[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) › 6.2.68.43.2 # Skandapurana 6.2.68.43.2 Skandapurāṇa 6.2.68.43.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.2.68.43.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.68.43.2) piśācānāṃ samartho'smi naṣṭo'haṃ tava darśanāt .. duḥkhaṃ hi mṛtyuḥ sarveṣāṃ jīvitaṃ ca sudurllabham .. ato bhītaḥ palāyāmi jīvahetoḥ sukhārthataḥ .. 15 .. .. brāhmaṇa uvāca .. .. kutaḥ piśāca saukhyaṃ te maraṇaṃ śreya eva te .. paiśācī kutsitā yoniḥ pāpināmeva jāyate..16.. ..piśāca uvāca.. .. sarvatra hi gato jīvo bhavatyeva sukhāśrayaḥ.. tasmājjīvitumicchāmi prasīda brahmarākṣasa.. ..17.. .. brāhmaṇa uvāca.. .. nāhaṃ tvāṃ bhoktukāmo'smi brāhmaṇo'haṃ na rākṣasaḥ.. sarvabhūtahitārthāya vicarāmi mahītale..18.. sarveṣāmeva jaṃtūnāṃ maitro brāhmaṇa ucyate .. mā kuruṣva bhayaṃ matto mitrabhāvagato hyaham .. 19 .. tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā piśācaḥ svasthamānasaḥ .. praṇamya pratyuvācedaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ śākaṭāyanam .. 5.2.68.20 .. yadi te sarvabhūtānāṃ dattā hyabhayadakṣiṇā .. karmaṇā manasā vācā mitrabhāvaṃ gato yadi .. 21 .. pṛcchāmi tvāṃ mahābhāga saṃśayo hṛdaye sthitaḥ .. śrutvānukaṃpayā samyaktanme vyākhyātumarhasi .. 22 .. kena karmavipākena paiśācaṃ yāti mānavaḥ .. piśācatvātkathaṃ muktiḥ prāpyate pāpakarmabhiḥ ..23.. iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā piśācasya varānane .. mamatvenāvṛtastasmai prāvocacchākaṭāyanaḥ ..24.. apahṛtya ca viprasvaṃ devasvaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ .. tena pāpena pāpiṣṭhāḥ piśācatvaṃ prayāṃti ca .. 25 .. pitaraṃ mātaraṃ caiva striyaṃ bālaṃ dvijaṃ tathā .. vaṃcayitvā haratyarthaṃ sa piśāco bhavennaraḥ .. 26 .. rājadravyaṃ gṛhītvā tu na yajenna dadāti yaḥ .. ātmānameva puṣṇāti piśācatvaṃ sa gacchati .. 27 .. viśvāsaghātakā ye ca paradāraratāśca ye .. > "I am powerful among piśācas, yet I fled upon seeing you. / For death is sorrow for all, and life is exceedingly hard to obtain; / therefore, frightened, I run away for the sake of life and in search of well-being." (15) / The brahmin said: / "Whence is happiness for you, O piśāca? Death would indeed be better for you! / The state of a piśāca is a vile womb, born only to sinners." (16) / The piśāca said: / "For a living soul, wherever it goes, becomes a vessel of happiness; / therefore I desire to live. Be pleased, O brahmarākṣasa!" (17) / The brahmin said: / "I do not wish to devour you; I am a brahmin, not a rākṣasa! / I wander the earth for the welfare of all beings. (18) / A brahmin is said to be the friend of all living creatures; / do not fear me, for I have attained the disposition of a friend." (19) / Hearing his word, the piśāca, his mind reassured, / bowed down and replied thus to the brahmin Śākaṭāyana: (5.2.68.20) / "If you have granted the gift of fearlessness to all beings, / and if you have become friendly in deed, mind, and speech, (21) / I ask you, O fortunate one, a doubt lingering in my heart; / having heard it, you ought to explain it fully to me out of compassion: (22) / By what maturation of action does a human enter the state of a piśāca? / How is liberation from the condition of a piśāca attained by those of sinful deeds?" (23) / Hearing these words of that piśāca, O fair-faced one, / Śākaṭāyana, enveloped with affection, spoke to him: (24) / "Having stolen the property of a brahmin, and especially that of the gods, / through that sin the most sinful people enter the state of a piśāca. (25) / The man who, having deceived father, mother, wife, child, or a twice-born, / steals their wealth, becomes a piśāca. (26) / Having taken the king's property, he who neither sacrifices nor gives, / but nourishes only himself, goes to the state of a piśāca. (27) / Those who are betrayers of trust, and those who take delight in another's wife..." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.2.68.43.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.68.43.1) - [Next: 6.2.68.43.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.68.43.3) - [Up: 6.2.68.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.68.43) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.2.68.43.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.68.43.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.2.68.43.2) · Pramāṇa