[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) › 5.96 # Skandapurana 5.96 Skandapurāṇa 5.96 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.96.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evaṃ tasmingate bhūpe hyajāpāle rasātalam .. tatputraścābhavadrājā maṃtribhistu puraskṛtaḥ .. 1 .. > Sūta said: / When that king Ajapāla had thus departed to the netherworld, / his son became king, placed at the head by the ministers; 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.2) yo nityamagamatsvarge vāsavaṃ ramate sadā .. śanaiścaro jito yena rohiṇīṃ paribhedayan .. 2 .. > he who constantly went to heaven and always delighted Indra, / and by whom Śanaiścara was conquered as he was cleaving Rohiṇī; 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.3) gṛhe yasya svayaṃ viṣṇurbhūtvā caiva caturvidhaḥ .. rāvaṇasya vināśārthaṃ janma cakre praharṣitaḥ .. 3 .. > in whose house Viṣṇu himself, becoming fourfold, / joyfully took birth for the destruction of Rāvaṇa. 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.4) tenāgatyātra satkṣetre toṣito madhusūdanaḥ .. prāsādaṃ śobhanaṃ kṛtvā tataścaiva pratiṣṭhitaḥ .. 4 .. > Having come to this good sacred field, Madhusūdana was propitiated by him; / having built a beautiful temple, \[the deity\] was then installed by him. 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.5) tasyāpi viśrutā vāpī svayaṃ tena vinirmitā .. rājavāpīti loke'sminvikhyātiṃ paramāṃ gatā .. 5 .. > A step-well built by himself also became renowned; / it attained the highest fame in this world under the name “Rājavāpī.” 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.6) tasyāṃ yaḥ kurute śrāddhaṃ saṃprāpte pañcamīdine .. pretapakṣe viśeṣeṇa sa naraḥ syātsatāṃ priyaḥ .. 6 .. > Whoever performs a śrāddha in it when the fifth day arrives, / especially during the fortnight of the departed spirits, that man becomes dear to the virtuous. 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.7) .. ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .. .. kathaṃ tena jitaḥ saurī rohiṇīśakaṭaṃ ca yat .. bhiṃdānastoṣitastena kathaṃ nārāyaṇo vada .. 7 .. > The seers said: / How was Śani conquered by him as he was cleaving the cart of Rohiṇī, / and how was Nārāyaṇa propitiated by him? Tell \[us\]! 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.8) .. . sūta uvāca .. .. tasmiñchāsati dharmajñe svadharmeṇa vasundharām.. atisaukhyānvito lokaḥ sarvadaiva vyajāyata .. 8 .. > Sūta said: / While that knower of dharma was ruling the earth according to his own duty, / the people constantly lived endowed with supreme happiness. 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.9) bahukṣīrapradā gāvaḥ sasyāni guṇavaṃti ca .. kāmavarṣī ca parjanyo yatharttuphalitā drumāḥ .. 9 .. > Cows yielded abundant milk, the crops were rich in quality, / the rain-cloud showered at desire, and trees bore fruit according to the season. 9 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.10) kasyacittvatha kālasya daivajñaistasya bhūpateḥ .. kathitaṃ rohiṇībhedaṃ raviputraḥ kariṣyati .. 6.96.10 .. > Then, at a certain time, it was told to that king by astrologers: / “The son of the Sun will effect the cleaving of Rohiṇī. 10 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.11) tasyānaṃtaramevāśu durbhikṣaṃ saṃbhaviṣyati .. anāvṛṣṭiśca bhavitā raudrā dvādaśa vārṣikī .. yayā saṃpatsyate sarvaṃ bhūtalaṃ gatamānavam .. 11 .. > Immediately after that, a famine will soon occur, / and there will be a terrible drought lasting twelve years, / by which the whole surface of the earth will become devoid of men.” 11 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.12) teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sa rājā kupito'bhyagāt .. śanaiścaraṃ samuddiśya vimānamadhiruhya ca .. 12 .. > Hearing their words, that king went angrily / against Śanaiścara, having mounted an aerial chariot. 12 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.13) tasya tuṣṭena saṃdattaṃ vimānaṃ kāmagaṃ purā .. śakreṇa tatra saṃtiṣṭhañchanaiścaramupādravat .. 13 .. > Formerly, an aerial chariot moving at will had been given to him by the pleased Śakra; / standing in it, he rushed against Śanaiścara. 13 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.14) tataḥ sūryapathaṃ muktvā tataścaṃdrasya pārthivaḥ .. nakṣatrasaraṇiṃ prāpya sajyaṃ kṛtvā mahaddhanuḥ .. 14 > Then, having crossed the path of the sun and then that of the moon, / the king, reaching the pathway of the constellations, strung his great bow. 14 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.15) tatra bāṇaṃ samāropya śanaiścaramupādravat .. provāca purataḥ sthitvā sūryaputramadhomukham .. 