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# Skandapurana 6.3.131

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.131

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.131.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.p1)

adhyāya 131

> Chapter 131  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
narmadādakṣiṇe kūle nāgatīrthamanuttamam .  
yatra siddhā mahānāgā bhaye jāte tato nṛpa .. 131.1 ..

> The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: / On the southern bank of the Narmadā is the unsurpassed Nāgatīrtha, / where the great serpents achieved perfection, O king, when fear arose.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.2)

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca -  
mahābhayānāṃ lokasya nāgānāṃ dvijasattama .  
kathaṃ jātaṃ bhayaṃ tīvraṃ yena te tapasi sthitāḥ .. 131.2 ..

> Yudhiṣṭhira said: / How did severe fear arise, O best of the twice-born, / for the serpents who are a great dread to the world, because of which they engaged in tapas?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.3)

bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyacca yatsurāsuramānave .  
tāta te viditaṃ sarvaṃ tena me kautukaṃ mahat .. 131.3 ..

> Whatever has been, what is now, and what will be among gods, asuras, and humans, / all that is known to you, father; therefore great curiosity is mine.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.4)

mama saṃtāpajaṃ duḥkhaṃ duryodhanasamudbhavam .  
tava vaktrāmbujaughena plāvitaṃ nirvṛtiṃ gatam .. 131.4 ..

> My distress born of anguish, arising on account of Duryodhana, / has been flooded by the flood from your lotus mouth and reached tranquility.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.5)

śrutvā tava mukhodgītāṃ kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśanīm .  
bhūyo bhūyaḥ smṛtirjātā śravaṇe mama suvrata .. 131.5 ..

> Having heard the tale sung from your mouth, which destroys sin, / recollection upon recollection has arisen for my hearing, O one of good vows.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.6)

na kleśatvaṃ dvije yuktaṃ na cānyo jānate phalam .  
vidyādānasya mahataḥ śrāvitasya sutasya ca .. 131.6 ..

> No fatigue is proper in a twice-born, nor does anyone else know the fruit  
> of the great gift of knowledge imparted, and of a son.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.7)

evaṃ jñātvā yathānyāyaṃ yaḥ praśnaḥ pṛcchito mayā .  
kathā tu kathyatāṃ vipra dayāṃ kṛtvā mamopari .. 131.7 ..

> Knowing this properly, as to the question asked by me,  
> let the story be told, O brahmin, taking pity upon me.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.8)

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
yathā yathā tvaṃ nṛpa bhāṣase ca tathā tathā me sukhameti bhāratī .  
śaithilyabhāvājjarayānvitasya tvatsauhṛdaṃ naśyati naiva tāta .. 131.8 ..

> Mārkaṇḍeya said:  
> Just as you speak, O king, so my speech attains joy;  
> though I am beset with old age through weakness, your friendship never perishes, my dear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.9)

kathayāmi yathāvṛttamitihāsaṃ purātanam .  
kathitaṃ pūrvato vṛddhaiḥ pāramparyeṇa bhārata .. 131.9 ..

> I shall tell an ancient history just as it occurred,  
> which was told formerly by the elders in unbroken tradition, O Bhārata.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.10)

dve bhārye kaśyapasyāstāṃ sarvalokeṣvanuttame .  
garutmato vai vinatā sarpāṇāṃ kadrureva ca .. 131.10 ..

> Kaśyapa had two wives, unsurpassed in all the worlds:  
> Vinatā, \[mother\] of Garuḍa, and Kadrū, \[mother\] of the serpents.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.11)

aśvasaṃdarśanāttābhyāṃ kalirūpaṃ vyavasthitam .  
prabhātakāle rājendra bhāskarākāravarcasam .. 131.11 ..

> From the sighting of a horse, a dispute arose between the two  
> at dawn, O king of kings—\[a horse\] whose radiance resembled the sun.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.12)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā vinatā rūpamaśvaṃ sarvatra pāṇḍuram .  
atha tāṃ kadrūmavocatsā paśya paśya varānane .. 131.12 ..

