[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) › 6.3.136 # Skandapurana 6.3.136 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.136 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.136.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.p1) adhyāya 136 > Chapter 136 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchenmahīpāla cāhalyeśvaramuttamam . yatra siddhā mahābhāgā tvahalyā tāpasī purā .. 136.1 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: > Then, O king, one should go to the supreme Ahalyeśvara, / where formerly the illustrious female ascetic Ahalyā attained perfection. (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.2) gautamo brāhmaṇastvāsītsākṣādbrahmeva cāparaḥ . satyadharmasamāyukto vānaprasthāśrame rataḥ .. 136.2 .. > There was a brahmin named Gautama, like another Brahmā in person, / endowed with truth and virtue, devoted to the stage of life of a forest-dweller. (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.3) tasya patnī mahābhāgā hyahalyā nāma viśrutā . rūpayauvanasampannā triṣu lokeṣu viśrutā .. 136.3 .. > His wife was renowned by the name of Ahalyā, highly fortunate, / endowed with beauty and youth, celebrated throughout the three worlds. (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.4) asyā apyatirūpeṇa devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ . mohito lobhayāmāsa hyahalyāṃ balasūdanaḥ .. 136.4 .. > Bewitched by her surpassing beauty, the king of gods, Śatakratu, / the slayer of Bala, attempted to seduce Ahalyā: (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.5) māṃ bhajasva varārohe devarājamanindite . krīḍayasva mayā sārddhaṃ triṣu lokeṣu pūjitā .. 136.5 .. > 'Take pleasure in me, O fair-hipped woman, blameless one, the king of the gods! / Sport with me, you who are revered across the three worlds! (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.6) kiṃ kariṣyasi vipreṇa śaucācārakṛśena tu . tapaḥsvādhyāyaśīlena kliśyantīva sulocane .. 136.6 .. > What will you do with a brahmin who is emaciated from rites of purification and good conduct, / habitually given to austerity and Vedic study, while you suffer as it were, O lovely-eyed woman?' (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.7) evamuktā varārohā strīsvabhāvātsucañcalā . manasādhyāya śakraṃ sā kāmena kaluṣīkṛtā .. 136.7 .. > Spoken to in this manner, that fair-hipped woman, very fickle by womanly nature, / turned her mind toward Śakra, defiled by lust. (7) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.8) tasyā viditvā taṃ bhāvaṃ sa devaḥ pākaśāsanaḥ . gautamaṃ vañcayāmāsa duṣṭabhāvena bhāvitaḥ .. 136.8 .. > Knowing that disposition of hers, that god, the chastiser of Pāka, / influenced by wicked intent, deceived Gautama. (8) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.9) viditvā cāntaraṃ tasya gṛhītvā veṣamuttamam . ahalyāṃ ramayāmāsa viśvastāṃ mandirāntike .. 136.9 .. > Finding an opportunity and assuming an excellent disguise, / he sported near the dwelling with Ahalyā, who was unsuspecting. (9) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.10) kṣaṇamātrāntare tatra devarājasya bhārata . ājagāma muniśreṣṭho mandiraṃ tvarayānvitaḥ .. 136.10 .. > Within just a moment's interval of the king of gods' \[presence\] there, O Bhārata, / the best of sages swiftly came back to the dwelling. (10) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.11) āgataṃ gautamaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhītabhītaḥ puraṃdaraḥ . nirgataḥ sa tato dṛṣṭvā śakro'yamiti cintayan .. 136.11 .. > Seeing Gautama arrive, Puraṃdara, terrified, / fled from there; and Gautama, observing him, thought, 'This is Śakra.' (11) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.12) tataḥ śaśāpa devendraṃ gautamaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ . ajitendriyo'si yasmāttvaṃ tasmādbahubhago bhava .. 136.12 .. > Then Gautama, faint with rage, cursed the lord of the gods: / 'Because you have not conquered your senses, therefore become covered with vulvas!' (12) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.13) evamuktastu devendrastatkṣaṇādeva bhārata . bhagānāṃ tu sahasreṇa tatkṣaṇādeva veṣṭitaḥ .. 