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# Skandapurana 6.3.171

Skandapurāṇa 6.3.171

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [6.3.171.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.p1)

adhyāya 171

> Chapter 171  
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### [6.3.171.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.1)

śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca -  
kathitaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ draṣṭuṃ śūle kṣiptaṃ tapodhanaiḥ .  
nārāyaṇasamīpe tu gatāḥ sarve maharṣayaḥ .. 171.1 ..

> Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / It having been told by ascetics that the brahmin had been cast upon a stake, / all the great seers went to the vicinity of Nārāyaṇa to see \[him\]:  
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### [6.3.171.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.2)

nārado devalo raibhyo yamaḥ śātātapo'ṅgirāḥ .  
vasiṣṭho jamadagniśca yājñavalkyo bṛhaspatiḥ .. 171.2 ..

> Nārada, Devala, Raibhya, Yama, Śātātapa, Aṅgiras, / Vasiṣṭha, Jamadagni, Yājñavalkya, Bṛhaspati,  
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### [6.3.171.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.3)

kaśyapo'trirbharadvājo viśvāmitro'ruṇirmuniḥ .  
vālakhilyādayo'nye ca sarve'pyṛṣigaṇānvayāḥ .. 171.3 ..

> Kaśyapa, Atri, Bharadvāja, Viśvāmitra, the sage Aruṇi, / the Vālakhilyas and others, all of the lineage of the host of seers.  
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### [6.3.171.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.4)

dadṛśuḥ śūlamārūḍhaṃ māṇḍavyamṛṣipuṃgavāḥ .  
procurnārāyaṇaṃ vipraṃ kiṃ kurmastava cepsitam .. 171.4 ..

> Those foremost among seers saw Māṇḍavya mounted on the stake. / They said to the brahmin Nārāyaṇa: 'What wish of yours shall we fulfill?'  
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### [6.3.171.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.5)

sarve te tatra sāṃnidhyānmāṇḍavyasya mahātmanaḥ .  
saṃbhrāntā āgatā ūcuḥ kiṃ mṛtaḥ kiṃ nu jīvati .. 171.5 ..

> All of them, having come in haste to that vicinity of the great-souled Māṇḍavya, / said: 'Is he dead, or is he indeed alive?'  
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### [6.3.171.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.6)

avasthāṃ tasya te dṛṣṭvā viṣādamagamanparam .  
asahitvā tu tadduḥkhaṃ sarve te manasā dvijāḥ .. 171.6 ..

> Seeing his condition, they fell into deep sorrow. / All those twice-born, unable to bear that sorrow in their minds,  
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### [6.3.171.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.7)

pṛcchayatāṃ yadi manyeta rājānaṃ bhasmasātkuru .  
teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā vākyaṃ nārāyaṇo'bravīt .. 171.7 ..

> \[said:\] 'Let him be asked; if he thinks \[fit\], reduce the king to ashes.' / Hearing their words, Nārāyaṇa spoke these words:  
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### [6.3.171.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.8)

mayi jīvati madbhrātā hyavasthāmīdṛśīṃ gataḥ .  
dhigjīvitaṃ ca me kiṃtu tapaso vidyate phalam .. 171.8 ..

> 'While I am alive, my brother has come to such a state! / Fie upon my life! Yet, what is the fruit of austerity?'  
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### [6.3.171.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.9)

dṛṣṭvā śūlasthitaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ manmano nu vidīryate .  
paraṃ kiṃ tu kariṣyāmi yena rāṣṭraṃ sarājakam .. 171.9 ..

> "Seeing my eldest \[brother\] fixed upon a stake, my mind is indeed torn apart. / But what else shall I do, whereby the kingdom along with its king .. 171.9 ..  
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### [6.3.171.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.10)

bhasmasācca karomyadya bhavadbhiḥ kṣamyatāmiha .  
evamuktvā gṛhītvāsau karasthamabhimantrayet .. 171.10 ..