> Seeing that horse, white everywhere in form,  
> Vinatā then said to Kadrū: “Look, look, O fair-faced one!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.13)

uccaiḥśravasaḥ sādṛśyaṃ paśya sarvatra pāṇḍuram .  
dhāvamānamaviśrāntaṃ javena pavanopamam .. 131.13 ..

> Look at its resemblance to Uccaiḥśravas, white all over,  
> running untiringly, swift like the wind!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.14)

taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasā yāntamīrṣyābhāvena mohitā .  
kṛṣṇaṃ matvā tathājalpattayā saha nṛpottama .. 131.14 ..

> Seeing it galloping swiftly, deluded by feelings of jealousy,  
> thinking it black, she argued with her, O best of kings:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.15)

vinate tvaṃ mṛṣā loke nṛśaṃse kulapāṃsani .  
kṛṣṇaṃ cainaṃ vada śvetaṃ narakaṃ yāsyase param .. 131.15 ..

> “Vinatā, you speak falsely in this world, cruel woman, disgrace to your family!  
> Say it is black, though \[you call it\] white, or you shall go to the deepest hell!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.16)

vinatovāca -  
satyānṛte tu vacane paṇo'yaṃ te mamaiva tu .  
sahasraṃ vatsarāndāsī bhaveyaṃ tava veśmani .. 131.16 ..

> Vinatā said:  
> “Whether the statement is true or false, this shall be my wager with you:  
> I shall become a slave-girl in your house for a thousand years.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.17)

tatheti te pratijñāya rātrau gatvā svakaṃ gṛham .  
parityajya ubhe te tu krodhamūrchitamūrchite .. 131.17 ..

> Having agreed with “So be it,” both went to their own house at night,  
> each overcome and reeling with anger.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.18)

bandhugarvasya gatvā tu kathayāmāsa taṃ paṇam .  
kadrūrvinatayā sārddhaṃ yadvṛttaṃ pramadālaye .. 131.18 ..

> Going to the assembly of her relatives, Kadrū told of that wager,  
> what had occurred with Vinatā in the women’s quarters.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.19)

tacchrutvā bāndhavāḥ sarve kadrūputrāstathaiva ca .  
na manyante hitaṃ kāryaṃ kṛtaṃ mātrā vigarhitam .. 131.19 ..

> Hearing that, all the relatives, the sons of Kadrū as well,  
> did not regard as beneficial that disgraceful deed done by their mother.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.20)

akṛṣṇaḥ kṛṣṇatāmamba kathaṃ gaccheddhayottamaḥ .  
dāsatvaṃ prāpsyase tvaṃ hi paṇenānena suvrate .. 131.20 ..

> “How could this best of horses, not black, become black, O mother?  
> You indeed will fall into slavery by this wager, O virtuous one!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.21)

kadrūruvāca -  
bhaveyaṃ na yathādāsī tatkurudhvaṃ hi satvaram .  
viśadhvaṃ romakūpeṣu tasyāśvasya matirmama .. 131.21 ..

> Kadrū said:  
> “Act quickly so that I may not become a slave-girl!  
> Enter the hair-pores of that horse; that is my intention.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.22)

kṣaṇamātraṃ kṛte kārye sā dāsī ca bhavenmama .  
tataḥ svasthoragāḥ sarve bhaviṣyatha yathāsukham .. 131.22 ..

> Once the task is accomplished for even a moment, she will become my slave-girl.  
> Then all of you serpents will be at ease and live comfortably.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.23)

sarpā ūcuḥ .  
yathā tvaṃ jananī devi pannagānāṃ matā bhuvi .  
tathāpi sā viśeṣeṇa vañcitavyā na karhicit .. 131.23 ..

> The serpents said:  
> “Though you are recognized as the mother of serpents on earth, O goddess,  
> even so, she must never be deceived by any means.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.24)

kadrūruvāca -  
mama vākyamakurvāṇā ye kecidbhuvi pannagāḥ .  
havyavāhamukhaṃ sarve te yāsyantyavicāritāḥ .. 131.24 ..