15 .. > Setting an arrow upon it there, he rushed at Śanaiścara, / and standing before the son of the Sun who looked downward, he said: 15 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.16) tyajainaṃ rohiṇīmārgaṃ sāṃprataṃ tvaṃ śanaiścara .. madvākyādanyathā'haṃ tvāṃ nayiṣyāmi yamakṣayam .. 16 .. > “Abandon this path of Rohiṇī right now, O Śanaiścara, / at my word! Otherwise I shall dispatch you to Yama's abode 16 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.17) etena niśitāgrega śareṇā nataparvaṇā .. divyāstramaṃtrayuktena satyametadbravīmyaham .. 17 .. > with this sharp-pointed, straight-jointed arrow / charged with the mantra of a divine missile; this I tell you truthfully!” 17 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.18) tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā tādṛgraudratamaṃ mahat .. mando vismayamāpannastataścedamabhāṣata .. .. 18 .. > Hearing his speech, which was exceedingly terrible and forceful, / Śani was struck with wonder, and then spoke this: 18 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.19) kastvaṃ brūhi mahābhāga mama mārgaṃ ruṇatsi yaḥ .. agamyaṃ kenacilloke sarvairapi surāsuraiḥ .. 19 .. > “Tell me, who are you, O noble one, who obstruct my path / that is inaccessible to anyone in the world, even to all the gods and demons?” 19 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.20) rājovāca .. .. ahaṃ daśaratho nāma sūryavaṃśodbhavo nṛpaḥ .. ajasya tanayaḥ prāptaḥ kāmaṃ vārayituṃ krudhā .. 6.96.20 .. > The king said: / “I am the king named Daśaratha, born in the Solar Dynasty, / the son of Aja; I have arrived in anger to restrain your desire!” 20 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.21) .. maṃda uvāca .. .. na tvayā saha saṃbaṃdhaḥ kaścidasti mahīpate .. mama yattvaṃ prakopāḍhyo manmārgaṃ haṃtumicchasi .. 21 .. > Śani said: / “There is no connection between you and me, O lord of the earth, / such that you, filled with intense fury, wish to destroy my path.” 21 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.22) .. rājovāca .. .. rohiṇīsaṃbhavaṃ tvaṃ hi śakaṭaṃ bhedayiṣyasi .. sāṃprataṃ mama daivajñairvākyametadudāhṛtam .. 22 .. > The king said: > "Indeed, you are going to pierce the cart belonging to Rohiṇī. > Just now this statement was declared to me by astrologers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.23) tasminmanda tvayā bhinne na varṣati śatakratuḥ .. etadvadati daivajñā jyotiḥśāstravicakṣaṇāḥ .. 23 .. > O Slow-moving One, when that is pierced by you, Śatakratu does not send rain; > so say the astrologers skilled in the science of astronomy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.24) jāte vṛṣṭinirodhe'tha jāyaṃte'nnāni na kṣitau .. annābhāvātkṣayaṃ yāṃti tato bhūbhitale janāḥ .. 24 .. > When a blockage of rain occurs, grains do not grow upon the earth; > from the lack of food, people upon the face of the earth then meet with destruction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.25) janocchede tato jāte agniṣṭomādikāḥ kriyāḥ .. na bhavaṃti dharā pṛṣṭhe tataḥ syādeva saṃkṣayaḥ.. 25 .. > When the destruction of people then takes place, rites like Agniṣṭoma and the rest > do not occur on the surface of the earth; from that utter ruin would indeed ensue. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.26) etasmātkāraṇādruddho mārgaste sūryasaṃbhava .. rohiṇīṃ gaṃtukāmasya satyametanmayoditam ..26.. > For this reason, O Sun-born, your path has been blocked \[by me\] > as you desire to go to Rohiṇī. The truth has been spoken by me." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.27) .. śaniruvāca .. .. gaccha putra nijaṃ gehaṃ mamāpi tvaṃ ca rocase .. tuṣṭo'haṃ tava vīryeṇa na tvanyena mahīpate..27.. > Śani said: > "Go to your own home, my son; you are pleasing to me as well. > I am pleased by your valour, not by anything else, O king. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.28) na kenacitkṛtaṃ karma yadetadbhavatā kṛtam .. na kariṣyati caivānyo devo vā mānavo'tha vā .. 28 .. > No one has performed the deed which has been performed by you; > nor will anyone else, whether god or mortal, ever perform it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.29) nāhaṃ paśyāmi bhūpāla kathaṃcidapi tūrdhvataḥ.. yato dṛṣṭivinirdagdhaṃ bhasmasājjāyate'khilam .. 29 .. > I do not look upwards in any way whatsoever, O protector of the earth, > because whatever is consumed by my glance is reduced to ashes. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.30) jātamātreṇa bālena mayā pādau nirīkṣitau .. tātasya sahasā dagdhau tato'haṃ vāritoṃ'bayā .. 6.96.30 .. > As soon as I was born as a child, the feet of my father > were gazed upon by me; they were instantly burnt; therefore I was restrained by my mother: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.31) na tvayā putra draṣṭavyaṃ kiṃcideva kathaṃcana .. pramāṇaṃ yadi te dharmo mātṛvākyasamudbhavaḥ .. 