[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) › 5.9 # Skandapurana 5.9 Skandapurāṇa 5.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. atha śakraḥ samāhūya proce saṃvartakānilam .. hāṭakeśvarajekṣetre mahānnāgabilo'sti vai .. 1 .. > Sūta said: > Then Śakra, having summoned the Saṃvartaka wind, said: > “In the sacred field of Hāṭakeśvara there is indeed a great serpent-hole. 1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.2) taṃ pūraya mamādeśāddrutaṃ gatvā'bhipāṃsubhiḥ .. yena na syādgatistatra kasyacinmṛtyudharmiṇaḥ ..2.. > By my command, go swiftly and fill it with dust, > so that there will be no access there for any mortal being.” 2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.3) .. vāyuruvāca .. .. tavādeśānmayā pūrvaṃ pūrito vivaro yadā ... liṃgodbhavastadā śāpaḥ pradatto me purāriṇā .. 3 .. > Vāyu said: > “When formerly, by your command, the opening was filled by me > at the appearance of the liṅga, a curse was pronounced on me by the enemy of Tripura: 3 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.4) yasmālliṃgaṃ mamaitadvai tvayā pāṃsubhirāvṛtam .. tasmātsamānadharmā tvaṃ gandhavāho bhaviṣyasi .. 4 . > ‘Because this liṅga of mine was covered with dust by you, > therefore you will become a carrier of odors with the same nature \[for both\]: 4 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.5) yadvatkarpūrajaṃ gandhaṃ samagraṃ tvaṃ hi vakṣyasi .. amedhyasaṃbhavaṃ tadvanmama vākyādasaṃśayam ..5.. > Just as you will carry all the fragrance born of camphor, > even so you will carry \[the odor\] born of impurities, without a doubt, by my word.’ 5 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.6) tasmātkuru prasādaṃ me viditvaitatsureśvara .. kṛtye'sminsma ryatāmanyastripurārerbibhemyaham ..6.. > Therefore, knowing this, grant me favor, O lord of the gods; > let someone else be thought of for this task; I fear the enemy of Tripura.” 6 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.7) tataḥ saṃciṃtayāmāsa pūraṇaṃ tridaśādhipaḥ .. tasya nāgabilasyaiva naiva kiṃcidavaikṣata ..7.. > Then the lord of the gods reflected on the filling > of that serpent-hole, but did not see any \[way at all\]. 7 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.8) tatastaṃ prāha devejyaḥsvaya meva śatakratum .. kasmāttvaṃ vyākulībhūtaḥ kṛtye'smiṃstridaśādhipa .. 8 .. > Then the preceptor of the gods himself said to that Śatakratu: > “Why have you become troubled over this task, O lord of the gods? 8 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.9) asti parvatamukhyo'tra nāmnā khyāto himālayaḥ .. tasya putratrayaṃ jātaṃ tacca śakra śṛṇuṣva me .. 9 .. > There is a foremost mountain here, known by the name Himālaya; > three sons were born to him; listen to that from me, O Śakra! 9” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.10) mainākaḥ prathamaḥ prokto dvitīyo naṃdivardhanaḥ.. raktaśṛṃgastṛtīyastu parvataḥ parikīrtitaḥ .. 6.9.10 .. > Maināka is called the first, the second is Nandivardhana, / and the third mountain is known as Raktaśṛṅga. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.11) sa mainākaḥ samudrāṃtaḥ praviṣṭaḥ śakra te bhayāt .. pakṣābhyāṃ sahito'dyāpi sa tatraiva vyavasthitaḥ .. 11 .. > That Maināka entered into the ocean out of fear of you, O Śakra. / Together with his wings, he remains right there even today. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.12) naṃdivardhana ityeṣa dvitīyaḥ parikīrtitaḥ .. vasiṣṭhāśramajo randhraste na kṛtsnaḥ prapūritaḥ .. 12 .. > This second one is known as Nandivardhana; / by him the chasm that arose at the hermitage of Vasiṣṭha was entirely filled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.13) himācalasamādeśādvasiṣṭhasya ca sanmuneḥ .. devabhūmiṃ parityajya sa gatastatra satvaram .. 