> I may turn to ashes this very day? Forgive me here!" / Having spoken thus, he took \[water\] in his hand and consecrated it with a mantra. .. 171.10 ..  
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### [6.3.171.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.11)

krodhena paśyate yāvattāvaddhuṃkārako'bhavat .  
tena huṅkāraśabdena ṛṣayo vismitāstadā .. 171.11 ..

> As he looked on in wrath, a roaring sound of "huṃ" arose. / Hearing that sound of "huṃ", the seers were astonished then. .. 171.11 ..  
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### [6.3.171.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.12)

māṇḍavyasya samīpe tu hyapṛcchaṃste dvijottamāḥ .  
nivārayasi kiṃ vipra śāpaṃ nṛpajighāṃsanam .. 171.12 ..

> Those best of brahmins approached Māṇḍavya and asked: / "Why, O brahmin, do you avert the curse that would slay the king, .. 171.12 ..  
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### [6.3.171.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.13)

apāpasya tu yeneha kṛtamasya jighāṃsanam .  
ṛṣīṇāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā kṛcchrānmāṇḍavyako'bravīt .. 171.13 ..

> by whom an attempt to slay this sinless one was made here?" / Hearing the words of the seers, Māṇḍavya spoke with difficulty: .. 171.13 ..  
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### [6.3.171.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.14)

abhivandāmi vo mūrdhnā svāgataṃ ṛṣayaḥ sadā .  
arghyasanmānapūjārhāḥ sarve'tropaviśantu te .. 171.14 ..

> "I bow to you with my head; welcome always, O seers! / Worthy of water offering, respect, and worship, let all of you sit down here." .. 171.14 ..  
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### [6.3.171.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.15)

niviṣṭaikāgramanasā sarvānmāṇḍavyako'bravīt .. 171.15 ..

> With an intent and concentrated mind, Māṇḍavya spoke to all: .. 171.15 ..  
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### [6.3.171.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.16)

prāptaṃ duḥkhaṃ mayā ghoraṃ pūrvajanmārjitaṃ phalam .  
mā viṣādaṃ kurudhvaṃ bhoḥ kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tu bhujyate .. 171.16 ..

> "Terrible suffering has been met by me, the fruit earned in a previous life. / Do not despair, good sirs; the sin that was committed is being experienced! .. 171.16 ..  
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### [6.3.171.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.17)

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .  
kena karmavipākena iha jātyantaraṃ vrajet .  
dānadharmaphalenaiva kena svargaṃ ca gacchati .. 171.17 ..

> The seers said: / 'By what ripening of karma does one go to another birth here? / And by what fruit of the dharma of giving does one go to heaven?' .. 171.17 ..  
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### [6.3.171.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.18)

māṇḍavya uvāca -  
adattadānā jāyante parabhāgyopajīvinaḥ .  
na snānaṃ na japo homo nātithyaṃ na surārcanam .. 171.18 ..

> Māṇḍavya said: / 'Those who do not give gifts are born dependent on another's fortune; / \[those who perform\] no ritual ablution, no recitation, no oblation, no hospitality, no worship of the gods, .. 171.18 ..  
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### [6.3.171.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.19)

na parvaṇi pitṛśrāddhaṃ na dānaṃ dvijasattamāḥ .  
vrajanti narake ghore yānti te tvantyajāṃ gatim .. 171.19 ..

> no ancestral rites on festival days, and no gift-giving, O best of brahmins, / go to a terrible hell, and they attain the station of outcasts. .. 171.19 ..  
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### [6.3.171.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.20)

punardaridrāḥ punareva pāpāḥ pāpaprabhāvānnarake vasanti .  
tenaiva saṃsariṇi martyaloke jīvādibhūte kṛmayaḥ pataṅgāḥ .. 171.20 ..

> Again poor, again sinful, by the power of sin they dwell in hell; / by that very \[sin\], in the transmigratory mortal world, living as worms and flying insects. .. 171.20 ..  
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### [6.3.171.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.21)

ye snānaśīlā dvijadevabhaktā jitendriyā jīvadayānuśīlāḥ .  
te devalokeṣu vasanti hṛṣṭā ye dharmaśīlā jitamānaroṣāḥ .. 171.21 ..