31 .. > 'You must not look at anything whatsoever, O son, > if dharma arising from a mother’s word is authoritative for you.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.32) tasmāttvayā mahatkarma kṛtamīdṛksuduṣkaram .. prajānāṃ pārthivaśreṣṭha tyaktvā dūrādbhayaṃ mama .. 32 .. > Therefore a great deed, so very hard to accomplish, has been done by you > for the sake of the subjects, O best of rulers, casting far away all fear of me. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.33) tasmā ttava kṛte nāhaṃ bhedayiṣyāmi rohiṇīm .. kathaṃcidapi bhūpāla yugāṃtararaśateṣvapi .. 33 .. > Therefore, for your sake, I shall not pierce Rohiṇī > in any way whatsoever, O protector of the earth, even in hundreds of cosmic ages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.34) varaṃ varaya cāsmākaṃ tasmādadya bhaviṣyati .. hṛtatsthitaṃ durlabhaṃ bhūpa sarveṣāmiha dehinām .. 34 .. > Choose a boon from me; therefore today it shall come to pass, > whatever is placed in your heart, hard to obtain for all embodied beings here, O king." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.35) .. rājovāca .. .. tava yo vāsare prāpte tailābhyaṃgaṃ karoti vai .. tasyā'nyadivasaṃ yāvatpīḍā kāryā na ca tvayā .. 35 .. > The king said: > "Whoever rubs himself with oil when your day has arrived, > no affliction should be caused by you to him until another day. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.36) tiladānaṃ karotyevaṃ lohadānaṃ ca yastava .. karoti divase śaktyā yāvadvarṣaṃ tvayā hi saḥ .. 36 .. > Likewise, he who offers gifts of sesame and gifts of iron according to his capacity > on your day, he should surely be protected by you for an entire year > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.37) rakṣaṇīyaḥ sukṛcchreṣu saṃkaṭeṣu sadaiva hi .. tvayi gocarapīḍāyāṃ saṃsthite cārkasaṃbhava .. 37 .. > in severe distresses and troubles, always indeed. > And when you are stationed causing transit-affliction, O Sun-born, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.38) yaḥ kuryācchāṃtikaṃ samyaktilahomaṃ ca bhaktitaḥ .. vāsare tava saṃprāpte samidbhiśca tathā'kṣataiḥ .. 38 .. > he who properly performs an appeasement rite and oblation of sesame with devotion, > with firewood sticks and unbroken grains when your day arrives, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.39) tasya sārdhāni varṣāṇi sapta kāryā prayatnataḥ .. tvayā rakṣā mahābhāga varaṃ cenmama yacchasi .. 39 .. > protection should be carefully provided by you for him for seven and a half years, > O fortunate one, if you grant me a boon." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.40) .. sūta uvāca .. .. evamityeva saṃprocya virarāma tataḥ param .. śanaiścaro mahīpālavacanāddvijasattamāḥ .. 6.96.40 .. > Sūta said: > Having said 'So be it!', Śanaiścara fell silent thereafter > at the request of the ruler of the earth, O best of brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.41) etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭo'haṃ suvistarāt .. bhavadbhiḥ sūryaputrasya rājñā daśarathena hi .. saṃvādaṃ rohiṇībhede sañjātaṃ samupasthite .. 41 .. > All this has been related to you in full detail, just as I was asked > by you all, concerning the dialogue between the son of the Sun > and King Daśaratha that took place when the piercing of Rohiṇī was imminent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.42) yaścaitatpaṭhate nityaṃ śṛṇuyādyo viśeṣataḥ .. śanaiścarakṛtā pīḍā tasya nāśaṃ pragacchati .. 42 .. > Whoever recites this daily, and whoever especially hears it, > all affliction caused by Śanaiścara goes to destruction for him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.96.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96.96) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye daśarathaśanaiścarasaṃvādavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṇṇavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ .. 96 .. .. cha .. > Thus ends the ninety-sixth chapter, named 'Description of the Dialogue Between Daśaratha and Śanaiścara', in the Māhātmya of Hāṭakeśvarakṣetra in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, the sixth \[book\] in the Śrī Skanda Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.96.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Tattvacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.tattvacintamani.1.3.15) — Sanskrit - [Ratnamālāvadāna](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.avadana.ratnamalavadana.25.95.p1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.96) · Pramāṇa