136.13 .. > Thus addressed, O Bhārata, the lord of the gods at that very moment / was enveloped instantly by a thousand vulvas. (13) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.14) tyaktvā rājyaṃ suraiḥ sārddhaṃ gataśrīko jagāma ha . tapaścacāra vipulaṃ gautamena mahītale .. 136.14 .. > Abandoning his kingdom along with the gods, stripped of fortune, he departed; / and he performed extensive austerity on the earth on account of Gautama. (14) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.15) ahalyāpi tataḥ śaptā yasmāttvaṃ duṣṭacāriṇī . prekṣya māṃ ramase śakraṃ tasmādaśmamayī bhava .. 136.15 .. > Ahalyā too was then cursed: 'Because you are an unfaithful wife, / who, seeing me, sport with Śakra, therefore become turned to stone! (15) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.16) gate varṣasahasrānte rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā yaśasvinam . tīrthayātrāprasaṅgena dhautapāpā bhaviṣyasi .. 136.16 .. > At the end of a thousand years, having seen the renowned Rāma / on the occasion of his pilgrimage, your sins will be washed away.' (16) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.17) evaṃ gate tataḥ kāle dṛṣṭā rāmeṇa dhīmatā . viśvāmitrasahāyena tyaktvā sāśmamayīṃ tanum .. 136.17 .. > Then, when such time had passed, seen by the wise Rāma / accompanied by Viśvāmitra, she shed her stone form. (17) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.18) pūjayitvā yathānyāyaṃ gatapāpā vimatsarā . āgatā narmadātīre tīrthe snātvā yathāvidhi .. 136.18 .. > Having duly worshipped him, freed from sin and devoid of malice, / she went to the bank of the Narmadā, and having bathed according to the rules at the sacred ford, (18) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.19) kṛtaṃ cāndrāyaṇaṃ māsaṃ kṛcchraṃ cānyaṃ tataḥ param . tatastuṣṭo mahādevo dattvā varamanuttamam .. 136.19 .. > she observed the cāndrāyaṇa vow for a month, and thereafter another severe penance. / Thereupon Mahādeva, pleased, granted her an incomparable boon, (19) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.20) jagāmādarśanaṃ bhūyo reme comāpatiściram . ahalyā tu gate deve sthāpayitvā jagadgurum .. 136.20 .. > and vanished again; and the husband of Umā took delight for a long time. / When the god had departed, Ahalyā installed the Guru of the Universe, (20) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.21) ahalyeśvaranāmānaṃ svagṛhe cāgamatpunaḥ . tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetparameśvaram .. 136.21 .. > named Ahalyeśvara, and returned to her own home. / Whoever bathes at that sacred ford and worships the Supreme Lord, (21) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.22) sa mṛtaḥ svargamāpnoti yatra devo maheśvaraḥ . krīḍayitvā yathākāmaṃ tatra loke mahātapāḥ .. 136.22 .. > upon death attains heaven, where the god Maheśvara resides. / Having sported as he desires in that world, the person of great austerity, (22) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.23) gate varṣasahasrānte mānuṣyaṃ labhate punaḥ . dhanadhānyacayopetaḥ putrapautrasamanvitaḥ .. 136.23 .. > when a thousand years have passed, attains human birth once more, / endowed with an abundance of wealth and grain, accompanied by sons and grandsons. (23) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.24) vedavidyāśrayo dhīmāñjāyate vimale kule . rūpasaubhāgyasampannaḥ sarvavyādhivivarjitaḥ . jīvedvarṣaśataṃ sāgramahalyātīrthasevanāt .. 136.24 .. > Wise and taking refuge in the Vedic sciences, he is born in a pure family, / endowed with beauty and good fortune, free from all diseases, / and lives for more than a hundred years through serving the sacred ford of Ahalyā. (24) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.136.24\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136.24_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe ahalyātīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṭtriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-sixth chapter, entitled 'Description of the Māhātmya of the Ahalyā Tīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the 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.6.3.136.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.136.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.136) · Pramāṇa