> Those who are devoted to ritual ablution, devoted to brahmins and gods, with senses subdued, practicing compassion for living beings, / those who are devoted to righteousness, having conquered pride and anger, dwell rejoicing in the worlds of the gods. .. 171.21 ..  
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### [6.3.171.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.22)

vidyāvinītā na paropatāpinaḥ svadāratuṣṭāḥ paradāravarjitāḥ .  
teṣāṃ na loke bhayamasti kiṃcitsvabhāvaśuddhā gatakalmaṣā hi te .. 171.22 ..

> Disciplined by knowledge, not tormenting others, content with their own wives, abstaining from others' wives, / they have no fear whatsoever in the world; pure by nature, they are indeed free from blemish.' .. 171.22 ..  
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### [6.3.171.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.23)

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .  
pūrvajanmani viprendra kiṃ tvayā duṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam .  
yena kaṣṭamidaṃ prāptaṃ sandhānaṃ śūlagarhitam .. 171.23 ..

> The seers said: / 'O best of brahmins, what misdeed was done by you in a previous birth, / whereby this painful placement, reviled upon the stake, has been attained? .. 171.23 ..  
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### [6.3.171.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.24)

śūlasthaṃ tvāṃ samālakṣya hyāgatāḥ sarva eva hi .  
jīvantaṃ tvāṃ prapaśyāma tvantarannavatārayan .  
rujāsaṃtāpajaṃ duḥkhaṃ soḍhvāpi tvamavedanaḥ .. 171.24 ..

> Observing you fixed upon the stake, all of us indeed came here. / We see you living, yet we cannot take you down; / though enduring suffering born of affliction and torment, you are without pain.' .. 171.24 ..  
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### [6.3.171.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.25)

māṇḍavya uvāca -  
svayameva kṛtaṃ karma svayamevopabhujyate .  
sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ pūrve nānye bhuñjanti karhicit .. 171.25 ..

> Māṇḍavya said: / 'The action performed by oneself is experienced by oneself alone; / good deeds and evil deeds done formerly, others never experience. .. 171.25 ..  
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### [6.3.171.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.26)

yathā dhenusahasreṣu vatso vindati mātaram .  
tathā pūrvakṛtaṃ karma kartāramupagacchati .. 171.26 ..

> Just as a calf finds its mother among a thousand cows, / so previously performed karma finds its agent. .. 171.26 ..  
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### [6.3.171.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.27)

na mātā na pitā bhrātā na bhāryā na sutāḥ suhṛt .  
na kasya karmaṇāṃ lepaḥ svayamevopabhujyate .. 171.27 ..

> Neither mother, nor father, nor brother, nor wife, nor sons, nor friend \[shares in it\]; / there is no clinging of one's actions \[to another\]; it is experienced by oneself alone. .. 171.27 ..  
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### [6.3.171.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.28)

śrūyatāṃ mama vākyaṃ ca bhavadbhiḥ pṛcchito hyaham .  
pūrve vayasi bho viprā malasnānakṛtakṣaṇaḥ .. 171.28 ..

> Listen to my words, since I have been questioned by you. / In my early youth, O brahmins, while taking the occasion of an oil-bath, .. 171.28 ..  
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### [6.3.171.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.29)

ajñānādbālabhāvena yūkā kaṇṭe'dhiropitā .  
tailābhyaktaśirogātre mayā yūkā ghṛtā na hi .. 171.29 ..

> out of ignorance, in the manner of a child, a louse was mounted onto a thorn. / When head and limbs were anointed with oil, the louse was not spared by me. .. 171.29 ..  
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### [6.3.171.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.30)

kaṅkatīṃ ropya keśeṣu sāsā kaṇṭe'dhiropitā .  
teṣu pāpaṃ kṛtaṃ sadyaḥ phalametanmamābhavat .. 171.30 ..

> Passing a comb through the hair, it was pierced upon a thorn. / That sin was committed against them; immediately this fruit has come to me. .. 171.30 ..  
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### [6.3.171.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.31)

kiṃcitkālaṃ kṣapitvāhaṃ prāpsye mokṣaṃ nirāmayam .  
bhavantastviha santāpaṃ māṃ kurudhvaṃ maharṣayaḥ .. 171.31 ..

