and, endowed with devotion, in this water 87 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_32) kariṣyati praveśena prāṇatyāgaṃ nṛpottama .. sa ca yāsyati yatrāste pātāle hāṭakeśvaraḥ .. 88 .. > shall relinquish life by entering, O best of kings, / he too shall go to Pātāla, where Hāṭakeśvara dwells. 88 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_33) snānaṃ vā pārthivaśreṣṭha yaḥ kariṣyati mānavaḥ .. aṣṭottaraśataṃ tasya vyādhīnāṃ na bhaviṣyati .. .. 89 .. > Or whatever man shall perform a ritual ablution, O best of kings, / to him the one hundred and eight diseases shall not occur.” 89 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_34) evamuktvā tamādāya nṛpaṃ bhāryāsamanvitam .. ajābhistābhirastraiśca taiścāpi parameśvaraḥ .. praviveśa jale tasmindevīkuṇḍasamudbhave .. 6.95.90 .. > Having spoken thus, the Supreme Lord took that king together with his wife, / along with those goats and those weapons, / and entered into that water originating from the pool of the Goddess. 90 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_35) tataśca maṃdiraṃ nītaḥ svakīyaṃ dvijasattamāḥ .. tenaiva naradehena sa kalatrasamanvitaḥ .. 91 > Then, O best of twice-borns, he was led to his own abode, / in that very human body, accompanied by his wife. 91 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_36) adyāpi tiṣṭhate tatra jarāmaraṇavarjitaḥ .. pūjayānaśca taṃ devaṃ pātāle hāṭakeśvaram .. 92 .. > Even today he remains there, free from old age and death, / constantly worshiping that god Hāṭakeśvara in Pātāla. 92 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_37) evaṃ tatra samudbhūtā sā devī parameśvarī .. sthāpitā tena bhūpena śraddhāpūtena cetasā .. 93 .. > Thus that goddess, the Supreme Mistress, arose there, / installed by that king with a mind purified by faith. 93 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.95.97\_38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95.97_38) iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe śrīhāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye'jāpāleśvarīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma pañcanavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. .. 95 .. > Thus ends the ninety-fifth chapter, named “The Description of the Māhātmya of Ajāpāleśvarī,” in the section on the Māhātmya of Śrī-Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[part\] of the auspicious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa consisting of eighty-one thousand verses. 95 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.95.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.95) · Pramāṇa