[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) › 6.3.138 # Skandapurana 6.3.138 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.138 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.138.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.138.p1) adhyāya 138 > Chapter 138 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.138.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.138.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchetpāṇḍuputra śakratīrthamanuttamam . yatra siddho mahābhāgo devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ .. 138.1 .. > The venerable Mārkaṇḍeya said: > Then, O son of Pāṇḍu, one should go to the supreme Śakratīrtha, / where the illustrious king of gods, Śatakratu, attained perfection. (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.138.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.138.2) gautamena purā śaptaṃ jñātvā devāḥ sureśvaram . brahmādyā devatāḥ sarva ṛṣayaśca tapodhanāḥ .. 138.2 .. > Learning that the lord of the gods had formerly been cursed by Gautama, the gods, / all the deities beginning with Brahmā, and the seers rich in austerity, (2) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.138.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.138.3) gautamaṃ prārthayāmāsurvākyaiḥ sānunayaiḥ śubhaiḥ . gatarājyaṃ gataśrīkaṃ śakraṃ prati munīśvara .. 138.3 .. > entreated Gautama with concilatory and auspicious words / on behalf of Śakra, who had lost his kingdom and lost his fortune, O lord of sages: (3) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.138.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.138.4) indrena rahitaṃ rājyaṃ na kaścitkāmayeddvija . devo vā mānavo vāpi etatte viditaṃ prabho .. 138.4 .. > 'Without Indra, no one desires the kingdom, O twice-born, / whether god or human; this is known to you, O lord. (4) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.138.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.138.5) tasya tvaṃ bhagayuktasya dayāṃ kuru dvijottama . gataścādarśanaṃ śakro dūṣitaḥ svena pāpmanā .. 138.5 .. > Take pity on him who is covered with vulvas, O best of the twice-born! / Śakra has vanished from sight, ruined by his own sin.' (5) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.138.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.138.6) devānāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā gautamo vedavittamaḥ . tatheti kṛtvā śakrasya varaṃ dātuṃ pracakrame .. 138.6 .. > Hearing the words of the gods, Gautama, foremost among knowers of the Veda, / consented, saying, 'So be it,' and proceeded to grant a boon to Śakra. (6) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.138.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.138.7) etadbhagasahasraṃ tu purā jātaṃ śatakrato . tallocanasahasraṃ tu matprasādādbhaviṣyati .. 138.7 .. > "O Śatakratu, this thousand of vulvas was formerly produced \[upon you\]. / By my grace, it shall become a thousand eyes." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.138.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.138.8) evamuktaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ praṇamya munisattamam . brāhmaṇāṃstānmahābhāgānnarmadāṃ pratyagāttataḥ .. 138.8 .. > Having been spoken to thus, the thousand-eyed one bowed to the excellent sage / and to those illustrious brahmins, and then went to the Narmadā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.138.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.138.9) snātvā sa vimale toye saṃsthāpya tripurāntakam . jagāma tridaśāvāsaṃ pūjyamāno'psarogaṇaiḥ .. 138.9 .. > Having bathed in its clear water and installed the Destroyer of Tripura, / he went to the abode of the thirty \[gods\], worshipped by hosts of apsarases. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.138.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.138.10) tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetparameśvaram . paradārābhigamanānmucyate pātakānnaraḥ .. 138.10 .. > Whoever bathes in that sacred ford and worships the Supreme Lord / is freed from the sin of approaching another's wife. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.138.10\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.138.10_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe śakratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭatriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred and thirty-eighth chapter, named 'Description of the Glory of Śakratīrtha', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth, Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the Mahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses, the glorious Skandapurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.138.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.138.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.138) · Pramāṇa