> Having spent a short time \[here\], I shall attain painless liberation. / Do not make grief for me here, O great seers! .. 171.31 ..  
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### [6.3.171.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.32)

imāmavasthāṃ bhuktvāhaṃ kaṃcicchape na coccare .  
ahani katicicchūle kṣapayiṣyāmi kilbiṣam .. 171.32 ..

> Having experienced this condition, I curse no one, nor do I cry out. / In a few days on the stake, I will exhaust my sin. .. 171.32 ..  
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### [6.3.171.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.33)

prāktanaṃ karma bhuñjāmi yanmayā saṃcitaṃ dvijāḥ .  
kṣantavyamasya rājño'tha kopaścaiva visarjyatām .. 171.33 ..

> I am experiencing the past karma that was accumulated by me, O brahmins. / This king must be forgiven, and anger must be cast away.' .. 171.33 ..  
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### [6.3.171.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.34)

śrutvā tu tasya tadvākyaṃ māṇḍavyasya maharṣayaḥ .  
praharṣamatulaṃ labdhvā sādhu sādhvityapūjayan .. 171.34 ..

> Having heard those words of Māṇḍavya, the great seers / attained matchless joy and praised him, saying, 'Well done! Well done!' .. 171.34 ..  
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### [6.3.171.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.35)

nārāyaṇa uvāca -  
idaṃ jalaṃ mantrapūtaṃ kasminsthāne kṣipāmyaham .  
yena rājā bhavedbhasma sarāṣṭraḥ sapurohitaḥ .. 171.35 ..

> Nārāyaṇa said: / 'Where shall I throw this water sanctified by mantra, / so that the king, along with his kingdom and domestic priest, will be reduced to ashes?' .. 171.35 ..  
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### [6.3.171.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.36)

māṇḍavya uvāca -  
idaṃ jalaṃ ca rakṣasva kālakūṭaviṣopamam .  
samudre kṣipayiṣyāmi devakāryaṃ samutthitam .. 171.36 ..

> Māṇḍavya said: / 'Protect this water, which is like the kālakūṭa poison. / I shall have it cast into the ocean when a deed for the gods arises.' .. 171.36 ..  
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### [6.3.171.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.37)

atha te munayaḥ sarve māṇḍavyaṃ praṇipatya ca .  
āmantrayitvā harṣācca kaśyapādyā gṛhānyayuḥ .. 171.37 ..

> Then all those sages, having bowed down to Māṇḍavya / and taken their leave with joy, Kaśyapa and the others went to their homes. .. 171.37 ..  
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### [6.3.171.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.38)

gacchamānāstu te coktāḥ pañcame'hani tāpasāḥ .  
āgantavyaṃ bhavadbhiśca matsakāśaṃ pratijñayā .. 171.38 ..

> As they were departing, those ascetics were told: 'On the fifth day, / you must come to my presence by your promise.' .. 171.38 ..  
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### [6.3.171.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.39)

tatheti te pratijñāya nāradādyā adarśanam .  
gateṣu vipramukhyeṣu śāṇḍilī ca tapodhanā .. 171.39 ..

> Agreeing, saying 'So be it,' Nārada and the others vanished from sight. / When the eminent brahmins had departed, Śāṇḍilī, rich in austerity, .. 171.39 ..  
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### [6.3.171.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.40)

dvitīye'hni samāyātā na tu buddhvātha taṃ ṛṣim .  
bhartāraṃ śirasā dhārya rātrau paryaṭate sma sā .. 171.40 ..

> arrived on the second day, without noticing that seer. / Carrying her husband upon her head, she wandered in the night. .. 171.40 ..  
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### [6.3.171.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.41)

na dṛṣṭaḥ śūlake vipro bharākrāntyā yudhiṣṭhira .  
skhalitā tasya jānubhyāṃ śūlasthasya pativratā .. 171.41 ..