> Kadrū said:  
> “Whichever serpents on earth do not obey my command,  
> they all shall go into the mouth of the fire without doubt!”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.25)

etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ ghoraṃ mātṛmukhodbhavam .  
kecitpraviṣṭā romāṇi tathānye girisaṃsthitāḥ .. 131.25 ..

> Hearing this terrible curse uttered from their mother’s mouth,  
> some entered the hair, while others went to dwell on the mountains;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.26)

kecitpraviṣṭā jāhnavyāmanye ca tapasi sthitāḥ .. 131.26 ..

> some entered the Gaṅgā, and others engaged in austerity.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.27)

tato varṣasahasrānte tutoṣa parameśvaraḥ .  
mahādevo jagaddhātā hyuvāca parayā girā .. 131.27 ..

> Then, at the end of a thousand years, the supreme Lord was pleased;  
> Mahādeva, the creator of the world, spoke in an exalted voice:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.28)

bho bhoḥ sarpā nivartadhvaṃ tapaso'sya mahatphalam .  
yamicchatha dadāmyadya nātra kāryā vicāraṇā .. 131.28 ..

> “O serpents, desist! Great is the fruit of this austerity.  
> Whatever you desire, I give today; there need be no hesitation here.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.29)

sarpā ūcuḥ .  
kadrūśāpabhayādbhītā devadeva maheśvara .  
tava pārśve vasiṣyāmo yāvadābhūtasamplavam .. 131.29 ..

> The serpents said:  
> “Afraid from the fear of Kadrū’s curse, O God of gods, Maheśvara,  
> we wish to dwell by your side until the dissolution of all beings.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.30)

devadeva uvāca -  
ekaścāyaṃ mahābāhurvāsukirbhujagottamaḥ .  
mama pārśve vasennityaṃ sarveṣāṃ bhayarakṣakaḥ .. 131.30 ..

> The God of gods said:  
> “This mighty-armed Vāsuki alone, the best of serpents,  
> shall dwell constantly by my side, the protector of all from fear.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.31)

anyeṣāṃ caiva sarpāṇāṃ bhayaṃ nāsti mamājñayā .  
āplutya narmadātoye bhujagāste ca rakṣitāḥ .. 131.31 ..

> And for the other serpents, there is no fear, by my command.  
> Having bathed in the waters of the Narmadā, those serpents are protected.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.32)

nāsti mṛtyubhayaṃ teṣāṃ vasadhvaṃ yatra cepsitam .  
kadrūśāpabhayaṃ nāsti hyeṣa me vistaraḥ paraḥ .. 131.32 ..

> There is no fear of death for them; dwell wherever you wish.  
> There is no fear of Kadrū’s curse; this indeed is my supreme assurance.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.33)

evaṃ dattvā varaṃ teṣāṃ devadevo maheśvaraḥ .  
jagāmākāśamāviśya kailāsaṃ dharaṇīdharam .. 131.33 ..

> Having thus granted them a boon, the God of gods, Maheśvara,  
> entering the sky, departed to the Kailāsa mountain.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.34)

gate cādarśanaṃ deve vāsukipramukhā nṛpa .  
sthāpayitvā tathā jagmurdevadevaṃ maheśvaram .. 131.34 ..

> When the god had vanished, O king, \[the serpents\] led by Vāsuki,  
> having consecrated the God of gods, Maheśvara, departed likewise.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.35)

tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ kaścitpañcamyāmarcayecchivam .  
tasya nāgakulānyaṣṭau na hiṃsanti kadācana .. 131.35 ..

> Whoever worships Śiva at that sacred ford on the fifth day,  
> the eight families of serpents never harm him.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.36)

mṛtaḥ kālena mahatā tatra tīrthe nareśvara .  
śivasyānucaro bhūtvā vasate kālamīpsitam .. 131.36 ..

> Dying after a long time at that sacred ford, O king,  
> he becomes an attendant of Śiva and dwells \[with him\] for the desired time.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.131.36\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.131.36_2)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe nāgeśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikatriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-first chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of Nāgeśvara Tīrtha,' in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, 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.6.3.131.p1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.131.1) — Sanskrit

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