[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) › 6.3.170 # Skandapurana 6.3.170 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.170 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.170.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.p1) adhyāya 170 > Chapter 170 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - kāmapramodinīsakhyo nīyamānāṃ ca tena tu . dṛṣṭvā tāścukruśuḥ sarvā niḥsṛtya jalamadhyataḥ .. 170.1 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Seeing her being carried away by him, Kāmapramodinī's friends / all came out of the water and wailed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.2) gatā rājagṛhe sarvāḥ kathayanti suduḥkhitāḥ . kāmapramodinī rājanhṛtā śyenena pakṣiṇā .. 170.2 .. > All of them went to the royal palace and, deeply grieved, said: / 'O King, Kāmapramodinī has been carried off by a hawk, a bird, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.3) krīḍantī ca jalasthāne taḍāge devasannidhau . anveṣyā ca tvayā rājaṃstasya mārgaṃ vijānatā .. 170.3 .. > while sporting in the pond in the water, in the presence of the god. / You must search for her, O King, finding out his track.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.4) tāsāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā devapannaḥ suduḥkhitaḥ . hāhetyuktvā samutthāya rudamāno varāsanāt .. 170.4 .. > Hearing their words, Devapanna became deeply grieved. / Saying 'Alas, alas!', he rose from his excellent throne weeping, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.5) mantribhiḥ sahitastasmiṃstaḍāge jalasannidhau . na cihnaṃ na ca panthānaṃ dṛṣṭvā duḥkhānmumoha ca .. 170.5 .. > accompanied by his ministers, to that pond in the presence of the water. / Seeing neither trace nor trail, he fainted from grief. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.6) tasya rājñastu duḥkhena duḥkhito nāgaro janaḥ . kṣaṇenāśvāsito rājā mantribhiḥ sapurohitaiḥ .. 170.6 .. > The city folk were sorrowful because of that king's grief. / In a moment the king was consoled by his ministers and royal priests. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.7) kiṃ kurma ityuvācedamasminkāle vidhīyatām . sarvaistatsaṃvidaṃ kṛtvā vāhinīṃ caturaṅgiṇīm .. 170.7 .. > 'What shall we do?' he said. 'Let this be done at this moment.' / Making an agreement with all of them, \[he thought\]: 'The fourfold army > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.8) preṣayāmi diśaḥ sarvā hastyaśvarathasaṃkulā . vāditrāṇi ca vādyante vyākulībhūtasaṃkule .. 170.8 .. > I shall dispatch in all directions, crowded with elephants, horses, and chariots.' / And musical instruments were sounded in that agitated tumult. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.9) nārācaistomarairbhallaiḥ khaḍgaiḥ paraśvadhādibhiḥ . rājā saṃnāhabaddho'bhūdganaṃ grasate kila .. 170.9 .. > With iron arrows, javelins, spears, swords, battle-axes and other weapons, / the king put on his armour, looking as if he would swallow the sky. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.10) na devo na ca gandharvo na daityo na ca rākṣasaḥ . kiṃ kariṣyati rājādya na jāne roṣaniṣkṛtim .. 170.10 .. > 'Neither a god nor a gandharva, neither a daitya nor a rākṣasa— / I do not know what the king will do today to appease his fury!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.11) nāgaro'pi janastatra dṛṣṭvā cakitamānasaḥ . caturdaśasahasrāṇi dantināṃ sṛṇidhāriṇām .. 170.11 .. > Even the townsfolk there, seeing \[it\], were struck with amazement: / fourteen thousand elephants with goad-bearers, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.12) aśvārohasahasrāṇi hyaśītiḥ śastrapāṇinām . rathānāṃ trisahasrāṇi viṃśatirbharatarṣabha .. 170.12 .. > and eighty thousand horse-riders with weapons in hand, / and three thousand and twenty chariots, O bull among the Bharatas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.13) saṅgrāmabherīninadaiḥ khurareṇurnabhogatā . etasminnantare tāta rakṣako nagarasya hi .. 170.13 .. > With the sounds of the war-drums, the dust from the hooves rose to the sky. / In the meantime, O dear one, the city guard indeed, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.14) gṛhītvābharaṇaṃ tasyāstvaṅgapratyaṅgikaṃ tathā . kuṇḍalāṅgadakeyūrahāranūpurajhallarīḥ .. 170.14 .. > having gathered her ornaments, limb by limb, / earrings, armlets, bracelets, necklaces, anklets, and small bells, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.15) nivedyākathayadrājñe mayā dṛṣṭaṃ tvavekṣaṇāt . tāpasānāmāśrame tu māṇḍavyo yatra tiṣṭhati .. 