[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) › 6.3.221 # Skandapurana 6.3.221 Skandapurāṇa 6.3.221 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.3.221.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.1) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - tato gacchettu rājendra revāyā dakṣiṇe taṭe . krośadvayāntare tīrthaṃ matṛtīrthādanuttamam .. 221.1 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Then one should go, O best of kings, to the southern bank of the Revā, / at an interval of two krośas from Mātṛtīrtha, to the unsurpassed sacred ford, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.2) nāmnā haṃseśvaraṃ puṇyaṃ vaimanasyavināśanam . kaśyapasya kule jāto haṃso dākṣāyaṇīsutaḥ .. 221.2 .. > named Haṃseśvara, holy, destroying dejection. / Born in the family of Kaśyapa, the swan, son of Dākṣāyaṇī, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.3) brahmaṇo vāhanaṃ jātaḥ purā taptvā tapo mahat . saikadā vidhinirdeśaṃ vinā vaiyagryamāsthitaḥ .. 221.3 .. > became the mount of Brahmā in ancient times after practicing great austerity. / Once, lacking composure without the direction of the Creator, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.4) abhibhūtaḥ śivagaṇaiḥ praṇanāśa yudhiṣṭhira . dakṣayajñapramathane kāṃdiśīko vidhiṃ vinā .. 221.4 .. > overpowered by Śiva's attendants, he fled, O Yudhiṣṭhira, / in panic at the destruction of Dakṣa's sacrifice, without the Creator. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.5) brahmaṇā saṃsṛto'pyāśu nāyāti sa yadā khagaḥ . tadā taṃ śaptavānbrahmā pātayāmāsa vai padāt .. 221.5 .. > When that bird did not come quickly, even though summoned by Brahmā, / then Brahmā cursed him and cast him down from his position. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.6) tataḥ sa śaptamātmānaṃ matvā haṃsastvarānvitaḥ . pitāmahamupāgamya praṇipatyedamabravīt .. 221.6 .. > Then, realising himself to be cursed, the swan, filled with haste, / approached the Grandfather, bowed down, and spoke this: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.7) haṃsa uvāca - tiryagyonisamutpannaṃ bhavāñchaptuṃ na cārhati . svabhāva eva tiryakṣu vivekavikalaṃ manaḥ .. 221.7 .. > The swan said: / You ought not to curse one born from an animal womb; / indeed, the mind of animals is by nature devoid of discernment. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.8) tathāpi deva pāpo'smi yadahaṃ svāminaṃ tyaje . kiṃ tu dhāvadbhiratyugrairgaṇaiḥ śārvaiḥ pitāmaha . sahasāhaṃ bhayākrāntastrastastyaktvā palāyitaḥ .. 221.8 .. > Even so, O Lord, I am sinful that I abandoned my master. / But, O Grandfather, by the running, extremely fierce attendants of Śarva, / I was suddenly overwhelmed with terror, frightened, and I abandoned \[you\] and fled. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.9) adyāpi bhayamevāhaṃ paśyannasmi vibho puraḥ . tena smṛto'pi bhavatā nāvrajaṃ bhavadantike .. 221.9 .. > Even today, O Lord, I see only fear before me; / therefore, although remembered by you, I did not go to your presence. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.10) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - iti bruvanneva hi dhāturagre haṃsaḥ śvasatyakṣipūjyaḥ sudīnaḥ . tiryañcaṃ māṃ pāpinaṃ mūḍhabuddhiṃ prabho puraḥ patitaṃ pāhi pāhi .. 221.10 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Even while speaking thus before the Creator, the swan, worthy of worship with the eyes, sighed very miserably: / 'Protect, protect me, O Lord, an animal, a sinner of foolish intellect, fallen before you! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.11) eko devastvaṃ hi sargasya kartā nānāvidhaṃ sṛṣṭametattvayaiva . ahaṃ sṛṣṭastvīdṛśo yattvayā vai so'yaṃ doṣo dhātaraddhā tavaiva .. 221.11 .. > You alone are the one god, the maker of creation; this diverse world was created by you alone. / Since I was created such by you, truly this fault is yours alone, O Creator! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.12) śāpasya vānugrahasyāpi śaktastvatto nānyaḥ śaraṇaṃ kaṃ vrajāmi . sevādharmādvicyutaṃ dāsabhūtaṃ capeṭairhantavyaṃ vai tāta māṃ trāhi bhaktam .. 221.12 .. > You are capable of cursing or even of bestowing grace; other than you, to what refuge shall I go? / Fallen from the duty of service, become a slave, worthy of being beaten with slaps, save me, O Father, your devotee! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.13) vidyāvidye tvatta evāvirāstāṃ dharmādharmau sadasaddyurniśe ca . nānābhāvāñjagatastvaṃ vidhatsestaṃ tvāmekaṃ śaraṇaṃ vai prapadye .. 221.13 .. > Knowledge and ignorance arose from you alone, virtue and vice, the real and the unreal, day and night; / you ordain the diverse states of the world. To you alone do I fly for refuge! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.14) eko'si bahurūpo'si nānācitraikakarmataḥ . niṣkarmākhilakarmāsi tvāmataḥ śaraṇaṃ vraje .. 221.14 .. > You are one, you have many forms, through single acts of diverse wonders; / you are actionless, yet the performer of all actions. Therefore, I seek refuge in you. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.15) namonamo vareṇyāya varadāya namonamaḥ . namo dhātre vidhātre ca śaraṇyāya namonamaḥ .. 