> The brahmin on the stake was not seen, weighed down as she was by the burden, O Yudhiṣṭhira. / That devoted wife stumbled against the knees of him who was fixed on the stake. .. 171.41 ..  
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### [6.3.171.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.42)

sarvāṅgeṣu vyathā jātā tasyāḥ praskhalanānmuneḥ .  
īdṛśīṃ vartamānāṃ ca hyavasthāṃ pūrvadaivikīm .. 171.42 ..

> Pain arose in all the limbs of the sage due to her stumbling; / and \[enduring\] such an ongoing condition brought about by past fate, .. 171.42 ..  
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### [6.3.171.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.43)

punaḥ pāpaphalaṃ kiṃciddhā kaṣṭaṃ mama vartate .  
vyathito'haṃ tvayā pāpe kimarthaṃ sūnakarmaṇi .. 171.43 ..

> \[he thought,\] 'Again some fruit of sin has come! Alas, my affliction continues! / By you I have been afflicted, O wicked woman; for what purpose \[is this\] slaughterous deed? .. 171.43 ..  
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### [6.3.171.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.44)

svairiṇīṃ tvāṃ prapaśyāmi rākṣasī taskarī nu kim .  
evamuktvā kṣaṇaṃ mohātkrandamāno muhurmuhuḥ .. 171.44 ..

> I see you as an unchaste woman, or are you a demoness or a thief?' / Having spoken thus, crying out again and again from fainting agony for a moment, .. 171.44 ..  
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### [6.3.171.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.45)

tapasvino'tha ṛṣayaḥ sarve saṃtrastamānasāḥ .  
paśyamānā muneḥ kaṣṭaṃ pṛcchante te yudhiṣṭhira .. 171.45 ..

> then the ascetic seers, their minds all terrified, / seeing the misery of the sage, asked \[her\], O Yudhiṣṭhira: .. 171.45 ..  
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### [6.3.171.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.46)

paryaṭase kimarthaṃ tvaṃ niśīye vahanaṃ nu kim .  
kṣiptaṃ tu jholikābhāraṃ kiṃvāgamanakāraṇam .  
vyathāmutpādya ṛṣaye duḥkhādduḥkhavilāsini .. 171.46 ..

> 'Why do you wander at midnight, carrying what conveyance? / You have thrown the load of a cloth bag—what is the reason for your coming, / causing pain to the seer, O woman revelling in misery upon misery?' .. 171.46 ..  
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### [6.3.171.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.47)

śāṇḍilyuvāca -  
nāsurīṃ na ca gandharvīṃ na piśācīṃ na rākṣasīm .  
pativratāṃ tu māṃ sarve jānantu tapasi sthitām .. 171.47 ..

> Śāṇḍilī said: / 'Let all know me to be neither an asura woman, nor a gandharva woman, nor a piśāca woman, nor a demoness, / but a devoted wife steadfast in austerity. .. 171.47 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.171.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.48)

na me kāmo na me krodho na vairaṃ na ca matsaraḥ .  
ajñānāddṛṣṭimāndyācca skhalanaṃ kṣantumarhatha .. 171.48 ..

> In me there is no lust, no anger, no enmity, and no malice. / Through ignorance and dimness of sight \[I stumbled\]; you ought to forgive my stumbling.' .. 171.48 ..  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.171.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.49)

vahanaṃ bhartṛsaukhyāya divā sampīḍyate rujā .  
ayaṃ bhartā vijānītha jholikāsaṃsthitaḥ sadā .. 171.49 ..

> \[My\] carrying \[him\] is for my husband's comfort; by day he is tormented with pain. / Know that this is my husband, who always remains in this sling.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.171.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.50)

bharaṇaṃ pānaṃ vastraṃ ca dadāmyetasya rogiṇaḥ .  
ṛṣiḥ śaunakamukhyo'sau śāṇḍilīṃ māṃ vijānata .. 171.50 ..

> I provide nourishment, drink, and clothing for this sick man. / He is a seer, foremost among the Śaunakas; know me to be Śāṇḍilī.  
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### [6.3.171.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.51)

svabhartṛdharmiṇīṃ kopaṃ mā kuruṣvātithiṃ kuru .  
satāṃ samīpaṃ samprāptāṃ sarvaṃ me kṣantumarhatha .. 171.51 ..