13 .. > By command of the Himālaya and of the noble sage Vasiṣṭha, / abandoning the land of the gods, he quickly went there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.14) tṛtīyastiṣṭhate'dyāpi raktaśṛṃgaḥ smṛto'tra yaḥ .. tamānaya sahasrākṣa bilaṃ sārpaṃ prapūraya .. 14 .. > The third, who is known here as Raktaśṛṅga, still remains. / Bring him, O thousand-eyed Indra, and fill the serpents' cavity! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.15) nānyathā pūrituṃ śakyo bilo'yaṃ tridaśādhipa .. taṃ muktvā parvata śreṣṭhaṃ satyametanmayoditam .. 15 .. > In no other way can this chasm be filled, O lord of the gods, / except by that best of mountains: this which I have spoken is true. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.16) .. sūta uvāca .. tacchrutvā devapūjyasya vacanaṃ tridaśādhipaḥ .. jagāma satvaraṃ tatra sa yatrāste himālayaḥ .. .. 16 .. > Sūta said: / Having heard that statement of the teacher of the gods, the lord of the gods / went quickly to where the Himālaya was. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.17) tataḥ provāca taṃ gatvā sāmapūrvamidaṃ vacaḥ .. himācalaṃ giriśreṣṭhaṃ siddhacāraṇasevitam .. 17 .. > Then, having approached Himācala, the best of mountains, / attended by siddhas and cāraṇas, he spoke these conciliatory words: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.18) .. indra uvāca .. .. hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre mahānnāgabilaḥ sthitaḥ .. tena gatvā narā devaṃ pātāle hāṭakeśvaram .. 18 .. > Indra said: / In the sacred field born of Hāṭakeśvara there is a great serpent-chasm. / Going through it, men, to the god Hāṭakeśvara in Pātāla— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.19) pūjayiṣyaṃti ye kecidapi pāpaparāyaṇāḥ .. mayā sārdhaṃ kariṣyaṃti tataḥ sparddhāṃ nagottama .. 19 .. > whosoever they may be, even if devoted to sin, will worship him, / and will then rival me, O best of mountains! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.20) tasmātputramimaṃ tatra raktaśṛṃgaṃ himālaya .. preṣayasva bilo yena pūryate so'hisaṃbhavaḥ .. 6.9.20 .. > Therefore send this son Raktaśṛṅga there, O Himālaya, / so that the chasm arising from the serpents may be filled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.21) kuruṣva tvaṃ mamātithyaṃ gṛhaprāptasya parvata .. ātmaputrapradānena kīrtiṃ prāpsyasyalaukikīm .. 21 .. > Offer hospitality to me who have arrived at your home, O mountain! / By giving your own son, you will obtain extraordinary fame. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.22) bāḍhamityeva so'pyuktvā pūjayitvā ca devapam .. tataḥ provāca taṃ putraṃ raktaśṛṃgaṃ himālayaḥ .. 22 .. > Having said 'So be it!' and having honoured the lord of the gods, / the Himālaya then addressed that son, Raktaśṛṅga: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.23) tavārthāya sahasrākṣaḥ putra prāpto mamāṃtikam .. tasmādgaccha drutaṃ tatra yatra nāgabilaḥ sthitaḥ .. 23 .. > O son, the thousand-eyed Indra has come into my presence for your sake. / Therefore go quickly to where the serpent-chasm is situated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.24) pūrayitvā mamādeśāttaṃ tvaṃ śakrasya kṛtsnaśaḥ .. sukhī bhava sahānena tathānyaiḥ surasattamaiḥ .. 24 .. > Having completely filled it by my command, for Śakra's sake, / be happy along with him and with the other foremost gods! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.25) .. raktaśṛṃga uvāca .. .. nāhaṃ tatra gamiṣyāmi martya bhūmau kathaṃcana .. yatra kaṇṭakino vṛkṣā rūkṣāḥ phalavivarjitāḥ .. 25 .. > Raktaśṛṅga said: / I will never go there to the mortal world, / where trees are thorny, dry, and devoid of fruit; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.26) na siddhā na ca gaṃdharvā na devā na ca kiṃnarāḥ .. na ca tīrthāni ramyāṇi na nadyo vimalodakāḥ .. 