221.15 .. > Salutations, salutations to the most excellent one, salutations, salutations to the giver of boons; / salutations to the Creator and Ordainer, salutations, salutations to the refuge! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.16) śikṣākṣaraviyukteyaṃ vāṇī me stauti kiṃ vibho . kā śaktiḥ kiṃ parijñānamidamuktaṃ kṣamasva me .. 221.16 .. > How can this speech of mine, lacking the syllables of instruction, praise \[you\], O Lord? / What power, what thorough knowledge \[do I have\]? Forgive this that has been spoken by me.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.17) śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca - evaṃ vadati haṃse vai brahmā prāha prasannadhīḥ . śikṣā dattā tavaiveyaṃ mā viṣādaṃ kṛthāḥ khaga .. 221.17 .. > Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya said: / While the swan was speaking thus indeed, Brahmā, with a pleased mind, said: / 'This instruction alone was given to you; do not fall into despair, O bird. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.18) tapasā śodhayātmānaṃ yathā śāpāntamāpnuyāḥ . revāsevāṃ kuru snātvā sthāpayitvā maheśvaram . acireṇaiva kālena tataḥ saṃsthānamāpsyasi .. 221.18 .. > Purify yourself with austerity so that you may reach the end of the curse. / Serve the Revā, having bathed and having established Maheśvara; / from that, in no long time, you will attain your proper station.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.19) yacceṣṭvā bahubhiryajñaiḥ samāptavaradakṣiṇaiḥ . gosvarṇakoṭidānaiśca tatphalaṃ sthāpite śive .. 221.19 .. > The fruit that is obtained by performing numerous sacrifices with ample concluding fees, / and by giving crores of cows and gold, is attained when Śiva is installed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.20) brahmaghno vā surāpo vā svarṇahṛdgurutalpagaḥ . revātīre śivaṃ sthāpya mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ .. 221.20 .. > A slayer of a brahmin, a drinker of liquor, a thief of gold, or one who violates the guru’s bed, / having installed Śiva on the bank of the Revā, is freed from all sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.21) tasmādbhargasarittīre sthāpayitvā triyambakam . viyuktaḥ sarvadoṣaistvaṃ yāsyase padamuttamam .. 221.21 .. > Therefore, having installed Tryambaka on the bank of the river of Bharga, / freed from all faults, you shall go to the supreme abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.22) evamuktaḥ sa vidhinā hṛṣṭatuṣṭaḥ khagottamaḥ . tathetyuktvā jagāmāśu narmadātīramuttamam .. 221.22 .. > Addressed thus by the Creator, the excellent bird, delighted and contented, / saying 'So be it,' went quickly to the excellent bank of the Narmadā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.23) tapastaptvā kiyatkālaṃ sthāpayāmāsa śaṅkaram .. 221.23 .. > Having performed austerity for some time, he installed Śaṅkara, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.24) svanāmnā bharataśreṣṭha haṃseśvaramanuttamam . pūjayitvā paraṃ sthānaṃ prāptavānkhagasattamaḥ .. 221.24 .. > named Haṃseśvara after himself, O best of the Bharatas, peerless. / Having worshipped him, that best of birds attained the supreme abode. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.25) tatra haṃseśvare tīrthe gatvā snātvā yudhiṣṭhira . pūjayetparameśānaṃ sa pāpaiḥ parimucyate .. 221.25 .. > Having gone to that sacred ford, Haṃseśvara, and bathed there, O Yudhiṣṭhira, / if one worships the Supreme Lord, he is freed from sins. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.26) stuvannekamanā devaṃ na dainyaṃ prāpnuyātkvacit . śrāddhaṃ dīpapradānaṃ ca brāhmaṇānāṃ ca bhojanam . dattvā śaktyā nṛpaśreṣṭha svargaloke mahīyate .. 221.26 .. > Praising the god with a single mind, he never suffers distress. / Having offered a śrāddha, a lamp, and food to brahmins / according to one's means, O best of kings, he is glorified in the heavenly world. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.27) trikālamekakālaṃ vā yo bhaktyā pūjayecchivam . navaprasūtāṃ dhenuṃ ca dattvā pārtha dvijottame . ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi śivaloke mahīyate .. 221.27 .. > Whoever worships Śiva with devotion three times or once a day, / and having given a freshly calved cow to an excellent twice-born, O son of Pṛthā, / is glorified in the world of Śiva for sixty thousand years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.3.221.27\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221.27_1) .. iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pañcama āvantyakhaṇḍe revākhaṇḍe haṃseśvaratīrthamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikaviṃśadadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ .. > Thus ends the two hundred and twenty-first chapter, entitled 'Description of the Greatness of the Haṃseśvara Sacred Ford,' in the Revākhaṇḍa of the fifth section, the Āvantyakhaṇḍa, in the glorious Skanda Mahāpurāṇa, a compendium of eighty-one thousand \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.6.3.221.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Revākhaṇḍa (Vāyupurāṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.revakhanda.221.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.6.3.221) · Pramāṇa