170.15 .. > reported and told the king: 'Upon inspection, I have seen \[them\] / in the hermitage of the ascetics, where Māṇḍavya resides, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.16) tāpasairveṣṭito yatra dadṛśe tatra sannidhau . daṇḍavāsivacaḥ śrutvā pratyakṣāṅgavibhūṣaṇam .. 170.16 .. > where he was seen surrounded by ascetics, in that vicinity.' / Hearing the words of the city magistrate, and \[seeing\] the actual bodily ornament, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.17) sa krodharaktanayano mantriṇo vīkṣya naigamān . īdṛgbhūtasamācāro brāhmaṇo nagare mama .. 170.17 .. > his eyes red with rage, looking at his ministers and merchant-leaders, \[the king said\]: / 'Such is the conduct of a brahmin in my city! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.18) cauracaryāṃ vratacchannaḥ paradravyāpaharakaḥ . tena kanyā hṛtā me'dya tapasvipāpakarmiṇā .. 170.18 .. > Disguised by a vow while practicing the trade of a thief, stealer of another's wealth! / Today my daughter has been abducted by that sinful ascetic. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.19) śākuntaṃ rūpamāsthāya jalastho gaganaṃ yayau . pākhaṇḍino vikarmasthān biḍālavratikāñchaṭhān .. 170.19 .. > Assuming the form of a bird, he rose from the water into the sky. / Heretics who engage in improper deeds, deceitful hypocrites like cats, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.20) cāṭutaskaradurvṛttān hanyānnastyasya pātakam . na draṣṭavyo mayā pāpaḥ steyī kanyāpahārakaḥ .. 170.20 .. > flatterers, thieves, and the ill-behaved should be executed—there is no sin in this. / I will not look upon that wicked thief, the kidnapper of the maiden. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.21) śūlamāropyatāṃ kṣipraṃ na vicārastu tasya vai . sa ca vadhyo mayā duṣṭo rakṣorūpī tapodhanaḥ .. 170.21 .. > Let him be impaled on a stake immediately; there should be no deliberation concerning him. / He must be slain by me—that wicked ascetic who is a rākṣasa in form.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.22) evaṃ bruvaṃścalankrodhādādiśya daṇḍavāsinam . kāryākāryaṃ na vijñāya śūlamāropayaddvijam .. 170.22 .. > Speaking thus, trembling with fury, and having commanded the magistrate, / not knowing what should and should not be done, he had the twice-born impaled on a stake. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.23) paurā jānapadāḥ sarve aśrupūrṇamukhāstadā . hāhetyuktvā rudantyanye vadanti ca pṛthakpṛthak .. 170.23 .. > Then all the citizens and countryfolk, their faces filled with tears, / cried out 'Alas, alas!', and others wept and spoke separately: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.24) kutsitaṃ ca kṛtaṃ karma rājñā caṇḍālacāriṇā . brāhmaṇo naiva vadhyo hi viśeṣeṇa tapovṛtaḥ .. 170.24 .. > 'A despicable deed has been done by the king who acts like an outcaste! / A brahmin must never be slain, especially one devoted to austerity. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.25) yadi roṣasamācāro nirvāsyo nagarādbahiḥ . na jātu brāhmaṇaṃ hanyātsarvapāpe'pyavasthitam .. 170.25 .. > Even if his conduct is born of wrath, he should be banished outside the city. / One should never kill a brahmin, even if he is rooted in every sin. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.26) rāṣṭrādenaṃ bahiṣkuryātsamagradhanamakṣatam . nāśnāti ca gṛhe rājannāgnirnagaravāsinām . sarve'pyudvignamanaso gṛhavyāptivivarjitāḥ .. 170.26 .. > One should banish him from the realm with all his property intact.' / O King, no fire was lit, nor did the inhabitants of the city eat in their homes; / all, with perturbed minds, neglected their domestic duties. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.170.26\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170.26_2) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe māṇḍavyaśūlāropaṇavarṇanaṃ nāma saptatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the one hundred and seventieth chapter, titled 'Description of the Impalement of Māṇḍavya', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth \[part, the\] Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, 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.6.3.170.p1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.170.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.170) · Pramāṇa