26 .. > where there are no siddhas, no gandharvas, no gods, and no kiṃnaras, / and neither charming sacred fords nor rivers of clear water; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.27) tathā pāpasamācārā manuṣyāḥ śīlavarjitāḥ .. duṣṭacittāḥ sadā sarve tiryagyonigatā api .. 27 .. > and where men are of sinful conduct, devoid of moral character, / and all are always evil-minded, even those born in animal wombs. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.28) tathā mama nagaśreṣṭha pakṣau dvāvapi kartitau .. śakreṇa tena no śaktirgaṃtumasti kathaṃcana .. 28 .. > Moreover, O best of mountains, both of my wings were cut off / by Śakra; because of that, there is no ability to go whatsoever. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.29) tasmātkaṃcitsahasrākṣa upāyaṃ tatkṛte param .. ciṃtayatveva māṃ muktvā satyametanmayoditam .. 29 .. > Therefore let the thousand-eyed Indra devise some other supreme means for that, / leaving me aside; this which I have spoken is true. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.30) .. śakra uvāca.. .. aha tvāṃ tatra neṣyāmi svahastena vidāritam .. tatrāpi suśubhā vṛkṣā bhaviṣyaṃti tavāśrayāḥ .. 6.9.30 .. > Śakra said: / I myself will carry you there, lifted by my own hand. / There too, very beautiful trees will become your resorts; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.31) tathā puṇyāni tīrthāni devatāyatanāni ca .. samaṃtātte bhaviṣyaṃti munīnāmāśramāstathā .. 31 .. > and holy sacred fords and temples of deities, / as well as hermitages of sages, will arise all around you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.32) atrasthasya prabhāvo yastava parvata naṃdana .. madvākyāttatra saṃsthasya koṭisaṃkhyo bhaviṣyati .. 32 .. > The power that you have while remaining here, O son of the mountain, / will, by my word, become ten-millionfold when you are settled there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.33) tathā ye mānavāstatra pāpātmāno'pi bhūtale .. vipāpmāno bhaviṣyaṃti sahasā tava darśanāt .. 33 .. > Moreover, whichever mortals are on the earth there, even if they are sinful, / will instantly become free of sin from your darśana. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.34) tasmādgaccha drutaṃ tatra mayā sārdhaṃ nagātmaja .. na cedvajraprahāreṇa kariṣyāmi sahasradhā .. 34 .. > Therefore go quickly there with me, O son of the mountain! / If not, I shall shatter you into a thousand pieces with a blow of my vajra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.35) .. sūta uvāca .. .. tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā raktaśṛṃgo bhayānvitaḥ.. praviṣṭaḥ sahasāgatya tasminnāgabile gataḥ .. 35 .. > Sūta said: / Hearing that speech of his, Raktaśṛṅga was filled with fear. / Coming quickly, he entered into that serpent-chasm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.36) nimagno brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhā nāsāgraṃ yāvadeva hi .. śṛṃgairmanoramaistuṃ gaiḥ samagraiḥ sahitastadā .. vṛkṣagulmalatākīrṇai ramyapakṣiniṣevitaiḥ .. 36 .. > O best of brahmins, he sank in just up to the tip of his nose, / complete with all his lofty, delightful peaks, / covered with trees, bushes, and creepers, and frequented by charming birds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.37) evaṃ saṃsthāpya taṃ śakro himācalasutaṃ nagam .. tataḥ provāca sahṛṣṭo varo mattaḥ pragṛhyatām .. 37 .. > Having thus established that mountain, the son of the Himālaya, / Śakra, delighted, then said: 'Let a boon be received from me!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.38) .. raktaśṛṃga uvāca .. .. eṣa eva varo'smākaṃ yattvaṃ tuṣṭaḥ sureśvara .. kiṃ vareṇa kariṣyāmi tvatprasādādahaṃ sukhī .. 