> Do not be angry with one who observes her duty to her husband; treat \[me\] as a guest. / You ought to forgive everything of me, who have approached good men.  
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### [6.3.171.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.52)

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ .  
paravyathāṃ na jānīṣe vyacarantī yadṛcchayā .  
prabhāte'bhyudite sūrye tava bhartā mariṣyati .. 171.52 ..

> The seers said: / "You do not recognise the suffering of another as you wander about at will. / At dawn, when the sun rises, your husband shall die.  
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### [6.3.171.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.53)

ātmaduḥkhātparaṃ duḥkhaṃ na jānāsi kulādhame .  
tena vākyena ghoreṇa śāṇḍilī vimanābhavat .. 171.53 ..

> You know no sorrow beyond your own, O lowest of your family!" / At these harsh words, Śāṇḍilī became dismayed.  
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### [6.3.171.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.54)

paraṃ viṣādamāpannā kṣaṇaṃ dhyātvābravīdvacaḥ .  
kopātsaṃraktanayanā nirīkṣantī munīṃstadā .. 171.54 ..

> Plunged into profound dejection, she reflected for a moment and spoke these words, / her eyes reddened with rage as she looked at the sages:  
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### [6.3.171.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.55)

satāṃ gehe kila prāptā bhavatāṃ cāpakāriṇī .  
sāmenātithipūjāyāṃ śiṣṭe ca gṛhamāgate .. 171.55 ..

> "I indeed came to the house of the virtuous, yet you harm me. / In my hospitality to guests, when an exemplary person came to my home,  
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### [6.3.171.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.56)

bhavadbhirīdṛgātithyaṃ kṛtaṃ caiva mamaiva tu .  
svargāpavargadharmaśca bhavadbhirna nirīkṣitam .. 171.56 ..

> such hospitality was shown to me by you! / And you have had no regard for the virtue that leads to heaven and liberation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.171.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.57)

prājāpatyāmimāṃ dṛṣṭvā māṃ yathā prākṛtāḥ striyaḥ .  
bhavantaḥ strībalaṃ me'dya paśyantu divi devatāḥ .. 171.57 ..

> Seeing me, a devoted wife, like ordinary women— / let you and the gods in heaven behold the power of a woman today!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.171.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.58)

mariṣyati na me bhartā hyādityo nodayiṣyati .  
andhakāraṃ jagatsarvaṃ kṣīyate nādya śarvarī .. 171.58 ..

> My husband shall not die, for the sun shall not rise! / The entire world shall become dark; night shall not end today!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.171.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.59)

evamukte tayā vākye stambhite'rke tamomayam .  
na ca prajāyate sarvaṃ nirvaṣaṭkārasatkriyam .. 171.59 ..

> When these words were spoken by her and the sun was arrested, filled with darkness, / nothing produced offspring, and holy rites with the vaṣaṭ-call ceased.  
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### [6.3.171.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.60)

svāhākāraḥ svadhākāraḥ pañcayajñavidhirnahi .  
snānaṃ dānaṃ japo nāsti sandhyālopavyatikramaḥ .  
ṣaṇmāsaṃ ca tadā pārtha luptapiṇḍodakakriyam .. 171.60 ..

> There was no uttering of svāhā, no uttering of svadhā, no performance of the five great sacrifices; / there was no ritual ablution, no charity, no recitation of prayers, and the omission of twilight rites was an infraction. / For six months, O Pārtha, the offering of funeral cakes and libations of water was interrupted.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [6.3.171.60\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.171.60_2)

.. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe śāṇḍilīṛṣisaṃvādavarṇanaṃ nāmaikasaptatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ ..

> Thus ends the one hundred and seventy-first chapter, entitled 'The Account of the Dialogue between Śāṇḍilī and the Seers', in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the Skandamahāpurāṇa of eighty-one thousand verses.  
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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.171.p1) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.171.1) — Sanskrit

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