38 .. .. > Raktaśṛṅga said: / This alone is our boon: that you are pleased, O lord of the gods. / What will I do with a boon? By your favour, I am happy. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.39) .. indra uvāca .. .. na vṛthā darśanaṃ me syādapi svapne nagātmaja .. kiṃ punardarśane jāte kṛte kṛtye viśeṣataḥ..39.. > Indra said: / The vision of me cannot be in vain, even in a dream, O son of the mountain; / how much less when a direct vision has occurred, especially with the deed accomplished? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.39\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.39_1) .. raktaśṛṃga uvāca .. .. avaśyaṃ yadi deyo me varaḥ sarvasurādhipa .. vibhavo me dvijārthāya sarvaḥ syātsarvadā vibho ..6.9.4... > Raktaśṛṅga said: / If a boon must certainly be given to me, O lord of all gods, / may all my wealth always be for the sake of the twice-born, O lord! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.41) .. indra uvāca .. .. bhaviṣyati mahīpālaścamatkāra iti smṛtaḥ .. tava mūrdhani viprārthaṃ sa puraṃ sthāpayiṣyati .. 41 .. > Indra said: / There will be an earth-ruler known as Camatkāra; / he will establish a city on your summit for the sake of the brahmins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.42) tatra brāhmaṇaśārdūlā vedavedāṃgapāragāḥ.. vibhavaṃ tava niḥśeṣaṃ bhajiṣyaṃti praharṣitāḥ .. 42 .. > There eminent brahmins, masters of the Vedas and Vedāṅgas, / will enjoy your entire wealth, exceedingly delighted. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.43) tathāhaṃ caitramāsasya caturdaśyāṃ nagātmaja.. kṛṣṇāyāṃ svayamāgatya śṛṃge mukhyatame tava..43.. > Moreover, on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight of the month of Caitra, / having arrived myself, O son of the mountain, on your foremost peak, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.44) pūjayiṣyāmi deveśaṃ hāṭakeśvarasaṃjñitam .. sarvairdevagaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ tathā kiṃnaraguhyakaiḥ ..44.. > I will worship the lord of the gods named Hāṭakeśvara, / along with all the hosts of gods, as well as kiṃnaras and guhyakas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.45) tamekaṃ divasaṃ cātra śṛṃge tava haraḥ svayam.. asmābhiḥ sahitastuṣṭo nivāsaṃ prakariṣyati .. 45 .. > And on that single day, Hara himself, pleased, / will take up residence here on your peak, along with us. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.46) prabhāvastena te mukhya strailokye'pi bhaviṣyati .. svasti te'stu gamiṣyāmi sāṃprataṃ tridivālayam..46.. > By that, your power will become preeminent even in the three worlds. / Hail to you! I shall now go to the celestial abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.47) .. sūta uvāca .... evamuktvā sahasrākṣastataḥ prāptastriviṣṭapam.. raktaśṛṃgo'pi tasthau ca vyāpya nāgabilaṃ tadā ..47.. > Sūta said: / Having spoken thus, the thousand-eyed Indra went to heaven; / and Raktaśṛṅga remained there, occupying the serpent-chasm. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.48) tasyopari sumukhyāni tīrthānyāyatanāni ca .. saṃjātāni munīnāṃ ca saṃjātāśca tathā''śramāḥ .. ..48.. > Upon him arose foremost sacred fords and temples, / and likewise hermitages of sages came into being. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [5.9.48\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9.48_2) iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye nāgabilapūrtivarṇanaṃnāma navamo'dhyāyaḥ..9.. > Thus ends the ninth chapter, named 'The Description of the Filling of the Serpent-Chasm', in the Māhātmya of the Sacred Field of Hāṭakeśvara, in the sixth Nāgarakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skandapurāṇa, a collection of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.5.9.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.5.9) · Pramāṇa